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There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924099384871 DiQitizev by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® THE HUGUENOTS On the Hackensack. A Paper eead befoee the Huguenot Society of America in the Fbekch Church du Saint-Espeit, New Yoek, Apeil 13, 1885 ; BEFOEE THE NeW JeESEY HiSTOKICAL SoCIETY, AT TeENTON, Januaey 26, 1S8G ; befoee the New Beunswick His- TOF.icAL Club, February 18, 1886, and in the North Reformed Church, of Scheaalen- BEEG, N. J., February 19, 1886. -by- Rev. David D. Demarest, D. D., Professor in the Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, N. J. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. : The Daily Feedonian Steam Printing House. 1886. s Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® The Huguenots On the Hackensack. The paper which I propose to read to you this evening will ■ chiefly comprise matters so purely local, that I can scarcely hope to -secure the interest of this national society. The actors were men who were not great in either Church or State. Much will neces- .-sarily be said about ray own ancestor whose name I bear, and per- liaps some may consider my narrative more appropriate to a family ..•reunion, than to an annual meeting of the "Huguenot Society of -America." But havingbecn assured that the members of this Society will be •glad to hear about the fortunes of any one, even of the smallest and least of the Huguenot colonies in America, I am here to tell you what I know about the Huguenots on the Hackensack, iu the ^Province of New Jersey. The fact that there ever was a colony of Huguenots on the Hack- -ensaek-is probably known by very few people, and these few are -doubtless indebted for most of their knowledge about it to the ad- Kiirable history of Harlem, by Mr. James Eiker. I gratefully ac- Icaowledge my obligations to JVlr. Hiker for a knowledge of many T,Ca,cts which he has, by his faithful and patient investigations, brought to light. On page 392, of his book, is a very valuable foot note on this colony, containing statements which I have verified by original '-docum-ents, and to which I have been enabled to add somewhat.* This little settlement was, so far as I know, the only one looking ■to organization and permanency that was made by Huguenots in the province of New Jersey, though individual families did locate 'liei-e and there, and a little cluster of them settled in the neighbor- liood of Pi'inceton. The colony was composed of very few fami- lies at the beginning, and the number was never increased to any great extent by accessions from without. Very little is to-day -fcaown about its origin and history, even in the immediate vicinity ■■■oi the original settlement, so thoroughly have all traditions about It died out. The French element was so speedily absorbed by the surrounding Dutch, that not a few of the numerous descendants of the Huguenot pioneers, from whom the farms they occupy have ^Harlem, its origin and early annals by James Eiker, New York, 18S1. In the note referred -'to, aie two mistakes; first, for Essa vfe should read Essex, (County of Essex); and for . -Peiret, -we should read Daille. Digitized by Microsoft® 4 THE HUGUENOTS ON THE HACKENSACK. come down in unbroken descent through seven or eight genera- ■ tious, verily believe that they are of pure Holland stock, and' the story of their French origin is to them a new revelation. To gather up what may be found of the true and almost romantic ■ history of this little company of 200 years ago, has been with me a ■ labor of love, and a work of absorbing interest. But little would I have found if the men of that day had not kept public records in Church and State, with some measure of care, and if my only re-- source had been the materials preserved by a pious reverence tor ancestry. It IS even necessary that I should define the geographical posi- tion of this colony. Where was it situated ? You may have oc- casion at some time to travel on the JSTew Jersey and New ^S*^^ - railway which connects Jersey City and Stony Point on the ilud- son, running through the valley of the Hackensack, in j!\orthern New Jersey, and in Kockland county. New York. Twelve miles ■ from Jersey City, on the line of this road, is the ancient and beautiful village of Hackensack. About two miles North of this village is the Cherry Hill station, near to which is a bridge cross- - ing the Hackensack known as the New Bridge, [f] to distinguish it from the Old Bridge which crosses the stream a little more than a mile to the north, at River Edge station. If afterleaving Cherry ■ Hill station you look out of your car window, eastward across the • river, you will soon see on an eminence, a few rods from the shore, . the white marble head-stones that indicate a burial place of the dead. This is what is known in the neighborhood as the old . French burial ground, confessedly, one of the oldest cemeteries, . if not the oldest in that region