Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume IV, Part 41

Author: Reynolds, Cuyler, 1866-1934, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 660

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(VI) Ephraim T., eldest son of Teunis B. and Judith (Bronk) Van Slyke, was born March 5, 1815, died June 19. 1899. He re- sided on the ancestral lands in Greene county, New York, all his life. He married, Sep- tember 21, 1840, Mary, born March 3. 1816, dlied May 13, 1898, daughter of Andrew and Anna (Ten Eyck) Van Derzee. She de-

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scends on the paternal side from Storm Van Derzee and on the maternal from Coenradt Ten Eyck, both early Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam and Rensselaerwyck. Storm Van Derzee was born on the ocean while the ship "Rensselaerwyck" was passing through a fu- rious storm, 1636, which accounts for his peculiar name.

The line of descent from Storm Van Der- zee to Mary Van Derzee is through his son Wouter ( Walter ), who married, July 2, 1695. Jannetje Swart. Storm (2), son of Wouter Van Derzce, was baptized August 3. 1701, married, September 5. 1735, Elizabeth Sling- erland. Andrew, son of Storm (2) Van Der- zee, was born April 10, 1781, died March 8, 1829. captain of New Baltimore militia com- pany and served at Sackett's Harbor, war of 1812, married. November 12. 1807. Anna Ten Eyck. born May 17, 1786, died September 8, 1872. She received revenue from the Ten Eyck estate in Holland until near her death, when she relinquished her right, signing the necessary papers with the Dutch consul at Albany. Mary, daughter of Andrew and An- na (Ten Eyck) Van Derzee, married Eph- raim T. Van Slyke. Conradt Ten Eyck, who . died 1687. the ancestor of Anna (Ten Eyck) Van Derzee, was of the wealthy and important Ten Eyck family of Holland. The coat-of- arms borne by the Holland family may be seen on the windows of the Ten Eyck Hotel, Al- bany, but without the motto "Mea virtute in- volvo" ( I wrap myself in my virtue). Coen- radt Ten Eyck was a boot and shoe manu- facturer of New Amsterdam, and owned a tannery. The first map of New York City, made 1640, shows two lots owned by him and Coenties Slip, the dock used by the early Hudson sloops, was named for him. He mar- ried. 1646-47, Maria Boele, a devoted worker in the early Collegiate Dutch church. Jacob, son of Coenradt Ten Eyck, was born 1647 in New Amsterdam, moved to Albany, 1675, married. 1676, Gertruy Coeymans, born 1654, died February 27, 1735, daughter of Barent Pietersen Coeymans, the Dutch emigrant. Coenradt. son of Jacob Ten Eyck, was born April 9. 1678, died 1753. married Geertruy Van Schaick, September 8, 1687, daughter of Anthony, born 1655, and Maria Van Der Poel, and granddaughter of Captain Goosen Van Schaick. 1649. and Teunise Cornelise Van DerPoel, 1660. Anthony, son of Coenradt Ten Eyck, was born September 17, 1712, and was a merchant of New York City. He mar- ried, November 29. 1740, Sara E. Ten Eyck, a great-granddaughter of Coenradt Ten Eyck. Coenradt A., son of Anthony Ten Eyck, was born May 15, 1746 (the name is written with

a small t in the records of the Collegiate Dutch church in New York ), Thed December 14, 1825. Ile owned the land where the village of Ravena, Albany county, now stands. He and his wife are buried on the kn Il west from the depot.

Ile married Rachel Hallenbeck, of Cox- sackie. born April 18, 1752, died April 19. 1839, daughter of Martinus and descendant of Caspar Jacobse Hallenbeck, who was of Bey- erwyck, 1654; his son, Jan Caspar Hallen- beck, died at Albany. December, 1730, mar- ried Rachel Willemse : their son, Caspar Janes Hallenbeck, died 1756, married Magdalena Their son, Martinus Hallenbeck, born December 19. 1715. married, January 30, 1736, Annatje, daughter of Cornelius Woomer. Their daughter Rachel married Coenradt Ten Eyck. Their daughter Anna married Andrew Van Derzee. Their daugh- ter Mary married Ephraim T. Van Slyke. They had two sons: Andrew W., of further mention ; Bronck, of New Baltimore, New York, born July 20, 1852.

