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(The Ramsdell Line.)
It is difficult to determine to what extent
the descendants of the pioneers of New
England are indebted to the political
condition that obtained in the mother
country during the period of the settlement
of the colonies now constituting the new
England States. There is no
doubt that the intolerant attitude of
the British government toward the Puritans
drove to these shores a class of settlers
fr superior to what might, and probably
would have come hither, if they had not
been oppressed at home. The intolerance
of the Puritans in New England drove those
of the Baptist faith and the Quakers to
settle in remote localities, so that records
on the early generations of this family
have been difficult to obtain. The
ancestor of the Ramsdells, a sturdy character,
came to Massachusetts in the first century
of colonization. His descendants
are not numerous, but they have numbered
among them
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many good men and some
leaders. They have taken part in the great
events that have occurred in more than two
centuries. They were patriots in the
revolution and furnished their full quota of
fighting men. One of the name fell at the
battle of Lexington at the very outset of
the revolution. From Massachusetts the
family spread into many states, where the
position of its members is a very honorable
one.
(I) Joseph
Ramsdell, or as it was often spelled on the
old records Ramsden, was born in England,
probably about 1620, and was an early
settler in Plymouth. His name first appears
on the records of Plymouth as owner of land
planted in shares in 1641, and was on the
list of Plymouth men able to bear arms in
1643. He married (first) March, 1645,
Rachel Eaton, born 1625, daughter of Francis
Eaton. He married (second) October 16,
1661, Mary Savory. The only child named on
the records and the only one known to
genealogists is Daniel, mentioned below.
(II) Daniel,
only child known of Joseph Ramsdell, was
born September 14, 1649, at Plymouth,
Massachusetts. His name appears on the
Plymouth records again in 1665, his wife
bore the name of Sarah. The children of
Daniel Ramsdell, so far as known, were: 1.
Thomas, mentioned below. 2. Samuel, born
1689-90. 3. Joseph, 1693. 4. Benjamin,
1699. 4. Hannah, 1700.
(III)
Thomas, son of Daniel Ramsdell, was born
about 1680 in the Plymouth colony. He and
his brother Samuel settle in Scituate, in
that part that was set off as Hanover, in
1711 or 1712. The records of Scituate show
that Thomas Ramsdell married, March 23,
1703, Sarah, whose surname is not given.
She was born about 1682, died in Hanover, in
1773, at the advanced age of ninety-one
years. He died at Hanover, September 16,
1727, a comparatively young man. He resided
from 1706 to 1710 in Pembroke,
Massachusetts, where the births of three
children ware recorded, namely: 1. Mary,
May 9, 1706. 2. Joseph, mentioned below.
3. Jeremiah, July 28, 1710. The children
of Thomas and Sarah Ramsdell recorded at
Hanover were: 4. Gideon, born September
13, 1712. 5. Sarah, July 12, 1715. 6.
Mercy, November 5, 1717, married, march 9,
1738, Peleg Stetson. 7. Lydia, September
5, 1719, 8. Elizabeth, married, 1747. 9.
Ebenezer Curtis. 10. Grace, 1725, married,
1744, Adam Prouty. 11. Thomas.
(IV) Joseph
(2), eldest son of Thomas and Sarah
Ramsdell, was born May 29, 1708, in
Pembroke, Massachusetts, died in Hanover,
August 22, 1787, in his eightieth year he
lived during his active life on a farm in
that town, and was admitted to the Hanover
Church, May 4, 1729. He married (first) in
Hanover, April 23, 2730, Mary Homer, who
died June 1, 1754. She was admitted to
the Hanover Church, July 6, 1740. Children
of Joseph and Mary Ramsdell: 1. Mary, born
January 6, 1731, married, 1748, William
Whiting. 2. Avis, born July 14, 1732, died
December 28, 1740. 3. Priscilla, baptized
September 8, 1734, married, December 25,
1755, Isaac Prouty. 4. Nehemiah, born
November 13, 1734, married December 29,
1757, Rebecca Chamberlain, and settled in
Connecticut. 5. Thomas, born October 3,
1736, died March 13, 1740. 6. Avis, born
1741, baptized March 29, 1741, married
December 24, 1761, Joshua Dwelley. 7.
