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CHAPTER P.

DESCENDANTS OF ESQ. LUTHER OPDYCKE.

(See Charts 6 and 20.)

Children of Esq. Luther Opdycke.

Children Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

1 George. 1773. 1851. Mary Stout. Kingwood, N. J. Farmer

2 Joseph. 1775. 1855. Fanny Britton. Hunterdon Co., N. J. Farmer

3 Rebecca. 1779. d.... Samuel Jones. Cayuga Co., N. Y. Farmer

4 Amos. 1781. 1864. Rebecca Bellis. Everittstown, N. J. Farmer

5 Luther. 1784. 1867. Phebe Bellis. Seneca Co., N. Y.

6 Gertrude. 1788. d.... Stoffel Snyder. Wilkesbarre, Penn.

7 Hall. 1792. 1844. Annie Hortman. Hunterdon Co., N. J.

Rebecca married Samuel Jones in 1801 in Baptisttown Church, N. J. They moved to Cayuga Co., N. Y., before 1830. Her husband died in Seneca Co. about 1843; and Rebecca went to live with her daughter in Rockford, Ill., and afterward with her son in Springport, Cayuga Co., N.Y.; she was tall in stature.

Gertrude moved with her husband to Wilkesbarre, Penn.; was tal her sister.

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1 GEORGE OPDYCKE.

Born Dec. 6, 1773. The Hunterdon County records show him:

1793. Enrolled in Hunterdon militia.

1813. School Trustee in Kingwood,-with Jeremiah, his cousin.

1816. Overseer of the Poor.

1816 to 1826. Assessor of Kingwod township.

1825. Administrator of estate of his uncle, Esq. Richard Opdycke.

1838. On the Grand Jury of Hunterdon County.

1838. Executor, with his brother Amos, of his father Esq.Luther Opdycke.

George Opdycke was born in "the old red house "which his father Esq. Luther built about 1770 on the Kingwood farm given to him by his father Joshua. He was married in 1796 to Mary Stout in the Baptisttown Church, and his father then gave him, as the eldest son, the old red homestead and 200 acres of farm land surrounding it. Here all of George's children were born and reared,-as had been before them all of Esq. Luther's children. George Opdycke was a man of contented disposition, with a keen interest in passing events, but with no eagerness to take a leading hand in public matters. The neighbors held him in great respect, and said that " he knew more than all the schoolmasters." His quiet peaceful life, coming between the restless activity of his father and the energetic and prominent career of his son, is an illustration of a very general law of nature. He was almost 6 feet in height, weighed 180 pounds, had a well-built form and was a fine looking man. Was an excellent sportsman and loved to bark a gray squirrel with his rifle. In his old age he enjoyed seeing the young merry and happy.

The author has found, carefully filed away among the papers of his father, many letters from the latter's father, the George Opdycke of this sketch. The correspondence runs over a period of more than 20 years, and shows a most affectionate mutual interest between the aged father and his absent, busy, but loving son. These letters are written in a beautiful hand, and excellent though quaint style;-signed, until his wife's death, always with both names, " Your loving and affectionate parents till death, George and Mary Opdycke." The last letter, written only 30 days before his death, assures his anxious son that he is "recruiting slowly, will be about in a few days; you must not be under any concern about me.- I remember my love to you all."

He died June 15, 1851, aged 78. His tombstone stands in the Baptisttown graveyard, where are the graves of his father and grandfather. There also is the tombstone of his wife Mary who died 1834, aged 61.

George Opdycke's wife was a daughter of Reeder Stout, who was consid-

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ered the handsomest man of his day in Kingwood. His hair was jet black until late .in life; his cheeks rosy, his face unwrinkled and his teeth perfect until his death at 83 years of age. He was a son of Joseph Stout (born 1698) of New Brunswick, N. J., and Martha Reeder. Joseph was a son of David Stout and Rebecca Ashton. David was born 1669 in Middleton, N. J., and moved in 1725 to Amwell in Hunterdon, where his old house and burial-ground still remain. David was the seventh son of Richard Stout and Penelope Van Princes. Richard was born in Nottinghamshire in England, son of John Stout who was of excellent family.

The Genealogy of the Stout family, published in 1823 by Nathan Stout; in a small book almost without dates or plan, is treasured by many and even by people who are not of the family.. The story of Penelope Van Princess has become famous, has frequently been published in the histories of the early Dutch in America, and is often referred to in other works. We quote it from the Hist. Coll. New Jersey, as repeated in Snell's Hist. Hunterdon, Co.

"She was born at Amsterdam about 1602; her father's name was Van Princes. She and her first husband (whose name is not known) "sailed for New York (then New Amsterdam) about 1620; the vessel was stranded at Sandy Hook; the crew got ashore and marched towards the said New York. But Penelope's (for that was her name) husband, being hurt in the wreck, could not march with them; therefore he and his wife tarried in the woods. They had not been long in the place before the Indians killed them both (as they thought), and stripped them to the skin. However, Penelope came to, though her skull was fractured and her left shoulder so hacked that she could never use that arm like the other; she was also cut across the abdomen, so that her bowels appeared; these she kept in with the hand. She continued in this situation for seven days, taking shelter in a hollow tree and eating the excresence of it; the seventh day she saw a deer passing by with arrows sticking in it, and soon after two Indians appeared, whom she was glad to see, in hope they would put her out of her misery. Accordingly, one made towards her to knock her on the head; but the other, who was an elderly man, prevented him, and throwing his match-coat about her carried her to his wigwam and cured her of her wounds and bruises. After that he took her to New York and made a present of her to h her coun trymen,-an Indian present, expecting a large reward. It was in New York that one Richard Stout married her; he was a native of England and of a good family. She was now in her 22d year, and he in his 40th. She bore him 7 sons and 3 daughters. Penelope lived to the age of 110, and saw her offspring multiplied into 502 in about 88 years."

Hannah ginney, wife of Reeder Stout and mother of wife of Geo Opdycke, was a woman of intellect, lived to 80 years, and was of French parents. She often told her grandchildren how her mother, a daughter of a French nobleman, fell in love with the gardener of her father's estate in France and was shut up by her parents in the attic under guard. With the aid of the bed-cords the French maiden descended from the window, and fled with her lover on horse-back; they were pursued and shot at, but escaped and swam the Rhine in the saddle, were married, and took a vessel to America. They

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settled on Staten Island where they lived in poverty and obscurity; letters from her family reached her, but were not preserved. This history was verified, after the death of her granddaughter Mary Stout (wife of George Opdycke), by newspaper notices seeking the heirs of the French maiden on account of their title to the estate in France; but so much time having elapsed and the letters having been lost,. her heirs paid no attention to the matter. Even the name of her parents in France has now passed from the memory of her living descendants; they recolledt only that her first name was Marie and her husband was named ginney (or McKinney); he probably belonged originally to one of the many Scotch families who settled permanently in France. Both she and her husband spoke only French, and they educated their children in French. Her family record, written in that language, was destroyed many years ago by the burning of the house of Joseph Opdycke in Kingwood.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

10 Joseph. 1797. 1875. Eliza Housel. Kingwood, N. J. Farmer.

11 Sarah. 1799. 1835. Christie Little. Pittstown, N. J. Mill & Farm.

12 Elizabeth. 1800. 1877. John Matthews. Mt. Pleasant, N. J. Farmer.

13 John. 1802. 1871. Esther Little. Shiloh, Ohio. Farmer.

14 Gertrude. 1804. 1877. Moses Heath. Kingwood., N. J. Farmer.

15 George. 1805. 1880. Eliz. H. Stryker. New York City. Merchant.

16 Nancy. 1811. liv'g John D. Scott. New York City. Merchant.

17 Fanny. 1813. liv'g. James Carroll. Hunterdon Co., N. J. Farmer.

18 Horatio. 1815. liv'g. Cath. E. Robeson. Kingwood, N. J. Farmer.

19 Stout. 1816. 1854. Unmarried. New York City. Merchant.

Sarah (Little) had children George and John and Elizabeth (Burket).

Elizabeth (Matthews) had a son Aaron who has been Sheriff of Hunterdon County.

Nancy married John D. Scott of Hunterdon County, N. J. They moved to New York City where her husband became engaged with George Opdyke in the wholesale clothing trade, which Mr. Scott later continued as the house of John D. Scott & Co. for many years and until his death. His widow is still living in N. Y. City, beloved by a large circle of friends. She has sons, Theodore and James; and daughter Adelaide, married to William C. Browning; all residing in New York.

Fanny (Carroll) has two daughters.

2 JOSEPH OPDYCKE.

Born Feb. 22, 1775; married Fanny Britton (daughter of Nathaniel Britton) in 1802 in the Baptisttown Church; she died 1826, aged 42. He was Freeholder of Kin-wood township from 1834 to 1838; was a stout man, about 5 feet 10 inches tall; died 1855. He and his wife are both buried in the Baptisttown graveyard.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

20 John Britton. 1804. 1861. Eveline Robeson. Kingwood, N. J. Farmer.

21 Luther. 1806. 1872. Elizabeth Little. Hunterdon Co., N. J. Merchant.

22 Hannah. 1808. liv'g. Samuel Calvin. N. J. & Indiana. Farmer.

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Hannah married Samuel Calvin, son of Joshua B. Calvin and Nancy Opdycke (daughter of Esq. Richard). Samuel Calvin manufactured flaxseed oil at Everittstown, N. J.; moved with his wife and children to Indiana about 1850 and bought a farm. Two-sons of Hannah enlisted in the Union army and were killed in service. Her husband is deceased; she is living in Indiana with one remaining child.

4 AMOS OPDYCKE.

Born Oct. 26, 1781; married Rebecca Bellis in 1806; she died in 1806 at the age of 71 years, and was sister to Phebe Bellis who married Amos' brother Luther. Amos died in 1864, near Everittstown in Hunterdon County, where he lived and farmed. He was a man of great piety and a strong supporter of his church; was the tallest of his father's family, and measured over 6 feet in height. He was one of the executors of the estate of his father Esq. Luther.

His wife Rebecca was devotedly attached to her Methodist Church.. Her house was always open to the toil-worn, and her kindness to the poor was proverbial. Many a desolate household was cheered by the step and voice of this good Samaritan. The class-room, the praying-circle, and the regular service of the sanctuary were her delight. More and more mature in all the Christian graces as she grew in years, she at last dropped from life, like ripe and mellow fruit from its parent stem, leaving the clear beautiful testimony of her life to be long remembered."

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

40 Samuel. 1807. 1827. Unmarried. Everittstown, N. J. Farmer

41 John Bellis. 1812. 1888. 1. Nancy Robeson. Everittstown, N. J. Farmer

2. Rachel Eicke.

3. Mary Case.

42 Manning F. 1816. 1827.

43 Elizabeth H. 1821. liv'g. 1. John N. Bateman. Lambertville, N. J. Carpenter

2. Jeremiah Wright. Everittstown, N. J.

44 Sylvester H. 1828. 1880. Elizabeth Morey. Newton, N. J. Clergyman.

Elizabeth H. (Wright) has children: Sylvester H., and Mary Frances who is wife of Rev. William S. Galloway of the M. E. Church.

5 LUTHER OPDYCKE.

Born May 19, 1784; married in 1809 Phebe Bellis of Alexandria, sister to wife of his brother Amos. In December, 1830, he moved with his wife and children from New Jersey to Cayuga County, N. Y., driving in wagons through the beach-woods in Pennsylvania where the snow was lying two feet deep. His sister Rebecca and her husband had already moved to

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Cayuga Co. The next Spring, Luther moved from Cayuga to Fayette township; Seneca Co., about four miles from his cousin Jeremiah Opdyke who had settled there before him. Here Luther bought 220 acres of land mostly covered with timber, built a log house and cleared his farm. Here he died in 1867, in his 83d year: he and his wife are buried in the waterloo Cemetery. He was 6 feet in height; and his sons have been tall.

Children. Birth.. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

50 Rebecca. 1809. 1873. Unmarried. Hudson, Michigan.

51 Lewis. 1811. 1866. Maria Gilbert. Waterloo, N. Y.

52 Isaac. 1814. liv'g. Harriet Harper. Mason, Michigan. Farmer.

53 Gertrude. 1816. 1855. Jacob Schoot. Hillsdale Co., Mich.

54 Amos. 1819. liv'g. Lavinia Lowe. Hudson, Michigan. Lumber-dealer.

55 Mary E. 1824. 1871. Phillip Knight. Waterloo, N. Y.

56 Fanny. 1826. liv'g. John Kipp. Hudson, Mich.

57 Samuel B. 1828. liv'g. 1. Ann Cartright. Jackson, Mich. Butcher.

2. Mary J. Cotton.

58 Sylvester H. 1832. liv'g. Frank Barton. Jackson, Michigan. Farmer.

Gertrude (Schoot) had four children.

Mary E. (Knight) had four children.

Samuel B. married 1st (1849) Ann Cartright, who died in 1851 without children; 2d (1854) Mary Jane Cotton. He has child Eliza, born 1855, now living, married Silas Wright, Supervisor of Aurelius, Michigan.

Sylvester H., born in Fayette, Seneca Co., N. Y.; in 1852 sought his fortune in California; in 1866 returned to Waterloo, N. Y.; in 1867 married Frank, daughter of Rev. Morris Barton of Waterloo; then lived four years in Colorado; then ten years in Mason, Mich.; then moved to his present home, a farm 1f miles from Jackson, Mich. His children are: Adelbert, 1868, farmer; Scott, 1870; Fanny; Jessie; -all living at Jackson, Michigan.

7 HALL OPDYCKE.

Born Aug. 17, 1792; married Annie Hortman, daughter of John Hortman and Mary Armitage. Hall inherited from his father, Esq. Luther, the stone house and mill at Nississackaway in Alexandria, Hunterdon Co. There he lived, and died in 1844. He owned several farms. His will was probated in Hunterdon Co., bequeathing to his widow Ann the use of the farm west of the Great Road during her life; and dividing the remainder of his property among his children. His widow is still living on ' the old homestead, aged 93 years, contented, cheerful and in good health. Hall was 6 feet tall, and his descendants are generally very strong and active. Hall held the office of Freeholder in 1832.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

70 Christiana. 1816. 1842. Samuel Opdyke. Quakertown, N. J. Farmer.

71 Albert. 1820. liv'g. Mary Eicke. Hunterdon Co., N. J. Farmer.

72 Elizabeth. 1823. liv'g. Wholston Vanderbelt. Hunterdon Co., N. J. Miller.

73 Mary. 1827. liv'g. 1. Sylvanus Runyon.

2. William Davis. Phillipsburg, N. J.

74 Enoch H. 1829. liv'g. Sarah Staats. Hunterdon Co., N. J. Farmer.

75 Fanny. 1832. liv'g. Hiram Van Camp. Palmyra, Hunt. Co., N.J. Auctioneer.

76 Samuel J. 1834. 1871. Emma J. Hollister. New York City. Stock-dealer. 77 Theodore H. 1837. 1866.

78 Levi E. 1840. liv'g. Unmarried. Alexandria, N. J. Farmer.

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Christiana married her 3d cousin Samuel, son of Joseph, son of Thomas see Chapter N.

