He was married to Augusta Schonschick on 2 Nov 1882 in Lansing, Ingham Co, Michigan.

He was married to Wilhelmine Maussau in 1850 in Peterkau, Wurtenburg, Germany. Children were: Maria Hoppe, Johann Hoppe, Frederick Hoppe, Wilhelmine Hoppe, Carolene Hoppe, Augusta Hoppe.

She was married to William Yerke WFT Est. 1864-1893. Children were: Herman Friedrich Wilhelm Yerke, Harry Yerke, Martha Yerke, Bertha Yerke, Carl Ludwig Yerke, Johann Emil Yerke, Emil Benjamin Yerke, Adolph Yerke.

She was married to Charles Rominski on 25 Nov 1880 in Lansing, Ingham Co, Michigan. Children were: Helena Emilie Rominski, Margaret Rominski, August Emil Rominski.

She was married to Fred Massey Private.

He was married to Jane (Hopper) WFT Est. 1840-1873.⁽⁶⁶⁾ Children were: Elizabeth (Eliza) Jane Hopper, Mart Hopper, John Hopper.

She was married to Sanford B. Smith on 3 Jun 1869.⁽⁶⁶⁾ Children were: Sarah Angela Smith.

He was married to Mary Elizabeth Cummins WFT Est. 1848-1894.⁽⁶⁶⁾

He was married to Mary Elizabeth Cummins WFT Est. 1848-1892.⁽⁶⁶⁾

She was married to John L. Cummins WFT Est. 1852-1898.⁽⁶⁶⁾

He Private-Begin Private.⁽⁶⁰⁾ He was divorced from Wilma Loyce Bonnett Private. ⁽⁶⁰⁾ Children were: Unknown, William Edward Hopper.

He was married to Betsey WFT Est. 1818-1861. Children were: John W. Hoppin.

He was married to Emily Florella Minott on 8 Oct 1868 in Worcester, Mass..

He was married to Hannah Makepeace in 1647.

She was married to William Clopton about 1492 in Of, Long Melford, Suffolk, England.

He was married to Roxanne Lee Adams Private. Children were: Christopher Edmund Horgan Jr..

She was married to Cyrus T. Taylor WFT Est. 1864-1897.

She was married to *Philip Menteren WFT Est. 1646-1689. Children were: *Sara Menteren.

She was married to Louis Behl Private. Children were: Judy Behl, Carol Behl, Brenda Behl, Richard Behl, Randy Behl.

He was married to Arlene Cora Wenger Private.

She was married to Bert W Anderson Private. She was divorced from Bert W Anderson Private. Children were: Glenda May Anderson, Elaine Doris Anderson.

She was married to John William Elliott on 24 Jul 1902. Children were: Ruth Lydia Elliott.

She was married to David Snowberger WFT Est. 1810-1837.^{(8) (12448)}

He was married to Pearl Houston Private. Children were: Frances Horn, Evelyn Horn, Nan Horn, Pearl Horn, Jeraldine Horn, Norma Jean Horn, Helen Horn, Emily Horn, Gerald Horn, Charles Horn, Vernon Horn, Robert Horn, Dean Horn, Howard Horn, Bettie A Horn.

He was married to *Catrina (Treintje) Hardenbergh on 27 Oct 1757 in Rochester Town, Ulster Co, NY. ^(10743) From "Warnaar Hornbeck Descendants" by Sayre & Hornbeck, page 75:

"Elisha 'Eliza', baptised Feb. 2, 1734 died 1790. He married Tryntje 'Catrina' Hardenburg, who was baptised July 29, 1739, daughter of Jacob (1717-1773) and Petronella (Bruyn) Hardenburg. He is listed as having patriotic and civilian service during the Revolution. He was a keeper of the Ulster County Jail and was a resident of Wawarsing, NY. Issue: 22,67)" Children were: Elizabeth "Betsy" Hornbeck, Peternella Hornbeck, Petrus Hornbeck, Catherine Hornbeck, Abram Hornbeck, Hanna Hornbeck, *Hannah Hornbeck, Abraham Hornbeck.

She was married to *Cornelius P. Low on 10 Aug 1788 in Wawarsing, New York. Cornelius P. Low was born July 25, 1763 and baptized at the Wawarsing Dutch Reformed Church on October 1, 1763.

