HINDLEY.    The name Hindley is probably of English origin, but nothing can be discovered now to show whence it came to Sullivan County, New York.  Charles Hindley was born June 30, 1835, in Monticello, where he had been fifty-five years engaged in the manufacture of wagons.  In 1862 he enlisted in the Fifteenth New York Cavalry and served under Generals Sherman and Custer until the end of the war, being discharged in August, 1865.  He was in two engagements at Winchester, Virginia, and those of Lynchburg, Piedmont and Waynesborough, and also participated in Hunter's Raid, lasting sixty-two days.  Despite the hard service he went through, he escaped without any wounds.  He is engaged in the manufacture of wagons at Monticello, where he now resides.  He married Martha Stanton.  Children:  1. Mary, born 1858, married Albert Wyant, and resides in Monticello.  2. Amanda, 1859, married Albert Darling, mentioned below.  3. Laura L., born November 8, 1862, married William Henry Covart (see Covart VIII).  4. Benjamin, 1867, married Etta Sprague, and resides in Monticello.  5. Adella, 1870, wife of Frank Smith, residing in Newburg, New York.  6. Lucy, 1872, wife of Daniel Purdy, living in Monticello.  7. Emma, 1874, resides in Monticello, wife of Charles Hultzlander.  8. Charles, 1879, now resides in Monticello, married Kate Strauss. 

DARLING.     Albert Darling was born in 1848, in Forestburg, New York, son of George and Mary (Hanford) Darling, who came from Connecticut.  He married, December 21, 1877, at Forestburg, Amanda, second daughter of Charles and Martha (Stanton) Hindley, and now resides in Monticello.  Children:  1. Alice, born May 13, 1879; married Arthur Buck, and resides in Roscoe, Sullivan County, New York; children:  i. Wallace, born October 16, 1895, ii. Florence, September 29, 1897, iii. Percy, April 7, 1900, iv. Benjamin, September 11, 1901, v. Charles, September 2, 1903, vi. Laurina, May 18, 1906.  2. George, born March 19, 1880, married Emma Everts.  3. Lizzie, December 27, 1882, wife of John --------, residing in Monticello.  4. Jessie, January 12, 1884, married Augusta Stone, and lives in Monticello, having one daughter, Mildred, born 1909.  5. Charles, December 31, 1880, married Anna Ehrets, and lives in Monticello. 

FERRIS.     Jeffrey Ferris or Ferries, the name is also spelled Ferriger, the founder of this family, died at Fairfield, Connecticut, May 31, 1666.  The family belonged originally in Leicestershire, England, being of Norman origin, and descended from Guelcheline de Feriers, master of the house of the Duke of Normandy.  This Guelcheline de Feriers was the father of Henry de Feriers, who is said to have invaded England with William the Conqueror and taking an active part in the battle of Hastings, received from him large grants of land in Leicestershire and elsewhere.  According to tradition a romantic adventure is connected with the immigration of the family to America, the high-born ancestress following her lover to share with him in the colonies the romantic fortunes, which aristocratic environment would not allow in England.  Jeffrey Ferris, himself, is first heard of in Watertown, Massachusetts, May 6, 1635, when he was made a freeman; he removed from Watertown to Westfield, Connecticut, in 1656, and later he was one of the eleven men of Greenwich, Connecticut who petitioned to be taken under the jurisdiction of New Haven.  He married (first) Susannah, widow of Robert Lockwood, by whom she apparently had two children:  1. Mary. 2. Jonathan; she died at Greenwich, Connecticut, December 23, 1660.  He married (second) Judy Bowers, who survived him.  Children, all by first marriage:  1. John, referred to below.  2. Peter, died September 28, 1706, married, July 5, 1654, Eliza-

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beth Reynolds.  3. Joseph, married, September, 1657, Ruth Knapp.  4. James.

