Hendrick Van Leuvenigh of New Castle County, Delaware, and Some of His Descendants

PUBLICATIONS OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Vol. VII. MARCH, 1920. No. 3. HENDRICK VAN LEUVENIGH OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY,"DELAWARE, AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. BY JOSIAH GRANVILLE LEACH. HENDRICK VAN LEUVENIGH,* son of Jan Van Leuvenigh,! of Amsterdam, removed from his home in Holland, to America, and settled in Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County, in Delaware, where he purchased from Roeloff De Haes, a plantation of two hundred and twenty-five acres called “ Black • Name Indifferently written tin New Castle County records : ran Leuvenlch, ran Leuven eigh, ran Leurena. f It was originally von Loevenlch, derived from the Celtic Luplniiacum* meaning possessions of Luplnius, and the family of that name was seated at Loevenlch near Cologne on the Rhine as early as 1196. In. the second half of the fifteenth century Peter von Loevenlch was architect In the Deputy Chamber of Feudal Rights, In 1489, and the holder of estates in Aldenhoven, Helrath and Fronhoven In the Duchy of Julich. His three sons, Gerhard, Franz and Bartholmfius, divided the estates In 1519. Bartholin Hus von Loevenlch, the last named, was mayor of Julich and died before 1568, being succeeded in that office by his third son Alexander von Loevenlch. At least two sous of the latter removed to Amsterdam, Holland, Ebehard von Loevenlch and Alexander von Loevenlch, the former being father of John van Loevenlch of the text. Die Familie von Loevenlch, 1196-1908, by Prof. Friedrich Clemens Ebrard, Frankfurt am Main, 1908. — ( 207 ) Hendrick Van Leuvenigh. 208 Walnut Landing. >> * The date of his removal from Holland is supposed to have been about 1700, at or near which time, Mary Van Leuvenigh, a young widow, with sons Henry and John Van Leuvenigh, arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mary Van Leuvenigh, who is thought to have been the widow of a brother of Hendrick Van Leuvenigh, married at Phila¬ delphia, 6 August, 1702, Joseph Harrison, a well known resi¬ dent of that city, whose will, dated 14 November, 1730, styles the sons of his wife Mary Van Leuvenigh,! “my sons in law,” — the usual designation of step-sons at that period. Hendrick Van Leuvenigh died prior to 14 May, 1716, on which day letters of administration upon his estate were granted by the Register of Wills of New Castle County, to his widow Catharine Van Leuvenigh. Children, all no doubt born before the family left the Fatherland : JOHN 2 VAN LEUVENIGH, of New Castle, Delaware, died in 1754; married Catharine ii. HENRY VAN LEUVENIGH, died before 19 October, 1756. He married a Miss Burgess, and on 24 June, 1756, he conveyed unto John Burgess, his brother-in-law, the tract of two hun¬ dred and twenty-five acres which his father had purchased from R-oeloff De Haes, as before mentioned, being styled in the conveyance, “son and heir of Henry Van Leuvenigh, late of New Castle County, deceased V Issue: 1. Henry Van Leu¬ venigh. 2. John Van Leuvenigh. 3. Jacob Van Leuvenigh4 2. i. * New Castle County Deeds, Liber S. f. 245. MART VAN LEUVENIGH, by her second husband, Joseph Harrison, had a daughter Mary Harrison, who married Samuel Smith, a prominent merchant at Philadelphia, and by him had, among other children : daughters Mary and Elizabeth, and sons Thomas , William and Jonathan. Mary Smith, the first named, married John Rhea, Esquire,, and had isisue, from whom descended; the Krumbhaars of Philadelphia, the late John Rhea Barton Willing, Mrs. Alva Willing As tor, and E. Rittenhouse Miller, Elizabeth Smith, the