From "Time and the Valley", page 30:

"At about the same time another branch of the Low family was being established in the Chestnut Valley between Grahamsville and Eureka. Cornelius P. Low settled where P.R. Brundage later had his feed mill. He figured prominently in the early history of the region, and left for us an inventory of his goods which makes it possible for the reader to picture what life was like on the farm, in the log woods, and in the home during his lifetime.

"Cornelius P. Low was grandson of Peter Louw (died September 3, 1733), the sixth child of the Wiltwyck settler. Peter bought lands along the Rondout from H. Beekman, obtained from the Rochester trustees, commencing "by the great fall called Honck" and thence up the creek to the mountains. He also purchased land in Rochester township before 1729 from Solomon David. These holdings figure in early accounts as "the Low right."

"Cornelius P. Low's father was Peter P. Low, sixth son of Peter and Gertrude Vernooy Low. Peter P. Low served as a private in the company of foot militia from Rochester under Captain Cornelius Hornbeck in the Colonial Wars. Cornelius P. was born July 25, 1763, and baptized October 1, 1763, at Wawarsing. Cornelius P. served in the Revolutionary War when he was fifteen or sixteen years of age, and received a pension for this service later. (The portion of his pension due is mentioned in the inventory of his goods attached to his will.) On August 10, 1788, he married Hannah Hornbeck. Cornelius P. owned outright 200 acres located in Great Lot 5 of the Hardenburgh Patent. He also owned about 200 acres in Great Lot 4. When Cornelius P. Low died in 1835 he was burred at a private cemetery on his farm, later known as the Amthor Cemetery. His wife Hannah, who died nine years later, was buried at his side. Their remains were among those moved by New York City more than one-hundred years later when the valley was prepared for inundation. The last will and testament of Cornelius P. Low is still in the hands of a direct descendant, Mrs. Alice Lauber of Napanoch. It is a marvel of clarity. Mrs. Lauber also has the inventory of his property "Taken and apprised by Richard D. Childs and Samuel Kinyon, apprisers" after his death.

"We learn from these papers that in the house of Cornelius P. Low there were no lamps, no stoves, no provision for bathing. Every disk, knife, spoon, every container of stone or glass is mentioned. Everything used for bedding is listed including a live-feather bed (plucked from live fowls), a dead-feather bed, and two straw ticks. It becomes clear that every piece of cloth and every utensil was valuable, because everything was either made by hand or bought from goods imported from England. (England's ban on manufacturing goods in the colonies could not rule out cottage industry.) From our disposable age of paper and plastic we can look back to a time when every scrap of iron, cloth, and leather was saved. This fascinating inventory of goods is given in full..."

"The Reformed Church in Grahamsville was organized in 1844, and on June 12 of that year the contract for building a church was awarded to Cornelius H. Low, the second son of Cornelius P. Low. He was paid $1,000 for the building which was located at Eureka. Later the church was removed to its present site and a new building erected..."

"The Will of Cornelius P. Low (1828):

In the name of God Amen - I Cornelius P. Low of the town of Neversink in the County of Sullivan and state of New York, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and being of sound mind and memory, blessed be Almighty God for the same, Do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say-

First -- I give and devise to my two sons, that is Peter and Cornelius H. Low their heirs and assigns forever all the lands which I had of James Desbrosses, Francis Porter and Abraham Hull situated in Great Lot No. 5 in the Hardenbergh Patent -- The lands which I now live on adjoining the Chesnut bush kill containing about two hundred acres to be divided as follows: my oldest son Peter Low is to have one hundred acres of the easterly part of said lands adjoining the lands of Jedediah Porter and Leonard Porter, and my youngest son Cornelius H. Low to have the westerly part on which I now live together with the buildings: the division line to be set where myself and William Parks has run the line -- The lands that which I have devised to my youngest son Cornelius H. Low is part of the above two hundred acres, and is to be reckoned as part of the said Cornelius H share of the two hundred acres--

Secondly: I do give and devise unto my six daughters, that is Caty Low, now the wife of John Eddes: Sally Low now the wife of Elisha Hornbeck: Peter Nello Low, now the wife of Abraham Sprague: Harriette Low, now the wife of David Divine: Jane Vernooy Low, now the wife of william Parks Junr., and Hannah Low single woman their heirs and assigns forever, all the lands which I had of Robert R. Livingston Esq., situated in Great Lot No. 4, in the Hardenbergh patent adjoining the Chesnut kill, containing about two hundred acres to be divided equal between each of them - Should they disagree in the division, then each one of them chose an uninterested man and for them to divide it into lots and draw for the same--

