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     Hubrechtje Jans married Joris Matthyssen.

     Joris Matthyssen was born at France. He married Hubrechtje Jans.

     Hendrick Doremus was born at France.
     He Johannes De Riemer (Doremus) settled in Lower Preakness as early as 1717 , or possibly a little earlier. In a deed from the legal representatives of the heirs and devisees of Thomas Hart , late of London , dec'd, to Derrick Dey , October 9, 1717 , for 600 acres of land, in Lower Preakness , the tract is described as "Beginning at the southwest corner of Johannes De Riemer 's land, on Singac Brook ," which land probably was that which his son Cornelius H., (Hans) , or J., (Jan), Doremus , (he wrote his name both ways), on September 20, 1769 , for £480, deeded to Samuel Van Saen ;-now evidently, in part, at any rate, the Aaron Laauwe farm, and the Sikkema and Garside farms. In the deed to Van Saen , the said tract is described (Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, Book A, p. 121) as "Beginning at the east side of a brook, called by the Indians Singack, at a place where a small run of water runneth into said sd brook, and running from thence (1) South 81 1/2° East 40 chains (2) thence North 32° East 24 1/2 chains (3) thence North 81 1/2° West 30 chains (4) thence North 80 3/4° East 30 chains (5) thence North 81 1/2° East 10 chains and 70 links to the Singack Brook aforesaid, thence down the stream the several courses thereof to the place where it first began containing 150 acres strict measurement."
Note.-There appears to be something wrong here, as we cannot bring the lines together. The only explanation we can give is that the fourth and fifth lines are probably North West instead of North East, in which case the plot would be in shape something like the diagram below.
This is the explanation of Samuel R. Demarest , attorney, of Hackensack . Johannes De Riemer (Doremus) was the second living son of Cornelis Doremus and Jannetje Joris , who, with their children, Cornelis and Johannes , were the first of the name in this country. They came from Middelburg, Holland . Their oldest son. Thomas (1), died on the voyage; two daughters had died in the old country; several other children were afterwards born to them in America . The family lived at Wesel , between Paterson and Passaic .
Cornelis Doremus , the immigrant, b. at Breskens , m. May 12, 1675 , at Arneminden , Janneke Joris van Elsland , (b. at Groede ),-all Walcheren , Province of Laan , in the southwestern part of Holland , bordering on Belgium . They came to America about 1685 . Their children were:
1. Thomas (1), bap. March 24, 1676 .
2. Maijke , bap. November 17, 1677 .
3. Janneke , bap. January 3, 1680 .
4. Cornelis , bap. February 3, 1682 .
5. Joannes , bap. September 7, 1684 .
All the above baptisms occurred at Middelburg .
6. Thomas , (2), bap. April 11, 1687 , at Bergen .
7. Jannetje , bap. June 4, 1691 , at Bergen .
8. Joris , b. about 1693 .
9. Hendrick , bap. May 28, 1695 .
Thomas (1), as we have seen, died on the voyage to this continent. Maijke and Janneke died young in Holland . Cornelis m. August 12, 1710 , Rachel Pieterse . Johannes m. August 19, 1710 , Elizabeth A. Akkermans , who was born in Bergen , and lived, at the time of her marriage, at Hackensack . In his latter days Johannes Doremus lived at Paramus , where he made his will July 5, 1754 , witnessed by Deyrek Dey , Nicholas Kip , and Philip Schuyler . This was probably Philip Schuyler , of Pompton , who, in 1712 , married Hester Kingsland . Thomas (2) m. October 4, 1712 , Anneke A. Akerman . Jannetje m. October 22, 1715 , Frans Oudtwater . Joris m. March 16, 1717 , Marretie Berdan . Hendrick m. April 14, 1716 , Annatie Hesselse . The father of these children died January or February, 1715 ; their mother somewhat later.
After Cornelis H., (Hans) , or J., (Johannes), Doremus , son of Johannes , conveyed the aforementioned tract to Samuel Van Saen , he removed to Parsippany . None of his descendants, and therefore of Johannes 's descendants, that we know of, is now with us. But Peter J. Doremus is a descendant of the first Johannes 's brother, Thomas (2), in the seventh generation from Cornelis , of Wesel .
This Thomas married Anneke Abramse Ackermans . "He settled near the head waters of the Peckamin River , on the portion of the Garret Mountain tract given to him by his father's will." Thomas Doremus 's son, Cornelis Doremus , married Antje Yong . They had a son, Thomas , who married Rachel Spier . A son, Peter of this union, married Susanna Jones . These were the grandparents Peter J. -his parents being Nicholas Jones Doremus and Elizabeth Haring , his wife.
