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(III) Henry Sanford, eldest son of Deacon Samuel and Ruth L. (Rogers) Edwards, was born in Charlton, Saratoga county, New York, August 18, 1825, died in Schenectady, March 12, 1903. He was engaged in the hard- ware business in Schenectady for over forty years, and had a long connection with the Mohawk Bank, first as director, later as pres- ident, an office he held from April 17, 1894. until his death. He was a most able financier and capable man of business. He was promi- nent in the Presbyterian church, holding the office of elder ; in politics he was a Republi- can. He was deeply interested in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association, was a liberal donor to the building fund of the association, and served as trustee. Ile "abounded in good works," and left behind him an untarnished name. He married, in Schenectady, May 28, 1846, Elizabeth Butter- field, born in that city in 1825, died August, 1908; daughter of Cosmore G. Butterfield, of Vermont, a descendant of Benjamin But- terfield, of Middlesex county, Massachusetts,
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1638, founder of the Butterfield family in America. Cosmore G. Butterfield married Ruth Salisbury, of the Massachusetts family of that name, founders of the town of Salis- bury and Salisbury Beach. They resided in Schenectady for many years. Ruth survived her husband and married (second) Isaac Wil- kinson.
(IV) Harriet E., only child of Henry San- ford and Elizabeth (Butterfield) Edwards, was born November 6, 1847. She was educa- ted in the public schools of Schenectady, fin- ishing at Ripley Female Academy. She mar- ried, July 14, 1869, William J. Liddle, born in Duanesburg, Schenectady county, New York, 1842, died March 13, 1871, after a brief married life of but eighteen months. He was a graduate of Union College, and at the time of his death engaged in the hardware business in Oneonta, New York. Mrs. Liddle con- tinues her residence in Schenectady where she is known for her good works and womanly virtues.
(V) Henry Sanford Liddle, only son of William J. and Harriet E. (Edwards) Liddle, was born in Schenectady, New York, October 28, 1870. He was educated in the schools of that city, and prepared for the profession of medicine at Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was graduated Doctor of Medicine, class of 1887. He practiced his profession two years in Min- neapolis, Minnesota, and was on the staff of the medical department of the University of Minnesota, after which he returned to Sche- nectady, his present residence. He is not en- gaged in active practice. He is a Mason of high degree, member of New Hope Lodge, St. George's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; the Scottish Rite bodies of Troy and the Sover- eign Grand Consistory of Albany, New York. He is equally prominent in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; member of Lodge, Encampment, order of Rebekah, Patriarchs Militant, also inspector-general of the Patri- archs Militant of the World, with the rank of brigadier-general. Politically he is a Re- publican. He married, in Johnstown, New York, December 15, 1897, Annie Hillabrandt, born in Gloversville, New York, July 18, 1872, daughter of Laurens Schuyler and Delia (Farthing) Hillabrandt, of Fulton county, New York. Her mother died when she was quite young and she was adopted, reared and educated by her grandparents, Joseph and Catherine (Carmichael) Hillabrandt ; the for- mer died in 1891 ; the latter, now aged eighty- six, is a resident of Johnstown, New York. Laurens Schuyler Hillabrandt was a son of Joseph and his first wife, Mary Sadlier. He
was a merchant and fur dealer. Dr. Henry Sanford and Annie (Hillabrandt) Liddle have one son, Sanford Edward, born March II, 1904.
The Stouts of Schenectady, New STOUT York, are lineal descendants of two of the ancient families of the United States, Stout and Drake, both being early settlers of the state of New Jersey, the Drake's going there from New England, John Drake, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, settling there in 1630.