          (II)  John, son of Jeffrey and Susannah (Lockwood) Ferris, was born in 1639, died in 1715 or 1716.  In 1654 he removed from Fairfield, Connecticut to Westchester, New York.  In 1667, he was one of the first patentees of Westchester, where he had become one of the ten proprietors of Throckmorton's Neck.  Before his death he joined the Society of Friends.  He married (first) Mary ----------, who died in 1704, and (second) Grace ---------, who died December 31, 1715.  Children, all probably by first wife:  1. Peter, mentioned below.  2. Mary, married March 12, 1685, Nathaniel Underhill.  3. Samuel, married, in 1699, Sarah Pinckney.  4. James, died in 1746, married Anna Sands.  5. Jonathan, died in 1753.  6. John, died in November, 1729, married Elizabeth ---------.  7. Phebe, married Edward Burling.  8. Martha, married ----------- Clark.  9. Sarah, married (first) Solomon Palmer, (second) October 8, 1719, Samuel Harrison.  10. Hannah, died April 25, 1760, married William Mott. 

          (III) Peter, son of John and Mary Ferris, lived in Westchester, New York, in 1721, and in Mamaroneck in 1725; he also owned lands in East Chester.  He married Susannah ------------.  Children:  1. Gilbert, married Sarah Fisher.  2. Joshua.  3. Jonathan, referred to below.  4. Caleb. 

          (IV) Jonathan, son of Peter and Susannah Ferris, was born at East Chester, New York, February 15, 1732, died at Peekskill, New York, in August, 1798.  He married (first) Rachel, born in 1731, died May 6, 1779, daughter of Nicholas Dean; he married (second) Betsey Miller.  Children:  1. Joseph, born November 15, 1757, died November 23, 1841; married Lydia Seymour.  2. Caleb Dean, mentioned below.  3. John, born June 7, 1769, died February 25, 1789.  4. Joshua, married Eliza Hathaway.  5. Benjamin, died in 1797; married (first) Anna Post, (second) Anna Maria Schieffel.  6. Jonathan, born March 18, 1779, died September 6, 1838; married, February 13, 1800, Jane Owen.  7. Sarah, married Richard Cuory.  8. Susannah, married Smith Jones.  9. Deborah, married Benjamin Drake.  10. Phebe, married Henry Lounsbury.  11. Peter, married -------- Lounsbury.  12. Elizabeth, married John Jacobs.  13. Rebecca.  14. Fanny, married Caleb Wetmore.  Also it is said a son Charles. 

          (V) Caleb Dean, son of Jonathan and Rachel (Den) Ferris, married Elizabeth Lent, born in 1768, died in 1844.  Children:  1. Jonathan, referred to below.  2. Caleb D.  3. David.

          (VI) Jonathan (2), son of Caleb Dean and Elizabeth (Lent) Ferris, was born in Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York, and died there.  He was a farmer.  His wife's name is unknown.  Children:  1. Carlton B., referred to below.  2. Peter.  3. Benjamin.  4. David.  5. Betsey.  5. Hannah.

          (VII) Carlton B., son of Jonathan (2) Ferris, was born in Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York, in 1818.  He married Elizabeth Peterson, of Cortlandtown, Westchester County, New York.  Children:  1. Nancy, born February 24, 1847; married James K. Chase.  2. Jonathan, born July 2, 1850; married Bengephine Phene Hays.  3. Sarah, born March 21, 1853; married Theodore Bradley.  4. Benjamin, born March 9, 1856; married Lottie Hays.  5. Peter, born July 15, 1859; married Kate Blakely.  6. Jennie, born March 11, 1862; married David O'Dell.  7. Dean, referred to below.  8. Wright, born October 29, 1869, died in infancy.  9. Samuel, born December 1, 1872; married Kate Miller. 

