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 DESCENDANTS. 
 
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 I'lilikf the- ^cttlciiuiit of tlu- \c\\ I'.nglaiul tolonics which began 
 throiiuh rLliiiKnis pcTsccut ion, that ot New ^ ork ami other Miiiille 
 States hegan through the c oiiinurcial enter}Mi^e ot nierihants ot the 
 OKI World. 
 
 Ileiuiruk llmlsoii,;m I'.nglishman, ^ailing in the eniplo\ ot Hol- 
 la ml niert hants, started on his \ o\ atie ot iliseo\ er\ in the " 11 alt- Moon, " 
 
 April 6, I 6o(), troin Ainsterilani, and 
 came to amhor ui the"(i'reat Ki\er 
 ot the Mountains,"' Stpteniher i i, 
 I ()0(). lleasi ended the ruerastar 
 asAlhan\,aml attei" tormalK taking 
 possession <tt the whole domain 
 whieh he hail iliscov ered m the name 
 ot the States-( ieneral ot 1 lollaml, 
 he sailed tor l',mj[laiul. 
 
 I pon the annoumemeiit ot 
 these diseo\eries at home, the enter- 
 prising merehaiUs ot North Ilolland, 
 umler w hose auspnes the\ IkuI been 
 made, unitetl them^eK es into a eom- 
 pan\ and reeei\ ed trom the States- 
 ( ieneral a special trading-license or charter, dated {)ctol>er i i, 
 1614. This doeument, m which the name ot ''New Netherland" 
 
4 OUR COLONIAL ANCESTORS AND THKIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 first appears ofRciallv in the world's annals, invested the "United New 
 Netherlands Companv" with the e\elusi\e right of ''visiting and trad- 
 ing in the newlv diseovered lands King in America between New 
 France and \irginia, the seacost whereof extends from the fortieth to 
 the fortv-fifth degrees of latitude, for four voyages within the period 
 of three \ears from the first of januarx next ensuing or sooner." 
 
 The or<rani/ati()n of the companv was dela\ed h\ \arious causes 
 for a period of two \ ears, when its articles ot internal regulations, the 
 charter ha\ inti in the inter\al been somew hat modified, were tormallv 
 appro\ed b\ the States-Cieneral June 21, 162^. 
 
 W'arnetl b\ the e\ ident and growing jealousv of the iMiglish, the 
 West Indian (^ompain ( b\ which name it was now known) lost no 
 time, e\ en before their final organization, in securing in the vear 
 1622 their title to New Netherland b\ taking formal possession, and 
 bv makino- arransrements for the buildiiKj; of two new forts, one on 
 the North River to be called ''l*\)rt Orange," and the other called 
 ''I*\)rt Nassau," in the South or Delaware Ri\er, near the present town 
 of Cdoucester, N. ). And simultaneouslv with the final organization 
 in |une, 162:^, the compain began the c(donization of New Nether- 
 land, which was erected into a province and invested with the armo- 
 rial bearings of a count. This was a shield bearing a beaver proper, 
 surrounded bv a count's coronet, and inscribed bv the legend, 'sV/V/7- 
 ////'// /oi'i Be/in/.'" 
 
 The management of its afiairs was entrusted to the Amsterdam 
 Cdiambers, wiiich sent out the ship ''New Netherland" with a com- 
 panv of thirtv families, mostlv Walloons, under the care of C.aptain 
 Cornelius |acobson Mav, of Hoorn, who was appointed the first di- 
 rector of the colonv. in 1625, two ships, with a stock of cattle, 
 farming utensils, seeds and other necessaries, with fortv-five emigrants, 
 
OL'R fOLONIAl, ANCESTORS AM) THKIR DKSfKNDAN TS. S 
 
 together with their families, arrivetl in the new e{)K)n\. \\ ilhani 
 X'erhiilst sueceeded .\Ia\ in tlie direetorship, and in 1626 I'eter 
 Minuet, as Director (ieneral or (i'o\ernor ot the Proxince, arri\eil 
 with other settlers, and pnrehaseil the ishmd ot Manhattan troni the 
 Imiiaiis h)r se\ent\ guilders ( about Siq. ), aiui a large tort was erecteil 
 at its lower end ami naineil "lort \ instertlani."" 
 
 ( )n |une 7, i6 2(j, a "( .harter ot I'reedonis ami l'".\emptions" 
 was adoiMeil, which was approvecl and eontirmeil In the States-( Ieneral. 
 in tliis ehartei" the tompaiu, with the purpose ot encouraging inde- 
 pendent colonists, ottered to such the absolute propert\ ot as much 
 land as each could ^'properU improve." Am member who should 
 plant a compaiu ot titl\ adult'- in an\ part ot New Netherland, except 
 Manhattan Island, which the compaiu reserved to itselt, should be ac- 
 knowledged as the "patroon," or teudal chiet ot vmh a coloiu or 
 tcrritor\ with the high and low luri^dictioiis, the exclusue rights ot 
 tishinti, huntimr and irriiuliim, etc., within his own domain; to whuh, 
 also, he was to have a tull title ot inheritance, with right ot ilisposing 
 ot it bv will at his death. 
 
 Several parties availed themselves ot this opportunitv to accjuire 
 patroonships, among these Rlommaert and (iocKn in the South River, 
 \ an Rensselaer on the North River, I'auw at lloboken. Hacking: 
 and I'avonia (now |ei"sev (.itv) and Staten Uland. In the summer 
 ot i()T,2, the companv despatched commissaries to each settlement to 
 post up their proclamation torbiddmg an\ person, whether patroon 
 or vassal, to deal in sewan, peltries or mai/.e. 
 
 Those who were sent to l-'ort Orange were Rastiaen [ansen Krol, 
 C.ommissarv, and Dierck ( iornslisscn Du\ster, L nder C'.omniissarv. 
 
in rciii^R 1 AMii.^ 
 
1)1 i)rvsri.R,(i)rcHiER), or dutchkr axd allif.d 
 
 I'AMILIl'.S. 
 
 In all the carlv cluirch records of New ^ Ork State, this name is spelt 
 in nearK e\ er\ instance with ''De"\ as De Duvster, De Du\scher, 
 l)e Dautscher, etc., clearK indicating its l''rench origin. 
 
 The tratlition is that the hiniiK went troni I'Vance to Holland 
 
 ilurino; the earl\ part of the i 6th centurv. The following record is 
 
 tound in -ia\re D'or tie Noblesse'" 4^1, +rh Register, a work on 
 
 I'rench lleraKlr\, containing a histor\ of man\ ot the noble families 
 
 ot I'rance: 
 
 ^'l{n i()-() (iilbert de Saincthorent tigvire dans tin acte comme 
 
 tils de Robert de Saincthorent seigneur de l'\ive, et de damoiselle 
 CJii.BKRr Dicnii'R, fille noble de |ean Duchier, seigneur de la Courcille." 
 (in ibjf) (iilbert tie Saincthorent appeared as the son of Robert 
 de Saincthorent, Lortl of l'\i\ (or Lord b\i\ ), and a noble damsel, 
 daughter of |ean Duchier, i>ord of the Council.) 
 
 Arms pk DichiI'R. D'azur d'une o"rue d'or 
 tenant un \igilance d'argent, et un chief d'or, 
 charge tie trois roses de gueules. 
 
 (Arms of Duchier. Azure a crane or, hold- 
 _, ing a stone (argent) in clav\- — a chief, charged 
 ^'^v^with three roses gules.) 
 
 The crane holdino; the stone in its claws in- 
 dicates \ iirdance, that is, should the crane incline 
 to sleep, the stone drops from its claws, and the 
 Xlurllirr^n;DutTljrn i,,,^\ instantly awakes. The motto, -Thorns 
 encompass the roses," carries its own definition. 
 
OIR COLONIAL WCKSTORS AM) I MKIR DKSDKND AN IS. g 
 
 Other I'rciuli works coiitain rctcrciucs to the Diichicr tamilx, 
 which is the onK one that appear^ in am \\a\ to eorre>poiul with the 
 l)e Duister or l)e l)ii\t^clier tainiK, the pronuiieiatioii «)t the latter 
 eh)>^el\ reseinliHiig that ot Duehier. 
 
 h'rom the Dietionaire lIistor\ ile hi Noblesse p. io~6 "I'ainille 
 originam de Saintoiige stir lacpielle les reiiseigiieineiits tout iletant." 
 
 I'roin I'opleineiir la I'rante lleraKiiipie vol. I, 2:,(}, "(ette hnii- 
 ille a pour senl represeniaiit Diiihier lie |npille three terer dw ilepot 
 lies etaloiis a Alleiuon." 
 
 I he tuvt ineiiiioii ot the name ot l)u\ster or l)e l)ll\^ter in the 
 New ^ ork reconls is that ot Dierek ( .ornellissen l)u\ster, I luler, or 
 Assistant ( .oinniissar\ at I'ort ()ran<j;e. 
 
 ( ) ( 'allahan's llistor\ ot New NetherlamU contains the tollowimr: 
 
 "April I S, I () >o. ( )ther w ealtliN ami inlhiential ilireetors ot the 
 eoinpain hasteneil now to liecoine patroons also, ami earl\ in the 
 tollowinjj; sprniL:;, liastian |an><en Krol, ( loininissar\ , aiul Dii.ReK ( '.or- 
 \ i.i.Lssi'.N DiAsiKR, I luler { M)ininissar\ , at I'ort ( )ran<j;e, ha\ in<j[ learned 
 that a tract ot lain! lalleil Sannahagog, King on the west side ot the 
 North Ki\er, extending troin Keren Ulaiul, and in breadth two da\s' 
 joiirneN was tor sale, purchased the same trom I'aep Sekenekomplas 
 Nancout tanshal and Seckon^scii, the natne proprietors, tor killian 
 \ an Kensselaer, a pearl merehani in Amsterdam, and one ot the direc- 
 tors ot the \\ cM India (^ompain. 
 
 "NearK se\ en \ears atterwarcis namcK, on the i ^th ot \[iril, 
 
 16^7, an intervening district called Papsickinckas or Papsekenea, as 
 the name is now pronouiued, King also on the ea^t hank ot the river 
 and extending trom opposite Clastic Island south to the point oppo- 
 site Smackx Island, and including the adjacent islands, and all the 
 lands hack into the interior belonging to the Indian owner's, was 
 
10 Ol'R COLONIAL ANX'F.STORS AM) THKIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 purcliasctl 'tor certain quantirics ot dutlcls, axes, kni\es, and wampum' 
 also for Mr. \'an Ransselaer, who thus became proprietor oi a tract 
 ot count r\ t\\ent\-tour miles long and fortv-eight miles broad, con- 
 taining as is estimated se\en luiiulred thousand acres of land, which 
 now comprises the counties ot Alban\, Rensselaer, and part of the 
 count\ ot ( Columbia. 
 
 '^'1 he names ot the Director, Minuet, Bastian jansen Krol, Dikrck 
 CoRXKiis/ l)^^srKR, Peter Hwelt, |an Lampo (sellout), Kxiiert Har- 
 menssen, |an |anssen M\ndert/,are signed to the first ot these deeds, 
 which is certitietl b\ Leonard ( iole. Assistant Secretary, in the absence 
 ot |an \ an Remund, Secretarx. I'he other instrument is signed b\' 
 Peter Minuet, Director, Peter H\\elt, |acob l'",lbert/en W^eissing, |an 
 |ansen Prouwer, Snuon Dircksen Pos, Ra\iiner Harmen/, Samuel 
 ('.ole, Assistant Secretar\-, in the absence of the Secretar\-, with the 
 seal of New Netherlaiuls in red wax. " C-opies ot all these deeds are 
 in the Hook of Patent Office of the Secretar\ of State, G. G. 13, 14, 
 I :;, if), j^, 24, 2:;, 26, and among the Rensselaerw\ ck Mss. See 
 also liollaiui Doc. 1, 1 (S 1 , 1 (S_(.." 
 
 No baptismal records of the Reformed Dutch Ghiirch ha\e been 
 found earlier than i()N3, ami these are doubtless imperfect. Copies 
 of these baptismal records tbH] to 1695 are published in Munsell's 
 Annals of Albam, vol. Ill, in which the following Dc Duvster or De 
 Duxtcher appear. 
 
 )ohannes bap. Sep. 21, 1-01. 
 
 Ghristena, daughter of Roelof de Duxtcher and lannilje l^risse, 
 Sponsor, (dass Hrisse, Antji Hrisse, 170^. 
 
 Gristoflel, son of Roelof de Duxster, Sponsors, Andries l^ressy, 
 Hester W'endel. 
 
OUR COI.OMAI. ANCKSrORS AM) THKIR DESCENDANTS. n 
 
 All the- hapriMnal records iiftcr rhc ah()\c arc touiul in the Kings- 
 ton RetornKcl Dutch Church, that town being at the time a part of 
 Allnnu Countv, and the same tlominic otliciating at both thurches. 
 Ihe tollo\\inir names lune been copied from the Kingston baptismal 
 rei orcjs and u;rouped together so as to show the children of each family. 
 
 I Margaret, ilau. of" Dcrrit k de l)u\ster, bap. Sep. i t, 1700. 
 
 II |ohannes, s,,ii, Dirk de l)u\ster, lannetjc Hont, Oct. 4, \-02. 
 
 III 1 Unncus, son, Dirk lic Duitsther, lannetjc bout, Sep. ^ 1 "04.. 
 |\ Lea, dau. Dire k de l)u\ster, lannitji bionl, Dec 1, I7^'(). 
 
 \ l)a\id, son Dirk Duidser, |anne I'.roiuh, Sept. if), |-0(). 
 
 Witnesses. Da\ iti ilc Duidser, \lanlji Weils. 
 \ I ( ornelis, son, Dnk de l)u\ ster, J annitji I'.ront, June 1 ", 1 " 1 1 . 
 
 Witness. (,orn. de l)u\sier, ( iornclia ile Du\ster. 
 \ I I ( atrina, dau. Dirk dc Du\ tsiher, lannilji bont, I'cb. -, 1 " 1 +. 
 \ I I I Rachel, dau. Dirk ilc l)u\scr, |annetien bont, \la\ 18,1717. 
 I X \lana, dau Dirk ilc Du \ t st her, J an net jen bont, |ul\ 5, 1719. 
 I Johannes, son ol'Roclordc l)u\sier, |annit]e bressic, Sejit. 21, 
 
 701 
 
 1! \Iar(j,anct, ilau. Roclot' dc Duidser, Jannilji bressy, May 7, 
 1-10. Witnesses. David dc Duidser, Maria W els. 
 
 Nbiruarct, dau. oi" Da\ id de Duxtscher, Leonard ile llogcs, April 
 
 ts 
 
 2;v I b();,. 
 
 Ruhard, son of |an W els, C^ornclia dc Duvstcr, June N, 1694. 
 |aii, son ot" |an W els, ( .ornclia dc Du\ster, Dec. 2<S, 1701. 
 Samuel, son of |an W els, Cornelia de Duvstcr, March 12, 1704. 
 |ohannes, son of' |aii Roelan, ( '.atharinc dc Duvstcr, April 1 :; , 1701. 
 |,,cl, son of" |an Roelan, Catharine de l)u\ster, Jan. 7, 1703. 
 Lucas, son of'Catrina dc Duyster, J- ather not named, J une 5, 1694. 
 
12 OTR (^OI.ONl \l> ANC-KS'l'ORS AND TllKlR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 This last is prohahK the same Catharine wlio afterwards became 
 the wite ot |an Koelan. 
 
 Rachel, dan. of [ohannes dc Diivtser, Catrina Hogardvis, May 21, 
 1727. Witnesses, ( ".ornelins and Raehel Hogardns. 
 
 Lvdia, dan. of Johannes de l)n\ster, Catrina Hogardns, Dee. 1, 
 17 2(S. ''I>p"d o\er the Ki\er" (Rhinebeek.) 
 
 Dirk, son of Johannes de Dn\ster, (-atrina Hogardns, Mav t, i 730. 
 Witnesses, David de Dn\ ster, Aaianiji X'riedenbnrg. ^'Hp'd in Rxnbeck." 
 
 lannitji, (.Ian. of |ohannes de Duvster, Catrina Hogardns. 
 
 jeremias, son of )ohannes de Dn\ster, Catrina Hogardns, Dec. 1, 
 
 ' 7-U- 
 
 Catrina, dan of Johannes de Dn\ster, Catrina Hogardns, )nl\ 12, 
 
 1741. 
 
 '/ara, ehild ot Johannes de Dnyster, C-atrina Hogardns, Jan. 31, 
 174S. 
 
 [ohannes, son of [ohn Oosteroom, Magteltji de Dnvster, Aug. i ;;, 
 
 i7o;v 
 
 Cornelis, son of |acob \\'ester\ elt, Margaret de Dnvster, Sept. 20, 
 
 '723- 
 
 l"di/abeth, dan. of [aeob Westerxelt, |nne 16, 1726. 
 
 Jacob, son of |aeob VVesterxelt, Margaret de Dnxster, |nne 19, 
 1734. Hap. in Minisink. 
 
 Catrina, tlan. of jacobus \'on Sternbergen, (jrietjin de Dnxster, 
 Sept. 2(), 172^. 
 
 |ennokin, son of )aeobns N'on Sternbergen, (Jrietjin de Dn\ster, 
 No\ . 26, 1727. 
 
 '/ara, ehild of |aeobns N'on Strenbergen, Crietji de Dnvster, Oct. 
 1, I 72S. 
 
 A ehild of |aeobns \'an Strenbergen, March 29, 17^0. 
 
OUR (.OI.ONIAI, ANCKSroRS AND IMKIR DKSCKNDANTS. 13 
 
 Cornelius de DuyStCr is rlu- hrst ofrlu- name tnund on tlu- records 
 ot Allnmy ami lister counties after that ot" Dirk ( '.ornelissen I)u\ster 
 the C iommissarv. There is strong colhiteral evidence to support the 
 theor\ that this secontl (Cornelius was the son of the ( '.oniniissarv 
 ot I'ort ()range. 'Ihe Histor\ ot I'lster Countv contains the tol- 
 h)\\ mg: 
 
 "A root ot the nanie'v and siirnanies ot them that ha\ e taken the 
 oatli ot allegiance in \e count\ ot I Utr In ordr ot his e\tel\ \e ^ro\- 
 ernor \e tllr>^t ila\ ot September Anno (^t Domini 16.S9. 
 
 "I here llolowing persons Did nott appeare, \ i/. 
 C'ornelius \e Duitc her (and others named.) 
 