William D. Doremus , of Preakness , is a descendant of Joris or George , another son of Cornelis Doremus , of Wesel , and brother of Cornelis, Jr. , and Johannes and Thomas . This George or Joris Doremus married Marretie Berdan . Their son Cornelis married Sara Reyerse . This couple had a son who married Margaret Westervelt . These were the parents of Jan Doremus , who wrote his name John G. , the father of William D. , and who married Geertje Ryerson . The first Joris Doremus died in 1733 , and his widow married again, her second husband being Jacob Tisort. (Tietsoort) . William Dearman Doremus is in the fifth generation from him, and in the sixth from Cornelis , of Wesel . He was the fourteenth child of his parents, and the third William . The old house in which Jacob Meyer lives, northeast of the Bingham place, was built by an uncle of William D. Doremus , by the name of Dearman or Tearman , or Tierman , who married Mr. Doremus 's father's sister. The house was burned the night President Lincoln was assassinated, but was built up again, the old walls remaining, or being left in the building, as far as they would do. Mr. Doremus 's father or grandfather owned all the land east of where he lived, and of where William D. lived, to the top of the mountain, this side of Paterson , including the Robert Gaede place, the John Grundy place, the Van Orden and other places, as well as west of his residence, to Singac Brook . Jan , or John G. Doremus , the father of William D. , was long an elder, and for a time treasurer of this church. He lived on what is now (1902 ) the Bingham place, where his father Joris had lived before him, in an old stone house, long since in ruins, just back of where the present house stands. William D. , who married Helen Ann Benson , spent most of his married life in the house across the road.
Also the late Cornelius O. and John Doremus , brothers, of Lower Preakness , were descendants of this same George , the brother of the first Johannes Doremus , in another line from that of William D. , and in the seventh generation from Cornelis Doremus and Jannetje Joris . This is the line: Joris Doremus and Marretie Berdan had a son Joris who married Marregrietje Tytsoort . They had a son Cornelis . We don't know whom he married. But he had a son Joris who married Eve Yong . And this couple had a son Jores , who married Elmina Onderdonk . And these were the parents of the brothers C. O. and John . Jores Doremus , the father Lower Preakness on the mountain towards Paterson , where his grandsons, the sons of Cornelius O. , now live.
A great many acres, in various portions of Preakness , have belonged to the Doremus family, though the name is not at present as numerous here as it has been.
The mill and farm property occupied by the Peter J. Doremus family, before it belonged to his father-in-law, John I. Traphagen , was owned by William Sickles , his (Peter 's) wife's grandfather, and father-in-law of Mr. Traphagen , who, (Sickles ), bought it of Richard Doremus , a descendant of the first owner of it, viz: Joris or Georges , who came here in 1723 , son of the first Cornelis of Wesel . (Cornelis ,-Joris or Georges ,-Johannes ,-Joris ,-Richard .) This Richard , therefore, was the first George 's great grandson. His farm and mill property in Preakness was devised to him by his father's will. After selling it to Mr. Sickles , he removed to New York , and, when he died, was buried in Schraalenburg .* Peter J. Doremus was born and brought up in Pacquanac .
August 30, 1717 , David Danielson , who was a Hennion, of Bergen County , bought of the heirs of Thomas Hart for "£130 current money of New York ," a tract, which, with all about them, covered the Preakness church and parsonage lots. It is described as follows:
"All that certain part or parcell of land, situate, lying, and being in Bergen County , in the Province of East New Jersey aforesaid, beginning at a black oak tree marked with the letter D, and from thence running North one hundred and twelve chains to a rock marked D. D.," (probably back of the old Esquire Mersclis house, now Mrs. Cahill 's), "thence North eighty-six degrees Easterly sixty-nine chains to Singac Brook , then down the stream thereof to a black oak marked on four sides, which is the North East corner of Brockholst land , then following Brockholst lines, to a stake set near a brook, thence South eighty-six degrees Westerly fifty-three chains to the tree where it began, containing, (as by the return of the surveyor may appear) six hundred and fifty acres together with, etc., etc."
This seems to have included all of what in these days (1900 ) are known as the Merselis properties, and those south of them, and taking in at least the upper end (but we cannot tell how much of it) of Lower Preakness , between Singac Brook and Pacquanack October 2 , or 20, 1719 , to Garret Garretson, Jr. Theunis Hennion , grandson of D. D. Hennion , also at one time owned some of it, which, on June 1, 1763 , he deeded to Edo Marselis . David Danielson Hennion had two sons who remained in Preakness ,-Daniel or Nathaniel and Johannes . Theunis was the son of this John or Johannes . Theunis Hennion , son of Johannes , and grandson of David Danielson Hennion , was married at Acquackanonk , June 13, 1746 , to Annetje Doremus . The entry states he was born at "Perikenes ." His will is dated May 19, 1801 , and was proved December 29, 1801 .¹

