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But it remains for future research to remove the uncertainty which envelopes this era of the family history.
When New Netherland invited the virtuous and the dar- ing to seek a home in her wilds, several of the Rikers joined the adventurers coming hither. These were Abraham, Gys- bert, Rynier, and Hendrick Rycken, the last of whom came out a few years after the others, and was the ancestor of the Suydam family, his sons assuming that name. Gysbert owned land at the Wallabout, and is last named in 1640, and Rynier was an intelligent merchant in New Amsterdam, named as a church member in 1649, and living in the Waal Straat in 1665 ; but it is not known that either of these two left issue. In ad- dition to these, our records mention " Hendrick Rycken, skip- per, under God, of the ship Sphæra Munda," who, trading on this coast in 1658, was compelled by misfortune to touch at New Amsterdam, where he shipped a quantity of beavers and tobacco for the European market. There is no further notice of this skipper, and though possible, it is hardly to be suppos- ed that he afterwards abandoned the sea, took up a residence here, and was identical with the Suydam ancestor.
1. Abraham Rycken, or de Rycke, as his name is indiscri- minately written in our early records, was the progenitor of the present Riker families in New-York, New Jersey, and other parts of the Union ; his descendants, in the third gene- ration, having assumed the present mode of spelling the name. He is presumed to have emigrated in 1638, as he received in that year an allotment of land from Gov. Kieft, for which he afterwards took out a patent, dated Aug. 8, 1640. This land was situated at the Wallabout, and now either joins, or is included within the farm of the Hon. Jeremiah Johnson. In 1642 Riker is found in New Amsterdam, where he continued to live many years upon premises of his own, on the Heeren Gracht, now Broad-street. He was probably engaged in trade, for it appears . that in 1656 he made a voyage to the Delaware river for the express purpose of purchasing beaver skins, then a leading article of traffic. The voyage proved an unlucky one, for, as they were ascending the Delaware at night, the bark stranded near the falls of that river. She was unloaded and after some time got afloat, during which operation the passengers abode in tents on shore. Riker visited Fort Casimir, near the present
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New Castle, and returned, unable to get any peltry. He and his wife, Grietie, a dau. of Hendrick Harmensen, were members of the Dutch church, as appears by a list dated 1649, and most of their children were baptized in the church within Fort Amster- dam. In 1654 Riker obtained a grant of land at the Poor Bowery, to which he subsequently removed, afterwards adding to his domain the island known as Riker's Island. (See pages 36, 64, 65.) Having attained to more than three score years and ten, he d. in 1689, leaving his farm by will to his son Abraham .* His ch. were Ryck-Abramsen, the eldest, who adopted the name of Lent, (see Lent genealogy ;) Jacob, b. 1640, d. in infancy ; Jacob, b. 1643 ; Hendrick, b. 1646, d. young ; Mary, b. 1649, m. Sibout II. Krankheyt, afterwards of the manor of Cortlandt ; John, b. 1651; Aletta, b. 1653, m. Capt. John Harmense, also of the manor of Cortlandt ; Abra- ham,2 b. 1655, and Hendrick, b. 1662. The latter also adopt- ed the name of Lent. John m. in 1691, Sarah Schouten, widow of Paulus Vanderbeeck, and their son Abraham, b. 1695, set- tled in Essex co. N. J. where his descendants are to be found. Jacob united with his brother Ryck and others in buying Ryck's Patent, in Westchester co. but sold his interest in 1715 to his nephew Hercules Lent. He was then living at " Upper Yonkers," and is said to have d. without issue.
2. Abraham Riker, son of Abraham,1 was b. in 1655, in New Amsterdam, and on Jan. 10, 1682, m. Grietic, dau. of Jan Gerrits Van Buytenhuysen, of New-York, by his intermarri- age with Tryntie, dau. of Jan Van Luyt, of Holland. He proved to be a man of intelligence, and inheriting the pater- nal estate, added considerably to the extent of his lands, his most important purchase being that of a third of the Tuder patent, on Nov. 2, 1688. (See page 114.) His estate he settled on his sons, Abraham and Andrew, Nov. 10, 1733, and hav- ing been for a number of ycars entirely blind, he suddenly re- covered his sight, and almost immediately expired, Aug. 20,
* His will, dated Mar. 9, 1688-9, and the inventory of his personal estate, taken on April 5, succeeding, are recorded in the county clerk's office, Jamaica, in Deeds, liber A. page 36. An ancient copy of the will, and also the origi- nal Duteh patents to Riker for his said farm and island, are still in posses- sion of his descendant, John L. Riker, Esq. through whose kindness I have inspeeted them.