of country. How often have I passed this spot in my boyhood, my home be- ing about three miles to the north of it, and it being quite near to • the highway leading to Hackensack, the county seat. And yet, to - my shame be it said, I did not know until long after I had reached manhood, why this was called the French burial ground. No one told me the reason, and I had not curiosity enough to enquire. I had a vague notion that either some Frenchman of note had a long time ago been buried there, or that such an one had lived in the neighborhood and given or sold the land for this place of burial. I am, furthermore, ashamed to say that I never entered it until about two years ago. And yet there lies the dust of the • principal pioneer Huguenot settlers of that vicinity, and among them of my own ancestors. Not a few of the descendants of the men and women who have been there buried, doubtless pass every day in sight of this cemetery, ignorant of the fact that their French ancestors lie there, ignorant even of the fact that they had French ancestors. Our surprise at this will, however, be diminished when we consider that these people brought a knowledge of the Dutch lan- guage as well as of their native French with them from Europe ; ; *There was no bridge at this spot until about the time of the Kevolutionai^ War. Digitized by Microsoft® THE HUGUENOTS ON THE HACKENSACK. 5 'that being thrown among the Dutch they were compelled to use tneir language everywhere, except in their own families; that ia the early'generations already the Dutch superseded the French in the Huguenot families also, and kept its place from generation to generation until it was in turn pushed out by the English, though to this d;iy retaining a slight foothold in some households in Ber- gen and adjacent counties, It is, therefore, not so strange after all, that the descendants of the Huguenots should be reckoned by others, and believed by themselves to be Dutch, and should even take pride in their Dutch descent. IsTow it was in the neighborhood of this cemetery that David - des Marest with his wife, his two sons, Jean and David, with their wives and children, a third unmarried son Samuel, and Jaques La Ron settled in the Spring of 1678, and where they were soon .after joined by Nicholas de Veaux, Jean du Rij, (Durie,) Daniel du Voor, Andries Tiebout, Daniel Eibou and others. "Who then was this David des Marest, [*] the leader and chief spirit of this - colony, and how did he happen to locate in this spot? He was a native of Beauchamp, a little village of Picardy, in France, about 22 miles West of the City of Amiens. He was born about the year 1620. The family of des Marest was very numerous in that , part of France, and highly respectable. David des Marest, Sieur le Feret, whose seat was at Oisemont, held many high offices in the State, and he was moreover an influential Elder in the French Prot- estant Church. His son, Samuel, known in the theological world .as Maresius, his name being Latinized after the custom of the times, was Professor of- Theology, at Groningen, and a voluminous, con- troversial writer. His sons, Daniel and Henri, were preachers, and with the aid of their father, prepared what has been pronounced the finest edition of the French Bible that has ever been published. How closely the David des Marest, who came to this country, was .:5llied to them is not known. His father's name was Jean, a Prot- estant Christian, who, with his family, had left his dear native France, like many others, on account of the troubles of thepresent and the uncertainties of the future, to find peace, and freedom of worship among their Dutch neighbors who gave to all such a hearty welcome and secure home. He settled at Middleburg, on the Island of Walcheren Zeeland, at what time we are unable to say. The mari-iage of his son David and Marie Sohier, daughter of Francois Sohier, from Nieppe, a town of Hainault, 13 miles East from Hazebrook, took place, as the records of the Walloon Church at Middleburg inform us, July 24th, 1643. The des Marest and Sohier families had probably resided in that City for some time when the young people formed this matrimonial connection. Two sons were born to them in Middleburg — Jean, who was bap- tized April 14th, 1645, and David, who was baptized June 22nd, 1649. The latter must have died in childhood, for the name David was given to a third son who was born after the removal of the /family from this City. *His descendants write the name variously as Demarest, Demovest, Demaree, Demaray, &c. Digitized by Microsoft® 6 THE HUGUENOTS ON THE HACKENSACK. In the year 1651, David des Marest had removed with his fan> - ily to Mannheim, on the Rhine, the chief City of the Lower Pala- tinate. The French Protestants were at this time going from? various parts in great numbers to this City, invited and encourageJ' by the Elector, Charles Lewis, who ofiered great inducements for them to settle in his dominions. A French Protestant Church was- there formed, the