Van Ness Family of Holland
(I) Gerrit Van Ness was born and died in Holland.
(II) Hendrick Gerritse Van Ness, son of Gerrit Van Ness, was the immigrant ancestor. He was born in Holland, where he lived at Emberland, and died in New York. He married (first) ;(second) at New Amsterdam, April 19, 1654, Anneken Wessels, born at Colon, Holland.
(III) Cornells Hendricksen Van Ness, son of Hendrick Gerritse Van Ness, died at Albany, New York, prior to 1681. He served as magistrate, soldier and member of the cabinet, was a member of the Dutch Reformed church, and resided at Havendyck, Holland; Amersford, Long Island; and Greenbush and Albany, New York. He was betrothed, July 31, 1625, and married (first), the same year, Mayken, born in Holland, died at Albany, New York, daughter of Hendrick Adriensen and Annetje (Janse) Burchgraff. He married (second), at Albany, New York, 1664, Maria Damen, widow (first) of Dirk Van Eps, (second) of Hendrick Adriense Doesburg. Mr. Van Ness had children: 1. Hendrick Cornelis, see forward. 2. Jan, married, April, 1683, Aaltie . 3. Gerrit, born 1645 ; married, February 14, 1676, Maritje Pieterse Teller. 4. Gerritje, married Roeloff Cornelis Van Houten. 5. Hendrickje, married Jan Janse Oothout. 6. Grietje, became the second wife of Pieters Classen Wyckoff. 7. Simon, born 1670, married (first) Rachel Van Deusen; (second) Hester de la Mater.
(IV) Hendrick Cornelis Van Ness, son of Cornelis Hendricksen and Mayken (Burchgraff) Van Ness, resided in Albany, New York, and was a member of the Dutch Reformed church. He married (first) Annetje, daughter of Jan Everts; (second) November 25, 1688, Catryn Claes, born October 3, 1665, daughter of Claes Pipse and Maria (Bords) Van Dam. Children by first marriage: 1. Jan, see forward. 2. Gerrit, born 1681 ; married, June 12, 1709, Catalyntje de Forest. Children by second marriage: 3. Maria, baptized March 6, 1692. 4. Ann, baptized December 16, 1604.
(V) Jan Van Ness, son of Hendrick Cornelis and Annetje (Everts) Van Ness, was baptized 1684, and died 1747, being buried August 12. His residence was in Albany, New York, where he was a member of the Dutch Reformed church. He married, November 17, 1706, Catalyna, born October 21, 1685, daughter of William C. and Gertruy (Schuyler) Groesbeck. Children: 1. Hendrick, born November 23, 1707. 2. Hendrick, born November 7, 1708. 3. Willem, see forward. 4. Cornelis, born March 23, 1713; married, December 2, 1738, Susanna Switts. 5. Gertruy, born September 17, 1715; married Philip Hansen. 6. Anna, born December 8, 1717. 7. Catalyna, born April 10, 1720. 8. Rachel, born September 26, 1722; married Philip de Forest. 9. Jan, born September 25, 1725. 10. David, born February 25, 1728.
(VI) Willem or William Van Ness, son of Jan and Catalyna (Groesbeck) Van Ness, was born January 1, 1711, died July 14, 1774. His residence was in Claverack, New York. He married Gertrude, baptized June 22, 1711, daughter of Pieter Meese and Janetje (Muller) Hoogeboom. Children: 1. Peter, see forward. 2. William, born March 1737; married Elizabeth Cantine. 3. David, born August, 1745; married, August 14, 1770, Cornelia Heermance. 4. Jane, married, March 5, 1765, Robert Yates. 5. Nalalynter, married John Hyack. 6. John, born 1749; married Jane Brendt (Janetia Bratt).
(VII) Colonel Peter Van Ness, son of Willem and Gertrude (Hoogeboom) Van Ness, was born at Albany, New York, December 1, 1734, died at Lindenwold, Columbia county, New York, December 21, 1804, and is buried there.
