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Van Buren.
The original settler of the Van Buren
family did not bear the name Van Buren.
It was not the custom, when he came to
America, 1631, for Netherlanders to have
a family name, except in rare cases. The
Dutch of New Netherland, after the succession
of the English in 1664, began to adopt
family surnames, generally taking the
name of the place from which they or their
parents emigrated in Holland, using the
prefix "Van," which is Dutch
for of or from. Thus it was, no doubt,
with the second generation of the Van
Buren family in America, the father of
whom was Cornelis Maessen--Maes or Maas,
being the Christian name of his father,
the suffix "sen" or "se"
signifying son.
(I) Cornelis Maessen either emigrated
from Buren, a village of the province
of Gelderland, Holland, or was a native
of that place. During the summer of 1631
he sailed for America in the ship "Rensselaerwyck,"
having with him his young wife, Caralyntje
Martense (daughter of a man named marten),
and at least one son names Marten. A second
son Hendrick is said to have been born
on the voyage. They settled on a farm
a little below Greenbush, at a place called
Papskneee, leasing a farm from the Patroon
Killian Van Rensselaer, who had been granted
large tracts comprising large portions
of the present counties of Albany, and
Rensselaer, then called Rensselaerwyck.
He and his wife died in 1648, and the
records show they were buried the same
day. he died intestate, and the children
were placed under guardians. His estate
consisted in part of property in New York
City, where is now between Fourteenth
and Christopher streets. Children mentioned
in legal papers: Marten C., see forward;
Hendrick, Maes, Styntje.
(II) marten Cornelisse, "Black Marten"
(son of Cornelis Maessen) deposed, 1660,
that he was "born in Houten,"
a few miles from the village of Buren,
in the province of Utrecht. He was probably
about two years of age when his parents
came to America. In 1662 he sold his home,
located "this side of Bethlehem"
(about two miles below Albany). In 1665
he leased half of Constapel's Island below
Albany. He and his wife were members of
the Dutch Church in Albany in 1683. The
census of 1697 credits his family with
a membership of "two men, no women,
one child." In December, 1683, he
paid church dues for the rise of the "large
pall," indicating that at about that
time he had buried an adult member of
his family. In 1700 he was captain of
a military company in the regiment commanded
by colonel Peter Schuyler. He married
Maritje, daughter of Pieter Quackenbosch.
His will, made April 13, 1703, proved
June 7, 1710, (in which latter year he
died), mentions children: Cornelis Martense,
Cornelia Martense, Pieter Martense, Maitje
Martense, Marten Martense.
(III) Pieter Martense, son of Marten
Cornelisse Van Buren, married, January
15,m 1693, Ariaantje Barentse, daughter
of Barent Meindersen and Eythe (Ida) his
wife. Pieter M. and his wife were admitted
to membership of the Dutch Church at Albany
in 1695, as from Kinderhook, where they
had settled about the time of their marriage.
He was a freeholder in Kinderhook in `710,
and probably died previous to 1743, which
year four of his sons were mentioned as
freeholders of Kinderhook. His children
were baptized in the Dutch church, Albany:
Cornelis, Barent, Maritje (Maria),
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Eytje (Ida), Marten, Cornelis, Ephrahim,
and Maria.
(IV) Marten Pieterse, fourth son of Pieter
Martense and Ariaantje (Barentse) Van
Buren, was born December 25, 1701, in
Kinderhook, where he resided. He married,
November 7, 1729, Dirckje Van Alstyne,
born in April,. 1710, daughter of Abraham
Janse and Marritje (Van Duesen) Van Alstyne.
Children: Marritje, died young; Pieter,
baptized July 22, 1733; Marritje, died
young; Abraham, mentioned below; Ariantje,
ch 4, 1739; Marritje, October 2, 1743;
Marten, baptized 1748 at Claverack.
(V) Abraham, third son of Marten P. and
Dirckje (Van Alstyne) Van Buren, was baptized
February 27, 1737, at Albany, and resided
in the village of Kinderhook, where he
had a small farm. His house, an unpretentious
one, was long used as a tavern. although
a man of quiet and undemonstrative nature,
he rendered valued service in the revolutionary
army, rising to the rank of captain in
Colonel Abraham Van Alstyne's regiment.
he marred Maria Goes, widow of Johannes
Van Allen, who was distantly related to
him. Children: Dircke, born 1777; Jannetje,
baptized January 16, 1780; Martin, mentioned
below; Lawrence, (SPECIAL--LEWIS--TWO)
January 1, 1786, a farmer of Kinderhook
and major in the war of 1812; Abraham,
May 11, 1788, an attorney practicing in
Hudson, New York.
