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Grenville, m. Margaret Whitleigh. Amy ' Grenville, m. John Drake.

Gruflfydd " ap Llewellyn, K. of Wales, m. Ealdgyth of Mercia.

Ralph 2 ° de Guarder, E. Norfolk, rn. Emma Fitz Osbern. Amicia 19
de Guarder. m. Robert Beaumont. Warren 1S Hampton, m. Philippa
Orwey. Warren 1 ' Hampton, m. Joanna Brook. Alice 10 Hampton, m.
John Billet.

Michael 33 Hanslap. Maud 31 Hanslap, m. Wm. Manduit. Les-
celina 33 de Harcourt, m. Wm. de Eu. Robert 19 de Harcourt.
Alice " de Harcourt, in. Waleran de Newburgh.

Wm." Hatch, m. Margaret Horton. Edith 4 Hatch, m. Humphrey
Prideaux. Robert' Hatch of Wolley. Elisabeth 6 Hatch m. Thomas
Denvs

Robert 30 la Haye. Cicely 10 la Haye, m. Roger St. John.
• John 9 Hill of Shelton. Elisabeth' Hill, m. Oles Gilbert.

Richard 33 de Hugleville. Ada 33 de Hugleville, m. Geoffrey de Neuf-
marche.

David, 30 K. of Scotland, m. Matilda of Northumberland.

Henry, 19 E. of Huntincton, son of David, 30 K. Scot., m. Ada de
Warenne. Margaret 1S of Huntington, m. Humphrey Bohun.

John ' Kelloway. Agnes ' Kelloway, m. John Drake. John 6 Lang-
don. Blanche* Langdon, m. Wm. Godolphin.

Dermot 19 MacMurrough, K. of Leinster. Eva 1S of Leinster, m.
Richard de Clare.

Godfrey, 31 C. of Louvain and D. of Brabant. Adeliza 30 of Louvain,
m. Wm. d'Albini.

Philip Loveday. Joan 5 Loveday, m. Thomas Denys.

Hugh 18 VIII., Lord of Lusignan. Raoul " of Yssonden (son of
above), m. Alix de Eu.

Geoffrey 33 de Mandeville. Wm. 31 de Mandeville, m. Margaret de
Rye. Beatrix 30 de Mandeville, m. Wm. de Say.



1896.] Ancestry of John Drake of Windsor, Ct. ]Si

Gilbert 19 Marshal. John ' 8 Marshal, m. Sibyl de Saresburie. Win."
Marshal, E. Pembroke, m. Isabel de Clare. Eva ,e Marshal, m. Wm. de
Braose.

Wm. 21 Mauduit, m. Maud Hanslap. Wm. 20 Mauduit. Robert"
Mauduit. Wm. 18 Mauduit. Wm." Mauduit, m. Alice de Newburgh.
Isabel' 6 Mauduit, m. Wm. Beauchamp.

Leofric," E. of Mercia, m. Lady Godiva. Alfgar, 21 E. Mercia. Eald-
gyth, 23 of Mercia, m. Gruffydd, K. Wales. Nest" (dau. of above), m.
Traharen, Prince of Wales. Nest 21 "the Younger" (dau. of above),
m. Bernard de Neufmarche.

Waleran," C. of Meulan. Adeline 51 of Meulan, m. Roger Beaumont.
Drogo 18 de Montacute. Wm. 17 de Montacute. Robert 10 de Montacute.
Drogo ^ de Montacute, m. Alina Basset. Wm." de Montacute. Isabel "
de Montacute, m. Geoffrey Prideaux.

Simon 21 II. of Montfort, m. Agnes de Evreux. Bertrada 20 of Mont-
fort, m. Fulk IV., C. Anjou.

Roger 21 of Montgomery. Hugh 23 de Montgomery, m. Joscelina, dau.
of Torfulus. Roger 22 de Montgomery, E. Shrewsbury, m. Mabel de
Belleme. Mabel 21 de Montgomery, m. Robert C. of Mortain.

Geroy, 28 Lord of Montreuil. Haduissa 22 of Montreuil, m. Robert de
Grantmesnil. John 1 " de Moreville. Elinor" de Moreville, m. Ralph de
Gorges. Robert 21 , C. of Mortain (half-bro. of William the Conqueror),
m. Mabel Montgomery.

