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87. Daniel, born February 4, 1769.
88. George. born September 17, 1772.
89. Jane, born June 8. 1774.
90. Rachel, born April 25, 1776.
Samson (44). also called Samuel, (Son of Adolph), suc- ceeded to his father's lands under his will, dated August 2, 1795. In 1776 Captain Benson, with his Harlem company, rendered important service in standing guard and carrying out the orders of the convention while it met at Harlem, and till forced to retire before the enemy. His father and brother, Lawrence, re- mained at Harlem. Samson died on the Race Course farm at an extreme age, November 22, 1825. Under his will, made April 28. 1823. the said farm passed to his grandson. Samson Adolphus Benson. while to his other heirs he gave that other
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tract of 45 acres 3 q. 22 rods, which Samson bought, May 6, 1787, from the estate of Aaron Bussing, and further described in Appendix J, in notice of First Division. Mount Morris Park, 20 173-1000 acres, was taken from the Race Course farm, by the city, September 4, 1839.
SAMSON (44) HAD ISSUE :
91. John, born May 9, 1778, married April 28, 1820, Maria. daughter of Dr. Milledoler.
92. Susan S., who died, unmarried, 1825.
93. Eve, who married Benjamin Vredenburgh.
94. Jane, who married Aaron Bussing, August 18, 1891, and had five children.
Lawrence (45), (son of Adolph), with his wife, he obtained the four-acre plot on Van Keulen's Hook, late of his uncle, Johannes, and the house still standing, venerable and sole relic of old Harlem village, and now occupied by Mr. Cowperthwait (1881). His father conveyed to him, March 10, 1781, the so- called eighty-acre tract set off to him from the Point farm, by deed of January 29, 1743. As Adolph, in 1748, had become the owner of the ten acres as estimated, west of the highway ( lot 23 of 1691), originally granted to Abraham Delamontanie, possibly this tract also passed to Lawrence under that deed, and with which it may have grown to eighty acres. Lawrence also bought. April 26, 1785, from the heirs of John Bogert, the forty-two acres, since known as the Lawrence Benson homestead (see Appendix E), on which he thereafter lived till his death in 1822.
LAWRENCE (45) HAD ISSUE :
95. Adolph, who died unmarried.
96. Benjamin L., who died in 1852.
97. Susannah L., who married Rev. Philip Milledoler, D. D.
Samson, "Jr." (46), (son of Benjamin). He succeeded to the ancestral farm, as before stated. on which he lived until his death, January 31, 1821. From a weakness of the eyes he was familiarly called "Crying Sam." His widow died, aged 90 years, November 14, 1835. when the farm fell to their daughter. Mrs. Margaret McGown, the only child then living.
SAMSON (46) HAD ISSUE:
98. Margaret, born March 10. 1766, died May 25, 1851. married November 21, 1784, Andrew McGown, son of Captain Daniel McGown, already named in this article. Had four children.
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99. Benjamin, born June 21, 1770, married Eliza, daughter of Xavier Gautro, and died April 15, 1815. No issue.
Said Captain McGown, a shipmaster of New York, mar- ried Mrs. Shourd, in 1740, after her widowhood of ten years. He owned a residence in the village, on the north side of the Church Lane, and adjoining westerly on Petrus Waldron, which had once belonged to Dominie Zyperus. (See note, page 410.) It was a one-morgen lot, like others in this range, but having been divided, and each part built upon, was called two lots. McGown sold the whole, June 1, 1758, to John Livingston, and it has since made a part of the Brady plot. (See note, page 172 *. ) Captain McGown was lost at sea some years before the Revolution, and his widow soon after bought from Jacob Dyck- man, Jr., a few acres on the hill back of the old Benson farm, at what became known as McGown's Pass, where she and her son, Andrew, kept a public house (in part the identical building in Central Park since known as Stetson's Hotel), her house being a favorite resort, before and during the war, of gentlemen coming from the city with their hounds to indulge in the sport of fox- hunting. Mr. Andrew McGown, who died October 16, 1820, aged 78 years, was the father of the late Major Andrew McGown, born 1786, died March 2, 1870, and of Alderman Samson B. Mc- Gown, born 1797, who still occupies the ancestral seat of the Bensons ( 1881). A few years since he removed the venerable stone farm-house, erected by his great-grandfather, Benjamin Benson, on the south shore of the Mill Pond, and built upon its site his present residence. 106th Street. south side, between Third and Fourth Avenues ( 1881).
