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131 VERMILYEA GENEALOGY FIFTH GENERATION 97 AUSTIN Aeltie Vermilyea5, (Isaac4, John3, Isaac2, Johannes1) born November 24, 1756, married in 1773 at Yonkers, New York Thomas, son of Thomas and Abigail (Wilsea) Austin, who was born in 1752 at Yonkers, New York, died between 1792 and 1800 at Yonkers, New York. She died January 25, 1835 probably in or near New York City, and was buried in the Dyckman/Nagel Cemetery, Manhattan, New York. Source Codes #638 and #725. The Dutch girl's name "Aeltje" has no direct equivalent in English, but "Alice" is the most common translation. In Aeltje's case, it is clear that she was known by the sound-alike form Aleda or Eleda; her gravestone calls her Elida, and her grandson Isaac Vermilyea Austin named a daughter Elada. Thomas Austin is called "Thomas Austin, weaver," to distinguish him from his father, who is called "Thomas Austin, laborer. He died at Yonkers sometime between 1792 (their son Jacob M. was born 1793) and 1800, when his widow "Aulay" Austin appears as family head in that year's census; the listing (10000-01010) indicates that Aeltje was then living with only her son Jacob M. and her daughter, the older boys apparently boarding with other families. In the Yonkers tax lists for 1801 and 1802, she appears as "Alada" Austin, listed alongside her widowed mother Susannah (Meyer) Vermilyea. By 1807, Aeltje and her two youngest children had removed to New York City, where her older sons were already living. She appears in the New York City Directory for 1808 as "Alice Austin, widow," residing at Bowery, 2 mile stone; "William Austin, carpenter," Aeltje's son, is shown at the same address. She does not appear in any subsequent directory. In 1810, she was living on Pump Street, New York City, evidently in the same house as four of her sons. The census for 1810 (New York City, 10th Ward) lists the following three families, side by side: Widow Austin: 21110-01011 Edmund Fisher: 10100-11101 Thomas Austin: 10010-10200 The first family listed is that of Aeltje (Vermilyea) Austin (F>45), living with her son Peter B (M 26- 45), Peter's wife (F 26-45), Peter's three children (two M<10, one F 10-15), and Aeltje's two unmarried sons, Benjamin (M 16-26) and Jacob M. (M 10-16) (note that Peter's daughter should be listed as <10, not 10-15); the third family is that of Thomas Austin (M 26-45), Aeltje's eldest son, with his wife (one of the two Fs 16-26), and their two children (M<10, F<10); from the arrangement, it seems likely that Edmund Fisher, the man in the middle, might be the husband of Aeltje's unidentified daughter, living with their two children, but so far this has not been proven, or even to ascertain this unidentified daughter's name. She can be found in the 1816 New York City Jurors' Census, 10th Ward, living in a house rented from Nicholas William Stuyvesant. This definitely places her in the Bowery, likely the same residence she was listed at in the 1808 directory ("Bowery, 2 mile stone"); she is recorded as "Mrs. Austin, widow," age 60, with a household consisting of two females (no males): Aeltje herself, and likely either her widowed mother Susannah (Meyer) Vermilyea, or her daughter. She does not appear in the New York City Jurors' Census for 1819, at least at that address. She apparently remained in the New York City area, living with family members, she has not been identified in the census of 1820 and 1830. She died, probably in or near 132 New York City, January 25, 1835, and was buried in the Dyckman/Nagel Cemetery, which until 1927 stood in northern Manhattan island, between 212th and 214th Streets. Her gravestone, surrounded by those of other Vermilyea relatives, was copied in the late 19th century, and reads: "Elida Austin, died January 25, 1835, aged 79 years, two months, one day." (Note: a peculiarity of this graveyard, essentially a private ground for Dyckman family descendants (Aeltje's paternal grandmother was Gerritje Dyckman, wife of John Vermilyea), is that none of the gravestones for married women indicate their husbands' names, or for unmarried women, the names of their fathers. This is extremely unusual, but seems to apply to all the stones in this particular graveyard. Note also that Aeltje's stone, like many of this period, misstates her age in years; she was 78 (born 1756), not 79.) Aeltje (Vermilyea) Austin left no probate record, no division of real estate in land records, and no family bible record, nothing that would provide us with a list of her children. The list that follows is based on baptismal records (sons Peter B. and Benjamin), onomastic evidence (son Jacob Meyer), and overwhelming circumstantial evidence (sons Thomas and William, both of whom are known to have shared addresses with Aeltje). 