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(V) Thomas (3), eldest son of Thomas
(2) and Sarah (Woolson) Bond, was born
at Watertown, Massachusetts, April 29,
1683, died May 17, 1737. He married, April
25, 1706, Lydia, born august 12, 1686,
daughter of Henry and Lydia (Cutting)
Spring, of Watertown. Children: 1. Thomas,
born may 13, 1708, this is probably the
Thomas bond who settled in Newton and
by his wife Abigail had Nathaniel and
John. 2. Jonathan, born November 7, 1710,
died in Westboro, January 11, 1789. 3.
Henry, born September 6, 1712. 4. Amos,
born August 24, 1714, Died September 29,
1762. 5. Thaddeus, born January 15, 1716;
married (first) in Marlborough, November
24, 1740, Mary Rice, married (second)
then said to be of Sturbridge, April 11,
1745, Prudence Warren, of Weston. 6. Lydia,
born May 21, 1718; married, March 21,
1744, Samuel Fiske. 7. Phinehas, born
January 8, 1724. 8. Abijah, mentioned
below.
(VI) Abijah, youngest son of Thomas (3)
and Lydia (Spring) Bond, was born November
28, 1727. He married, July 6, 1740, Rebecca
or Elizabeth, born September 27, 1727,
daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Myrick-Livermore)
Patterson. They settled in Concord, where
their children were born. Children: 1.
Abijah, born 1750, died in Washington,
D. C., in 1796; married Sally ------.
2. Nathan, mentioned below. 3. Thaddeus,
born 1754, died in 1756. 4. Rebecca, born
1756, died in 1767.
(VII) Nathan, second son of Abijah and
Elizabeth or Rebecca (Patterson) bond.
Was born at Concord, Massachusetts, March
31, 1752, died at Boston, Massachusetts,
in January, 1816. He was graduated from
Harvard College in 1772, and became a
merchant at ?Boston, where all his children
were born. In 1797 he moved to Portland
and in 1803 he returned to Boston. He
married, June 1, 1783, Mrs. Joanna Doane,
born August 8, 1750, died November 3,
1823. Children: 1. Abijah, born February
22, 1784; was at Harvard college a year
and a half then went to sea and died in
Trinidad in 1803. 2. Charles, born June
7, 1785, died February 2, 1786. 3. Nathan,
born June 6, 1786, died September 2, 1802.
4. Charles, born June 6, 1786, twin of
Nathan, died September 22, 1822; merchant
of Norfolk, Virginia. 5. Royal, born September
11, 1787, drowned August 10, 1825, in
an attempt to cross the river Connecticut;
was a merchant of New York. 6. George,
mentioned below. 7. Elizabeth, born February
14, 1795, married, in 1816, J. G. Pearson.
(VIII) George, youngest son of Nathan
and Joanna (Doane) Bond, was born July
25, 1788, died at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
May 23, 1842. He was a distinguished member
of the well-known firm of Whitwell &
bond. He married, September 9, 1810, Ann
Sigourney Hammett, born June 1, 1790.
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Children: 1. George William, mentioned
below. 2. Elizabeth Abigail, born October
12, 1812. 3. Charles Sigourney, September
11, 1814. 4. Charles Royal. 5. Ann Sigourney.
6. Henry Frederick. 7. Ellen Maria. 8.
Edward Pearson. 9. John Gorham.
(IX) George William, eldest son of George
and Ann Sigourney (Hammett) Bond, was
born June 22, 1811. He was a merchant
of Boston and resided at Roxbury. He married
(first) January 11, 1833, Sophia Augusta
May, and (second), May 31, 1843, Caroline
Lavena Greenwood. Children: 1. George,
mentioned below. 2. Henry May, born April
3, 1836. 3. William Sturgis, March 20,
1838. $. Sophia, October 27, 1841. 5.
Maria Louisa, May 4, 1844. 6. Ann Sigourney,
July 7, 1845.
(X) George (2), eldest son of George
William and Sophia Augusta (May) Bond,
was born at Boston, Massachusetts, August
12, 1834. He married Rebecca Calhoun Hindekoper.
