HUSBAND:


Name   : Nelson Tenbrook DeWitt STRYKER
Born   : 10 Sep 1802     At: Unknown
Bapt   : 26 May 1805     At: Kingston,Somerset,NJ
Married: 14 Mar 1844     At: Unknown
Died   : 20 Oct 1875     At: Franklin Pk,Somerset,NJ
Father : John STRYKER
Mother : Nelly TINBROOK
Spouse : (1st) Lydia Ann WILLIAMSON
Spouse : (2nd) Ann PUMYEA
Spouse : (3rd) Mary STOUT
Notes/Sources for Nelson Tenbrook DeWitt Stryker
& Lydia Ann Williamson
Notes/Sources for Nelson Tenbrook DeWitt Stryker
& Ann Pumyea 

WIFE:


Name   : Mary STOUT
Born   : 1817            At: Kingston,Somerset,NJ
Died   : 1888            At: Franklin Pk,Somerset,NJ
Father : John STOUT
Mother : Sarah HART
Notes/Sources

CHILDREN:


Name   : Nelson DeWitt STRYKER
Born   : 23 Mar 1847        At: Unknown
Married: 31 Nov 1867        At: Unknown
Died   : 8 Dec 1916         At: Kingston,Somerset,NJ
Spouse : Josephine BAYLES
Notes/Sources:See Next Generation 



Name   : Sarah Ann STRYKER
Born   : 1849               At: Kingston,Somerset,NJ 
Died   : 1851               At: Kingston,Somerset,NJ

Lydia Ann Williamson was born 15 Nov 1808 in Kingston, NJ and died
16 Nov 1839 in Franklin Park. The children of Nelson TenBrook Dewitt
Stryker and Lydia Ann Williamson were:

1) Catherine Ann b.1831 d.27 Oct 1832
2) Lydia Ann b.1838 d.5 Jul 1838

Ann W Pumyea was born Mar 1813 in Kingston, NJ and died 8 Jun 1842
in Franklin Park, NJ.She and Nelson TenBrook Dewitt Stryker had no 
children.

From: "History of the Stout Family"

Author:  Nathan Stout

Pub 1823



"...Richard Stout, the first of the name in America was born
in Notinghamshire, in Old England, and his father's name was John.
The said Richard, when quite young paid his addresses to a young
woman that his father thought below his rank, upon which account 
some unpleasant conversation happened between the father and the
son, on account of which, the said Richard left his father's house;
and in a few days engaged on board a ship of war, where he served
about seven years, after which time he got a discharge at New
Amsterdam, now called New York, in America.

 

About the same time a ship from Amsterdam, in Holland,on her way
to the said New Amsterdam, was driven on the shore that is now
called Middletown, in Monmouth County,in the State of new Jersey,
which ship was loaded with passengers, who with much difficulty
got on shore. But the Indians not long after fell upon them and
butchered and killed the whole crew, as they thought, but soon
after the Indians were gone, a certain Penelope Van Princes, whose
husband the Indians had killed, found herself possessed of strength
enough to creep to a hollow tree, where she remained some days. An
Indian happening to come that way, whose dog coming to the tree,
occasioned him to examine the inside of the tree, where he found
the said Penelope in a forlorn, distressed condition. She was
bruised very severely about the head, and her bowels protruded from
a cut across her abdomen; she kept them in with her hand. She had
been in this fearful condition seven days when the Indian found her.
In his compassion he took her out of the tree and carried her to
his wigwam where he treated her kindly and healed her wounds, and
in a short time conveyed her in his canoe to New Amsterdam, where
he sold her to the Dutch, who then owned that city, now called New
York.

