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EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS
OF
MONMOUTH COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
GEORGE C. BEEKMAN.
MOREAU BROS., PUBLISHERS,
FREEHOLD, N. J.
Second Edition Printed, 1915.
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THE HENDRICKS OR HENDRICKSON FAMILY.
Daniel and Wilm Hendricks, as they
wrote their names and were called
among their own folks, were brothers
and sons of Hendrick Hendricks by his
first wife. They came from Flatbush,
in Kings county, Long Island, to Mon-
mouth county, about 1692 or 1693, and
settled on a tract of land at what is
now Holland in Holmdel township. This
land has been in the continuous owner-
ship and occupation of the descendants
of Daniel Hendricks, the pioneer settler,
down to the present year 1900, or over
two centuries.
The late Hon. William Henry Hen-
drickson, who twice represented Mon-
mouth in the New Jersey Senate, was
born, lived, died and was buried on this
homestead farm, as his father, grand-
father, and great-grandfather, (who
was the youngest son of the first settler)
had been before him. I therefore take
up Daniel Hendricks and his posterity
before his brother William, because the
latter has no descendants living in this
vicinity.
We find Daniel Hendrickson first
mentioned in Book C of Deeds, p. 78, in
our county clerk's office. An agreement
dated September 23, 1693, is here re-
corded between Daniel Hendrickson and
"John Gibbonson" as name is spelled, of
Flatbush, Kings county, L. I., of the one
part, and William Whitlock of Middle-
town, Monmouth county, of the other
part. It seems they had on September
22d, 1692. leased of Whitlock 104 acres
of land, described as partly bounded by
Mahoras brook, and they now agree to
pay him £25 in yearly installments until
whole is paid by 10th of March, 1697,
and Whitlock agrees to convey it when
whole sum is paid. Daniel Hendrickson
conveyed 28 acres of this tract to Gy-
bertsen or Guisbertsen as name is
spelled, who with Ester his wife, by
deed dated December 22d, 1701, conveys
it to John Ruckman. This Guisbertsen
was the progenitor of the Giberson
family as name was afterwards spelled,
and I think was really a VanPelt.
In Book I of Deeds, p. 166, Secretary
of State's office, Trenton, N. J., is the
record of a deed dated May 16, 1698,
from John Whitlock and Mary his wife,
late of Middletown township, but then
of Freehold, to Daniel Hendrickson.
conveying 104 acres for the consider-
ation of £164. This land is described as
situated at Strawberry Hill, now occu-
122 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH.
pied by Daniel Hendriekson, bounded
south by lands late of William Whit-
lock, east by lands of Thomas Whit-
lock, north by a small run coming from
the hills, and west by another small
brook; which 104 acres John Whitlock
with other tracts of land got from the
proprietors of East Jersey by patent
dated January 20, 1676. Also another
tract bounded northerly by James
Wall's land, westerly by John Whit-
lock's land, southerly by land late Wil-
liam Whitlock, and east by Mahoras
brook. Also 13 acres of salt meadow at
Shoal Harbor, bounded north by the
creek.
In this same Book I of Deeds, p. 184,
etc., is record of a deed dated February
5, 1706, from Thomas Cooper of London,
England, a merchant, to Obadiah Bowne,
Garret Wall, Gershom Mott, James
Hubbard, James Grover, James Cox,
Jaseph Cox, Richard Stout, Daniel Hen-
dricks, Obadiah Holmes, William Law-
rence, James Lawrence and Benjamin
Lawrence, all of Middletown township,
in Monmouth county. Cooper, for the
consideration of £260 conveys to them
one full equal half propriety, or 48th
part of all lands taken up or to be
taken up in the Eastern Division of the
Province of New Jersey, excepting only
5,000 acres already taken up by said
Cooper in right of first division, and 86
acres taken up in right of second divis-
ion of said half propriety or 48th part
of said Eastern Division of New Jersey.
and which are already sold by said
Thomas Cooper. He also conveys by
this deed 600 acres of land at Barnegat,
in what is now Ocean county.
On page 194, etc., of this same Book
I of Deeds, is record of a deed from
Obadiah Bowne and rest of grantors
aforesaid except Daniel Hendricks, to
said Daniel Hendricks, dated February
5, 1706. It recites that said grantors
with said Daniel Hendricks, purchased
of Thomas Cooper one-half propriety or
48th part of the undivided Eastern Div-
ision of New Jersey, and also 600 acres
of land at Barnegat; and by this deed
they convey to said Daniel Hendricks,
his heirs and assigns, a tract of 141
acres and right to take up 184 acres
more under the second and third div-
isions. They also convey to him 21
acres of land and marsh at Barnegat.
In this same Book I of Deeds, p. 376,
is record of a deed dated December 7,
1709, from Richard Hartshorne and
Margaret, his wife, to Daniel Hendriek-
son, John Schenck, Garret Schenck,
Cornelius Couwenhoven, Peter Wyckoff,
all of Middletown, in Monmouth county,
conveying to them three tracts of land
at a place called by the Indians "Con-
escunk. The First tract containing 200
acres and lays next to bay. The second
tract contains 70 acres and is situate on
west side of "Conescunk Neck." The
third tract is made up of several pieces
of meadow containing in all 50 acres.
Minutes of Monmouth county courts
labelled No. 1. 1688-1721. show that
Daniel Hendriekson was a grand juror
at March term, 1699. He was again
summoned to serve on grand jury March
26, 1700, when the new judges appointed
by Governor Andrew Hamilton, took
their seats for the first time. As has
been already explained Daniel Hen-
driekson with many others of the Mid-
dletown people refused to serve or to
recognize the authority of these judges.
For this he was fined $10 and the
sheriff was ordered to make the money
by seizure and sale of his personal
property. His brother, William Hen-
dricks, is named among the men who
broke up the court March 25, 1701, and
held Governor Hamilton, the county
judges and other officers prisoners for
four days. The surrender by the Pro-
prietors of the right of government to
the English crown in 1702, brought
about an entirely new condition of
affairs, and settled for a time their old
quarrels and animosities.
Daniel Hendrickson* was appointed
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* Teuntje Thysa Laen VanPelt, the mother
of Daniel Hendrickson's wife, came to Amer-
ica with her father and settled at New Utrecht.
L. I. Her brother Guisbert married Jannetje
Adraanse Lambersen, and removed to Mon-
mouth county. He wrote his name or was
known as "Gisbert Laen." and he and his
wife are among the organizing members of
the Dutch church in 1709. He had the follow-
ing children:
Adraan, b.____, married Marytje Smak (Smock).
Janntje. b. ____, died single.
Wilhelmyntje, bap. Sept. 16, 1677; married
William Hendricks, the brother of Daniel
Hendrickson. Her name appears as "William-
pe" on records of Dutch church in 1709.
Mathys, bap. Aug. 23, 1679 ; died young.
Catalina, bap. April 24, 1681 ; married Elyas
DeHart.
Matthys, bap. March 30, 1683; married Antje,
daughter of Garret Schanck and Neeltje Voor-
hees his wife, of Pleasant Valley.
Cornelius, bap. April 3, 1685.
Mary, bap. March 3, 1689; married Ferdin-
and VanSiclen.
Joost (Joseph), died single and was blind.
Maikan or Moyka married Stoffle Longstreet
and they were the parents of Stoffle Longstreet
who settled in Upper Freehold township.
Tobias Hansen of Dover, in New Hampshire,
conveyed to Gilbert Lane of New Utrecht, L.
I., 200 acres in Shrewsbury township, by deed
dated March 30, 1699, recorded in Book D of
Deeds, p. 128, Monmouth county clerk's office.
In Book E of Deeds, p. 344, etc., Gilbert Lane
of Middletown township, conveyed to his son
Matthias Lane, 460 acres which Alexander
Innes had deeded to him April 28, 1709. Gil-
bert Lane made his will Nov. 7, 1720 ; proved
May 27, 1727, and recorded at Trenton in Book
B of Wills, p. 66, etc. Names his wife Jane,
and all his children. Speaks of his daughter
Willimea, who married William Hendrickson.
as deceased, and also her husband as dead.
Gilbert Lane had a brother Peter, who set-
tled in Monmouth, and was known as Peter
Tysen. In Book E, p. 314, etc., Monmouth
county records, is a deed dated October 6,
1709, from John Bowne to Peter Tysen and
Derrick Tysen of New Utrecht, and John
Tysen of Brooklyn, L. I., for 750 acres at
Wiquetunk. This property was afterwards
conveyed to Roelf Schanck. See page 313
"Old Times in Old Monmouth." Some of this
family removed to Bucks or Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, and retained the surname Tysen.
Those who remained here spelled their names
"Tice." The Lane, Tysen or Tice, Pietersen
and Giberson surnames are all derived from a
VanPelt progenitor.
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Photo:
Dwelling house on Hendrikson homestead at Holland, N. J. The
original part was built by Daniel Hendrickson, the first settler, be-
tween 1700 and 1720 ; remodeled and enlarged by the late Hon. William
H. Hendrickson.
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123 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH.
one of the constables of Middletown
township in 1704-5 and three years later
sheriff of the county. He was the first
Netherlander to hold this office. We
also find him and his wife, and his
brother William and wife among the
organizing members of the Dutch
church in 1709, and a few years later
he was an Elder. He was also ap-
pointed captain of the militia of Mid-
dletown township.
Daniel Hendrickson married in Brook-
lyn Catherine, daughter of Jan Janse
VanDyke and Teuntje Thyse Laen Van-
Pelt, his wife. Daniel Hendrickson died
in January, 1728, leaving his widow and
11 children surviving.
The following is a certified copy of
his will recorded in Book No. 2 of Wills,
p. 491, etc. The scrivener who wrote it
was evidently ignorant of the Dutch
language as he has given the English
names for some of the children, while
he has spelled others according to
sound. Tryntje is Dutch for Catherine,
but in writing the name of Daniel Hen-
drickson's wife he spells it "Taytye."
