Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume IV, Part 79

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


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(VII) Martha Nancy, daughter of Seth and Nancy (Pendleton ) Wiswall, was born October 26, 1817, died in Albany. August 31, 1880. She married, August 8, 1843, John Henry Van Antwerp, a descendant in direct line from Daniel Janse Van Antwerp and Maritie, daughter of Samuel Groot, both of Holland. Daniel Janse was an early propri- etor of Schenectady, where several of his chil- dren were killed or taken prisoners to Mon- treal, when that town was burned by the In- dians in 1690. Ile was a fur trader and a man of means. lle was a member of the Dutch church and donated, in 1715. the land on which the Dutch Reformed church of Sche- nectady now stands. John H. Van Antwerp's grandfather, Daniel Lewis Van Antwerp, 1771 to 1832, was of Schenectady and Albany : was a member of the constitutional convention of 1801. member of the legislature from Sara- toga county, 1808-10: district attorney, 1811, for counties of Albany, Schenectady. Sara- toga. Montgomery and Schoharie, being ap-


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pointed March 9. 1811, by Governor Daniel D. Tompkins. When Albany county was erected into a separate district, April 21, 1818, he was reappointed by Governor De Witt Clin- ton, June 11. 1818, his commission being in each case unlimited, but continuous during the pleasure of the governor and council. He was brigade-quartermaster in the war of 1812, judge of the court of sessions, 1820. William Van Antwerp, son of Judge Daniel Lewis Van Antwerp, was a prominent lawyer of Al- bany. 1799-1829. Married Sarah Meadon and had John Henry, William Meadon. Daniel Lewis (2) and a daughter. John Henry, son of William and Sarah ( Meadon) Van Ant- werp, was born in Albany, October 12, 1823. He was educated in the private schools and began business life as a clerk. He rapidly rose in business affairs and was one of the founders and original trustees of the National Savings Bank of Albany, and in May, 1872, was elected president. His connection with the New York State National Bank began July 17, 1847, as corresponding clerk. Jan- uary 1, 1856, he was appointed cashier, serv- ing until 1880, when he was elected vice-presi- dent. As a financier he was connected with the banking interests of Albany for over half a century, and his rare ability is indicated by the high standing of the institutions with which he was so long connected. He was a member for over eighteen years and vice- president of the New York state board of charities and gave much of his time to this. He was one of the originators of the plan for the creation of Washington Park, Albany. and one of the commissioners named in the act of the legislature creating it, was the first president of the board and served for about twenty-one years during the formation pe- riod of the Park, then declining a reappoint- ment by the mayor. Both Mr. Van Antwerp and his wife became members of St. Paul Episcopal Church, Albany, of which he was for many years senior warden. He was a member of the Holland Society, Sons of the Revolution, fellow of the American Geo- graphical Society and of the Albany Institute. Ilis clubs were the Manhattan and St. Nicho- Jas of New York City, the Fort Orange and Country of Albany.


Children of John H. and Martha Nancy ( Wiswall ) Van Antwerp: I. Amelia King, born December 11, 1844; married, November 8. 1866, John McMurray, of New York City : she died May 25, 1867. 2. Ilenrietta Wiswall, of further mention. 3. Rufus King, born July 25. 1849. died May 8, 1888. 4. Kate Jo- sephine, born June 24. 1859, died June 6, 1907 ; married, June 14, 1882, Josiah R. Stan-


ton, paymaster in the United States navy : child, Martha Van Antwerp, born Octo- ber 10, 1883; married, June 8, 1904. Edward Easton.


(Vill) Henrietta Wiswall, daughter of John Henry and Martha Nancy ( Wiswall ) Van Antwerp, was born September 2, 1847. and is the only surviving member of her fam- ily. She married, October 1, 1873, Major Junius Wilson MacMurray, of Missouri, an officer of the United States regular army. Major MacMurray recruited a company and entered the Union army as its first lieutenant, April 20, 1861; was breveted for bravery at the siege of Corinth, Mississippi; to captain. at the siege of Vicksburg, to major and to lieutenant-colonel for gallant and meritorious services during the war. Children: 1. Van Antwerp, born September 12, 1874, died No- vember 22, 1875. 2. Edna Allens, born June 4. 1876, married, June 15, 1900, James Par- sons Robinson, captain of Coast Artillery Corps, United States Army. 3. Ethel, born February 15, 1878. 4. John Van Antwerp, born October 6, 1881. Mrs. MacMurray re- sides in Washington, D. C., and Albany, New York.