Elector himself providing the building. It was- called the " Temple of Concord," because Lutherans as well a&- Calvinists were allowed to use it for public worship. Some of tbe- Huguenots, who afterward came to New Paltz, were connectecE with this Church. At Mannheim two sons were born to David des-- Marest, David in 1652 and Samuel in 1656. It is probable that another child was born in the same city, who died in infancy short- ly after the arrival of the family in America, for there were four- children when the family landed in this country, the youngest of whom was one year old, and we know that of these, only the three ■ eldest, Jean, David and Samuel reached maturity. Another son^,. Daniel was born in Harlem, JST. Y., and baptized in the Dutch- Church of New York, July 7th, 1666, who died as the result of an- accident when 5 J years of age. But Mannheim was not to be the permanent home of this fam- ily. The Catholic Princes were threatening the Palatinate withf hostilities, and many of the Protestant refugees, well knowing the- woes that would come upon them if the country should fall into- the hands of the deadly enemies of their faith, resolved to leave it. Des Marest and some others determined to emigrate to America.. He- was in the prime of life, being little more than forty years of age. He felt that at least rest from persecution would be found in the- new world, which also gave a better promise than the old for the- temporal future of his children and children's children iu all their- generations. Several of these families passed down the Phine to AmsterdaiQ^ and sailed thence in the "Bontekoe," spotted or brindled cow, for- New Amsterdam, which they reached April 16th, 1663. Immediately on his arrival, David des Marest with his family- joined the Huguenot Colony on Staten Island, a little South of the Narrows. The high esteem in which he was held by the people of the island is evident from the fact that in the following year, 1664^. he was chosen as one of the two delegates from Stateu Island to- the Provincial Assembly of New Netherland, which met to con- sider the state of the Province just before its surrender to the- British. After a residence of two j'cars on Staten Island, he bought property at New Harlem, and removed thither in the Autumn of 1665. He afterwards added several lots of land to his original pur- chase, and Harlem was his home during 12J years. Mr. Piker has related many of the incidents of his life during-/: those years. He was one of the most prominent citizens of thas place, and was deemed worthy of the highest positions which that, little community could give him, and seems to have been faithfvil^ Digitized by Microsoft® THE HUGUENOTS ON THE HACKENSACK. 7 to every trust. He sometimes had difficulties with his neighbors, and we strongly suspect that he was a man of hasty temper, not disposed to submit meekly to injustice, one who knew his rights and was prepared to maintain them. But the grievance which he seems to have taken most deeply to heart, which was " the last straw on the camel's back," and which confirmed him in the purpose already entertained to leave Harlem, was the outrageous act of assessing him for the payment of his share toward the salary of Henry Jan- sen Vander Vin, the Dutch Voorleser, and for attemptingto collect the money by process of law. On the 6th of March, 1677, the Mayor's Court of New York ordered that the Clerk should have his pay for his past services, and that he should be continued in office and be paid for his future services, and that if any of the inhabitants " should refuse to pay what is due from them for the time past and for the time to come, then the Constable is hereby ordered to levy the same by distress and sale of the goods for satis- faction of what is or shall hereafter become due to said Clerk." Claude Delamater and David des Marest, Sr., were the delin- quents in this matter,.and they were summoned before the Town Court. Delamater stubbornly refused to pay, defyingthe athorities, and his goods were levied on, but for some reason the matter was not prosecuted any further. Des Marest gave them to understand that he too would hold out, if he were to remain in the place, but since he intended to remove he would pay what was demanded, which he accordingly did. But why should not Delamater and des Marest have been as- sessed for the salary of Hendrick JansenVander Vin, the Voorleser, and why should they not have paid their shares as well as their neighbors ? The plea was (and you will mark the words,) " that they of the French covgregationmthe time of Gov. Francis Lovelace, hav- ing received a preacher, the aforesaid Governor had said that the French of the town of New Harlem should be free as to contribut- ing to the Dutch Voorleser." In the Autumn of 1676, des Marest w^as two years in arrears on this salary account. And thus we learn that there was a French congregation and a French preacher as early as 1674, or nine years before the Rev. Pierre