PETER (47), (SON OF BENJAMIN ). HAD ISSUE :
100. Benjamin P., who married April 7, 1821, Mary Ann. daugh- ter of Jonathan Ferris, of Peekskill, N. Y. The dis- tinguished artist. Eugene Benson, now ( 1881) of Rome, Italy, is his son.
IO1. Wilhelmina, who married Dr. Peter Van Arsdale, of New York, whom she survived.
MATTHEW (55), (SON OF BENJAMIN), HAD ISSUE :
102. Nancy, born May 4. 1797, married Samson Marks, had five children, and died July 5, 1850.
* John Livingston, born 1714, died 1788, and whose country seat was at Harlem. from 1758 to 1780, was an eminent merchant of New York, the uncle of Colonel Peter R. Livingston, named in note on p. 432. and son of Philip Livingston, second proprietor of the Livingston Manor. John Livingston was an assistant alderman from 1750 to 1755. He took a principal part in the proceedings for settling the division line of the New York and Harlem Commons, in the years 1772 to 1775. His wife was Catharine De Peyster. (See Holgate's Am. Gen.)
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103. William, born June 15, 1800, married Louise Waldron, 1830, died in 1876.
104. George, born March 6, 1804, married Ann Hopper, July 2, 1828, died January 28, 1868.
105. Charles, born May 4, 1809, married Mary Elizabeth Wood, had three children (names not found), and died Decem- ber 6, 1886.
BENJAMIN, JR., (57), (SON OF BENJAMIN), HAD ISSUE: 106. Mary.
107. Catherine, born 1794, married Lewis Mather, September 2, 1817.
108. Gabriel Leggett, born September 14, 1796. married Abigail Mills, April 13, 1820, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
109. Harriette Davis, born January 19, 1801, married Hardy B. Lane, October. 1817, and had twelve children.
IIO. Benjamin Whitney (Col.), born in New York City in 1804, married first, Esther Foster, November 29, 1825, and second, Mary Kanouse Brison, February 18, 1857; died November 22, 1877.
ABRAHAM (61), (SON OF BENJAMIN), HAD ISSUE, BY SECOND WIFE, GRISSEL BURR:
III. Hevlyn, born April 29, 1805, married Emeline Davis.
112. Esther Jarvis, born February II, 1807, married Obediah Beardsley ; no issue.
113. George Washington, born May 11. 1809.
114. Catharin Abby, born March 4, 1811, died, unmarried, Jan- uary 11, 1891.
115. Mary Burr, born March 11, 1813, married Nelson Brush, and had nine children.
116. Susan Ann, born October 26, 1814, married John Ryker, October 12, 1840, and had four children.
117. Abraham, born August 16, 1816, married Julia -?. died October 23, 1855; no issue.
118. Oliver Munroe, born August 10, 1818, died November 2, 1819.
119. Elizabeth Frances. born March 2. 1820, married George F. Griffen, and had five children.
120. Emeline Maith, unmarried.
121. Caroline Matilda, born December 28. 1823, married Elija T. Lewis, and had six children.
ABRAHAM (61). (SON OF BENJAMIN). HAD ISSUE BY THIRD WIFE. FINETTE EDWARDS:
122. Finette Edwards, born December 26. 1836, married John Nichols. November 19, 1863, and had five children.
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BENSON FAMILY.
JOHANNES (64), (SON OF GERRIT), HAD ISSUE:
123. Garret I., born August 11, 1783, married Margaret Brink- erhoff, November 19, 1805, died June 3, 1849.
124. Elizabeth, who married Daniel Demarest.
125. Effie, who married John Demarest.
126. Rachel who married Tunis Banta.
GERRITT (73), (SON OF JOHANNES), HAD ISSUE: 127. John, born February 9, 1798.
128. Richard Van Vranken,, born 1807, married Mary Ann Becker, November 25, 1841. He of Schenectady, N. Y., she of Albany, N. Y. ; had child named Albert N.
DANIEL (74), (SON OF JOHANNES), HAD ISSUE:
129. Rebecca, who married Abraham Kierstead, and had four children.
130. David, born April 17, 1798, married Catherine Pier, died October 30, 1870.
131. John, born July 25, 1800, married Millie Helms.
132. Jane, born September 13, 1802, married Robert Helms, December 1, 1824.
133. Garret, born February 9. 1805, died October 23, 1806.
134. Cornelius, born May 12, 1807, married Catharine Shawgo, April 9, 1828, died September 25. 1875.
135. Garret, born July 31, 1810, married Caroline Taylor. 136. Peter, born August 26, 1812, married Virginia Fox, died without issue.
