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The panic of
1857 which ruined so many while it left him
comparatively unscathed, had an important
effect on his business career. He had
advanced considerable money in the La Cross
railroad. To protect his loans he found
himself compelled to advance still larger
amounts, and finally three legal proceedings
to become owner of the railroad, which
ultimately extended into the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul system. During his
career he achieved the presidency of no less
then twenty transportation corporations. He
was connected in an official capacity, at
one time or another, with the Iowa Central,
Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific, St. Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern; Wabash, Texas &
Pacific; Troy & Bennington; Troy & Boston;
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul; Manhattan elevated,
and other railroads. He was one of the
largest stockholders in the Manhattan
Elevated, and took an active part in its
management. Other enterprises with which he
had been active are the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company; the Mercantile Trust
Company; the Importers and Traders' National
Bank; Western Union Telegraph; International
Ocean Telegraph; American Telegraph and
Cable Company; the Standard Gas Light
Company; and the Fifth Avenue Bank, of which
bank he was one of the founders, and the
only one living at the
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time of his death. In
1863, Mr. Sage gave up his Troy business
altogether, and removed to New York to
devote himself to the promotion of his own
and other railroads and to operations in
stocks. He opened an office in William
Street and gave his first attention to
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul securities.
Later he extended his interest to other
railroads, and gradually enlarged his field
of operations until it covered nearly the
whole range of stocks listed on the
Exchange. One of the features of Mr. Sage's
financial career was his friendship with Jay
Gould. They had come together as promoters
of the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company,
which was later, merged into the Western
Union. On December 4, 1901, Mr. Sage,
while in his office, escaped instant death
as by a miracle. An insane crank, Henry W.
Norcross, of Somerville, Massachusetts,
entered the office, carrying a bag loaded
with dynamite, and demanded that the sum of
$1,200,000 be given to him immediately or he
would blow up the building. Mr. Sage saw
that he was in the presence of a madman,
rose and retreated from him; whereupon the
maniac exclaimed: "Well, then, here goes",
and lifting the bag high in the air dashed
it violently on the floor. The explosion
which followed blew off the dynamiter's
head, killed a clerk, injured others, and
wrecked the office. Mr. Sage received
wounds, but was able to return to the office
ina few days. Mr. Sage was a man of
remarkable and varied powers. He could have
succeeded in almost any field of action that
he might have chosen. He chose rather the
largest, hardest and most dangerous field of
all--the development of the transportation
system of the country, for he was above all
else, and from first to last, a promoter and
manager of railroads. That he was also a
lender of money, particularly in his old
age, was merely an incident in his long and
useful life. "He was an American and loved
his country", and Henry Clews on hearing of
his death. "My aim in life", so he
confessed in an interview which was
published December 19, 1897, in the New
York Herald, "has been to do my share in
developing the material resources of the
country. I have spent millions on the
railroad system of the United States and am
now connected with more than twenty thousand
miles of railroad, and with twenty-seven
different company."
Russell Sage
was twice married, but had no children. he
married (first) in 1841, Marie, daughter of
Moses I. Wynne, of Troy, new York; she died
in 1867. He married (second) November 24,
1869, Margaret Olivia Slocum, born September
8, 1828, daughter of Hon. Joseph Slocum of
Syracuse, New York (see Slocum).
(THE SLOCUM LINE).
The origin of
this family is in some degree indicated by
the name, which is supposed to be derived
from a locality where there was an abundant
growth of sloe. Another theory is that the
name was originally combs, and that a second
or third son of the Combe won distinction
that entitled him to be known as James or
John Combe, of the sloe, changed later to
Sloe-combe. It is claimed, and confirmed by
the records, that Anthony, Giles and Edward
Slocombe came to New England about the same
times and were the progenitors of most of
the Slocums or Clocums of this country.
They were probably brothers, although the
relationship has never been established.
