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SNEDENS LANDING
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:
[1]
Alice M. Haagensen: "Palisades & Snedens Landing", p.
175-177, 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. 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.
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.
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: 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: 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, 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:
[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]
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, 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: 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: 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.
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:
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: * 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:
[1]* Records
of the Palisades M. E. Church. ms in Collection [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
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. Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY 1986.
Children included: * 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. 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.] *
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Will of John Fowler, Esq., Samuel Sneden [of East Chester], executor.
With Mary,
Samuel had at least two sons (possibly three) and a daughter: 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". 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, , 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.
* Courtesy of Pat Wardell.
** Judd, Jacob. editor, Correspondence of the Van Cortlandt Family of
Cortlandt 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. *
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Alice M. Haagensen: "Palisades & Snedens Landing", p.175-177,
* 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:
[1]
Alice M. Haagensen: Palisades & Snedens Landing. p 175-176.
* 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.
* Nicholas Gesner Diaries: Entry for
Sept. 23, 1842. 4ii. Benjamin, Jr. (1808->1880) son of Benjamin, grocer and ship wright, m. 29 May 1828 Sarah C. White.*
Benjamin & Sarah White had
children: *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,
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. 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: 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 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.
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. [2]
Nicholas Gesner Diaries, 1838-1843. [3]
Fred Irving Dayton: Steamboat Days. Chapter 19. [4]
Gary E. Eddey: Carnes and Alfred Eddey: Shipwrights in Greenpoint, . [5]
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [6]
A Monitor Biography: Thomas Fitch Rowland. The Mariners Museum.
The 1860 census, lists Samuel (44, Shipbuilder) and his family residing in Greenpoint with wife Susan (38), and Charles (17) and Anna (11). "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. 3ii. 2nd Samuel S. 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: *
From Family Bible
of R. Newton and Catherine Sneden 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).
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 Gerardus Riker House. 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 - 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) 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 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 Census, Bergen County, Harrington Township, Samuel Sneden (gentleman, 82) was listed as head of the Moore household - Van Wickel-Moore House - (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 SnedenCourtesy 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:*** 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.
Following their marriage in 1827, Jacob and Cornelia resided in the Conklin-Sneden Homestead for about one year* 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.** By 1829 they had taken up residence in the Gerardus Riker House across the road, that had been purchased by his father, Samuel Sneden, a year earlier.On 22 September 1848, Jacob Sneden purchased from his parents for $500 the 25 acres of former Riker land on the east side of Sneden Landing Road - likely the Geradus Ryker House.*** He held the position of Palisades Schoolmaster until 1832, whereupon he moved to Brooklyn, living with Cornelia in a house he purchased on District Street "Old Brooklyn". Jacob is listed as a Schoolmaster in the Brooklyn Directory of that period. In 1835, he sold his Brooklyn property and returned to the Gerardus Riker House.**** * "An Interview with Cornelia A. Rudd."
Englewood Press, 6 Mar 1893 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 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. The listing again places Jacob & Cornelia in the Gerardus Riker House. 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 since 1835 - 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). Again, the census places Jacob Sneden at the Geradus Riuker House, between John D. Conklin in the Riker-Mabie-Conklin-Sneden House (immediately to the south on the same side of the road) and Jacob Riker in the Abraham Riker House (to the south on the west side of the road). Jacob is not listed with the family in the 1870 census. **1860 Federal census, Harrington Township, Bergen Co., NJ. page 12 3.
c.1870 Courtesy of John A. Sneden, Jr. The Hopkins-Corey Map of 1861 mistakenly documents the presence of Jacob Sneden at the Conklin-Sneden House, 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 at the Gerardus Riker House, 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:
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Inventory Book H, p. 212. (Hackensack, NJ)
*Deed Book Q5, p 631, 616 (Hackensack, NJ) In the 1870 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 her son Robert 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 behind the house site. Another son, Leonard Beasley Sneden, would live with her until 1880. The 1880 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.
