(VI) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (1) and Deborah (Mather) Marvin, was born in Lyme , Connecticut , November 7, 1743 , where he died, June 1, 1823 . As a young man he held some of the minor offices of the town. On November 24, 1777 , he "took the oath of fidelity to the state," and on April 13, 1778 , the "oath prescribed by law for freemen." His will, drawn November 29,1822, proved September 17, 1823, says" "and whereas my children and heirs are comfortably situated, and reside at a distance from me, except my son John Marvin, he having returned to live near me and assist me in the decline of life, I devise all my property to him." Mr. Marvin and his wife Phebe joined the church in Lyme. He married (first) October 28, 1767 , Phebe Rowland, or Roland, born at Lyme in 1745, died there, December 27, 1812 . He married (second) May 20, 1818. -----------, born 1767, died September 28, 1840 . Children, born at Lyme: 1. Abigail, born August 29, 1768 , died December 5, 1776 . 2. Uriah, see forward. 3. John, born June 8, 1772 , died in Albany ; New York , May 8, 1853 ; he removed to Ballston, Saratoga County , New York , and later to Albany where he was an enterprising and successful merchant. 4. William, born April 6, 1775 , died in New London , Connecticut , May 19, 1849 . He settled in Albany and engaged in the mercantile business with his brothers and acquired a large amount of property; he retired in 1828 and settled in New London . 5. Abigail, born March 27, 1777 , died May 14, 1802 ; she married, October 29, 1797 , in Lyme, Captain Ichabod Smith Jr., and their children settled in and about Albany , New York . 6. Phebe, born May 18, 1779 , married February 21, 1802 ; Uriah Benedict Jr., a native of Norwalk , Connecticut , and a soldier in the Revolutionary War. 7. Lois, born May 21, 1781 , died in August of the same year. 8. Lois, born July 21, 1782 , married October 9, 1803 , David E. Gregory, of Norwalk . 9. Alexander, born January, 1785, died September 11, 1864 ; in Albany , he removed from Lyme to Ballston, and later to Albany , where he was a prosperous merchant and incorporated the Canal Bank of Albany , he married Elizabeth Pepoon and had four children. 10. Richard, born April 19, 1787 , died in Albany , August 20, 1840 ; he was commissioned an ensign in Colonel Trotter's Albany company, May 31, 1809 ; he was a successful merchant and a lifelong director of the Commercial Bank of Albany ; he died unmarried. 11, Edward Lee, born august 16, 1789, died at Lyme, unmarried, October 16, 1820 .

      (VII) Uriah, son of Benjamin (2) and Phebe (Rowland) Marvin, was born in Lyme , Connecticut , August 8, 1770 , died in Albany , New York , November 24, 1848 . In early life he removed to Albany , where he was actively engaged with his brothers as pioneer merchants of that place. He was prominent in public life and greatly interested in the educational work. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He married, January 19, 1794 , Olive Ingraham, born at Lyme, September 6, 1774 , died at Albany , April 7, 1849 , daughter of Francis and Lucretia (tinker) Ingraham, of Lyme. Children, all born in Albany , with the exception of the eldest: 1. Francis Ingraham, see forward. 2. Henry, born November 24, 1797 ; he was ensign in the Second Regiment, Riflemen, Albany Company, July 1, 1820 ; he married Harriet Day and had: i. Emma Day, ii. Walter, iii. Henry, who has a son, Ray De Forest Marvin, iv. Edward, v. Eliza, later Harriet Eliza, and vi. Harriet Day. 3. George, born September 26, 1800 , died at Albany , October 5, 1892 ; he married Maria Elizabeth