          (VIII) Dean, son of Carlton B. and Elizabeth (Peterson) Ferris, was born September 30, 1866, and is now living in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York.,  he was educated in the public schools and in the Pennsylvania State College, spending two years in the latter institution.  Leaving school at the age of seventeen he went into the greenhouse business.  He has acted as correspondent for several agricultural papers, and has for a number of years been crop reporter for the United States Government.  He is a member of Cortlandt Lodge, No. 34, Free and Accepted Masons, of Peekskill, New York; Thirty-second Degree mason; member of Lodge No. 744, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Peekskill; and past master of Cortlandt Grange, No. 889. He is a member of Columbia Hose Company, No. 1; director of the Westchester and Putnam counties Fire Relief Association; and a member of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church of Peekskill.  He

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married Ella Thompson, of Brooklyn.  Children, all born in Peekskill:  1. Mary, august 23, 1889.  2. Anna T., September 8, 1891.  3. Victor, September 19, 1892.  4. Anna D., January 10, 1895.  5. Paul P., March 3, 1897.  6. Theodore R., July 2, 1899.  7. Ella, February 22, 1902.  8. Jennie E., April 5, 1905.  9. Lottie, December 23, 1907.  10. Leon, October 5, 1910.  11. Edward C., October 12, 1911. 

TRAVIS.     Absalom Travis lived at Travis Point, Westchester County, New York.  He was a ship builder.  He married Rachel, daughter of Lieutenant Joseph and Abigail (Rockwell) Doolittle.  Her father served in the Westchester County Militia, Fourth Regiment, in the Revolution.  Children;  1. Joseph, mentioned below.  2. Hiram.  3. Nathaniel. 

          (II) Joseph, son of Absalom and Rachel (Doolittle) Travis, married Elizabeth Lent, of Tompkins Cove, Rockland County, New York.  Children, all born at Travis Point:  1. Nathaniel.  2. Absalom, married Susan Underwood, children:  i. Joseph, ii. William, iii. Edward, iv. Charles.  3. Joseph (20, mentioned below.  4. James, married Elizabeth Conklin; child, Theodore, born at Peekskill, now living there.  5. Rosetta.  6. Matilda.

          (III) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) and Elizabeth (Lent) Travis, was born at Travis Point in 18490m, died in 1896.  He was a boatman and owned several boats on the Hudson River.  He was a Republican in politics, and a Methodist in religion.  He married mary, daughter of Lawrence and Mary (Luckey) Farley.  Her grandfather, John Farley, was born in Ireland, and married Ann McLaughlin, also of Ireland, and had children:  1. Lawrence.  2. Catherine.  3. Sarah.  4. John.  5. Anne.  6. Thomas.  7. Mary, all born in Ireland. Children of Lawrence and Mary (Luckey) Farley:  1. Anne, deceased.  2. Catherine, married Philip Lynch, of Peekskill; children:  i. James, ii. Lawrence, iii. Mary, all born at fort Montgomery, Orange County, New York.  3. Mary, married Joseph (2) Travis, referred to above.  4. John, deceased.  5. Thomas, married Ruth Hill, of Bay shore, long island; children:  i. Mary, ii. Henry, both born at Bay shore.  6. Patrick, deceased.  7. Lawrence, deceased.  8. Sarah, married Dennis Ryan, of Peekskill; children:  i. Mary. ii. Anne, iii. Charles, iv. Ellen, v. Sarah, and vi. Catherine, all born at Peekskill.  9. Charles, deceased, all born at Fort Montgomery.  Children of Joseph (20 and Mary (Farley) Travis:  1. Thomas, deceased.  2. Carlotta, deceased.  3. Elizabeth, deceased.  4. Anne E.  5. Absalom, referred to below.

          (IV) Absalom (2), son of Joseph (2) and Mary (Farley) Travis, married Nellie ferry of Verplanck's Point, Westchester County, New York, who died in May, 1902.  Children:  1. Helen.  2. Joseph.  3. Lawrence, all born in Peekskill.  With their father and his sister, they make their home with their father's mother. 

COLE.     The first member of this family of whom we have definite information, lived at Mechanicsville, Saratoga County, New York.  He married ---------.  Children, all born at Mechanicsville:  1. John O., referred to below.  2. Louis, married Rachel News, of Verplanck Point, Westchester County, New York, children:  i. William, ii. Moses,  iii. Lewis,  iv. Amanda, v. Charlotte, vi. Edith, all born at Verplanck Point, vii. David, viii. Moses, ix. Frederick, x. Elizabeth.