*Transcribed February 7, 2004, by:
John A. Sneden, Jr,
The 1891 map of Rockland County erroneously shows Mrs. C. Sneden at the Riker-Mabie-Conklin- Sneden House. However, her son, Leonard Beasley Sneden is mistakenly located and shown as L.B. Snedecker. Instead he was living at the time in the Riker-Mabie-Conklin- Sneden House. Ms Cornelia Sneden was still living in her house (Gerardus Riker-Jacob Sneden House) across from the Conklin-Sneden House [misplaced on the 1891 map]. About 1896, she moved next door into the house of another son, Robert Newton Sneden (Sneden-Happle House, 24 Rockleigh), as documented in the account of a fire in the R.N. Sneden house in the summer of 1898:
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W.S. Gilman: Palisades Notes. p. 187. The following conversation with Cornelia A. Sneden, age 94, occurred between Winthrop Sargent Gilman of Palisades and Cornelia Sneden on 8 Oct 1898. The interview took place in the house of a third son, Moses Taylor Sneden, with whom she was currently living.
Since the Riker-Mabie-Conklin- Sneden House is extent, the house before the Sneden Ice Pond was used by Cornelia Rudd Sneden [C. Sneden House Site] between 1862 and c.1895 and by her son, Leonard B., and daughter- in-law, Kate, between 1880 and 1891.
* From the handwritten
notes of Newt Sneden, 1974. In the 1900 Federal Census or Harrington Township, Cornelia Sneden, age 94, widow, mother of 8 children, 3 now living, was listed as a boarder in the household of son, Moses T. Sneden [Moses Taylor Sneden House].* * 1900 Census, Harrington Twp, Bergen Co., NJ, Dist 18, Sheet 10. At this time, "When she was 94 years of age, she wrote the following letter to Nicholas Haring ("Harry") Sneden.*
* Provided courtesy of Pat
Wardell. About 1905 Henry Happel, a dry goods merchant of New York City, acquired, refurbished and moved into the Newton Sneden House. About 1921, the foundation and portions of the Jacob Sneden House became incorporated into the present Queen Anne style Sneden-Happel House (24 Rockleigh Road). Jacob and Cornelia Sneden are buried in the Palisades Cemetery, Palisades, Rockland County, N.Y. 5i. Elizabeth Rudd Sneden (11 Aug 1828 - 4 Apr 1886), dau of Jacob Sneden & Cornelia Ann Rudd, on 20 Sep 1847 at the Palisades M.E. Church* married Abraham Riker (c.1820 - 1863), son of Jacob & Leah Powles-Riker, and grandson of 2nd John Riker and Margaret Blauvelt-Haring. [see Riker Family] Abraham and Elizabeth lived on the lands of Jacob Riker that spanned Piermont road. After the untimely death of her husband and two of their children, she moved in with her mother. Elizabeth Rudd Sneden-Riker is buried in the Palisades, NY, Cemetery.
* By Rev. Benj. Day. Records
of the Palisades M. E. Church. ms in Collection 5ii. Cornelia Ann Sneden (30 Dec 1830 - 29 Aug 1854), dau. of Jacob Sneden & Cornelia Ann Rudd, married 30 Dec 1852 Benjamin Weyant (1826-?), son of John C. Weygandt & Mary Hazard of Highland Mills, Orange Co., NY. Cornelia Ann is buried in the Palisades, NY, Cemetery. After her death, her son Alfred Francis Weyant (14 Nov 1853* - 23 Dec 1863) resided with his grandmother, Cornelia Rudd-Sneden until he died at age 10.
*Baptized 10 Apr 1854 by Benj Day. Records of the Palisades M.E.
Church. 5iii. Jacob Sneden Jr. (27 Jun 1833-1891), son of Jacob Sneden & Cornelia Ann Rudd, married (>1850) Mary J. Garrabrant. They resided in Paterson, NJ.