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN.--I Daniel
Hendricks of Middletown in the county of
Monmouth and Eastern Division of ye Prov-
ince of New Jersey Gent. This Sixteenth day
of November in the Year of our Lord one
Thousand seven hundred & Twenty Seven, be-
ing very Sick & weak of Body but of a Sound
Mind and Disposing Memory (Thanks be to
God for ye Same & calling to mind ye uncer-
tainty of this present Life knowing That it is
appointed for all Men once to Dye) Do make
& declare this to be my Last Will & Testament
as followeth Vizt. first and principally I rec-
ommend my Soul to Almighty God that gave
it and my Body to ye Earth from whence it
was taken to be buryed at ye Discretion of my
Executors heroin after named and as Touching
Such Wordly Goods and Estate as it hath
Pleased Almighty God (far Beyond my Des-
erts) to bestow upon me I give Devise & Dis-
pose of ye Same in Manner & form following
Viz. IMPRIMIS my Will is that all my Just
Debts be justly and truly payd by my Execu-
tors hereinafter named and for That end &
purpose my Will is, and I do by These Pres-
ents give To my Three Executors, or in case
of Death or Refusal to any two of Them full
power to sell and Dispose of my Two Largest
Lotts of Wood Land on Conescunk Neck &
my Land at Barnegate & Right to Property,
pt [sic] I give and Devise to my Son Hendrick the
Plantation on which he Dwells, formerly Ben-
jamin Stouts, and the full halfe of all my
Lotts of Meadow at Conescunk, on condition
that he pay the Sum of Three hundred Pounds
to my Seven Daughters in such Payments & at
Such Times as hereafter expressed viz. That
he pay to my daughter Catharine the Sum of
thirty seven pounds Ten shillings at ye Time
of her Marriage or ye Age of Twenty one
Years which shall first happen & to my Daugh-
ter Jonayfye the sum of Thirty seven pounds
Ten shillings at ye Time of her marriage or
ye age of Twenty One years which shall first
happen & ye Remaining Two hundred Twenty
five pounds by equal parts to my Seven Daugh-
ters Namely Ghesye, (Geesie) Teuntye, (Teun-
tje) Maykije, Catharine, Anne Francis (Fran-
cyntje), & Janayfye (Jannetje), the first Pay-
ement to commence four Years after my De-
ceass to my Eldest Daughter & so on yearly
the Like Sum to ye Next oldest till ye Seven
Daughters hath Received ye same. That Then
I Give & Devise the sd Lands and Meadows
to my Son Hendrick Hendricks his heirs &
Assigns for Ever, pt I give and Devise to my
Son John the plantation whereon he Dwells
that I purchased of Stephen Warne, on con-
dition That he pays the sum of five hundred
pounds to my Daughters as hereinafter expres-
sed viz That he pay to my Daughter Anne ye
Sum of Thirty Seven pounds Tenn Shillings at
ye Time of her Marriage or ye age of Twenty
one Years which shall first happen and ye
Remaining Two hundred Sixty two pounds
Tenn Shillings by equal parts to my Seven
Daughters above named, the first payment To
Commence Four Years after my Decease, to
my Eldest Daughter, and so on Yearly the
Like sum to ye Next oldest till ye Seven
Daughters have received ye same. That then
I Give & Devise the said Plantation to my
Said Son John his Heirs & Assigns forever,
pt. I give and Devise to my Son William ye
Remaining half of My Salt Meadow Lotts at
Conescunk & to him his heirs and Assigns for-
ever and my Will is That the fee simple of the
Three Hundred Acres of Land I Lately pur-
chased from ye Executors of Obadiah Bowne
Deced be settled & Confirmed to my said Son
William his Heirs & Assigns forever on con-
dition That he pay ye Sum of four Hundred
pounds to my Daughters as herein After Ex-
pressed viz : That he pay to My Daughter
Francis (Francyntje) the sum of Thirty Seven
pounds Tenn shillings at ye Time of her Mar-
riage or the Age of Twenty One Years which
shall first happen and ye Remaining three
hundred Sixty-two pounds Ten Shillings by
equal parts to my Seven Daughters Above
named the first payment to commence Six
Years after my Decease to my Eldest Daughter
and so on Yearly the Like Sum to ye Next
oldest till ye Seven Daughters have Received
124 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH.
the Same. pt. I give and bequeath to my Lov-
ing Wife Tayte the use 4 of my Homestead
plantation & three parcels of Land more, the
One I purchased of Jarat Wall, one of John
Wall & a parcel adjoyning to Wallens Land,
and my Salt Meadow at Shoal Harbor with
the use of my Personal Estate for & During
the Term of her Widowhood, if the Same con-
tinue Not Longer than That my Youngest Son
Daniel Attain ye Age of Twenty One Years.
If at That Time she be my widow unmarryd
my Will is that ye Said Lands be Equally
Devided between her and my Said Son Daniel
During her Widowhood and at the Expiration
thereof, I give and Devise all ye Lands and
Meadow I have herein given her the use of to
my Said Son Daniel His heirs & Assigns for
Ever on condition that he Pay to my Seven
Daughters the Sum of Three hundred & fifty
Pounds VIZ fifty Pounds to my Eldest Daugh-
ter within One Year after he is of the age of
twenty One Years and Lawfully possessed of
the whole Plantation, and so Yearly fifty
Pounds to ye Next Eldest till ye Seven Daugh-
ters have Received their fifty Pounds a Piece,
and Personal Estate Equally to all my Chil-
dren, pt. I give and Devise to my Nephew
Daniel Hendricks a smali Lott of Land I have
in Amboy purchased of Stephen Warne VIZT
TO Daniel Hendricks, the Son of my Brother
William Hendricks his heirs and Assigns for-
ever, pt. I give & Devise Two Small Parcels
of Upland at Conescunk called ye Landing and
Landing Lotts, Equally to my four Sons Name-
ly Hendrick, John, William & Daniel and To
their heirs & Assigns for ever as Tenants in
common pt. and Lastly I do Nominate & ap-
point my son Hendrick Hendricks and my
sons in Law Roeleff Schank and Jonathan
Holmes, Junr.,* Executors of this my Last
Will and Testament to see ye Same executed.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto
Sett my Hand & Seal the Day & Year first
Above Written Signed Daniel Hendricks with
a (Seal) SIGNED. SEALED and PUBLISHED
by Daniel Hendricks as his Last Will & Tes-
tament in ye Presence of Cornelius Wyckof,
Johannis Leiister (Luyster), Cornelius Dooren
(Doorn), William Lawrence Junior.
WILLIAM BURNET, Esqr., Captain General
& Governour in Chief of ye Provinces of New
Jersay, New York and Territories thereon de-
pending in America, and Vice Admiral of ye
same &c, KNOW YE That in ye County of
Monmouth in ye Province of New Jersey, The
Twenty Ninth day of January one Thousand
seven hundred & Twenty Seven, The Last Will
and Testament of Daniel Hendricks Late of
Middletown in ye County of Monmouth yeo-
man Deced, was proved before LAWRENCE
SMYTH who is Thereunto by me authorized
and appointed for That purpose, having while
he Lived and at ye Time of his Death, Goods,
Chattels & Credits in Divers places within This
Province, by Means Whereof ye full Dispos-
ition of all & Singular ye Goods Chattels &
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* See letter of Jonathan Holmes explaining
this will on page 309 "Old Times and Old Mon-
mouth." Jonathan Holmes was the eldest son of
Obadiah Holmes and Alice Ashton, his wife.
He was known as Jonathan Holmes, Jr., to
distinguish him from his uncle, Jonathan
Holmes, Sr., who is buried in old Topanemes
graveyard.
______
Credits of ye said Deced, and ye Administra-
tion of Them, also ye hearing of Account, Cal-
culation or Reckoning and the final Discharge
and Dismission from ye Same unto me Solely,
and not unto any Other Inferiour Judge are
Manifestly known to belong, and the Admin-
istration of all & Singular ye Goods chattels
& credits of ye said Deced, & his Last Will
and Testament in any Manner of Ways Con-
cerning was Granted unto, Hendrick Hendricks.
Roeleff Schank & Jonathan Holmes, ye Exec-
utors In the sd Last will & Testament Named
Chiefly of well & Truly Administring the
same, and of making a True and perfect In-
ventory of all & Singular ye Goods Chattels
and Credits of ye said Deced and Exhibiting
ye same into ye Registry of ye Prerogative
Court in ye Secretary's office at on or before
ye Twentyeth day of June next Ensuing & of
rendering a just & True Account when there-
unto required.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have caused ye
PREROGATIVE SEAL of ye sd Province of
New Jersey to be hereunto Affixed at Burling-
ton in New Jersey Afd. ye 22d Day of Feb-
ruary in ye First Year of our Reign
JAMES SMITH Secry.
Geesye, b. Oct. 9, 1696, at Flatbush,
L. I.; m. 1714, Roelef, eldest son of Jan
Schenck and Saartje Couwenhoven, his
wife, of Pleasant Valley, in what is now
Holmdel township. She died September
20, 1747, and was buried in Schenck-
Couwenhoven cemetery. Her headstone
is still in a state of good preservation,
and gives her age 50 yrs, 11 mos, 11 d.
Her husband is buried by her, and his
age given as 73 yrs., 10 mos., 28 days.
Roelef Schenck became a communicant
in the Dutch church of Monmouth coun-
ty in 1715, and his wife 32 years later
or in 1747. Her brother, Daniel Hen-
drickson, and his wife, Catrina Cou-
wenhoven, and her sister Jannetje, then
the widow of Roelef Couwenhoven,
joined the church at the same time. See
page 87 of Wells' address at Brick
church. Six of Daniel Hendrickson's
daughters became members of this
church, or all except Catharine. Geeyse
Hendrickson and Roelef Schenck, her
husband, had the following children:
Sarah, b. May 22, 1715; m. Dec. 1,
1734, Joseph VanMater, (b. Feb. 5, 1710,
d. Oct. 15, 1792) and died Sept. 1, 1748,
aged 33 y, 3 mos, 9 days, according to
inscription on her headstone in family
burying-ground on old VanMater home-
stead in Atlantic township. The names
of her children have heretofore been
published in genealogy of the VanMater
family.
Katrinje, bap. March 19, 1717; died young.