Daille came to minister to the French in New Amsterdam. It also shows the attachment of these people to their mother Church and native tongue. The Dutch language was as familiar to them as the French, but not so dear, and they were ever ready to slip away from it* This brings us to the purchase of a tract of land on the Hack- ensack river in Bergen County, New Jersey, and which was known as the French patent. Des Marest proposed to establish on it a number of families of his countrymen and co-religionists from France, so that they might live in the secure enjoyment of their religious liberty, and at the same time promote their temporal wel- fare. Having disposed of his property in Harlem, he bought from the Tappan Indians a large tract of land lying between the Hack- *Eiker's Htti-lcm. Digitized by Microsoft® O THE HUGUENOTS ON THE HACKENSACK. eusack and Hudson rivers. The deed of conveyance bears date June 8, 1677. It vs'as given by Mendawasey, Sachem of Tappan, Jan Clans, Seriockham, llaharios and Kassamen who signed it for themselves, and for other Indians to the number of tvi^eiity-six, who are named in the instrument, to Sir George Carteret, Lord Proprietor of the Province of New Jersey on behalf of David des Marest, Sr., and his children on payment of the following articles :_ 100 fathem of black wampen, 100 bars of lead, 100 fathem of white wampen, 100 knives, 15 fire lock guns, 1 barrel of powder, 15 kettles, 4 barrels of beere, 20 blankets, one saw, 20 match coates, one acker of rum, 20 hatchets, one pistoll, 20 hows, one plaine, 30 pairs of stockings, one great knife, 20 shirts, one carpenter's ax. This land was conveyed " together with all the woods, under- woods, trees, marsbes, meadows, pastures, vynes, minerals, creeks, rivers or rivulets, hawkings, huntings, fishing, and all other the commodities, benefits or improvements that are or shall [be] there- unto belonging and appertaining."* It is difficult to follow in every particular the description of this tract as given in the deed. The Western and Eastern boun- daries cannot be mistaken. The Western was the Haekensack river, the Eastern " a great mountain standing between a great swamp and Hudson's river," which must mean the Palisade range, there being no other mountain or hill of any size between these two rivers. The tract was bounded on the South by lands of Laurence Andricssen or Van Buskirk, and the dividing line was a brook called by the Indians Kessawakey, a little stream running into the Haekensack at New Bridge, and which in documents of a later date is called Erencli Creek. This line running Eastward must have passed not far from Tenafly, and struck another stream running Northward called the Gessawacken [Tenakill] and which turning to the West emptied into the Haekensack, '' which two creeks," says the deed, " doe encompass the aforesaid tract of land." a" few years later in 1683, when David des Marest petitioned the Governor's Council for the privilege of cutting tim- ber on the part of his Indian purchase which had not been patented to him by the proprietors, he represented the tract as two mileb in breadth, coniing to a point, and six miles in length, which must mean six njiles following the river Northward from the mouth of the creek at New Bridge.^ On Eatzer's map of New Jersej', made at the time of the final settlement of the boundary line between New York and New Jersey, this part of the Haekensack is called Des Marest's Kill. J The number of acres in the tract is not stated, but there must have been several thousand. About one-half of this tract must have fallen within the pro- vince of New York, when, shortly after, the boundary line was run between New York and New Jersey. The boundary between these *Foi' copies of this deed and some other papers I am indebted to the courtesy of C. B. Har- Tcy, Esq., of Jersey City. Journal of proceedings of GoTernor and Council of E. New Jersey, Jersey City, 1S72, JSmith's History of New Jersey. Digitized by Microsoft® THE HUGUENOTS ON THE HACKENSACK. 9 two provinces was not permanently fixed until the ^-ear 1769, but ■various lines were run at diflerent times, causing considerable con- fusion in tbe way of collecting taxes and administering justice.* ■Jean des Alarest and his brother Samuel and nephew David, in 1704, petitioned Lord Cornbury for an order for a survey of that I^ortliern portion of the Indian purchase which had fallen to New York by the boundary, which, the^' said, had been recently made, so that it might be secured to them by patent, and they claimed 'that it embraced about three thousand acres. Against the grant- ing of this petition Gapt. John Berry presented a remonstrance, claiming that he had a right to two thousand acres of that Indian purchase, that he had waived his claim on condition that des Marest should bring thirty or forty families from Europe to occupy the lands, that the condition had not been fulfilled, and that he was therefore entitled to two thousand acres of the tract which