Roger 21 Mortimer. Ralph 20 Mortimer. Hugh" 1 Mortimer. Roger' 8
Mortimer, m. Isabel Ferrers. Joan 1 ' Mortimer, m. Walter Beauchamp.
Eleanor 11 Mortimer (dau. of Roger 18 ) en. Richard Prideaux. Henry 20 de
Newburgh (son of Roger 21 Beaumont), E. of Warwick.

Roger' 3 de Newburgh, E. Warwick, m. Gundred de Warenne. Wal-
eran 1 " de Newburgh, E. Warwick, m. Alice de Harcourt. Alice 17 de
Newburgh, Wm. m. Mauduit.

Thurcytal 23 de Neufmarche. Geoffrey 32 de Neufmarche, m. Ada de
Hugleville. Bernard 21 de Neumarche, m. Nest, " the Younger." Sibyl 20
de Neufmarche, m. Milo of Gloucester. William 23 I., C. of Nevers.

Heloise" of Nevers, m. Richard of Evreux. James 14 de Newmarch,
Lord of Derham. Isabel 13 de Newmarch, m. Ralph Russell.

Waltheof, 20 E. of Northumbria. Uhtred, 24 E. Northumbria. Ealdred, 33
E. Northumbria. Aelfleda 22 of Northumbria, m. Siward, "the Strong,"
E. of Northumbria. Waltheof 21 (son of above), E. Northumberland.
Matilda 20 of Northumberland, m. David, K. of Scotland. Robert 2 "
Orwey. William 111 Orwey. Thomas 18 Orwey. William' 7 Orwey. John 10
Orwey, m. Juliana Oswell. John 10 Orwey, m. Agnes Pulynt. John 11
Orwey, m. Hawisa Delaford. Thomas 13 Orwey. Philippa 12 Orwey, m.
Warren Hampton.

Osbern 22 , the Seneschal. William 21 Fitz Osbern, E. Hereford, m.
Adeliza de Toesny. Emma 20 Fitz Osbern, m. Ralph de Guarder.
Stephen 10 Oswell. Gervaise 18 Oswell. Robert 17 Oswell. Margarie 17
Oswell, m. Henry de Esse. Juliana 10 Oswell, m. John Orwey.

Ranulf 22 Peveril. William 21 Peveril, E. Nottingham. Adeliza 20 Peveril,
m. Richard de Redvers. Robert 18 Peveril. Jane 17 Peveril, m. William
Russell. Simon 19 Fitz Piers. Geoffrey 16 Fitz Piers, E. Essex, m. Beatrix
de Say. Maud 17 Fitz Piers, m. Henrv Bohun.

Fulk 20 IV., C. of Anjou, m. Bertrada of Montfort. Fulk 19 V., C.



182 Ancestrv of John Drake of Windsor, Ct. [October,

Anjou. Geoffrey'* Plantagenet, C. Anjou. Henry 17 II., K. of Eng-
land, m. Eleanor of Aquitaine. John 16 , K. of England. Henry 15 III.,
K. of England. Edward" I., K. of England. Elisabeth 13 Plantagenet,
m. Humphrey Bohun.

Humphrey 6 Pointz, Knt. of Langley. Katharine 6 Pointz, m. Fulk
Prideaux.

Hugh" le Port of Basing. Henry 19 le Port. John 18 le Port. Adam 1 "
le Port, m. Muriel d'Aureville. William 16 le Port.

Paganus 19 de Prideaux of Prideaux Co., Corn. Richard 18 de Prideaux,
Knt. Baldwin 17 de Prideaux, Knt. Nicholas 16 de Prideaux. Herndon 16
Prideaux of Orcharton. Richard 1 * Prideaux, Knt., m. Eleanor Mortimer.
Geoffrey 13 Prideaux, Knt., m. Isabel Montacute. Peter 1 " Trideaux,
m. Joan Bigbury. Ralph 11 Prideaux, Knt. , m. Elis. Treverbyn. Roger 10
Prideaux, Knt., m. Elis. Clifford. John 3 Prideaux, Knt., m. Joan
Adeston. Giles 8 Prideaux of Adeslon. John 7 Prideaux, Knt., m. Anne
Shapton. William 6 Prideaux, m. Alice Giffard. Fulk 6 Prideaux, m.
Katharine Pointz. Humphrey 4 Prideaux, m. Edith Hatch. Elisabeth 3
Prideaux, m. Robert Drake.

