(II) Herman B., son of John Chase, was born at Furnace Woods, New York.  He was educated there in the public schools.  During his boyhood he worked for his father on the farm and he continued to follow farming at Furnace woods all his active life.  He married Emily Losee, of Somers, Westchester County, New York, daughter of Samuel Losee, who was a farmer.  In his family there were nine children, all born at Somers:  1. Hannah.  2. Isaac, now living; married Georgianna Wessels, and had four children:  i. Mary, ii. Martha, iii. Herbert, and iv. Sarah, all born in Peekskill, New York.  3. Louis.  4. Lyman.  5. Daniel.  6. Samuel R., married Sarah Losee, of Dobbs Ferry, New York, and had three children:  i. Hannah, ii. Leona, and iii. Sheila Losee.  7. And  8.  Harriet and Belle, twins.  9. Emily, mentioned above.  The Losee family was numerous in 1790 in Dutchess County, according to the first federal census.  The ancestry is French.  Children of Mr. and Mrs. Chase:  1. Hannah E., married Gilbert N. Travis.  2. Charles H., mentioned below.  3. Anna B., married Philander lent, of Peekskill.  4. Ida, married Jacob Varian.

          (III) Charles H., son of Herman B. Chase, was educated in the public schools.  He was an honorary member of the Cortlandt Hook and Ladder Company.  In politics he was a Republican.  He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  He married Evelina Applebee, of Monticello, Sullivan County, New York.  Her father was a manufacturer of Sash and doors at Port Jervis, New York.  Solomon Owens, the maternal grandfather of Mrs. Charles H. Chase, was a native of Peekskill,.  He married Maria Wright, and they had twelve children:  1. Elizabeth.  2. Sarah.  3. Ann.  4. Ellen.  5. Louisa.  6. Matilda.  7. George.  8. Harriet.  9. Eugene.  10. Ida.  11. Joseph, all born in Putnam County, New York.  The Owens family were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Children of Mr. and Mrs. Chase:  1. Willis H., born January 1, 1873; married Ella Stone, of Port Jervis, and had two children:  Helen, born October 12, 1899, and Winifred, February 24, 1902.  2. Lillian, born November 12, 1875.

TRAVIS.     Ebenezer C. Travis, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was born about 1829, and died at Peekskill, New York, in 1904.  He was a farmer at Putnam Valley, Putnam County, New York.  He was an earnest Methodist, being an elder and steward of the church at Putnam Valley, class leader and superintendent of the Sunday School.  He was a strong Prohibitionist.  He is buried at Adams Corners, Putnam County, New York.  He married Phoebe J. Shelley, (see Shelley II).  Children of Ebenezer C. and Phoebe J. (Shelley) Travis:  1. Claretta.  2. Miriam E., 3. Sarah E., 4. Edgar D., married Alice, daughter of Sylvester Horton, of Fishkill, new York.  5. Wilbur P., married Mary Webb, of Brooklyn, New York.  6. Frederick H., superintendent of the supply department of the American Express Company in New York City, he married Emma E. Bagg Harris, a prominent lawyer of Orrilla, Canada.  They have one child, Frederick H. (2).

(The Shelley Line.)

          Benjamin Shelley, born in Columbia County, New York, was a shoemaker.  He married Elizabeth Kyle.  Children, all born at Austerlitz, Columbia County, New York: 1. Joseph.  2. Joshua, married ------- Travis.  3. Moses, of whom further.  4. Mary, married Isaac Zarr, of Bedford, Westchester County, New York. 

          (II) Moses, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Kyle) Shelley, was born at Austerlitz, and was a farmer. He married Sarah, daughter of Samuel Pierce, a farmer at Putnam Valley, Putnam County, New York, who married Margaret Weeks, of Somers-

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town, Westchester County, New York.  Children:  1. Aaron B., married Fanny Wilson.  2. Solomon.  3. William.  4. Stephen, married Rachel Travis.  5. Cornelius, married Minerva Travis.  6. Samuel, married Rachel Barger.  7. Phoebe.  8. Sarah, mentioned above.  9. Jane.  10. Priscilla.  11. Jane, married Wright Weeks.  12. Margaret, married Solomon Adams.  13. Priscilla.  All were born at Putnam Valley, and all were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  William and Solomon removed to Illinois, and are buried there, the others are buried at Adams Corners, Putnam County, New York.  Children of Moses and Sarah (Pierce) Shelley were:  1. John W.  2. Phoebe J. (Twin), married Ebenezer C. Travis.