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1746, in his 91st yr. A rude slab marks his grave in the family cemetery at the Poor Bowery .* Mrs. Riker d. Nov. 15, 1732, a. 71. Their ch. were Catharine, Margaret, Mary, Abraham,3 John,7 Hendrick,9 Andrew,10 and Jacob. Of the daughters, Mary m. Hasuelt Van Keuren, of Kingston. Margaret m. in succession Peter Braisted, Thomas Lynch, and Anthony Duane, father of the Hon. James Duane, afterwards mayor of New-York. She had no ch. and d. Jan. 8, 1775, in her 90th yr. An interesting obituary of this lady is contained in Riv- ington's N. Y. Gazette, of Jan. 12, '75. Jacob, the youngest son, b. in 1702, m. May 25, 1729, Catharine, dau. of Rev. Sam'l Pumroy, and settled in New-York, where for many years he conducted a bakery in Beekman-street. When that city be- came a prey to the enemy in the Revolution, he retired, first to Long Island and then to Rhinebeck, where he d. in 1778. His ch. who attained to adult years, were Lydia, b. 1732, m. Capt. Isaac Sheldon ; Abraham, b. 1734; Margaret, b. 1740, m. Capt. Abm. Riker; Catharine, b. 1742, m. successively Capt. Dennis Candy, and Cornelius Bradford ; and Elizabeth, who m. Capt. Geo. Collins. Abraham, the only son, pursued his father's occupation, and m. Oct. 29, 1757, Sarah, dau. of Henry Rousby, a son of Christopher Rousby by his intermar- riage, in 1703, with Sarah, widow of the noted Capt. Wm. Kidd. Mr. Riker d. respected, during the Revolution. His widow, a lady of intelligence and exemplary piety, (as was also her grand-mother, Sarah,) d. in 1802, a. 62. They left issue, Sarah, b. 1768, m. John Walgrove, ornamental painter, and father of Effingham W. Walgrove, of Dobb's Ferry, N. Y .; Emma, b. 1772, m. Wm. Whitehead, Esq. late president of the Commercial Bank, of Perth Amboy ; and John, b. 1780, who removed to Philadelphia.
3. Abraham Riker, son of Abraham,? was b. in 1691, m. Geesie, dau. of Johannes Van Alst, of the Dutch Kills, and located upon that part of his father's estate which included a
* This yard was early appropriated by the Rikers and Lents, and in all subsequent sales of the farm on which it is located, it has been duly reserv- ed to those families. The late worthy owner of the farm, Mr. Isaac Rapelye, generously enlarged the ground by the gift of a strip of land adjoining. The premises now contain many graves of the departed ; may no ruthless hand ever disturb their gentle repose.
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third of the Tuder patent. The tenement which he erected yet remains, and forms the centre room of the house standing on these premises, now owned by the heirs of Chas. Rapelye, dec. Mr. Riker took an active part in the erection of the first Dutch church built at Newtown, and was one of the trustees to whom the deed for the church plot was executed. Of this church he and his wife were members, and he, subsequently, at the time of his death, a ruling elder. He was a consistent christian, and noted for the uniform gentleness of his man- ners. His wife d. Oct. 20, 1758, and he Feb. 23, 1770, in his 79th yr. He had ten ch. to wit, Aletta, d. unm. Nov. 30, 1752, a. 33; Johannes, d. 1744, a. 23; Margaret, m. John Bragaw ; Abraham, Peter, Grace, m. Richard Berrien ; Andrew,4 Joris, d. Feb. 8, 1753, a. 20; Jacobus,5 and Hendrick.6 Abraham, who d. Sep. 17, 1758, a. 33, is reputed to have possessed un- usual talents and a remarkable flow of humor and wit. He devoted a part of his life to teaching. Peter acquired consi- derable property in New-York as a ship-blacksmith, and was a gentleman highly respected. Being devoted to liberty, he spent the period of the Revolution within the American lines. For some years before his death he was an elder of the Brick church, now Dr. Spring's. He m. successively, Esther Brasher, and Jane, dau. of Daniel Bonnett, but left no issue. He d. during a temporary abode at the house of Jesse Leverich, Esq. Oct. 29, 1799, a. 72. Mrs. R. d. Jan. 25, 1808, a. 76.
