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Sneden
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Rudd Sneden
Elizabeth
"Lizzie" Sneden,
1870-?
Elizabeth
Sneden, 1798-?
Harvey
Towt Sneden
Jacob
Sneden (Sr)
1796-1862
Jacob Sneden Jr, 1833-1891
John
Sneden (Sr), 1738-1822
John Sneden Jr, 1770-1829
John
Aitkin Sneden
John
Wesley Sneden
Lawrence
J Sneden
Leonard
Beasley Sneden
Mollie
Dobbs-Sneden
Moses Taylor Sneden
Nicholas Haring Sneden
Percy Sneden
Phebe Ann Sneden
Robert Sneden (Sr),
1713-1756
Robert Newton
Sneden
1840-1899
Robert Newton
Sneden, Jr
1881-1975
Robert Newton
Sneden III
1907-1975
Samuel Sneden (Sr)
1750-<1800
Samuel Sneden (Jr)
1775-1873
Samuel S. Sneden
1800-?
Samuel Watson Sneden
William Sneden
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SNEDENS LANDING
Opposite Dobbs Ferry, Hudson River, NY, 1858.
Robert
Knox Sneden
New York Historical Society.
"On 23
December 1657 Captain
Jan Sudeich (Snedich/Snethen) (c.1640,
Holland -1662, New Haarlem, NY) with his wife Grietje Jans (?-1662), their two children [Margreta
'Grietje' (c.1655-?) and
Carsten Jansen (c.1657-?)] and his brother,
Nicholas 'Claes' Sudeich (Snedich/Snethen)
(c.1640- Dec 1677, Flushing, NY), set sail
from the family home in Amsterdam, on De St. Jan Baptiste, under Captain Symon
Claesen bound for the Dutch settlement of New Amstel (later called New
Castle) on the Delaware River.
"In 1660,
Jan Sudeich (Snedich/Snethen), with his family,
removed to Haarlem, where he occupied the house and bouwerie of Morris
Pieterson until he secured an allotment of his own. It was thought
that Jan and his family probably arrived in New Amsterdam in late
January 1658.) According to the Genung Genealogy, Jan was one of the
first permanent settlers at New Haarlem (now Harlem) in New York City.
At the division of land, he received Lot 18, a strip of land a few
rods wide running from about the foot of present East 109th Street
northwesterly at about the southwest corner of Jefferson Park and
across First, Second and Third Avenues to a place between Third and
Lexington Avenues with an end facing northwest. The northern corner
was probably at 117th Street, about a third of the block east of
Lexington Avenue. The house probably stood at 115th or 116th Street.
Jan Sneden died early in 1662. On 14 March 1662 Grietje was listed as
'widow of Jan Sneden' in a list of lands at New Harlem. By
25 March 1662, Grietje Jans had died and their property was sold at
public auction by the magistrates. The house, land and growing grain
were bought by Jacques Cossean (Jacques Couseau) for 135 guilders,
while the household goods, sold to various persons, brought a total of
189 guilders. After settlement of the estate, 42 guilders remained to
be divided between Jan's two children, Carsten Jansen and Margreta
'Grietje'. Philip Casier and Lubbert Gerritsen were appointed
the childrens' guardians on 28 April 1662."*
"Grietje
(c.1655-1721)
married on 13 Aug 1662 in Flushing, NY, Jeremiah 'Jean' Gannung/Genung."
They had a son Jeremiah (1671-1748).*
Carsten
(c.1657-?)
is thought to have married and had a son John.
*
Courtesy of Pat Wardell
Nicholas
'Claes' Sudeich (Snedich/ Snethen) (c.1640, Amsterdam - Dec 1677,
Flushing, NY), brother of Captain Jan Sudeich, married Maria 'Mary'
-?- (c.1640, Holland - c.1683, Flushing, NY) and settled in New Amsterdam,
then Flushing. In 1675, a Nicholas Snathan was taxed at Flushing for
"2
landes, 10 madoes, 1 horses mares, 2 oxen and boles, 3 cows,
2-yereoldes, 2 yerlings. Bought 9 Oct 1675."
Nicholas Sudeich & Mary had 8 children:
i.
Joseph (?-post.1734, Salem, NJ) m. Rachel -?- (d. Salem, NJ),
ii. Sarah (30 May 1663, New Amsterdam-?),
iii. Maria/Mary,
iv. Grietie,
v.
Samuel,
vi. Nicholas, Jr (?- Mar 1715, NY) m. Dorothy
Roots,
vii. Robert
(c.1676-1734), and
viii.
Abigail (? in Flushing, NY-post.1734, Jericho, LI, NY) m.
Garrett Albertson of Glen Cove, NY.*
*
Courtesy of Norma (Snethen) Mueller
Robert
Snedden (c.1676,
Flushing, NY -
Feb 1734, Eastchester, NY),
son of Nicholas Snethen & Maria, married Sarah
-?- and settled
in 1697 at Musketa Cove (Glen Cove), NY, before moving to Eastchester,
NY, in 1713 where by a deed was filed on 1 December 1713:
"Richard Osburn of Eastchester, yeoman, and his wife, to Robert Snealling of Queens County on ye Island of Nassau, yeoman, [several
tracts] in the Patent of Eastchester.
He purchased
additional land at Eastchester from Isaac Odell, January 16, 1726, for
£150. Robert
Sneden was a prominent member of the Eastchester community.*
*
Courtesy of Pat Wardell
Robert & Sarah and had children:
i. Nicholas
(?-?);
ii. Elizabeth (c.1710-?) m. Loyalist John Fowler
(c.1705, Flushing, NY -1768, East Chester, NY), son of Henry Fowler (c.1685,
Flushing, NY - 1733, East Chester, NY) & Sarah -?-, and grandson
of William Fowler & Mary Thorne both of Flushing.
Children: David Fowler,
John Fowler, Andrew Fowler, Joshua Fowler, Thomas Fowler, Abigail
Fowler-Seacord, Jemima Fowler-Williams, Elizabeth Fowler-Crawford,
Miriam Fowler-Baker];
iii. Robert, Jr. (c.1710-1755);
iv.
Samuel (c.1715-1783) and
v.
Abigail (?-?) m. Joseph Winslow.*
1iii.
Robert Sneden, Jr. (2nd) (c.1710,
NY - 1756, Snedens Landing, NY), son of Robert Snedden & Sarah, a captenter,
received on 18 Jan 1734, the deed for his father's Eastchester land (Book
G, p 171,
"Robert
Snedden Senr., yoeman, to son Robert Snedden Junr., caprenter, for
consideration of £100").
Robert moved, circa 1740, to Rockland, NY, on the west side of the Hudson
River where he settled to farm riverside land, apparently rented from
Captain Corbett who held most of the Lockhart Patent. While a farmer,
Robert operated the ferry with William Dobbs who resided at Willow Point
or Wysquaqua on the east side of the river.
The ferry had been started c.1698 by John Dobbs, Sr. and taken over c.1730
by his son, William.
Robert
Sneden, Jr. married c.1740 Maria
"Mollie" Dobbs (1709, Dobbs Ferry, NY- 31 Jan 1810,
Palisades Cemetery) the daughter of John Dobbs, Sr. & 2nd wife Abigail and
half-sister of William
Dobbs (1706-?; son of John Dobbs & 1st wife Elizabeth Hyatt). Mary or "Molly" (Dobbs) Sneden supplemented her husband's callings
of carpenter and farmer as ferry mistress at the Snedens side of Dobbs
Ferry.
