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Sara, bap. Oct. 3, 1739. Wits .: Jacob Webbers and Margriete de Riemer his wife; m. Jonathan Hardman, May 4, 1794. Their children were baptized by Doctor Gunn and will be men- tioned hereafter.
Alida, bap. April 28, 1742. Wits .: Egbert Somerin- dyk and Alida Webbers who had been lately married (April 21, 1739).
Annatje, bap. Dec. 12, 1744. Wits .: John Man, Jr., and Annatje Minthorn his wife.
Olfred, bap. Aug. 2, 1747. Wits .: John Minthorn and Jannetje Elswood, his wife.
Philip, the deacon.
Johannis, bap. April 23, 1755. Wits .: Philip Min- thorn and Tanneke Harsse (Harsen) his wife.
Jacob,4 bap. Dec. 8, 1700. Wits .: Jacob Cornelisze Stille
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and Marretje Hendricx, his wife; m. Margarete (de Riemer) Shute, widow, June 18, 1739. Issue:
Olivardus, 5 bap. April 27, 1740. Wits .: Aernout Webbers and Maria Goderius, widow of William Cunningham.
Alida, bap. Oct. 4, 1741. Wits .: Isaac de Riemer and Elizabeth de Kay, j. d. (young woman). Elizabeth, bap. Oct. 17, 1742. Wits .: the same parties.
Petrus, bap. Feb. 6, 1745. Wits .: Elbert Somer- indijck and Alida Webbers, his wife.
No marriages of any of these children are of record in the Dutch Church. N. Y. Marriages states that Petrus, m. May 9, 1770, Catherine Ward and had William 6 b. May 2, 1783, bap. Aug. 23, 1784. Wits .: John and Sara Webbers, and Elizabeth, b. Feb. 26, bap. Mar. 13, 1785, before same sponsors. Their father had land in Bloomingdale on the east side of the Road between 47th and 49th Streets, part of that conveyed by the heirs of his grandfather Wolfert as above narrated. How he became possessed thereof is not shown by the title, no conveyance being of record. At any rate, he and his wife Catherine deeded seven acres and 62 rods of it to Ebenezer Turell in 1782 (L. 42, Conv. 284. Consideration, £250).
Ariaentie,4 bap. July 4, 1703. Wits .: Aernhout Webber and Claesje?Webber; m. Johannes van Norden, both from the "Groote Kil" (the Great Kill) April 8, 1721. Frederik, bap. Sept. 23, 1705. Wits .: Frederik Stille and Saratje Webbers; m. Helena Banta (no date). Issue: Wolfert,5 bap. July 31, 1737. Wits .: Arnout Web- bers and Sara Minthorn, his wife. He m. Eliza- beth-and had Ann,6 bap. Sept. 17, 1780. Wits .: Hendrik and Hanna Banta.
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Trijntje, bap. Feb. 25, 1739. Wits .: Wierd Banta and Trijntje Loots, wife of Hendrik Banta. Margrietje, bap. Jan. 10, 1742. Wits .: Johs van Norden and Adriana Webbers his wife. Margarita, bap. March 30, 1746. Wits .: Cornelis Webbers and Jacomijntje van Norden, j. d. Johannes, bap. Dec. 6, 1707. Wits .: Cornelis Stille and Jannetje Stille, his young daughter; m. Anna van Norden April 2, 1731. Issue:
Olfert 5 (Oliver), bap. Aug. 8, 1731. Wits .: Wolfert Webbers and Grietje his wife. He m. Ann Borrens (Burns) Oct. 30, 1762 and had Olfert, 6 bap. June 24, 1764. Wits .: Michael Keets and Trijntje Webbers his wife.
Jacomijntje bap. Apr. 29, 1733. Wits .: Aarnoudt Webbers and Hester van Orden.
Jacomijntje II, bap. Dec. 29, 1734. Wits .: Jo- hannes Hoppe and Maria van Orden, his wife. Margriete, bap. May 1, 1737. Wits .: Jacob Web- bers, j. m. (young man) and Aeltje Webbers, j. d. She was unm. in 1759, at which date her brother and sisters were dead as were her parents.