(I) Richard Stout, first of the name in America, was born in Nottinghamshire, Eng- land, son of John Stout, a gentleman of good position. Richard Stout paid his addresses to a young woman whom his father disapproved, whereupon he left home, enlisted in the Brit- ish navy, served seven years on a man-of-war, receiving an honorable discharge in New Am- sterdam, New York, where he remained until 1668. He became one of the original pro- prietors of Middletown, Monmouth county, New Jersey. He continued to reside in Mid- dletown until his decease at an advanced age. Longevity is characteristic of the Stout fam- ily. He married, at New York, a widow whose maiden name was Penelope Van Prin- cess, born at Amsterdam, Holland, in 1602, died at Middletown, New Jersey, 1712, aged one hundred and ten years. She crossed the ocean with her first husband on a vessel that was wrecked upon the Jersey coast near San- dy Hook. All reached the shore in safety and proceeded by land to New York. Her husband was overcome by illness and was left behind with his wife. They were discovered by the Indians and her husband was killed. She was left for dead, but recovered con- sciousness and concealed herself in a hollow log, where for several days she subsisted in part upon the excresences that grew upon it, until discovered by an old Indian to whose kindness and crude knowledge she was in- debted for the recovery of her health and res- toration to her friends in New Amsterdam. (See Smith's History of New Jersey, pub- lished 1765, Appendix VI). In New Am- sterdam she became acquainted and married John Stout. They settled in Middletown, New Jersey, where their children were born. At her decease in 1712, she was said to have had five hundred and two descendants. Rich- ard and Penelope (Van Princess) Stout had nine children: 1. John, married Elizabeth -: died prior to March II, 1717, when "Captain Richard Stout of Middletown, Gent," disposed of some property which he inherited as son and heir of John Stout "late
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of the same place, deceased." 2. Richard (2), married Frances - -; removed to Squan Beach prior to March 10, 1691, when he was styled of that place "planter." 3. James, first of mention in 1675. 4. Sarah. 5. Mary, mar- ried James Bond, of Middletown. 6. Alice, married John Throgmorton. 7. Jonathan. 8. David, of Freehold, New Jersey 9. Rebecca Ashton, of Freehold, New Jersey.
(II) Jonathan, third son of Richard and Penelope (Van Princess) Stout, was born in Middletown, New Jersey. He married Ann Bullen ; and settled in Somerset county, New Jersey. Children: Joseph, 1686; Benjamin, 1696; Zebulon, 1699; Jonathan (2), 1701; David, 1706; Samuel, 1709; Sarah, Hannah and Anne.
(III) Jonathan (2) (John), son of Jona- than (1) and Ann (Bullen) Stout, was born in 1701 in Bound Brook, Somerset county, New Jersey, where he died in old age, said to have been one hundred years old. He married Permelia Drake, a descendant of Francis Drake, who was of Portsmouth, New Hamp- shire, where he served on the grand jury in 1663. He is supposed to have been a son of Robert Drake, who emigrated from Col- chester, Essex county, England, where he was born in 1580. He is first of record in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1643, finally in Hampton, New Hampshire, where he died January 14, 1668. Francis Drake appears on the town records of Piscataway, New Jersey, in 1667- 68, where he died about 1687. He married Mary -, and had George and Rev. John. The latter married three wives and had thir- teen children, ten of them sons. His eldest son John, born June 2, 1678, married Sarah Compton and had six children, one of whom, Permelia Drake, born about 1708, married Jonathan Stout (John) and reared a large family.
(IV) Abraham, son of Jonathan (2) (John) and Permelia (Drake) Stout, was born in Bound Brook, New Jersey, July 26, 1735, died in Ovid, Seneca county, New York, June 28, 1841, at the great and unusual age of one hundred and six years, almost equalling the years attained by his great-grandmother, Penelope Stout. He settled in Seneca county early in life, and was a successful farmer. He married (first) January II, 1754, Eliza- beth Houghton, born July 5, 1735, died April 7, 1775, a descendant of John Houghton, who came in the ship "Abigail" from London in 1635 to the Massachusetts colony. Children : I. Solomon, born February, 1759, died March 30, 1777 ; was a soldier of the revolution and was killed in battle. 2. Mary, May 30, 1762. 3. Rachel, February 16, 1764. 4. Joab, Septem-
ber 23, 1767. Abraham Stout married (sec- ond) Alice -, in 1775, who died in Jan- uary, 1777, at the birth of her only child, John.