     Cornelis Doremus was born between 1650 and 1659 at Breskens, Zeeland, Netherlands.¹ He was the son of Hendrick Doremus. Cornelis Doremus married Janneke Joris, daughter of Joris Matthyssen and Hubrechtje Jans, on 12 May 1675 at Arnemuyden, Netherlands.^2,1 Cornelis Doremus died in February 1713/14 at Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.¹ He died in 1715 at Wesel (Paterson), New Jersey, USA.
     He was (an unknown value) at Planter.^2,1

     Johannes Doremus was born on 1 September 1720 at Preakness, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.¹ He was the son of Joris Doremus and Marretie Berdan. Johannes Doremus died on 22 July 1784 at age 63.¹

     Cornelis Doremus was born in 1717 at Preakness, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.^1,2 He was the son of Joris Doremus and Marretie Berdan.

     Marretie Berdan was born in 1694 at New Amersfoort (Flatlands), Long Island, New York, USA.^1,2 She was the daughter of Jan Berdan Jr. and Eva Van Siclen. Marretie Berdan married Joris Doremus, son of Cornelis Doremus and Janneke Joris, on 16 March 1716/17 at Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, USA.^3,1,4 Marretie Berdan married Jacob Tietsoort on 6 December 1733.^1,2
     Marretie Berdan was Record Change on 10 February 2004.

     Elizabeth Doremus was born on 30 September 1750. She was the daughter of Joris Doremus and Elizabeth Titsvort.

     Marritjen Doremus was born on 15 March 1747/48. He was the son of Joris Doremus and Elizabeth Titsvort.

     Elizabeth Titsvort was born circa 23 September 1726.^2,3 She married Joris Doremus, son of Joris Doremus and Marretie Berdan. Elizabeth Titsvort died on 1 March 1767. She died on 26 June 1810.^2,3 She was buried at Ch., Preakness, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.^2,3
     Elizabeth Titsvort was also known as Marregrietje Titsoort.³ Elizabeth Titsvort was also known as Marregrietje Tytsoort.

     Mary A. Doremus was born on 3 October 1796. She was the daughter of George C. Doremus and Eve Yong.

     Abraham Doremus was born in 1780 at Lower Preakness, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.¹ He was the son of George C. Doremus and Eve Yong.

     Sarah Doremus was the daughter of George C. Doremus and Eve Yong.

     Peter Doremus was born on 15 May 1785. He was the son of George C. Doremus and Eve Yong.

     Cornelius Doremus married Charity (?)¹ Cornelius Doremus was born on 18 September 1782 at Bergen, New Jersey, USA.² He was the son of George C. Doremus and Eve Yong. Cornelius Doremus died on 7 September 1854 at Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA, at age 71.^1,2
     He appeared on the census of 25 July 1850 at Household 210-211, Wayne Township, Passaic, New Jersey, USA; Cornelius G. Doremus, 47, Farmer, All on page b. NJ
Charity, 45,
Effy Yorks, 35,
Elizabeth Doremus, 14
Abram, 10
John, 4
Eve Doremus, 93.³

     Elisabeth Doremus was born on 6 November 1779. She was the daughter of George C. Doremus and Eve Yong.