They probably all went first to Plymouth
colony. Edward, the youngest, was in
Taunton in 1643. He is mentioned in the
Plymouth colony records in June, 1647 as one
of the supervisors of the highway for
Taunton. Giles and Edward probably remained
there, and , while Anthony had lived at
Taunton, his religious views and love of
liberty and his identity with the Society of
Friends, who were under the ban of the
Plymouth authorities, no doubt necessitated
his removal to Rhode Island, within the
jurisdiction of the liberal-mined Roger
Williams, who gave a hearty welcome to the
persecuted of every class.
(I) Anthony
Slocum, immigrant ancestor of the American
family, bearing the name, was one of the
forty-six "first and ancient purchasers" A.
D. 1637, of the territory of Cohannat, which
was incorporated in March, 1639, with the
name of Taunton in New Plymouth, and from
which the present Taunton, Raynham and
Berkeley have been organized. His name
appears on the town records in various
capacities as surveyor of highways and other
positions. The place where he settled near
Pascamauset river is more generally known as
Slocum's river. The fragment of a letter
written by his brother-in-law, without date
indicates that his wife's name was Harvey.
Giles was one of their children.
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(II) Giles,
son of Anthony Slocum, was born in Somerset,
England, and died in 1682. He came to this
country and settled in what is now the
township of Taunton, New Plymouth, previous
to 1675, Giles Slocombe and his wife were
early members of the Society of Friends.
The Friends' records for Portsmouth, Rhode
Island, show that "Joan Slocum, the wife of
old Giles, she dyed at Portsmouth, the 31st
mo. 1670". He died in 1682. Peleg was one
of their children.
(III) Rev.
Peleg Slocum, son of Giles and Joan Slocum,
was born at Portsmouth, Rhode Island,
January 17, 1654. He is named as one of the
proprietors of Dartmouth in the confirmatory
deed of Governor William Bradford, November
13, 1694. In 1698 he and others "undertake
to build the meeting house for the people of
God in scorn called Quakers, 35 ft. long ,
30 ft. wide and 14 ft. stud". Peleg the
largest on the list and three times larger
than any of them with the exception of that
from John Tucker, who gave ten pounds.
Peleg Slocum is recorded in the Friends'
record as a minister, Richardson, in his
journal, 1701, wrote: "Peleg Slocum, an
honest public friend, carried us in his
sloop to Nantucket". He married Mary
Holder, daughter of Christopher Holder, born
in Gloucester, England, in 1631. Mary died
August 20, 1737, aged seventy-five years.
one of their children was Joseph:
(IV) Joseph,
son of Peleg and Mary (Holder) Slocum, was
born March 13, 1701, at Dartmouth,.
Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman of
Newport, Rhode Island, in 1722. He was
named in his father's will, June 13, 1731,
as joint executor with his brother Holder;
but in a letter dated at Newport February 5,
1732, he declined to act in that capacity
and requested Holder to assume entire
control of the estate. He succeeded his
father in possession of Patience Island,
Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. He married,
in 1721, Susanna Wanton, born 1704, daughter
of Hon. John Wanton, who was chosen governor
of Rhode Island.
(V) John, son
of Joseph and Susanna (Wanton) Slocum, was
born May 5, 1727, in or near the village of
Newport. He was a prosperous farmer and
lived a quiet uneventful life. He married,
June 30, 1754, Hannah, daughter of William
Brown and Rebecca (Lawton) Brown, born at
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, June 23, 1735.
Children: 1. John, born December 20, 1750;
married Phebe Durfee, 2. Peleg, 1765;
married Hannah Stoddard, 3. Mary, May 4,
1767, 4. William, Brown, mentioned below.
(VI) Rev.
William Brown Slocum, son of John and
Rebecca (Brown) Slocum, was born in
Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island,
April 20, 1770, and died at Speigletown,
Rensselaer County, new York, May 29, 1823.
Soon after his marriage he removed to
Rensselaer County, where he cultivated a
large farm and was also a dealer in live
stock. He took an active and prominent part
in the public affairs of the state and
county, and in 1820 was elected to the state
assembly. His contemporaries and co-workers
were the Clintons, the Van Rensselears, the
Livingstons, and other men of that stamp who
laid the foundation of our commercial
prosperity. Both his public and private
life were exemplary in the highest degree,
and he enjoyed a personal popularity due to
his noble and manly qualities. He married
Olivia Josselyn, daughter of Stockbridge
Josselyn and Olivia Standish, April 28,
1793. She died in Lansingburgh, New York,
greatly loved and honored by all who knew
her. Children, all born in Rensselaer
County: 1. Mary, born 1795, married John
H. Groesbeck, 2. Almira, 1797, died in
Raymertown, New York, unmarried, 3.
