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Mr. Pruyn married ( first ) October 22, 1840, in Albany, Harriet Corning Turner, born June 18. 1822, second daughter of Thomas and Mary Ruggles ( Weld ) Turner, of Troy, New
York. She was a lineal descendant of the Rev. Thomas Weld. who emigrated - from England in 1632 and became pastor of the First Congregational Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts. This is the same Weld family as the Welds of Wiltshire and Lulworth Cas- tle, Dorsetshire, England. Mrs. Pruyn died March 22, 1859. In St. Peter's Church a beautiful memorial window is dedicated to her memory and that of an infant daughter. By this marriage were born five children, two only of whom arrived at maturity, both sons, three daughters dying in infancy. 1. Erastus Corn- ing, born August 24, 1841 ; passed several years under the tuition of the Rev. Mr. Cal- throp at Bridgeport. Connecticut, and subse- quently a student at Princeton University and at Trinity College, Cambridge, England : he was appointed consular agent of the United States at Caracas by Hon. William H. Sew- ard, secretary of state, and was the acting minister of our government there during the Venezuelan revolution of 1868. He received special commendation from the state depart- ment for his services at that time. In 1871 he went to Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands, where he died at Orotava, February, 1881. He married at Orotava, Teneriffe, May 4, 1872, Maria de los Dolores, only daughter of Au- gustin Velasquez, of the Island of Las Pal- mas. There was no issue. 2. Mary Weld, born August 6, 1843, died September 8, 1844. 3. Harriet Corning, born August 12. 1845, died March 24, 1847. 4. Harriet Catherine, born August 13, 1849, died February 25, 1858. 5. John Van Schaick Lansing. see for- ward. Mr. Pruyn married (second ) Septem- ber 7, 1865. at St. Peter's Church, Albany, by the Rt. Rev. Horatio Potter. D.D., LL.D., D.C.I., Oxon, Bishop of New York. Anna Fenn Parker, born at Delhi, New York, March 26. 1840, eldest daughter of Hon. Am- asa J. Parker and his wife, Harriet Langdon ( Roberts) Parker, of Albany (see Parker VII). Two children were born of this mar- riage: 1. Harriet Langdon, born January 31, 1868, at Washington, D. C., married William Gorham Rice and their son, William Gorham Rice, Jr., was born December 30, 1892. 2. Huybertie Lansing, born in Albany, New York. April 8, 1873, married Charles Sumner Hamlin, of Boston ; their daughter. Anna, was born October 26, 1900. Mrs: John V. L. (Anna F. Parker) Pruyn, spent the greater part of her life in Albany. She was a woman of vigorous mental powers, of broad culture and of extended travel. She was deeply in- terested in Albany affairs where her house was a centre of wide hospitality. Generous by nature, she gave liberally of her means both
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to public and private charities. The Pruyn public library in Albany was a gift from Mrs. Pruyn and her family in memory of her hus- band. She died at her summer home in Mat- tapoisett, Massachusetts, October 7, 1909. Her two daughters, Mrs. William Gorham Rice, of Albany, and Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin, of Boston, survive her.
(VIII) John Van Schaick Lansing, son of John Van Schaick Lansing and Harriet Corn- ing (Turner) Pruyn, was born in Albany, New York, March 14, 1859, died in New York City, September 24, 1904. He gradua- ted at St. John's School, Sing Sing, New York, in June, 1876, at Union College, Sche- nectady, New York, in June, 1880, where he received the degree of A.B. He entered the law office of Ilon. Amasa J. Parker where he read law. He graduated from the Albany Law School, May 25. 1882. At the general term he passed the examination and was ad- mitted attorney and counsellor, May 27, 1882. He removed to New York City, where he mar- ried and died. He was trustee of the Albany City Homeopathic Hospital for 1881, and was elected a director of the Albany City National Bank in 1880. He was a cultured man of re- fined tastes and deep learning. Ile was a member of the Albany Institute and of the New York Genealogical and Biographical So- ciety. He was a useful member of this so- ciety and prepared for publication in their Record a comprehensive history of the Pruyn and collateral families, from which much of the matter herein contained was compiled. He married, June 11, 1895, in Grace Church, New York City, Cornelia Van Rensselaer, daughter of John Langdon Erving. Their children were: 1. John Van Schaick Lansing (3), born in Florence, Italy, June 6, 1896, died in Al- bany, New York, May 17, 1897. 2. Erving, born in Albany, October 26, 1897. 3. Hen- drick, born in New York, December 29, 1900.
