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BIOGRAPHY OF
JAMES KIPP.
JAMES KIPP is of the tenth generation in lineal descent from
Rocloff (Ralph) de Kype, who, as the prefix "de" unmistakably
indicates, was of French origin, but who resided at Amsterdam,
Holland, whither he had fled from France. His life-long calling
was that of a soldier, wherein he exhibited bravery, energy,
and capacity of the highest order. He attained prominence as
a military leader in 1555, during the long and bloody struggle
between the Catholics and Protestants, in which the latter finally
triumphed. It has been said that in 1559 he returned to France
and fought against the Protestants under the banner of the Duke
of Anjou. Whether he did or not is at this late date a matter
of little importance. It is known that his sons espoused the
Protestant cause. One of them is said to have been a stockholder
in the Dutch East India Company and an active promoter of the
voyage of Hendrick Hudson to New York in 1609. His son, Hendrick
de Dype (3d gen.), born at Amsterdam in 1578, came to America
accompanied by his son Hendrick (4th gen.). They were the first
of the name in the New World. Hendrick (3d gen.), owing to ill-health,
soon returned to Holland, but his son Hendrick (4th gen.), who
seems to have been the first to drop the "de" from
the name and who was usually known as "Hendrick Hendricksen
Kype," married and became one of the first permanent settlers
on Manhattan Island. Being a tailor by occupation, he was sometimes
dubbed "Schneider Kype." On April 28, 1643, he purchased
a lot 30 x 110 east of "The Fort" (now Bridge Street,
near Whitehall), on which he built his family residence and shop.
There, for years, he was the principal tailor of the town.
He married Ann de Sille, a daughter of Nicholas de Sille, of
Wyck, Holland. About this time Kieft was Governor of New Amsterdam.
Kype despised the governor and publicly denounced him as "a
butcher" for permitting the massacre of the Hackensack Indians
at Pavonia. Kieft summoned him to appear and answer for his
insolence, but Kype replied by messenger that he would not appear
before "a man of blood." Mrs. Kype likewise denounced
Kieft as a false judge. Upon the succession of Stuyvesant to
the governorship Kype was made a Councilor. Later he was chosen
to be one of the nine Selectmen, because, as is said, he was
one of "the most notable, reasonable, honest, and respectable
citizens of the city." Two years later he was made a Burgher,
but becoming dissatisfied with the management of town affairs
he soon after sold out and removed to Amstel, in Delaware, where
he embarked extensively in the brewing business on the west bank
of the Delaware River. The governor of Delaware soon made him
a member of the Council, and later, in 1660, appointed him Commissioner
of Amstel. About 1694 he seems to have returned to New Amsterdam
and about the same time purchased from Captain John Berry a tract
of two hundred acres of land south of Hackensack, from the Hackensack
River to the Saddle River, and including in it the present village
of Lodi. He died in New Amsterdam about 1703m leaving children
of the fifth generation Cornelia, Catharine, Peter, and Nicasie
(Nicholas).
Nicholas (5th gen.), born at Amstel, Del., in 1668, went to
Hackensack in 1694, and married Ann Breyant, of old Bergen.
The same year the couple joined the Dutch Church at Hackensack.
In 1698 Nicholas, with Thomas Fraunce and Rutgert Van Horn,
of Bergen, purchased from Captain Berry a large tract at Moonachie.
Nicholas made other purchases in due time-one of two hundred
acres from Garret Lydecker extending from the Hackensack to the
Saddle River, and another large area of "meadow land"
for which, as his deed recites, he gave a "fatted calf."
Upon his death he inherited a large portion of his father's
lands, and passed as one of the most extensive landholders in
that section. He resided on the Polifly road, was active in
town and church affairs, and held several responsible official
positions. His eleven children of the sixth generation were
Henry, Peter, Isaac, Cornelius, Jacob, Ann, Catherine, Elizabeth,
Garret, Nicholas, and John.
Nicholas (6th gen.), born at Moonachie in 1726, married in
1749 Lea Vreeland, of Bergen. He was a farmer by occupation
and resided for thirty-five years in Lodi Township. In 1755
he removed with his family to Schraalenburgh, where he bought
a large farm lying on both sides of the Schraalenburg road near
the present North Church. The same year he and his wife joined
the Schraalenburgh South Church, of which Nicholas was made a
Deacon in 1766. He was a man of means and greatly respected
by his neighbors. His children of the seventh generation were
Sophia, Isaac, Catharine, Peter, John, Maria, Ann, and Jemima.