second daughter, married the Hon. George Bryan, who succeeded Hon, Thomas Wharton, Jr. in 1777, as Governor of Pennsylvania. Thomas Smith was a commissioner of the Continental Loan, and a member of the American Philo¬ sophical Society. He married Mary,, daughter of William Peters, Esquire, and sister of the eminent Judge Richard Peters. William Smith was a physician, married and had issue. Among his descendants are Mrs. Charles Biddle, Mrs. John Gibson McCall, Mrs. Jamies Somers Smith, Harrison Smith and Wikoff Smith, Jotiathan Smith, the last mentioned of the children of Samuel and Mary (Harrison) Smith,, assumed the name of Jonathan Bayard Smith. He was a -colonel in the Revolution, a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, and a leader among his fellows in the social, business and political world of Philadelphia, He married Susanna, daughter of Colonel John Bayard, and cousin of Hon. James Assheton Bayard, the founder of the Bayard family of Delaware. £ Records of Orphans’ Court , New Castle County, October 19, 1756. Hendrick Van Leuvenigh. 209 iii. PHILIP VAN LEUVENIGH, died between 12 January and 5 June, 1745, the dates of the execution and probate of his will, in which he names wife, Eleanor, and children. Issue : 1. Philip Van Leuvenigh, who was licensed, 9 May, 1750, to marry Mary Stalcop, and died in 1761. 2. Richard Van Leuvenigh. 3. Isaac Van Leuvenigh. 4. Catharine Van Leuvenigh. 5. Mary Van Leuvenigh. 6. Susanna Van Leuvenigh. 2. JOHN 2 VAN LEUVENIGH (Hendrick) , was bom in Hol¬ land and died at New Castle, Delaware, in 1754. He accom¬ panied his parents to America about 1700, and resided in Appoquinimink Hundred, Delaware, during the earlier part of his life, but later removed to New Castle, where he engaged in business as a merchant. He purchased land in New Castle,. 16 August, 1725,* and in 1734; and on May 18, 1730, he and liis brother Henry sold to Thomas Noxon, two hundred acres of the Black Walnut Landing Plantation on the north side of Appoquinimink Creek, which had been possessed by their father. His will, dated 14 January, 1753, was proved 31 December, 1754, and named sons Samuel, John, and Zachariah. His wife, Catharine, was probably deceased at the date of his will. Children, bom in New Castle Comity: SAMUEL S VAN LEUVENIGH, merchant at New Castle ; died in 1759 unmarried, his will being proved 27 December, 1759. He was the executor of his father's will, and received several tracts of land thereunder. ii. JOHN VAN LEUVENIGH, died circa 1755. He married a daugh¬ ter of Robert Dyer { and had issue : 1. Jacob 4 Van Leuwenigh, born in 1743. 2. Henry Van Leuvenigh, b. August, 1745. 3. John Van Leuvenigh, b. April 1749. 4. Elizabeth Van Leuvenigh, married Carter. 5. Catharine Van Leuvenigh, who died in 1792, unmarried. By her will, proved 22 October, 1792, she named her sister, Elizabeth Carter; nieces Catharine, Betsy, Susanna and Hannah Carter, and Elizabeth and Mary Van Leuvenigh, daughters of her uncle, Zachariah Van Leuvenigh, to all of whom she bequeathed pieces of silver plate. 3. iii. ZACHARIAH VAN LEUVENIGH, b. circa 1726; d. 25 Feb., 1789; m. (1) Anne Coombs, (2) Esther Lewis, (3) Ann Armitage. i. 3. ZACHARIAH 8 VAN LEUVENIGH (John, Hendrick), was bom in New Castle County, circa 1726, and died at New Castle, 25 February, 1789. He participated in the civil and religious affairs of that town, and was recognized as one of its leading citizens. * Xmc Castle County Deeds, IJber U- , f. 291. f Ibid., Liber H, f. 140; Liber X, f. 410. 210 Hendrick Van Leuvenigh. In 1756 he was commissioned Ensign of the company captained by Richard McWilliams, Esquire, in the “Upper Regiment of New Castle County” raised fdb service in the French and Indian War.