WILLIAMS.     Gideon Williams, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was born in England, and died there.  He married, in England, Joanna Tompkins.  Children:  1.  Mary.  2. Rebecca.  3. Jane.  4. Philip.  5. Henry.  6. James, living in Austria. 

          (II) Henry and his brother Philip, now deceased, sons of Gideon and Joanna (Tompkins) Williams, were born in England, and came to this country together.  Henry is now living on Oregon Road, Peekskill, Westchester County, New York.  Like his father he is a farmer.  He is an Odd Fellow, and a member of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, of Peekskill.  He married Ida L., daughter of Solomon (2) and Ann Maria (Wright) Owen, of Continentalville, New York (see Owen II).  Children, all born in Continentalville:  1. Charles. And ii. Helen T. 3. Daisy L., married Frederick S., son of Jacob H. and Harriet D. (Brown) Varian, of Peekskill.   4. Ida Louise, married Charles N. Perry; children:  i. Jeannette E., ii. Charles H., iii William W., iv. Loretta M., v. Florence L., unmarried,  vi. Beatrice E., unmarried.

(The Owen Line.)

          (I) Solomon Owen, the first member of the family of whom we have definite information, was a farmer in Continentalville, New York, where he lived and died.  His wife's name is unknown.  Among his children was Solomon, referred to below.

          (II) Solomon (2), son of Solomon (1) Owen, was born in Continentalville, New York, and died there.  He married Ann Maria Wright.  Children, all born in Continentalville:  1. Mary E., married Henry Hubbell, of Oregon, New York; children; i. Florence, ii. George, iii. Joseph, iv. Wilbert, v. Ida, vi. Alice, vii. Irving.  2. Sarah A., married Henry Applebee: children:  i. Eveline, and ii. Willis.  3. Maria L., married Daniel T. Odell; four children:  i. Annie L., ii. Romaine, iii. Carrie Belle, iv. Chauncey M.  4. Eleanor A., married Philip Fisher, of Peekskill, New York; children: i. Eloise F., ii. Irving P.  5. Joseph W.  6. Washington E.  7. Matilda J., married Sidney Dickerson; children;  i. Charles S. and ii. Emerson W.  8. James E.  9. George E., married Margaret Lent; children:  i. Joseph, ii. Annie, iii. Matilda, iv. Willis, v. Lillie; all deceased but Lillie.  10. Henrietta, married Clark W. McCoy; children:  i. Nettie, ii, Ernest, iii. Herbert, iv. Stanley, v. Mabel.  11. Ida L., married Henry Williams (see Williams II). 12, Eugene H., married Emma J. Shaw; child, Albert.

SCHNELL.     John Schnell, the founder of this family, was born and died in Germany.  He married Christina Schweitzer.  Children;  1. Christina,  2. Margaret.  3. Clara.  4. John.  5. Henry.  6. Lewis.  7. Philip, referred to below.

          (II) Philip, son of John and Christina (Schweitzer) Schnell, was born in Germany.  He emigrated to this country in 1866.  He was a brick manufacturer, and lived at Croton-on-Hudson.  He married Mary E., daughter of John and Angeline (Verherr) Kehle, of Germany, whose children all born in Germany are;  1. Adam.  2. Philip.  3. Charles.  4. John.  5. Mary E., referred to above.  Children of Philip and Mary E. (Kehle) Schnell,. All born at Croton-on-Hudson:  1. Christina.  2. Philip, living at Croton; married Adaline C. Nordertfe, of New York City: children:  i. Adaline, ii. Elizabeth, iii. Philip, iv. Frederick.  3. John, living at Croton; married Julia Regan; children:  i. Elizabeth, ii. Margaret, iii. Philip, iv. Minnie.  4. Henry, living in Peekskill, New York; married Annie Doring, of Peekskill; child, Henry.  5. Edward.  6. Elizabeth, living at Croton; married Edward Warren, of Croton; children:  i. Philip Van Cortlandt and ii. Lillian E.  7. George.  8. Lillian, married Roy Steele, of Croton; child, Ruth V.  9. Clara, living at Croton; married Benjamin

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P. Cowell; child, Caroline A.  10. Charles. 11. William.

