Part 3

During the lives of the fifth and sixth generations, conditions have changed materially. The varied pursuits of the twentieth century gives occupation as varied and diverse as their homes are distant from one another and from the ancestral home of the family. The exhaustion of the soil, the attraction of the productive western farm lands, the migration to the cities, all have tended to diminish the population and the representatives of the family throughout this entire region of country. It is a fact, however, more than eighty per cent, of the lands of the Caudebec patent remains today in the possession of owners whose ancestry may be traced to a patentee.

The first attempt to build a grist mill in the valley was made by Jacob Caudebec and his sons, near the Caudebec stone house. The small run of water over the steep declivity just east of the house furnished the power, the rough stone blocks, the mill stones, were obtained from the Indians. Grains for both the settlers and the Indians were ground there for many years, substituting this for hand pounding with pestle in mortar and for the sapling and stump mortar.

Later other and better mill sites were located in the valley. One of which was the mill site of Henry Decker on the old dam brook. "Ouwe Dam Kill"--a dam across the spring brook about one mile northeast of Port Jervis, overflowed a long, low marshy tract of land extending toward Huguenot, stored water for power purposes for a mill located at that point.

Remnants of this dam are visible today just west of the Huguenot highway where it crosses the railroad as both cross the stream near Port Jervis. Also foundation stone of the old log house, the mill house are still visible about twenty-five feet east of the present dwelling. This property became the property of Benjamin Cuddeback about 1800. The present dwelling built by Benjamin Cuddeback about 1814 stands today typical of its time in shape, size and structure. Later it was the home of Elting Cuddeback for eighty years and of his son, the writer, during his youth.

Jacob Caudebec and Peter Gumaer were French Huguenot refugees. Caudebec came from Caudebec-en-Caux--a thriving agricultural and manufacturing town on the Seine in Normandy, France.

These refugees, Caudebec and Gumaer, fled in 1685 to England or Holland, thence to Maryland, in America, later to New Amsterdam, thence to Oesopus and Wylt Wyck (Kingston), N. Y.

Jacob Caudebec was born about 1666 in Normandy of a family of prosperous merchants. In his flight he became separated from his people. He was unable afterwards to find trace of his own family or sisters or to recover any of their property. Although the following story is found among the writings of Peter Gumaer: "Now I have understood that it had been concluded on between Cuddeback and two of his sisters that he and Gumaer would go to a certain place in England or Holland (I am not certain which) and that after a certain time these two sisters would embark for the same place and bring money to enter into a mercantile business at the place of their destination; and that Cuddeback and Gumaer after being landed at this place waited for these two sisters till after the time for their arrival had elapsed; and giving up all hopes of their coming embarked for America and were landed in the State of Maryland; which passage exhausted the last of their money. Cuddeback had information afterwards, that his sisters after some length of time had arrived and entered into a mercantile business; and he was chagrined in consequence of their having all the money. It was said that after they had arrived Cuddeback corresponded with them by letters and would often remind them of their injustice in keeping to themselves all the property; which I have understood they offered to share with him if he would come and live with them or they would take and do well by one of his children if he would send one of them." Ruttenber states that Peter Gumaer and Jacob Caudebec were the younger members of the families of Abraham Guimar and James Caudebec. He soon adapted himself to the different conditions of life of the new world. He found employment with Benjamin Provost, a trader of New York and Oesopus. He came to this valley in 1690. On October 21st, 1695, he married in New York City Margarette Provost, a daughter of his employer, Benjamin Provost, and Elsje Aelberts who had been married in New York Nov. 5th, 1671.