(XI) Alfred Hindekoper, son of George
(2) and Rebecca Calhoun (Hindekoper) Bond,
was born July 8, 1860. He had an academic
education, and is now a manufacturer's
agent, being connected with the George
W. Wheelwright Paper Company, and director
of the Federal Terra Cotta Company. He
served six years in the Massachusetts
Naval Reserve. Mr. Bond is very prominent
and is a member of the Calumet, Metropolitan,
Ward Room, Racquet and Tennis and Riding
Clubs. He married, in 1896, Louise Van
Beuren Davis, and has one daughter, Mary
Louise, born 1897.
SACKETT.
The family is ancient in England and its
ancestors came from Normandy with Wilma
the Conqueror. The names Sackett, Sacket
and Sackville would appear to be the same
family. In England Thomas Sackville, Earl
of Dorset, born 1636, bore arms, and was
a lineal descendant of one of the band
that accompanied William the Conqueror
to England. The American immigrants, Simon
and John, are without doubt of the same
family but the connection cannot be lineally
traced.
(I) Simon Sackett, immigrant ancestor
of the American family of the Sacketts
here dealt with came to New England with
his brother John and nephew John in the
ship "Lion," which sailed December
1, 1630 from Bristol, England. He was
in company with Roger Wiliams, and with
Simon were his wife Isabel and their infant
son, Simon, Jr. they landed after an unusually
stormy voyage at Boston, February 5, 1631,
He settled at Cambridge and his house
was on the north side of what is now Winthrop
street, in the center of the block between
Brighton and Dunster streets. He lived
but a short time after coming to America
and died October, 1635. November 3, following,
his widow Isabel was granted leave to
administer the estate. At the same session
of the court the memorable decree was
entered that banished roger Williams from
the colony. The Widow Sackett and her
two sons were among the company that made
the hard journey to form the settlement
of Hartford, Connecticut. She married
there (second) William Bloomfield. Children
of Simon and Isabel Sackett: 1. Simon,
born 1630, died July 9, 1659, married
Sarah Bloomfield. 2. John, mentioned below.
(II) John, son of Simon and Isabel Sackett,
was born in 1632, in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
and is supposed to have been the first
child of European origin to be born there.
He grew up on his mother's land, and in
1653 became a resident of Springfield
and was granted land of his own there.
Shortly after his marriage he sold his
house and land at Springfield and removed
to property he had purchased at Northampton.
He lived there until 1665, when he again
sold out and went to a farm bought of
one Chapin, near Westfield, on what are
now Sackett's Meadows. He was one of the
first settlers of Westfield. As soon as
he arrived there he built a house and
barn, both of which were burned October
27, 1675, by the Indians who at the same
time destroyed a large amount of other
cattle and property and drive off the
cattle that survived. When something like
tranquillity and security had been restored
he rebuilt his house and barn and in addition
erected a saw mill by the side of the
creek that ran into the Westfield river.
the building of this mill brought about
a law suit between him and another family
of the name of Dewey, who claimed that
by the erection of this mill the water
was backed
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up on their grist mill. The dam was ordered
removed with the help of the plaintiff's
hired man and oxen for none days. John
Sackett seems to have been a man of considerable
character and ability, taking time from
the work of the pioneer to help to transact
the public business of the town and church.
He was a selectman in Westfield in 1672
and at various times afterwards, as late
as 1693.
He married (first) November 23, 1659,
Abigail Hannum, born 1640, died October
9, 1690, daughter of William and Honor
(Capen) Hannum. He married (second) Sarah,
daughter of John Stiles, widow of John
Stewart, who had lived at Springfield.
His will, dated May 10, 1718, was proved
May 20, 1719. He gave all his real estate
away before his death, mostly to his children,
who numbered nine. His children were:
1. John, mentioned below. 2. William,
born April 20, 1662, died march 28, 1700,
married Hannah Graves. 3. Abigail, born
December 1, 1663, died July 3, 1683, married
John Noble. 4. Mary, born 1665, died November
19, 1667. 5. Hannah, born March 7, 1669,
died August 30, 1749, married Benjamin
Newbury. 6. Mary, born June 8, 1672, died
1729, married Benjamin Moseley. 7. Samuel,
born September 16, 1674, died November
8, 1709, married Elizabeth Bissel. 9.