 
The man and woman from whom the whole race of Stouts descended, got
into the city of New Amsterdam, where they became acquainted with
each other and were married. And, not withstanding, it may be
thought by some, that they conducted themselves with more fortitude
than prudence, they immediately crossed the bay and settled in the
above said Middletown, where the said Penelope had lost her first
husband by the Indians and had been so severely wounded herself. 
There was at that time but six white families in the settlement,
including their own, (which was in the year 1648), where they con-
tinued until they became rich in prosperity and rich in children.
They had together seven son and three daughters, viz: John, Richard,
Jonathan, Peter, James, Benjamin, David. The daughters were - 
Deliverance, Sarah, Penelope. All of which sons and daughters lived
to raise large families..."



Richard Stout was the son of John Stout (b. 1580 in Nottinghamshire,
England) and Elizabeth Bee. Richard b. 1615 in Nottinghamshire d.
1705 Middletown, NJ m. 1644 in Gravesend, LI, NY, Penelope Van
Princis b. Netherlands 1622 d. 1712 Middletown, NJ. Richard Stout
and Penelope Van Princis had 10 children. Among them were:




1) Sarah Stout b. 1656 Gravesend, NY d. 1714 Woodbridge, NJ
m.John Pike b. 1650 d. 1714. 
Issue:


Zebulon Pike b. 1693 d. 1763 m. Jeanet Ferman.
Issue:


James Pike b. 1721 m. Mary Herriot. 
Issue:


Zebulon Pike b. 1751 d. 1834 m. Isabella Brown. 
Issue:
Gen. Zebulon Montgomery Pike b. 5 Jan 1779
in Allamatunk (Lambington), Somerset Co., NJ, d. 27 Apr 1813 in
York (Toronto), Canada; m. Clarissa Harlow Brown b. 1782 d. 1847.



2) Jonathan Stout b. 1658 Gravesend, NY d. bef. 25 Mar 1723
Hopewell, NJ; m. 27 Aug 1685 Anna Throckmorton Bollen, b. abt. 1655
England dau. of James Bollen and Anne Vauquellin.
Issue:


Zebulon Stout b. Feb 1698/99 Middletown, NJ d. 27 Aug 1788 Hope-
well, NJ m. abt. 1725 Charity Burroughs b. abt. 1705 d. abt. 1771.
Issue:
      

Charity Stout; Sarah Stout b. 1744 d. 1829



3) David Stout b. 1667 Middletown, NJ d. 1732 Amwell, NJ; m.
1688 in Freehold, NJ Rebecca Ashton b. 1672 in Providence, RI dau.
of James Ashton and Deliverance Throckmorton.
Issue:


David b. 1695 m. abt. 1725 Ann Merrill b. 1707 d. 1801 dau. of
William Merrill and Anne Parke.
Issue:
 

Nathaniel Stout b. 6 Apr 1736 d. 29 Apr 1798 m. 
(1st) Charity Stout; m. 
(2nd) Sarah Stout; Both were the above-mentioned daus. of Zebulon
Stout and Charity Burroughs.
Issue of Nathaniel Stout and Sarah Stout:


John Stout b. 1776 d. 1853 m. 12 Nov 1799 Sarah Hart dau of
Levi Hart.
Issue of John Stout and Mary Hart:


Mary Stout b. 1817 d. 1888 m. 1844 Nelson Tenbrook
DeWitt Stryker

   

From: "Pioneers of Old Hopewell"

Author:Ralph Ege

Pub 1908

 

"...In article number 20 of this series, is given the
transfer of the Glen Moore mills from Joshua Anderson to
Hon. John Hart and his brother Daniel, dated October 4,1751.
They continued to operate them until July 4, 1766, when they
sold them to John Wikoff, Peter Wikoff, and Isaac Wikoff,
merchants of the city of Philadelphia. 


This deed is signed by Daniel Hart, John Hart, and Deborah,
his wife; and it is a noteworthy fact that John Hart signed
this deed just ten years before he affixed his signature to
the immortal document which made him famous in history, and
which proclaimed "Liberty and Independence" to the downtrodden
and oppressed colonists.

