VAN DE MARK OR VAN DER MARK ANCESTRY VAN DE MARK OR VAN DER MARK ANCESTRY PART I. EUROPE, 700 A. D. TO 1700 A. D. PART II. AMERICA, 1665 A. D. TO 1942 A. D. Compiled by JoHN W. VAN DElLUlK WALTER B. VAN DEIWAR.K KATE Koos BovEY LORETTA M. HAUSER CLARENCE E. HAUSER ILLUSTRATED PUBLISHED BY KATE KOON' BOVEY, 400 CLIFTON AVENUE, MINNEAPOLIS 1942 To the memory of JOSEPHINE VAN DE MARK KOON, a lineal descendant of THOMAS VAN DER MARK, of Kingston, New York, whose first acts of record were an open rebellion to British soldiers in 166i and a refusal to take the oath of allegiance to the British Government in 1689, this book is lovingly dedicated by her daughter, Kate Koon Bovey. PRI!lo"TED & BOU:-.'D IN U. S. A. By HARRISON & SMITH CO., MINNEAPOLIS CONTENTS P,\GE ILLUSTRATIONS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 6 PREFACE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7 FOREWORD • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 9 INTRODUCTION. ORIGIN A!-,'D !llEANING OF THE FA::UILY NAME.. 11 THE FEu"DAL SYSTE?,[ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 16 TABLE OF EUROPEAN RECORDS •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 35 COUNTS OF :MARK..... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 60 RISE OF THE PRUSSIA:S :MONARCHY........................ i1 SOCIAL CO:SDITIONS I:S THE NETHERLANDS PRECEDING THE REVOLu"TION • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 75 COUXT VAN DER ?,[ARK (BARON LU!llEY), ADlURAL OF THE "SEA I:EGGARS," FOC::-."DERS OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC.......... 77 p ART I-BIBLIOGRAPHY • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 87 p ART II-BEGINNING • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 89 PLAN AND SCOPE. SOURCE OF INFORMATIO:S-. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 91 EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 93 CHART OF LINES OF DESCENT OF THE COllPILERS... • • • • • • • • • • 94 CH.o\PTER OX :SAllES..... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 95 HISTORICAL ITE!l[S RELATING TO NEW NETHERLAND. • • • • • • • • • 96 THOMAS \"AN DER )[ARK ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 101 CHART SHOWING THE FIRST FOUR GENERATIONS OF \"AN DER )IARKS IN A:IIERICA •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 105 THE VAN DER !\[ARK FAMILY LINE IN A!l[ERICA ••••••••••••• 105 CHART OF THE ANCESTORS OF THE PATERXAL GRAXDPAREXTS OF JOSEPHINE VAN DE )!ARK KOON, JA:IIES VAN DER MARK AND XAXCY HU:l!PHREY •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 165 APPE:SDIX-:IULITARY RECORDS •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 309 PART II-BIBLIOGRAPHY •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 335 ERRATA •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 339 UNCLASSIFIED DATA ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 340 l!-,'DEX OF VAX DER )[ARKS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 365 I:s-DEX OF OTHER FA!IULY :SA!o.IES. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 376 INDEX OF TOWNS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 387 CHART OF THE ANCESTORS OF THE MATER:SAL GRA:SDPARENT OF JOSEPHINE VAN OE )!ARK KOOiS, NANCY ANNE PECK •••••••••••••••••.••••• End of Volume CHART OF THE ANCESTORS OF THE '-IATERNAL GRANDPARE:ST OF JOSEPHINE \"AN DE '-!ARK KOON. DANIEL STEWART ••••••••••••••••••••••••• End of Volume ILLUSTR.\.TIO NS PART I PACE JOSEPHIXE VAN DE MARK KOON ••••••••••••••••••• Frontispiece THE COLLABORATORS •••••••••••••••••••••••••• Opposite Preface CASTLE OF THE COv"NTS OF )I.ARK AT AL1 ENAH, GER:MANY. • • • 22 WILLIA)! DE LA MARCK, KNOWN AS Witi..L\:M V Dv"KE OF CLEVE A.""D COUNT OF :MARK. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 46 COUNT WILLIA::.! VAN DER MARK, BARON OF LU:.l:EY..... • • • • • 76 PART Il GRAVESTONES OF THOMAS VAN DER ::IIARK A!\"D WIFE, MARBLE- TOWN CE::IIETERY • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 101 DESCRIPTION OF THO::l!AS VAN DER ::l!ARKS LA!\'1> AT ::IIARllLE- TOWN, 1686 . • . 102 :MAP SHOWING LOCATIO:S OF THOMAS VAN DER MARK FARM NEAR !JARIILETOWN IN 1686... • . • . 102 CRAVESTOXES OF LOOEWICK VAN DE MARK A?."D WIFE, PHELPS. 138 SARAH SHORTZ VAS DER ::l!ARK A:ml FA::l!ILY................ 184 HANNAH VAN DER MARK A::!,,"D HER FATHER'S LOG HOUSE •••••• 184 GIRLHOOD HOME OF JOSEPHINE VAN DE :MARK KOO!, AND CHAIR 214 PARENTS A::!,,"D CREAT-CR.,\::-;D:MOTHER OF JOSEPHINE VAN DE MARK KOON • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 216 MATERNAL CRA!l."DPARENTS OF JOSEPHINE VAN DE MARK KOON 216 DEER DRAWN BY J. L. VA::-."DERMARK, 1879 .................. 