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1698, at Hempstead, Long Island.  He settled in Westchester County, in 1720.  He bought a large tract of land from the Indians in Northcastle, said to have been a square mile, lying eat of the present village of Armonk, where he built a log house on the ridge.  A part of this land is still held by his descendants.  His house was burned in 1721, and again the following year, after which he built a third in which he resided until his death in 1769.  The house was torn down in 1845, after having been successively occupied by his son, grandson, and great-grandson.  His will, made July 21, 1763, was probated May 24, 1769.  He married, about 1719, Phebe, born March 16, 1700, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Albertson) Coles.  Children:  1. Samuel.  2. Ephraim.  3. George.  4. Phebe.  5. William.  6. Archelaus.  7. Silas &  8. Benjamin, twins.  9. Timothy.  10. Elizabeth. 

          (V) Samuel, eldest child of Timothy and Phebe (Coles) Carpenter, was born January 7, 1720, the first white child born in Northcastle, Long Island, on account of which the Indians gave him one hundred acres of land.  He died in 1754, between June 2 and June 27, and by his will appointed his father and his wife's father as overseers of his estate.  He married Rachel, daughter of Job Wright, and had two sons, Wright and Samuel, the last born after his death.

          (VI) Samuel (2), second son of Samuel (1) and Rachel (Wright) Carpenter, was born in 1754, in Northcastle, Long Island, and was taken by his mother to Hempstead, where they resided until after the Revolution.  He subsequently purchased a farm in the town of Greenburg, where he resided until his death in 1822.  He married, November 17, 1781, in Hempstead, Esther, daughter of William and Rachel (Coles) Hopkins.  Children:  1. William.  2. Coles.  3. Phebe.  4. Esther.  5. Benjamin.  6. Rachel.  In his will he gave six hundred dollars to the eldest son, seventeen to the second son, and two hundred and fifty each to daughters, Phebe and Esther.  Probably the youngest daughter was not then living.

          (VII) Coles, second son of Samuel (2) and Esther (Hopkins) Carpenter, was born about 1785, in Greenburg, New York, where he engaged in farming throughout his active career.  He purchased a farm of eighty-two acres in that town, March 29, 1827, for which he paid two thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven dollars.  He was a member of the Society of Friends, and was sometimes a preacher for that sect.  His portrait still preserved by a grandson shows a face indicative of intelligence and a benevolent nature.  He married Elizabeth Sniffin.  Children;  1. Ward, now deceased, was a grocer in new York City.  2. Samuel.  3. Coles, mentioned below.  4. John H.  5. James S., died in New York City, where he was engaged in the trucking business.  6. Susan A.  7. Esther.  8. William, resided in Westchester.

          (VIII) Coles (2), third son of Coles (1) and Elizabeth (Sniffin) Carpenter, was born July 26, 1827, in Greenburg, New York, where he engaged in farming, and died December 8, 1895.  He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Pleasantville.  He married, December, 1858, Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Kipp and Amy (Acker) Nodine, of Mt. Pleasant, New York.  Children:  1. Benjamin Joseph, born December 15, 1850, at Pleasantville.  2. Coles, April 30, 1862, died September 28, 1891, at Pleasantville.  3. Seymour, April 9, 1864.  4. Fred B., October 9, 1866, died February 23, 1911, at White Plains.  5. Anna A., wife of Clarence le Vinnes, of White Plains. 

HARRIOTT.   Tradition tells us that three brothers of the Harriott family came to America in colonial days and probably located in Rhode Island, but before the Revolution some of the family had located in New York State.

          (I) Israel J. Harriott, of the New York branch of the family, was a soldier in the Revolution.  From the records of the state controller of New York, it appears that Israel J. Harriott and Thomas Harriott enlisted in the Revolutionary Army.  Israel J. was a gunner and among the enlisted men of the Line artillery under Lieutenant-Colonel Ebenezer Stevens, in the company commanded by Captains Ephraim Freno and Isaac Hubbell.   The names of both Thomas and Israel J. Harriott are found among the names of the Third Regiment of Artillery, New York, commanded by Col-

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onel James Clinton.  But little is known of the details of his service, but it is recorded that while the army was encamped about Poughkeepsie, he returned home to visit his family, taking a circuitous route to Rye to avoid his Tory neighbors.  Having an intuition that it would be hazardous to remain in hostile territory even at his own hearthstone, he departed suddenly, and on the very night of his leaving his home was searched by the British.  It is known that he took part in the battle of Trenton.