PRUYN (VI) Francis C. Pruyn, fourth child of Lieutenant Casparus (q. v.), and Catherine (Groes- beck ) Pruyn, was born in Albany, New York, July 19, 1769, died there June 14, 1837. He married, August 30, 1791, Cornelia Dunbar, born January 11, 1770, died July 12, 1844. daughter of Levinus and Margaret ( Hansen) Dunbar, of Albany. Hendrick Hansen, a great-unele of Cornelia Dunbar, was mayor of Albany in 1698-99. Johannes Hansen, probably a son of Hendrick, was mayor in 1731-32, and in 1754-56. Their ancestor was Captain Hans Hendrickson, whose male de- seendants took the name of Hansen. Francis C. and Cornelia (Dunbar) Pruyn were the
parents of ten children. Casparus F., see for- ward; Catherine, married Adrian Van Sant- voord; Levinus, a merchant of Albany ; mar- ried Brachie or Bridget Oblenis ; David, died young ; Margaret, twin to David, married a kinsman, William I. Pruyn: David (2), born November 20, 1801, died at sea; Gertrude, married Samuel Randall, an architect and manufacturer ; Alida, married William Board- man ; Maria, married David Bensen : Cornelia, married Dr. Owen Munson, a physician and one time partner of Dr. Frank Hamilton, of New York. Dr. Munson served in the civil war as assistant surgeon of the Fifth New York Zouaves and was taken prisoner at Sar- atoga Station. Later he was promoted to sur- geon of the One Hundred and Ninth Regi- ment, New York Volunteers. Army hard- ships destroyed his health and compelled his return to private life. Of the daughters of Francis C. Pruyn all reared large families and many distinguished men and women are num- bered among his descendants.
(VII) Casparus F., eldest child and son of Francis C. and Cornelia (Dunbar) Pruyn, was born in Albany, New York, May 26, 1792, died February 11, 1846. At the age of thir- teen he entered the office of the Van Rens- selaer Estate, his uncle, General Robert Dun- bar, being at that time (1805) the agent. In 1835 General Dunbar resigned and Mr. Pruyn was appointed agent for the manor. This position called for a man of more than or- dinary business ability and he filled it with sat- isfaction to all concerned. In January, 1839, "the old patroon," General Stephen Van Rens- selaer, died, and the estate was divided, that portion on the east shore of the Hudson going to William Paterson Van Rensselaer. Mr. Pruyn removed to Bath, Rensselaer county, and became agent for the "East Manor," so continuing until the autumn of 1844, when he resigned. His death occurred two years later. He married, April 19, 1814, Anne, born Janu- ary 27, 1794, died February 12, 1841, daugh- ter of Robert and Elizabeth (Fryer) Hewson, of Albany. Children : 1. Robert Hewson, A.M., LL.D., born in Albany, February 14, 1815. died February 26, 1882. 2. Fran- cis, born November 2, 1816, died April 1, 1897, at Brigham, Province of Que- bec, Canada. He was commissioned cap- tain of the One Hundred and Thir- teenth Regiment, New York Volun- teer Infantry, September 8, 1862. This regi- ment became the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, and on January 23, 1864, he was commissioned major. He married Isabella, daughter of Andres Kirk, and had issue. 3. Elizabeth, died unmarried at the age of twen-
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ty-four. 4. Cornelia, married Charles Van Zandt, agent of the Van Rensselaer estate, and a leading member of the North Dutch Church. 5. Mary, died young. 6. Alida, married James C. Bell, and had issue. 7. William Fryer, married Gertrude Dunbar Visscher and had issue. 8. Edward Roggen, born July 12, 1829. 9. Augustus, see forward. 10. Mary Hewson, married Montgomery Rochester, whose ances- tors laid out and founded the city of Roches- ter, New York. They removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, and had issue.
