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(II) Pieter, son of Marte Gerretse Van Ber- gen, was baptized in Albany, February 21, 1694, died January 4, 1778. He married, No-
vember 7, 1724, Christina Costar, born 1700, died December, 1777, daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (Ten Broeck) Costar. Chil- dren: 1. Martin Gerritse, born September 9, 1725 ; a prominent burgher of Albany, magis- trate, member of the governor's council; he never married, and was familiarly known as "Mart Gers, the bachelor." 2. Elizabeth, died in infancy. 3. Anthony, of whom further. 4. Henry, born November 6, 1731, married Nelltje, daughter of William and Tuntje (Staats) Salisbury. 5. Elizabeth, born Janu- ary 8, 1733, married Harmanus Cuyler. 6. Myndert, baptized October 16, 1739. 7. Peter, born April 23, 1742, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Fryer.
(III) Anthony, son of Pieter and Christina (Costar) Van Bergen, was born November I, 1729. His will is dated February 10, 1792. He was an officer of the revolutionary war, a colonel commanding the 11th Regiment, of which Ignatius Van Orden was major and Henry Van Bergen, his brother, was captain of the First Company. This regiment be- longed to the northern army, and was en- gaged at the battles of Stillwater and Sara- toga, and present at the surrender of Bur- goyne. He married in Catskill, in 1762, Maria Salisbury, baptized April 22, 1739, daughter of Abraham and Rachel (Ten Broeck) Salis- bury, granddaughter of Francis and Maria (Van Gaasbeck) Salisbury and great-grand- daughter of Silvester Salisbury, born about 1629, in England or Wales, came to the New Netherlands in 1664. Children: 1. Peter, born July 11, 1763, died August 30, 1804; a large landowner, and state senator 1802-4, dy- ing while in office; married Hester, only daughter of Thomas Hoogteling and his wife, Elizabeth Whitbeck. 2. Abraham, born De- cember 3, 1764, died unmarried, November II, 1848. 3. Myndert, baptized in Coxsackie, Jan- uary 17, 1767. 4. Catherine, baptized July 17, 1767, married Conradt Hoogteling. 5. Martin Gerritse, of whom further. 6. Chris- tina, baptized July 17, 1774; married Arthur MacCloskey. 7. Henry Costar, baptized 1777, died unmarried, August 11, 1816. 8. Rachel, baptized July 16, 1780. The last six children were baptized at Coxsackie, New York.
(IV) Martin Gerritse, son of Anthony and' Maria (Salisbury) Van Bergen, was born De- cember 17, 1768, he married, March. 30, 1793, Sallie, daughter of Philip and Commertje (Bronk) Conyn. He died August 2, 1855- Children : 1. Anthony M., born February I, 1794, married Maria Vandenburg; (second) Pamelia Prentiss; (third) Susan, daughter of . Leonard Bronk, and widow of Philip Conyn. 2. Maria, born March 24, 1796; married An-
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thony Hoogteling. 3. Philip, of whom fur- ther. 4. Hannah, born April 15, 1803; mar- ried Henry, son of Peter Coeymans and Eliz- abeth (Van Wie) Bronk. 5. Catherine, born March 16, 1806; married Andrew T. Van Slyck.
(V) Philip, son of Marten Gerritse and Sallie (Conyn) Van Bergen, was born March 21, 1797. He married Sarah Ann Bushnell and they are the parents of Alınyra (Van Ber- gen) Van Orden. (See Van Orden V.)
VAN ORDEN (II) William (2), eldest son of William (1) and Temperance (Loveridge) Van Orden (q. v.), was born 1717, died March 17, 1793. He lived a quiet, uneventful life in the Inbogt. In a deed of indenture he is described as a weaver, but it is doubtful if he ever worked at his trade, as his farm of one hundred and twenty-four acres supplied all his wants. He built his own house in 1742 and it stood for nearly one hundred and thirty years. An addition was built at the request of his son, Hezekiah, who wanted a "Yankee House," that is, one built of wood, and of this material the addition was made. He married, December 22, 1742, Sarah, daughter of Heze- kiah Dubois, of Kingston. Children: Tem- perance, married John Burhans; Hezekiah, of further mention ; Annatje, married James Mil- liken, a private of the continental army.