Isaac, 4. Joseph, mentioned below, 5.
Hiram, May 2, 1802, married Elizabeth van
Vechten, 6. Eliza, married Augustus
Strong, 7. William Brown, died in New
Orleans, Louisiana, unmarried, 8. Maria,
married Clark Perry, 9. Lucy Josselyn,
died unmarried.
(VII) Hon.
Joseph Slocum, son of Rev. William Brown and
Olivia (Josselyn) Slocum, was born in
Shaghticoke township, Rensselaer County, New
York, in 1800, and died at Syracuse, March
20, 1853. He settled in Syracuse, where he
became a successful merchant and leader in
public affairs. He was elected to the state
legislature in 1849. He subsequently made a
journey to Russia, and was employed by the
government to establish agricultural school
in the empire. He lived an honored and
useful life and left a bright example of
true manhood and uprightness of character.
He married, in Cambridge, New York, May
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4, 1825, Margaret
Pierson Jermain, daughter of Major John
Jermain, first of White Plains, New York,
and later of Sag harbor, Long Island.
Children: 1. Margaret Olivia, 2. Colonel
Joseph Jermain, born June 24, 1833.
(VIII)
Margaret Olivia, daughter of Hon. Joseph and
Margaret Pierson (Jermain) Slocum, was born
at Syracuse, in 1828, and was married to
Russell Sage in 1809. She inherits without
doubt the best traits of her distinguished
ancestors. In 1846 she entered Troy
Seminary and graduated in 1847. The
following year she passed in her home in
Syracuse, until through the financial
reverses of her father she resolved to
become a teacher. She secured a position
with her friend and former teacher in Troy,
Mrs. Henriette Dilaye, of the Chestnut
Seminary in Philadelphia. There Miss Slocum
remained for two years, meeting her
responsibilities with cheerful efficiency.
Amid the responsibilities of her social
position through her married and affluent
life, she has been true to her early motto.
Her benefactions have been unstinted and her
executive ability in her public
philanthropies has already passed into
history. Officially connected with the
Women's Christian Union as treasurer, the
Women's Hospital for thirty years, the New
York Exchange for Woman's Work, the Home and
Foreign Missions Society, the American
Forestry Association, Colonial Dames,
president of the Emma Willard Association,
member of the New York Peace Society, the
Society of Mayflower Descendants, besides
numerous other local organizations, she has
for many years served the interests of those
institutions with conspicuous fidelity.
After the death of her husband she was
called upon to assume the responsibility of
managing the immense estate left to her
discretion as executors, and with the
exception of a few bequests was the chief
beneficiary under the will. So great was
the confidence of Mr. Sage, in her ability
to handle and dispose of his accumulated
millions, that there was not a single
qualification or restriction made in the
will. To enumerate all her educational
charities and other noble enterprises would
be simply a repetition adding little toher
repute as one of the greatest benefactors of
the age.
BLAUVELT.
Like many of the Dutch families, the
immigrant ancestor of this line did not
employ a surname. The family has been long
distinguished in the history of Southern New
York, and is very numerously distributed
through Rockland County, in this state, and
Bergen County, New Jersey, whence they have
spread and are now actively identified with
the growth and progress of many
communities. One of the first patroons to
establish a colony in New York, under the
auspices of the Dutch West India Company,
was Kilian Van Rensselaer, whose operation
was extensively described in the recent work
on the Hudson-Mohawk Valleys, published by
the Lewis Historical Publishing Company of
New York. By the terms of his grant, Van
Rensselaer was required to establish a
colony of fifty souls, of his grant made in
November, 1629, and within the first ten
years he sent over eighty-one persons.