KELLY.    James Kelly, the founder of this family, was born in Ireland, and emigrated to America.  he married Elizabeth, daughter of Owen and Mary (Kelley) Donohue, of Verplanck Point.  Her father and mother were born and married in Ireland and all their children were born there.  Their children were:  1. Timothy.  2. Ann, living in Croton; married Morris Cafferty; children:  i. Patrick, ii. Philip, iii. Christopher, iv. James, v. Mary, vi. Elizabeth.  3. Elizabeth, referred to above.  4. Christopher.  5. Owen.  6. Patrick, living at Croton; married Catherine Sullivan; child, Owen.  7. John, married Catharine Reel, of Ossining; children:  i. John, ii. Eugene, iii. Mary.  8. Maria, married Patrick Rigney, of Ossining,  children: i. John,  ii. Joseph, iii. Elizabeth, iv. Catharine.  9. James, living in Ossining, married Bridget Buckley, of Ossining; children:  i. Mary, ii. James, iii. John, iv. Annie, v. Joseph.  Many of these children are enterprising and successful business people and own considerable property.  Children of James and Elizabeth (Donohue) Kelly:  1. John, lives in Croton, married Annie Lynch, of Croton, children:  i. Elizabeth, ii. Catharine, iii. Anna, iv. Teresa.  2. Peter.  3. James, living at Pleasantville, New York; married Ella Barry, of Pleasantville; children;  i. James,  ii. Helen, iii. Catharine.  4. Elizabeth, married Edward McDermott, of Peekskill; children:  i. Virginia, ii. Edward.  5. Mary, living in Jersey City, New Jersey, married Henry Moore, of Peekskill, no children.  6. Anna, living with her mother, unmarried.  Mrs. Kelly conducts a store in Croton and is engaged also in real estate business.  She owns a number of houses in Croton.

REYNOLDS.     Eli Reynolds, the founder of this family, was born, probably in Ireland, about 1760, and died in Connecticut.  He was a millwright by occupation.  The name of his wife is unknown.  Children:  1. Julia, married Henry Atwood, of Cortlandtown,. Westchester County, New York; children i. Isaac, ii. John, iii. Eliza, iv. Harriet.  2. John, was a wheelwright of Cortlandtown; married Mary Post; children:  i. Mary, ii. Harriet, iii. Ebenezer, iv. William, v. John.  3, Isaac, referred to below.  4,. Jackson, married Charlotte ----------; lived in Oswego, New York, no children.

          (II) Isaac, son of Eli Reynolds, was born probably in Connecticut, about 1895.  He was a farmer and millwright in Cortlandtown.  Me married Margaret Post.  Children, all born in Cortlandtown:  1. Eliza.  2. Margaret, married Squire Haight, of Peekskill; children:  Vincent, Caroline.  3. Martha, married Dr. E. B. Turner, of Port Jervis, New York; no children.  4, Julia.  5. Alfred, married (first) Cecilia Wright, who died in 1896, (second) Harriet, daughter of Charles L. Biglow, of Chicago, Illinois, (third) ---------; child by first marriage, Cecelia. 6. Edward, referred to below.  7. Warren.  8. Abraham.  9. Elizabeth.  10. Jacob.

          (III) Edward, son of Isaac and Margaret (Post) Reynolds, was born in Cortlandtown, Westchester County, New York, in 1845, died there in 1899, aged fifty-four years.  he was a farmer and a member of the Dutch Reformed Church at Montrose.  He married Abigail Anna, daughter of William Bloomer and Phebe E. (Rose) Corwin, of Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, who was born there, March 27, 1847 (see Corwin VIII).  Children, all except Della, unmarried, and living on the farm with their mother:  1. Annie.  2. Walter.  3. Della, married Rudolph Buckner, of Verplanck Point; children, all born at Verplanck Point: i. Rudolph, ii. Clinton, iii. Harold.  4. Jennie.