Joseph, mentioned below. 8. Japhet, born
August 22, 1745, died June 19, 1750. 9.
Sarah, born April 19, 1749, married January
13, 1774, Oliver Pool. He married (second),
November 2, 1755, Mercy Prior, who died July
9, 1766. Children of Joseph and Mercy
Ramsdell were; 10. Mercy, born April 28,
1757, married, November 4, 1778, Ralph
Estes. 11. Lydia, born 1759, baptized
August 26, 1759, married, November 6, 1791,
Samuel Whitcomb.
(V) Joseph (3), fourth son of Joseph (2)
and Mary (Homer) Ramsdell, was born July
3, 1743, in Hanover, Massachusetts, died
August 5, 1817, in that town. He
bought or received a grant of land in
Western (now Warren), where two of his
sons settled in 1880. He was a soldier
of the Revolution in Captain Amos Turner's
company, colonel John Cushing's regiment,
(the Second Plymouth) in 1776. He
married, (first) in Pembroke, February
1, 1770, Elizabeth Barker, born February
5, 1743, in Hanover, daughter of Robert
and Hannah Barker, died June 19, 1786.
He married (second) May 17, 1787, Elizabeth
Ellis, born July 1, 1752, in Hanover,
daughter of Mordecai and Sarah (Otis)
Ellis, died October 20, 1811. Children,
all of first marriage: 1. Mary,
born July 20, 1771, married, July 20,
1789, Nathaniel Ellis. 2. Priscilla,
born March
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18, 1773, died July 24,
1774. 3. Joseph, mentioned below. 5.
Priscilla, born July 7, 1776, died October
17, 1777. 6. Barker, baptized June 13,
1779. 7. Homer, 1781.
(VI) Joseph
(4), eldest son of Joseph (3) and Elizabeth
(Barker) Ramsdell, was born September 10,
1775,. In Hanover, Massachusetts, settled in
Warren about 1800, where he died August 5,
1817. He married, in Hanover, August 5,
1817, Ruth Stockbridge, born November 8,
1777, recorded in Warren, daughter of
William and Ruth (Bailey) Stockbridge, of
Hanover, a descendent of John Stockbridge,
who was among the passengers on the ship
"Blessing," which came from England to
Massachusetts in 1635. His son, Charles
Stockbridge, born in England in 1634, was a
wheelwright, resided in Boston, and died in
1683 in Scituate, Massachusetts. His wife,
Abigail, afterward married Amos Turner. Her
son, Joseph Stockbridge, born June 28, 1672,
died 1773, married Mary Turner. David, son
of Joseph and Mary Stockbridge,, born 1713,
in Hanover, died 1788, married (second) Jane
Reed, and they were the parents of William
Stockbridge, born December 20, 1752, died
1831. He married, October 9, 1774, Ruth,
daughter of John Bailey, and they were the
parents of Ruth Stockbridge, who became the
wife of Joseph (4) Ramsdell. Their children
recorded in Hanover were; 1. Joseph, born
October 21, 1800. 2. Mary, October 16,
1803. 3. Homer, mentioned below. They had
no children recorded in Warren.
(VII) Homer, second son of Joseph (4)
and Ruth (Stockbridge) Ramsdell, was born
august 12, 1810, his descendants say in
Warren, Massachusetts, but no record of
his birth appears in that town.
he died at Newburg, New York, February
13, 1894. He received his academic
education, and as a youth went to New
York City, where he became clerk in a
dry goods store. In 1832 he became
head of the firm of Ramsdell & Brown,
of that city, being only twenty-two years
of age when he established a large business,
dealing in silks, laces, fancy and white
goods. While on his vacation in
June, 1834, making a tour on the Erie
Canal, he met his future wife, daughter
of Thomas Powell. He continued in
business in New York until 1840, when
inducements were offered him to remove
to Newburg, there to superintend the many
interests of Mr. Powell. In 1844
Mr. Ramsdell became a member of the firm
of Thomas Powell & Company, and was
largely the administrator of Mr. Powell's
affairs both before and after his death
in 1856. Mr. Ramsdell continued
the enterprises in which they were both
interested and extended them, or widened
their scope, as conditions changed.
