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     Wilhemina Agnew was born in May 1886 at Scotland.² She was the daughter of James Agnew and Mary Dale.² Wilhemina Agnew married Alonzo Daniel Callahan.¹
     Wilhemina Agnew was also known as Minnie S. Agnew.²

     Sarah Agnew married Scott Easton.² Sarah Agnew was born on 29 April 1889 at Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.^1,3 She was the daughter of James Agnew and Mary Dale.¹

     Charles A. Bennett was born on 30 August 1848 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^1,2 He was the son of Charles Bennett and Julia A. Wheeler.¹

     Benjamin F. Wayne was born circa 1848 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Charles William Wayne and Abigail Wheeler.¹ Benjamin F. Wayne married Adelaide (?) before 1880.
     Benjamin F. Wayne appeared on the census of 1880 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Benjamin W. WAYNE Self M Male W 32 MA Making Boots MA MA
Adelaid WAYNE Wife M Female W 30 MA Keeps House MA MA.

     Mary A. Bennett was born circa 1851 at Ashland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Bennett and Julia A. Wheeler.¹

     Joseph Bennett was born circa 1853 at Ashland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Charles Bennett and Julia A. Wheeler.¹

     Dana Bennett was born circa 1855 at Ashland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Charles Bennett and Julia A. Wheeler.¹

     Bertan Bennett was born circa 1856 at Ashland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Charles Bennett and Julia A. Wheeler.¹

     Walter Bennett was born circa 1858 at Ashland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Charles Bennett and Julia A. Wheeler.¹

     Adelaide (?) was born circa 1850 at Massachusetts, USA.¹ She married Benjamin F. Wayne, son of Charles William Wayne and Abigail Wheeler, before 1880.

     Dexter W. Snell was born circa 17 November 1809 at Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.² He was born circa 1811 at Massachusetts, USA.¹ He married Hester Wheeler, daughter of Jotham Wheeler and Marcy Jennings, on 13 January 1839 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.³ Dexter W. Snell died on 30 November 1884 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.²

     Charles Henry Snell was born on 26 April 1839 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^1,2 He was the son of Dexter W. Snell and Hester Wheeler.¹ Charles Henry Snell died on 1 February 1913 at Framington, Massachusetts, USA, at age 73.³

     Susan Ellen Snell married Frank P. Newton. Susan Ellen Snell was born on 14 July 1842 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^1,2 She was the daughter of Dexter W. Snell and Hester Wheeler.¹ Susan Ellen Snell died on 1 March 1899 at Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA, at age 56.³

     George W. Snell was born on 28 June 1845 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^1,2 He was the son of Dexter W. Snell and Hester Wheeler.¹ George W. Snell died on 6 October 1885 at Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, at age 40.³

     William Augustus Snell was born circa 1855 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Dexter W. Snell and Hester Wheeler.¹ William Augustus Snell married Sarah Badger on 22 December 1874 at Medway, Massahusetts, USA.²
     William Augustus Snell appeared on the census of 7 June 1880 at Household 506-579, Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Snell, William, 24, head, Work in Boots, All in household b. MA
Sarah, wife, 26, Keeping house
Bertha V., dau., 1.³

     Herbert Maurice Snell was born on 12 August 1858 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^2,3 He was the son of Dexter W. Snell and Hester Wheeler.² Herbert Maurice Snell married Margaret Frances Feeheley, daughter of Michael Feeheley, on 15 June 1881 at Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.⁴
     Herbert Maurice Snell was also known as Herbert Monroe Snell.²

     Aaron Riley Chamberlain was born circa 1828 at Moravia, Cayuga, New York, USA.^2,3,4 He married Elizabeth Hogle, daughter of John Hogle and Sarah Agard, between 1850 and 1854. Aaron Riley Chamberlain married Sarah R Curtis on 5 November 1867 at Berlin Centre, Ionia, Michigan, USA.⁴ Aaron Riley Chamberlain died on 26 October 1901 at Berlin, Ionia, Michigan, USA.⁵

     Sidney A Hickok married Nancy Jane Hogle, daughter of John Hogle and Sarah Agard.

     Abram Durfee married Jemima Hogle, daughter of John Hogle and Sarah Agard.

     James Webster married Catherine Hogle, daughter of John Hogle and Sarah Agard, on 11 December 1850 at Schaghticoke, Rensselaer, New York, USA.¹

     Joseph Wemett married Hannah Hogle, daughter of John Hogle and Sarah Agard, on 16 November 1854.¹

     Luther Greenman married Emily Hogle, daughter of John Hogle and Sarah Agard.

     James Dorman married Catherine Hogle, daughter of John Hogle and Sarah Agard.