Lawrence and Lydia


COPELAND


(Townsend) Copeland, of Braintree, Massachusetts ( 1651), had a family of nine children. Three of their sons. Thomas. William and John, lived to manhood and are the progenitors of nearly all the Copelands in the United States.


(11) William, son of Lawrence and Lydia ( Townsend) Copeland, was born September 15, 1656. Married, April 3, 1698, Mary, widow of Christopher Webb, Jr., and daugh- ter of John and Ruth (Allen) Bass. Ruth was the daughter of John Alden, the Pilgrim. William and Mary Copeland had eight sons and one daughter.


( Ill) William (2), son of William ( 1) and Mary ( Bass) ( Webb) Copeland, was born March 7, 1695. Married, June 15, 1718, Mary, daughter of Richard and Rebecca ( Mi- call) Thayer. They had seven children.


(IV) William (3), son of William (2) and Mary (Thayer ) Copeland, was born Decem- ber 6, 1730. Married. May 3. 1753. in Brook- lyn, Connecticut, Sarah Smith, and lived in Thompson, Connecticut. They had ( prob- ably ) twelve children.


(V) Jonathan, son of William (3) and Sarah (Smith) Copeland, was born Septem- ber 20, 1757. Married ( first ) March 9. 1780, Esther Chapman of Hampton, Connecticut : she was born January 12, 1761, died April 15. 1795: Jonathan married (second) May


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22, 1795. Sally Chollar ( or Collar), who died June 11, 1826. Children of first wife: I. Jonathan, born November 15, 1781. 2. Es- ther. April 11. 1783, married Daniel Corbin, died November 21, 1870. 3. Jonathan. Octo- ber 16, 1786, died December 5. 1858. 4. Da- vid, September 8, 1788. 5. Eunice, March 8, 1791, married Harvey Adams, died September 5, 1864. 6. Royal, March 20, 1793. married Harriet Hyde. died March 2, 1866. 7. Eliza- beth, March, 1795. Children of second wife : 8. Sally, born April 10, 1798, died October 30, 1843. 9. Abigail. April 19. 1800, married Ichabod U'pham, died January 2. 1882. 10. Asa. October 26, 1801. died August 26, 1820. II. Abiel, May 3, 1803. died May 10. 1863. 12. Elizabeth W .. January 26. 1805, died Sep- tember 20, 1869. 13. Daniel. November 13, 1806, married Pamelia Hibbard, died May 22. 1882. 14. Cynthia. November 14, 1808, died December 11, 1808. 15. Joel, November 20, 1809. died June 24, 1886. 16. Amasa. Janu- ary 7. 1812, died May 22, 1859.


(VI) David, son of Jonathan and Esther (Chapman) Copeland, was born September 8. 1788, died in Rochester, New York, June IO, 1878. He was one of the earlier settlers of Rochester when it was little more than an Indian trading village. As the town began to grow and improve, he became a dealer in mason's materials of all kinds. He was a prosperous merchant and transacted a large business. He was a Whig in politics, and with his family active in the Presbyterian church. He was one of the organizers of the first church of that denomination in Rochester. He married, June 29, 1814. Martha Shepard, born and died in Rochester. Children: I. Jonathan, born February 20, 1816. 2. Gerry Shepard. July 2, 1819. died December 10. 1873: married Maria Thompson, of Roches- ter ; no living issue. 3. Martha, July 26, 1821, died August 4. 1821. 4. William Eaton. June 15. 1823, died May 10, 1882: married Mary Ann Archer, who survives him; children : George, Robert, Mack, Carrie. 5. Mary May, December 5. 1825. died June 23. 1827. 6. Mary, February 19. 1826, died March 15. 1828. 7. Mary Jane, January 30, 1830, died November 29, 1905; married James \. Mc- Elhenny. deceased. 8. David. August 17, 1832, died September 16, 1890: married Em- ily Labes : children: Albert, Clara. Jennie, Esther. 9. Martha, June 28. 1835, died Sep- tember 7, 1843.


