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confirmed to herself. Her heirs, upon the
subsequent capture of the province by the
British, had the grant confirmed to themselves
by the first British Governor, Hon.
Richard Nicholes, and sold it in 1671 to
Governor Lovelace. One of the heirs
failed to sign the conveyance, and this
fact caused the controversy, his descend-
ants claiming an interest in the property,
which finally passed into the possession
of Trinity Church.
(II) Cornelis Bogardus, son of Everardus
and Anneke (Jans) Bogardus, was
born September 9, 1640. As a young man
he moved to Albany, New York, and remained
in that city until his death in 1666.
His "boedel," a personal estate, amounted
to 2,015 guilders, a large sum for the
times. He married Helena Teller, daughter
of William Teller, of Albany. Their
descendants were those who first laid
claim to the Trinity Church property.
(III) Cornelis (2) Bogardus, son of
Cornelis (i) and Helena (Teller) Bogardus,
was born in Beverwyck or Fort Orange
(Albany), New York, October 13,
1665. Following his mother's second
marriage to Jans Hendrickse Van Ball,
Cornelis (2) Bogardus went to live with
his uncles, Pieter and Jonas Bogardus,
children of Dominie Everardus and Anneke
(Jans) Bogardus. When, several
years later, Pieter Bogardus moved to
Kingston, New York, Cornelis (2) Bogardus
accompanied him, and there mar-
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ried Rachel De Witt in 1691. She was a
daughter of Tjerck Classen, son of
Nicholas and Taatje De Witt, whose
home in the Netherlands was in Groot-
holdt, district of Zunderland, in the southern
part of East Friesland. Tjerck
Classen De Witt came to America some
time prior to the year 1656, and is the
ancestor of the De Witt family in the
United States. De Witt is one of the
few Dutch-American names illustrious in
the Fatherland. Grand Pensioner Johannes
De Witt administered the government
of Holland from 1652 to 1672. He
and his brother, Cornelis De Witt, also
prominent in civil and military life in the
Netherlands, were killed by a mob at The
Hague, following years of faithful service
to their country. Tjerck Classen De Witt
was their kinsman, and a descendant of
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his, Maria De Witt, married Captain
Tames Clinton, who afterwards became a
general in the American Revolution, and
their son, De Witt Clinton, was one of
the most prominent, energetic and be-
loved governors of New York State.
Cornelis (2) Bogardus was the owner
of a vessel which he employed in the carrying
trade along the Hudson river from
New York to Albany, and possibly to
more distant points along the coast. In
1700 he returned to Albany, his birth-
place, remaining there for a few years.
He was made a "freeman" of that city,
and became prominent in its affairs.
Later on he accompanied Captain Nicho-
las Evertsen on a raid in the Colonial
service against a band of French priva-
teers off the coast. This occurred in 1704.
He died in the spring of 1718, in Kingston,
New York. Cornelis (2) and
Rachel (De Witt) Bogardus were the
parents of eight children.
(IV) Cornelis (3) Bogardus, son of
Cornelis (2) and Rachel (De Witt) Bogardus,
was born in Kingston, New York,
January 8, 1699, died February 12, 1758.
He married Catharine Tudor (in Dutch,
Toeter), daughter of Captain John Tudor.
Shortly after his marriage he moved
down the Hudson and settled in Fishkill,
Dutchess county, New York, on land sit-
uated in the "Rombout Precinct," or
Patent, the vast estate of 85,000 acres
belonging to his aunt, "'Madame Brett"
(Catherine Rombout). He had received
an unusually fine education for those