Elizabeth, born May 27, 1677, died June
6, 1682. 10. Abigail, born 1683, died
September, 1721, married David King.
(III) John (2) a son of John (1) and
Abigail (Hannum) Sackett, was born in
Westfield, Massachusetts, November 4,
1660, died December 20, 1745. He was very
much thought of in the town and was prominent
in the various movements undertaken for
its development. He was well over eighty
years of age when he died and he had seen
Westfield grow from a mere wilderness
to a considerable and thriving community.
He married (first) December 1, 1686, Deborah,
daughter of William and Margaret Filley,
of Windsor, Connecticut; (second) May
17, 1702, Mehitable, daughter of robert
and Elizabeth (Swift) Danks, and widow
of John Harris. His children by his first
wife were: 1. John, born march 3, 1688,
married Sarah Macerany. 2. Abigail, born
October, 1690, married Captain Griswold.
3. Daniel, born August 14, 1693, died
February 9, 1776, married Mary Weller.
4. David, born July 7, 1696. 5. Benjamin,
mentioned below. 6. Deborah, born November
16, 1701. The children by his second wife
were: 1. Isaac, born at Westfield, February
14, 1703, died October 29, 1773, married
Elizabeth Shepard. 2. Ezra, born in 1794,
died May 13, 1796. 3. Israel, born March
6, 1706, died in 1786. 4. Eleakim, born
March 12, 1712, died in 1764, married,
July 5, 1738, Bethseda, born 1717, daughter
of Samuel and Maria (Root) Fowler, there
being ten children to the marriage; 5.
Mary, born March 5, 1715, died in 1756.
(IV) Benjamin, son of John (2) and Deborah
(Filley) Sackett, was born at Weatherfield,
Massachusetts, October 31, 1698, died
in 1753. He married, December 4, 1729,
Thankful, daughter of David and Abigail
(Sackett) King. In his will he gave to
his wife the improvements of the whole
of his estate both real and personal until
the children came of age. The children
were: !. Benjamin, mentioned below. 2.
King, married Lydia Sackett. 3. Zebulon.
4. Abigail. 5. Deborah.
(V) Benjamin (2), eldest son of Benjamin
(1) and Thankful (King) Sackett, was born
in 1730. He was a farmer and lived successively
at Sheffield, Massachusetts, Litchfield,
Connecticut, and New Lebanon, New York.
he married, in 1761, Deborah, daughter
of Ebenezer Buell. Children: 1. Deborah,
born in 1762. 2. Buell, mentioned below.
3. John, November 16, 1764. 4. Benjamin,
1766. 5. Aaron, 1767. 6. Elijah, 1768,
died 183, married Dorothy Hitchcock. 7.
Dorothy, 1770. 8. Thankful, 1772. 9. Isaac,
1775. 10. Calvin, 1776.
(VI) Major Buell Sackett, son of Benjamin
(2) and Deborah (Buell) Sackett, was born
July 28, 1763, died January 18, 1840.
When but sixteen he enlisted in the Fifth
continental Regiment which at that time
was encamped at New Windsor about two
miles distant from General Washington's
headquarters at Newburg, New York. this
regiment subsequently served on both sides
of the Hudson and was on duty at West
Point when Major Andre was executed. At
the close of the war Major Sackett became
a resident of Lebanon, New York, and joined
the Lebanon Company of the Columbia County
Regiment of militia, which was composed
mainly of veterans of the revolutionary
army. In this company he
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served first as a private and then passed
through the non-commissioned grades to
ensign, receiving a commission as such
in March, 1803. The following year he
was promoted lieutenant and in 1805 to
captain. In 1807 he retired from the militia
service with the rank of major. A parchment
deed dated May 30, 1786, conveying fifty-nine
acres of land in the town of Goshen, Litchfield
County, Connecticut is in possession of
a descendant, colonel Henry W. Sackett,
of New York City, the grantor being Ebenezer
Buell, and the grantee Buell Sackett,
Benjamin's son. A newspaper notice of
Major Buell Sackett's death published
at the time closes as follows: "He
was a soldier of the Revolution and was
one of the guard at the execution of Major
Andre.. Thus one after another fall and
are deposited beneath the sods of the
valley the few remaining patriots of early
days. Very shortly the death of those
who have inherited the rich legacy left
by these patriots." He married Sally
Earl Beach,. Children: 1. John, born July
31, 1785, died February 17, 1827, married
a lady of the baptismal name of Loraine,
her maiden surname remaining unknown.