(VII) Rev. Jonathan Copeland, son of Da- vid and Martha (Shepard ) Copeland1. was born, it is thought, in Connecticut, February 20, 1816. died in Rochester. December 9. 1890. He was educated for the ministry,


graduating at Union College. Schenectady, New York. He was regularly ordained a minister of the Presbyterian church, and placed in charge as pastor of the church in Holley, New York, nearby, where he was pas- tor for sixteen years. He was in charge of a congregation at Champlain, New York ; Waterbury, Vermont ; and Webster, New York, his ministerial career covering a period of over fifty years. He was a faithful min- ister, and served well his Master's canse. He died in Rochester, New York, while yet liv- ing in Webster, being taken ill while on a visit to the former city, and is buried there. He married, January 30, 1844. Kezia Clark, born at Schenectady, New York, died at Webster, New York, August 8, 1885. She was a daughter of John and Kezia ( Failing) Clark, of early Dutch ancestry, the former a farmer of Schenectady county, owning and cultivat- ing the ground now occupied by the Mohawk Golf Club and much surrounding land. Children of Rev. Jonathan Copeland : I. Martha E., born February 21, 1845, died October 16, 1846. 2. J. Clark, April 26, 1847 : married (first) July 20, 1869. Lottie .A. Schenck, who died May 25, 1870; child. Grace Augusta, born May 24. 1870; married ( second ) April 5, 1882, Adella MI. Billings. 3. Edward Payson, October 9. 1849, died Sep- tember 13, 1876. 4. William Henry, Septem- 1 er 5. 1852 : married, October 12, 1881, Julia Burchard. 5. Emma Catharine, April 3. 1854. 6. Mary Kezia, October 18. 1856; married. December 29, 1886, Frank llolley : children : Ralph, born January 29, 1889, and Alma Ke- zia, February 8, 1803. 7. Alice Moore, Octo- ber 26, 1861, died September 23, 1889: mar- ried, May 6, 1885. J. R. Hawley : child, Kath- leen Alice, born February 27, 1887.


(VIII ) William Henry Copeland, third son of Jonathan and Kezia ( Clark) Copeland, was born at Holley, near Rochester, New York, September 5. 1852. lle was educated in the public schools, and began his business career as clerk in a general store at Waterbury, Ver- mont. He was then only a lad but well grown and eager for business life. In 1872 he lo- cated at Hoosick Falls, Ne. .. . nd he- came first, clerk, later bookkeeper for the form of Wallace, Jones & Ely. In 1875 he entered the employ of the Walter A. Wood Company as bookkeeper, remaining in the accounting department until 1892. He was then appoint- ed paymaster, a position he now occupies (1910). Ile is a skillful accountant and a trusted official. Hle is a member of the Pres- byterian church at Hoosick Falls, serving as trustee. In politics he is a Republican but tales no active part. His chibs are the lloo-


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sick and Hoosick Country. He married, October 12, 1881, Mrs. Julia E. Burchard, daughter of Lucins Morgan Cooley and widow of Walter Howard Burchard. She had by first marriage: I. Anson Wood, graduate of Stevens Institute, Hoboken, New Jersey, class 1889, now connected with the General Elec- tric Company, in New York City; he is a trustee of his alma mater, Stevens Institute. 2. Jessie May, married Hinsdill Parsons and resides in Schenectady, New York; Mr. Par- sons is a son of the late J. Russell Parsons, and was born in Hoosick Falls ; he is now con- nected with the General Electric Company of Schenectady, and is one of the vice-presidents.


Lucius Morgan Cooley, son of Horace and Lucretia (Morgan) Cooley, and father of Ju- lia E. (Cooley-Burchard) Copeland, was born at White River Junction, Vermont, Novem- ber 30, 1806, died at Hoosick Falls, New York, September 15, 1873. He was a Whig and a Republican, holding many of the local offices in his town. He was a deacon of the Presbyterian church. He married, February 4, 1834, Sally Maria Bussey, born in Hoosick Falls, died there March 31, 1881, daughter of Esek Bussey, of Rensselaer county, later of Lysander, Onondaga county, New York, where he died. He owned a large tract of land now a part of the village of Hoosick Falls. Esek Bussey married Elizabeth (Bet- sey) Sickles, born March 18, 1781, died at Lysander, New York, May 1, 1857. They had eleven children, of whom Sally Maria was the eighth.