(III) Hezekiah, only son of William (2) and Sarah (Dubois) Van Orden, was born in Germantown, New York, January 22, 1749, died August 18, 1796. During the war of the revolution he was an ardent Whig. As a member of the military committee of the Groote Inbogt district he kept close watch upon the Tories of the neighborhood and took his turn in patrolling the roads. In October, 1777, he joined the yeomen who flocked to Green Point and Maquaa's Hoek to oppose the British in their progress up the Hudson. In 1781, at the age of thirty-two, he was a justice of the peace, an office at that time of considerable honor and usually conferred upon older men. He married (first) Engeltje Luke; (second) Elizabeth Van Vechten.
(IV) Jacob, son of Hezekiah and Elizabeth (Van Vechten) Van Orden, born September 5, 1788, died March 25, 1833. He married Harriet Schuyler, born September 15, 1783, died December 4. 1868, daughter of Philip Pieterse and Annatje (Wendell) Schuyler.
(V) William (3), son of Jacob and Har- riet (Schuyler) Van Orden, was born at Cat- skill, February 9. 1816, died April 18, 1894. He was educated in the schools of Catskill and Albany. After his graduation he entered
the law office of Abram Van Vechten, a prom- inent lawyer of Albany. He was admitted to the bar and practiced his profession in Cat- skill. During his later years he resided on the old Van Orden farm, situated about two miles from Catskill. He was master in chan- cery in Greene county. He was a member of the First Reformed Church to which he contributed liberally. He married, June 24, 1840, Mary, daughter of Caleb and Katurah (Hill) Hopkins. Children: Philip V., born March 1I, 1841, died December 13, 1910; William, of further mention; Charles H .. April 11, 1847 ; Mary Louise, March 11, 1856; Anna, January 3, 1858.
(VI) William (4), son of William (3), and Mary (Hopkins) Van Orden, was born November 20, 1845. He received his cduca- tion in private schools, and attended an acad- emy conducted by Rev. Dr. R. B. Fairbairn, an Episcopal minister. Upon the completion of his schooling he took up agricultural pur- suits on the farm which is now his home. He is a member of the Holland Society, also a member of the Dutch Reformed church of Catskill. In politics he is an Independent Dem- ocrat, but never held office. He is unmarried.
LIPE Two members of the Lipe family came from Germany to the Ameri- can colonies prior to the revolution. Johnannes (John), born 1764, settled on a farm in Montgomery county near Sprakers. During the revolution he owned the land on which the defences of Fort Plains were built. The property descended to his son David; later to his grandson, Secber Lipe. With the consent of the owner, the Montgomery county Historical Society erected small marble mon- uments in August, 1882, marking the site of the original fort erected 1776, and another the block house built in 1781. John engaged both in farming and in trade at Sand Hill, at that time in the town of Minden. He passed through the trying scenes of the rev- olution safely, although Minden suffered much from the Indians and Tories. After the war was over John married. November 11, 1788, Elizabeth Lambert, and left numerous descendants. He continued in business until his death.
The ancestor of Ephraim Lipe, of Cana- joharie, is also John Lipc, of the town of Root, Montgomery county. New York. He was a farmer and was killed by a running horse while attempting to cross the road. He lived in the troublous times of the revolution and served with the militia against the Indians. He married a Miss Hays and had four chil- dren : Delia, married Adam Dockstader; Eva,
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married John Burns; Mary, married John Vancroast ; Adam 1., of whom further.