* A few years later, 1761, he was one of the “Principal Inhabitants” of New Castle County, who, upon the death of King George II, joined with the Deputy Governor and Councillors of Pennsylvania in announc¬ ing allegiance to his successor, George III. He was appointed in 1764, one of the trustees of “New Castle Common,” and, on 26 April, 1775, upon the arrival at New Castle of the messenger who brought news of the Battle of Lexington, he, with Stephen Spencer received the message and endorsed the same, speeding the trusted messenger on his way to the more south¬ ern colonies.! He was a vestryman and prominent member of Immanuel Church, New Castle. When the Reverend Aeneas Ross ar¬ rived at New Castle, in 1758, to assume the rectorship of the Church, it is recorded in the minutes of the vestry that, he “was received and accepted by the members of said church with all due respect and satisfaction, being present, William Till, Esq., Mr. John V’ngezell, Dr. Jacob Ross, Rev. Mr. Nonandre, Mr. James Boggs, Mr. Zac. V’n Leuvenigh, John McGhee and Stephen Enos.’’ $ Mr. Van Leuvenigh became the holder of large landed inter¬ ests in New Castle County, a considerable portion of which had previously been possessed by Francis Land, the grandfather of his third wife, Ann Armitage. His last || real estate trans¬ action was on 16 April, 1781, when, in consideration of £1423, he sold and conveyed to Robert Shields, three hundred and twenty-eight acres on Christiana Creek, this being the old Laud * Pennsylvania Arohlves, Second Series, vol. 11, p. 526. -j- After the battle of Lexington, the news of the conflict was communicated to the different colonies by messengers sent out on horseliack from Boston. Upon the receipt of the message at the various points of destination, It was endorsed by Its recipients as evidence of Its delivery, and then hastily carried on to a more distant point. J Holcomb’s History of Immanuel Church, pp. 125-8. || A previous transaction, under date of May 28, 1763, conveyed to John Topplns part of the plantation called “lvnotsonburgh, formerly the property of Samuel Land, deceased,” having been granted by deed from Hugh Shannon to Francis Land, April 20, 1729. Neic Castle County Deeds, Liber W, f. 58. — 211 Hendrick Van Leuvenigh. homestead.* His residence at New Castle, overlooking the waters of the Delaware Bay and opposite the Bank Building, known as the ‘‘title house, * ’ was built in 1687. He married, first, 24 February, 1749, Anne Coombs, who died 27 December, 1749, without issue: second, Esther Lewis, t daughter of Stephen Lewis, by his wife Rebecca, daughter of Jedediah Hussey.% She died circa 1754, and he married 27 May, 1755, as third wife, Ann Armitage, daughter of James Armitage,|| Esq., by his wife Mary Land. She was born 19 * yew Castle County Deeds, Liber I>2, ff. 281, 339. •j- Esther Lewis*, second wife of Zaiehariah Van Leuvenigh, had sister, Sarah Lewis, who married Samuel Wharton., Esq., of Philadelphia. Another sister, Rebecca Lewis, died in 1758, having bequeathed by her will of 30 Dec., 1757, one-half of her estate to Rebecca, daughter of Zactoariah Van Leuvenigh by his wife Esther Lewis. Jedediah Hussey, son of John Hussey of New Castle County. See ante, p. 171. || A son of Benjamin Armitage of Westroyd.s, Shepley, Yorkshire, England, who came to Pennsylvania in 1702 and settled in Bristol township, Philadelphia County, where he died Nov. 28, 1735, aged 75 years, having been a founder of the Presbyterian Church at Abington, of which he was a:n Elder at the time of his death, Both he and 'his wife Mary, who died 16 February, 1730,, 'aged 70 years, are buried in its church-yard. Their children were: 1. James Armitage. 