On February 1, 1865, he purchased the
dock property and barge of B. Carpenter
& Company and consolidated the business
of that firm with that of Homer Ramsdell
& Company. In 1845 the new York
& Erie Railroad, having defaulted
in paying its dividends, a sale of foreclosure
seemed inevitable. Then Newburg
came to the rescue and Mr. Ramsdell, for
service rendered in procuring subscriptions,
was made a member of the board of directors.
In 1854 he brought to bear influences
which induced the Erie Railroad to build
a branch to the city of Newburg.
He subscribed heavily to the stock, and
through his instrumentality all the money
needed for construction was advanced.
With the exception of a brief interval
he continued to be a director of that
company until 1884. He was an active
advocate of the plan to change the gauge
from broad to the present standard gauge.
Had the policy of the railroad been guided
by his judgment, the cost at that time
would probably not have exceeded seventy-five
thousand, and when it was ultimately made
thirty years later, it cost nearly seven
millions. He was among those who
bolstered the credit of the company by
large purchases of stock at public sales;
encouraged the contractors, and secured
the final completion of the line to Dunkirk.
In 1853 he was elected president of the
company, a difficult position, which called
for large financial and executive ability,
and those who trusted in him were not
disappointed. It was his influence
that secured a proper terminal for the
railroad at Jersey City. he purchased
this property for about a million dollars,
solely on his own account, taking title
and keeping the negotiations unknown from
all save three personal friends in the
board of directors, until the negotiations
were completed. It was through his
influence that the restrictions on terminals
for the road within the state was removed,
and a connection by way of Paterson with
Jersey City made. Previously the
road had suffered many hardships in winter
because of the foolish restrictions made
by state pride that both termini should
be with in the state. The ice
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at Piermont made winter
operation a difficult and unprofitable
matter. Another idea originated by Mr.
Ramsdell was the construction of the Hawley
branch of the Erie in Pennsylvania,
connecting with the railroads of the
Pennsylvania Coal Company, and adding
immensely to the volume of business on the
Erie line. He was also influential in
promoting the construction of the short cut
of the Erie between Vail's Gate on the
Newburg branch and Arden on the main line.
He resigned the presidency of the Erie in
1857, and was made receiver of the road in
1876. During all his activities on the part
of the company he never accepted any fee,
commission or other reward for the large
sums of money which he advanced, or for his
endorsement or other financial assistance
beyond the legal rate of interest. He
originated the plan of car trusts by which
the equipment of the road was several times
increased, when the road was in urgent need
of rolling stock. In 1886 he placed upon
the Hudson two fast steamers, the "Newburg"
and the "Homer Ramsdell," affording express
freight accommodations between his home city
and new York, having pervasively by purchase
and consolidation added other neighboring
lines, embracing not only those of Newburg,
but also Poughkeepsie and Fishkill, in
Dutchess County, and Highland, in Ulster
County.
For a number of years, beginning in 1860,
he was president of the Washington Iron
Works company of Newburg, whose pay roll
in 1865 amounted to seven hundred thousand
dollars per year. Mr. Ramsdell was
vice-president and director of a company
formed in 1844, which erected the Newburg
Steam Mills giving employment to hundreds
of people. He was a member of the
first board of directors of the Newburg
Gas Light Company, organized in 1851,
and was president of a company formed
in 1850, which built and operated the
Newburg and Ellenville plank road.
With many other interest of the town he
was actively identified and contributed
to every elevating movement of his day.
From 1844 to 1851 he was a member of the
board of village trustees, and again from
1861 to 1863. In 1861 he was president
of the village. Originally a Whig in politics,
on the dissolution of that party he became
a Democrat. In religion he affiliated
with the Episcopal Church, and for many
years was senior warden of St. George's
Church. He was a leading spirit
in the construction of the Church of the
Good Shepherd. As his years advanced
he resigned the details of his business
to his sons, but continued to take an
interest in affairs until failing eyesight
made his visits to his office less frequent.
His last days were spent quietly.
