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Ancestors of Fay Perry Greene, Jr. M.D.

      84. Elnathan RICE, born February 13, 1723/24 in Brookfield, , MA (Source: Brookfield Vital Records.). He was the son of 168. Elisha RICE and 169. Martha Rice. He married 85. Lucy Walker October 1754 in Brookfield, , MA (Source: Brookfield Vital Records.).

      85. Lucy Walker, born March 11, 1731/32 in Brookfield, , MA (Source: Brookfield Vital Records.); died June 11, 1808 in Brookfield, , MA (Source: Brookfield Vital Records.). She was the daughter of 170. Joseph Walker and 171. Susannah.

Notes for Elnathan RICE:
Number 678 in Ward's Rice Family. Will of Elnathan Rice, 26 Mar 1789, proved 6 Jan 1807, gave to wife Lucy; to sons Elisha, Elijah, Peter and Rufus; to sons Joseph, all the homestead and widow's dower after her decease; to dau Olive Rice. Source: Rice Family - Ward p 115.

Marriage Notes for Elnathan RICE and Lucy Walker:
Intention.


Children of Elnathan RICE and Lucy Walker are:

42	i.	Elisha RICE, born June 7, 1755 in Brookfield, , MA; died November 20, 1822 in Sturbridge, , MA; married Catherine (Katherine) Gouldsberry November 28, 1779 in Brookfield, , MA.
	ii.	Elijah RICE, born July 21, 1760 in Brookfield, , MA; married Hannah Walker.
	iii.	Peter RICE, born June 28, 1762 in Brookfield, , MA; married Azubah.
	iv.	Rufus RICE, born February 7, 1764 in Brookfield, , MA; married Betsy Moore.
	v.	Joseph RICE, born March 5, 1766 in Brookfield, , MA; married Alice Rice June 19, 1803.
	vi.	Olive RICE, born March 3, 1768 in Brookfield, , MA; married Jr Ephraim Rice.

      114. James Burnside, born Abt. 1730 in Ireland; died October 1780 in New Scotland, Albany, New York. He was the son of 228. Gloud Burnside and 229. Margaret Stewart. He married 115. Deborah Janse.

      115. Deborah Janse, born Abt. 1738 in New York (Source: Baptismal Record: Jan 30, 1738); died Bef. 1779 in New York. She was the daughter of 230. Evert Janse and 231. Maria.

Notes for James Burnside:
From: "Ancestors and Descendants of James LeRoy Burnside", by Walter Clark Armstrong, Washington D.C., 1971.

James Burnside - b abt 1730 in Northern Ireland. Emigrated with parents about 1740. m (1) Debora Janse (Jansen) dau of Evert and Maria Janse (Jansen) bapt 30 Jan. 1738. m (2) Catherine Warren who survived and m 27 Feb. 1784 to Hedrickus Oosterhout.

Resided Niskayuna on the Normanskill, then in the New Scotland - Bethlehem area, all in the Town of Watervliet, Albany County, N.Y. Served in the French and Indian War 1767 in the Militia under Lt. John M. Veeder. In the Revolutionary War he served in Capt. Abram Veerer's 6th Company of Col. Abraham Ten Broeck's 3rd. Regiment of Albany County Militia. Commissioned a 1 st Lt. 20 Feb. 1776. Also served as a 1st Lt. in the 5th Regiment, 3rd Rensselaerwyck Battalion under Col. Henry Quackenbush 4 Apr. 1778. All family papers refer to him as Capt. but there is no official confirmation of that rank. Family records indicate that he died of battle fatigue but no information as to which battle. The last one in which the Albany County Militia was actively engaged was fought at Klock's Field in Oct. 1780 after a long and grueling overnight forced march. He was then about 50 years and the forced march plus the battle may well have caused his death from exhaustion.

From: "HISTORY OF OTSEGO COUNTY, NY"

(Under biographical Sketch of General Samuel Burnside)

IUpon the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, James and his brother William enlisted in the service of the colonists. James was a captain in the American army at the surrender of Burgoyne, 1777.
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From: HISTORY OF OTSEGO COUNTY, NY, published 1878 by Everts

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History of the town of Maryland
"The Burnsides were also pioneers. James Burnside was a captain in the War of the Revolution and died from fatigue in battle. He had two sons, Evert and Samuel. They owned a farm together in the town of Bethlehem, Albany Co., which they sold and moved to Otsego County in 1800.


Children of James Burnside and Deborah Janse are:

	57	i.		Margaret Burnside, born 1759 in Albany, New York; died May 28, 1820 in New Scotland, Albany, New York; married James Wands June 11, 1783 in Albany County, NY.
		ii.		Samuel Burnside, born December 25, 1761.

Notes for Samuel Burnside:
Probably died young, since another sibling was named Samuel later.

		iii.		Maria Burnside, born 1764 (Source: Baptismal Record - February 19, 1764. Dutch Reformed Church).
		iv.		Susanna Burnside, born 1768 (Source: Baptismal Record - February 28, 1764, Dutch Reformed Church).

Notes for Susanna Burnside:
Resided in New Scotland, NY.

