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ORLANDO M., JR. (446), (SON OF ORLANDO M.), HAD ISSUE: 530. Alice Wheeler, born April 14, 1878, married Harold W. Patterson, June 10, 1902.
JAMES (463), (SON OF MATTHEW P.), HAD ISSUE: 531. Clarence M., born July 7, 1877.
THEODORE PARKER (483), (SON OF THEODORE PEACOCK), HAD ISSUE:
532. Frances Nelson, born February 1, 1854, married first, Rob- ert E. O'Brien, September 27, 1883, had one child. He died October 18, 1896. She married second, John Purdon, November 3, 1897.
533. James, born February 13, 1859, died December 17, 1859. 534. William Benezet, born October 2, 1860, married Ella Loomis, June 29, 1887, have three children.
535. Theodore Parker ( Peacock), born November 14, 1862, married Alice Weaver Danielson. November 14, 1893. Adopted child named Alice, born September 17, 1901. 536. Lawrence.
537. Alexander Glass.
538. Elizabeth.
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EDWARD LANGDON (485), (SON OF THEODORE PEACOCK), HAD ISSUE : 539. Edward Langdon, Jr., born August 28, 1885. WILLIAM RUSSELL (489), (SON OF THEODORE PEACOCK), HAD ISSUE : 540. Helen North, born June 15, 1895. 541. William Russell, Jr., born June 4, 1899.
REV. HARRY HOWE (492), (SON OF THEODORE PEACOCK), HAD ISSUE :
542. Marie Nelson, born September 10, 1889.
543. Edith, born May 12, 1891.
544. Elsie, born October 9, 1892.
545. Katherine, born May 21, 1896.
546. Harry Howe, Jr., born September 7, 1898.
HENRY LAWRENCE (510), (SON OF HENRY AUGUSTINE), HAD ISSUE :
547. Caroline Lawrence, born March 26, 1881.
548. Henry Lawrence, Jr., born May 7, 1883.
549. Mary Ludlow, born August 22, 1890.
550. Edward Osgood, born January 9, 1894.
WILLIAM BENEZET (534), (SON OF THEODORE PARKER), HAD ISSUE:
551. William Benezet, Jr., born May 23, 1888.
552. Theodore Loomis, born November 3, 1890.
553. Frances Hoyt, born October 21, 1892.
BREVOORT.
John Hendricks Brevoort, of humble origin, but attaining to wealth and honorable station, presents one of many instances among our early colonists of similar rewards meted out to hon- esty and industry. When Harlem village was first settled, Bre- voort was a boy of fourteen years, and living at Bushwick, with Hendrick Jansen van Brevoort, his father, we assume, who had leased a farm from Reyer Moll, owned later by Jean Mesurolle, and from an eminence called the Kyckuyt, or Lookout, known as the Kyckuyt Farm. Hence its occupant, living there from 1659 to 1665, came to be distinguished as Hendrick Jansen Kyckuyt. Though Brevoort in Guelderland has hitherto had the credit of giving name to our Brevoort family, the ancestor
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really came from "Brevoort in the diocese of Utrecht." It was a hamlet to the northwest of Amersfoort, and but little over a mile from its walls, and here Hendrick Jansen was born, in 1630, taking his own statement as to his age, made at various times. Before leaving the Kyckuyt farm he secured land at Dutch Kills, in Newtown, "which was laid out for him by Jacques Cortelyou, the surveyor, by order of Governor Stuyvesant." This became his home, and was confirmed to him by Governor Lovelace, May 20, 1672, the main tract lying between lands then of Jan Hen- dricks and Frans Hendricks.
About this time John Hendricks Brevoort, or Jan Hendricks Kyckuyt, as he was then called, removed to New York, where his wife's parents were living, for he was now married. Hendrick Jansen Kyckuyt followed him, and bought property in the city, February 24, 1680, having, in or after 1675, sold his farm in New- town to one Laurens Cornelisz, who soon conveyed it to a neigh- boring owner, Joris Stevens van Alst, whose daughter was the wife of Hendricks' son, Frans Hendricks .*
Hendricks' daughter, Marritie, had married, in 1673, Hen- drick Bastiaens, of New York, brother to Annetie Bastiaens, Jan Hendricks' wife. Metje Bastiaens, wife of Cornelis Jansen, of Harlem, being a sister of Annetie, this may account for Jan Hen- dricks going to Harlem, as he soon did. The three Bastiaens were children of Bastiaen Elyessen (as he wrote his name), from Werckhoven, a wheelwright, and who by several purchases, the last in 1684, became the owner of 40 acres of land west of the Bowery Road (Fourth Avenue), extending from 10th Street northward, and forming subsequently the lower half of the well- known Brevoort estate.