(VII) Dr. Andrew W. Van Slyke. eldest son of Ephraim T. and Mary (Van Derzee) Van Slyke, was born in New Baltimore, De- cember 5. 1846. Ile prepared for the pro- fession of medicine at Rutger's College. New Brunswick, New Jersey, attended Albany Medical College, where he was graduated MI. D., class of 1869: also took post-graduate course in New York City. He has practiced medicine at Coxsackie, New York, since 1872, and is held in high regard as a physician and a citizen. lle is greatly interested in matters genealogical and historical. owning many treasured mementoes of his Dutch an- cestors, including wills, deeds, and articles of household use. It is to him that this family record is in a large measure due. He is, moreover, the accepted authority on many other Coxsackie families, not of his own name, and constantly called on for genealogical data. He attends the Dutch church. lle is a trus- tee of Heermanse Memorial Library and president (1911 ) of the board. Ile was raised a Mason in April, 1868, in Ark Lodge, No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons, of Coxsackie, New York, and passed through the degrees to Commandery. Ile is a Republican in politics and served as health officer of the town of Coxsackie since the organization of the state board of health and has also served in the ffice of coroner.

He married ( first ) January 1. 1877. Marie Antoinette Mccarty, who died February 18, 1907, without issue. lle married ( second ) Henrietta Houghtaling, July 22, 1907. Child, Maria E. G., born September 2, 1909.

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The Mac Cabes were one of

MCCABE Ireland's most powerful clans. Originally coming from county Cavan, they spread over Cavan and the neigh- horing counties, dominating wherever the branches of the family settled. They were descended from Colla da Chrioch, founder of the Kingdom of Origiale, the first king of which was a Mac Cabe. His descendants continued to rule over that kingdom, and were also styled Kings of Ulster down to the time of the subjugation of that province by the English in the twelfth century. The Mac Cabes were men of great strength and valor, and in the old days gave many famous com- manders and galloglasses to Ulster. With the decline of Irish influence in Ulster the hand of adversity fell hard upon the Mac Cabe clan. The clansmen, although subju- gated, were never conquered. The spirit of the old chieftains was inherited by their de- scendants, and the Mac Cabes, broken in for- tune but not in spirit, kept up an almost con- tinuous warfare against the conquerors. In the course of the centuries, however, the Mac Cabe clansmen became scattered over the widely distant parts of the world, carrying in their hearts, however, a wildly passionate devotion to Hibernia, and as passionate a hatred of her conquerors. They also carried with them the same rugged strength and cour- age which characterized them in the early his- tory of Ulster.

In the days of their supremacy in Ireland they had allied themselves with the O'Reillys and the O'Neils, who with the Mac Cabes were the three most powerful families in county Cavan. Their influence was para- mount in every branch of county affairs, mili- tary and civil, and they also contributed many powerful prelates to the Irish church of that period.

(1) Descended from a long line of those pure Celtic ancestors was James McCabe, who emigrated with his family to America in 1844, and settled in Albany, New York.

(II) John, son of James McCabe, married, in Albany, Anne, daughter of Patrick and Mary (Daley) Cassidy, both of whom were natives of Dunganna, county Tyrone, Ireland, and who had come to the United States in 1828, and after a three months' voyage across the ocean settled in Albany, where March 9, 1833, their daughter Anne was born. Anne survived her husband and is still living in Al- bany, being now in her seventy-eighth year. She is a fine type of Irish-American woman- hood, and now in the winter of her life may well look back with pride upon a life full of good works. The writer, an old friend, re-

members her as always a sweet, charitable and neighborly woman, deeply religious, and an earnest and constant advocate of total ab- stinence, in a field in which she accomplished' immeasurable good. Her life's story. far- reaching and womanly as it has been, is an inspiration to all who know her. Children : I. James, born 1857, died 1898, married Mary J. Holton, also deceased, leaving one child, a son, John J., who is unmarried and resides in. Albany. 2. Patrick Edgar. 3. John F., born 1861, married Catherine Reagan, and still re- sides in Albany. 4. Mary T., born 1863, died 1885, unmarried. The sons were all educated' in the Christian Brothers' Academy, at Al- bany. New York, and have all manifested con- siderable activity in political affairs, Patrick E. heing especially prominent.