2. Benjamin Armitage, married twice and had issue. 3. Mary Armitage, married Aaron Harding. 4. Anne Armitage, married Thomas Watson. 5. Sarah Armitage, married Joseph Duffield. 6. Hannah Armitage, married John Parry. James Armitage, the son born probably in Kirk burton parish, Yorkshire, circa 1688 ; died at White Clay Creek, New Castle County, Delaware, before 15 July, 1755. Orphans’ Court Records, New Castle County. He was Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Courts of New Castle County under appoint¬ ments of 20 April, 1727 ; 28 October, 1738 and 11 May, 1747. Scharf’s History of Xetv Castle County, vol. ii, pp. 623r4. He married (1), oirca 1714, ; (2), circa 1728, Mary Land, daughter of Francis and Christian Land of New Castle County, and grand-daughter of Samuel Land of the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, now in the City of London, England, who purchased 500 acres of land in Salem County, West Jersey, from John Fen¬ wick, 14 May, 1675, and received from Sir Edmund Andross a patent for land In New Castle-on-Delaware, 25' May, 1676. He was High Sheriff of New Castle County before 12 April, 1684. Penna. Colonial Records, vol. i, pp. 121-2-3, Issue of James Armitage by his first marriage : Hannah Armitage, b. 6 Nov., 1715; m. Rev. Francis Allison, D. D. first Vice-Provost of -the College of Philadelphia, later the University of Pennsylvania ; chosen Chaplain of Con¬ gress, with the later Bishop White, 23 Dec., 1776*, and had issue. Enoch Armitage married and had issue. Issue of James and Mary (Land) Armitage : Samuel Armitage, b. 26 Jan., 1730; d. after 1771; in. Martha, daughter of Rev. George Gillespie of the White Clay Presbyterian Church, and had issue. Mary Armitage, b. 17 Oct., 1731 ; m. Thomas Dunn, Esq. John Armitage, b. 3 Feby., 1734 ; d. prior to 5 Oct., 1769 ; m. 31 Dec., 1755', Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Co-1. Thomas Cooch of Gooch’s Bridge and had issue. Ann Armit¬ age, m. Zachariah Van Leuvenigh. Dorcas Armitage, b. 17 Mar., 1741 ; d. 25 Dec., 1805; m. 20 Aug., 1767, Robert Montgomery of Philadelphia and had — — - — Hendrick Van Leuvenigh. 212 May, 1737, and died in 1824. Both he and his wife Aim are buried in Immanuel church-yard at New Castle, where well preserved stones mark their resting place. By his will, dated 31 May, 1785, proved 13 March, 1789, he bequeathed to his wife Ann for life, the house in which the Reverend Charles H. Wharton then resided, and an ‘‘orchard lot” in New Castle; as well as all household goods, furniture and plate, silver tankard only excepted, also cattle, horse and riding chair and £200 ; to son George £200 and other property ; to daughter Elizabeth £300 and landed estate ; to son William £250, and a house and lot in New Castle ; to daughter Rebecca McWilliam, “my silver tankard which formerly belonged to her grandfather Stephen Lewis, dec’d;” and to son John and daughter Mary, each £350. Child of Zachariah and Esther (Lewis) Van Leuvenigh: 4. i. REBECCA * VAN LEUVENIGH, d. 3 Feb., 1822 ; m. Richard Mc¬ William, Junr., Esq. Children of Zachariah and Ann (Armitage) Van Leuvenigh, all born at New Castle : .TAMES VAN LEUVENIGH, b. 27 Dec., 1756; d. 15 Sept., 1757. MARY VAN LEUVENIGH, b. 28 Sept., 1758; d. 15 July, 1759. iii. JOHN VAN LEUVENIGH, b. 16 June, 1760; d. 20 Dec., 1790. Upon the recommendation of the Justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, he was constituted a counsellor-at-law. His early death closed a career which gave promise of dis¬ tinction. iv. NANCY VAN LEUVENIGH, b. 25 May, 1762; d. 25 Feb., 1799. v. WILLIAM VAN LEUVENIGH, b. 25 July, 1764; d. before 25 Dec., 1790. vi. SARAH VAN LEUVENIGH, b. 28 April, 1766; d. 28 June, 1784. 