          (II) William, son of Israel J. Harriott, was born in or near Rosedale, Westchester County, New York, May 18, 1782.  He was a blacksmith by trade.  He married (first), November 4, 1804, Eustatia Ward.  After her death, he married (second), August 16, 1807, Dorothy Haviland.  He married (third) Sophia Daymon.  Children by first wife:  1. Israel, born October 7, 1805.  2. Jane, March 22, 1807.  3. Susan, September 3, 1808.  Children by second wife:  4. Abraham L., June 22, 1810.  5. Matilda Ann, March 23, 1812.  6. Daniel, February 15, 1814.  7. David, March 2, 1816.  8. Thomas H., mentioned below.  9. John, December 5, 1821.  10. Ezra Todd, March 10, 1823.  11. Elizabeth, August 10, 1825.  12. Charlotte, January 6, 1829. 

          (III) Thomas H. son of William Harriott, was born August 26, 1819.  He had a common school education, and like his father was a blacksmith by trade.  He was of a quiet, unassuming nature, eschewing politics and political notoriety entirely.  He lived in the village of Port Chester, in the town of Rye, for many years, but during the last twenty years of his wife was engaged in the meat and provision business in Rye.  He married Elizabeth A. Carpenter, born May 10, 1833, daughter of Elisha and Sarah L. (Deal) Carpenter, (see Carpenter XVII).  The children of Thomas H. and Elizabeth A. Harriott were:  1. Charles T., born June 4, 1854, a machinist, living in Elizabeth, New Jersey, an expert locomotive engineer for many years, married Mary M, Whiting, June 6, 1882.  2. Sarah L., March, 1856, married James L. Howard, a merchant of Rye.  3. Dolly A., October 16, 1857, married, August, 1884, Thomas Sniffen.  4. Emma E., August 26, 1860, unmarried.  5. Alexander M., mentioned below.  6. Clarence E., December 18, 1864.  7. Thomas H., June 25, 1866.  8. Elizabeth, January 27, 1868.  9. Mary, September 26, 1871.

          (IV) Alexander M., son of Thomas H. Harriott, was born at Rye, New York, August 8, 1862.  He received his early education in the public schools of his native town.  he began his business career as a clerk in the grocery store of James M. Fields, near the village of Rye, and he continued with the same employer for a period of twenty-two years.  Afterwards he was a clerk for B. & J. C. Burling, of Brooklyn, New York.  During the next two years he was a salesman for the Pierce Artesian Well & Supply Company, of New York, and at length engaged in the business of well digging and driving on his own account.  he built up a successful business and bored many wells in this section.  Since September 18, 1889, when was first appointed postmaster of Rye, his time has been largely occupied by his official duties, excepting a period of seven months in the year 1907.  He had resigned the office, but was again appointed by the President.  He has had a real estate agency in Rye since 1907.  In politics he is a Republican.  He is a member of the Rye Methodist Church and has been treasurer for the past ten years and superintendent of the Sunday School.  He is also a member of the Port Chester Council, No. 798, Royal Arcanum, and of Lodge No. 11588, Camp Rye, Modern Woodmen of America. 

          He married, October 15, 1902, Florence A. Pfeiffer, born April, 1872, daughter of John G. and Jane (Cornwall) Pfeiffer, of Brooklyn, New York.  Her father is a musician.  Mr. and Mrs. Harriott have one child, Helen C., born June 5, 1905.

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          (I) John Carpenter was born in 1303, and was a member of Parliament in 1823.

          (II) Richard, son of John Carpenter, was born in 1335, married Christina ---------.  Both are buried in St. Martin's, Outwich, Bishopsgate, London.  He was a chandler and probably also a gunsmith.

          (III) John (2), son of Richard Carpenter, was a brother of the famous town clerk of London, whose bequest to the city was the foundation of the City of London School.

          (IV) John (3), was son of John (2) Carpenter.

          (V) William, son of John (3) Carpenter, was born 1440, died 1520.

          (VI) James was son of William Carpenter.

          (VII) John (4) was son of James Carpenter.

          (VIII) William (2), son of John (4) Carpenter, was born in England.  Children:  1. James, heir to estate.  2. Alexander, born 1560, went to Leyden.  3. William, came to American 1638 and returned to England soon.  5. Richard.

          (IX) Richard (2), son of William (2) Carpenter, was of Amesbury, England, and was buried there September 21, 1625.  He had son William. 