John Hendricks Kyckuyt, living in New York, in 1673, on its recapture by the Dutch, was among the patriotic carmen who volunteered to work gratuitously on the defences one day in a
" Doubts have arisen as to the relationship between Hendrick Jansen and Jan Hendricks Brevoort, because of a too close approximation in their ages (only fourteen years intervening. as shown by their own statements), and an apparent difference of birthplace: for Hendrick and his children. Frans and Marritie, were born at Bre- voort, while Jan Hendricks' marriage registration names him as "from Amersfoort." As against the last discrepancy, we should say it would be quite as natural for Jan. in stating where he came from, to name a well-known city, near which he was born. as the obscure village ( Brevoort) in its suburbs; and we judge this the explanation. for while in the one instance only is Jan called "\'an Amersfoort." he is many times called "Van Brevoort." The difficulty arising from his being so nearly of an age with Hendrick is relieved by the record of many similar and well attested cases. We premise, for reasons deemed sufficient, that neither Hendrick nor Jan had fallen into an error regarding his age, however common this is, as we know, especially with the uneducated. But it may be urged further in favor of the blood paternity in Hendrick. that the almost imperative custom of that day would require the eldest son of Hen- drick Jansen to be called Jan Hendricksen: while the birthplace of the father and younger children being the same (indicating a fixed residence), we should look for this to correspond therewith. But if (as has been suggested, by way of solving this problem) our Jan were only an adopted son of Hendrick, we should not expect to find, as we do in this case, the three requirements-birthplace, name and priority as eldest son-to be all exactly met.
These difficulties ohviated. all doubt as to the paternity of Jan Hendricks Bre- voort must be dispelled by the direct testimony of the Newtown court records of 1669, where, on two separate occasions. Hendrick and Jan are named as father and son.
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week. The city being restored to the English, he was sworn anew as a carman, November 13, 1674. He removed to Harlem the next year. On March 13, 1676, he took Pierre Cresson's farming lot on Jochem Pieters, No. 5, on a four years' lease; but bought Cresson out March 23, 1677, house and house lot, said lot on Jochem Pieters, and No. 20 Van Keulen's Hook, with meadows at Sherman's Creek. He drew the same year, No. I of the New Lots. He now began to use the surname Brevoort, and is some- times called by the clerk, "Jan Hendricks van Brevoort, alias Kyckuyt." Natural abilities making up in a good degree his lack of education, Brevoort arose to be an overseer of the town in 1678, and was reappointed the next year. He bore an active part in the building of the new church in 1686. In 1691 Brevoort drew lot No. 6, on Jochem Pieters Hills, 14 morgen, to which, on May 27, 1698, he added No. 7, being 10 morgen, by purchase from Jacques Tourneur. He was living on this property February 21, 1701, when he sold it to Johannes Myer. The same year, No- vember 15, he bought the farm of his father-in-law, Bastiaen Elyessen. before noticed, and to which he removed; he and wife Anna selling their remaining lands and interests at Harlem to their son-in-law, Zacharias Sickles. February 20, 1705. Bre- voort's acres were subsequently doubled by the purchase of another tract of 45 acres which lay adjoining, and ran up to 18th Street.
Mr. Brevoort was elected assistant alderman of the Out Ward in 1702, and filled the same office from 1707 to 1713. He died in 1714, leaving five children, viz .:
JOHN HENDRICKS BREVOORT ( 1) HAD ISSUE:
2. Hendrickje, baptized January 13, 1669, died young.
3. Hendrick, baptized December 17, 1670, married first,, Maria (Maryken Van) Cowenhoven, August 26, 1699, had two children. He married second, Jacomina Bokee, October 9, 1705, had seven children, and died in 1718.
4. Marritie, baptized November 12, 1673, married Zachariah Sickles, August 23, 1693, had five children.
5. Elias, baptized June 21, 1676, married Margaret Sammans, May 16, 1701, had eight children.
6. Jannetie, baptized April 9, 1679, married Thomas Sickles, April 5, 1702, had thirteen children. He a blacksmith of New Harlem, brother of Zacharias.
Hendrick Brevoort (3), after that excellent Dutch usage which gave each son a trade, was bred a weaver, but followed farming. He married, August 26, 1699, Maria, daughter of Jo- hannes Couwenhoven, deceased, "late Secretary between Harlem and Bowery"; and October 9, 1705, Jacomina, daughter of Abra- ham Bokee.