(IV) Martin Van Buren, eldest son of
Abraham and Maria (Goes) Van Buren, eighth
president of the United States, was born
December 5, 1782, in Kinderhook. He was
blessed with keen perceptions and intellectual
power, and finished his studies in school
at the age of fourteen years. At this
time he began the study of law, and very
soon became active in political matters,
acting as a delegate to the congressional
convention of his district at the age
of seventeen. In his very active life
he came in contact with many of the ablest
people of the world, and the lack of a
college education was never apparent to
any. At the age of twenty-five years he
was appointed by Governor Daniel D. Tompkins
as surrogate of Columbia County, and filled
this position for five years, from 1808.
In the fall of 1812 he was elected to
the state senate, and continued to serve
in this capacity until 1821. From 1815
to 18198, he was attorney-general of the
state. In 1921, in his thirty-ninth year,
he was elected to the United States senate
and was re-elected in 1827. In the fall
of the following year he was elected governor
of the state, and resigned from the United
States Senate January 15, 1821, to be
inaugurated as governor. He di not long
retain this position, however, as he was
induced by president Andrew Jackson to
take the portfolio of secretary of state
in the latter's cabinet. In June, 1831,
he resigned from the President's cabinet
in order to become minister to the Court
of St. James. Upon the second election
of Andrew Jackson to the presidency, martin
Van Buren was his companion on the ticket
and was elected vice-president. Following
this he was elected President, being the
first native of the state of New York
to reach that position by election, taking
his seat March 4, 1837. In the campaign
in 1840 he was defeated by William H.
Harrison, and retired, after the close
of his term in 1841, to his home, "Lindenwald."
HASBROUCK.
This is a very old family of Southern
New York and was founded by Abraham and
Jean Hasbrouck, brothers, who were among
the original patentees of New Paltz, Ulster
County. They were active in both the civil
and ecclesiastical affairs of that section
and both left large families whose descendants
have to some extent intermarried. From
Ulster County the family spread to Orange
County, Dutchess County, and other counties
in the vicinity, and is now numerously
represented throughout the state. The
family was conspicuous in the settlement
and development of St. Lawrence County,
and of various sections of Central New
York. Abraham and Jean Hasbrouck were
both born in Calais, France, of which
town their father was a native. The latter
with his two sons above mentioned and
a daughter, , who was the wife of Pierce
Haynar, was driven out of France by the
persecution of the Huguenots, and removed
to Mannheim, Germany in the lower palatinate,
where they resided several years, highly
respected
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and being affiliated with the local churches.
Numerous other families were similarly
situated and a considerable group migrated
to the new world in the latter part of
the seventeenth century, settling in Ulster
County, New York. Jean, with his wife,
Anna Duyon (Deyo) Hasbrouck, removed in
1673 from Germany and settled at Esopus,
New York.
(I) Abraham Hasbrouck, the immigrant
ancestor of the branch of the New York
family of the Hasbroucks here dealt with,
was born in France, and died in New Paltz,
Ulster County, New York, March 17, 1717.
Abraham Hasbrouck removed from Holland
to Mannheim, and then to England, whence
he sailed in April, 1675, landing at Boston,
Massachusetts. From here he proceeded
direct to New York and in July arrived
at Esopus, where he found his brother
and many former European friends. In 1677
a group of these, including the Hasbrouck
brothers, obtained a patent from Governor
Andros to a large tract south of Kingston,
where they settled and named the place,
New Paltz. Here they founded what was
known as the Walloon Protestant Church,
after the name and discipline of the Church
at Geneva, a Calvinistic organization.
For about half a century, until after
the death of the Hasbrouck brothers, the
service was conducted in French, long
after which it was conducted in the Dutch
language. Abraham Hasbrouck was a member
of the provincial assembly and was major
of the Ulster County regiment of militia.
he married, November 17, 1675, at Hurley,
Marie, daughter of Christian Deyo, whom
he had known in Europe and who came to
this country in the same vessel with him.