Samuel (II) Burnside, born 1770 in Albany County, NY (Source: Baptismal Record - June 4, 1770 Dutch Reformed Church); died May 15, 1825 in Otsego Co. NY; married Hannah Coon; born Abt. 1778; died March 10, 1836 in Otsego Co. NY.

Notes for Samuel (II) Burnside:
From: "Ancestors and Descendants of James LeRoy Burnside", by Walter Clark Armstrong, Washington D.C., 1971.

Resided in Town of Watervliet, Albany Co., NY. Moved to Town of Maryland, Otsego Co. NY about 1800.

From: HISTORY OF OTSEGO COUNTY, 1740-1878

In the year 1800 the Burnside and Coon families emigrated from Albany Co. to Otsego County, town of Milford, when it was a wilderness, preferring to do this rather than submit to the feudal system under General Van Rensselaer, the Patrron, by which each family contributed yearly so many bushels of wheat, so many fowls, and so many loads of wood.

More About Samuel (II) Burnside:
Fact 1: Buried in Colliersville Cemetery, Otsego Co.

More About Hannah Coon:
Fact 1: Buried in Colliersville Cemetery, Otsego Co.

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Evert Burnside, born July 4, 1772; died May 26, 1834 in Maryland, Otsego, New York; married Catherine Sigsbee; born December 12, 1777; died July 6, 1860 in Maryland, Otsego, New York.

Notes for Evert Burnside:
From: "Ancestors and Descendants of James LeRoy Burnside", by Walter Clark Armstrong, Washington D.C., 1971.

b 4 July 1772 Albany County, N.Y. d. 26 May 1834 Town of Maryland, Otsego County, N.Y.
m 30 Nov. 1799 to Catherine Sigsbee of Bethlehem area in Albany County. b 12 Dec. 1777. d 6 July 1860 age
82 years. Resided Town of Watervliet, New Scotland - Bethlehem area, Albany County. Moved to the Town of Maryland, Otsego County, N.Y. about 1800. Both buried in the Burnside - Spencer private cemetery in the Town of Maryland, Otsego County, N.Y.

"Doc" Campbell (see References) has gathered the following information from family records and tradition -
Evert and Catherine, who were married in Nov. 1799, rode horseback from Albany County to the Town of Maryland, Otsego County in the spring of 1800. This would imply that they had very little baggage with them. It would also strongly indicate that Evert had visited the Town of Maryland well before 1800 and had made all necessary arrangements for land, equipment, perhaps cattle, and a log cabin for his bride-to-be. This was a fairly common prac tice for the pioneers of this area even when already married. While Evert was primarily a farmer, the possibilities in other areas did not escape him. By 1812 he had purchased about 600 acres of land which were magnificently timbered with huge towering white pines. hemlocks and hard-woods. About that time, he built a dam across Schenevus creek, dug a mill race, and built a water powered sawmill and clover seed mill. The demand for lumber became very heavy as the population of the Town of Maryland and Otsego County rapidly increased. Hemlock bark was also in
great demand by the tanneries. From about 1790 on, there was quite a migration of Burnsides from Albany County to Otsego County. In fact they became so numerous in the Susquehanna River - Schenevus creek area for several miles around Colliersville that by 1840 the area was known as the "Burnside District". The name endured until nearly 1900. There is however a hill on the present Route 7 near the village of Maryland N.Y. which is still referred to as"Burnside Hill".

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More About Evert Burnside:
Fact 1: Buried in the Burnside-Spencer private cemetery in Maryland, Otsego Co. NY

More About Catherine Sigsbee:
Fact 1: buried in the Burnside-Spencer private cemetery in Maryland, Otsego Co. NY

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Jane Burnside, born 1775 in Albany County, NY (Source: Walter Clark Armstrong, Ancestors & Descendants of James LeRoy Burnside, (Published in 1971. Reprinted by GRS, 1994 Automated Archives, Inc. CD 113).); died June 26, 1835 in Maryland, Otsego, New York (Source: Buried in Maryland Cemetery, Otsego Co. NY); married (1) J. Morehouse; born 1776; died March 26, 1810 (Source: Age 34 years at death); married (2) Samuel West.

      116. Johannes Hardenbergh, Jr., born September 14, 1729 in Rosendale, New York; died 1790. He was the son of 232. Johannes Hardenbergh, Jr. and 233. Maria DuBois. He married 117. Maria LeFevre April 12, 1751.

      117. Maria LeFevre, born March 26, 1732 in unknown; died Unknown. She was the daughter of 234. Isaac LeFevre and 235. Marytjen Freer.

Notes for Johannes Hardenbergh, Jr.:
DuPont's Winterthur Museum in Wilmington, Delaware has a room devoted to the Hardenbergh Family. The Johannes Hardenbergh whose home is represented is a cousin of our Johannes.
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From "THE HARDENBERGH FAMILY" by Myrtle Hardenbergh Miller, 1858.
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"Johannes Hardenbergh lived at Swartekill, Esopus, a short distance north of Rifton. He owned a large tract of country here. A mill built at Swartekill by the Hardenberghs was the first mill of its kind in the country. He was a slave owner, owning the famous Sojourner Truth, negress who acquired a reputation as a public speaker. The name given her by her first master was Isabella Hardenbergh.