          (X) William (3), son of Richard (2) Carpenter, was the immigrant ancestor of this branch of the family, and was the first one of the name to settle permanently in America.  he sailed from Dartmouth, England, Friday, May 1, 1636, and arrived in New England, June 24, 1636, going first to Hingham and then to Providence, Rhode island.  There he arrived April 20, 1637.  He was one of the original proprietors of Providence and a founder of the first Baptist Church in America, in 1638-39.  He soon removed to Pawtuxet, about four miles south of Providence, later known as Cranston.  He served many years as deputy to the general court, and was a very prominent man.  He suffered in the Indian outbreak, and on January 27, 1676, lost two hundred sheep, fifty head of cattle, and fifteen horses.  His house was set on fire, and attacked by about three hundred Indians, but the flames were extinguished.  Two of his household were killed.  He died September 7, 1685.  He married, in England, Elizabeth Arnold, born at Cheselbourne, Dorsetshire, England, November 23, 1611, daughter of William and Christina (Peck) Arnold.  Children:  1. Joseph, mentioned below.  2. Lydia, born in Providence, about 1638, born in Pawtuxet.(?)  3. Ephraim.  4. Timothy.  5. William.  6. Priscilla.  7. Silas.  8. Benjamin. 

          (XI) Joseph, son of William (2) Carpenter, was born in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, about 1635, and came to Providence with his father and mother. He settled at Warwick, where he had a corn mill.  His house was on the south side of the Pawtuxet River, neat the falls.  As early as 163 he was at Long Island to make negotiations with the Indians for the purchase of land at Oyster Bay, but did not settle there until 1667, as he had trouble in getting possession of the land, where he proposed to erect a saw mill and a fulling mill.  He built a house at what is now Glen Cove, about 1668, and it was used as a dwelling house until 1835.  It was the first house there, and the site of the mill may still be seen.  He married (first), April 21, 1659, Hannah Carpenter, born at Weymouth, Massachusetts, February 3, 1640, daughter of William Carpenter, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts.  She died about 1673.  He married (second), Ann Weekes, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth (Luther) Weeks.  Letters of administration were granted on his estate, July 9, 1684.  Children:  1/ Joseph, born at Pawtuxet in 1660.  2. Daughter, 1662.  3. Tamsen, 1664.  4. William, mentioned

 below.  5. Nathaniel, 1668.  6. Hannah, 1673.  7. Ann, 1676.  8. Benjamin, 1680.  9. John, 1683.

          (XII) William (4), son of Joseph Carpenter, was born about 1666, died about 1735.  He was a blacksmith by trade.  He sold the land in Pawtuxet given him by his grandfather's will, and lived at Oyster Bay.  He was a large landholder and prominent man.  His homestead and shop was in that part of the town known as Duck Pond.  He sold this in 1729 and probably removed about this time to Westchester County, New York, although he still had interests at Musketa Cove as late as 1734.  He married Elizabeth ----------, who died about 1743.  Children:  1. William, born about 1688.  2. Joseph.  3. Silas.  4. Benjamin, mentioned below.  5. Timothy, April 1, 1698.  6. Elizabeth.  7. Hannah.  8. Ruth.  9. Mary.  10. Benedict, June 7, 1717.

          (XIII) Benjamin, son of William (4) Carpenter, was born March 25, 1696, at Musketa Cove, Long Island, died March 28, 1779.  He was a saddler and removed to North Castle about 1740.  He was a leading man of the town.  he married (first) October 30, 1719, Dinah Albertson, who died February 9, 1738-39, daughter of Derrick and Elizabeth (Coles) Albertson.  He married (second) Lydia ---------, probably Thorne, who died November 25, 1778.  Children:  1. Daughter.  2. Zeno, mentioned below.  3. Ruth, about 1726.  4. Rosanna, about 1730.  5. Caleb, September 25, 1736. 

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          (XIV) Zeno, son of Benjamin Carpenter, was born at Musketa Cove, about 1722.  He was a saddler.  He lived for a time at Whitestone, Long Island, but removed to Rye, New York, about 1766.  He was prominent during the Revolution.  He bought a large farm at Cornwall, Orange County, New York, where he resided until his death, August 12, 1812.  He made his will, December 22, 1811, and it was disputed by his children on account of his great age.  A chancery suit was instituted December 6, 1813, and there were twenty-four grandchildren mentioned in the proceedings.  As the suit never came to a decree, it was probably settled amicably.  He married, about 1743, Elizabeth Thorne, daughter of Thomas and Phebe Thorne.  Children:  1. Sarah, born March 5, 1746.  2. Thorne, about 1748.  3. Daniel, mentioned below.  4. Penelope.  5. Elizabeth.  6. Thomas Thorne.  7. Rhoda.  8. Caleb.  9. Hannah.  10. Cornelia.  11. Zeno. 