 I Uter (.ount\ was tormed Noxendier i^t, 1 ()S ^. in its charter. 
 It is said to (ontain the town^ ot Km^-^ton, ll\irle\ aiul Maihleiown, 
 I <)\hall ami tlie \\\\ I'ait/ auii all \illan[es, neiiihliorliooiis and 
 ( hristian liai)itat lon^ on tlie we^t side ot tlie lludson Ki\er trom tlie 
 Murderers (ireek near tlu- highlands to lheSaw\er's ('reek. Kings- 
 ton was mcorporatcil In patent \la\ 1 <), idf)-, New I'.dt/ was 
 granted in patent In ( i'o\ . \ndros, Sept. _'(), i()~~, Marliletowii was 
 tormed U\ patent |une j(), i~u^, Ihe town ot iiurle\ lies ju^t 
 weM (it the terntor\ ot kiiiLTston, south In Rosemlale ami \larhle- 
 town and west In \l arhletow n and ()li\e. ()n |une ~, \()()], 
 lluilex, then known a^ New \ illaije, was attacked In the liulians 
 ami entireK huined. I he ma)ont\ ot the people were made 
 
 captives. Tlie population being onl\ 1 "-f, lhirt\-se\en \ears atter- 
 wards, proves that not v er\ rapiil progress had been made; that 
 Rochester and Marbletown had mcreaseti taster than liurlev. The 
 records ot the town have been lost. Ihe earliest dates back to 
 1-20. 
 
,4 OL R COLONIAL ANCKSLORS AND THEIR DLSCENDANTS. 
 
 Wirli few exceptions, the earliest churcli records ot Albany and 
 Ulster counties are found at Kingston and the Kingston Reformed 
 Dutch Church contains most of the data found ol the Dutcher or De 
 1 )u\ ster tainiK . 
 
 A n-iortgage dated March i o, 1692-3, from Cornelius de Diivster 
 and Leonard, his wife, of Hurlev, to William lusher, conxeyed land 
 lulontriuL^ to )an Caxitse (prohahK son of Adrian Ca\itse,one of the 
 patentees of Hurle\ ) ami h\ him sold to Wm. de Ka Montague, for- 
 mer husband of I.eonord de Duxster, in M onbackus, ( A. A. of Deeds, 
 120). Johannes tie La \L)ntague was a Huguenot and was \'ice 
 Director ami Deputx at l'\)rt Orange. William was his son ; Leo- 
 nora, his wife, abo\e mentioned, was Leonora de Hooges, daughter 
 of \nthonx, x\ ho died about 1656, and her mother took her family 
 with her at tlie I'.sopus and married Roelof Swartwout in 1657. 
 (This Swartwout x\as also one of the patentees of Hurlex ). Leonora 
 hat! sexen chihlren bx de La Montague, the hrst born julv 2, 1674, 
 the last |ulx jS, i(),S.S. 
 
 MirrrARX rkcord. 
 
 Report of State Historian of New \ ork, page 441, shoxxs that 
 'H)a\itl de Duxster ami Roelof de Duvster were members in July, 
 1711, of Capt. Wessil ten Lroeck's Company of Ulster Countx. 
 
 ^58, (iorncHus de Duxster, member of Capt. |ohannes XA'tnooy's 
 ("ompanx, enlisted 1715. 
 
 Dirk de Duxster xxas a member of |ohannes Shipman's Com- 
 panx ot mihtia ot the toxxn of Hurlex, 1 7 1 ^ 
 
 41:;, Dirk de Duxster xxas in the roll of men of Major Peter 
 Schuxler's (".ompanx 1692, detached out of the counties of \\cst- 
 chester, Richmond, Kings, ()ueens, Suffolk and Ulster. 
 
OIR COLONIAL ANCKSF'ORS AND IIIKIR DKSfKNDAN LS. 15 
 
 52^, Kctcrciuc is made to the I lulcpcndcnt C.ompaiu ot the 
 M.mor ot Li\ inii-ston, as the\ were " mustered at \e manor house on 
 ilie J^oth da\ ot November, 1715."' 
 
 W'ilham White, Serjeant, 
 (iahriel l^riissic. 
 Law rem e K niekerhoeker. 
 Roeh)t de I )ii\ ^ter. 
 (ieorge \\ hite. 
 
 This ( '.oRMiirs DK Di'ssii.R was, no ilouht, a resilient of llnrle\, 
 in I'Kter lonntx, ami the tather ot Dirk, or Derrick, Roelot, I)a\it], 
 (Cornelius ( ^ ), am] other children. lie was e\identl\ named alter 
 ( iornehiis, his tather, ami m naming his eltlest ehilil Dirk, atter his 
 lathei", also was the usual custom ot perpetuating the name ot the 
 anctMor. It \vas also custom amomj the Dutch when a chihl was 
 named atter the <i;ramltat her, tor the grandparents to appear as wit- 
 nesses or sponsors. \t the haptism ot ('.orneluis, sixth chdd ot Dirk 
 tie DiiNster, the witnessi^s were " ( .orn ile l)u\stcr and ('.ornila de 
 DuNster." I hese were, no doubt, parents ot the tollowniu;, whose 
 record ot marriage is show 11 in the Kingston (hurch Records: 
 
 "No\. I (), i {>()(), Dernt k ile Du\ster, ]en, horn and resules m 
 ll(iile\ (llurle\ ), anti )anmt)i Hont, ]a, born in sKingtde (Schenec- 
 tad\ ) and resides in llorlex (llurle\). 
 
 Ranns publislui,] but dates not given. 
 
 N'o\. |-, |- , Roelot de l)u\ster, jen, born m Moomelt ( Mar- 
 bletown), an.l |annit]i Hressie, ja, born ni Albanien (Albaiu) ami 
 both resiile ni kiimston." 
 
 l^anns published but dates not given. 
 
i6 OIR COI.OMAI. ANC'F.SroRS AM) IHKIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 '^ I'ch. I (}, 171-I-, l)a\id dc Du\ seller, jcn, born in the ' l^sopus or 
 Kingston." Hanns registered 2nd |une. 
 
 ''|une _>-)., 1726. [ohannes de l)u\ster, jen, born in Horley 
 (Hurle\) and Catrina Rogardns born in Kingston an both of their 
 Hanns registeretl ^th June." 
 
 The names of those who appear to ha\ e been brothers and sisters 
 of the aboxe anil others ehildren ot each are found in the Kingston 
 Keeortis. Deseenchmts of Dirk de l)u\ster are found in Dutehess 
 anti adjoining counties. 
 
 l)a\id, R()eh)f"and Direk de I)u\ster settled within a short dis- 
 tance of each other in Dutchess Countx. Koelof settled in what is 
 now l)o\er Plains and Dirck or Derrick at what is now Wing Station 
 in South Do\ er. All this was then comprised in the Li\ingston 
 Manor a part of which bordered on the State of Connecticut. Daxid 
 settled on the Rombout Patent at what was one time known as 
 l''reedom, now La (irange, about ten miles distant from Dover 
 Plains. It will thus be seen that three of the supposed brothers set- 
 tled withm a short distance of each other. 
 
 (W)rneluis tie Duxtcher (3) settled in Minisink, Orange County, 
 as appears b\ the (".alenifar of Nexx ^ ork Historical Manuscripts, xol. 
 II, }). 447. 
 
 "Nox. (.), I 7 I (). Petition of Nicklas Westfall, Johannes West- 
 tall, leunis (^uick, ( ^orm'I.ii's ni-, Dlastkr, Simon Westfall, Rxnienx' 
 (^uitk of the ('.ountx of ()range, setting forth that Thomas Heonar- 
 dus, |acob and Roelot Sxx artxx orst and others to the number of ^6 
 persons trespasseil on their laiuls King at Waxhackmeek on the little 
 Mmnesiim Creek in saiil countx." 
 
OIR tni.ONIAL ANCf:STf)RS AND I'HKIR DKSCENDANTS. 17 
 
 r-INE OF ROKLOF Dt DUYSTKR, SUPPOSED SON OF CORNELIUS, SON OF 
 
 DIKRCK CORNF.rJUS Dl'YSTRR. 
 
 ROClOf dC DUyStCr, Mipposcd son ot Ca)rncliiis (who was probably 
 son ot l)icr(k (.ornchus) was born m Morinclt (Marblcton) near 
 kln(i;>^t()n, \.^., about 1670. lie married ar kiiiirston (banns pub- 
 HsIkiI No\. 17, 1700) [annctji Brcssic, born in Alban\, but at that 
 tiuK- residing in Kinn;ston. In |ulv, 1711, be was a member ot an 
 lister (iount\ regiment, commanded b\ C'.apt. W csscls Ten Hroeck. 
 ()n N()\. ^o, i~i ^, be was a private in the "Independent C-om- 
 panies ot the Manor ot l,i\inii;ston as mustered at \e manor house." 
 Atter leaving Ulster ('.()unt\- he resided at Dox er Plains, which was 
 then a pari ot the Livingston Manor. 
 
 In the lli^torx' ot Dutehess Count\-, page 60, is shown a list of 
 the inhabitants and shi\ e^ m the countx' ot Dutchess in 1714: 
 
 Roclol l)utcher, 1 lis tamilv consisted ot 1 male between 16 
 and 60 \ears ot age. 
 
 3 males under 16. 
 
 2 temale^ between 16 and 60. 
 
 I female uiuler 1 6. 
 
 I sla\e. 
 
 'I'he Historx ot LitthtncKl CM)untv, Conn., states that "Three 
 Dutch tamilies trom the Livingston Manor in the province of New 
 ^ Ork, commeiued the settlement ot VVeatogue (the Indian name tor 
 Salisbur\ ). Iheir lands were purchased ot William (Jaylord and 
 Stephen Noble ot New Miltord bv deeds datetl Aug. 29, 1720. I'he 
 names ot Roelot and wite appear as late as fulv 26, 1722, upon the 
 records of the Dutch Church at Kingston as witnesses at the baptism 
 
,8 OIR rol.oNIAI. ANCF.SrORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 of Janniiicn, daughter (.rjoMia (|.)shua) Wcvt (White) and Chris- 
 rnui l)u\>icr, his\vitc. "I'his Joshua White was a son of Sergeant 
 William White. 
 
 The Dutchers settled upon land still further north and extend- 
 ing to the State line in the town of Salisbury on the Housatonic 
 Ku er. While the last representatix e of the family has departed from 
 this loeality, 
 
 THK OI.D DUTCH RR BRIDGE 
 
 which spans the Hcnisatonic River from Salisbury to Canaan still re- 
 mains as an ancient landmark to mark the locality. 
 
 THE Oea DUTC^E^BVDGt OfilHE HOUS^TO^^c KV^iH.WCTto I'^bo 
 
 istorv of Litchfield Countv, ( -onnecticut, states that "The 
 hrst brulge erected acro^^ the Housatonic Ri\er was the Falls Bridge, 
 
 he 
 
Ol'R fOI.ONIAI, ANC'KSTORS AND THKIR OKSCHNDAN rs. 19 
 
 tor iiiaiu' \cars know 11 as Harral's i^ridgc. This bridge was built 
 about I "44. Dnttlur'^ Hricigc \v as erected in 1 760. 
 
 " l're\ioiis to the act ot incorporation, sa\s judge Church, 
 "there were no public roads here, \et there were some well dehned 
 paths. The most prominent among these was the one leading from 
 Dutchers in VVeatogue. 
 
 ''The tirst recordeil sur\e\' ot a high\\a\ was maile No\. 6, 1 7++, 
 trom (iabriel Dutcher's in the northeast section ot the town to 
 lieiijainin White's; another the same \ear trom Cornelius Knicker- 
 bocker's at the I'urnace to Samuel Hillows's at the eastern toot ot 
 Smith's Hill." 
 
 A writer in the History ot Litchtneld Count\, referring to this 
 locality, savs: "In investigating •>oine titles some \ears ago ot huul 
 in W etauge, I touiul tlie proinment description ot one corner ot a 
 tract to ( '.hristopher's taiioe place. I inter therefore that this was a 
 well-known crossing, ami near the present resitlence of Rulotr 
 Dutiher in (lanaan, whose ancestor was Cdiristopher Dutcher." 
 
 The tollowing is a copy ot the ileed ot land. 
 
 '* New Miltord, August 29, 1720, Roulet Dutcher, deed. 
 
 "Know all men b\ these presents that we William (Jaylord and 
 Stephen Noble both ot New Miltord in the Count\- ot \ewha\en 
 ami (oloiu ot ( .ounce ticut In New I'.ngland tor and in considera- 
 tion ot torty-two pounds current money ot New-\ork v\hich is to 
 our full satisfaction and contentments ha\e Giyen CJranted Bargained 
 and sold ami In these presents do fully freely firmh and absolutely 
 Grant Bargain and sell unto Roeluf' Dutcher ot weatauck in the 
 colony of' Connecticut his heirs and assigns a certain parcell ot land 
 lying at that place called weatack within the bound ot Connecticut 
 
20 OUR COI.ONIAI. ANfKSrORS AND THKIR DESCENDANTS, 
 
 colonv hv csnmatu.n one huiuircci and hftv acres butted and bound- 
 ed as tnllouclh southerlv and easterly upon the great River the 
 sourhuest corner a bhuk oacke spire the Inie from this spire running 
 east to the ege of a swamp and from thence soutli to the turn ot the 
 river; north and west upon undivided hmd together with all the 
 privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to have and to 
 hold to him the said Roulef i:>utcher his heirs and assigns for ever as 
 a free Indefezable estate of inheritance for ever; and further we the 
 sd William Gavlord and Stephen Noble for ourselves our heirs and 
 assigns do covenant and promise to alinate the same and that he and 
 thev shall quietlv and peaceably have hold and Injoy all the above 
 bargained premises without let or molestation from us our heirs or 
 assigns afHrming ourselves to be the true and lawful owners ot the 
 ab()\e bargained premises and lawfully seized of the same and that 
 he and they shall quitly and peaceably Injoy the same without let 
 or molestation from us or our heirs in witnes whereof we have set 
 it to our hand and seall this twenty ninth of august 1720. 
 Signed sealled in presence of 
 
 Sam" Hrownson William Gavlord Seal 
 
 Abram X^andusa Stephen Noble Seal 
 
 his X mark 
 
 Neu' Milford, August 29, 1720. 
 
 then personally appeared William (laylord and Stephen Noble 
 both of New Milford and acknowledged the within written instru- 
 ment to be their f'ee and xoluntarv act and deed. 
 
 Before me Sam" Brow nson justice. 
 
OUR C'OI.ONIAI, ANCKSI'ORS ANIJ I HKIR DESCENDANTS. ii 
 
 vStatc of Connecticut, I i i • v v- nii- 
 
 ,, 1- I ■ 1 ,- 1 1 "-s. 1 own (.krk s Otricc, New Miltonl. 
 
 ( .onntx or I jrchlKui, ) 
 
 I he foregoing is a true copN troni \ Ol. 2, pages 176, 17- ot the 
 I, anil Reeonls, ui this otliee. 
 
 Seal. (Signed) Russel H. Nohle, lOw 11 Clerk. 
 
 The hrst tow 11 meeting coiuenecl in i"^'), at "\lr. Christopher 
 Duteher's tlwelling house on \e 1 ()th ila\ ot this Instant, Deseinher 
 at 12 ot the clock on said da\."" In the deseriptions in a nuniher 
 ot earl\ deeiK appear the following: " Duteher's path in W'eatogue ;"" 
 and "Christopher Duteher's canoe place." The grand-list in 1742 
 ot the tavalde propert\ contains the following entries: 
 
 I lenr\ Dutt her -f^'^'' O"^ 
 
 ( Christopher 
 
 1) 
 
 Utl 
 
 her 
 
 9 
 
 
 5 
 
 Kuliitl" 
 
 
 
 
 60 
 
 
 ' + 
 
 ohu 
 
 
 
 
 74 
 
 
 18 
 
 (iabriel 
 
 
 
 
 7 + 
 
 
 
 
 ( '.ornelius 
 
 
 
 
 + 
 
 
 6 
 
 \\ ulow 
 
 
 
 
 + 2 
 
 
 I 
 
 The w It hm 
 
 is 
 
 a true 
 
 list as 
 
 it 
 
 w as gi\ en to us. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Rulutr Dutcher. 
 
 Assessors for \e \ear 1 7 + 2. 
 RoKi,oi-K DK Dl'vsikr, the ancestor of this hranch of the farnilv, 
 was horn jirohahlv ahout 16-0, died |anuar\ 1 c), i",^"- The widow, 
 Jannetje Dutcher, dieil |ul\ 26, 1 "-(-(). Nc was an industrious and 
 thrif'tv fanner, anil left a taniilv which pro\ ed a credit to hnn and to 
 the tow II of w hich he w as the chief founder, as show 11 1>\ the records. 
 
22 OLR COLONIAL ANCLSTORS AM) THEIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 He married faiinitii Ikessie of Albany Countv, N. Y., whose ancestor 
 was no doubt among the earlv French Refugees who fled from 
 I'' ranee to HoHand durino; the htteenth or sixteenth centuries. 
 rhe\' liad issue: 
 
 I. Johannes, bap. Sept. 21, 1701, at Kingston, died young. 
 
 II. (-hristina, bap. Aug. 8, 1703, at Albany; married Joshua 
 Wevt (White) and had lennitjen, bap. July i, 1722, at Kingston. 
 
 II. (^hristophel, bap. )ulv 15, 1705, at Albany. 
 I\'. 'Johannes^ bap. (an. 25, 1708, at Albany. 
 \\ Margaret, bap. May 7, 1710, at Kingston. 
 VI. (iornelius, born about 1712. 
 \'I1. Rulufl, born about 1716. 
 VIU Giihriel^ born (id\' 15, 1720. 
 
 llSTATK OF RuLOOF DuTCHERS. 
 
 Att a C-ourt of IVobate held in Woodbury, June gth, 1737, Mr. 
 Cvhristopher l)u tellers of Weataug come and appeared in Court and 
 I'Ahibited ye Last Will or 'I'estament of Mr. Ruloof Dutchers late 
 of Weataug (who deceased about \'e 19th of |anuar\' last past) in 
 order to its approbation; wc matter was weighed b\ ye Court and 
 sd Will was allowed and approyed and ordered to be Recorded and 
 is as followeth : 
 
 And whereas the Testator in said Testament appointed his be- 
 lo\ed wife (onyche and his eldest son Christopher lv\ecutri\ and 
 I'Aecutor of sti 'Testament, on ye date abo\ e sd Christopher l^utchers 
 before \ e C'ourt declared his acceptance of sd care and himself bound 
 to Joseph Minor, l{sc|r. judge of \e Probate in Woodburx Sv his I^aw- 
 ful successors in a Recogni/ance of h\e Hundred pounds Current 
 mone\ of New I'.ngland that he w ill be faithful unto \e abo\e Trust. 
 
 Attest 
 
 AN■^H()^^ SionDARo, (derk. 
 
