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Famous Families of New York; Class J" 1_Ll Bootr, Jl Copyright N?_ copyright deposit. / FAMOUS FAMILIES OF NEW YORK is SiNNCT^i Historical and Biographical Sketches of Families which in successive generations have been Identified with the Development of the Nation 1666^ BY MARGHERITAARUNAHAMM ILLUSTRATED VOL : G.P.PUTNAMS SONS-/? NEW YORK LONDON Vsi" THF UBRAffV OF CONTREBS, T - • Oumt4> RtoCNfB OCT. gf 190? 0' «38 A*XXa No. OOPV B Copyright, 1901, by 7y/.ff iraw YORK EVENING POST Copyright, 1902, by G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Cbe *niclierbocbcr press, «ew Bor» This work is based upon a series of articles which originally appeared in The New York Evening Post. These articles have been revised and expanded by the author for publication in permanent form. 1 CONTENTS -ASTOR i II. -Barclay . 1 iii.- -Beekman . 23 IV.- -Brevqort 33 V.- -Clinton . 43 VI.- -Cornell . 53 VII.- -Cruger . 65 VIII. -Delafield 77 IX.- -De Lancey 87 X.- -De Peyster 99 XI.- -Duane "5 XII. -Duer 125 XIII.- -Fish 135 XIV.- -Gardiner M3 XV.- -Hamilton 155 XVI.- -Hoffman . 167 XVII.- -Jay . 187 XVIII.- -King 203 XIX.- -Kip . 215 XX.- -Lawrence 227 XXI.- -Lewis 247 1 ILLUSTRATIONS John Jacob Astor .... Frontispiece From a steel engraving The Entrance to Astor Library, Lafayette Place . Astoria in 18 1 Redrawn from an old print John Jacob Astor's Residence in 88th Street, near the East River This is the house in which Washington Irving wrote Astoria From a print in Valentine's Manual The Waldorf-Astoria The Astor House .... William B. Astor .... 10 From a steel engraving Rev. Henry Barclay, D.D. 12 Trinity Church as Enlarged in 1737 18 Reproduced from The Parish of Trinity Church in the City of New James W. Beekman 24 Mrs. James Beekman . 28 From the painting by L. Kilburn, 1761 The Beekman House, i860 . 28 Headquarters of Sir William Howe in 1776. Beekman Hill, near First Avenue From an old lithograph print Henry Brevoort .... 34 From R. Peale's sketch, made in 1823 View of the Brevoort Estate and Vicinity 38 Between 54th and ssth Streets, near First Avenue From a print in Valentine's Manual, 1866 General James Clinton .... 44 George Clinton Governor of New York in 1789. From the painting by Ezra Ames x 11 [lustrations New York City Hall DeWitt Clinton From the painting by Inman, owned by E. Abdy Hurry, Esq. Entrance of the Canal into the Hudson at Albany From an old print Ezra Cornell From a steel engraving Robert C. Cornell From a steel engraving Governor Alonzo B. Cornell From a steel engraving John Cruger From a steel engraving The Old Cruger House at Oscawana on the Hudson . The Boscobel Manor House, Cruger's Point on the Hudson Major Joseph Delafield From a steel engraving Delafield Mansion, 1861. 77th Street, New York From a print in Valentine's Manual, 1862 Mrs. Ralph Izard (Alice DeLancey) .... From the portrait by Gainsborough Fraunces Tavern t From an old print Alice De Lancey Wife of Ralph Izard Portrait in miniature on gold snuff-box Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Izard From the painting by John S. Copley Statue of Abraham De Peyster Bowling Green, New York City The De Peyster House in Queen Street, New York, about 1800 . From an old wood-cut Catherine De Peyster From a copy of the original portrait in the possession of Hon. E. H. Crosby Illustrations PAGB Silver Plate of Johannis De Peyster Brought from Holland 106 From an old print Frederick De Peyster .... 112 From a steel engraving Watts De Peyster I 12 J. .... From a steel engraving James Duane I l6 From the painting in the City Hall William Alexander Duer 126 From a steel engraving William Duer 128 Member of Continental Congress From a steel engraving Colonel William Duer .... 128 From a miniature Lady Catherine Alexander (Lady Kitty) 128 Wife of Col. William Duer From a miniature Hamilton Fish 136 From a steel engraving Nicholas Fish 138 From the painting by H. lnman, 1823 The Hamilton Fish Estate, Garrisons, N. Y. 138 Gardiner Manor House, Gardiner's Island . 144 The Indian Deed of Gardiner's Island . I48 Reproduced from Lion Gardiner and his Descendants, by Curtis C. Inscription on the Tomb of John Gardiner . 150 From a photograph Inscription on the Tomb of David Gardiner . 150 From a photograph Alexander Hamilton 156 From the painting by Trumbull Mrs. Alexander Hamilton .... l6o From the painting by lnman John Church Hamilton l62 From a photograph Illustrations PAGE Monument to Alexander Hamilton, at Weehawken, N. 162 Murray Hoffman 168 From a painting Martin Hoffman 170 From a painting The Hoffman Residence near Upper Red Hook, N. Y. 170 Erected by Zacharias Hoffman in 1 760 Matilda Hoffman 180 From a miniature Anthony N. Hoffman 180 From a miniature Old House in Kingston, N. Y., Erected by Nicolaes Hoffman ISO Samuel Verplanck Hoffman .... 