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HENDRICK (3), (SON OF JOHN HENDRICKS), HAD ISSUE BY HIS FIRST WIFE, MARIA COWENHOVEN, VIZ. :
7. Johannes, baptized June 2, 1700, married Annetje Idesse, October 8, 1726, had three children. She a daughter of Eide Van Huyse, of Bloomingdale.
8. Maria, baptized October 5, 1701.
HENDRICK (3) HAD ISSUE BY HIS SECOND WIFE, JACOMINA BOKEE, VIZ. :
9. Abraham No. I, baptized June 23, 1706, died young.
10. Abraham No. 2, baptized September 24, 1707.
II. Annecke, baptized October 16, 1709.
12. Hendrickus, baptized December 9, 1711, married Catherine Delamater, September 29, 1739, had eleven children. She a daughter of Abraham Delamater.
13. Elias No. 1, baptized July 8, 1713, died young.
14. Elias No. 2, baptized .May 1, 1715, married Lea Persel, June 8, 1741. had four children.
15. Jacob, baptized October 2, 1717, died 1719.
Hendrick's (3) widow married. in 1721, Jacob Harsen. the Harsen ancestor.
Elias (5), (son of John Hendricks), followed his trade as a carpenter in the city, of which he was admitted a freeman in 1698. He married Margaret, daughter of John Sammans, by whom he had issue :
16. Aefjee No. 1, baptized August 27, 1701, died young.
17. Anecke ( Anna) baptized October 24, 1703.
18. Hendrickje, baptized November 21, 1705.
19. Margaretje, baptized February 25, 1708.
20. Aejje No. 2, baptized January 17, 171I.
21. Grietje. baptized October 28, 1713.
22. John. baptized September 8, 1715, married Louisa Abigail Kockerthal, July 30. 1739. She a daughter of Rev. Joshua Kockerthal. He was a goldsmith in New York.
23. Elias, baptized March 30. 1718, acted as an executor of his father's estate, with his brother Hendrick, whom he sur- vived.
JOHANNES (7). (SON OF HENDRICK), HAD ISSUE:
24. Martje, baptized July 23, 1727.
25. Henry, born February 12. 1735, married Maria Anthony, September 7. 1758, had four children, and died October 2, 1782.
26. Latisse, baptized September 10, 1764.
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HENDRICKUS (12), (SON OF HENDRICK), HAD ISSUE:
27. Henricus, baptized April 5, 1741.
28. Jacomyntje No. I, baptized December 26, 1742, married Ben- jamin Stout, Jr., August 22, 1776.
29. Abraham, baptized September 18, 1745, married Permile Dusentbirre, had five children.
30. Henry, born October 19, 1747, baptized October 21, 1747, married Sarah Whetten (Wheaton), June 16, 1778, had five children, and died August 21, 1841.
31. Elias, baptized December 6, 1749, married Maria Stouten- burg, July 5, 1775, had three children.
32. Anna, baptized October 25, 1752.
33. John (Johannes), baptized April 16, 1755, married Mary Tweedle, November 21, 1782.
34. Isaac, baptized June 11, 1758.
35. Catherine, baptized February 18. 1761, married Dr. James S. Cannon, October 6, 1796, had one child.
36. Jacomyntje No. 2, baptized December 25, 1762.
37. Jeminia, who married Daniel Lawrence, August 31, 1781, had six children.
ELIAS (14), (SON OF HENDRICK), HAD ISSUE :
38. Henry, baptized March 14, 1742.
39. John, baptized January 20, 1745.
40. Jacomintie, baptized December 27, 1747.
41. Lea, baptized March 14, 1750.
JOHN (22), (SON OF ELIAS), HAD ISSUE:
42. Charlotte, born May 22. 1740, baptized May 26, 1740, mar- ried Hon. Whitehead Hicks, October 6, 1757, had seven children. He was mayor of New York from 1766 to 1773. See Thompson's Long Island, Vol. 2, page 510. 43. Margrietje, baptized June 24. 1741.
44. Louisa, baptized August 10, 1743.
HENRY (25), (SON OF JOHANNES), HAD ISSUE:
45. Abraham, born June 24, 1762, married Ann Devoor, May 20, 1788, had two children, and died November 12, 1794. 46. Hester, born June 20, 1765, married Joseph Henry, March 21, 1785, had three children.
