m {'I.ISS ^ hOOK Hnl i.\IITIlS(l.\L\.\ IIKI'OSIT, V ^^lOfvJ ^v*- THEODORE M. BANTA, President of The Holland Soeiely of New York, 10OS. "W \. ^ YEAR BOOK OF THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 1904 PEEPARED BY THE SECRETARY HENRY L. BOGERT Fn (- Copyright, 1904 BY THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. Ubc Itnicliecbacliec I>cc99, new JBotli OCT 21 1904 >2«ce Librart: I CONTENTS. PAGE List of Illustrations V Illustrations in Previous Volumes. vii Officers and Trustees xiii Albany Records, Names of Members. I II Marriages 21 Baptisms 31 Abbreviations 84 Index 85 An Unsatisfactory Historian 107 Relief of Leyden Commemorated 115 An Informal Meeting 118 Nineteenth Annual Banquet 121 Address of President Banta 129 Address of Rev. Dr. Lorimer 138 Address of Sir Chentung Liang Cheng. 151 Address of Hon. James M. Beck 155 Address of Hon. Wm. J. Bryan 169 Echoes of the Banquet 182 Additions to the Library, etc 197 Nineteenth Annual Meeting 201 In Memoriam 232 Constitution and By-Laws 274 Badge of the Society 287 List of Members 294 List of Deceased Members 319 ILLUSTRATIONS. FACING PAGE President Banta Frontispiece Plan of Albany i Plan of the Fort i Menu 127 Souvenir 127 Rev. Dr. George C. Lorimer 138 Sir Chentung Liang Cheng 151 Hon. James M. Beck 155 Hon. William Jennings Bryan 169 Secretary Bogert 201 ILLUSTRATIONS IN PREVIOUS VOLUMES. FIRST DINNER-BOOK. FACING PAGE Hooper C. Van Vorst lo Augustus Van Wyck 17 Chauncey M. Depew 26 Dutch Woman Reading Her Bible 28 Henry J. Van Dyke, Jr ^^ Robert B. Roosevelt 42 Wm. C. De Witt 51 Dining-Room Decorations 57 Wynkoop Coat-of-Arms 60 Van Nort Coat-of-Arms 60 John De Wit, Pensionary of Holland 62 YEAR BOOK, 1886-87. D. Van Nostrand Frontispiece Banner Carried at Leyden, October 3, 1886 10 Kingston Relics 29, 30, 31 Domine Weeckstein 32 Col. Cornelius D. Wynkoop ;^^ Miss Cathalina Post 34 General George H. Sharpe 35 The Tappen Homestead, Kingston 52 The Old Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston. ... 54 The Old Senate House, Kingston 58 The Dederick House, Kingston 60 The Hasbrouck Homestead, King'^ton 61 John C. F. Hoes 62 Augustus Van Wyck 75 ILLUSTRATIONS IN PREVIOUS VOLUMES. FACING PAGE George W. Van Siclen 89 Aaron J. Van der Poel 90 Maj.-Gen. Stewart Van Vliet 94 Rev. J. Howard Suydam 98 Badge of the Beggars of the Sea 109 Hooper C. Van Vorst 128 Martin Van Buren 136 Wm. Waldorf Astor 138 Rev. Wm. R. Duryee, D.D 140 Albert Vander Veer, M.D 155 A. T. Clearwater 159 Tunis G. Bergen 164 John Rutger Planten 169 Near The Hague 173 YEAR BOOK, 1887-88. Chauncey M. Depew 17 Geo. Wm. Curtis 25 Chas. p. Daly 39 Prince Maurice of Nassau 40 WOUTER ScHOUTEN 43 Vondel 56 John Van Voorhis 57 Warner Van Norden 69 John Woodhull Beekman 75 Hooper C. Van Vorst 82 Aaron J. Vanderpoel 83 Geo. M. Van Hoesen 84 Lucas L. Van Allen 85 Geo. W. Van Slyck 86 Geo. W. Van Siclen 87 Badge of the Holland Society 88 Barton W. Van Voorhis 97 YEAR BOOK, 1888-89. Souvenir of the Holland Excursion.. Frontispiece The Procession in Leyden 64 Van Der Werff Offering his Body as Food 76 Princess Wilhelmina 112 A Frisian Baby 124 viii ILLUSTRATIONS IN PREVIOUS