She was probably a sister of his brother's
wife. Their children were: Rachel, baptized
May 12, 1680, New York; Joseph, mentioned
below; Solomon, born October 17, 1686;
Jonas, born October 14, 1691; Benjamin,
baptized May 31, 1696, at New Paltz.
(II) Joseph, eldest son of Abraham and
Marie (Deyo) Hasbrouck, was born and baptized
at new Paltz, Ulster County, New York,
October 23, 1684. He located at Guilford
on a tract of two thousand acres which
had been granted by patent in 1685 to
James Graham and John Delavall. The parchment
on which the grant of the Guilford tract
was written is in a good state of preservation.
He was one of the justices of the county
of Ulster in 1722 and his name is mentioned
in a record of that date as having proceeded
with two other justices and an Indian
to locate definitely the southwest corner
of the Paltz patent at Moggonck. The diary
of Joseph's son, colonel Abraham Hasbrouck,
says that he was "a gentleman acquainted
and he served in several public stations
in Ulster County. He was very affable
and agreeable in company, eloquent in
speech, spoke French, Dutch, and tolerable
English." Joseph Hasbrouck is buried
in the old graveyard in new Paltz and
the stone which marks his last resting
place bears the oldest date of any in
the graveyard. It is of brown sandstone,
such as was used at that period; at the
top of the stone is an angel's head and
wings; the inscription is as follows:
"here lyes the Body of Joseph Hasbrouck,
Esq., aged forty years, three months,
and eighteen days, deceased, January 28,
1723-4."
He married in 1706 Ellsje Schoonmaker,
who was buried near her husband, outliving
him by forty years. She lost her husband
when she was thirty-seven and was left
with ten children on her hands, while
her oldest boy, Abraham, was only seventeen.
But she did not move back to new Paltz
from Guilford, whither they had gone probably
at the time of their marriage in 1706.
She raised her family of six sons and
four daughters. In her latter years when
the neighborhood increased she kept a
store in the house. Children: 1. Abraham,
married Catherine Bruyn and located at
Kingston; 2. Isaac, married Antje Low,
a widow of John Van Gasbeck, and located
a short distance east of old Shawangunk
church; 3. Jacob, married Mary Hornbeck
and moved to Marbletown; 4. Benjamin,
married Elidia Schoonmaker and located
at what is now the Borden residence of
Wallkill; 5. Cornelius B., who married
Janet Kelso; 6. Jonathan, mentioned below.
(III) Jonathan, youngest son of Joseph
and Ellsie (Schoonmaker) Hasbrouck, was
born at Guilford, Ulster County, New York,
April 12, 1722, and died July 31, 1780.
Jonathan located at Newburg, Orange
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County, purchasing in 1747 the property
on which he built in 1750 part of the
house afterward known as Washington's
headquarters. Subsequently he built an
addition to this house, where he resided
until his death. He was the first supervisor
of the precinct in 1763. he held at different
times commissioners as ensign, captain
and colonel, his commission to the latter
office being issued October 25, 1775.
His regiment saw much active service in
the Revolutionary War, but owing to the
ill health of its colonel was much of
the time commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel
Johannas Hardenbergh. On account of ill
health Colonel Jonathan Hasbrouck resigned
in 1777. The diary of his brother, Colonel
Abraham Hasbrouck, of Kingston, says of
him in part: "He was a loving husband,
a tender and loving father, a loving brother,
an obedient and dutiful child, a kind
master of his servants, a good neighbor,
a hospitable man, a good industrious sober
man, and a very good liver, and a very
good commonwealth's man (Whig). He was
a pious worthy man, paid a good deal of
reverence in hearing and reading the Word
of God. he was good natured, not easily
ruffled or put in a passion, but with
a great deal of forbearance." He
married, in May, 1751, Catherine or Tryntje,
daughter of Cornelius DuBois, of Poughwoughtenonk.
Their children were: 1. Abraham, 2. Joseph,
3. Cornelius, born in 1755, settled in
Canada, took the side of the British in
the Revolutionary War, 4. Isaac, mentioned
below, 5. Jonathan, who died unmarried
6. Mary, who was born in 1763, and married
Israel Smith, 7. Rachel, the heroine of
the famous ride from Newburg to Guilford,
married her cousin, Daniel, son of Colonel
Abraham Hasbrouck, of Kingston, and located
at Montgomery, Orange County, New York.
