Monmouth County NJ Archives History....Hendricks/Hendrickson family: Beekman's, Early Dutch Settlers ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: JMP jpaatter@comcast.net ************************************************ The html index page for this book may be found at http://usgwarchives.net/nj/monmouth/beekman-hist.html ************************************************ EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY, NEW JERSEY GEORGE C. BEEKMAN. MOREAU BROS., PUBLISHERS, FREEHOLD, N. J. Second Edition Printed, 1915. ============================ THE HENDRICKS OR HENDRICKSON FAMILY. Daniel and Wilm Hendricks, as they wrote their names and were called among their own folks, were brothers and sons of Hendrick Hendricks by his first wife. They came from Flatbush, in Kings county, Long Island, to Mon- mouth county, about 1692 or 1693, and settled on a tract of land at what is now Holland in Holmdel township. This land has been in the continuous owner- ship and occupation of the descendants of Daniel Hendricks, the pioneer settler, down to the present year 1900, or over two centuries. The late Hon. William Henry Hen- drickson, who twice represented Mon- mouth in the New Jersey Senate, was born, lived, died and was buried on this homestead farm, as his father, grand- father, and great-grandfather, (who was the youngest son of the first settler) had been before him. I therefore take up Daniel Hendricks and his posterity before his brother William, because the latter has no descendants living in this vicinity. We find Daniel Hendrickson first mentioned in Book C of Deeds, p. 78, in our county clerk's office. An agreement dated September 23, 1693, is here re- corded between Daniel Hendrickson and "John Gibbonson" as name is spelled, of Flatbush, Kings county, L. I., of the one part, and William Whitlock of Middle- town, Monmouth county, of the other part. It seems they had on September 22d, 1692. leased of Whitlock 104 acres of land, described as partly bounded by Mahoras brook, and they now agree to pay him £25 in yearly installments until whole is paid by 10th of March, 1697, and Whitlock agrees to convey it when whole sum is paid. Daniel Hendrickson conveyed 28 acres of this tract to Gy- bertsen or Guisbertsen as name is spelled, who with Ester his wife, by deed dated December 22d, 1701, conveys it to John Ruckman. This Guisbertsen was the progenitor of the Giberson family as name was afterwards spelled, and I think was really a VanPelt. In Book I of Deeds, p. 166, Secretary of State's office, Trenton, N. J., is the record of a deed dated May 16, 1698, from John Whitlock and Mary his wife, late of Middletown township, but then of Freehold, to Daniel Hendrickson. conveying 104 acres for the consider- ation of £164. This land is described as situated at Strawberry Hill, now occu- 122 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH. pied by Daniel Hendriekson, bounded south by lands late of William Whit- lock, east by lands of Thomas Whit- lock, north by a small run coming from the hills, and west by another small brook; which 104 acres John Whitlock with other tracts of land got from the proprietors of East Jersey by patent dated January 20, 1676. Also another tract bounded northerly by James Wall's land, westerly by John Whit- lock's land, southerly by land late Wil- liam Whitlock, and east by Mahoras brook. Also 13 acres of salt meadow at Shoal Harbor, bounded north by the creek. In this same Book I of Deeds, p. 184, etc., is record of a deed dated February 5, 1706, from Thomas Cooper of London, England, a merchant, to Obadiah Bowne, Garret Wall, Gershom Mott, James Hubbard, James Grover, James Cox, Jaseph Cox, Richard Stout, Daniel Hen- dricks, Obadiah Holmes, William Law- rence, James Lawrence and Benjamin Lawrence, all of Middletown township, in Monmouth county. Cooper, for the consideration of £260 conveys to them one full equal half propriety, or 48th part of all lands taken up or to be taken up in the Eastern Division of the Province of New Jersey, excepting only 5,000 acres already taken up by said Cooper in right of first division, and 86 acres taken up in right of second divis- ion of said half propriety or 48th part of said Eastern Division of New Jersey. and which are already sold by said Thomas Cooper. He also conveys by this deed 600 acres of land at Barnegat, in what is now Ocean county. On page 194, etc., of this same Book I of Deeds, is record of a deed from Obadiah Bowne and rest of grantors aforesaid except Daniel Hendricks, to said Daniel Hendricks, dated February 5, 1706. It recites that said grantors with said Daniel Hendricks, purchased of Thomas Cooper one-half propriety or 48th part of the undivided Eastern Div- ision of New Jersey, and also 600 acres of land at Barnegat; and by this deed they convey to said Daniel Hendricks, his heirs and assigns, a tract of 141 acres and right to take up 184 acres more under the second and third div- isions. They also convey to him 21 acres of land and marsh at Barnegat. In this same Book I of Deeds, p. 376, is record of a deed dated December 7, 1709, from Richard Hartshorne and Margaret, his wife, to Daniel Hendriek- son, John Schenck, Garret Schenck, Cornelius Couwenhoven, Peter Wyckoff, all of Middletown, in Monmouth county, conveying to them three tracts of land at a place called by the Indians "Con- escunk. The First tract containing 200 acres and lays next to bay. The second tract contains 70 acres and is situate on west side of "Conescunk Neck." The third tract is made up of several pieces of meadow containing in all 50 acres. Minutes of Monmouth county courts labelled No. 1. 1688-1721. show that Daniel Hendriekson was a grand juror at March term, 1699. He was again summoned to serve on grand jury March 26, 1700, when the new judges appointed by Governor Andrew Hamilton, took their seats for the first time. As has been already explained Daniel Hen- driekson with many others of the Mid- dletown people refused to serve or to recognize the authority of these judges. For this he was fined $10 and the sheriff was ordered to make the money by seizure and sale of his personal property. His brother, William Hen- dricks, is named among the men who broke up the court March 25, 1701, and held Governor Hamilton, the county judges and other officers prisoners for four days. The surrender by the Pro- prietors of the right of government to the English crown in 1702, brought about an entirely new condition of affairs, and settled for a time their old quarrels and animosities. Daniel Hendrickson* was appointed _______________ * Teuntje Thysa Laen VanPelt, the mother of Daniel Hendrickson's wife, came to Amer- ica with her father and settled at New Utrecht. L. I. Her brother Guisbert married Jannetje Adraanse Lambersen, and removed to Mon- mouth county. He wrote his name or was known as "Gisbert Laen." and he and his wife are among the organizing members of the Dutch church in 1709. He had the follow- ing children: Adraan, b.____, married Marytje Smak (Smock). Janntje. b. ____, died single. Wilhelmyntje, bap. Sept. 16, 1677; married William Hendricks, the brother of Daniel Hendrickson. Her name appears as "William- pe" on records of Dutch church in 1709. Mathys, bap. Aug. 23, 1679 ; died young. Catalina, bap. April 24, 1681 ; married Elyas DeHart. Matthys, bap. March 30, 1683; married Antje, daughter of Garret Schanck and Neeltje Voor- hees his wife, of Pleasant Valley. Cornelius, bap. April 3, 1685. Mary, bap. March 3, 1689; married Ferdin- and VanSiclen. Joost (Joseph), died single and was blind. Maikan or Moyka married Stoffle Longstreet and they were the parents of Stoffle Longstreet who settled in Upper Freehold township. Tobias Hansen of Dover, in New Hampshire, conveyed to Gilbert Lane of New Utrecht, L. I., 200 acres in Shrewsbury township, by deed dated March 30, 1699, recorded in Book D of Deeds, p. 128, Monmouth county clerk's office. In Book E of Deeds, p. 344, etc., Gilbert Lane of Middletown township, conveyed to his son Matthias Lane, 460 acres which Alexander Innes had deeded to him April 28, 1709. Gil- bert Lane made his will Nov. 7, 1720 ; proved May 27, 1727, and recorded at Trenton in Book B of Wills, p. 66, etc. Names his wife Jane, and all his children. Speaks of his daughter Willimea, who married William Hendrickson. as deceased, and also her husband as dead. Gilbert Lane had a brother Peter, who set- tled in Monmouth, and was known as Peter Tysen. In Book E, p. 314, etc., Monmouth county records, is a deed dated October 6, 1709, from John Bowne to Peter Tysen and Derrick Tysen of New Utrecht, and John Tysen of Brooklyn, L. I., for 750 acres at Wiquetunk. This property was afterwards conveyed to Roelf Schanck. See page 313 "Old Times in Old Monmouth." Some of this family removed to Bucks or Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and retained the surname Tysen. Those who remained here spelled their names "Tice." The Lane, Tysen or Tice, Pietersen and Giberson surnames are all derived from a VanPelt progenitor. ________________ ++++++++++++++++ Photo: Dwelling house on Hendrikson homestead at Holland, N. J. The original part was built by Daniel Hendrickson, the first settler, be- tween 1700 and 1720 ; remodeled and enlarged by the late Hon. William H. Hendrickson. +++++++++++++++++++ 123 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH. one of the constables of Middletown township in 1704-5 and three years later sheriff of the county. He was the first Netherlander to hold this office. We also find him and his wife, and his brother William and wife among the organizing members of the Dutch church in 1709, and a few years later he was an Elder. He was also ap- pointed captain of the militia of Mid- dletown township. Daniel Hendrickson married in Brook- lyn Catherine, daughter of Jan Janse VanDyke and Teuntje Thyse Laen Van- Pelt, his wife. Daniel Hendrickson died in January, 1728, leaving his widow and 11 children surviving. The following is a certified copy of his will recorded in Book No. 2 of Wills, p. 491, etc. The scrivener who wrote it was evidently ignorant of the Dutch language as he has given the English names for some of the children, while he has spelled others according to sound. Tryntje is Dutch for Catherine, but in writing the name of Daniel Hen- drickson's wife he spells it "Taytye." IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN.--I Daniel Hendricks of Middletown in the county of Monmouth and Eastern Division of ye Prov- ince of New Jersey Gent. This Sixteenth day of November in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred & Twenty Seven, be- ing very Sick & weak of Body but of a Sound Mind and Disposing Memory (Thanks be to God for ye Same & calling to mind ye uncer- tainty of this present Life knowing That it is appointed for all Men once to Dye) Do make & declare this to be my Last Will & Testament as followeth Vizt. first and principally I rec- ommend my Soul to Almighty God that gave it and my Body to ye Earth from whence it was taken to be buryed at ye Discretion of my Executors heroin after named and as Touching Such Wordly Goods and Estate as it hath Pleased Almighty God (far Beyond my Des- erts) to bestow upon me I give Devise & Dis- pose of ye Same in Manner & form following Viz. IMPRIMIS my Will is that all my Just Debts be justly and truly payd by my Execu- tors hereinafter named and for That end & purpose my Will is, and I do by These Pres- ents give To my Three Executors, or in case of Death or Refusal to any two of Them full power to sell and Dispose of my Two Largest Lotts of Wood Land on Conescunk Neck & my Land at Barnegate & Right to Property, pt [sic] I give and Devise to my Son Hendrick the Plantation on which he Dwells, formerly Ben- jamin Stouts, and the full halfe of all my Lotts of Meadow at Conescunk, on condition that he pay the Sum of Three hundred Pounds to my Seven Daughters in such Payments & at Such Times as hereafter expressed viz. That he pay to my daughter Catharine the Sum of thirty seven pounds Ten shillings at ye Time of her Marriage or ye Age of Twenty one Years which shall first happen & to my Daugh- ter Jonayfye the sum of Thirty seven pounds Ten shillings at ye Time of her marriage or ye age of Twenty One years which shall first happen & ye Remaining Two hundred Twenty five pounds by equal parts to my Seven Daugh- ters Namely Ghesye, (Geesie) Teuntye, (Teun- tje) Maykije, Catharine, Anne Francis (Fran- cyntje), & Janayfye (Jannetje), the first Pay- ement to commence four Years after my De- ceass to my Eldest Daughter & so on yearly the Like Sum to ye Next oldest till ye Seven Daughters hath Received ye same. That Then I Give & Devise the sd Lands and Meadows to my Son Hendrick Hendricks his heirs & Assigns for Ever, pt I give and Devise to my Son John the plantation whereon he Dwells that I purchased of Stephen Warne, on con- dition That he pays the sum of five hundred pounds to my Daughters as hereinafter expres- sed viz That he pay to my Daughter Anne ye Sum of Thirty Seven pounds Tenn Shillings at ye Time of her Marriage or ye age of Twenty one Years which shall first happen and ye Remaining Two hundred Sixty two pounds Tenn Shillings by equal parts to my Seven Daughters above named, the first payment To Commence Four Years after my Decease, to my Eldest Daughter, and so on Yearly the Like sum to ye Next oldest till ye Seven Daughters have received ye same. That then I Give & Devise the said Plantation to my Said Son John his Heirs & Assigns forever, pt. I give and Devise to my Son William ye Remaining half of My Salt Meadow Lotts at Conescunk & to him his heirs and Assigns for- ever and my Will is That the fee simple of the Three Hundred Acres of Land I Lately pur- chased from ye Executors of Obadiah Bowne Deced be settled & Confirmed to my said Son William his Heirs & Assigns forever on con- dition That he pay ye Sum of four Hundred pounds to my Daughters as herein After Ex- pressed viz : That he pay to My Daughter Francis (Francyntje) the sum of Thirty Seven pounds Tenn shillings at ye Time of her Mar- riage or the Age of Twenty One Years which shall first happen and ye Remaining three hundred Sixty-two pounds Ten Shillings by equal parts to my Seven Daughters Above named the first payment to commence Six Years after my Decease to my Eldest Daughter and so on Yearly the Like Sum to ye Next oldest till ye Seven Daughters have Received 124 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH. the Same. pt. I give and bequeath to my Lov- ing Wife Tayte the use 4 of my Homestead plantation & three parcels of Land more, the One I purchased of Jarat Wall, one of John Wall & a parcel adjoyning to Wallens Land, and my Salt Meadow at Shoal Harbor with the use of my Personal Estate for & During the Term of her Widowhood, if the Same con- tinue Not Longer than That my Youngest Son Daniel Attain ye Age of Twenty One Years. If at That Time she be my widow unmarryd my Will is that ye Said Lands be Equally Devided between her and my Said Son Daniel During her Widowhood and at the Expiration thereof, I give and Devise all ye Lands and Meadow I have herein given her the use of to my Said Son Daniel His heirs & Assigns for Ever on condition that he Pay to my Seven Daughters the Sum of Three hundred & fifty Pounds VIZ fifty Pounds to my Eldest Daugh- ter within One Year after he is of the age of twenty One Years and Lawfully possessed of the whole Plantation, and so Yearly fifty Pounds to ye Next Eldest till ye Seven Daugh- ters have Received their fifty Pounds a Piece, and Personal Estate Equally to all my Chil- dren, pt. I give and Devise to my Nephew Daniel Hendricks a smali Lott of Land I have in Amboy purchased of Stephen Warne VIZT TO Daniel Hendricks, the Son of my Brother William Hendricks his heirs and Assigns for- ever, pt. I give & Devise Two Small Parcels of Upland at Conescunk called ye Landing and Landing Lotts, Equally to my four Sons Name- ly Hendrick, John, William & Daniel and To their heirs & Assigns for ever as Tenants in common pt. and Lastly I do Nominate & ap- point my son Hendrick Hendricks and my sons in Law Roeleff Schank and Jonathan Holmes, Junr.,* Executors of this my Last Will and Testament to see ye Same executed. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto Sett my Hand & Seal the Day & Year first Above Written Signed Daniel Hendricks with a (Seal) SIGNED. SEALED and PUBLISHED by Daniel Hendricks as his Last Will & Tes- tament in ye Presence of Cornelius Wyckof, Johannis Leiister (Luyster), Cornelius Dooren (Doorn), William Lawrence Junior. WILLIAM BURNET, Esqr., Captain General & Governour in Chief of ye Provinces of New Jersay, New York and Territories thereon de- pending in America, and Vice Admiral of ye same &c, KNOW YE That in ye County of Monmouth in ye Province of New Jersey, The Twenty Ninth day of January one Thousand seven hundred & Twenty Seven, The Last Will and Testament of Daniel Hendricks Late of Middletown in ye County of Monmouth yeo- man Deced, was proved before LAWRENCE SMYTH who is Thereunto by me authorized and appointed for That purpose, having while he Lived and at ye Time of his Death, Goods, Chattels & Credits in Divers places within This Province, by Means Whereof ye full Dispos- ition of all & Singular ye Goods Chattels & ______ * See letter of Jonathan Holmes explaining this will on page 309 "Old Times and Old Mon- mouth." Jonathan Holmes was the eldest son of Obadiah Holmes and Alice Ashton, his wife. He was known as Jonathan Holmes, Jr., to distinguish him from his uncle, Jonathan Holmes, Sr., who is buried in old Topanemes graveyard. ______ Credits of ye said Deced, and ye Administra- tion of Them, also ye hearing of Account, Cal- culation or Reckoning and the final Discharge and Dismission from ye Same unto me Solely, and not unto any Other Inferiour Judge are Manifestly known to belong, and the Admin- istration of all & Singular ye Goods chattels & credits of ye said Deced, & his Last Will and Testament in any Manner of Ways Con- cerning was Granted unto, Hendrick Hendricks. Roeleff Schank & Jonathan Holmes, ye Exec- utors In the sd Last will & Testament Named Chiefly of well & Truly Administring the same, and of making a True and perfect In- ventory of all & Singular ye Goods Chattels and Credits of ye said Deced and Exhibiting ye same into ye Registry of ye Prerogative Court in ye Secretary's office at on or before ye Twentyeth day of June next Ensuing & of rendering a just & True Account when there- unto required. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have caused ye PREROGATIVE SEAL of ye sd Province of New Jersey to be hereunto Affixed at Burling- ton in New Jersey Afd. ye 22d Day of Feb- ruary in ye First Year of our Reign JAMES SMITH Secry. Geesye, b. Oct. 9, 1696, at Flatbush, L. I.; m. 1714, Roelef, eldest son of Jan Schenck and Saartje Couwenhoven, his wife, of Pleasant Valley, in what is now Holmdel township. She died September 20, 1747, and was buried in Schenck- Couwenhoven cemetery. Her headstone is still in a state of good preservation, and gives her age 50 yrs, 11 mos, 11 d. Her husband is buried by her, and his age given as 73 yrs., 10 mos., 28 days. Roelef Schenck became a communicant in the Dutch church of Monmouth coun- ty in 1715, and his wife 32 years later or in 1747. Her brother, Daniel Hen- drickson, and his wife, Catrina Cou- wenhoven, and her sister Jannetje, then the widow of Roelef Couwenhoven, joined the church at the same time. See page 87 of Wells' address at Brick church. Six of Daniel Hendrickson's daughters became members of this church, or all except Catharine. Geeyse Hendrickson and Roelef Schenck, her husband, had the following children: Sarah, b. May 22, 1715; m. Dec. 1, 1734, Joseph VanMater, (b. Feb. 5, 1710, d. Oct. 15, 1792) and died Sept. 1, 1748, aged 33 y, 3 mos, 9 days, according to inscription on her headstone in family burying-ground on old VanMater home- stead in Atlantic township. The names of her children have heretofore been published in genealogy of the VanMater family. Katrinje, bap. March 19, 1717; died young. Kalrya, (Catharine) bap. Dec. 21, 1718; m. first, Simon DeHart; second, Peter, son of Jacob Couwenhoven and Sarah Schenck, his wife. The marriage lic- ense of last couple is recorded in office +++++++++++++ Photos: Front view of house erected by Hendrick Henderson on his farm in Pleasant Valley. N. J., between 1730 and 1750. Photographed in 1900 by Mrs. L. H. S. Conover. Rear view of