(VIII) Augustus, ninth child of Casparus F. and Anne (Hewson) Pruyn, was born in Albany, New York, October 23, 1831, died February 7, 1908. He was a civil engi- neer by profession. During the civil war he served as adjutant of the Eleventh Regiment "Scotts 900," New York Cavalry. He was ap- pointed September, 1861. In March, 1862, he was made captain of Company H, same regi- ment, and in April, appointed major. Com- missions were not issued to any officers in his regiment until 1863, as the colonel in com- mand would not accept state commissions, claiming that the regiment was United States Troops. In the autumn of 1862, Major Pruyn resigned from the Eleventh to accept a com- mission as major in the Fourth Regiment, New York Calvary, and was so commissioned January 30, 1863. On May 25, 1863, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, ranking as such from April 23. His commission did not reach him until the morning of June 9th, on which date he was in command of the regiment, in battle at Beverly Ford or Brandy Station. In the calvary battles of June 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21, he was in command of the regiment, the colonel having previously been taken prisoner. He was also in command of the regiment at Gettysburg and in all the eighteen engage- ments including that of Mine Run, after which he resigned in December, 1863. After his army career was ended Mr. Pruyn returned to the practice of his profession. He was en- gaged principally by the great railway cor- poration in construction work which called him away from home a great deal. For sev- eral years he was located in Newark, New Jersey, where his four youngest children were born. He was engaged in construction work of importance in all parts of the country and stood high in his profession. He later in life returned to Albany, where he died. He was a member of the Dutch Church of Albany (Second Reformed) and in politics a Republi- can. He was a member of the Military Or- der of the Loyal Legion, an honor that de- scended to his son, Foster. He was married, September 19, 1866, in the North Dutch
Church, Albany, by the Rev. Rufus W. Clark, D.D., to Catalina Ten Eyck, born January 24, 1840, daughter of Herman and Eliza (Bo- gart) Ten Eyck, granddaughter of Harmanus and Margaret (Bleecker) Ten Eyck, and great-granddaughter of Hendrick Bleecker, Jr., and his wife Catalyntje Cuyler, this mar- riage again bringing together many families of the best old Dutch stock of the Mohawk Valley. The children of this marriage are: Margaret Ten Eyck, born in Albany, January 2, 1868; Augustus (2), born in Newark, New Jersey, April 22, 1869, died July 1, 1870; Eli- za Ten Eyck, born in Newark, July 27, 1870; married April 8, 1896, Charles Mulford Robin- son, of Rochester, New York, where they re- side : Montgomery Rochester, born in Newark, July 29, 1873, died July 16, 1874; Foster, sce forward.
(IX) Foster, youngest child of Augustus and Catalina (Ten Eyck) Pruyn, was born in Newark, New Jersey, October 5. 1875. His early education was in a private school in Al- bany, and he then entered Albany Academy, graduating therefrom with the class of 1893. He then matriculated at Yale University, from which he was graduated in class of 1897. Choosing the profession of law he entered Al- bany Law School, Union University, taking the full course, graduating in 1899. In July of the same year he was admitted to practice in the courts of New York state. He is now (1910) engaged in the general practice of law in Albany, New York. His profession does not absorb all his time nor energy, but numer- ous outside interests claim his attention, among them the Newton Fire Brick Company of Albany, of which he is secretary and treas- urer. His political preference is for the men and measures of the Republican party, but he keeps aloof from all personal connection be- yond that of a good citizen's duty. He is a member and a deacon of the Second Reformed (Dutch) Church of Albany. He has a lively interest in the citizen soldiery of his state and for many years has been a member of Troop B, National Guard of New York, of which he is sergeant. He is a member of the "old guard" of Troop B. to which only those who have served five years in the troop are eligible. He wears the insignia of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, of which he is a member, inheriting that proud distinction through his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Pruyn. He is a member of the Patriotic Order Sons of the Revolution, Albany Chapter, the Phi Beta Kappa of Yale, the Yale, Albany Academy, and Albany Law School Alumni associations. His social and professional clubs are the Al- bany Country Club, the Fort Orange, the Uni-
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versity and Camera of Albany, and the Yale Club of New York City. Mr. Pruyn is un- married.