     Eve Yong married George C. Doremus, son of Cornelius Doremus. Eve Yong was born on 7 April 1759 at Pequanac, Morris, New Jersey, USA.^2,3,1 She was the daughter of Pieter Yongh and Elisabeth Van Duyn. Eve Yong died on 29 May 1851 at Preakness, Passaic, New Jersey, USA, at age 92.³
     She appeared on the census of 25 July 1850 at Household 210-211, Wayne Township, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.⁴

     George C. Doremus married Eve Yong, daughter of Pieter Yongh and Elisabeth Van Duyn. George C. Doremus was born circa 1755 at New Jersey, USA.¹ He was the son of Cornelius Doremus. George C. Doremus died circa September 1807.

     Catherine Waite was born circa 1824.¹ She married Cornelius Doremus, son of George G. Doremus and Willemtje Penelope Onderdonk, on 24 December 1848 at Manchester, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.²

     Margaret Ann Conklin was born circa 1810 at New Jersey, USA.¹ She married George G. Doremus, son of George C. Doremus and Eve Yong, after October 1850.² Margaret Ann Conklin died in 1884.
     She was fact 9 at Margaret was widow of Rulif Doremus.

     Sarah Doremus was born between 1825 and 1830.¹ She was the daughter of George G. Doremus and Willemtje Penelope Onderdonk.

     George Doremus was born circa 1835 at New Jersey, USA.¹ He was the son of George G. Doremus and Willemtje Penelope Onderdonk.

     Hannah (?) married Thomas Barney, son of Thomas Barney, before 1690.

     Thomas Barney was born circa 1670. He was the son of Thomas Barney. Thomas Barney married Hannah (?) before 1690.

     Mary Barney was born on 29 August 1722. She was the daughter of Thomas Barney and Mary (?)

     John Barney was born on 8 February 1717/18. He was the son of Thomas Barney and Mary (?) John Barney died before 1753.

     Martha Bruce was born on 8 December 1721. She married Thomas Barney, son of Thomas Barney and Mary (?), on 13 January 1741/42.

     Joseph Pickersgill was born in 1857 at England.

     Miles Hodgeson was born circa 1821 at England.^1,2 He was the son of Thomas Hodgeson and Sarah (?) Miles Hodgeson married Ellen Doremus, daughter of George G. Doremus and Willemtje Penelope Onderdonk, on 11 May 1860 at Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^3,4 Miles Hodgeson died on 1 September 1887 at Wayne, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.²
     He immigrated on 9 June 1854.⁵

     George Lewis married Mabel Elena Wheeler, daughter of Stephen Vose Wheeler and Anna Ellen Young, after 1920.

     Jordan Breann Decker is the daughter of Jonathan Michael Decker and Karin Pamela Silvestri.

     Dr. Mary Jane Houston married Mo Koren. Dr. Mary Jane Houston is the daughter of Dr. James Houston and Ann Metzdorf.

     Cynthia Kay Merritt is the daughter of Arlen Merritt and Betty Dutcher. Cynthia Kay Merritt married Edward Donald Laraway, son of Donald Peter Laraway and Ruth Mabel Garner, on 5 August 1967 at Montezuma Methodist Church, Montezuma, Cayuga, New York, USA.

     Edward Donald Laraway is the son of Donald Peter Laraway and Ruth Mabel Garner. Edward Donald Laraway married Cynthia Kay Merritt, daughter of Arlen Merritt and Betty Dutcher, on 5 August 1967 at Montezuma Methodist Church, Montezuma, Cayuga, New York, USA.

     Donald Peter Laraway was born on 22 February 1917 at Montezuma, Cayuga, New York, USA. He married Ruth Mabel Garner, daughter of William Garner and Mabel Elena Wheeler, on 22 November 1941 at Montezuma Methodist Church, Montezuma, Cayuga, New York, USA. Donald Peter Laraway died on 26 December 1959 at Waterloo, Seneca, New York, USA, at age 42. He was buried on 29 December 1959 at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Port Byron, Cayuga, New York, USA.