The important news of the day was read
to him and he kept largely in touch with
passing events. A stroke of paralysis
four days before his death brought the
end. He was a central figure in
the business and social life of Newburg
for many years and was eminent among the
business men of the state, a leader in
every line of finance and commerce to
which he turned his attention. In
appearance he was handsome and commanding,
with elegant manners and rare diplomacy.
"As courteous as Homer Ramsdell"
was a standard often laid before the youths
of the community. With great foresight
Mr. Ramsdell saw far into the future and
made men do his will when unconscious
of his purpose. A man of detail,
he laid his plans like a general.
Though possessed of wealth, he preferred
a life of business activity to one of
ease, and delighted in handling large
affairs. With great breadth of intellect,
he could grasp large matters and see every
detail and understand what related to
them. He planned the construction
of the Erie Railroad to Jersey City when
other men of the time considered Piermont
as its necessary terminus. To the
interest of the community he applied the
same foresight and wide knowledge of affairs
which guided the management of his own
interests. It is said of him by
a writer in the Newburg Daily News
that "The man has never lived who
has done so much for Newburg as Homer
Ramsdell." The same writer
says: "With all his courtesy,
generosity and friendliness, he was a
man of iron will, of firm determination
and strict business principles.
The man who did not deal honestly with
him was made to feel that his velvet glove
covered a hand of steel. His coolness
under trying circumstances, his rare diplomacy
when he found himself matched against
strong men who were trying to out-general
him have been often the subject of remark.
Jim Fisk once said that Homer Ramsdell
could carry more eggs in his arms without
breaking any than any other man he knew.
A homely expression, but it expresses
the idea aright."
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He married,
June 16, 1835, Frances Elizabeth, daughter
of Thomas and mary (Ludlow) Powell, of
Newburg (see Powell V). Children: 1.
Mary L. Powell, died in her sixth year. 2.
Frances Josephine, mentioned below. 3.
Thomas Powell, born May 13, 1840, died
December 5, 189-, in Newburg. 4. James A.
Powell, mentioned below. 5. Henry Powell,
mentioned below. 6. Homer Stockbridge,
born December 14, 1851, married Maud Cabell
Clarkson, and has four children. 7. Lelia
Rains, born July 8, 1856.
(VIII)
Frances Josephine, eldest surviving daughter
of Homer and Frances E. (Powell) Ramsdell,
was born May 21, 1838, in Newburg, and
became the wife of Major George W. Rains, of
the Fourth United States Artillery. (See
Rains).
(VIII) James
A. Powell, second Homer and Frances
Elizabeth (Powell) Ramsdell, was born March
9, 1842, in Newburg, where he has always
resided. He attended school until 1857,
when at the age of fifteen years he began
working in his father's warehouse and is now
one of the three trustees of the Ramsdell
estate in Newburg. He married Fannie,
daughter of John J. Van Ostrand, of
Brooklyn, New York.
(VIII) Henry
Powell, third son of Homer and Frances
Elizabeth (Powell) Ramsdell, was born May
3, 1844, in Newburg. He was educated in
private schools and Mt. Pleasant Military
Academy, at Ossining, New York. On leaving
school he entered the employ of the
Washington Iron Works at Newburg as a
clerk. Soon after this he became a soldier
in the Civil War. When colonel A Van Horn
Ellis was gathering the One Hundred and
Twenty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteers,
Henry P. Ramsdell recruited a company,
afterwards known as Company C, with which he
went out as second lieutenant. He was
subsequently promoted successively to first
lieutenant and captain, and at the end of
two years' service resigned on account of
ill health (see history of One Hundred and
Twenty-fourth New York Volunteer Regiment).
Returning to Newburg he resumed connection
with the Washington iron Works and went to
Titusville, Pennsylvania, as a salesman in
its employ. In 1868 he became a clerk in
the wholesale grocery house of Garbutte,
Griggs & company, in New York City, where
he continued about two years. In February,
1870, he engaged with George W. Severns, a
paper manufacturer, of Salisbury Mills, New
York, which concern failed in April
following. Mr. Ramsdell then purchased
this paper mill property and conducted
business under the name of the Arlington
Paper Company until February 1, 1912, when
he sold out tot he Holden interests and
retired from active life. He is a member of
the City and Powellton clubs of Newburg; of
the Union League, Arkwright, Athletic and
City Lunch clubs of New York City. He is
also affiliated with the order of Free
Masons and the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, and the Elks' Club of
Newburg. He is an Episcopalian. He married
Adele Livingston Voorhees, and has one
daughter.