OLR COLONIAL ANrKS'IORS AND IHKIR 13ESCENDANI'S. 
 
 23 
 
 THF. W ILL. 
 
 In the Xiunc ot CJod, \iikii, the Seventeenth da\" ot |anuar\- A. 
 1). 1-^6-7, I Rnloot Diitcliers ot W eataiig in (".onneetieut. Hus- 
 bandman, heinir intinn S: weak in hoiix hut ot perfect mind ^ mem- 
 ()r\, 1 hanks he given to doil; Iheretore ealhng to mind the 
 MortalhtN ot m\ hodv ami kno\\int>; that the (ira\e is the house ap- 
 pointed tor all I ,i\ ing;, ami \t h\' \e Statute ot Heaven it is appointed 
 tor all men oiue to liie. Do make and ordain this m\ last \\ ill and 
 i'cstament, thai is to sa\ , prineipalK and iirst ot all, 1 (ji\e and 
 Rerommeiul m\ Soul into the hands ot (iod that u;a\ e it, ami mv 
 H()il\ 1 Keeommeiul to the I'.arth to he hurled in detent (diristian 
 burial!, at \e ilisc retion ot m\ lAeeutors, Nothing doubting but at the 
 general Resurrection I shall reeeix e the same again b\ \e mightv 
 power ot (ioii; and as tomhing such worldK I'.state wherewith it 
 hath pleaded ( nui to ble^s me m this lite, I gi\ e, demise, and dispose 
 ot \e ^ame in the tollowing manner: 
 
 Imprimis. I (d\e and J-Jecpieath to )on\c'he m\ dearK beloxcd 
 wite the whole of m\ estate, real and personal, during her lite, l"",\- 
 eentimr a netrro iiirl whose name is Sarah, whieh <i;irl I u:i\e to 
 ( latreene nu 1 )aughter. 
 
 hem. I u;i\e to m\ well beloved son Christopher, twelve 
 siiillmgs. 
 
 Item. 1 iri\ c to ('.risteene, mv well beloved Dauiihter, One 
 Hundred I'ounds in Moiiev to be paid out ot mv I'.state in tour 
 vears atter the death ot me and mv wite. 
 
 Item. I liiv e to mv well beloved son, d'abriel, mv Mansion 
 House and Barn Sc Orchard and the whole of mv house lot, he pav- 
 ing thiriv pounds to his brothers and sisters, or to mv estate, within 
 SIX \ears atter mv decease. 
 
24 OIR C()L()NIAI. ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 Item. 1 gi\c to mv well beloved Sons and Daughters, (viz.) 
 Christopher, johannis, Cornelius, Ruloof, Gabriel, & Margeret & 
 Catreene, the whole of my Kstate, Real and personal, (excepting 
 what 1 have given to mv sons Christopher and CJabriel and daughters 
 Christeene) to be di\ ided to them in l^qual proportions after the 
 decease ot me and my Wife. 
 
 Moreover 1 dive mv Wearing Cloaths, and all my Instruments 
 for ve carrving on of Husbandry to my sons to be divided equally 
 among them, and my Wive's Wearing Cdoaths together with my beds 
 and bedding to mv two daughters Margerett Sc C-atreene to be equall 
 divided between them, and as to my household stuif, or the furniture 
 of my house, it is to be equally divided among them, Christeene ex- 
 cepted, and Ciabriel shall have my best handirons; and mv stock, 
 Horses and Cattle, etc.. It shall be divided equallv among my 
 children, Christeene excepted. 
 
 And I give my children my Estate in manner & form aforesd 
 with this Limitation, or upon this Condition, that if an\' one or more 
 of them be reduced to povertv and be obliged to sell their part or 
 parts, that the rest of my children shall ha\ e it, if the\ will gi\'e as 
 much as a Stranger. And if mv Kstate be in debt, then I Will and 
 appoint that ye debts be paid out of mv whole l^'>state, each Child 
 to pay an ecpial part, Cristeene excepted, v\ho is to pa\' nothing. 
 
 Moreover, 1 give mv Negros, Men, Women, and (Children (ex- 
 cepting Sarah wc 1 ga\e to Catreene) to mv children, to be (.li\ided 
 epually among them, Christeen excepted. And 1 do make, constitute 
 & ordain m\ well belo\ed Wife & m\- Son Christopher Kxecutors of 
 this m\ last will and Testament; and 1 do hereb\ utterK Disallow 
 Revoke and Disannul all and e\ cry other former Testaments, Wills, 
 Legacies, & Bequests and Lxecutors b\ me in an\ \\a\ before named. 
 
Ol'R COI.ONIAI. ANCKSrORS AND IHKIR DKSCENDANTS. 25 
 
 Willed Sc iK-tjucathcd, Rarit\iiiu; aiui Conhrniino; this and no other 
 
 to be mv last Will Sc lestanient. 
 
 In Witness whereof I ha\ e hereunto set nu hand ami Seal, the 
 
 da\' and \ear above \v ritten. 
 
 Ruloot Dntchers. (i,.s.) 
 
 X 
 his mark 
 
 Signet!, Sealed, Pid")lished, pronouneed ^ deelareil b\ the sd 
 Kuloot Hutehers as his last W ill ami Testament in presenee of us \e 
 
 subscribers. 
 
 his 
 lacob ir Plough 
 mark 
 his 
 (.()dtre\ \ 1) \ aiularser 
 
 mark 
 |onathan 1 1 vd^tbaril. 
 
 Oitbr. J+th, 17.^7, \<-' I'xeeutor ot' \e abo\e Will, \ i/. Cdiristo- 
 pher Dutihers (.ame and took \e Will antl \e business out ot this 
 Otlue, his ('.ounsel leatling him so to ilo, apprehending it not well 
 consisting with Law to settle ve i'.state in anil b\ this Probate. 
 
 DisiRK r oi- W'ooniu Kv, I 
 
 PROHATK CoLKr, | ^^' December 12, 1901. 
 
 I, jamcs lluntington, judge of said Probate Court, hereb\- cer- 
 tiK that the toreiioiuii is a true Copv of the Record ot saitl Court 
 as appears from \ Ol. 2 ot its Recortis, pages 6<S ami 69 thereot. 
 
 In \vitness w hereot I have hereunto set m\ IkuuI and the Seal 
 ot said Court, the da\ and \ear above written. 
 
 (L.s.) I AS. llLNriNGToN, |udge. 
 
26 OUR COI.OXIAL ANCESTORS AM) THHIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 The town records of Salisbur\, liber 4., page 367, contains the 
 following details of a di\ ision of the Dutcher property among the 
 brothers: 
 
 Whereas we, ('hristopher of Canaan in the county ot Hartford, 
 C'.olon\ of Connecticut, New I'.ngland, and Johannes Duteher, Cor- 
 nelius Duteher, Rulufi' Duteher and Ciabriel Duteher, all of Salis- 
 bur\ in the ('.ount\ of New Ha\en and Coloin aforesaid, ha\ e all 
 of us a share in the lantl Kino; in Salisbur\, formerK' known h\ the 
 name of \\ eatauo;e, which our Honored f^'ather Rulufi Duteher Late 
 of said W eatauo;e. Deceased Left to us his children to be Di\ ided 
 MqualK amongst us Ivxcepting the orchard and the Home Lott 
 which [lietc is bounded North on a fence between orchard and the 
 plow land, south on a fence, that is about eight rods southward of the 
 House that our said l''ather Dwelt in luist on a Cu)\ e and \yest on a 
 swamp whieh piece b\ a Legac\ in our said heather's Last Will and 
 Testament, bearing Date |anuar\ the se\enteenth A. D. 17:^6, was 
 gi\en to (iabnel, as b\ sd will ma\ appear therefor to the cud that a 
 perpetual portion and Dixision be had and made between us the 
 Parties and each one of us should ha\ e our respectix e parts and prt)- 
 poriions of all the abo\e mentioned Lands ( Ivxcepting some swamps 
 on the old l'~arm orchard without draining are useless and therefore 
 for the present held in common amongst us ) according to ()uantit\ 
 and (^ualit\ set forth to each one in Particular. [Here follows a 
 description of the se\eral plots or farms among the children, which 
 co\ ers six closely written [niges, making probably three thousand 
 words or more. I 
 
 N. R. Whereas the foregoing Instrument was Drawn at the 
 time of the Date thereof and not executed and the abo\ e named 
 C^hristopher deceased, we Hertv Duteher, wife of Deceased C-hris- 
 
IKT 
 
 
 licrr\ X Dutchcr 
 
 ( ) 
 
 mark 
 
 
 Riilutr Dutchcr 
 
 ( ) 
 
 his 
 
 
 ohn Dutchcr X 
 
 ( ) 
 
 mark 
 
 
 his 
 
 
 OUR COLONIAL ANCKSLORS AND IIIKIR DKSCKNDAN'IS. 27 
 
 tophcr Dutthcr, and Rulot]" Dutchcr, son of said ( diristophcr Dutch- 
 cr, both ot" Canaan in I.itchlicKl Countv as heirs of the saitl (diris- 
 tophcr Dutchcr Deceased, with the Rc-t of the Subscribers ha\c 
 mutuallv agreed to execute the abo\e Instrument in SaHsburx , J ulv 
 the 2+th A. D. I - v^- 
 
 I n pre^ence ot 
 
 .\ndre\s Ste\ ens 
 |ohn 1 I utchinson 
 
 Salisbur\ in Litchfield (".ount\ |ul\ 
 24, I- ^S, then Mrs. llcrt\ Dutchcr and 
 Kubitl" Dutclier ol (Canaan and |()hn 
 Dutchcr and (iabricl Dutchcr, all sign- Ciornclius X I'utcher ( ) 
 ers and scalers ot the abox c I nstrument, niark 
 
 personalU appeared \u said Salisbur\, Ruluti Dutchcr ( ) 
 
 and acknowledged the same to be their (.abncl Dutchcr ( ) 
 
 Act and di.L\\ bctorc me, |<'lin lliitch- 
 iilson, I ust ice ot \ c I'cac c. 
 
 LINK OK |OU\NNKS DL ICUKR, KoLRIH CHILD OK ROLOKK AND 
 
 jANNK Tl K HRKSSIK. 
 
 lObannCS Dutchcr, fourth child of Ruloct", was bapt. at \lbanv, 
 
 )an. _':;, i-oS; married Christian , born i-|-; the\ resided 
 
 at Salisbury, Connecticut. Ipon the records there his name is written 
 )()hn. '> Christian, \Mfc of" |ohn Dutchcr, departed this lite Mav 1, 
 I-;; 111 the :c)th vear of" her age.'. His will is dated |unc 11, 
 I---. lie de\ises to his sons |c)hn and (iabricl each the farm upon 
 which each was luing, besides becjucsts of' personalty; to his daugh- 
 ters |anc, Hannah and Christian he becjucaths certain sums ot money 
 and other propcrt\, and makes them residuary legatees; to Gabriel 
 
28 OTR COLONIAL AN'CKSTORS AND THKIR DKSCKNDAN TS. 
 
 he gives about tniirrccn acres of land 'M\hich lie in Shetfield, which I 
 purchased ot Noble Westerheld ;" (iabriel is named as executor; 
 John Landon, Tappan Heebe, and Rulutl White were the witnesses. 
 The births of all their children are recorded upon the Salisburv town 
 reconls. ( children : 
 
 I. RuluH, born Sept. 15, 1741. In April, 1760, a Rulufl 
 Duteher, born in C-onnecticut, was in Duchess Co., Nev\' \ ork, and 
 enlistctl in (lapt. \'an N'echten's C^o. 
 
 II. |ane, born I'eb. 19, i7_|.3; married Sardam. 
 
 III. |ohn, born )une 2, 17 + 5; niarried [an., 1770, Lois Wash- 
 burn, and the\ had ehihiren: 
 
 1. Patience, born in Oblong, Dec. 22^ ^17°' 
 
 2. )ohn, born in Salisburv, Apr. (S, 1773. 
 
 3. Phebe, born in Salisburv, Oct. (S, 1774. 
 
 4. Ivvdia, born in Salisburv, Apr. 16, 1777. 
 
 IV. Gabriel, born |une 16, 1747. 
 
 \. Hannah, born March 2^, 1749; married Mar. 1, 1771. 
 Iv/ekiel {''uller. 
 
 \l. Cornelius, born March 20, 1753; died Mar. 22, 1754. 
 \'ll. Christian, born Mar. 1,^755; married Beebe. 
 
 Gabriel DUtCbCr, h.urth child of Johannes Duteher ( Ruluff ( 3 ) 
 was born June 1 (), 1747; marrietl Christine White. Tradition savs 
 her surname was White. She was born in 1750, and died |une 2^, 
 I (S I 8. He dictl Oct. 22, 1S20. I'ollowing is a copx of his will: 
 
 '' In the name ot ( iod amen : 
 
 ''l,(iabriel Duteher, of Salisburv in the Countx of Litchfield 
 and State ot Connectieut, being in health of bod\ and of sound 
 mind and memorv, eallino; to mind m\ own mortalit\ and knowincr 
 
OCR C-nLONIAI, ANfKSrORS AM) IHKIR DKSflADAN FS. 29 
 
 that it is appointed unto all mt^u oiuc to ciic, ilo make and ordain 
 this in\ last will and testament in manner and form following;, prin- 
 eipalK ami tirst of all I reeommeiid m\ soul to Ciod who ga\ e it me, 
 trustinu; in the merits of his Son for His graeious aeeeptaiue, and m\ 
 hod\ I gi\e to the earth from whence it was taken to he buried in a 
 deeent and ehristian manner, nothing doubting but 1 shall reeei\ e 
 the same again b\ the might\ power (iod at the general resurreetion 
 a hope of eternal life, and with what worldK goods it hath pleased 
 Ciod to bless me with m this life I gi\ e and dispose of in the follow- 
 ing manner (\i/.): \\\ debts and funeral eharges being first paid and 
 dischargecl, 
 
 hupri/nis 1 give and becjueath to m\ graiulson Ilarr\ Duteher, 
 son of Lowranee Duteher, deceaseii, to the said Harr\ Duteher and 
 to the heirs of his botf\ one thousaiui dollars in laiul to be set ofl 
 where it will be the least mjurx to the other heirs, also two hundred 
 dolhirs 111 m<)ne\, but if the said Ilarr\ shouKI deeease without nat- 
 ural heir or heirs then the aforesaid legaex of land and mone\' to be 
 ecjualK- dixiileii between m\ two daughters Sarah Diekson and Cath- 
 erine Deming, but provided m\ daughter Sarah Diekson shovdd die 
 without issue the said legaev to be gi\en to the heirs of Catherine 
 Deming, the said (Catherine is to ha\ e the use ami impro\ement 
 thereof should the said Sarah decease aforesaid during her natural life. 
 
 Item. I gi\e and becjueath to m\ three sisters, \iz: |ane Sardam, 
 Hannah I'uller and Christian Keebe to them and their heirs V\\x.\ 
 dollars to each of the said sisters makum one hundreci anci fifr\' dol- 
 lars in the whole. 
 
 Item. I gi\e and becjueath to m\ daughter Sarah Dickson and 
 to her heirs the one ecjual half of all m\ personal and real estate I 
 am possessed of after m\ debts and the aforesaid legacies are paid and 
 
30 OIR (X)I,C)NI.\I. ANt'KSTORS AND THKIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 discharged, hut it m\ said daughter Sarah Dickson should decease 
 without issue or natural heirs then to the children ot mv daughter 
 Catherine Deming the said Catherine is to ha\'e the use and improve- 
 ment thereof should the said Sarah decease as aforesaid during her 
 natural life. 
 
 Item. I gi\e and hequeath to mx daughter Catherine Deming 
 and to her heirs the one equal half of all mv personal and real estate 
 1 am possessed of which shall remain after m\' debts and the afore- 
 said legacies are paid and discharged. 
 
 LastK 1 constitute and appoint l^'diphalet Whittlesey the sole 
 executor of this m\ last will and testament. 
 
 Signed, sealed, published and prcuiounced and declared bv the 
 said (iabriel Dutcher to be his last will and testament, who in our 
 presence signed and sealed the same and in the presence of the Tes- 
 tator and of each other ha\e hereunto subscribed our names as 
 witnesses. 
 
 Dated at Salisbury this 20 day of March, A. D. 1819. 
 
 Gabriel Dutcher. 
 rhaddcus Root. 
 
 Lvdia Anderson. 
 
 [oshua I". Jacobs. 
 
 (diildren : 
 
 I. Mary, born October 19, 1769; died i(Si8. 
 
 II Joshua, born December 16, 1770. 
 
 III. Sarah, born October 17, 1777; married Dickson. 
 
 IV. Catherine, born July 2, 1774; married iUisha Deming, (his 
 second wife.) 
 
 \'. Lowrance, born August , 1776. 
 \I. John, born March 12, 1778. 
 
f)lR C-f)I.()MAI, ANCF.,sI"()R> Wl) IHKIR l)K>CKM) ANTS. 31 
 
 COWranCe DUtCbCr, tiUh chiia of (.ahnd (5), (Johannes 4, Rii- 
 liiri :; ), \\a;> horn \ugu>r i--6; inarricil I'.unicc Dcniing, horn 
 fan. 21, 1793, chcd |nlv i :;, i'S~4. He died April 24, 1 S 1 -. She 
 married ( 2 ) Andre\\ Sardam. 
 
 luinice Deming was daughter of l-.hsha Deniing, horn Julv 29, 
 17^9, and Marv, his hrst wife; granddaughter ot Dr. iJias Deming, 
 ot (io^hen, ( ionnec ticnt, and Hillsdale, New ^ ork, horn No\. 7, 
 1721, and I'.uniee Harris, his wife, whom he married April -, 1 ~ ", 
 at (ioshen; great grand (.huigliter ot Renjamin Deming, horn |an. 
 20, 1684, ot W'etherst^ield, and his \vite Mar\ Wiekham, whom he 
 married I'eh. 4, 1704 (6); great, great graniKlaughter ot Jonathan 
 Deming, horn, 1639, dieil |an. S, 1700, ot W'etherstield, ami I'.Ii/a- 
 heth (iilhert, his wife; great great, great granddaughter of Hon. 
 |ohn Deming, horn in England 161 :;, one ot the toumlers ot ( .on- 
 ncctieut, Deput\- to the (ieneral Court, 1649- 1661, one ot the 
 Patentees ot C-onneetieut, named in the Ro\al (diarter, 1662, ami 
 Honor I rear, his wife, who was the tiaughter ot Hon. Kiehard 
 I'reat, born 1 ^^4, Deputx to the I'irst (leneral (".ourt ot Conneeti- 
 eul, I ()3 7- I 644, tor W'etherstielil, Assistant, i()"-i66:;, named in 
 the Roval Cdiarter as one ot the Patentees ot ("onneeticut, 1662, 
 member of Cio\. |ohn W inthrops Council, 1663-166:5. 
 