     Ruth Mabel Garner was born on 12 April 1919 at Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA. She was the daughter of William Garner and Mabel Elena Wheeler. Ruth Mabel Garner married Donald Peter Laraway on 22 November 1941 at Montezuma Methodist Church, Montezuma, Cayuga, New York, USA. Ruth Mabel Garner died on 17 February 2007 at Auburn, Cayuga, New York, USA, at age 87.¹

     Warren E. Garner married Dorothy Thurston. Warren E. Garner married MaryLou Pullen. Warren E. Garner was born on 24 April 1921 at Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.^1,2 He was the son of William Garner and Mabel Elena Wheeler. Warren E. Garner died on 16 January 2014 at Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Florida, USA, at age 92.

     William Garner married Mabel Elena Wheeler, daughter of Stephen Vose Wheeler and Anna Ellen Young, between 1911 and 1918.

     Carlton Daniel Bolger married Millie H. Milne, daughter of Peter H. Milne and Jean Dale Hayes. Carlton Daniel Bolger was born on 26 July 1908.¹ He was the son of Daniel John Bolger and Mabel Elena Wheeler. Carlton Daniel Bolger died on 15 January 1981 at age 72.¹

     Thomas Barney was born on 2 May 1720. He was the son of Thomas Barney and Mary (?) Thomas Barney married Martha Bruce on 13 January 1741/42. Thomas Barney died on 8 March 1753 at Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, at age 32.

     Asa Wheeler was born on 28 January 1849 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^1,2,3 He was the son of Jotham Wheeler and Abigail S. Richards. Asa Wheeler married Mary Jane Allen, daughter of William Allen and Mary (?), on 17 October 1871 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.⁴

     Olive () Richards married William Richards.

     William Richards married Olive () Richards.

     Abigail S. Richards was born circa 1818 at Massachusetts, USA.¹ She was the daughter of William Richards and Olive () Richards. Abigail S. Richards married Jotham Wheeler, son of Joshua Wheeler and Dinah Maynard, on 20 October 1847 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^2,3

     Charles William Wayne was born on 22 July 1821 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^1,2 He was the son of Charles Wayne and Betsy (?) Charles William Wayne married Abigail Wheeler, daughter of Jotham Wheeler and Marcy Jennings, on 23 March 1844.

     Abigail Wheeler was born on 21 March 1821 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Jotham Wheeler and Marcy Jennings. Abigail Wheeler married Charles William Wayne, son of Charles Wayne and Betsy (?), on 23 March 1844.
     Abigail Wheeler appeared on the census of 1 October 1850 at Household 435-457, Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Dexter A. Snell, 39, shoemaker. All in household b. Mass.
Hester, 36
Charles H., 11
Susan E., 7
George W., 4
Charles B. Wayne, 28, Bootmaker,
Abigail W., 29
Benjamin F., 2.² She appeared on the census of 16 June 1860 at Household 445-546, Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Wayne, Charles W., 28, Bootmaker
Abigail, 29
Benjamin F., 12.³ She appeared on the census of 1880 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Charles W. WAYNE Self M Male W 58 MA Works In Boots MA MA
Abagail WAYNE Wife M Female W 59 MA Keeps House MA MA.⁴

     Charles Bennett married Julia A. Wheeler, daughter of Jotham Wheeler and Marcy Jennings, on 24 February 1847 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Hendrick Doremus was born before 26 May 1695 at Acquackanonk, Essex, New Jersey, USA.¹ He was christened on 26 May 1695 at Acquackanonk, Essex, New Jersey, USA.¹ He was the son of Cornelis Doremus and Janneke Joris.

     Johannes Doremus was born before 7 September 1684 at Middelburg, Netherlands.¹ He was christened on 7 September 1684 at Middelburg, Netherlands.¹ He was the son of Cornelis Doremus and Janneke Joris. Johannes Doremus died after 5 July 1754 at Paramus, New Jersey, USA.¹
     He [richvh.ged] date of will.