Jacob Caudebec is quoted as having said that "by leaving France he had been deprived of many enjoyments but he had the satisfaction of leaving his posterity in a country of good land, easily acquired." He is characterized as of a penetrating mind, persuasive in business, of speculative disposition, and most tender towards his family. He retained his mental faculties and physical vigor almost until his last hour. Three of his sons became farmers on the peenpack flats, the lands of the patent. On February 15th, 1726, he deeded a one-seventh interest in the patent to his three sons, Benjamin, William and Jacob, who agreed to pay certain moneys equally to all his children. One son and four sons-in-law became farmers near Shepekunk, in northern New Jersey along the Delaware. In 1715 the name of Jacob Koddeback appears as member of a foot company of Ulster County militia, under the command of Col. Jacob Rutsen. On September 1st, 1689, J. Caudebec, a native of France, took oath of allegiance to King William and Queen Mary.

THE CUDDEBACK PATENT DISSOLVED.

The ownership of the lands of the Cuddeback patent were in the names of the patentees and allotted as indicated in the chart.

The dissolution of the community ownership of the lands of the patent was accomplished by an eight party deed of its owners on February 13th, 1768, when Captain Johannas Westbrook, Peter Gemare, Benjamin Cuddeback and William Cuddeback, Geradus Van Inwegen, Benjamin Depuy, Jacob Rutsen DeWitt, Abraham Cuddeback and Phillipus Swartwout, as joint-owners of the 1200 acre patent, deeded to each of their assignes, as individuals, their holdings. William Cuddeback received deed for one-eighth part. William and Benjamin Cuddeback received one-eighth part, which they redeeded to their father, Jacob Cuddeback, and also received deed for

lot No. 5 of 1st division of the patent " No. 6 2nd " " " " No. 5 5th " " " " No. 3 6th " " " " No. 5 7th " " " " No. 2 8th " " " and also for 12 acres of land with all edifices, barns, barracks, fencing and implements.

No record is found that either John Tyse or David Jamison lived in the valley. It is believed that Tyse was an older man and was a resident of Oesopus where records show the baptism of three of his children about 1680.

David Jamison became the attorney general of the Province of New York in 1720.

Thomas and Bernardus Swartwout removed down the Delaware valley into New Jersey at Smithfield or Walpack, where many of their descendants have continued to live, and today are quite numerous. Some have changed the spelling to Swartwood. Anthony Swartwout died about 1700. His widow with her children and second husband, Harmonas Van Inwegen, continued to live on the lands of the patent.

For more than thirty years, the patriarch of Peenpack, Jacob Caudebec was the sole remaining one of the original patentees to continue to live on the patent and in the Meckheckemeck settlement. His fellow countryman and refugee, Peter Gumaer, died previous to 1732. His will dated September 24th, 1726, was probated at Kingston, N. Y., October 4th, 1732.

FIRST GENERATION

[Transcriber's Note: Numerals above or before an entry indicate a lineage paragraph where that person is mentioned. The same number is used in the index to locate an entry. Superscript numbers after a name indicate that person's generation, with Jacob (Jacques) Caudebec assumed as the first generation of the family. Name spellings are those used in the original book.]

1

JACOB CAUDEBEC,^1 b. about 1666 in Normandy, d. after 1767, m. Oct. 21, 1695, at New York City, Margaretta Provost. Children (Caudebec).

Benjamin,^2 bap. Feb. 19, 1699, at Kingston, d. about 1779, unmarried. He was an Ulster Co. Militiaman in 1738, a signer of revolutionary pledge in 1775. 2 Maria, bap. Aug. 2, 1696, at Kingston, m. (1) Aug. 20, 1716, Jurian Westfall, m. (2) William Cole. 3 Elsie, bap. Oct. 19, 1701, m. June 11, 1727, Harmonas, (Herman) Van Gorden. 4 William, bap. June 2, 1704, in New York, d. about 1778, m. Apr. 8, 1733, at Kingston, Jemima Elting. 5 Jacob, bap. July 7, 1706, in New York, m. Jannetje Westbrook. 6 James (Jacobus), bap. July 7, 1706, in New York, d. about 1735, m. Neltje Decker. 7 Eleanor, m. Evert (Ebert) Hornbeck. Magdalena, bap. Jan. 31, 1712, at Kingston. 8 Dinah, bap. Jan. 19, 1714, d. about 1778, m. May 31, 1738, Abraham Louw. 9 Abraham, bap. Aug. 19, 1716, d. Aug. 18, 1796, m. May 29, 1751, Esther Swartwout. 10 Naomi, bap. Jan. 16, 1726, in Rochester, m. May 11, 1757, Lodewyke Hornbeck.