          (II) John O., son of --------- Cole, was born in Mechanicsville.  He lived at Buchanan, Westchester County, New York.  He was a mason and carpenter.  He married Catharine, daughter of Abraham and Rachel (Post) Hilliker, of Buchanan.  Her grandfather, David Hilliker, was born in 1771, died June 14, 1857.  He was a farmer and lived in Cortlandtville, Westchester County, New York.  He married, August 4, 1794, Mary Brown, born in 1780, died November 12, 1878.  Children of David and Mary (Brown) Hilliker:  1., Mary, married Carpenter Depew, of Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York, child, John.  2. Samuel.  3. John.  4. Margaret, married Benjamin Odell, of Buchanan, children, i. Margaret, ii. Eliza, iii. Rosanna, iv. Maria, v. Louise, vi. Benjetta, vii. Angeline, all born in Buchanan.  5. Jane.  6. Henry Brown.  7. Eliza, married Abraham Cole, at Buchanan, no children.  8. Winchey.  9. Augustus. 10. Abraham, married Rachel Post, children: i. Catharine, married John O. Cole, referred to above, 11. Cornelius, 12. Jacob, all born at Buchanan.  13. Lavinia, married Benjamin Dyckman, of Buchanan, children:  i. Eliza J., ii. Rachel, iii. Mary, iv. Abraham, v. Augustus, vi. Walter, all born at Buchanan.  14, Catharine, married Joseph Carpenter, of Hartsdale, child Mary L.  Children of John O. and Catharine (Hilliker) Cole, all born at Buchanan:  1. Abraham.  2. James L., married Emma Conklin, of Cortlandtville, children:  i. Charles, ii. Tillie, iii. Bertha, iv. George, v. James, vi. Lulu, vii. Rosella, viii. Benjamin, ix. Laura, all born at Cortlandt; x. John t., married Amanda Lent, of Montrose, children: 1. Dorland.  2. Eva. H., referred to below.  3. Rachel.  4. Alice.

          (III) Jacob H., son of John O. and Catharine (Hilliker) Cole, was born at Buchanan.  He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Buchanan; he has been trustee for thirty years, and also steward for a long period.  He is a member of the Red Men, Bald Eagle Tribe, No. 264, of Montrose.  He married Mary Cammett, of Montrose, Westchester County, New York.  Children, all born at Buchanan:  1. Jennie P., married George H. Conklin, of Montrose, children:  i. Howard, ii. Everett, both born at Buchanan.  2. Ida M., married A. e. Conklin, Jr., of Buchanan, children:  i. Vera I., ii. Earl C., both born at Buchanan, iii. Augustus J.

PUGSLEY.     James Pugsley, the founder of this family, appears with his brother, Matthew Pugsley, in Pelham Manor, Westchester County, New York, about 1680.  Matthew Pugsley married, November 22, 1683, Mary Hunt, and a Kathrin Pugsley, probably a daughter of either Matthew or James, possibly a sister to them, married, April 27, 1698, Richard Wilson.  Among the children of James Pugsley was John, referred to below. 

          (II) John, son of James Pugsley, lived in Pelham Manor, Westchester County, new York.  His wife's name is unknown.  Children:  1. James, referred to below.  2. William, settled in Dutchess County, New York, and among his children were:  i. William, ii. Edward, iii. Mary, of Little Nine Partners, iv. Samuel, settled in Dutchess County, v. Stephen, settled in Dutchess County. vi. Gilbert, settled in Dutchess County, vii. Israel, viii. Elizabeth, ix, John, removed to Nova Scotia, x. David, removed to Nova Scotia, xi. Sarah, xii. Phebe. 

          (III) James (2), son of John Pugsley, was born in Pelham Manor, Westchester County, new York, about 1720 to 1730.  Among his children was Samuel, referred to below.

          (IV) Samuel, son of James (2) Pugsley, of Pelham Manor, Westchester County, New York, was born about 1750.  He was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army.  He married Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremiah Drake, of Peekskill, New York.  Her father was a brother of Colonel Gilbert Drake and Colonel Samuel Drake, who commanded the Westchester County regiments in the Revolution; he was also a vestryman of St. Peter's Church at Van Cortlandtville, with Beverly Robinson, from whose house Benedict Arnold escaped after the capture of Major André.  Among the children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Drake) Pugsley was Jeremiah, of whom further. 