     James West was born circa 1832 at New York, USA.¹ He was the son of Jacob West and Sally (?) James West married Sarah Maria Johnson, daughter of William Henry Harrison Johnson and Mary Ann Hogle, circa 1860.^2,3 James West died circa 1870; There was a James West from Ledyard who died in Andersonville Prison, about the same time as the birth of the youngest son of Sarah Johnson West, however The 1865 census indicates that the James West who died in Andersonville was 21 years of age, single, with no dependants and James is listed on the 1870 census. Eber was still listed as single in 1860, and the 1900 census says he and Sarah were married for 30 years, which would place their year of marriage also ca 1870.^4,5

     Lucille Emma Brewster is the daughter of William Henry Brewster and Gertrude L. Linsea.¹ Lucille Emma Brewster married Albert Norman Cleveland on 30 August 1930 at Ledyard, Cayuga, New York, USA.² Lucille Emma Brewster married (?) Palmer before 1965.

     Arley B. Brewster was born on 7 March 1908 at New York, USA.^1,2 She was the daughter of William Henry Brewster and Gertrude L. Linsea.¹ Arley B. Brewster married Charles W. Clark circa 1929.³ Arley B. Brewster died on 15 November 1996 at age 88.⁴

     Harriett L. Waldron was born circa 1906 at Michigan, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Clayton Waldron and Carrie N. Brewster.¹ Harriett L. Waldron died before 1971.

     Leonard Waldron was born on 26 April 1909 at Michigan, USA.^1,2 He was the son of Clayton Waldron and Carrie N. Brewster.¹ Leonard Waldron married Alice Streelman, daughter of Gerrit Streelman and Dora (Doortje) Van Allen, circa 1929 at Michigan, USA.³ Leonard Waldron died in October 1983 at Hillsborough, Florida, USA, at age 74.²

     Robert L. Waldron was born circa 1913 at Michigan, USA.¹ He was the son of Clayton Waldron and Carrie N. Brewster.¹ Robert L. Waldron died after 1971.

     Mary Eliza Wheeler was born on 21 February 1843 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Jotham Wheeler and Mary Emeline Peirce. Mary Eliza Wheeler died on 11 September 1844 at age 1.¹

     Oliver Peirce Person Source.¹

     Mary Emeline Peirce was born on 15 December 1821 at Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. She was the daughter of Oliver Peirce and Mary or Polly Crossman. Mary Emeline Peirce married Jotham Wheeler, son of Jotham Wheeler and Marcy Jennings, on 14 May 1842 at Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

     Albert G. Wheeler was born on 14 September 1863 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Jotham Wheeler and Mary Emeline Peirce.

     Edgar L. Wheeler was born on 13 April 1859 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Jotham Wheeler and Mary Emeline Peirce. Edgar L. Wheeler died after 1880.

     Mercy L. Wheeler was born on 29 January 1857 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Jotham Wheeler and Mary Emeline Peirce.

     Emma J. Wheeler was born on 1 May 1854 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Jotham Wheeler and Mary Emeline Peirce. Emma J. Wheeler married Albert Henry Baker, son of Henry Baker and Lorinda (?), on 15 July 1875 at Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.²
     As of 15 July 1875,her married name was Baker.²

     Edgar M. Wheeler was born on 23 September 1852 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Jotham Wheeler and Mary Emeline Peirce. Edgar M. Wheeler died before 1859.

     Hiram Erwin Wheeler was born on 7 June 1848 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Jotham Wheeler and Mary Emeline Peirce. Hiram Erwin Wheeler died after 1880.

     George Ruel Wheeler was born on 13 March 1847 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Jotham Wheeler and Mary Emeline Peirce.

     Mary or Polly Crossman Person Source.¹

     William H. Wheeler was born on 15 February 1845 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Jotham Wheeler and Mary Emeline Peirce.

     Hendrick Doremus was born before 5 November 1727.^1,2 He was christened on 5 November 1727.^1,2 He was the son of Joris Doremus and Marretie Berdan. Hendrick Doremus died in 1776 at Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA.^3,1

     Joris Doremus was born circa 1693 at Acquackanonk, Essex, New Jersey, USA.¹ He was the son of Cornelis Doremus and Janneke Joris. Joris Doremus married Marretie Berdan, daughter of Jan Berdan Jr. and Eva Van Siclen, on 16 March 1716/17 at Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, USA.^2,3,4 Joris Doremus died in 1733.^3,1
     Joris Doremus was also known as Geroge Doremus. He left a will on 20 October 1733; Will dated Mar. 25, 1733, proved Oct. 20, 1733
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Name: George Doremus
Date: 25 Mar 1733
Location: Saddle River, Bergen Co.
yeoman; will of. Wife, Marritie. Oldest son, Cornelius (not 21). Rest of my children--John, George and Hendrick (not of age). Executors--sons Cornelius, and wife's brother, John Berdan, Jr. "It is my will further that my brother, Thomas Doremus, and my wife's brother, Vernant Berden, shall be joint executors with the others." Witnesses--Johanes Doremus, Isaack Kip, Corneles Kip. Proved 20 Oct., 1733.
Lib. B, p. 475.²