(IV) Isaac, fourth son of Jonathan and
Catherine or Tryntje (DuBois) Hasbrouck,
was born in 1761, and died in 1806. Isaac
Hasbrouck continued to reside at the Washington
headquarters built by his father. He married
Hannah Birdsall. Their children were:
1. Jonathan, married Phebe Field, and
left a family of sons and daughters, all
of whom were born at the Washington headquarters;
2. Israel, 3. Eli, mentioned below; 4.
Sarah, married Walter Case, and was the
only daughter who married; 5. Rachel;
6. May.
(V) Eli, third son of Isaac and Hannah
(Birdsall) Hasbrouck, was born at the
Washington headquarters, Newburg, Orange
County, New York. he married Harriet Belknap,
and left a large family of children, six
of whom married and had children.
(VI) Charles H., son of Eli and Harriet
(Belknap) Hasbrouck, was born at Newburg,
Orange County, New York, February 7, 1820,
died at Newburg, January 30, 1895. All
his life long he lived in Newburg. Only
once did ht leave the town, and that was
on the occasion of his voyage to Havre,
France, with his friend Captain Francis
Robinson. He attended the Newburg schools
and in 1844 was a clerk in the Highland
National Bank. Leaving the bank he became
a clerk for Lewis D. Lockwood, a dealer
in dry goods, and within two or three
years he and his brother Eli formed a
partnership in the dry goods business
and started a business in Water Street,
under the style and title of the Hasbrouck
Brothers. This partnership continued to
the year 1879. In 1881 Mr. Hasbrouck was
elected director of the Quassaick National
Bank, and on September 21, 1885, he was
elected President, holding both positions
until his death. He married Helen, daughter
of John and Margaret (Voorhees) Currie,
of New Brunswick. Their children were:
1. John, 2. Edward, who are deceased;
3. Alice and 4. Margaret C., who live
at Newburg, Orange County, New York.
HASBROUCK. (III) Cornelius Benjamin
Hasbrouck, son of Joseph (q. v.) and Ellsje
(Schoonmaker) Hasbrouck, was born at New
Paltz, Ulster County, New York, and died
in the same place. He married Janet Kelso,
and had issue: 1. William C., of whom
further.
(IV) Hon, William Cornelius Hasbrouck,
son of Cornelius B. Hasbrouck, was born
August 23, 1800, died November 5, 1870.
He was a graduate of Union College at
the same time, almost, that William Seward
was an undergraduate, and he soon moved
to Franklin, Tennessee, and became principal
of the academy there, founded by
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Bishop Otey,. Among his pupils were such
distinguished men as John Bell, Samuel
Houston, Felix Granby, Andrew Jackson
and Matthew F. Maury. Returning north
he became principal of Farmers' hall Academy,
Goshen, new York, and in 1822 commenced
the study of law with Mr. Wisner. He completed
his studies with Mr. Ross of Newburg and
was admitted to the bar in 1826. He rose
rapidly in his profession and was elected
tot he assembly and chosen speaker of
that body. He was a man of high bearing,
spotless character, and had a chivalric
sense of honor and duty. He was described
as courteous in his manners and liberal
in his charities, and an American in every
aspiration of his mind. he married, June
28, 1831, Mary E., daughter of William
Roe. Children: 1. William, who became
a lawyer. 2. Henry Cornelius, mentioned
below. 3. Roe, now deceased, was a graduate
of Harvard in 1876, and a lawyer. 4. Maria
H. 5. Mary Roe Ann. 6. Emily Anna, who
married Clinton Gurnee. 7. Mary Elizabeth.
8. Cornelia Jeannette. 9. Blandina, who
married James Wild, of Edinburgh, Scotland.
(V) General Cornelius Hasbrouck, second
son of William Cornelius and Mary E. (Roe)
Hasbrouck, was born at Newburg, new York,
October 26, 1839. He was appointed cadet
at the West Point Military Academy on
July 1, 1856, and made a captain on July
26, 1866. He remained a captain for over
twenty years and then on March 5, 1887,
he was promoted to major; ten years later,
on October 29, 1896, he was made a lieutenant-colonel;
on February 13, 1899, he was made a colonel,
and in 1898 he was appointed brigadier-general,
commanding the second division of the
Second Army Corps, U. S. A. He was a commandant
at West Point Military Academy from 1882
to 1888, he was a member of the board
that prepared the infantry, cavalry and
artillery drill regulations adopted by
the war department for use in the United
States army. He retired January 5, 1903.
