BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF ALBERTSON FAMILY, HUNTERDON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY Copyright (c) 2002 by William L Baran (WBaran@prodigy.net) ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submittor has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ Bios: Nicholas Albertson and wife Anglechea Vandewater arrived from Amsterdam, Holland 1728. Source: Sketch of the Albertson Family by Milton Hoagland Albertson 1918. *********************************************************************** Sketch of the Albertson Family and Life, Travels and Adventures Of Garret Albertson, Sr. The Albertson Family Sketch was complied and printed by Milton Hoagland Albertson, a great, great grandson of Garret Albertson Sr. 1918 Gift of Mrs. M.H. Albertson Nov. 20, 1940 Library no: 929.2 A334 Dedication To the memory of our beloved father, Coursen Henry Albertson And to my brothers and sisters, their children, and children's children, this brochure is most affectionately dedicated. Nicholas Albertson came from Amsterdam, Holland, in 1728 with Anglechea Vandewater, his wife. A brother, John accompanied them. He was several years younger than Nicholas. They landed in New York City. Nicholas moved to Far Rockaway Beach, Long Island, NY. John went to Philadelphia, PA and became private secretary to the Colonial Governor of Pennsylvania. They were the sons of Cornelius Albertson, of the City of Amsterdam, Holland who was said to be a man of considerable property, and engaged in the shipping business. He had an older son, named Cornelius, and there was also one sister, whose name cannot be learned. They were both said to be single, and died rather young. The son Cornelius was drowned from falling from a ship into the Zuyder Zee. Nicholas and John each received from their father on their departure for America, as their share of their father's estate five thousand guilders, or about two thousand dollars. Nicholas found a small stream, not far from the village of Far Rockaway, where the tide ebbed and flowed with unerring regularity. The idea occurred to Nicholas that this would be a more feasible plan to propel a mill with, than wind, for he had come from the land of windmills, and a mill it was he desired most of all. He built one there about the year 1729. This was the first tide-water mill ever built in this country. The ruins of this mill are still in existence. He was a genius with tools. Records are at Mineola, Long Island, verifying this statement. He sold the property in 1742 and moved to New Jersey, to a farm near the famous Boar's Head Tavern, Hunterdon County, NJ. He owned several farms and mill properties in the County. He died at Johnson's Mills, on the Musconnetcong Creek, of smallpox in May 1760. His wife died the following fall, of pleurisy. They left eight children? four sons and four daughters. The oldest child was Anglechea, who was born in 1732, at Rockaway Beach, LI, NY. She married Daniel Okeson, February 11, 1748, at Bethlehem, PA. ( probably Bethlehem Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ {WLB 2002 also see the article Okeson's of Tuscarora Valley, Juniata Co. PA.}) Garret was born in 1735; Cornelius in 1737; Abigail in 1739; (she married Henry Rinker; they lived in Easton, PA), Sarah, in 1743 (she married three times, namely to: McMurtrie, Butler, and Corliss), Nicholas, 1746 (married Japie Aten; he died in 1818), John, 1749; and Mary in 1751; she married Samuel Schooley, they moved to Virginia. The son Garret was appointed administrator of his father's estate, June 17, 1760, by his Excellency, Francis Benward, Esq. Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Colony of New Jersey. Garret married Elizabeth Reynolds in 1761. He died August 12, 1813. They resided on the old family plantation near the village of Hope, Warren Co. NJ. He was a man of integrity and honor. He served his country faithfully and well, in both the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars. (See his Journal). His autobiography is herewith published. He and his wife are buried in the old Union Cemetery, above Hope, NJ. They had nine children: Robert, David, Nicholas, John (who married Mary Craig), Garret, Margaret, Elizabeth, Angelica, and Mary. Nicholas Albertson was born Oct 11, 1764; he was married to Jane Howell, June 14, 1789; she was born December 26, 1768. He died in 1853. He was an itinerant Methodist Minister, and a very religious man. Their children were as follows: Levi, Garret, George, Levina (married Van Syckle), Elizabeth (who married Cook), Samson, Mary (single), Margaret (single), Sally Ann (single), Isaac, and Samuel. Samuel married Mary Aurea J. Treat. Samson Albertson was born December 5, 1799. He married Abbie S. Coursen on the 20th day of October 1825; she was born January 30, 1800, and died September 5, 1848. Samson died