He was a lawyer and judge, a colonel during the Revolution, and filled numerous public offices. He was in command of the Ninth New York Regiment at the time of Burgoyne's surrender. About 1780 he removed from Ghent to Kinderhook, where he built Lindenwold, which was celebrated for its hospitality during the residence of the Van Ness family, and later became widely known as the residence of Martin Van Buren. Washington Irving spent much of his time at Lindenwold, and some of his best known works were written at that place. The religion of Mr. Van Ness was that of the Dutch Reformed church. He married, at Claverack, New York. September 27, 1766, Elbertie, born 1744, died June 20, 1806, daughter of Johannes and Elbertie (Van Men) Hoogeboom ; granddaughter of Killian Hoogeboom, and of Johannes and Sara (Dingman) Van Alen; and great-granddaughter of Lorens and Elbertie (Evertse) Van Alen, and of Adam Dingman. Children: 1. John P., born 1770; married, 1802, Marcia Burns. 2. Gertrude P., born March 8, 1772; married Martin H. Hoffman. 3. Catherine P., born 1777. died January 24, 1869; married (first) John Bremm; (second) Abraham Van Alen. 4. William P., see forward. 5. Cornelius P., born January 26, 1782; married (first) Rhoda Savage; (second) Madalena Allus.
(VIII) William P. Van Ness, son of Colonel Peter and Elbertie (Hoogeboom) Van Ness, was born at Ghent, Columbia county, New York, 1778, died in New York City, September 6, 1826. He resided in Lindenwold, Columbia county, New York, for a time, then removed to New York City. He was graduated from Columbia College, New York, practised as a lawyer, and for many years served as judge. He was a member of the Dutch Reformed church. He and his wife are both buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. He married, at Red Hook, Rev. John B. Romeyn officiating, September 20, 1800, Anne McEvers, who died September 6, 1829. She was the daughter of Charles and Mary (Ver Planck) McEvers, granddaughter of John and Catharina (Van Hoorn) McEvers, great-granddaughter of Jan or Johanne and Catharina (Meyer) Van Hoorn, great-great-granddaughter of Cornelis Janszen and Anna Maria (Jans) Van Hoorn, and of Andries Janszen and Vrouwtie Idens (Van Vorst) Meyer. Mary (Ver Planck) McEvers was the daughter of Gulian and Mary (Crommelin) Ver Planck, granddaughter of Samuel and Ariantje (Bayard) Ver Planck and of Charles and Anna (Sinclair) Crommelin, great-granddaughter of Geleyn and Henrica (Wessels) Ver Planck, of Balthazar and Maria (Loockermans) Bayard, of Daniel and Anna (Teslort) Crommelin, and of Robert and Mayken (Duycking) Sinclair. Children of William P. and Anne (McEvers) Van Ness: 1. Edward, born November 3, 1801; married Catherine A. Halcomb. 2. Harriet Mary, born August 16, 1803, died March 26, 1825; married William Maury, of England. 3. Eugene, see forward. 4. Matilda Eliza, born April 10, 1806, died 1869, unmarried. 5. Charles William, born October 1, 1807, died at Kinderhook, March 13, 1883, unmarried.
(IX) Colonel Eugene Van Ness, son of Judge William P. and Anne (McEvers) Van Ness, was born in New York City, December 6, 1804, died in Baltimore, Maryland, May 28, 1862. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. He was a lawyer, and served as deputy paymaster-general in the United States army with the rank of colonel. He was an active participant in the Seminole and Mexican wars, and served in the Union army during the Civil War. He was a member of the Episcopal church, and had his residence at various times in New York, Baltimore, Washington, New Orleans and St. Augustine. He married, 1835, Julia A., born December 12, 1813, died February 24, 1891, daughter of Dr. Nehemiah and Margaret (Underhill) Brush, and granddaughter of Selah Brush. Children: 1. Ann McEvers, born December 12, 1835 , married Henry D. Loney.
2. Margareta Matilda, born November 1, 1839; married Henry Hutton.
3. Eugene, see forward. 4. William P., born December 18, 1845; married Caroline McKnight. 5. Julia Ida, born March 6, 1851; married Granville Ford Fisher. 6. Ann Gertrude Wightt, born January 5, 1855. 7. Washington Irving, born March 8, 1858, died July 17, 1871.