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Sickles. 4. Louisa, born November 7, 1802, died October 18, 1864; married (first) November, 1823, Gilbert Devoe, of Albany, who died September 6, 1834; married (second) 1841, --------- Swart, of Schenectady, New York. 5. Charles, born august 1, 1804, died July 16, 1889; married, October 1, 1826, Maria, born December 15, 1800, daughter of James and Maria Watrous, of Middletown, Connecticut. 6. Benjamin, born November 7, 1806 , died September 23, 1823 . 7. Edward, born April 19, 1809 , died September 14, 1810 . 8. Edward, born January 12, 1811 , died April 16, 1813 . 9. Phebe, born August 7, 1813 , died January 3, 1815 . 10. Uriah, born January 8, 1810; he was a graduate of Union and Princeton Theological seminaries; was a licentiate in 1846 and ordained, April 18, 1848, by the Reformed Dutch Classis; he held pastoral charges at Greenwich, New York, 1848-55; Bleecker Street Church, New York City, 1855-58; Nyack, New York, 1860-70; he subsequently resided in Troy, New York, and his son, Frederick Rowland, is a preacher and an author of note in Albany. 11. Frances Ann, born March 8, 181 , died April 2, 1842 ; she married, June 9, 1840 , Rev. John M. Van Buren, of Kinderhook , New York .

    (VIII) Francis Ingraham, son of Uriah and Olive (Ingraham) Marvin, was born in Lyme , Connecticut , October 11, 1795 , died in Port Jervis, Orange County , New York , May 1, 1864 . He came to Albany with his father, and succeeded him in the mercantile business. Later, he was engaged in New York City as a wholesaler grocer, in which endeavor he was also successful. He removed to Port Jervis in 1846 and remained there until his death. He was an ensign in the eighty-ninth Regiment, Albany company, of Militia, resigning his commission in 1818. He married, August 4, 1823 , Mary, born May 28, 1806 , died in Port Jervis, April 17, 1868 , daughter of Captain Hilard and Keturah (Waterhouse) Hill, of Catskill, Greene County , New York . Children: 1. Julia, born September 2, 1824 , died September 4, 1827 . 2. Mary, born October 14, 1826 , died October 30, 18209. 3. Francis, see forward. 4. Howard, born December 7, 1829, died January 18, 1905; he was a prominent business man of his section and was deeply interest in the affairs of the Presbyterian Church of which he was a lifelong member and an elder at the time of his death; he married (first) April 17, 1862, Louisa, born June 10, 1835, died November 1, 1865, daughter of Charles and Esther (Hempstead) Hill; he married (second) April 17, 1871, Mary Ellen, born January 8, 1845, died July 27, 1899, daughter of Martin and Sarah Jane (Ridgway) Graham; children by first marriage, i. Mary Esther, born November 17, 1862, in the old homestead in Port Jervis, which is now (1913) in her possession; she was graduated from the Port Jervis public and high schools and has practically spent her entire life in that town; she gives largely to charity, both financial and moral aid, and has served as vice-president of the Orange County Charity Organization, of which she is a member; she is an ardent member of the Dutch Reformed Church, assisting this institution with her time and practical work, and has been a teacher in its Sunday School for many years; Miss Matvin maintains the old homestead alongthe lines laid down by her uncle, the Hon. fracis Marvin, from whom she received the place; she has in her possession many antiques and heirlooms dating back more than two hudnred years, having been handed down from generation to generation, and these she keeps ina fine state of preservation, ii. Louisa, born November 1, 1865 , died March 9, 1866 . 5. Mary, born January 4, 1832 , died April 18, 1834 . 6. Louisa, born March 18, 1834 , died June 8, 1834 . 7. Charles, born March 17, 1835, removed to Port Jervis, where he appears in 1862, as elder in the Presbyterian Church; he was a charter member and junior warden of the M. T. Williams Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and in 1867 was a trustee of the village of Port Jervis; soon afterward he purchased a farm and then removed to Matamoras, Pike County, Pennsylvania; he married, June 30, 1858, Emeline Amands, daughter of Alfred and Hannah (Rhymer) Bullock; children: i. Mary, born April 7, 1862, died May 23 of the same year. ii. Josephine, born December 29, 1863 , died March 7, 1864 , iii. Francis, born March 17, 1865, died August 11, 1907, in Santa Barbara, California, where he had a large fruit farm; for many years he was