          (V) Captain Jeremiah Pugsley, son of Samuel (1) and Elizabeth (Drake) Pugsley, was born near Sing Sing, Westchester County, new York, about 1790.  He was a farmer by occupation and at one time lived near Croton, Westchester County, removing later to Locust Avenue, Cortlandtown, in the same county.  He served in the Westchester Militia during the War of 1812.  March 10, 1810, he was appointed ensign in the volunteer company of the Westchester County Militia, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel  Pierre Van Cortlandt, his captain being Jacob D. Dyckman.  On February 1, 1811, he was promoted lieutenant of the same company, and on August 2, 1817, he was promoted captain.  His commission as captain is still preserved by the family.  He married Hannah Underhill, daughter of Gilbert Taylor, who lived in the lower part of Westchester County.  Children:  1. Gilbert Taylor, of whom further.  2. Samuel (2), of whom further.  3. Jane, died before 1899, married Cornelius C. Roe, of Cortlandtown; children:  I,. Josiah,  ii. Mary,  iii. Samuel,  iv. Jasper, v. Charles,  vi. Sarah,  vii. John,  vii. Frederick. 

          (VI) Gilbert Taylor, son of Captain Jeremiah and Hannah Underhill (Taylor) Pugsley, was born near Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, December 31, 1823, died about 1901, at the age of eighty-eight years. He is buried in the family plot at Van Cortlandtville.  When a young man he went to New York City as a clerk in a drygoods store.  In those days there were no railroads between New York and Peekskill, and the journey was made on the "Columbia," a steamboat which, with a sister boat, the

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"Telegraph," constituted a day line between the two cities.  Afterwards as a member of the firm of Pugsley & Merritt he engaged in the drygoods business on Grand Street, the great shopping distinct of New York City, returning in 1848 to the Drake farm on Locust Avenue, Peekskill, where most of his after life was spent.  He was a Democrat in politics, and always interested in the political and civil activities of the town.  While not seeking public office or preferment from his party he was for a number of terms assessor of the town, being associated in the office with Nehemiah S. Jacobs, Lorenzo D. Curry and A. T. Sherwood, of Croton.  While in business in New York city he united with the old Broadway Tabernacle, then located at Broadway and Pearl Street, and at the time of his death was the sole survivor of those who were members of that church when he joined.  Rev. E. W. Andrews was pastor when Mr. Pugsley first united with the tabernacle, and he was a member under the pastorate of Rev. Dr. Joseph Thompson when the church was moved to Thirty-fourth Street and Broadway, a location it abandoned a few years ago for another further uptown at Fifty-seventh Street and Broadway.  The thirty-fourth Street property was sold by the church at that time for something like two million dollars; but it cost only about one hundred thousand dollars when the tabernacle was removed from Pearl Street, a sum, however, that in those days was considered high valuation for property.  After returning to Peekskill, Mr. Pugsley united with the First Presbyterian Church, and was its oldest member when he died.  Upon the fiftieth anniversary of his connection with this church suitable action was taken by the officers and members in recognition of his long membership.  He married, December 11, 1844, in New York City, Julia Butler Meeker, who died October 19, 1896.  She belonged to the well-known Meeker family of New Jersey.  Children:  1. Cornelius A.  2. Samuel Irving.  3. Sarah Amelia.

          (IV) Samuel (2), son of Captain Jeremiah and Hannah Underhill (Taylor) Pugsley, was born at Croton, Westchester County, New York.  He lived on a farm about two miles east of the village of Peekskill.  He married, June 16, 1852, Catharine Emeline, Daughter of Isaac Leggitt and Catharine Hopper (Dusenberry) Varian, born January 28, 1826, (see Varian).  Children:  1. Catharine, died in infancy.  2. Hannah M., married Amos Purdy, of Cortlandtown, no children.  3. Isaac, of whom further.  4. Eliza.  5. Samuel J., of whom further.  6. Caro M.