John 16 Pulynt, Knt. Agnes 16 Pulynt, m. John Orwey.

Robert 18 de Quinci. Saier 17 de Quinci, E. Winchester, m. Margaret
Beaumont. Hawise 16 de Quinci, m. Hugh de Vere.

Baldwin 31 de Redvers. Emma 30 de Redvers, m. William d'Avranches.
Richard 30 de Redvers, E. Devon, m. Adeliza Peveril. Baldwin 19 de
Redvers, E. Devon, m. Lucia de Balun. Richard 18 de Redvers, E.
Devon, m. Dionysia of Cornwall. William 17 de Redvers, E. Devon,
m. Maud Beaumont. Mary 10 de Redvers, m. Robert Courtenay.
Richard 16 Russell. John 14 Russell, m. Rohesia Bardolf. Ralph 13 Russell,
Knt., m. Isabel de Newmarch. William Russell 13 , Knt., m. Jane Peveril
Theobald 11 Russell. Knt., m. Eleanor Gorges. Geoffrey 36 de Rye
Endo 34 de Rye. Hubert 33 de Rye. Endo 33 de Rye, m. Rohais Fitz
Gilbert. Margaret 31 de Rye, m. William Mandeville. Thomas 33 de St.
John of Stanton. John 31 de St. John. Thomas 30 de St. John. Roger 19
de St. John, m. Cicely la Haye. Muriel 18 de St. John, m. Reginald de
Aureville. Robert 16 de St. John (son of William le Port 1 "), m. Agnes
Cantelupe. John 14 de St. John. Agnes 13 de St. John, m. Hugh Courte-
nay. Edward 31 de Saresburie. Maud 30 de Saresburie, m. Humphrev
Bohun. Walter 19 de Saresburie (son of Edward 31 ). Sibyl 16 de Saresburie,
m. John Marshal.

Picot 33 de Say. Ingelram 31 de Say. Win." de Say, m. Beatrice
Mandeville. Wm." de Say. Beatrice 18 de Say, m. Geoffrey Fitz Piers.

John 8 Shapton, of Shapton'. Anne 7 Shapton, m. John Prideaux.

Wm. 31 de Sollei (son of Stephen C. of Blois). Mary 30 de Sollei, m.
Henry de Eu.

Roger 33 de Toesny. Adeliza 31 de Toesny, m. Wm. Fitz Osbern,

Wm. 30 IV., C. of Toulouse, m. a dau. of Robert, C. of Mortain,
Philippa 19 of Toulouse, m. Wm. IX., D. of Aquitaine.

John 10 Tremron. Marion 9 Tremron, m. Alexander Godolphin.

William 16 Trewent. ]oan 14 Trewent, m. Theobald Grenville.

Walter 13 Treverbyn, Knt. Elisabeth 11 Treverbyn, m. Ralph Prideaux.

Hughe " de Vallefort, m. Lucy le Bret. Eyeling 10 de Vallefort, m.
Oliver Champeron.

Aubrey 20 de Vere, m. Beatrix Castellar. Aubrey 19 de Vere, m. Ade-



1896. J The Van Houien Family 0/ Bergen, N. /. i3?

liza de Clare. Aubrey" de Vere, E. Oxford, m. Lucia de Essex. Rob-
ert" de Vere, E. Oxford, m. Isabel de Bolebec. Hugh 10 de Vere, E.
Oxford, m. Hawise de Quinci. Isabel" de Vere, m. John Courtenay.
Margerie 15 de Vere, m. Henry Delaford.

Hugh 21 "the Great, " C. of Vermandois. Elisabeth 20 of Vermandois,
m. (1) Robert Beaumont ; m. (2) Wm. de Warenne.

William 12 Vivion, Knt. Joan" Vivion, m. Bartholomew Grenville.
Thomas' 9 Walerie, Knt. Joan" Walerie, m. Wm. Beauchamp.