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active in the work for the Young Men's Christian Association; he married, February 10, 1898 , Mary Frances almond; children: Charles Frederick and Arthur Howard, iv. Frederick, born June 15, 1868, lives in Orange, New Jersey; now a successful architect with an office in New York City, having taken a course at Cooper Union and having been an assistant to Architect Bruce Price until able to start out for himself; he married, June 2, 1898, Bertha McKergan and has: Lucille and Irene, v. Walter, born September 1, 1870; is a gold miner in the west, vi. Alfred, born April 11, 1873; received his degree form the Law School of Columbia University, New York, has been admitted to practice at the New York and Pennsylvania bars, and is an active member of the Orange County Bar Association; is the secretary and treasurer of the Barrett Bridge Contracting Company, secretary of the Port Jervis Water Works, director of the Port Jervis Telegraph Company, and of the Port Jervis National Bank; he is a trustee of the Hope Evangelical Church at Matamoras, in which place he makes his home; he has served three terms in the legislature, being the first Republican elected to that office in Pike County; he married, September 23, 1897, Mary Edna Cole and has one son, Reinold, vii. Amelia, born February 6, 1876 , lives on the home farm, viii. Charles, born November 19, 1879 , a farmer in Matamoras, married September 14, 1903 , Laura Jordan and has a son, Walter.

     (IX) Hon. Francis Marvin, son of Francis Ingraham and Mary (Hill) Marvin, was born in \New York City, March 8, 1828, died at his residence, No. 34 Brooklyn Street, Port Jervis, New York, August 10, 1905. He removed to Port Jervis with his parents in 1846, and for some years conducted the general store which had been started by his father. In 1847 he became a member of the surveying corps of the Erie Railroad, and then became station agent at Callicoon. For one year he acted as disbursing agent for General D. C. McCallum, master of bridges, then returned to Port Jervis, and in association with his brothers conducted a store until 1856. At that time he became bookkeeper for the Bank of Port Jervis, now the National Bank, later being assistant cashier, and his connection with the bank continued until his death. He was elected president of the institution in 1891, held that office until the re-organization in 1894, when he was elected vice-president, an office he held at the time of his death. Prior to acting as president he had served as vice-president and director, having held stock even before he became bookkeeper. In 1801 he was one of the organizers of the Port Jervis Gas Light Company and was president from 1879 until the sale of the property to another company. In 1869 he was one of the incorporators of the Port Jervis Water Works Company, was the treasurer and a director and served as vice-president for many years. In 1869 he also organized the Barrett Bridge Company, was made secretary and treasurer, an office he held until his death. In 1870 he was one of the incorporators of the Port Jervis & Monticello Railroad, was made treasurer and director, but later withdrew. Mr. Marvin was elected president of the village of Port Jervis in 1865, for some years served as a member of its board of education, and was supervisor of the town of Deerpark , 1889-90. In 1864 he was nominated for the assembly, but the strong Democratic element caused his defeat. In 1892 he was elected a member of congress, representing the seventeenth congressional district, which included Rockland , Orange and Sullivan Counties . While in this office he served on many important committees, and was always one of the strongest supporters of the Republican Party. He declined re-nomination in 1894. Mr. Marvin was public-spirited in the highest degree. He was one of the founders of the Minisink Valley Historical society, and it was through his insistence that the birthday of George Washington was annually observed. He donated several valuable lots as a site for the Second Reformed Church of Germantown, but by his express wish the name of the donor was not made public. This act was in keeping with all his charitable donations, which were on a large scale, but given in an unostentatious manner. He was a wise counselor in all public and private affairs, and a man of truly sterling worth.

   Mr. Marvin married, June 10, 1851 , Amelia, born March 18, 1829 , died March 7,

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1894, daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Horton) St. John . They had no children.

ANDREWS. William Andrews, the founder of the family in this country, emigrated from England in 1839 and settled in Walden , New York , where he died aged sixty-three years. He was a son of Edward Andrews, who died in England , February 20, 1869 , aged seventy-seven years. He was a spinner in the woolen mills, he was a Methodist in religion, and one of the trustees of the church in Walden. He married Sarah Ann Harrison. Children: 1. John T. 2. Samuel, referred to below. 3. Mary, died young. 4. Edward. 5. Sarah. 6. Nelson.