SELKIRK The family name of Selkirk is derived from a borough town of Scotland. It was originally Cellkirk, a religious house ; a "cell" was an- ciently that part of a temple within the walls. It is also said that the name is derived from "Sel-carrik," (Cor. Br.) which signifies the high rock; "Sel," a view, or prospect, Welsh "syllu" to look, and "carrik" or "craig," a rock. From this latter formation of the name, we are led to believe that when the family first was given that cognomen, they dwelt on an eminence, a high, rocky hill, or upon a mountain top in the Highlands of Scotland.
The Selkirk coat-of-arms. Creation, Au- gust, 1646. Arms, Quarterly: Ist and 4th arg, a human heart ; gut, ensigned with an im- perial crown; or, on a chief; as, three (3) mullets of the field for Douglas ; 2d. gu, three (3) cinquefoils ; erm, for Hamilton. 3d. gu, a lion, rampant ; arg, within a bordure of the last, charged with ten ( 10)-(8?) roses of the first, for Dunbar of Baldoon. Crest: On a chapeau, gu, turned up, erm, a salamander in flame, pfr. Supporters: Dexter, a savage, wreathed about the temples and loins with ivy, holding with his exterior hand a club over his shoulder: for; Sinister, an antelope, arg, armed or, ducally gorged and chained of the last. Mottoes: "Firmior quo paratior" ; over the crest, "Jamais arrière." Seat, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright.
(I) James Selkirk was born in Kirkcud- bright, Scotland, November 1. 1757 (old style), and emigrated to America. He left Kirkcudbright early in March, 1775, and after a stormy passage of one hundred and six days, landed in the city of New York, the day after the battle of Bunker Hill, June 19, 1775. He remained there for a few days, and then went to Argyle, afterwards to what was then Al- bany county ; but now within the limits of Saratoga county. Following a residence in Argyle for a few months, he enlisted in the provisional army, or forces of the struggling colony of New York, and served out his term of enlistment, when he returned to Albany. There he remained for a few days, and then .enlisted a second time, December 20. 1776, for the whole period of the war, serving to the end of the revolution. He had served under General Benedict Arnold in the fierce northern campaign of the Adirondack region, and was in that greatest of American revolutionary struggles, the battle of Saratoga, which, known as the battle of Bemis Heights, re-
sulted in the surrender of General Burgoyne, October 17. 1777. Under General Greene, he was in the retreat through New Jersey, and endured the hardships of the winter quarters of the army at Valley Forge. Subsequently, under Gen. Horatio Gates, he was in the southern campaign until after that general's defeat at Camden, and later with his regiment in the allied army at Yorktown, Virginia, when Cornwallis surrendered. He received his certificate of service and discharge duly signed by George Washington, and this document is now in the Hall of Military Records in the Capitol at Albany, New York. His discharge was dated June 7, 1783, and he likewise re- ceived with it a paper setting forth "Reward of Merit." His service was in battalion of force, commanded by Colonel James Livings- ton, Company Two, Dirk Hansen, captain, and was quartermaster-sergeant in that company. At the close of the war. James Selkirk mar- ried Elizabeth ; daughter of William Henry, the ceremony taking place in February, 1787, in the First Presbyterian Church of Albany, New York. They were the second couple ever married in that church. She was born April 12, 1766, and was a sister of William Henry, who was the father of Professor Joseph Hen- ry, the inventor of the electro-magnet, while an instructor in the Albany Academy, he. Jos- eph, having been born in the city of Albany, December 17, 1799, and as their parents had come over from Scotland in the same ship, the families were bound by ties of closest inti- macy. Besides this, Professor Henry had taught school at Selkirk for two years, when a young man, before his appointment to the Al- bany Academy, September 11, 1826. James Sel- kirk died at Selkirk, Albany county, about ten miles south of Albany, December 2, 1820. Elizabeth, his wife, died May 9, 1844. Both are buried in the family burying-ground of Colonel Francis Nicoll, at Cedar Hill, Albany county. Children : 1. James, born August 28, 1788; married Rachel Mull ; died March 5, 1821. 2. Nancy, born May 18, 1791, died in infancy. 3. William, born July 24, 1792 ; mar- ried Matilda Hallenbeck. 4. John, born No- vember 1. 1794: married Mary Gillman : died June 16, 1840. 5. Robert, born March 18, 1797; married, 1821, Maria Boucher. 6. Charles, born April 13, 1799, see forward. 7. Joseph, born October, 1801. 8. Elizabeth, born April 7, 1804. 9. Francis Nicoll, born Octo- ber 8, 1806. 10. Alexander, born, April 16, 1809.