(The Powell Line)
This name is
of Welsh origin and was originally Ap
Howell, being gradually contracted to
Powell. The early seat of the family was in
Brechonshire, South Wales, where is now the
town of Breconshire. It has been largely
represented in the professions, but most of
its bearers have been engaged in
agriculture. Wherever found, people of this
name are noted for their industry, thrift
and kind, obliging dispositions. It was
brought to this country by a Quaker family,
which has been conspicuous on Long Island
from a very early period. Happily the
English system of keeping records obtained
to a large extent among the English
immigrants on Long Island, so that something
can be learned about this family.
(I) Thomas Powell was born in Wales,
Great Britain, October, 1641, died at
Westbury, Long Island, December 28, 1721.
He was one of the purchasers and patentees
of Huntington, Long Island, in 1664, and
was a man of means and prominence.
He purchased, August 18, 1695, from "Mawmee,.
Alias Serewanus, Willian Chepy and all
ye rest of ye Indian proprietors"
for and in consideration of one hundred
and forty pounds, the tract of land on
which the village of Bethpage is now situated.
Patents were issued for these purchasers
by Governor Dongan to Thomas Powell in
1664 and 1695. The latter purchase
became the family seat, Thomas (2) settling
thereon the same year. Huntington records
show that eh was frequently elected to
fill important positions in the township,
the first of which appears to have been
in 1663,
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when at the age of
twenty-two years he was made recorder, which
office he held for a bout twenty years. In
1667 he was made constable. "Every
constable shall have a staff six feet long
with the king's arms on it, as a badge of
his authority." He was appointed surveyor
in 1679, to pay out land in the East Riding
and overseer in 1672. He was again chosen
constable in 1682, but refused to serve,
being " scrupulous of swearing as the law
directs." The constable had to swear to
levy and collect the church rates. After
the year 1688, at which time he was
surveyor, he was more engaged with
appointments in Friends' Meetings than
public business. He attended the monthly
meetings which were held alternately at
Jericho and Westbury. The last mention of
his name on the records was in this wise:
"28-12 mo. 1721 died Thomas Powell Senr.,
being well respected as a worthy Friend, and
died in Unity with Friends."
His first
wife was unknown. Children: 1. Thomas,
mentioned below. 2. Abigail, born April
18, 1668, died February 9, 1757; married
Richard Willits, march 15, 1690, at
Huntington, Long Island. 3. Elizabeth,
married, June 9, 1691, at Bethpage, Samuel
Titus; she died September 2, 1704. 4.
John, married, October, 1704, Margaret
Hallock; he died 1738. 5. Jonas, married
Anna ------. 6. Caleb, married Sarah
-------; he died in 1741. 7. Wait, died
1750. 8. Elisha, married Rebecca -------;
he died 1734. Thomas Powell married
(second) Elizabeth Phillips, of Jericho,
Long Island, February 9, 1690 (at Edmund
Titus' in Westbury). Children: 9. Hannah,
born May 28, 1691; married, 1712, at
Bethpage, William Willis. 10. Phoebe, born
October 6, 1693, died 1751; married, 1712 at
Bethpage, henry Willis. 11. Rachel,
married, in 1719, Thomas Willets. 12.
Mercy, born 1702, died March 13, 1750;
married, 1726, jacob Seaman. 13. Solomon,
married, 1730, Ruth Carman; he died February
23, 1736. 14. Sarah, married, 1722,
Nathaniel Seaman. 15. Amy. Elizabeth
Phillips, second wife of Thomas Powell, was
the daughter of John Townsend and widow of
Theophilus Phillips, of Flushing.