(V) John, son of Abraham and Alice Stout, was born in Ovid, Seneca county, New York, January, 1777, died there June 23, 1841. He was a thrifty, successful farmer, and a devout Christian. He returned to New Jersey for a wife, and married a distant kinswoman, also Permelia Drake, of the same ancestry as his grandmother, and a native of Somerset coun- ty, born 1781, died August 26, 1855, and is buried in Chili, near Rochester, New York. Children: I. Abraham, born November 23, 1800, died March 2, 1869, unmarried. 2. Ra- chel, January 2, 1805; married, December 31, 1822, Tunis Brokaw, born in Ovid, New York, December 29, 1799; children: Isaac, George, and Permelia Brokaw. 3. Mary Drake, Au- gust 31, 1807, died by accidental injuries, Oc- tober 16, 1810. 4. Rev. William Drake, De- cember 25, 1811, died in Michigan; was an early minister of the Baptist church; mar- ried and left issue. 5. Miner T., April 28, 1815, died in Dansville, New York, 1893; he was well-known all through Central New York as a bandmaster and earnest church worker ; married Clara Conkling, a cousin of Senator Roscoe Conkling ; she died in Dans- ville, leaving five children, three still surviv- ing, all veterans of the civil war ; one brother was killed in battle during that war. 6. Joab, of further mention.
(VI) Joab, youngest child of John and Per- melia (Drake) Stout, was born in Ovid, New York, November 23, 1818, died at Painted Post, Steuben county, New York. He was a carriage builder, and a man of the highest character. He was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a member of the Republican party. The papers referred to him in the most complimentary manner at the time of his death. His pastor in his funeral sermon said: "He was the best man I ever knew." He possessed the confidence and friendship of all with whom he came in con- tact. He married (first) at Lodi, New York, November 19, 1842, Jane Smalley, born 1820, died July 31, 1846. Children : I. Emma, born 1844, died 1846. 2. Helen, June 12, 1846. He married (second) in Ovid, December 7, 1847, Louisa M. Wightman, born in Colum- bia, Herkimer county, New York, February 16, 1826, was educated and passed most of her life in Steuben county. She survives her husband and resides in Schenectady with her daugliter-in-law, Mrs. Saralı Morrison Stout. She is a life-long Methodist, a devoted Chris- tian whose life has been spent in good works
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and Christian service. Her father, Dwyer Wightman, was born in 1784 in New London, Connecticut, died 1848. He married Phoebe A. Ormsby, born in Windham, Connecticut, 1797, died 1884. They had four children, one dying in infancy. The living are: I. William A., born October 21, 1823, now living (1910) in Alleghany county, New York, a veteran of three years civil war service; he married Amelia Enos ; children: Marcus, Edna, Green and Ida. 2. Louisa M., married Joab Stout. 3. Albert Tracey, born September 21, 1829, vet- eran of the civil war, and resides in Hawkins, Michigan. Joab and Louisa M. (Wightman) Stout has a son, Ernest A.
(VII) Ernest A., only child of Joab and Louisa M. (Wightman) Stout, was born in Reading Centre, Schuyler county, New York, October 15, 1851, died in Schenectady, De- cember 17, 1908. He was educated in Wat- kins, New York, became well versed in com- mercial accounting, and was head bookkeeper and chief accountant for a leading business house of Waverly, New York, for sixteen years. He removed to Schenectady, New York, where he engaged in the transportation business until his death. He was a consistent and active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a Republican. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, and held official position. He was well known and highly re- spected. He married in Osceola, New York, Sarah Louise Morrison, born October 27, 1852. She resides in Schenectady with her children and their grandmother, Mrs. Joab Stout. She is a daughter of John Morrison, a farmer of Friendship, Alleghany county, New York, where he died in 1869, aged sixty years. He enlisted in the Union army at the outbreak of the civil war and served until the last shot was fired. He died four years later of disease contracted in the army. He mar- ried, in Plattsburgh, New York, in 1850, Julia Brown, who also had three brothers in the civil war. She died March, 1877. Children of Ernest A. and Sarah Louise (Morrison) Stout : 1. Mabel Louise, graduate of Painted Post high school, Syracuse University, class of 1901 ; she at once became librarian of the works of the General Electric Company at Schenectady, where a technical library is maintained by the company for the benefit of their employees; in 1909 Miss Stout was voted a vacation of six months and during that period she toured the United States and Mexico; she is a lady of culture and refine- ment, fully equipped for her present or more important positions in life. 2. Jesse Ormsby, educated in technical schools, now connected with the engineering department of the Edi-
son Company, New York City ; he possesses superior qualifications, and is a rising young man; he is a member of the Methodist church and of the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion ; in politics a Republican.