(II) Adam I., son of John and (Hays) Lipe, was born in the town of Root, Montgomery county, New York, June 28, 1794, died June 28, 1872. He grew up on the homestead farm, and later became a land own- er and farmer. He was a soldier in the war of 1812; was a Whig in politics and a man of influence in his town. He married, about 1816, Catherine Rickard, of German and revolutionary ancestry, born March 17, 1796, died November 19, 1884. Children: 1. John L., born October, 1817, died December 28, 1883; he married Elizabeth Wormuth; chil- dren : i. Martin; ii. Adam, married Margaret Pullman, of Johnstown, New York, and had Earl; iii. Jeanette, married Charles Snow. 2. Kate, born May 29, 1821, died December 31, 1908; she married Jacob Bellinger, a descend- ant of William Bellinger, born in Germany ; children : William and Adam. 3. Delilah, born March 2, 1824. married Jacob Mowers; chil- dren : Wesley and Edna. 4. Hiram, born February 9, 1828. 5. Eve, born March 1, 1831 married, March 7. 1849, Charles H. Hubbs, born September 3. 1824, died November 20, 1892, son of Charles Root Hubbs, of Long Island, New York, settled in the town of Root in 1802 near Rural Grove ; he married Miriam Coffin and had ten children. Children of Charles H. Hubbs : i. Catherine, born July 3, 1851, died November 16, 1851; ii. David, March 4. 1855, married Addie Burroughs ; iii. Carrie, October 20, 1857, married, June, 1893, Simon Van Buren ; iv. Adam, June 4, 1860, died November 24, 1889; v. A. Seymour, De- cember 9. 1862, married Hope Conover; vi. Lillian, July 5. 1866, married, October 19. 1892, Dorris Carr; children: Edwin J., born August 17, 1889; Leland, November 1, 1891 ; vii. Raymond B., August 16, 1871, married, October 17, 1889, - : viii. Iva A., May 19, 1875. 6. Ifarriet, born February 16, 1834; married Samuel Jamison and has son Morti- mer. 7. Ephraim, see forward.
(III) Ephraim, youngest son and child of Adam I. and Catherine ( Rickard) Lipe, was born in the town of Root, Montgomery coun- ty, New York, July 14, 1837. He was edu- cated in the public school and reared on the farm, succeeding to ownership of the home- stead on the death of his father. Here he lived until after the birth of all his children, a period covering twenty-five years of owner- ship. The farm contained one hundred and fifty-five acres and he managed it profitably. In 1868 he began buying and selling hay in rather a small way but the business soon took ·on large porportions, and in 1883 he left the
farm and located in the village of Sprakers and carried on business on a much larger scale. In February, 1889, he removed to the village of Canajoharie, which has since been his home. He remained in active business un- til 1900, when he retired. He became a very large dealer in hay and was well known throughout the valley where for forty-one years he bought hay from the farmers, doing business with some of them for nearly the entire period. About 1878 he admitted his eld- est son to a partnership, the firm name being E. & W. H. Lipe. He is held in the highest regard in the community where his entire life has been spent with the exception of seven years he spent in New York City taking charge of and marketing the hay shipments. During his residence in the town of Root he was much in the public service, serving as town collector of taxes and highway commis- sioner. In Canajoharie he has served as trus- tee and auditor of the village. He is a Re- publican in politics. He has been for many years a devoted active worker in the Dutch Reformed church which he serves as trustee.
He married, February 23, 1860, in St. Mark's Lutheran Church, ( Rev. Lewiston Hip- pee officiating ) Eliza Anne Wood, born in Can- ajoharie, New York, August 16, 1840. They began their married life on the farm near Sprakers, their home until 1883. Mrs. Lipe is a devoted member of the Dutch Reformed church, and with her husband has contributed much to the church and social life of the community. On Wednesday, February 23, 1910, Ephraim and Eliza Anne ( Wood) Lipe celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding day, an occasion that will long live in the memories of the one hundred and sev- enty-five guests present, including every liv- ing son and daughter. Eliza A. Wood is a daughter of Abram and Ann ( Wiles ) Wood, granddaughter of David and Elizabeth (Van- derberker) Wood, and maternal granddaugh- ter