Jacob, Jr & Mary had nine children: ii. Arminda "Minnie", (1863- May 1947, Laurel Grove Cem., Totowa, NJ) m. John Holland [Child: Hazel Holland (1889->1967)]; iii. Ida (1868 - Nov 1941, Laurel Grove Cem., Totowa, NJ); iv. Ella (1869-dy); v. Elizabeth (c.1872- pre 1966) m. Mr Lewin [Child: Ruth Lewin (?->1967)]; vi. Charles (Feb 1873- May 1967, Laurel Grove Cem., Totowa, NJ) m. Maria "Mary" Wohlrab (7 Aug 1876 - 1948, Laurel Grove Cem., Totowa, NJ) of Paterson, NJ, no children; and vii. George (c.1876-?). 5iv. Moses Taylor Sneden (14 Oct 1835 - ?), son of Jacob Sneden & Cornelia Ann Rudd, machinist, married in July 1859 a neighbor, Maria Haring (1838 - 1 May 1887*), daughter of Nicholas J. Haring & Elizabeth "Eliza" Haring. [see Haring Family] Moses Taylor Sneden built a dwelling (Moses Taylor Sneden House) in 1860 on Closter Publick Road just north of his wife's father's homestead (John A. Haring House).
Children of Moses Taylor Sneden & Maria Haring include: *Maria Ferdon Journal - Part 1, Bergen County Historical Society. 6ii. Delphine "Dellie" Sneden (Jul 1863-1948, Allendale, NJ), daughter of Moses Taylor Sneden & Maria Haring, married on 21 Feb 1884* John Henry Durie/Duryea (12 May 1859 - 7 Jun 1886*) of Closter, son of Ralph Durie & Ann Eliza Demarest.
Children of Delphine Sneden & John Duryea include: ii. Bertrum Durie (May 1895**-?) *Maria
Ferdon Journal - Part 1, Bergen County Historical Society. 6vi. Nicholas Haring "Harry" Sneden (20 Jul 1873 - ?), son of Moses Taylor Sneden & Maria Haring, m. c.1904 Sophia "Sarah" Frances Cummings (18 Sep 1869-?), dau. of James Cummings & Mary Barbara Neer, and moved to Hillsdale, NJ. Children include:
* 1880 Census, Washington Twp, Bergen Co., NJ, Dist. 18, p 12 (image 12) The 1900 US census lists James Cummings (head, b Jan 1833, 67, m1 42, bMA/fbNH/mbNH, blacksmith), Mary (wife, b Mar 1830, 70, m1 42, bNY, fbNY, mbNY, none), Sarah F. [Cummings] Sneden (daughter, b Sep 1869, 30, m1 1, bNJ, fbMA, mbNY, none), Nicholas H. Sneden (son-in-law, b Jul 1872, 27, m1 1, bNJ, fbNJ, mbNJ, Train dispatcher), Grace (daughter, May 1900, 2/12, bNJ, fbNJ, mbNJ, none) * * 1900 Census, Hillsdale, Bergen Co., NJ, Dist 21, Sheet 1A. (image 11) The 1910 U.S. Census lists James Cummings (head, 78 [c.1833], m1 53, bMA/fbNH/mbNH, ?), Mary B(arbara Neer) (wife, 80 [c.1832], m1 53, bNY, fbNY, mbNY, none), Nicholas H. Sneden (son-in-law, 38, m1 11, bNJ, fbNJ, mbNJ, Operator in Broker office), Sarah F. [Cummings] Sneden (daughter, 39, m1 11, bNJ, fbMA, mbNY, none), Grace (daughter, 10, bNJ, fbNJ, mbNJ, none), Ruth (daughter, 5, bNJ, fbNJ, mbNJ, none).* * 1910 Census, Hillsdale, Bergen Co., NJ, ED Dist 26, Sheet 6A. (image 11) The 1920 U.S. Census lists Nicholas Sneden (head, 45, Operator, Banking House), Sophia (wife, 43), Grace (daughter, 19), Ruth (daughter, 15).* * 1920 Census, Hillsdale, Bergen Co., NJ, Dist 6/52, Sheet 13A. 5v. Robert Newton Sneden, Sr. (6 Sep 1840 - 23 Dec 1899)*, son of Jacob Sneden & Cornelia Ann Rudd, married on 20 Jan 1869* Catherine "Kate" Jane Terhune (23 Oct 1847 - 4 Dec 1914, Bergenfield)* dau. of Albert A. Terhune & Sarah Christie of Bergenfield.