There were two early set- VAN SLYCK tlers of Beverwyck of this name: Willena, whose de- scendants settled below Albany in Columbia county and elsewhere, and Cornelis Anlones- ses, alias "Broer Carnelis," so called by the natives. He married and had several chil- dren: Jacques, Marten Mouris, Hilletje and perhaps Lea. Marten Mouris was in Bever- wyck in 1661 and gave name to the island (later Van Slyck) lying in the Mohawk west of Schenectady, and died early in 1662. Hil- letje married Pieter Danielse Van Olinela, who was often employed as the provincial in- terpreter for the five nations. Lea married (first) Claas Willemse Van Cappernol ; (sec- ond) Jonathan Stevens. "Broer Carnelis" died in 1676. By reason of his eminent ser- vices, rendered in bringing about peace with the natives, he received a patent for a large tract of land at Catskill and also owned land near Cohoes.
(II) Jacques, son of Cornelis Van Slyck, was born in 1640 in Canajoharie ; his Indian name was Itsychosaquacha ; he was also some- times called Agues Comllyssen Gautsch. The Mohawks gave him half of the island lying immediately west of the city, also land five miles above the city, on the south side of the Mohawk. This would seem to give color to the tradition that his father married a woman of the Mohawk tribe. In 1671 Jacques Van Slyck was one of the two licensed tapsters of the village. He married Grietje, daughter of Harmen Janse Ryckman, of Albany; after his death in 1690 she married Adam Vroo- man. His will was made May 8, 1690. The following children were living in 1697; I. Harmen. 2. Susanna, married Samuel Arentse Bratt. 3. Grietje, married (first) Andries Ar- entse Bratt; (second) Harmen Vedder. 4. Cornelis. 5. Geertruy, married Johannes Myn- dertse. 6. Marten. 7. Helena. 8. Lytje. 9. Lida, married Isaac Van Valkenburg. Of these children, Marten and Cornelis, lived upon the first flat, on land left them by their father, which is still owned by the family.
(III) Captain Harmen, son of Jacques and Grietje (Ryckman) Van Slyck, was ensign of the company of foot in Schenectady, 1710; captain in 1714; Indian trader in 1724. He received a grant of three hundred morgens of land at Canajoharie from the Mohawks be- cause "his grandmother was a right Mohawk
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woman" and "born with us on the above said Kanajoree." By his father's will Captain Harmen Van Slyck received fourteen morgens of land on the first flat. He made his will November 1, 1731, and left his sons, Adam and Jacobus, of Schenectady, and Harmanus, of Canajoharie, half of his two thousand acres of land at the latter place. He died prior to December 20, 1734. He married (first) Jannetje Vrooman; (second) Antje Schell. Children: 1. Jacobus, baptized May 28, 1704. 2. Engeltje, married Sander Lansing. 3. Margarita, died 1787, aged seventy-nine years. 4. Helena, baptized January 15, 1710. 5. Samuel, died 1798. 6. Catrina, married Jo- hannes Visger. 7. Jannetje. 8. Adam. 9. Geertruy. 10. Adam. II Harmanus, see for- ward. 12. Akers (Jacques), baptized January 7, 1727. 13. Gerrit.