(II) Charles, fifth son of James and Eliza- beth ( Henry) Selkirk, was born in Selkirk, Albany county, New York, April 13. 1799. He was for some time, in 1814-15, apprenticed
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as a silversmith under his brother, William, then residing in Albany and foreman for John F. Doty, silversmith and watchmaker, doing business at No. 71 South Pearl street and with a factory at No. 7 Union street. He was a fellow apprentice with his first cousin, young Joseph Henry, and thus in the second genera- tion preserved the family acquaintanceship.
Professor Henry, following his discovery of the principle of the electro-magnet, and dem- onstrating its practicability in the large room of the Academy, about 1829, was called to Princeton in November, 1832, as an instructor in the sciences, and was made the first secre- tary of the Smithsonian Institution at Wash- ington, D. C., December 3, 1846, and died in that city, May 13, 1878. On account of his poor health, Charles Selkirk did not continue this line of work; but returned to the home- stead and became a carpenter. Following the death of his father, in 1820, with his brother. William, he took the old farm and turned his attention to agriculture. In January of 1845 he made a trip to Scotland, where he visited his relatives, traveled through England and Ireland, and returned to this country in Sep- tember of the same year. He died July 26, 1866. Charles Selkirk married, September 10, 1829, Jane Elmendorf, born November 22, 1809. died January 26, 1845, daughter of Ja- cob Elmendorf, of Bethlehem, Albany county, New York, who was a descendant of Jacobus Elmendorf, who came to this country from Ghent, Holland, in the year 1649, and settled at Kingston, Dutchess county, New York. Children : 1. Alexander, born in Selkirk, New York. July 18, 1830, see forward. 2. Lewis McMullen, born August 14, 1832. 3. Fran- ces, born January 18, 1841.
(III) Alexander, son of Charles and Jane (Elmendorf) Selkirk, was born on the home- stead at Selkirk, Albany county, New York, July 18, 1830, died October 18, 1905. With his brothers, he received his education at dis- trict school No. 2, at Selkirk, his teachers be- ing generally men from the eastern states who made school teaching a means to aid them in acquiring a collegiate education, and under this class of instructors he was educated in the highest English branches of that day. He removed to Albany in 1847, and at James Goold & Company's coach factory learned the art of coach ornamentation and heraldry, and was made foreman in that department in 1850. In 1849, with George H. Boughton, James McDougal Hart and James Williamson, he formed a class for the study of freehand draw- ing from models, with John E. Gavit, bank- note engraver, as instructor. In the spring of 1853 he went into the business of carriage
manufacturer, and continued in that until 1864, when he sold out to Shaw & Rose. He then entered the profession of solicitor of pat- ents and attorney in patent cases, also that of mechanical expert, and continued in this pro- fession with success that won recognition until his death. Ile was located at the start at No. 44 North Pearl street, and after 1885 at No. 31 North Pearl street. Being of an inventive turn of mind, he perfected several important and practical inventions. In politics he voted first for Fremont and was always a Republi- can and protective tariff man. Although not in any sense a politician, he was frequently present at gatherings to advocate a cause or candidate, serving his party considerably in one way or another without thought or expec- tation of personal gain. When a new water supply for the city of Albany was being agi- tated with considerable fervor by the advo- cates of different methods to be pursued, and a scheme known as the "Kinderhook Water Supply" was being pressed, Mr. Selkirk gave such time and untiring effort in convincing the public of the enormous cost and imprac- ticability of the proposed scheme that the pro- moters of the bill before the legislature de- cided not to call it up for a third reading. He drafted other bills relating to Albany's water supply, which passed both houses; but ended in a veto by the governor. In 1848 he united with the Wesleyan Church, and in 1864 with the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Albany. In 1832 he joined Union Lodge, In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and in 1857 Wadsworth Lodge, No. 417, Free and Ac- cepted Masons. He married, at Albany, Feb- ruary 17, 1853, Elizabeth Jane Fee, born in Albany, February 18. 1835, died in the same city, December 27, 1904, daughter of Adam and Henrietta (Reid) Fee, both of Albany, New York. Children, born in Albany : I. Charles, February 23, 1855 : see forward. 2. William Fee, May 23, 1857, see forward. 3. John Adam, March 16, 1864; in 1910 con- nected with the Delaware & Hudson railroad offices at Albany. 4. Elizabeth Reid, August 19, 1866; residing at No. 284 Clinton avenue, Albany, in 1910. 5. Alexander, February 2, 1868, see forward. 6. Frank Elmendorf, March 10, 1871, see forward.