47. Nicholaas, born August 5, 1767, married Rachel Blann, Sep- tember 19, 1787, but died without issue, November 3, 1798.
48. Maria, born February 28, 1774, died September 7, 1774.
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ABRAHAM (29), (SON OF HENDRIKUS), HAD ISSUE:
49. Permile, born November 15, 1782.
50. Hendricus, born July 30, 1779.
51. Abraham, born December 28, 1786.
52. Elizabeth, baptized September 20, 1789.
53. Abraham Nicholson, baptized November II, 1792.
HENRY (30), (SON OF HENDRIKUS), HAD ISSUE:
54. Henry, born September 25, 1782, married Laura Carson, 1817, had eight children, and died May 17, 1848. She of Charleston, S. C., born in 1799. Resided at 21 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
55. William Whetten, born September 17, 1784, married Sarah Nash, about 1804, had one child.
56. Margaret Ann, born May 5, 1794, married James Renwick, L.L. D., October 10, 1816, had four children. She de- ceased. He was a' professor at Columbia University, author, etc.
57. John, born February 13, 1797, died in New Orleans.
58. Elias, born August 22, 1804, married Mary Brown, 1830, had two children.
ELIAS (31), (SON OF HENDRIKUS), HAD ISSUE:
59. Catharina, born February 25, 1777.
60. Maria, born April 10, 1779, married Jacob C. Zabriskie, December 20, 1797, had nine children. - 61. Willemintie, born May 13, 1782.
ABRAHAM (45), (SON OF HENRY), HAD ISSUE :
62. Ann, born March 21. 1789, married William Bolmer, July 25, 1807, had six children, and died August 16, 1821.
63. Henry, born February 16, 1791, married Jane Stewart, Sep- tember 19, 1838, had three children, and died April II, 1874.
HENRY (54), (SON OF HENRY), HAD ISSUE:
64. James Carson, born July 10, 1818, married Elizabeth Doro- thea Lefferts, October 8, 1845, had one child. 65. William Augustus, born December 24, 1819, died about 1832. 66. Elizabeth Neville. born January 3, 1821. married Frederick W. Collidge. July 14, 1849, had four children.
67. Laura Whetten, born October 6. 1823, married Charles Astor Bristed. 1847, had one child, and died abroad in 1860. 68. Margaret Claudia, born November 4, 1825, unmarried.
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69. Constance Irving, born May 22, 1828, married William Ellery Sedgwick, of New York, November 26, 1850, had six children.
70. Henry Wortley, born February 20, 1831, single.
71. Edith, born July 10, 1832, married Pierre C. Kane, Septem- ber 29, 1853, had four children.
WILLIAM WHETTEN (55), (SON OF HENRY), HAD ISSUE: 72. Henry, born in New York City, August 3, 1811, married Bridget Seely, November 19, 1823, had eight children. She was a daughter of Robert and Sarah (Waters) Seely, and was born at Goshen, N. Y.
ELIAS (58), (SON OF HENRY), HAD ISSUE :
73. James Renwick, born July 20, 1832, married first, Marie Louise Bascom, had three children. He married second, Anna Augusta Tuthill, no children.
74. Henry, who married Sarah Thompson, 1860, but had no issue. HENRY (63), (SON OF ABRAHAM), HAD ISSUE :
75. Mary Stewart, born December 15, 1839, married Stevenson Towle, October 14, 1863, had nine children, and died September 20, 1883.
76. Annie, born May 9, 1841, married John H. Riker, September I, 1858, had one child.
77. Jane, born March 13, 1843, married Ulysees D. Eddy, No- vember 16, 1871, have five children.
JAMES CARSON (64), (SON OF HENRY), HAD ISSUE : 78. Henry Leffert, born January 27, 1849.
HENRY (72), (SON OF WILLIAM WHETTON), HAD ISSUE: 79. Sarah, born August 14, 1834, married Frederick Potts, Oc- tober 8, 1857, had four children.
80. William Whetton, born March 19, 1838, married Ella Gard- ner.
81. Alice, born August 23, 1839, married Edward Sabine Ren- wick, June 4, 1862, had three children.
82. Henry Seely, born April 9, 1843, married Aline Drevit.
83. Emily, born January 29, 1845, married W. Rockhill Potts. 84. Edward. Renwick, born May 5, 1847, married Mary Lewis Butler, October 5, 1870, had three children. She a daugh- ter of John A. and Mary (Lewis) Butler, and was born December 18, 1847.
85. - Elizabeth, born April 29, 1849, married Robert L. Pirsson. 86. Laura, born November 23, 1853, married Gerard M. Bar- retts.