312 THE COLLABORATORS VAN DE :MARK AXCESTRY i PREFACE HO FIRST conceived the idea of compiling a Van der l\Iark family genealogy is not known. The earliest knov,m W printed sketch of the family in America appeared in The History of Kingston, N. Y., by :Marius Schoonmaker, published in 1888. Perhaps the credit belongs to him. About the same time Walter B. Van Dermark and Miss Loretta ~!. Hauser, both of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., began to put in writing such information about their numerous Van der Mark relatives as ,·..-as readily available. They were unknown to each other and each ·was unaware of the action of the other. In 1896 John W. Van Demark, of New York City, in order to meet the requirements for membership in the Holland Society of New York, began a search and made a brief genealogical record for that purpose. Shortly thereafter Clarence E. Hauser, of New York City, brother of Loretta. became interested and met John \V. Van Demark through the courtesy of Mr. Dingman Versteeg, then official historian and archivist of the Holland Society. Their friendship and cooperation continued until Mr. Van Demark joined "the innumerable caravan" in 192i. In 1924 the result of the efforts of the four interested per­ sons above named were united, making a voluminous :-ecorc!. In 1925 ~!rs. Charles C. Bovey, of lfinneapolis, Minn., daugh­ ter of Mrs. Josephine Van de Mark Koon, who, unknown to the other interested parties, had been maldng researches coilceming the family, learned of their efforts and records and generously offered to finance the printing of a Van der :Mark family book. Thus to the untiring efforts of these five persons, only two of whom sun-ive, the credit for gathering the information in this book is due. It is no exaggeration to state that the quest for information relating to the family from every possible source has continued, as opporttmity and leisure permitted, for about fifty years. Many letters of inquiry were sent to members of the family, but few answers were received. Grateful acknowledgment is hereby made s VAN DE l\IARK A:scESTRY to those who rendered assistance. Among them are Hon. Martin Van Buren Van De Mark, of Concordia, Kan., who has always been willing to help and who had the copy for Part I typewritten ; Percy F. Van De Mark, of Schenectady, N. Y., who has done much research work and had correspondence with some members of the family in Holland; James Isaac Van der l'.fark and family of High Falls, N. Y., and AJe.-,.ander S. Van der Mark, of Goshen, N. Y. The European records in Part I speak for themselves. They are, ·with the exception of the first ten pages, largely the work of John \V. Van Demark (as he was fond of spelling his name) and were printed in 1925 under his editorial supervision when he was in his 87th year. As his sight was very poor owing to operations on both eyes for cataract, quite naturally under the circumstances, his work was far from perfect. That he was fully conscious of this appears from the following statement made by him: "In the accompanying o-"tracts from many sources there is doubtless justi­ fication for criticism, and of the many quotations possibly some inadvertently have not been properly credited, but being without previous e>..-perience as author or editor, and without pretension to either. every effort has been made to do even justice to all author­ ities." The Van der 1fark family may be said to have become clearly established when, in the ninth century, Theodoric, Count of Altena, Mark and Berg. called his offspring Counts of l'.lark and Counts of Berg. The printing of Part II and completion of the book has been delayed for various reasons, chief among which was the desire to make the numbered line as complete and perfect as possible and thus preserve for posterity all the information available. None of the compilers had previous experience in such work and no apology is offered fer the many imperfections, but critics are reminded th.Lt "Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see Thinks what ne'er ,.,,-as, nor is, nor e'er shall be." CLARENCE E. HAUSER 202 Vandermark St., Nuangola, Pa. January, 1942. VAN DE :MARK ANCESTRY 9 FOREWORD ANY YEARS AGO in New York, my mother and I had the pleasure of meeting John W. Van Demark who had M become known to us through some of his relatives in Minneapolis where we lived. Interesting letters came from him about Thomas Van der Mark, our first ancestor in this country from Holland. After my mother's death in 1922, I was at Lake Mohonk and found in the history of ulster County an article about Thomas Van der Mark and his family. I was delighted to find that I was so near their first home at :Marbletown. On our \\-ay to Kingston the ne.'\.1: day we made a quick, but unsuccessful, search of the Marbletown cemetery. Years later Percy F. Van De Mark sent me pictures of the gravestones of Thomas and his wife, which he had found in that same cemetery and which gave their long desired dates. John