Robert Sneden & Mollie Dobbs had nine children:
i. Abraham (1733 - c.1815);
ii. Charity (1734, Eastchester, NY -c.1766, Snedens
Landing, NY);
iii. Dennis (13 Nov 1735 - 1824, poss. Haverstraw, NY), boatman,
never married lived with his mother in NYC ;
iv. John "The Patriot"
(1738-1822);
v. Mary (28 May 1739 - ?) married at NYC on 7 Jun 1765 Samuel Lawrence
(1722-?), son of Jonathan Lawrence & Mary Betts, and moved to
Westchester Co, NY;
vi. Robert Jr/3rd (c.1743-?), a river pilot for the British, m.
28 May 1782 Miriam Fowler of
Eastchester, NY, daughter of Eastchester, NY, Loyalist Thomas Fowler & Phebe Pinckney;
vii. James/Jesper "Jesse" (?-?), mariner, m. Sarah
Berrian;
viii. William (c.1745, Snedens Landing, NY - 18 Nov 1829, New Hanover County, NC) m.
c. 1775 Hester LaForge (1749-?), emigrated to Nova Scotia in 1783, then to
Hanover Co., North
Carolina;
ix. Samuel (1750 -
<1800). [1]
[1]
Alice M. Haagensen: "Palisades & Snedens Landing", p.
175-177,
Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY 1986.
Robert and Mollie undoubtedly lived at the landing by 1745 and ran a
ferry - a map
survey that year by
Phillip Verplanck shows "Sneedings house the fferry",
the former Corbett house.
[On October 9, 1769, the
Commissioners appointed to settle the state boundary line placed it 79
chains and 27 links south of "Sneydon's house, formerly Corbet's."] On 28 July 1752, Robert Sneden Sr.
for £250 purchased 120
acres of the Lockhart Patent from Mary Corbett Ludlow and Henry, her
husband. This tract covered the former Corbett homestead, the ferry
site, and adjoining land along the river. [Deed
and Conveyence]
After
the death of Robert in 1756, "Mary
Sneden, Wido"
received a license to operate a tavern at the ferry landing.* However,
Abraham Dobbs, son of William, operated the ferry until 1759 when Mollie
took over the ferry and the place became known as "Sneden's Landing".
On 2 Jan 1763, Molly received a license "...to
keep a Public House for entertaining of travelers and to sell by way of
retail all sorts of strong Liquors in the house wherein the said Mary
Sneden now dwells and out doors from the date hereof until the first of
January next."*
*
Howard Durie: Revolutionary War Days, Snedens Landing.
In Relics, Pascack Historical Soc, Park Ridge, NJ, Vol. 19, No
180, Nov 1975.
Shortly after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the
family came under suspicion for refusing to sign the General Association
Articles that had been put forth to declare allegiance to the cause of
liberty. Named in a resolution approved by the Committee for Safety at a
meeting held in Clark's Town on July 29, 1776, were Dennis Sneden, James
(Jesse) Sneden, William Sneden, and Samuel Sneden. All suffered the
consequences of being named Tories.
A Revolutionary
order of the Orange County Committee reads:
"Whereas Dennis Snyden,
James Snyden. William Snyden and Samuel Snyden, all living at or near a
place commonly called Snyden's or Dobbs Ferry on the west side of the
Hudson's River in the County of Orange and State of New York, have
refused to sign any or either of the Associations that have been put
forth or recommended by our honorable convention; and as the above said
persons are greatly suspected of carrying on a treasonable
correspondence with our natural enemies or ships of war belonging to the King of Great Britain, lying in
aforesaid river, by
the great opportunity afforded them in the privilege they have by keeping
the ferry: knowing the aforesaid persons to be inveterate enemies to the
common Sates of America, Therefore Resolved, that the above Dennis Snyden,
Jesse [sic] Snyden, William Snyden and Samuel Snyden are hereby forewarned not to
keep ferry, or employ any other person to ferry in their room, or employ
a craft on the aforesaid river, upon any pretense whatsoever, and all
other persons are hereby forewarned against having any correspondence
with the above said Snydens, or any other person or persons whatever
that art in any degree enemies to the liberties of America. that are in
any degree enemies to the Liberties of America. And whereas John Snyder
[Sneden] is advertised in the public Gazette as pilot of the ships of war on the
above said river, greatly to the damage of the said John Snyder, it is
hereby requested that the said Printer shall insert Robert Snyden instead
of John Snyder, who has always appeared to be a warm friend to the common
cause of America." Per order of the Orange County Committee,
Clarks Town, July 29, 1776
At the same time, however, Mary "Mollie" Sneden
transported segments of the Continental Army across the River as well as
Martha Washington in 1775 and Col Aaron Burr in 1779. After the
Revolutionary War, Mollie moved
to New York City where she lived with her son Dennis, leaving operation of the ferry to John "The Patriot" Sneden. Dennis and Mollie returned to the Landing about 1788 and settled
into what became known as the "Mollie Sneden House" (14
Washington Spring Road), a square frame on the north side of the road
immediately adjacent to the landing. Some of the family continued
to live in the vicinity of the landing, others moved to the area
known as Rockland in Harington Township, NJ. Family members who
resided near the landing were referred to as the "Snedens of the
landing", while those who lived to the west of the Palisades were
called the "Snedens of the field." Mollie died in 1810 and is buried
in the Palisades (NY) Cemetery.
Mollie Sneden House
Headstone and Snedens Landing
2i.
Abraham Sneden (1733, Eastchester, NY- c.1815), boatman, m. 1st on 4 Nov 1759
at Presbyterian Church,
NYC, Rachael Swarthout.
Children of Abraham and Rachel Swarthout include:
i. Abigail (1762-?),
Abraham m. 2nd on 16 May 1763 in Stamford, CT,
Susannah
Knapp (1749-?), dau. of Benjamin Knapp (1704, Greenwich, CT - 1772,
Orange Co, NY) and Mary Sussanah Miller.
Children of Abraham &
Susannah Knapp include:
i. Robert (1764-?),
ii. Abraham, Jr (3 Mar 1767-?) m. Catherine Knapp (1765-2799).
iii. Daniel (5 Jul
1769-1857, Conklin, NY),
iv.Elizabeth (2 Mar 1768-7 Aug 1858, Hancock, NY).
2iv.
John Sneden (Sr)
(1738 - 1 Apr 1822), son of Robert
Sneden, Jr. & Molly Dobbs, called "John the Patriot".
He married 1st in on 25 Oct 1762 at New York Ellison Lawrence, daughter of patriot
Jonathan Lawrence & Mary Betts.
With Ellison Lawrence, John had three sons:
i. Richard (died young),
ii. Lawrence (? - 16 Nov 1842) m. Leah Martin and lived in the
Joshua Martin House in Snedens Landing, and
iii. John Sneden, Jr.
(1770-1829).[1]
[1]
Alice M. Haagensen: "Palisades & Snedens Landing", p.
175-177,
Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY 1986.