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JAMES RENWICK (73), (SON OF ELIAS), HAD ISSUE :
87. Rosamond Renwick, born July 3, 1875. .
88. Florence Edith, born August 8, 1876.
89. Victor, born May 8, 1878.
EDWARD RENWICK (84), (SON OF HENRY), HAD ISSUE :
90. John Butler, born October 14, 1871, married Susette Terhune, had one child, and died February 21, 1903. She a daugh- ter of Edward S. and Susette (Flender) Terhune, and was born July 11, 1872.
91. Alice Renwick, born February 22. 1873.
92. Edward Renwick, born April 19, 1875, married May Waldie. JOHN BUTLER (90), (SON OF EDWARD RENWICK), HAD ISSUE: 93. Susette Terhune, born June 17, 1900.
BUSSING.
Arent Harmans Bussing, one of the most worthy of the Har- lem settlers, appears in the earlier records only as Arent Hermens (Harmens or Harmans, for he thus varied the spelling), and is so called in the Dongan patent; but he finally dropped the patronymic. and took his proper surname. To the former fre- quent mention of him little need now be added. By his marriage in 1673, with Susannah Delamater, he obtained two of the west gardens. Nos. 19. 20, on which he built a house and barn, and lived the rest of his life; being the place afterward of his great- grand-daughter, Mrs. Catharine Storm. When about to marry again. Bussing bound himself. March 8. 1678. to pay his two children by said wife. Susannah, when they should be of lawful age. the sum of 900 guilders, being the portion received with their mother : and he then to own the said two gardens, valued at 400 guilders. He had recently added to these the three Demarest gardens on the east side, but these were sold by his heirs, at a later period, to Petrus Waldron. He drew No. 5 of the New Lots, but sold it to Barent Waldron. Serving often in the magistracy, and bearing office in the church, Arent Bussing was not inatten- tive to his worldly estate, which he enhanced with a lot on Van Keulen's Hook and three lots lying together on Jochem Pieters Flat, the latter the same tract sold by John Adriance to Charles Henry Hall, June 27, 1825. He drew lot 8 in the Division of 1691, being 12 1-6 morgen, to which 4 acres were added in 1720, making it 28 acres, as sold by the Bussing heirs to John Myer, November 6, 1790. For his lands drawn in 1712, see Appendix J. At his death, in 1718, he owned 127 acres, then valued, as per sale to his son Peter, at £511.
Arent Harmanse Bussing (1) married first, Susannah Dela-
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mater, May 24. 1673. had three children. He married second, Eva Lubberts, March 31, 1678, had eight children, and died in 1718.
HE HAD ISSUE BY HIS FIRST WIFE, VIZ. :
2. Peter, born 1674, married Rebecca Vermilyea, June 7, 1700, had seven children, and died in 1737.
3. Harman No. 1, born 1675, died 1676.
4. Harman No. 2, baptized March 12, 1677, married Sarah Selover, January 27, 1707, had eight children, and died July 29, 1762.
ARENT HARMANSE BUSSING ( 1) HAD ISSUE BY HIS SECOND WIFE, EVA LUBBERTS, VIZ. :
5. Dirck, born 1679. died young.
6. Margaret, born 1681, married Lawrence Kortright, about 1708, had five children.
7. Susannah, baptized February 23. 1684, was unmarried in 1718.
8. Engelite (Angeline), born 1686, married Abraham Meyer, May 10. 1706, had five children.
9. Elizabeth, born January 5. 1693, married Matthew Benson, December 12, 1716.
IO. Geesie ( Gertrude), baptized September 2, 1694. married Teunis de la Montanye. November 15, 1718.