Several of these were Nykerk, Van
Rensselaer's native place, in Deventer,
province of Gelderland. Late in December,
1637, the good ship "De Calmar Sleutel" (The
key of Kalmar), under command of Peter
Minuit, in the service of the crown of
Sweden, having been obliged on account of
storm to seek shelter at the Texel, lay at
anchor waiting for a new world. Van
Rensselaer, wishing to send settlers and
supplies to his colony, seized the
opportunity to forward :what in haste and
half disorder" he had "been able to bring
together". By this vessel he was able to
dispatch six persons.
(I) Among
these was Gerri Hendrycksen, of Nykerk, a
shoemaker, then fifteen years of age
"intended for the tobacco planting in the
new world.." he was engaged for six years
at wages, ranging from forty francs to one
hundred francs a year. It appears that he
remained three years with a colony planted
by Minuit, near the present city of
Wilmington, Delaware, as record of the
payment of his first three years' wages has
been found. He odes not appear on the
records there after 1642. It was probably
about this time that he removed to New
Amsterdam, and he first appears in the
records of that colony, May 7, 1646.
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when he married Marie
Lamberts Moll, born in New York about 1625,
daughter of Lambert Huybertson Moll, of
Bushwick. The Moll family was of
considerable prominence in New Amsterdam,
and Hendrycksen's wife was among the first
American-born children in New Netherland.
Lambert H. Moll bought a half acre in New
Amsterdam in 1649 on which he built a house
which stood about on the site of the present
building at No. 253 Pearl Street. On
December 6, 1646, Hendrycksen received from
the Director General William Kieft, a grant
of a farm known as the Schout's Bowery. A
copy of this grant is now in the office of
the city clerk in New York City. In
addition to this he received a grant of
marsh, May 3, 1664, from Governor Petrus
Stuyvesant. The use of this marsh was
included by the grant of Governor Kieft.
The boundaries of this farm are not given in
the grant and it is therefore impossible to
give its exact location, but it constituted
about fifty-three acres somewhere in the
vicinity of Stuyvesant's Bowery on the east
side of the Bowery Road, and the marsh was
intended for pasturage. From the records of
a law suit concerning a right of way for
Stuyvesant, it is probable that this farm
was south of Maiden lane, and the valley
occupied by the last named street was
probably the marsh referred to. In 1653 an
action was brought by an agent of the West
Indian Company to recover the tithes of
crops from the several farmers, among whom
was Gerrit Hendrycksen, and also for their
share of the expense of maintaining the
common fence. The court records state that
"Gerrit Hendrycksen say he is willing to
pay" but "he has no money now." A reason as
potent in the twentieth century as it was in
the seventeenth. In 1670 there was more
trouble about the fence and Gerrit
Hendrycksen was in possession of a house and
lot on the east side of Broadway, six and
four-fifths rods south of Maiden Lane, for
at that time the property between his and
Maiden Lane was sold and the deed recites
that the land conveyed was bounded on the
south by Gerrit Hendrycksen, "de blauw boer",
or blue farmer. In November of the same
year the plot on the south of Gerrit
Hendrycksen was conveyed to a new owner and
again he is mentioned in the description as
"de blauw boer." On May 17, 1663, Jan Vinge
conveyed to Gerrit Hendrycksen the lot which
had evidently been occupied by him for at
least a year previously. The dimensions of
the lot so conveyed were: On Broadway, six
rods, eight feet; east side, six rods, nine
and one-tenth feet; north side, twelve and
eight-tenths rods; south side, twelve and
eight-tenths rods. It is apparent that the
present surname of Blauvelt was derived from
this reference to Gerrit Hendrycksen as the
blue farmer. It is probable that his farm
was for some reason called the Blue Fields,
and that in this manner the present name of
Blauvelt, the Dutch rendering of the words
blue field, because the family patronymic.
In 1674 Hendrycksen brought suit for an
account due him and in the records of this
he is twice named as "Gerrit Hendrycksen
Blauboer." He was governor and council in
1673 requiring the owners of houses outside
the fortifications along Wall Street to
demolish their buildings, gardens and
orchards, because they offered protection to
enemies who might attack the city. This
probably led to the settling of the family
on the Tappan Patent, living in the present
states of New Jersey and New York. There is
no record to show that this order was
compiled with, or that indemnity was made as
promised in the order.