4. Andrew Riker, son of Abraham,3 was b. in 1730, re- moved to New-York, and wrought successfully at the anvil. He m. May 9, 1755, Elizabeth, dau. of Peter G. Wyckoff, of Flatlands. She d. Mar. 5, 1779, in her 48th yr. Two years after the peace of 1783 Mr. Riker bought the half of Riker's Island, erected a house there, and made it his residence, sub- sequently purchasing the other half of the Island. Herc he d. in his 86th yr. Nov. 14, 1815, leaving the Island to his sons Abraham and Peter, who, with a dau. Elizabeth, who m. Henry Lent, were his only ch. Abraham, b. May 10, 1756, was em- ployed during the Revolution as an artificer in the continental shops at Peekskill. Here he mn. Mar. 9, 1779, Mary, dau. of John Delanoy. The latter part of his life was spent on Riker's Island, where he d. Jan. 28, 1843, and his wife Apr. 12, 1841, in her 82d yr. He had issue, Peter, d. unm. Nov. 10, 1829, a.
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49; Elizabeth, m. successively, Benj. Welch and And. Van Horn ; John, d. unm. Feb. 14, 1823, a. 37; and Abraham. The latter, b. Nov. 30, 1789, m. Harriet, dau. of Thos. Dickerson, and d. in New-York, Mar. 14, 1823 ; issue, Harriet, Hannah, and William. Peter, b. May 25, 1760, m. May 19, 1782, Mary, dau. of Capt. Edward Kelly, who d. in the south seas while commanding a whaleman. Peter removed with his father to Riker's Island, where he lived nearly sixty years. His wife d. a. 64, May 25, 1827, and he on Feb. 5, 1851, in his 91st yr. being at the time, I believe, the oldest member of the Riker family. His ch. were Andrew, b. April 1, 1784, d. at Wil- liamsburgh, L. I. June, 15, 1851; Hannah, b. June 16, 1787, m. Jacob I. Mott, of Tarrytown, N. Y; Edward, b. Sep. 4, 1789, a resident of New-York city ; Henry, b. Jan. 3, 1792, now of Newtown; Wm .- Charles, b. Aug. 22, 1795, d. Aug. 11, 1837, without issue ; and Robert, b. Sept. 18, 1798, and living at Tarrytown. .
5. Jacobus Riker, son of Abraham,3 was b. in 1736, and named after his uncle, Jacobus Van Alst. He remained on the paternal farm at Newtown, m. Feb. 20, 1761, Anna-Catrina, dau. of John Rapelje, dec. and after his father's death bought the homestead, May 1, 1770. In the Revolution Mr. R. de- sired to take no part, and only by circumstances and influ- ences peculiarly adverse was he forced, like many others, to yield an apparent compliance with loyalist measures. But his observation and own bitter experience, during that reign of terror, had the effect of attaching him firmly to the republican party, with which, from the peace of 1783, he uniformly acted in exercising the right of suffrage. He was a man of considerable ingenuity, and thoroughly Dutch in lan- guage and habits. Living in the practice of useful industry, prudence, and strict integrity, he enjoyed the respect and con- fidence of his fellow-townsmen. Truly pious, he served several years in the eldership of the Dutch church at Newtown. Death overtook him suddenly in his 73d yr. Aug. 26, 1809. His wi- dow, an amiable christian, d. July 1, 1815, a. 80 yrs. save one month. They had issue, Maria, b. Mar. 29, 1762, m. Cor. Ra- pelye ; Grace, b. Aug. 9, 1764, d. Oct. 6, 1776 ; John-Rapelye, b. Dec. 24, 1766, d. upon the homestead unm. Dec. 8, 1796; Abraham, b. May 6, 1769, d. Oct. 22, 1774; and Daniel, b.
