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From: Ron Grabyan <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER-L] Re: John Besson and Margaret Opdyck
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 14:44:36 -0800


Mary Stewart and NJ Hunterdon List:

I am researching Wyckoff and Haumer(Hummer?, Hamar?). I have the line
noted below:

|--John Wyckoff(1767[Reading, Hunterdon, NJ]-1842[Ill])
|
|--Ambrose Spenser Wyckoff(1806[Schoharie Co, NY-1872)
| | |--John Barkley(1742-1792(Somerset Co,
NJ)
| |--Jane Barkley(1770[Somerset Co, NJ]-1857[Ill])
| |--Mary Brown(1746-1832(Somerset Co, NJ)
-John James Wyckoff(1832[Schoharie Co, NY-1898[Macoupin Co,
Ill)
-Haumer Wyckoff(1834-1851)
(brothers)
|--Elizabeth Ann Haumer(Hummer?, Hamar))(18 Nov 1807-15 Mar
1837)

The reference to the above info regarding Elizabeth Ann Haumer with
birth
date and marriage to Amborse Spenser Wyckoff on 9 Nov 1831 is "The
Wyckoff
Family in America", 1983--but, as is usual, there are no references
there.

I suspect that Ambrose Spenser Wyckoff married Elizabeth Ann Haumer in
New
York, but I have not found any Haumer's anywhere else in America! I
thought
perhaps that since there were many Hummer's in Hunterdon Co, where
Ambrose
Wyckoff's ancestors resided, and since Adam Hummer and Sarah Wyckoff
were
married in Hunterdon Co, Aug 11, 1805, that there may be a family link
here
[I realize that this is like searching for a needle in a hay stack, but
after 6 years of finding absolutely nothing, I need to pursue "creative"
ideas--please bear with me, thanks].

I had once thought that Adam Hummer and Sarah Wyckoff(married in
Hunterdon Co, Aug 11, 1805) were the parents of Elizabeth Ann above who
is mentioned in The Wyckoff Family in America book as "Haumer". Since I
have not found a single "Haumer" name anywhere and since there are many
"Hummers" in Hunterdon County, I felt that this was a reasonable premise
to at least pursue. However, this Elizabeth is documented as married to
someone else.

Are you or anyone on the list aware of the Haumer name, or is Elizabeth
Haumer actually a Hummer. Thank you.

Ron Grabyan

mary stewart kyritsis wrote:
>
> I don't know that the genealogy is still in print; they have it in
> Flemington and they have it in NEHGS in Boston, and probably in the LDS
> library. It's called, as I recall, the Opdyck Genealogy :-)
>
> The information I gleaned from the Hunterdon Co. Historical Society library
> in Flemington about the Hummer line has Adam Hummer coming probably from
> Oberhumrich, Parish of Honnefeld, Neuweid Duchy (Lower Palatinate), German,
> and probably emigrating ca 1726 to Philadelphia with his brother Harberet.
> He was naturalized 8 July 1730 with Harbert (a simple list, no details of
> any kind), and was living in Lebanon, Hunterdon Co. in 1741, and later was
> in Amwell with 150 acres. My sources were his will No. 1345J, Deed Book 54,
> p. 92, Will No. 1852J, and inquest on the death of Court Hummer in the NJ
> Archives and the Act of the General Assembly of NJ, taken from "The
> Jerseyman", Vol. 2, No. 1, page 1 (for the naturalization list). There is
> also a good article in the Hunterdon Historical Newsletter, Vol. 11, No. 3,
> Fall of 1975 all about "Early Settlers of Hunterdon Co., The Hummer Family",
> published by the Hunterdon Co. Historical Society.
>
> Adam Hummer according to his will had the following children:
> Court, m. Anna Maria CASE, widow of Johannis YAWGER, d. June 1786
> Adam, m-1 Lenah--, m-2 Eva Hummer KUHL, dr. Harbert (Adam's probable
> brother), widow of Philip KUHL/COOL
> Harbert, m. Catherine--
> Elizabeth, m. Francis BESSON
> Else, m. John CASE
>
> Hope this helps,
> Mary
>
> At 14:23 3.12.98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Do you know where I could get the published genealogy? I would love to have
> >dates, sources, siblings and any other information you have on these lines.
> >I am decended through Francis, that is correct.
> >
> >>From where did the Hummer line emmigrate?
> >
> >>>> Mary Stewart Kyritsis <> 12/03 9:51 AM >>>
> >Hello Rob,
> >
> >I can help you with these two, my line comes down from their son John
> >who married Rachel TROUT. I assume your line is from Francis, who
> >married Elizabeth Thatcher?
> >
> >John (b. 1750) was the son of Francis Besson and Elizabeth HUMMER. I
> >have the Hummer line too, back until they came to America -- one
> >generation I think, without looking it up.
> >
> >Margaret Opdyck was the daughter of John Opdyck and Margaret Green. I
> >have this line back to the emigrant, who was Louris Jansen Opdyck. There
> >is a published genealogy of this line, quite accurate.
> >
> >I haven't found anything on Margaret Green except that she was the
> >daughter of Samuel.
> >
> >If you want more, dates etc., get in touch.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Mary
> >
> >Mary Kyritsis
> >Kifissia, Greece
> >
>
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--
Ron Grabyan

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