John Sr. married 2nd c.1780 Margaret Ryken/Riker (1754-18 Nov 1828), daughter of Abraham
Ryken
(1721-1820) & Elisabeth Conklin (1727-?). [see Riker
Family]
With Margaret Riker, John had the following eight children:
iv. George Washington Sneden (15 Apr 1781, Tappan RDC - 1865) m 21 Dec
1805 Rachel Bogert of Harrington, NJ,
v. Elizabet (10 May 1783, Tappan RDC -9 Sep 1870) m. 10 Jan 1803 Leonard
Benj. Rice, Capt. of vessel Vaartugg,
vi. Richard (23 Nov 1785, Tappan RDC -?), mariner, m. Elizabeth Wood and
lived in NYC [Child:
Samuel Warren m. Sarah Garrison of Brooklyn],
vii. Mary "Polly" (18 Jul 1787, Tappan RDC -1867) m. 3
Dec 1802 Stephen Hagens of Tappan,
viii. Robert (16 Nov 1788, Tappan RDC -1874) m. Jane Crum
(1788-1868),
ix. Rachel (18 Dec 1790, Tappan RDC -?) m. 9 Nov 1811 Benjamin Gravestyne;
x. Abraham (7 Dec 1792, Tappan RDC-1829),
xi. William (5 Sep 1795, Tappan RDC -?).[1]
[1]
Baptismal Records, RDC, Tappan, NY.
The Sneden brothers were Tories with the exceptions of
possibly Abraham and certainly John Sr., who was a river pilot of American warships on the Hudson and "a
warm friend to the common cause of America." About 1770 John
Sneden built a clapboard house just up the road from Snedens Landing (35 Washington Spring
Road, Watson House) on land subdivided upon the death of his father, Robert. The house is sited
on the Erskine Revolutionary War Map, Number 10, of c. 1780. On 20
December 1788, John acquired additional Sneden lands at "Rockland" from his Tory brothers,
William and Samuel, then of Shelburne, Nova Scotia. John Sneden's farm approximated 120 acres along lower
Washington Spring Road and Lawrence Road.
In 1818, John, Sr, sold for $1,200 a half acre with an 1800 stone house to
the south of the ferry landing to son Robert and eighteen acres without
structures for $4,000 on the north of the ferry landing to John,
Jr. John "The Patriot" operated the ferry from 1783 until his death in
1822. Upon John Sr's death, his widow, Margaret,
continued to live in the house until she died in 1828.[1]
In 1859 John
Sneden, Jr, preferring to remain at Tappan Slote, sold the house to Mary
Watson from whom the house name (Watson House) derived.[2]
[1]
Alice M. Haagensen: "Historic Houses of Palisades New York", p.
62-66,
Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY 2002.
[2]
Alice M. Haagensen: "Palisades & Snedens Landing", p.
169-170,
Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY 1986.
3iii.
John "Boss"
Sneden, Jr.
(10 Aug 1770
- 18 Sep 1829), son of
John Sr
& Ellison Lawrence,
married (Tappan DRC) on 28 Feb 1796 Phebe Gesner (15
Mar 1779 - 14 Jul 1857) of Nyack, daughter of boat-builder John Henry
Gesner, Jr. & Annie (Antje) Onderdonk.
John Jr. & Phebe had nine children:
i.
Samuel John
(1797-1847);
ii. Elison (1798-1884) m. 7 Sep 1816 at Tappan RDC Peter Westervelt and lived
in the Mollie Sneden House until she died,
iii
Lawrence J.
(1800-1871),
iv. Anna (18 Jul 1802-12 Jun 1876) m. 8 Jun 1825 at Tappan RDC
John Waldron (1802 Tappan, NY - 1855 Palisades, NY) who ran a shipyard at
Snedens Landing,
v. John (1804-1826),
vi.
William (1807-1871),
vii. Mahala (1809-1866), "an idiot",
viii. twins Emaline (1815-?) m. Dr. J.E. Smith of Nyack; and
ix. Juliet (1815-?) m. John J. Lawrence of Sparkill.[1]
In 1820, on the site purchased two year previous from his father, John,
Jr., built a large stone house at 8 Washington Spring Road.
[It is
possible that John, Jr., just renovated "Cheer Hall", the legendary home
of Wm
Merritt and subsequently John Corbett or rebuilt on the site of "Cheer
Hall."] Boss Sneden operated a shipyard at Tappan Sloat (Bogertown) and for a time
before 1820 maintained residence there. He also ran the ferry from 1822 until his
death in 1829. When he died, he left all his property to his
wife, Phebe, who subsequently divided it among their children.[2]
[1]
Alice M. Haagensen: "Palisades & Snedens Landing", p.
208-209,
Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY 1986.
[2]
Alice M. Haagensen: "Palisades & Snedens Landing", p.
53, 57
Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY 1986.
4i. Samuel John
Sneden
(12 Jan 1797 in Piermont, NY - 28 Apr 1847 in Palisades, NY),
son of John,
Jr. "Boss" & Phebe Gesner, m.
19 Dec 1821 Maria Verbryck (17
Jun 1798 - 24 Jun 1867), dau of Samuel Gerrits/Gerritse Verbryck (1761 in
Tappan, NY-1849 in Tappan, NY), Lt, Hackensack Co., New Jersey Militia,
& Heyltje Remson (b.~1730, Old Brooklyn, NY).
Listed in the 1840 census,
living in Orangetown, NY.
Samuel John Sneden & Phebe Gesner
had children:
i. Phebe Ann (5 Oct
1822-?),
ii. Samuel Gerritsen (29 Oct 1824-dy),
iii. Susanna (5 Dec 1826-?),
iv. William (2 Jan 1828-?),
v. Samuel Gerretson (10 Feb 1831-?),
vii.
John Lawrence
(15 Sep 1833-?),
viii. Mary Helen (23 Apr 1837-?).
4iii.
Lawrence J. "Capt. Larry" Sneden
(3 Sep 1800, Tappan Landing - 30 Aug 1871, Rockland [Old Closter], Harrington
Township, NJ), son of John,
Jr. "Boss" & Phebe Gesner. Capt. Larry married in 1825 Nancy Tallman (16
Oct 1803, Old Closter - 1883, Old Closter [Rockleigh], NJ), dau. of Maj. Petrus "Peter"
Harmanus Taulman (10 Nov 1757, Old Closter [Rockleigh], NJ - 16 Dec 1835) & Mary Neale
(c.1764, Burlington, NJ - 29 Nov 1825, Rockland Co, NY) of Piermont.
Capt.
Larry &Nancy had four children:
i. Mary Neale (1826-1909),
ii. Joseph Warren (1828-1859) m. Sarah Mansell,
iii. Charles (1830-1833), and
iv. Clara Hugle (1837-1913).
Initially, Capt. Larry and Nancy lived in his father's stone house to the north of the
ferry. Larry ran the ferry between 1829-1869.[1]
At times, this house may have served as the ferry house, tavern and store.
In 1834, Larry and Nancy would move to the older stone house to the south
of the road and his brother, William, would occupy the northern stone
house. [2]
Shortly after his father's death, Larry moved to the older stone house at
the south side of Snedens Landing (15 Washington Spring Road,
Capt. Larry Sneden House) where he lived from 1834 -1870. Believed to have been built
sometime between the end of the Revolutionary War and 1800 by John Sneden
" the Patriot", this house initially passed to son Robert then, after a brief hiatus, to Capt. Larry
Sneden when it became known as the Captain Larry Sneden House.
*Maria
Ferdon Journal - Part 1, Bergen County Historical Society.
[1] Ella Coates: Story
of the Ferry, m/s, Palisades Free Library, Palisades, NY
[2]
Alice M. Haagensen: "Palisades & Snedens Landing", p.
169-170,
Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY 1986.
[3]
Alice M. Haagensen: "Historic Houses of Palisades New York", p.
62-66,
Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY 2002.