was claimed by the petitioners. The petition and remonstrance were both laid on the table, -and whether subsequent action was taken by the Council, I have ihave not been able to learn. f The Indian deed only extinguished the Indian title. For a good and permanent title, a quit claim deed from the Lords pro- prietors, successors of Sir George Carteret, became necessarj'. This does not appear to have been clearly understood at the time, for the des Marests took possession of their lands at once, cleared a tract at Old Bridge, built their log houses and barns, and mill-dam and mills,J and removed their families in the Spring of 1678, before they had any title except that which was convoyed by the Indian deed to Sir George Carteret in their behalf. It is certain that a mill-dam and at least one mill on the Western side of the river existed in 1681, for in that year the Surveyor General, Robert Yauquellen, made a survey for David des Marest, Sr., of sixteen acres lying on the Western side of the river, the Eastern boundary of which is described as the " mill and mill-dam and river." This . little tract Had been bought, probably near the time of the purchase of the large tract East of the Ilackensack, of an Indian Sachem named Mumshaw, whose right to dispose of it was afterward (1684) disputed by another Indian named Korough. How the matter ■was settled we are not told, but certainly des Marest remained in possession. At the same time (1681) Vauquellen surveyed various tracts of land for David des Marest, Sr., and his three sons, and Nicholas de Vaux, on the Eastern side of the Ilackensack, extending from New Bridge northward considerably beyond Oradell, and East- ward one hundred chains or one mile and a quarter. Probably this survey was not made earlier because of the unsettled condition of the province. Sir George Carteret died in 1679 and by will *Keport of Prof. Geo. 11. Cook, State Geologist, N. J., on survey of boundary line, 1S74. +Papei-3 in office of Sec. of State, at Albany. JPiles belono^ing to these mills or to the dam have quite recently been sawed off because ithey obstructed navigation. Digitized by Microsoft® 10 THE HUGUENOTS ON THE HACKENSACK. directed his property to be sold for the benefit of his creditors'. Governor Andros of Few Yorlc then claimed jurisdiction and seized and imprisoned Governor Philip Carteret. In 1681 Gov- ernor Andros relinquished his claims and Governor Philip Carteret was restored to his position. In 1682 the Duke of York confirmed the sale of the province to the twenty-four proprietors. On the 23d of March, 1682, David des Marest, Sr., petitioned the Council for permission to cut timber for the supply of his saw mill, in the- parts of the land he had purchased from the Indians which had' not yet been patented. The Council denied his request, but at the- same time ordered that patents should be given for the lands that had been surveyed for him and his sons, manifestly referring to the surveys made the year before. The Southernmost portion of this- tract beginning at New Bridge and extending Northward was- patented to Jean, the eldest son, the Northernmost portion was- patented to David, Jr., the second son. A patent was furthermore granted in 1686 to David des- Marest, Sr., for a tract of laud embracing two thousand and ten acres, lyiug between the lands just named and Chesche [Tenakill] Brook, and bounded on the North by lands of the proprietors, and South partly by lands of the propiietors and partly by lands of Laurence Van Buskirk. The Western boundary of this tract was- not, as \b con:imonly supposed, the Hackensack River, but a line running North and South a little to the West of the two Schraal- enberg Churches, and which was the Eastern boundary of the lands previously patented. Various claims were afterwards made to various portions of these lands, which the heirs of David des- Marest, Sr., were obliged to satisfy. Besides the Berry claim already referred to, were those of William Nicolls and James Bol- len. All these lands on the Eastern side of the Hackensack River were embraced in the Indian purchase, but they by no means- included all of that purchase. In 1686, the same year in which the patent for 2010 acres, East of the Hackensack was granted, David des Marest, Sr., his- son Jean, Jaques La Rou, Anthony Hendricks, Andries Tiebout, John Du Rij (Durie), Daniel Ribou (Rivers), Albert Saborisco,. David Acker man, Albert Stevense (Voorhees), patented lands on the Western side of the river, extending from the vicinity of New Bridge Northward to Kinderkamack in the neighborhood of the school house, and Westward two miles to Winocksack (Sprout)i Brook and below its mouth to the Saddle River. The first house in which David des Marest resided after his- removal to New Jersey was on the East side of the IIackensa:;k and doubtless very near to his mills at the Old Bridge. He lived: on that side of the river until 1686 at least. In that year, the land on the West side adjacent to the mill was patented to him, and the- probability is that he at once began to build a house tor himself on the rising ground a few rods from the river. He must have removed into it before 1689, for in that year he made his will in. which he is described as belonging to Essex County. At that time Digitized by Microsoft® THE HUGUEXOTS ON THE HACKESSACK. 