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| Van Dyke Genealogy |
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Ancestors of Eva
Beatrice Van Dyke of Mercer County, New Jersey |
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| Alternate surname spellings discovered in records: Van Dyke,
Van Dike, Vandike, Van Dyck, Vandyck |
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| Generation No. 1 |
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Eva Beatrice VAN DYKE was born on 25 March 1879 in Montgomery
Township, Somerset County, New Jersey and died on 25 January 1965 in Ewing
Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of George W.
VAN DYKE and Martha Amelia STRYKER. Eva Beatrice VAN DYKE married James
L. BLACKWELL on 23 November 1898 in Woodsville, Hopewell Township, Mercer
County, New Jersey.
James L. BLACKWELL was born on 5 September 1875 in Montgomery Township,
Somerset County, New Jersey, and died 20 December 1963 in Trenton, Mercer
County, New Jersey. He was the son of Wilson BLACKWELL and Emma SUTPHEN. |
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| Generation No. 2 |
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| George W. VAN DYKE was born on 12 February 1849 in Hopewell
Township, Mercer County, New Jersey and died on 13 January 1941 in Hopewell
Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. He was the son of John Simpson VAN
DYKE and Caroline TITUS. George W. VAN DYKE married Martha Amelia STRYKER
on 20 November 1871 in her father's home, Montgomery Township, Somerset
County, New Jersey.
Martha Amelia STRYKER was born on 11 June 1851 in Montgomery Township,
Somerset County, New Jersey and died on 29 December 1906 in Hopewell Township,
Mercer County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Henry STRYKER and Sarah
Maria VOORHEES.
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| Children of George VAN DYKE and Martha STRYKER are: |
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Harry S. VAN DYKE was born in 1872 in Rocky Hill, Montgomery
Township, Somerset County, New Jersey and died on 27 January 1935 in Hopewell
Borough, Mercer County, New Jersey. He married first Sadie M. STOUT on 18
December 1895 in Pennington, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
Sadie M. STOUT was born in 1874 and died in 1924. She was the daughter of
Daniel STOUT and Hannah WALES. Harry S. VAN DYKE married second Ada M. WILSON
on 30 December 1925 in Hopewell Borough, Mercer County, New Jersey. Ada
M. WILSON was born about 1870 in Lime Port, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and
died some time after January 1935. |
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Eugene VAN DYKE was born on 6 August 1874 in Plainville, Montgomery
Township, Somerset County, New Jersey and died in 1951 Hopewell Township,
Mercer County, New Jersey. He married Gertrude TITUS on 27 November 1897
in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. Gertrude TITUS was born
in 1874 and died in 1940 Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. She
was the daughter of Reuben TITUS and Abagail WATERS. |
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Lillian VAN DYKE was born on 17 May 1877 in Blawenburg, Montgomery
Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. She married Nathaniel WOODWARD on
14 November 1895. Nathaniel WOODWARD was born in August 1874. He was the
son of Oliver WOODWARD and Ellen B. LARUE. |
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Eva Beatrice VAN DYKE was born on 25 March 1879 in Montgomery
Township, Somerset County, New Jersey and died on 25 January 1965 in Ewing
Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. She married James L. BLACKWELL on 23
November 1898 at her father's home outside Woodsville, Hopewell Township,
Mercer County, New Jersey. |
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Arthur Laning VAN DYKE was born on 21 November 1886 in Hopewell
Township, Mercer County, New Jersey and died in 1973 in Hopewell Township,
Mercer County, New Jersey. He married Anna E. LEIGH on 12 February 1908
at Pleasant Valley, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. Anna E.
LEIGH was born in 1886 in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey and
died in 1979. She was the daughter of Joseph LEIGH and Alma HUNT. |
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Ella VAN DYKE was born in 1886 in Hopewell Township, Mercer
County, New Jersey nd died on 21 September 1947 in Pennington, Mercer County,
New Jersey. She married her brother-in-law Edgar BLACKWELL on 15 June 1904
in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. Edgar BLACKWELL was born
on 6 July 1882 in Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey and died
sometime after September 1947. |
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| Generation No. 3 |
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| John Simpson VAN DYKE was born about 1814 in Hopewell Township,
Mercer County, New Jersey and died on 9 January 1894 in Hopewell Township,
Mercer County, New Jersey. He was the son of Jeremiah VAN DYKE and Anna
DRAKE. John Simpson VAN DYKE married Caroline TITUS on 3 November 1838.