 
It has been our purpose in writing the history of these old
mills to give only short sketches of the families of their
owners, and although the life and distinguished services of
Hon. John Hart demand more than a passing notice an extended
article would seem to be unnecessary in this connection. A 
few articles devoted exclusively to the history of this 
distinguished family is among the possibilities of the future,
and with this apology we will proceed to give the record of
his family, and a very few facts connected with his business
life, which have been overlooked by his biographers, who have
confined their labors to a record of his distinguished 
services to his country.


In tracing the ancestry of the Hart family of old Hopewell
township, it has been found by the most diligent and accurate
genealogical students in the country, that the published
histories of the family are incorrect, and the following 
record has been proved to be the correct one.


 
First generation--John Hart of Newtown, Long Island, who
probably first settled in Massachusetts, will proved 1671,
names children as follows, viz: John, William, Samuel, Sarah,
Susan.



Second generation-- John Hart of Newtown, carpenter,
died 1712-13. He was a resident of Maidenhead, now Lawrence-
ville, about 1700, but whether he died there or returned to
Newtown is not known. His name is written in old documents
"John Heart Senior." By his marriage with Mary(???)he had
children as follows, viz: John, Ralph, Nathaniel, Edward, Joseph. 



This record proves absolutely that the "White Harts" and
"Black Harts," so called, were of the same household, and not
of separate families, as stated in the published histories.
See "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record" Vol. 25,
page 170, October 1895. Another proof that they were all
brothers is found in the will of Nathaniel Hart of Hopewell,
a copy of which, written on fine parchment and dated January
21, 1742, is in the writer's possession; from which is copied
the following, viz:
 
"Item. I order & nominate, appoint and constitute, Elizabeth,
my wife, together with my brother Joseph Hart & John Hart son
to my brother Edward to be only and sole executors of this my
last will and testament."



This is conclusive proof that John and Joseph were brothers of
Edward, the father of Hon. John, and not of separate families,
as it has been asserted in the former histories.


 
Hon. John Hart was the son of Capt. Edward, who was the fourth
son of John of Newtown, Long Island. Capt. Edward was very 
prominent both in affairs of church and state, and either in
1715, or 1746, organized a corps of volunteers called the 
"Jersey Blues," for the first time so called.


 
Sanderson in his "Biography of the Signers," says that he took
part in the battle of Quebec, in 1759, but this is incorrect,
as Capt. Hart died in August, 1752, or previous to that time,
as proved by the records. There is no record of the birth of
Hon. John Hart, nor of the birth of his wife, but he was bap-
tized in the Presbyterian church of Lawrenceville on February
10, 1714, and died May 11, 1779, and the record states that he
was "about 67, at the time of his death." His will was dated
April 16, 1779, and approved May 26, 1779. The following family
record of the children of Hon. John Hart was copied by the 
writer several years ago from a manuscript written by Hon. 
John S. Darragh of Beaver, Pa., for the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania, and is on file in the rooms of the Historical and
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, No. 1300 Locust Street, 
Philadelphia. Mr. Darragh was a son of Deborah, grandson of
Jesse Hart, and great grandson of John, the signer; and copied
the record from the old family bible of John Hart which was, at
that time (1860) in his possession, The bible also contains the
record of the death of the wife of Hon. John, doubtless written 
by himself, and is as follows: "October 20, 1776. Departed this
life in the 55th year of her age, Deborah, wife of John Hart,
who left 12 children and 22 grandchildren behind her."



The record of their children is as follows:



Sarah, born October 16, 1742;

Jesse, born September 19, 1744;

Martha, born April 30, 1746;

Nathaniel, born October 29, 1747;

John, born October 29, 1748;

Susannah, born August 2, 1750;

Mary, born April 7, 1752;

Abigail, born February 10, 1754;

Edward, born December 30, 1755;

Scudder, born December 30, 1757;

a daughter, born March 16, 1761;

Daniel, born August 13, 1762;

Deborah, born August 21, 1765.