Kalrya, (Catharine) bap. Dec. 21, 1718;
m. first, Simon DeHart; second, Peter,
son of Jacob Couwenhoven and Sarah
Schenck, his wife. The marriage lic-
ense of last couple is recorded in office
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Photos:
Front view of house erected by Hendrick Henderson
on his farm in Pleasant Valley. N. J., between 1730 and 1750.
Photographed in 1900 by Mrs. L. H. S. Conover.
Rear view of house erected by Hendrick Henderson
on his farm in Pleasant Valley. N. J., between 1730 and 1750.
Photographed by Mrs. L. H. S. Conover in summer of 1900.
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125 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH.
of the secretary of state at Trenton.
It was granted July 27, 1749. The
names of her six children by these two
husbands appear on page 310 of "Old
Times in Old Monmouth."
Jan, b. January 22, 1720; m. Nov. 26,
1741, Jaconmyntje, daughter of Cornel-
ius Couwenhoven and Margaretta
Schenck, his wife, of Pleasant Valley;
died June 27, 1749, aged 29 y, 5 mos, 5
days, according to his headstone in
Schenck-Couwenhoven cemetery. His
wife is not buried by him. She may
have married a second husband.
Daniel, bap. May 26, 1723; d. Sept. 20, 1747.
Neeltje (Eleanor), b. Sept. 10, 1724;
m. Oct. 12, 1744. Garret, son of Jacob
Couwenhoven and Saartje Schanck, his
wife, (b. Nov. 5, 1716, d. Dec. 9, 1797),
and died Nov. 25, 1800. She is buried
by her husband on Conover homestead
near Taylor's mills, Atlantic township.
The names of her children have been
heretofore given in the Couwenhoven
genealogy.
Hendrick, b. July 29, 1731, married
his cousin Catharine, daughter of Jon-
athan Holmes, Jr., and Teuntje Hen-
drickson his wife. Their marriage lic-
ense was granted Feb. 28, 1749. He
died on his farm near Brick church,
Marlboro township, August 24, 1766,
aged 35 yrs, 25 days, according to his
headstone in Schenck-Couwenhoven
yard. He left one son Rulef, and four
daughters surviving. A strange coin-
cidence attends Hendrick's will and his
father's will. They have same sub-
scribing witnesses, were proved same
year, and are both recorded in Book I
of Wills at Trenton, N. J.
Engeltje, bap. April 28, 1732. died
young.
Teuntje, (Antonia) bap. in Brooklyn,
April 9, 1699; m. 1715, Jonathan
Holmes, Jr., eldest son of Obadiah
Holmes and Alice Ashton, his wife.
Teuntje was the first of the seven
daughters of Daniel Hendrickson to join
the Dutch church. This was in 1737.
Her husband, Jonathan Holmes. Jr., was
so called to distinguish him from his
uncle, Jonathan Holmes. Sr., and Jona-
than Holmes, minor.
Jonathan Holmes. Jr., made his will
Sept. 6, 1766; it was proved Nov. 2, 1768,
and recorded at Trenton in Book K of
Wills, p. 264. The witnesses are Obadiah
Holmes, Obadiah Holmes, Jr., and Asher
Holmes. He describes himself as
"I. Jonathan Holmes, Jr., of Freehold town-
ship." He devises all his real estate to
his sons, William and James, (baptized
Jacobus). He also mentions sons Jon-
athan, John, Daniel, Samel, and chil-
dren of his son Joseph, deceased. His
daughters named in this will were Alice
VanBrakle, Catherine Schenck, and
Mary. Obadiah Holmes, the father of
Jonathan Holmes, Jr., was the eldest
son of Jonathan Holmes and Sarah
Borden, his wife, and was born July 17,
1666, at Gravesend, on Long Island.
They were probably staying with Capt.
John Bowne who lived there, and who
had married Lydia Holmes, a daughter
of Rev. Obadiah. The settlement at
Middletown in Monmouth county was
being effected, and Jonathan Holmes,
with his family, remained at Gravesend
until his dwelling-house could be built
and made ready for occupation. The
next year, 1667, we find this Jonathan
Holmes among the first officers elected
in the township of Middletown.
Jonathan Holmes, whose name ap-
pears so prominently on our first rec-
ords from 1667 to 1684, was born in
1637 in England, and came with his
lather to America in 1639. He was the
firstborn and eldest son of a man fam-
ous in the annals of the Baptist church,
and who was a zealous preacher of this
faith at Newport, R. I., from 1652 to his
death in 1682. Capt. John Bowne, who
was the leading spirit of this colony
from Gravesend to Monmouth, had mar-
ried his daughter, and he doubtless lent
him his name and influence to make
this enterprise a success. His name ap-
pears on Nicolls patent of 1665 as one
of the patentees, but he never removed
here. Two of his sons, Jonathan and
Obadiah, represented him and his inter-
ests. The latter, however, only remain-
ed a short time, for we find him resid-
ing on Staten Island and a Justice of
the Peace there under Jacob Leisler.
The troubles arising from his connec-
tion with this man led him to remove
to Salem county, N. J., where he lived
the rest of his life. Jonathan Holmes
remained in Monmouth until 1684, and
then returned to Rhode Island, where
he remained until his death in 1713.
His will was proved Nov. 2nd of that
year, and is recorded at Newport, R. I.
He devised all his real estate in Mon-
mouth county equally to his sons, Oba-
diah and Jonathan, who both settled,
lived and died here. Obadiah married
Alice Ashton, as already stated, and
Jonathan Holmes, Jr., was his firstborn
and eldest son. Jonathan Holmes, the
first settler, was one of the trusted
leaders, next to Capt. John Bowne, both
in industrial, religious and civil matters
of the early colonists. He was a deputy
to the first general assembly which met
at Elizabethtown in 1668. The next
year he was dismissed for refusing to
126 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH.
take the oath of allegiance to the Pro-
prietors. Soon alter Governor Carteret
sent commissioners to the people of
Monmouth demanding their submission
and obedience to the Lords Proprietors
as they grandiloquently called them-
selves. The people of Shrewsbury man-
aged to evade committing themselves.
The people of Middletown spoke out
boldly and frankly, and their answer is
recorded in full in the old Town Book
of Middletown. It is well worth read-
ing, as it is the first public declaration
for popular rights against government
by favoritism and caste put forth on
this American continent. Tradition re-
ports that Jonathan Holmes, who had
been rejected as a deputy for refusing
to take the oath of allegiance and fidel-
ity to the Proprietors, framed this an-
swer. Neither the proclamation of
Charles I, King of England, ordering
them to submit, nor this threat of Gov-
ernor Cartaret that they would be pun-
ished as "mutineers" or rebels, seems
to have intimidated them. It is a
strong, honest and sensible declaration
of their rights, and shows what a dif-
ference then, as ever since, has existed
between the people of the two original
townships.
Jonathan Holmes' son Obadiah, mar-
ried in 1696 Alice, (b. 1671, d. 1716)
daughter of James Ashton and Deliver-
arice Throckmorton, his wife. Obadiah
Holmes died April 3, 1745, leaving a
will dated Dec. 24, 1744, proved April
17, 1745, and recorded at Trenton in "D"
of Wills, p. 265, etc. He mentions Jon-
athan, Obadiah, James, Samuel, Joseph
and John, six sons, and Deliverance,
wife of Joseph Smith, and Mary, wife of
James Mott, two daughters. He gives
his homestead farm at "Ramnessin," on
Hop Brook, in present township of
Holmdel, to his son John, and his lands
at Crosswicks, (now Upper Freehold)
to his son Joseph, whose descendants
have owned and resided on it to this
day.
Our present chosen freeholder from
Upper Freehold township, Joseph
Holmes, now owns this homestead and
is a lineal descendant of this son of
Obadiah Holmes, to whom he devised
these lands, Obadiah Holmes was sheriff
of Monmouth in 1699, and one of the
leaders of the people in breaking up
Governor Hamilton's court at Middle-
town, March 26, 1701.
Obadiah's son Samuel, (b. April 17,
1704, d. Feb. 23, 1760), married Dec. 7,
1731, Huldah, daughter of Gershom
Mott and Sarah Clayton, his wife, and
lived and died on a farm called "Scots-
chester," in the present township of
Marlboro. They were the parents of
Asher Holmes, (b. Feb. 22, 1740, d. June
20, 1808) who was first sheriff of Mon-
mouth county under our Republic. He
was Colonel of our county militia and
of state troops, and was engaged in
the battles of Germantown, Princeton
and Monmouth. He also represented
Monmouth in the state council in 1786-
88. The officers of our Monmouth mil-
itia during the Revolution were neither
professional soldiers nor literary or
learned men. They never made any
efforts to perpetuate the memory of
their deeds, and never claimed any par-
ticular credit for doing what they
thought was their plain duty. There-
fore, when we find any writing by them
detailing the part they took in this
memorable war, we should especially
prize it. The following letter was writ-
ten by Colonel Asher Holmes to his wife
after the battle of Germantown, merely
to assure her of his safety, and without
any idea it would be treasured up and
preserved for other generations.
Camp on the Mountain near Perkamie
Creek. 29 miles west of Philadelphia,
Oct. 6, 1777:
DEAR SALLIE:
The day before yesterday there was
a general engagement. The first part
of the day was much in our favour. We
drove the enemy for some miles. Gen-
eral Howe had given orders for his
army to retreat over the Schuykill
River; but the afterpart of the day was
unfavorable to us; our line of battle
was broken, and we were obliged to
retreat.
The battle was near Germantown.
This attack was made by different div-
isions in different quarters, nearly at
the same time, but the morning being-
very foggy, was much against us, and
the severe firing added to the thickness
of the air, which prevented our seeing
far, therefore a great disadvantage to
us. The Jersey militia and the Red
Coats* under General Forman, and the
Maryland militia with some 'Listed
troops under Gen. Smallwood, were on
the left wing of the whole army. We
drove the enemy, when we first made
the attack, but by the thickness of the
fog, the enemy got into our rear. There-
fore had to change our front, and then
retreated to a proper place.
Gen. McDougall's 'Listed men then
______________
* Red Coars under Gen. Forman were the
Jersey Minute men, who wore red hunting
coats, and in a fog or smoke of battle might
easily be mistaken for the British who also
wore red coats, and thus cause confusion.