11 the Hackensack Eiver was the dividing line bet\veen Eergen and Essex Counties. His death took place 'in Essex County iu 1693. The subject of the Ecclesiastical relations and history of these i:)eople is an exceedingly interesting one. They were a religious peo- ple, adherents of the Calvinistic faith and ritual and of the Genevan Presbyterial form of Government. They believed in the visible church, and a deprivation of the ordinances of public worship was with them a very serious matter. We have seen that David des Marest was at the time of his marriage in fellowship with the Walloon Church of Middleburg, that he was afterwards active in the formation of a Church of French Refugees at Mannheim, where be was associated with Nicholas De Veaux and others who subse- quently came to America, that he connected himself with the Huguenot Church on Staten Island in 1663, and afterwards when he had become a resident of Harlem, with the Dutch Church of New York, though attending French services when they were introduced, in preference to the Dutch. The names of the various members of his family are found on the Baptismal and Marriage Records, and on the Register of Communicants of the ancient Col- legiate Dutch Church of New York City. And so we are not surprised to learn that when the family had removed to New Jer- sey, one of their first concerns was to iind if possible an ecclesias- tical home. But there was no church in the whole province nearer to them than the Dutch Church ot New York, to which they already belonged. This was nearly twenty miles distant, and the Hudson River was between them and the house of God, and that river was a serious barrier, for there was no steam ferry-boat to carry them over, nor had the horse-boat as yet appeared. No church had as yet been formed at Hackensack nor to the North, at Tappan. At Newark, which was about as far from them as New York, the settlers from New England had the Rev. Abram Pierson for their preacher and conductor of worship according to the Presbyterian order, but as he used the English language ho was not competent to edify these Hollandized Frenchmen. Either French or Dutch would have answered, but not English by any means. About the same distance from them as the church, of New York, but without the Hudson river intervening, was that of Ber- gen, the first Dutch Church established in the province of New Jersey, and at that time the only one. This church had been organized at least as early as 1664, for its registers of baptisms, marriages, admissions of members, and burials have been kept from that date to the present with little interruption. The first house of worship was built in 1680, and was an octagonal stone building situated in the old grave yard West of Bergen avenue, and South of Vroom street. But eighteen 3-ears before that time, in December, 1662, the Schout and Schepens of the village had petitioned the Governor-General and Council of New Netherland for a minister, and in connection with their petition they gave the names of twenty-five persons who had subscribed for his sujiport Digitized by Microsoft® 12 THE HUGUENOTS ON TEE HACKENSACK. the sum of four liundred and seventeen guilders in sean"aiit. For some reason a minister was not settled among them for the long period of ninetj-one years, when, in 1753, Rev. William Jackson was ordained the first pastor. During the eighteen years that preceded the erection of the first church building the people worshipped in a log school-house which was on the site of the present school house fronting the square. This was the gathering place for worship for all the people in that region at the time that our Huguenots settled on the Ilack- ensack. The church during its entire pastorless period was sup- plied at first occasionally by ministers from New York and other parts, but quite early a regular arrangement was made with the ministers of iSTew York to go over at "stated times to conduct the worship, preach and administer the Sacraments, and for tiicse ser- vices they were paid by the Bergen Church. licv. Gualterus DuBois went over three times a year for lift3--one j-ears to perform these services. Sometimes a week day was taken for them instead of the Sabbath.* Very promptly after their removal into New Jersey the seven adult members of the des Marest family and also. Jacques La Rou on the 7th day of October, 1678, united by certificate with this pastorless Bergen Chureli worshipping in the log building. Bom. Wm. Nieuenhuysen, of New York, presided in the meeting of Consistory at the time, and received their certificates of church membership, two of whicli, those of Jacques La Rou, and Samuel