(The Corwin Line.)

          M. Valerius Corvus, one of the most illustrious men in the early history of the Roman Republic, was born about B. C. 371, in the midst of the struggle attending the Licinian laws.  Being a member of the great Valerian house, he had an early opportunity of distinguishing himself, and we accordingly find him serving in B. C. 249 as military tribune in the army of the consul, L. Furius Camilus, in his campaign against the Gauls.  His celebrated exploit in this war, from which he obtained the surname of Corvus, or "Raven," is like many other achievements of the early Roman heroes, mingled with fable.  A Gaelic warrior of gigantic size challenged to single combat

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any one of the Romans.  After obtaining the consent of the consul, Valerius accepted the challenge, and as he was commencing the combat, a raven settled upon his helmet, and as often as he attacked the Gaul, flew in the face of his foe, till at length the barbarian fell before the sword of Valerius.  A general battle then ensued, in which the Gauls were entirely defeated.  The consul presented Valerius with ten oxen and a golden crown, and the grateful people elected him in his absence, consul for the next year, although he was only twenty-three years of age.  A still more distinguished descendant of M. Valerius Corvus was M. Valerius Messala Corvinus, the celebrated Messala of Cicero, whose wife was Tarentia, widow first of Cicero, then of Sallust, and who after Messala's death married a fourth time another Roman senator.  She bore her husband two sons, Marcus and Lucius, the first of whom was the famous Messalina of the Pannonian wars.  In the middle of the fifteenth century, after the death of Albert of Hungary, the States offered the crown to Wladislaus of Poland, but shortly afterward, the widow of Albert had a son called Ladislaus, posthumous.  This was the cause of much dissension and Amurath of Turkey prepared to invade the country.  Wladislaus conquered in the struggle, and at this time Johannes Hunyadi Corvinus began his celebrated career as a soldier.  His origin is shrouded in mystery, but he was probably the son of George Hundayi, vaywod of Wallachia, during the reign of Sigismund.  His surname of Corvinus is by some authorities derived from his estate of Piatra de Corvo, but more generally from his ancestors, said to be the Corvini of ancient Rome.  Matthias Corvinus, Matthias L., King of Hungary, 1458 to 1490, the second son of John, "was elected and crowned," says Gibbon, "by the grateful Hungarians in reward for his father's services.  His reign was prosperous and long.  He aspired to the glory of a conqueror and a saint, but his purest merit is his encouragement of learning."  His sons were Ladislaus, born about 1465, and John, born about 1470, living in 1540, and a pupil of Anthony Bonifidius Two Corvini, descendants of these two, were the Corvinus at the Council of Trent, 1540, as a papal legate, and the Rev. Anthony Corvinus, 1501 to 1553, probably son of John and named after his tutor, who became a Protestant in 1526, and a celebrated reformer, preacher and author in Germany.  In the next generation we have the Rev. Johannes Corvinus, perhaps the same as the John Corvinus, born about 1560, whose son Arnold, born about 1590, was an eminent lawyer and published digests of the law in aphorisms at Amsterdam, Holland, in 1649.  The evidence points to this man as the brother or cousin of the founder of the American family of Corwin. 

          (I) Matthias Corwin or Corvinus, the first settler of the name in America, was born between 1590 and 1600, and died in September 1658.  The name is sometimes written "Curwin" and "Currin."  In 1634 he received a grant of land in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and the record states that the later removed to Long Island.  Here he received a lot of land which is now directly opposite the present Congregational Church of Southold, the new lecture room of that church standing on the very plot.  He became an important man in the town affairs, and at his death owned three hundred and twenty-eight acres of land, and his inventory amounted to £313, 8s. he married Margaret, probably one of the Morton family.  Children:  1. John, born about 1630, died September 25, 1702; married February 4, 1658, Mary Glover.  2. Martha, born between 1630 and 1640, living in 1698, married (first) Henry Case, (second) Thomas Hutchinson.  3. Theophilus, referred to below.