          (XV) Daniel son of Zeno Carpenter, was born about 1750.  At the outbreak of the Revolution, he went to Long Island and remained until its close.  He married Sarah Merritt, and after the war returned to Rye, and lived on the James Weekes place.  From there he moved to a farm on what is now Grace Church Street, extending to Fox Island.  He died about 1830.  Children:  1. Gilbert,. mentioned below.  2. Daniel.  3. Hannah.  4. Rhoda.  5. Maria.  6. Thorne or Merritt, lost at sea.  7. Jacob.  8. Peter.  9. Zeno.  10. Merritt.  11. Sylvanus.  12. Elizabeth. 

          (XVI) Gilbert, son of Daniel Carpenter, was born November 10, 1772, at Rye, died July 2, 1820.  He married Elizabeth Gedney, born November 30, 1769, died November 14, 1844, daughter of Isaac Gedney.  Children:  1. Elisha, mentioned below.  2. William.  3. Ann.  4. Sarah.  5. Mary.  6. Charity.  7. Charlotte.  8. Penelope.

          (XVII) Elisha, son of Gilbert Carpenter, was born in Rye, October 29, 1804, died July 17, 1875.  He married Sarah L. Deal, born April 12, 1806, died February 6, 1884, daughter of Samuel Deal, of rye and Ticonderoga, New York.  Children:  1. Catherine Ann, born January 6, 1829.  2. Warren, May 15, 1831.  3. Elizabeth A., May 10, 1833, married Thomas H. Harriott (see Harriott III ).  4. Ethlinda D., July 1, 1836.

CHRISTIAN.     The surname Christian is not common in Scotland, but there is a numerous family in Antrim, north of Ireland, known as a Scotch or Scotch-Irish family.  Families of this name are found in England and Scotland.

          (I) William Christian was a native of Scotland, who came to this country when a young man and settled at Oscawana, New York, where he followed farming the remainder of his active life.  His wife was of Welsh ancestry.  Their children were:  1. Robert.  2. David.  3 .Ira.  4. Elias.  5. Rufus G., mentioned below.  6. William.  7. Asbury.  8. Lynn.  9. Jane, all born at Oscawana. 

          (II) Rufus G., son of William Christian was born at Oscawana, New York.  He was educated in the public schools at Tinker Hill, Putnam County, New York, and learned the trade of mason.  He lived at Adams Corners, Putnam County, New York.  He married Sally Travis.  Children, born at Adams Corners:  1. Anna E., born November 20, 1820, married John T. Travis, of Chenango County, new York, a carpenter.  2. John B., mentioned below.  3. Henry W., born April 9, 1823.  4. George W., July 18, 1824.  5. Hosea T., born February 1, 1826.  All are deceased in 1911, except John B. Christian.  Sally (Travis) Christian was a daughter of David and Rachel (Birdsall) Travis, granddaughter of David and ------------- (Dean) Travis, great-granddaughter of Josiah Travis.  F David and Rachel (Birdsall) Travis:  1. Stephen.  2. David.  3. Betsey.  4. Sally.  5. William.  6. Ann.  7. Hester.  8. Rachel.  9. Henry.  10. Marian.  11. Polly, all of whom were born at Mount Airy, New York.

          (III) John B., son of Rufus G. Christian, was born February 26, 1822, at Adams Corners, New York.  He was educated in the public schools, and has followed butchering, carpentering, and the work of a drover during his active life at Peekskill, New York.  Like most of his family he is a communicant of the Baptist Church.  In politics he is a Prohibitionist.  He married (first), November 26, 1845, Lucy Ann Outhouse, of Cortlandtown, New York, daughter of James Outhouse, a farmer of Cortlandt.  Her mother was first cousin of Hon. Daniel D. Tompkins, governor of New

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York, and vice-president of the United States.  She lived to the great age of ninety-eight years, and died in Cortlandt.  Children of John B., and Lucy Ann (Outhouse) Christian:  1. Sarah H., born September 6, 1848, lies at Peekskill, New York, unmarried.  2. George W., born September 6, 1853, died in 1890, married (first) Lizzie Waters, (second) Cora Mills, he has one child by the first wife and two children by second wife.  3. Emma R., born October 7, 1861, married John Maybe and has one child, Lulu, who married Thomas McCoy. 