5. vii. MARY VAN LEUVENIGH, b. 13 June, 1768; d. 1 May, 1831; m. Hon. Nicholas Van Dyke. viii. THOMAS VAN LEUVENIGH, b. 20 April, 1770; d. Nov., 1771. ix. JAMES VAN LEUVENIGH, b. 16 Dec., 1771 ; d. Sept., 1772. 6. x. ELIZABETH VAN LEUVENIGH, b. 17 Aug., 1773; d. Feb., 1848; m. (1) John Bird (3rd), of New Castle, (2) Rev. Samuel Barr. xi. GEORGE VAN LEUVENIGH, b. 10 Aug., 1775; d. young. xii. SAMUEL VAN LEUVENIGH, b. 7 July, 1777; d. young. i. ii. 4. REBECCA 4 VANLETTVENIGH (Zachariah, Esq., John, Hen¬ drick), died in New Castle County, 3 February, 1822. She Nathan Armitage, b. 20 Sept., 1744 ; probably died unmarried. Samh Armitage, b. 10 Dec., 1746; d. 6 May, 1820; m. 6 Sept... 1774, -as second wife, Hon. Thomas McKean, Governor of Pennsylvania, 1790-1808, and bad issue. issue. Hendrick Van Leuvenigh. 213 married, 6 April, 1777, Richard McWilliam, Esq., son of Hon. Richard McWilliam, Chief Justice of Delaware, by his wife Mary Shaw. The sou, Richard McWilliam, was born at New Castle, 9 October, 1759, and died there 9 May, 1786. He was a lawyer, and, for several years Treasurer and Recorder of Deeds of New Castle County. Children of Richard McWilliam, Esq., and his wife Rebecca Van Leuvenigh : i. ANN 3 MCWILLIAM, b. 10 Sept., 1778. ii. SARAH LEWIS MCWILLIAM, b. 8 Dec., 1779; m. (1) William Olay, by whom she had no issue. She m. (2) William Allen Thompson of Philadelphia, by whom she had : 1. Sarah Ann « Thompson , who m. (1) James C. Thompson, (2) Burgess Ball Long of Virginia, and had issue by both marriages. 2. Catharine Rebecca Thompson, who m. in 1826, Captain An¬ drew Talcott, U. S. A., and d. in 1828, without issue. iii. STEPHEN MCWILLIAM, b. and d. in Sept., 1781. iv. REBECCA MCWILLIAM, b. 25 Oct., 1782; d. 5 Oct., 1798. v. LOUISA MCWILLIAM, b. 20 Aug., 1784; m. (1) Clarke; (2) Marley. vi. ESTHER or HETTY MCWILLIAM, b. 12 Dec., 1785; m. 16 Oct., 1806, Captain Bankson Taylor, of Philadelphia, and had 1. Richard McWilliam' Taylor ,« who m. and had issue. 2. Hetty Taylor* who m. Francis King of Philadelphia, and d. in 1876, leaving issue. 3. Rebecca Taylor,f who m. 10 Jan., 1839, Chauncey P. Holcomb, Esq., a prominent lawyer, and by him had issue. She d. 3 Nov., 1851, aged 33 years. 4. Anna Taylor, d. unm. 5. Martha Taylor , m. Franklin P. Holcombe, a civil engineer, who d. in Georgia, 19 Oct., 1862. 6. William Bankson Taylor. 5. MARY4 VAN LEUVENIGH ( Zachariah , Esq., John, Hen¬ drick), born at New Castle, 13 June, 1768; died there in May, 1831 ; married by the Rev. Samuel Barr, 9 December, 1792, * Francis and Hetty (Taylor) King, had daughter Mary Bankson King, who m. as first wife, Joseph R. Wainw right, of Philadelphia, and by him had eons : Francis King ~W aimvHght, who married Julia, daughter of Hon. Joseph B. Foraker, Governor of Ohio, and United States Senator, and Clement R. Wainwright, who m. Eugenia, daughter of Thomas F. Dixon, of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. •j* Chauncey P. Holcomb, Esq. and Rebecca. Taylor, had two sons : Bankson Taylor Holcomb and Thomas Holcomb. The former married Edith Driver, and by him had three children : 1. Mary D. Holcomb, who m. John M. Wilson. 2. Chauncey P. Holcomb of New Castle, Delaware. 3. Bankson Taylor Hol¬ comb, who m. Julia Newton. Thomas Holcomb, Esq., second son of Chauncey P. Holcomb, Esq., m. 17 Nov., 1868. Elizabeth Hindman Barney, and had four children : 1. Rebecca Holcomb. 2. James Rodgers Holcomb, m. Josephine deZeng, by whom he had issue. 3. Thomas Holcomb, Jr. an officer In the United States Marine Corps. 