Children of Lucius Morgan and Sally Maria Cooley: I. Francis Morgan, born June 18, 1835, died at San Francisco, California, November 24. 1800: he was educated at Ball's Academy, Hoosick Falls, and Poult- ney Academy, Poultney, Vermont : he taught school for a few months, then entered the employ of the Walter A. Wood Company. later in 1857 engaging in business in Hoosick Falls on his own account ; at the outbreak of the civil war he recruited a company at his own expense ; the company was mustered into the United States service, April 20, 1861, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as Company H, Fifth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, of which he was captain ; he was at Alexandria in 1861 and saw the killing of Colonel Ellsworth at the Marshall House by the enraged Jackson : May 14, 1861, he was ordered to Boston, Massachusetts, where he assisted in recruiting and organizing a regi- ment : in 1862 his command was attached to what was later known as the Second Division, Fifth Army Corps ; they were engaged in the Peninsular campaign with Mcclellan and with


the Army of the Potomac under its many com- manders ; in 1864, with Grant in command, his regiment was in one of the battles of the Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania, Be- thseda Church, and Cold Harbor; he was wounded several times, and during the assault on Petersburg, June 19, 1864, he received a severe wound; during the time between May 5 and June 19. 1864, he was under fire twen- ty-four days ; he was breveted major for gal- lantry at Spottsylvania, lieutenant-colonel for his services at Petersburg, and colonel for his patriotic services in the final campaign ; after the war he continued in the service of the government until his resignation in 1870; he engaged in cotton planting in the south, then removed to San Francisco where he was in the internal revenue service ; he was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion ; he married (first) Adeline Hickok, who bore him Charles, Walter and Anna; married (second) Alice Kingsbury ; children: Frank, Earl, Sarah, Verdenel and Edmund. 2. Thomas Bussey, born August 23, 1836, died April 8, 1896; he also served in the civil war, going out as private and returning as lieutenant : after the war he returned to Hoosick Falls, New York, then removed to Minnesota where he represented the Walter A. Wood Machin- ery Company ; he was an Episcopalian and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic ; he married, November 8. 1859, Sarah Eliza- beth Hewitt, who died November 29, 1899; children : Rev. Frank E., an Episcopal min- ister; Howard B .; Morgan S .; Mary E. 3. Julia E., aforementioned as the wife of Wil- liam H. Copeland. 4. Henry Clay, born April 6, 1842, died June 10, 1843. 5. Sarah, married (first) Jacob Merritt, of Troy, Hoosick Falls, and Danbury, Connecticut, son of Charles H. Merritt ; she married (second) Joseph M. Ives, of Danbury, Connecticut, who died Sep- tember. 1908; she survives her husband, a resident of Danbury, without issue. 6. Lucius, born at Hoosick Falls, New York, January IO, 1846, died October 24, 1888, at Danbury, Connecticut ; he enlisted in the Union army in 1864: after the war he entered the employ of the Walter A. Wood Company and filled a responsible position with that company for many years; he married, September 4, 1886. Mary L. Wait: children: Sally M., married Edgar 1 .. Green, of Hoosick Falls, and has Edgar Lucins and Howard Burchard; Helen, married Frank V. Milliman, of Boston, Mas- sachusetts, and has Frank L., born May 3, 1896, and Julian, born April 23, 1901. 7. Priscilla Cooley, born July 8, 1847, died May 4, 1852. 8. Charles, born June 14, 1850, died May 18, 1852.


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Stephen Paine, immigrant, with PAYN wife Rose and three children came to New England in the ship "Dili- gence," of Ipswich, in 1638, and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, as early as 1660. He was one of the first proprietors of Reho- both, Massachusetts. He was freeman, 1639, deputy, 1641, and many years townsman, 1644, and held the office for several years. He mar- ried (first) Rose - -, who died January 20, 1660; (second) Alice or Elizabeth Par- ker, widow of William Parker, of Plymouth or Taunton. She died December 5, 1682. He died August, 1679. His will is one of the earliest on record in the State House, Boston. Children : Stephen, mentioned below ; Nathan- iel, born in England.