          (II) Theophilus Corwin, son of Matthias and Margaret Corwin or Corvinus, was born in or before 1634, and died before 1692, in which year he had lands at Southold, Long Island, and lands and meadow at Aquebogue.  In 1683 he was rated as being worth £84; in 1686 he had four males and three females in his family.  He married Mary ---------------.  Children:  1. Daniel, born between 1660 and 1670, died before 1719; married, after 1698, Mary Ramsay.  2. Theophilus, referred to below.  3. David, born about 1675, died December 25, 1739; married Mary, probably a Terrill.  4. Mary.  5. Mehetabel.  6. Bethia.  7. Phebe. 

          (III) Theophilus (2), son of Theophilus (1), and Mary Corwin, was born in 1678,

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Died March 18, 1702.  He and his wife are buried at Mattituck.  He married, after 1698, Hannah Ramsay, born in 1684, died March 11, 1760.  Children:  1. Timothy, referred to below.  2. John, died in June, 1740; married (first) , in 1725, Mehetabel Clark, (second) Elizabeth, probably a Terrill.  3. Samuel, born about 1710, died in January, 1762; married, April 13, 1732, Experience Corwin.  4. Pheophilus, married Anna Jaynes and Hannah Youngs.

          (IV) Timothy, son of Theophilus (2) and Hannah (Ramsay) Corwin, was born about 1720, died August 22, 1792.  In 1775 he signed an engagement to support the Continental Congress.  He married, January 24, 1750, Mary, daughter of Ebenezer Webb.  Children:  Timothy, referred to below.  2. Thomas, born in 1752, died February 18, 1826; married, July 11, 1776, Elizabeth Clark.  3. Sarah, baptized January 18, 1765; married James Jennings.  4. Amaziah, baptized January 31, 1762, died October 2, 1841; married, April 3, 1785, Joanna Brown.

          (V) Timothy (2), son of Timothy (10 and Mary (Webb) Corwin, was born about 1751, died of smallpox in 1792.  In 1775 he joined his father in signing the engagement to support the Continental Congress.  He lived at Balmville, Orange County, New York.  He married, April 3, 1775, Jemima Brown.  Children:  1. Martin, born about 1786, died in 1850; married Elizabeth White.  2. Samuel, born January 9, 1788; married Rachel Burr.  3. Richard, born in 1790, died in 1857; married Rachel Bloomer.  4. John, referred to below.  5. Orange, died young.  6. Elizabeth, born between 1790 and 1800, died about 1848; married William Whitefield. 

          (VI) John, son of timothy (2) and Jemima (Brown) Corwin, was born about 1792, died about 1818.  He lived at Balmville, Orange County, New York.  He married Abigail Bloomer, who died about 1864.  Children:  1. Mary, born February 4, 1806.  2, Elmina, born November 20, 1808; married, November 12, 1829, Daniel Bower.  4. Thomas, born August 16, 1812; married Dorcas Dalsen.  5. Ann Eliza, born January 1, 1817, died unmarried. 

          (VII) William Bloomer, son of John and Abigail (Bloomer) Corwin, was born in 1809.  He lived at Peekskill, Westchester County, New York.  He married Phebe E., daughter of William and Rachel Rose, of Grassy Point, near Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York.  Children:  1. Emma L., born April 2, 1841; married, September 16, 1862, Henry F. Williams, of New York City, now living at Mount Vernon, New York.  2. John William, died young.  3. Abigail Anna, referred to below.  4. Elmina C., born December 3, 1852; married (first), June 8, 1869, Hugh Douglass, of Lackerbie, Scotland, and (second) Benjamin Bassett, of Peekskill, now living at Peekskill; no children.  5. John William, born April 10, 1858; now living at Fishkill, New York; married Caroline Baxter, of Peekskill; children: Stanley, Edward, Marian, Ella. 

          (VIII) Abigail Anna, daughter of William Bloomer and Phebe E. (Rose) Corwin, was born at Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, March 27, 1847.  She married Edward Reynolds (see Reynolds III).