     Janneke Joris was born at Groede, Zeeland, Netherlands.¹ She died at Bergen, New Jersey, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Joris Matthyssen and Hubrechtje Jans. Janneke Joris married Cornelis Doremus, son of Hendrick Doremus, on 12 May 1675 at Arnemuyden, Netherlands.^2,1
     Janneke Joris was also known as Janneke Joris Van Elsland.^2,3

     Vrouwtjen Verway was born at Bergen, New Jersey, USA.¹ She married Jan Berdan Jr., son of Jan Baerdan, on 6 November 1733 at Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, USA.^2,1
     Her married name was Berdan.

     Jan Baerdan was (an unknown value) at weaver.¹ He From an old Historical Discourse, by Rev. William B. Van Benschoten , of Wyckoff, N. J. , published in The Bergen County Democrat, March 5 , and 12, 1869 , we learn that two brothers of the Berdan family came from Hackensack , to Upper Preakness , some time between 1715 and 1720 , and bought 400 acres of land there at eighteen cents per acre. One of these brothers was married, and the other not. The unmarried brother, having a wife in view, began to build a log house, but died before it was finished; when the married brother finished and occupied it; and he became the progenitor of all of the name in this section. If, therefore, Van Benschoten is correct in his statements, the Berdans may be the oldest Preakness family in existence.
However, we cannot yet by any means substantiate these declarations. There is probably no question but that the first Berdan, Jan , who spelled his name Baerdan , after the revocation of the edict of Nantes, in 1685 , came to this country, in the latter part of the seventeenth century, as a Huguenot refugee from Holland , and that with his wife and only son, who was also named Jan , or John , he settled somewhere on the present site of Brooklyn . Baerdan 's wife soon after this died, when he married again, and by his second wife had two daughters. Jan, Jr. did not get along very well with his stepmother, and in the course of a few years, quite early in life, left home. This second Jan , or Jan, Jr. , the only son of the first Jan Baerdan , appears to have been the progenitor of all the American Berdans. He first married Eva Van Siclen May 20, 1693 , at Flatbush, Long Island , by whom he had at least eleven, and perhaps twelve, children. The oldest of the children, a daughter, Marretie , who first married Joris or George Doremus , of Lower Preakness , was born at New Amersfoort, (Flatlands), Long Island ; but all the rest of his children were born and baptized in New Jersey . Shortly after the birth of his first child, Jan moved to Hackensack, N. J. His third child, and second daughter, Eva , married Cornelius Kip , also afterwards of Lower Preakness , a partner of George Doremus (and now also his brother-in-law), in a Jan , the father of these children, about forty years after the first one, occurred November 6, 1733 , when he married Vrouwtjen Van Dien , widow, at Hackensack . He owned several parcels of land about Hackensack , particularly in the region of what is now Maywood , certainly one also at Slotterdam , and 362 acres in Upper Preakness , on Singac Brook , which last parcel he bought of the heirs of Thomas Hart , November 18, 1720 , and for which he paid £72 and 10s., or just fifty cents per acre. If Jan himself never lived on this land, in Preakness , surely one or more of his sons did. His fifth child and third son, Albert , born January 17, 1702 , and baptized January 25 , at Hackensack , who, September 29, 1727 , married Divertje Banta , (bap. May 24, 1710 ), owned this land in his day, and lived on it; and he had a son Jacob , born March 28, 1746 , as well as a son John , who both likewise owned the same land in their day, and apparently lived on it,-the latter selling some of it, his share, no doubt, to Edo Marselis , in 1769 ; while the former, that is, Jacob , held what belonged to him, and handed it down to his posterity. A part of the original 362-acre tract, at any rate, is still in possession of the family (1902 ), in the person of a great grandson of this Jacob , son of Albert , viz: James D. , who is in the sixth generation from Jan, Jr. , or the seventh from the first Baerdan in the country.
Jan Berdan, Jr. , who married Eva Van Siclen , in 1693 , was Justice of the Peace in Bergen County 1716, 1720, 1721, 1723-7, 1731 , and probably later, as well as it may be, between all these dates; although, in regard to dates later than these, it may have been a son, or grandson, of the same name, who was Justice 1741, 1743 , as well as Freeholder 1745-8 .