David William Provost, of a French Huguenot family, came from near Rouen in Normandy, in 1638, to New Amsterdam. His son, Benjamin Provost, b. at Hartford, Conn., bap. July 17, 1646, m. June 11, 1666, Sara Barents of Haerlem, Holland, afterwards m. Nov. 5, 1671, Elsje Alberts of New York, whose dau. Margaretta, bap. Sept. 16, 1673, m. Oct. 21, 1695, Jacob Codebec.

Benjamin Provost was named in treaty of peace with the Indians at Kingston, Feb. 11, 1679, was on May 1, 1687, by letters patent constituted one of the trustees of Kingston and continued as such until 1690. He d. at Peenpack, July 16, 1720, and was buried there, where his grave may be seen today in the burying ground on a knoll near by Pioneer knoll. His sons-in-law, Jacob Codebec, Anthony DeMill, who m. Maria Provost, Sept. 26, 1706, and his son, David Provost, on May 8, 1725, petitioned for letters of administration on his estate.

David Provost, Jr., was Mayor of New York in 1698-99, having served as alderman, chamberlain, and treasurer of the city.

SECOND GENERATION

LIVING APPROXIMATELY 1700 to 1780

2

MARIA^2 CODEBEC (Jacob^1), bap. Aug. 2, 1696, at Kingston, m. Aug. 20, 1716, at Minisink, Jurian Westfall, b. April 27, 1684, d. about 1731, son of Johannes Juriaans Westphael, m. Jan. 26, 1683, Marytje Cool. He was a grandson of Jurian Westphael and Marytje Hansen, who came to Ulster Co., in 1657. They lived in Northern New Jersey until his death, when Maria m. William Cole. They resided in Sandyston, N. J., where she died about 1796. Children (Westfall):

11 Benjamin,^3 bap. Jan. 28, 1718, m. Annettie Van Aken. Margrietjen, bap. Jan. 16, 1720, in Rochester. 12 Marretjen, bap. Jan. 31, 1720, m. Jan Van Etten. 13 Daniel, bap. Sept. 21, 1723, m. Maria Westbrook.

Children (Cole):

Lena, bap. May 29, 1739. Maria, bap. Feb. 7, 1741. Petrus, bap. Oct. 31, 1739. Wilhelmus, bap. Aug. 18, 1741. William, bap. Dec. 23, 1744. Lena, bap. Jan 7,1746. Wilhelmus, bap. May 10, 1747.

3

ELSIE^2 CODEBEC (Jacob^1), bap. Oct. 19, 1701, at Kingston, m. June 11, 1727, at Raysester (Rochester), Ulster Co., Harmonas (Herman) Van Gorden, bap. July 12, 1696, son of Alberts (Gysbert) Van Gorden and Rachael Rosenkrans, bap. Aug. 21, 1663, daughter of Harmon Hendrick Rosenkranz, d. in Rochester, 1697, and Magdalena Dircks, who were m. Mar. 3, 1657, in New York City. Harmonas was grandson of the emigrant Albert Gyberson Van Gorden, who m. Aeltje Wiggers of Geldersland, Holland, and who came to America before 1660. They were farmers near the flat rocks (Shipekunk) in N. J., where Elsie d. about 1780. Children (Van Gorden):

14 Margaret,^3 bap. June 18, 1734, m. Jacobus Van Aakin. 15 Elizabeth, bap. May 19, 1736. Elias, bap. Aug. 23, 1737. 16 Benjamin, bap. Oct. 31, 1739, m. 17 Daniel, bap. Feb. 7, 1742, m. Hannah Westbrook. Jannetje. Elsie.