 Onlv child ot Low ranee and i'.uniee Dutcher: 
 
 Henr\, born .\la\ 21, 1812. (Called Harry upon Salisbury 
 records.) 
 
 RCnrV DUtCbCr, (I-(n\rance 6, Gabriel ^, Johannes 4, RulutT3), 
 youngest chilcl ot Low ranee and luinice (Deming) Dutcher, was 
 born \Li\ 21, 1812, at Salisbur\ ; married Sept. 3, 1833, jane 
 Mason, born jidv 4, 1816. She was daughter of Col Darius Mason, 
 
32 OIR C-()I,f)NI.\|, ANCESTORS AM) THEIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 born |an. 7, 1777, of Sheffield, Mass., and his wife Sarah Root, born 
 Sept. 19, 1779; granddaughter of" Peter Mason, born Aug. 1, 1752, 
 and his wife Mhsheba Inirnham, born May 26, 1754, at KiUing- 
 worth, Conn.; great granddaughter of Peter Mason, born Dee. 28, 
 1717, and his wife Margaret b'anning; great, great granddaughter of 
 Captain Peter Mason, born iVo\ . 7, i6(So, and Marv Hobart, his wife; 
 great, great, great granddaughter of C'aptain Daniel Mason, born 
 April , 1652, and his wife Rebeeea Hobart, daughter of Re\'. 
 Peter Hobart, of Hingham, Mass.; great, great, great, great grand- 
 daughter of Major John Mason, commander-in-chief of the colonial 
 forces during the Pcquot War, 1637, and Deputy Governor of C^on- 
 necticut, 1660-1670. 
 
 Sarah Root, above named, was daughter of Aaron Root, born 
 March 21, 17^0, and Sarah l^ird, his wife (daughter of Capt. Joseph 
 Bird and widow Sarah l*ddridge); granddaughter of Col. Aaron 
 Root, born Dee. 20, 1720, who ser\ed in the Re\()lution, and Rhoda 
 King, his wife, born Mav 13, 1731, (daughter of Moses and Hester 
 (Noble) King); great granddaughter of l^aisign Joseph Root, born 
 )une 16, i68(S, who was son of Idiomas Root, born 1648, son of 
 John Root, of C^onneeticut. 
 
 Hester Noble, aboxe named, born )une 6, 1710, was daughter 
 of Matthew Noble and Hannah Dewey, born 1^'eb. 21, 1672, and 
 granddaughter of Mathew Noble, the emigrant. Hannah Dewey 
 was the daughter of Cornet Thomas Dewe\', born 1^'eb. 1 6, 1 640, 
 and o-randdauo-hter of Thomas Dewe\ , the ancestor of the American 
 family. 
 
 Henr\' and |ane Dutcher resided all their lives at Sheffield, in 
 the house that was built for her the year of her marriage, by her 
 father Col. Mason. On Sept. 3, 1893, they celebrated their sixtieth 
 
OIR eoi.OMAl. ANfKSIORS AM) IHKIR DKSCEMJANTS. 33 
 
 wciKling aniii\ cT^ar\ In a tamiK reunion. I'or ()\ cr fiftv vcars thcv 
 were incinlKTs ot tlic ( .ongrcgatioiial (Ihurch, ami were al\\a\s ac- 
 tive ill religious ami tharitahle work. Their li\es ot purit\, notile 
 selt-suritKe, ami ilevotion to e\ erv trust reposed in them, will e\ er 
 he helil in most allettionate rememhrance hv their deseendants. He 
 dieil No\, ^o, I Sfj^., in eonsetjuenee of an aeeidental tall; she died 
 ot pneumonia, |an. 1 j, 1 c^. 1 . 
 
 (".hiliiren ot 1 Ienr\ and (ane Duteher: 
 
 I. (Imari.i.s 1Ii-,nk\, horn Aug. Ji, iS^-. (See record.) 
 
 II. Sarah Mason, horn ( )ct. (), iS_|.2, married Theodore (airris 
 Wickvvire. s. p. 
 
 III. \llreil Tow ranee, horn Dee. 20, 1 S :; 2 ; married Matilda S. 
 Drake. lU wa^ manatjer ot the RrookKn otlice ot the Ilanoxer 
 insurance (".ompan\. lU died . The\ had one ehiUl: 
 
 Miriam, horn , 1 S - - ; married April 2:5, 1901, )ulian 
 
 M. Tinkne\, ot New ^<)rk ('.it\. 
 
 €barlC$ fiCnry DUtCbCr, eldest dnld of lUnrv ami jane (Mason) 
 Duicher, (llenr\ -, j.owrame 6, (iahriel :,, |ohannes 4, Rulufl 3), 
 was horn at SheiField, Mass., Aug. Ji, 1S35. He attended the puh- 
 lic school aiul the aeadenn in his native town, after which he went 
 to Hartford, (.01111., ami engageti in mercantile husiness. He re- 
 mo\eil to New ^ Ork (.it\ in i'^tt, and engaged for a time in the 
 commission husiness. At the hreaking out of the war in 1S61, he 
 enlisteil in Compain A, 1 uh N. \. S. NT as private. His regiment 
 was assigned to the command of (Jen. I>. 1"\ Butler, and was stationed 
 at t'lrst at Annapolis, Md., and was on diitv there and elsewhere for 
 several weeks. Mr. Duteher continued with his regiment until his 
 term of service expired. He returned home intending to re-enlist, 
 
34 OIR eOl.ONlAL ANCESTORS AND THKIR DESCENDANTS, 
 
 hut sickness in his tamilv and other causes necessitated h,s remaning 
 •H home. In iS(.s he tormeci a connection with the Continental 
 iMrc Insurance Company of New York, and served in various capac- 
 ities without interruption, and at the present time is Secretarv cf the 
 Hrooklvn Department of the Company. 
 
 ■ Mr. Dutcher has been an active worker in the Baptist denomina- 
 tion in Hrooklvn for manv vears; was one of the organizers of the 
 Baptist Home of Brooklvn and was its Secretarv from April 13, 
 ,875, to Nov. 13, 1H83, and is now (.902) its President. 
 
 He was a constituent member of the Kmaniiel Baptist Chnrch 
 and has ser\ ed as deacon since its organization. He was Snperin-^ 
 tendent of the Sunday School for manv years. He is Treasurer ot 
 the Brooklvn Bovs' Club, which he assisted in organizing- ^ He is a 
 member of the X'eteran Associati(Ui 13th Regiment, also ot the So- 
 ciety of Old Brooklvnites and other organizations. He married 
 April 21, iS^(), Amanda Storv, daughter of Captain Henry and 
 I'.liza ( Bond ) Storv. She was born June 4> ' ^39- ^e was a mem- 
 ber of U. S. (n-ant Post No. 327, Department of New York, Grand 
 Armv of the Republic. 
 
 Children of Charles Henry and Amanda Dutcher: 
 
 I. Dora Harriet, born March 29, i860; died Dec. 21, i860. 
 
 II. Charles Mason, born I'eb. 1, 1862; married Nov. 12, 1891, 
 Helen Torrey Harris, daughter of Col. bh-ederick H. and lUizabeth 
 ( Torrev) Harris, President of American Insurance Company, New- 
 ark, N. |. He is accountant of the Greenwich Savings Bank oi 
 New ^ Ork City. Thev had two children: 
 
 1. l-'rederick Harris, born Dec. 5, 1892. 
 
 2. Charles Mason, born Auq;. i, 1897; died Sept. 4, 1898. 
 
CyU^;^c^/^/{^^ui' 
 
OIR rol.OMAI. ANCKSTORS AM) I IIKIR DKSCKNDAMS. ^5 
 
 Ml. Louise- I'.cina, horn )aii. 1 ^, i.S6^; married Now 1 S, 1896, 
 Artlinr Manle\ Wickwirc. He is a huwcr, ami resides at St. l\nil, 
 Minn, Tlies had two ehihh-en: 
 
 1. \rthnr \Ianle\ Wickwire, horn Oct. ^, i<Sc)-; hapt. 
 X()\ . 11,1 S9IS. 
 
 2. (diaries Diitcher W'iekwire, horn April 19, 1899; 
 hapl. I line 17, 19c ; dieil |an. 7, 1901. 
 
 I\. liessie Stor\, horn h'eh, -, iS-o; married April 21, 1 S()S, 
 l)a\id (1. Sarles, ot lliookKn. lie is manager ot New ^ ork WOv en 
 I.ahel (-0. rhe\ ha\e one chdil: 
 
 kiiiiieth i)iittliei" Sarles, horn Ma\ 26, 1 S()(). 
 
 \. William llawle\, horn I'eh. -, iS-o; married N()\. 1 -, 1897, 
 Margaret Adna ^ onng, horn Se[it ,, 1 S --, daughter ot |aines lulward 
 ami .Mar(rarel Anna (\lil\ie) ^ oumj;. lie iv Sec retar\ ot Pratt S: 
 Landiert, \ arnish M annlac t urers. 
 
 \ I. Theodore Shotwell, horn |an, 2S, iS-^. 
 
 \ II. I'.dwin Hrown, horn \pnl 1 ., iSSo. 
 
 Link ok (iahriiu. I)i iliii-.r, 'S'orNtiKsr Son and l'"i(.nrii C.nii.n of 
 RoKi.oFi' ANK |annkiii Brkssik Dutchhr. 
 
 6abriCl DUlCbCr, eighth ehiUl ot" KoelotL and lannelji (Hressie) 
 l)e l)n\sur, was horn |ul\- i^, i-20. He removetl trom Dutehess 
 ('.onnt\, N. 'N ., to Salishurx, (ionii., with his parents, where he spent 
 the hest \ears ot his lite in happiness ami eontentment. His hrothers 
 were settleil arouiul him ami all remainetl in Salishur\ until some 
 time after their father's death. He inheriteil his portion ot the 
 estate, as appears h\ the following reeonl: 
 
 "Whereas, we, ( diristojiher Huteher, of Canaan, aiul |ohannes, 
 Cornelius, Rulutlam.! (Jahriel, ot Salisbury, ha\ e all of us a share in 
 
36 OUR C'()I,()N1.\1. AXCKSroRS AM) IHEIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 the land 1\ino; in Salishiir\ formcrlv Wctauo;e, deceased, left tn us, 
 his cliildren, excepting the orchard and the House Lot, a legacy in 
 our said father's hist will and testament hearing date |an, 17, 17,^6, 
 was gi\ en to Cmhriciy 
 
 ivvecutetl |ul\ 24, 1 7 v^. In the meantime, Christopher died 
 and Hertv Duteher, his widow, his sons, heirs of Christopher, signed 
 with the rest. 
 
 The tollowino; item of interest appears on the Salisbury records: 
 
 Salishur\, October 21, 17^7. 
 Recei\ed b\ me, (iabriel Duteher, of Salisbury, of ()li\er W'ol- 
 eott of Litchfield, sheriff of Litchheld Count\, four negroes. I'he 
 one of said negroes is named I'om, aged about 50; another named 
 \Lir\, a woman, and aged about ^o; another named Zach, aged 
 about I I ; another named Adam, aged about 6 years, which said 
 negroes were this day taken before ve sd. VVolcott b\' xirtue of an 
 execution granteil out "' '^' '■' in fa\ or of Jeremiah Hogoboom 
 of Chneraek, against |ohn Duteher of Salisbury. Said execution 
 tlemands Xi-)^-~ -~ ^ Nev\' 'N ork mone\, and said estate is taken from 
 \e said |ohn, which said estate 1 hereb\- promise well and safcK' to 
 keep till \'e tenth da\ of Xo\ ember next, and then to deluer \e said 
 negroes to said VVolcott at \e public sign-post at Salisbury. 
 
 (iabriel Duteher married, in Salisbury, (^onn., Elizabette Knick- 
 erbacor (Knickerbocker), bap. in the Dutch Church at Kingston, N. 
 \ ., |an. 7, 1722, daughter of Cornelius Knickerbacor and |ean 
 Shut, son of ilerman |ansen Ivniekerbocker, son of Johannes V'an 
 Hertijen k nickerboeker. 
 
 o 
 
 "The name of ls.niekerboeker/" says Cen. \^iele in his historx of 
 this famiK (Harper's Maga/.me, iS7()), "has become a generic term 
 
OCR C'OI.oNIM. \Nl-|;SI-()RS AM) IHF.IR DFISCKM) WIS. 37 
 
 bv whiili arc designated the descendants of the ()rio;inal Diittli set- 
 tlers ot tile State ot New ^ ork, and has here tlic same significance 
 as the word 'creole" in Louisiana ( reterrino; to the natives ot the State 
 ot Louisiana horn ot l"rencli or Spanish parent^), which is apphetl to 
 those whose tainilies ihite hack to earl\ occupation ot tliat State h\ 
 the I'reiu h. In more recent times 'Knickerbocker' has tiecome a 
 ta\()rite preli\ to numerous products ot inilustr\ and a popular name 
 tor ships, steamers, hotels ami companies ot e\ er\ description, until 
 the \ er\ origin ot the worti has been almost lost in its multituilinous 
 signitications. 
 
 "In rcalitv, this now universal patronxmic- belongs to one ot 
 those ancient Dutch tamdies who, as long ago as the sexenteenth 
 (ciilurv, were long proprietors m the tertde \alle\ ot the Mohawk 
 and iippci lludson, that section ot the State ha\ing been selected tor 
 occupaiUN b\ the earl\ settlers ot means and social position m prel 
 crencc- to ihc uniiuitinii re<j[ion near the metropolis, which was lett 
 to traders and market gardeners, the scant\ soil ottering no attrac- 
 tions, as it could onl\ be cultivated m limited [latches between the 
 roc k\ ridges. 
 
 "The earl\ Dutch residents ot Albain and its \icinit\ constituted 
 a kind ot landed aristocracx , and, with their numerous retainers and 
 shnes, held a sort ot teudal court in the grand mansions w Inch ma\ 
 still be tound dotted here and there in the interior ot the State. 
 
 "The t'amih seat ot' the Knickerbockers at Schaghticoke is one 
 ot the ancestral homes around whose hearthstones the associations ot 
 bvuone uenerations (rather in the shadow ot advancing times. Ihe 
 spacious edii'ice is built in the cjuaint h'lemish style ot architecture, 
 with its deep p\ramidall\ shaped root like that of the \enerable 
 
TllK OLII KNIOKERllOOKER nOMESTKAT*, SOtlAdllTIOOKE. 
 
OIR fOI.ONIAl. ANCKSTOKS AND IHKIR DKSCKNDAN IS. 39 
 
 Dutch cliiireli that tormerlv stood in the center ot State street in the 
 cit\ ot Albaiu. "' "" I lie principal entrance is reacheil through 
 an a\enue ot ancient tree^, tinu-worn anci scarreil, that clnnh liiLrh 
 ab()\e the root, like \v atch-towers o\ erh)()k.ing the plain. I he \ine- 
 covered porch, with its hospitable seat on either siile, welcomes the 
 \isitor, aiul the huge brass knocker, on the up[)er leat ot the old- 
 fashioned oaken ih)()r, sunmions rhe cheertul host. 
 
 " \niong the touiulei"^ ot the now prosperous ( .oinmonw ealt h ot 
 New ^ ork thi^ tanid\ was conspicuous m the couiuil and in the 
 tield. I he head ot the tainiK in America was llerman |an'-en 
 Knickerliocker, son ot |ohanne^ \ On Hergen Knickerbocker. lie 
 was born m I'rie^land, Holland, in the \ear 1 64S, (.ntered the Dutch 
 na\ \ at an earl\ age, and servfd uiuler \'an Tromp and De Ru\ter 
 during that period in the histor\ ot Holland which was so remark- 
 able tor Its na\al xutoric^. Ik was se\erel\ wouiuleil at the battle 
 of Solebas, oil the coast ot I'.nglaiul, where the Dutch shi[-)s en- 
 gageil the combineii I'.ngli^^h and I'rench tleets. ()n his recox er\ he 
 resigned his lommi^Nioii ami came to America, where he soon alter 
 married I,\sbeth |ane bogart, daughter ot \I\iulert llennance \ an 
 De Uogart, the well known surgeon ot the Dutch ship I'.ndraaght, 
 and subseipient l\ commissarx ot I'oit ()range. \ an De Bogart was 
 an eccenti-ic and high-tempeied indi\idual. At one time, in a dis- 
 pute with I'iter Stu\\esant, the Director-( r'eneral, while the\ were 
 crossing the river, he attempted to throw the lust\ Pieter overboard, 
 and would have succeeded had he not been prevented. lie died a 
 violent death brought on bv his ungovernable temper." 
 
 Reterring to the later generations ot the Knickerbocker tamilv, 
 r,\n. I'libert I,. \ iele savs: 
 
 ''I'he time came at leniith when, after constant \ears of an\iet\ 
 
40 OL R COl.OMAI. .Wt'KSroRS AND THKIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 aiui watching, (he quiet repose ot peaee settled oxer tlie \alle\' of 
 Sc'haghtic'oke ( pronoiineed Skat-o-eoke, said to be an Algonquin 
 word sio;nit\ iiiii: 'The Meetino; of the Waters'), but this was soon 
 rudeU di^turbeil b\ the gathering clouds that presaged the struggle 
 ol the colonies with (ireat Britain. The Dutch settlers had loyally 
 ser\ etl the States (ieneral and their authorized a<j;ents, antl had atter- 
 w arils been ec]uall\ true to the Duke of ^ ork and to the British 
 sovereign. The several ^eneratlons of the Knickerbocker famil\-, as 
 thcN' came upon the active stage of life, took their place and per- 
 fornietl their part in current affairs. C'olonel |ohannes Knicker- 
 bocker served in various e\pediti()ns against the hostile Indian tribes; 
 was afterwards attached to the stafl of Kord Howe in the attack on 
 Tic oiuleroga in i 7 v'^' ^^*-' ^^'^^"^ commissioned a colonel in the Rev- 
 olutionar\' Armv, Oct. 20, 1775, raised a regiment in Schaighticoke, 
 and was severeK woundecl at the battle of Saratoga. He was also a 
 member of the State I>egislature in 1792." 
 
 Mrs. L\'dia Sigournev, whose classic poems are among the richest 
 treasures of American History, yisited the old Knickerbocker mansion 
 and wrote the followin<r lines: 
 
 ''() vale of peace! () haunt serene! 
 
 () hill encircled shades! 
 No footsteps rude, or hery neigh 
 
 Of iron steed o'er graded way 
 
 ^our S\l\an steep invades. 
 