          John B. Christian married (second) Lurania F. Travis, June 10, 1887.  There are no children by the second marriage. 

SMITH.     Ozias Smith, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was born in Greene County, New York.  About 1826 he removed to Monticello, Sullivan County, New York, where he established his home and worked at his trade of wagon-maker.  He was an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Monticello.  He married Lucinda --------.  Children:  1. Charles B., born in Greene County, in 1810.  2. Alexander, referred to below.  3. Ozias, born in 1815.  4. Orrin B., born in 1819.  5. Anna, born in 1821, married and removed to Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin.

          (II) Alexander, son of Ozias and Lucinda Smith, was born October 10, 1812, in Greene County, New York, died in 1884.  When he was twelve years of age he went to Albany, New York, where he became an apprentice to a printing house.  Four years later, at the expiration of his apprenticeship, he returned to Monticello.  Mr. Smith is a self-educated and very able man.  He made a number of inventions pertaining to fences, and afterward he and his brother Ozias formed a partnership and engaged in the manufacture of patent fences.  He was noted for his excellent singing voice and he was not only a choir leader but gave singing lessons for many years at Monticello. In addition to this he taught school for a while.  He married in 1831, Hannah E., born about 1816, died in 1887, daughter of Isaac J. and Elizabeth Southerd.  According to the family tradition he was only nineteen and she only fifteen when the marriage took place.  Children;  1.  Charles Alexander, born in 1833, died in 1909; married Sarah Allen, of Monticello; in 1862 he enlisted as second lieutenant in Company A, forty-third Regiment, New York Volunteers, was promoted lieutenant, and discharged owing to a vacancy in the captaincy caused by death, as acting captain; his widow and three children now live at Monticello.  2. Juliet Elizabeth, born in 1836, died in March, 1907; married James Fulton, a farmer and lives near Stevensville, Sullivan County, New York; has one child living.  3. Martha Lucinda, born in 1839, died in 1897; married Willett Dunn, of Ulster County, New York; her husband now lives in the village of Gardner, Ulster County, New York; their child, Esther, married Henry Ward, and lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  4. Abbie Cordelia, born in 1845; married (first) Moses Davis, of Centreville, Sullivan County, New York, who died in 1898, and (second) John Baker; she is now living at Centreville:  children,  all by first marriage:  Four sons, of whom one now lives at Middletown, Orange County, New York.  5. Hannah, born in 1848; married Thomas Clineman, of Walden, Orange county, New York, and has had fifteen children, thirteen of whom are now living.  6. Isaac Ozias, referred to below.  7. Louise, died in infancy.  8. Sarah Kate, born in 1854, died in 1872.  9. Frank Wickham, born in 1857; married Adele, daughter of Charles H. Hindley, a carriage maker; he and his wife and five children now live in Newburg, New York.  10. Frederick James, born in 1861; married, and lives at White Plains, Westchester County, New York. 

          (III) Isaac Ozias, son of Alexander and Hannah E. (Southerd) Smith, was born February 7, 1851.  He received his education at the Monticello Academy, and at the age of eighteen yeas went to work with his father in the manufacture and erection of parent fences.  After continuing in this for about twelve years he engaged in business as a carpenter and builder, and in 1897 bought the sash, door and blind factory of William Mitchell.  Mr. Smith also builds houses and is a contractor.  He has built himself a large double house on Starr Avenue, Monticello, where he resides.  He married, December 22, 1875, in Gardner, Uls-

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ter County, New York, Maria, daughter of Walter and Esther (Hoornbeck) Dunn, sister to the husband of his own sister, Martha Lucinda.  Children:  1. Emma Roe, born in 1876, married henry Deuel, now living at Evansville, Indiana.  2. Walter Dunn, born in November, 1881, died in May, 1912, married, at Monticello, Mary, daughter of Mrs. Anna McClintock.  3. Mildred, born February 25, 1807, now attending school, resides at home with her parents. 

SYZE.   Dr. Charles E. Syze, or Seiz, as the name was formerly spelled, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was born about 1800, died in 1849, in Jefferson Valley, New York, aged forty-eight years.  He came from Germany at the age of twenty years and settled in Albany, New York.  He was a physician and practiced his profession in Albany and also in Hudson, New York.  He married Phoebe, daughter of Henry Thorne, who died in 1850.  Her father lived at Sandlake, eight miles east of Troy, New York.  His wife's name is unknown.  Children, all born at Sandlake:  1. Amelia.  2. Ann.  3. Caroline.  4. Mary.  5. Jane.  6. Sarah.  7. Elizabeth.  8. Phoebe, referred to above.  9. James.  10. Gilbert.  Children of Dr. Charles E. and Phoebe (Thorne) Syze:  1. Louise, died in 1876; married James A Seymour, of West Somers, New York; children:  i. John,  i. William, iii. Caroline,  iv. Ida.  2. James F., referred to below.