Ralph 2 "' of Warenne. Wm."' de Warenne, E. Surrey. Edith'" de
Warenne, m. Gerard Gournay. Wm. 2 " II. de Warenne, E. Surrey, in.
Elisabeth of Vermandois. Gundred' de Warenne, m. Roger de New-
burgh. Ada' 3 de Warenne, m. Henry E. Huntington. Reginald' 6 de
Warenne (son of Wm. 20 II.). Beatrix 12 de Warenne, m. Donn Bardolf.

Richard" Whitleigh, of Efford. Margaret 1 Whitleigh, m. Roger
Grenville.

Wm." de Wirmengay. Alice' 6 de Wirmengay, m. Reginald de
Warenne.

William'" Wise of Greystone. Constance 11 Wise, m, Wm. Godolphin.



Note. — K.= King ; D. = Duke ; E. =; Earl ; C. = Count; Knt.=
Knight. The number attached to each name indicates the number of
the generation to which the person bearing the name belongs, reckoning
upward from John Drake of Windsor, Ct. As these numbers are
obtained by regular ascension from John Drake, it sometimes happens
that children of the same parents bear different numbers, although
actually of the same generation. (SeeAlina" Basset and Philip" Basset,
who are both children of Alan 18 Basset, of Wvcombe.)



THE VAN HOUTEN FAMILY OF BERGEN, NEW JERSEY.
By Charles L. Demakksi Washburn.

The ancient Township of Bergen no longer exists under that name.
Originally comprising all of that portion of the present County ol Hud-
son lying east of the Hackensack River, its territory was reduced, from
time to time, by the formation of new municipalities. One of these was
Jersey City, to which, after having become the City of Bergen, it was
annexed in 1870. Mr. Charles H. Winfield's " History of the Land
Titles in Hudson County, N. J." [1872J, reproduces the text of the
" Field Books " prepared by the commissioners who partitioned the
"common lands " of the township in 1764, and other public documents,
with explanatory chapters and copious notes, of great value to the gene-
alogist and conveyancer; and to these is added a " List of Marriages,
Births and Deaths, taken from the Record of the Reformed Church in
Bergen." His " History of the County of Huds >n, New Jersey " [1S74],
contains genealogies of many of the old Dutch families, not including
the Van Houtens, the names in each of which are numbered consecu-
tively. Some of these names appear in this article, followed, in paren-
theses, by the numbers assigned them by Mr. Winfield. To each of his
works, and especially to the list of marriages, births, and deaths, I am
indebted for facts and dates ; and also to the " Records of the Reformed



184 ^' e Van Houten Family of Bergen. N. J. [October,

Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey," pub-
lished as Volume I. of the "Collections of the Holland Society of New
York" [1891].

1. One Roelof 1 , as we know from his children's patronymic, was the
father of

2. i. Helmigh Roelofse 2 .*

3. ii. Cornells Roelofse 2 .

4. iii. Tonis Roelofse'"' ; and probably of

iv. Magliteltje Roelofse', who married Jan Hendrickse, in Ber-
gen, July 22, 1683.
I have given their names in the order of their marriages, in Bergen,
not knowing the dates of their births. My evidence that Helmigh, Cor-
nells, and Tonis were brothers is that they not only bore the same
patronymic, but that two of them at least and descendants of each of
them adopted the surname Van Houte or Van Houten. As the latter
is the uniform spelling of the present day, I employ it except where I
have found the former in signatures or records. My mother, who spent
all of her early life in Bergen, tells me that the name was always pronounced
by the old people Van Houte, in three syllables, the " e " having the
obscure sound as in" moment." Possibly the " n " was added to pre-
serve the last syllable when English with its silent final "e " became the
prevailing language, but the spelling Van Houwterc is found in the New
York Church records as early as 171 8.

2. Helmigh Roelofse", a young man from Gelderland, f married
Jannetje Pieterse, September 3, 1676. In the record of his death, Octo-
ber 7, 1729, he is styled Helmigh Roelofsen Van Houten \ ; in that of
marriages and births, Helmigh Roelofse. She, as will be shown, was the
daughter of Pieter Merselise (Marcellissen, Marcellus), who was
appointed one of the schepens of Bergen, August 18, 1673, during the
reoccupation of New Netherland by the Dutch, and died September
4, 1681. "He came from Brest," says Mr. Winfield in his " His-
tory," § "in the Ship Beaver ; arrived May 9, 1661, with his wife, four
children and two servants. His children were aged respectively 13, 6, 4
and 2 years." "The passage cost him as follows : For self, 36 florins ;
wife, 36 florins ; children, 90 florins ; servants, 70 florins. He was the
founder of the Merseles family in this county and vicinity." Jannetje
must have been one of the four children mentioned, as she was of mar-
riageable age in 1676. She and Helmigh 2 had the following children,
whose birth or baptism is recorded in Bergen :

i. Roelof Helmigse 3 Van Houte, baptized June n, 1677 ; mar-
ried, 1st, at Bergen, Aagtje Cornelise Vreeland (44), April