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Mar. 7, 1771. The latter was named after his maternal uncle, Daniel Rapelye. While a youth his father entertained some thought of giving him a medical education, Dr. Samuel Cutler, then a boarder at their house, offering to furnish him letters of introduction to eminent physicians in Great Britain, but the offer was at length declined, and Daniel was destined to an agricultural rather than a professional life. He m. in Feb. 1791, Deborah, dau. of William Leverich, and (with the excep- tion of two years, between 1795 and 1797, when he resided successively at Middletown and Bushwick,) continued to live on the paternal estate, which became his own at the demise of his father. On June 7, 1808, he was appointed a justice of the peace for Queen's county by a special commission, and for nearly eighteen years performed its duties without having a single decision reversed by a higher court. In Jan. 1827, he sold his farm (now owned by the heirs of Chas. Rapelye,) and removed to the city of New-York, where he resided till his death. Having lost his wife Apr. 9, 1818, in her 46th yr. Mr. Riker m. May 1, 1831, Ann-Eliza, dau. of Isaac Martin, dec. He d. suddenly on Sept. 16, 1850. His ch. were James, b. Dec. 25, 1791; William-Leverich, b. Dec. 8, 1793 ; Maria-Ra- pelye, b. Dec. 22, 1795, m. Nov. 2, 1825, Samuel Valentine, and d. Mar. 3, 1828; Patience-Stanton, b. Feb. 25, 1798, m. Mar. 4, 1841, John T. Welling ; John-Rapelye, b. Jan. 26, 1800; Ann-Catharine, b. May 1, 1803, d. unm. Oct. 31, 1826 ; Joseph- Lawrence, b. Aug. 17, 1805, d. unm. Oct. 27, 1823; Hannah- Eliza, b. Mar. 20, 1807, m. May 17, 1826, George Elder ; Susan- Ann, b. Jan. 10, 1832, m. Nov. 13, 1850, Isaac Webb; and Daniel, b. July 26, 1836, who d. Dec. 7, 1844. John R. Riker d. Feb. 4, 1824, a. 24, leaving issue, Maria, and John. William L. Riker, m. Feb. 16, 1819, Catharine-Remsen, dau. of George Brinckerhoff, and d. Mar. 8, 1828, in his 35th yr. His ch. are Daniel, Evelina, and William L. James Riker, the eldest child of Daniel Riker, Esq. entered upon a clerkship in New-York in 1806, and in 1813 began business in Pearl-street as a grocer, which he continued at various locations till 1846, when he re- tired ; the next year built a residence at Harlem and removed thither in 1848. In 1832 Mr. R. enjoyed a seat in the city council. Ile m. Dec. 29, 1814, Elizabeth, dau. of John Van
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Arsdale,* a diserect, amiable and pious companion, who d. in her 44th yr. Oct. 10, 1834 ; by which marriage Mr. R. has six eh. namely, Mary-Jane, Ann-Catharine, James, John-Lafay- ette, Daniel J. and Charles-Bodle. Ann C. m. Nov. 6, 1839,
* The Van Arsdale family derive their origin from Jan Van Arsdale, a knight of Holland, who, in 1211, erected the castle (now county house) Ars- dale, and from it took his name. His armorial bearings now constitute the public arms of the bailiwick of Arsdale. From him descended " Symon Jansen Van Arsdalen," (as his signature is,) who emigrated to New Amster- dam in 1653, and located at Flatlands, where he served as a civil magistrate and an elder of the Dutch church ; and our records prove him to have been a person of means, education, and influence. He d. about 1710, leaving sons Cornelius and John, from whom the entire Van Arsdale family in this coun- try have sprung. Cornelius left six sons, who all removed to New Jersey, and one of whom, named Philip, was the grandfather of the late Elias Van Arsdale, Esq. of Newark, N. J. und also of the present Dr. Peter Van Ars- dale of New-York city; another named John, was the father of Simon, grand- father of the Rev. Cor. C. Van Arsdale. John Van Arsdale, the son of Sy- mon Jansen, was a leading member of the Dutch church, and d. in the town of Jamaica, leaving also six sons, one of whom, Christopher, removed with several of his brothers to New Jersey, and had three sons, John, Okie, and Cornelius. Of these the first was b. on Long Island, and d. at Murderer's Creek, Orange co. N. Y. in 1798, a. 76. His son John, the person named in the text, and the great-great-grandson of Symon Jansen Van Arsdalen, was b. at the latter place, Jan. 5, 1756. He served in the American army during nearly the whole of the Revolution. Being wounded and made a prisoner at the battle of Fort Montgomery, he endured a distressing captivity of nine months in New-York, from which he was relieved by exchange, July 20, 1778. The next year he accompanied Gen. Clinton's expedition against the Indians in western New-York, and served in every successive campaign till 1782, in which year he was nearly eight months a sergeant under Capt. Hardenbergh of Weisenfelt's regiment, with which he closed his service. He m. June 16, 1783, Mary, dau. of David Crawford, a respectable farmer of Orange co. whose father, James Crawford, came to America in 1718, with certificate of recommendation from the Presbyterian church of Golan, in Ireland. Mr. Van Arsdale, after his marriage, sailed a packet on the North and East rivers for thirty years, then served for twenty as wood inspector in the city of New- York. Having survived his partner four years, he d. Aug. 14, 1836, and was interred with military honors by the veteran corps, of which he was then first captain-lieutenant. He was a man of singular bodily activity, of great re- solution, and generous even to a fault. His ch, who survived childhood were Elizabeth, b. in New-York, April 10, 1791, who m. James Riker; David, by Sept. 1, 1796 ; Deborah, b. Aug. 12, 1801, now widow of John Phillips; Jane, b. Mar. 20, 1804, widow of Jacob G. Theall ; and Mary, b. Oet. 9, 1808, who m. Capt. Andrew Dorgan, of Mobile, Ala. and d. Oct. 4, 1849.