"Wagons of farm and garden produce
came from Closter, Tappan, Duncantown, Pascack, Kakiat, Kaskat and
Kinnikamack and the surrounding country. A warehouse some 25 feet square
stood by the river at the end of the public road. About the year 1850
Capt. Lawrence J. Sneden built a pier extending 500 feet into the river,
wide enough for three wagons to pass abreast, with a T at the end towards
the river to turn upon, to accommodate his perriaugers, and other craft.
The wagons often stood in a line from the top of the hill...to the end of
the pier waiting their turn to unload."*
* Ella Coates: Story
of the Ferry, m/s, Palisades Free Library, Palisades, NY
By the mid-1850's, Capt. Larry
was piloting the steam boat Washington Irving between Nyack and New
York City. Capt. At the time of his death in 1871, Capt.
Larry and Nancy Taulman were living with their daughter and son-in-law, Clara and Jenkins Sloat,
in the Haring-Corning House
in Old Closter (Rockland/Rockleigh).* He left in his will to Jenkens
Sloat and Clara Hugel Sneden-Sloat a substantial riverside portion of his lands in
Snedens Landing.
5i.
Mary Neal Sneden
(7 May 1826 - 24 Oct 1909), daughter of Capt.
Larry & Nancy Tallman/Taulman, married 1st in 1847 Isaac Tallman (1823, Clarkstown,
NY - 1853, died in train wreck).
Mary Neal & Isaac Tallman had daughter:
i. Maria "Mary"
Tallman-Coates (1853-1905)* who assumed her step-father's surname (see
below) .
ISAAC
TALLMAN
Engineer, Killed on the N.Y. &
Erie R.R., whilst running the night express with Engine no. 37, caused by
a rock laying on the track April 4, 1853, Aged 30 years, 3 months & 26
days
Epitaph, Palisades (NY)
Cemetery
Mary Neal married 2nd in 1859 Capt. William Coates (1832- ?) who ran the ferry
after Capt. Larry Sneden from 1871-1874 and again from 1886-1903.*
They had a daughter:
ii. Ella Sneden Coates (1861-1949)
who wrote "The Story of the Ferry", a local history of
Snedens Landing.* Capt. and Mary Coates lived in the Captain Coates
House at 47 Washington Spring Road in Snedens Landing until 1921.
* Ella Coates: Story
of the Ferry, m/s,
Palisades Free Library, Palisades, NY
5iv.
Clara Hugle Sneden (10
Aug 1837, Snedens Landing - 13 Mar 1913 Norwood, NJ, buried in Palisades
Cemetery) married on 25 Sep 1860
at the Palisades M. E. Church [1] Jenkins Sloat of
Jersey City (10 Jan 1828, Port
Richmond, SI - 1905 Norwood, buried in Palisades Cemetery).
Their children included:
i. Charles Edwin Sloat (1865-1932),
ii. Daisy Florence Sloat (1869-1910) and
iii. Joseph Elting Sloat (1878-post 1930). [see Sloat
Family][2]
[1]* Records
of the Palisades M. E. Church. ms in Collection
of the Palisades Free Library, Palisades, NY
[2]
Alice M. Haagensen: "Palisades & Snedens Landing", p.
175-177,
Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY 1986.
Mrs Jenkins Sloat (nee Clara Hugle Sneden)
Photograph
taken c.1890 most likely by Harvey Conklin
and provided courtesy of
Jeffrey Sloat
4vi.
William Sneden (6
Jul 1807- 15 Jun 1871*), painter and surveyor, son of John,
Jr. ("Boss") & Phebe Gesner, m. 27 Dec 1834 Margaret "Peggy"
A. Conklin
(1 Sep 1806- 1 Jun 1866), daughter of David Conklin & Phebe
Conklin-Conklin and widow of John House. William and Peggy lived in
the stone house built by his father, John "Boss", to the north side of Sneden's
Landing, becoming known as the William Sneden House.** [see
Conklin
Family]
* Maria
Ferdon Journal - Part 1, Bergen County Historical Society.
** Alice M. Haagensen: "Palisades & Snedens Landing", p.
57,
Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY 1986.
Children included:
i. John Newton (1838-?), blacksmith and
ferryman, m. Martha (1842, Oswego, NY-?) by 1870 was living is Piermont,
in 1880 was living in the William Sneden House and running the ferry
between 1880-1886*.
By 1886 John Newton was living in
NYC;
ii. Sherman (1838-1869);
iii. Mary Frances (1844-1881)
m. Henry P. Post (1842-1878) carpenter, son of Abraham J. Post &
Euphemia Eliza Willsey, both of Palisades, NY
[Children: Sherman S.
Post (c.1865-1888), Harry N. Post (c.1866-?), Arthur W. Post (c.1868-?),
Charles H. Post (c.1871-?), Margretta Post (1873-1880), Lessie M. Post
(c.1875-1879), Laura F. Post (c.1876-1889), William C. Post (c.1878-?)]
; and
iv. Horton David (1841-1886),
named after Peggy's brother-in-law. Painter and ferryman, he remained
unmarried, resided in the William Sneden House house at the landing, and ran the ferry
from 1875 to 1886.*
* Ella Coates: Story
of the Ferry, m/s, Palisades Free Library, Palisades, NY
The 1850 census for Orangetown, Rockland Co, NY, lists William Sneden (42,
painter), Margaret (38), John N. (13), Sherman (11), Horton
(9) , Mary F. (7) and Peggy's father, David Conklin (78)*. After
the death of Peggy in 1866, William moved to the home of
his niece and nephew, Clara Sneden and Jenkins Sloat in Rockland, NJ,
confirmed in the 1870 census.***
*Maria
Ferdon Journal - Part 1, Bergen County Historical Society.
** 1850 Federal Census, Orangetown,
Rockland Co., NY, p 200.
*** 1870
Federal Census, Harrington Twp, Bergen Co.
2vii.
Samuel Sneden
(Sr) (c.1750-1795), shipwright,
ninth and last child of
Robert Sneden &
Mollie Dobbs,
married c.1772 Mary -?- . [Mary's surname is not known. Possibly,
she was Mary Fowler (c.1750, Eastchester, NY- bef. 1810 in
Snedens Landing, NY) daughter of loyalist Capt. Jonathan
Fowler (3 Sep 1713, East Chester, NY - 9 Feb 1784, East Chester, NY),
supervisor of East Chester in 1757, & Ann E. Seymour/Symor (c.1721-1803
in Eastchester, NY. Samuel Sneden removed to Nova Scotia in 1783 with the
Fowler family.] *
*
Will of John Fowler, Esq., Samuel Sneden [of East Chester], executor.
New York City Wills 1766-1771, p.451. Proved 12 Dec 1769
With Mary,
Samuel had at least two sons (possibly three) and a daughter:
i.
Benjamin (c.1773 - 23 Sep 1842);
ii.
2nd Samuel (1777*-1863);
iii.
Maria/Mary "Polly"
(1784, N.S.-?);
iv. possibly another son born in Nova Scotia.
Samuel supported the Tory cause in
1776. He spent considerable time in East Chester, sharing political ideals
with loyalists Capt., Jonathan Fowler and g-uncle Samuel Sneden (brother of Robert Sneeden [sic]
of Eastchester). By this time, he likely had married Mary [likely Fowler, daughter of Jonathan].
Benjamin and Samuel, Jr,
were likely born during this period. As a Tory, Samuel with
his wife and children, and his brother, William, removed to Shelburne, Nova Scotia, in 1783
along with
Jonathan Fowler of Eastchester and his family. In Nova Scotia, Mary and possibly
another son were born. On
20 Dec 1788, Samuel sold his inherited share of Sneden lands at the
Landing to his brother
John "the Patriot".