    (II) Samuel, son of William and Sarah Ann ( Harrison ) Andrews, was born in England in 1858. He received his early education in the public schools, and then entered the employ of the Walden Knife Company, remaining with them up to the present time. He has been rewarded with steady advancement and promotion and is now superintendent, treasurer and vice-president of the company. He is a Methodist in religion, and has been for twenty years a trustee of the church in Walden, and for many years also its treasurer. He married (first) Clara Ashbury, of Brooklyn , New York , who died in 1903. He married (second) Alfa Muzzie, of Johnstown , New York . Children, by first marriage: 1. Ethel and 2. Alice . Children by second marriage: 3. George and 4. Ralph.

UNDERHILL. Captain John Underhill , the founder of this family, is a descendant of the Underhills, of Huntington in Warwickshire, a town four miles east of Kenilworth on the river Learne. His father and grandfather, both named Edward, were men of note in England, and Captain John Underhill himself was one of the most conspicuous and distinguished characters of early colonial days. Before emigrating to America he distinguished himself as a soldier under Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, in the Low Countries . He joined Governor Winthrop's party to Massachusetts Bay in 2630 as captain of militia, and soon after his arrival became one of the first deputies from Boston to the general court and was one of the earliest officers of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. In 1638 his friend, Sit Harry Vance, sent him as commander of the colony troops to Saybrook , Connecticut . The same year he was banished from Massachusetts , because his ideas of religious toleration were too liberal, and the following year he returned to England , but was banished from that country "for certain religious and moral delinquencies." In 1638 he was chosen governor of Dover , New Hampshire , but was again banished for not fitting in with the religious ideas of his neighbors, so he went to the Dutch and Director-General Kieft employed him in his war with the Indians. In 1644 he came with the Rev. Mr. Denton and others to Long Island , took up his residence at Flushing , but finally settled in Oyster Bay , about 1655. In 1665 he was a delegate from that town to the meeting at Hempstead , called by governor Nicoll who made him high sheriff of the North Riding of Yorkshire. In 1677 the Matinecock Indians conveyed to him a large tract of their land, a part of which, called Kenilworth , or Kellingworth, still remains in the family.

     He married (first) Helena ----------, who came with him originally from Holland . He married (second) Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant Robert and Elizabeth (Jones-Winthrop) Feake, who was the widow of Henry, son of Governor Winthrop. She afterwards married William Hallett, of Flushing . Children, two by first marriage; 1. Elizabeth , baptized in Boston , February 14, 1636 . 2. John, born in Boston , April 11, 1642 , died October 29, 1692 ; married, August 1, 1668 , Mary Prior, and became the ancestor of the Long Island branch of the family. 3. Deborah, born September 29, 1659 , died January 30, 1698 ; married Henry Townsend, of Oyster Bay . 4. Nathaniel, referred to below. 5. Hannah, born February 10, 1666 , died in 1757; married Thomas Alsop, of Newtown , Long Island . 6. Elizabeth, born may 2, 1669; married Joshua Smith. 7. David, of Oyster Bay , born February 1, 1672; married Hannah -----------; no children.

    (II) Nathaniel, son of Captain John and Elizabeth (Feake) Underhill, was born in

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Oyster Bay , Long Island , February 22, 1663 , died 1710. He removed to Westchester County . he married Mary, daughter of John Ferris, of Westchester . Children: 1. Nathaniel, November 27, 1775 ; married Mary Honeywell. 2. Thomas, of New Castle , Westchester County , married Phebe Davenport. 3. Abraham, referred to below. 4. Benjamin, of New Castle . 5. John. 6. A son who lived at South East. 7. Mary, married --------- Horton.

     (III) Abraham, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Ferris) Underhill, was born in Westchester County , New York , about 1700, died in White Plains , Westchester County , New York , about 1750. He married Hannah Cromwell. Children: 1. Abraham, of New Castle or Philipsburg; died in 1789; married (first) in 1746, Phebe Hallock, (second) Keziah Farrington. 2. Isaac, referred to below. 3. Jacob, of new Castle , born May 25, 1730 , died September 26, 1807 ; married January 29, 1747 , Amy Hallock. 4. Mary, married Caleb Horton, of white Plains . 5. Hannah. 6. Martha, married Jabez Lockwood.