Elizabeth married Wholston Vanderbelt who built and ran the new mil at Nississackaway after the death of Hall Opdycke. Her husband died, and Mrs. Vanderbelt removed to Princeton, N. J., where she gave her sons a college education. Her sons George Opdycke Vanderbelt is a successful lawyer at Princeton and has been Speaker of the New Jersey Legislature.

10 JOSEPH OPDYCKE.

Born 1797; married Eliza Housel; owned part of the old farm of Joshua Opdycke in Kingwood; was a farmer; died 1875. Was 6 feet tall, full of humor, a great reader of the current events of the day, and a universal favorite on account of his good nature.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

100 Urie. 1827. liv'g. J. Wesley S. Johnson. Kingwood, N. J. Clergyman

101 Elias. 1828. liv'g. Unmarried. Baptisttown, N. J. Retired.

102 Anne. 1833. liv'g. Embley Rupell. Locktown, N. J. Farmer.

103 George. 1837. liv'g. Harriet Niece. Kingwood, N. J. Farmer:

104 Maria. 1840. liv'g. Nelson Thatcher. Kingwood, N. J. Farmer.

George is living on the farm formerly owned by his father, in Kingwood. He has children: George R., 1877; Stacy N., 1879; Chester, 1882; James B., 1884.

13 JOHN OPDYCKE.

Born 1802; married Esther Little; moved to Ohio in 1836, bought 375 acres of heavily timbered land in Richland County, and cleared it off. He shared in all the privations and hardships of the early Ohio pioneers; lived in and helped to make those times which the old settlers in after life ; looked back upon as their happiest years.

Their means were small and their work was done with few tools and those of the rudest kind. Their clearing, their building of log-houses and log-schools, and many of their other tasks, were so heavy that they were dependent upon each other for frequent assistance. Thus the closest and warmest friendships arose between them. All the family clothing was made at home. The cloth, woven on their own looms, was thrown, 30 or 40 yards at a time, on the cabin floor; hot soapsuds were poured upon it, and the neighbors, gathered around on a circle of chairs, beat it with their feet; in that way the cloth was fulled quite well,-and it was more sport than work. Corn bread was baked on a board before the fire, and covered with hot ashes. Their ploughs had wooden mould-boards; their scythes were hung on crooked sticks cut in the woods; their grain was reaped with sickles and threshed flocks with flails. In the Autumn the wild pigeons flew over the land in flocks that darkened the air, and settled at night in such crowds in the woo they broke the branches or were knocked down with poles; their salted breasts were packed in barrels for winter use.

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At present Ohio farming is done by machinery; farmers ride in ploughing, cultivating, harrowing, and mowing or raking hay; they cut and bind grain with machines and thresh it by steam. These changes in the past 50 years have been immense, and are called "mighty strides in civilization," but it is doubtful if the result has been for the better on the whole. Men have become less dependent on each other and thus less friendly; the country is more crowded, yet men and women live more lonesome lives than in the old times when all neighbors within ten miles were warm friends. Labor saving machines have increased comforts but not health or true pleasure. Factories have drawn laborers to cities, where they organize strikes and become unruly. Increased wealth has created new wants, to supply which men work harder than their fathers, and are less happy. So felt and so often said John Opdycke in his old age.

In his youth, John measured 6 feet 3 inches or more, was broad shouldered and very muscular. In wrestling he was never thrown, and once when a boy he threw with ease a professional wrestler. In later life his shoulders became somewhat bent and he did not show his real height; yet even then the writer recollects his striking appearance of size and strength. He was brave and peaceful; feared no man, but used his strength only to prevent others from being imposed upon or abused. His actions however were controlled, not so much by want of fear of his fellows, as by confidence in them; he never kept a lock or bolt on house or barn. He prospered on his farm, and his herd of cattle grew until his eastern visitors took them for droves in transit. He died in 1871.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

130 Christy L. 1827. liv'g. Sarah Moss. Shiloh, Ohio. Farmer.

131 George. 1828. liv'g. Unmarried. Prescott, Arizona.

132 Stacy B. 1830. liv'g. Kate Baumgartner. Plymouth, Ohio. Farmer.

133 Rachel. 1833. liv'g. Edward Orr. Corunna, Ind. Farmer.

134 William H. 1836. 1885. 1. Martha C. Moss. Shiloh, Ohio. Farmer.

2. Emma Skeels.

135 Mary B. 1839. liv'g. John L. Ward. Greenwich, Ohio. Merchant.

136 John S. 1845. liv'g. Candace V. Stevenson. Shiloh, Ohio. Merchant.

George spent several years in California where he became interested in mines; is now living in Prescott, Arizona.

Stacy B. is a farmer at Plymouth, Richland Co., Ohio; measures 6 feet 1 inch in height. He is a strong Republican, has held township offices, is a man of influence in his community; has taken great interest in the Genealogy. He has one child, Lester, born 1864.

John S. is a dealer in farm produce at Shiloh (and Attica) Ohio. He has child, George M., born 1873.

15 GEORGE OPDYKE.

George Opdyke was born Dec. 7th, 1805, in Kingwood Township, Hunterdon Co., N. J., the sixth of nine children of George Opdycke and Mary

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Stout. His blood on his father's side was Holland and English; on his mother's side Holland, English, French and Scotch; a large proportion of , his ancestors on both sides having been among the earliest settlers of New York and New Jersey.

He was born and reared in the "old red house" built by his grandfather Esq. Luther, on a high rolling plateau commanding views over the Delaware River into Pennsylvania. His boyhood was spent on the homestead farm, where his usual team was a pair of young bulls. The farm life afforded abundant leisure for hunting, and he became an expert with the rifle in barking squirrels. During two winters he was dragged reluctantly to the country school, where however he learned so rapidly that at the age of sixteen be was made school-master, and taught his former classmates. The latter at first refused to obey him until he flogged them into submission, having arranged with his elder brother to support him in case necessity.

Neither the farm nor the school satisfied his ambition. At the age of 18 he entered as clerk in the country store of the neighboring village, Baptisttown. Here he carefully saved his small earnings. When twenty years old he decided that this field was too small and persuaded a neighboring youth to accompany him West. Each borrowed five hundred dollars from his friends, and together they made their way, by river, canal, and lake, to Cleveland. Here they opened a general store, doing their own work from book-keeping to sweeping. Cleveland then contained only a few houses, but was a thriving frontier trading-post. Game was plentiful and a quarter of venison sold for a shilling. Business was done under great difficulties. On one occasion it became necessary to reach the Bank, thirty or forty miles away, before it opened the next morning, in order to anticipate a fraudulent customer; and Opdyke succeeded in doing this by riding horseback all night through strange forests amid howling wolves.

The firm sold largely to the Irish laborers upon a canal, furnishing them supplies in advance of their pay. The contractor died, pay could not be obtained unless the contract was completed, and the young store-keepers saw ruin staring them in the face. Opdyke boldly assumed the canal contract, new as it was to him, and completed it without profit, but thus lected the store bills due from the laborers. Standing over the unhealthy; excavations, on one day even working a wheel-barrow, he was struck down with typhus fever, which nearly cost him his life and permanently affected his constitution. That first year the two partners cleared five hundred dollars each. The other was discouraged and proposed returing home to the farm, but Opdyke said, "This place is too slow, let us try elsewhere."

They sold out, and together took passage on a river flat-boat. Day after day they sailed down the Ohio, and then on down the Mississippi, looking everywhere for a good business opening. Silent and motionless they sat on

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the deck,. watching either shore for-signs of settlement. But the country was a wilderness, there were no signs of activity, very few of human life. At Vicksburg and Natchez they went ashore, but things did not look promising. They pushed on till they reached New Orleans. Here was a city, here was enterprise, probably an opening for them. They landed and went separately through the streets to investigate. The partner returned fist and declared, "We have found it; they are selling clothing here at one hundred per cent profit" They immediately opened a clothing store and commenced to manufacture. The first year they made six thousand dollars, and their business increased rapidly thereafter.

His five years residence in New Orleans thus laid the foundation of Mr. Opdyke's fortune. It also gave him the finished Southern courtesy of manner for which he was remarkable through after-life. In 1829 he made a trip to New Jersey and married, Sept. 26, Elizabeth H. Stryker who was a descendant of the old Knickerbockers. Her father was a Hunterdon County farmer, but the family were rather aristocratic in their feelings, and she had twice refused the handsome but awkward country clerk, and the Cleveland store keeper; now she rewarded his persistence by accepting him. His after success was perhaps largely due to her loving helpfulness. Her portrait as painted in 1834 shows the quaint costume of that day.

But even New Orleans did not satisfy Mr. Opdyke's ambition. In 1832 he removed his business to New York City, establishing his store in Cherry St., and later in Nassau St. opposite the old Dutch Church,-making his residence in Dominick St. which was then a good neighborhood. After some years he changed his business to` wholesale Dry-Goods and Importing. He made frequent trips to Europe on business, always improving the opportunity to visit the Rhine and Switzerland, the scenery of which inspired him.

In 1837, when the first railroad from New York City was built to Newark, N. J., he purchased twenty acres of land on the heights overlooking Newark and New York Bays. Here he built and improved, and made his residence during fifteen years. He now seemed to enter upon a life of double activity. During the few hours of wholesale business in the city, he was a model merchant,- a close buyer, a keen judge of men, giving liberal credit to the deserving and even sustaining them in need, surrounding himself with successful young salesmen whom he rewarded with an interest in his business, keeping his own firm hand on the helm. His competitors respected him highly, and his customers were his warm friends. Many of the latter were from the South, and on their annual trips North enjoyed the hospitality of his suburban home, and these visits dwelt ever afterward in their memories.

As soon as he had left his office for the day, business was banished from his mind. On arriving home he would devote some hours to his family, discussing with his children the subjects of their studies, quoting his favorite

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poets, Shakspeare, Byron and Bryant, talking a little Spanish and French, or playing the flute, until the twilight hours bad darkened and the lamp was lighted for his solitary communion with his books. Then, when most men's minds would have been fatigued, commenced the real work in which be delighted. He reviewed his English studies, even Grammar; he studied closely History, Logic, Philosophy, Literature, and the Sciences; and studied them so thoroughly that this knowledge seemed to become a part of him. The writings of Jeremy Bentham, Jefferson, Mill and Comte, were his especial pleasure. He became an accomplished scholar and a deep thinker. The most learned men sought his society. In his favorite summer resort of those .days, Schooley's Mountain, he was a choice spirit and authority among the group of statesmen, scientists and men of letters who discussed serious questions all day long under the tall trees. During these same fifteen years, the commercial ability of this many-sided man made him a millionaire.

It was during this period that he wrote his work upon Political Economy, published 1851. It has been admired by the most profound students of the subject, even by John Stuart Mill, but it was in advance of the times and too terse to be generally appreciated. The treatise discussed the theory of wages, the value of land and other questions, and advanced many original views which have since become accepted doctrines of the science.

The following are his views on

"Inconvertible Paper Money.

"Inconvertible paper money has often filled the office of money, but never, that I am aware of, in conformity with a previously devised and digested plan. Its producers have been governed by no fixed rules; they have adopted it as an expedient either of necessity or of fraud; and the extent of issues, in each case, has been governed by the joint operation of the motive and the means.

"It is not my purpose to investigate the properties of money issued thus at random. But I desire to present the outlines of a plan on inconvertible paper money, by means of which, it is believed, all that is useful in coin and convertible paper may be secured and all that is objectionable in each avoided except so far as coin may be required in our external commerce and in the circulation of fractional parts of a dollar. The plan I would suggest may be thus set forth:

"Let the Constitution of the United States be amended, by the insertion of provisions something like the following:

"First, That the production and emission of convertible paper money in the United States be henceforth interdicted, and that the amount thereof already emitted and now in use be withdrawn from the channels of circulation and suppressed, in the manner following, to wit: by an annual diminution of the loans and discounts of each and every bank in the Union now exercising the functions of discount, deposit, and circulation; which annual diminution shall be at least equal to one tenth of the amount by which their loans and discounts at present exceed the amount of their capital actually paid in and not otherwise employed.

"Second, That the existing clause in the Constitution, which establishes gold and silver coins as the standard of value and as the legal tender in payment of debts, be so

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modified and enlarged as to include the money issued under and by authority of the ensuing clause-namely:

"Third, That the Government of the United States, in payment of its current expenses, issue annually, for ten consecutive years, $25,000,000 of paper money, to be of the similitude of bank notes, and of various denominations, ranging from $1 to $1,000; and to be worded thus;

----- Dollars, legal money of the United States, issued by the authority of the people thereof. Dated Washington City, January 1, 18-.

(Signed) A. B. President of the United States. "

" C. D. Treasurer.

(Countersigned) E. F. Commissioner. "

" G. H. Register.

"(Here should follow detailed constitutional provisions prescribing the method of production and emission, and establishing the most rigorous of penalties for every act of unfaithfulness committed by those entrusted with these operations-especially for the act of transcending the prescribed limits of emission.")

"That, at the expiration of the ten years, the population of the United States be ascertained, and such additional issue of this money then made as will render the aggregate emission, when expressed in dollars, equal to ten times the whole number of inhabitants; and that every year thereafter the emission be equal to ten times the annual increase of population, so that the number of dollars in paper money and the number of inhabitants will uniformly stand as 10 to 1.

"Fourth, That the production and emission of every other substitute for coin be strictly prohibited."

Then followed his demonstration that the effect would be "merely to transform that portion of our circulating medium which consists of convertible paper, into inconvertible, or rather, to expel the one and fill its place with the other,-leaving the coined portion undisturbed. We should thus blend the service of the two portions." Also "if our money were constructed according to the plan suggested, it would consist of two-thirds . paper and one-third coin."