(X) Eugene (2) Van Ness, son of Colonel Eugene (1) and Julia A. (Brush) Van Ness, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. December 26, 1842, died in Baltimore, Maryland, March 31, 1900. In his early manhood he became associated with the firm of Alexander Brown & Sons, and for many years held a confidential position with this great banking house, which is the largest of its kind in the city, during all this time his only bond being his integrity and honesty. The entire confidence of the house was reposed in him, and he frequently had under his sole control immense sums of money which had been entrusted to the custody of the firm. Such was his character, however, that the question of a bond never arose. Possessed of a high order of executive ability, he managed with ease and discretion the multiplicity of business matters which necessarily arose in his department, and in such a manner as to give the greatest satisfaction to all concerned. Mr. Van Ness married Helena Bartow, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Sargent (see Sargent), a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church, having several charges in Baltimore and its vicinity ; his wife was Sophia Carroll, a member of one of the oldest and most distinguished families of Maryland, rendered illustrious by "Charles Carroll, Barrister". Mr. and Mrs. Van Ness had children: 1. Eugene McEvers, a leading physician of Baltimore. 2. Bartow, bor n November 1, 1870, married Jane Perry Butler. 3. Carroll, born July 5, 1874; married, June 2, 1906, Rosalie Porter, of Annapolis, Maryland. Mr. Van Ness was a man of quiet habits, extremely domestic in his tastes, finding the attractions of his home superior to those of the outside world and refusing to belong to any organizations, the demands of which might draw him from the fireside which he loved. The lovely and home-loving character of Mrs. Van Ness well qualified her to minister to the happiness of such a man, and it might truly be said of her that she was the light of his dwelling and the mainspring of all his joy.
Mr. Van Ness was the owner of an orange grove in Florida, but the demands of his responsible and arduous business position were so unceasing and urgent as to leave him little time for recreation in travel. He possessed a genial, social nature, which secured for him many friends and caused his presence to be always welcome. The connection of Mr. Van Ness with the great banking house of which he might be said to form a pillar, was dissolved only by his death, which was caused by an attack of pneumonia. He was taken ill at his office, was conveyed to his home in a carriage, and in about a week expired. The void which the death of such a man leaves, both in public and in private life, is more easily imagined than described. So quietly had his great work been accomplished, so unobtrusively had the important duties of his responsible position been discharged, that few, prior to his removal, had fully realized how truly essential his presence had been. One very touching tribute was his. Those who spoke of him in the warmest terms were those who knew him best. It is only of thoroughly beautiful and sincere natures that this statement can be truly made. The mere fact that it was uttered with reference to Mr. Van Ness is eloquent beyond many words.
In all the varied responsibilities of life he acquitted himself with dignity, fidelity and honor. His large experience and great energy were signally displayed in all he undertook. A man whose natural abilities would have secured his prominence in any community, he was eminently calculated to manage the affairs of the great establishment with which he was connected
(II) Hendrick Gerritse Van Ness, son of Gerrit Van Ness, was the immigrant ancestor. He was born in Holland, where he lived at Emberland, and died in New York. He married (first) ;(second) at New Amsterdam, April 19, 1654, Anneken Wessels, born at Colon, Holland.
(III) Cornells Hendricksen Van Ness, son of Hendrick Gerritse Van Ness, died at Albany, New York, prior to 1681. He served as magistrate, soldier and member of the cabinet, was a member of the Dutch Reformed church, and resided at Havendyck, Holland; Amersford, Long Island; and Greenbush and Albany, New York. He was betrothed, July 31, 1625, and married (first), the same year, Mayken, born in Holland, died at Albany, New York, daughter of Hendrick Adriensen and Annetje (Janse) Burchgraff. He married (second), at Albany, New York, 1664, Maria Damen, widow (first) of Dirk Van Eps, (second) of Hendrick Adriense Doesburg. Mr. Van Ness had children: 1. Hendrick Cornelis, see forward. 2. Jan, married, April, 1683, Aaltie . 3. Gerrit, born 1645 ; married, February 14, 1676, Maritje Pieterse Teller. 4. Gerritje, married Roeloff Cornelis Van Houten. 5. Hendrickje, married Jan Janse Oothout. 6. Grietje, became the second wife of Pieters Classen Wyckoff. 7. Simon, born 1670, married (first) Rachel Van Deusen; (second) Hester de la Mater.
(IV) Hendrick Cornelis Van Ness, son of Cornelis Hendricksen and Mayken (Burchgraff) Van Ness, resided in Albany, New York, and was a member of the Dutch Reformed church. He married (first) Annetje, daughter of Jan Everts; (second) November 25, 1688, Catryn Claes, born October 3, 1665, daughter of Claes Pipse and Maria (Bords) Van Dam. Children by first marriage: 1. Jan, see forward. 2. Gerrit, born 1681 ; married, June 12, 1709, Catalyntje de Forest. Children by second marriage: 3. Maria, baptized March 6, 1692. 4. Ann, baptized December 16, 1604.