Cornelus, bap. Apr. 10, 1710. Wits .: Cornelus Webbers and Rachel Webber, m. (1) March 17, 1732 Cornelia Waldron of Nieu Haerlem, widow of Rijk Lent of Westchester, whom she m. Nov. 12, 1722 and had Samuel,5 bap. June 2, 1734. Wits .: Samuel Waldron, Junior and Cornelia La Maetere, j. d. He m. (2) Anna Sighels (Sickels) both from the Bouwery but living here (the city) Jan. 11, 1747. No issue of record. His will dated Apr. 17, 1794, proved same year, (L. 41, 308) mentions sons Isaac 5 and Casparus. Aaltje, bap. Dec. 10, 1712. Wits .: Jacob Coning and Dievertje Kwakenbos; m. Elbert Somerindijck.
Isaac, bap. July 24, 1715. Wits .: Hendrik Ellesse and Janneke Pears; m. Grietje Woertendijck.
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Lea, bap. March 23, 1718. Wits .: Benjamin Quackenbos and Claasje Webber his wife.
Arnoult 2 Webber, m. (2) March 14, 1675, Jannetje Cor- nelis, j. d. of N. Y. Issue:
Cornelis,3 bap. March 18, 1676. Wits .: Laurens van der Spiegel and Hester Webber; d. young. Johannes, bap. June 26, 1678. Wits .: Jacob Cor- neliszen and Willemtie Elberts.
Claesje, bap. Nov. 17, 1680. Wits .: Theunis Cor- neliszen and Hester Webbers.
Cornelis II., bap. Aug. 28, 1683. Wits .: Ariaen Corneliszen and Lijsbeth van der Spiegel; d. young.
Sara, bap. Aug. 9, 1685. Wits .: Coenraedt ten Eijck and Geertie Hassing; m. May 12, 1706 Seijbrand Brouwer.
Rachel and Helena, twins, bap. Feb. 12, 1688. Wits .: Johannes van der Spiegel and Sara van der Spiegel, Jacob Corneliszen and Leentie Cornelis. Rachel m. (1) Aug. 18, 1709 William Swansten, m. (2) Apr. 11, 1713, John Hoorn of Kingstown. She of the "Grotekil."
Cornelis III., bap. Feb. 19, 1693. Wits .: Hendrick Corneliszen and Anna Claes; m. June 5, 1719, Rachel Pears, j. d. of N. Y. Issue:
Aarnoút,4 bap. March 16, 1720. Wits .: Wolphert Webber and Jannetje his wife.
Willem, bap. Jan. 27, 1723. Wits .: Elias Ellis and Sara Ellis his wife; m. Oct. I, 1764, Dorothy Fennaly.
Aernout II., bap. Oct. 11, 1724. Wits .: Benjamin Quackenbos and Claasje Quackenbos his wife.
Philip, the quondam deacon, was the seventh child of his parents. His baptism is not recorded
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in the Dutch Church Records which end at 1800. A small part of the land alienated by his grandfather in 1759 returned to the family name in 1792 when the deacon purchased a strip on the west side of Bloom- ingdale Road lying between 47th and 49th Streets and extending nearly to Tenth Avenue. On the block between 48th and 49th Streets west of Seventh Avenue he constructed his home and reared his family. No view of this house has been found. It was here, however, that he lived during part of the time of his diaconate, and here the Consistory met on occasion. His first appearance in the Directory was in 1828-9 when his business was at 13 Washington Street and his residence 175 Elizabeth Street. In 1830-I he was at 266 Mott Street.
By his wife, Elizabeth Reis, he had, according to the records of the original Dutch Church:
Magdalana, 6 b. Jan. 19, bap. Feb. 13, 1785. Wits .: Thomas Warner and Magdalane Warner. She m. (1) - Mildeberger, and was joined (2) to William Waite by Doctor Gunn, Feb. 23, 1809, in presence of her brother- in-law Jonathan Hardman and General Striker. These children were baptised by Doctor Gunn:
William,7 b. May 22, bap. Aug. 18, 1811. George, b. June 23, bap. Aug. 22, 1813.