(IV) Harmanus, eleventh child of Captain Harmen and Jannetje (Vrooman) Van Slyck, was baptized June 14, 1724. He married, Jan- uary 27, 1750, Elizabeth, daughter of Nicho- las Van Patten. He made his will April 20, 1776, in which he spoke of wife Elizabeth, son Nicholas, and daughters Rebecca and En- geltje. He was then living at Palatine, Tryon county, New York. Children : Nicholas ; Jan- netje, baptized December II, 1757; Rebecca and Engeltje.
(V) Nicholas, son of Harmanus and Eliz- abeth (Van Patten) Van Slyck, married Geer- truy Visscher and had a son Harmanus.
(VI) Harmanus (2), son of Nicholas and Geertruy (Visscher) Van Slyck, married and had issue.
(VII) Nicholas (2), son of Harmanus (2) Van Slyck, was born about 1805 in Schenec- tady, New York, where he died at an advanced age. He married Jane Smith, who was born on shipboard. Her parents emigrated to the United States and settled in the Mohawk Val- ley. Nicholas Van Slyck and his wife are bur- ied in Vale cemetery, Schenectady. Children : I. David, married and migrated to New York city, where he died leaving issue. 2. Henry, a merchant of Schenectady ; married, and left issue ; Esther L. and Charles. 3. Gertrude, married William Pettit ; both deceased ; left a daughter Jane, now widow of Charles Bar- hydte. 4. Sarah, married William McCurdy ; children : Frank and Jane. 5. Christopher, see forward. 6. Nicholas, went west to Kansas, where he died ; married and had two children : Nicholas and Jane. 7. Maria, married and had four children : Jane, Emma, Baxter and Bass.
(VIII) Christopher, son of Nicholas (2) and Jane (Smith) Van Slyck, was born in Schenectady, New York, December 25, 1830, died there November 6, 1895. He lived all
his life in Schenectady, where he was en- gaged in business along several lines. He was a coal dealer, engaged in broom manufactur- ing, and dealt in real estate both as principal and as agent. He was a man of high standing in the city. Politically he was a Democrat. He married, in Schenectady, Elanor DeFor- rest, born in that city, February 27, 1837, died February 19, 1895, daughter of Obadiah De Forrest, a descendant of Henry De Forrest, who at age of thirty with his brother Isaac quitted Amsterdam, Holland, October 1, 1636, in a small vessel called the "Rensselaerwick" which belonged to Killiam Van Rensselaer, the first patroon. Henry De Forrest settled upon a tract of two hundred acres granted by Di- rector Van Twiller, lying where now is Har- lem, New York City. Isaac De Forrest had one hundred acres which included part of the Mt. Morris Park. The De Forrests were sons of Jesse De Forrest, a Huguenot, and Marie de Cloux, married in 1601, grandson of Mel- choir De Forrest, the first Protestant of the family ; a native of Avernes, France, who married, 1533, Catherine De Fosset, of Mons. Jean De Forrest, their son, married Anne Maillard. Their son Jesse gathered a colony that sailed from Holland to make a settle- ment in Guinea, South America, in Decem- ber, 1623. After this date there is no mention of him in Leyden records except the entry opposite his name on a tax list "gone to the West Indies," which then meant any part of either North or South America. Of the chil- dren of Jesse De Forrest and his wife, Marie de Cloux, Henry and Isaac were founders of Harlem on the Island of Manhattan (now New York City ) ; David visited New Amster- dam in 1659; had a son baptized there and returned to Holland. The family in Albany and Schenectady descend from Henry, the emigrant, son of Jesse De Forrest, who mar- ried Gertrude Bornstra, of Nieuwlant, Hol- land, and had two sons, Johannes and Philip. The latter, baptized July 28, 1652, settled in Beverwyck. He was a cooper by trade ; mar- ried Tryntje Kip in New York, January 5, 1676, and founded the Upper Hudson and Mohawk Valley family. Obadiah De Forrest reared a large family, of which the only sur- vivors (1910) is Rebecca, wife of Stephen D. Gates, Henry S., Frank V. and Lansing. Mrs. Elanor (De Forrest) Van Slyck was a mem- ber of the First Reformed Church. Children : I. Annie L., born December 11, 1862. died October 2, 1881, unmarried. 2. Lizzie, see forward. 3. Clarence, born March 2, 1868; real estate dealer in Schenectady : unmarried. 4. De Forrest. born June 12, 1871, died De- cember 16, 1882.