137. Samuel, born August 10, 1815, died November 5. 1815. CAREL (78), (SON OF CORNELIUS), HAD ISSUE:
138. John, born January 13, 1790, died single.
139. Cornelius, born March 15, 1793, married Maria Vandeen. and had child, Maria Jane, baptized September 7, 1827.
PETRU'S (79), (SON OF CORNELIUS), HAD ISSUE:
140. Cornelia, born July 8. 1796, died 1798.
141. Cornelius, born May 30, 1803, died 1804.
142. Jane, born June 10, 1806, married James Iseman, January 28, 1826. He of Kakiat, N. Y., she of Clarkstown, N. Y.
143. Daniel, born April 19, 1814, married Hannah Eckerson, December 31. 1839, died November 24, 1895. He of Clarkstown, N. Y., she of Saddle River, N. J.
144. Elizabeth, born October 4, 1816, married John G. Vander- bilt, died October 27. 1887, and had four children.
145. Cornelius, born January 23, 1820, died 1821.
146. Catherine, born February 4, 1822, died 1823.
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STEPHEN (86), (SON OF JOHN HENRY), HAD ISSUE :
147. Betsey. born June 2, 1792, married John Knobles.
148. John, born April 20, 1794.
149. George, born August 9, 1796.
150. Rachel Ann, born May 5, 1799, died 1805.
151. Henry, born September 13. 1802, married Sarah Thaire, February 2. 1828. died November 10, 1844, and had seven children.
John (97), (son of Samson), was named as an executor of his grandfather, Adolph Benson. He died shortly before his father, leaving child:
152. Samson Adolphus, born September, 1821. who married, June 7. 1848, Louise Aman, of Fishkill. N. Y., where he died August 6, 1851.
BENJAMIN L. (96), (SON OF LAWRENCE), HAD ISSUE : 153. Benjamin L.
154. Lawrence A .. who, empowered by the Court of Common Pleas. May 19, 1875, changed his name to George Gar- dener Grennell.
WILLIAM ( 103), (SON OF MATTHEW ), HAD ISSUE :
155. Mary Anna, born June 27. 1831, married William Rose Osborne, December 9, 1858, had four children, and died April 3, 1900.
156. Sarah Jane, born June 13. 1837, married David Games, March 2, 1899. and had three children.
157. Henrietta, born June 20. 1840. married Martin Van B. Brooks, May 25, 1858. died April 21, 1888, and had nine children.
158. Adeline, who married Samuel Brooks, deceased.
159. Matthew, born July 4. 1833, married Emalyne Spader, de- ceased.
160. Caroline. born December 16, 1837. married Isaac De Baun. and had one child.
161. William, Jr., born August 20, 1841. married Mary Palmer, September 2. 1866.
GEORGE ( 104), (SON OF MATTHEW), HAD ISSUE:
162. Johanna, born March 7. 1826. married Nelson Blauvelt, June 29. 1848, died August 20, 1899. and had one child.
163. Martha M .. born January 27, 1828. married Samuel Cos- grove. February 2. 1848. died April 10. 1885, and had three children.
164. Almira, born February 23. 1830. married Stephen De Clark, October 17. 1849, and had one child .
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165. Elizabeth D., born February 22, 1832, married Joseph Demarest, October 27, 1851, had two children, and died April 30, 1903.
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166. Emily A., born May 23, 1834, married James A. Barnes, January 16, 1856, had five children, and died January 5, 1889.
167. Ann M., born June 27, 1836, married Abram B. Jersey, March 28, 1859, and had two children.
168. George W., born October 29, 1838, married Elizabeth De La Montanye, November 20, 1862, and died September 26, 1896.
169. Henry Clay, born January 6, 1841, died January 12, 1841. 170. William Seward, born June 9, 1843, died June 28, 1854.
171. Emma Louise, born July 30, 1847, married John Derbyshire, June 5, 1901.
Colonel Benjamin Whitney (110). (son of Benjamin, Jr.), was founder of the American Bank Note Company. was first Chief of Police under Mayor Harper, in New York City, being also prominently identified with the old John Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and was actively interested in the business, municipal and religious career of old New York.
He had issue, by his second wife, Mary Kanouse Brison, viz .: 172. Mary Elizabeth, born at Milburn, N. J., January 13, 1859, married her cousin. James Frontier Ives, September 28, 1880, had one child, and died June 17, 1892.