          (II) James F., son of Dr. Charles F. and Phoebe (Thorne) Syze, was born at Sandlake, New York.  For many years he was a carpenter and builder and erected many of the houses in that section of the country.  For the past twenty-five years he has been in the lumber and sawmill business, manufacturing wagon material, most of which is sent to New York City.  This business he still continues.  He is a member of the Friends Church in Yorktown Heights, and has been a school trustee for four years.  He married Martha, daughter of John Griffin, of Baldwin Place, New York.  Her father, John Griffin, lived at West Somers, New York.  He married a daughter of Isaac Tompkins, a farmer of Baldwin Place, near Yorktown Heights, New York.  Children;  1. Joseph, died young.  2 Martha, referred to above.  3. Maria, married Willian Halstead, of Somers, children:  i. Witham.  2. Alonzo.  3. Phoebe.  4. Ida.  5. Joseph.  Children of James F. and Martha (Griffin) Syze, all born at Baldwin Place, New York:  1. Albert, married Louise Huckins, of Rochester, New Hampshire; children:  i. Clyde, ii. Carl.  2. Louise, married William Kear, of Yorktown Heights, New York; children:  i. William, ii. Madeline, iii. Edward, iv. Amos, v. Haviland, vi. Catharine.  3. Frederick, married Anna Irving, of Staten Island, New York; children:  i. Freeda, ii. Howard, unmarried.

DUTCHER.    The evident meaning of this name which is a mere tab or label or nickname, giving no clue either tot he patronymic or family name, is the Dutchman, and Dutch for the date of its early use, most probably implying Hollander rather than German.  To-day every American village has it's "Dutchman," who most probably is a German, but as early as 1689, when the Dutchers first appear as such, the proper term for German was "Hoog deutser" or "High Dutchman."  Thus in the 1714 Ulster County, New York, lsit of freeholders (Clearwater's History of Ulster County) one Hermanus, a German, appears as Hermanus de Hoogdeuster, while two of the Dutcher family appear as "Cornelis de Duytcher" and "Dirck dw Duytser."  Down to 1700 and even later, the Netherland people always referred to themselves as Duytsen or Neder Duytsen, when the English or American appellation of Dutchman.  The United States census of 1790 shows thirty-four Dutchers heads of families scattered in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Vermont, but all are of identical origin. 

          The family early appears under the various spellings and misspellings of ye Duitcher, je Tuetscher, de Duitscher, Dutchess and so on according to the ideas of orthography possessed by early clerks and later copyists.  The family is singular in having retained the national Dutch nickname as the modern designation.  Its members re to be distinguished from the "Dutch" family of New England, from the descendants also of Laurens Duyt, of Holstein, known as the Big Dane or Great show, whose sale of a wife cost him an ear, and from the family

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of Du Sauchoy or Dissoway, members of which, by one of those errors when renders indices of little value, are given as Duyts.  The Christian name of the ancestor of the family here dealt with was William or Wilhelm, and as such names or modifications of them were common among Dutch, German and English, the use of the tab, "ye duitcher," found a early as 1686 on the "Dutch" Jan and his children is easily explainable. 

          (I) Wilhelm Janszen "Van Heerden" was born in Holland.  There is a record describing Roelof, the son of Wilhelm, as "Van Heerden," so it is just possible that Wilhelm may be the Wilhelm Janszen "Van Heerden" who married, December 18, 1656, Leentje Martens, the widow of Jochem Piterszen Kuyter.  Kuyter was slain by the Indians in march, 1654, and his widow, probably for protection in those troublous times, remarried without difficulty, and was herself massacred, September 15, 1655, her husband by some means escaping.  As Leentje Martens appeared as early as October 20, 1639, she was probably a matured woman at her remarriage and the entry gives no information as to whether Willem Janszen was a widower or single.  Heerden was a very small village, about thirty miles northeast from Arnheim in Gelderland, Holland.  Children:  1. Roelof, married, before 1663.  2. Willempje Thyssen, died before 1674.  3. Jan Willemszen, mentioned below. 

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