house erected by Hendrick Henderson on his farm in Pleasant Valley. N. J., between 1730 and 1750. Photographed by Mrs. L. H. S. Conover in summer of 1900. +++++++++++ 125 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH. of the secretary of state at Trenton. It was granted July 27, 1749. The names of her six children by these two husbands appear on page 310 of "Old Times in Old Monmouth." Jan, b. January 22, 1720; m. Nov. 26, 1741, Jaconmyntje, daughter of Cornel- ius Couwenhoven and Margaretta Schenck, his wife, of Pleasant Valley; died June 27, 1749, aged 29 y, 5 mos, 5 days, according to his headstone in Schenck-Couwenhoven cemetery. His wife is not buried by him. She may have married a second husband. Daniel, bap. May 26, 1723; d. Sept. 20, 1747. Neeltje (Eleanor), b. Sept. 10, 1724; m. Oct. 12, 1744. Garret, son of Jacob Couwenhoven and Saartje Schanck, his wife, (b. Nov. 5, 1716, d. Dec. 9, 1797), and died Nov. 25, 1800. She is buried by her husband on Conover homestead near Taylor's mills, Atlantic township. The names of her children have been heretofore given in the Couwenhoven genealogy. Hendrick, b. July 29, 1731, married his cousin Catharine, daughter of Jon- athan Holmes, Jr., and Teuntje Hen- drickson his wife. Their marriage lic- ense was granted Feb. 28, 1749. He died on his farm near Brick church, Marlboro township, August 24, 1766, aged 35 yrs, 25 days, according to his headstone in Schenck-Couwenhoven yard. He left one son Rulef, and four daughters surviving. A strange coin- cidence attends Hendrick's will and his father's will. They have same sub- scribing witnesses, were proved same year, and are both recorded in Book I of Wills at Trenton, N. J. Engeltje, bap. April 28, 1732. died young. Teuntje, (Antonia) bap. in Brooklyn, April 9, 1699; m. 1715, Jonathan Holmes, Jr., eldest son of Obadiah Holmes and Alice Ashton, his wife. Teuntje was the first of the seven daughters of Daniel Hendrickson to join the Dutch church. This was in 1737. Her husband, Jonathan Holmes. Jr., was so called to distinguish him from his uncle, Jonathan Holmes. Sr., and Jona- than Holmes, minor. Jonathan Holmes. Jr., made his will Sept. 6, 1766; it was proved Nov. 2, 1768, and recorded at Trenton in Book K of Wills, p. 264. The witnesses are Obadiah Holmes, Obadiah Holmes, Jr., and Asher Holmes. He describes himself as "I. Jonathan Holmes, Jr., of Freehold town- ship." He devises all his real estate to his sons, William and James, (baptized Jacobus). He also mentions sons Jon- athan, John, Daniel, Samel, and chil- dren of his son Joseph, deceased. His daughters named in this will were Alice VanBrakle, Catherine Schenck, and Mary. Obadiah Holmes, the father of Jonathan Holmes, Jr., was the eldest son of Jonathan Holmes and Sarah Borden, his wife, and was born July 17, 1666, at Gravesend, on Long Island. They were probably staying with Capt. John Bowne who lived there, and who had married Lydia Holmes, a daughter of Rev. Obadiah. The settlement at Middletown in Monmouth county was being effected, and Jonathan Holmes, with his family, remained at Gravesend until his dwelling-house could be built and made ready for occupation. The next year, 1667, we find this Jonathan Holmes among the first officers elected in the township of Middletown. Jonathan Holmes, whose name ap- pears so prominently on our first rec- ords from 1667 to 1684, was born in 1637 in England, and came with his lather to America in 1639. He was the firstborn and eldest son of a man fam- ous in the annals of the Baptist church, and who was a zealous preacher of this faith at Newport, R. I., from 1652 to his death in 1682. Capt. John Bowne, who was the leading spirit of this colony from Gravesend to Monmouth, had mar- ried his daughter, and he doubtless lent him his name and influence to make this enterprise a success. His name ap- pears on Nicolls patent of 1665 as one of the patentees, but he never removed here. Two of his sons, Jonathan and Obadiah, represented him and his inter- ests. The latter, however, only remain- ed a short time, for we find him resid- ing on Staten Island and a Justice of the Peace there under Jacob Leisler. The troubles arising from his connec- tion with this man led him to remove to Salem county, N. J., where he lived the rest of his life. Jonathan Holmes remained in Monmouth until 1684, and then returned to Rhode Island, where he remained until his death in 1713. His will was proved Nov. 2nd of that year, and is recorded at Newport, R. I. He devised all his real estate in Mon- mouth county equally to his sons, Oba- diah and Jonathan, who both settled, lived and died here. Obadiah married Alice Ashton, as already stated, and Jonathan Holmes, Jr., was his firstborn and eldest son. Jonathan Holmes, the first settler, was one of the trusted leaders, next to Capt. John Bowne, both in industrial, religious and civil matters of the early colonists. He was a deputy to the first general assembly which met at Elizabethtown in 1668. The next year he was dismissed for refusing to 126 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH. take the oath of allegiance to the Pro- prietors. Soon alter Governor Carteret sent commissioners to the people of Monmouth demanding their submission and obedience to the Lords Proprietors as they grandiloquently called them- selves. The people of Shrewsbury man- aged to evade committing themselves. The people of Middletown spoke out boldly and frankly, and their answer is recorded in full in the old Town Book of Middletown. It is well worth read- ing, as it is the first public declaration for popular rights against government by favoritism and caste put forth on this American continent. Tradition re- ports that Jonathan Holmes, who had been rejected as a deputy for refusing to take the oath of allegiance and fidel- ity to the Proprietors, framed this an- swer. Neither the proclamation of Charles I, King of England, ordering them to submit, nor this threat of Gov- ernor Cartaret that they would be pun- ished as "mutineers" or rebels, seems to have intimidated them. It is a strong, honest and sensible declaration of their rights, and shows what a dif- ference then, as ever since, has existed between the people of the two original townships. Jonathan Holmes' son Obadiah, mar- ried in 1696 Alice, (b. 1671, d. 1716) daughter of James Ashton and Deliver- arice Throckmorton, his wife. Obadiah Holmes died April 3, 1745, leaving a will dated Dec. 24, 1744, proved April 17, 1745, and recorded at Trenton in "D" of Wills, p. 265, etc. He mentions Jon- athan, Obadiah, James, Samuel, Joseph and John, six sons, and Deliverance, wife of Joseph Smith, and Mary, wife of James Mott, two daughters. He gives his homestead farm at "Ramnessin," on Hop Brook, in present township of Holmdel, to his son John, and his lands at Crosswicks, (now Upper Freehold) to his son Joseph, whose descendants have owned and resided on it to this day. Our present chosen freeholder from Upper Freehold township, Joseph Holmes, now owns this homestead and is a lineal descendant of this son of Obadiah Holmes, to whom he devised these lands, Obadiah Holmes was sheriff of Monmouth in 1699, and one of the leaders of the people in breaking up Governor Hamilton's court at Middle- town, March 26, 1701. Obadiah's son Samuel, (b. April 17, 1704, d. Feb. 23, 1760), married Dec. 7, 1731, Huldah, daughter of Gershom Mott and Sarah Clayton, his wife, and lived and died on a farm called "Scots- chester," in the present township of Marlboro. They were the parents of Asher Holmes, (b. Feb. 22, 1740, d. June 20, 1808) who was first sheriff of Mon- mouth county under our Republic. He was Colonel of our county militia and of state troops, and was engaged in the battles of Germantown, Princeton and Monmouth. He also represented Monmouth in the state council in 1786- 88. The officers of our Monmouth mil- itia during the Revolution were neither professional soldiers nor literary or learned men. They never made any efforts to perpetuate the memory of their deeds, and never claimed any par- ticular credit for doing what they thought was their plain duty. There- fore, when we find any writing by them detailing the part they took in this memorable war, we should especially prize it. The following letter was writ- ten by Colonel Asher Holmes to his wife after the battle of Germantown, merely to assure her of his safety, and without any idea it would be treasured up and preserved for other generations. Camp on the Mountain near Perkamie Creek. 29 miles west of Philadelphia, Oct. 6, 1777: DEAR SALLIE: The day before yesterday there was a general engagement. The first part of the day was much in our favour. We drove the enemy for some miles. Gen- eral Howe had given orders for his army to retreat over the Schuykill River; but the afterpart of the day was unfavorable to us; our line of battle was broken, and we were obliged to retreat. The battle was near Germantown. This attack was made by different div- isions in different quarters, nearly at the same time, but the morning being- very foggy, was much against us, and the severe firing added to the thickness of the air, which prevented our seeing far, therefore a great disadvantage to us. The Jersey militia and the Red Coats* under General Forman, and the Maryland militia with some 'Listed troops under Gen. Smallwood, were on the left wing of the whole army. We drove the enemy, when we first made the attack, but by the thickness of the fog, the enemy got into our rear. There- fore had to change our front, and then retreated to a proper place. Gen. McDougall's 'Listed men then ______________ * Red Coars under Gen. Forman were the Jersey Minute men, who wore red hunting coats, and in a fog or smoke of battle might easily be mistaken for the British who also wore red coats, and thus cause confusion. 