 '* The red-brovyed Indian's planted name 
 \ our blended waters bore. 
 
 Though they who erst that baptism gaye 
 Beneath obliv ion's blackening wav e 
 Have sunk to rise no more. 
 
OIR (.•<)!.( )NI\I. \NC-|;S'l'ORS AMJ IIII.IR Dl.SCKXDANTS. 
 
 "lIci'L', chui in aiuicnr honor, dwelt 
 I he Kiiiekerhoeker race. 
 
 And \\isel\ ruled in hall and bower, 
 
 And held their old memorial power 
 With lirm and honest graee. 
 
 ''I'here gatherings grand of social jov 
 The aiu estral mansions knew ; 
 
 W hile root and rafter shook witli mirth. 
 Ami hospitalitx had hirth. 
 Which still is warm ami true. 
 
 ''So ma\ the knitkerhoeker line 
 I heu' prosperous harvest sow. 
 
 Nor ever lack a nohle heir 
 
 I heir d\nast\ and name to hear 
 \\ hile mingling waters tlow."" 
 
 Reteirimj; to the marriages hetween the K nic kerhoeker 
 well-known families of New ^ ork State, iii.]\. \ lele sa\s: 
 
 4' 
 
 111 other 
 
 " \s a matter ot course the^e earl\ settlers depended greath upon 
 each other; there was e\ er present a common clanger to hind them 
 together, while the social necessities of life held them m tirm hoiuls 
 of Iriendship. \s a natural result, intermarriages hetween the fami- 
 lies soon added the still stronger ties of consanguinitx , and at the 
 present time there is scarceK an individual for mam miles around 
 that is not in some wa\ related to all the others. 
 
 Life at Schaghticoke was for main \ears like an armed reconnois- 
 sance. I'he lurking savage was alwavs on the lookout for a victim, 
 and the sidnlc Canadian ever conspiring for an attack. I'.ach and 
 all were compelled to he coiistantK on the alert. In the midst of 
 

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 !01.'>Ni:i, JOHXNNKB KSICKKEUOOKEB AND UIS WIFr. — [rROM A PAINTING IN TUI! EAST UnttM.] 
 
OIR C-OI.OMAI. ANCKSTORS AM) IHKIR 1 )KSCKM)ANTS. 43 
 
 their rr()iilile> the settlers iliil not tor a moment lose sight of their 
 religious iliities. A Diiteh Reformed church was erected under the 
 auspices ot the C.lassis ot Amsterdam. Oxer this the \ enerahle 
 Dominie X'anschooten ministered. The rude place of worship 
 originalh built was soon replaced h\ a more imposing edihce. I his 
 c]uaint building was si\t\ b\ tortx teet, with low side walls and a 
 high-pitched mansard roof, and turret surmounted b\ weathercock 
 over the southern gable. I he services of the church were, of course, 
 in the Dutch language, and the old time-stained Hible with brass 
 corners and huge brass clasps, then in use, is now an heirloom re\ er- 
 entlv preser\eil in the Knickerbocker mansion." 
 
 MiinscH's Annals of Albain savs of this familv of Knickerbock- 
 ers: Merman |anscn Knickerbocker was the son ot |ohannes Nan 
 Ik-rghen and his wife Johannes, daughter ot Kutger \ an \larni\, 
 Lord ot Hoicclear. In his will, |anuar\ -, i-oi, he mentions si\ 
 children, baptised in the Relomud Dutch church at Albans. 
 
 (iornelis, bap. S(.pt. j, i6SS, died soon. 
 
 (.ornelis, again, bap. |an. (), ibcji. 
 
 Cornelia, bap. |ul\ 20, Hxji. 
 
 I'"\ert, bap. Sept. S, \bqi). 
 
 I'ieter, Ivip. April 1 (), . 
 
 |ohannes and Laurens are mentioned in his will, but the dates 
 of baptism are not gi\en, and the name of ("ornelis, which appears 
 among his children, is not mentioned in this will. 
 
 C^.ornelius Knickerbocker, or Knickerbacor, as it appears on the 
 Connecticut records, son ot Herman |ansen Knickerbacker, was 
 baptised |an. (>, i()()2, at Albanv, and soon after he attained his 
 majoritv mo\ecl to Litchfield, (A)nn. The Historx of Litchtield 
 
44 Ol'R COLONIAL ANCKS lORS AM) IIIKIR I )KSe-KXDAN TS. 
 
 (^()unt\ States that "I'lic K-nitkcrhockcr tami]\ came into town 
 (SalishniA) soon after White anei others. |ohn ([ohannes) Knick- 
 erbacor oeeupied that kniekerhacor grant. Cornelius, his brother, 
 settleii at I'urnaee Xilhitre atiout the same time. Cornelius Rnick- 
 erbacor's was tor some lime the onl\ white tamilv in that section 
 of the town." He afterward remo\ ed to Sharon, Conn. 
 
 Cornelius Kniekerbaeor married |ohannes Shut and had, among 
 other ehihlren, a dausjjhter Mli/abeth, who was married to Ciabriel 
 Duteher, December, i~4_^. 
 
 Ciabriel Duteher returned to Dutchess C-ouirt\ after 1759, and 
 probabK resitled there among his wife's friends until her death at 
 l)()\er Plains, N. ^ ., April 2:5, 1793, when he remo\ed to Cherr\- 
 Vallex, N. ^ ., and spent the remainder of his davs with his son )ohn. 
 His wife was buried in the old gra\ evard at Do\er Plains, and the 
 simple tombstone contains the following inscription: 
 
 Kli/abeth, Wife of (iabriel Duteher, died April 23, 1793, .^> 73. 
 
 (iabriel Duteher, bv his wife l^dizabeth ( kniekerbaeor) Duteher, 
 had issue: 
 
 1. llcfijiuiiiii^ bap. in the Cermantown Chureh, Columbus Co., 
 
 Jan. 29, 1 744. 
 
 II. Cornelius, bap. in the Germantown Church, Mav 24, 1746. 
 
 III. CJiristojjcll, bap. in the Cermantown Church, |an. 3, 1 74'S. 
 
 IV. (Catharine, born Sept. i (S, 1 749. 
 
 Hetween the births of C>atharine and John there were other 
 children born, but their baptisms do not appear on the 
 records of the (iermantown Church antl the\ ha\ e not 
 been found elsewhere. 
 \'. 'Jo/i/i, born |an. :;, 17^9. 
 
£ 
 
 v/leinory of 
 
 i Elizabeth the ^a ite of 
 
 Cabnl Dutcher. who 
 
 Died April li it 93 
 
 in the 73*' year oMier 
 
 age. 
 
 On Codj/Mmightynamc I rall'd. 
 < /A" J thuj lo hiin I pray "J; 
 
 LorJ Ihefeecli fhec fave niy foul 
 With forrows cjviite diTmaycl. 
 
OLR COI.OMAI. ANCKSIORS AM) Illl.lR DKMKNI )AN IS. 45 
 
 Atrcr the de-arli of (iahricl Diitchcr, the father, the estate at 
 Salishiir\ was ili\iileii up ami the children soon heeanie scattered, and 
 onU the ancient landmarks are left as a reminder of the Dutch set- 
 tlement m this l()calit\. 
 
 Hen|amin, the ehlest child, remoxed to Dutchess Countx, X. ^ ., 
 and married there. lie suhsec]uentl\nio\ed to Washington (^ount\, 
 \. 'N ., and tmalK to Shattshur\ , \'t., where he died. The next of 
 his descendants appears under the head ot '' Benjamin Dutcher and 
 His Descendants," alter that ot John, who was the Noungest son ot 
 (iahriel. 
 
 Of Cornelius, the second child, little is known, ami his de- 
 scendants are prohahK scattered in ditlerent parts ot the countr\. 
 
 C-hristoflel or ( .hristopher Dutcher, whose baptism is tound on the 
 records of the (icrmantowii (hurch as \la\ J4., 1 "4^), appears to 
 ha\ e Keen a man ol c on^idei aitle pu^h and eiiergx. lie took aclxan- 
 tage ot the division ot the estate helonging to the Livingston Manor, 
 not long alter the Manor ceased to exist, and bought a large tract 
 ot land extending trom the top ot (.hestnut Kidge at Do\ er Plains, 
 in Dutchess Countx, N. 'S ., to the I'en Mile Ki\er. lie not onl\ 
 carried on an extensive tarm, hut he erected a mill on I en Mile 
 River where he ground the wheat and corn tor his neighbors tor 
 miles around. lie married Marx Uelden, daughter ot Silas Helden, 
 a native ot W cthersl'ield, ('.onn., and the louiuler ot the Relden 
 tamilv ot' Dutchess Countv, N. ^. Ihev had a son, Lawrence 
 Dutcher, who married |ane Nasse, and had a son, Helden Dutcher, 
 born Aug. (), 1 "c) ^ The latter married Maria llurd and had 
 I'.gbert, married Maria Soule, who were the parents ot Mary I'.llen 
 Dutcher, who married tor her second husband Richard \\ Ketcham. 
 
46 Ol R COI.OMAl, ANC'KSIOKS AND IHKIR UESCKNDANTS. 
 
 I>iNK OF John Di'tciU'R, Yol\(;ks-i- So\ of Gabr[ki, and Eli'/abhth 
 
 ( kxiCKKRUOCKKR ) Dl'I'CHKR. 
 
 30bn DUtCbCr, xonngcst son of (iabricl and l"~li/ahcth ( Ivnicker- 
 hac-or) Diitchcr, was horn at Salislnir\, (^onn., |an. ^th, 1759, died 
 Dec. 2iul, 1848. He nio\cd to D()\ cr, Dutchess (U)., N. \., and 
 thence to (dierr\ \'alle\, Otsego Countv, N. ^'. He married 
 S\l\ia Reardslex, Ma\ 17th, 1779, daughter of |ohie], son of John 
 (2), son of )ohn ( 1 ), son of |oseph, son oi William, the ancestor. 
 She was horn October 10, 176^, died |anuarv 14th, 184.4. 
 
 William Heardsle\-, the ancestor of the Beardslcv tamilv oi Strat- 
 ford, Conn., came from England in 1635 in the ship Planter at the 
 age of ^o, with his wife Marv, daughter Marv, sons |ohn and Joseph. 
 Tradition sa\s he v\ as a nati\e ot Stratford on A\()n, the home of 
 Shakespeare, and that he g^^\ c the name Stratford to the plantation 
 in Connecticut where he settled, and that one of his descendents who 
 moxed to i-i\ingston (lount\-, N. \ ., ga\"e the name to the place 
 where he settled, A\()n, in honor of the ri\ er from whence his ances- 
 tor came. William Beardslex emiLrrated with Rc\'. Adam Hlackeman 
 from St. Albans, luigland, was at Hadlev, Mass., until 16:58, remo\- 
 ino; thence to Hartford, ('onn., ami was one of the oriirinal settlers of 
 Stratford. He was se\ en times elected Deput\' to the General Oourt 
 of ( W)n]iecticut. He died at the age of 56 \ears. In his will he 
 sa\s, '^ All m\ tlaughters that are now married, I gi\'e ten pounds 
 apiece." He had nine children of whom [oseph was the third. 
 
 Joseph Heartlslex, third child of William and Mar\ ( ) Beards- 
 
 le\', was born in I'aigland, came with his parents to America and 
 luctl in Stratford. His father left him half of hisestate, after other be- 
 (]uests, pro\ uled he shouKl lea\ e the life of a seaman and take care of 
 
(;lk coi.omai. anckstors and thkir dkslkndants. 
 
 47 
 
 his mother. He complied so tar as to secure the nronerr\ which he 
 exchanged |ulv ^i, iOS_|. (lie being then of 13rook.ha\ en, L. !.). with 
 Andrew Ciihb '» All his possessions in Stratford, tor Mr. (iihhs home- 
 stead in Hrookhax en. "' lie married Abio-ail , and had nine 
 
 children ot whom )<)hn ( i ) was the second. 
 
 John HeariKlev ( i ) son ot Joseph and Abagail ( ) Heardslev, 
 
 u'as l">orn No\. -|.th, i66S. lie was a blacksmith. in his will dated 
 N()\. I ith, i7J?2, he mentions his wite Abigail and h\e sons. His 
 will is recorded in I'airtield, Conn. He ga\ e laiul in Unit\ and 
 (ireat Neck to his son Aiulrew. i O johiel he said, " I >j;i\e m\' 
 shop anil all m\ working tools tor the carr\ing on ot m\ trade, anil 
 m\ cart and \u\ w heels, and all m\ lot and orchanl at \\ alnnt- 
 tree Hill." lie married Abigail WakeKn and had six children, 
 of whom |ohn (j) was the Idlh. 
 
 |ohn l'>eardsle\' ( _' ), son of |ohn (i) and Abigail (WakeKn) 
 IkardslcN, was iioiii March i), |-oi. lie married Ke/iah Wheeler, 
 i )ec. j(), 172^. lie received trom his tather ''tor paternal loxe" ^6 
 acres oi lam! on h)wer White Hills. rhe\ luul issue |<)hiel. 
 
 |ohiel iKardNle\, tilth son ot John (2) and Ke/iah (Wheeler) 
 Heardsle\, wa^ born I'eb. ()(h, 1 ~ ; >. He marrieil iiannah (irithn 
 and had among other chiKlren a daughter, SvKia, who was married 
 to |ohn Dutther. 
 
 |ohn Dutcher b\ his wite, S\l\ia ( HeardslcN ) l^utcher hat! issue: 
 1. I'di/alieth, born Ma\ 1 Sth, ijcSo, died June Nth, 1780. 
 H. ('///■/s/o/)//i-/-, born April -'3th, 17S1, died April 23d, 1 N45, 
 married Martha Sloan. 
 
 ill. (iabriel, born \la\ ^th, 17^:^, married Peggie McKillip, 
 died \la\ 21st, 1 S^c), had three sons, Daniel, Dwight and Davis. 
 
^8 OIR eOl.OMAI, ANC'KSIOKS AM) IIII.IR DKSC^KNDAMS. 
 
 I\'. Hannah, horn April 26, i-S-, married Mr. Fitch and after- 
 wards Simon (ira\, died |an. 10, i<S62. 
 
 W |ohiel, horn April 24, 1787, died Jan. 14, 1822, single. 
 
 \1. SvKia, horn March 2, 1789, married W'm. Goodell, died 
 No\ . 5, I 8 6 :5. 
 
 \ll. SalK, horn |n1v ;, 1 , I7()i, married W'm. Knapp, died March 
 21,1842. 
 
 \111. Pcincfor Can-, horn Jan. :;, 1794, died Feb. 18, 1867, 
 married |ohanna Low I'rink, Jec. ;^ ' > 1821; born July 2, 1802, 
 died Sept. 7, 1881. 
 
 IX. Marv, born March 2, 1796, married John McKillip, died 
 1-eb. 16, 1882. 
 
 X. |ohn, born Dec. 1, 1797, died March 12^ 1859. 
 
 XI. Ke/iah, born March 14, 1800, married Ik'njamin Da\ is, 
 died Oct. 4, 187 8. 
 
 XII. Dr. )oseph NX, born Sept. 9, 1802, married Louisa Spaftord, 
 died J 873. 
 
 XIII. Deborah White, born August 15, 1804, married W'm. 
 Da\is, died Oct. 24, 1868. 
 
 Chrtstophkr Dlichkr, eldest son ot jolin and SvKia (Beardsley) 
 Dutcher, born April 2^, 1781, died April 23, 184-, married \Lirtha 
 Sloan, (une 2, 1803, who v\as b(^rn .\Lu 3, 1784, died Jan. 3, 1875. 
 Thev had issue: S\l\ia, )ohn and (dinstopher. 
 
 (dnldren : 
 
 1. Svd\ia Dulcher was born |une 3, 1804, died April 26, 1884. 
 She was marrietl NLirch 14, 1822, to Peter (Jilchrist, of Springheld, 
 N. ^. Second hnsband was Lewis Whipple, whom she married in 
 
f)lR rol.ONIAI. AN(.I.SIf)RS AM) THEIR DF.SCM'.XnANTS. 49 
 
 1840. The seven chilclren ofSvlxia Dutcher ami Peter Gilchrist 
 are as follow s: 
 
 1. Martha (iilehrist, born April 10, 182^, died Mav 30, 
 
 1871. Married twice; hrst in 18^9, to fames X'ihhard, who 
 
 died in 1840. September 27, 1842, she niarried (Jershom 
 
 Shaid. Umic, tne children: S\l\ia, M. Libbie, |ennie. Squire 
 
 Clilchri^t, 1*. Lewis. 
 
 1. SyKia Shaul, eldest child of Martha (iilehrist Shaul, 
 born Aug. 21, iS4>, married |(hn T. Alwaise, Oct. 10, 1867, 
 residence 1 ^'^ W. 1 ;,o St., Nev ^ Ork C\t\. $.^Lj^<Ky dC'jufJiy Si>U^./ ;Q/o 
 
 2. M. Ijbbie Shaul, second child ot' Martha CJilchrist 
 Shaul, born |ul\ 5, 1846, married Robert La\ Walrath, l*\-b. 
 10, 1870. Resides Mast Sprinu;tieUl, X. ^. Issue: |ohn 
 Jacob, SvKia I'di/abeth, M \ ra Lo\ea, Robert Homer. 
 
 |ohn |ac()b Wab-ath, born No\, 26, 1870, marrieti 
 i'lorente 1.. ^()ullij;, 1 )ec. 12, 1894, ami ha\e issue: Louisa 
 I'li/abeth, born l-'eb. 1 t, 1898, Robert ^()uno;, born Mav 
 2^, I ()oo, and Dorotlu I'deanor, born Aug. 11, 1901. 
 Resilience I'.ast Springtield, N\ ^'. 
 
 SvKia I'dizabeth Walrath, born [une 23, 1876, mar- 
 ried Dr. Phillip S, 'S'oung, |une ", 1899. Residence East 
 Springheld, N. ^ . 
 
 M \ ra Lo\ea Walrath, born June 9, 1879, died Dec. 
 2^^ 1881. 
 
 Robert Homer Walrath, born No\. 21, 1884. 
 ^. |ennie Shaul, third chihl ot Martha (Iilehrist Shaul, 
 born Ma\ 10, 1848, married |une 4, 1873, |ohn |. Lawrence. 
 Resides 598 L. 140 St., New ^()rk. Cit\'. Their children are: 
 
50 
 
 OUR COLOMAJ. ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 R. Warren r.awrencc, born Mav S, 1H74, married 
 Nellie I.ogan Lawson Oct. 18, 1 S99. Residence 598 
 East 1 40 St., New ^'<)rk City. 
 
 (-linton Kdvvard Lawrence, born April 16, 1880. 
 
 |()hn Jacob Lawrence, born N()\ . 1 -|., 1881. 
 