INGERSOLL.      John Ingersoll, the immigrant ancestor of the family in America, was born in England.  He settled early at Hartford, Connecticut, thence went to Northampton, Massachusetts, about 1655, and later to Westfield, finally returning to Northampton.  He died at Westfield, September 3, 1684.  He married (first), about 1651, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Lord, one of the first settlers of Hartford.  She died at Northampton in January, 1657, aged about twenty-six.  He married (second) Abigail, daughter of Thomas Bascom, on of the first settlers of Windsor, Connecticut, where she was born and baptized June 7, 1640.  He married (third) Mary Hunt, a sister of Jonathan Hunt, of Northampton.  Mary Hunt's mother was Mary Webster, a daughter of John Webster, one of the first settlers of Hartford, and fifth govern of the colony of Connecticut.  Mary Ingersoll died at Westfield, September 1, 1690.  Children of first wife:  1. Hannah, born 1652.  2. Dorothy, 1654.  3. Margery, January, 1565.  Children of second wife:  4. Abigail, January 11, 1659.  5. Sarah, October 30, 1660.  6. Abiah, August 24, 1663.  7. Hester, September 9, 1665.  Children of third wife:  8. Thomas, March 28, 1668.  9. John, October 19, 1669. 

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10 Abel, November 11, 1671.  12. Ebenezer, October 15, 1673.  13. Joseph, October 16, 1675.  14. Mary, November 17, 16777.  15. Benjamin, November 15, 1679.  16. Jonathan, May 10, 1681. 

          Several of the descendants of John Ingersoll in later generations settled in Westchester county, and other eastern counties of New York; many lived in Hampshire County and western Massachusetts.  In 1790 John Ingersoll, according to the first federal census, was living at Bedford, Westchester County, and had in his family two males over sixteen and three females.  He was doubtless born before 1740.

          (I) Elias Ingersoll, a descendant of this family, lived in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York.  He was a carpenter and builder.  He was a communicant of the South Street Methodist Episcopal Church of Peekskill.  He married Susan Seymour, whose pioneer ancestors also came to Connecticut with the early settlers.  Children:  1. Elizabeth.  2. Susan.  3. Cornelia.  4. Hannah.  5. Absalom, mentioned below.  6. Sarah.  7. Delia and 8. Willett, all born on the farm at Shrub Oak, Peekskill.  Elizabeth married Cummings Doyle, of Rhinebeck, New York and had no children.  Susan married William Harris, of New York City, and had no children.  Delia married George L. Hughson, of Peekskill, where he conducts a marble works; had no children.  Willett married Emma Mead, of Peekskill, and has two children:  i. Willett, Jr. and ii. Delia, born at Peekskill and now living there.

          (II) Absalom, son of Elias Ingersoll, was born near Shrub Oak, Westchester County, New York, October, 1841. He was educated in the public schools.  He enlisted in the United States marines, April 4, 1862, and served on the United States sloop-of-war "Brooklyn," and for a time on the prize steamer, "Caledonia,' in Rear admiral Porter's squadron.  After the war he was for many years a keeper in the state prison at Sing Sing, New York.  In politics he was a Republican.  He married, in 1862, Emma L., a daughter of James and Eliza (Crawford) Fowler.  Her mother was a native of Westchester County, New York, and her father lived in Putnam County, New York.  Her parents had eleven children:  1. Martha.  2. Mary.  3. Sarah.  4. Dorinda.  5. Emma L.  6. Frances.  7. John.  8. James.  9. William.  10. Joshua.  11. Charles, all born in Putnam County, New York.  Martha married William Birdsall, a farmer of Peekskill, and has no children.  Mary married Harry Dayton, a meat and provision dealer in Peekskill, had two children:  Alonzo and Frank Dayton, born in Peekskill.  Sarah married Henry Travis and had no children.  Emma L., married Absalom Ingersoll, mentioned above.  Frances married Frank Gordon and has one child, Frank Gordon, born in Peekskill and now living there.  Charles married Betty Woodhouse, of Virginia, and is now living in Ossining, having five children:  i. Adelaide, ii. Mary, iii. Robert, iv. Frank. v. Edna, all born in Ossining.  Children of Mr. and Mrs. Ingersoll:  1. Ida M., born 1872, unmarried.  2. Herbert, born January 9, 1877, in Ossining, died there January 1, 1910; married Helen Storms, of Ossining, and had two children:  Helen and Herbert, born in Ossining. 