Johannes Hardenbergh, Jr. was Lt. Colonel of the Fourth or Middle Regiment, Ulster County, August 1775-1779. He received his appointment as Colonel on February 27, 1779. The regiment was composed of four companies of militia from Ulster County and one from Livingston Manor. Some of the troops were without arms and destitute of the accouterments of war. On the 9th day of August 1776, Lt. Hardenbergh sent a letter to General Woodhull, President of the State Convention, information him of the destitute condition of his troops and the had done all in his power while in the city of New York to get a supply, and he solicited the help of the convention saying the men were willing to allow the expense from their pay. The necessary order for supplies was obtained. Colonel Hardenbergh was stationed at New York City early in the struggle for independence, the regiment at that time being under the command of Colonel Jonathan Hasbrouck until his resignation in 1779, when Hardenbergh was made Colonel. The regiment was in the brigade commanded by Brigadier-General Scott. (Note by Laura Greene -Based on numerous records, Hardenbergh essentially commanded this regiment due to the illness of Col. Hasbrouck)

Johannes Hardenbergh, Jr. is on record in Book 2, Records of the Reformed Church at New Paltz, April 19, 1751 as a member upon confession, Maria (his wife) on November 11, 1752.

There was a standing dispute between the New Paltz people and the Hardenberghs over the boundary of the patents. The Hardenberghs at Swartekill claimed the land up to about where Perrine's Bridge is located. A story is related that by the gift of a cow, the Hardenberghs secured the land in dispute. By the will of his father Johannes heired a tract of land east of the WAllkill."

He was present at Montgomery Fort in 1777. "

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THE LOOPHOLE HOUSE -

From notes taken by Edna Riley Coon (married to Ralph Coon) on a visit (twin sister of Edna Riley Greene) in mid 1900s:
(Note by Laura Greene - Edna may have believed she was looking at the house of Johannes Hardenbergh, born 1729, her ancestor and son of Johannes born 1706, but in fact the letter below is about the home of Johannes Gerardus Hardenbergh - who was born in 1731 and was the son of Gerardus Hardenbergh, a brother of Johannes, born 1706 - and his wife Cornelia DuBois.

Re typed copy of notation from "Binghamton, December 30, 1921....Copy from the Report
The Old Hardenburgh House near Kerhouksen, New York

A "Loophole" House where records were kept, the land probably brought from the Indians.
A loop-hole house      "still standing in the" house where the records were kept.
In this old house built by Johannes Hardenburgh, (a patriot and leading citizen of Roundout Valley)
The priceless records and documents of the - (until then) - province of New York were stored for some time.
When Kingston was threatened by the British they were hurriedly loaded into a cart and sent to Hardenburgh's keeping.
This old house so plain on outside has handsome interior with framed ceilings and paneled end walls.
The house is near Kenhouksen (NY) in a fine location with stream winding around in front of it.

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There is an old deed in existence which shows that Johannes Hardenburgh bought it of the Indians. Many quaint Villages mark the highway.

At Maporoch(?..hard to read) are the old DeWitt houses. One of Egbert DeWitt still stands. On through the Neversink Valley it continues to be interesting even to Port Jervis. (? Hard to read)
Port Jervis is on the Erie Railroad.

No part of the state is more replete with Revolutionary history than in the Roundout Neversink Valley, which reaches from the Hudson River at Kingston to the Delaware River at Port Jervis. During the winter at Valley Forge this safe inland thoroughfare from out State Capital at Kingston to Washington's Army at Valley Forge was a line of communication of utmost importance as the British Army held possession of New York City.

The road traversing this valley is an ancient highway first used by Indians which reaching the
Delaware River leads on into Pennsylvania.

The first Governor of New York General George Clinton kept the Dewitt Mills, a few miles south of Kingston, running at full speed to supply the army and the ? (can't read) patriots of this Valley supplied the grain to be ground. These old water mills are still in existence.

It is claimed that the people of Roundout Neversink Valley were able to do and did do more than any others to keep Washington's Army clothed and fed during the ? (can't read) middle period of war when the outcome of the Contest was so uncertain.

Copied from " Report of the Chairman of Historic Spots, Committee of Our State" in the DAR 1921 yearbook. Chairman Miss Bertha M. Coleman, Brockport, New York

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In this work of patriotic people of Neversink Valley no doubt your ancestor Johannes Hardenbergh was a leader of whom you may well feel proud.
C. Fackler

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Children of Johannes Hardenbergh and Maria LeFevre are:

	i.	Cornelia Hardenbergh, born October 14, 1753.
58	ii.	Isaac Hardenbergh, born January 25, 1756 in New York; died 1827 in Catskill, New York; married Rachel Graham 1781 in New York.
	iii.	Charles Hardenbergh, born March 7, 1758.
	iv.	Louis Hardenbergh, born September 7, 1760.
	v.	Petrus Hardenbergh, born October 17, 1762.
	vi.	Maria Hardenbergh, born July 15, 1770.

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