 4. Squire Gilchrist Shaiil, fourth child of ALirtha Gilchrist 
 Shaul, born |une 2^, 1850, married Oct. 4, 1871 Kmma 
 Wilcox ot" North Litchheld, N. ^'. Residence North Ikidge- 
 water, N. \'. Their children are: 
 
 Charles W. Shaul, born |an. 19, 1873, married Alice 
 i\L Carpenter, |an. 10, 1900. Residence Cass\ille, N. ^ . 
 Ha\'e one child, Herman Edward, born l^'eb. 10, 1901. 
 
 NLirtha H. Shaul, born Mav 4, 1874, married Edward 
 A. Miller ot Clinton N. Y., [une 1, 1899; thev have one 
 child. Bertha Louise, born August zH, 1901. 
 
 l^'rederich G. Shaul, born Nhirch 10, 1878, married 
 Louise NL Healev of Gretna, La., |une 26, 1901. Resi- 
 dence 30:5 Central Ave. West Hoboken, N. Y. 
 
 5. P. Lewis Shaul, born 18:56, died 1862. 
 
 IL Mar\' Ciilchrist was born April 15, 1824, twice 
 married, first |une 6, 1840, to |()hnson Whipple (one child, 
 Louise M.), again in December, 1861, to hW\\ NL Rice (one 
 child, I'Vanklin Sheldon). Her present home is 1{. Springfield. 
 ]^\ her hrst husband she had Louise \L Whipple, born Eeb- 
 ruarv 12, 1842, died December 16, 1893, married Sheldon 
 A. ^ oung, October 17, 1866. 1^\ her second marriage she 
 hail Lranklin Sheldon Rice, born October 3, 1866, died 
 August (), 1 8()8. 
 
Ol-R COF/)NI.\[. ANCESTORS AND THEIR^ DESCENDANTS. 51 
 
 111. C-hristophcr (jilchrist, born March ^o, 1H25, died 
 July -, i^!^^ Married Melissa Harwick, Noxemher 2^, 
 1.S54 (tour children, Louis, Annie, died Noung, Kittie and 
 lamest). kittle married Arthur Northrup, residence, CuUen, 
 \. 'N . i'.rnest niarrieil I.illie , one child, Marian. 
 
 1\. |ane A. (iilchrist, born |anuar\ ist, 1^27, married 
 John Scolhird, |anuar\ 1 S, 1S71. NO children. Residence, 
 E. SprinirfieKl, N. ^ . 
 
 \. Daniel (iilchrist, born November 21, 1S2S, married 
 Hannah I',. W'alrath, |anuar\ 2, 1866 (tour children, Louise 
 W'alrath, Martha Irene, L\ander Daniel and Addie Loxea ). 
 Residence ot Daniel (iilchrist, I'",. Springtiehi, N. "^ . Issue: 
 
 1. Louise W'alrath (iilchrist, born Dec. 10, 1 iS6<S. 
 
 2. Martha (Mattie) Irene (iilchrist, born Ma\ 16, 
 iiSji, ilieil in Nebraska, March 2^, iSqi. 
 
 ^. Daniel l''.\ ander (iilchrist, born |ul\ 27, 11X76. 
 
 4. Aildie Loxea (iilchrist, born |uiie 1 ^, 1878, 
 married I'.iiwin II. Marks, Dec. 1 .S, 1901. Residence 
 |ohnsto\\n, N. \ . 
 
 \'L l'",li/a (iilchrist, born l"eb. 28, 18^2, married 1"a an- 
 der \\ . Harnum, b"ebruar\ 2^, 1S60. Resilience, I'nion, 
 Cass (.ount\, Nebraska. Thex had issue: 
 
 I. Thomas (i. Barnum, born Mar. 28, 1861, married 
 November 8, 188;, Hattie A. Lollard (one child, X'ernie 
 L.), born No\. 24, i88_|.. Residence, Lnion, Cass Co., 
 Nebraska. 
 
 \ 11. Margaret A. Cilchrist, born August 1, 18^4, died 
 
52 OLR COLONIAL ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 February 28, 1896. Married Dexter J. Matteson, Jan. 16, 
 1861. Issue : 
 
 I. Exander W. Matteson, born Dee. 9, 1872, died 
 No\'. 17, 1894. 
 
 John Dutch kr, second child and eldest son of Christopher and 
 Martha Sloan Dutcher, born No\-. 15, 1807, died Nov. 4, 1875, 
 married Laura Rurlingamc, |an. ^o, 1830, who was born June 28, 
 1811, died April 23, 1844. C-hildren : Squire, Keziah, Louisa, 
 Marv, Monroe and |ohn. 
 
 Squire Dutcher, born Oct. 31, 1830, married Jennie 
 Brewster. (Ihildren: Bvram, De Forrest. 
 
 Ke/.iah Dutcher, born |an. 2:^, •''^S-^, married Daniel 
 Mason. Children: Alma, Edric, Laura, Linus. 
 
 Louisa Dutcher, born July 17, 1833, married Adrial Par- 
 shall, (^diildren: |ohn Adelbert, Belle and Claud Parshall. 
 John Adelbert married Olive Clark. ikdle married Curtis 
 Barnum. Claud married Lena Snedicker. 
 
 .\larv Dutcher, born |an. 21, 1837, married Horace 
 Pierce. Children: Arthur W'., Laura. 
 
 Monroe Dutcher, born Oct. 7, 1839, married Jennie 
 Gates. No children. 
 
 |()hn Dutcher, jr., born April 2, 1844, married Fliza 
 Phillips. No children. Married second wife Aug. 7, 1S96, 
 Elizabeth Skinion, born Mav i, 1864. 
 
 C-HRisi ophkr Dli'chkr, N'oungest son ot Christopher and Martha 
 Sloan Dutcher, was born )ulv 15, 1815, died September 14, 1893, 
 married Roxic Baird, October 11, 1838, who died April 4, 1883. 
 1 hev had issue Jerome VV., I>ewis VV., Ahirtha F., Esther W. 
 
OIR t()Lf)NI.\L ANCKSTORS AND THl.IR DKSCKNDANTS. 53 
 
 I. JcroiiK- \\ ., horii August i, 1H39, died )ul\ 16, 1901. He 
 married (iertrude M. Hurlingame, l"ehruar\ 4, 1858. Thex hud 
 issue: 
 
 I. aura Dutelier, horn Mareh 20, 1859. 
 Cdiristopher Duteher, horn April 11, 1S61. 
 Anna Duteher, horn |une 8, 186^, died |ul\ -, 1901. 
 Ihomas M. Duteher, horn Aug. 4, 1864. 
 Wilham |. Duteher, horn Septemher :;, 18-1. 
 
 II. I.ewi^ W ., horn August 6, 1843, marrietl I'ninia D. Moone, 
 Septemher jS, i S()4, at Hartwiek Seminar\, where the\ now ( i(}02) 
 reside. She was horn Dee. 29, 18:^9. 'l'he\ had issue horn at 1{. 
 SpringheKi : 
 
 Lewi^ Iklden, horn No\. 23, 186:;, marnetl Dee. 30, 
 I S94, to (I'raii' \l. Strail, Sthoharie (U). No children. He 
 is a Lutheran eiergv man. His lirst eharge was l'"re\ shush, 
 \l<intgomer\ (m)., N. ^ ., hom April, i8()3, to April, 1899. 
 His present charge is Stone Arahia, sinee 1 89(j. He was 
 graduated from Hartwiek Seminar\ m iS()i. 
 
 Arthur W inlield, horn Dee. 2, 1867, died )ul\ 27, 1899. 
 
 I'Ved (Christopher, horn Aug. 26, 1869, married Hannah 
 judkins, ol \\'esth)rd, Mareh 2", 1899. I'hex had issue, 
 Arthur \\ ., horn \la\ 7, 1901. I'red C is a tanner and re- 
 sides at Hartwiek Seminary. 
 
 I'he tollowintr ehildren horn at Hartwiek Seminarx : 
 
 I'.mma Louise, horn August 30, 1873, married Alfred 
 Churchill Clark, No\. 8, 1898. Residenee California. 
 
 Martha Esther, horn l\-h. 19, 1876, died h'eh, 9, 1879. 
 Ralph Lee, horn April 16, 1877, died Aug. 10, 1877. 
 
54 <)l R C'()1,()N1AL ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 111. Martha \\., born April i <S, i(S50, married Theodore L. 
 (Jroiit, I'ehniarv 19, iSq2,died ]u\\ 17, 1^95. No issue. 
 
 1\. l\srher M., horn Mav 10, 1^53, married Theodore L. Grout, 
 Oetoher (S, 1H73, died Deeember 26, 1883. Thev had issue: 
 1{\ erett 1"., horn October 17, 1879. 
 Edwin D., born No\ember 4, 1882. 
 M \R\ Di'-rcHKR, ninth child ot fohn and Svlvia (Beardslev) 
 Dutcher, born March 2, 1796, died February 16, 1882, married 
 April, 1821, to [ohn Mckillip, born 1790, died December 24, 
 1845. C'diildren: 
 
 Daniel Beardslev, born June, 1822, died Oct. 17, 1900. 
 Deborah Elizabeth, born Sept, 1825, died l''eb. 26, 1867. 
 Joseph Gabriel, born November, 1828. 
 |ohn Archibald, born 1834, drowned juK' 22, 1865. 
 Kkzia Dltchkr, ele\enth child of John and S\l\ia (Beardslev) 
 Dutcher, born at Gherrv Vallev, March 14, 1800, died October 4, 
 1878, married April 28, 1822, Benjamin Da\ is, born at Burlington, 
 N. )., October 5, 1795, died March 2^, i860. G.hildren: 
 Hannah Elizabeth, born Dec. 16, 182^. 
 William Alonzo, born )une 16, 1828; died Mav 21, 1843. 
 Marv |ane, born June 22, 1831, died Oct. 30, 1898, 
 married Amos Latimer Swan, No\. 12, 1873, who died Sept. 
 4, 1881. No children. 
 
 Harriet Keziah, born Sept. 3, 1833, died Mav 20, 1843. 
 Benjamin Bruce, born Feb. 12, 1836, died Now 1, 1880, 
 married December 2^, 1872, Mrs. Sophia Daxidson. 
 
 )os. Warren, born Oct. 20, 1837, died Aug. 19, 1883, 
 married April 2H, 1880, Sarah A. Nellis. 
 
 Gatl-iarine S\ 1\ ia, born Dec. 19, 1841, married Now 12, 
 
OLR eoi.ONIAl. ANCKSTORS AM) IHKIR DKSCKNDANl-S. 55 
 
 1H73, Almond Hrouii, who died March 7, 1893. Children: 
 lk'ii)amin Davis Hrown, born Auu;. ig, i<S74. 
 I'.dirh |uan Hrown, horn April 12, i<S76. 
 Marv I^lizabcth Hrown, horn h'cb. 2, i<S79. 
 Sylvia Hrow 11, born March ;;o, 1884. 
 
 Deborah W'hiik Dttchkr, rhirtccnrh child of jolm and Sylvia 
 ( Ik-ardslcN ) Dntchcr, born Ann;. 1:;, 1804, died Oct. 24, 1868, was 
 married Sept. 2:;, 182^, to William l)a\ is, born April 6, 1801, died 
 jiilv 22, 187C). I heir children are: 
 
 1. )ose[Wi Dutcher Davis, born Sept. 9, 1827, died Sept. 1 (), 
 186^, married Aug. :;, 18-0, Martha I.. Howe. 
 
 II. W dliam Kirbv Davis, born Jan. ^1, 1829, liied l'\'b. 25, 
 1887, married Aug. ij, i'^^^, Anna H. NOstine. 
 
 III. Lewis benjamin Davis, born Oct. 26, 1830, died |unc 13, 
 I ()0 I . 
 
 i\. |ohn l.eonanl Davis, born Nov. 3, 18^4, died Aug. 14, 
 1900, married Dec". 20, 18-f), Louisa Hanenstein. 
 
 \'. NLirv Heardslev Davis, born l"eb. :?, 1 8 >-, died Dec. 24, 1 843. 
 
 \ I. Ilannah Ann Davis, born |an, 21, 1840, married Sept. 7, 
 1865, Irustman H. Totten. 
 
 ParCCfOr Garr DUtCbCr, eighth child of John and Svlvla (Beards 
 lev) Dutcher, was born |anuar\ ^, 1794, at Cherry \a!le\, Otsego 
 ("■-ountv. New ^ ork. lie died I'cbruarv 18, 1867. He purchased 
 a firm in Springfield, in the same countv, on which he resided until 
 1846, when he removed to Seneca, Ontario County, New ^ ork. 
 
 His whole life was spent in a quiet way in the cultivation of his 
 firm with no tiesire f)r public life. He ami his wife were members 
 
56 OIR COLONIAL AN'CESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 of the Prcsb\ rerian C-hurch in which thcv were earnest and active 
 workers. 
 
 He married, Dec. 31, i (S 2 i , Johanna Low hVink, horn |ulv 2, 
 I 802, died September 7, 1881, while on a \isit at Roseboom, Otsego 
 Countv, New "^ Ork, within a mile of the place where she was born. 
 
 She was a daughter of Stephen h'rink of Connecticut, a descend- 
 ent probabU in the fifth generation of Lieutenant John h'rink of 
 Stonington. 
 
 Lieutenant (ohn bVink was an carlv settler of Stonington, C^ionn. 
 In the contract for building the new meeting-house, October, 1680, 
 (ohn hVink of Stoninirtoif and Kdward De Wolf of L\'nn were called 
 ni to \ lew the work and arbitrate betv\ecn the builders and people. 
 He was formerh of Roxburx', NLiss. 
 
 In October, 1696, Lieutenant Thomas LiiTingwill of Norwich 
 and Sergeant [ohn Frink of Stonington, mo\'ed the General Court 
 "that the\ , with the rest of the Lnglish \()lunteers in former wars, 
 might ha\ c a plantation granted to them." A tract of land six miles 
 square was granted in answer to their request, "to be taken up out 
 of some of the conquered land," its bounds prescribed and settle- 
 ment regulated b\' persons appointed bv the court. '^ "^^ A large 
 part of the tract thus granted is now comprised in the town of 
 N'oluntown, Windham Countv. 
 
 July I, 1701, the grantees met in Stonington to make arrange- 
 ments for surxev and appropriation. Richard Rushnell was chosen 
 clerk of the companv, and desired to make out a list of names of 
 volunteers and also to make entrv of such votes as should be passed. 
 'Fhomas Liftingwill, |ames A\ erv, 'John Ffinh, and Richard Smith 
 were chosen as committee "to pass all that should ofi'er themscKes 
 as volunteers." 
 
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oik (.Ol.OMAI. ANC'KSrORS AND IHKIR DHSCKNDAN IS. 
 
 57 
 
 I Ik- I'riiiks sL-ttlcd probabK in Pc^mtrct and Stcrlino;, Windham 
 C'.onntx, a> rlic name appears quite trequenth on the records. I'rom 
 the foregoing record it is evident that J.ieutenant |ohn I'rink ser\ etl 
 in tile I'rench ami Indian War. 
 
 That the i'rink^ were ot an excellent tamiK' is show n in the fact 
 that the\ were nniteii h\ marriage to the best families in New Lon- 
 don ('.()unt\. In "()hl llonses of the Antient Town of Norwich" 
 bv Mar\ !■.. I'crkins, page 4.0, is the following: 
 
 "Col. '/edekiah Huntington, born in Norwich, 1696, married 
 I - I (), llannah Trink, whom we belie\e to lie a daughter of Samuel 
 and llannah (Miner) I'Vmk of Stonington, C-onn." 
 
 ('apt. Nathan I'rink, probabK son or grandson of Lieut. John 
 I'^rink, was one of the most brilliant law\ers in Windham CountN. 
 lie was for some \ears King Attornex tor the (^ount\, and stooil 
 \er\ high in the commnnit\. 
 
 Stephen I'rink, born )anuar\ 1 S, 1--7, died |annar\ 1 1, i860, 
 the lather of |()hanna Low I'rink (wife of Parcefor Carr Dutcher), 
 married in 1796, Ann Low, daughter of Capt. Peter Low. 
 
 C'.api. Peter Low, born |anuar\ 4, 1750, died April 10, 1820, 
 was the son of (iornelius Low, who in |--'8, had a grant of 2:50 
 acres of' laml in Hraiulnille, Somerset Countv, N. j. He ser\ ed 
 with honor in the war of the Revolution. He entered the arm\ as 
 private in Capt. Ten lAck's Companx, promoteil h'irst Lieutenant 
 (".apt. Stvles (:ompan\, |ul\ t, i--(), I'irst Lieutenant (^.ol. Thomp- 
 soiLs Pattalion, "Detat heil Militia," |ul\ iS, 1776, also b'irst Lieu- 
 tenant Continental \rm\, "New |ersey Line," and was afterwards 
 promoted Captain. He was in manv important engagements and 
 commanded a companv at the Pattle of Monmouth. He resiiled at 
 
58 Ol R COI.ONIAI, ANt'ESrORS AND THKIR DHSCENDAN TS. 
 
 North Branch, Somerset Clounty, N. |., and in i 7 S S m<)\ ed to 
 (;herr\ \alle\, Otsego C-ountv, Ncv\' ^'ork. He married, b^-bniarv 
 26, '77<S, |ohanna Ten luck, born October 30, 1 7 5 i , died J ul\- 
 17, »H^4, daughter of Mattvs (or Matthew I'en liyck),son ot Jacob, 
 son of Matthew, son of Conradt I'en K\ ck. 
 
 Johanna Low's hrst husband was Peter Sutphin, wlio died in 
 1874, and bv whom she had two children, Peter, born December 
 I g, 1770, and Pleanor, born June 9, 177^^. 
 
 Conraedt Ten I'Ack, the ancestor, emigrated from Amsterdam, 
 Holhmd, to America, in '650, and h)cated in New ^'ork C'.it\, 
 where he ow ned what is now called C'.oenties Slip. He died in New 
 ^ Ork (".it\, and his remains are supposed to ha\ e been interred be- 
 neath the old Dutch Reformed Church that stood on Nassau Street, 
 the present site of the New ^'(^rk Mutual Lite Lisurance C^ompanw 
 He married NLiria Hoele, who came with him from Holland, and bv 
 whom he had eleven children, among whom was Mdtt/ivs. 
 