of Joseph Wiles, old Montgomery county families. Children of Abram and Ann Wood : John, married Elizabeth Moguin : Isaac, mar- ried Elizabeth Platner ; Eliza Anne, married Ephraim Lipe ; Mary, married De Witt Davis ; Boyd, married Elizabeth Wills: David. mar- ried Ella Harp: Richard; Margaret, married Charles H. Burdick : Jennie, married William Lausen. Children of Ephraim and Eliza Anne (Wood) Lipe: I. Walter H., born December 4, 1860; educated in the public schools, en- gaged for many years in business as junior member of E. & W. H. Lipe; in 1890 he or- ganized the Imperial Packing Company and for ten years was engaged in curing and pack- ing the well known "Beech Nut" products ; in
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1900 Bartlett Arkell became a partner and as the Beech Nut Packing Company, the busi- ness continued with Walter H. Lipe as treas- urer and general manager ; he married, July 20, 1896, Christina A. Goodall; children: i. Virginia, born May 24, 1900; ii. Rose Ann, March 5, 1906. 2. Mary Estelle, born April 10, 1864; married, October 3, 1889. William E. Tompkins, a hay and grain merchant of Toledo, Ohio; child, Anna Eliza, born Sep- tember 25, 1890. 3. Fred Willard, born March I. 1866; a hay and grain merchant of Toledo, Ohio; married, May, 1899, Sadie Allen. 4. Raymond P., born October 6, 1870; a hay and grain merchant of Toledo, Ohio; he married, March 3, 1893, Maude Vosburgh; children : Katherine Vosburgh, born March 14, 1896, Elizabeth Bartlett, November, 1898. 5. Ber- tha Virginia, born September 25, 1874; mar- ried, June 25, 1902, Lyell T. Hallett, assist- ant treasurer of the Beech Nut Packing Com- pany ; children: Walter Wellington, born March 11, 1906; Florence Elizabeth, May II, 1908. Two children died in infancy, Anna and Ephraim (2), and Jennie, who died in her nineteenth year.
BROWN John Brown was born in New- port, Rhode Island, in 1695, died January, 1764. He was a large vessel owner and a very wealthy man for his day. The family, however, lost most of their property during the revolution, as they remained loyal to the King. He married Jane Lucas, and had issue.
(II) Colonel Robert, son of John and Jane (Lucas) Brown, of Newport, was born April 9, 1735, died August, 1794. His wife Elizabeth was born January 28, 1744, died No- vember 27, 1815. The tradition of the family is that this Robert was the Robert Brown captured by pirates, together with two boys who were with him on his vessel. Brown and the two boys (not his own) were set afloat in a rowboat near some rocky cliffs, the pirates supposing they could not land. But Brown being a good sailor landed in safety, although in ascending the rocks one of the boys was lost and drowned. Colonel Robert said, "He hoped and prayed that he would live to see the day when they were hung." He did live to see them hung at Newport and told them of his wish, which they remembered. Colonel Robert Brown married Elizabeth -; chil- dren : 1. Colonel Robert B., born November 19, 1763, died October 27, 1845; he was the father of eight sons, Peter, Barker, Philip, Robert, George, Henry, Edmund and David. 2. John, born January 10, 1765, died Decem- ber 19, 1836, leaving nine children: John,
James, Samuel, Clark, Charles, Bet -:. Becky, Mary and Susan. 3. Silas, born November 28, 1760, died May 18, 1820 : children : Silas, Brin- ton. Fanny, Elizabeth, Susan and Sarah Ann. 4. Elizabeth, born July 27, 1767, died young. 5. Peleg, of whom further. 6. James, born July 11, 1771, died July 31, 1839. Mary, his wife, was born September, 1778: children : Robert, John, Benjamin, Mary, Lucy and Ta- bathy. By his second wife: Henry, Peleg, James, Caroline and George. 7. Ilenry, born July 2, 1773, died September 25, 1845 ; his wife was a Miss Hamnon ; they left one son, Silas. (III) Peleg, son of Colonel Robert and Elizabeth Brown, was born August 7. 1769, died September 23, 1838. He married Dorcas who died September 15, 1856. Chil- dren : William B., born September 22, 1793, died December 27, 1860; Mary, July 6, 1795, died June 22, 1875 : Tabathy, August 13, 1797, died November 26, 1825; Elizabeth, Septem- ber 30, 1799, died October 17, 1799: Joseph W., March 27, 1801, died June 5. 1878 ; Eliza- beth C., December 30, 1802, died June 29. 1872; Ann M. June 22, 1805, died June 7, 1884: Jeremiah G., May 22, 1807, died No- vember 24. 1820: Peleg, of whom further.