(III) Patrick Edgar, second son of John' and Anne (Cassidy) McCabe, was born in Albany, New York, June 26, 1859. Upon leaving school he learned the trade of moul- der, moulding being at the time about the most remunerative trade open to a young man. Dissatisfied with the limited opportuni- ties which his trade seemed to hold out to. him, he took the United States civil service. examination and in 1885 was appointed to a clerkship in the Albany, New York, post of- fice. Here his early education and great nat- ural ability soon asserted themselves, and, to- gether with his constant activity in politics, caused him to be appointed assistant county treasurer, an office which he filled with signal ability. He occupied this position for six years, and at the end of that time had become one of the recognized leaders of the Demo- cratic party in the county of Albany. In 1898 he was elected clerk of the county of Albany, and in the year 1900 was chosen as the representative of Albany county on the Democratic state committec, a position which he still holds. He has since become one of the recognized leaders of the Democratic party in the Empire State, and is always a familiar figure in state and national conven- tions. Ile has proven himself an ahle and resourceful leader and counsellor, and has often exhibited qualities of rare courage and strategic genius in the face of odds which would be the undoing of a less able man. On January 4, 1911, Mr. McCabe was elected clerk of the senate of the state of New York, a position the importance of which can hardly be over-estimated. His conduct of this office. has met the unqualified approval of all stu- clents of public affairs. He is a Roman Cath- olic and a member of the congregation of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Al- bany. In 1898 he married Elizabeth T. Kieley,

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a native of Albany, daughter of Jeremiah and Anne (Kennedy) Kieley, both now de- ceased. Jeremiah Kieley, who died in 1863, was a man of considerable wealth and in- fluence in his day, and was supervisor in the .old first ward of Albany sixty years ago. Mr. and Mrs. McCabe reside in Albany, New York.

SUTHERLAND The Sutherlands came to America from Scot- land, and are of Scotch and English ancestry. The family in Cox- sackie descend from Joseph Sutherland, of Horseneck, Connecticut, who came from Scot- land. He married and left sons. His de- scendants are found in Columbia, Greene, Al- bany, and Schoharie counties, New York. The first of the line in Coxsackie was the fol- lowing named :

(I ) James Sutherland, who owned property and died there. He married and left several children.

(II) Abram, son of James Sutherland, was born at New Baltimore, Greene county, New York. He married Jane, daughter of Henry and Cornelia (Van Pelt) Van Slyke (see Van Slyke VI).

(III) George, son of Abram and Jane (Van Slyke) Sutherland, was born in New Balti- more. He located in Coxsackie, New York, where he was extensively engaged in the harvesting and shipping of hay. He married Lettie A. Rowe, born in New Baltimore, of an old New York family.

(IV) Frank Herbert, son of George and Lettie A. (Rowe) Sutherland, was born at New Baltimore, New York. He was educated in the common schools. He has for many years been engaged in the freighting business and in other enterprises. He is a director of the National Bank of Coxsackie, having served in that capacity for many years. He is prominent and active in public affairs, and for many years has been president of the vil- lage corporation. He is prominent in the Masonic order, holding the degrees of Knights Templar. In political faith he is a Democrat, and in religious faith a Methodist.

(The Van Slyke Line).

There were two early settlers of Bever- wyck of this name, Cornelius, whose descend- ants settled in the Mohawk Valley, and Will- iam Pieterse, whose descendants settled below Albany in Columbia and Greene counties. The name originally Van Slyk is now spelled both Van Slyck and Van Slyke.