November 1, 1858; they resided near Great Meadows, NJ., and are buried in the Union Cemetery, near Hope, NJ. They had the following children: Garret born October 28, 1826; Mary Jane, born March 13, 1828 (married January 17, 1850 to Warren I. Potter); Emily Elizabeth, born September 9, 1829; she was married December 15, 1853, to Nathan Hoagland; she died May 6, 1904. He was born August 23, 1823, and died April 21, 1888. Lydia Ann, born October 11, 1831; was married March 24, 1857, to Lewis Barnes; she died August 26, 1876. Coursen Henry, born March 26, 1833; (author of this manuscript), Edwin Clark, born August 19, 1836; was married December 10, 1871. He served three years in the Civil War, with Company B. 15th Reg. NJ. Volunteers. He resides at Detroit, MI. Garret Albertson married Amanda DeMond, in 1851; they had one daughter. After her death he married Margaret Jane McFall, of Peoria, ILL. He lived thirty two years in Holstead, KS. He served three years in the Civil War, in Co. F, 89th Reg. ILL Infantry, and 12th Co. 2nd Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps. He died at Moundridge, KS. December 24, 1915. He had the following children by his second wife: Amanda Jane; and Charles S. of Moline, ILL; Edwin E of South Lake, Weir, FL; Warren H., of Aurora, MO., Garret V. of Deland, FL., Caroline H., of Moundridge, KS., Frank of Mills, New Mexico, John D., of Moundridge, KS., and Fred T. of Tacoma, WA. A son, Willie, died in infancy, February 2, 1915. Coursen Henry Albertson was educated at Hackettstown Academy, Blair Hall, Blairstown, NJ., and graduated from the New York Conference Seminary, Charlotteville, NY., He afterwards studied law. He was married to Clarissa White, daughter of the Hon. John White, of Hackettstown, NJ. on September 11, 1856; she died Februrary 21, 1898, and was buried in the Pequest Union Cemetery, Great Meadows, NJ. He married a second wife, Miss Amelia A. Fleming, a daughter of Harvey Fleming, of Vienna, NJ., on September 22, 1900. He died June 7, 1913, and was buried in the Pequest Union Cemetery, Great Meadows, NJ. He was a prominent man of affairs, having served three years in the NJ State Legislature and filled a number of public offices in Warren Co. He was a man of noble and high ideals. Coursen Henry and Clarissa White Albertson had nine children: Frances Emily, born February 17, 1857; John White born December 20, 1858; Kerr Freeman, born February 12, 1860; Anna Bird, born March 15, 1863; William Coursen, born March 27, 1865; Milton Hoagland, born March 10, 1869; Jennie Clarissa, born October 18, 1871; Charles Edwin, born May 14, 1873; died Sept 18, 1873; Bertha White, born November 10, 1875; died September 21, 1877. Amelia A Albertson, died September 20, 1915; and was buried in the Fleming family vault at Great Meadows, NJ. Frances Emily Albertson married John Blackwell November 27, 1879; they have the following children: Clara Jean, born May 26, 1885; Jessalyn Edith, born September 18, 1888; they reside at Dover, NJ. Jessalyn E. Blackwall was married to Llewellyn James, May 29, 1918, at Mount Freedom, NJ. Clara J. Blackwell was married to Dr. Duncan Albert Dobie, June 8, 1918, at Mount Freedom, NJ. They reside in NY city. John White Albertson married Anna Gray, April 28, 1892. They have the following children: Mary Clarissa, born July 13, 1893; Mabel Gray, born December 22, 1894; Edith L., born February 27, 1896; Coursen Henry, born January 24, 1898; Margaret Rice, born July 14, 1899; died Sept. 24, 1909; Bertha Delia, born July 11, 1901; Annie Amelia, born February 7, 1903; John W., Jr. born August 6, 1905; died August 8, 1905; Milton Hoagland, born June 11, 1907; died September 26, 1909; Frances Bethany, born February 10, 1910. The surviving members live at Ironia, NJ. Kerr Freeman Albertson married Mary Huntsberger, of Belvidere, NJ., June 10, 1891; they reside at New York City and have no children. Anna Bird Albertson married Levi W. Hoagland, December 25, 1884, and have the following children: Grace Lane, born December 15, 1885; Watson Levi, born June 19, 1888; Amos Coursen, born August 21, 1890; Ethel May, born April 27, 1894. All reside at Oxford, NJ. William Coursen Albertson married Mary Louise Shipman, October 30, 1888. They have the following children: Anna Morris, born July 9, 1891; William Coursen, born September 18, 1898; Morris Shipman, born April 5, 1901; Mary Louise, born June 9, 1910. Dr. Albertson and family reside at Belvidere, NJ. Anna Morris Albertson married Brenton Searle, October 27, 1917. Milton Hoagland Albertson married Edith Leonard, of Flushing, LI., December 19, 1911. They reside at Nutley, NJ. and have no children. Jennie Clarissa Albertson married David N Henry, November 17, 1898, and have two children: Clarissa Katharine, born March 7, 1905, in Brooklyn, NY; Jean Amelia, born January 20, 1907, in Brooklyn, NY. They live in Nutley, NJ.