John, b. Oct. 31, 1814, bap. Oct. 10, 1815.
Aletta (Letitia), b. Feb. 11, bap. Mar. 11, 1787. Aletta Webbers.
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She was married at the Church to Samuel A. Savage, Oct. 23, 1811 having joined the communion Mar. 29, 1810. They had one child baptized by. Doctor Gunn:
Joseph Windham, b. Aug. 5, and bap. Dec. 7, 1812, whose father was baptized April 30, 1825.
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Elizabeth, b. Aug. 30, bap. Oct. 27, 1789, m. Francis Sowery, May 10, 1810, by Doctor Gunn. Hannah, b. Mar. 12, bap. April 1, 1792. She married Henry Hughes and had two children baptized by Doctor Gunn: Letitia, b. June 12, 1808, bap. Sept. 24, 1809, and Mary, bap. June 30, 18II.
Susannah, b. July 25, bap. Aug. 14, 1796. Wits .: Henry and Susannah Sigonier. She joined the Church, Mar. 29, 1810, and d. in April, 1823. William, b. Feb. 16, bap. Mar. 16, 1800.
Besides the above children Philip had the following, the birth and baptism of which are not recorded in the above authorities, viz .:
Sarah, became a member Nov. 30, 1809, on con- fession. She married Jonathan Hardman and these of their children were baptized by Doctor Gunn:
Lawrence H., b. Nov. 7, 1806, bap. Jan. 18, 1807.
Aaron, b. Mar. II, bap. April 6, 1809.
Henry, b. Nov. 23, 1811, bap. Mar. 1, 1812. Jonathan, b. May -, 1814, bap. Oct. 10, 1815. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 31, 1816, bap. Aug. 21, 1817.
Catharine. By her husband William Stratton, she had, baptized by Doctor Gunn:
Catharine, b July 30, bap. Aug. 31, 1806. Sarah, b. Aug. 3, bap. Aug. 28, 1808.
William Waite, b. Mar. 15, bap. May 7, 1810.
John, m. Margaret Ford. Their son Philip was b. May 22, 1807, and bap. by Doctor Gunn Sept. 3, 1808. He died in 1825.
Frances, m. John Vidal.
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Maria, m. Chas. Whitmore Smith after 1825, and appears as a witness to a marriage May 12, 1831. She d. Nov. 29, 1834, leaving an infant child.
Philip Webbers and his wife conveyed small portions of the above-mentioned land to various parties. In 1801 a plot was deeded to Esther Gomez, which she conveyed to Isaac Leggett three years later. In 1807 he gave a plot on the west side of the Bloomingdale Road at the northwest corner of 47th Street to Jona- than Hardman. In 1819 another portion was con- veyed to Stratton, in 1820 one to Savage, and the next year one to Waite. After deeding a lot to his daughter Catharine Stratton in 1825, he, his wife being dead, conveyed the residue of the tract to his heirs, Apr. 12, 1825 (L. 191 of Conv., p. I) to wit: Sarah Hardman, Letty Savage, Catharine Stratton, Margaret Waite, Elizabeth Sowery, Frances Vidal, Maria Web- bers, Margaret widow of John Webbers, and Letty Hughes a granddaughter, on condition that if the latter "shall be intermarried and have a husband now living, then all the estate to her hereby granted shall cease, determine, and be utterly null and void." The "mes- suage" on which the grantor resided and then dwelt was included. He reserved a life estate for himself and wife should he remarry, and provided that at his death the premises be divided into nine equal parts which shall be drawn for by the respective parties. The deacon died March 25, 1830, says the abstract of title and, Oct. 30, 1832, according to Do. van Aken, without having married again, and the grantees divided the property thus vested by deeds to each, which are duly recorded.