(II) Teunis Willemse, son of William Pieterse Van Slyk or Van Slyke, of Amster-

dam, married, February 5, 1690% Jindetie Hendrickse Van Wie. Ile settled in a large tract of land in Grecin county, and one mile south of New Baltimore built, 1 9713. the stone mansion which was long the family seat. His family Bible, printed by band, 1515- 18, said to be the oldest printed Bible on earth, is owned by a descendant in Saginaw, Michigan. Children : Hendrick. Idla, Andrics, Gerrit, of further mention, Pieter, Alida, Direk, Agnietje, Willem. Jannetje H. Van Wie, wife of Tennis Willemse Van Slyke, was the daughter of Hendrick Gerritse Van Wie, who was in Beverwyck. 1650-01; made his will in 1690, wherein he spoke of his wife and eldest son Gerrit. In 1691 Pieter Schuyler petitioned the governor for the relief of Ifen- drick Gerritse Van Wie, "a volunteer in the late expedition to Canada, who was desper- ately wounded at Prary in Canada and was cared for at the house of the widow of Jacob Tys Van Derheyden." He died soon after.

(III) Gerrit, son of Teunis Willemse and Jannetje II. (Van Wie) Van Slyke, was bap- tized May 19, 1706, married Annatje Turk. Children : Catharyna, Sara, Jacobus, of fur- ther mention. Sarah, Teunis.

(IV) Jacobus, son of Gerrit and Annatje (Turk) Van Slyke, served in the revolution, Captain Cox's company, Eleventh Regiment, Albany county militia. He married Jannetje Clow.

(V) Ilenry, son of Jacobus and Jannetje (Clow) Van Slyke, married Cornelia Van Pelt, descendant of Wouter Teunise Van Pelt. of Long Island, was the daughter of John Van Pelt, of Staten Island, who married - Van Slyke, daughter of Andries, son of Teunis Willemse, son of William Pieterse Van Slyke, the founder. Andreis Van Slyke married Maria Van Benthuysen, daughter of Balthus, son of Partus Martense Van Ben- thuysen, an early settler of Fort Orange and extensive land owner in the village. Ile mar- ried a daughter of Barent Balthus, of Flat- bush, Long Island. Balthus Van Benthuy- sen was a merchant. Ile married, February 22, 1707, -- in New York City. Maria, his youngest daughter, baptized July 16, 1721. married Andries Van Slyke. They had daugh- ters : Jannetje. Lydia, Alida, one of whom married John Van Pelt, father of Cornelia V'an l'elt, wife of Abram Sutherland.

(VI) Jane, daughter of Henry and Cor- nelia (Van Pelt) Van Slyke. married Abram Sutherland (see Sutherland I]).

These lines carry back to the early Dutch occupation and to the families of Van Slyke, Van Pelt, Van Benthuysen and Van Wie, an indisputably strong Dutch lineage.

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William Parker came from PARKER England in the autumn of 1633 in the ship "James." He was an original proprietor of Hartford, Connecti- cut, 1636. About 1649 he removed to Say- brook, Connecticut, where he was a large land owner, also holding a large tract in Hebron. He probably served in the Pequot war. He filled several town offices, served on numerous committees, and was deputy to the general court at the special session of 1652: also served 1678-79-80. About 1636 he married (first) Margery -, who died December 6, 1680. He married (second) Elizabeth Pratt, widow of Lieutenant William Pratt. He died at Saybrook, December 28, 1686. He had ten children, of whom Joseph (1), Jona- than and Deborah died carly. They were: Sarah, Joseph (1), John, Ruth, William, Jos- eph (2), Margaret, Nathan, David, Deborah. Sarah, Ruth and Margaret married.

(II) John, son of William and Margery Parker, was born at Hartford, Connecticut, February 1, 1641-42, died at Saybrook, same state, 1706. He was regarded as a proprietor of Saybrook and given one hundred pounds accommodation. He was active and influen- tial in town affairs. He was deputy to the general court, 1686-88-99-1700. He was a large land owner at Saybrook and Hebron. He was appointed gunner and master of the artillery at Fort Saybrook, November 30, 1683, and was in charge of the fort under Governor Andros with rank of lieutenant. He married. December 24, 1666, Mary, daughter of Thomas Buckingham, a settler of Milford, Connecticut, and sister of Rev. Thomas S. Buckingham, pastor of the Saybrook church in 1670. Children : John, Deborah, Ebenezer, Samuel.