(V) Jan Van Ness, son of Hendrick Cornelis and Annetje (Everts) Van Ness, was baptized 1684, and died 1747, being buried August 12. His residence was in Albany, New York, where he was a member of the Dutch Reformed church. He married, November 17, 1706, Catalyna, born October 21, 1685, daughter of William C. and Gertruy (Schuyler) Groesbeck. Children: 1. Hendrick, born November 23, 1707. 2. Hendrick, born November 7, 1708. 3. Willem, see forward. 4. Cornelis, born March 23, 1713; married, December 2, 1738, Susanna Switts. 5. Gertruy, born September 17, 1715; married Philip Hansen. 6. Anna, born December 8, 1717. 7. Catalyna, born April 10, 1720. 8. Rachel, born September 26, 1722; married Philip de Forest. 9. Jan, born September 25, 1725. 10. David, born February 25, 1728.
(VI) Willem or William Van Ness, son of Jan and Catalyna (Groesbeck) Van Ness, was born January 1, 1711, died July 14, 1774. His residence was in Claverack, New York. He married Gertrude, baptized June 22, 1711, daughter of Pieter Meese and Janetje (Muller) Hoogeboom. Children: 1. Peter, see forward. 2. William, born March 1737; married Elizabeth Cantine. 3. David, born August, 1745; married, August 14, 1770, Cornelia Heermance. 4. Jane, married, March 5, 1765, Robert Yates. 5. Nalalynter, married John Hyack. 6. John, born 1749; married Jane Brendt (Janetia Bratt).
(VII) Colonel Peter Van Ness, son of Willem and Gertrude (Hoogeboom) Van Ness, was born at Albany, New York, December 1, 1734, died at Lindenwold, Columbia county, New York, December 21, 1804, and is buried there.
He was a lawyer and judge, a colonel during the Revolution, and filled numerous public offices. He was in command of the Ninth New York Regiment at the time of Burgoyne's surrender. About 1780 he removed from Ghent to Kinderhook, where he built Lindenwold, which was celebrated for its hospitality during the residence of the Van Ness family, and later became widely known as the residence of Martin Van Buren. Washington Irving spent much of his time at Lindenwold, and some of his best known works were written at that place. The religion of Mr. Van Ness was that of the Dutch Reformed church. He married, at Claverack, New York. September 27, 1766, Elbertie, born 1744, died June 20, 1806, daughter of Johannes and Elbertie (Van Men) Hoogeboom ; granddaughter of Killian Hoogeboom, and of Johannes and Sara (Dingman) Van Alen; and great-granddaughter of Lorens and Elbertie (Evertse) Van Alen, and of Adam Dingman. Children: 1. John P., born 1770; married, 1802, Marcia Burns. 2. Gertrude P., born March 8, 1772; married Martin H. Hoffman. 3. Catherine P., born 1777. died January 24, 1869; married (first) John Bremm; (second) Abraham Van Alen. 4. William P., see forward. 5. Cornelius P., born January 26, 1782; married (first) Rhoda Savage; (second) Madalena Allus.
(VIII) William P. Van Ness, son of Colonel Peter and Elbertie (Hoogeboom) Van Ness, was born at Ghent, Columbia county, New York, 1778, died in New York City, September 6, 1826. He resided in Lindenwold, Columbia county, New York, for a time, then removed to New York City. He was graduated from Columbia College, New York, practised as a lawyer, and for many years served as judge. He was a member of the Dutch Reformed church. He and his wife are both buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. He married, at Red Hook, Rev. John B. Romeyn officiating, September 20, 1800, Anne McEvers, who died September 6, 1829. She was the daughter of Charles and Mary (Ver Planck) McEvers, granddaughter of John and Catharina (Van Hoorn) McEvers, great-granddaughter of Jan or Johanne and Catharina (Meyer) Van Hoorn, great-great-granddaughter of Cornelis Janszen and Anna Maria (Jans) Van Hoorn, and of Andries Janszen and Vrouwtie Idens (Van Vorst) Meyer. Mary (Ver Planck) McEvers was the daughter of Gulian and Mary (Crommelin) Ver Planck, granddaughter of Samuel and Ariantje (Bayard) Ver Planck and of Charles and Anna (Sinclair) Crommelin, great-granddaughter of Geleyn and Henrica (Wessels) Ver Planck, of Balthazar and Maria (Loockermans) Bayard, of Daniel and Anna (Teslort) Crommelin, and of Robert and Mayken (Duycking) Sinclair. Children of William P. and Anne (McEvers) Van Ness: 1. Edward, born November 3, 1801; married Catherine A. Halcomb. 2. Harriet Mary, born August 16, 1803, died March 26, 1825; married William Maury, of England. 3. Eugene, see forward. 4. Matilda Eliza, born April 10, 1806, died 1869, unmarried. 5. Charles William, born October 1, 1807, died at Kinderhook, March 13, 1883, unmarried.