2. Philo, mentioned below. 3. Norman,
born March 27, 1791, died July 11, 1808,
married Esther Waterman/ 4. Nathan, born
May 15, 1794, died April 25, 1874, married
Martha Dauken. 5. Ebenezer, died October
16, 1847. 6. Henry C., born June 25, 1805,
died July 28, 1886.
(VII) Philo, second son of Major Buell
and Sally Earl (Beach) Sackett, was born
June 13, 1785, died October 12, 1863.
He married, January 6, 1814, Grace Perkins,
a lineal descendant of Joseph Jenks, colonist,
who came from England to New England about
the year 1652. Children: 1. Sarah M.,
born February 18, 1816, died March 24,
1828. 2. Solon Philo, mentioned below.
3. Samuel, born September 11, 1820, died
March 15, 1880, married Cizubah Vaughn.
4. John C., born December 6, 1821, died
March 7, 1896, married Rebecca A. Bloomer.
5. Mary E., born June 27, 1825, died in
1897, married Andrew Miller, 6. Roxana
M., born August 13, 1827, married Leroy
Becker. 7. Buell Sands, born July 15,
18290, married Marion Becker.
(VIII) Dr. Solon Philo Sackett, son of
Philo and Grace (Perkins) Sackett, was
born October 7, 1818, at Lebanon Springs,
Columbia County, New York, died October
18, 1893. He studied medicine, being graduated
from the Geneva Medical College. After
a few years of practice in the country
village he removed to Ithaca, New York,
where he practiced his profession with
marked success for upwards of thirty years.
He was thoroughly devoted to his profession
and long held high rank among physicians
of Central New York. As health officer
of Ithaca, a position for which he was
repeatedly chosen, he instituted a sewerage
system of great value to the city. he
held the office of coroner for several
terms and was secretary of the Tomkins
county Medical Society for many years.
He was the author of the work entitled,
"Mother, Nurse, and Infant,"
a most vital work, which obtained a wide
recognition, and was a frequent contributor
to the principal medical periodicals.
Dr. Sackett was for the greater part of
his life, a member and deacon of the First
Baptist Church of Ithaca, where he was
greatly beloved and his counsel was ever
highly valued. He married, September 17,
1844, Lovedy Keturah, daughter of Charles
and Keturah (Dunlap) Woodward. Children:
1. Charles W., born September 4, 1845,
married Emeline Cowles, 2. Joseph s.,
born January 19, 1847, died May 8, 1890.
3. Mary l., born November 13, 1848, died
March 8, 1869. 4. Ruth V., born February
29, 1852. 5. Henry W., mentioned below.
6. Sadie, born April 22, 1858, died July
16, 1860. 7. Nettie, twin of Sadie. 8.
Carrie D., born December 1, 1860, died
July 20, 1863.
(IX) colonel henry Woodward Sackett,
third son of Dr. Solon Philo and Lovedy
Keturah (Woodward) Sackett, was born at
Enfield, New York, august 31, 1853. He
received his education in 1875 at Ithaca
Academy, and was graduated in 1875 with
the degree of A. B. from Cornell University,
where he was class essayist and where
he belonged to the Phi Beta Kappa. After
going through a course of law study he
was admitted to the bar of the State of
New York in 1877. After practicing for
some time he became a law writer and later
an editorial writer and counsel for the
New York Tribune. He became also associated
in
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1884, with C. A. Runkle, and after his
death with C. G. Bennett, as Sackett &
Bennett. Subsequently he was the senior
member of the firm of Sackett, Bacon &
McQuaid, corporation attorneys. Later
the firm became Sackett, Chapman &
Stevens, located in the Tribune building
in 1912. For six years Colonel Sackett
was a member of Troop A and Squadron A,
occupying various positions. He was appointed
on General F. S. Black's staff in 1807
with the rank of colonel. During the Spanish
War he aided in recruiting, and also served
in the southern states as assistant paymaster
general for the state of New York. He
was trustee and secretary of the Hudson
Fulton Celebration Committee; is now trustee
and vice-president of the American Scenic
and Historic Preservation Society, trustee
of Cornell University, commissioner of
the Fire Island State Park, trustee and
counsel of the Clarkson Home for Children,
member of the American Bar Association,
of the New York State Bar Association,
the Municipal Art Society, and lecturer
at Cornell College of Law on legal subjects.