On 23 May 1784, Samuel Sneden wrote to his mother, Mollie, from Shelburne,
Nova Scotia, telling about " Little
Sam Sneden, shoemaker"
as well as the birth of a daughter, Mary, named after her mother and
grandmother.*
* Alice M. Haagensen: "Palisades & Snedens Landing", p.
61, ,
Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY 1986.
Samuel, Sr, and his widow,
Mary, returned to the Snedens Landing area of Rockland County, NY, and
Bergen County, NJ, between 1791-1794 with their
children - Benjamin, Samuel, and Mary. It had been assumed that Samuel may
have died in Nova Scotia before 1790. However, a receipt signed by his
son, Benjamin, confirms that Samuel did bring his family back to Snedens
Landing area, that he and his sons were actively engaged in shipbuilding,
and that Samuel Sneden, Sr. died in the fall of 1795.
"By 1795 Samuel and his two eldest sons, Benjamin and Samuel, had returned to
New York. In that year, Samuel and his sons Benjamin and Samuel were engaged
for about 6 months in building a sloop, the Success, in Westchester Co., NY
at the mouth of the Croton River, for Philip Van Cortlandt and Jacob Acker.
Also engaged in this work were Lawrence Sneden and John Sneden, Junr.,
probably the sons of John Sneden."* On 14 Nov 1795 Benjamin Sneden signed the
following
receipt:
"Received Novr. 14th. 1795. of Philip Van Cortlandt Twenty Five
Pounds Inful for 21-1/2 Days work of my Father and 26 Days of my Brother and
my Self before the Decease of my Father." [signed, Benj. Sneden]
**
* Courtesy of Pat Wardell.
** Judd, Jacob. editor, Correspondence of the Van Cortlandt Family of
Cortlandt
Manor 1815-1848, Tarrytown, NY, Sleepy Hollow Press, (Van Cortlandt Family
Papers, Vol. IV), 1981, p. 408-410
The 1800 census of Orangetown lists one Mary Sneden between the
ages of 26-45, with two males ages 14-24, and one female age
14-24. [There is no other known Mary Sneden of the Landing Snedens at
this time.] However, 2nd Samuel had married in 1795 and was living nearby
in the Jacob Conklin household in what is now Rockleigh, NJ, which implies still another unmarried son.
Mary is listed adjacent to the households of Dennis Sneden and John Sneden,
her brothers-in-law,
in Snedens Landing. *
*
Alice M. Haagensen: "Palisades & Snedens Landing", p.175-177,
Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY 1986.
US census, 1800. New York, Rockland, Orangetown.
p. 1031 (image 207)
The 1810 census of Orangetown lists in the same location a Mary
Myers with one male under 10, one female under 10, one female 16-25, and
another female age
26-44.*
* US Census: New York, Rockland,
Orangetown. p. 637 (Image 174)
It appears that Mary, spouse of
Samuel Sr., has died by 1810 before reaching the age of 61. Her
daughter, Mary/Polly, would have been 26 in 1810. She had married John
Myers in 1802 at the RDC Tappan, NY. The young female likely their
daughter.
3ii.
Benjamin Sneden
(c.1773
- 23 Sep 1842*), son of
1st Samuel Sneden & Mary, was a ship
carpenter and builder in NYC. Married c.1805, wife unknown (?, poss. born PA
- bef 1830).
Benjamin had children:
i.. Sally
Ann (c.1806 - >1843),
ii. Benjamin, Jr.
(1808-?), and
iii. Samuel (c.1810-?),
sail maker and ship carpenter.
[1, 2]
[1]
Alice M. Haagensen: Palisades & Snedens Landing. p 175-176.
Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY, 1986.
[2]
Nicholas Gesner Diaries, 1838-1843.
mm, Palisades Free Library, Palisades, NY
The 1830 census
lists Benjamin Sneden/Snidon: one male 5-20 [Samuel, 20], one male
40-50 [Benjamin,
~40], two
females 15-20 [unknown], two females 20-30 [likely Sally Ann, 24, and
unknown].* Benjamin Jr. had established his own household and is listed
separately.
* 1830 census, New
York, New York, Ward 7
Circa 1830, Benjamin with sons Samuel and Benjamin Jr. started a shipyard in Williamsburg
by Caylaer's Street, but initially lived at 735 Water Street, NYC, then at Corlear's
Hook, NYC, then later in Greenpoint.
"23
Sept 1842 - Benj. Sneden (ship carpenter, N.Y. City), died this
morning... His daughter, Sally Ann in N.Y... His brother Sam
and relatives here — not one went to his funeral."
*
* Nicholas Gesner Diaries: Entry for
Sept. 23, 1842.
m/s Palisades Free Library, Palisades, NY
4ii.
Benjamin, Jr.
(1808->1880)
son of Benjamin, grocer and ship
wright, m. 29 May 1828 Sarah C. White.*
Benjamin & Sarah White had
children:
i. Benjamin R.
(1829-?), carpenter, m Mary --?-- (c.1829-?)
[Children: William, 8 (c.1852-?),
Sarah, 5 (c.1855-?), David, 2 (c.1858-?), Jessie, (1859-6 mo.)*];
ii.
Mary (1835-?),
iii. David D. (1840-?);
iv. James (1842-?).
*1860
US Census, New York, Kings, Brooklyn, Ward 17 (Greenpoint), page 920,
Ancestry Image 120.
The 1830 census
for New York, NY, lists Benjamin Sneden/Snidon, Jr: one male <5 [Benjamin
R., 1], one male 20-30 [Benjamin Jr, 22], one female 20-30 [Sarah C, ~22].*
* 1830 census, New
York, New York, Ward 7
The 1860 census for Greenpoint, Kings Co, New York, lists Benj.
[R] Sneden, 30, Carpenter, as head of household, Mary, 30, William, 8, Sarah,
5, David, 2, James, 6 mo. Also listed is his brother in law, Eziekel
Vandebilt (c.1834-c.1865), 26, carriage maker, Mary, 24, Leonetta, 4,
Warren, 2, twins Martha & Mary.
*1860
US Census, New York, Kings, Brooklyn, Ward 17 (Greenpoint), page 920,
Ancestry Image 120.
The
1870 census for Richmond, SI, NY, lists Benjamin (64, ship wright),
Sarah C. (62, keeping house), James (27, farm head), Harriett (26, wife at
home), Edward (2), baby (1), living in Castleton,
Tompkinsville, Richmond Co, NY.*
The 1880 census
for Richmond, SI, NY, lists Benjamin (74, retired ship carpenter), Benjamin
[R] (51, ship carpenter), and James (38, farmer), all living with David
(40, ship carpenter) & Eliza (wife, 41, keeping house) in the Hamlet
of New Springville, Northfield, Richmond Co, NY.*
* 1870 US Census, New
York, Richmond, page 174.
** 1880 US
Census, New York, Richmond, Dist. 305, page 46.
4iii.
Samuel (B) Sneden
(c.1810 - pre 1890), son of Benjamin Sneden, had a sail
loft at 23 Essex Street, Manhattan,* and later at 186 Front Street. He
took over the Williamsburg shipyard upon the death of his father in 1842.
Samuel married Susan J. Williams (1822-?), dau. of Greenpoint
shipbuilder Jabez Williams (1790-?) & Ann --?-- (1800-?).*
Children of Samuel B. & Susan Williams include:
i.
Charles L. (1843-?),
ii. Anna C. (1849-?).