    (IV) Isaac, son of Abraham and Hannah (Cromwell) Underhill, was born in White Plains, Westchester County, New York, June 21, 1726, died in Yorktown, Westchester County, new York, December 8, 1814. He married, August 18, 1756 , Sarah, born February 6, 1734 , died March 20, 1812 , daughter of Robert Field, Mrs. Underhill gave Major André his last breakfast. Children: 1. Robert, of Croton Point, born June 16, 1761, died April 26, 1829 ; married Mary Hallock. 2. Abraham I., of Yorktown , born June 27, 1763 , died May 6, 1841 ; married Rebecca Field. 3. Joshua, of New York City , born July 7, 1765 , died February 1, 1839 ; married, November 13, 1789 , Mary Sutton. 4. Caleb, referred to below. 5. Moses, of Cayuga County , New York , born August 20, 1772 , died April 23, 1813 ; married Anne Mekeel. 6. Aaron, died in 1805, unmarried. 7. Isaac, died in 1798, unmarried. 8. Rebecca, born June 23, 1757 , died in 1835; married Moses Sutton, of Croton Valley . 9. Mary, born May 31, 1759 , died in 1824; married, in 1793, Isaiah Quinby, of New Castle . 10. Hannah, born July 15, 1769 , died October 4, 1846 ; married (first) James Quinby, (second) Isaac Mekeel.

     (V) Caleb, son of Isaac and Sarah (Field) Underhill, was born in Yorktown , Westchester County , New York , in the "Major André House", June 16, 1770 , died November 5, 1834 . He married, in 1791, Elizabeth , born January 9, 1774 , died September 13, 1847 , daughter of Josiah Quinby. Children: 1. William, Of New York City, born May 5, 1793 , died September 7, 1859 ; married Phebe Griffin. 2. Josiah J., of Poughkeepsie , born august 28, 1794, died July 29, 1870 ; married in 1810, Hannah, daughter of Abraham Underhill . 3. Isaac Quinby, of New Jersey , born July 5, 1798 , died November 18, 186- ; married Mary Sutton. 4. Charles W., born in 1800; married Mary A. Brower. 5. Willet C., of New Jersey, born March 27, 1802, died August 18, 1829; married Nancy smith. 6. Henry, died unmarried. 7. Aaron, born March 12, 1806 , died February 13, 1874 ; married, in 1837, Elizabeth Vandevoort. 8. Richard Mott, referred to below. 9. Alexander, of Brooklyn, New York, born June 7, 1809; married (first) Phebe W. Albertson, (second) Caroline Albertson, (third) Emma Conklin. 10. Phebe, married Stephen wood.

     (VI) Richard Mott, son of Caleb and Elizabeth (Quinby) Underhill, was born in Yorktown , Westchester County , New York , March 4 or 5, 1808, died April 21, 1877 . He was a farmer, a Quaker, and a Republican. In 1847 and 1848 he was an assemblyman at Albany , New York . He married, at Purchase Street , town of Harrison , Westchester County , New York , in 1838, Hannah, born at Purchase Street in 1819, daughter of Leonard and Sarah (Lane) Griffin . Children: 1. Andrew, died unmarried. 2. Aaron Griffin, born June 11, 1841 ; married Rosa, daughter of Leonard Gale. 3. Charles W., born July 16, 1845 ; married O. Gregory. 4. Emilie E., born October 5, 1847; married October 14, 1885, Thomas H. Burgess, of Highland, Ulster County, new York, 5. John Warren, referred to below. 6. Minnie (or Mary) B., born October 28, 1855 ; married September 22, 1875 , George Griffin.