General Hasbrouck died December 17, 1911,
in the house built, in 1839, by his father,
Hon. William C. Hasbrouck, at Newburg,
New York. he was buried on December 20,
with the military honors of his rank,
in the historic cemetery of the United
States Military Academy, at West Point,
New York. He married, October 26, 1882,
Laetitia Viele Warren, who survives him.
VAN BUREN.
This name is manifestly Dutch. The name
of the original settler, who was the progenitor
of the family in America, appears in the
records of the Reformed Dutch church of
New York as Van Buren, Van Beuren, Van
Bueren, and Ban Buuren. His descendants,
or rather the greater number of them,
now spell the name Van Beuren, in contradistinction
to the Van Buren family of the Upper Hudson,
of whom Cornelis Maas Van Buren is the
ancestor. This orthography does not obtain
in the case of the family here dealt with.
This particular family, which is descended
from Dr. Jan or Johannes or John Van Beuren
or Buren, would appear to have no more
in common with the Van Burens of Kinderhook,
to whom the eighth president of the United
States, Martin Van Buren, belonged, then
the relationship arising from the probably
fact that the ancestor of each, from which
the surname is derived, came from Buren,
a village in the province of Gelderland,
Holland, or was a native of the place.
It is interesting to observe that the
original settler of the Van Burens of
Kinderhook, unlike the original settler
of the family here dealt with, did not
bear the name of Van Buren. It was not
the custom when he came to America, in
the year 1631, for Netherlanders to have
a family name except in rare cases where
positions of prominence or some act of
more then local importance, favorable
or otherwise, supplied a name symbolical
of the particular cause of prominence,
which would afterwards be carried down
to posterity. The Dutch inhabitants of
New Netherland, after a few generations,
began to adopt family surnames generally
taking the name of the place from which
they or their parents emigrated in Holland,
using the prefix "Van" which
is Dutch for the words "of"
or "from". Thus,, it was, no
doubt, with the second generation of the
Van Buren family of Kinderhook, the head
of which was Cornelis Maessen; Maes or
Maas being the Christian name of his father,
the suffix "sen" or "se"
signifying son.
This manner of using a substitute for
the
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patronymic or surname was then in vogue
among the Dutch and some other European
nationalities. To illustrate this custom;
Marten, the eldest son of Cornelis Maessen,
made his will in 1703, written in Dutch,
in which his name was signed "Maren
Cornelissen Van Beuren," meaning
"Martin son of Cornelis from Buren."
The Van Beuren or Van Buren family descended
from Dr. Jan Van Beuren has been chiefly
notable for furnishing the city and state
of New York with a number of physicians
of eminence, among them the late William
h. Van Buren. The arms and crest of the
family are described heraldically: Parti:
Au 1 d'or au levrier rampant et contourne
de gueules; au 2 de gueules a deux fasces
bretesse et contre-bretesse d'or. Cimier:
le levrier rampant, entre un vol de gueules
et d'or.
(I) Dr. Jan or Johannes or John Van Beuren,
the original settler in America of the
Van Buren family here dealt with, is said
to have been born about 1678 at Amsterdam,
Holland, and died at New York in 1757.
He was a graduate of the University of
Leyden, and came to New York in 1700.
About 1724 he removed with his family
from New York to Flatbush, Long Island,
but in 1729 he returned to New York where
he probably continued to reside until
his death.. He was one of the principal
physicians in the city. He married in
1707, Maria Moyer, or Myers, a lady who
was related to the old and prominent family
of Van Horne. Through this alliance the
Van Burens are related to the McEvers,
Bayards, and other noted families. Children:
1. Pieter, born at New York, September
18, 1709, died young. 2. Christina, baptized
March 2, 1711, died young. 3. And 4. Pieter
and Maria, twins, baptized January 21,
1713. 5. Michael, baptized January 26,
1715, died young. 6. And 7. Cornelia and
Elizabeth, twins, baptized January 30,
1717. 8. Catherina, baptized august 31,
1718, married, at Flatbush, august 3,
1743, Gerrit de Grauw, and had baptized
in the Dutch Church of New York, Johannes,
June 21, 1747, Walter, June 22, 1749,
Maria, July 31, 1751. 9. Elizabeth, baptized
February 1, 1721, married, August 6, 1746,
Dr. Engelbert Kemmena, sometimes written
Kammega and Cammena. 10. Michael, baptized
January 1, 1723, a cordwainer of New York
City, and admitted a freeman of the city
in 1765; married Jennetje Hendricks, and
had baptized eight children in the Dutch
Church of New York. 11. And 12. Jacobus
and Christina, twins, baptized August
3, 1729. 13. Beekman, mentioned below.