127 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH. formed to the left of us and Gen. Green's 'Listed men to the right of us, but they all gave way except the Mon- mouth Militia, and Gen. Forman's Red Coats stood firm, and advanced upon the British Red Coats, who were at least three times our number, to a fence where we made a stand. The fire was very severe and the enemy ran. They brought a field-piece to fire on us with grapeshot, but our Monmouth men stood firm until their ammunition was nearly exhausted, and the enemy advancing around our right flank. Gen. Forman then ordered us to retreat, which we did in pretty good order until our Continental troops broke and ran the second time, and this running through our men broke them entirely. Our Jersey Brigade suffered very much by storming a strong stone house in Germantown, which first stopped our progress, and I believe was one great cause of breaking our line in that quar- I have seen Brother John Holmes, Capt. Mott, Capt. Burrows and Bostwick and most of our Monmouth officers. We are all well. Since the battle our army is in good spirits although our duty has been very severe. The night before the battle our men marched all night and had very little sleep the night after. Providence seems to have pro- tected our Monmouth Militia in a par- ticular manner, as we have lost very few, if any killed, and not many wounded, although the enemy was with- in 120 yards of us in the hottest of the fire, and their field piece firing on us with grapeshot a great part of the time. I have escaped without being hurt, al- though I was much exposed to the enemy's fire. From your ever affectionate ASHER HOLMES. To Mrs. Sarah Holmes. This letter is directed "To Mrs. Sarah Holmes in Freehold forwarded by Mr. Logan." Teuntje, the second child of Daniel Hendrickson, was an earnest and active member of the Dutch church, while her husband, Jonathan Holmes, like all his family, was a zealous believer in the tenets of the Baptist faith. The baptism by immersion was one of their most important doctrines. Neither did they believe in infant baptism. Teuntje Hendrickson must have been a woman of great resolution, for she had her children baptized in the Dutch church and taught the Heidelberg catechism. Her children are the only Holmeses whose names appear on the old records of the Monmouth Dutch church. There must have been much talk and holding up of hands in amazement among the good brethren of the Baptist faith, that these descendants of the sturdy Rev. Obadiah Holmes should be sprinkled and not immersed. There must have been many earnest appeals made to their father against this woe- ful departure from the true faith. The only reply Jonathan Holmes, Jr., could make, I suppose, was "When a woman will, she will, and when she won't, she won't." Teuntje, however, was never able to bring her husband clear over, as Margaret Wyckoff had done with Jonathan Forman, but she turned her "Holmes" children into good "Dutchmen." The records of our Dutch church show that Jonathan Holmes and Teuntje Hendrickson, his wife, had the follow- ing children baptized: Obadiah, bapt. Oct. 28, 1716, died unmarried in 1752. The records in the office of the Sec- retary of State show that letters of adminis- tration on his estate was granted to his broth- er, Joseph Holmes, Jr., Oct. 17, 1752, Book B of Wills, p. 69. Daniel, bapt. April 9, 1721, m. 1752, Leah, (b. 1736, d. March 15, 1813) daughter of James Bowne and Margaret Newbold, his wife. Both are buried in yard of Hoimdel Baptist church. Jonathan, bapt. July 19, 1722, married Sarah Potter in 1758, and was a merchant in New York city in 1752. He may have been the "Jonathan Holmes" called "Minor." Joseph, b. ____, m. June. 1752, Sarah, daugh- ter of James Mott and Mary Holmes, his wife, and was engaged with James Mott, Jr., in mercantile business in New York city. He died in 1763. James Mott and James Mott, Jr., appointed administrator of Joseph Holmes, Sept. 22, 1763, Book H of Wills, p. 293, Sec- retary of State's office. John, b. ____; m. 1764, Catharine Brown, was associated with his brother Jonathan in business in New York city in 1752. In 1763 he resided at and operated a grist mill at Forked River in what is now Ocean county, but then part of Monmouth. During the Rev- olutionary war his dwelling was plundered by a party of refugees. He left three sons who married and had numerous descendants. Many of these followed the water and were captains of vessels in coasting trade. Alice, bapt. March 30, 1730; m. 1749, John VanBrakle. d. May 19, 1796. Catharine, b. May 11, 1731; d. May 12, 1796, aged 63 years, 1 day, according to the inscrip- tion on her headstone in Schenck-Couwen- hoven yard, where she is buried by her first husband, Hendrick Schenck. She left a will, recorded at Trenton, N. J. She married first in 1749, Hendrick, son of Roelof Schenck and Ueesey Hendrickson, his wife, who died August 24, 1766. She married secnd, John, son of Garret Schenck and Neeltje Voorhees, his wife. She was his third wife. He died Feb. 13, 1775, on his wife's farm near what is now 128 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH. Bradevelt station, and was buried by his father and mother in Schenck-Couwenhoven yard. There were no children by the last marriage. Mary. James, bapt. Jacobus, May 1, 1737. Samuel, bapt. July 8, 1739. William, b. ____ , died in 1776. Letters of administration in his estate were granted to his brother, Daniel Holmes, Feb. 2S, 1776. See Book M of Wills, p. 29, Secretary of State's office, Trenton. Catharine Holmes, the seventh child of Jonathan Holmes, Jr., and Teuntje Hendrickson, his wife above mentioned, by her first husband, Hendrick Schenck, had seven children, of whom five lived to grow up, viz: one son, Ruliff, and four daughters, Mary, Eleanor, Cathar- ine and Ann. Her youngest child, Ann, was born on her farm near what is now Bradevelt station, June 14, 1766, and married Jonathan Holmes, son of Sam- uel Holmes, and Mary Stout, his wife. Samuel Holmes (b. Oct. 4, 1726; d. Aug. 26, 1769) was a son of Jonathan Holmes, Sr., by Rebecca Throckmorton, his sec- ond wife. They are both buried in old Topanemus grave yard. This Jonathan Holmes, son of Samuel Holmes and Mary Stout, his wife, married Ann Schenck, as above stated, and died without children, Nov. 16, 1814. His will is dated January 6, 1810, proved Nov. 22, 1814, and recorded at Freehold in Book A of Wills, p. 685, etc. He first orders that one-quarter of an acre of land on the farm where his brother, John S. Holmes, then lived, and "where the burying ground now is" shall be a burying- place for the Holmes family. He then gives to his brother, John S. Holmes, the use of all his real estate, and at his death to go to his two sons, Daniel and John, or the sur- vivors of them in fee simple. This is the same farm in Pleasant Valley where ex-Sheriff Daniel Holmes lived, and where his son, the late Joseph H. Holmes, lived and died. The Holmes family still own it. Jonathan Holmes then made the fol- lowing bequests: To his sister Lydia, wife of Garret Stillwell, $250; to the children of his sister Parmelia, wife of John Stillwell, $250: to his brother, Stout Holmes, $375. This brother mar- ried first Elizabeth Pintard, second Mary Ogbourns, widow of Samuel Bray. One of his daughters, Alice, married ex- Judge Joseph Murphy, and was the mother of Holmes W. Murphy, who served two terms as clerk of Monmouth county and represented this county in General Assembly during the years 1880-81. He was associated with the writer as partner in law business for several years. Jonathan Holmes also gives by this will $375 to his sister Catharine, wife of Nathan Stout. To his brother, Samuel Holmes, he gives the interest yearly on $3,750 for life, and at his death to his son, Jonathan, if living. If dead, then $750 of principal to Samuel's two daughters, Mary and Catharine, and the remaining $3,000 to Daniel and John, sons of his brother, John S. Holmes. To Jonathan, son of his brother, Joseph Holmes, $500, and to Nelly, daughter of his brother Joseph, $125. To Joseph, son of David Crawford, $62.50, and to Joseph Covert, son of Daniel Covert, $62.50. To Jonathan Holmes, son of his brother Samuel, his clock, sideboard, silver tankard, best horse he has, his fusee and implements belonging to it. Orders all legacies paid in gold or silver. Directs Daniel and John, the two nephews to whom he gives all his real estate, not to sell it, but keep same in Holmes family forever. John S. Holmes named in this will married Sarah, daughter of Col. Daniel Hendrickson who commanded the Third Regiment of Monmouth militia during the Revolution, and was speaker of General Assembly of New Jersey in 1784. John S. Holmes also represented Monmouth county in General Assembly during years 1810-11 and 1813-14. His son Daniel married Rhoda VanMater, as has been mentioned in VanMater rec- ords. This Daniel Holmes was a mem- ber of the constitutional convention of 1844. The following paper has the genuine signatures of John S. Holmes, Col. Asher Holmes, and others who have been mentioned in these articles. It also shows that they appreciated edu- cation and good schools and made an effort to have an academy or high school established in Holmdel: "On condition that the acre of ground, this day sold by Obadiah Holmes unto us the undersubscribers, for erecting an academy; that if it should fail of suc- cess, then if its ever convenient to any other use, we engage to pay said Oba- diah Holmes or his lawful representa- tives, the further sum of fifty pounds for said lot. This we engage in case that either us or our heirs shall convert it to any other purpose. Witness our hands this twenty-fourth day of Dec- ember, seventeen hundred and ninety- three. ASHER HOLMES, BARNES SMOCK, THOMAS LLOYD, DANIEL KETCHAM. JOHN I. HOLMES. JOHN S. HOLMES. BARNES H. SMOCK, CHRINETONCB VanMATER. GARRET HENDRICKSON Witness present: HEN. HENDRICKSON, JARRET STILLWELL, WILLIAM BRITTON." +++++++++++++++ Photo: Above document executed December 24, 1793, showing signatures of Barnes Smock, Asher Holmes. Garret Hendrickson, Barnes H. Smock and others. +++++++++++++++ 129 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH. Garret Hendrickson, who has signed above, was Lieut. Garret Hendrickson in Capt. Wm. Schenck's company, and Barnes Smock commanded an artillery company during the revolution. Hen- drick Hendrickson, who signs as wit- ness, was one of the county judges and part of time presiding judge, as out- court minutes from 1790 to 1800 show. As the Holmes family has always been prominent in this county and have numerous relatives, there are many who will feel