205. Theodorus Bergen (by first wife), born March 17th, 1775; died Jan. 21st, 1859; m- Sarah Vanderbiltf of Flatbush, born Dec. 8th, 1785, died May 16th, 1855. Resided in the old mansion house of his grandfather, Jo
1 Sarab Vanderbih is a descendant of Jan Aertsen Vanderbih, or Jan Aertsen, from the Bild or Bilt, a manor in the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands, containing 832 houses, and 6,322 inhabitants in 1841, who emigrated at an early period, settled in Flatbush, and is the common ancestor of the Vanderbilts in this vicinity. On the 12th of October, 1640, a Jan Aertsen was apprenticed to Peter Wolphertsen Van Couwenhoven, for three years, who may have been John Aertsen Vanderbilt. August 18th, 1653, a suit was brought against him in the burgomaster's and schepen's court, of New Amsterdam, where he then probably resided, by Adriaen Keyser. Feb. 5th, 1667, he gave a mortgage on his bouwery in Midwout (Flatbush) to Nicholas DeMeyer.
He m. (1st), Feb. 6th, 1650,Anneken Hendricks, from Bergen, in Norway; m. (2d), Dierber Cornells; and he m. (3d), Dec. nth, 1681, Magdalentje Hansz, widow of Harman Euaardsz, and had children : Aris Janse, of Flatbush, who m. Oct. 6th, 1677, Hildegonde or Hilletie, dau. of Rem Janse Vanderbeeck, born Sept. 16th, 1653, and died after 1711; Jacob Janse, of Flatbush, m. August 13th, 1687, Marretje, daughter of Dirck Janse Vander Vliet, and widow of Andries Onderdonk, who died April 5th, 1722; Marritje Janse, m. Rem Remsen; and Jan Janse, who m. Helena .
Aris Janse had children: Jan Aertse, bapt. August nth, 1678, m. Hillitie Remsen; Jannetje or Annetje Aertse, baptized Jan. 9th, 1681, died young; Jannetje Aertse, bapt. Sept. 17th, 1682; Femmetje Aertse, bapt. Sept. 14th, 1684, m. Gosen Adrianse Ryersen; Rem Aertse, bapt. August 29th, 1686,
m. Margrita ;Aert, of Flatbush, bapt. June nth, 1693, died after
1754, m. March 14th, 1717, Seytie Stryker; Jeremias, of Flatbush, baptized Oct. 19th, 1695, m. Nov. nth, 1715, Pieternella, dau. of Cornelis Pieterse Wyckoff, of Flatbush; Cornelius, born Jan. nth, 1697, died Jan. 22d, 1782, m. Jannetie Wyckoff, b. March 31st, 1713, died Nov. 2d, 1773; and Hendrick, m. Neeltje Van Cleef, and settled near Freehold, New Jersey.
Jeremias, son of Aris Janse and Hilletie, had children: George, bapt. Dec. 19th, 1718; Hilletie, born April 19th, 1721, died Sept. 20th, 1779, m. May 5th, 1745, Leffert Martense; Pieternella, baptized March 5th, 1727; and Jeremias, of Flatbush, sheriff of King's county in 1764 and '5, who m. Sarah Van Brunt, born May 4th, 1728, died March 12th, 1814.
hannes Bergen (175), and owned and occupied a portion of his father's farm at Gowanus. Will dated Dec. 2d, 1856, recorded lib. 21, p. 327; additional will dated May 30th, 1857, recorded lib. 22d, p. 7.
July 9th, 1856, letters of administration granted to Leffert T. Bergen (289), on the estate of his mother Sarah.
Issue: —
280. 1. Ann, b. March 7th, 1805; d. August 14th, 1856, of yellow fever, contracted at Gowanus, while attending upon the family of her brother, John V. Bergen; m. December 20th, 1827, Samuel G. Lott, b. April 30th, 1804, d. Oct. 1 ith, 1866, a farmer of Flatbush, and had
Issue: —
i. John Lott, b. August 28th, 1830; d. August 28th, 1831.
Jercmias, son of Jeremias and Peternella, had children: Elizabeth, born April 1st, 1745, died April 20th, 1813, m. Nicholas Williamson; Jobn, of Flatbush, born Feb. 16th, 1752, died Nov. 28th, 1812, m. 1778, Maretie Ditmars, born May 12th, 1758, died Sept. 1st, 1830; Sarah; Catharine; Ida; and Elsie, bapt. May 16th, 1766.
Johnt son of Jeremias and Sarah, had children : Jeremiah, of Flatbush, born March 19th, 1778, died Feb. 20th, 1853, m. Dec. 31st, 1805, Ann, dau. of John C Vanderveer, who died Jan. 23d, 1871; Cataline, born March 13th, 1780, died July 31st, 1781 ; Catalina, born August 2d, 1782, died April 10th, 1851, m. Oct. 25th, 1825, Miles Hitcheock; Johannes, born March 7th, 1784, died May 22d, 1785; Sarab, born Dec. 8th, 1785, died May 16th, 1855, m. Theodorus Bergen; Mary, born Dec. 9th, 1787, died Nov. 6th, 1843, single; Ida, born Dec. 26th, 1789, died Dec. 6th, 1791; Ida, born March 14th, 1792, died Dec. 24th, 1848, m. Sept. 10th, 1825, Sylvester Earle; John, born Feb. 2d, 1794, died June 15th, 1842, m. Feb. 10th, 1817, Sarah Lott, born Oct. 10th, 1795, died Jan. 4th, 1859; and Elizabeth, born Feb. 2d, 1796, died Feb. 20th, 1796.
The following is a faesimile of Jan Aersen Vanderbilt's signature:
Ii. John S. Lott, b. Feb. 7th, 1833; m. Oct. zoth, 1867, Emma, daughter of V. D. Schenck, and has issue: Bertha Lott, b. March 18th, .1869; is a minister of the Reformed Dutch Church.
in. Theodore B. Lott, b. Sept. 14th, 1834, m. August 20th, 1864, Gertrude B., daughter of Charles Smith, is engaged in the Brooklyn Safe Deposit Company; and
iv. Mary C. Lott, b. April nth, 1837; m. June 28th, 1866, Henry Lyles, Jr.