In the course of his argument he showed by trustworthy statistics that our aggregate of money had ranged from $12.50 up to $17.50 to one of population, the latter during the memorable inflation of 1836. He therefore fixed $15.00 per capita as the proper amount of paper and coin combined.

In conclusion he said that: "By the adoption of this plan of producing money and regulating the value thereof, the people of the United States would save, in diminished taxes within the first ten years, $250,000,000 and some $7,000,000 (or tenfold the increase of population) annually thereafter, together with the interest of the whole and the principal of whatever portion of the emission should happen to be lost or destroyed. After mature reflection, I am free to declare my conviction that these advantages may be secured by the plan of which I have given the outlines and without the hazard of a single returning evil."

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scribed our present National Currency, except that the latter reads upon its face "The United States will pay to bearer----------------- dollars." That this promise was meaningless and unnecessary was shown by the fact that a practical joker presented a Greenback at the Sub-Treasury for payment and was offered another Greenback laughingly in exchange; he protested his bill and frequently was asked to show it by President Lincoln and members of his Cabinet as a good joke. Mr. Opdyke's plan evidently contained all that was needed; it made the issue proportional to the population and, by a Constitutional Amendment, guarded against an increased ratio. In the same work, thirteen years before the war, he devoted a chapter to the financial aspects of a question with which his residence in the South had made him familiar. At the risk of injuring the effect by omitting the body of his reasoning, the following introduction and conclusion are quoted:

"Slavery.

"Considered as a political institution, Slavery consists in the recognition and social guaranty of the right of property in human beings. This right is clearly inconsistent with the principles of justice and political equality. Its exercise necessarily deprives the enslaved of their relative rights; it in fact despoils them of everything worth possessing, except life, and it often renders that burdensome. For these reasons, slavery, instead of being legalized and established as one of the institutions of society, should be strictly interdicted by all governments, and especially by those of the Republican type . No considerations of any kind can possibly justify a state in the adoption of a system so repugnant to every dictate of justice - so directly in conflict with the first and highest principles for the maintenance of which governments themselves were instituted.

"Unfortunately, however, the question of establishing slavery is not presented to us as an original proposition, but as one which some states have already decided in the affirmative, and reduced to practice. We must therefore consider the right of property in human beings as an existing legality and as one which is constantly producing fruit of some kind or other. By ascertaining the character of that fruit, we shall be able to determine, not whether it is such as to justify the policy by which it is produced -- for that we have seen to be impossible-but whether it tends to aggravate or mitigate the iniquity of that policy. It is believed by many that the evils of slavery are reciprocal, or in other words, that the system is injurious to the master as well as to the slave. If this belief is well founded, a clear demonstration of the fact could scarcely fail to give a death-blow to the system, for it needs but that conviction among slave-holders to render its voluntary abandonment both certain and speedy.

"According to this basis of computation, how stands the relative wealth of the north and the south? I have said that such evidence as our meagre statistics of wealth afford, seems to indicate something like an equality between the two sections; but I think a closer inspection of the subject will satisfy us that these evidences are deceptive. I believe we shall find the fact to be, that the average wealth of the freemen of the north although they include the "hewers of wood and drawers of water," (a class which we count as property in the other section), is much greater than that of the freemen of the south. When we come to scrutinize the matter closely, we cannot fail to perceive that, with the exception of property in slaves, the south is possessed of but a thin drapery of productive capital,-so thin that with the aid of an abundant and fertile soil and the

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cheap labor of slaves, the net profits are so meagre that the proprietary class, although it shares the whole of these profits, is compelled to forego many of the comforts of life and most of its luxuries. In evidence of this, it may be remarked that the people of that section have but few railroads and canals, and scarcely a turnpike-road or other highway that can be called passable. The steamboats which navigate their noble rivers, and the ships that visit their sea-ports, are mostly owned either in the free States or abroad. A majority of their merchants are enterprising adventurers from other regions, who have gone there, not with the intention of making it their permanent home, but for the purpose of acquiring a fortune to be enjoyed elsewhere. They have but few mills, and but little machinery of any kind,-even the mechanic arts are scarcely known among them. Most of their dwellings are of the rudest and cheapest kind, with but few barns or other out-buildings, except negro huts. Their lands are but imperfectly prepared for tilling, badly fenced, and wretchedly cultivated; in proof of which, it may be remarked that cotton plantations are often worn out and abandoned before the original forest has been entirely removed from any part of them; the larger trees are not felled, but merely girdled and left standing in their desolation, fit monuments of the blighting effects of the system by which they were despoiled of their native vigor and beauty. They have no accumulation of the product of former years. They have no capital invested in the free states or loaned on foreign securities. They have (comparatively) but few churches, colleges, or charitable institutions, nor are they well pro vided with common schools. In a word, they have but little real wealth in their possession; nor is that little their own.

"It is well known that the rule by which the south governs her commercial transactions with other sections is, to sell for cash and buy on credit. The merchants of that section make their purchases from northern merchants on a credit of six, eight or twelve months, and they re-sell to the planters on a similar credit, while the latter inva riably sell their products for cash. They sell most of their own products, and they get nearly all their supplies from us. Consequently, the south is at all times indebted to the north for nearly one year's purchases, which of course is nearly equal to the value of their annual products, and probably fully equal to all the productive capital in their possession, exclusive of slaves. According to this, the people of that section have no real wealth; their only property, exclusive of the property of others held by them, consists of land and slaves. But as we are considering these as genuine wealth, we must place their market value in the balance against the wealth of an equal number of northern freemen. The paucity of their productive capital renders the market value of their land so very low, that it is as nothing compared with the market value of land at the north. I have very little doubt that the land alone of the north would command a sum as far exceeding the entire wealth of the south, including slaves, as the population of the north exceeds the free population of the south; besides which, we have productive capital at least equal in value to all our land. According to this estimate, which I feel confident is not more favorable to the north than the facts will justify, our average degree of wealth is at least double that of southern freemen, including the market value of their slaves.

"That this great difference in our favor is solely attributable to the existence of slavery at the south, is evident from the fact that nature has been more bountiful to that section than to this. She has given it a richer soil and a more genial climate, nobler rivers and more luxurious forests. She has also given an almost perfect monopoly of the growth of cotton, -a product which no part of the civilized world can now dispense with, and which bids fair at no distant day to rival all others in importance. In addition to these rich gifts of nature, our government has conferred on the agriculturists of

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that section the benefits of a 30% duty on imported sugars; which in practice amounts to something like an artificial monopoly of the home market for that article. But with all of these accumulated advantages, the freemen of that section have less wealth, less security of person and property and less of every other element of prosperity and progress than those of the north. Nor does the system afford any compensation for the evils; at least there are none to be found within the province of political economy, and I believe its warmest friends have never maintained that its moral and social tendencies are of a salutary kind. We e must therefore conclude that it robs its victims of their dearest rights and sinks them almost to a level with the brute creation, for no worthier or more beneficent end than that of narrowing the circle of their owners' e enjoyments."

Bold words these for a merchant in the Southern trade! Recollect that this was at a time when Southern merchants used to make it a condition of their trade that their peculiar institutions should be treated with silence, if not with approval. And wise words these; for who can doubt that the South was less injured by its rebellion than it would have been in time by slavery itself?

His chapter in favor of Free Trade is a logical argument as close and strong as a demonstration in Euclid and one which has never been refuted; but his views on this subject are still in advance of our country.

Although opposed to the extension of slavery, Mr. Opdyke had been a Democrat, but he took no active part in politics until 1848 when he was a delegate from New Jersey to the Convention at Buffalo which organized the Free Soil Party. He served with Salmon P. Chase on the famous committee of resolutions. To strengthen the cause in New Jersey, he allowed his name to be used in that year as candidate for Congress on the Free Soil ticket. He was thus one of the earliest and most active pioneers of the Republican party.

In 1853 he removed his residence back to New York City, where he continued to reside the remainder of his life. His time thenceforward became more and more devoted to the public good, although he often regretted abandoning his studies. He became a director of one of our largest banks and of numerous insurance companies, where he was always a watchful and frequently a controlling power. He was 22 years (1858-80) a member and 8 years (1867-75) vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, where he was often the first to call attention to matters of public interest and was usually selected to memorialize Congress or to visit Washington in person.

At the time of the financial panic of 1857, he exerted himself to bring about a concerted movement by the Banks of New York City to restore confidence by enlarging their loans upon securities and credits of undoubted value. He claimed that the financial crisis was largely based upon mere fear, the general condition of the business of the country being sound and the only real weakness being among the prematurely extended railways in the West. He showed how the Bank of England had stemmed financial crisis by enlarging credits on good securities, instead of refusing their cus-

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tomers accommodation in times of greatest need. As a result of these efforts, a Board of Currency was organized and much valuable investigation made by the leading bankers of the city into economic questions, with a result that still influences the administration of the banks of the country. In 1856 he gave General Fremont his strong support, and late in the campaign accepted the nomination for Assembly from the Murray Hill district. Two years later he was elected from that district to the Assembly, and took a prominent part in opposing schemes of plunder which were attempted to be forced through the Legislature. In 1859 he ran for Mayor of New York on the Republican ticket, but was defeated by Fernando Wood.

In 1860 he was one of the delegates to the Republican National Convention at Chicago, where the nomination of Lincoln was largely due to his efforts. He and David Dudley Field co-operated with Horace Greeley in opposing the nomination by the Convention of Wm. H. Seward for the Presidency, believing that Lincoln's election would be far more certain. It seemed almost impossible to break the solid Seward phalanx in the Convention. The New England delegates were not instructed to support Seward but were favorable to him. They were argued with and finally agreed to vote for Lincoln. Other delegates were labored with and finally the combination was effected which nominated Lincoln. Mr. Opdyke contributed twenty thousand dollars to defray the expenses of Lincoln's campaign. After the inauguration, the President offered him the position of Collector of the port of New York; it was declined with thanks.

The first public action taken in New York City in support of the national government upon the outbreak of the southern rebellion, was that of the Chamber of Commerce upon the resolutions proposed by Mr. Opdyke at its meeting held April 19th, 1861. This was the beginning of untiring and patriotic labors on his part throughout the war, during which he gave freely of his time, strength and means, in every direction where he found he could in any way aid the nation in its great struggle. In the Fall of 1861 Mr. Opdyke was elected Mayor of the City of New York, and held that office through the eventful years of 1862 and 1863. His position as chief magistrate of the metropolis made him the rallying point for all intelligent patriotic zeal in sustaining the national cause. His addresses and his messages were quoted by leading journals as examples for State authorities and as guides for the Legislature. Horace Greeley expressed the hope that the Mayor's vetoes would be collected and printed in a volume, saying that, " So vivid and truthful an exhibit of the corrupt influences that sway municipal legislation has never before been presented."These messages have since been collected and printed together.

When Secretary Chase made his first large issue of greenbacks, Mr. Opdyke suggested and approved his action. The Secretary was so much pleased

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with its success that he determined to issue another one hundred and fifty million dollars of greenbacks. Mr. Opdyke visited Mr. Chase and strongly advised against it, saying that the safe limit of government paper-money had already been reached and that any more would create a premium on gold. The Secretary adhered to his intention. Mr. Opdyke then visited the committee on finance of the House of Representatives and stated the danger to them. Three members of the committee agreed with him, but the remaining four stood by Secretary Chase. What Mr. Opdyke predicted came to pass, as is well known, resulting in a long continued premium on gold; and it was nearly twenty years before specie payments could be resumed.

As Mayor of New York Mr. Opdyke was very active in raising and equipping troops and forwarding them to the seat of war. In March 1862 he received a telegram from General McClellan that the rebel ram Merrimac had sunk the frigate Congress in Hampton Roads and would probably soon be on her way to New York. Mr. Opdyke called a meeting of prominent merchants at his residence, where arrangements were made to sink vessels loaded with stone in the ship channels of New York Bay upon the appearance of the Merrimac. The vessels were made ready and anchored in the harbor for the purpose, and a swift steamer was procured to cruise off the coast and give timely warning. The victory of the Monitor at Fortress Monroe rendered these precautions unnecessary.

The Draft Riots occurred in New York City while Mr. Opdyke was Mayor. He had expostulated with Secretary Stanton against removing every regiment of National Guards from the city during the draft, but in vain. He was advised by friends to leave the city until the excite excitement should subside, as many threats had been made that he would be assasinated. He refused to go, and called to his side the Heads of Police and of Militia, the Governor of the State, and General Wool with his few soldiers in the harbor and the marines from the Navy Yard. These combined forces were weak indeed, but were used to good advantage and a bold front constantly maintained, while the Mayor telegraphed to Secretary Stanton demanding the return of some of the city regiments. Three days of terror passed, during which the streets of New York were as silent as though the city were struck by a plague, except where the mob raged, plundered, burned and murdered. Mr. Opdyke's factory at Second Avenue and 21^st St. was destroyed. His residence, 79 Fifth Ave., was twice attacked, Mrs. Opdvke escaped only through the next house to a carriage, and the driver was forced to run his horses to evade the howling mob. On the evening the third day three regiments arrived from the seat of war, and four more the day following; the city was saved. During four days the Mayor labored twenty hours out of each twenty four, directing or advising every movement and assuming all responsibility. At the height of the riot, to appease the mob, the Board of Aldermen unanimously voted $2,500,000 to relieve

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those who might be drafted. Mayor Opdyke refused to approve the ordi nance, declaring that rioters must be conquered and not conciliated. His action excited alarm at the time but was unanimously approved afterward. Mr. Opdyke was a delegate at large to the New York Constitutional Convention of 1867-8, and a member of the succeeding Constitutional Commission of 1872-3. In this revision of the State Constitution, he found work most interesting and congenial to his tastes, and labored con amore upon all the subjects which came before the Convention and Commission. He was especially active in all that concerned the canals and the other commercial interests of the State ; in all that related to common school education and compulsory attendance at the schools ; in all that contributed to the improved government of cities, including measures looking to the election, by the vote of tax-payers only, of a board of financial control in the large cities ; and in the constitutional amendment that was eventually adopted as to bribery. He greatly deplored the failure of the proposed amendment as to boards of financial control in cities, which was suppressed in the Legislature by political manoeuvers ; and which, when subsequently proposed by the Charter Commission, was again defeated by the politicians whose plundering it would have effectually checked.