Webbers became a deacon at the founding of the
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Church. The Consistory met at his residence for the first time Oct. 12, 1808. After a service of nearly three years he tendered his resignation, which, "after much serious consideration" was not accepted. For another three years he held office, but at the session of Oct. 17, 1814, which assembled at Deacon Harsen's, it was whispered that he had connected himself with a church of another denomination. The proceedings taken by the Board because of this action will be detailed elsewhere. Suffice it to say here that he died in the faith of his ancestors.
your friend and devant I. H. Swingston
Portrait and signature of Rev. John H. Livingston, D.D., LL.D., from the Memoirs of Dr. Livingston, 1829, by the Rev. Alexander Gunn, D.D.
V The Church at barsenville 1805-1855
On the September evening hereinbefore mentioned, certain members of the Dutch Reformed Church sat around the hearth in Jacob Harsen's quaint old Dutch mansion and piled up the logs. That noted Domine of the Collegiate Church, the Rev. John H. Livingston, D.D., was present as were also Mr. Harsen, Andrew Hopper, Philip Webbers, and John Asten. After prayer, the minister called the little company to order and was elected Moderator. The Doctor was in his sixtieth year at the time and his praise was in all the churches, but particularly in that branch thereof known as the Reformed Dutch. He was first in her councils, first in her honors, and first in her affections. It came to be considered the Doctor's prerogative to be present on such occasions as this and at the laying of the corner-stone of a new edifice or the opening of a new church for public worship. For a series of years when either of these functions was to be done in any part of the city, or in any place at a moderate distance therefrom, he was requested, in deference to his prom- inence and seniority in the ministry, to perform the service. It may be questioned whether any con- temporary clergyman in the United States, except
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a diocesan, had the honor of laying more corner-stones and opening a greater number of ecclesiastical build- ings than he. Born in Poughkeepsie May 30, 1746, and educated for the ministry at the University of Utrecht in Holland, he was called to the pastoral office of the Reformed Church in New York in 1770 and elected to the presidency of Queens College, New Jersey, 1810. After his decease Jan. 20, 1825, in the fifty-fifth year of his ministry and the forty-first of his professional labors, the General Synod of the Church at New Bruns- wick erected a monumental stone "in token of their gratitude for his services and veneration for his mem- ory" (N. J. Archives, vol. xxi., p. 318). It will be recognized that the infant organization at Harsenville could not have been started under better auspices. 1
1 " Rev. Dr. Livingston was in the fullest sense a man of the Old School, not only in doctrine, but in manners, in mode of life, and even in dress. He walked the streets erect as a grenadier on parade, his gold-headed cane carried upright before him like the mace of a magistrate, his spacious and broad-brimmed hat sur- mounting the white wig which spread its curls upon his shoulders, the ample square skirts of his coat falling below his knees and his shoe-buckles glittering on his feet as though the dust did not dare to soil them. Such a figure was not to be passed by without at- tention and reverence. In politeness of manners he had no su- perior; indeed he carried its forms to the extreme limit. He would always have the last bow to his acquaintances, whether parting from them at his own house or theirs. In a playful humor, some of his clerical brethren occasionally tried how far the good Doctor would carry this habit, but they invariably had to give up the struggle; for, let them follow the polite old gentleman far as they would and bowing at every step, he would still have the last bow. He was as much unlike others in the pulpit as in the street or draw- ing-room. While the essential doctrines of the Gospel that know no change form the great staple of his discourses, he enunciated them in a manner that constantly reminded you of generations gone by; of the fathers whose works you had read but whose faces you had never seen. He seemed in no way inclined to belong to the present generation. But whatever may have been his error in this respect he was eminently a good man, a sound, impressive
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At this first meeting of the neighbors, the religious needs of the community were discussed and the Church formally gathered. Andrew Hopper and James Striker became the first elders and Jacob Harsen and Philip Webbers the deacons. So stood the first Consistory. The minutes of the Board are intact. A reminiscence of old-time methods is presented while handling them. The sand with which the wet ink was sprinkled still adheres in places to the writing. Under date of Oct. 20, 1805, it is noted that Dr. Livingston had preached a sermon appropriate to the occasion from Rom. iii., 31, and had ordained the persons before elected to fill the above offices, whereupon business was proceeded with. Hopper was chosen Moderator and it was decided that regular meetings be held the first day of every month "until a minister be settled among them." On Apr. 1, 1806, Hopper was delegated to represent the Church in the Classis, and on July I was appointed Treasurer. It is not stated where the Consistory met for these early sessions; doubtless at the Harsen mansion. On September 6th a formal agreement was executed by these four individuals and a name,
THE CHURCH AT HARSENVILLE,
was given to the embryo congregation (L. I Incorp. Religious Denoms., p. 46; vide Appendix B). On the 16th the Board assembled at Striker's Bay and here a definite call was made to the Rev. David Schuyler Bogart. After graduating at Columbia College in 1790, he studied theology under Livingston, to whom
minister of the Gospel. He retained to the last much of the costume and many of the habits which belong to the clergy of his early days." -Recollections of Persons and Events, J. M. Matthews, D.D., 1865.