John Simpson VAN DYKE owned a 125+ acre farm to the west of Mount Rose in
Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. His will was dated 19 September
1889 and was proved on 19 January 1894.
Caroline TITUS was born about 1819 and died on 24 February 1888 in Hopewell
Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Noah TITUS
and Susan BLACKWELL. |
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| Children of John Simpson VAN DYKE and Caroline TITUS are: |
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Martin VAN DYKE was born on 1 June 1840 in Hopewell, Mercer
County, New Jersey and died 30 October 1902 in Hopewell, Mercer County,
New Jersey. He never married. |
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Mary VAN DYKE was born about 1842 in Hopewell Township, Mercer
County, New Jersey and died some time before December 1930. Mary VAN DYKE
married Christopher FETTER on 26 December 1865 in Hopewell, Mercer County,
New Jersey. Christopher FETTER was born about 1841 in Pennsylvania. He was
the son of Casper FETTER and Ann M. SEARCH. |
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Jeremiah VAN DYKE was born on 26 March 1844 In Hopewell Township,
Mercer County, New Jersey and died on 5 December 1930 in the city of Trenton,
Mercer County, New Jersey. He married Esther BLACKWELL on 5 December 1868
in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey. Esther BLACKWELL was born in 1842
in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey and died on 8 March 1910
in Pennington, Mercer County, New Jersey. |
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Caroline Aurelia VAN DYKE was born about 1846 in Hopewell
Township, Mercer County, New Jersey and died on 11 July 1904 in Stoutsburg,
Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. She married Henry S. SHEPPARD
on 26 December 1866 in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. Henry
S. SHEPPARD was born February 1844. |
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Wesley Titus VAN DYKE was born on 17 August 1847 in Hopewell
Township, Mercer County, New Jersey and died on 24 May 1927 in Hopewell
Borough, Mercer County, New Jersey. He married Anna C. VOORHEES in November
1871 in Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. Anna C. VOORHEES
was born in February 1850 in Somerset County, New Jersey and died in 1934
in Hopewell Borough, Mercer County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of
John B. VOORHEES and Sarah Frances BOGGS. |
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George W. VAN DYKE was born on 12 February 1849 in Hopewell
Township, Mercer County, New Jersey and died on 13 January 1941 in Hopewell
Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. He married Martha Amelia STRYKER on
20 November 1871 in her father's home, Montgomery Township, Somerset County,
New Jersey. Martha Amelia STRYKER was the daughter of Henry STRYKER and
Sarah Maria VOORHEES. |
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Sylvester VAN DYKE was born on 10 November 1850 in Hopewell
Township, Mercer County, New Jersey and died on 27 November 1935 in Hopewell,
Mercer County, New Jersey. He married first Rebecca IVINS on 24 November
1875. Rebecca C. IVINS was born on 19 December 1852 and died in 1922. She
was the daughter of William and Caroline IVINS. Sylvester VAN DYKE married
second a widow named Ella Eliza Randall STOUT on 9 January 1924 in Hopewell
Borough, Mercer County, New Jersey. Ella Eliza Randall STOUT was born in
1857 in Pennington, Mercer County, New Jersey and died in 1943. |
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Emily VAN DYKE was born about 1852 in Hopewell Township, Mercer
County, New Jersey and died at the age of thirteen on 2 April 1865 in Hopewell
Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. She had spotted fever. |
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Susannah VAN DYKE was born in November 1853 in Hopewell Township,
Mercer County, New Jersey and died some time after December 1930. She married
Noah Stout VOORHEES about 1876. Noah Stout VOORHEES was born in November
1853 and died before April 1930. |
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Andrew VAN DYKE was born on 6 March 1855 in Hopewell Township,
Mercer County, New Jersey and died on 15 November 1936 in Hopewell, Mercer
County, New Jersey. He married Jane Louisa QUICK about. 1881. Jane Louisa
QUICK was born on 19 September 1862 in Woodsville, Hopewell Township, Mercer
County, New Jersey; and died on 27 December 1933 in Hopewell Borough, Mercer
County, New Jersey. |
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John P. VAN DYKE was born in 1856 in Hopewell Township, Mercer
County, New Jersey and died in 1944. He married Julia SHEPPARD about 1882.