Robert Newton Sneden & Kate Terhune had six children: After her husband died in 1899, Kate Terhune-Sneden lived with son and daughter-in-law, Percy and Elise, in Bergenfield. Robert Sr and Catherine are buried in Old South Church Cemetery, Bergenfield, NJ.* *
From Family Bible of Albert T & Sophie Dobbs-Sneden
Initially, R. Newton and Catherine lived Englewood where he was listed in the 1870 census as House Painter. Within a year or two, he was living in Palisades, NY, where Percy was born. Within the next few years, R. Newton, Sr., and his family built a house on Sneden land just north of his mother's house. Robert N. is listed with his family in the 1880 Harrington Township census. The precise location of the house is documented on the 1876 Erskene Harrington Township map (Newton Sneden) as well as the 1891 Beers Rockland County map (N. Sneden). When the house burned in the summer of 1898, R. Newton moved with his wife to Bergenfield where he died the year following. Apparently, Harvie and Robert N, III, remained in Rockland, NJ, and it appears that Kate returned. The 1900 Harrington Township census continues to list Catherine Sneden (Head, 52), Harvie (Son, 22, book keeper) and Robert N. (Son, 19, book keeper). Just after the turn of the Century, the property and remains of the Robert Newton Sneden house were sold to Henry Happel.* |
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6i. Albert "Allen" Terhune Sneden (23 Nov 1869- 10 Mar 1940, Florida*) druggist, son of R. Newton Sneden & Catherine Terhune, m. 20 Feb 1895* Evelyn Sophie Dobbs (21 Jan 1877 - 26 April 1950, Closter, NJ)* dau. Richard Amos Dobbs (10 Feb 1851 -10 Aug 1907)* & Anna Eliza Whipfall (4 Dec 1853 - 29 Dec 1926)* and great granddaughter of Amos Dobbs who began the Dobbs family on the west side of the Hudson. Sophie played the organ at the Palisades Presbyterian Church. Albert built a home on County Road in Closter just before 1900.** In the 1930 federal census, he is listed as banker.**
Children of Albert Terhune Sneden & Evelyn Sophie Dobbs include:
7ii. Ethel Evelyn Sneden (2 Mar 1896 - 1 May 1974, Westwood, NJ*), daughter of Albert Terhune Sneden & Sophie Dobbs, m. on 20 April 1921* John Thomas Knox (1898, Jersey City, NJ - 25 Dec 1983, Ventura, CA)*. John built a home on County Road in Closter, across from Evelyn's parents, and lived there all their life. Ethel Sneden & John Tohmas Knox had one daughter, Janet Knox, who married Edward Walter Fredrick, Jr. of Ventura, CA, and moved to California where they started a family of two sons and a daughter.* * Janet Knox Fredrick: Personal Communication 6ii. Percy Sneden (31 Aug 1872*, Palisades, NY - 20 Jan 1960, VA Hosp., W. Orange, NJ), son of R. Newton Sneden & Catherine Terhune, m. 27 Jul 1904* Elsie Aitkin (11 Oct 1880 - 5 Jul 1960, Leonia, NJ) daughter of John E. Aitken & Sarah Jane Leach of New York and sister of Ann Janette Aitkin who married Robert, Percy's younger brother. Percy and Elsie settled in Englewood, NJ. In the 102- census, he is listed as a House Carpenter.** Percy and Elsie are buried in the Old South Church Cemetery, Bergenfield.