    (VII) John Warren, son of Richard Mott and Hannah ( Griffin ) Underhill, was born in Yorktown , Westchester County , New York , October 7, 1849 , and is now living at Peekskill , New York . He received his education

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in the Yorktown district school and the Peekskill Military Academy . Afterwards for about seventeen years he turned farmer and for the last seven years has been watchman in a foundry. He is a Republican in politics and was census enumerator of Yorktown in 1900. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Peekskill. He married, in Yorktown , September 20, 1876 , Elizabeth , born in Yorktown , December 25, 1852 , daughter of Abijah and Jane C. Lee. Children, both born in Yorktown : 1. Richard Mott, referred to below. 2. Walter Lee born June 28, 1886, educated at the Yorktown district school, the grammar and high school of Peekskill and the Peekskill business College; clerk of he board of water supply; married Blanche L. Dyckman; child, Audrey Celeste, born November 29, 1912.

     (VIII) Richard Mott (2), son of John Warren and Elizabeth (Lee) Underhill, was born in Yorktown , Westchester County , New York , September 22, 1880 , and is now living at Yorktown Heights . He received his education in the Yorktown district school, and is now employed on the Catskill aqueduct. He married Lilian S., daughter of John Seymour and Anna May (Flewellin) Carpenter, and granddaughter of Jesse Griffin Carpenter, of Yorktown , and of Robert Lyon and Elizabeth (Putney) Flewellin.

JACOBUS. This is a Dutch Christian name used as a surname. It belongs to the category of patronymics that contain such names as Hendricksen, Jansen, and the like. The ancestor, from whom the surname is derived, was probably possessed of the Christian name of Jacobus, and "se" or "sen" was probably added to it to indicate his descendants. It is easily seen that Jacobusse or Jacobussen could be conveniently abbreviated to Jacobus, and this is what would appear to have been the method employed. The family bearing the name was here in the seventeenth century, and the descendants of the fist ancestor in America are now fairly numerous. The family has intermarried with other Dutch families, such as that bearing the name of Schermerhorn.

     (I) Roelof, immigrant ancestor in America of the family here dealt with bearing the name of Jacobus, was born in Holland, probably about 1665, died at Paper Berg, in Essex County, New Jersey. As soon as he came to America he settled on the mountain south of what is now called Singac, but then Paper Berg as given above. He became possessed of land in that neighborhood, and remained there until he died. His children were: !. Hendrick Roelofse, of whom further. 2. Brant, born in 1692. 3. Catherine, 1706, killed by lightning; married, May 20, 1726 , Hendrick Van Ness, born December 2, 1702 . 4. James, 1708. 5. Johannes, 1711. 6. Symon, 1713. 7. Garret, 1715.

     (II) Hendrick Roelofse, eldest son of Roelof Jacobus, was born in 1690, died in 1761, at Peekman's River, near Little Falls, New Jersey . It was in this neighborhood that he settled early in life. His will was dated May 25, 1760 , and proved February 7, 1763 . He married Egje -----------, her maiden surname being unknown. Children: 1. John, or Jan, died in 1783; a farmer in Essex County , New Jersey ; married and had children: Dirck, Hendrick, Jacobus, died about 1786, Altse, Fytie, Catherine, Jannetje. 2. Jacobus, or James, of whom further. 3. Johannis. 4. Adrian , died 1784. 5. Peter, married and had children: Henry Peter, died in 1814, and Garret P. 6. Hendrick, died about 1807; married and had children: John, Dorcas and Esther. 7. Derick, lived at Peekman's River, and died about 1806; married Eleanor ----------, and had children: Affie , Tunis , Sophia, Mary, Henry and Rachel. 8. Garret. 9. Helena . 10. Jannetje. 11. Fytje. 12. Altie

     (III) Jacobus, or James, second son of Hendrick Roelofse and Egje Jacobus, was born at Peekman's River, near Little Falls, New Jersey , about 1730, died about 1791. .His will was dated October 6, 1788 , and proved December 27, 1791 . He married Jeche, maiden surname unknown. Children: 1. Roelof, of whom further. 2. Esther. 3. Rachel. 4. Jannetje.