173. Benjamin Lane, born June 7, 1860, died single, December 28, 1876.
174. Emilie, born April 18, 1862. married St. Blouton C. Walsh, of the United States Army, October 2, 1885, and had two children.
HEVLYN ( III), (SON OF ABRAHAM), HAD ISSUE:
175. Silas, who had three children, namely, Fred C., Arthur Davis, and Hevelyn Dirk. all single. 176. Oliver, who died single.
GARRET I. (123). (SON OF JOHANNES), HAD ISSUE :
177. Jacob.
178. Garret.
179. Eliza.
180. Maria.
181. Catherine, born December 19, 1808, married Samuel Vander- beek, January 14. 1830, and had eight children ; she de- ceased.
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DAVID (130), (SON OF DANIEL), HAD ISSUE:
182. Daniel P., born January 18, 1825, married Catherine M. Fox, October 16, 1849; was father of Garry D., born May 13, 1852, who married Laura E. Martin, September 9, 1874.
183. Sally Ann, born May 30, 1826, married John Babcock, July IO, 1845, and had three children.
184. John D., born May 4, 1828, married Sarah Ann Fonda, October 30, 1853.
185. Rachel Jane, born September 21, 1830, married Edwin Hitchcock, February 24, 1858, died November 23, 1858. 186. Caroline Abigail, born November 20, 1832, married Horace Hall, September 11, 1851.
187. Rebecca Sophia, born September 19, 1835, married Chester D. Tuttle, September 26, 1854, and had one child.
188. Ellen Arietta, born November 15, 1838, married Edwin H. Hitchcock, September 4, 1860.
189. Mary Catherine, born April 8, 1841, married Lyman F. Weeden, May 6, 1863.
190. Lydia Louisa, born May 11, 1844, married Frank F. Crooker, December 20, 1865, and had three children.
CORNELIUS (134), (SON OF DANIEL), HAD ISSUE:
191. David, born January 15, 1829, married Mary Burtch, Sep- tember 25, 1851, died October 27, 1895.
192. George, born November 4, 1830, married Elizabeth Hodges. September 12, 1853, died May 28, 1902.
193. Daniel, born November 13, 1832, married Ella Loucke. April 16, 1878.
194. Peter. born March 8. 1835, married Ella McIntire, Feb- ruary 23, 1857.
195. Perry, born May 31, 1837, married Hannah Stearns, Sep- tember 8, 1863, died November 19, 1881.
196. Doremus, born August 1, 1840, married Jennie King, May I. 1878.
197. Jane. born June 23. 1843, married E. White, February 10, 1863.
DANIEL (143), (SON OF PETRUS), HAD ISSUE:
198. Matilda, born December 17, 1841, died October 19, 1847. 199. Edwin, born May 27, 1843. married Rachel J. Van Blar- com. October 25. 1877, father of Clyde, who was born May 31, 1884.
200. Almira. born August 9, 1844. died October 19, 1847.
201. Alfred. born March 3. 1849, married Margaret Van Zandt, May 31, 1874, and second, Jane M. Vanderbilt, October 6, 1887.
202. Carrie, born November 29, 1860.
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BENSON FAMILY.
HENRY (151), (SON OF STEPHEN AND ANNA [TRIPPE] BENSON), HAD ISSUE :
203. Elizer, born April 9, 1830, married first, Sarah L. Curtis, August 30, 1852, and second, Mrs. Alice Davis. Had by first wife one child, Laura J., born May 30, 1853, who married James Harris, April 4, 1876, died January I, 1900, and had one child.
204. Mary, born September 20, 1832, married Lewis D. Knicker- bocker, 1855, died December 2, 1864.
205. Laura, born January 8, 1834, married Everitt Knickerbocker, 1862, died 1877, and had one child.
206. Sally Ann, born August 22, 1838, died April 7, 1845.
207. Stephen Henry, born November 21, 1840, married Hannah M. Smith, March 21, 1868, died April 14, 1900.
208. Jane, born April 11, 1842, died unmarried, April 12, 1865. 209. George W., born December 24, 1843, died single, 1899.
SAMSON ADOLPHUS (152), (SON OF JOHN), HAD ISSUE : 210. Maria Louisa, born September 15. 1849.
211. Edward A., born January 2, 1851, married Georgiana Wharm, February 16, 1881.
WILLIAM (161), (SON OF WILLIAM), HAD ISSUE:
212. Fidelia, born December 18, 1866, married Zana De Bevoise, had one child.
213. Matthew Z., born February 13, 1868, died April 5, 1872.
214. Elizabeth, born June 22, 1869, married William B. Ganson, March 27; 1892, and have two children.
215. Alfred C., born August 1, 1870, married Elizabeth Ryder, March 25, 1894, and have two children, namely, Percy and Anness.