 Matthvs 'Pen pAck, youngest child ot Conraedt and Maria (Hoele) 
 Ten lAck, was born in New \'ork Cit\-, ALiv 18, i65<S. At an 
 earlv age he removed to Old Hurlev, Ulster Countv, N. ^ ., where 
 he engaged in tarming and, to some extent, in the transportation 
 business on the Hudson river. He was a man ot influence and 
 prominence; was assessor ot the town 17.24, supervisor 172^, and 
 filled an important place in the communitv. He was one ot the 
 founders ot the Retormed (duirch ot iturlev. He died in 1741, 
 antl a humble stone in the burvino; iirouml at Hurlev villao-e marks 
 his resting place. He married )annikin, daughter ot Aldert Roosa, 
 another pioneer settler ot Hurlev, October 22^ 1679, and had 
 Albert, Andries, Conraedt, )acob, Abraham, W'vntie, Mariete, 
 (irietie, Ragilt. 
 

 
 
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Ol R COLONIAL ANCKSTORS AND IIILIR DKSC'KNDANTS. 59 
 
 Jacoh I cii I'.yck, son ot Martins, was horn in llurlcv, 1693. 
 ()n October jo, i~2^, he rcrci\ ccl In deed from his tarher, for the 
 eoiisideration ot ti\e hundred pounds eurrent mone\, fn e hundred 
 aeres ot hind on the northerK side ot' the North Uraneh ot tlie Rari- 
 tan ri\er, \. ). Me took up his residenee on the traet and added 
 eonsitlerahle to it. lie ereereil on it a one and a halt stor\ house 
 ot the oKl Duteh st\ le. lie married leniiina \'an Nest, dautrhter ot 
 [eronie \ an Ne^t, ot Sonurville, N. |,, and had issue, (aeob, Mat- 
 thew (or Mattlns), (^oeiirail, Peter, (lattren, |aen, llannah. He 
 dieil in I ~ T,, willinu; his propertx to his son )ac()h. 
 
 Mattlns, or Matthew Ten l'.\tk, son ot |aeoh, was iiorn in New 
 )erse\. Me married Nellie 1 unison and had a daughter, |ohannah, 
 horn ()(ii)lier ^;u, \ - :, \ , dieil |ul\ 1 -, i'^3+, who was married to 
 C-apt. I'eter Low, horn |anuar\ 4, 17:50, died April 10, 1820, whose 
 dauLrhter, Ann Low, horn No\emher 2~, I'jS, was the wite ot 
 Stephen I'rink, horn |anuar\ 1 N, 1777, married at (dierr\ \'alle\ m 
 17(^6, whose daughter, Johanna Low I'Viiik, was married to Lareetor 
 Carr 1 )ut( her,n,^.^ ,^.,„ln^.i- , , j S j 1. 
 
 win, ()!• \i\i riirxs riA tACK, 01- URinciKw atkr, so\ii:rsi: r co., \. j. 
 Date, September J(j, 17N3. ^ eoman [Liber N, l'\)lio 216]. 
 
 Wite: Nellie. 
 
 Sons : Aiulnes, I en 1{\ ek. 
 Nellie (iriggs to have maintainaiiee as long as she remains a single 
 \\ oman. 
 
 Daughters: Sarah, wite ot (iarret Lunison; Kebeeea; Arintc, 
 wite ot" |ohn Wootl; Nellie, wife ot (ierrebrant (^laoson, were ehild- 
 ren ot (.ornelius Williamson, ileeeased. 
 
 )()hanna, wite ot" Peter Low. (She was the widow ot Peter 
 Sutphin.) 
 
60 OLR COI.OMAl, ANC'ESrORS AND THEIR I3ESCENDANTS. 
 
 [can, wife of Peter Da\ is. 
 
 Fhebe, wife ot Simon Probasca. 
 
 (Jrand-daughter: Cornelia, daughter ot son Cornelius Ten Evck, 
 late dee'd. 
 
 It.xee.: Sons-in-law Peter Da\ is, Peter Low, Cieorge \'an Nest, 
 son ot Abraham and Andries \'an Nidelswarts. 
 
 Witnesses: )ohn Kintr and jaeob Jen P",\ek. 
 
 Probate, Ma\ 19, 171S4. 
 
 rhe ehildren ot Pareetor Carr Duteher and his w ite |ohannah 
 Low (I'Vink) Duteher were: 
 
 L Andrew DureHER, born August 29, 1822; married, Dec. 31, 
 I 8-|.6, Harriet NLirtin jenks. She died ]ul\' 25, i<S6o. He married 
 2nd, Oct. 2, 1862, Marion Colton Holton. 
 
 H. Silas H. Dltchkr, born |idv 12, 1829; married, Lebruar\- 10, 
 1859, Rebecca ). Alwaise. 
 
 HL Agnes Ann Duteher, born April 2, 1836; married, Sept. 
 22, 1857, Ldward Root. 
 
 \y. Harriet I'di/abeth Duteher, born Nov. 2, 1847; died I'^eb. 
 25, 1897. 
 
 ^ HndreW DUtCbCr, eldest son of Parcetor C. and Johanna Low 
 (l^'rink) Duteher, was born on August 29, 1822, at luist Springtield, 
 Otsego Countv, New ^"ork. He was educated in the public and 
 pri\ate schools ot Otsego C^ountv, New York. Jn the intervals ot" 
 attentiino; school, he worked on his tather's tarm, and atter tinishinu; 
 his education he continued tor some \'ears to work on the tarm in 
 summer, while teachino- school in winter. Thus he was eniraned 
 until 1844., when he went to Ontario, LaCJrange (^ount\, Indiana, 
 
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 OL R COl.OMAI. ANLKSIORS AND IHKIR DKSCKNDAN IS. 6i 
 
 and began tlic stu(i\ ot law. He was admitted to the bar at I'ort 
 \\'a\ne, huliana, in August i-Sq.^, and at onee began tlie praetiee of 
 tlie protes^ion. In i S^.- he was eleeted Prosecuting AttorneN tor 
 LaCirange (l<)unt\ tor three \ ears and ser\ ed that term, but on ae- 
 eount ot ill-health, deelinetl a re-eleetion. llis health ha\ing beeome 
 iiiueh impaired b\ elimatie influenees, he deeiileil to lea\e Indiana, 
 whieh he diii in i I^ ^ i , and removed to Irenton, New |erse\', where 
 he remaineil until i S6S, when he removed to I'.li/abeth, New )erse\, 
 and t'lnalK in 1.S76, he settled in New ^'()rk, in whieh eit\ he has 
 praetieeil law since 1 Sf),S. 
 
 While in Irenton, Mr. Dutcher was a member ot the Sehool 
 lioard and ot the Citv (.ouneil, ('.it\ Attorney and Captain ot a 
 Militar\ C.ompanN. lie was a member ot the State AssembK in 
 iS-f)-" and in the hitter \ear was Speaker ot the House. 
 I'rom iS-() to his resignation in iN^)^, he was Law Reporter tor the 
 Suiireme (^ourt ol New |erse\ and published li\e \olumes ot reports. 
 I'rom iS()j to I S(m^ he was ( lerk ot' the I'nited States Cireuit 
 Court ot" New jersev. In l.b/abeth, he was ('.it\ AttorneN, and held 
 ther municipal ollues, and in 1S-2 was a member ot the Legisla- 
 ure trom I'nion (.ount\. Mr. Dutcher was a practitioner in all the 
 ".ourts ot New |erse\, in both ei\ il and eriminal eases. 
 
 In I So I Ik- was assoeiated with the I'nited States Distriet Attor- 
 ne\ in the trial ot |ackalow tor murder eommitted on Long Island 
 Sound the chiet" issue- beinti whether the h'ederal (io\ernment or the 
 (io\ernment ot" New ^ Ork and ( '.onneetieut had jurisdietion oxer 
 those waters. He had eharge of the legal cpiestions arising in the 
 ease and ar<nied earnestK' in huor ot" the jurisdietion ot the l-'ederal 
 (;o\ernment. The ("ourt at t'lrst expressed an ad\erse opinion, but 
 iinallv sustained Mr. Duieher's \iews, and the prisoner was eon\ieted. 
 
62 OLR COLONIAL ANCESTORS AND THKIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 In i<S76, Mr. Dutchcr was counsel tor the property owners in the 
 great case concerning assessments tor street improvements in I'>li/,a- 
 beth and argued the case in the New Jersey C-ourt ot Error and Ap- 
 peals. That (^ourt invalidated the assessments according to Mr. 
 Dutcher's contentions, and the bankruptcx ot the city follovyed. B\' 
 this decision was o\'erruled a previous decision ot the Court in a case 
 in which the same legal questions were involved. 
 
 In New "S'ork, Mr. Dutcher has not practiced in criminal cases, 
 but has devoted himselt to the practice ot civ il lavy and real estate, 
 corporation and patent law in particular. In late years he has given 
 up litigated cases and contined his attention to otlice business, the 
 management and settlement ot estates and serv ices tor corporations. 
 He is counsel tor several corporations and is trequentlv consulted as 
 an authoritv on corporation law. He makes his home with his 
 nephew, De Witt \\ Dutcher, at 444 jgth St., Brooklyn, N. \. 
 
 Mr. Dutcher prepared his cases with extreme care; he sa\y 
 quickly the strong points ot his case; he was a sagacious examiner ot 
 witnesses and presented his evidence and the legal points with great 
 torce and clearness. His tairness and correctness in quoting prece- 
 dents commanded the contidence ot the higher courts and he was 
 alwavs listened to with respect in cases on appeal. He was a popu- 
 lar as well as torcible and convincing speaker, and his services were 
 in demand in every important political campaign, but duty to his 
 clients antl the large volume ot legal business prevented him trom 
 giving much attention to politics. 
 
 Andrew Dutcher, on December 31, i 1S46, married Harriet 
 Martin |enks, born August 7, i8 2-|., died |ulv 25, i(S6o; he subse- 
 quentK marrictl October 2, i<S62, Marion ('otton Holton, born 
 
OIR eol.OMAI, ANt'KSrORS AM) IlIKlk DKSCKNDAN IS. 63 
 
 \()\cmbcr 12, 1X42, and died l-"chniar\ 29, i(S(S4. Bv his first 
 marriage, he had issue: 
 
 Harriet )ane, horn December 29, 1851. 
 
 Alfred (iarr, horn October 12. i(S--, married October 1, 1 <S()6, 
 Atieha Inc. lie has been tor the past t\\ent\ \ears in the ser\ ite ot 
 the h'ederal (ioxernment antl is now connected with the Siir\e\()rs 
 I^epartment ot the N. ^. (lustoms. 
 
 Aiulrew Hehlen, born |anuar\ 6, I'S^iS, tlieii )ul\ 22, 1876. 
 
 H\ his secoml marriaire, he luul issue: 
 
 Marion llolton, born |ul\ 7, 1(867, niarried l\-bruar\ 11, 1890, 
 I'.duard ^ eomans, and tlieil April 1, 1890. 
 
 % Silas B. DUtCber, second child ..t" Parcetor C:arr and |ohannah 
 Low ( l"nnk ) l)utiher was liorn |ul\ 1 j, i82(), on his father's farm 
 on the shore of ()tst(ro Lake in the town of Snrino;tield, Otsego 
 ('.ount\, \. ^. Me attendeil the public schools near his father's 
 farm, suminei" and winter, from the age of tour until the age ot se\ en 
 \ears. After that he luul a little more schoolinu; in the winter season 
 ami one term at ('.a/eno\ia Seminar\". lie beii[an teachimr school 
 winters at the aire of sixteen ami tautrht e\ er\' winter until he was 
 tweni\-tw(), working on his father's farm clunng the balance of each 
 \ear. In the fall of i8-i, owing to a temporar\- loss ot his xoice 
 which prevented him from teaching, he found einplo\inent at rail- 
 road construction and soon became a station agent and subseipientK' 
 a conductor, and for more than than three \ ears was emplo\ed on 
 the railwa\ from I'.lmira to Niagara i'alls. New ^ ork. lie then went 
 to New ^()rk (.it\ and entered mercantile business, to which he 
 de\oteil his energies from 18^5 to 1868. During this time he 
 
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 OIR COI.OMAI, ANCKSroRS AND THKIR DKSCKNDANTS. 
 
 passed through the panics of i <^ 5 7 ^^nd i iS6o without scxerc mistor- 
 tiinc. Ill i(S6S he was appointed Super\isor ot Internal Re\eniie, a 
 position whicli he at hrst declined, but was urged to accept bv Wil- 
 liam Orton and other friends. Against his own judgment, and, as 
 e\'ents proxed, greatK to the detriment of his financial interests, he 
 took the office. He was unable to give attention to business, his 
 partner was not equal to its management, and he soon discoxered 
 that all he had accumulated b\ twehe xears of hard work was scat- 
 tered and gone, and he VA'as obliged to sell the real estate he owned 
 to meet his liabilities. 
 
 I'A en as a bo\ he had been more or less interested in politics. 
 His grandfather was a Democrat and Silas was often called upon to 
 read his Democratic newspaper to him; his father was a Whig and 
 the result was that he had opportunit\' to learn something of the 
 claims of both parties at an earlv age. Before he was twentx-one, 
 he became interested in the question of freedom or the extension of 
 slavery in the territories, the most \ital question of that day, and 
 while yet little more than a boy, in i (S^cS, did some ef^ecti\ e cam- 
 paign speaking for (icneral TaN'lor. 
 
 When he vyent to Neyv \ Ork, Mr. Dutcher resoKed to haxe 
 nothing to do with acti\ e politics, but the breaking up of a Repub- 
 lican meeting in the Hleecker Building in the Ninth Ward brought 
 him out most decisi\el\' and he was quite acti\e politically from i8^6 
 to i(S6i. In i<S", he was President of the Ninth Ward Republi- 
 can Association, in icS 58-^9 he was Chairman of the ^ Ouno; Men's 
 Republican Committee, and in 1 S60 he was President of the Wide- 
 awake Association. During the year last mentioned, he became a 
 member of the l^oartl of Super\isors of the Countv of New ^()rk. 
 His business demandetl his attention and there were other reasons 
 
0( R COl.OMAI, AN(.-KSI()RS AM) THKIR DKSCKNDAN IS. 65 
 
 \\h\-, in rlu' tall of 1S61, he mox cd to BrookKii in onkr to scncr his 
 rchirions with that body. Williaiii \1. Tweed was a nieiiiber of the 
 l^oard at that time, and began to de\ elop some of the schemes w hieh 
 e\entiiallv caused his downtall. Mr. Dntcher was not willing toxote 
 ignorantly on an\ tjuestion nor to act upon the representations of 
 other memliers, who, he believed, held their personal interests abo\ e 
 the interest^ ot the t()nnt\. As a resident ot HrookKn, he again re- 
 soKeil to keep out ot politics, l-)ut the riots ot" icS6:^ brought him in 
 close relations with active Republicans, and he tound himself atiain 
 in political harness. Nominated for (iongress from the Second Dis- 
 trict of New ^ ork in 1N70, he was defeated, although he proved his 
 popularitx In reducing the nominal Democratic majoritv in the dis- 
 trict b\- about 4,000 and running about one thousand ahead of the 
 Republican candidate lor (Governor. 
 
 lie held the otiicc ot Su per\ isor ot Intciiial Revenue iS6(S-iS-2, 
 a period of lour vears, at lirst under ajipoint ment In Hugh McCad- 
 loch, the Secretarv of the Treasurv, and later under appointment bv 
 President (irani. In November, i^^"-', he was appointed I nited 
 State-^ I'eiiMon Agent, resigning that olhce in 1H7- to accept a posi- 
 tion in theemplov of the Metropolitan Lite I iisurance ("-ompanv , w hich 
 he held until a ji pom ted I nited States .\ppraiser of the Port of New 'S Ork 
 In President (iiant m March, iS--, which hit ter [position he held until 
 i<S(So. lie was the Superinteiuicnt of Public W Orks of the State of 
 New ^ ork, iSSo-S^, appointed In (lovernor (a)rnell. At the close 
 of his term m the last named otlice. President Arthur recpiested him 
 to accept the othce of Conimissioner of Internal Revenue, to which 
 he replied that he had held ollice tor fourteen vears and all he had to 
 show tor that service was a tew old clothes; that if he accepted the 
 position tendered him and held it one or more vears, he would retire 
 
66 OUR COLONIAL ANCPLSTORS AND THKIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 with about the same quantit\ of old ch)thes as he had in the begin- 
 ing and so much older and less a\ailable for other business; and that 
 the remainder of his life must be de\'oted to making sc^nc pro\'ision 
 for his wife anti children, and consequentU he must decline further 
 office-holding. 
 
 He was a member of the Charter Commission which framed the 
 Charter of (jreater Ne\\' York, appointed b\- Cjo\ ernor Morton; and 
 was appointed a manager of the Long Island State Hospital bv Gov- 
 ernor Black and re-appointed bv Governor Roose\ elt. He was a 
 Whig from nS^o to 1H55, and became a Repid^lican at the organi- 
 zation of that partw After locating in l^rookKn, lie was Chairman 
 of the Kings C.ountv Republican Committee for four vears; a mem- 
 ber of the Republican State Committee for manv vears, and was 
 Chairman of the Republican Executi\e Committee of the State in 
 1876. He ser\ ed as a delegate to se\'eral Republican National Con- 
 \entions and was on the stump in everv presidential campaign from 
 i.S + S to 1888. 
 
 From the time he became a resident of l^rookKn until the con- 
 solidation was consummated, Mr. Dutcher was an ad\-ocate of the 
 Consolidation of BrookK 11 and New ^ ork. As a member for fcnir 
 vears of the Hrookh n Board of Education, he exerted all his influence 
 for the advancement of the public schools. As a member of the 
 Charter Commission for Greater New York, he labored earnestlv to 
 secure equal taxation and home rule for the pidilic schools, believing 
 that the sxstem and management in Brooklvn were better than in 
 Manhattan, and better than an\ other in the proposed Greater 
 New York. No work of his life has o;i\ en him more satisfaction than 
 the results in the charter on those two points. He has also taken 
 an active interest m Sunda\- School aflairs, and was Superintendent 
 
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OIR COLONIAL ANCKS TORS AM) IHKIR DKSCKNDAXrS. 67 
 
 tor ten years ot the 'rweirtli Street Reformed C-hureh Simdav 
 Sehool, at a time when it was one ot the hirgest sehools in the State. 
 