In January, 1843, Nicholas Gesner wrote of staying with Samuel
Sneden in New York on the business of his father's will.**
* Manhattan
Directory, 1829-1830, page 525
**Nicholas Gesner Diaries: Entry for
Jan, 1843.
m/s Palisades Free Library, Palisades, NY
in Alice M. Haagensen: Palisades & Snedens Landing. p. 176.
Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY, 1986.
With Jonathan Lawrence
4th, of Snedens landing, who had joined the Sneden yard in 1838, they
formed the Lawrence & Sneden Shipyard. The shipyard drew
many workers from the Rockland area, including Snedens and Gesners.[2]
Initially, the yard turned out small to moderate wooden boats, Soon, the Lawrence
& Sneden Shipyard was building paddle wheelers: the first
Highlander
in 1835, Arrow in 1837, Thomas Powell in 1846.[3]
The side-wheel steamer Tah Wah was
built by Sneden and Lawrence then sent to China "knocked-down" in ships
to be re-built in Hong Kong.
In 1842, Jonathan Lawrence left the partnership, returning to Rockland.[2]
It is noteworthy that
as the age of sail was about to decline, Samuel Sneden was shifting
from sail-making to steam powered ships.
In 1847. Samuel Sneden became a member of General Society of
Mechanics and Tradesmen of New York City.
In 1850, Samuel Sneden moved the shipyard to Williamsburg, NY, on the
banks of Newtown Creek where he built City of Hartford, 1852,
Granite State in 1853, and the famous Chauncey Vibbard which ran on the
Albany route from 1864 to 1902.[3]
By 1855 Sneden had built the Grand Republic, the largest wooden
steamboat ever launched,[4]
and, in 1857-1859, the screw steamers Dawn and Daylight
for the US Navy, both serving with the USN South Atlantic Blockade
Squadron.[5]
Forging a partnership
with Thomas Fitch Rowland in the late 1850s, the yard was turning out
large iron steamships as well as the steel tubes that would make up the
Croton Aqueduct.
Notice in the New York Times, 24 Sep 1859, p.
7 -- Notice is Hereby Given that Samuel Sneden and Thomas F. Rowland
have entered into a limited co-partnership, under the name and firm of
Samuel Sneden & Co., for the purpose of building iron and wooden vessels
of every description, and the purchase and sale of timber, iron, and other
materials legitimately belonging to and forming a part of said
business-- the co-partnership commencing Sep. 21, 1859, and expiring May 1,
1864. Samuel Sneden. Thomas F. Rowland. Greenpoint, N.Y., Sept. 22, 1859.
In
1859, the Sneden Shipyard became the Continental
Iron Works
and Sneden
launched the RR Cuyler which served initially on the New York-Havana run,
but at the opening of the Civil War, was taken over by the US Navy to
blockade gulf ports. By 1861, Cointgental had contracted to build the revolutionary
naval ironclad, Monitor, launched at Bushwick Creek.[6]
Several other
ironclads followed.
However, by 1860 Rowland, whose interests had turned toward structural
ironworks rather than shipbuilding, ended the partnership with Samuel Sneden.
[1]
Alice M. Haagensen: Palisades & Snedens Landing. p 175-176.
Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY, 1986.
[2]
Nicholas Gesner Diaries, 1838-1843.
mm, Palisades Free Library, Palisades, NY
[3]
Fred Irving Dayton: Steamboat Days. Chapter 19.
m/s, Hudson River Maritime Museum. 1999.
http://www.ulster.net/~hrmm/steamboats/dayton/steam19.html#n
[4]
Gary E. Eddey: Carnes and Alfred Eddey: Shipwrights in Greenpoint, .
1999. The Point. greenpt.com. http://www.greenpt.com/carnesandgpship.htm
[5]
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
US Government publication
http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/steamers/dawn1.htm
http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/steamers/daylight.htm
[6]
A Monitor Biography: Thomas Fitch Rowland. The Mariners Museum.
http://www.monitorcenter.org/history/individuals.html
The
1860 census, lists Samuel (44, Shipbuilder) and his family residing
in Greenpoint with wife Susan (38), and Charles (17) and Anna (11).
"Just beyond the woods on the site of Mr. Samuel Sneeden’s late residence
(Colyer near and east of Washington Street)...." —Stiles,
"History of
Brooklyn", Vol. II, p 408.
By 1869, Samuel Sneden, occupation "ships" at the foot of East 12th
Street, was living at 231 East 19th Street, NYC.**
The 1870 census lists Samuel Sneeden (55, shipbuilder), in Chester,
PA, with Susan J. (47), Charles L. (27, shipbuilder), Anna C. (21). [Poss.
employed by the John Roach & Sons Shipyard.]
The 1880 census lists, Samuel Sneeden (67, ship builder) on Pacific
Street in Brooklyn with wife Susan J. (56), and Charles (37, Freight
Agent) as well as William Brauenlich (43, Jeweler, b.~1837, Germany), Anna
(33, wife), Arthur (12), Robert (10), Ella (7), Fredrick (5).
By 1887, Charles L.,
freight agent, is listed in the Orange, NJ, Directory as living
in South Orange, NJ. Samuel Sneden, steamboat builder, is listed as living
with him in in South Orange, NJ.*****
* 1860 Census, New York, Kings Co, Greenpoint, page 926, Image 126.
** New York City Directory, 1869, page
*** 1870 census, PA, Delaware Co, Chester North Ward, Dist 197, Image 93
**** 1880 census, New York, Kings, Brooklyn, Dist 221, image 21.
*****1897-1890 South Orange, NJ, Directory.
3ii.
2nd Samuel Sneden
(17 Apr 1777*, NY - 10 Oct 1863, Palisades, NY, Cemetery), son of Samuel,
Sr. & Mary, married on 8 Sep 1796 Elizabeth Conklin (13 Jan 1778*, bap. RDC Schraalenburgh, NJ - 7 Oct 1848**,
from consumption), daughter of
Jacob Conklin, Jr. &
Elizabeth Gesner). The 2nd Samuel Sneden
and Elizabeth started
the family branch "Snedens of the field".
Children of Samuel Sneden &
Elizabeth Conklin included:
i. Jacob (1796-1862),
ii. Elizabeth (1798-?),
iii. Samuel S. (1800-1877),
iv. Phebe Ann (1804-1863).***
*
From Family Bible
of R. Newton and Catherine Sneden
Courtesy of John
Knox Fredrick
** Bergen County Vital Records, Trenton, NJ
*** Genealogy of Nicholas Gesner, Copy of
Samuel S. Sneden.
(ms, undated, in possession of Stephen Austin)
About the time they married in 1796, Samuel and Elizabeth moved into the former
homestead of father-in-law (the Jacob Conklin House or Conklin-Sneden House) on the west side
of Snedens Landing Road (Rockleigh Road).
As a carpenter, Samuel added a
new sandstone house to the original small frame structure. Likely he had
the help of Jack Earnest, his father-in-law's black slave. The new dwelling was built in the Dutch Colonial style
of architecture and sheltered his descendents for several generations. The house became known as the
Samuel Sneden House (Conklin-Sneden House).
By the time that his son Jacob was born on November 27, 1796, Samuel Sneden had
become a farmer.
He was listed in the Harington Township, Bergen County, NJ tax list in
1802; in the 1804 list he was assessed for 40 acres, 2 horses and 2
cattle.
On 13 March 1826 Samuel Sneden added to his real estate by purchasing 10+ acres in
Harington Township from George Clinton Post and his wife, Susan Post,
(recorded Hackensack, W2: 190). This land had previously been sold by
Thomas Ludlow and Mary, his wife, to Abraham Post, who devised it in his
will to his son, George Clinton Post.