interested in the following extracts from a letter written by the Rev. Obadiah Holmes to his wife in 1675: "if she remains in the land of the living, after my departure" to use his own words. After speaking of the "comfort their children have been.'' he writes: "Wherefore make use of that he is pleased to let thee enjoy. I say make use of it to thy present comfort. Thou art but weak and aged, cease from thy labors and great toil and take a little rest and ease in thy old age. Live on what thou hast, for what the Lord hast given us, I freely have given thee, for thy life, to make thy life comfort- able; wherefore see thou doeth it, so long as house, land and cattle remain. Make much of thyself, and at thy death, then what remains may be disposed according to my will. And now, my dear wife, whom I love as my own soul, I commit thee to the Lord, who hath been a gracious merciful God to us all our days. Not once doubting He will be gracious to thee in life or death, and will carry thee through this valley of tears, with his own supporting hand. Sorrow- not at my departure, but rejoice in the Lord, and again I say rejoice in the Lord of our salvation. And in nothing be careful, but make thy re- quests to Him, who only is able to sup- ply thy necessities and to help thee in time of need. Unto whom I commit thee for counsel, wisdom and strength, and to keep thee blameless to the com- ing of the Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be all glory, honor and praise, forever and ever. Fare Thee Well." Extracts from a letter to all his chil- dren: After urging them to seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness, he says: "And now my son Joseph: Remember Joseph of Arimathea was a good man. and a disciple of Jesus, and was bold and went boldly and asked the body of Jesus and buried it." "My son John: Remember what a loving and beloved disciple he was." "My daughter Hope: Consider what a peace of God hope is, and court after that hope that will never be ashamed, but hath the hope of eternal life and salvation by Jesus Christ." "My son Obadiah: Consider that Oba- diah was a servant of the Lord and tender in spirit, and in a troublesome time hid the prophets by 60 in a cave." "My son Samuel: Remember that Samuel was a chief prophet of the Lord, ready to hear his voice saying "Speak Lord, for thy servant heareth." "My daughter Martha: Remember Martha, although she was cumbered with many things, yet she loved the Lord, and was beloved of him, for He loved Mary and Martha." "My daughter Mary: Remember Mary chose the better part, that shall not be taken away, and did hearken to the Lord's instructions." "My son Jonathan: Remember how faithful and loving he was to David, that servant of the Lord." "My daughter Lidiah: Remember how Lidiah's heart was opened, her ear bowed, her spirit made willing to re- ceive and obey the apostle in what the Lord required, and was baptized, and entertained and refreshed the servants of the Lord." "Let your conversation in life be squared by the Scriptures, ami they will direct you how to behave toward God and man. And next to loving and fearing the Lord, have you, a most dear and tender respect to your faith- ful, careful, tender hearted, loving, aged mother. Show your duty in all things. Love her with high and cheer- ful love and respect, and then make sure you love one another. Let it con- tinue and increase. So you may be good examples to others. Visit one another as often as you can, and put one another in mind of the uncertainty of life, and what need there is to pre- pare for death. Take counsel one of another, and if one see cause to advise or reprove the other, hearken to it and take it well. Be ye content with your present condition and portion God giv- eth you, and make a good use of what yon have, by making use of it to your comfort for meat, drink and apparel, it is the gift of God. And take care to live honestly, justly, quietly, with love and peace with all men, etc., and forget not to entertain strangers according to your ability, etc." OBADIAH HULLMES, The 17th day, 10th month, 1675." Hendrick, the eldest son of the pion- eer settler, was born in 1700; married 1725, Neeltje, daughter of Garret Schenck and Neeltje Voorhees, his wife, of Pleasant Valley, and died intestate February 21, 1753, aged fifty years, ac- 130 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH. cording to his headstone in the family burying ground on the old Hendrickson homestead at Holland in Holmdel town- ship. His wife is not buried by him, as she married in 1761 Elias Golden and is probably buried by him on the Golden homestead. Administration on his es- tate, at request of the widow, was granted March 20, 1753, to his brothers, Daniel and William, and his brother-in- law, Garret Schenck. See Book F of Wills, page 107, Secretary of State's office at Trenton, N. J. He had the fol- lowing children: Tryntje, baptized April 3, 1726; died in infancy. Daniel, born November 11, 1727; mar- ried in 1767, Mary Schenck, (see license in Secretary of State's office) and died without surviving children March 2nd, 1776, aged 48 years, 3 months, 21 days, according to his headstone inscription in homestead yard. His wife is not buried by him, which would indicate that she has married again. His will is recorded at Trenton in Book M of Wills, page 16-17. He describes himself as "Daniel Hendrickson, Jr., of Middietown township." He gives his wife Mary £1400, with household goods and a negro girl. All his real estate is devised in fee equally between his two broth- ers, Garret and Hendrick. He bequeaths £100 to his sister, Nelly VanMater, and the same amount to his sister, Mary Couwenhoven, and £20 to his sister Ann, with a negro man. To James Schenck. a cow and calf. This will is dated Feb- ruary 18, 1775, proved March 12, 1776. His two brothers, Garret and Hendrick. divide the lands so devised between them by quit claim deeds, recorded in Book I of Deeds, page 92, Monmouth County clerk's office. Neeltje, baptized January 4, 1734; died young. Garret, born January 22, 1734, died December 2, 1801, and is buried by his first two wives on the homestead. He married first, according to license granted, December 8, 1755, and on rec- ord at Trenton, his cousin, Catharine, daughter of Tunis Denise and Fran- cyntje Hendrickson, his wife, (born May 8, 1732, died Sept. 8, 1771). Mar- ried second. Lena, or Helena, (born Sept. 26, 1753, died Jan. 1, 1785) daugh- ter of Denise VanLieu, or VanLieuwen, and Ida Wyckoff, his wife. Married third, Nelly, daughter of Arie VanDoorn and Antje Janse Schenck, his wife, and then the widow of Hendrick Smock. She died February 11, 1834, aged 91 years, 10 months, 8 days, according to her headstone in Schenck-Couwenhoven cemetery, Garret Hendrickson lived and died in the old Dutch built farm- house, still (1900) standing, on the farm where Cyrenius Hendrickson lived and died in Pleasant Valley, afterwards owned and occupied by his only son, Henry Denise Hendrickson, well known to our present generation of people in this county. Garret Hendrickson was a lieutenant in Capt. William Schenck's company of militia during the Revolu- tionary war and rendered good service to his country. The following extract from the New- Jersey Gazette of June 28, 1780. speaks of him, although by mistake his name is printed "Henderson" instead of Hen- drickson. There was no officer by the name of Henderson in the Middietown militia. Thomas Henderson of Free- hold, was a lieutenant-colonel and a physician, and is said to be the writer of those letters from Monmouth county published from time to time in this newspaper. Our county records show- that a pension was granted to Garret Hendrickson and Walter Hier (Hyres) for wounds received in a skirmish on June 21, 1780. The United States gov- ernment at a later date placed Garret Hendrickson on the pension roll for this same injury. "Letter from Mon- mouth county dated June 22, 1780. Yes- terday morning a party of the enemy consisting of Tye with 30 Blacks, 26 Queen Rangers and 30 Refugee Tories landed at Conascung. They got be- tween our scouts undiscovered, and went to James Mott's, Sr., and plunder- ed his and several neighbors houses of almost everything, and carried off the following persons: James Mott. Sr., James Johnston, Joseph Dorsett, Joseph Pearce, William Blair, James Walling, Jr., John Walling, son of Thomas, Phillip Walling, James Wall, Matthew Griggs, several negroes and a great deal of stock; but all the negroes except one, and a great deal of stock were retaken by our people. Capt. Walling was slightly wounded and a Lieut. Henderson (Hendrickson) had his arm broken. Two privates supposed mortally and a third slightly wounded in a skirmish we had with them on their retreat. The enemy acknowledge loss of seven men, but we think it more considerable." It appears that there was hand to hand fighting, for in an affidavit on record in the Monmouth clerk's office to support Hyres' claim for pension, it is stated "that he received a cutlass wound while boldly fighting." Doctor Barber and Doctor Thomas Henderson, (writer of these letters) certify that 131 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH. Garret Hendrickson had lost almost entire use of his right arm from injur- ies received in this fight on June 21, 1780. See page 303 of Old Times in Old Monmouth, although there is a typographical error here, for the month is printed January instead of June. In this and several other raids the enemy landed at Conescunk. The reason of this was the depth of water at this place near the shore which enabled them to get off their boats at any stage of the tide. At other places the flats would be bare for a considerable dis- tance or water too shallow to float their barges at low tide. Captain John Schenck is said to have led our forces and pressed close upon them until they embarked. So closely were they pressed that they abandoned nearly all the cattle, sheep and hogs they had taken, and all the negro slaves except one. While their last boat was within musket shot from the beach an officer stood up in the stern of the boat and deliberately aimed and fired at Captain Schenck, who had come down to the water's edge. The bullet whistled close