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ELTINGE, Charles Robert,
Dairy Proprietor.
Settled in New Paltz, New York, at a
very early date was the Eltinge family.
This family has the distinction of being
the only one settled there at that time not
of Huguenot origin.
(I) Jan Elten, or Eltinge, the ancestor
of the family, was born in Swichsselen,
Holland, a dependency of Beyle, in the
province of Drenthe, July 29, 1632. He
was a son of Roelif and Aaltze Elten.
The time of his coming to America is not
known exactly, but he was in Flatbush
in 1663. His occupation at that time was
a carpenter. Soon after this time he
was of New Paltz, and was one of those
who signed the treaty made by the Huguenots
and Indians in 1677. In June,
1686, in company with two others, Jan
Elten bought the tract of land on which
is now located the home of the Hon. Levi
P. Morton. Jan Elten married, about
1677, Jacomyntze Slecht, daughter of
Cornelius and Tryntje (Tyssenbos)
Slecht.
(II) Roelif Eltinge, eldest son of Jan
and Jacomyntze (Slecht) Elten, was baptized
January 27, 1678. He left Kingston
for New Paltz, about 1720, and tradition
states that he wore a belt of gold when
he came to the latter town. He was a
justice of Ulster county, New York, and
although the exact date of his death is
unknown, his will was dated 1745 and
proved in 1747. Roelif Eltinge married,
in Kingston, New York, June 13, 1703,
Sarah DuBois, born in New Paltz, baptized
in Kingston, June 20, 1682, daughter
of Abraham DuBois. The latter was born
in Mennheim, Germany, and was one
of the twelve patentees of New Paltz ; he
married Mary Deyo.
(III) Josias, or Josiah, Eltinge, as it is
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sometimes found, son of Roelif and Sarah
(DuBois) Eltinge, was baptized October
12, 1712, and was a very prominent man
in his day. In a tax list of 1765, his name
appears as the wealthiest man of the town.
Josias Eltinge married, July 15, 1734,
Helena DuBois, daughter of Solomon and
Tryntze (Gerritse) DuBois, baptized
April 17, 1705.
(IV) Abram Eltinge, son of Josias and
Helena (DuBois) Eltinge, married Dinah
DuBois, daughter of Hendricus DuBois,
of Nescatack.
(V) Josiah Eltinge, son of Abram and
Dinah (DuBois) Eltinge, born about
1761, died May 15, 1813. He married
Hester Broadhead, and she died in 1848
at the age of eighty-six years.
(VI) Charles Eltinge, son of Josiah and
Hester (Broadhead) Eltinge, made his
home on part of the original homestead.
He married and was the father of Nathan-
iel, of whom further.
(VII) Nathaniel Eltinge, son of
Charles Eltinge, in his youth was a school
teacher in Libertyville and New Paltz,
New York. For several years subsequently
he was a general merchant, and
then formed a partnership with Abraham
Hasbrouck to run a barge from Roundout
and Poughkeepsie to New York City. In
this venture they were very successful.
Nathaniel Eltinge married Ann Maria
Wurtz.
(VIII) Watson Eltinge, son of Na-
thaniel and Ann Maria (Wurtz) Eltinge,
was born in Libertyville, New York. He
was a farmer, active in the pursuit of his
calling until 1915, in which year he re-
tired. He married Agnes Crawford,
daughter of Robert Crawford, of Burlingham,
Sullivan county, New York, and
they were the parents of nine children
Charles Robert, Emma J., Anna W., C.
Martin, Watson, Agnes, Marguerite, de-
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