182 From a photograph furnished by the late Dean Hoffman John T. Hoffman 182 From a photograph furnished by the late Dean Hoffman Dean Eugene A. Hoffman .... 184 From a photograph by Moreno & Lopez John Jay 188 First Chief-Justice of the United States Gold Snuff-box 190 Presented by the City of New York to John Jay Gold Watch 190 Worn by John Jay Mrs. John Jay (Sarah Van Brugh Livingston) 196 From a medallion by Daniel Huntington Mrs. John Jay and her Children . 200 From the painting by R. E. Pine Rufus King 204 From the painting by Trumbull Mrs. Rufus King 208 From the painting by Trumbull The Home of Rufus King, Jamaica, Long Island 212 Samuel Kip III 2l6 . Illustrations PAGE Henry Kip 218 Son of Samuel Kip of Kip's Bay Christina Kip 2l8 Wife of Henry Kip Samuel Kip . 222 Owner of Kip's Bay From a miniature on ivory Ann Kip 222 Wife of Samuel Kip From a miniature on ivory Abraham R. Lawrence 228 From a photograph John L. Lawrence . 230 From a portrait by Waldo Mrs. John L. Lawrence . 230 From a portrait by Jarvis Residence of John L. Lawrence in East 14th Street, about 1870 •. 234 John Lawrence 236 From a portrait by Copley Major Jonathan Lawrence 236 From a painting Captain James Lawrence 238 From a steel engraving by Williamson Hon. William Lawrence 238 From the portrait by Inman Francis Lewis, Signer of the Declaration of Independence From a steel engraving The Marriage Certificate of Francis Lewis 254 Major-General Morgan Lewis 256 From the original portrait INTRODUCTION the work which follows an attempt has been made to treat IN the more notable families of the Empire State as units rather than as congeries of individuals. In the modern tendency toward analysis and detail, social phenomena are likely to be regarded as the products of the volition and action of one or more persons, who apparently dominate the rest. Thus treated, history becomes biography. Little or no consideration is awarded to the family which, from time immemorial, and even in these in- dividualistic days, has been a potent and permanent social force. Beyond the influence of heredity, which in itself is a factor of great importance, are family wealth, home atmosphere, clan and race pride, and the affection, gratitude, and other relationships of the third parties by which each family is surrounded. These added together constitute a social momentum which is always larger and more efficient in the development of society than the efforts and energies of any one man or woman. The extraordinary progress of New York State from its hum- ble Dutch beginning to its present imperial position is due, more than to any other one cause, to the personnel of its people. Among its citizens certain families rise above the rest by reason of various mental, moral, and physical attributes, in which they were, if not superior to their fellows, at least better adapted to the sur- rounding conditions of daily life. Each has played an active part in the drama of history and is still influencing the civilization of to-day. Each chapter of this work sketches the origin, the early his- tory, the larger personalities, and the more important achievements of the members of each family studied. Within the limits set for xvi Introduction the task it was impossible to include all the great families of New York. A complete account would be the labor of a lifetime. Considerable attention has been paid to ancestry, in the belief that locality, or possibly race, may exert a larger influence upon human beings than is usually accredited to that antecedent. While reference is made to ethnic and national lines, it is done more as a matter of convenience or reference than as a matter of explanation. The whole problem of race is so mixed and con- fused that it may well be dismissed from practical consideration. No matter what the origin of any family, it is, however far back the search may be extended, a perpetual blending of bloods from the same or varying communities, clans, cities, peoples, and nationalities. It is more probable that the law of personal selec- tion or of the attraction of like qualities influences any particular family than nationality or race. In the preparation of this work the facts have been taken, as far as possible, from private records and archives. Nearly all of the families have preserved large amounts of material concerning their annals, which may be regarded as authoritative in their declarations. Next to these have been official records— ecclesiastical, mu- nicipal, county, state, and national. Last, and least important, have been the works on biography and history which contain refer- ences to the characters under discussion.
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