127 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH.
formed to the left of us and Gen.
Green's 'Listed men to the right of us,
but they all gave way except the Mon-
mouth Militia, and Gen. Forman's Red
Coats stood firm, and advanced upon
the British Red Coats, who were at
least three times our number, to a fence
where we made a stand. The fire was
very severe and the enemy ran.
They brought a field-piece to fire on
us with grapeshot, but our Monmouth
men stood firm until their ammunition
was nearly exhausted, and the enemy
advancing around our right flank. Gen.
Forman then ordered us to retreat,
which we did in pretty good order until
our Continental troops broke and ran
the second time, and this running
through our men broke them entirely.
Our Jersey Brigade suffered very much
by storming a strong stone house in
Germantown, which first stopped our
progress, and I believe was one great
cause of breaking our line in that quar-
I have seen Brother John Holmes,
Capt. Mott, Capt. Burrows and Bostwick
and most of our Monmouth officers. We
are all well. Since the battle our army
is in good spirits although our duty
has been very severe. The night before
the battle our men marched all night
and had very little sleep the night
after. Providence seems to have pro-
tected our Monmouth Militia in a par-
ticular manner, as we have lost very
few, if any killed, and not many
wounded, although the enemy was with-
in 120 yards of us in the hottest of the
fire, and their field piece firing on us
with grapeshot a great part of the time.
I have escaped without being hurt, al-
though I was much exposed to the
enemy's fire.
From your ever affectionate
ASHER HOLMES.
To Mrs. Sarah Holmes.
This letter is directed
"To Mrs. Sarah Holmes in Freehold
forwarded by Mr. Logan."
Teuntje, the second child of Daniel
Hendrickson, was an earnest and active
member of the Dutch church, while her
husband, Jonathan Holmes, like all his
family, was a zealous believer in the
tenets of the Baptist faith. The baptism
by immersion was one of their most
important doctrines. Neither did they
believe in infant baptism. Teuntje
Hendrickson must have been a woman
of great resolution, for she had her
children baptized in the Dutch church
and taught the Heidelberg catechism.
Her children are the only Holmeses
whose names appear on the old records
of the Monmouth Dutch church.
There must have been much talk and
holding up of hands in amazement
among the good brethren of the Baptist
faith, that these descendants of the
sturdy Rev. Obadiah Holmes should be
sprinkled and not immersed. There
must have been many earnest appeals
made to their father against this woe-
ful departure from the true faith. The
only reply Jonathan Holmes, Jr., could
make, I suppose, was "When a woman
will, she will, and when she won't, she
won't." Teuntje, however, was never
able to bring her husband clear over,
as Margaret Wyckoff had done with
Jonathan Forman, but she turned her
"Holmes" children into good "Dutchmen."
The records of our Dutch church
show that Jonathan Holmes and Teuntje
Hendrickson, his wife, had the follow-
ing children baptized:
Obadiah, bapt. Oct. 28, 1716, died unmarried
in 1752. The records in the office of the Sec-
retary of State show that letters of adminis-
tration on his estate was granted to his broth-
er, Joseph Holmes, Jr., Oct. 17, 1752, Book B
of Wills, p. 69.
Daniel, bapt. April 9, 1721, m. 1752, Leah,
(b. 1736, d. March 15, 1813) daughter of James
Bowne and Margaret Newbold, his wife. Both
are buried in yard of Hoimdel Baptist church.
Jonathan, bapt. July 19, 1722, married Sarah
Potter in 1758, and was a merchant in New
York city in 1752. He may have been the
"Jonathan Holmes" called "Minor."
Joseph, b. ____, m. June. 1752, Sarah, daugh-
ter of James Mott and Mary Holmes, his wife,
and was engaged with James Mott, Jr., in
mercantile business in New York city. He
died in 1763. James Mott and James Mott, Jr.,
appointed administrator of Joseph Holmes,
Sept. 22, 1763, Book H of Wills, p. 293, Sec-
retary of State's office.
John, b. ____; m. 1764, Catharine Brown,
was associated with his brother Jonathan in
business in New York city in 1752. In 1763
he resided at and operated a grist mill at
Forked River in what is now Ocean county,
but then part of Monmouth. During the Rev-
olutionary war his dwelling was plundered by
a party of refugees. He left three sons who
married and had numerous descendants. Many
of these followed the water and were captains
of vessels in coasting trade.
Alice, bapt. March 30, 1730; m. 1749, John
VanBrakle. d. May 19, 1796.
Catharine, b. May 11, 1731; d. May 12, 1796,
aged 63 years, 1 day, according to the inscrip-
tion on her headstone in Schenck-Couwen-
hoven yard, where she is buried by her first
husband, Hendrick Schenck. She left a will,
recorded at Trenton, N. J. She married first
in 1749, Hendrick, son of Roelof Schenck and
Ueesey Hendrickson, his wife, who died August
24, 1766. She married secnd, John, son of
Garret Schenck and Neeltje Voorhees, his
wife. She was his third wife. He died Feb.
13, 1775, on his wife's farm near what is now
128 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH.
Bradevelt station, and was buried by his father
and mother in Schenck-Couwenhoven yard.
There were no children by the last marriage.
Mary.
James, bapt. Jacobus, May 1, 1737.
Samuel, bapt. July 8, 1739.
William, b. ____ , died in 1776. Letters of
administration in his estate were granted to
his brother, Daniel Holmes, Feb. 2S, 1776. See
Book M of Wills, p. 29, Secretary of State's
office, Trenton.
Catharine Holmes, the seventh child
of Jonathan Holmes, Jr., and Teuntje
Hendrickson, his wife above mentioned,
by her first husband, Hendrick Schenck,
had seven children, of whom five lived
to grow up, viz: one son, Ruliff, and
four daughters, Mary, Eleanor, Cathar-
ine and Ann. Her youngest child, Ann,
was born on her farm near what is now
Bradevelt station, June 14, 1766, and
married Jonathan Holmes, son of Sam-
uel Holmes, and Mary Stout, his wife.
Samuel Holmes (b. Oct. 4, 1726; d. Aug.
26, 1769) was a son of Jonathan Holmes,
Sr., by Rebecca Throckmorton, his sec-
ond wife. They are both buried in old
Topanemus grave yard. This Jonathan
Holmes, son of Samuel Holmes and
Mary Stout, his wife, married Ann
Schenck, as above stated, and died
without children, Nov. 16, 1814. His
will is dated January 6, 1810, proved
Nov. 22, 1814, and recorded at Freehold
in Book A of Wills, p. 685, etc.
He first orders that one-quarter of
an acre of land on the farm where his
brother, John S. Holmes, then lived, and
"where the burying ground now is"
shall be a burying- place for the Holmes
family. He then gives to his brother,
John S. Holmes, the use of all his real
estate, and at his death to go to his
two sons, Daniel and John, or the sur-
vivors of them in fee simple. This is
the same farm in Pleasant Valley where
ex-Sheriff Daniel Holmes lived, and
where his son, the late Joseph H.
Holmes, lived and died. The Holmes
family still own it.
Jonathan Holmes then made the fol-
lowing bequests: To his sister Lydia,
wife of Garret Stillwell, $250; to the
children of his sister Parmelia, wife of
John Stillwell, $250: to his brother,
Stout Holmes, $375. This brother mar-
ried first Elizabeth Pintard, second
Mary Ogbourns, widow of Samuel Bray.
One of his daughters, Alice, married ex-
Judge Joseph Murphy, and was the
mother of Holmes W. Murphy, who
served two terms as clerk of Monmouth
county and represented this county in
General Assembly during the years
1880-81. He was associated with the
writer as partner in law business for
several years.
Jonathan Holmes also gives by this
will $375 to his sister Catharine, wife
of Nathan Stout. To his brother, Samuel
Holmes, he gives the interest yearly on
$3,750 for life, and at his death to his
son, Jonathan, if living. If dead, then
$750 of principal to Samuel's two
daughters, Mary and Catharine, and the
remaining $3,000 to Daniel and John,
sons of his brother, John S. Holmes.
To Jonathan, son of his brother, Joseph
Holmes, $500, and to Nelly, daughter of
his brother Joseph, $125. To Joseph,
son of David Crawford, $62.50, and to
Joseph Covert, son of Daniel Covert,
$62.50.
To Jonathan Holmes, son of his
brother Samuel, his clock, sideboard,
silver tankard, best horse he has, his
fusee and implements belonging to it.
Orders all legacies paid in gold or
silver. Directs Daniel and John, the
two nephews to whom he gives all his
real estate, not to sell it, but keep same
in Holmes family forever.
John S. Holmes named in this will
married Sarah, daughter of Col. Daniel
Hendrickson who commanded the Third
Regiment of Monmouth militia during
the Revolution, and was speaker of
General Assembly of New Jersey in
1784. John S. Holmes also represented
Monmouth county in General Assembly
during years 1810-11 and 1813-14. His
son Daniel married Rhoda VanMater, as
has been mentioned in VanMater rec-
ords. This Daniel Holmes was a mem-
ber of the constitutional convention of
1844.
The following paper has the genuine
signatures of John S. Holmes, Col.
Asher Holmes, and others who have
been mentioned in these articles. It
also shows that they appreciated edu-
cation and good schools and made an
effort to have an academy or high
school established in Holmdel:
"On condition that the acre of ground,
this day sold by Obadiah Holmes unto
us the undersubscribers, for erecting an
academy; that if it should fail of suc-
cess, then if its ever convenient to any
other use, we engage to pay said Oba-
diah Holmes or his lawful representa-
tives, the further sum of fifty pounds
for said lot. This we engage in case
that either us or our heirs shall convert
it to any other purpose. Witness our
hands this twenty-fourth day of Dec-
ember, seventeen hundred and ninety-
three.
ASHER HOLMES, BARNES SMOCK,
THOMAS LLOYD, DANIEL KETCHAM.
JOHN I. HOLMES. JOHN S. HOLMES.
BARNES H. SMOCK, CHRINETONCB
VanMATER. GARRET HENDRICKSON
Witness present:
HEN. HENDRICKSON,
JARRET STILLWELL,
WILLIAM BRITTON."