* Throughout this article I use patronymics only where I have found them in the
records.

f I quote from memory of the original church record of the marriage, which I
inspected many years ago.

1 1 do not know that the final " n " is found in the original record.

§ P. S4. Brest, France, does not seem a probable starting-point for one bearing a
name so thoroughly Dutch as Pieter Merselise, though the New Netherlander were
in the habit of giving a Dutch form to English and French names recorded by them.
Neesje Pieterse, who married Gerrit Gerritse (Van Wagenen) (2) of Bergen, Slay II,
1681, was from Best in Gelderland. May she not have been the daughter of Pieter
Merselise, " Brest" being a misprint for " Best " in the " History"?



1896.] The Van Houten Family of Bergen, A. J. jge

21, 1701 ; and, 2d, at Hackensack, Feytie Siggels (Syntje
Sickels), January 3, 1712, * when it is recorded that 'both
lived at Bergen ; and had Helmigh 4 , born March 11, 1704,
and Aegtje 4 , born October 18, 1708, whose births are
recorded in Bergen. He was elected a deacon at
Acquackanonck (now Passaic), N. J., May 26, 1720.
ii. Pieter Helmigse 3 Van Home, born January '23, 1680 ; mar-
ried Claretje (Claesje) Post, at Bergen, April 8, 1703, and
had Jannetje*, born February 16, 1704 (Bergen record).
He was elected a deacon by the united consistories of
Hackensack and Acquackanonck, in May, 1710 ; and an
elder, May 26, 1 720.
iii. Cornelis Helmigsen 3 Van Houten, baptized March 21, 1682;
married Aagtje Johannissen Vreeland (39), April 19,
171 1. His death, October 4, 1748, is recorded in Bergen,
iv. Catelvntje Helmigse 3 , born February 17, 1685; married

Johannis Gerritsen (Van Wagenen) (8).
v. Jacob Helmigse 3 Van Houten, born October 11, 1687;
married Marytje Sikkels, in New York, June 10, 1718,
when it is stated that both lived in Bergen,
vi. Dirck Helmigse 3 Van Houte, born October n, 1687;
married Metje Gerrebrantse, in Bergen, September 9,
171 1. He was a deacon at Acquackanonck in 1722.
vii. Gerritje Helmigse 3 , born January 7, 1691 ; married Arie Sip

(6).
viii, Lysbet Helmigse 3 , born October 16, 1693 ; married Jo-
hannis Post in 1713.
5 . ix. Johannis Helmigse 3 Van Houte, born October 28, 1696 ;
died December 18, 1768.
x. Jannetje or Jenneke Helmigse 3 , born November 2, 1699 >
married Michael Cornelise Vreeland (50), in New York,
October 23, 1 7 18. f
3, Cornelis Roelofse 3 married Magdaleena Van Giesen, November 14,
1677. He was one of the patentees of Acquackanonck, March 16, 1684,
and progenitor of one branch of the Van Houtens, some of whom still
occupy land in that place, inherited from him. J His widow married
Sander Egberse, widower of Elsie Staets, April 20, 1701. Cornelis 2 and
Magdaleena had the following children, whose birth or baptism is
recorded in Bergen :

i. Grietje 3 , born August 10, 1678.

ii. Roelof Cornelise 3 Van Houte, baptized December 31, 1679,
who lived in Acquackanonck when he married Jannetie
Janse Spier, January 1, 171 5.
iii. Rynier 3 , § baptized December 9, 1681.

* This marriage is recorded also in Bergen under date of December 15, 1711.

t Not 1713, as in Vreeland Genealogy, " Winfield's History," p. 447.

i Clayton's " History of Bergen and Passaic Counties."