(IV) Peleg (2), son of Peleg ( 1) and Dor- cas Brown, was born June 28, 1810, died June 23, 1891. He married, March 10, 1836, Ann Hoxie, born March 23, 1810, died February 17, 1887. Children: John P., born July 1, 1838, died May 24, 1881 ; Joseph H., of whom further ; William HI., born September 7, 1843, died February 17, 1844: Infant son, deceased ; Mary Esther, May 15, 1849. died April 16, 1884, married Charles H. Bradish, Decem- ber 21, 1881 ; children : Leila and Annabel.
(V) Joseph H., son of Peleg (2) and Ann (Hoxie) Brown, was born January 12, 1841, at Petersburg. New York, died March 27, 1904. He was a successful farmer of Hoosick where he lived all his life. He was a Re- publican and took a deep interest in the poli- tics of the county, holding local offices. He was a member of the Baptist church. He mar- ried June 16, 1861, Mary E. James. She died August 13, 1898. Children : William Joseph, born June 23, 1862, died March 8, 1893 ; Hat- tie M .; Edward James, of whom further.
(VI) Edward James, son of Joseph H. and Mary E. (James ) Brown, was born June 27, 1866. He was educated in the public schools of Hoosick, and then followed the occupation of his father, that of farming, and remained on the homestead with him. In 1894 he re- lieved his father of the care of the farm, tak- ing full charge. He removed to Plattsburg, New York, for a much needed rest and re- mained there two years, 1895-96, and then re-
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turned to the farm where he has made his home. His farm is a dairy farm, requiring much extra work. He is a Republican in politics and takes an active part in town af- fairs. He is a member of All Saints Episco- pal Church. He married, November 28, 1879, Marion Stetson, daughter of Elizur Larkin, died April 25, 1891 ; and Helen (Stetson) Lar- kin. Children : Helen Mary, Rowland Hoxie, Elizabeth Larkin.
TURNER The progenitor of the Turner family in Amsterdam was of English descent and Irish birth. The founder of the family in Ireland was born in England of English parents. He came to Ireland when a young man, settled in Wexford county, where he married Bridget Doyle, born in Wexford, where she died at the age of eighty-nine. The husband changed his religious belief and became, like his wife, a communicant of the Roman Catholic church. They were the parents of a son, Patrick.
(II) Patrick, son of James and Bridget (Doyle) Turner, was born in Wexford, Ire- land, died at New Castle, same county, at age of fifty-two years. He was a successful con- tractor. He married and had issue. I. Rich- ard, married Ellen Bell; removed to England, reared a family, one coming to the United States. 2. Jennie, married Henry Jordan, with whom she emigrated to Van Diemen's Land, Australia, where they died, leaving two sons and three daughters. 3. Eliza, mar- ried John Whalen ; they removed to Marlbor- ough, Australia, leaving a daughter, Mary, who is also deceased. 4. Patrick, was for fifteen years on the Irish constabulary force, was transferred to England, where he was killed in the performance of his duty ; he mar- ried in England. 5. James, married Maria Wright, of Irish parents, settled in England, later on emigrated to Marlborough, Australia ; had Emily, Maria and Catherine. 6. Terrence, came to the United States, settled in the south, where he died. 7. John, married Eliza Fox; came to the United States, settled in Amster- dam, New York, where he died from sun- stroke, eleven days after his arrival here; he left John and Mary; the former a soldier of the One Hundred and Fifteenth New York Volunteer Regiment; died in the service. 8. William, settled in Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng- land ; married Ellen Thompson, of that town, and had William and Emily. 9. Catherine, also removed to Halifax, England, where she married Whalen; they are both de-
ceased, leaving a daughter, Mary. 10. Michael, see forward. II. Mary, died aged three years. 12. Bridget, born September 22,
1832, in Wicklow county, Ireland ; educated in Dublin; came to the United States on the sailing vessel, "P. Sage"; after a six weeks' voyage arrived in New York, proceeded to Amsterdam, New York, where she married Alexander Doyle, born in Wicklow county, Ireland, December 25, 1828, came to the Uni- ted States when a young man, died in Am- sterdam, November 9, 1904; children: Mary, Charles, William, Jennie, all deceased, John, Jane, Catherine F.,. Martha, Elizabeth and James Doyle.