In 1867 he retired from the dry-goods business and established a banking-house with his sons, advancing funds to build more than 1,000 miles of railroad in different parts of the country. The panic of 1873 occurred and most of the banking-houses, which had made such advances, went under. A morning paper announced that his house had failed, and this caused a run of one day on which he paid out half a million dollars. But he weathered successfully the storm, as he had those of 1837 and 1857. It was one of his proudest boasts that he had never suspended payment during his business career of more than half a century, although he had seen almost all of his competitors compelled to do so. His wonderful foresight enabled him to see and prepare for a financial storm long in advance. He however deliberately sacrificed a large part of his fortune to sustain the railroads whose bonds had been sold through him to the public, making further large loans not as a safe financial transaction but only from a high sense of business honor.

The last few years of his life he retired from public activity, continuing however his frequent contributions to the press on important public questions, and still devoting himself to the private interests of less fortunate friends. Thus working to the last and weakened by an attack of pneumonia, his health gradually failed, and June 12th, 1880, at the age of 75, he joined his forefathers.

In person George Opdyke was 5 ft. 11 inches in height, spare and graceful, with strong but handsome features. In all his habits he was as moderate and regular as though in training.

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In church he was by conviction a Unitarian, but attended the Reformed Dutch church of which his wife was a member. He was very much in earnest both in his reliance upon a Divine Being and in his daily practice of pure and undefiled religion. He never attacked nor defended a church creed. But he always rebuked those who scoffed at the Bible. "Be it inspired or not," he would reply, "you and I can not do better than to follow the teachings of Christ." He was tolerant of all things but into intolerance

He was perhaps most widely known as the only Republican Mayor York City has ever had, and as loyally executing this important trust during the war of the rebellion. But neither to himself nor to his friends was this part of his career of overshadowing importance. He only did his duty then as he always did; but he disliked public life because "it showed him the worst side of men." His friends, and it is astonishing how great is their number, love still to speak of all portions of his life, each of that in which he knew him, as the merchant, the citizen, the neighbor. He impressed all who met him, - so thorough yet so simple, so stern yet so gentle, so keen yet so honest, so burdened with cares yet so open to enjoyment. Even the Common Council liked him, though he scourged them in his repeated vetoes. He had conquered himself and therefore he conquered others.

He was a man of remarkable completeness. Noted for his tasteful dress, he walked the streets with his head bent in thought. Direct and brief of speech, he was yet as courtly and dignified as though he were the product of five generations of princes instead of five generations of farmers. Modest in manner and gentle in voice, he had the courage of his convictions. His eyes were deep-sunken, and when he was absorbed they paled and faded away to an ashen hue; aroused, they darkened and scintillated like diamonds. Profound and abstruse, he had yet an incisive wit once floored even Horace Greeley and always discomfited lawyers in cross-examination. He was a student of finance,- and yet an ardent lover of the poets. Fatigued with great public questions, he would seek rest in chess and whist.

In politics be believed in parties,-but his party must adhere to the right. He was one of the fathers of the Republican party, but when the Union League Club of New York, after the suppression of the rebellion, recommended Congress to give suffrage to the freedmen, Mr. Opdyke alone rose to oppose it. His first words of opposition roused universal groans and hootings. Strange that they did not know the man! "I had not intended to take much of your time," he said, "but now I shall talk ,, as long as I can stand and can find anything to say." The groan ceased and he made the longest speech of his life, demonstrating from history and physiology the utter unfitness of the freedmen for present citizenship. The recommendation was carried against his solitary opposing voice and vote.

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On separating, many members came to him to say that he was right and that only the excitement of the meeting had prevented their supporting him. -You are a pack of cowards," was his only reply.

He was so devoted to justice and right that his indignation at wrong would blaze till it fairly scorched the wrong-doer. Yet he was the best, often the last, friend of the weak and erring. How he hated loose statements! "Think clearly, and you will speak clearly," he would say. He was proud of his Holland descent."The Dutch," he declared, "have been the bravest and the most honest of all nations. Alone they suceessfully resisted the mighty Spanish Empire, and broke down their dikes, flooding their land with the ocean, to maintain their freedom. Theirs was almost the smallest country in Europe, yet their admirals swept the seas, a broom at their mast-heads. Japan closed its ports against the English and the French for fraud, but allowed the Dutch an exclusive monopoly of its trade during two hundred years."

In our time and country, "self-made men " are not rare among merchants, scholars, or statesmen.. George Opdyke was a notable instance of eminence in all three of these classes at once. That at the same time he excelled also in simplicity, in purity, and in humanity, made him a marvel to all who knew him.

Elizabeth Hall Stryker, wife of George Opdyke, was a daughter of Peter Stryker and Keziah Davis. Peter Stryker's father was Jacobus Strycker who married Jannette .. ..., moved from Flatbush, L. I., to Franklin Township, Somerset Co., N. J., about 1763, and lost much property by the repudiation of the Continental money. Jacobus' father was Jan Strycker, who was a Sachem of Tammany Society of New York and married Margarita Schenck. Jan's father was Pieter Strycker who was High Sheriff of Kings Co., N. Y., 1683-, Judge 1720-2, militia captain at Flatbush, bought 4000 acres on Millstone River, N. J., in 1710, and married Annetje Barends. Pieter's father was Jan Strycker, who was born in Holland in 1615, emigrated from Ruinen, province Drenthe, to New Amsterdam in 1652 with his wife Lambertje Seubering and six children, settled at Flatbush, L. I., in 1654, was in 1664 representative from Midwout to the Landtag at New Amsterdam, was chief magistrate of Flatbush nearly 20 years, and paid in 1675 the heviest taxes in that place.

Children of George Opdyke.

Children Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

150 Emeline. 1833. liv'g. Edward C. Strobell. N. Y. City. Merchant.

152 William S. 1836. liv'g. Margaret E. Post. N. Y. City. Lawyer.& Banker. 153 Charles W. 1838. liv'g. 1. Jennie W. Creveling. Plainfield, N. J. Retired.

2. Percy S. Wheeler

154 George F. 1840. liv'g Ida Reed Plainfield, N. J. Retired

155 Henry B. 1841. liv'g. Miriam B. Whiton. Plainfield, N. J. Retired.

Emeline (Strobell) has children: Bessie, married to Edward A. Shepard; Ella both living in N. Y. City.

Mary Elizabeth (Farlee) has one daughter, Lily, married to Dr. Charles L. Dana of N. Y. City.

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William S., born in N. Y. City; graduated in 1856 from the University of the City of N. Y., and delivered the valedictory oration; spent two years in Europe and attended law lectures at Heidelberg University; studied in law schools in Albany and N. Y. City and was admitted in 1860 to the N. Y. Bar, of which he has been an active member ever since. Was member of the N. Y. Board of Councilmen in 1864; of N. Y. Assembly in 1875 and has been member of the Council of N. Y. University since 1883. He married in 1863 Margaret E.,-daughter of Dr. Alfred C. Post, LL.D., President of the Faculty of the N. Y. University Medical College. He has a. son, Alfred C. P., born 1869, now a student in the University of the City of N. Y.

Charles W., born in N. Y. City; graduated at the age of eighteen from the University of the City of N.. Y., and delivered the Latin oration; spent two years in Europe and devoted much time to the study of the continental languages; studied at the law schools of Albany and N. Y. City University. Broken health compelled him to abandon study in 1861. He purchased a farm at Asbury, in the Musconetcong Valley, N. J., and made himself a practical farmer for three years, thus recovering his health sufficiently to enter the dry-goods importing firm of his father in 1865. His health again compelled him to give up business in 1867, when he made another visit to Europe. From 1869-1872 he was secretary and actuary of a Life Ins. Co.; 1872-1878 a member of the N. Y. banking-house of Geo. Opdyke & Co.; spent 1878-80 at St. Louis in the interest of investments in railroads, mines, and lands in the West; returned in 1880 to the banking business in N. Y., which he relinquished 1881. Since then his time has been occupied as administrator of his father's estate, and in the reorganization of several rail roads. He is the author of this Genealogy. Married in 1862 Jane W. Creveling of Asbury, N. J.; after her death he married in 1872 Percy S. Wheeler of Chicago, Ill. The children of his first marriage are: Annie, 1862; Edwin, 1866; Ralph, 1869. The child of his second in marriage is Ethel, 1879.

Jane W. Creveling was daughter of Samuel Creveling, born 1796, died 1880, (son of Jacob Creveling, born 1755, died 1820, and Christiana Hidely, born 1762, died 1833) and Abigail Warne, born 1800, died 1863, (daughter of John Warne, a Revolutionary soldier, and Susanna Eckel whose parents Henry and Mary Eckel came from Hesse Darmstadt, Germany). The grandparents of Samuel Creveling were Johannes Creveling , born, 1706, died 1782, and Catherine, born 1716,-who were both of Woverlingen, Holland, were married 1737 by Rev. Johannes Casprivis Everhartus in Banmoxcein, and came to America where they were among the earliest settlers in the Musconetcng Valley of New Jersey.

Percy S. Wheeler is daughter of John N. Wheeler of Chicago, (son of William Wheeler Jr. of Connecticut, and Hila Curtis whose father was Major Curtis of the War of 1812), and Louisa Smith who died 1886, daughter of Tyler Smith (of Worcester, Mass., a soldier of the War of 1812), and Catherine Bartle, daughter of Henry Bartle from Holland (son of Hendrick of Holland), and Elizabeth White from England.

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George F., born at Newark, N. J.; entered his father's dry-goods importing house (Geo. Opdyke & Co.) in 1858; became a member of the banking house of Geo. Opdyke & Co. at its inception in 1869, and remained with it until its dissolution by the death of George Opdyke in 1880; established the banking house of Opdyke & Co. in 1881 and retired from business in 1885. He married Ira Reed of N. Y. City in 1881. They have children: Wilbur, born 1882; Dorothea Van Deusen, born 1889.

Henry B., born at Newark, N. J.; graduated from the University of the City of N. Y. in 1860; entered his father's dry-goods importing house; became a member of the dry-goods commission house of Kendall, Cleveland and Opdyke in 1864, and of Kendall, Opdyke & Co. in 1867; was a member of the banking firm of Geo. Opdyke & Co. from 1870 to 1877, when he retired from active business. He married Miriam B. Whiton, of Worcester, Mass., 1868. They have children: Henry, born 1870; Howard, 1872; Agnes, 1876.

18 HORATIO OPDYCKE.

Born 1815; married in 1840 Catherine E., daughter of Thomas and Lucy Robeson and sister of wife of John Bellis Opdycke. Horatio lived for some years after marriage in " the old red house," the homestead of his father and grandfather, and there all of Horatio's children were born except two. About 1850 he bought a farm in Fairfax Co., Va., six miles from Alexandria. When the civil war broke out, his farm lay in the track of movements of both armies. Just before the first battle of Bull Run, his wheat, which he had gathered in stacks, was used by the Union army for littering their horses. After the battle, he was seized by Southern soldiers and released only through the intercession of one of their officers, who knew him. At the second battle of Bull Run, a rebel battery was placed near his buildings, which were shot through with cannon balls and finally burned by the Union army. No compensation was ever made to him by the Government for these losses, which were appraised at about $5,000. He returned to New Jersey in 1862 and bought a farm again in old Kingwood. He is still living, and measures now 6 feet 1 inch although somewhat bent from age.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

180 Osmon S. 1841. 1868. Unmarried. Kingwood, N. J.

181 Lucy A. 1843. liv'g. Charles W. Pullen. Trenton, N. J. Bakery

182 Joseph D. 1850. liv'g. Unmarried. Trenton, N. J. Carpenter.

183 John B. 1853. 1872. Unmarried. Kingwood, N. J.

184 M. Adelaide. 1856. liv'g. Isaac N. Stover. Trenton, N. J. Clerk.

185 Abraham L. 1862. liv'g. Unmarried. Trenton, N. J. Clerk.

20 JOHN BRITTON OPDYCKE.

Born 1804; married Eveline Robeson, daughter of William and Sarah Robeson (William being brother to Thomas Robeson, and their wives being sisters); was a farmer in Kingwood, N. J.; died 1861.

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Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

200 Henry H. 1827. 1855. Fanny Van Syckel. Clinton, N: J. Carpenter

201 William R. 1829. liv'g. Saloma Chamberlin. Locktown, N. J. Farmer

202 Sarah. 1835. 1884. Israel Lambert. Mt. Airy, N. J. Farmer

203 Mary Jane. 1837. liv'g. L. D. Locke. Trenton, N. J. Merchant

204 Joseph. 1841. liv'g. Lucinda H. Opdyke. Frenchtown, N. J. Hotel .

205 John L. 1845. liv'g. Mary Smith. Lambertville, N. J.

206 George W. 1848. liv'g Catherine Flosk. Hatborough, Pa. Farmer

207 Ann Eliz'th. 1850. liv'g. Unmarried. Trenton, N. J.

William R. has children: Josephine, 1855, married Forest Joiner, a printer; Laura, 1860; Tulula, 1869; -all living.

Joseph married a daughter of Elijah Opdyke of Bucks Co., Pa.; has children: Edna M., 1881; Frank B., 1884; Howard C., 1886.

George W. has children: Bertha, Frank, Bessie and Clairborn.

21 LUTHER OPDYCKE.

Born 1806; married Elizabeth, daughter of John Little. She died in Luther was brought up on the farm and attended the district schools. When a young man he engaged as clerk in the village and soon commenced keeping store on his own account. Was in trade at Pittstown, Hunterdon Co., from 1846 to 1858, and again later. At one time he manufactured flaxseed oil at the mills east of Everittstown; and was also in the milling business at Pittstown. His integrity of character gave him the confidence of every community in which he lived. In 1850-1 he represented his, district in the New Jersey Legislature, and fulfilled the duties of his office with inflexible adherence to principle and to his convictions of public duty. No personal interest could ever make him swerve one jot from what he believed to be right. During the civil war, his friends often advised him that his outspoken denunciations of the New Jersey Democrats would injure the business of the store; but it had no effect upon his utterances. He was Assessor in Franklin township several years, also in Union; was Postmaster in 1850. Died 1872. He and his wife are buried in the cemetery at Mt. Pleasant.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence.

210 Wilson L. 1843. liv'g. Rachel Bennet. Junction, N. J.

211 George. 1855. liv'g. Unmarried. Trenton, N. J:

Wilson L. is living at Junction, Hunterdon Co., N. J.; has children: Luther, 1871; Jennie, 1873; Charles, 1876.