LENT.      The Rikers or Ryck's-Lents and Krankheyts were of common origin in Germany, and at a very early date they were living in lower Saxony, where they had the estate or Manor, of Rycken.  Their name of "van Rycken" was taken from this manor.  "Hans van Rycken, the lord of the Manor, and a valiant knight, with his cousin, Melchoir van Rycken, who lived in Holland, took part in the first crusade to the Holy Land in 1096, heading eight hundred crusaders in the army of 'Walter the Penniless.'"  Hans met his death in the expedition, while Melchoir returned to his home again. 

          It is a tradition in the Lent family that their ancestor came with a company which sailed from Amsterdam, Holland, May, 1640, arriving at New Amsterdam, August 1640.  The records, however, show that he came about two years later.

(I) Melchoir Ryck was of Amsterdam, Holland.

(II) Captain Jacob Simons de Ryck, son of Melchoir Ryck, was a wealthy corn

merchant of Amsterdam, Holland.

          (III) Jacob de Ryck, son of Captain Jacob Simons de Ryck, had a son Abraham.

          (IV) Abraham de Ryck, the immigrant ancestor, was son of Jacob de Ryck.  He came to America in 1638, and had in that year a grant of land from governor Kieft:

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he took a patent for this land, August 8, 1640.  He died in 1689 and left his farm to his son Abraham.  He married Gertie, daughter of Hendrick Hermansen, who it is said settled early at what was called the "Poor Bowery" (Bouwerif, Dutch farm), and purchased a large amount of land; he had been an armourer in the Dutch army, according to the story, and was accustomed to forge tomahawks for the Indians; for some reason the Indians attacked him suddenly and he was killed by one of the very instruments which he had forged for them.  Children of Abraham de Ryck;  1. Ryck or Richard Abrahamson, mentioned below.  2. Jacob, born 1640, died young.  3. Jacob, 1643, joined his brothers in purchasing "Ryck's Patent," now part of Cortlandtown, Westchester County, New York.  4. Hendrick, 1646.  5. Mary, 1649, married Sybout H. Krankheyt, of the Manor of Cortlandt.  6. John, 1651, married Margaret, daughter of Jacobus Krankheyt.  7. Aletta, 1653, married Captain John Harmansen, of the Manor of Cortlandt.  8. Abraham, 1655, died 1690.  9. Hendrick, 1662.

          (V) Ryck or Richard Abrahamson van Lent, son of Abraham de Ryck, was born in New Amsterdam in 1637, and was christened in the old Dutch church in the Fort, now the Battery.  He and his brother Hendrick were the first to adopt the name of Lent, and it is thought that they took it from their maternal grandfather who came from Lent; this grandfather is thought to have been the one mentioned in a letter to Governor Stuyvesant in 1654, from his superiors in Holland, as "Hendrick Hermansen van Lent," a soldier sent to Curacoa, but who was not to be found there.  Richard became the principal owner of the tract of land bought of the Sachoes Indians b y the Dutch in April, 1843, paid for with merchandise.  The land was situated east of Annsville Creek, east and south of where Peekskill is located, and of the seven thousand and two hundred acres of land Richard owned eighteen hundred acres.  The Lents seem to have been on very good terms with the Indians, as were the rest of the Dutch, for through all the trouble with the Indians and French, and later Great Britain, there was no record of their being molested.  With his brothers, Jacob and Hendrick he lived in the Manor of Cortlandt and they were the owners of "Ryck's Patent," as the land he had from the Indians was called: the land covered a large part of the northern half of the town of Cortlandt, between Verplanck's Point and Peekskill Creek.  The "village" of the Sachoes Indians, from whom the land was purchased, was situated in the southern part of what is now the city of Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, in the place known as "Lent's Flats." "Ryck's Patent," confirming the title of the land, was granted by the English to Hercules Lent, son of Ryck, about 1730. 

          Ryck A. van Lent married (Tryntje) Catrina, daughter of Harck Syboutsen, and they were both early members of the old Dutch church (Sleepy Hollow), at Tarrytown, New York.  Children:  1. Elizabeth, born 1672.  2. Abraham, March 10, 1674.  3. Ryck, 1678.  4. Harck (Hercules), mentioned below.  5. Margaret, about 1683.  6. Katherine, about 1685. 

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