(II) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (1) Paine, was born in England, in 1629, and came to New England with his father. He went first to Hingham, and removed to Rehoboth in 1643-44, where he became a prominent citi- zen and land holder. He took the oath of fidelity in 1657. He was a tanner by trade. Both he and his father owned land in Swan- sea, Massachusetts, and may have lived there for a time. He served in King Philip's war, under Major Bradford, and contributed money to carry it on. He married Anne, perhaps a daughter .of Francis Chickering, of Dedhamn. She married (second) Thomas Metcalf, of Rehoboth. Children: Stephen, born Septem- ber 29, 1654; Rebecca, October 20, 1656; John, April 3. 1658; Mary, May 11, 1660; Samuel, mentioned below; Elizabeth, August 27, 1064; Sarah, October 12, 1666; Nathaniel, September 20, 1667 : Benjamin, March 9, 1674-75.


(III) Samuel, son of Stephen (2) Paine, was born at Rehoboth, May 12, 1662. He held various town offices in Woodstock, and in 1695 bought two hundred acres at Pomfret, Connecticut. He was a wealthy man for his day. Ile died at Woodstock, May II, 1735. He married ( first ) Anne Peck, of Rehoboth, December 16, 1685: (second) Mrs. Abigail Frissell, of Woodstock, Connecticut, where he settled in 1708. Anne Peck was born Decem- ber 22, 1667, eldest child of Deacon Samuel and Sarah (Hunt) Peck. Sarah Hunt was the (laughter of Peter Hunt, Sr., and granddangh- ter of Enoch Hunt, the immigrant. Deacon Samuel Peck was the son of Joseph Peck, who came in the "Diligent." Abigail Frissell was the daughter of Bartholomew, and widow of Joseph Frissell, of Woodstock. Children of first wife, born at Rehoboth : Sam- uel, September 13, 1686; Ann, September 15, 1688: Seth, August 20, 1690; Sarah, Decem- ber II, 1692; Judith, February 18, 1694;


Noah, May 21, 1696; Stephen, June 21, 1699, mentioned below : Daniel, February 22, 1702 ; Ebenezer, 1711; Rebecca, 1713.


(I\') Stephen (3), son of Samuel Paine, was born June 21, 1699. He married, 1727, in Pomfret, Sarah Leach. Children, born at Woodstock or Pomfret : Judith, December 31, 1727 : Noah, November 29, 1729 ; Stephen, mentioned below.


(V) Stephen (4), son of Stephen (3) Paine, was born in Woodstock or Pomfret. Ile married Anna Bushnell. In 1773 he re- moved from Woodstock to what was then the frontier of western Massachusetts. Here he settled at Partridgefield, now Hinsdale, Berk- shire county, just south of the old Boston and Albany turnpike, and cleared and culti- vated a farm. Among his children was Eb- enezer Leach, mentioned below. This branch of the family has spelled the name Payne and Payn.


(VI) Ebenezer Leach Payn, son of Stephen (4) Paine, was born in Andover, Connecticut, September 21, 1762. When eleven years of age, he removed with his parents to Partridge- field, and at the age of fourteen became a sol- (lier in the revolution as a substitute for his father, who was ill. He was present at Ti- conderoga when the English under General Burgoyne compelled the evacuation of that fort by the patriots, and took part in the re- treat of the latter, which involved the cross- ing of Lake Champlain on rafts of logs. Ile participated in the battle fought at Hubbard- ton, Vermont, where the overwhelming num- her of the British forces again compelled the American troops to retreat. He married. May 12, 1783. Keziah Kenny, born in New Milford, Connecticut, June 18. 1766. They settled in that part of Hinsdale known as the "North Woods," about two miles from the center of the town. Children: Alphens, born, 1787 ; Daniel, 1789: Stephen. 1791 : Bushnell, 1793; Noah, 1795: Chauncey, 1798: Sally, 1800; James, 1803: Elijah, 1806, mentioned below ; Keziah, 1809 : Lyman, 1811 : Elvira, 1813.