Gerrit
Hendrycksen made his will November 28, 1683,
and died soon after at the age of sixty-one
years. His first wife died about 1678, and
he married (second) October 5, 1679,
Josyntje Jans, widow of peter Wesselszen,
and she married (third) February 3, 1685,
Anthony Serley. Children, baptized in the
First Dutch Church of New York: 1.
Hendrick, mentioned below. 2. Huybert, May
13, 1657. 3. Johannes Gerritse, April 9,
1659. 4. Margrietje, September 25, 1661.
5. Avbram, January 17, 1663. 6. Isaac,
January 27, 1666. 7. Maria, January 28,
1668. 8. Marretje, March 26, 1670.
Several of the sons were among the pioneer
settlers at Tappan, Rockland County, New
York.
(II)
Hendrick, eldest child of Gerrit and Marie
Lamberts (Moll) Hendrycksen, was baptized
August 9, 1648, in New York, and
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was not among the
original purchasers of land at Tappan, but
was living there as early as October 25,
1695, when he was admitted as a member of
the Tappan church with his wife, Marretje
Waldron. She was born 1652, daughter of
Joseph and Annetje (Daniels) Waldron, and
was married, September 20, 1673. His
children, all baptized in New York, were:
1. Marretje, died young. 2. Marretje,
April 11, 1676. 3. Jan, January 22,
1679. 4. Herman, April 3, 1681. 5.
Gerrit, mentioned below. 6. Annetje, June
14, 1685. 7. Joseph, November 20, 1687.
8. Abraham, March 2, 1690. 9. Isaac,
April 24, 1692.
(III) Gerrit
Blauvelt, third son of Hendrick and Marretje
(Waldron) Hendrycksen Blauvelt, was baptized
April 10, 1683, in New York. He was a small
boy when his parents settled at Tappan. He
resided there until about 1719, when he
removed to Hackensack, New Jersey. he may
have been for a short time at some other
point, as the birth of his son, mentioned in
the next paragraph, is not recorded either
at Tappan or Hackensack. He married, at
Tappan, October 11, 1709, Marytje Krom, a
native of Haverstraw. Children, baptized at
Tappan: 1. Hendrick, November 11, 1711.
2. Helena, June 27, 1714. 3. Isaac, march
28, 1719. At Hackensack, May 3, 1725, they
were witnesses at the baptism of Gerrit
Westervelt, and they had baptized at
Hackensack, February 6, 1726, a son, Gerrit.
(IV) Johannes
Gerritse, son of Gerrit and Marytje (Krom)
Blauvelt, was probably born about 1713, at
Tappan, where he resided and was admitted to
the church, December 26, 1737. His marriage
is not recorded, but the baptism of his
children show that his wife was Antye
Quackenbos. Those recorded at Tappan are:
1. Gerrit, born August 19, 1736. 2. Arue
(Aaron), mentioned below. 3. Abraham, died
young. 4. Cornelius, January 9, 1744. 5.
Abraham, December 23, 1744. There were
probably others whose baptism was not
recorded at Tappan. Among these are Joseph,
mentioned below. The graves of the parents
at West new Hempstead are not marked.
(V) Aaron,
son of Johannes Gerritse and Antye (Quackenbos)
Blauvelt, was born September 10, 1738, at
Tappan. He settled near the present village
of Suffern, in Ramapo township, Rockland
County, where he died March 8, 1804. No
record of his marriage appears, but the
baptisms of children show that his wife was
Aeltje Smith. She was born June 27, 1744,
died March 20, 1805. Children, recorded at
Tappan: 1. Johannes, December 2, 1764,
2. Cornelius Aaronson, mentioned below,
3. Antje, October 24, 1774. There were, no
doubt, others perhaps born in Ramapo, or
Tappan.
