with 300 acres of land adjoining said mill, now in possession of said Roger Brett; also certain parcels of land now in possession of John Terboss, John Buys, Casper Prime, Peter De Boys, and Yowreb Springstead; also 5,000 acres lying and being in any part of the reserved premises.' The money borrowed on the first bond was probably used by Roger Brett and wife in erecting a house and grist-mill the following year. This was the first mill built in Duchess County, and for a long time Orange County paid tribute to Madame Brett's mill, for by this name it was known far and wide. Roger, the husband of Madame Brett, was killed in the year 1721 by a blow from the boom of a sloop, in which he was coming from New York to Fishkill. Madame Brett survived him for nearly half a century, but never again married. She died in 1764."-SMITH'S History of Duchess County.

The will of Madame Brett is recorded in the office of the Surrogate of the City and County of New York.

Will of CATHErine Brett, ( Will dated Dec. 15, 1763. of Fishkill, Duchess Co. Recorded Liber 24, p. 336.

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WILL MENTIONS-Her eldest son, Francis Brett.

Her son Robert Brett.

Her son Robert's five children: Mathew,
Francis, Rombout, Sarah, and Robert.
Her grandchild Theodore, son of Francis
Brett.

She leaves as residuary legatees her sons
Francis and Robert.

She leaves as executors Col. John Brink

erhoff, Capt. Eleazer Dubois, Peter Dubois.

. X. Zachariah, b. Mar. 21, 1748; d. July 3, 1811; m. 1", Feb. 12, 1772, Anna Lawrence, b. Aug. 27, 1751; d. Dec. 10, 1781, by whom the following children:

a. Samuel Lawrence, b. Dec. 26, 1772; d. Sept. 28, 1848; m. Dec. 6, 1797, Sarah Cooper, b. Dec. 24, 1775; d. Aug. 9, 1859, and had children:

1. Zachariah, b. Sept. 12, 1798; m. Dec. 15, 1830, Jane Ann Dearin.

2. Obediah, b. Sept. 1, 1800; d. Nov. 5, 1878; m. 1, Jan. 8, 1824, Miriam Haight, b. Jan. 4, 1804; d. Apr. 11, 1835; m. 24, Oct. 21, 1846, Maria Haight, b. Dec. 3, 1802; d. Apr. 16, 1880.

3. Peter, b. July 28, 1802; m. 1*, Dec. 2, 1824, Jane Robinson, d. Nov. 7, 1858; m. 2a, Dec. 1, 1859, Mary R. Sands.

4. Mary Ann, b. Dec. 19, 1803; d. June 20, 1844. 5. Coert Alexander, b. Mar. 4, 1806; d. Oct. 24,

1875.

6. William Cooper, b. June 7, 1807; d. Feb. 21, 1871; m. Dec. 3, 1834, Sarah Earle, b. Aug. 2, 1815; d. Nov. 18, 1875.

7. Hannah, b. July 25, 1811; d. Nov. 25, 1812. 8. Catherine, b. May 10, 1813.

9. Jacob V. B., b. Nov. 11, 1815; m. Mar. 21, 1838, Ann Eliza Van Voorhis, b. Feb. 10, !: 1817; d. Sept. 21, 1869.

b. Catherine, b. May 11, 1775: d.

Reuben Myers, b.
children:

; d.

; m.

and had

6. Warren Delancy, bap. Nov. 24, 1810.

7. Helen, b.

8. Egbert, b.

c. Coert, b. July 15, 1777; d.

May 8, 1803, Elizabeth Palmer, b.
d. Dec. 17, 1863, and had children:

, 1818; m.

1. Nancy, b. Mar. 25, 1804; d. June 2, 1846; , Joshua Young.

m.

2. Jane, b. Sept. 20, 1807; d. in infancy.

3. Sally Ann, b. Oct. 20, 1809; m.

Daniel Cunly.

4. William Lawrence, b. Oct. 9, 1811; d. Nov. 25, 1879, unmarried.

5. Zachariah, b. May 20, 1814; d. Apr. 23, 1854; m. Dec. 25, 1839, Jane Stansborough.

6. James Palmer, b. Oct. 6, 1816.

d. Magdalene, b. Apr. 10, 1780; d. ; m.

Jacob Hasbrook, b.

1847, and had children:

1. Francis, b. Aug. 25, 1805. 2. Alfred, b. Apr. 21, 1809. 3. Zachariah, b.

, 1778; d. May 7,

X. Zachariah, m. 2a, Nov. 25, 1786, Ann, or Nancy Springsteen, b. May 15, 1763; d. Feb. 9, 1851, by whom the following children:

e. Christian, b. Sept. 11, 1788; d. Apr. 6, 1833; m. Sept. 6, 1815, Elizabeth Haight, b. Mar. 8, 1795; d. Jan. 22, 1875, and had children:

1. Cornelius, b. Aug. 26, 1816; d. Apr. 6, 1862. 2. Bartow W., b. June 8, 1818.

3. Ann, b. May 14, 1820.

4. William C., b. Feb. 15, 1822; d. Mar. 21,

1857.

5. Sarah, b. Apr. 26, 1824.

6. Garret, b. Aug. 3, 1826.

7. Abraham Furman, b. May 25, 1828.

8. Augustus Hudson, b. Jan. 24, 1830.

9. Maria, b. Oct. 25, 1832.

f. Nancy, b. Sept. 9, 1788; d. Nov. 29, 1848; m. Sept. 15, 1810, James Terbos, b.

d. Dec. 9, 1830.

1761;

g. Garret, b. June 9, 1790, d. Aug. 17, 1870; m.

Feb. 8, 1815, Eliza Pine, b. Sept. 23, 1795, · and had children :

1. Ann Eliza, b. Feb. 10, 1817; d. Sept. 21, 1869; m. Mar. 21, 1838, Jacob V. B. Van Voorhis.

2. Samuel Alexander, b. Oct. 8, 1819; m. Dec.

24, 1845, Eliza Curtis.

3. Josephus, b. May 5, 1831; d. Mar. 30, 1871.

h. Sarah, b. Mar. 17, 1792; d. Apr. 14, 1860.

i. Abraham Z., b. Feb. 16, 1795; d. Aug. 19,

1870.

j. Maria, b. Feb. 18,

1795; d. Mar. 3, 1796.

1797; d.

; m.

k. Henry, b. Dec. 4,
Mary Baxter, 'b. , 1796; d. Aug. 29, 1849.
1. Jane, b. Jan. 24, 1801; d. July 21, 1877; m.
Sept. 19, 1826, Benjamin Conover, b. Aug.
27, 1788; d. Aug. 10, 1877, and had children:

1. Seymour, b. Dec. 5, 1828; d. June 22, 1879;
m. Feb. 4, 1869, Alice A. Marshall.
2. Ann Louisa, b. July 26, 1831; d. Mar. 11,
1858; m. June 2, 1852, William Nelson.
3. Sarah Jane, b. May 1, 1838; d. Feb. 18,1862.

m. Eliza, b. Jan. 24, 1801.

Signature of Zachariah Van Voorhis, from a bond dated May 25, 1793.

Zachariah Vanvoorhis

D. 2. COERT VAN VOORHEES is mentioned in the will of his father, Johannes Coerte Van Voorhees, and also in his family Bible, as being born Apr. 5, 1706, and married June 16, 1727.

We find in the list of Freeholders of the County of Duchess before referred to, made Aug. 28, 1740, the names of

JOHANNES VAN VOORHEES.

COERT VAN VOORHEES.

JOHANNIS VAN Voorhees, Junior.