(III) Michael, tenth child of Patrick Tur- ner, was born in Ireland, 1828. He emigrated to the United States in 1849, coming on a slow sailing vessel. He settled in Amster- dam, where he became a well known and pros- perous mason and builder. He was also a builder of tan bark furnaces for the consump- tion of old tan bark. He met a tragic death, April 24, 1876. The spring freshets had car- ried away the bridge across the Mohawk river at Amsterdam; late in the evening in com- pany with two attorneys of Amsterdam, John- son I. Snell and Cuthbert Patterson, he at- tempted to cross the river in a small boat, which on the way across overturned and all three were drowned. Mr. Turner's body was found eleven months after on Scotia Flats, Schenectady. The tragic death of these three well-known men caused universal sadness in their city. He was a man of thrift and energy, highly respected. He mar- ried, in Amsterdam, Bridget McCormick, born in county Meade, Ireland, emigrating to the United States about the same time as her husband. They settled on a farm in the town of Day, Saratoga county, where she died in 1873, aged thirty-eight years. He married (second) Kate Burns, who survives him, a resident of Amsterdam. Children of first wife: 1. John J., see forward. 2. William, in the undertaking business in Amsterdam; married Eleanor Fox and has Georgc. D.D.S., William and Florence. 3. Richard, married Mary Bowes and had a son Richard (2), de- ceased. 4. Eliza, widow of John H. Den- ning ; resides in Saratoga ; has children : Mary, wife of John Sheridan, Hugh and John Den- ning. 5. Mary, died in youthful woman- hood, unmarried. 6. George, resident of Sche- nectady, New York; is in the employ of his brother John J .; married (first) Angie Dailey and has a daughter Theresa. 7. Ellen, died young. 8. Catherine, educated for the church, at Notre Dame, is a sister at Notre Dame, Washington, D. C. 9. Nora, died in infancy. Child by second wife: 10. Jessie, born Sep- tember 19, 1875.
(IV) John J., eldest child of Michael and
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Bridget (McCormick) Turner, was born in Day, Saratoga county, New York, November 19, 1853. He learned the mason, building and contracting trade with his father, work- ing in connection with him until the death of the latter in 1876, when he succeeded him, took the business in charge and has since successfully conducted extensive building operations all over the section known as East- ern New York. He was for a time, 1890-97, in partnership, but since the latter date has carried on the business alone. He is one of the best-known contractors of his own city and has erected many large and costly build- ings in neighboring and distant cities. For years he has erected many of the buildings of the General Electric Company of Schenectady the largest being eight hundred fifty-two by one hundred fifty-three feet in size. Among public buildings may be noted : the Elk Club House, and St. Mary's Parochial School, re- cently completed. Much of his success in his building operations he ascribes to the com- petent co-operation of the architect, C. M. Underwood. Politically Mr. Turner is a Dem- ocrat. He is a member of the Amsterdam board of trade, and since 1903 has been a member of the board of water commissioners. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Amsterdam Lodge, No. 101, Benevolent Pro- tective Order of Elks: Ft. Johnson Club and Country Club. The family are members of the Roman Catholic church. He married, June 5. 1878, in Amsterdam, New York, Marie, born there in 1853, daughter of Thomas and Marie (Dooley) Egan, both born in Ireland, but residents of Amsterdam for many years. Thomas Egan was a baker and died in 1882. Marie, his wife, died in 1897. They were extremely old people. Children of John J. and Marie (Egan) Turner: I. Elizabeth, educated in St. Mary's Convent; resides at home. 2. John P., a civil engineer ; educated at St. Mary's and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; is engaged with his father ; married October, 1909, Agnes Schermerhorn, of Troy, New York. 3. Richard, civil engineer ; edu- cated at St. Mary's and the Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute ; unmarried. 4. Thomas A., associated with his father : was educated at St. Mary's and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ; unmarried.
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