When
Jacob Conklin, Jr. died in 1827, he devised* to his daughter Elizabeth Conklin-Sneden "...my old homestead farm..."
[Conklin-Sneden
House and 50 acres of land] on the west side of Sneden
Landing Road and appointed grandson Jacob "Sneding" and friend John D. Haring
executors. The will was witnessed by Peter Riker, Jacob Riker, and Jacob D. Haring.
*Will
dated 2 March 1826 and proved 5 March 1827. Will Book C-180 (Hackensack,
NJ)
In 1828 or shortly after the death of 2nd John Riker, Samuel Sneden
appears to have purchased from Jacob Ryker approximately 50 acres of
Ryker homestead lands on the east side of Sneden Landing Road. These
were the lands originally of Gerardus Ryker and subsequently of 2nd
John Riker, then Jacob Riker.
The 1830 Federal Census, Harrington Township, lists Samuel "Sneathen"
just after the households of his sons, Jacob and Samuel. Samuel (age
53) One male was listed as between 50-60 years of age (Samuel,
53) , with 2 females, one of between 50-60 (Elizabeth, 52) and one
between 10-15 (poss. Julia Ann, 7)
The 1840 Harington Township census lists Samuel Sneden (65) in the
Conklin-Sneden
House as head
of household: one male 30-40 (Samuel S.), one male 60-70 (Samuel), one
female 30-40 (Maria Onderdonk), one female 60-70 (1st Elizabeth).
On 22 September 1848, Samuel and Elizabeth (who would die within a year) transferred the Conklin-Sneden
homestead to two of their children, youngest Samuel S. Sneden and
Elizabeth Sneden-Beasley. (Samuel Sneden, Jr. signed documents with an
X
mark,
but his wife, Elizabeth, wrote her signature on documents.) Samuel S. and
Elizabeth each received for $500 an individual deed which
divided the property on the west side of Snedens Landing Road. Samuel S.
received the southern 24-acre portion and sister Elizabeth the northern
23-acre portion. The boundary passed through the front door of the house
so that ownership of the house was shared between them.**
On the same day, Jacob purchased from his parents for $500 the 25 acres of
former Riker land on the east side of Sneden Landing Road - the
location where he apparently was living [likely the Geradus Ryker House].*
About the same time, Jacob's sister, Phebe Ann Sneden-Moore, purchased
from her parents, Samuel and Elizabeth, approximately 25 acres on the east
side of Snedens Landing Road just north of the current Borough Hall.***
*Deed
Book Q5, p 599, 629 Hackensack, NJ)
**Reginald
McMahon: "A History of the Jacob Conklin House, Rockleigh,
NJ" 1977
m/s Bergen County Historical Society, River Edge, NJ.
***Deed
Book S5, p. 24 (Hackensack, NJ)
In 1848, after the
death of his wife Elizabeth, Samuel Sneden moved into the household of his
youngest daughter, Phebe Ann Sneden-Moore, in the
Van
Wickel-Moore House.
The 1850 Federal Census lists Samuel Sneden, 75, as
head of household living
with the family of his son-in-law and youngest daughter, John and Phebe Ann
Sneden-Moore, in Harrington Township (Dwelling 1166, Family 1281),
likely the
Van Wickel-Moore
House.
In the 1860 Federal Census, Bergen County, Harrington Township,
Samuel Sneden (gentleman, 82) was listed as head of the Moore household (House 944;
Family 987) and living with him are grandson Jacob S. Moore {Carpenter,
30), Mary C. Moore (Jacob's wife, 23), and Samuel Moore (farm helper, 17).*
*1860 Federal Census,
Harrington Township, Bergen Co, NJ. p. 121
Sometime after the 1860 census, Samuel moved
to Orangetown, NY, likely to the house of daughter, Phebe Van Wickel in
Palisades, where he died in
1863. A notation before the will* entry at New City states that
Samuel S. Sneden, then eldest surviving male, made application for probate of his
father's will, and that there was no surviving widow. Jacob, the first
son, had died the year before. Since the property had been
dispersed in 1848, only personal inventory was mentioned. The 2nd Samuel Sneden and Elizabeth
are buried in the Palisades, NY, Cemetery.
4i.
Jacob Sneden
(27
Nov 1796, Rockland, NJ* - 23 May 1862, of liver disease, Rockland, NJ, Palisades Cem.,
Palisades, NY**), son of
2nd
Samuel Sneden & Elizabeth Conklin, married 26 Sep
1827 Cornelia
Ann Rudd (4 Oct 1805, New York City - 15 Mar 1901, Rockland,
Harrington Twp, Bergen Co, NJ, Palisades Cem, Palisades, NY), daughter of Samuel Rudd (3
Nov 1772 in
Norwich, CT - 13 Mar 1823 in Leyden, NY) & Cornelia Hartley Towt
(25 Dec 1779 in Morristown, NJ- 16 Sep 1806 in NY, NY). The marriage
took place at
the residence of Moses Taylor, Jr. Cornelia Hartley Towt and Mary Towt,
first wife of Moses Taylor, Jr, were sisters and Moses Taylor, Jr. was,
therefore, Cornelia Ann Rudd's uncle. Cornelia
Ann Rudd came from a family that valued education. Her father received a
degree from Yale University and founded Leyden College; she graduated (in 1823?) from the Manhattan Ladies Seminary, corner Greenwich and Vesey
Streets.
*
From
Family Bible
of R. Newton and Catherine Sneden
Courtesy of John Knox Fredrick
**Register of Deaths in Township of Harring, County of Bergen, State of
New Jersey
for the year ending June 1st, 1862. Years 1848-1879, Vol B, Roll #2, p.
466
Children of Jacob Sneden &
Cornelia Rudd included:***
i.
Elizabeth Rudd (1828 - 1886),
ii.
Cornelia Ann (1831-1854),
iii.
2nd Jacob (1833-?),
iv.
Moses Taylor (1835-?)
named after Cornelia's uncle and illustrious neighbor down the road,
v.
Robert Newton
(1840-1899),
vi.
Samuel
Watson
(1843-1892), store clerk;
vii.
Leonard Beasley
(1846-1944),
viii.
John Wesley
(1848-?).
*** Genealogy of Nicholas Gesner, Copy of
Samuel S. Sneden.
(ms, undated, in possession of Stephen Austin)
Following their marriage in 1827, Jacob and Cornelia resided in the
Conklin-Sneden
Homestead for five years* while he was schoolmaster
in the first school established in Palisades, New York, at the northeast
corner of the Willsey property on Closter Road, just north of the
Nicholas Gesner House.**
He held that position until 1832 whereupon he returned to
Brooklyn, living with Cornelia in his house on District Street "Old
Brooklyn" and is listed as a Schoolmaster in the Brooklyn Directory.
In 1835, he sold his Brooklyn property and returned to the Conklin-Sneden House which
he shared with the family of Samuel S. Sneden, his younger brother. He lived
there until his death in 1864
after which Cornelia appears to have moved across the road
to an existing house [likely the former Gerardus Ryker House] on property owned by
Jacob's parents, Samuel Sneden & Elizabeth Conklin-Sneden.
* "An Interview with Cornelia A. Rudd."
Englewood Press, 6 Mar 1893
** W.S. Gilman: Palisades Notes. p. 180.
m/s, Palisades Free Library, Palisades, NY
***Reginald
McMahon: "A History of the Jacob Conklin House, Rockleigh,
NJ" 1977
m/s Bergen County Historical Society, River Edge, NJ.