(VI)
Cornelius Aaronson, second son of Aaron and
Aeltje (smith) Blauvelt, was born October
24, 1766, at Tappan. He resided in Ramapo,
where he was probably engaged in farming,
and died February 24, 1843. His homestead
embraced ninety-one acres, and his will
disposed of another parcel containing 35.34
acres. It is evident that he engaged in
burning lime, as his will, made July 16,
1842, proved June 10, 1843, bequested to his
son, George B. Blauvelt, a third interest in
a lime kiln, lime house and quarry. Among
other properties mentioned in his will is a
fourteen-acre wood lot. He was a colonel
in the War of 1812, and a member of the
Assembly in 1816-1817-1822. He married, at
Tappan, March 22, 1791, Leah Peterse, both
being then described as residents of
Tappan. His surviving children at the time
of making his will were: 1. Richard. 2.
Aaron. 3. George B. 4. Maria, wife of
John S. Gurnee. 5. Rachel. 6. Maria,
wife of Edward DeNoyelles. 7. Letitia.
8. Catherine. Wife of Hollis Holman.
(VII) George
B., third son of Cornelius Aaronson and Leah
(Peterse) Blauvelt, was born in Ramapo,
where he died May 14, 1850. His will, made
May 19, 1850, proved July 8, of the same
year, divided his property equally among his
wife and children. he conducted a lime kiln
and also engaged in farming. He married
Harriet Sherwood, who survived him, and they
had children: 1. John Lewis, mentioned
below, 2.. Richard W., married Lucy
Sherwood, children: i.& ii. James and
Charles, James died before maturity, iii.
Hannah, wife of David Fox, children, David
Jr, and George S.
(VIII) John
Lewis, eldest son of George B and Harriet
(Sherwood) Blauvelt, was born January 23,
1839, at Ramapo, died there September 6,
1911. He was engaged in farming. He
married, January 22, 1864, Lucinda Gurnee,
born August 17, 1840, who survived him and
now resides in Monsey. Children: 1. Martha
E., died at the age of two years; 2. George
Alanson, mentioned below; 3. Martha E.,
died at the age of eight years.
(IX) George
Alanson, only son of John Lewis and Lucinda
(Gurnee) Blauvelt, was
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born November 11, 1866,
at Monsey, in the town of Ramapo, where he
grew to manhood. His primary education was
supplied by the public schools of Rockland
County, and he prepared for college at
Chappaqua Mountain Institute, Westchester
County, New York graduating in 1884.
Entering Cornell University, at Ithaca, New
York, he graduated with the class of 1890,
received the degree of Bachelor of Letters.
He pursued a post-graduate course at
Columbia University, taking the degree of
Master of Arts. He pursued the study of law
and was admitted to the bar in 1892. He
began the practice of his profession in New
York City. In 1891-92 he was managing clerk
in the law office of Robert W. Todd on
Broadway, New York City. From 1893 to 1907
he was a member of the law firm of Graff &
Blauvelt, and succeeded to the firm's
business in 1907, upon the death of the
senior member, Willian T. Graff. His
offices are located in Nassau Street, New
York City. He is a director of and attorney
for the First National Bank of Spring
Valley, New York; school as school
commissioner of Rockland County from 1893 to
1896, and county attorney from 1907 to
1911. Politically Mr. Blauvelt is a
Democrat and exercises a large influence in
the councils of his party. In 1911 he
served as a member of the Assembly from
Rockland County, and the direct primary law
passed at the session of that year bears his
name as one of the authors. He married, at
Nanuet, New York, January 22, 1895, Cora
Demarest, born at that place, only child of
Joseph G. and Anna Demarest.
(V) Joseph,
third son of Johannes Gerritse and Antye (Quackenbos)
Blauvelt, was born September 17, 1740,
baptized at Tappan, and died March 15, 1789,
in the town of Ramapo, New York. He
married Hannah Demorest, born august 4m
1749. Children: 1. John, born May 8,
1770. 2. Nicholas, June 4, 1772. 3.
Cornelius, mentioned below. 4. Daniel,
December 16, 1782.
(VI)
Cornelius, third son of Joseph and Hannah
(Demorest) Blauvelt, was born June 12, 1775,
in Ramapo, died June 12, 1858. He married,
November 4, 1796, Bridget Talman.
Children: 1. Joseph Cornelius, mentioned
below. 2. John, born August 21, 1801. 3.