to his head. "They shoot as if they wanted to kill a body," said the grim farmer, "but two can play at this work." Then seizing a gun from one of his men he walked into the water up to his armpits and carefully aiming, fired at the man who still stood up in the stern of the boat. He was seen to fall back but how badly hurt was never learned. Hendrick, the fifth child of Hendrick Hendrickson, and Neeltje Schenck, his wife, was born April 23, baptized June 5, 1737, and died October 11, 1811, ac- cording to his tombstone in family yard on homestead farm. He married first, according to license granted, March 7, 1757, Lydia, daughter of Ensign Elias Couwenhoven and Williamsee Wall, his wife, (born March 11, 1738; died March 16, 1805) married second, Helena Long- street, October 18, 1806, according to marriage records in Monmouth clerk's office. I think she was a widow, and the daughter of Joseph Covenhoven and Hannah, his wife. She was born Nov- ember 28, 1754, died October 3, 1820. Both wives are buried by him in home- stead yard at Holland. By his first wife he had the following children, but none by his second wife. Hendrick, born November 13, 1758, baptized February 18, 1759: died unmar- ried. November 8, 1803. He served in light horse company during Revolution and was also the schipper or boss of a crew of whaleboatmen, whose boats lay concealed in the ravines near Matawan creek and swamps near Waycake creek. Williampe, born February 2, 1761; married first, November 9, 1778, Aaron Longstreet; second, Dr. Pitney, and died October 21, 1837. Elias, baptized September 29, 1765; married Gitty, who died May 10, 1805, when only nineteen years old, accord- ing to headstone in homestead yard. He died childless July 28, 1805, aged 40 years, and is buried by her. He also served during the Revolution in light horse company. Hendrick Hendrickson, the father of these three children, served as one of our county judges many years, and part of the time was presiding judge of the Monmouth courts: see Nos. 7, 8 and 9 of court minutes of Monmouth county. Denise Denise, Garret I. Cov- enhoven, John Covenhoven, Peter Schenck and Peter Wyckoff were asso- ciate judges with him part of this time. As a judge he was fair and impartial, with strong common sense. In addi- tion to lands he inherited from his father, he got 200 acres under will of his brother Daniel. He also purchased of John Covenhoven 130 acres, and some years later 150 acres more, adja- cent to his farm in Pleasant Valley. He also bought 37 acres of adjacent land from Garret Schenck, and so be- came the owner of some 600 acres of as good land as there was in Pleasant Valley. As his sons died childless, this large and valuable farm passed out of the Hendrickson name under his will dated July 12, 1811, proved November 28, 1811, recorded at Freehold in Book A of Wills, page 457, etc. He devised all his real estate to his grandson, John Longstreet, subject to the comfortable maintenance of his widow for life. This devise passed into the Longstreet fam- ily one of the finest and most produc- tive farms in Pleasant Valley. He gives to his daughter, Williampe Pit- ney, interest on £342, then in hands Of Aaron Pitney. He gives Anne Seabrook and Lydia Smock £600 each. To his grandson, Hendrick Longstreet, £5, to Aaron Schenck, son of Obadiah Schenck and Nelly Longstreet, £500. Hendrick Longstreet, his grandson, and friend Denise Hendrickson, are appointed ex- ecutors. The sixth child of Hendrick Hen- drickson and Neeltje Schenck, his wife, was Mary, born December 6, 1740, mar- ried January 13, 1767, Cornelius (b. Feb. 11, 1746, d. Oct. 10, 1806), son of William Cornelise Couwenhoven and Annetje Hendrickson, his second wife. She died January 3, 1806, and is buried 132 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH. by her husband in Schanck-Couwen- hoven cemetery. Tryntje, (Catharine) bap. September 30, 1740: died young. Neeltje, bap. September 30, 1740, mar- ried 1756, Jacob VanMeter (b. March 3, 1732, d. April 20, 1775), already men- tioned in VanMater records. Antje, bap. October 7, 1744, married David Hansen VanNostrandt, who was bap. September 18, 1737. William, bap. December 18, 1748, died young. Garret and Hendrick Hendrickson owned some of the best farming lands which could be found in Monmouth county. They were well stocked with cattle, sheep and swine. The hams and bacon made by them were of the best. In the fall an abundant supply of smoked meats, salted provisions, and other things to eat and drink, were laid away in cellar, smoke house and garret. This is the reason why so many- raids were made through Pleasant Valley. The last of these expeditions occurred February 8, 1782. Forty refu- gees from Sandy Hook under command of a Lieutenant Steelman who belonged down in Cape May county, came up during the night and surrounded Garret Hendrickson and his brother Hendrick's houses before daylight. This was directly after a heavy snowstorm and I suppose these men on the Hook were in a state of starvation and ready for any desperate adventure to get provis- ions. They succeeded in taking Hen- drick Hendrickson and his two sons, Hendrick and Elias, with all women folks and negro slaves, and Garret Hendrickson with his people, and John Covenhoven, his family and servants on adjacent farms, prisoners and placed them under close guard. A young man named William Thompson at Garret Hendrickson's house, managed in some way to escape undiscovered and hur- ried off to Captain John Schanck's home where he gave the alarm. They seized five woodsleds on these different farms. On two they fastened hay shelvings with boards nailed against the sides and on the bottom. On the other three they placed the bodies of farm wagons. Then they hitched two teams or four horses to each sled, for the snow lay deep and the roads were unbroken in many places. They put two barrels of apple whisky in one end of the hay shelvings and barrels of pork in the other, and between five live sheep. Barrels of flour, corn meal, potatoes, and all the poultry they could kill was placed on the other shelving. The other sleds were loaded with bacon, smoked meats, hams, corned beef, butter, and all other kinds of provisions they could lay their hands on. They also took clothing, blankets, and cooking utensils. Mrs. Garret Hendrickson's silk dress was taken and used to wrap up hams. After loading up with all kinds of plunder they started back for the Hook. In the meantime Captain Schanck was gathering his men and succeeded in getting thirty mounted men ready in about an hour after the Refugees had started. The deep snow and unbroken roads with the heavy loads made the progress of the Refugees slow. They were overtaken and a lively skirmish ensued in which three of them were wounded and and twelve taken prisoners. The rest escaped. One of them cut a horse loose from among the teams and rode off. All the plunder was retaken. Our people lost one man killed. This was young Thompson who had given the alarm. On their return they were attacked unexpectedly by a detached party of Refugees consisting of sixteen men under command of Shore Steven- son. Captain Schanck at once ordered a charge before they could reload their guns. They at once threw down their arms and asked for quarter. In the confusion, however eight of the first prisoners got away, leaving only four who with Stevenson and his sixteen men made 21 prisoners. Lieutenant Garret Hendrickson by Catharine Denise, his first wife, had the following children: Hendrick, baptized March 20, 1757, died young. Franeyntje, baptized March 18, 1758; married William Forman. Both buried in yard of Old Tennent church. She died June 19, 1815, and her husband January 31, 1823, aged 71 years, 5 months, 5 days. Denise, born November 12, 1761, died March 7, 1830. He married December 28, 17S6, Anne, (born Nov. 15, 1766; died Aug. 6, 1858) daughter of John Schenck and Nelly Bennett, his wife, of Pleasant Valley. Both are buried on homestead farm at Holland. Hendrick, born July 10, 1764; married January 20, 1791, Phoebe VanMater; died June 6, 1837. Both are buried on homestead farm at Holland. Names of their children have been heretofore given in VanMater genealogy. Neeltje, baptized August 10, 1766; married John, son of Hendrick Brower and Abigeltje Hunt, his wife. Catharine, born April 8, 1768; married September 18, 1791, Peter, son of Hen- 133 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH. drick Brower and wife aforesaid. She died August 8, 1822, and is buried in homestead yard. By his second wife, Helena VanLieu, he had the following children: Ida, baptized March 19, 1775; married September 10, 1791, Joseph K. Van- Mater, already mentioned in VanMater records. Daniel G., baptized June 1, 1776; mar- ried December 21, 1797, Sarah, daug-hter of Cornelius Albertse Couwenhoven and Mary Logan, his wife They removed to some other part of New Jersey. Mary, baptized May 2, 1779; married December 24, 1797, William VanMater, whose children have been already named in VanMater articles. Lydia, born October 9, 1781; married Stephen Crane and died May 4, 1851, aged 69 years, 6 months, 25 days, ac- cording to her headstone in homestead burying ground at Holland. Her hus- band is not buried by her; I do not know where he was. Anne, baptized December 7, 1783; married October 3, 1799, Garret Terhune. Denise Hendrickson and Anne Schenck, his wife, named above, had the following children: Garret D., born July 7, 1787; died October 12, 1861. He married March 23, 1808, Jane, daughter of Capt. Hendrick Hendrickson and Francinke Covenhoven his wife. One of their daughters, Cath- arine, born April 20, 1815, married the late William Henry Sickles of Red Bank. Another daughter, Adaline, mar- ried John Vanderveer Carson, now (1900) residing in Freehold, and the parents of the Carson Brothers, who have so long carried on the butcher's business here. Catharine, born October 8, 1801; mar- ried December 24, 1821. Peter R. Smock, and died September 9, 1890. Both are buried in Smock burying ground near Holmdel village on the farm where Peter R. Smock lived and died. They are the parents of ex-Sheriff Ruliff P. Smock, now a resident of Freehold. John Schenck. born Mav 9, 1807, mar- ried Ellen Hyres. John, the