4

WILLIAM^2 CAUDEBEC (Jacob^1), bap. June 21, 1704, in New York, d. about 1778, m. April 8, 1733, at Kingston, Jemima Elting, bap. Mar. 17, 1706, dau. of Roelof Elting, who was bap. Oct. 27, 1678; m. in 1704, Sarah Dubois, dau. of Abraham Dubois, the patentee, both of old Paltz and of Huguenot descent. William owned and occupied the home farm, living in the Cuddeback stone house. Gumaer states "that he was six feet tall, coarse boned, muscular and of great strength, physically and mentally." He was an Ulster Co. Militiaman in 1738 and although over seventy years old, he with his sons signed the Revolutionary pledge in 1775. Children (Caudebec):

18 Sarah,^3 bap. May 4, 1737, d. about 1807, m. Daniel Van Fleet. 19 Abraham, bap. Oct. 31, 1738, m. Feb. 12, 1759, Esther Gumaer. Roeloff Elting, bap. Jan. 20, 1745, d. about 1795. He never married. Had a hand to hand encounter with an Indian in 1779 as related by Historian Eager, when each was glad to get away from the other. 20 Benjamin, bap. June 21, 1747, d. about 1787, m. Catherine Van Fleet. James.

5

JACOB^2 CODEBEC (Jacob^1), bap. July 7, 1706, in New York, m. Jannetje Westbrook. Child:

Heyltje,^3 b. Feb. 20, 1769, bap. May 12, 1769, according to Church Records.

6

JAMES (JACOBUS)^2 CAUDEBEC (Jacob^1), bap. July 7, 1706, in New York, d. about 1735; m. Neeltje Decker. They owned and occupied a farm in Shepekunk, New Jersey. "His widow, Neeltje Decker Codebec (Koddebeck) m. (2) July 2, 1749. Joseph Walloon, b. in Niew Englandt." Children (Caudebec):

21 James^3 bap. April 23, 1744, m. Neyltje Westbrook. Hendricus, "Codebec (Kuddebeck)," bap. June 29, 1746.

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ELEANOR^2 CODEBEC (Jacob^1), m. Evert (Ebert) Hornbeck, of Ultser Co., farmer living in Northern New Jersey (Shipekunk) on the Capt. Benjamin Hornbeck farm. She lived to be about seventy years of age. Children (Hornbeck):

22 James,^3 m. Margaret Ennes. 23 Joseph, bap. June 18, 1734, m. Lydia Westbrook. 24 Benjamin, bap. June 20, 1747, m. Rebecca Wells. 25 Evert, bap. May 29, 1739, m. Esther Cuddeback, see under No. 19. 26 Maria, bap. Aug. 23, 1743, m. James (Jacobus) Rosencrantz. 27 Margaret, bap. Aug. 26, 1736, m. Isaac Van Auken, 28 Lydia, bap. Oct. 17, 1746, m. John Jacob Westbrook. 29 Eleanor (Lena), bap. Jan. 12, 1746, m. Daniel Ennes. Elizabeth, bap. Jan. 12, 1746. Abraham, bap. Jan. 14, 1753.

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DINAH^2 CODEBEC (Jacob^1), bap. Jan. 19, 1714, at "Mennissing," d. about 1778, m. May 31, 1738, at Minisink, Abraham Louw, of Rochester, son of Tys (Matthys) Louw, of Rochester, Ulster Co., and Jannetje Van Haring, grandson of the emigrant, Pieter Cornelisse Louwe, who came from Holstein, Holland, Feb., 1659, in the ship _Faith_ and m. Oct. 27, 1668, Elizabeth Blanchaw, who came from Artoise, France, in 1660. Abraham was a blacksmith and farmer at Shipekunk many years. Children (Louw):

30 Jane,^3 bap. June 17, 1740, m. Jacob Van Etten. Jacobus, bap. April 23, 1744. 31 Sarah, bap. June 15, 1746, m. (1) Moses De Puy, m. (2) Jonathan Stanton. 32 Margaret, bap. Oct. 9, 1748, m. Capt. Martynas Westbrook. 33 Naomi, bap. June 21, 1747, m. Ezekiel Gumaer.