VOLUMES. PACING PAGB Burgomaster of Leuwarden 128 Burgomaster of Sneek 128 Water Gate, Sneek 133 Officers of Sneek Yacht Club 136 Utrecht Portrait of Washington 141 Geo. W. Van Siclen 170 Hooper C. Van Vorst 175 W. A. Ogden Hegeman 179 Rev. Henry J. Van Dyke, Jr., D.D 182 Wm. Waldorf Astor 188 Thomas F. Bayard 191 T. Hopkinson Smith 199 YEAR BOOK, 1890-91. The Rapelye Cradle Frontispiece The Holland Society Prize for the Sneek Yacht Club Races 11 Robert B. Roosevelt 39 Geo. G. De Witt, Jr 79 Gen. Wm. S. Stryker 85 John W. Vrooman 90 General Joubert 156 Gavel Presented by Consul Planten 179 Abraham Lansing 183 Edward Elsworth 199 YEAR BOOK, 1892-93. The Friesland Medals 14 Geo. M. Van Hoesen 45 Rev. Wm. Elliot Griffis, D.D 53 Rev. Chas. H. Hall, D.D 66 Augustus Van Wyck 114 Thomas F. Bayard 168 Rev. Geo. R. Vandewater, D.D 185 Rev. Wm. R. Duryee, D.D 200 Major Douglas Campbell 214 YEAR BOOK, 1894. President Beekman Frontispiece " Menu, Van Speyk" Dinner at the Waldorf. 22 Admiral Gherardi 32 ix ILLUSTRATIONS IN PREVIOUS VOLUMES. FACING PAGE Captain Arriens 82 Dr. Raymond 96 Bowl Presented to the " Van Speyk" 115 Gen. Horace Porter 147 Frank R. Lawrence 154 Menu, Ninth Annual Dinner 154 Rev. Dr. Van Antwerp 169 Insignia of the Order of Orange-Nassau 191 Secretary Banta 207 YEAR BOOK, 1895. President Van Norden Frontispiece Banner of the Society 23 Rev. Dr. Talmage 44 Frederick J. De Pevster 60 YEAR BOOK, 1896. President Roosa Frontispiece Banner of the Society i YEAR BOOK, 1897. President Truax Frontispiece Menu, Twelfth Annual Dinner 10 Geo. C. Barrett -^ Rev. Jas. M. Buckley, D.D | Rev. Theo. L. Cuyler, D.D j- . 16 Ashbel p. Fitch Herman Oelrichs YEAR BOOK, 1898. President Vrooman Frontispiece Menu, Thirteenth Annual Dinner 14 Landscape with Windmills 15 Queen Wilhelmina 223 YEAR BOOK, 1899. President R. A. Van Wyck Frontispiece Menu, Fourteenth Annual Dinner 26 The Stadt Huys, New Amsterdam 27 Theodore Roosevelt 83 ILLUSTRATIONS IN PREVIOUS VOLUMES. YEAR BOOK, 1900. FACING PAGE President Bergen Frontispiece Menu, Fifteenth Annual Dinner 16 YEAR BOOK, 1901. President Van Dyke Frontispiece Presidents Kruger and Steyn 16 The Fiddler, by Van Ostade 17 Ex-President Cleveland 33 Dr. Andrew H. Smith 38 Geo. Lawyer 45 Charles W. Dayton 52 Address to Queen Wilhelmina 62 Queen Wilhelmina and the Prince Consort 64 President Kruger 80 Badge of Beggars of the Sea 109 YEAR BOOK, 1902. President Starin Frontispiece Menu 40 New York, in 1642 On Menu William the Silent " " Grotius " " The River and Dock Front " " Timothy L. Woodruff 52 Clinton R. Woodruff 60 Robert B. Roosevelt 67 Martin W. Littleton 70 Montagu White 90 YEAR BOOK, 1903. President De Witt Frontispiece Menu 127 Dean Van Amringe 131 Rev. Dr. Burrell 136 John R. Van Wormer 153 Wm. H. McElroy 165 The Society's Badge 267 OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES. OFFICERS. Elected April 6, 1904. PRESIDENT. ALBERT VANDER VEER, M.D. VICE-PRESIDENTS. New York John L. Riker Kings County Peter Wyckoff. Que»ns County John H. Prall. Westchester County Joseph Hasbrouck. M.D. Orange County Hiram Lozier. Dutchess County Edward Elsworth. Ulster County Hyman