          (VII) Isaac, son of Samuel (2) and Catharine Emeline (Varian) Pugsley, was born near Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, about 1857, died in Peekskill, February 10, 1911.  He was a farmer by occupation.  In politics he was a Democrat, and in religion a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, of which he was a deacon for a number of years.  He married (first) Louise Reynolds, who died in 1888.  He married (second) November 27, 1890, Hannah E., daughter of James and Vashti (Concklin) Purdy, of Cortlandtown, Westchester County, New York.  Children, all by first marriage, all died in infancy:  1. Henry.  2. Howard, twins.  Louise.

          (VII) Samuel J., son of Samuel (2) and Catharine Emeline (Varian) Pugsley, was born in the town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York, January 21, 1859, and is living in Peekskill, New York.  He is engaged in contracting and general trucking, and his firm is one of the most widely and favorably known in his section.  The history of his business dates back to 1888, when it was founded by Mr. Pugsley on a moderate scale.  At that time he had two trucks, buying out S. J. Lyons; one year later he bought out Willian P. Seymour, and after a short time elapsed Abraham Light's business also.  Mr. Pugsley has enjoyed a steady increase in business and has added to his equipment until he now operated ten teams and employs fifteen people.  The success attending his activities is due to the fact that he is known to have practical and expert knowledge.  When this faculty is applied to any class of work the very best results are always obtained, for it is generally considered that practice exceeds theory in value.  Mr. Pugsley's concern is excellently equipped for prompt, efficient and satisfactory service in every department of his contracting, general trucking and storage business.  He is prepared to do all kinds of moving, and heavy hauling ina way to elicit the approval of patrons and at prices that are

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reasonable.  He gives employment to a force of reliable and responsible drivers and assistants, and has built up an extensive business because he is always able to delivery the goods.  A prominent feature of his business is the storage department, the entire building at the corner of Brown Street and Lincoln Terrace being given over to this purpose.  This structure is a modern one, contains three floors, twenty two by thirty feet in dimension, and is devoted exclusively to the storage of household effects.  The office is located at 747 South Street, and there Mr. Pugsley maintains stables.  He gives the enterprise his closest attention, and his systematic management is well reflected in the business.  It is generally conceded that he has a thorough understanding of the trucking business, and his success can be attributed to his thorough knowledge and excellent capabilities.  The old Pugsley farm homestead is still in the possession of the family owned by the estate of Isaac L. Pugsley, and Samuel J. has charge of it; it lies on Locust Avenue, just out of city limits.  Mr. Pugsley owns and operates a farm in Connecticut with his other business.  Mr. Pugsley is a member of the Cryptic Lodge, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Peekskill; also of the Hook and Ladder Company, and the Exempt Firemen.  He is a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of Peekskill, and has been an elder and trustee of the church for twenty-five years. 

          Mr. Pugsley married (first) in 1881, Hattie L. Powell, of Cortlandt, who died in 1889; and (second) in 1891, Alice L. Chambers of Canada, daughter of John Chambers, born in Brooklyn, New York.  Children, all by first marriage:  1. Lillian, born 1882, died 1897.  2. Winfield B., of whom further.  3. Florence L., married Aaron E. Smith, of Hollis, Long Island, child, Helen L.

          (VIII) Winfield B., son of Samuel J. and Hattie L. (Powell) Pugsley, was born in Peekskill, New York, July 14, 1884.  He was educated in the public schools, and was graduated from Eastman College at Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1900.  He spend seven years as a clerk in the freight department of the New York Central Railroad, and in 1908 engaged in the trucking business.  He is an attendant of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, and belongs to Cortlandt Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and to the Hook and Ladder Company.  He married, in 1908, Clara L. Franklin, of Peekskill.  No children.

PETERSON-HERMANCE.            In the early records of he Dutch Church at new York the name of Peterson appears in a multitude o forms, such as Pieters, Pieterse, Pietersze, and others.  The modern form was adopted about the middle of the eighteenth century.  Jan Pieterszen, of New Amsterdam, had a wife Grietie, sometimes written Jans and sometimes Cozyns, from it is inferred that she was a daughter of Cozyn.  They had children baptized in New York as follows:  1. Brechtie, July 16, 1675.  2. Jan, May 16, 1678.  3. Cornelius, February 8, 1680.  4. Abraham, December 13, 1681. 