1790 Federal Census New York, Yonkers, Westchester: Thomas Austin (weaver) is listed with 7 persons in household. He is living next door to Isaac Vermilya. In 1820 Benjamin Austin is living next to Isaac Vermilyea at Yonkers, Westchester. Willsey Austin is living on the other side of Isaac Vermilyea, and John Austin is living next to Willsey Austin. (Wilsey Austin had a child baptized February 15, 1789 in the same church as Benjamin was baptized) Children: (Source Code #725) 1. Thomas, born in 1774, married in 1805 Elizabeth __________, who was born March 8, 1783 in Westchester County, New York, died August 8, 1827 in New York City, New York. He died August 26, 1832 at his residence in New York City, New York, burial Rutgers Street Cemetery, Bronx, New York. (Rutgers Street Church graves were moved to Woodlawn. Most graves were re- interred with a stated date of December 20, 1866 to the Rutgers Plot, lots 147-170. Source: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York at Wikepedia.org). Children: (1) Jane Maria, born October 21, 1807, baptized July 24, 1808 at New York City Methodist Church. She was living in 1820 (1820 census), no further record; (2) Thomas Justin, born April 4, 1810, baptized July 1810 at New York City Methodist Church. He was living in 1820 (1820 census), no further record; (3) Ann Elizabeth, born July 5, 1815, baptized July 16, 1815 at New York City Methodist Church, died October 17, 1815 in New York City. (New York City Death Registers). Thomas was named for his father and paternal grandfather. He trained as a carpenter, and removed to New York City, where he first appears in directories 1805. In 1810, the directory lists him at 64 Pump Street, the same building where both he, Peter B. Austin, and the "Widow Austin" are recorded in that year's census (she is not listed in the directory). Starting in 1815, he appears in directories as a cartman; the 1816 Jurors' Census shows him at 24 Sixth St., 10th Ward; he is listed as a cartman, age 40, with two males and two females in the household, exempt from jury duty as a fireman. The 1819 Jurors' Census lists Thomas Austin at 90 Chrystie St., 10th Ward; he is a cartman, age 44, still with two males and two females in the household. By 1825, he was appearing in directories as a grocer; by 1829, he had secured an appointment as a City Street Inspector. He died at his residence, 94 Hester St., corner of Allen, August 26, 1832, of cholera; he was buried in the Rutgers Street Cemetery (New York City Death Registers). The death record states his age, 133 incorrectly, as 52 (he was 57), but his death notice in the New York Post gives it accurately ("in 58th year," i.e., 57). II. William, born 1776-1780. He was probably named for his maternal uncle William Dyckman Vermilyea. Like his brothers Thomas and Peter Bussing Austin, he was trained as a carpenter; he first appears in New York City directories in 1806, as a carpenter, residing in the Bowery, above 2 mile stone; he is listed at that address in 1808 and 1809 as well (in 1808, his mother "Alice Austin, widow" is at the same address); in 1810, he is listed at Peter, near Bowery. He does not appear as head of a household in the 1810 census for New York City (the William Austin listed is his first cousin, not this man); in 1816, two different William Austins make their first appearance in the New York City directory, a shipwright living at Cherry Street near Gouverneur, and a carpenter at Greenwich Street near Hammond; he could be either of these men. He cannot be found in either the 1816 or 1819 New York City Jurors' Census; in 1820, he could be the "William W. Osten" listed in that year's federal census (8th Ward, New York City) living on Bowery Street with one male 26-44, one female 26- 44, and one male 16-18 in the household; this William Austin appears in the New York City directory for 1823 as a cartman, residing 322 Bowery Street. In 1824 and 1825, William Austin, carpenter, is listed at Chrystie Street near First; in 1826, he is at 92 Chrystie Street at Second; in 1827 and 1828, he is at Chrystie Street, corner of Grand. Because Peter Bussing Austin (born c.1782), William's younger brother was listed at 92 Chrystie in 1824 and 1825, and again 1831-33, it is fairly clear that this William Austin, carpenter, is either Peter's brother (born say, 1779) or his son (born 1803), but I cannot tell which.