second son and fourth child of Daniel Hendrickson, the pioneer settler, was born about 1702; married about 1734, Annetje, (born in February 1708) daughter of Jacob Couwenhoven and Saartje Schenck, his wife. The parental homestead of these young people in a direct line over the meadows and hills were less than a mile apart. They had know each other from their earliest childhood. After his marriage John settled on a farm in county of Middlesex, which his father had pur- chased of Stephen Warne and which he had given to him by will. Here the following children were born: Daniel, born July 3, 1735; married in 1758 Eleanor VanMater (b. Aug. 4, 1735, d. Feb. 12, 1828). He died Nov- ember 17, 1809, and is buried in family yard on farm of late George Crawford Hendrickson, his great grandson, at east end of Middletown village and still owned by this family. Names of his children have already been published in the VanMater family. Jacob, baptised February 12, 1738; no other information. John Hendrickson died in 1740 and letters of administation of his estate were granted October 11, 1740, to his eldest brother Hendrick, to his brother-in-law William Couwen- hoven, and Henry Disbrow, see Book C of Wills, page 335, secretary of state's office, Trenton, N. J. I do not know whether his widow survived him or not. She would have right of administration, but as she is not named, it would seem that she had died prior to her husband. Maijke (Micha) the fifth child, mar- ried Geysbert VanMater (b. Feb. 24, 1694). Names of their children have been heretofore published in genealogy of the VanMaters. Tryntje (Catharine) sixth child, is the only one who married and removed from this county and the only one of the seven daughters who did not join the church in this county. She married one Henry Dusberry or Dusenberry and aremoved to some other part of New Jersey or some other colony. She, how- ever, while visiting her parents in Mon- mouth, had three of her children bap- tized in the Dutch church, viz: Antje, baptised December 19, 1736. Her brother John Hendrickson and his wife, Annetje Couwenhoven, appear as sponsore on church records. Anne, baptized December 24, 1738. Her brother, Hendrick Hendrickson and his wife, Neeltje Schenck, are sponsors. William Hendrickson, baptised Octo- ber 12, 1743. Her brother, William Hendrickson, and his wife, Mary Long- street are sponsors. This is all the re- cords given us of Catharine, where she lived and when and where she died is unknown. William the third son of Daniel Hen- drickson and Catharine VanDyke, was baptized, November 6, 1709, married about 1731, Mary or Maria (bapt. May 6, 1702) daughter of Stoffie Langstraat and Maicken or Moyka Laen his wife. His wife's name appears as a communi- cant on records of Dutch church in 1741 as "Maria Langstraet, wife of Wilm Hindriekson." They had the following 134 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH. children: Catharine, baptized August 8, 1732, maried Jacob, son of Rem Remsen of Brooklyn, N. Y. He was born in 1719, died 1784. Their marriage license in Secretary of State office at Trenton was granted, August 11, 1747, "Catharine Hendrickson of Monmouth County to Jacob Remsen, Sr., of New York." They have one child baptized in our church May 6, 1750, and named William. His maternal grandparents were put down as sponsors. Daniel, baptized December 25, 1736, married in 1756, Catharine (b. Jan'y 29, 1738,) daughter of Rutgers VanBrunt and Elizabeth Voorhes, his wife, of New Utrecht, L. I. This Daniel Hen- drickson was a land surveyor and was very prominent during the war for independence as Colonel of the 3rd Reg- iment of the Monmouth militia. These two children are the only ones William Hendrickson and Maria Longstreet, his wife had. William Hendrickson died intestate in 1783, and the records in the Secretary of State's office show that letters of administration were granted to their son Daniel, October 27, 1783. I do not know where he or his wife are buried but would not be surprised if it was somewhere in the vicinity of Tin- ton Falls, as his son Daniel, then re- sided there. Colonel Daniel Hendrick- son by Catharine VanBrunt, his wife, had the following children: William, baptized July 31, 1757, died young. Elizabeth, baptized July 16, 1758, married Richard McKnight, Captain of Monmouth militia during Revolution. William, baptized January 11, 1761, died young. Daniel, born 1763, married Elizabeth, daughter of Barzillai Grover and Theo- dosia, his wife, of Upper Freehold. Mary, baptized March 17, 1765. Sarah, born March 9y 1767y married John S. Holmes, (b. Nov. 29, 1762y d. Aug. 15y 1821) son of Samuel Holmes and Mary Stout, his wife. Daniel Hendrickson and Nicholas VanBrunt represented Shrewsbury township in the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, in 1775. In minutes of Provincial Congress and of the Com- mittee of Safety of New Jersey, for vears 1775-6, his name is frequently mentioned. After the Revolution he represented Monmouth county four years in the General Assembly and in 1784 was Speaker of the House. I can- not find out where he is buried or date of his death. Like Captain Joshua Huddy, Captain Chadwick, and some others that served the people faithfully, the Republic has forgotten their graves. In Book M of Deeds, pages 161-165 in Monmouth County Clerk's office is rec- ord of two deeds from Daniel Hendrick- son of Shrewsbury township. Both deeds are dated April 30, 1791. One conveys to Cornelius Luyster of Middle- town, ten acres of land, being part of the lands which William Hendrickson, late of the township of Middletown, died seized of and which said Daniel Hendrickson claims title in part as an heir-at-law of his father, William Hen- drickson, aforesaid, and in part by a quit claim deed from Catharine Hen- drickson, (Remsen) daughter of said William Hendrickson deceased, as one of his heirs at law. The ten acre tract is described as beginning at a maple tree on the west side of Mahoras brook, adjoining Luyster's land and the north- east corner of Daniel Hendrickson's cleared land. The second deed conveys to Peter Luyster a tract of woodland containing 20 acres, which William Hendrickson died seized of, and goes on to set out Daniel's title as in first deed. This land is described as beginning at the corner of the ten acre tract conveyed to Cornelius Luyster, and runs along line of this lot to Mahoras brook, and along said brook, etc. In Book L of Deeds, p. 97, etc., Mon- mouth county clerk's office, is record of a deed dated April 4, 1797, from Colonel Daniel Hendrickson of Shrewsbury township to Daniel Hendrickson, Jr.,* of Upper Freehold, and John S. Holmes of Middletown. in which it is set out that said Daniel Hendrickson, Sr., be- ing justly indebted to several persons in the sum of £1,720 ($8,600), and the said Daniel Hendrickson. Jr., (his son) and John S. Holmes, (his son-in-law) being engaged jointly with him, said __________ * In Book M of Deeds, page 473, etc., Mon- mouth county clerk's office is record of a deed from Jacob Hendrickson and John Polhemus, executors of John Polhemus, deceased, to Gar- ret Wyckoff of Upper Freehold, dated March 18, 1794, which sets out that John Polhemus, late of Upper Freehold, deceased, was seized of 213 68-100 acres in Upper Freehold, by deed from James Holmes dated May 1, 1762, and that said John Polhemus, by his will dated June 7, 1788, authorized and directed his ex- ecutors to sell the land generally described as bounded westward by Daniel Hendrickson's land in part and in part by Joel Clayton. Timothy Hankins, and Amos Miller; easterly by said Garret Wyckoff's land, and northerly by John Britton's mill pond and brook below said pond. This deed is witnessed by Daniel Hendrickson, Jr., and Samuel Imlay, and it shows where Daniel Hendrickson, Jr., lived in Upper Freehold. 135 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH Daniel Hendrickson, Sr., for the pay- ment of said sum, he thereby sells and conveys all his real estate to them to secure them for these liabilities, etc. In same Book L of Deeds, p. 100, etc., is record of another deed from Daniel Hendrickson, Sr., of Shrewsbury town- ship, to Daniel Hendrickson, Jr., of Upper Freehold, John S. Holmes and John Holmes of Middletown township, Catharine Remsen, widow of Jacob Remsen of New York city, and Rutgers VanBrunt of Kings county, L. I. This deed dated April 5, 1797, sets out that Daniel Hendrickson, Sr., grantor, being justly indebted to Daniel Hendrickson, Jr., of Upper Freehold, *John S. Holmes and John Holmes of Middletown, Cath- arine Remsen and Rutgers VanBrunt of New York, does sell and convey them in settlement of said indebtedness all his real estate, consisting of several tracts of land at and near Tinton Falls in Shrewsbury township. Then follows description of these lands and state- ment: That the first two tracts at Tinton Falls, on which grist and saw mill stands, he claims title under a deed from Tunis Vanderveer dated May 10, 1773. The third tract by deed from John Morris dated May 25, 1783, and fourth tract by deed from Nicholas VanBrunt dated May 1, 1784. Like many other officers of the Rev- olution he served his country at a sac- rifice. The seven years of war and con- fusion ruined his business. The raids of the refugees of which he was a vic- tim two or three times, caused him great loss. The depreciation of the continental currency had also depreci- ated the value of his real estate, and there was no sale for real estate except __________ *John S. Holmes left a will, proved August 25, 1821, recorded at Freehold in Book B, p. 257, etc. Provides for his wife Sarah. Gives $7,500 to each of his four daughters, together with his grist mill and carding machines, viz: Mary, who married Albert VanBrunt; Cath- arine, who married Daniel H. Ellis of Free- hold ; Emma, who married George Taylor of Freehold, and Eleanor, who married Charles Hasbrouck. All residue of his property, both real and personal, he gives to his two sons, Daniel and John H. in fee. ____________ at a ruinous sacrifice. He was thus compelled to make this transfer of all his lands to these near relatives in order to prevent an entire loss under a forced or sheriff's sale. Colonel Daniel Hendrickson died