          (I) Jan Pieterszen may have been born in Europe and baptized here in 1678.  At any rate, in the records of his marriage at the Dutch Church of New York, he is described as "a young man from (Van) Vlissingen."  He married, November 25, 1710, in New York, Antje, widow of Frederick Blom, and daughter of Jan and Annettie (Josephs) de Lamontagne.  She was married December 1, 1700, to Frederick Blom, both born and residing in New York.,  Children of Jan Pieterszen:  1. Jan, of whom further, and 2. Elizabeth, born July 22, 1716.

          (II) Jan (2), probably eldest child of Jan (1) and Antje (de Lamontagne) Pietersze, was baptized December 5, 1712, in New York.  He married there, November 10, 1733, Maria Stevens.  Her birth and parentage are not recorded in New York.  The baptisms of three children are on record, namely:  1. Margarieta, July 27, 1735.  2. Margritje, December 2, 1737.  3. Antje, August 2, 1741.

          (III) Garrett Peterson resided in New York, no record of his baptism can be found there or in the early records of Brooklyn, Flatbush or Staten Island.  He was probably the son of Jan (2) and Maria (Stevens) Pietersze, born about 1739.  He was three times married, and two of three marriages appear in the records of the Dutch Church at New York.  He was a blacksmith.  He was a man of large and well proportioned

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frame and lived to be nearly eighty years old.  About one year before his death he had a slight stroke of paralysis, but not so severe as to prevent his going about and attending to business.  He resided at Chatham Square and "died very gently."  He married (first) May 17, 1763, Jane Hyer; (second) anna Dyckman; (third) November 7, 1783, Catreen or Cornelia Somedyke.  Her maiden name was Hassen, and Garrett Peterson was her second or third husband.  She was a daughter of Cornelius and Joanna (Ritter) Hassen, and granddaughter of Jacob Hassen, of New York.  she had two children named Somedyke, and when Garrett first proposed marriage to her she replied not while her children were living would she marry again.  both children soon after died, and the marriage was consummated.  She lived to be over seventy years old.  They had eight children, three of whom survived to mature years.  Five of these are recorded in the church records of New York and one by the first marriage, namely, 1.Gerbrand, baptized March 4, 1768.  2. Cornelius, September 10, 1784, died young.  3. Cornelius, January 9, 1780.  4. Rachel, August 30, 1789.  5. Ann, August 6, 1790.  6. Elizabeth, December 16, 1794. 

(IV) Rachel, daughter of Garrett and Cornelia (Hassen) Peterson, was baptized August 30, 1789.  She married, June 12, 1810, Andrew Hermance, of New York. 

Hermance is an old Dutch name early planted in New York, whence it soon removed to Kingston and thence branch of the family crossed the river to Dutchess County, where the descendants long flourished.  Like many of the early New York names I does not closely resemble the original form.

(I) Jan Focken came from the Ruynen Province, Dreuthe, Holland, to New York  before 1676,  and 1678 settled at Kingston where his will was made October 20, 1724.  After 1693 he is called Jan Heermans, and he is on the tax list of Kingston in 1711 as Jan Focken Hermans.  He married (first) August 23, 1676, in New York, Engeltje Breestede, baptized November 29, 1654, in New York, daughter of Jan Jansen and Marritje (Andries) Breestede.  Their first and third child were baptized in New York, and the others in Kingston:  1. Jan, November 3, 1677.  2. Focken, July 20, 1679.  3. Hendrickus, of whom further.  4. Grietje, died young.  5. Andries, April 12, 1685.  6. Phillippus, January 1, 1687.  7. Pieter, December 30, 1688.  Jan married (second) in 1692, Elizabeth, widow of Pieter Cornelis Low, a daughter of Matthew Blansham.  They had a son, Matthew Blansham.  They had a son, Wilhelmus H., baptized May 7, 1693, and a daughter, Grietje, August 30, 1690, in Kingston. 

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