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the call was perhaps due. He was a zealous student and an uncompromising advocate of the truth. His facility of diction and graceful and impressive oratory were well known, as was his cheerful, kind, generous, bland, and affable disposition. To these qualities of heart and intellect he united a memory of surprising vigor and tenacity, from whose rich stores his friends derived instruction and gratification ever new and interesting. Corwin's Manual says he was pastor at Bloomingdale 1806-7. Possibly he preached there during that period, but no mention thereof in the minutes is to be found. He seems to have been just the man to start the Church on its pilgrimage. Un- fortunately he refused the call and remained under the Southampton, L. I., Presbytery, where he had been since 1796.
Harsen having in the interim constructed a church edifice, which had been consecrated by Dr. Livingston the last Sabbath in June, 1805, conveyed it Nov. 3, 1806, together with the premises described below, to Striker, Hopper, and Webbers, or "the congregation at the place or neighborhood in the Ninth Ward by the name of Harsenville," to wit:
all that certain church or building and piece of ground on the westerly side of the Bloomingdale Road beginning 40 feet from the line which divides the land of the said Jacob Harsen and the heirs of John Somerindyke and running from thence 55 feet along the said Bloomingdale Road and from thence towards the land of the heirs of the said John Somerindyke 35 feet till it comes exactly 35 feet from the line which divides the land of the said Jacob Harsen from that of the heirs of the said John Somerindyke, and from thence on a direct line 80 feet to the place of beginning, leaving a piece of ground between the land of the said
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heirs and that hereby granted 40 feet in front on the said Road and 30 feet in the rear, according to a plan or draft which is hereby annexed.
This plan, however, was not included (L. 74 Conv., 178) when the deed was recorded March 13, 1807, "at the request of Mr. Andrew Hopper." We should have doubtless known the size and exact spot where the original church stood.
This resolution was passed Oct. 12, 1808, at the house of Webbers :
That the thanks of this Consistory be presented to Mr. Jacob Harsen for his pious and benevolent gift of the church and the ground belonging to it-with fervent prayer that he may have the satisfaction to see the Church prosper while he lives and be at last rewarded with "well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. "
No view has been preserved of this First House of Worship.
Another call, equally abortive, proceeded from the Harsen house, June 16, 1807. Rev. Stephen N. Rowan, a graduate of Union College, had lately been licensed (1806). His commanding intellect and sound common sense, united to his very religious inclina- tions from the age of six years, would have been of material assistance at this stage. He preferred, however, to stay with the Church at Greenwich Village. In 1819 he founded the Eighth Presbyterian Church in Christopher Street.
The First Minister
Two years, eight months, and twelve days were passed before the congregation succeeded in settling a pastor. Ministers were shy in those days, says Dr.