216. George S., born November 27, 1870, died August 5, 1877. 217. Charles, born March 11, 1872, married Sarah Allinson, Sep- tember 11, 1892 ; no issue.
218. Reginald, born November 1, 1873, married Mamie Wassy, July 11, 1900, father of Helen P.
219. Edwina DeB., born August 19, 1875, married Ira Demarest, December 15, 1897; no issue.
220. William H., born May 21, 1878, single.
221. Ethelbert, born September 2, 1880, married Mabel Felter, August 25, 1902, and have one child named Ethel.
222. Ira Hedges, born June 9, 1883, married Alice Springstead, November 28, 1901, and have one child named Catherine.
223. Amasa L., born January 24. 1885, died August 7, 1885. 224. Kate E., born March 13, 1886, died December 1, 1888.
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GEORGE W. (168), (SON OF GEORGE), HAD ISSUE:
225. Lillian, born October 27, 1863, married John W. Heck, October 9, 1884, and had two children.
226. Grace E., born November 10, 1864, unmarried. 227. Frederick Seward, born June 14, 1867, married Caroline Anna Water, October 2, 1895; no issue. 228. George, born September 1, 1870.
229. De La Montanye, born January 19, 1876.
230. Harry M., born November 20, 1877.
GEORGE (192), (SON OF CORNELIUS), HAD ISSUE: 231. Mina L., born January 28, 1855, unmarried. 232. Frank G., born February 9, 1862, single.
PERRY (195), (SON OF CORNELIUS). IIAD ISSUE: 233. Jennie L., born November 11, 1875, married Legrand Philips, July 19, 1898.
234. Kittie B., born October 15, 1865, married John A. King, March 29, 1887, and had three children.
235. Burt P., born March 1, 1872, married Emma J. Duffill. May 23, 1901.
236. William H., born October 7, 1868, married Myrtie Brown, September 20. 1901.
237. James A., born August 17, 1879.
238. Clyde M., born August 25, 1870.
ALFRED (201), (SON OF DANIEL), HAD ISSUE:
239. Ella. born December 5. 1875, died July 6, 1880.
240. Clarence Everett, born March 3, 1880.
241. Flora May. born May 29, 1878.
Alfred (201) had one child by second wife, Jane M. Van- derbilt. named :
242. Frank, who died in 1803.
STEPHEN HENRY (207). (SON OF HENRY), HAD ISSUE:
243. George B., born November 3, 1868, married Emma Ginder. April 29, 1887.
244. Gertrude L., born June 12. 1870. married William Van der Poole, February 15, 1894.
245. Alanson D., born October 17, 1871, married first. Mary Rynehart. February 14, 1801, and second. Bertha Honald, April 5. 1899.
246. Sarah M .. born August 31, 1873, married Albert H. Van- tine, April 17. 1892.
247. Lillian J .. born April 17, 1875, died single January 29, 1894 248. William F., born January 11, 1884, single.
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EDWARD A. (211). (SON OF SAMSON ADOLPHUS), HAD ISSUE :
249. Philip Adolphus, born December 17, 1881.
250. Helen Wharm, born February 6, 1883.
251. Daniel Annan, born June 16, 1885.
252. Margaret Annan, born October 23, 1887.
253. Edward Adolphus, born June 8, 1889.
254. Ralph, born December 17. 1891, died July 18, 1892.
BOGERT.