3rd. I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary H. Low now the wife of Joseph Parks, five Dollars to be paid to her within one year from the time of my deceased out out of my parsonally property - the residue of my parsonally property together with the lands which I have devised to my two sons Peter Low and Cornelius H. Low to be under the control and management of my wife beloved Hannah so long as she remains my widdow. then the personally property to be divided between my six daughters, that is Caty, Sally Peternello, Harriette, Jane and Hannah, except what I shall give and deliver to my daughter Hannah in my lifetime, all of which shall be hers exclusive of her shear of my parsonally property after my deceased --

And Lastly: It is my will and request that my beloved wife Hannah together with my oldest son Peter Low and Samuel Kenyon, be and they are hereby appointed executors & executrix to this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills formerly by me made --

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty eighty day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us whose names are hereunto subscribed as witnesses in the presence of the testator

his
Samuel Kinyon Cornelius P X Low
Jonathon W. Hunter mark
Daniel L Schoonmaker


Inventory of Belongings of Cornelius P. Low

Sullivon County Recd of Peter Low Excutor

Town of Neversink of the Last will and Testamente of Cornelius P Low Deceased the following Property of the said Cornelius P Low Deseased wich Propety Was Inventory Taken and apprised by Richard D Childs and Samuel Kinyon apprisers appointed by the Surgate of said county to apprise said Property To wit:

One mare
one horse waggon
one horse herness
one horse slay
one hand carte
one saddle
one Bridle
one old herness
one old Broad axe
one old hatchet
one staple and ring for ox yoke
three small Clevises
Box of old Iron
one old Dunge forke
one old ax
one Vinegar Barrel
Nine old flour Barrels
one old Barsket
one Inch auger
one iron square
one Drawing knife
one Coffy Mill
Two Boles
two plats
three Cups & Ceausers and two Spoons
ten plates
one old puter tea pot
Six old Bake pans
five spoons
Six knifes and forks
one set of Candles Moles
one picher
one gill cup
tin cup and pepper Box
one bread Dish
Seven Tin Pans
one half gallon measure
three gugs
Six old Puter Bason
five plates
three tumblers
three pint Bottles
Two glass Botels
one Decanter
one hollow ads
one carpenters ads
one carpenters ads
one old hamer
one old Syth
one flax hetchel
one old auger
one tin over
one Driping pan
two schoops shoves
one mason Trowel
one old sythe
old puter Bason
one old Hoe
Two Two gallons gugs
one sausage Filler
one women Stove
one old Sheep shears
one old Brass cittle
Two Larg Stones Pots
one Bed Stead and Cord
one Dead feather Bed
one Straw Bed tick
two pillers and cases
one Straw Bed tick
two pillers and cases
one wollen and one Cotton sheets
Two Cotton sheets
two old bead Quilt
one Bead stid and Curtins and Coard
one Bead Quilt
three wolen Scearzy Bead Blankets
three wollen Bead Blankets
three old Bead Blankets
two Pillers and Cases
one Bead Bolster
one straw Bed tick
one Dead fether Bed
two old Barrel
one Large old table
one Rum Hoghead
one rum Cage (keg)

Debts Due to the Estate of Cornelius P Low Deceased

cash for pension, Sixteen Dollars and Sixteen Cents,
notes against Benjamin Turner two hundred and twenty Dollars and Ninety Cents
a note against David Divine Forty Nine Dollars Ninety Six Cents
Notes against Cornelius H Low Ninty eight dollars and Seventy seven cents
Notes against John Curry forty two Dollars and Sixty three cents
a Note against Cornelius H Sheley Sixty Nine Dollars and fifty five Cents
a Note against William W Moore three Dollars and twelve Cents
a note against Abraham Dewitt thiry five Dollars and eight Center
a Note against William Curry $2.97
a Note against Phillip T. Vankuren four Dollars & teen Cents
a Note against Daniel osterhout fur Six Dollars Seventy Nine Cents
a Note against Neal Benson Twenty five Dollars fifty one Cents
Notes against Isaiah G Frost one hundred and fourteen Dollars and twenty three Cents
Eleven Sheep in the hands of Garret Drumpr
Sixteen Dollars and fifty Cents Intrest Calulated one the above Notes up to the date December 25th 1835