§ This may be the Reynier Van Hoiue who married, 1st, Anne Stevens, and, 2d,
January 26, 171S, at Hackensack, Lea Davids DeMaree. The record of the second
marriage states that he lived on "York Island." Rev. David D. Demarest, D.D.,
mentioning this marriage in his " Huguenots on the Hackensack " [New Brunswick,
N. J., 1886], p. 22, calls him " Rynier Van Houten."



1 86 The Van Houten Family of Bergen, X. J. [October,

iv. Hendrick Cornelise 3 Van Houte, born November 8, 1683,
whose widow, Magdaleena Bruvn, married Hessel Pieterse,
February 6, 17 14.
v. Dirckje 3 , born November 27, 1685.

vi. Johannis Cornelise 3 Van Houte, born October 6, 1687,
married Trintie Pieterse, November 1, 171 2, at which
time he was living at Acquackanonck.
vii. Cornells 3 ,* baptized October 22, 1690.
4. Tonis, f Theunis, or Teunis Roelofse 2 married Treintje Claes
Kuyper, January 8, 1678. He removed to Rockland (then a part of
Orange) County, New York. As one of the "Committee of Safety, " he
signed the commission of Jacob Leisler as "Captain of the Fort" at
New York, June 8, 1689, and as "Commander in Chief" August 16,
1689 ; and he, with others, signed also a letter dated " Fort William in
N. Yorke ye 28 Octobr 1689," delivered by Jacob Milborne to a conven-
tion in Albany, November 9, 1689. He was commissioned a "justice "
for Orange, by Leisler, December 14, 1689. J He died July 27, 1737,
and his wife August 20, 1734. Their children were :
i. Gerritje 3 , born January 10, 1679.
ii. Roelof Teunese 3 Van Houte, born August 28, 1680 ;

married Maritie Huyberse Blaeuveldt.
iii. Annetje 3 , born August 13, 16S2.
iv. Klaes 3 , baptized in New York, July 12, 16S5.
v. Jannetje 3 , baptized May 23, 1687.
vi. Vrouwtje 8 , baptized June 24, 1688.
vii. Kornelia 3 .

viii. Johannis 3 , baptized in October, 1690.
ix. Vrouwtje 3 § Van Houte,. baptized in New York May 8, 1692;
married Cornells Smidt. At the baptism, in Hackensack,
February 7, 1724, of their son Teunis, the witnesses were
Teunis Van Houte and Trintie his wife,
x. Elizabeth 3 , baptized at Tappan, N. Y., April 15, 1696.
xi. Pieterje 3 , baptized at Tappan, October 12, 1698.
xii. Grietje 3 , baptized at Tappan, October 16. 1700.
xiii. Grietje 3 , baptized at Tappan, April 16, 1702.
The birth or baptism of i., ii., iii., v., vi., and vii. is recorded in Bergen.
My information in regard to the other children is derived principally
from a genealogy of the Van Houton family (confined to the descendants
of Theunis") published with the genealogy of the "Cole Family," by
Rev. David Cole, D.D., of Yonkers, N. Y. The dates of the deaths of
Theunis" and his wife were furnished me by Dr. Cole, who obtained
them from a family Bible after the publication of his book.

* The omission of tile hereditary surname in any case in this generation signifies
no more than that I have not found evidence of its use, which has been uniform in
the subsequent generations of the Bergen branch of the family, i.e., the descendants
of Tohannis Helmigse 3 .

f lie is called " Tadeus,"' incorrectly, in the list of marriages, " Land Titles,"
PP- 337. 345-

\ O'Callaghan s " Documentary History of the State of New York," pp. n, 24,
116, 34S. Another signer in each case and member of the " Committee of Safety "
was Jean De Maresl, mentioned below.

§ Where two children of the same parents bear the same Christian name, it is to
be assumed that the elder died before the baptism of the younger.



i S96. ] The Van Houten Family of Bergen, N. /. j%j

Cornells 2 and Tonis" and their male descendants, and those of all
of the sons of Helmigh 1 -', except Johannis, early disappear from the
records and annals of Bergen.

5. Johannis Helmigse" Van Houte (Helmigh Roelofse 2 , Roelof')
married. June 17, 1 7 1 9, in New York, Helena Johannise Vreeland (40),
who died March 15, 1774. He was awarded one hundred and sixty-
eight and one-half acres of the commons of Bergen in the partition of
1764, which was based upon the amount of patented land owned by the
respective freeholders. The children of Johannis and Helena were :

6. i. Helmigh 4 , born in 1728 or 1729.