Children of Percy Sneden & Elise Aitkin include: *
From Bible of Albert T & Sophie Dobbs-Sneden 6iv. Harvey Towt Sneden (26 Jun 1878* - ?), bookkeeper, son of R. Newton Sneden & Catherine Terhune, in 1901 m. Martha "Mattie" Lydecker Durie (1877 -?). Harvey built a home next to his brother, Albert T., on County Road in Closter. In the 1930 federal census, he is listed as an Insurance Cashier.**
Children of Harvey Towt
Sneden & Martha Durie include: *
Janet Knox Fredrick: Personal Communication 7i. Martha Lucille Sneden (?-?), daughter of Harvey Towt Sneden & Martha Durier, m. Mr. Thomas.
They had three children:
* Janet Knox Fredrick: Personal Communication 6v. Robert Newton Sneden, Jr. (1 Jan 1881, Rockland, NJ - 5 May 1975, Dumont, NJ)*, bookkeeper, son of R. Newton Sneden & Catherine Terhune, married on 19 Jun 1904 in Bergenfield, Ann Janette "Nettie" Aitken (15 May 1883, New City, NY - 17 Oct 1962, Dumont, NJ)* daughter of John E. Aitken & Sarah Jane Leach and sister of Elsie Aitkin who married Percy, Robert's older brother. Robert Jr and Nettie lived in Bergenfield, NJ, and are buried in the Old South Church Cemetery there.
Robert Newton Sneden & Ann Aitkin had two sons: * From Cornelia A. Sneden Bible in possession of John A. Sneden, Jr. 7i. Robert Newton "Newt" Sneden III (20 Jun 1907, Bergenfield - 27 Feb 1975, Roaring Brook Farm in Rockleigh*), son of R. Newton Sneden, Sr & Ann Aitken, married Elmira Weaver (18 Sep 1907, Harrisberg, PA - 18 Nov 1995, Bridgewater, NJ)*. They originally settled in Harworth, NJ. They had no surviving children.
* From Cornelia A. Sneden Bible in possession of John A. Sneden, Jr.
7ii. John Aitken Sneden (8 Jul 1908, Bergenfield - 29 Aug 1992, Tenafly*), son of R. Newton Sneden, Sr & Ann Aitken, married 9 Jun 1934 in Tenafly Jean Mackey (9 May 1911, Brooklyn, NY - 19 Feb 1996, Foxhill Village, MA)* daughter of William Dorsey Mackey and Charlotte French. John built a home in Tenafly. Both are buried in Brookside Cemetery, Englewood. NJ.
John Aitken Sneden & Jean Mackey had
three children: * From Cornelia A. Sneden Bible in possession of John A. Sneden, Jr. 5vi. Samuel Watson Sneden (14 Oct 1843 - 28 Jan 1892, pneumonia, Jersey City, NJ, i. Palisades, NY, Cem.), son of Jacob Sneden & Cornelia Ann Rudd, married Sarah Margaret (1849-1879). In 1886, Samuel W. is shown living at 47 Chestnut Street, Jersey City, NJ. In 1888, he was living with his son, Samuel W., Jr., at 34 Hoboken Ave, Jersey City, where he died in 1892. 5vii. Leonard "Len" Beasley Sneden (6 Jul 1846[1/2] - 1944[3]), son of Jacob Sneden & Cornelia Ann Rudd, carpenter, married on 15 Sept 1881 in the Closter Reformed Church[4] Catherine (Kathrin) "Kate" Evans (Feb 1857, Ireland -1946, Rockleigh, NJ)[3] of Englewood, NJ. Kate emegrated to the US in 1871. Between 1881 and 1891, Len and Kate lived in Cornelia Rudd-Sneden's house in front of the ice pond. An only child died young: Anna Evelyn Sneden (b. 8 Feb 1889 - 5 Apr 1890)[5], and there may have been two other children who died in infancy.
The 1910 US census lists Leonard B. Sneden (head, 63, carpenter), Catherine (wife, 53), and Mary [Marietta] Sneden (niece, 24, at home).