4. Franklin P. Holcomb, Midshipman in U. S. Navy, who died 11 June, 1907. 214 Hendrick Van Leuvcnigh. Hon. Nicholas Van Dyke, born at New Castle, 20 December, 1769; died there, 21 May, 1826; son of Hon. Nicholas Van Dyke, a lawyer of prominence, who was a member of the Convention that framed the first constitution of Delaware; member of the Continental Congress from 1777 until 1783; Judge of the Court of Admiralty ; and Governor of Delaware, 1783-1786. The son, Nicholas Van Dyke, was one of the most eminent men of his time in Delaware. He was graduated at Princeton in 1788, ranking first in his class; studied law with his brother-in-law, Chief Justice Kensey Johns, and was ad¬ mitted to the bar in 1791 ; served in the Legislature of his State in 1799; was a member of Congress from 1807 until 1811; a member of the State Senate in 1815, and United States Senator from 1817 until his death. General Lafayette pronounced Mr. Van Dyke “one of the first statesmen in rank whom he knew in America.” During his visit to the United States in 1824-5, the General was a guest of Mr. Van Dyke at the marriage of his daughter Dorcas to Mr. du Pont, and the memory of this event is still fragrant at New Castle. One account of it, stated: 1 ‘The wedding was the greatest social event the old town of New Castle ever experienced. Upon this occasion Senator Van Dyke allowed the door and windows to remain open so that the crowd about the mansion could see General Lafayette and also the wedding ceremony. The chair occupied by Lafayette was slightly elevated above all the others in the room and festooned with flowers. After the ceremony Lafay¬ ette, of course, kissed the bride.” Children of Hon. Nicholas Van Dyke, by his wife Mary Vein Leuvenigh: i. NICHOLAS S VAN DYKE, b. 28 Dec., 1793 ; <1. 23 June, 1820. ii. ANN VAN DYKE, b. 2 Feb., 1793; d. in 1814. iii. KENSEY JOHNS VAN DYKE, b. 25 Oct., 1797 ; d. 1 March, 1829 ; m. (1), Delia Montgomery, who d. in 1825; m. (2), Henri¬ etta Peacham, of Baltimore. He was a lawyer of unusual legal ability. iv. GRANTHAM VAN DYKE, b. 8 March, 1800; d. 15 Dec., 1801. v. CHARLES VAN DYKE, b. 17 May, 1802; d. 6 Sept., 1832. vi. DORCAS MONTGOMERY VAN DYKE, b. 4 Feb., 1806; d. in 1838; m. Charles Irenee du Pont, Esq. vii. ALFRED WASHINGTON VAN DYKE, b. 28 Dec., 1809; d. 2 Nov., 1830. Hendrick Van Leuvenigh. 215 6. ELIZABETH4 VAN LEUVENIGH ( Zachariah , Esq., John, Hendrick), born at New Castle, 17 August, 1773; died there in February, 1848; married (1) at New Castle, 17 February, 1795, John Bird, Esq.; married (2) 21 March, 1815, the Rev. Samuel Barr of New Castle, who died in May, 1818. John Bird, Esq., son of John Bird, Jr., by his wife Sarah Tussey * and a descendant of many of the early settlers of New Castle County, was born in Brandywine Hundred, 25 April, 1769, and died at New Castle, 12 April, 1810. Sometime previous to his marriage he left the family homestead on the Brandywine, became a merchant in the then flourishing town of New Castle on the Delaware and identified himself with its various institutions. He was one of the organizers, in 1796, of the volunteer association known as the Union Fire Company of New Castle which, disbanded in 1840; one of the Com¬ missioners for New Castle County in 1797 ; a trustee of the New Castle Academy in 1802 ; State Director of the Delaware Farmers’ Bank for the New Castle Branch in 1807 ; a member of the State Senate in 1802 and of the State House of Repre¬ sentatives, 1804, 1805, 1807-1809, and Captain of the Com¬ pany of Light Horse attached to the First Brigade, Delaware Militia, under commission of 12 May, 1808, serving as such until his death. Children of Captain John and Elizabeth (Van Leuvenigh) Bird, all bom at New Castle : JOHNS D. BIRD, b. 4 Jan., 1796; d. at New Castle, II Mai., 1864; m. (1) 16 June, 1831, Lucinda, daughter of Major John Moody, of New Castle; m. (2) Mrs. Bustick, of Wilmington. Mr. Bird was Register of Court of Chancery and Clerk of the Orphans’ Court of New Castle County, 1856-1861. Issue by first marriage: 1. Charles « Moody Bird, a civil engineer of prominence; married and had issue. 