 
Of the children named above, ten married and had families,
and all the sons left New Jersey within about ten years after
the death of their father. They settled in western Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, and Kentucky, and had an interesting history,
some of them becoming very successful in business and others 
distinguished as politicians and statesmen. 



The homestead farm of Hon. John Hart was beautifully located,
and comprised the fine farms now owned by William I. Phillips,
Prof. Edgerly, and William B. Van Pelt, Esq., and also all that
part of the borough of Hopewell lying west of Greenwood Avenue,
and north of Broad Street. The old mansion in which his large
family was born and reared, is among the things of the past, not
a vestige remaining except a few of the old hearthstones of the
large fireplace, around which the family gathered on the long
winter evenings, and discussed with their neighbors--the Stouts, 
Houghtons, and Goldens--the exciting and thrilling events through
which they passed during the times which "tried men's souls." Of
the distinguished services of Mr. Hart much has been written, but
of his business life very little is known. The fact of his name
being so frequently seen on public documents is evidence that he
had a great many "irons in the fire," in addition to the care of
his large farm and family. Previous to his entrance into public
life as a politician, he was much in demand in the settlement of
the estates of his neighbors, and in the discharge of his duties
in the minor offices, which invariably fall to the lot of every
enterprising and public spirited citizen.



After his election to the Colonial Legislature in 1761, and his
superior talents came to be more widely known, his life was 
devoted almost exclusively to public affairs; and his private
business, including his large farm, was left to the care of his
sons Jesse and Nathaniel, who remained on the homestead. From
1751 to 1766, he owned a half share of the Stony Brook mills at
Glen Moore, and at the time of the revolutionary war, and probably
several years previous, he owned a two third share of the grist
mills and fulling mills at Rocky Hill, which did a large business,
his son-in-law, Col. John Polhemus, owning the other one third
share.



On September 6, 1779, Jesse Hart, Nathaniel Hart and Edward Hart,
sons of Hon. John, together with Levi Hart, son of his brother 
Daniel, executors of his last will, advertised in the Trenton
Gazette as follows: 


"For sale. The two third share of three undivided lots of land at
Rocky Hill, with the grist mill and Fulling mill, being a part of
the estate of John Hart Esquire at Hopewell." 
October 28, 1903.



Daniel Hart, second son of Captain Edward, and brother and busi-
ness partner of Hon. John in the Glen Moore mill property, resided
on the fine farm now known as the "Glen Moore Stock Farm," owned
by E. S. Wells, Esq., the old house standing a few yards east of
the present mansion. 



The families of Capt. Edward and his brother, Major Ralph, were
known among the pioneers as the "Black Harts," from their dark
complexion to distinguish them from the children of the other 
brothers, John, Joseph and Nathaniel, who were known from their
fair complexion as the "White Harts." All the above families 
carried down the old family names, John, Edward, Joseph, etc.,
which made it difficult to designate them, as in naming their
children a middle name was a luxury seldom indulged in by our 
forefathers. 



Through the kindness of Joseph H. Moore, Esq., of Glen Moore, we
have in our possession all the old deeds for the farm on which
Daniel Hart resided, from the settlement of Johannis Hendrickson,
previous to 1722--down to the time of Mr. Moore's grandfather. 
Daniel Hart purchased it of Jonathan Hunt, on April 15, 1748,
about three years prior to his purchase of the mill property on 
the east side of the brook, the date of which is given in our 
last article. 



On March 10, 1784, Levi Hart, "only surviving son and heir of
Daniel Hart, deceased," sold the homestead farm to Benjamin
Cornell, of Pennington, N. J., the deed being also signed by Mary,
wife of Levi, who was a daughter of Elnathan Hunt. 



The children of Levi Hart and Mary Hunt were as follows, viz:



Daniel, who died in 1795, when a young man.