Colonel Sackett also contributes to the
New York Tribune articles dealing with
legal matters. He is very fond of outdoor
sports and recreations, his chief entertainments
in that direction being golf, arboriculture,
horseback riding and anything having historic
associations. He belongs in addition to
the associations enumerated above to patriotic
and other societies of various kinds,
among them the Sons of the Revolution,
Founders and Patriots of America, St.
George's Society, St. Nicholas Society,
Union League Club, University Club, the
National Arts Club, the Barnard Club,
and the Apawamis and Garden City Golf
clubs. He is a Republican in politics,
and an Episcopalian in religion, having
been senior warden of St. Thomas Church,
Mamaroneck, New York, for many years.
He married, in Brooklyn, New York, in
1886, Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Titus,
who was one of the founders of the New
York Produce Exchange. His New York residence
is No. 515 Madison Avenue, and his summer
home is on Quaker Ridge, Mamaroneck, New
York.
BUSSING.
"Remember the days of old, consider
the years of many generations; ask thy
father, and he will show thee; thy elders,
and they will tell thee."--Deut.
32:7.
The name of Bussing dates back to the
early settlement of Manhattan. The family
has been closely identified with the history
and business life of New York, and throughout
all the generations has always borne an
honorable record.
(I) Arent Hermanse Bussing came to this
country after the Thirty Years War, about
1639, from Westphalia, on the borders
of Overyssel Holland, to Flatbush, Long
Island, where he purchased a farm. Ten
years later he moved to Haarlem, New York,
where he purchased a large tract of land,
owning at his death, in 1718, one hundred
and twenty-seven acres.
"On the northern
corner of Eighth Avenue and 145th Street,
stood until lately one of the few survivals
of the homes of 1674, the old bussing
house, built of stone, with shingled ends
and dormer windows. All the inside woodwork
was of locust. In the kitchen stood the
old-fashioned Dutch oven by the side of
the fifteen-foot-wide fireplace. It was
the house of that good man and righteous
citizen, Arent H. bussing, and was built
on land which came through his marriage
with gentle Susannah de la Mater. There
it stood for over two centuries, just
as it did when Arent and Susannah set
up early their simple housekeeping and
when it was surrounded by ample barns
and a multitude of other out-buildings
dominating the old bussing farm of one
hundred and twenty-seven acres, covered
then by growing crops and occupied by
lowing herds."
The records of New Amsterdam show that
Arent H. Bussing, of new Haarlem, was
named one of the five magistrates or commissioners
in 1673. The court minutes of New Haarlem
give the oath which was taken by these
magistrates, and it is as follows:
"We Commissioners
of New Haarlem promise and swear in presence
of Almighty God that we will administer
law and justice, promote the welfare of
the village, uphold pure and true Christian
religion conformable tot he Word of god,
and order of the synod of Dort. We will
obey and maintain in the name of their
High Mightinesses the Lords States General
of the United Netherland and his Highness
the Prince of Orange. So truly keep me,
God almighty."
In 1676 Mr. bussing was made corporal
of the nightwatch, organized by order
of the governor-general. He was an officer
of the Reformed Dutch Church of Haarlem.
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He married, in 1673, Susanna, daughter
of Claude and Hester (DuBois) de la Maistre,
or de la Mater, of Flatbush, Long Island.
Their oldest child, Peter, married in
1700, Rebecca Vermilye. Their youngest
child was Harman, mentioned below.
(II) Harman, son of Arent Hermanse and
Susannah (de la Maistre or de la Mater)
Bussing, was born in 1677, died in 1762.