On 7 June 1830 Jacob purchased about an acre and a half of land to the north
of the present parsonage of the Presbyterian Church in Palisades.
He sold it to Frederick W. Carmman on 8 April 1835.*
*Winthrop S. Gilman: "Local
History", ms 22E, 13 Oct 1898. Palisades Free Library
In the 1830 Federal Census for Harrington Township, "Jacob Sneathen"
is listed, aged between 30 and 40. His family in that census
consists of one female under 5 years of age [Elizabeth Rudd], and one female between
20 and 30 [Cornelia Ann Rudd Sneden]. Listed just before Jacob Sneden was Jacob Riker; listed just
after him was Samuel Sneathen, aged 30-40, with 2 males under 5 [Leonard,
Jacob S.], 1 female 20-30 [Elizabeth], 1 female under 5 [Elizabeth], and 1 female 5-10
[Sarah Ann]; and then another Samuel Sneathen (with the "Samuel" crossed out and
"Francis" written in above it), aged 50-60 [2nd Samuel], with a female
50-60 [Elizabeth Conklin Sneden], and a female 10-15.
In 1848, Samuel & Elizabeth Sneden subdivided their property among
their grown children. Jacob purchased from his parents for $500 the 25 acres of former
2nd John Riker land on the east side of Sneden
Landing Road - the location where he apparently was living [likely the
Geradus Ryker House].* About the same time, Jacob's sister, Phebe Ann
Sneden-Moore,
purchased from her parents, Samuel and Elizabeth, approximately 25 acres on the east side of Snedens Landing Road
just north of the current Borough Hall. The land on the west side of Snedens
Landing Road was divided between sister, Elizabeth Beasley (23 acres),
and brother, Samuel S. (24 acres). The subdivision passed along the
center hallway of the Conklin-Sneden House.**
*Deed
Book S5, p. 24 (Hackensack, NJ)
The 1860 census, list Jacob Sneden (63, Farmer, b. Bergen County, NJ), and his wife, Cornelia A.
Sneden (53, b. NYC). Listed with them are their children (all b.
Bergen County, NJ): Newton Sneden, 19; Watson Sneden, 16; Leonard
Sneden, 13; and John Wesley Sneden, 10. Also listed with the Jacob
Sneden family in the 1860 census is "Francis Sneden" (who is probably
Alfred Francis Weyant, their grandson who died 23 Dec 1863). He is not listed with the family
in the 1870 census. *
*1860 Federal census,
Harrington Township, Bergen Co., NJ. page 12 3.
Cornelia Ann Rudd
Sneden
c.1870
Courtesy of John
A. Sneden, Jr.
The Hopkins-Corey Map of 1861 documents the presence of Jacob Sneden. Even through his younger brother,
Samuel S., and sister Elizabeth Beasley were owners of record of the
Conklin-Sneden House.
At
his death on 23 May 1862, Jacob
left a personal estate of $327.50, which included cattle, horses, fowl,
farm utensils, furniture and some books.* His
will**,
dated 12 May 1862 and witnessed by Moses J. Taylor,
Joseph Dubois and Abraham Riker, is recorded at Hackensack, N.J.*
In his will, he leaves all personal property to his wife, Cornelia Ann Sneden,
and the real property as long as she remains a widow. At her marriage or death, then to
all his children, share and share alike. She
is named executor. He goes on to say:
"I
do hereby authorize and empower my said wife to sell and convey and give
good title for the same, as much of my mountain land lying separate from
the homestead farm and at a place commonly known as Turkey Ridge [lot #7,
10¼ acres from Samuel Sneden, 1802], as may
be necessary to build a house for my said wife on the other portion of my
land."***
*
Inventory Book H, p. 212. (Hackensack, NJ)
**Will
dated 12 May 1862 . Will Book H-409 (Hackensack, NJ)
***From copy of original will, courtesy of John A. Sneden, Jr.
On 23 September 1862, Jacob's sister, Elizabeth Beasley, sold her share of
the house and farm of 23 acres, to her son Samuel Beasley.* On 28 October
1862, brother Samuel S. Sneden sold the remaining half of the house and
twenty-four acres to Samuel Beasley, his nephew.*
*Deed
Book Q5, p 631, 616 (Hackensack, NJ)
In
the 1870 Federal Census, Bergen County, Harington Township, Norwood
P.O., Cornelia Sneden is listed as head of the household. Living with
her are sons Watson, age 23, clerk in store; Leonard, age 21,
carpenter; and Wesley J., age 20, at home, as well as Moses Taylor,
33 machinist, and his wife Maria age 33.
The
1876 Harrington Township Map of documents the presence of Mrs. C.A. Sneden at a location between Newton
Sneden (in the
Sneden-Happel House) and John D. Conklin
(the
Ryker-Mabie- Conklin-Sneden House) and across the road from the
Conklin-Sneden House and with the Sneden Ice Pond to the east. Her son,
Robert Newton Sneden,
is shown living in a house at 24 Rockleigh Road, adjacent to the current location of borough
hall. Another son, Leonard Beasley Sneden, would live with her until
1880.
The 1880 Federal Census for Harrington Township lists Cornelia Sneden, aged 74,
as head of household. In the same household is listed Charles Everley, single, white male, aged 19,
a laborer. *
*1880 Census,
Harrington Township, Bergen Co., NJ, p 30.
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Almost A Nonagenarian
MRS. CORNELIA A. RUDD SNEDEN
ENGLEWOOD PRESS, VOL. III, No. 50 Englewood, NJ.
Saturday, March 6, 1893
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NORTHVALE
In this busy age of progress, when the trend of thought is ever onward
and no one waits for another nor scarcely gives a glance backward toward
the receding occurrences in life, the changes from day to day are soon
forgotten or become matters of history, and little does the present
generation know from living witnesses the scenes and events of eighty or
more years ago. Few persons reach the age of four score years and ten, and
rarely such there are who retain their faculties to tell an unbroken story
from near the beginning of the present century.
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In a quiet, peaceful home one mile east of Northvale, there resides a
genial old lady, now far advanced in years, remarkable for her active and
physical powers, who has seen much of life with its manners and customs in
the years gone by, and before whom several generations have passed in
review.
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A recent interview with her elicited the following facts in reference to
her life. Mrs. Cornelia Ann Rudd Sneden was born in New York City, October
4, 1805, hence is now in the 88th year of her age. Her father, Samuel
Rudd, was a graduate of Yale College, and among the old lady's relics the
writer saw the diploma from Yale to Mr. Rudd, given one hundred years ago,
bearing the names of the faculty, seventeen in all. Under the instruction
of Dr. Samuel Mott, a noted Presbyterian divine, Samuel Rudd prepared for
the ministry, but subsequently he became a professor of languages in Yale,
where he continued several years.
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In 1798, Prof. Rudd married Cornelia H. Towt, in New York City, Rev. Dr.
Rogers officiating. Cornelia Ann Rudd, the subject of this sketch, was
their only child, and when she was one year of age her mother died.
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Her father, in the meantime, owing to delicate health, had relinquished
his professional career, engaging in mercantile pursuits in New York City,
where he accumulated a considerable fortune; but during the War of 1812,
he suffered heavy pecuniary losses. At the early age of three years, Mrs.
Sneden remembers living with relatives in Newtown, Long Island, and going
to school there. When she was five years of age, her father removed to
Norwich, Conn., where they resided several years, during which time the
War of 1812 occurred. She well remembers those exciting times, recalls the
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