John H. married Elizabeth Titus

Charity, married Nathaniel Bryant

Sarah, married Nov. 12, 1799, John Stout



John H. Hart and Elizabeth Titus were married about 1806, and when
their children were very young, two of them not over one and three
years of age, they removed from Hopewell to the vicinity of Seneca
Lake, New York, settling on a tract of land near the present town
of Romulus, the farm being still in the possession of one of his
descendants, Mrs. Mary E. Seely, only daughter of Daniel Hart and
granddaughter of John H. Hart. Levi Hart, at that time about 55 
years of age, accompanied his son John H. to his new home in the
wilds of New York, and also his daughters, Charity and Sarah, with
their husbands. 



There was quite a large colony of Hopewell families who emigrated
at the same time, their mode of conveyance being large canvas
covered wagons without springs drawn by oxen. Much of the country
traversed being a wilderness without a road worthy of the name, 
and no bridges, they made the journey in the depth of winter, when
the streams and marshes were frozen solid, several families going
together for mutual help and protection. 



Colonel, (afterward Judge) William Cooper of Burlington, N. J.,
having become possessed of large tracts of land by the extinguish-
ment of Indian titles in the region known as the "Lake Country"
of New York state, had induced hundreds of New Jersey families to 
emigrate and settle there in colonies. This extensive tract lay
nearly in the geographical centre of the state, and was an unbroken
wilderness, needing only the industry, thrift and enterprise of
these sturdy, fearless patriots of the revolution, and sons of New 
Jersey's pioneers, to develop its vast resources, and cause it to
blossom as the rose. Through Col. Cooper's glowing representations
of the possibilities of this fertile region, the township of 
Hopewell lost very many of its best and most enterprising citizens,
not only farmers, but physicians, teachers, merchants and mechanics
of every description, and their descendants are today found among 
the most wealthy and distinguished families of the Empire state. 
Through this extensive emigration many of the records of the old
families, who were very prominent here in colonial and revolutionary
times, have been lost beyond recovery.



To this wilderness, remote from any civilized settlements, Col.
Cooper himself emigrated in 1790, carrying with him his one-year-
old son, James Fenimore Cooper, who, reared amid the wild scenes, 
rude experiences, and exciting incidents of frontier life, was
destined to become one of the most illustrious authors and novel-
ists that America has ever produced, a Jerseyman by birth and blood,
whom our little state is justly proud to own. 



John H. Hart and Elizabeth Titus had children as follows, viz:
Titus, who married Emma Hanley of Hector, Schuyler county, New York.
Daniel, married Hannah Alvana Fortner. Eliza, married Joshua Covert
of Greece, Monroe county, New York, left no children. Mary, married
John R. Smith, left no children. Enoch, married Catharine Hoagland
of Aurora, New York. Amanda, unmarried. 



Titus Hart and Emma Hanley had children as follows, viz: Helen,
Anna Smith, residing at Trumansburg, New York, to whom the writer
is indebted for a sketch of the family since their settlement in
New York, and Caroline Hanley, who married Frederick A. Dimick of
Trumansburg, New York. They have two children, Emma Katharine and
James Hanley Dimick.


 
Daniel Hart and Hannah A. Fortner had children as follows: Mary E.,
married S. Alfred Seely, a wholesale lumber dealer of Spencer, New
York, now deceased. Their children are Grace Alvana, Charles Alfred,
and Hart Irving. Edgar M. Hart married Arinda Trembly and has one
daughter, Edna M. To Mr. Edgar M. Hart and his sister, Mrs. Seely, 
the writer is indebted for information concerning the family of their
grandfather, John H. Hart. 



Enoch Hart, son of John H., by his marriage with Catharine
Hoagland, had children as follows, viz: Carolyn Hart Bachman, de-
ceased; Margaret Hart Ritter; Eliza Hart of California; John Hart,
a veteran of the Civil War residing at Fayette, New York; Charles
M. Hart, of Union Springs, New York; Elizabeth Hart, Syracuse, New
York; Louisa Hart Hendrick of Montour Falls, New York; Ida Hart Good-
year of Toledo, Ohio. 