[1] From Cornelia A. Sneden Bible in possession of John A. Sneden, Jr. 5viii. John Wesley Sneden (24 Nov 1848*-?), son of Jacob Sneden & Cornelia Ann Rudd, married c.1875 Catherine Ann Smith (1856-?), dau of ? Smith & Sarah Scott (1819-?). Wesley and Catherine Sneden lived "just up the road".
Wesley Sneden & Catherine Ann Smith had four children including: ii. Smith H. (1878-?), iii. Marietta "Mamie" (1886 - c.1980s).
*
Baptized 10 Apr 1854, age 5, by Rev Benj. Day
at Palisades M.E. Church The 1880 census*, lists Wesley Sneden (30, farmer), Catherine (28, keeping house), William R. (4, son), Smith H. (2, son) and Sarah Scott Smith (61, mother-in-law). The house seems to be located on the former Phebe Ann Sneden-Moore property, Wesley's aunt, just to the south of the Lewis Conklin property and to the north of the Robert Newton Sneden property. * 1880 Federal census, Harrington Twp, Bergen Co, NJ, Page 30, Dist 4. 6iii. Marietta "Mamie" Sneden (c.1886-c.1980s), daughter of John Wesley Sneden & Catherine Smith. Marietta was the first Borough Clerk of Rockleigh, serving from 1923-1930. Marietta did not marry. She lived with several cats in a tiny wooden cottage located along the path behind Rockleigh Borough Hall, marked by a cellar hole and, across the path, a well from which a brook springs that courses westerly to meet that draining the Sneden Ice Pond.
*John A. Sneden, Jr.: Personal Communication 4ii. Elizabeth Sneden (10 Oct 1798*-?, Rockland Cem, Sparkill, NY), dau. of 2nd Samuel Sneden & Elizabeth Conklin, married in 18 Dec 1816 (DRC, Tappan) Leonard (Baisley, Beasley) Baysley (c.1796 - 3 Jun 1843) of Long Island.
Leonard Beasley & Elizabeth Sneden had the following
children: After Leonard's death, Elizabeth and her younger children resided in the Willsey/Bolting House (just north of g-uncle Nicholas Gesner) on Closter Road in Palisades, NY. In the 1850 census, Orangetown, Rockland Co, NY, Elizabeth (age 52) is listed as head of household (Wd) with her son Samuel Beasley (19). *
From Family Bible
of R. Newton and
Catherine Sneden Elizabeth married secondly after 1850 to Daniel Duryea/Durie (5 Nov 1804-?) of Orangetown and removed to Brooklyn, NY. In 1858, Elizabeth was described as a widow residing in Brooklyn. However, Elizabeth is buried in Rockland Cemetery, Sparkill, NY. 4iii. Samuel S. (A.) Sneden (15 Dec 1800* - 18 Jun 1877), son of 2nd Samuel Sneden & Elizabeth Conklin, married at Nyack on 10 Apr 1822 Maria Onderdonk (11 Jun 1804, Piermont, NY - ?), daughter of Garrett Onderdonk & Hannah Felter of Piermont, NY.
*
From Family Bible
of R. Newton and
Catherine Sneden Children of Samuel S. Sneden &
Maria Onderdonk include:
*
Married 20 Mar 1848
by Rev. Benj. Day.