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Photo:
Above document executed December 24, 1793, showing signatures
of Barnes Smock, Asher Holmes. Garret Hendrickson,
Barnes H. Smock and others.
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129 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH.
Garret Hendrickson, who has signed
above, was Lieut. Garret Hendrickson
in Capt. Wm. Schenck's company, and
Barnes Smock commanded an artillery
company during the revolution. Hen-
drick Hendrickson, who signs as wit-
ness, was one of the county judges and
part of time presiding judge, as out-
court minutes from 1790 to 1800 show.
As the Holmes family has always
been prominent in this county and have
numerous relatives, there are many
who will feel interested in the following
extracts from a letter written by the
Rev. Obadiah Holmes to his wife in
1675: "if she remains in the land of the
living, after my departure" to use his
own words. After speaking of the
"comfort their children have been.'' he
writes: "Wherefore make use of that
he is pleased to let thee enjoy. I say
make use of it to thy present comfort.
Thou art but weak and aged, cease from
thy labors and great toil and take a
little rest and ease in thy old age. Live
on what thou hast, for what the Lord
hast given us, I freely have given thee,
for thy life, to make thy life comfort-
able; wherefore see thou doeth it, so
long as house, land and cattle remain.
Make much of thyself, and at thy death,
then what remains may be disposed
according to my will. And now, my
dear wife, whom I love as my own soul,
I commit thee to the Lord, who hath
been a gracious merciful God to us all
our days. Not once doubting He will
be gracious to thee in life or death, and
will carry thee through this valley of
tears, with his own supporting hand.
Sorrow- not at my departure, but rejoice
in the Lord, and again I say rejoice in
the Lord of our salvation. And in
nothing be careful, but make thy re-
quests to Him, who only is able to sup-
ply thy necessities and to help thee in
time of need. Unto whom I commit
thee for counsel, wisdom and strength,
and to keep thee blameless to the com-
ing of the Lord Jesus Christ, to whom
be all glory, honor and praise, forever
and ever. Fare Thee Well."
Extracts from a letter to all his chil-
dren: After urging them to seek the
kingdom of God and his righteousness,
he says: "And now my son Joseph:
Remember Joseph of Arimathea was a
good man. and a disciple of Jesus, and
was bold and went boldly and asked
the body of Jesus and buried it."
"My son John: Remember what a
loving and beloved disciple he was."
"My daughter Hope: Consider what
a peace of God hope is, and court after
that hope that will never be ashamed,
but hath the hope of eternal life and
salvation by Jesus Christ."
"My son Obadiah: Consider that Oba-
diah was a servant of the Lord and
tender in spirit, and in a troublesome
time hid the prophets by 60 in a cave."
"My son Samuel: Remember that
Samuel was a chief prophet of the Lord,
ready to hear his voice saying "Speak
Lord, for thy servant heareth."
"My daughter Martha: Remember
Martha, although she was cumbered
with many things, yet she loved the
Lord, and was beloved of him, for He
loved Mary and Martha."
"My daughter Mary: Remember Mary
chose the better part, that shall not be
taken away, and did hearken to the
Lord's instructions."
"My son Jonathan: Remember how
faithful and loving he was to David,
that servant of the Lord."
"My daughter Lidiah: Remember
how Lidiah's heart was opened, her ear
bowed, her spirit made willing to re-
ceive and obey the apostle in what the
Lord required, and was baptized, and
entertained and refreshed the servants
of the Lord."
"Let your conversation in life be
squared by the Scriptures, ami they
will direct you how to behave toward
God and man. And next to loving and
fearing the Lord, have you, a most
dear and tender respect to your faith-
ful, careful, tender hearted, loving,
aged mother. Show your duty in all
things. Love her with high and cheer-
ful love and respect, and then make
sure you love one another. Let it con-
tinue and increase. So you may be
good examples to others. Visit one
another as often as you can, and put
one another in mind of the uncertainty
of life, and what need there is to pre-
pare for death. Take counsel one of
another, and if one see cause to advise
or reprove the other, hearken to it and
take it well. Be ye content with your
present condition and portion God giv-
eth you, and make a good use of what
yon have, by making use of it to your
comfort for meat, drink and apparel, it
is the gift of God. And take care to
live honestly, justly, quietly, with love
and peace with all men, etc., and forget
not to entertain strangers according to
your ability, etc."
OBADIAH HULLMES,
The 17th day, 10th month, 1675."
Hendrick, the eldest son of the pion-
eer settler, was born in 1700; married
1725, Neeltje, daughter of Garret
Schenck and Neeltje Voorhees, his wife,
of Pleasant Valley, and died intestate
February 21, 1753, aged fifty years, ac-
130 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH.
cording to his headstone in the family
burying ground on the old Hendrickson
homestead at Holland in Holmdel town-
ship. His wife is not buried by him, as
she married in 1761 Elias Golden and is
probably buried by him on the Golden
homestead. Administration on his es-
tate, at request of the widow, was
granted March 20, 1753, to his brothers,
Daniel and William, and his brother-in-
law, Garret Schenck. See Book F of
Wills, page 107, Secretary of State's
office at Trenton, N. J. He had the fol-
lowing children:
Tryntje, baptized April 3, 1726; died
in infancy.
Daniel, born November 11, 1727; mar-
ried in 1767, Mary Schenck, (see license
in Secretary of State's office) and died
without surviving children March 2nd,
1776, aged 48 years, 3 months, 21 days,
according to his headstone inscription
in homestead yard. His wife is not
buried by him, which would indicate
that she has married again. His will is
recorded at Trenton in Book M of Wills,
page 16-17. He describes himself as
"Daniel Hendrickson, Jr., of Middietown
township." He gives his wife Mary
£1400, with household goods and a
negro girl. All his real estate is devised
in fee equally between his two broth-
ers, Garret and Hendrick. He bequeaths
£100 to his sister, Nelly VanMater, and
the same amount to his sister, Mary
Couwenhoven, and £20 to his sister Ann,
with a negro man. To James Schenck.
a cow and calf. This will is dated Feb-
ruary 18, 1775, proved March 12, 1776.
His two brothers, Garret and Hendrick.
divide the lands so devised between
them by quit claim deeds, recorded in
Book I of Deeds, page 92, Monmouth
County clerk's office.
Neeltje, baptized January 4, 1734;
died young.
Garret, born January 22, 1734, died
December 2, 1801, and is buried by his
first two wives on the homestead. He
married first, according to license
granted, December 8, 1755, and on rec-
ord at Trenton, his cousin, Catharine,
daughter of Tunis Denise and Fran-
cyntje Hendrickson, his wife, (born
May 8, 1732, died Sept. 8, 1771). Mar-
ried second. Lena, or Helena, (born
Sept. 26, 1753, died Jan. 1, 1785) daugh-
ter of Denise VanLieu, or VanLieuwen,
and Ida Wyckoff, his wife. Married
third, Nelly, daughter of Arie VanDoorn
and Antje Janse Schenck, his wife, and
then the widow of Hendrick Smock.
She died February 11, 1834, aged 91
years, 10 months, 8 days, according to
her headstone in Schenck-Couwenhoven
cemetery, Garret Hendrickson lived
and died in the old Dutch built farm-
house, still (1900) standing, on the
farm where Cyrenius Hendrickson lived
and died in Pleasant Valley, afterwards
owned and occupied by his only son,
Henry Denise Hendrickson, well known
to our present generation of people in
this county. Garret Hendrickson was a
lieutenant in Capt. William Schenck's
company of militia during the Revolu-
tionary war and rendered good service
to his country.
The following extract from the New-
Jersey Gazette of June 28, 1780. speaks
of him, although by mistake his name
is printed "Henderson" instead of Hen-
drickson. There was no officer by the
name of Henderson in the Middietown
militia. Thomas Henderson of Free-
hold, was a lieutenant-colonel and a
physician, and is said to be the writer
of those letters from Monmouth county
published from time to time in this
newspaper. Our county records show-
that a pension was granted to Garret
Hendrickson and Walter Hier (Hyres)
for wounds received in a skirmish on
June 21, 1780. The United States gov-
ernment at a later date placed Garret
Hendrickson on the pension roll for
this same injury. "Letter from Mon-
mouth county dated June 22, 1780. Yes-
terday morning a party of the enemy
consisting of Tye with 30 Blacks, 26
Queen Rangers and 30 Refugee Tories
landed at Conascung. They got be-
tween our scouts undiscovered, and
went to James Mott's, Sr., and plunder-
ed his and several neighbors houses of
almost everything, and carried off the
following persons: James Mott. Sr.,
James Johnston, Joseph Dorsett,
Joseph Pearce, William Blair, James
Walling, Jr., John Walling, son of
Thomas, Phillip Walling, James Wall,
Matthew Griggs, several negroes and a
great deal of stock; but all the negroes
except one, and a great deal of stock
were retaken by our people. Capt.
Walling was slightly wounded and a
Lieut. Henderson (Hendrickson) had
his arm broken. Two privates supposed
mortally and a third slightly wounded
in a skirmish we had with them on
their retreat. The enemy acknowledge
loss of seven men, but we think it more
considerable."
It appears that there was hand to
hand fighting, for in an affidavit on
record in the Monmouth clerk's office
to support Hyres' claim for pension, it
is stated "that he received a cutlass
wound while boldly fighting." Doctor
Barber and Doctor Thomas Henderson,
(writer of these letters) certify that
131 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH.
Garret Hendrickson had lost almost
entire use of his right arm from injur-
ies received in this fight on June 21,
1780. See page 303 of Old Times in
Old Monmouth, although there is a
typographical error here, for the month
is printed January instead of June.
In this and several other raids the
enemy landed at Conescunk. The reason
of this was the depth of water at this
place near the shore which enabled
them to get off their boats at any stage
of the tide. At other places the flats
would be bare for a considerable dis-
tance or water too shallow to float
their barges at low tide. Captain John
Schenck is said to have led our forces
and pressed close upon them until they
embarked. So closely were they pressed
that they abandoned nearly all the
cattle, sheep and hogs they had taken,
and all the negro slaves except one.