9

ABRAHAM^2 CODEBEC (Jacob^1), bap. Aug. 19, 1716, d. Aug. 18, 1796, m. May 29, 1751, Esther Swartwout, dau. of Major James (Jacobus) Swartwout and Annie Gumaer, of Peenpack and granddaughter of Anthony Swartwout and of Peter Gumaer. She was born 1733 and d. April 11, 1798. They lived until quite old on their farm at Peenpack, when they removed to be with their children near Skaneateles, N. Y. Abraham was an Ulster Co. Militiaman in 1738. Children (Codebec):

Jacobus,^3 bap. Feb. 2, 1752. Petrus, bap. Nov. 25, 1753. 34 Abram A., b. March 11, 1754. Manual, bap. May 12, 1754. 35 Peter, bap. Nov. 28, 1757. 36 James, bap. Jan. 28, 1759. Philip, d. when a young man. Annatje, bap. June 16, 1754. Esther.

10

NAOMI^2 CODEBEC (Jacob^1), bap. Jan. 16, 1726, in Rochester, m. May 11, 1757, at Kingston, Lodewyke Hornbeck, son of Judge Jacob Hornbeck of Rochester, a widower of Ulster Co., whose first wife was a dau. of the emigrant Peter Gumaer. They lived at Rochester, where she d. about 1796. Children (Hornbeck):

Henry.^3 Maria, bap. Sept. 28, 1760.

THIRD GENERATION

LIVING APPROXIMATELY 1730 to 1800

11

BENJAMIN^3 WESTFALL (Jacob,^1 Maria^2), b. in Menissink, bap. Jan. 28, 1718, m. Annetje Van Aken. Children (Westfall):

Maria,^4 bap. Feb. 7, 1741. Cornelis Van Aken, bap. Oct. 18, 1743. Sara, bap. Aug. 14, 1745. Jury, bap. Mar. 29, 1747. Marya, bap. June 21, 1747. Margriet, bap. Jan. 29, 1749. Jacobus, bap. Feb. 24, 1751. Cornelis Van Aken, bap. Oct. 7, 1753. Lizabeth, bap. April 14, 1756. Rusje, bap. Jan. 28, 1759.

12

MARRETJEN (MARYTJEN)^3 WESTFALL (Jacob,^1 Maria^2), m. Jan Van Etten, son of Jacob Van Etten and Jannetje Westbrook, grandson of Jan Van Etten and Jannetje Roosa, greatgrandson of Jacob Janson Van Etten and Annetje Adriance. He settled near Easton, Pa., about 1760. Children (Van Etten):

37 Jan,^4 bap. April 17, 1720, m. Margaret Westfall. 38 Magdalen A, b. 1721, m. Rev. Johannes Casparus Freyenmoet. Cornelis, b. 1723, bap. Jan. 19, 1724, m. Mar. 26, 1746, Heyltje Westbrook, dau. Johannes and Antje Rosa Westbrook. Jane, b. 1728. 39 Johannes, b. 1730, m. (1) Maria Gonsales, m. (2) Rachel Williams Decker. Sarah, b. 1736. Richard, b. 1739. Daniel, bap. July 25, 1742.

13

DANIEL^3 WESTFALL (Jacob,^1 Maria^2), bap. Sept. 21, 1723, m. Maria Westbrook, dau. of Johannes Westbrook. Child (Westfall):

40 Altje,^4 m. Jonathan Clark.

14

MARGRIET^3 VAN GORDEN, (Jacob,^1 Elsie^2), bap. June 18, 1734, m. Jacobus Van Aakin. Farmers, Smithfield, N. J. Children (Van Aakin):

Harmanus,^4 bap. Sept. 22, 1762. Elssie, bap. Dec. 8, 1766. Elizabeth, bap. June 8, 1777.