 Mr. Diiteher resumed business to some extent in i<SS-, w lien he 
 formed a eo-partner^-hip with W . 1.. lulmister in a tire and marine 
 insuranee agenev whieh still exists. He was one of the Charter 
 Trustees of the I'nion Dime Saxiims institution of Xew ^()rk Cit\, 
 organized I'^^f), and heeame President of that Institution in i<S(S^, 
 ami is now the onl\ one of the Charter i'rustees remainintr in the 
 i^oanl. lie has been for twent\-li\e \ears a Direetor in the .\ietro- 
 poiitan Life ln>-uraiue Compain, is a member of the Cdiamber of 
 Commeree, a i)ireetor in the (larfield Safe Deposit Compaiu" ami 
 tile (I'oodwm (^ar (iompaiu. 
 
 lie Is a member of the Dutch i-leformeti (diureh, i reasurer of 
 the iirookUii i^ible Societv, one of the maiumers of the Soeietx for 
 Improving the (.oiuiition of the l*oor, a member of the i^rookKn 
 and iiamilton Clubs, and of the Masonic i'"raternit\ , and he was 
 {'resident of the Assoeiation of brookKii Masonie \ eterans in 1 (S96. 
 
 in the spring of iS()i, he was inxiteil to and aeeepted the {'res- 
 ident \ of the Iiamilton i rust (',ompan\, whieh position he now^ 
 lioitis. iiis resilience is No. -|.()b i bird Street, i^rookKn. 
 
 Mr. Dutther has never lieen an applieant for an\ olhce that he 
 lias filled either uniier the (io\ernment or in jiri\ate eorporations. 
 
 Ihe following etlitorial apjieareii in the i^rookKn DaiK i'.agle of 
 |ul\ 12, I Hc)C), and testifies to the position Mr. i )utelier has aehie\ etl 
 ami lioKls in the esteem and afleetions of the people of i^rookKn: 
 
 sK\•l•.^■r^■ ^"l•.ARS \nvsc,. 
 '''{"hose \vho ha\e attaineil the age of sexeiitv vears, as a rule, at- 
 test the fait of a sound eonstitution and a well-spent life. Ihe one 
 
68 ()L R COLONIAL ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 is a hne inheritance. The other is a hne record. Inheritance and 
 record both are the possession of the well-know n Hrooklvnitc, Presi- 
 dent Silas 1^. Dutcher of the Hamilton IVust Company. He was 
 born seventy years ago to-day. 
 
 ''He at once becomes a hope and a vindication. A hope he is 
 to those who would equal his claim to respect and regard, who 
 would match him in mental and bodilv yigor, when they reach his 
 present years. A \indication he is to those who seek tor examples 
 to prove that three score years and ten mav be really the best period 
 of a man's life. Mr. Dutcher very likely never thought ot himself, 
 either as a hope or as a vindication. He has been too busy to do so. 
 That tact is one of the reasons why he is both. Life takes care ot 
 the tame of those who are more concerned with duty than distinc- 
 tion, for distinction is a consequence best following from tidelity, energy 
 and wisdom. it is the aroma of a career, when the career is what 
 it ought to be. 
 
 "The Eagle has obtained from Mr. Dutcher a pleasant and inter- 
 esting statement of his experiences and ot his opinions. What he 
 says is verv instructi\e. He was an effecti\'e school teacher, when 
 school teaching was but a help toward something else. He was an 
 employe of a railroad in a business capacity and that intr(Hluced him to 
 more extended and fruitful employments. He well served others, 
 until he acquired opportunity to become master ot undertakings on 
 his own account. And then important institutions in succession en- 
 trusted to his hands and brain the executive control ot their own 
 aftairs. Increasing work seasoned his capacities. His character and 
 ability together created and augmented in others confidence m him. 
 But at no time, whether in public or business employments, has he 
 
OLR COLONIAL ANCLSTORS AM) IHLIR DLSCKNDAN TS. 6q 
 
 let go of the shcL't-aiuhor of a pri\ ate business of his own. Influence 
 uiul iiulepeiulenee ha\e thus gone hand-in-haiui in his ease. 
 
 '' The man's political career has been one to note w ith respect. 
 He has alwavs acted with the organization ot the part\ ot his preterence, 
 but he has escaped the reproaches of that organization and e\ er\' of- 
 lice which has come to him has added power to his part\ and assured 
 honor to himself. Heside, he has ne\ er become dependent on political 
 office. It has hatl grave need of him. He has not had \ital need 
 ot it. Not that its emoluments ha\e not been agreeable and helpful. 
 I hc\ \\ ere, ami the\ were as appreciated as deserved. But e\ er\ public 
 emploNiiient he has held has been a business emplo\ment. He 
 lilleil e\ er\ one in a wa\ to pro\ e his fitness tor pri\ ate emplo\ inent. 
 rhe iiortals ot business opened to him often because of his elhciencv 
 in public service. His life exhibits a union or an alternation of 
 public and private service which is creditable to citizenship. 
 
 " \l()ieo\ er, he ow ed no start to favor or to relationship. 1 le hew ctl 
 his own path, maile or toiind his own opportunities, and improveel 
 them as thev came. l^ut he ditl not neglect the better thiims than 
 success, such as education, culture, and the other strengthening and 
 graceful aids that sta\ b\ one forever, that render association refin- 
 ing, experience enlarging, intimacv uplifting, consultation helpful, 
 reading a delight and leisure rhe recreation time of mind and heart. 
 He is an accurate scholar, an effective speaker, a practical political 
 economist, a wise counsellor, one who has reached the threshhold of 
 age without a touch of grossness or a trace of vice or a hint of 
 dec repitude. 
 
 " The I'.agle congratulates him on his friendships and his \ ears, 
 and trust'^ that life max vet have main happv davs and inciting 
 duties 111 reserv e for him. 
 
70 OL'R COLONIAL ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 Mr. Diitchcr, on Fcbruarv i o, i<S59, inarried Rebecca )act)bs 
 Alwaise, born )anuar\ 6, 1837, a daughter of |ohn Alvvaise of New 
 York Citv, who was a grands(Hi of John Alwaise, a French Huguenot 
 who came to l^hikuielphia in 1 740. Her grandmother was a de- 
 scendant of )ohn Bishop, who came from l^nghmd in 1645 ^^'''*-^ ^*-''^~ 
 tied at Woodbridge, New jersey. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Silas Belden Dutcher ha\ e had eight children, as 
 follows: 
 
 De Witt Parcefor, luiith Mav, Malcolm Belden, lUsic Rebecca, 
 Mvra Harriet, |essie Ruth, Edna Grace and l^va Olive. 
 
 De Witt Parcefor, eldest son of Silas B. and Rebecca }. Dutcher, 
 born at :; 1 Horatio St., New York Citv, March 1 <S, i ,S6o, married 
 September 12, i(S82, Grace Kmilv luirman, born September (S, i860. 
 He is a member of the l^rooklvn Citv Guard, known as Company 
 G, Twentv-third Regiment, National Guard, Xew ^'ork. He has 
 been connected with that regiment for twentv-three years, during 
 which period he has participated in all the ser\ ice of the regiment, 
 including duty in strikes at l^ufl'ah^ Brooklvn and Albany, and in 
 manv interesting celebrations, among which mav be named, (^-enten- 
 nial P-vacuation Da\ Parade in 1883, the Bridge Opening in 1884., 
 and the (Vuadri Centennial in 1893. He was also with his regiment 
 at the funeral ceremonies of President U. S. (irant in New York in 
 1885. 
 
 He has been for twentv years in the General Appraiser's Depart- 
 ment of the Federal (io\ernment. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. De Witt P. Dutcher ha\e children as follows: 
 
 Robert Rov Dutcher, born at Pearsalls, N. Y., May 26, 
 18S4. He is a member of the l^rookKn ('it\ Guard, known as 
 
Ol R COLONIAL ANCLMORS AND TULIK UKSCKNDAN LS. 71 
 
 Companv C;, rwciUx -third Regiment National Guard, New 
 'S ork. At the age ot htteen, he paraded with tlie Twentx -third 
 Regiment in the Admiral I)eue\ parade, marehing direetlv in 
 the rear ot his father. 
 
 Myra (iraee, l)orn in IkookKn, I'eliruarv 22, 1 S92. 
 
 'I'hev reside in their own house, No. 444 -9th St., Rrooklvn. 
 
 I'.dith \Ia\, second ehikl of Silas H. and Reiietea |. Dutcher, 
 horn in HrookKn, \la\ 16, 1 S6_|.. 
 
 She hail a inusieal eilmation ami was tor ten \ears the contralto 
 soloist in two ot the leailing churches ot" HrookKii. 
 
 Maliolm Ikliien, third child ot" Silas W. and Rebecca |. Hutcher, 
 horn in llrookKii, l'ehruar\ 22, iS"^, married October 1, 1901, 
 lulith Swarihoul, born l)i.iend)er 1 ^, 1S74. 
 
 lie was u;raduatetl troin the C^iNil iMKrineerintr course at the I'oK- 
 tethim In^titule al the age ot nineteen, and immediateU engaged 
 in the busniess ot I'lre and Marine ln>^lIralKe Hrokerage. 
 
 lie enlisted in Compaiu ("., TwentN-third Regiment, National 
 (iuard. New ^ ork, the same \ear, and was elected Lieutenant with 
 the lirst change ot ('.aptain alter his eidistment. lie has participated 
 in all the ser\ ice ot the regiment, incbuling dut\' during the strikes 
 m nrookUii ami Albaiu. 
 
 lU has been attue m Sunda\ School work ami is Superintentl- 
 cnt ol the Sunda\ School ot the Memorial I'resln terian Church. 
 
 I'dsie Rebecca, touith thild ot Silas H. ami Rebecca ). Dutcher, 
 born in HrookKii, \la\ ^o, ''"^"-f, married No\ ember 10, 1896, 
 ,-5k'Har\e\ |. (idmour, born No\ember 2C), 1(867. ''^'^*-' '^^^^ been a 
 teacher in a Mission Suiula\ School tor the past ten \ears. 
 
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 72 01 R COLONIAL ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 • 1 1 Aaa;t) 1 • 1 1 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. (jilmoiir ha\c one- child'yiAV. 
 
 Neil, horn October 27, \Hcjj.OSlou^ {rvyv^ (^c. . x^ , l<j ^ 
 Mvra Harrier, hfth child ot Silas H. and Rebecca |. Dutcher, 
 horn in Brooklyn, [anuarv 16, 1877, died September 20, i8g2. 
 
 fessie Ruth, sixth child ot Silas Helden and Rebecca | Dutcher, 
 born in l^rookKn, juneg, 1S78. She v\as graduated from the l^rook- 
 Ivn High School and de\'otes much time to Sunday Sehool work. 
 
 Edna Cirace, tvcin daughter ot Silas B. and Rebecca |. Dutcher, 
 born in Brooklvn, February 1::, 1880, died in Albany, March 10, 
 1882. 
 
 1^\ a Oliye, twin daughter ot Silas B. and Rebecca ). Dutcher, 
 born m l^rookhn, l^'ebruary 15, 1880. She has been \er\' studious, 
 is especially tond ot the dead languages, and vyas graduated trom 
 Barnard College in 1902. 
 
 Agnes Ann, third child ot Parcetor Carr and fohannah Low 
 (1^'rink) Dutcher, born April 2, 18:^6, at Springiield, Otsego C^ounty, 
 N. v., married at Senaca, Ontario County, N. Y., on September 22, 
 1857, luiward Root, born at Cazeno\ ia, N. \ ., March 24, 1829, 
 died at Chittenango, N. Y., I'ebruary 5, 187^. 
 
 Mrs. Root has been an in\'alid most ot the time tor the past ten 
 years and much ot that time unable to help herselt in the slightest 
 degree. 
 
 For li\ e and a halt \ears — trom 1897 to 1902 — she was most 
 ot the time utterly helpless, unable to make an\' use ot her hands 
 whate\'er, and vyas ted by others like a child. She was quite as help- 
 less in her lower limbs. She had no hope ot rcco\ er\ and calmh" 
 avyaited death to put an end to her sutlcrings and relieve her triends 
 ot the burden and care. In the early part ot 1902 she began slowly 
 
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OIR e'OI.OMAI. ANX'ESrORS AM) THKIR DKSCENDAN IS. 73 
 
 improving aiui gradualK rcco\crcil the use of her hands ant] arms, 
 so a> to he able to teed herselt and resume her oKl emph)\ments of 
 knitting and sew ing, and at the same time she partialh' reeo\ ered the 
 use ot her h)\\er limbs. Her hopes were reneweti and she began to 
 feel that she had a new lease of life. She was overwhelmed with a 
 sen^e ot gratitude tor this speeial mark of Divine favor. During her 
 long perioil ot ^utlering she was at all times an example ot Christian 
 patienee ami resignation. She eould truthtullv sav, '' l-'or to live is 
 Cdirist , to die is gain." 
 
 W'iiile her sufferings have been most severe, she is alwavs cheerful, 
 meeting her tamilv and friends with a pleasant smile and ever vield- 
 ing in humble submission to the Divine W ill. 
 
 Mr. ami Mrs. Root had thihlien as foHows: 
 
 Hannah luriie!- Root, |ohn Duteher Root, Alfred lulward Root. 
 
 Hannah lurner Root, ehiest ehilil of I'.dward and Agnes A. 
 ( 1 )uic liei ) Root, born Mav (), 1 S :; (j, at C.a/enov la, diet! at ( diittenango, 
 Decend>er ^o, iSS(). She marrieil Ihomas Coon Hassett at Chitte- 
 nango, N. N ., |ulv 14, 1 SSo. rhe\' had one chiltf, Ihomas I'.dward 
 Hassett, born at ( hiflenamro, Mav 1 S, iSSi. 
 
 |ohn Duteher Root, seeoiui child ot I'.ilward and Agnes A. Root, 
 born at ( '.a/enov ia, N. ^ , \|-»ril 19, i(S62, married Lillie Ann Law- 
 rence, November 4, iiS<S5, at Oneida, New ^ ork. 1 hex have one 
 ehihl, I'.arl Comstock Root, born December, 1886. 
 
 Altred I'.dward Root, voungest son of luiwarti and Agnes A. 
 Root, liorn in Rrooklvn, N. ^ ., October 26, 186^. He married 
 Beatrice Kellogg W'alrath, October 26, 1886, at C-hitteiiango, N. ^ ., 
 who liieil at Cdiittenango, N. "S., September 26, 1896. Ihev had 
 one child, Beatrice KelloiiiJ W'alrath Root, born at Chittenano;o, Sep- 
 tembcr 2:;, 1 8()(), who died March _:50, 1900. 
 
74 OUR COLONIAI, AN'CESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDAXrS. 
 
 Alfred Edward Root married Clara Al\ ira Morgan, his second 
 wife, on August 9, iSgg, at C-obleskill, N. Y. 
 
 Alfred l^dward Root carries on a department store at Chitten- 
 ango, N. ^ .; his brother, [ohn Dutcher Root is associated with him. 
 
 Harriet lUizabeth, youngest child of Parcefor Carr and [ohannah 
 Low (iM-ink) Dutcher, was born in Seneca, Ontario Countv, N. Y., 
 on No\ember 2, 1 t^ + j. 
 
 The last fifteen years of her life were dexoted to Hospital and 
 Mission Serxice. She was graduated from the Belle\ue Hospital 
 Training School and was Matron of the Emergency Department of' 
 that Institution for two years. She vyas then called to the Sloan 
 MaternitN Hospital, which she opened, and of which she was Super- 
 intendent and Matron for fi\'e years, when her health failed. She 
 then ga\e her attention wholly to mission work among the poor un- 
 til she reco\'ered her health. 
 
 In August, I1S95, she became Matron and Superintendent of the 
 Flushing Hospital, where she remained until her death on l^\'bruar\ 
 
 25, 1897. 
 
 The resolutions of the Board of Trustees and of the Medical Staff 
 of the Flushing Hospital express the yiews of those who were most fa- 
 miliar with her work: 
 
 "Flushixc;, New York, March 8, 1897. 
 
 "At a meeting of the Trustees of the Hospital and Dispensarx' of 
 the Town of Flushing held at this date, the follow ina was unani- 
 mously adopted: 
 
 "Whereas, Miss Harriet ]i. Dutcher, vyho died February 25, 
 1897, w^s for nearly three years Matron of the Hospital and Dispen- 
 sary of the Town of Flushing, and 
 
OIK COLONIAL ANCKSTORS AND LHKIR DESCENDAN I S. 75 
 
 " Whkrk \>, During; that rime she rendered services of rhe great- 
 est \alne, and greatl\ increased rhe effectiveness of the work of rhe 
 Hospital, and h\ her devoted care of patients, her zeah)iis co-opera- 
 tion with the Metlical Staff, and her high character, general efficienc\, 
 amiahilitv and unfailing cheerf\ilncss, secured rhe respecr, good will 
 and affection ot all persons with whom her work brought her into 
 relations. Now therefore he it Resolved, 
 
 "That in her (.leath, this Hoartl and the Institution it represents 
 have sufiered an irreparahlc loss. That the members of" her f'amiK 
 have our siiuere s\nipathv in their atHiction, and that a copvot these 
 resolutions be s^ni them bv the Secretary, anil entered upon the 
 minutes of the lioard. W. A. Almn, Secretarv."" 
 
 " At a meeting of the Meiiical Staff of the I'Mushing Hospital, 
 held March 1 :; , \X()-, the followuig Preamble ami Resolutions were 
 unanimouslv adopted : 
 
 " W M i-Ri: \s. It has pleaseil Divine Trovidcnce to remove from us 
 bv death our trusted lo-worker, associate aiul friend. Miss Harriet 1'",. 
 Diitihcr, ami we desiring to put upon recorti our tieep sense of th,io' 
 loss, in eaih of these relations, it is therefore 
 
 " Ri'.soi.v r [■), That we each and all have in our close and pleas- 
 ant association with Miss Dutcher learned how important an in- 
 dueiue tor gooil mav emanate from a character so well poisetl, ener- 
 getic ami amiable as hers, ami how practicallv essential these qual- 
 ities are in promoting the purposes ami maintaining the usefulness of 
 such an institution as ours; and we feel that to attest to these cjualities 
 and to proclaim this result, is the debt and the dutv we owe to her 
 mcinorv : 
 
 " Ri-soiA i-n, I'he Staff (.lesires to express to the members of her 
 familv ami her friends their tieep sxmpathv in the loss and bereave- 
 
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 76 OUR COLONIAL ANCESTORS AND THKIR DESCENDANTS. 
 
 mcnt that has come upon them, and to join with all in the confident 
 assurance that a lite so gooei, so usetui, so rounded out in beaiitv of 
 character, is at once an influence and a gift to all who knew her, 
 endurino; and fruitful. 
 
 "Resolved, that these resolutions be entered upon the minutes 
 of this Hoard, that a cop\' of the same be transmitted to the family 
 of the deceased, and that thev be published in the Flushing |()urnal. 
 Dr. 1^-. A. Goodrich, |. I.. Hicks 
 
 President Medical Board. Secretary 
 
 Dr. E. a. Allkx, Dr. I^i.oodc^.ood, 
 
 Dr. Bi,kkck.kr, Dr. Lawrkxce." 
 
 Her profession ga\ e her a large acquaintance and all who kne 
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