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William W. Bodle, son of the late Hon. Charles Bodle, of Bloomingburgh, N. Y .*
6. Hendrick Riker, son of Abraham,3 was b. 1738, m. Apr. 26, 1760, Jane, dau. of Daniel Rapelje, by his intermarriage with Rensie, widow of Peter G. Wyckoff, and mother of Eliza- beth, wife of And. Riker. The same year of his marriage he became a freeman of New-York, and for many years was a cabinet-maker in Pearl-street. In the Revolution, being known to have rebel predilections, he did not escape ill- treatment by the enemy. In 1788 he was made a com- missioner of the alms-house and bridewell, which office he re- tained for a series of years. Hendrick Riker was extensively known and respected; a good hearted, upright man, and a ge- nuine Dutchman. His wife d. July 13, 1803, a. 67, and he Mar. 16, 1807, a. 69. His ch. were Rensie, (called Nancy,) b. Oct. 23, 1762, d. unm .; Abraham, b. Dec. 27, 1764, d. unm. ; Grace, b. Mar. 13, 1769, m. Mar. 28, 1795, Cornelius Hert- tell; Daniel, b. July 17, 1771 ; Jane, b. Apr. 3, 1774, m. Aug. 2, 1793, Capt. John O'Brian, (and were the parents of Jane R. widow of the late distinguished artist Henry Inman,) and Peter, b. Feb. 8, 1777. The latter, a silversmith, m, May 24, 1806, Sarah, dau. of Col. Edward Meeks. He d. of apoplexy May 28, 1821, and his widow Oct. 11, 1830, a. 48 ; issue, Joseph- Lopaz Dias, Sophia-Josephine, dec. and Sarah-Ann. Daniel,
* This gentleman was the grandson of Daniel Bodle, who emigrated from Armagh co. Ireland, in 1742, and settled at Little Britain, Orange co. N. Y. where he m. Elizabeth, widow of Jas. Graham, and dau. of Wm. Thompson. This lady was an own cousin to the mother of Gov. George Clinton. By this marriage Mr. Bodle had issue, William, Patrick, Samuel, and Alexander, whence come all the Bodles of this state. He d. about 1786, a. 94. His son William, b. Mar. 31, 1746, m. Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Owen, and became a leading citizen of Orange, for a long period serving both as a civil magis- trate and an elder of the Goshen Presbyterian church. He was generally respected for his integrity and high moral excellence. In 1826 he re- moved to Tompkins county, N. Y. where he d. Jan. 23, 1838 ; his sons Jona- than, William and James, having also located in that county. His dau. Mary is now the widow of Nath'l Tuthill. His son, Charles Bodle, was b. July 1, 1788, and m. Esther, dau. of Samuel Wood. As a civil magistrate. an ami- able friend and christian, Mr. Bodle was endeared to all his acquaintances. He represented his district (the counties of Ulster and Sullivan) in the first session of the twenty-third congress, was prevented by illness from appear- ing at the second session, and d. much lamented, Oct. 31, 1835.
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son of Hendrick, visited France and Copenhagen in 1795, with his brother-in-law, Capt. O'Brian, afterwards became a mer- chant in New-York, and m. Apr. 28, 1804, Helen, dau. of Abm. Polhemus. In 1819 he was appointed overseer of the alms- house, which post he filled with credit till his death in his 57th yr. Mar. 24, 1828. His ch. were Jane R. m Robert M. De Witt, Abraham P., Christina T. m. Wm. B. Kellum, Henry, Edgar, Elizabeth, m. Altheus Y. Stocking, Ann P. and Helen, m. to Harvey Stocking.