15

ELIZABETH^3 VAN GORDEN, (Jacob,^1 Elsie^2), bap. May 19, 1736, m. Sept. 16, 1758, Wilhelmus Van Fredenburgh of Shepekunk, son of Aaron Van Fredenburgh, b. 1709 and Sarah Rosenkrans, a great, great granddaughter of Aneke Jans. Farmer, New Jersey. Aaron Vredenburg was son of Willems Vredenburg, bap. at New Amsterdam, Dec. 20, 1673, who m. Heyltje Van Etten, Nov. 12, 1699, at Kingston, whose parents were Willem Isaacsen Van Vredenburg, who came to America in 1658 and Appolonia Barents. Children (Van Fredenburgh):

Elsie,^4 bap. Jan. 27, 1759. Aaron, bap. April 20, 1760, m. Sarah Van Auken. Farmer, N. J. Catrina, bap. April 28, 1764. Benjamin, bap. April 13, 1767, m. (1) Oct. 6, 1796, Mary Case, Montague, N. J., and had children: (1) Absalom, b. Feb. 16, 1802, d. 1870, Minnesota, m. Hannah Rolyea Ammerman and had 12 children; (2) Aaron, b. Mar. 7, 1807, d. Dec, 1869, Sparrowbush, m. May 11, 1839, Maria A. Dewitt, dau. of Aaron and had 6 children; (3) Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1798, d. Nov. 5, 1876, Port Gracio, Mich., m. Benjamin Cole Van Aken, b. Sept. 8, 1782, d. Nov. 7, 1871, and had 8 children; (4) Loranch, m. Peter Roloson; (5) Mary Conkhng, b. Sept. 12, 1812, m. James Van Sickle; (6) Glorana, b. May 5, 1816. Benjamin Van Gordon m. for his second wife, Mrs. Kelsey, and had (7) David; (8) Katherine, m. David Longcer, of Sussex Co., N.J. Daniel, m. Lena Hopkins. Hezekiel. Joshua, bap. Oct. 17, 1773.

16

BENJAMIN^3 VAN GORDEN (Jacob,^1 Elsie^2), bap. Oct. 31, 1739, m. Elizabeth Van De Mark. Farmer, Shepekunk, N. J. Children (Van Gorden):

Elizabeth.^4

17

DANIEL^3 VAN GORDEN (Jacob,^1 Elsie^2), bap. Feb. 7, 1742, m. Hannah Westbrook, dau. of Tjerck Westbrook, of Westbrookville. Farmer, New Jersey. Children (Van Gorden):

Mary,^4 b. July 15, 1773. Elsie, b. Feb. 18, 1775. Eleanor, b. April 23, 1777. 41 Martine, ("Tine"), m. Jane Van Gorden Geege. Sarah, b. April 14, 1781. Abraham, ("Brom"), b. April 14, 1781. 42 Levi, b. May 17, 1783, m. Amy____

18

SARAH^3 CUDDEBACK (Jacob,^1 William^2), bap. May 4, 1737, in "Menessing," d. about 1807, m. Dec. 8, 1752, Daniel Van Fleet, bap. Feb. 4, 1738, son of John Van Fleet and Jane Swartwout, grandson of Jan Van Vliet and great grandson of Ariaen Gerretsen Van Vliet, the emigrant who came to America from Utrecht in the ship _Faith,_ in Mar., 1662, m. Judith Hossey of Kingston. They owned and occupied the Ezekiel Gumaer farm, the present Godeffrey farm. Children (Van Fleet):

Solomon.^4 Sarah. William. Thomas. Jacomyntje. Magerie, b. Aug, 31, 1768. Abram, bap. Oct. 1, 1768.