John Stout, who married Sarah Hart, daughter of Levi
Hart, and emigrated with the Hart family to New York, returned in a
short time to his native state and settled at Rocky Hill, Somerset 
County, N. J., where he followed his trade of a blacksmith, and was 
a highly respected and eminently useful citizen. 



John Stout and Sarah Hart were married November 12, 1799, 
and had children as follows, viz: 


Levi, died when a young man.

Rebecca, married Franklin Wright, a lawyer 

Isaac, married Hannah, daughter of Elnathan Moore

Zebulon, married Deborah Conover 

John, married Eliza A., daughter of Arnold Farmer 

Frances, married Alexander Van Dyke of Rocky Hill. 

Sarah A., married Thomas Skillman

Mary, married Dr. Nelson Stryker, a prominent and suc-
cessful physician of Monmouth Junction, and the father of N. DeWitt
Stryker, now a resident of the same place.

From: "Somerset County Historical Quarterly" 

VOL VIII

Pub:  1919 



"...GENERAL ZEBULON M. PIKE, SOMERSET-BORN BY WILLIAM J. BACKES,
TRENTON, N. J.

 
GENERAL ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE was born January 5, 1779. He was a
Jerseyman by birth, and now it is discovered that he was born in
Somerset County. His parents as well as his ancestors in the Pike
line for five generations were natives of Woodbridge. Captain 
Zebulon Pike, the father, was an officer in the Revolutionary War.
The General entered military life as a cadet in a Company under his
father's command when he was but fifteen years of age and afterwards 
served on the western frontiers.



In 1805 the General was employed with a party of twenty men to ex-
plore the Mississippi River to its source. Later on he was selected
to explore the interior of the then called country of Louisiana. In 
1806 he discovered the famous Pike's Peak in Colorado, and on his
return he received the thanks of Congress. The same year (Sept. 29)
he "caused the Spanish flag to be lowered and the flag of the United 
States to be raised" at Pawnee, Kansas, where a monument so stating
was erected by the State of Kansas in 1901, at a cost of $3,000.
Afterwards he was appointed Captain, then a Major, and in 1810 a 
Colonel of infantry. In 1813 he was appointed a Brigadier-General.
On the 25th day of April, 1813, at the head of 1,500 choice troops,
he sailed for Sacketts Harbor on an expedition against Little York, 
now Toronto, the then capital of Upper Canada. In the taking of York
a tremendous explosion took place from a British magazine which had
been previously prepared for that purpose. An immense quantity of
large stones was thrown with terrible force in every direction, one
of which struck General Pike on the breast and mortally wounded him.
It is stated that when the surgeons were carrying him from the field
a tumultuous huzza was heard; Pike, turning his head with an anxious
look of inquiry, was told by a sergeant: "The British Union Jack is
coming down General; the Stars are going up!" He heaved a heavy sigh
and smiled. He was then carried on board the Commodore's ship, where
he lingered for a few hours. Just before he breathed his last the
British standard was brought to him, when he made a sign to have it 
placed under his head, and expired. He was probably the greatest of
all our Generals to fall in our second war with Great Britain.



The tablet in St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Warren Street, 
Trenton, has led many to believe that General Pike's body was buried
there, but this is not so. His remains, after the battle at York,
were conveyed to Sackett's Harbor, Jefferson County, New York, and
buried with military honors near Fort Tompkins. Afterwards, in 1818,
they were removed from Sackett's Harbor to the burial-grounds at
Madison Barracks in the immediate vicinity. Over his grave a plain
wooden shaft was erected jointly to his memory and other gallant
officers. On one side it bore the inscription: "In memory of Gen.
Z. M. Pike. Killed at York, U. C., 27 April, 1813..."