Isaac Kipp (7th gen.) was born at Schraalenburgh, May 14,
1756, and died there March 10, 1813. He joined the South Church
in 1785, and became one of the principal and, in fact, the most
influential man in Schraalenburgh. He owned and managed a large
farm on both sides of the road near the North Church. Though
wealthy, both he and his father Nicholas fervently espoused the
cause of the colonists. For this the British and Tories raided
the Kipp farms and buildings, drove off the live stock, and committed
other acts of spoliation. Isaac joined the local militia, known
as the "train bands," and served against the British
during the last years of the Revolutionary struggle. At its
close he became active in the organization and drilling of the
State militia, in which he was at first a Major and later a Colonel.
He was one of the principals in the organization of the North
Church Congregation, and one of the seven men chosen by resolution
of the Consistory in 1800 to build the present church edifice,
receiving for that service six shillings per day. He died in
March, 1813, and was buried near the church in which he was so
long prominent. His children of the eighth generation were Nicholas,
David, Henry (who became a prominent physician), Ann, Leah, Maria,
Christina, Isaac, and James.
David Kipp (8th gen.) was born at Schraalenburgh, January
24, 1783, and died May 18, 1864. He was reared on his father's
farm, and in 1806 married Elizabeth, daughter of Wililam de Graw,
of Old Tappan. David resided and for many years kept a general
store at which is now Bergenfield, on the corner of the road
leading from Schraalenburgh road to the South Church. His children
of the ninth generation were Maria (married Matthew S. Bogert),
William, and Fanny (married Cornelius L. Blawvelt).
William Kipp (9th gen.) was born at Schraalenburgh, August
19, 1812, and died in 1871. He married, November 24, 1831, Elizabeth
Banta, born in 1813. William resided for many years at Old Tappan,
now Harrington Park. Although reared a farmer, he was a born
politician, and for many years was the Democratic leader in Harrington
Township. Late in life he removed to Closter. At his death
he left living Isaac David, John B., Isaac, Levina, James, and
William de Graw, the last two named being the subjects of this
and the following sketch.
James Kipp (10th gen.) was born at Old Tappan, N. J., October
15, 1844, and received his schooling in the public schools at
Tappan. At the age of fifteen he left home to become a clerk
in the grocery store of his brother David, at Sparkill, N. Y.
He was called home in the fall of 1862 to take the place of
his brothers John B. and Isaac, who had joined the Union Army
in Virginia. Upon the return of his brothers James sought and
obtained a clerkship in the grocery house of Elbert Bailey, then
at 518 Sixth Avenue, New York. After four years' service with
Mr. Bailey he entered the office of the Lorillard Insurance Company,
but remained there only three months. A more lucrative position
was offered him with the New York Rubber Clothing Company at
347 Broadway, which he accepted. In July, 1867, this company
combined with the Goodyear Rubber Company. Mr. Kipp acquired
an interest in the business and was given the responsible position
of manager, a position which he still holds at Nos. 787-789 Broadway,
New York. To manage a concern doing the great volume of business
which the Goodyear Rubber Company is doing demands business tact
and judgment of the highest order. These qualities Mr. Kipp
possesses in a marked degree, and his untiring energy, activity,
thorough knowledge of the business, and close attention to its
details have marked him for the early future as one of the great
army of successful mercantile men in the great city. He is thoroughly
domestic in his habits and tastes, and spends hi spare time with
his family. He belongs to no city clubs, does not dabble in
politics, has never held political office. He "leans toward"
the Dutch Reformed Church and the Republican party.
He married, February 21, 1872, Rachel, a daughter of John
J. and Hannah M. Naugie. Mrs. Kipp was born at Closter, N. J.,
March 25, 1850. They have three daughters: Ada (married in
1895 to Edward Livingston Gilbert, a New York stock broker),
Eva, and Florence, the last two both unmarried. Florence is
a recent graduate of the Comstock School of New York City, and
her sisters are graduates of the New York City public schools.
Ada has a daughter, Margery (11th gen.), born in 1897.
Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties,
New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey
Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 96-98.
Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties,
New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey
Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 68-69.
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