19

ABRAHAM^4 CUDDEBACK (Jacob,^1 William^2), bap. Oct. 31, 1738, in Minisink, d. Aug. 25, 1817, m. Feb. 12, 1759, Esther Gumaer, b. Jan. 2, 1730, dau. of Peter Gumaer, the emigrant who m. Esther Hasbrouck, April 18, 1692, Abraham was a farmer, owning and occupying one-half of his father's farm (Cuddebackville). He was a large man, weighing over 200 pounds, was over 6 feet tall, a mechanical genius of great dexterity, a weaver, shoemaker, tailor and a great marksman. He was a captain of militia during the Revolution, was in the battle at Lackawaxen and was very active in the defense of the settlers at the time of the Indian raids. He was in command at Fort Gumaer at the time of Brandt's invasion. He served at Fort Montgomery in guarding the chain across, the Hudson and as a member of the Committee of Safety throughout the Meckheckemeck Valley. He was a signer of the Revolutionary pledge in 1775. After the Revolution, he returned to his farm where he died. Children (Cuddeback):

43 William Abram,^4 b. Nov. 5, 1759, d. Jan. 27, 1846, m. Charlotte Van Inwegen. Peter G., b. Feb. 26, 1761, m. July 7, 1793, Elizabeth Helm and removed to Onondaga Co., where their people are still prosperous farmers. 44 Jacob G., b. April 1, 1763, d. July 8, 1826, m. Blandina Van Etten. 45 Cornelius, b. Feb. 2, 1772, d. Aug. 20, 1841, m. (1) Sarah Van Etten, m. (2) Margery Van Auken. Esther, b. April 29, 1765, m. Evert Hornbeck, see No. 25. 46 Jemima, b. Feb. 4, 1768, d. May 16, 1852, m. David Westfall.

20

BENJAMIN^3 CUDDEBACK (Jacob,^1 William^2), bap. June 21, 1747, d. about 1787, became the owner of one-half his father's farm and occupied the "Cuddeback Stone House" just south of Port Clinton, m. 1767, Catherine Van Fleet, bap. April 23, 1744, dau. of John Van Fleet and Jane (Jesyntje) Swartwout and a granddaughter of Anthony Swartwout. He served in the company of militia of which his brother Abraham was Captain. He was in charge at Fort Dewitt at the time of Brandt's raid, was a signer of the Revolutionary pledge in 1775 and was a member of the Committee of Safety. Children (Cuddeback):

Jesyns,^4 bap. Sept. 24, 1768, at Mackhackemeck. 47 William, b. Aug. 30, 1768, d. July 4, 1845, m. Annatje (Salith) (Hannah) Van Inwegen. 48 Henry, b. Mar. 23, 1771, d. Oct. 30, 1860, m. Esther Gumaer. Levi. 49 Benjamin, b. Oct., 1779, d. July 25, 1870, m. Blandina Van Etten. 50 Jemima, b. Aug. 10, 1773, d. June 9, 1861, m. Anthony Van Etten. 51 Cynthia (Syntche), b. Sept. 10, 1777, d. Aug. 20, 1837, m. Simon Westfall.

21

JAMES^3 CUDDEBACK (Jacob,^1 James^2), bap. April 23, 1744, m. Neyltje Westbrook. He was a hunter, trapper and farmer. Settled in Wantage township in 1770, where he accumulated a large tract of land, later purchased large tract on Holland Purchase, where his children located and where he died. This branch of the family omitted one "d" in spelling the name. They moved to Niagara Co., N. Y., to be with their children, who had emigrated to that locality. Children (Cudeback):

52 John,^4 b. 1779, m. Roxana Siebold. 53 James, m. Elizabeth Cox. 54 Richard, m. Ruth Cox. 55 Eleanor, m. Samuel Shelley. 56 Mary Westbrook, m. Samuel Adams. 57 ____, m. James Wilson.

22

JAMES^3 HORNBECK (Jacob,^1 Eleanor^2), m. Margaret Ennes, dau. of William Ennes. A farmer of New Jersey. Children (Hornbeck):

Evert.^4 Elizabeth Ennes, bap. April 23, 1772. Lena, bap. Dec. 23, 1780.

23

JOSEPH^3 HORNBECK (Jacob,^1 Eleanor^2), bap. June 18, 1734, in Menessing "by Dominie Mancius," m. Lydia Westbrook, dau. of Jacob Westbrook of Shepekunk. Children (Hornbeck):