one Bed Stid
two Sheets
one flowered Coverled
one flowered Coverled
Four Diaper Table Cloaths
two Diaper table Cloaths
fourteen pillers Cases
five towbles
Seven Cotton sheets
two linen sheets
one table Cloth
one woden Clock
one old gun Powder horn & Bullet Bage
Six old Chairs
one rocking Chair
one Candle Stand
two old tables
Six Stone pots
one Chest
one Cloth Cubbard
three milk tubs
two iron widges
two wollen Sheets
one Iron pote with John Curry
one Crane hook
one sider Barrel with John Curry
one old Barrel
one large Iron Sap kittle
one trammel (used in fireplace to support pots or kettles)
one old Hogshead with Cornelius H Low
one old Soap tub
one old fourk
one old pitch fork
one old stilege
one old Cow bell with John Curry
one Cow, teen Sheet
Six knifes and forks
Six Cup Sausers
Six plats
one milk Cup
one sugar Disk
one pair hand Iron Shovels and tongs
Best Bed and Beding
Couching utenchels
all waring apperels
Which said estate was by the terms of the last will & testament of said C P Low decd. to be left in my possession during my widohood for my use -- Feby 22 1836

her
Hannah X Low Executor & widow
mark Children were: Tryntje "Caty" Low, Sarah (Sally) Low, Peternello Low, *Harriet Low, Petrus Low, Cornelius Hardenbergh Low, Mary Hornbeck Low, Jane Vernooy Low, Hannah Hornbeck Low.

He was married to *Elizabeth Pietersz Low on 16 Feb 1728/29 in Kingston, Ulster Co, NY. From "Warnaar Hornbeck Descendants" by Sayre & Hornbeck, page 61:

"TOBIAS, baptised September 1, 1695 at Kingston, NY married February 16, 1729 to Elizabeth Pietersz Louw. She was baptised Oct. 21, 1702 at Kingston, daughter of Pieter Louw and Geertruy Vernooy. The banns were dated Feb. 2, 1729 and state that he was born at Rochester, where both were residing. Tobias served in the Foot Militia of 1715 and was a Trustee for the town of Rochester 1738-40, where he was a freeholder in 1728. He left a will in Rochester dated April 10, 1771."
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From History of Sullivan County by James Eldridge Quinlan, published by G. M. Beebe and W. T. Morgans, Liberty, NY, 1873:

"One of the ancient settlements of Sullivan county was in the present town of Neversink, about two miles below Grahamsville. Here, about the year 1743, Tobian Hornbeck, Jacob Klyne and perhaps a few others, commenced clearing and improving farms. They bought their lands of the Trustees of Rochester, believing that this region was within the limits of the patent granted in 1703 by Queen Anne to Colonel Henry Beekman.... Not knowing how far the patent extended, or being disposed, in accordance with the spirit of the times, to make its limits as far apart as possible, the people of Rochester claimed the country to the southward boundard of the town, which ran to the Blue Hills of Liberty.

Hornbeck and Klyne's land adjoined and probably covered a part or all of the Mary Elmendorf track on the Rondout. Some time previous to 1776, they sold to her, as well as to a man named Abraham Clearwater.... Tobias Hornbeck was then dead.... In the final arrangement as to the boundard between the two patents, their titles were confirmed, although it was found that they were located in the Great Patent." ... page 458.

"During the Revolutionary war the settlement begun by Klyne and Hornbeck was abandoned, and thereafter Neversink was virtually unoccupied by white people until 1788, although it was the scene of interesting events during the struggle for independence." ... page 459. Children were: Matheus Hornbeck, Thobyas Hornbeck, *Elisha Hornbeck, Warnaar Hornbeck, Gideon Hornbeck, Maria Hornbeck, Joel Hornbeck.

He was married to Anna deHooges about 1668 in Hurley, Ulster County, New York.⁽⁶⁰⁷⁰⁾ Children were: Antoni Hornbeck, Evaatje Hornbeck, Lodewyck Hornbeck, Sara Hornbeck, Joost Hornbeck, Johannes Hornbeck, Johannes Hornbeck, Marietje "Maria" Hornbeck, Annetjen Hornbeck .