He married, in 1707, Sarah, daughter of
Isaac Selover, of New Castle. They were
the parents of Abraham, mentioned below.
(III) Abraham, son of Harman and Sarah
(Selover) Bussing, was born in 1724, died
in 1798. Among Revolutionary reminiscences
is an order issued on July 3, 1777, by
the commandant of New York, "whereby
the mayor of the city is permitted to
cut wood from the lands of Peter and John
Waldron, Abraham bussing and John Meyer,
in order to supply the city with fuel."
Mr. bussing married, in 1749, Elizabeth,
daughter of Peter and Jane (Wessels) Mesier,
and they were the parents of Abraham,
mentioned below.
(IV) Abraham, (2), son of Abraham (1)
and Elizabeth (Mesier) Bussing, was born
on Cortlandt Street, New York, in 1770,
died in 1829. He was an active merchant
at No. 59 Cortlandt street until 1799,
when he moved to No. 151 Broadway, where
he conducted the dry goods business. Valentine's
"Manual" mentions that "the
value of the store occupied by Abraham
bussing in 1815 at 1521 Broadway was $13,000."
He joined with thirty-six to other citizens
in raising funds with which to erect the
first public school house in New York
City. It stood at Chatham Square and Tryon
row, and accommodated five hundred scholars
in the main room, and was dedicated in
1809. In an early history this mention
is made of it: "The gentlemen of
whose benevolence the society was indebted
for contributions of building material
and the superindence of the construction
of the edifice, was worthy of an honorable
place among the early friends of 'Free
Schools for Poor Children,' as the public
schools were then called."
Mr. bussing married, April 17, 1794, Hester,
daughter of Edmund and Mary (Wilkinson)
Kingsland. Children: 1. Abraham, born
March 27, 1795, died 1817. 1. Edmund Kingsland,
born January 25, 1798, died January 26,
1853; married June 9, 1825, Hester, daughter
of John Kingsland; children: i. Abraham,
born on Abingdon Square, new York City,
June 4, 1828, died November 4, 1905, he
received his collegiate education at New
York University; he was one of the founders
or very early supporters of the Young
Men's Christian Association, and was actively
connected with church work in the Madison
Avenue Presbyterian Church. During his
youth his family moved from Abingdon Square
to Washington Square, where he was living
at the time of his marriage in 1859. In
1869 he moved from New York City to Montclair,
New Jersey, where for many years he took
an active part in political, financial
and church affairs. He was a member of
the town committee, a founder, and until
his death a director of the First National
Bank of Montclair, and trustee and elder
of the Presbyterian Church. During his
residence in Montclair he continued his
business interests in New York City. He
was treasurer and afterwards president
of the Ausable Horse Nail Company, and
he was also a director of the National
Shoe and Leather Bank. He was a member
of the Essex County Country Club at Orange,
the Montclair club, of various Republican
clubs and of the Young Men's Christian
Association. He returned to New York City
in 1894, and lived at No. 14 East 56th
Street, until 1902 when he moved to No.
24 East 61st street, which was his home
until he died in 1905. He married, November
9, 1859, Emma, daughter of Samuel and
Mary (Johnson) Frost. Their only child,
Alice Cary, married, April 22, 1902, Howard
Thayer Kingsbury, ii. Hester, born July
12, 1830, died march 13, 1911, married
(first) in 1849, Moses Mortimer Vail;
(second) December 1, 1897, William K.
Peyton. 3. Elizabeth, born December 28,
1800, died 1871; married William Moulton.
4. John Schermerhorn, mentioned below.
5. Mary Wilkinson, born July 17, 1806,
died 1872; married Orsamus Bushnell. 6.
Jane, born August 11, 1812, died 1825.
(V) John Schermerhorn, son of Abraham
(2) and Hester (Kingsland) Bussing, was
born on Cortlandt Street, New York City,
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October 15, 1802, died June 9, 1864.