14. Jan, married Femetje, whose maiden
surname remains unrecorded, and had baptized
at New Utrecht, Long Island, Maria, Jan
and probably others. 15, Dr. Hendrick,
born at Flatbush, married (first) at Flatbush,
November 28, 1747, Joanna, daughter of
Johannes Albertise, of Bushwick, Long
island, and (second) Catryntie Van Voorhees,
by whom he had a son Johannes, baptized
at Flatbush, July 21, 1754. And probably
others.
(II) Beekman Van Buren, son of Dr. Jan
and Maria (Meyer) Van Buren, was born
at New York, baptized November 5, 1732,
and died in 1810. Adopting the profession
of his father, he settled in New York
where he was engaged in the practice of
physic until the beginning of the Revolutionary
War. Dr. Francis says that "strong
opposition was met in those days, to the
adoption of inoculation for the small
pox, as pursued by Dr. Van Buren in the
old Alms House, prior to 1770." This
is evidence that he was abreast of the
science of the day and that his reputation,
which was great, stood on sure ground.
He married (first) April 12, 1754, Hyltje,
daughter of William and Margaret (Roosevelt)
De Peyster; (second) December 25, 1756,
Elizabert, daughter of William and Maria
(Van Zindt) Gilbert; and (third) Angenieze
Vrelandt. Child by first marriage: Margaret,
baptized September 12, 1755. Children
by second marriage: 1. Johannes, baptized
October 16, 1757. 2. William, November
22, 1758, died young. 3. Maria, November
22, 1760, died young. 4. Maria, April
29, 1764. 5. Beekman, February 9, 1766.
6. William, November 15, 1767. 7. Hendricks,
July 30, 1769. 8. Catharina, August 4,
1771, died young. 9. Catharina, February
14, 1773. Child by third marriage: Michael,
mentioned below.
(III) Michael, youngest son of Beekman
and Angenieze (Vrelandt) Van Buren,
was born at New York in 1786, died in
1854. He was a well known merchant of
New York. He married Anne Dash. Children:
1. John
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Dash, mentioned below. 2. Frank. 3. Charles.
4. George. 5. William. 6. Daniel. 7. Ann
Maria. 8. Michael.
(IV) Colonel John Dash Van Buren, eldest
son of Michael and Anne (Dash) Van Buren,
was born at New York, March 18, 1811,
died in 1885. He was graduated at Columbia
college in 1829, and studied law in the
office of Hugh Maxwell. He abandoned the
law for commerce and became a partner
in the well known shipping house of Aymar
& Company, with which he was associated
until about 1850, when he retired to the
farm at New Windsor, in Orange County.
He became engaged in politics as a member
of the Democratic party, was a member
of the assembly in 1863, and held other
positions. He derived his title of colonel
fro having been appointed paymaster of
the state troops with that rank by Governor
Seymour. Later governor Hoffman made him
his private secretary and he moved to
Albany and from there to Newburg, New
York, where he died. He was warden and
vestryman for years of St. Thomas' episcopal
Church of New Windsor. He was also a member
of the St. Nicholas Society of New York
City.
He married, March 30, 1836, Elvira Lynch,
born March 18, 1817; died march 20, 1898,
daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Van
Buren) Aymar. Benjamin Aymar was an eminent
merchant of New York, and his wife was
of the same family as Colonel Van Buren.
Children of Colonel John D. and Elvira
L. (Aymar) Van Buren were: 1. Aymar, mentioned
below. 2. John Dash, born august 8, 1838;
was graduated at the Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, New York; was state engineer from
1876 to 1878; married Elizabeth Ludlow,
daughter of the late Samuel T. Jones,
and descended maternally from the old
family of Ludlow. 3. Elizabeth, born April
15, 1840; married Dr. Thomas H. White,
of New York. 4. Frank Roe, born December
12, 1841; graduated from Columbia University.