(IV) Charles, son of Alexander and Eliza- beth Jane (Fee) Selkirk, was born in Albany, New York, February 23, 1855. He received his education at the local schools, and about 1870 commenced studying mechanical and art drawing under his father, who had studied with the celebrated artists. Boughton and Hart, at his father's office, then located at No. 44 North Pearl street. About 1885 both he
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and his father removed their separate offices to the suite at No. 31 North Pearl street, where he was located in 1910, as art designer, and had achieved success in his line. He is a Re- publican, an attendant of the Fourth Pres- byterian Church, and resides at No. 113 South Lake avenue, Albany. He married, in Phil- adelphia, Pennsylvania, April 22, 1884, Lillian Plumly, born in that city February 17, 1860, daughter of Richard Bernard and Harriet Miller (Plumly ) Connolly. Children, born in Albany, New York : Charles Richard, March 7, 1885 : Harriet Connolly, January 16, 1891. (IV) William Fee, son of Alexander and Elizabeth Jane (Fee) Selkirk, was born in Al- bany, New York, May 23, 1857, and resided at No. 291 First street, that city. in 1910, being connected with the printing establishment of Weed-Parsons & Company, of Albany. He married, in Albany, April 2, 1884, Mathilde, born in Albany, New York, August 29, 1860, daughter of August W. and Johanna (Koch) Koenig, who were married in Albany, June 5, 1858. Children : Augusta Louise, born De- cember 4, 1886; died October 11, 1894; Alex- ander T., born in Norwalk, Ohio, May 24. 1889; Theodore Koenig, born in Albany, May 8, 1896; Catherine King, born in Norwalk, Ohio, April 9. 1895 : adopted October 14, 1901. (IV) Alexander (2), son of Alexander and Elizabeth Jane (Fee) Selkirk, was born in Albany, New York, February 2, 1868. He was educated at the primary schools in his native city and is a graduate of the Albany high school, class of 1885. After leaving school, he entered the office of Franklin II. Janes, an architect of considerable prominence, then located at Albany, where he was a stu- dent at first, and remained there for eight years, being the head draughtsman. Between this time and the actual opening of an office for himself. about six months, he was en- gaged by George Westinghouse, Jr., in de- signing buildings for his country residence, "Erskine Park," Lenox, Massachusetts. Since then he has practiced his profession, meeting with abundant success, with his office at No. 31 North Pearl street, Albany, New York. In politics he has ever been a Republican, and is a member of the Fourth Presbyterian Church. He is a member of Masters Lodge, No. 5. Free and Accepted Masons, a charter member of the Aurania Club, and a member of Philip Livingston Chapter, Sons of the Revolution. Ilis residence is No. 209 Lancas- ter strect, Albany, New York. He married, in Coxsackie, New York, August 12, 1897, Clara Hartt, born at Indian Fields, New York, September 20, 1874, daughter of John Mc- Carty Ver Planck, a descendant of the revolu-
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