His father's two sister, Elizabeth and
Jane Bussing, married, in 1771 and 1773
respectively, tow brothers, peter and
Simon Schermerhorn, and John was named
after his uncles, Schermerhorn. He began
business as a wholesale dry goods merchant
in 1823 on Maiden Lane, near Pearl Street,
in connection with his brother, Edmund
Kingsland, under the firm name of E. &
J. Bussing. Their business was afterwards
moved tot he northwest corner of William
and John Street, and occupied one of the
then celebrated "Washington Row"
of stores which they ware largely instrumental
in erecting, where they carried on a large
trade with the entire country. The firm
remained unchanged until dissolved in
1849, having maintained its credit unimpaired
through all the financial convulsions
of New York business life during a period
of twenty-six years. after the death of
his brother, Mr. bussing became the head
of the firm of John S. Bussing & Company,
iron and nail merchants, and occupied
the building at No. 32 Cliff street, where
his earlier life had been spent when that
portion of the city was residential. He
resided for nearly twenty years at No.
4 East 12th Street, New York City, in
a house which he had built when that street
was considered far uptown, and there he
died.
Both the brothers, Edmund Kingsland,
and John Schermerhorn, held influential
positions in the church and also in secular
institutions. The latter was one of the
original incorporates of the New York
Life Insurance Company and a member of
its board of trustees until his death.
He was also a director in the Niagara
Fire Insurance Company, president of the
Northern Dispensary, and treasurer of
the Board of Domestic Missions of the
Reformed Dutch Church. Wile residing for
a time in Astoria he served the Reformed
Church of that place as superintendent
of the Sunday School; later was made deacon,
and subsequently elder. He was a man full
of spirit, and energy, and was active
tot he end, attending a business meeting
the day before his death. It was always
a great pleasure to him to be identified
with benevolent and church work, and he
always was ready when duty called.
John S., Bussing, married (first) in
Brooklyn, June 25, 1825, Agnes Ann, born
August 5, 1802,m died January 14, 1831,
daughter of Robert and Maria (Wood) Speir,
of Brooklyn; they had three children:
Two died in infancy; the surviving child,
Robert Speir, mentioned below. He married
(second) in 1833, Ann, daughter of Abraham
and Margaret (Field) Van Nest, of New
York City; children: 1. Abraham Van Nest,
born in 1834, died in 1839. 2. John Stuyvesant,
mentioned below. 3. Mary, residing at
the present time (1912) in the old home
at No. 4, East 12th Street, New York City.
The Van nest and Field families were among
the first to settle in Somerset County,
New Jersey, where they purchased large
tracts of land, some of which, after two
hundred yeas, are still in possession
of their descendants. Both families have
always been prominent in church and state
affairs, serving in the colonial and revolutionary
wars as officers and minute-men. In the
church many of them occupied official
position and some entered the ministry.
George Van Nest, father of Abraham Van
nest, aforementioned, owned a large farm
near Somerville, New Jersey, and was known
as "Prince George" because of
his generous hospitality His son, Abraham
Van nest, became a prominent New York
merchant and a leader in both church and
city affairs. For many years he served
as president of the Greenwich Savings
Bank. In 1810 he purchased for his summer
resident the old historic "Sir Peter
Warren Mansion" in what was known
as Greenwich village. It then was called
"The Van nest Homestead" and
remained such until after the death of
Mr.,. Van Nest in 1864 In this house John
Schermerhorn Bussing and Ann Van Nest
were married.
(VI) Robert Speir, son of John Schermerhorn
and Agnes Ann (Speir) Bussing, was born
September 28, 1826, died June 21, 1895.
He succeeded his father in business, and
afterwards for many years was senior member
of the firm of Bussing, Crocker &
Dodge, manufacturers in metal ware. During
the last forty-five years of his life
he resided in Brooklyn, where hew was
prominent in church work, devoting much
time and labor to the interests of the
Bethel Sunday School of Plymouth Church,
of
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which he was superintendent. During his
latter years, Mr. Bussing was the beloved
teacher of a large bible class of young
women at St. Ann's church on the Heights.
He was vice-president of the Brooklyn
City Dispensary, and during the civil
war was a great advocate of improved sanitary
affairs, making large donations to that
end, and keeping the matter before the
public by persistent agitation. He was
also president of the Young men's Christina
Association of Brooklyn from 1861 to 1864,
and a strong friend of the temperance
cause.
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