He was married to *Margreit "Grietje" Tyssen \Dent Kruis\ about 1690.^(12452) From "Warnaar Hornbeck Descendants" by Mrs. Ralph H. Sayer and Duffy C. Hornbeck, Sr., McClain Printing Company, 1977:

"The first actual mention of Warnaar is a record of court proceedings on April 18, 1662, when he admitted "honestly the indebtedness for a pair of shoes to Pieter van Alen". Ordered: Payment out of the first wages without delay; payment to be made in wheat (3 1/2 measures)....

"He was in the area at least two years preceeding this court action, as proven by the court action recorded Tuesday, Nov. 14, 1662. "Warrenaer Hoorenbeeck, plaintiff, vs Jacob Jansen Soutenburg, defendant. Plaintiff demands two hundred guilders heavy money, a couple of shirts, a pair of stockings and a pair of shoes as payment for wages earned. Defendant admits owing plaintiff 80 gldrs; according to the verbal contract between them and says he paid 30 gldrs thereof. Plaintiff admits having received 30 gldrs; and says that as payment has not been made in accordance with the contract, two years having already passed, he requires full payment. Ordered: Defendant to pay plaintiff as per contract 80 gldrs; unless plaintiff is able to adduce proof of the agreement between them." (RE: 16, p.43)

"He was at that time a farmhand of Geertrude Andriessen Bratt... It was while in her employ that he violated the ordinance against leaving the stockade without permission. It would appear from court records that he drove one of four wagons to the fields, under her orders, and when the case came to court he referred the court to his mistress (employer). On Oct. 23, 1663, Roelof Swartwout, Schout [sheriff], plaintiff vs Geertruyd Andriesen, defendant. "Plaintiff demands from defendant a fine of 50 gldrs for violating for the first time the ordinance enacted Aug. 4, and a fine of 200 gldrs for a second violation in having harvested with four wagons and a fine also for a third offense in having...arbitrarily harvested with two wagons and having a gun in the field. Also a further fine for carrying fodder for her horses on a Sunday, on which occasion the horses were seized, but nevertheless the matter was settled with the Schout for five schepels of wheat and a can of brandy for the guard. Defendant answers that she several times was refused a convoy and therefore she was obliged to gather in her grain herself, without a guard, for fear that the rain would spoil it. The honorable court, having heard both parties, orders the defendant to pay the full amount of the fines demanded for violating the ordinance, and to pay plaintiff the agreed fine of five schepels of wheat and a can of branch". There were many other arrests, for this same violation, of other residents.... The preceeding material places Warnaar in America by 1660...."

"Perhaps Warnaar was the son of Antoni Hoornbeeck who had sailed to America in 1641 on the "Cornick Davit" (King David), and maybe Antoni was killed during the Indian war of 1644-45.
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From Wawarsing, Where The Streams Wind by Katharine T. Terwilliger:

"There could be slight justification for saying the town's history begain when the first white people (in contrast to the Indians, or red men) first came here to live. That may have been in 1685 when Peter Jacobsen, of Albany, leased to Warnaar Boornbeek, of Hurley, 30 morgens of land at a place 'commonly Known by the name of Wawarasink...' For this Mr. Hoornbeek was to pay four bushels of winter wheat a year, and he agreed to erect a house with thatched roof, two rooms with a window in each, and a chimney in the middle, and a barn." ...page 1.

"Warnaar Hoornbeek, already mentioned as leasing land in 1685, probably moved in a few years to the large area then known as Mombaccus.... In current times Mombaccus is but a small section in a much smaller Town of Rochester. But for over a hundred years the Town of Rochester was extremely large, including in its boundaries all the present towns of Rochester and Wawarsing and a part of Gardiner in Ulster County; the Town of Neversink now in Sullivan County; and a small section now in Delaware County." ...page 4.
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From "The History of Kingston, New York", by Marius Schoonmaker, 1888:

"Warnaar Hornbeek, one of the early settlers of Ulster County, was the father of eighteen children by two wives. His first wife was Anna, daughter of Anthony de Hooges and Eva Albertse Bratt. His second wife was Grietje Tyssen. He is the ancestor of the Hornbeek family, and his descendants are so numerous that the writer is unable to trace them down." Children were: Mathys Hornbeck, *Tobias Hornbeck, Evert Hornbeck, Jacobus Hornbeck, Marritjen Hornbeck, Lea Hornbeck, Rachel Hornbeck, Catrina Hornbeck.

He was married to Rachel Decker WFT Est. 1788-1824. Children were: Elisa Hornbeck.

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