41 JOHN BELLIS OPDYCKE.

Born 1812; died 1888; married 1st Nancy Robeson, 2d Rachel Eicke, 3d Mary Case. Lived and farmed near Everittstown, N. J.; was a man of fine character and highly esteemed.

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Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

By 1st wife:

410 Samuel. 1832. liv'g. Mary Ann Queen. Mt. Pleasant, N. J. Farmer.

411 Hiram D. 1835. liv'g. Sarah A. Newman. Ocean Grove, N. J. Clergyman.

412 Thomas R. 1836. liv'g. Mary Sharp. Philadelphia, Pa, R. R. Manager.

413 Mary E. 1838. liv'g. Unmarried. Everittstown, N. J.

414 Amos. 1841. liv'g. Unmarried. Hunterdon, N. J. Farmer.

By 2d wife:

415 Rachel A. 1846. liv'g. Unmarried. Everittstown, N. J.

By 3d wife:

416 Jeremiah W. 1848. liv'g. Amelia N. Vescelius. Philadelphia, Pa. Druggist.

417 Stanford. 1852. liv'g. Emily C. Henry. Everittstown, N. J. Farmer.

418 Celia. 1859. liv'g. Unmarried. Everittstown, N. J.

Hiram D. left home at 19 years of age to study at Charlotteville Seminary, in Schoharie County, N. Y., where he remained four years; taught school two years in New Jersey, and was one year Supt. of Public Schools in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon Co. Then went through a four years theological course at Concord, N. H., and graduated there. Joined the Newark M. E. Conference in 1863. He preached three years at Newark, N. J., three at Boonton, two at Paterson, three at Rahway, three at Tottenville on Staten Island, one at Jersey City, three at Hohokus, three at Dover, two at Rahway, and is now stationed at Ocean Grove, N. J. He is Secretary of the Newark Conference, and of the executive committee of the N. J. Temperance Society. Has frequently lectured in various parts of the State on the subject of temperance, and is reported by the press to be an effective speaker. He is 6 feet tall; has a fine address and is a man of great energy. Has children: Arthur H., 1865; Addie F., 1871; Edmund, 1877.

Thomas R. is manager of a street railroad in Philadelphia; has children: Alice, 1862, married John Hall; Jay Sheridan, 1866; Ella S., 1880;-all living in Philadelphia.

Jeremiah W. has children: Raymond, 1877; Edna V., 1879; Ethel, 1882.

Stanford has children: Mary C., 1876; Orris J., 1880; Anna H., 1883.

44 Rev. SYLVESTER H. OPDYKE.

Born 1828 near Everittstown, N. J. The college alumni record shows that he: graduated from Wesleyan University in 1852; was teacher of Latin in Charlotteville, N. Y., 1853-4; studied in the N. Y. Union Theological Seminary 1854-6; was Professor of Ancient Languages in Cooperstown Seminary, N. Y., 1856; completed his course of study in Union Theo. Sem. 1857; joined the Newark M. E. Conference 1858; was stationed at Bloomfield, N. J., 1858-9; at Clinton 1860-1; at Flemington 1862-3; at Rahway 1864; at Elizabeth 1865-6; on Staten Island 1867-8; at Nyack 1869-70; at Newark 1871-2; was Presiding Elder in Newton District 1873-6; was again on Staten Island 1877-9; returned in 1880 to Newton, where he died the same year.

He was beloved, both as a preacher and as a man; had remarkable integrity and purity of mind; was unostentatious and companionable, gaining

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friends wherever he went, and winning the respect of even those outside his own large circle; was possessed of fine culture and literary taste, his sermons being models of simplicity and purity. The following paper was adopted by the official board of his church and read at his funeral:

"He lived among us without spot or blemish, walking blameless, as we believe, before God and the world. His life was a perfect exemplification of that higher life to which he sought to lead others. His daily walk was in entire harmony with his profession. To be with him was to have a constant incentive to better deeds and a stronger faith. No one came out of his sick room without feeling that they had been in the presence of a holy man. No pastor ever could have the interest of a church more upon his heart, and no people could have a sweeter recollection of tenderness and sympathy than is ours to-day. His unwavering faith in God, his patient endurance in pain and suffering, his sweet submission to the Divine Will, his words of counsel and exhortation, are all of most precious memory to this church and this people. As the children are bereaved when the honored and loved father is taken from their midst, so is our church bereaved in the removal of our beloved pastor."

He married, in 1856, Elizabeth Morey of Bloomingdale, Ill.

Children. Birth. Death, Married. Residence. Occupation

440 Levings A. 1861. liv'g. Unmarried Jersey City. Physician.

441 Charles P. 1863. liv'g. Unmarried. Jersey City. Med. Student.

442 George H. 1867. liv'g. Unmarried. Wesleyan Univ'y. Student.

443 Florence M. 1870. liv'g. Unmarried. Jersey City.

Levings A. graduated in 1885 from the N. Y. Homeopathic Medical College; is now a physician in Jersey City and has a fine practice.

Charles Pomeroy studied three years at Middletown University; in 1886 entered the N. Y. Homeopathic Medical College, where he is now stud studying.

51 LEWIS OPDYKE.

Born 1811; married Maria Gilbert; resided in Waterloo, N. Y., died 1866.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

510 Phebe. ..... liv'g. John Laverick. Eaton Rapids, Mich.

511 James. .. . liv'g. Unmarried. Mason, Mich.

512 Luther. . .... liv'g. Frank Feal. Mason, Mich. Farmer.

513 Sylvester H. . .. .. liv'g. Unmarried. Mason, Mich.

52 ISAAC OPDYKE.

Born 1814; married Harriet Harper; in 1868, after birth of all his sons, he moved to Michigan. Is living and farming at Mason, Mich. His sons are all good, honest, working boys.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

520 Adrian A. 1852. liv'g. Effie Chase. Mason, Michigan.

521 Joseph B. 1856. liv'g. Belle Kelly. Mason, Michigan.

522 Alva Howe. 1868. liv'g. Unmarried. Mason, Michigan.

Adrian A. has a daughter, Josie Pearl, born 1881.

Joseph S. has a son, Alva Ray, born 1884.

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54 AMOS OPDYKE.

Born 1819 in Hunterdon, N. J.; moved with his father in 1830-1 to Seneca Co., N. Y. At the age of 17, he went from Waterloo to New Jersey on a visit, in 1836, travelling from Schenectady to Albany on almost the first passenger railroad in the United States ; the cars were like stagecoaches, carrying only six or eight persons in a car, with a brakeman on the roof. He is now running a farm and lumber-yard in Hudson, Michigan, with the aid of his two sons. Is the tallest of his father's children, 6 feet in his stockings; on account of his promise of height when a child, was named after his tallest uncle, Amos,-and has fulfilled the promise. He is an active and successful business man and has taken a keen interest in the Genealogy. He married Lavinia Lowe.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

540 George L. 1842. liv'g. Martha Rose. Hudson, Michigan. Lumber.

541 Mary J. 1844. liv'g. D. C. Fairbanks. Englewood, Ill. Doctor.

542 Charles F. 1850. liv'g. Unmarried. Hudson, Michigan. Lumber.

543 Frances J. 1856. liv'g. George H. Barnes. Holdrege, Neb. Insurance.

544 Della M. 1858. liv'g. M. L. Pierce. Hudson, Michigan. Drugs.

George L. is engaged in the lumber trade and in farming with his father. He has no children.

71 ALBERT OPDYCKE.

Born 1820; married Mary Eicke ; is living and farming near Everittstown, Hunterdon, N. J. Is tall and fine-looking, and so are his children.

Children., Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

710 Nathaniel E. 1843. liv'g. Jane Abel. Hunterdon, N. J. Farmer.

711 Christianna. 1845. liv'g. Peter M. Mechlin. Pittstown, N. J. Teacher.

712 Rachel J. 1850. liv'g. William L. Young. Pattenburg, N. J. Farmer.

713 Emma. 1855. liv'g. Nelson F. Hoppock. Quakertown, N. J. Farmer.

714 Sylvester H. 1858. liv'g. Unmarried. Hunterdon, N. J. Farmer.

Nathaniel E. has no children ;

Christianna has one child ;

Emma has one;

Rachel J. has four children.

74 ENOCH H. OPDYCKE.

Born 1829; married Sarah Staats ; is living and farming in Hunterdon Co., N. J.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

740 Isadore. 1858. liv'g. John Reading. Raven Rock, N. J. Farmer

741 Anna. 1859. liv'g. Willard Curtis. Everittstown, N. J. Farmer.

76 SAMUEL J. OPDYKE.

Born 1834; married 1858 Emma J. Hollister. She was daughter of Russell Hollister, a large farmer of Berlin, Hartford Co., Conn.; she came to Everittstown as a teacher. Samuel J. was a broker in live-stock in N. Y. City, up to his death in 1871. Was a tall handsome man, strong, active, and restless, with many fine traits of character. His widow is still living at

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Everittstown, and has rendered efficient aid in the Genealogy of the branch of Hall Opdycke.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

760 Russell H. 1861. liv'g. Harriet Boynton. Yates Centre, Kas. Banker

761 Henry H. 1865. liv'g. Unmarried. Hartford, Conn. Salesman

Russell H. moved in 1882 to Yates Centre, Woodson Co., Kas., where he has since been conducting a banking business. Is energetic and ambitious, a fine reader and speaker, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and active worker in the Sabbath School. Has no children.

Henry H. is a fine singer, and a worker in the Sabbath School.

130 CHRISTY L. OPDYKE.

Born 1827 ; married Sarah Moss; is a farmer at Shiloh in Richland Co., Ohio.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

1300 John B. 1854. liv'g. Susan Merrill. Rome, Ohio. Farmer

1301 Henry. 1856. liv'g. Lotta McBride. Shiloh, Ohio. Farmer

1302 Wilber P. 1863. liv'g. Unmarried. Haigler, Neb. Merchant

1303 Esther M. 1865. liv'g. Unmarried. Shiloh, Ohio.

1304 Bertie. 1867. liv'g. Unmarried. Shiloh, Ohio.

1305 Ruth. 1870. liv'g Shiloh, Ohio. Teacher

1306 Kate. 1873. liv'g. Shiloh, Ohio.

1307 Harriet. 1880. liv'g. Shiloh, Ohio.

1308 Laura. 1883. liv'g. Shiloh, Ohio.

134 WILLIAM H. OPDYKE.

Born 1836 ; married 1^st Martha C. Moss, 2d Emma Skeels ; was a farmer at Shiloh, Ohio; died 1885. He had children, (all except the youngest by his first wife)

Children Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

1340 Edwin. 1860. liv'g. Mary Hodges. Shiloh, Ohio. Farmer

1341 Dorah J. 1862. liv'g. Charles Douglass. Oberlin, Kas. Farmer

1342 Emma F. 1864. liv'g. Unmarried. Shiloh, Ohio.

1343 Osburn. 1870. liv'g. Shiloh, Ohio. Farmer

1344 Esther. 1873. liv'g. Plymouth, Ohio.

1345 Martha. 1876. liv'g. Plymouth, Ohio.

1346 Rachel. 1885. liv'g. Plymouth, Ohio.

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CHAPTER Q.

DESCENDANTS OF JOHN OPDYKE.

(See Charts 6 and 21.)

Children of John Opdyke.

Children Birth. Death. Married. Residence, Occupation.

1 John. ..... ..... . . McGrodis. Troy, N. Y. Miller.

2 Isaac. ..... 1848. Maria Huffman. Troy, N. Y. Miller.

3 Daniel. ..... ..... ................ Trenton, N. J.

3' James. Died at 17. Trenton, N. J.

3" George W. Died at 16. Trenton, N. J.

4 William. 1782. 1843. Elizabeth Kinter. Troy & Greene Co., N. Y. Miller.

5 Beaulia. ..... ..... John Welsh. Penn.

6 Sarah. ..... ..... John Beers. Philippsburg, N. J.

6' Rebecca. ..... ..... Unmarried.

7 Phebe. ..... ..... 1. Samuel Mabury.

2. William Sprows. Morris Co., N. J.

8 Mary. ... . John Brinkerhoff. Warren Co., N. J.

9 Samuel. 1792. 1874. Ann Snyder. Warren Co., N. J. Miller.

9' Nancy. . . . .. ..... Garrett Lacy. Sussex Co, N. J.

Sarah (Beers) had eleven children.

Beaulia (Welsh) had thirteen children.

Daniel died young and left only one child, named Elizabeth.

1 JOHN OPDYKE.

Born about 1770-1780, near Trenton, N. J.; is known to have moved to Albany or Troy, N. Y., and to have been a miller. His niece Mary (Du Bois) was informed by his brother Isaac that John married a McGrodis and left two sons and one daughter.

Zachariah Opdyke a miller of Auburn, N. Y., aged 43, reports that, when he was only 15 years old, his father James Opdyke died aged 40,- a farmer of Milton, Saratoga Co., N. Y. James had three brothers, Benjamin, Isaac and Jacob. Either Benjamin or Isaac was Flour Inspector at Albany; Jacob lived at Elmira. From the similarity of occupation and neighborhood, it is possible that these were sons of John Opdyke. Zachariah has

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

John A. 1858. liv'g. Ella I...... Auburn, N. Y. Miller.

Edgar. 1860. liv'g. Unmarried. Ballston Spa, N. Y. Miller.

Ida. 1866. liv'g. D. J. Sweet. Auburn, N. Y. Comm. Traveler.

Hattie. 1867. liv'g. Unmarried. Auburn, N. Y.

John A. has a child, Maud H., born 1882.

2 ISAAC OPDYKE.

Is remembered by the children of his brother Samuel to have moved to Albany or Troy and to have been a miller; is remembered by his uncle Samuel's son, James Updike now of Tecumseh, Michigan, to have been his first cousin and well known to him when James lived at Troy and on

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Cayuga Lake. Isaac and his brother William must have moved from New Jersey to Troy before 1809,-accompanied or preceded by their brother John and their aunt Sarah, wife of William Nefus.

Isaac was a fine-looking man. He made an unfortunate marriage, separated from his wife, spent his last years at the residence of his brother William's son William, and died at Albany in 1848, leaving no children.

Rensselaer Co. Records, Troy, N. Y.

1809. Nov. 28. Stephen I. Schuyler deeds to William Nefus & Isaac Updike of town of Troy, 3.6 acres near a grist mill, for $200.