(IX) Colonel Eugene Van Ness, son of Judge William P. and Anne (McEvers) Van Ness, was born in New York City, December 6, 1804, died in Baltimore, Maryland, May 28, 1862. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. He was a lawyer, and served as deputy paymaster-general in the United States army with the rank of colonel. He was an active participant in the Seminole and Mexican wars, and served in the Union army during the Civil War. He was a member of the Episcopal church, and had his residence at various times in New York, Baltimore, Washington, New Orleans and St. Augustine. He married, 1835, Julia A., born December 12, 1813, died February 24, 1891, daughter of Dr. Nehemiah and Margaret (Underhill) Brush, and granddaughter of Selah Brush. Children: 1. Ann McEvers, born December 12, 1835 , married Henry D. Loney.
2. Margareta Matilda, born November 1, 1839; married Henry Hutton.
3. Eugene, see forward. 4. William P., born December 18, 1845; married Caroline McKnight. 5. Julia Ida, born March 6, 1851; married Granville Ford Fisher. 6. Ann Gertrude Wightt, born January 5, 1855. 7. Washington Irving, born March 8, 1858, died July 17, 1871.
(X) Eugene (2) Van Ness, son of Colonel Eugene (1) and Julia A. (Brush) Van Ness, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. December 26, 1842, died in Baltimore, Maryland, March 31, 1900. In his early manhood he became associated with the firm of Alexander Brown & Sons, and for many years held a confidential position with this great banking house, which is the largest of its kind in the city, during all this time his only bond being his integrity and honesty. The entire confidence of the house was reposed in him, and he frequently had under his sole control immense sums of money which had been entrusted to the custody of the firm. Such was his character, however, that the question of a bond never arose. Possessed of a high order of executive ability, he managed with ease and discretion the multiplicity of business matters which necessarily arose in his department, and in such a manner as to give the greatest satisfaction to all concerned. Mr. Van Ness married Helena Bartow, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Sargent (see Sargent), a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church, having several charges in Baltimore and its vicinity ; his wife was Sophia Carroll, a member of one of the oldest and most distinguished families of Maryland, rendered illustrious by "Charles Carroll, Barrister". Mr. and Mrs. Van Ness had children: 1. Eugene McEvers, a leading physician of Baltimore. 2. Bartow, bor n November 1, 1870, married Jane Perry Butler. 3. Carroll, born July 5, 1874; married, June 2, 1906, Rosalie Porter, of Annapolis, Maryland. Mr. Van Ness was a man of quiet habits, extremely domestic in his tastes, finding the attractions of his home superior to those of the outside world and refusing to belong to any organizations, the demands of which might draw him from the fireside which he loved. The lovely and home-loving character of Mrs. Van Ness well qualified her to minister to the happiness of such a man, and it might truly be said of her that she was the light of his dwelling and the mainspring of all his joy.
Mr. Van Ness was the owner of an orange grove in Florida, but the demands of his responsible and arduous business position were so unceasing and urgent as to leave him little time for recreation in travel. He possessed a genial, social nature, which secured for him many friends and caused his presence to be always welcome. The connection of Mr. Van Ness with the great banking house of which he might be said to form a pillar, was dissolved only by his death, which was caused by an attack of pneumonia. He was taken ill at his office, was conveyed to his home in a carriage, and in about a week expired. The void which the death of such a man leaves, both in public and in private life, is more easily imagined than described. So quietly had his great work been accomplished, so unobtrusively had the important duties of his responsible position been discharged, that few, prior to his removal, had fully realized how truly essential his presence had been. One very touching tribute was his. Those who spoke of him in the warmest terms were those who knew him best. It is only of thoroughly beautiful and sincere natures that this statement can be truly made. The mere fact that it was uttered with reference to Mr. Van Ness is eloquent beyond many words.
In all the varied responsibilities of life he acquitted himself with dignity, fidelity and honor. His large experience and great energy were signally displayed in all he undertook. A man whose natural abilities would have secured his prominence in any community, he was eminently calculated to manage the affairs of the great establishment with which he was connected