7. John Riker, son of Abraham,2 m. Geertie, dau. of Teunis Wiltsee of Newtown, and after living some years at the latter village removed, in 1744, to Closter, then Rockland co. N. Y. and now Bergen co. N. J. where he had bought a farm. The next year he erected a house on the spot where his grandson, Jacob Riker, now resides. Mr. Riker and his partner were members of the Dutch church, and they yet live in the memo- ry of their descendants as devont christians. He survived his partner two years, and d. in 1783, a. over 90. He left issue, Abraham,8 John, Gerardus, Deborah, m. Dan'l Martine, Mar- garet, m. Cor. Blauvelt, Mary, m. John Bell, Elizabeth, m. Abm. Blauvelt, and Catharine, who m. John Lawrence and John Ry- der. Gerardus m. and before his father's death, removed to Kentucky ; he has descendants living in Indiana. John, b. Oct. 25, 1736, served both in the French war and as a patriot in the Revolution. At the age of fifty he m. Margaret Blauvelt. He owned the paternal farm, was a kind and worthy gentleman, and d. Oct 6, 1828, a. 92. His ch. were Jacob and Gertrude, twins, and Abraham. Gertrude m. Michael Hines. Abraham m. Grace Gracie. Jacob, b. Aug. 19, 1786, m. Leah, dau. of Martin Paulas, and resides on the ancestral estate at Closter.
8. Abraham Riker, son of John,? was b. Nov. 25, 1721, and inherited that part of his father's estate now owned by Peter R. Haring. In the war of Independence he was a warm friend of liberty, and most of his sons did service in the militia. IIe was withal an eminent christian, and d. Feb. 9, 1820, at the patriarchal age of 98 yrs. By his wife, Elizabeth Coneklin, he had issue, John, b. -; Sophia, b. Oct. 20, 1750, m. John Johnson ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 9, 1751, m. John Nagle ; Abra- ham, b. May 22, 1753 ; Margaret, b. Nov. 24, 1754, m. John Sneden ; Matthias, b. Sep. 10, 1756 ; Gerardus, b. Apr. 13, 1758 ;
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Maria, b. Jan. 29, 1760, m. John Banta ; James, b. Oct. 5, 1761 ; Henry, b. July 25, 1764; Peter, b. Sep. 3, 1766 ; Samuel, b. May 19, 1768 ; and Tunis, b. Aug. 10, 1770. Of these John m. Maria, dau. of Andries Onderdonk, of Tappan ; he and his only son Henry, are now dec. Abraham removed to New- York after the Revolution, as did all his brothers except Peter. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Jacobus Van Valen, and d. at Hoboken, May 21, 1825, a. 72. He had issue, John, Sarah, m. John V. W. Warner, Abraham, and James, who d. without issue. Abraham m. Sarah J. Vincent, and d. June 19, 1825, a. 42, having ch. Margaret, Abraham, Elizabeth, and Sarah. John m. Esther Davis, and d. in New-York a few years since ; issue, John, formerly chief engineer of the fire department, Henry, Edgar, now of New Haven, Augustus, James, William, Eliza- beth, d. young, Sarah, m. Henry Mallory, and Mary, who m. Westwood W. Wright. Matthias m. Ann, dau. of Henry Nagle. He d. in New-York, Sep. 8, 1837, a. 81. His children were Henry, and John ; the latter m. Mary, dau. of Thos. Dema- rest, and d. in New-York, Aug. 28, 1828, a. 50, having issue, an only dau. Ann. Gerardus d. in New-York, Oct. 31, 1833, in his 76th yr. By his wife Margaret, dau. of Wm. Nagle, he had but one ch. that reached mature years, namely, William, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Jacob Woolsey, and distinguished him- self in the war of 1812 by his attempts to blow up the British armed vessels in Long Island Sound. He d. in New-York, Jan. 20, 1827, a. 49, and left one son, Gerardus. James m. first Ann-Dorothy, dau. of And. Zimmerman, and secondly, Mary, dau. of David Hustace and widow of Gabriel Briggs. He is living at a venerable age, having had issue as follows, John J., Ann D. m. Cor. Haring ; Sophia, m. Wm. Berrien ; Susan, Abigail, James, William H. and Elijah H. John J. m. Eliza W. dau. of Wm. Berrien, and d. Sep. 2, 1850, a. 57, leav- ing several ch. Henry came to New-York, but afterwards re- moved to North Carolina, m. and d. at Beaufort. His only ch. Abraham, is thought to be living in Savannah, Geo. Peter re- mained on the paternal farm at Cioster, and m. Margaret Mabie. He d. April 21, 1844, in his 78th yr. and his only ch. Elizabeth, m. Jacob D. Haring. Samuel m. Rachel Moore, of English Neighborhood. He d. at New-York, of yellow fever, Oct. 8, 1799, in his 32d yr. having issue, Mary, and Elizabeth, who
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