5. Robert, born March 25, 1843; graduated
from the Polytechnic Institute, Troy,
New York; chief engineer of the Brooklyn
Water Works; married Louisa, daughter
of Samuel Aymar.
(V) Aymar, eldest son of colonel John
Dash and Elvira Lynch (Aymar) Van Buren,
was born at New York, January 10, 1837.
He was educated in the public and private
school of the city, and in 1851 came with
his parents to New Windsor and engaged
in farming. In 1862 he purchased the farm
of Edmund Morton and held possession of
it until 1882, when he disposed of the
farm and occupied the old Morton homestead
in which he now resides. Mr. Van Buren
has been warden and vestryman of St. Thomas'
Episcopal Church, of New Windsor for a
number of years, and he was treasurer
of the same church for eleven years. He
married, June 4, 1863, Margaret, daughter
of Edmund Morton, son of General jacob
Morton, a prominent member of New York
society in the early part of the last
century, whose house in State Street was
the scene of an elegant ball which he
gave to Lafayette in 1824. Children: 1.
Annie, born June 2, 1864, died August
17, 1879. 2. Caroline, born August 24,
1866; married William Van Vorst Powell,
of Cornwall, New York. 3. Edmund, born
February 18, 1869, died August 25, 1908.
The ancestor of Mrs. Elvira Lynch (Aymar)
Van Buren through her mother was Dr. Henry
or Hendrick Van Buren, above mentioned,
son of the original settler, Dr. Jan Van
Beuren. He married Catryntie Van Voorhees,
whose sister, Mary Van Voorhees, married
Peter DuBois, and was mother of Cornelis
Du Bois, a wealthy merchant of New York,
who died in 1846. He married Sarah P.
Ogden, niece of Governor Aaron Ogden,
of New Jersey, and aunt of Governor Daniel
Haines, of the same state, and had issue
who intermarried with the Delafields,
Jays, Wagstaffs, and other prominent families.
Mrs. Peter Du Bois married (second) Dr.
Theodorus Van Wyck, of Dutchess County,
new York, a prominent patriot during the
Revolution, uncle of General Theodorus
Bailey, United States senator from New
York, 1803-04, and Elizabeth Bailey, who
married Chanler Kent. Dr. and Mrs. Van
Wyck had a daughter, Mrs. Peter A. Mesier,
of New York. The Misses Van Voorhees,
previously mentioned, were grand-daughters
of Colonel Henry Filkin, who came to New
York City in 1860 and after-
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wards removed to Brooklyn and Flatbush,
Long Island, where he became one of the
leading men. He was a member of the colonial
assembly, lieutenant colonel of the militia,
etc., and a large landed proprietor in
Dutchess County. He died in 1713. His
son, Francis Filkin, a wealthy merchant
and alderman of New York, died in 1781,
and was the father of Helen Filkin, who
married the Hon. John Vanderbilt (of an
old Dutch family of Flatbush), a wealthy
merchant of New York and patriot during
the Revolution; delegate to the New York
provincial convention in 1775, and to
the first, second and third provincial
congresses of 1775 and 1776. Their daughter,
Mrs. Charles Clarkson, has descendants
in Flatbush, Long Island. Dr. henry and
Catryntie (Van Voorhees) Van Buren were
parents of Coertland Van Buren, born in
1759, a wealthy resident of Brooklyn.
He was an old-time Democrat, one of the
early sachems of the Tammany Society prior
to 1800, a friend of President Martin
Van Buren, and died in 1820. He had a
son, Englebert K. Van Buren, and several
daughters: 1. Catherine Van Buren, born
in 1786, died at Flatbush, Long Island,
in 1849, married John Hasbrouck, a merchant
of New York, who died in 1820, and is
represented by the children of her son,
Coertland Van Buren Hasbrouck or Hasbrook,
and by those of her daughter, Mrs. John
H. Haldane; 2. Anne Van Buren, born 1789,
died in 1827, who married Brockholst Livingston,
a lawyer of New York, died in 1832, grandson
of Governor William Livingston , of New
York, had no issue; 3. Elizabeth Van Buren,
born in 1791, died in 1843, married Benjamin
Aymar, died 1876, and was the mother of
Elvira Lynch Aymar, who married Colonel
John Dash Van Buren, above mentioned.
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