Jan Louwe Bogert. otherwise, from the place of his nativity, called Jan Louwe from Schoonderwoerd, claims a place among the patentees, for reasons given in the annexed note .* Many references to him will be found in the preceding pages. Having spent nine years at Bedford, Long Island, he came to Harlem, in 1672, as proprietor of the Montanye farm, the history of which, up to its purchase by Bogert, has also been given. He was chosen a magistrate in 1675, was re-elected in 1676, and on November 30th of this year, with his wife. Cornelia Everts, was received at New York as a member of the Harlem church. In 1677 Bogert drew lot No. 6, on Hoorn's Hook, but sold it December 9, 1679, to Joost van Oblinus. He drew. in 1691, lot No. 25. adjoining his farm on the south side, and which in the deed from the town, March 21, 1701, is thus described :
"There is set off for Jan Louwe Bogert, for the right of sixteen morgen of land and an erf right; a piece of land lying in the bend of Hellgate, beginning from the southwest corner of the Hop Garden, by a birch tree, till to a white oak tree which stands by a small swamp (crcupelbosje), marked I L B and I D L; thence towards the River, past a rock marked
· Peter Parmentier was one of the Mannheim refugees who came out in company with Jan Louwe Bogert. in 1663. as heretofore noticed. He and his wife, Antoinette Terrin, bringing letters from Mannheim, were received to the Brooklyn church. September 23, of that year. Parmentier and Bogert lived as neighbors at Bedford for some years, and the former was one of the four named as trustees for the in- habitants at large, to whom the Indians, in 1670, sold lands in that vicinity. Par- mentier became the owner of a farm and grist mill in Bushwick, where, in 1675, one other excepted, he paid the largest tax on land and stock. Selling his farm to his only son, Michiel. he kept the mill and eight morgen of land, but these he also con- veyed to Michiel some time after. and probably when he sold ( May 31. 1684) cer- tain lots in Brooklyn to Jacques Lazillere. He soon came to Harlem and assuredly took Bogert's place in Dongan's patent, for which there seems no accounting. except on the ground of a contract to buy Bogert's farm, whose milling facilities probably attracted him. Nevertheless, no sale took place: Bogert kept the farm, and Par- mentier is not again named among the freeholders. He died at Kingston, Ulster County, in 1701, evidently in reduced circumstances as the church officers attended to his burial and the wants of his widow.
Michiel Parmentier sold his mill property in Bushwick, January 26, 1696 (owned soon after by John Mesurolle. Jr., and Charles Fountain), and on May 6. 1699. bought from Sanders and Harmanse, land at "Wareskeech," in Dutchess County, to which he removed. He was living there until 1714 at the age of 60. He married Neeltie, daughter of John Damen, of Brooklyn, by whom he had issue. Peter, horn 1680, married Sarah Van Kleck, 1702, and Helena Vanden Bogert, 1714; John, born 1682; Antoinette, born 1684, married Barent Van Kleek: Michael, born 1687, married Maria Titsoort. 1717: Neeltie, born 1690, married Myndert Bogert; Damen, born 1694: Elizabeth, born 1699, and Johanna. born 1702. Damen and younger members of the family were still occupying the paternal lands in "Poughkeepsie Precinct." in 1770, under the name l'almatier.
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I L B and I D L. and so on to the beach, till to the end of a meadow north of a rocky hill; as it is at present fenced in." The initials (I for J) are those of Jan Louwe Bogert and Jan De Lamater.
Bogert having spent 35 years at Harlem, sold his farm to Captain Johannes Benson, September 21, 1706, for £650, and the next spring removed to New York; with his wife uniting with the church there by certificate from Harlem, on May 27, 1707.
JAN LOUWE BOGERT (1) HAD ISSUE:
2. Peter, born 1656, at Leerdam, Holland, married Fytie (Sophia) Vlierboom, September 29, 1686, had nine chil- dren.
3. Gysbert, born at Bedford, L. I. 1663, baptized September 30, 1663, at Brooklyn, N. Y., married Annatie (Laurens) Jansen, of Harlem, had six children.
4. Claes (Nicholas), born at Bedford, L. I., in 1668, married first Belettie Van Schaick, June 28, 1695, had four children. He married second, Margaret (Consilyea) Van Tilburg, February 23, 1707, by whom he had nine children. He lived in New York, was a "baker and bolter," and died January 5, 1727.
5. Johannes, baptized September 15, 1675, died young.
6. Johannes, baptized August 16, 1679, married Claessie Van Schaick, June 16, 1700, but died without issue in 171I. 7. Elizabeth, who married Harmen Janse Knickerbocker before 1688, had eight children.
8. Catherine, who married Elbert Harmense (also known as -
Lieverse). .
9. Margaret, who married Pieter J. Haring, December 4, 1687, had twelve children.
IO. Jenneke, who married Jooris (George) Holmes, July 8, 1704, had three children.
II. Cornelia, who married Wouter ( Pieterse) Quackenbos, of Albany, N. Y., on October 4, 1696, had five children, and died November 21, 1736.
Peter Bogert (2) was born in 1656, in Leerdam, Holland; we presume the county, as it included Schoonrewoerd. He is also called in Harlem records, Peter Jan Louwe. He married, Septem- ber 29. 1686, Feytie, daughter of Matthys Vlierboom, of Albany. Peter Bogert served as a soldier under Leisler, in holding the fort at New York, in 1689 and '90, and in 1717 was paid for arms given up in 1691 to the government.
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