We will give next what we have from the records concerning this Jan Berdan and his family:
First marriage at Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island , May 20, 1693 , Jan Berdan and Eva Van Siclen ; second marriage at Hackensack, N. J. , November 6, 1733 , Jan Berdan , widower, and Vrouwtjen Van Dien , widow. (Maiden name, Verway .)
Children:
1. Marretie , b. 1694 , at N. Amersfoort, (Flatlands), L. I.
2. Jan , bap. between August and October, 1695 , at Hackensack .
3. Eva , bap. October, 1697 , at Hackensack .
4. Ferdinandus , bap. January 28, 1700 , at Hackensack .
5. Albert , bap. January 25, 1702 , (b. Jan. 17 ), at Hackensack .
6. Willemtee , bap. June 5, 1704 , at Hackensack .
7. Reynier , bap. May 2, 1706 , at Hackensack .
8. Elena , bap. April 11, 1708 , at Hackensack .
9. Annaetjen , supposed to have been born about 1710 , (although Harvey , in Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties puts it in 1718 ).
10. Dirck , bap. February 3, 1712 , at Hackensack .
11. David , bap. December 12, 1714 , at Hackensack .
Marriages:
1. Marretie , married twice. (See Doremus Genealogy. Nelson .)
(1) Joris Doremus , March 16, 1717 .
(2) Jacob Tietsoort , December 6, 1733 .
2. Jan , married May 11, 1738 , Cristyntjen Van Giesen , who was baptized September 28, 1718 .
3. Eva , married September 17, 1720 , Cornelis Kip .
4. Ferdinandus . We do not know that Ferdinandus ever married. He was admitted to membership in the Hackensack Dutch Church September 16, 1729 . John Berdan, Jr. , and "Cernand," brothers of Marretie , are named as two of the four executors of Joris Doremus 's will, dated March 25, 1733 , and proved October 20, 1733 .
5. Albert , married September 29, 1727 , Divertje Banta , who was baptized May 24, 1710 .
6. Willemtee , married March 30, 1723 , Isaac Kip .
7. Reynier , married November 3, 1738 , Antjen Romein .
8. Elena , married March 30, 1728 , Jacob Kip .
9. Annetjen , married December 10, 1736 , Abraham Leroe , who was baptized March 18, 1705 .
10. Dirck , married June 9, 1738 , Antje Van Winkle .
Dirck Berdan was admitted to membership in the Hackensack Church November 22, 1733 .
11. David , married May 12, 1738 , Christyntjen Romeyn .
Note.-The three Kips here mentioned were brothers.
Of the children of Albert Berdan 's son Jacob , of Upper Preakness , who was born March 28, 1746 , and who married Rebecca Ryerson , we mention only two.
1. Albert , (b. 1767 , d. 1837 ), who married Mary Ackerman , (b. 1771 .)
2. Polly , or Mary , who married Uriah Van Riper , the great grandfather of Mrs. Andrew P. Hopper , and Mrs. C. H. Post .
Albert Berdan , (b. 1767 ), who married Mary Ackerman , had children:
1. Jacob , (b. 1790 , d. 1875 ) who married Catharine Demarest , a daughter of the Rev. John Demarest , of Ponds . These were the parents of the present (1902 ) James D. Berdan .
2. Christina , b. 1793 .
3. Rebecca , b. 1801 , who married Garret Berdan , of Lower Preakness , a second cousin of her father's.
Jacob and Catharine (Demarest) Berdan 's children, were Sarah , Maria , Rebecca (1), Caroline , Albert , Rebecca (2), Margaret , John , James D. , Elizabeth , William .
Rebecca (2) was struck by a locomotive at Hackensack, N. J. , and killed, July 28, 1900 .
Harry M. Berdan , son of James D. , who married Elizabeth Berdan , of Paterson , has been Freeholder, Township Clerk, etc.
The site of the log house, on the Berdan property, in Upper Preakness , was just back of where the barn buildings of the present James D. stand . The first story of the main part of the old house now occupied by the family was built, (according to the father of William Roome , of Butler , who was a surveyor), in 1792 , either by the son or grandson, Jacob , of the first settler, according to whether that first settler was Jan , who married Eva Van Siclen , or his son, Albert , b. January 17, 1702 . The second story of the house was built by Albert Berdan , b. 1767 , the grandfather of the present James D. , and the son of the original builder. In his time, that is, in Albert 's time, the Indians used to have a summer encampment across the little brook north of the house; while, in the winter, they would go to Bloomingdale , as it is now, and make their winter quarters in the thick woods there. From these Indians, with whose children the said Albert played, when he was a boy, has been handed down the name Pra-qua-less , or "quail woods."²
Jan Baerdan was also known as Jan Berdan.³ He lived in 1685 at Flatlands, Kings, New York, USA.¹

     Eva Berdan was born before October 1697 at Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, USA.^2,1 She was the daughter of Jan Berdan Jr. and Eva Van Siclen.