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Martyn, in his History of Eighty Years, to which we are indebted, but pulpits in and around New York do not go a-begging any more. At the Harsen mansion on May 21, 1808, a call was made out upon the Rev. Alexander Gunn, and ratified in the presence of the Rev. Peter Low, Moderator. An annual compensa- tion of £320 was offered. Mr. Gunn was also a college man (Columbia) and had just been licensed by the Presbytery. Brought up in the Presbyterian faith he was led to join the Dutch Church and accept this call in order to be settled near his widowed mother. From the early age of thirteen, when he conducted family prayers, his inclinations had a religious trend. This led him to undertake the preparation for the ministry, for which he studied under Dr. Kolloch of Princeton and Dr. Rodgers of this city. He proved to be just the man for the place and was worth waiting for. Then in his twenty-third year, he passed his life of twenty- one years in the ministry with this Church. His highly cultivated mind and lively imagination placed him among the best and most popular preachers in New York. He was a powerful theological controversialist, to which were added ease and dignity of manner. His gentlemanly deportment was such that the term Chesterfieldian attached itself to him. The College of New Jersey (Princeton) conferred upon him the degree of A.M. in 1805, to which was added in 1817 that of S.T.D. by Allegheny College. With it all it is related that from the start he nested low among his people, made himself one of them, and was easily their leader in good words and works. During his ministry he wrote under the pseudonym of "Clericus" and was selected by the General Synod to compose The Memoirs of Dr. Livingston, a formidable volume
Alaganda Gunn
Portrait and signature of Rev. Alexander Gunn, D.D., by courtesy of Thomas J. Burton, Esq. "The actual originator of the present ' University of the City of New York' was, undoubtedly, the late Rev. Dr. Alexander Gunn, of Bloomingdale."-George W. Bethune, D.D. (1855).
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of 540 pp., which was published in 1829. Such data concerning the latter personage as appear above are culled therefrom and the accompanying portrait adorned its pages.
The edifice erected by Harsen stood on the west side of the Road between present 69th and 70th Streets, now the site of the Nevada apartment house. It was a small frame building painted white, and had a cupola shaped like an umbrella. The sounding- board over the pulpit rested at such an angle as to impress some of the attendants with the notion that it was in danger of falling and crushing the preacher. Occasional services had been held there prior to the coming of Mr. Gunn, and Lawrence Lawrence had been selected July 1, 1806, to lead the singing, which he pitched with a tuning-fork, any mechanical in- strument being thought an invention of the devil. Heating was accomplished by means of a stove which the Consistory on Dec. 1, 1808, ordered to be purchased. What primitive days were these! Wood for fuel, candles and stands for light, and a table on which to place them, served the purpose, for other means were not at hand. The building was so small that Harsen and Striker, who had been appointed therefor, re- ported at this session that they had waited on Mr. Barnewell and obtained a room of him in which to hold societies and social meetings during the winter. Mrs. Sarah Gunn, the wife of the pastor, tendered her certifi- cate of dismission from the Presbyterian Church and was received into this communion. The Westminster shorter catechism was introduced for use among the smaller children. The state of religion in the con- gregation at this time (Jan., 1809) was of so favorable a nature as to be highly gratifying.
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At the meeting on the first day of the next month, Striker was appointed to accompany the pastor on his ministerial visits during the ensuing year, and subscriptions towards the building of a parsonage were undertaken. The regular meeting in March was held at the house of Webbers, when Striker re- ported that $255 had been collected for the enterprise. A day-the first Sabbath in April-was set for the administration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. John Barlow and Hannah his wife presented certificates from the Rev. Sol. Fraligh, Pastor of the Church at Hackensack. Mrs. Martha Hoffman made confession of faith, as did Miss Ann Striker, at a session at Har- sen's later in the month. Robert Wade, a member of Christ's Church, New York, was present and proceeded to make confession, whereupon he also was received. These names are the first mentioned as having joined the fellowship.
The initial meeting at the minister's residence took place on April 3d. Striker announced that he and Harsen had obtained $1280 in subscriptions. Web- bers observed that John Hopper the Younger would present half an acre on the Bloomingdale Road and that John Horn had indirectly offered land in Hopper's Lane, on which to build the parsonage. Hopper was an elder brother of Andrew, and the father-in-law of Striker. He had married Wyntje, daughter of Nicholas Dyckman who lived in the Dyckman-Harsen mansion at Harsenville, and she removed to the homestead on Hopper's Lane at her marriage, April 21, 1759. At his death, in 1819, the family plot at 50th Street and Ninth Avenue claimed his remains. The Hopper brothers and their sister Jacomijntje Horn drew speci- fic portions of their father's farm (vide "Hopper Farm,"
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