Cornelius, August 20, 1808. 4. Abraham C.
J., December 18, 1811. 5. Tunis. 6.
Nicholas C.
(VII) Joseph
Cornelius, eldest child of Cornelius and
Bridget (Talman) Blauvelt, was born November
8, 1798 in Ramapo, died June 5, 1883, in
that town. He married, May 12, 1821,
Rebecca Ramsen, born June 20, 1803, in
Ramapo, died there April 21, 1885.
Children: 1. Mary, born March 5, 1822,
married John DeBaun and died July 6, 1845.
2. & 3. Isaac Ramsen and Margaret, twins,
April 2, 1825. 4. Aaron Du Bois, June 21,
1832. 5. John Calvin, October 29, 1835.
6. Cornelius Edward, January 4, 1838.
(VIII)
Margaret, second daughter of Joseph C. and
Rebecca (Ramsen) Blauvelt, twin of Isaac R.,
became the wife of Sylvester Westervelt, of
Ramapo (see Westervelt VIII).
BLAUVELT. (II)
Johannes Gerritse Blauvelt, third son of
Gerrit and Marie Lamberts (Moll) Hendrycksen
(q.v.), was baptized April 9, 1650, in New
York. he was one of the original land
purchasers at Tappan, where he was one of
the founders and first member of the church,
received October 24, 1694. The next year he
was a deacon of the church and was again in
that position in 1701. He married Catie
Cornelise. Children, recorded at Tappan:
1. Cornelia, born October 25, 1694. 2.
Margrietje, February 5, 1699. 3. Johannes,
October 15, 1701. 4. Jacobus, mentioned
below. 5. Lea, January 17, 1705. 6.
Rachel, October 16, 176. 7. Katrina,
October 9, 1708. 8. Elizabeth, July 27,
1710. 9. David, March 10, 1712. 10.
Sara, May 6, 1714.
(III)
Jacobus, third son of Johannes Gerritse and
Catie (Cornelise) Blauvelt, was born April
10, 1703, at Tappan, where he lived. He
married Elizabeth (Everse, Everts) Everet,
and had children. 1. Johannes, mentioned
below. 2. Catrina, born November 21,
1733. 3. Elisabedt, December 29, 1735.
4. Margrietye, August 12, 1738. 5.
Annayte, June 9, 1741. 6. Sara, July 8,
1743. 7. Maria, October 29, 1745, baptized
at Schraalenberg. 8. Jacobus, July 27,
1748. The birth and parentage of his wife
and their marriage are not recorded in
Hackensack, Schraalenberg, or Tappan.
(IV)
Johannes, eldest child of Jacobus and
Elizabeth (Everet) Blauvelt, was born
December 11, 1731, at Tappan, where he
lived. He married, about 1756-57, Elizabeth
(Peeck) Peck, whose birth or parentage
cannot be found on the records of
Hackensack, Schraalenberg, or Tappan. There
is a hiatus in the
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marriage records of
Tappan, and it is impossible for this reason
to give the dates of many marriage in the
families of that section. They had
children: 1. Tunis (Theunis) mentioned
below. 2. David, born July 29, 1761. 3.
Maria, February 24, 1765. There are
probably others not recorded either at
Hackensack, Schraalenberg or Tappan.
(V) Tunis,
eldest son of Johannes and Elizabeth (Peck)
Blauvelt, was born December 30, 1758, and
baptized January 11, 1759, at Tappan. He
probably lived in the town of Ramapo, and
only one child is recorded at Tappan. He
married Maria Perrie, who was probably a
daughter of John and Elizabeth (de Klerck)
Perrie
(VI) Johannes (2) (John), son of Tunis and
Maria (Perrie) Blauvelt, was born September
2, 1785, in Orangeburg, recorded at Tappan,
lived in Orangeburg, on his father's farm
and died there. He married, February 20,
1810, at Tappan. Sarah Lansing, born April
22, 1791, not recorded in Tappan,
Schraalenberg, or Hackensack. Children:
1. Tunis John, born November 8, 1810. 2.
Nicholas Lansing, mentioned below. 3. Mary
Ann, July 10, 1820. |