*Reginald
McMahon: "A History of the Jacob Conklin House, Rockleigh,
NJ" 1977 The 1840 census, Harrington Twp, Bergen Co, NJ, lists Samuel (S) Sneden (40) as head of household: two males (5-10), one male 10-15, 1 male 30-40 (Samuel S.), 1 female under 5, one female 5-10, one female 10-15, one female 30-40 (Maria). The 1850 census Harrington Twp, Bergen Co, NJ, lists Samuel S. Sneden (50), his wife Maria (46), and surviving children Garret (21, carpenter), Leonard (18, blacksmith), Lidia (19), Isaac S (16, farmer), Sarah J. (13), William W. (7), Robert (4), and Jacob (1). That census also shows Samuel living on Sneden Landing Road between the farms of Jacob D. Haring and Jacob Riker, and a few houses south of his brother, Jacob. In 1858, Samuel S. Sneden moved his family to Jersey City, NJ. In 1874, Samuel S., a carpenter, is shown in the as residing at 183 Pavonia Ave, Jersey City, NJ. Sons Garrett (carpenter), Samuel, Isaac ('62-laborer, '64-dock builder, '85-machinist, '68-engineer), William and Jacob are also listed between 1862-1893 living close by in Jersey City, NJ, and associated with the shipbuilding trades.* * Jersey City, NJ, Directory (1862-1897) 5iii. Garrett H. Sneden (8 Oct 1828 - c.1904), son of Samuel S. Sneden & Maria Onderdonk, carpenter, wed on 2 Apr 1855 Margaret "Mary" Ann Van Blarcom (c.1830 -?), dau. of Henry Van Blarcom (1800-?) & Margaretha Zabriskie (1799-?). Circa 1861, Garrett enlisted in the 158th NY Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a private. By 1870-1873, Garret is shown living at 192 Pavonia Ave, Jersey City. NJ. Children of Garret Sneden &
Mary Van Blarcom include: * Courtesy of Steven Austin, descendent of Ethyl Sneden 4iv. Phebe Ann Sneden (1 May 1804* - <1863), dau of 2nd Samuel Sneden & Elizabeth Conklin, married on 22 Oct 1828 (RDC, Tappan) John L. K. Moore (c.1805-<1863) of Tappan.
Phebe Ann Sneden & John Moore had two children: At the time of the 1880 Federal Census, the family eas living in Rockland, Harrington Township, NJ. [see Moore Family] *
From Family Bible
of R. Newton and
Catherine Sneden 3 iii. Maria/Mary "Polly" Sneden (1784, N.S.-?), daughter of Samuel Sneden, Sr & Mary, m. 24 Sep 1802 at RDC Tappan, NY, John Myers/Meyers (? - bef. 1810) of New York.
Children of Polly Sneden & John
Meyers include:
* 1810 US Census: New York, Rockland, Orangetown. p. 637 (Image 174) 1iv. Samuel Sneden (c.1715 in Flushing, NY - Dec 1783 in NYC), son of Robert Snedden & Sarah -?-, m. Sarah Ward of Ward's Island family. Lived in Eastchester where he was prominent in local affairs and a strong loyalist. Samuel was an attorney and is listed as witness on hundreds of deeds and wills that he drew up and executed.
Children of Samuel
Sneden & Sarah Ward include: ii. Stephen (1743-1814), and iii. poss. Lawrence ().* * Courtesy of Pat Wardell 2i. Robert Sneden (c.1742-?) m. Margaret --?--. Child: Samuel Sneeden 3.i Samuel Sneeden (c.1765 - 23 Sep 1799, NYC), cartman, son of Robert Sneden & Sarah Ward, m. 5 Aug 1887 Jacoba Skaats (bp. 15 Nov 1767- c.9 May 1834 in NYC), dau. of Reynier/Rinier Schaats & Elsje Schuyler both of NYC. Samuel Sneeden is listed frequently in the records as Cartman on the lower East Side. On 13 May 1788, Samuel Sneden was appointed to Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 in New York City. Children of Samuel Sneeden & Jacoba Skaats include:
2ii. Stephen Sneden (4 Apr 1743, Eastchester, NY - 12 Jan 1814, Clements, NS) bondsman, son of Samuel & Sarah, m. in Eastchester, NY, on 31 Oct 1763 Margaret Townsend (dau. of John Townsend & Anne Gedney of Eastchester, NY), Capt. in Loyalist South Battalion of Westchester Co. In 1776 Stephen & Margaret removed to New York City with their five young children and then in 1784 to Annapolis Co, NS,* where he settled in Clements, NS, as progenitor of the Nova Scotia Snedens.
Children of Steven
Sneden & Margaret Townsend include:
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