7. ii. Johannis or John 1 , baptized June 17, 1735 ; died August 10,

1814.

6. Helmigh' Van Houte (Johannis Helmigse', Helmigh Roelofse 2 ,
Roelof) "departed this life October 23, 1803, in the seventy-fifth year
of his age," says his tombstone. His will, dated five days earlier, recited
that he was "very sick." December 11, 1764, he was appointed, by
an instrument signed by all of the " Freeholders, Inhabitants of the
Township of Bergen," to be one of three trustees to appropriate the
surplus of moneys arising from a sale by the commissioners of certain
tracts of the common lands to defray the expenses of the partition.* He,
his son John H., and grandson Helmigh, were owners of negro slaves,
as shown bv bills of sale among their papers, cited herein as the "Van
Houten Papers." These were received in an old chest by my grand-
mother, Mrs. Jane Tise, of Jersey City (Jane' Van Houten), from her
mother, her father having died in her childhood. Beside private papers,
principally those of Helmigh 1 , there are many pertaining to his service
as public trustee. He married his second cousin Aagtje (Aegie, Eegje,
Effee,) Vreeland (56). Their marriage bond was dated May 4, 1753.
The Bergen Church record states that she was born September 18,
1 733, an d died September 26, 1803 ; her tombstone records that she
" departed this life September 27, 1803, in the seventy-second year of her
age." Their children were :

8. i. Johannis, or John H. 5 , baptized in Hackensack April 21,

1754 ; Jacob De Mot and wife, witnesses,
ii. Jenneke 5 , born November 13, 1756.
iii. Michael \ born March 9, 1761.
iv. Jenneke s , born October 16, 1762, died unmarried November

24, 1795-
v. Michael 5 , born December 17, 176S, married Aeltje Van
Horn (16), December 15, 1793, and died without issue
June 1, 1S03.

7. Johannis 4 Van Houte (Johannis Helmigse 3 , Helmigh Roelofse 2 ,
Roelof) was named as a deacon in the charter granted to the Bergen
Church by George III. in 1771. f He married Aeltje Sickles, who died
May 6, 1796, and had :

9. i. Johannis 6 , born January 22, 1763, died July 19, 1840.
ii. Sara, born February 15, 1775.

* His associates were (1) Hendricus Kuyper, who, I suppose, is the Henricus
Kuvper of New Jersey named as a trustee in the charter of 1770 of Queens (now
Rutgers) College ; and (2) Johannis Jurianse (Van Ripen) (28), father of Gerrit Van
Ripen (60) mentioned below.

t "Anr.als of Classis and Township of Bergen," by Benj. C. Taylor, D.D., p. 121.

13



1 88 The Van Houten Family of Bergen, N. J. [October,

8. Johannis or John H. b Van Houte (Helmigh 4 , Johannis Helmigse 3 ,
Helmigh Roelofse", Roelof) 'departed this life August 5, 18 18, aged
64 years, 4 months and 26 days," says his tombstone. The "H" is
the initial of his patronymic, " Helmigse," used according to a custom
still followed in many Dutch families. He married Rachel De Maree,
who was baptized in Schraalenburgh, April n, 1757, died February 11,
1843, ' n ner 86th year, and was the daughter of David, eldest son of
David, eldest son of David, eldest son of Jean, eldest son of David Des
Marest, the emigrant ancestor of the Demarest family, born at Beauchamp,
in Picardy, France, who was the son of Jean Des Marest.* The children
of John H. 1 ' and Rachel were :

10. i. Helmigh 6 , born August 1, 1779, died March 4, 1822.

ii. Catrintje" or Catharine, born November 14, 1781, married
Jacob Zabriskie, December 12, 1801, died December 21,
1821.
iii. Aegie", born August 27, 1783, married, 1st, Mindert Gar-
rabrants (41), November 13, 1800; 2d, Richard Lyon,
February 13, 181 1, and died February 28, 1853.

9. Johannis (John) 6 Van Houten (Johannis', Johannis Helmigse 3 , Hel-
migh Roelofse 2 , Roelof) married Annatje Collerd, December 19, 1782,