(II) Thomas
(2), son of Thomas (3) Powell, was born in
Wales, Great Britain, died at Bethpage, Long
Island, September 27, 1731. His home was
the first white man's house built in that
vicinity, although there were many Indian
wigwams in the neighborhood. In 1727
Friends' Meetings were held once a month, in
first days, at his house, and in 1744 a
meeting house was built. In his will he left
his son Thomas four acres of land and the
house that stands upon it, "My father's
homestead," more than any other of the
sons. He married, Mary, daughter of Thomas
Willets, of Jericho, Long Island, and Dinah
Townsend, his wife. Children: 1. Samuel
Prior, born 1691, died May 21, 1776. 2.
Thomas, born May 30, 1693, died March 1,
1757; married, December, 1724, Abigail
Hallock. 3. Mary, born November 4, 1694,
died February, 1695. 4. Abigail, born
December 13, 1695; married, 1733, Peter
Hallock. 5. Mary, born March 16, 1697.
6. Wait, born September 29, 1698, died in
1782; married January 15, 1723, Mary Mudge.
7. Amos, of Islip, born May 9, 1700, died
January 14, 1749; in the year 1747 he
accompanied John Woolman through
Connecticut, when Woolman was on a religious
visit to New England. 8. Moses, born May
4, 1702, died 1774. 9. Richard, mentioned
below. 10. Elizabeth, born October 11,
1705. 11. Hannah, born July 18, 1707, died
1790; married Henry Whitson, born 1705. 12.
Joshua, born May 18, 1709; married Phoebe,
daughter of Richard Post. 13. Isaac, born
April, 1711, died 1794; married, January 2,
1733, Martha Whitman. 14. Martha, born
June 29, 1713, died March 24, 1773; married
Francis Kern. 15. Deborah, born October
28, 1715; married, 1744, John Whitson.
(III)
Richard, sixth son of Thomas (2), and Mary
(Willets) Powell, was born April 17, 1704,
and lived near Mannatt's Hill, at Bethpage,
where he died May 7, 1774. He married
(first), in 1737, Freelove, daughter of
Henry and Susannah (Alling) Weeks, who died
before 1748. He married (second), September
28, 1748, Jerusha Weeks, born Lewis, widow
of Robert Weeks, a brother of his first
wife. He had sons of the first marriage:
1. Henry, mentioned below. 2. Richard,
and 3. Silas, of the second marriage.
(IV) Henry, eldest son of Richard
and Freelove (weeks) Powell, was born
1741, at Bethpage, and was drowned off
Shelter island ferry in 1781. He
was a Quaker, but abetted the American
forced during the Revolutionary War and
for this his land was confiscated by the
British authorities and he was put in
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prison. He married,
December 19, 1762, at St. George's Church,
Hempstead, his cousin, mary, daughter of
Francis and Martha (Powell) Keene.
Children: 1. Freelove, married jacob
Parish. 2. Jacob. 3. Thomas, mentioned
below. 4. Martha, married Benjamin
Townsend. 5. Eliza, married William
Seymour.
(V) Thomas
(3), second son of Henry and mary (Keene)
Powell, was born February 21, 1769. He
resided at Hempstead, and settled in Orange
County, New York, and was town collector of
Marlboro, whence he removed to Newburg,
where he was prominent in business and
especially in transportation. He built the
steamboat "Highlander," which was well known
on the Hudson in the early part of the
nineteenth century, and later built the
"Thomas Powell," the fastest boat on the
water at that time. He engaged largely in
the mercantile business with his brother
jacob at Newburg, and they were also engaged
in loaning money and exporting goods during
the war of 1812. Thomas Powell was
intensely patriotic and widely known for his
uprightness as a merchant and businessman.
He died May 12, 1856. He married, March 1,
1802, Mary Ludlow, of Newburg, daughter of
Robert Crommelin and Elizabeth (Conkling)
Ludlow, of Newburg. (See Ludlow VIII).
Children: 1. Henry. 2. Robert. 3.
James Augustus. 4. Jacob. 5. Francis
Elizabeth. The last named being the wife
of Homer Ramsdell (see Ramsdell VII).
(The Ludlow Line)
(I) George
Ludlow, of Hill Deverill, high sheriff for
Wilts, 1567; married Edith, daughter of
Andrew Lord Windsor of Stanwell, Middlesex.