While their last boat was within
musket shot from the beach an officer
stood up in the stern of the boat and
deliberately aimed and fired at Captain
Schenck, who had come down to the
water's edge. The bullet whistled close
to his head. "They shoot as if they
wanted to kill a body," said the grim
farmer, "but two can play at this
work." Then seizing a gun from one
of his men he walked into the water up
to his armpits and carefully aiming,
fired at the man who still stood up in
the stern of the boat. He was seen to
fall back but how badly hurt was never
learned.
Hendrick, the fifth child of Hendrick
Hendrickson, and Neeltje Schenck, his
wife, was born April 23, baptized June
5, 1737, and died October 11, 1811, ac-
cording to his tombstone in family yard
on homestead farm. He married first,
according to license granted, March 7,
1757, Lydia, daughter of Ensign Elias
Couwenhoven and Williamsee Wall, his
wife, (born March 11, 1738; died March
16, 1805) married second, Helena Long-
street, October 18, 1806, according to
marriage records in Monmouth clerk's
office. I think she was a widow, and
the daughter of Joseph Covenhoven and
Hannah, his wife. She was born Nov-
ember 28, 1754, died October 3, 1820.
Both wives are buried by him in home-
stead yard at Holland. By his first wife
he had the following children, but none
by his second wife.
Hendrick, born November 13, 1758,
baptized February 18, 1759: died unmar-
ried. November 8, 1803. He served in
light horse company during Revolution
and was also the schipper or boss of a
crew of whaleboatmen, whose boats lay
concealed in the ravines near Matawan
creek and swamps near Waycake creek.
Williampe, born February 2, 1761;
married first, November 9, 1778, Aaron
Longstreet; second, Dr. Pitney, and
died October 21, 1837.
Elias, baptized September 29, 1765;
married Gitty, who died May 10, 1805,
when only nineteen years old, accord-
ing to headstone in homestead yard. He
died childless July 28, 1805, aged 40
years, and is buried by her. He also
served during the Revolution in light
horse company.
Hendrick Hendrickson, the father of
these three children, served as one of
our county judges many years, and
part of the time was presiding judge
of the Monmouth courts: see Nos. 7, 8
and 9 of court minutes of Monmouth
county. Denise Denise, Garret I. Cov-
enhoven, John Covenhoven, Peter
Schenck and Peter Wyckoff were asso-
ciate judges with him part of this time.
As a judge he was fair and impartial,
with strong common sense. In addi-
tion to lands he inherited from his
father, he got 200 acres under will of
his brother Daniel. He also purchased
of John Covenhoven 130 acres, and
some years later 150 acres more, adja-
cent to his farm in Pleasant Valley.
He also bought 37 acres of adjacent
land from Garret Schenck, and so be-
came the owner of some 600 acres of as
good land as there was in Pleasant
Valley. As his sons died childless, this
large and valuable farm passed out of
the Hendrickson name under his will
dated July 12, 1811, proved November
28, 1811, recorded at Freehold in Book
A of Wills, page 457, etc. He devised
all his real estate to his grandson, John
Longstreet, subject to the comfortable
maintenance of his widow for life. This
devise passed into the Longstreet fam-
ily one of the finest and most produc-
tive farms in Pleasant Valley. He
gives to his daughter, Williampe Pit-
ney, interest on £342, then in hands Of
Aaron Pitney. He gives Anne Seabrook
and Lydia Smock £600 each. To his
grandson, Hendrick Longstreet, £5, to
Aaron Schenck, son of Obadiah Schenck
and Nelly Longstreet, £500. Hendrick
Longstreet, his grandson, and friend
Denise Hendrickson, are appointed ex-
ecutors.
The sixth child of Hendrick Hen-
drickson and Neeltje Schenck, his wife,
was Mary, born December 6, 1740, mar-
ried January 13, 1767, Cornelius (b.
Feb. 11, 1746, d. Oct. 10, 1806), son of
William Cornelise Couwenhoven and
Annetje Hendrickson, his second wife.
She died January 3, 1806, and is buried
132 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH.
by her husband in Schanck-Couwen-
hoven cemetery.
Tryntje, (Catharine) bap. September
30, 1740: died young.
Neeltje, bap. September 30, 1740, mar-
ried 1756, Jacob VanMeter (b. March 3,
1732, d. April 20, 1775), already men-
tioned in VanMater records.
Antje, bap. October 7, 1744, married
David Hansen VanNostrandt, who was
bap. September 18, 1737.
William, bap. December 18, 1748, died
young.
Garret and Hendrick Hendrickson
owned some of the best farming lands
which could be found in Monmouth
county. They were well stocked with
cattle, sheep and swine. The hams and
bacon made by them were of the best.
In the fall an abundant supply of
smoked meats, salted provisions, and
other things to eat and drink, were
laid away in cellar, smoke house and
garret. This is the reason why so many-
raids were made through Pleasant
Valley. The last of these expeditions
occurred February 8, 1782. Forty refu-
gees from Sandy Hook under command
of a Lieutenant Steelman who belonged
down in Cape May county, came up
during the night and surrounded Garret
Hendrickson and his brother Hendrick's
houses before daylight. This was
directly after a heavy snowstorm and
I suppose these men on the Hook were
in a state of starvation and ready for
any desperate adventure to get provis-
ions. They succeeded in taking Hen-
drick Hendrickson and his two sons,
Hendrick and Elias, with all women
folks and negro slaves, and Garret
Hendrickson with his people, and John
Covenhoven, his family and servants on
adjacent farms, prisoners and placed
them under close guard. A young man
named William Thompson at Garret
Hendrickson's house, managed in some
way to escape undiscovered and hur-
ried off to Captain John Schanck's home
where he gave the alarm. They seized
five woodsleds on these different farms.
On two they fastened hay shelvings
with boards nailed against the sides
and on the bottom. On the other three
they placed the bodies of farm wagons.
Then they hitched two teams or four
horses to each sled, for the snow lay
deep and the roads were unbroken in
many places. They put two barrels of
apple whisky in one end of the hay
shelvings and barrels of pork in the
other, and between five live sheep.
Barrels of flour, corn meal, potatoes,
and all the poultry they could kill was
placed on the other shelving. The other
sleds were loaded with bacon, smoked
meats, hams, corned beef, butter, and
all other kinds of provisions they could
lay their hands on. They also took
clothing, blankets, and cooking utensils.
Mrs. Garret Hendrickson's silk dress
was taken and used to wrap up hams.
After loading up with all kinds of
plunder they started back for the Hook.
In the meantime Captain Schanck was
gathering his men and succeeded in
getting thirty mounted men ready in
about an hour after the Refugees had
started. The deep snow and unbroken
roads with the heavy loads made the
progress of the Refugees slow. They
were overtaken and a lively skirmish
ensued in which three of them were
wounded and and twelve taken prisoners.
The rest escaped. One of them cut a
horse loose from among the teams and
rode off. All the plunder was retaken.
Our people lost one man killed. This
was young Thompson who had given
the alarm. On their return they were
attacked unexpectedly by a detached
party of Refugees consisting of sixteen
men under command of Shore Steven-
son. Captain Schanck at once ordered
a charge before they could reload their
guns. They at once threw down their
arms and asked for quarter. In the
confusion, however eight of the first
prisoners got away, leaving only four
who with Stevenson and his sixteen
men made 21 prisoners.
Lieutenant Garret Hendrickson by
Catharine Denise, his first wife, had the
following children:
Hendrick, baptized March 20, 1757,
died young.
Franeyntje, baptized March 18, 1758;
married William Forman. Both buried
in yard of Old Tennent church. She
died June 19, 1815, and her husband
January 31, 1823, aged 71 years, 5
months, 5 days.
Denise, born November 12, 1761, died
March 7, 1830. He married December
28, 17S6, Anne, (born Nov. 15, 1766; died
Aug. 6, 1858) daughter of John Schenck
and Nelly Bennett, his wife, of Pleasant
Valley. Both are buried on homestead
farm at Holland.
Hendrick, born July 10, 1764; married
January 20, 1791, Phoebe VanMater;
died June 6, 1837. Both are buried on
homestead farm at Holland. Names of
their children have been heretofore
given in VanMater genealogy.
Neeltje, baptized August 10, 1766;
married John, son of Hendrick Brower
and Abigeltje Hunt, his wife.
Catharine, born April 8, 1768; married
September 18, 1791, Peter, son of Hen-
133 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH.
drick Brower and wife aforesaid. She
died August 8, 1822, and is buried in
homestead yard.
By his second wife, Helena VanLieu,
he had the following children:
Ida, baptized March 19, 1775; married
September 10, 1791, Joseph K. Van-
Mater, already mentioned in VanMater
records.
Daniel G., baptized June 1, 1776; mar-
ried December 21, 1797, Sarah, daug-hter
of Cornelius Albertse Couwenhoven and
Mary Logan, his wife They removed
to some other part of New Jersey.
Mary, baptized May 2, 1779; married
December 24, 1797, William VanMater,
whose children have been already
named in VanMater articles.
Lydia, born October 9, 1781; married
Stephen Crane and died May 4, 1851,
aged 69 years, 6 months, 25 days, ac-
cording to her headstone in homestead
burying ground at Holland. Her hus-
band is not buried by her; I do not
know where he was.
Anne, baptized December 7, 1783;
married October 3, 1799, Garret Terhune.
Denise Hendrickson and Anne
Schenck, his wife, named above, had the
following children:
Garret D., born July 7, 1787; died
October 12, 1861. He married March 23,
1808, Jane, daughter of Capt. Hendrick
Hendrickson and Francinke Covenhoven
his wife. One of their daughters, Cath-
arine, born April 20, 1815, married the
late William Henry Sickles of Red
Bank. Another daughter, Adaline, mar-
ried John Vanderveer Carson, now
(1900) residing in Freehold, and the
parents of the Carson Brothers, who
have so long carried on the butcher's
business here.
Catharine, born October 8, 1801; mar-
ried December 24, 1821. Peter R. Smock,
and died September 9, 1890. Both are
buried in Smock burying ground near
Holmdel village on the farm where
Peter R. Smock lived and died. They
are the parents of ex-Sheriff Ruliff P.