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(IX) Lizzie, daughter of Christopher and Elanor (De Forrest) Van Slyck, married Lewis R. Garnsey, born at Clifton Park, New York, February 16, 1862, died January 24, 1893. He was educated at Union College, and during his business life was associated with his father-in-law, Christopher Van Slyck, in his various enterprises. Child: De Forrest Van Slyck Garnsey, born September 22, 1889; educated in the common and high schools of Schenectady ; now a student at Union Univer- sity, class of 1913. Mrs. Garnsey survives her husband; resides in Schenectady; a wo- man of noble and generous impulses ; member of First Reformed Church.
VEEDER The first mention of the Veeder family in America is of Simon Valkertse Veeder, born in 1624, as belonging to the ship "Prince Maurice" in 1644, which ship plied between Amsterdam, Holland, and New Amsterdam (New York). In 1652 he bought a lot of land and settled in the latter place; sold the same in 1654 for thirty beaver skins; removed to Beverwyck and from thence to Schenectady in 1662. He owned a tract on the great flat, numbered 9, containing twenty-four morgens, and a village lot on the north corner of State and Ferry streets. He also owned land on the Normans Kill. He made his will January 8, 1696-97, and named the following children: Pieter, Gerrit, Johannes, Volkert, Volkiemae, Barent, Janse Wemp, Geesie Mae, Jan Hendrickse Vrooman, Magdalena Mae, William Appel.
(II) Gerrit, son of Simon Volkertse Vee- der, "the founder," married, August 3, 1690, Tryntje, daughter of Helmar Otten, of Al- bany, an only child. Her father died in 1675 and her mother married (second) Ryer Schermerhorn. Gerrit Veeder owned the land about "Veeder's Mills" early in the eighteenth century, and had a lease from the church of the mill privileges and water power in 1718. Through his wife he obtained possession of lots in the village on the north and west corners of Union and Church streets, Sche- nectady. He made his will March 12, 1746- 47, proved July 8, 1755. Children: Hel- mers ; Wilhelmus; Engeltie, born July 22, 1693 ; married Johannes Vedder; Ariantje, November 16, 1695; married Daniel Danielse Van Antwerpen : Henricus, see forward ; Am- on, December 31, 1700; Annatje, August 16, 1703; married William Bancker ; Cornelise, January 27, 1706; Helena, (Magdalena) April 2, 1710 ; married Johannes Bancker.
(III) Henricus, son of Gerrit and Tryntje (Otten) Veeder, married. August 18, 1750, Elizabeth Wemp. He received a conveyance
of the "Veeder's Mills" from his mother, July 11, 1752; from his father a lot on the north corner of Union and Church streets, Schenec- tady, which passed to his daughter Catharina, wife of Gillis Fonda. His will was made March 3, 1790, at which time his wife, son Gerrit and daughter Catharina were living. The parcel of land surrounding "Veeder's Mills," which is a possession long in the Veeder family, embraced forty acres and was anciently called "Gerrit Symonse's Meadow"; it commenced at or near the "Coehorn Kill" and extended southerly. It was separated from the village of Schenectady by the Van Velsen tract of twenty-four acres, which was bounded by State street, Coeliorn and Mill creeks. Through the marriage of Gerrit Vee- der's widow to Ryer Schermerhorn the mill and property later came to be known as the Schermerhorn "Mill farm." Ryer Schermer- horn during the revolution built the stone house opposite the grist mill that was expected to be taken for a fort but was never used for that purpose. There was a log house near the mill that was used as a place of refuge in times of peril and the name "Schuylenburgh" was given to it, signifying in Dutch "Shelter or place of safety." Children of Henricus and Elizabeth (Wemp) Veeder: Gerrit Sy- mouse, see forward; Abraham, baptized De- cember 27, 1753; Catharina, married Gillis Fonda; Abraham, baptized April 9, 1758; Volkje, baptized August 5, 1759.
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