(III) John (2), son of Lieutenant John (1) and Mary ( Buckingham) Parker, was born October 6, 1667, died at Norwich, Connecti- cut, December 24, 1709. He served as con- stable 1694, and was one of the first to act as attorney-at-law under the act of 1708. He married, December 11, 1690, Mary, daugh- ter of Lieutenant Samuel and Mary (Bush- nell) Jones. They had seven children.

(IV) John (3), son of John (2) and Mary (Jones) Parker, was born March 11, 1696. He was prominent in the Ecclesiastical So- ciety ; sergeant of the "train band" 1731 : en- sign in the Cape Breton expedition, and died at Louisburg, May 15, 1746. He married (first ) May 8, 1723, Mary Chapman ; mar- ried (second) Elizabeth Dunk; seven chil- dren.

(V) The earliest settler in Northern New York of this branch of the New England fam-

ily of Parker was Nathaniel, son of John (3) and Mary (Chapman) Parker, who settled in. Middle Granville, Washington county, about 1778. He came from Connecticut, where he was born January 6, 1738. Eliphalet and Mi- chael Parker settled on farms adjoining his on the Poultney road just north of the middle- village. He was in the British army, and with Wolfe at Quebec. He served in the revolu- tionary army, and was with Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga. "New York Men in the Rev- olution" gives the enlistment of five men by name Nathaniel Parker. The exact date of his settlement in Washington county cannot be given, but it was prior to 1782, as in that year he is recorded as assisting in raising a company of troops from his town to serve in defense of the northern frontier. He married and had children: Cynthia, unmarried ; Su- san, married Levi Miller ; Nathaniel, settled in Granville; Asa, see forward; Tamson, mar- ried Luke Hitchcock : Eliud, settled in Gran- ville : Matthias, settled in Granville: Emily, unmarried.

(VI) Asa, son of Nathaniel Parker, the pioneer, was born on the homestead farm in Middle Granville, Washington county, New York, in 1790, died in 1880. He grew up on the farm and spent his life as a farmer. He was a young man when the second war with England broke out, and enlisted in the Amer- ican army and was in active service. He married Laura Whitney, who bore him nine children: 1. Nathaniel, born 1825, died 1900; married, March 13, 1856, Cynthia, daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Carpenter ) Rogers. 2. Sidney. 3. Julia, married Mordecai Bull. 4. Esther, married David Woodward. 5. Emme- line, married William Sweet. 6. Delia, mar- ried Stephen Rogers. 7. George, married Mary Norton. 8. Frank, married Alma Nor- ton. 9. Eliud, see forward.

(VII) Eliud, son of Asa and Laura (Whit- ney) Parker, was born in South Granville, Washington county, New York, December 8, 1838, died September 28, 1896. He was edu- cated in the town schools, and reared a farmer, an occupation he followed all his life. He was a man of energy and character, gain- ing and holding the esteem of his fellowmen. He married Sarah, daughter of George, and granddaughter of Burdick Woodell, of Rhode Island. Children: 1. Clarence, see forward. 2. Nathaniel W .. born March 25, 1874; mar- ried Bertha Crosby. 3. Herbert F., December 10, 1877 : married Mary Ackley and has a daughter Emily.

(VIII) Clarence E., eldest son of Eliud and Sarah (Woodell) Parker, was born on the farm in South Granville, Washington county,

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New York, October 16, 1872. He was edu- cated in the local schools, prepared for and entered Williams College, where he was grad- uated, class of 1896. In 1898 he was admitted to the New York bar and at once began prac- tice in Granville, where he is now (1910) lo- cated. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Granville Lodge, No. 55, Free and Accepted Masons, Saratoga Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Washington Com- mandery. Knights Templar. In politics he is a Republican.

(The Woodell Line).