Roosa, M D. Greene County Philip V. Van Orden. Albany County Robert C. Pruyn. Rensselaer County Charles E. Dusenberrv. Schenectady County James R. Truax. Montgomery County John D. Wendell, Onondaga County Forbes Heermans. Hudson County, N. J John J. Voorhees, Jr. Bergen County. N. J\ Andrew D. Bogert. Passaic County, N.J Robert I Hopper. Essex County, N. J James Suydam Polhbmus. Monmouth County, N. J Henry H. Longstreet. Philadelphia, Pa Louis Y. Schermerhorn. United States Army Gen. Henry C. Hasbrouck. L^nited States Navy Chaplain Roswell R. Hoes. SECRETARY. Henry L. Bogert. TREASURER. Arthur H. Van Brunt, COMMITTEES. TRUSTEES. Term Expires in 1905. Term Expires in 1906. George G. De Witt, Garret J. Garretson, John L. Riker, Frank Hasbrouck, Robert B. Roosevelt, Charles H. Truax, Robert A. Van Wyck, Augustus Van Wyck, Commodore P. Vedder. John W. Vrooman. Term Expires in 1907. Term Expires in 1908. Theodore M. Banta, Tunis G. Bergen, Henry Van Dyke, Samuel D. Coykendall, George M. Van Hoesen, D. B. St. John Roosa, Warner Van Norden, John H. Starin, John R. Van Wormer. James B. Van Woert. COMMITTEES. ON GENEALOGY. GEORGE M. VAN HOESEN. FRANK HASBROUCK, JOHN W. VROOMAN. ON FINANCE. WARNER VAN NORDEN, ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT, JOHN H. STARIN. ON HISTORY AND TRADITION. HENRY L. BOGERT, HENRY VAN DYKE, TUNIS G. BERGEN. ON STATUE TO WILLIAM THE SILENT. D. B. ST. JOHN ROOSA, GEORGE M. VAN HOESEN, SAMUEL D. COYKENDALL, ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT, WARNER VAN NORDEN, TUNIS G. BERGEN, JOHN R. VAN WORMER. ON TRI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. AUGUSTUS VAN WYCK, WARNER VAN NORDEN, THEODORE M. BANTA, ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT, HENRY VAN DYKE. OFFICERS. PRESIDENTS. ELECTED. Hooper C. Van Vorst 1885 Robert Barnwell Roosevelt 1890 George M. Van Hoesen 1891 Augustus Van Wyck 1 892 James William Beekman 1893 Warner Van Norden 1894 D. B. St. John Roosa 1895 Charles H. Truax 1896 John W. Vrooman 1897 Robert A. Van Wyck 1 898 Tunis G. Bergen 1899 Henry Van Dyke 1900 John H. Starin 1901 George G. De Witt 1902 Theodore M. Banta 190,? Albert Vander Veer 1904 VICE-PRESIDENTS. FOR NEW YORK. Robert Barnwell Roosevelt 1 8S5 Maus Rosa Vedder 1890 Charles H. Trua.x 1891 Warner Van Norden 1892 Charles H. Trua.x 1894 Samuel D. Coykendall 1896 Tunis G. Bergen 1898 Lucas L. Van Allen 1 899 John L. Riker 190^ FOR KINGS COUNTY, N. Y. Adrian Van Sinderen 1 8S5 Augustus Van Wyck 1887 Tunis G. Bergen 1888 Harmanus Barkaloo Hubbard 1890 Judah Back Voorhees 1891 IDelavan Bloodgood 1893 William C. De Witt 1 895 Delavan Bloodgood 1896 Peter Wyckoff 1897 FOR QUEENS COUNTY, N. Y. John E. Van Nostrand (for Newtown) 1886 Andrew J. Onderdonk (for North Hempstead) 1890 Henry A. Bogert 1 894 John H Prall 1904 FOR STATEN ISLAND, N. Y. William Prall 1890 James D. Van Hoevenberg (served three years) 1891 xvi OFFICERS. FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N. Y. ELECTED. Charles Knapp Clearwater 1886 William L. Heermance 1889 EzEKiEL Jan Elting 1891 William L. Heermance 1892 Charles H. Roosevelt 1892 David Cole 1893 Harris E. Adriance 1894 John R.