II. John. born about 1697. married Metje Kortright, September 2. 1723. had three children, and died before 1732.
12. Mary, born about 1700, married John M. Van Harlingen, September 17. 1722.
Peter Bussing (2), born 1674. married, June 7. 1700, Rebecca, daughter of Captain Johannes Vermilye. and went to Westchester County. N. Y .. but on the death of his father, he returned to Har- lem, buying out the interests of the other heirs in the paternal lands. December 30. 1718. for (less his own share) the sum of £454:4:6. He also purchased. March 14, 1733; from Joanni Ben- son, the 60 acres bought by the latter from his brother Samson, and which included No. 12. First Division, and 6 acres in No.8, Second Division : besides Nos. 1 and 2, First Division, being the tract north of the road and the Benson or Mill farm (and opposite the old Bussing house), containing 41 acres 1 q. 23 rods, which the executors of his son, Aaron, sold to Samson Benson, May 6, 1787. In 1726 Peter Bussing had secured all Jacques Tourneur's lands, viz., his lots drawn in the four divisions, and those on Van Keu- len's Hook, which adjoined southerly to the said Bussing house lot (when the road between them was closed up), and westerly to the Mill farm aforesaid, and, with said house lot, since composing
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the Catharine Storm farm. Peter's father had purchased from Samuel Waldron, January 3, 1711, the two north gardens next to the Church Farm, previously owned by his father-in-law, Glaude Delamater, from whose surviving children and heirs Peter Bus- sing obtained a quit-claim deed June 1, 1726. This plot being built upon was held by his descendants till sold by John S. Adri- ance to Christopher Heiser, June 7, 1820. In 1733 Bussing sold Nos. 11, 12, 13, First Division, and his 6 acres in No. 8, Second Division, to Adolph Meyer, whence they descended to William Molenaor. Peter Bussing died in 1737, leaving his house and lands in Harlem to his son Aaron, and to his sons Peter and Abra- ham each a farm at Fordham.
PETER (2), (SON OF AREN'T HARMANSE), HAD ISSUE :
13. Arent, born January 10, 1701, married twice.
14. Sarah, born January 27, 1702, married Elias Slater, August 30, 1718. had seven children.
15. Aaron, born December 27, 1703, married Maria Meyer, Octo- ber 21, 1730, had six children, and died in 1784.
16. Nancy, born May 6, 1704, married Daniel Pierce, May 29, 1724, had eleven children.
17. John, born January 20, 1705, married Mary Bruyn, June 15, 1725, had three children, and died about 1732.
18. Alexander, born September 29, 1706, married Effie Weed, November 22, 1730,
19. Peter, born January 1, 1707, married Helena Benson. April 5, 1740, had four children. and died October 20. 1782. She a daughter of Samson Benson. He was an elder' at Fordham, and left his lands to his daughter Mary Bus- sing and his son Peter.
20. Aeltie, born January 20, 1710, married Jacob Meyer, had two children, and died in 1765.
21. Abraham, born May 31. 1714, was living in 1737.
22. Susannah, born May 19. 1716, married Benjamin Benson, and had six children.
HARMAN (4), (SON OF ARENT HARMANSE). became a car- man in New York. His wife was a daughter of Isaac Selover. 23. Susannah, born 1708, married John M. Montanye, February 7, 1726, had six children, and died April 27, 1736.
24. Isaac, baptized February 5, 1710, married Elizabeth Tilly, August 19, 1737, had seven children, and died August 4, 1757. He a carman.
25. Anna, baptized October 12, 1712, died, unmarried. October 19, 1731.
26. Eve. baptized September 4. 1715, married James Marr (or Man) July 9, 1738.
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27. Arent, baptized February 16, 1718, married Sarah Roome, April 29, 1749, had nine children, and died February 17, 1781.
- 28. Jacobus, baptized February 12, 1721, married Anna Bisschop, had seven children.
29. Abraham, baptized October 7, 1724, married Elizabeth Mesier, 1749, had four children, and died in 1798.
30. Sarah, baptized May 14, 1727, married Reynier Nack, Sep- tember 7, 1760, had three children.
John Bussing (11), who married, September 2, 1723, Metje, daughter of Johannes Kortright, was a weaver, and perhaps left the town; certainly did not hold any real estate here. His daughter, Eva, married, October 30, 1756, Alexander Forbes, shopkeeper, afterward of the Out Ward. farmer, to whom ad- ministration on the estate of widow Metje Bussing was granted January 27, 1774.
His children were:
31. Eva, born 1724, married Alexander Forbes, October 30, 1756, had two children.
32. John, born 1726, married Elizabeth Tiebout, October 9, 1750, had four children.
33. Susan, born 1728, married Peter Waldron. April 10, 1750.
Aaron Bussing (15) married October 21. 1730, Maria, daughter of Johannes Myer, the next year was named as con- stable in the Montgomery Charter, and succeeded upon the death of his father to all his lands at Harlem, rated at 201 acres, and which he held nearly intact until his death. He parted with the Tourneur lots, No. 14. Second Division, and No. 2, Third Division. He died in 1784, aged 81 years. Pursuant to the will of Aaron Bussing, made May 1, 1782, and proved May 27, 1784, his lands were sold by his executors to various parties, the homestead being purchased by his daughter, Mrs. Storm.
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