Sarah (Woodell) Parker is a descendant of William Wodell, of Boston, Massachu- setts, and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, who died in 1693. He was of Boston, 1637, and evi- dently embraced the religious views of Rev. Wheelwright and Ann Hutchinson, for on November 20, 1637, he was ordered with others to give up all guns, pistols, swords, powder, shot. etc., because "the opinions and revelations of William Wheelwright and Mrs. Hutchinson have seduced and led into dan- gerous errors many of the people here in New England." January 12, 1643, he and ten others bought of Miantonomi for "144 fath- oms of Wampum" a tract of land called by the Indians Shawomet (Warwick). Here began his trouble with Massachusetts Bay Colony, who claimed jurisdiction and title to Rhode Island. September 12. 1643, he with others of Warwick was notified to appear at general court at Boston to hear complaint of two Indian sachems, Pomham and Socon- occo, as to "some unjust and injurious deal- ings toward them by yourselves." The War- wick men declined to obey the summons, de- claring they were legal subjects of the King of England, and beyond the limits of Massa- chusetts territory, to whom they would ac- knowledge no subjection. Soldiers were sent, who besieged the settlers in a fortified house. In a parley it was said "they held blasphemous errors" which they must repent of "or go to Boston for trial." November 3. 1643, having been brought with others before the court at Boston charged with heresy and sedition, they were sentenced to be confined during "the pleasure of the court," and should they break jail or preach their heresies or speak against the church or state, on conviction their sen- tence would be death. Extreme as such meas- ures now seem. they are matched by the un- daunted courage of the men who in the face of such danger held to their religious convic- tions and defied their enemies. William Wo- dell was sent to Watertown, but not to prison, and remained at large until the following March and was then banished from both Mas-

sachusetts and Warwick. Ile thereupon re- turned to Portsmouth. Most of his compan- ions in the trial suffered close imprisonment for several months. In 1655 he was made a freeman : 1656-63 was commissioner: 1664- 1686 was sixteen times elected deputy to the Rhode Island general court. April 4. 1676, it was voted "that in these troublous times and straits in this Colony, this Assembly desiring to have the advice and concurrence of the most judicious inhabitants of it may be had for the good of the whole, desire at their next meeting the company and counsel of Mr. Ben- edict Arnold," and fifteen others among whom was William Wodell. May 5. 1680, he was- appointed as a committee to "put the laws and acts of the colony into such a method that they may be put in print." In 1684 he was elected assistant (to the governor), but posi- tively refused to serve. His will was proved May 2, 1693. An extract throws some light upon the charges made by the sachems for which he was first "haled to Boston," "And whereas it hath been said by several persons. that I with some others did go about to wrong the town of Portsmouth in purchasing Ilog Island of an Indian sachem called Mossosup, I am so far from doing any wrong therein that I do give unto the free inhabitants of the said town of Portsmouth * * # Ilog Island and other land." He makes the same state- ment in regard to some land bought on Rhode Island.

He married Mary -- , and had a son Gershom, born July 14, 1642, who married Mary Tripp and had sons. William Wodell also had daughters Mary, Sarah, Alice and Frances, who married and had large families.

The American progenitor of CARIIART the Carhart family, Thomas Carhart, arrived at New York, August 25. 1683, holding the appoint- ment of private secretary to Colonel Thomas Dongan, English governor of the colonies in America at that date. He was the son of Anthony Carhart, of Cornwall, England. and was born about 1650. "The bible of Anthony Carhart-more than two hundred years okl- containing the name of Thomas Carhart is still in existence in England." "The earliest mention of the family in the Ilerald's office and British Museum, London, is 1420, where the name is found to have been Carharta and Carhurta. Arms : ar. two bars sa. in chief, a demi griffin issuant of the last : Crest, a demi man naked ar. a wreath about his head, sa. in right hand an oaken branch, vert. acorns or." These arms were granted either during the. reign of Richard II. of England or soon after.

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Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume IV, Part 41

Author: Reynolds, Cuyler, 1866-1934, ed Publication date: 1911 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 660

Author: Reynolds, Cuyler, 1866-1934, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 660