2. Elizabeth Van Leu¬ venigh Bird, m. John Burnham and had issue. ii. JAMES MADISON BIRD, b. 5 Sept., 1797 ; married and had issue. iii. ALBERT GALLATIN BIRD, b. 28 Feb., 1799. i. * Daughter of William Tussey, 1705-1771, by Ms wife Anna Mary Schapenhoise, 1708-1786, and a descendant of Olaf Thorsson who came with the Third Swedish Expedition as midshipman on the Kalmar Nyckel in 1641 and be¬ came possessed of a tract of land in New Castle County, his title to the same being recognized' by the English when they took control of the settle¬ ments on the Delaware, and confirmed by patent bearing dote 26 May, 1669. He was one of the Magistrates on the Delaware, in or before 1671.—Penna. Archives, Second Series, vol. vii, p. 756. Hendrick Van Leuvenigh. 216 iv. THOMAS JEFFERSON BIRD, b. 11 Aug., 1801; d. in New York, 15 Oct., 1854; m. (1) Elizabeth Henn, b. Liverpool, Eng., 5 Oct., 1812; d. 10 March, 1834; m. (2), 4 June, 1838, Re¬ becca Tyson Butcher, b. Oct., 1812; d. 6 May, 1873. Issue by last marriage : 1. Susan 6 Bird, m. Edwin A. Whitfield and had issue. 2. Virginia Moylan Bird* m. John Struthers of Philadelphia, and had issue. v. ANN YAN LEUVENIGH* BIRD, b. 17 Nov., 1803; d. 31 Aug., 1807. vi. ROBERT MONTGOMERY BIRD, M. D., b. 5 Feb., 1806; d. at Phila¬ delphia, 22 Jan., 1854; one of the most brilliant men of his day physician, musician, artist, poet, dramatist, journalist, and a joint proprietor and editor of the North American and United States Gazette, from 1847. He m. Mary Elizabeth Mayer,f b. 23 Sept., 1809; d. 27 Jan., 1878, daughter of Rev. Philip F. Mayer, D.D., Lutheran clergyman of New York and Philadelphia. Issue: 1. Frederick 0 Mayer Bird,% b. Phila., 28 June, 1838; d. South Bethlehem, 2 April, 1908; Chaplain and Prof. Psychol., Christian Evidences and Rhetoric, Lehigh University, from 1881. vii. HENRY DEARBORN BIRD, b. 30 Nov., 1808; d. Petersburg, Va., 14 M;ar., 1881; was a civil engineer, became attached to the first railroad built in Virginia, rose to prominence in his pro¬ fession, was identified with the public interests of Peters¬ burg, its river and harbor improvements, railroads and water works, and at his death was vestryman of Grace Church. He m. 25 Feb., 1833, Maria Moylan, daughter of Stephen Fox, Esq., of Penna., and granddaughter of Gen. Stephen Moylan. a distinguished cavalry officer of the Revolution. Issue: 1. Maria o Moylan Bird , b. 17 May, 1834; d. Nov., 1911; m. Morton Riddle of Petersburg. 2 Frances Moylan Bird , b. 9 Dec., 1836; d. Nov., 1893; m. James Henry Fitts. 3. Kath¬ arine Thompson Bird, b. 11 July, 1838; d. 17 April, 1871; ’ m. Thomas W. Sparrow. 4. Stephen Moylan Bird , b. 13 Mar., 1841; d. Nov., 1894; m. (1) Joanna Alfriend, (2) Mary Redmond. 5. Henry Van Leuvenigh Bird, b. 29 July, 1843 ; d. at Petersburg, 19 Nov., 1903; m. Margaret, daughter of Edward Randolph by his wife Charlotte Meade Stockdell, and had seven children, of whom ROBERT T MONTGOMERY BIRD is professor of Chemistry at, the University of Virginia and HUGH STOCKDELL BIRD is trustee of The George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn., by appointment of the Peabody Education Fund. 6. Elizabeth Page Dunn Bird , b. 19 May, 1846 ; m. Jonathan T. Harrison of Maryland and had issue. 