1810. Dec. 20. Thos. I. Witbuck deeds to Isaac Updike of Greenbush, Reuss. Co., 10 3/4 acres in Rensselaer Manor on east side of Hudson River, for $376.

Deeds on Record with Sec'y. of State, N. Y.

1812. Jan. 18. William Aiken deeds to James Schrymser & Isaac Updike & William Updike five-twelfths of two mill-seats in Greenbush, Rensselaer Co.

1813. Titus Goodman of Greenbush deeds to James Schrymser grocer of Albany City, & to Isaac Updike & William Updike millers of Greenbush Township in Rensselaer Co., seven-twelfths of the same two mill-seats in Greenbush; all the parties to join in erecting a dam and covenanting to use only their proportion of the water; also another piece of property; for $3,900.

1813. Oct. 19. Isaac Updike of Greenbush, Renss. Co., & Maria his wife, A William Updike of same place & Elizabeth his wife, convey to James Schrymser their one-third of above for $2,500.

4 WILLIAM UPDYKE.

Born 1782 near Trenton, N. J.; moved to Troy, N. Y., before 1809; married Elizabeth Kinter; died 1843. He left five children, of whom two Richard and Mary, are still serving. Richard writes from Jesup, Iowa follows:

"My father William came from New Jersey when a young man and lived in Albany or its vicinity until his death in 1843. I do not know from what part of New Jersey he came, but I often heard him mention Trenton. He was a miller all his life. 1 never saw any of his relatives except his brother Isaac; I have often wished to go to New Jersey and look them up. I have been told by my elder sister (now deceased) that my father's father married Rebecca (I think her maiden name was Wharton) and had seven sons and seven daughters."

Mary Updyke (Du Bois) of Albia, Troy, N.Y., has furnished a full list of her father's brothers and sisters, which includes all of those given by the children of her uncle Samuel Opdyke of Warren Co., N. J., as well as four in addition. She writes as follows:

"My father William Updyke came here from Trenton, N. J., which I told think was his birthplace. I was young when he died in 1843 but I was told much about his relatives by my uncle Isaac Updyke. My father's father was John, who married Rebecca Wharton. My grandfather John had six

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brothers and seven sisters; his mother was named Nancy Carpenter. My grandmother Rebecca Wharton was a Quakeress, and had a sister Phoebe and three brothers, Daniel, Nehemiah and William. My grandmother Rebecca, in writing to my father, always wrote her name Opdyke. I do not know why my father wrote his name Updyke. I know that Samuel Opdyke, who married Ann Snyder and moved West, was my father's brother. My father had cousins in Troy-who often visited him. (These were doubtless the children of his uncle Samuel, who was a miller in Troy.) "My father often narrated incidents which occurred when he was Constable in New Jersey; he often spoke of (his uncle) William Biles, and talked about Philadelphia.

"My father married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard ginter, a wealthy farmer of Herkimer County. He was prosperous, but lost by buying the mills at Greenbush, near Albany, in the time of the War of 1812 when prices were high; values dropped after the war. He met with other losses by becoming security for his friends. He was strictly honest and therefore did not acquire much of this world's wealth. All who knew him respected him. He was called a handsome man; all the men of his family were of good size, with good features and appearance. Father resided for a time at New Baltimore, Greene Co., N. Y.

"James Opdyke of Saratoga County may have been one of the sons of my uncle John, as my uncle Isaac did not give me their names."

Children of William Updyke.

Children Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

40 William. 1815. 1848. Mary E. Lasher. Albany, N. Y. Miller.

41 Richard. 1818. liv'g. Almira Spicer. Jesup, Iowa. Farmer.

42 Rensselaer S. 1820. 1879. 1. Mary Herald. Jesup, Iowa. Miller.

2. Ermina Stone.

3. Missonie Gear.

43 Elizabeth. 1811. 1881. Peter Fryette. Troy, N. Y. Farmer.

44 Mary. 1827. liv'g. Frederick Du Bois. North Greenbush, N. Y. Farmer.

Elizabeth (Fryette) left no children.

Mary (Du Bois) has one daughter living, married to R. J. Fonda.

9 SAMUEL OPDYKE.

Was the next to the youngest of the 14 children of his parents. Born 1792 at Sherrerds Mills, 1 1/2 miles west of Washington in Warren Co., N. J., and not far from Brasscastle; lived there until he was 34 years old, and ran the mills during seven years after his father's death; then moved to Brasscastle and ran the mills there; was bald early. Married Ann Snyder. Died 1874.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

90 Elizabeth. 1812. liv'g. Joseph Lanning. Tecumseh, Mich. Farmer.

91 John. 1813. liv'g. Mary Petty. Port Colden, N. J. Retired.

92 Jane. 1820. liv'g. Joseph Warmsley. Phillipsburg, N. J.

93 William. 1823. liv'g. 1. Sarah Hornbaker. Stewartsville, N. J. Farmer.

2. Margaret Washburn.

94 George. 1825. 1868. Mary Cole. Brasscastle, N. J. R. R. Boss.

95 Rebecca. 1826. d.

96 Mary Ann. 1830. liv'g. William Whittie. Brasscastle, N. J. Miller.

97 Samuel. 1832. liv'g. Elizabeth Cole. Brasscastle, N. J. Miller.

98 Sarah. 1836. liv'g. Cornelius Heldibrant. Clarksville, N. J.

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Elizabeth (Lanning) after her marriage lived eight years in Chester, Morris Co., N. J.; moved in 1844 to Michigan, four miles from Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., where she still lives. Her husband died in 1874, aged 67. She has reared eight children, of whom seven are married and now living; her youngest son, John J., lives with her and works her farm. She has rendered valuable assistance in reporting her own ancestors and obtaining those of her aged neighbor James Updike who is found to be the son of her grandfather's brother.

40 WILLIAM UPDYKE.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

400 Susan A. liv'g. Leander Bartlett. Albany, N. Y.

401 Mary E. 1843. 1878.

402 Elenora W. 1848. 1875. .... Peacock. Brooklyn, N. Y. Stereotyping

41 RICHARD UPDYKE.

His first occupation was milling. He was five years Flour Inspector at Albany and in N.Y. City, being four years on the New Board of Inspectors; left N. Y. City in 1867 and moved his family in that year from Vermont to Iowa, where he is now a farmer, at Jesup. He has 14 grandchild and one great-grandchild.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

410 Georgiana. 1845. liv'g. Dr. J. A. Fisk. Rolfe, Iowa. Physisian.

411 Alida A. 1847. liv'g. Joseph Wagner. Kalona, Iowa. R. R. Agent

412 Richard W. 1849. liv'g. Cassie Bird. Cavour, Dakota. Farmer.

413 Marion G. 1852. liv'g. Unmarried. Jesup, Iowa.

414 Clarence. 1854. liv'g. Rosa Wagner. Jesup, Iowa. Farmer.

415 Lilian A. 1856. liv'g. Milton Gray. Jesup, Iowa. Farmer

416 Edwin F. 1858. liv'g. Unmarried. Jesup, Iowa. Farmer.

417 Marcus L. 1860. liv'g. Unmarried. Jesup, Iowa. Farmer.

418 Jessie B. 1862. liv'g. Charles Carpenter. Omaha, Nebraska. Salesman.

42 RENSSELAER S. UPDYKE.

Born 1820; moved to Allegan, Allegan Co., Michigan, and was Sheriff of that county; was a miller by trade, but that occupation not agreeing with him he moved to Iowa, bought a farm, and there died in 1879; was esteemed by all who knew him.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

420 William H. 1851. liv'g. Anna R. . . . Le Mars, Iowa. Hotel Prop.

421 Mary H. 1856. liv'g. Unmarried. N. Y. City.

422 Theodore S. 1858. liv'g. Ella Williams. Ashland, Kansas. Merchant.

423 Frederick D. ..... liv'g. Unmarried. Jesup, Iowa. Farmer.

William H. has child, Nettie May, born 1886.

Theodore S. Updyke has no children. His firm, Updyke and Stone, are dealers in hardware and machinery.

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91 JOHN OPDYKE.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

910 Sarah Ann. 1837. liv'g. Witfield Mitchell. Illinois. Farmer.

911 Samuel. 1838. liv'g. Sarah Carling. Port Colden, N. J. Canal Boss.

912 Margaret. 1841. liv'g.

913 William S: 1843. liv'g. Cornelia Fulworth. Port Colden, N. J. Canal Boss.

914 Jacob P. 1845. liv'g. Susan Widner. Port Colden, N. J. Carpenter.

915 John W. 1846. 1886. Mary Marlatt. Oxford, N. J. Farmer.

916 Joseph. 1848. liv'g. Illinois. Farmer.

917 Luther C. 1850. liv'g. Sarah Gardner. Port Murray, N. J. Laborer.

Samuel has children : Lucy, 1867, (married to John B. Woolston of Newark, N. J.) ; Nettie, 1873 ; - both living.

William S. has children: Oliver, 1867; Annie, 1869; Minerva, 1873 ; Mary, 1883; -all living.

Jacob P. has children: Arabella W., 1868, (married to George Davis of Washington, N. J.) ; Margaret G., 1871 ; Oliver G., 1873; Frank M., 1875; Harry V. C., 1880; Alva H., 1882; Tamzen W., 1884;-all living.

John W. had children: Calvin, 1869; Lizzie, 1871; Delphine, 1876; all living.

Luther C. has children: Ritta, 1873; Robert, 1878; Roy, 1882; Addie, 1885;- all living.

93 WILLIAM OPDYKE.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

930 Samuel. 1849. liv'g. Ella Snyder. Dover, N. J. Engineer.

931 Frank. 1852. 1881.

932 William. 1855. liv'g. Emma Bogart. Dover, N. J. Blacksmith.

933 George. 1858. liv'g. Jennie Lanning. Harmony, N. J. Farmer.

934 Seering. 1861. liv'g. Ella Johnston. Port Morris, N. J. Fireman.

935 Emma. 1863. liv'g. Luther Warner. Hackettstown, N. J. Fireman.

936 Lizzie. 1866. liv'g.

Samuel has children : Franklin, 1878; Firman, 1880; Lavinia May, 1883 ; -all living.

William has child: Harry, 1884, living.

George has child: George, 1882, living.

Seering has children: Seering E., 1884; Percy, 1886 ;-living.

94 GEORGE OPDYKE.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

940 Ellen. 1850. liv'g. Johnston Wagner. Washington, N. J.

941 Annie. 1853. liv'g. Nelson Skinner. Port Colden, N. J.

942 Archibald. 1855. liv'g. Jane Barber. Oxford, N. J. Huckster.

943 George. 1857. liv'g. Ann Widner. Brasscastle, N. J. Laborer.

944 Catherine. 1859. liv'g. Jacob Micklen.

945 Martha. 1861. liv'g. George Hortman.

946 Bell. 1863. liv'g. Jacob Snyder.

947 Electa. 1865. liv'g. Unmarried.

948 Bertha. 1867. liv'g. Walter Cox. Washington, N. J.

Archibald has children: Mary, 1882; Archibald, 1883; Nora, 1886; all living.

George has children: Edith, 1883; Stanley, 1886 ;-both living.

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97 SAMUEL OPDYKE.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

970 Josephine. 1855. liv'g.

971 Jane. 1856. liv'g. Eph. Rush. Glen Gardner, N. J. Carpenter

972 Samuel. 1859. liv'g. Josephine Lukins. Brasscastle, N. J. Miller. E

973 Elmer. 1864. liv'g. Brasscastle, N. J. Miller.

974 William. 1865. 1885.

975 Rosella. 1866. liv'g. Brasscastle, N. J.

976 Eugene. 1867. liv'g. Brasscastle, N. J. Miller.

977 Charles. 1872. liv'g.

Samuel has child: Elizabeth, 1881, living.

CHAPTER R.

DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM OPDYKE.

(See Charts 6 and 22.)

Children of William Opdyke.

Children Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

1 Samuel. ................. Clinton, N. J., & Ohio. Farmer

2 William. 1784. 1872. Nancy Cooper. Tinicum, Bucks Co., Pa. Farmer

3 Gershom P. 1787. 1859. Sarah Ann Deeter. Philadelphia. Merchant

4 Anthony. 1787. 1857. Ann Linnaberry. Hackettstown, N. J. Farmer

5 Robert P. ..... ..... Lavinia English. Newton, N. J. Shoemaker

6 Hester. ..... ..... William Basset. Sussex Co., N. J. Carpenter

7 Martha. ..... ..... Jacob Hunt. Stillwater, Sussex, N. J. Farmer

8 Mary. ..... ..... Unmarried. Connecticut.

Samuel was the eldest son of William Opdyke and Sarah Palmer; was a shoemaker, near Clinton, N. J.; gave up his trade, moved to Ohio about 1820 and bought a farm ; was a large man, fond of hunting and fishing; had a wife and children, but their names are not known.

Robert P. was the youngest of the five sons; said to have been twice married, and to have had four children, all of whom died from scarlet fever. Was tall and strong; easy, good-natured and not ambitious.