Smock, now a resident of Freehold.
John Schenck. born Mav 9, 1807, mar-
ried Ellen Hyres.
John, the second son and fourth child
of Daniel Hendrickson, the pioneer
settler, was born about 1702; married
about 1734, Annetje, (born in February
1708) daughter of Jacob Couwenhoven
and Saartje Schenck, his wife. The
parental homestead of these young
people in a direct line over the meadows
and hills were less than a mile apart.
They had know each other from their
earliest childhood. After his marriage
John settled on a farm in county of
Middlesex, which his father had pur-
chased of Stephen Warne and which he
had given to him by will. Here the
following children were born:
Daniel, born July 3, 1735; married in
1758 Eleanor VanMater (b. Aug. 4,
1735, d. Feb. 12, 1828). He died Nov-
ember 17, 1809, and is buried in family
yard on farm of late George Crawford
Hendrickson, his great grandson, at east
end of Middletown village and still
owned by this family. Names of his
children have already been published in
the VanMater family.
Jacob, baptised February 12, 1738;
no other information.
John Hendrickson died in 1740 and letters of
administation of his estate were granted October
11, 1740, to his eldest brother Hendrick,
to his brother-in-law William Couwen-
hoven, and Henry Disbrow, see Book
C of Wills, page 335, secretary of state's
office, Trenton, N. J. I do not know
whether his widow survived him or not.
She would have right of administration,
but as she is not named, it would seem
that she had died prior to her husband.
Maijke (Micha) the fifth child, mar-
ried Geysbert VanMater (b. Feb. 24,
1694). Names of their children have
been heretofore published in genealogy
of the VanMaters.
Tryntje (Catharine) sixth child, is
the only one who married and removed
from this county and the only one of
the seven daughters who did not join
the church in this county. She married
one Henry Dusberry or Dusenberry and
aremoved to some other part of New
Jersey or some other colony. She, how-
ever, while visiting her parents in Mon-
mouth, had three of her children bap-
tized in the Dutch church, viz:
Antje, baptised December 19, 1736.
Her brother John Hendrickson and his
wife, Annetje Couwenhoven, appear as
sponsore on church records.
Anne, baptized December 24, 1738.
Her brother, Hendrick Hendrickson and
his wife, Neeltje Schenck, are sponsors.
William Hendrickson, baptised Octo-
ber 12, 1743. Her brother, William
Hendrickson, and his wife, Mary Long-
street are sponsors. This is all the re-
cords given us of Catharine, where she
lived and when and where she died
is unknown.
William the third son of Daniel Hen-
drickson and Catharine VanDyke, was
baptized, November 6, 1709, married
about 1731, Mary or Maria (bapt. May
6, 1702) daughter of Stoffie Langstraat
and Maicken or Moyka Laen his wife.
His wife's name appears as a communi-
cant on records of Dutch church in 1741
as "Maria Langstraet, wife of Wilm
Hindriekson." They had the following
134 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH.
children:
Catharine, baptized August 8, 1732,
maried Jacob, son of Rem Remsen of
Brooklyn, N. Y. He was born in 1719,
died 1784. Their marriage license in
Secretary of State office at Trenton was
granted, August 11, 1747, "Catharine
Hendrickson of Monmouth County to
Jacob Remsen, Sr., of New York."
They have one child baptized in our
church May 6, 1750, and named William.
His maternal grandparents were put
down as sponsors.
Daniel, baptized December 25, 1736,
married in 1756, Catharine (b. Jan'y 29,
1738,) daughter of Rutgers VanBrunt
and Elizabeth Voorhes, his wife, of
New Utrecht, L. I. This Daniel Hen-
drickson was a land surveyor and was
very prominent during the war for
independence as Colonel of the 3rd Reg-
iment of the Monmouth militia. These
two children are the only ones William
Hendrickson and Maria Longstreet, his
wife had. William Hendrickson died
intestate in 1783, and the records in the
Secretary of State's office show that
letters of administration were granted
to their son Daniel, October 27, 1783. I
do not know where he or his wife are
buried but would not be surprised if it
was somewhere in the vicinity of Tin-
ton Falls, as his son Daniel, then re-
sided there. Colonel Daniel Hendrick-
son by Catharine VanBrunt, his wife,
had the following children:
William, baptized July 31, 1757, died
young.
Elizabeth, baptized July 16, 1758,
married Richard McKnight, Captain of
Monmouth militia during Revolution.
William, baptized January 11, 1761,
died young.
Daniel, born 1763, married Elizabeth,
daughter of Barzillai Grover and Theo-
dosia, his wife, of Upper Freehold.
Mary, baptized March 17, 1765.
Sarah, born March 9y 1767y married
John S. Holmes, (b. Nov. 29, 1762y d.
Aug. 15y 1821) son of Samuel Holmes
and Mary Stout, his wife.
Daniel Hendrickson and Nicholas
VanBrunt represented Shrewsbury
township in the Provincial Congress of
New Jersey, in 1775. In minutes of
Provincial Congress and of the Com-
mittee of Safety of New Jersey, for
vears 1775-6, his name is frequently
mentioned. After the Revolution he
represented Monmouth county four
years in the General Assembly and in
1784 was Speaker of the House. I can-
not find out where he is buried or date
of his death. Like Captain Joshua
Huddy, Captain Chadwick, and some
others that served the people faithfully,
the Republic has forgotten their graves.
In Book M of Deeds, pages 161-165 in
Monmouth County Clerk's office is rec-
ord of two deeds from Daniel Hendrick-
son of Shrewsbury township. Both
deeds are dated April 30, 1791. One
conveys to Cornelius Luyster of Middle-
town, ten acres of land, being part of
the lands which William Hendrickson,
late of the township of Middletown,
died seized of and which said Daniel
Hendrickson claims title in part as an
heir-at-law of his father, William Hen-
drickson, aforesaid, and in part by a
quit claim deed from Catharine Hen-
drickson, (Remsen) daughter of said
William Hendrickson deceased, as one
of his heirs at law. The ten acre tract
is described as beginning at a maple
tree on the west side of Mahoras brook,
adjoining Luyster's land and the north-
east corner of Daniel Hendrickson's
cleared land.
The second deed conveys to Peter
Luyster a tract of woodland containing
20 acres, which William Hendrickson
died seized of, and goes on to set out
Daniel's title as in first deed. This
land is described as beginning at the
corner of the ten acre tract conveyed
to Cornelius Luyster, and runs along
line of this lot to Mahoras brook, and
along said brook, etc.
In Book L of Deeds, p. 97, etc., Mon-
mouth county clerk's office, is record of
a deed dated April 4, 1797, from Colonel
Daniel Hendrickson of Shrewsbury
township to Daniel Hendrickson, Jr.,*
of Upper Freehold, and John S. Holmes
of Middletown. in which it is set out
that said Daniel Hendrickson, Sr., be-
ing justly indebted to several persons
in the sum of £1,720 ($8,600), and the
said Daniel Hendrickson. Jr., (his son)
and John S. Holmes, (his son-in-law)
being engaged jointly with him, said
__________
* In Book M of Deeds, page 473, etc., Mon-
mouth county clerk's office is record of a deed
from Jacob Hendrickson and John Polhemus,
executors of John Polhemus, deceased, to Gar-
ret Wyckoff of Upper Freehold, dated March
18, 1794, which sets out that John Polhemus,
late of Upper Freehold, deceased, was seized
of 213 68-100 acres in Upper Freehold, by deed
from James Holmes dated May 1, 1762, and
that said John Polhemus, by his will dated
June 7, 1788, authorized and directed his ex-
ecutors to sell the land generally described as
bounded westward by Daniel Hendrickson's
land in part and in part by Joel Clayton.
Timothy Hankins, and Amos Miller; easterly
by said Garret Wyckoff's land, and northerly
by John Britton's mill pond and brook below
said pond. This deed is witnessed by Daniel
Hendrickson, Jr., and Samuel Imlay, and it
shows where Daniel Hendrickson, Jr., lived in
Upper Freehold.
135 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH
Daniel Hendrickson, Sr., for the pay-
ment of said sum, he thereby sells and
conveys all his real estate to them to
secure them for these liabilities, etc.
In same Book L of Deeds, p. 100, etc.,
is record of another deed from Daniel
Hendrickson, Sr., of Shrewsbury town-
ship, to Daniel Hendrickson, Jr., of
Upper Freehold, John S. Holmes and
John Holmes of Middletown township,
Catharine Remsen, widow of Jacob
Remsen of New York city, and Rutgers
VanBrunt of Kings county, L. I. This
deed dated April 5, 1797, sets out that
Daniel Hendrickson, Sr., grantor, being
justly indebted to Daniel Hendrickson,
Jr., of Upper Freehold, *John S. Holmes
and John Holmes of Middletown, Cath-
arine Remsen and Rutgers VanBrunt
of New York, does sell and convey them
in settlement of said indebtedness all
his real estate, consisting of several
tracts of land at and near Tinton Falls
in Shrewsbury township. Then follows
description of these lands and state-
ment: That the first two tracts at
Tinton Falls, on which grist and saw
mill stands, he claims title under a
deed from Tunis Vanderveer dated May
10, 1773. The third tract by deed from
John Morris dated May 25, 1783, and
fourth tract by deed from Nicholas
VanBrunt dated May 1, 1784.
Like many other officers of the Rev-
olution he served his country at a sac-
rifice. The seven years of war and con-
fusion ruined his business. The raids
of the refugees of which he was a vic-
tim two or three times, caused him
great loss. The depreciation of the
continental currency had also depreci-
ated the value of his real estate, and
there was no sale for real estate except
__________
*John S. Holmes left a will, proved August
25, 1821, recorded at Freehold in Book B, p.
257, etc. Provides for his wife Sarah. Gives
$7,500 to each of his four daughters, together
with his grist mill and carding machines, viz:
Mary, who married Albert VanBrunt; Cath-
arine, who married Daniel H. Ellis of Free-
hold ; Emma, who married George Taylor of
Freehold, and Eleanor, who married Charles
Hasbrouck. All residue of his property, both
real and personal, he gives to his two sons,
Daniel and John H. in fee.