Julia SHEPPARD was born in August 1854 in Somerset County, New Jersey and
died on 29 December 1939 in Pennington, Mercer County, New Jersey. |
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Laura VAN DYKE was born in November 1859 in Hopewell Township,
Mercer County, New Jersey and died some time after December 1930. She married
Charles Howard SKED about 1885. Charles Howard SKED was born in December
1861. |
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| Henry STRYKER was born on 20 October 1820 and died on 10 January
1892 in Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. He was the son
of Abraham STRYKER and Martha POLHEMUS. Henry STRYKER married Sarah Maria
VOORHEES on 12 February 1845. Henry STRYKER owned a 150-acre farm to the
west of Rocky Hill, Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. His
will was dated 26 December 1891 and probated 1 February 1892.
Sarah Maria VOORHEES was born on 19 May 1826 and died on 28 October 1908
in Skillman, Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. She was
the daughter of Peter J. VOORHEES and Cornelia BERRIEN. |
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| Children of HENRY STRYKER and SARAH VOORHEES are: |
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Peter Voorhees STRYKER was born on 7 November 1845 and died
7 October 1921. He married Alice VAN DYKE in October 1871. |
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Ann Elizabeth STRYKER was born on 13 January 1848. She married
William H. SKILLMAN on 20 January 1867. William H. SKILLMAN was born in
February 1847. They lived in Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
where William H. SKILLMAN was a farmer. |
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Helen Cornelia STRYKER was born on 11 June 1851 and died in
1917. She married Jacob G. D. WYCKOFF who was born in November 1866 and
died in 1932. Jacob G.D. WYCKOFF was the son of Stephen D. WYCKOFF. |
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Martha Amelia STRYKER was born on 11 June 1851 and died 29
December 1906 in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. She married
George W. VAN DYKE on 20 November 1871 at her father's home outside Rocky
Hill in Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. |
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| Generation No. 4 |
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| Jeremiah VAN DYKE was born about 1790 and died on 23 March
1860 in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. He married Anna DRAKE
on 1 January 1814 by Rev. Boggs of the First Baptist Church in Hopewell,
Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Jeremiah VAN DYKE died intestate. His nearly
200-acre farm was sold to his son, Peter V. VAN DYKE by deed on 23 May 1860.
The grantors of this deed are Jeremiah's widow, Anna VAN DYKE and Peter's
nine siblings and their spouses.
Anna DRAKE was born on 27 June 1797 in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County,
New Jersey and died on 23 July 1885 in Hopewell Township, Mercer County,
New Jersey. She was the daughter of Enoch DRAKE and Catharine STOUT. |
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| Children of Jeremiah VAN DYKE and Anna DRAKE are: |
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John Simpson VAN DYKE was born about 1814 in Hopewell Township,
Hunterdon County, New Jersey and died on 9 January 1894 in Hopewell Township,
Mercer County, New Jersey. He married Caroline TITUS on 3 November 1838. |
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Henry VAN DYKE was born about 1817 in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon
County, New Jersey. He married Sarah M. who was born about 1816. |
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Peter Vandevere VAN DYKE was born on 27 October 1819 in Hopewell
Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey and died 24 March 1876 in Hopewell
Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. He married Keziah Hester [maiden name
unknown] who was born on 6 August 1818 in Pennsylvania and died on 6 June
1898 in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. |
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Enoch D. VAN DYKE was born about 1822 in Hopewell Township,
Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He married Elizabeth H. who was born about
1822 in New Jersey. |
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Catherine M. VAN DYKE was born about 1825 in Hopewell Township,
Hunterdon County New Jersey. She married George CORWINE who was born about
1819 in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. |
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Anna Elizabeth VAN DYKE was born about 1827 in Hopewell Township,
Hunterdon County, New Jersey. She married Charles T. BLACKWELL who was born
about 1821 in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. |
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Sarah H. VAN DYKE was born on 7 January 1829 in Hopewell Township,
Hunterdon County, New Jersey and died on 1 January 1898 in Hopewell Township,
Mercer County, New Jersey. She married Jacques W. VOORHEES who was born
on 16 October 1824 in New Jersey and died on 9 November 1889 in Hopewell
Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. |
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Margret VAN DYKE was born about 1832 in Hopewell Township,
Hunterdon County, New Jersey. She married John S. COOK. |
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Jacob B. VAN DYKE was born about 1835 in Hopewell Township,
Hunterdon County, New Jersey and died on 5 May 1870 in Hopewell Township,
Mercer County, New Jersey. He never married. After his father's death in
1860, Jacob lived with his brother Peter Vandevere VAN DYKE until his death
in 1870. |
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Rachel Adaline VAN DYKE was born about 1837 in Hopewell Township,
Hunterdon County, New Jersey. She married Charles Bailey VOORHEES who was
born on 9 January 1838 in New Jersey. |
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| Abraham STRYKER was born on 9 September 1781 and died on 12
August 1849. He was the son of Abraham STRYKER and Cornelia BEEKMAN. Abraham
STRYKER married Martha POLHEMUS some time before 6 October 1813.