soon after this assignment, probably dis- couraged and broken hearted over his troubles and sorrows. When and where he died is unknown. Neither is his place of burial known. He lies in an unknown and unmarked grave. Such is the gratitude of a republic. We find Daniel Hendrickson and Elizabeth, his wife, of Upper Freehold, and John S. Holmes and Sarah, his wife of Middletown, by deed dated August 9, 1799, recorded in Book M of Deeds, p. 98, etc., Monmouth clerk's office, conveying part of the real estate to Colonel Barnes Smock, viz: that tract at Tinton Falls on which grist and saw mill and other buildings stand with benefit of millpond and stream as far as Colonel Daniel Hendrickson's dec'd, right extended. Also a tract of 12 50-100 acres near Tinton Falls which tracts with other lands wen sold by Lewis Morris Ashfield, Esq., to Jacob VanDerveer by deed dated May 5, 1762, and then sold at sheriff's sale January 28, 1772, to Tunis Vanderveer and by him sold to Col. Daniel Hen- drickson by deed dated May 10, 1773, and by him to above grantors by deed dated April 5, 1797; also 96 65-100 acres on west side of the road from Tinton Falls to Middletown. In Book N of Deeds, p. 184, etc, is record of a deed from Daniel Hendrick- son and Elizabeth, his wife, of Upper hold, to John S. Holmes of Middle- ton, a merchant, conveying to him two tracts of land at Tinton Falls, which his father, Colonel Daniel Hen- rickson, deceased, owned in his life- time. In Book O of Deeds, p. 109, etc. is record of a deed from Daniel Hendrick- son and Elizabeth, his wife, of Upper Freehold, and John S. Holmes and Sarah, his wife, of Middletown, to Jacob Hubbard, dated April 25, 1800, convey- ing 19-1/2 acres of land which Col. Daniel Hendrickson owned in his lifetime. =========================== 136 ACCOUNT OF A RAID OF TORY REFUGEES IN THE YEAR 1779. The following account of a raid on Col. Daniel Hendrickson at Tinton Falls by a party of refugees is taken from files of the New Jersey Gazette now in our state library in Trenton: "On June 9, 1779, a party of about 50 refugees landed in Monmouth and marched to Tinton Falls undiscovered, where they surprised and carried off Col. Daniel Hendrickson, Col. Wyckoff, Capt. Chadwick, Capt. McKnight with several privates of the militia, and drove off sheep and horned cattle. About thirty of our militia hastily collected and made some resistance, but were repulsed with loss of two men killed and ten wounded. Loss of enemy un- known." Thomas Chadwick and Richard Mc- Knight were both captains of the Mon- mouth militia and the latter was a son- in-law of Col. Daniel Hendrickson. Auke Hendrickson was a miller by oc- cupation and a lieutenant in Captain Peter Wyckoff's company from Upper Freehold. At this time he was employed in Col. Hendrickson's grist mill at Tin- ton Falls. Col. Hendrickson had col- lected quite a magazine of powder, arms and other military stores at Tinton Falls for the use of our county troops. Besides he had ground a large quantity of flour and meal for use of the Amer- ican army. It is said that he had bor- rowed from his relatives, Mrs. Cathar- ine Remsen and his father-in-law, Van- Brunt, in New York, £1,000 ($5,000). which he had used in the purchase of these stores. The spies of the enemy had carried information to the refugees on Sandy Hook and hence this raid, which entailed great pecuniary loss to Col. Hendrickson. The notorious James Moody in an ac- count of his career, dictated by him and published in London, England, after the close of our Revolutionary War, gives his version of this raid. He says that on June 10, 1779, he was at Sandy Hook and in command of six- teen men. There he asked a friend named Hutchinson, who had six men and some guides, to assist him on an expedition against the rebels in Mon- mouth county. They started from Sandy Hook for Shrewsbury village and eluding the rebel guards reached a place called the Falls undiscovered, and surprised and made prisoners, one colonel, one lieu- tenant-colonel, one major, two captains and other persons of lesser note. They destroyed a considerable magazine of powder and arms. With their prisoners and such stores as they could carry or bring off, Hutchinson took charge of, while Moody and his men remained in the rear. They were pursued by double their numbers. Moody with his sixteen men made a stand and kept up such a sharp fire on the rebels as to hold them back, while Hutchinson moved on with the prisoners and plunder. After Hutchinson had got a consid- erable distance ahead. Moody and his men would fall back. When they reached another good place they would make another stand, until in this way they reached Black Point (now Sea- bright). Here they transported their prisoners and plunder over the inlet. The rebels were reinforced by ten men and made a determined attack, in which Captain Chadwick and Lieutenant Auke Hendrickson were shot dead. Moody says there was something peculiarly shocking in the death of the rebel cap- tain. He was shot through by Moody while with most bitter oaths and threats of vengeance, after having once missed fire he was again leveling his gun at him. That after three men were killed and a number of others lay wounded, the rebels raised a flag of truce and asked for cessation of hostil- ities to remove their dead and wounded. This was agreed to on condition that they were allowed to remove and take away all their plunder. Moody says their goods and stores taken were sold for £500 ($2,500) and the money all div- ided among the men who were with him in this raid. Moody may have had only 16 men of his own and six of Hutchinson's when he started but he had at least fifty when he reached Tinton Falls before daylight. They found our men in bed and wholly unprepared. They threw a large quantity of powder in the mill pond and broke the guns. They seized all the horses and wagons they could find at Tinton Falls and vicinity and loaded them with a large quantity of stores, meal and flour from the mill, together with all the provisions and goods of value they could find. They drove off all the sheep and cattle on the farms around there, besides slaugh- tering several hogs, whose carcasses 137 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH they took off in one of the wagons. They collected all this plunder and moved off down the road towards Shrewsbury village before our militia could gather. Then not over thirty men were in our force when they began their pursuit. They overtook the rear guards commanded by Moody in person somewhere in the vicinity of what is now Fair Haven. He, however, had all his prisoners stationed close by his men, so that our people could not fire, without endangering their lives as much as those of the refugees. Thus holding back our force he al- lowed Hutchinson with his train of wagons, cattle and sheep to get well in advance. Then falling back, still with the prisoners as shields to his men, he slowly followed. In this way they reached Black Point. There our people had ten more men to join them, and made a sharp attack on their flank while they were getting their plunder over the inlet. In the confusion Cap- tain Chadwick and Lieutenant Auke Hendrickson broke loose from the enemy and ran over to our men. Lieu- tenant Hendrickson was a man of fiery temper and Captain Chadwick also was very excitable and passionate under provocation. The tantalizing and un- fair way in which they had been used and treated while prisoners, by Moody had exasperated both to the verge of insanity. As soon as Lieutenant Hen- drickson reached our line he grabbed a musket which had been discharged, and at once turned and ran towards Moody with loud threats and imprecations for his cowardly usage. His gun, of course, missed fire and he was shot down by Moody. Captain Chadwick, who had also turned on them, was killed at the same time by some of the other refugees. Some ten of our men were also wounded which made any further effort useless. A flag of truce was raised and Moody agreed to allow the removal of our dead and wounded provided they were permitted to carry off all their plunder. Like Captain Joshua Huddy, Captain Dennis, Lieutenant Whitlock, and many other patriots of our Revolu- tion, who gave up their lives for Amer- ican independence. Captain Chadwick and Lieutenant Auke Hendrickson lie in unknown and unmarked graves. Surely this is a reproach and a shame to the people of Monmouth county. Daniel Hendrickson, son of Col. Dan- iel Hendrickson and Catharine Van- Brunt, his wife, married Elizabeth, daughter of Barzillai Grover. He re- sided in Upper Freehold township and carried on a grist mill located on Doc- tor's Creek in that township. I think this mill was at Red Valley, although I may be mistaken as to that. They had the following children: William, born June 2, 1782, married and removed to one of the western states. Barzillai, born February 19, 1784, married Elizabeth Horsefull. He owned and conducted the Union hotel at Free- hold during the thirties of last century. Daniel, born May 19, 1786, died un- married. His will was proved Septem- ber 18, 1862, and recorded in Book G of Wills, page 470 at Freehold. Makes a bequest to his sister Theodosia, wife of Forman Hendrickson, and if dead, to her daughter Eliza, wife of Jacob Ellis. He gives to George Imlay $100, and residue of his property to his nep- hews, Enoch Hendrickson and Richard M. Hendrickson. Joseph, born March 14, 1788. James G., born February 19, 1791, married March 3, 1813, Hannah Morris. Samuel, born July 26, 1793, married Phoebe Mount. Theodosia, born November 2, 1795, married Forman, son of Jacob Hen- drickson and Elizabeth Mount, his wife. Richard Howell, born November 2, 1795, married Lyde Perrine. Katharine, born June 29, 1797, mar- ried Peter Imlay. John B., born January 26, 1799, mar- ried Parmilla Grover. Enoch, born April 7, 1802, married Achsah Parker. Pierson, born July 31, 1803, married August 7, 1823, Sarah VanDorn. This last son resided many years at Tinton Falls, where he carried on a country store. Elizabeth Hendrickson, the mother of these ten boys and two girls, made her will January 27, 1843, proved December 6, 1851, recorded at Freehold in Book F of Wills, page 107, etc. ========================