7. Lucy Bragg Bird, b. 19 May, 1846. — 7. DORCAS5 MONTGOMERY YAN DYKE (Mary, Zachariah, Esq., John, Hendrick) , born at New Castle, 4 February, 1806; died * Mrs. Struthers was many years a member of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania ; was widely Interested in the early settlers of New Castle County, and bad collected considerable data bearing on that subject. It was largely at her instance that the present article was prepared. She died at Philadelphia, 2 Jan., 1920, leaving issue: 1. Irva Struthers. m. William White McCall. 2. Armitage Struthers , m. Bayard Urquhart Livingston, Jr. 3. Helen von Leuvenigh Struthers, m. Alexander H. Scott. f Matriculates Catalogue, University of Pennsylvania, 1894, p. 199 ; Cata¬ logue of .1917, p. 53. J See Rodman Family, pp. 65. 114. t Hendrick Van Leuvenigh. 217 there in 1838; married 10 June, 1824, Charles Irenee du Pont, Esq., son of Victor Marie du Pont * by his wife Gabrielle Josephine de La Fitte de Pelleport, born at Charleston, South Carolina, 29 March, 1797; died at his seat “Louviers,” near Wilmington, Delaware, 31 January, 1839. Mr. du Pont was a man of distinction in Delaware ; took an ardent interest in the development of the resources of his State ; served in its As¬ sembly and Senate ; was a promoter of the Delaware Railroad, and one of its first directors; and later a director of the Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, and the Farmer's Bank of Wilmington. He married, as second wife, Ann, daughter of Hon. Henry Ridgeley, U. S. Senator from Delaware. Children of Hon. Charles Irenee du Pont by his first wife, Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke : i. MARY 6 VAN DYKE DU PONT, b. 19 April, 1826; d. 25 Sept., 1909. ii. VICTOR DU PONT, b. 11 May, 1828; d. 13 May, 1888; m. Alice Hounsfield. Was educated at Delaware College and Harvard University, from the latter of which he was graduated in 1846; studied law and was admitted to the Delaware bar; was a visitor to the West Point Military Academy; Presi¬ dential Elector for General McClellan in 1864; director and president of Union National Bank for many years; director of the Wilmington & Reading Railroad, and president of the Merchants Fire Insurance Company of Wilmington. Issue: 1. Victor 7 du Pont, ,Jr.f b. 30 June, 1852; m. Josephine An¬ derson, and had issue. 2. Mary Lammot du Pont, m. (1) William du Pont; (2) Hon. Willard Saulsbury, Jr., Unitea States Senator from Delaware. 3. Ethel du Pont, m. Hamil¬ ton MacFarland Barksdale, and had issue. 4. Charles Irenee du Pont, b. 15 Aug., 1859; d. unm. 4 Oct., 1902. 5. Samuel F. du Pont , d. y. 6. Alice du Pont, m. Gen. Thomas Coleman du Pont and has issue. 7. Samuel F. du Pont , b. 19 June, 1865 ; d. 27 Aug., 1893.. 8. Greta du Pont b. 25 Aug., 1868 ; d. 29 Dec., 1878. 9. Sophie du Pont, m. Bruce Ford. 10. Renee de Pelleport du Pont, m. Deroy Harvey. iii. CHARLES IR£N£E DU PONT, JR., b. 5 Aug., 1830; d. unm. 7 Jan., 1873. iv. NICHOLAS VAN DYKE DU PONT, d. y. , * Victor Marie du Pont, Esq., 1767-1827, .attache of the French legation to the United States in 1787, was a son of 'the distinguished statesman, diplo¬ matist. economist -and author, PLenre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, who escaped from the proscriptions and confiscations of the French Revolution and came to America in 1799, settling on the Brandywine In Delaware. The youngest son of the latter, Eleuth&re I r6n4e du Pont became the founder of the powder manufacturing firm of I-r£n6e du Pont de Nemours & Company. Rear Admiral Samuel Francis du Pont, 1803-1S65, who served In the United States Navy for half a century, was a younger brother of Charles Irenee du Pont.