Martha POLHEMUS was born on 26 December 1783 and died on 9 March 1827.
She was the daughter of Daniel POLHEMUS and Cornelia VEGHTE. |
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| Children of Abraham STRYKER and Martha POLHEMUS are: |
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Peter STRYKER was born on 11 December 1803 and died on 14
February 1879. He married Eleanor VOORHEES on 9 October 1828. Eleanor VOORHEES
was born on 12 December 1812 and died on 2 April 1879. |
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Cornelia STRYKER was born on 3 November 1805 and died 28 February
1885. She married Peter VAN DYCK. |
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Sarah STRYKER was born on 22 June 1808 and died 10 March 1887.
She married John QUICK. |
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Daniel Polhemus STRYKER was born on 6 August 1810 and died
20 November 1898. He married Rachel WYCKOFF on 13 November 1833. Rachel
WYCKOFF was born on 4 August 1811 and died on 21 May 1892. |
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Ann STRYKER was born on 21 April 1813. She married Brewster
WYCKOFF. |
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Abraham STRYKER was born on 8 June 1816 and died on23 September
1846. He married Jane DAVIS on 20 February 1840. Jane DAVIS was born on
21 October 1817. |
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Mary STRYKER was born on 10 August 1818. She married Abram
VOORHEES. |
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Henry STRYKER was born on 20 October 1820 and died on 10 January
1892 in Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. He married Sarah
Maria VOORHEES on 12 February 1845. |
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Martha STRYKER was born on 21 March 1823 and died 11 October
1852. She married Abraham CORTELYOU on 4 October 1843. |
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Elizabeth STRYKER was born on 6 September 1825 and died 22
July 1862. She married Garret BROKAW on 9 February 1845. |
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| Peter J. VOORHEES was born on 27 October 1799 in New Jersey
and died on 9 November 1851. He was the son of Jacques A. VOORHEES and Sarah
WYCKOFF. Peter J. VOORHEES married Cornelia BERRIEN.
Cornelia BERRIEN was born 3 September 1797 in Hopewell, Mercer County,
New Jersey and died 1 March 1870 in Blawenburg, Montgomery Township, Somerset
County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of John BERRIEN. |
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| Children of Peter VOORHEES and Cornelia BERRIEN are: |
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John Berrian VOORHEES was born in 1823. He married Sarah Frances
BOGGS. |
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Jacques W. VOORHEES was born on 16 October 1824 in New Jersey
and died 9 November 1889. He married Sarah H. VAN DYKE who was born on 7
January 1829 in New Jersey and died 1 January 1898. |
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Sarah Maria Voorhees was born on 19 May 1826 and died on 28
October 1908 in Skillman, Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
She married Henry STRYKER on 12 February 1845. |
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Charles Bailey VOORHEES was born on 9 January 1838 in New
Jersey. He married Rachel Adaline VAN DYKE who was born about 1837 in New
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| Generation No. 5 |
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Daniel POLHEMUS was born about 1747 and died in 1814. He
married Cornelia VEGHTE on 16 May 1771 at the home of her father, Garret
VEGHTE. The will of Daniel POLHEMUS was dated 6 October 1813 and probated
9 April 1814. |
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| Children of Daniel POLHEMUS and Cornelia VEGHTE are: |
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Henry POLHEMUS was born 31 May 1772. |
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Garret POLHEMUS was born 15 June 1774. |
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Daniel POLHEMUS was born 17 August 1776. |
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Peter POLHEMUS was born 2 February 1779. |
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John POLHEMUS was born 26 June 1781. |
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Martha POLHEMUS was born 26 December 1783 and died on 9 March
1827. She married Abraham STRYKER. |
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Abraham POLHEMUS was born 19 May 1786. |
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Elezibeth POLHEMUS was born 19 May 1786. She married Peter
GARRISON. |
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Isaac POLHEMUS was born 7 April 1789. |
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Cornelia POLHEMUS was born 11 February 1793. |
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