____________
at a ruinous sacrifice. He was thus
compelled to make this transfer of all
his lands to these near relatives in
order to prevent an entire loss under a
forced or sheriff's sale.
Colonel Daniel Hendrickson died soon
after this assignment, probably dis-
couraged and broken hearted over his
troubles and sorrows. When and where
he died is unknown. Neither is his
place of burial known. He lies in an
unknown and unmarked grave. Such
is the gratitude of a republic.
We find Daniel Hendrickson and
Elizabeth, his wife, of Upper Freehold,
and John S. Holmes and Sarah, his
wife of Middletown, by deed dated
August 9, 1799, recorded in Book M of
Deeds, p. 98, etc., Monmouth clerk's
office, conveying part of the real estate
to Colonel Barnes Smock, viz: that
tract at Tinton Falls on which grist
and saw mill and other buildings stand
with benefit of millpond and stream as
far as Colonel Daniel Hendrickson's
dec'd, right extended. Also a tract of
12 50-100 acres near Tinton Falls
which tracts with other lands wen
sold by Lewis Morris Ashfield, Esq., to
Jacob VanDerveer by deed dated May
5, 1762, and then sold at sheriff's sale
January 28, 1772, to Tunis Vanderveer
and by him sold to Col. Daniel Hen-
drickson by deed dated May 10, 1773,
and by him to above grantors by deed
dated April 5, 1797; also 96 65-100 acres
on west side of the road from Tinton
Falls to Middletown.
In Book N of Deeds, p. 184, etc, is
record of a deed from Daniel Hendrick-
son and Elizabeth, his wife, of Upper
hold, to John S. Holmes of Middle-
ton, a merchant, conveying to him
two tracts of land at Tinton Falls,
which his father, Colonel Daniel Hen-
rickson, deceased, owned in his life-
time.
In Book O of Deeds, p. 109, etc. is
record of a deed from Daniel Hendrick-
son and Elizabeth, his wife, of Upper
Freehold, and John S. Holmes and
Sarah, his wife, of Middletown, to Jacob
Hubbard, dated April 25, 1800, convey-
ing 19-1/2 acres of land which Col. Daniel
Hendrickson owned in his lifetime.
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136 ACCOUNT OF A RAID OF TORY REFUGEES
IN THE YEAR 1779.
The following account of a raid on
Col. Daniel Hendrickson at Tinton Falls
by a party of refugees is taken from
files of the New Jersey Gazette now in
our state library in Trenton:
"On June 9, 1779, a party of about 50
refugees landed in Monmouth and
marched to Tinton Falls undiscovered,
where they surprised and carried off
Col. Daniel Hendrickson, Col. Wyckoff,
Capt. Chadwick, Capt. McKnight with
several privates of the militia, and
drove off sheep and horned cattle. About
thirty of our militia hastily collected
and made some resistance, but were
repulsed with loss of two men killed
and ten wounded. Loss of enemy un-
known."
Thomas Chadwick and Richard Mc-
Knight were both captains of the Mon-
mouth militia and the latter was a son-
in-law of Col. Daniel Hendrickson.
Auke Hendrickson was a miller by oc-
cupation and a lieutenant in Captain
Peter Wyckoff's company from Upper
Freehold. At this time he was employed
in Col. Hendrickson's grist mill at Tin-
ton Falls. Col. Hendrickson had col-
lected quite a magazine of powder, arms
and other military stores at Tinton
Falls for the use of our county troops.
Besides he had ground a large quantity
of flour and meal for use of the Amer-
ican army. It is said that he had bor-
rowed from his relatives, Mrs. Cathar-
ine Remsen and his father-in-law, Van-
Brunt, in New York, £1,000 ($5,000).
which he had used in the purchase of
these stores. The spies of the enemy
had carried information to the refugees
on Sandy Hook and hence this raid,
which entailed great pecuniary loss to
Col. Hendrickson.
The notorious James Moody in an ac-
count of his career, dictated by him and
published in London, England, after the
close of our Revolutionary War, gives
his version of this raid.
He says that on June 10, 1779, he was
at Sandy Hook and in command of six-
teen men. There he asked a friend
named Hutchinson, who had six men
and some guides, to assist him on an
expedition against the rebels in Mon-
mouth county.
They started from Sandy Hook for
Shrewsbury village and eluding the
rebel guards reached a place called the
Falls undiscovered, and surprised and
made prisoners, one colonel, one lieu-
tenant-colonel, one major, two captains
and other persons of lesser note. They
destroyed a considerable magazine of
powder and arms. With their prisoners
and such stores as they could carry or
bring off, Hutchinson took charge of,
while Moody and his men remained in
the rear. They were pursued by double
their numbers. Moody with his sixteen
men made a stand and kept up such a
sharp fire on the rebels as to hold them
back, while Hutchinson moved on with
the prisoners and plunder.
After Hutchinson had got a consid-
erable distance ahead. Moody and his
men would fall back. When they
reached another good place they would
make another stand, until in this way
they reached Black Point (now Sea-
bright). Here they transported their
prisoners and plunder over the inlet.
The rebels were reinforced by ten men
and made a determined attack, in which
Captain Chadwick and Lieutenant Auke
Hendrickson were shot dead. Moody
says there was something peculiarly
shocking in the death of the rebel cap-
tain. He was shot through by Moody
while with most bitter oaths and
threats of vengeance, after having once
missed fire he was again leveling his
gun at him. That after three men were
killed and a number of others lay
wounded, the rebels raised a flag of
truce and asked for cessation of hostil-
ities to remove their dead and wounded.
This was agreed to on condition that
they were allowed to remove and take
away all their plunder. Moody says
their goods and stores taken were sold
for £500 ($2,500) and the money all div-
ided among the men who were with him
in this raid.
Moody may have had only 16 men of
his own and six of Hutchinson's when
he started but he had at least fifty
when he reached Tinton Falls before
daylight. They found our men in bed
and wholly unprepared. They threw a
large quantity of powder in the mill
pond and broke the guns. They seized
all the horses and wagons they could
find at Tinton Falls and vicinity and
loaded them with a large quantity of
stores, meal and flour from the mill,
together with all the provisions and
goods of value they could find. They
drove off all the sheep and cattle on
the farms around there, besides slaugh-
tering several hogs, whose carcasses
137 EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH
they took off in one of the wagons.
They collected all this plunder and
moved off down the road towards
Shrewsbury village before our militia
could gather. Then not over thirty men
were in our force when they began
their pursuit. They overtook the rear
guards commanded by Moody in person
somewhere in the vicinity of what is
now Fair Haven. He, however, had all
his prisoners stationed close by his
men, so that our people could not fire,
without endangering their lives as
much as those of the refugees.
Thus holding back our force he al-
lowed Hutchinson with his train of
wagons, cattle and sheep to get well in
advance. Then falling back, still with
the prisoners as shields to his men, he
slowly followed. In this way they
reached Black Point. There our people
had ten more men to join them, and
made a sharp attack on their flank
while they were getting their plunder
over the inlet. In the confusion Cap-
tain Chadwick and Lieutenant Auke
Hendrickson broke loose from the
enemy and ran over to our men. Lieu-
tenant Hendrickson was a man of fiery
temper and Captain Chadwick also was
very excitable and passionate under
provocation. The tantalizing and un-
fair way in which they had been used
and treated while prisoners, by Moody
had exasperated both to the verge of
insanity. As soon as Lieutenant Hen-
drickson reached our line he grabbed a
musket which had been discharged, and
at once turned and ran towards Moody
with loud threats and imprecations for
his cowardly usage. His gun, of course,
missed fire and he was shot down by
Moody. Captain Chadwick, who had
also turned on them, was killed at the
same time by some of the other refugees.
Some ten of our men were also
wounded which made any further effort
useless. A flag of truce was raised and
Moody agreed to allow the removal of
our dead and wounded provided they
were permitted to carry off all their
plunder. Like Captain Joshua Huddy,
Captain Dennis, Lieutenant Whitlock,
and many other patriots of our Revolu-
tion, who gave up their lives for Amer-
ican independence. Captain Chadwick
and Lieutenant Auke Hendrickson lie
in unknown and unmarked graves.
Surely this is a reproach and a shame
to the people of Monmouth county.
Daniel Hendrickson, son of Col. Dan-
iel Hendrickson and Catharine Van-
Brunt, his wife, married Elizabeth,
daughter of Barzillai Grover. He re-
sided in Upper Freehold township and
carried on a grist mill located on Doc-
tor's Creek in that township. I think
this mill was at Red Valley, although
I may be mistaken as to that. They
had the following children:
William, born June 2, 1782, married
and removed to one of the western
states.
Barzillai, born February 19, 1784,
married Elizabeth Horsefull. He owned
and conducted the Union hotel at Free-
hold during the thirties of last century.
Daniel, born May 19, 1786, died un-
married. His will was proved Septem-
ber 18, 1862, and recorded in Book G
of Wills, page 470 at Freehold. Makes
a bequest to his sister Theodosia, wife
of Forman Hendrickson, and if dead,
to her daughter Eliza, wife of Jacob
Ellis. He gives to George Imlay $100,
and residue of his property to his nep-
hews, Enoch Hendrickson and Richard
M. Hendrickson.
Joseph, born March 14, 1788.
James G., born February 19, 1791,
married March 3, 1813, Hannah Morris.
Samuel, born July 26, 1793, married
Phoebe Mount.
Theodosia, born November 2, 1795,
married Forman, son of Jacob Hen-
drickson and Elizabeth Mount, his wife.
Richard Howell, born November 2,
1795, married Lyde Perrine.
Katharine, born June 29, 1797, mar-
ried Peter Imlay.
John B., born January 26, 1799, mar-
ried Parmilla Grover.
Enoch, born April 7, 1802, married
Achsah Parker.
Pierson, born July 31, 1803, married
August 7, 1823, Sarah VanDorn. This
last son resided many years at Tinton
Falls, where he carried on a country
store.
Elizabeth Hendrickson, the mother of
these ten boys and two girls, made her
will January 27, 1843, proved December
6, 1851, recorded at Freehold in Book F
of Wills, page 107, etc.
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