Children: 1. Edmund. 2. Thomas,
mentioned below.
(II) Thomas,
son of George Ludlow, of Dinton and
Baycliffe, died November, 1607. He married
Jane, sister of Sir Gabriel Pyle, of
Bapton. Children: 1. Gabriel. 2. Roger,
afterward lieutenant-governor of
Massachusetts and Connecticut. 3. Thomas,
mentioned below. 4. George, afterward
Colonel, who died in 1657 at Jamestown,
Virginia.
(III) Thomas
(2), son of Thomas (1) Ludlow, baptized at
Baverstock, March 3, 1593; married at
Warminster, February 15, 1624, Jane Bennett
of Steeple Ashton. Children: 1. Thomas.
2. Gabriel, mentioned below.
(IV)
Gabriel, son of Thomas (2) Ludlow, of
Fromme, was baptized at Warminster, August
27, 1634; died 1690. He married Martha
--------. Among their children was Gabriel,
mentioned below.
(V) Gabriel
(2), of New York, born November 2, 1663, at
Castle Cary; arrived in New York, November
24, 1694, He married, April 5, 1697, Sarah,
daughter of Rev. Joseph Hanmer, D. D.,
Chaplain of the British forces. They had
twelve children, whose blood flows in many
of the older families of the province and
state of New York. Their second son was
Gabriel, mentioned below.
(VI) Gabriel
(3), son of Gabriel (2), Ludlow, was born in
the city of New York, where he married
(first) Frances Duncan, and through this
marriage are descended the Livingston
Ludlows, the Verplancks, the Dashwoods, and
the Carrolls of New York. He married
(second) Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel
Crommelin, one of the proprietors of the
Wawayanda patent in Orange County. Among
their children was Robert Crommelin,
mentioned below.
(VII) Robert
Crommelin, son of Gabriel (3) Ludlow, was
born in new York, and in 1796 settled in
Newburg, intending to engage in the
mercantile business, but feel a victim to
consumption in the vigorous years of
manhood. He married, in 1781, Elizabeth
Conkling, by whom he had three sons and four
daughters.
(VIII) Mary,
eldest daughter of Robert Crommelin Ludlow,
became the wife of Thomas Powell (see Powell
V).
DURLAND.
This old Dutch name has
many spellings among the descendants,
such as Dorland, Dorlin, and numerous
other forms. It has been conspicuous
in the settlement of various districts
in New York, and chiefly identified for
many generations with agriculture and
mechanic arts. In recent generations
it has been largely connected with mercantile
and professional life.
(I) Jan Gerretse Dorlandt, born
about 1625-7, came from Holland in 1652
and settled in the village of Brooklyn.
His first residence was near the Fulton
street ferry, and he removed later to
the village of Bedford, in Brooklyn township,
where he was residing in 1657. He
had a farm of forty acres at the
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east end of Bedford,
adjoining what is now Fulton Street.
His name is one the assessment roll of
Brooklyn township in 1675, and on April
6, 1677, he purchased meadow lot No. 18
in Flatbush. In a list of taxpayers
in 1683 his property is valued at eight-three
pounds, including four horses and nine
head of meat cattle of various ages, and
a poll, eighteen pounds. In 1687
he subscribed to the oath of allegiance
to the English government, and in that
year was elected town commissioner of
Brooklyn, continuing to fill that office,
which was equivalent to the modern town
supervisor, until 1701 or later. In
1699 he was collector of Brooklyn, and
was living in 1711. The name of
his first wife is unknown, but he was
married before 1655, when a son was born.
The mother died between 1663 and 1666.
He married (second) in 1667, Anna Remsen,
daughter of Rem Jansen Vanderbeeck and
Jannetji Rapalie. Both were members
of the Reformed Dutch Church of Brooklyn
in 1677, and in 1711 he was an elder of
this church, where several of his children
were baptized. They included:
1. Gerret Gerretse, of whom further.
2. Elias. 3. Samuel.
4. Christina. 5. Gertrude.
6. Rem. 7. Mary. 8. Anna.
9. Elsie. 10. John.
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