(VII) Judge Elijah Payn, son of Ebenezer Leach Payn, was born 1806, died in Hudson. New York. He married Rachel Dunspaugh. Child, Louis Frisbie, mentioned below.


(VIII) Louis Frisbie Payn, son of Judge Elijah Payn, was born in Ghent. Columbia county, New York, January 27. 1835. He was educated in the schools of Chatham, New York. He has always been active in business and political life, and has given much time to the public service. In 1872 he built a mill for the manufacture of paper at Chatham, and in 1800 added machinery for the manufacture of box board. He is president of the Stony


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Brook Bos Board Mills, and president of the Louis F. Payn Oil Company of West Vir- ginia, and has interests in silver mines in Col- orado. From youth he has been an ardent member of the Republican party and an in-


fluential supporter of its interests. Since 1864 he has attended as a delegate every na- tional convention, but has never been a candi- date for any elective public office of impor- tance. lle achieved a national reputation in 1880 on account of his strong support of Gen- eral Grant as a candidate to the presidency for a third term. Ile has, however, made the political fortunes of many other men now high in public life, and is still active and alert in politics. He has held several important ap- pointive offices in the state ; January 28, 1856. he was appointed deputy sheriff of Columbia county: 1866 harbor master of the port of New York City : in 1877 he was appointed by President Grant United States marshal for the southern district of New York : February 2. 1897, he was appointed by Governor Black state superintendent of insurance and served until January 21, 1900. He is a member of Columbia Lodge, No. 98, Free and Accepted Masons. He married ( first ) 1857, Margaret, daughter of John Stafford, and niece of Gen- eral Worth, of Mexican war fame. She died in 1808. He married ( second ) December, 1902, Marion K. Heath. of Albany, New York. He now resides at Chatham, New York, where he has lived for seventy years.


William Arthur, A. VAN ALSTYNE M., in his dictionary of Family and Chris- tian names says : "V'an Alstyne" Local, from the old or high stone Dutch. Records in Holland show the family to be of ancient ori- gin being traced under different names back to the crowning of "Otho" in the year .A. D. 036. The family first appears under the name, Ralsko, which it abandoned in order to take that of Warternberg, which they borc for several centuries. Jean Ralsko who died in Flanders in 1236, had built there the Cha- tean de Waldstein, the name of which he took to distinguish himself from his brother who bore that of Warternberg. The family has been traced under the name of Balstein in Spain, Vallenstein in France, Halsteyn in Flanders and Van Alstein in Holland. From Waldstein the name changed to Wallenstein, Walstein, Valstein, and finally became Van Alstein, which with slight variations in spell- ing has ever since been used. . On carly rec- ords in America, it appears as Van Aelsteyn, Van Aalstyne, Van Alstyn, Van Alstein, Van Alstyne and Van Alstine. One branch


dropped the Van and are Inown a. Al-tyn. In the present day three forms of spelling are found: Van Alstine, Van Alstyne and Alstyn.


(1) The direct ancestor of the family in America was Jan Martense, signifying John, son of Marten Van Alstyne, the final se mean- ing son of. Jan Martense was of record in New Amsterdam (New York) as early as 1643. In the Dutch manuscripts there is a bill of sale to him, dated December 11. 1646. How long he remained in New Amsterdam is not known hut in 1657 he is recorded in Al- bany, New York, as owning a lot lying "East of Broadway and North of Columbia Street." This he held as late as 1693 and in the mean- time became patentee of two tracts of land in the county of "Ulster." At that period Al- bany county embraced about all of the state of New York lying north and west of Dutchess and Ulster counties. He also purchased a large tract of land "behind Kinderhook" where he resided until his death about 1698. In 1695 he conveyed his home farm to his son Abraham, the latter giving back a cove- nant to pay the other heirs certain sums of money as provided in the conveyance. His wife was Dirkje Harmense (Dirkje being the feminine form of Richard ). Their sons were : 1. Abraham, see forward. 2. Marten, born July 18. 1655; married (first ) Jannetje Bo- gart : (second) Cornelia Van Den Bergh. 3. Isaac, born July, 1657. married ( first ) Mar- ritje Vosburgh ; (second) Jannetje J. Valken- burg. 4. Lambert, married Jannetje Mingael. All had the middle name Janse. signifying they were sons of Jan ( John ).




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