     (IV) Roelof (2), probably the eldest child of Jacobus or James Jacobus, was born in New York , may 4, 1767, died in New York City , May 29, 1824 . He was wealthy, his father being a landed proprietor of New Jersey , having also kept slaves before the Revolutionary War. Roelof Jacobus married

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about 1794, Catherine Galloway, of Orange County , New York . Children: 1. Ann, married William S. Watkins, of new York . 2. James Galloway, married Leah Conklin. 3. Thomas, married Abbie Hallett. 4. John, of whom further. 5. Hannah, married Edward Pye.

     (V) John, third son of Roelof (2) and Catherine ( Galloway ) Jacobus, was born September 27, 1805 , died July 16, 1888 . He was a lumber merchant in New York City , and retired from business about the year 1861, in favor of his son, Samuel M. He married Mary Amelia Medlar. Children: 1. Samuel M., of whom further. 2. Catherine a., married John P. Schermerhorn, now deceased. 3. Augustus L., married Sarah J. Williamson, also deceased. 4. Emma Louise, married (first) William F. Hibbard, (second) a Mr. Roesler. 5. Edmond G., married Emma C. Winship. 6. Serena Elvira, married David Pyatt Ingersoll. 7. Camilla Matilda, married Hampton Waldron.

     (VI) Samuel M., eldest son of John and Mary Amelia (Medlar) Jacobus, was born November 28, 1831 , died August 5, 1888 . When a young man he engaged in the lumber business with his father, John Jacobus. In 1860, on the latter's retirement, he successfully carried on the business until ill health compelled him also to retire. He resided for many years on Thirty-seventh Street in the Murray Hill section of New York City . He married Rebecca Stevens Schermerhorn, who survives him (see Schermerhorn Vii). Children: 1. John Schermerhorn. 2. Sarah Louise, married Charles M. Jamieson. 3. Samuel H., died in childhood. 4. Ada Irene, married Spencer C. Judson.

(The Schermerhorn Line.)

the name Schermerhorn is variously spelled in the old records Scher-Hooren, Schermerhooven, Schermerhoren, Schermerhoorn, and Schermerhorne. It is not known, however, whether it was a family name in Holland or was adopted as a surname by the emigrant ancestor of the family. The coat-of-arms which has always been used by the family is said to have existed upon one of the stained glass windows of the church of Schermerhorn in Holland as late as 1800, in which year a copy of it was brought out by Captain Joseph Matschalck, a connection of the family by marriage.

     (I) Jacob Janse Schermerhorn, the founder of the family in this country, was a direct descendant from one Burgomaster of Antwerp, a man of distinction, and was granted the coat-of-arms borne by the family. He is said to have been born in Waterland, Holland , in 1622. His father was living in 1654 in Amsterdam , and in some of the old records the son is referred to as Jacob Jansen van Amsterdam. The first authentic reference to him in this country is May 29, 1648, when with his brother he was arrested "at Fort Orange (now Albany) by the order of governor Petrus Stuyvesant upon the charge of obtaining arms and ammunition from the West India Company and selling them to the Indians." His books and papers were seized and with others involved in the same charge he was sent to New Amsterdam and condemned to death, the sentence later being commuted to banishment for five years and confiscation of his property. A month later, August 1, 1648 , the banishment penalty was remitted. Schermerhorn rapidly reconstructed his fortunes and apparently suffered no loss of reputation from his trial. Soon after locating in this country he purchased a large tract of land on both sides of the Mohawk River extending twelve miles and running back from the river on each side one mile. In 1652 and 1653, he received patents for grants of land in Beverwyck, and about the same time became one of the commissioners or magistrates of that place. While holding this position in 1654, he paid a visit to his father in Amsterdam and returning, he was again nominate, April 8, 1656 , and later received the position of commissionary which he continued to fill under both the Dutch and English governments until 1675, if not longer. As a member of the consistory of the Dutch church at Albany , he audited the deacon's accounts in 1665, kept the accounts himself in 1666, and again audited them in 1671-72-85-86. In the summer of 1668 he paid another brief visit to Holland . Soon after the settlement of Schenectady , in 1662, he removed thither and died there in 1688, leaving an estate valued at about $23,000, besides real estate in Albany and Schenectady , a farm at Scho-

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dack, much personal property in this country and funds at interest in Holland .

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