2 WILLIAM OPDYKE.

Moved to Tinicum Township, Bucks Co., Pa., where he lived to see many grandchildren marry and have families. At the age of 88 he became childish, wandered away from home and was run over by the cars, in 1872. His descendants, known as the Bucks County Opdykes, are all good citizens, sober, and industrious; they are noted for their size and physical prowess, and resemble in features their Opdyke third and fourth cousins in

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New Jersey who are separated from them by little more than the Delaware River, but who have no knowledge of the relationship. A few of William's descendants write their name Updyke.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

20 Anna. 1812. 1886. 1. Thos. Rounseville. Warren Co., N. J. Cooper.

2. Henry Staats. Hunterdon Co., N. J. Farmer.

21 William: 1814. 1885. Mary Cannon. Bucks Co., Pa. Farmer.

22 Mary. 1817. liv'g. Joseph Barnes. Tinicum, Bucks Co., Pa. Mason.

23 Elijah. 1820. liv'g. Elizabeth Hoffman. Erwinna, Bucks Co., Pa. Farmer.

24 Cooper. 1823. liv'g. 1. Sarah Strouse. Erwinna, Bucks Co., Pa.

2. Rosa Sassaman. Farmer.

25 Samuel. 1825. 1863. Jane Culver. Luzerne Co., Pa., & Ohio. Laborer.

26 Jonathan C. 1827. liv'g. Leab Miller. Wilkesbarre, Pa. Retired.

3 GERSHOM P. OBDYKE.

Born 1787 at Trenton; died 1859 at Philadelphia; married Sarah A. Deeter. Named for his mother's father Gershom Palmer; was a twin-brother of Anthony. He served an apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade with one William Smith in Trenton; went to Stillwater, Sussex Co., N. J., (where his father then lived), and worked at his trade. In 1816 he kept Stillwater tavern, and in 1832 a tavern at Middleville in the same township. The Sussex Co. records show that in 1816 Gershom Opdyke of Newton, and Sarah his wife, owned a lot in Newton. About 1836 he moved to Philadelphia and established himself in the boot and shoe trade; he was the first of the name to settle in that city. He and his sons differ from all others in spelling the name Opdyke; the rest of their branch adhere to Opdyke, except a few who spell it Updyke or Updike.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

30 John W. 1812. liv'g. Elizabeth Staley. Blairstown, N. J. Shoemaker.

31 Catherine. 1816. liv'g. James Griffith. Langhorne, Pa. Painter.

32 William. 1818. 1885. 1. Caroline Apple. Philadelphia. Tin Man'f'r.

2. Caroline Austin.

33 Martha J. 1820. 1866. James C. Searle. Philadelphia. Bricklayer.

34 Mary E. 1830. liv'g. E. F. Stewart. Philadelphia. Printer.

35 Emma Reb. 1834. liv'g. Edwin Moore. Philadelphia. Plumber.

36 Benjamin P. 1838. liv'g. Josephine Austin. Philadelphia. Manufacturer.

4 ANTHONY OPDYKE.

Often called Tunis; served apprenticeship as tanner with a Mr. Bray near Whitehouse, N. J.; remained at the tannery there some years ; moved to Stillwater, Sussex Co.; finally moved to McCrea's tannery at Hackettstown where, after having become blind in old age, he died in 1857 aged 70. He served two years in the War. of 1812 at Sandy Hook; is said to have lived for a time at Port Colden and to have been engaged in boating.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

40 Martha E. 1811. 1881. John Baldwin. Hackettstown, N. J. Canal Overseer.

41 Robert F. 1813. 1883. Ann Stiles. Birmingham, Mich. R.R.Contractor.

42 Sarah C. 1815. 1882. Jacob Swick. Newark, N. J. Driver.

43 Mary, 1818. liv'g. S. Wintermute. Glen Gardner, N, J. Carpenter.

402 - 6TH-9TH GEN. OF DESC'TS OF HOLLAND FAMILY.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

44 Hester B. 1820. liv'g. Aaron Barran. Phillipsburg, N. J. Driver.

45 John L. 1823. 1869. Elizabeth Tims. Phillipsburg, N. J. Brakeman

46 Jane B. 1826. liv'g. Eli Baker. Birmingham, Mich. Farmer.

47 Elizabeth M. 1828. 1857. George Hubbel. New Haven, Conn. R. R. Engineer

48 Margaret S. 1831. 1882. John Thompson. New Haven, Conn. Car Builder

49 Hampton A. 1835. 1886. Mary E. Frasher. Putnam, Conn. R.R.Conductor.

Hampton A. was 18 years railroad conductor on the D. L. & W. R. R.; 12 years on the N. J. Central R. R., and 4 years on N. Y. & N. E. R. R. Lived in Phillipsburg, N. J., until 1882 when he moved to Putnam, Conn.; died suddenly of apoplexy on Christmas morning 1886 ; was highly esteemed by all the above railroad companies. A large number of his railroad associates escorted his body from Connecticut to his old home in New Jersey. He left no children.

21 WILLIAM OPDYKE.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

210 Elijah. ..... liv'g. m........ . Bucks Co., Pa. Laborer

211 Annie. ..... liv'g. Asa Smith. Stockton, Hunt Co., N. J. Laborer

212 Emma. ..... Dead. Joseph Picket. Bucks Co., Pa. Boatbuilder

213 Samuel. ..... liv'g. m............ Bucks Co., Pa. Farmer

214 Allen. ..... liv'g. m............ Bucks Co., Pa. Farmer

215 John. ..... liv'g. Unmarried. Bucks Co., Pa. . Farmer

216 Mary. ..... liv'g. Unmarried. Bucks Co., Pa.

23 ELIJAH OPDYKE.

Is 6 feet tall, muscular, and weighs 192 pounds. Has heard his father speak of the latter's uncle Hope. One of Elijah's daughters married her fourth cousin Joseph Opdycke.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

230 William. 1850. liv'g. ....Ettleburger. Bethlehem, Pa.

231 Annie. 1853. liv'g. Wm. Hoff. Frenchtown, N. J. Clerk:

232 Lucinda H. 1856. liv'g. Joseph Opdycke. Frenchtown, N. J. Hotel keeper

233 Warren. 1862. liv'g. Ida Haney. Williamsport, Pa.

234 Mathilda. 1864. liv'g. Unmarried. Frenchtown, N. J.

235 Elizabeth. 1868. liv'g. Unmarried. Frenchtown, N. J.

236 Elijah. 1873. liv'g. Erwinna, Pa.

William has children: Bertha E.; Mary; Jane; Samuel; William.

Warren has no children.

24 COOPER OPDYKE.

Children Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

By 1st wife

240 Elizabeth. 1851. liv'g. Thos. Nobles. Bucks Co., Pa. Farmer

241 Stewart. 1853. liv'g. Anna Herring.

242 Newbery. 1856. liv'g. m. .

243 William. 1858. liv'g. Martha Noah.

244 Emma. 1860. liv'g. James Winder. Printer

By 2nd wife:

245 Cooper. 1872. liv'g. Erwinna, Bucks Co., Pa.

246 George. 1874. liv'g. Erwinna, Bucks Co., Pa.

247 Mathilda. 1875. liv'g. Erwinna, Bucks Co., Pa.

Three of Cooper's children live in Bristol, Bucks Co., Pa.; one lives in Doylestown; the others with their parents.

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25 SAMUEL OPDYKE.

Lived in Luzerne Co., Pa., and then in Ohio; died in the Union Army in 1863.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

250 Worden J. 1851. liv'g. Lima, Ohio.

251 Sam. Clinton. 1853. liv'g. Julia J. Luzerne Co., Pa. Miner.

252 Joseph B. 1855. liv'g. Lima, Ohio.

253 Annetta B. 1857. 1886. Cyrus Pyatt. Lima, Ohio.

254 Leona B. 1859. liv'g. Henry Baddens. Kingston, Pa.

255 Samine J. 1861. liv'g. Ira Jenkins. Luzerne Co., Pa.

Samuel C. has children: Arthur C., 1876; Charles E., 1878; George R. 1881; Ralph C., 1884; -all living.

26 JONATHAN C. OPDYKE.

Writes that his grandfather William was a soldier in the Revolution, attended General Washington, and had a brother Hope who was mayor of Trenton; also writes that his father was born at Washington's Crossing, near Trenton, and used to say that all the Opdykes came from four brothers before the Revolution. This is correct; all those who spell their name with an 0 are descended from William (the father of the Revolutionary soldier) and his three brothers, John, Joshua and Benjamin.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

260 Samuel M. 1857. liv'g. Rachel Jermyn, Lackawanna, Pa, Miner.

261 Susanna. 1858. liv'g. Caleb Prutsman.

262 James M. W. 1860. liv'g. Unmarried. Luzerne Co., Pa. Laborer.

263 Joseph B. M. 1862. liv'g. Hetty .... Peckville, Pa. Miner.

264 William C. 1864. liv'g. Unmarried. Luzerne Co., Pa. Laborer.

265 M. Filmore. 1866. liv'g. Unmarried. Luzerne Co., Pa. Laborer.

266 Charles R. 1868. liv'g. Unmarried. Peckville, Pa. Laborer.

Samuel M. has children: Jonathan, 1582; Susanna, 1884; Richard G., 1886; - all living.

30 JOHN W. OBDYKE.

Born 1812 in Newton, N. J.; until the last four years, has always lived in Sussex County; resides now in Blairstown, Warren Co.; was Justice of the Peace 15 years; Assessor 21 years; Member of the N. J. Legislature two years, 1856-7-8. Has furnished valuable information about his branch.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

300 Mary Ann. 1835. 1878. George Puder. Stillwater, Sussex, N. J. Farmer.

301 Emma E. 1836. liv'g. Simeon Yetter. Stillwater, Sussex, N. J. Farmer.

302 Martha Jane. 1838. liv'g. Andrew Yetter. Blairstown, Warren, N. J. Contractor

303 John S. 1841. liv'g. Martha E. Kintner. Stillwater, Sussex, N. J.

John S. Obdyke has children: Martha 0., 1863, (married James P. Drake of Warren Co., N. J.); Amanda E., 1866; George E., 1869; Hattie 0., 1871; Mary C., 1873; John P,, 1875; Martin D., 1879;-all living.

404 - 6TH-9TH GEN. OF DESC'TS OF HOLLAND FAMILY.

32 WILLIAM OBDYKE.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

320 William F. 1849. liv'g. Barbara Fleishman. Phila. Tin Man'f'r

321 Louis K. 1851. liv'g. Fannie Evarts. Phila. Salesman.

322 Ida C. M. 1856. liv'g. William R. Tyler. Phila. Coal Merchant

323 Elmer E. 1865. liv'g. Phila. Tin Man'f'r:

36 BENJAMIN P. OBDYKE.

Born in 1838, the youngest child of his parents and the only one born in Philadelphia; received a public school education, and at the age of 12 started out to make his own way. He entered a wholesale saddlery hardware house and from that changed at intervals from one thing to another, always working hard and laying up something for a rainy day. At the beginning of the war he enlisted on the first call, in the 95 Pa. Vols., and served three years and three months with the First Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, under General Sedgwick. He was one of 83 men who returned home out of 1,400, leaving behind only 250 to re-enlist. A good account of the operation of his brigade under General Upton at the Bloody Angle, is given in the Century Magazine of June, 1887. On his return from the war, he was engaged as bookkeeper and cashier until 1868; then entered the business house of which he has been a partner since 1872. At the Bi-Centennial Celebration of Philadelphia a few years ago his firm Austin, Obdyke & Co., manufacturers of metal cornices & c., paraded their large wagons containing a complete dwelling with their material and manufactures, escorted by 125 of their men in uniform. He. was appointed by the Mayor a Division Marshal and one of the Committee of Management of the great parade; took a prominent part also in exhibition in 1887. He is a Director, and at times has been Acting President, of the Chestnut St. National Bank of Philadelphia; is a member St. John's Commandery of Philadelphia and was made by compliment an honorary Member of Palestine Commandery of New York.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

360 William A. 1867. liv'g. Philadelphia. Bank clerk

361 Harry P. 1870. liv'g. Philadelphia.

362 Horace C. 1883. liv'g. Philadelphia.

41 ROBERT F. OPDYKE.

Moved to Michigan about 1850. Died 1883.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

410 Frances. 1843. liv'g. W. W. Fish. San Diego, Cal. Farmer

411 George K. 1845. liv'g. Helen J. Durkee. Pontiac, Mich.

412 J. W. Stewart. 1857. liv'g. Unmarried. Farwell, Mich.

George K. has children: Alice D., 1872; Mabel L, 1877; Robert F., 1880: Henry B., 1882; Eli B., 1884,-all living.

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45 JOHN L. OPDYKE..

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation,

450 Anna M. d..., John Underwood. .... Maryland.

451 Martha J. 1848. liv'g. Wesley Neal. Conchelanken, Pa.

452 S. Harvey. 1854. liv'g. Sarah C. Jones. Jersey City, N. J. Fireman.

453 Wm. Hampton. 1858. liv'g, Catherine Richardson. Wilmington, Del. Trimmer,

454 Cecilia. ..... d. . ..

S. Harvey has children: George H., 1878 ; Jessie C., 1880; Bertha L., 1885;-all living.

CHAPTER S.

DESCENDANTS OF HOPE OPDYKE.

(See Charts 6 and 23.)

Children of Hope Opdyke.

Children Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

1 Isaac. 1789. 1850. Mary T. Mayhew. Bridgeton, N. J. Miller.

2 Abraham W. 1791. 1846. Elizabeth K.... Trenton, N. J. Merchant.

3 William. 1794. 1832. Prudence Howell. Hopewell, N. J,

4 Mary. 1796. d. Unmarried. Trenton, N. J.

5 Pierson. 1798. 1825. Unmarried. Trenton, N. J. Shoemaker.

6 Ann. 1800. 1877. Unmarried. Trenton, N. J.

7 Sarah. 1805. 1886. Joseph Cole. Princeton, N. J. Farmer.

8 Joseph B. 1807. 1844. Elizabeth Wilson. Trenton & Illinois. Shoemaker.

1 ISAAC OPDYCKE.

Left Trenton when a young man and went to Cumberland Co., N. J., to follow his business of a millwright; leaving home early, he always retained the Opdycke spelling of his name; his sons write it Opdyke. Isaac's brothers, remaining at Trenton, changed the spelling to Updike to conform with their many neighboring Updike cousins, the descendants of Hope's grandfather's brother Lawrence who inaugurated this change before 1729 for all his posterity.

Isaac weighed 200 pounds ; was not fleshy but of large frame and heavy build, strong and active, as all his sons have been. He was early bald, which is a characteristic of this branch. He died in Atlantic County, N. J., in 1850 at the age of 61.

Isaac told his sons that, when he was a boy, he had an uncle who went from Trenton somewhere up into New York State, and before leaving gave him a nice black horse. This could have been Isaac's uncle Samuel who went to Troy about 1800; or Isaac's cousin Isaac who went to Troy before 1809, and might have made this present to his namesake.

406 - 6TH-9TH GEN. OF DESC'TS OF HOLLAND FAMILY.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

10 Stanford M. 1815. liv'g. Naomi Steelman. Greenwich, N. J. Millwright,

11 Rhoda W. 1816. 1887. Wm. G. Branyan. Kent, Ohio. Tanner:

12 Abraham W. 1819. 1887. 1. Rachel Sutton. Greenwich, N. J. Post Master.

2. Elizabeth Miller.

13 Joseph M. 1827. liv'g. Nancy Branyan. Greenwich, N. J. R. R. Foreman.

Rhoda W. (Branyan) remembered Gershom P. Obdyke and his sister Mary moving to Philadelphia 50 years ago, and that they were first cousins of her father. She furnished many interesting facts concerning her branch and took a warm interest in the Genealogy, but died before the completion of this work. She left a son and a daughter, both married and living in Kent, Portage Co., Ohio.

2 ABRAHAM W. UPDIKE.

Lived and died at Trenton, N. J., where he had a shoe store on Warren St.; weighed 365 pounds; is remembered as a relative by almost every descendant of Hope's brothers William and Robert; was probably a man of some prominence. He and his younger brothers changed the spelling of their names to Updike on account of the many Updikes of the Lawrence branch in and near Trenton ; and their descendants continue this spelling.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation:

20 John L. 1815. 1836. Unmarried. Trenton, N. J.

21 Sarah. 1816. liv'g. David Pratt. Chicago, Ill. Builder.

22 Charles G. 1818. 1865. Unmarried. Trenton, N. J. Justice & Assessor.

23 Jane L. 1819. liv'g. Edward Parmelee. N, Y. City. Book agent.,

24 Elizabeth C. 1821. 1885. David A. Clarke. Trenton, N. J. Jeweller.

25 William A. 1824. liv'g. Jane Fay. Philadelphia, Pa. Shoecutter.

26 Emeline. 1828. liv'g. Wm. D. Winter. Philadelphia, Pa. Sailmaker.

27 Abraham. 1830. liv'g. Rachel .... Philadelphia, Pa. Sexton.

28 Lydia D. 1834. liv'g. H. H. Titus. Trenton, N. J. Grain Store.

William A. has children: Charles, unmarried, a shoecutter; Henry unmarried, a book agent; William, married, a shoecutter;-all living in Philadelphia, the eldest about 30 years of age.

Abraham has been for many years sexton and in charge of the burial ground of a church in Philadelphia; has also been constable. He has eight children living: David, a sawmaker at Tacony, Pa.; Sarah married to Wm. Yerkes, a farmer near Philadelphia; Alma at Germantown, Pa.; Harmon Abraham, John, Jennie and Abbie, young and living with their father. None are married except Sarah.

Lydia D. has her father's arm-chair, three feet wide, made expressly to fit his great size. She and her sisters have all been large, one weighing 168 pounds at 13 years of age, another 187 pounds at 16 years, and three weighing over 212 pounds each when grown. Mrs. Titus knows that her grandfather Hope wrote his name " Opdyke," and that her father was first cousin of Robert Opdyke's daughter Abigail and of William Opdyke's son Gershom Obdyke.

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3 WILLIAM UPDIKE.

Was drowned July 4, 1832, with three other young men, crossing the Delaware river in a sail boat from Philadelphia to Camden; their bodies were in the water seven days and were finally raised by firing a cannon from the Navy Yard. They were buried side by side in the graveyard of St. John's M. E. Church, Phila.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation. .

30 Benjamin. 1822. liv'g. Mary Ann Millage. Philadelphia, Pa. Builder.

31 Jacob. 1824. liv'g. m. ........ Philadelphia, Pa. Tailor.

32 Alexander M. 1830. liv'g. Effie Gillmore. Bordentown, N. J. Baker.

Benjamin has children: Hettie, married, living at Harrisburg, Pa.; Emma, married a Grant, deceased.

8 JOSEPH B. UPDIKE.

Moved soon after marriage to Trenton, N. J., and remained there until about 1840, when he removed to Jerseyville, Illinois. His starting from Trenton for the West in an old-fashioned large canvas-covered wagon, with provisions, beds and household goods, as was the old custom, is well remembered by his niece Mrs. Titus: Died 1844 aged 37.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

80 Pierson B. 1834. liv'g. Estella K. Opdyke. Litchfield, Ill. Merchant.

81 Hannah P. 1836. liv'g. William A. Colby. St. Louis, Mo.

82 William A. 1838. liv'g. Mary M. Colby. Carlyle, Ill. Manufacturer.

83 Sarah J. 1840. liv'g. Richard Olive. Fairfield, Ill. Merchant.

10 STANFORD M. OPDYKE.

Lived at Bridgeton, Atlantic Co., N. J., until about 1860; then moved to Greenwich, Cumberland Co., where he still resides.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

100 John A. 1852. liv'g. Anna English. Bridgeton, N. J. R'y const.

101 Joseph W. 1853. liv'g. Emma Williams. Bridgeton, N. J. Canmaker.

102 Frederick S. 1856. liv'g. Eliza Sheppard. Bridgeton, N. J. Seaman.

103 Stanford M. 1865. liv'g. Unmarried. Greenwich, N. J. R'y const.

104 Anna B. 1863. liv'g. Mark Kirby. Canmaker.

105 Lura S. 1871. liv'g.

12 ABRAHAM W. OPDYKE.

Was a seaman the greater part of his life; afterward became Post Master at Greenwich, Cumberland Co., N. J., and remained in that office until his death in 1887. Like his sister, Mrs. Branyan, he felt a warm interest in the Genealogy but died without seeing it completed. He had children.

By 1st wife Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

120 James H. 1849. liv'g Greenwich, N. J. Seaman.

By 2d Wife:

121 Mary E. 1866. liv'g. Charles Nixon. Greenwich, N. J.

122 Henry M. 1870. liv'g. .............. Greenwich, N. J. Seaman.

123 Abraham W. 1873. liv'g. .............. Greenwich, N. J.

408 - 6TH-4TH GEN. OF DESC'TS OF HOLLAND FAMILY.

13 JOSEPH M. OPDYKE.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

130 Mary E. 1852. liv'g. Lee Calvert. Greeley, Kan. Shoemaker.

131 Edith A. 1853. liv'g. James F. Harding. Greenwich, N. J. Wheelwright.

132 Rhoda E. 1855. liv'g. Unmarried. Bridgeton, N. J.

133 Martha N. 1857. liv'g. Charles Gibe. Bridgeton, N. J. Farmer.

134 Rachel H. 1866. liv'g. William Duncan. Duncannon, Pa. Laborer.

Mary E. has 9 children;

Edith A. has 3 ;

Martha N. has 4 ;

Rachel H. has one child.

32 ALEXANDER M. UPDIKE.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence.

320 Joseph. 1864. liv'g. Unmarried. Bordentown, N. J.

321 Alexander Jr. 1866. liv'g. Unmarried. Bordentown, N. J.

322 Christopher. 1868. liv'g. Unmarried. Bordentown, N. J.

323 Fanny. 1869. liv'g. Isaac Elliott. Bordentown, N. J.

324 William. 1877. liv'g. Bordentown, N. J;

80 PIERSON B. UPDIKE.

Married Estella, daughter of Judge Andrew S. Opdyke whose great-grandfather John Opdycke was brother of Pierson B. Updike's great-grandfather William Opdycke. Pierson B. is of the firm of Updike & Cratty, dealers in hardware & farm machinery, at Litchfield, Illinois.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation

800 Ella E. 1857. liv'g. Luther Settlemire. Litchfield, Ill. Merch't

801 May. 1861. liv'g. Samuel Cratty. Litchfield, Ill. Merch`t

82 WILLIAM A. UPDIKE.

Was only six years old when his father died; left Jerseyville at the age of 18 and went to Greenville, Bond Co., Ill., where he learned blacksmithing and followed it until 186-2, when he felt it his duty to help protect his country. He enlisted Aug. 17, 1862, "for three years or during the war;" was in Comp. F. 130 Regiment Ill. Vol.; took part in the sieges and battles of Vicksburg, Jackson (Miss.), Port Gibson, Campion Hills, Black River Bridge, Spanish Fort (Ala. ), Mobile; and was with Gen. Banks up the Red River. Was on detached duty nearly all the time as Wagon Master and in charge of an ambulance train; had good health until he was wounded and Captured at Mansfield, La., April 8, 1864; was a prisoner three months in Parole Camp at Lake Ponchartrain, La. Was discharged Aug. 15, 1865, at New Orleans by reason of service no longer required. Is a Republican, first, last and all the time, is a prominent member of several lodges of Odd Fellows, has passed through the various chains of them all and had the honor to represent them in the Grand Lodge. After the war he resided and farmed in Clinton Co., Ill., until the last two years during which he has been conducting a manufacturing business at Carlyle, Ill., making wire

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fencing and also dealing in felt roofing; is also proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, at Carlyle, Ill. He has had seven children, of whom only one is living, a young lady of twenty years, now acting as cashier and bookkeeper in a wholesale house in St. Louis, Mo.

820 Elizabeth M. 1867. liv'g. Unmarried.

CHAPTER T.

DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL OPDYKE (Updike).

(See Charts 6 and 24.)

Children of Samuel Opdyke, (Updike).

Children Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

1 Sarah. ..... d.... John Smith. Canoga, Seneca, N. Y.

2 Catherine. ..... d.... William Bryant. Canoga, Seneca, N. Y.

3 William. ..... d. ... 1. Charity White. Canoga, Seneca, N. Y. Millwright.

2. Nellie Williamson.

4 John N. 1797. 1870. Letitia Huff. Canoga, Seneca, N. Y. Carpenter.

5 Phoebe. ..... d.... Unmarried. Canoga, Seneca, N. Y.

6 James. 1803. liv'g. Belinda Hanse. Tecumseh, Michigan. Farmer.

7 Lewis. ..... d.... Fanny Harris. Canoga, Seneca, N. Y. Clerk.

William had children : Martin unmarried, deceased; Charity, living at Canoga, Seneca, N. Y.; Charles, living in Michigan; Maria, living at Canoga, Seneca, N. Y.; Nathan, living in Yates Co., N. Y.

Lewis had child, Edwin, 1834, living, unmarried, a farmer at Clifton Springs, N. Y.

4 JOHN N. UPDIKE.

Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence.

40 Ursula. 1821. liv'g. Richard Connolly. Seneca Falls, N. Y.

41 Sarah. 1823. liv'g. Ezra Smith. Hudson, Michigan.

42 Aaron D. 1825. liv'g. Sarah H. Williamson. East Varick, N. Y.

43 Ellen H. 1827. liv'g. William H. Whitney. Seneca Falls, N. Y.

44 Lewis H. 1830. liv'g. Caroline Connell. North Adams, Michigan.

45 John M. 1832. liv'g. Margaret Johnson. Syracuse, N. Y.

46 Mary K. 1834. 1862. Thomas Van Droff. Ithaca, N. Y.

47 Ruth Ann 1837. 1877. W. H. McLaughlin. Seneca Falls, N. Y.

48 Pauline. 1840. liv'g. Webster Speed. Seneca Falls, N. Y.

49 William. 1843. liv'g. Letitia Parker. Hoyts Corners, N.

Aaron D. has children: Anne, 1855, living at Seneca Falls, N. Y.; Belle, 1857, died 1878 at Seneca Falls, N. Y.; Henry, 1859; Emma, 1864; Abraham, 1866 ; John, 1872 ; -last four living at East Varick, N. Y.

Lewis H. has child, Alta, 1865, unmarried, living at North Adams, Michigan.

John M. writes that his grandfather Samuel moved from near Trenton, J., to Troy, N. Y.; and that his father John N. moved from Troy to Seneca County about 1809 and had a first cousin James Burtlas in Canoga,

410 - 6TH-9TH GEN. OF DESC'TS OF HOLLAND FAMILY.

Seneca County. He has children: Frankie, 1857; J. Hurlburt, 1860; J. Clinton, 1865 ; Allie S., 1869 ; Alydia L., 1874; - all unmarried and living at Syracuse and Auburn, N. Y.

William has children: Frederick, 1872; Robert, 1874;-both living at at Hoyts Corners, N. Y.

6 JAMES UPDIKE.

Is the only surviving child of Samuel ; and, omitting the Virginians, the only living great-great-grandson of Johannes Opdyck. His reminisces would be highly interesting, but he is 85 years old, feeble and does not answer letters. Mrs. E. Lanning, granddaughter of his father's brother John Opdyke, lives within a few miles of James at Tecumseh, Michigan, and has conversed several times with him as to his ancestors. He informs her that he knows that his father's father was William. He says his father was a miller at Trenton, N. J., and moved to Troy, N. Y., where also he was a miller, but finding that this occupation did not agree with his health he moved in the Spring of 1803 to a farm in Fayette Township on the west side of Cayuga Lake, where James was born in October of the same year James was at his father's bedside when he died, but does not remember the year.

James says that he visited his brothers at Troy, when he was a young man, and there met his Aunt Sallie Naffis" who was frequently with his father's family. Mrs. Lanning has often heard her father Samuel Opdyke, speak of " Aunt Sallie Naffis." This aunt was certainly Sarah Opdyke, sister of Samuel, John, William, Hope, Robert, and Daniel; and she was doubtless married to the William Nefus who joined John Opdyke's son Isaac in buying land near Troy in 1809.

James also knew Isaac Opdyke the miller, who in 1825 came over from Troy to the farm of James' father, bought 200 bushels of wheat and drew it home in wagons; James knows that this Isaac was his first cousin, and Mrs. Lanning knows that the same Isaac was her own uncle.

James also speaks of his uncle Hope; says that some of his relatives; are "foolish enough to spell their name Opdyke;" and when he first met Mrs. Launing, recognized her by her features as a relative. But he does not care to talk about "his back-relations," as he calls them,- although he enjoys narrating his own business matters and experiences.

The above testimony is conclusive in confirming Samuel, Hope, and John as sons of William Opdycke,-and also establishes William, Robert; and Daniel, for these are known to have been brothers of Hope.

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Children. Birth. Death. Married. Residence. Occupation.

60 Charity W. 1829. 1851. Rufus Keyser

61 Chester. 1830. 1859. .

62 Esther H. 1832. 1873. Rufus Keyser. Farmer.

63 Elmira. 1834. liv'g. John McCollum. Tecumseh, Mich.

64 Alanson H. 1836. liv'g. Cath. L. Payn. Franklin, Mich. Farmer.

65 Catherine B. 1838. liv'g, George Torborn. Hudson, Mich.

66 Phebe C. 1840. 1874. William H. Chatterdon.

67 Martin G. 1842, liv'g. Lucy E. Mead. Tecumseh, Mich. Farmer.

68 James. 1844. liv'g. Atlanta H. Bates. Tecumseh, Mich. Farmer.

69 Caroline G. 1846. liv'g. Fayette W. De Puy. Tecumseh, Mich.

69' Mary F. 1848. 1881. Francis F. Fuller.

Alanson H. has children: Harriet L.; Elbert R.; Egbert J.; Floyd L.

Martin G. has children: Clyde G. (deceased); Ernest R.; Elsie 0.

James has children: Earl B.; L. Carl.