Genealogical and family history of southern New York and the Hudson River Valley : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation.
(I) Joost Paulding was the first of this
family to come to America, in 1664. His name
being in the Dutch language, it corresponds
to the Christian name Joseph. He came from
Cassant, Holland. He first settled at East-
chester, in Westchester county. New York;
but removed to the Philipse Manor estate,
where he remained until some time in August,
1710, when he expressed to the Dutch church
at Tarrytown, New York, the desire to re-
move to New York City. This request was
granted and to it was added the special com-
mendation of his record as deacon and treas-
urer, both of which offices he filled in 1712
and 17 1 3. after they had scrutinized his ac-
counts and found them in proper condition.
Joost or Joseph Paulding married (first)
March 16, 1688, Catharina Jans Duyts, born
in 1664 (although one record places the date
as 1674, too young to marry), daughter of
Hans Duyts, born in 1644, who recided in
Harlem in 1667. Hans was the son of Jan
Laurens Duyts, born in Holstein in i6io, and
died in Bergen, January 14, 1668. Joost
Paulding married (second) in 1709, Sophia,
widow of Teunis Krankheit, of Philipse
Manor. From the following dates it will be
perceived that his eight children w-ere born
to him by his first wife, and that the Paulding
descendants are of equal origin with the Duyts
family. Children (baptismal dates): I.Abra-
ham, April 7, 1689, died young. 2. Lysb.eth,
April 24, 1^2. 3. Maria, February 24, 1695;
married, April 29, 1713, William Forbosch.
4. Abraham, May 23, 1697; married, March
25, 1720, Maria Cousyn. 5. Catherine, June
II, 1699; married, November 26, 1720, Gys-
bert Uitenbogert. 6. Margarita, October 12,
1 701, died young. 7. Margarita. September
5, 1703; married, November 13, 1726, Jan
Uitenbogert. 8. Joost, or Joseph, see for-
ward.
(II) Joseph Paulding, son of Joost and
Catharina Jans (Duyts) Paulding, was born
at Tarrytown, New York, and was baptized
November 3, 1708. He died probably at the
beginning of 1787. At the age of two years
he was taken to reside in New York City by
his father, and evidently he remained there
for two score years, because his name appears
in the census of 1737, and about 1753 he re-
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moved with his wife to Tarrytown, as shown
by the entry of their names as members of
the church there. In the census report of
1755 he was recorded as the owner of two
slaves at Phihpsburgh. His homestead was
at a place more recently known as East View,
about two miles east of Tarrytown. He exe-
cuted his will September 17, 1782, which was
probated February 12, 1787, in which he
speaks of his sons William, Joseph, Peter and
John. He married Susanna White. Children :
Joseph, see forward ; William, baptized in
New York City, December 7, 1735 ; Abraham,
baptized September 24, 1738; Peter, baptized
November 3, 1742, died young; Catherine,
baptized September 30, 1744; Peter, baptized
November 9. 1746, died young; Peter, bap-
tized November 8, 1749; John, born January
28, 1755, died uiunarried, at Mount Pleasant,
New York, 1847.
(HI) Peter Paulding, son of Joseph
and Susanna (White) Paulding, was bap-
tized November 8, 1749, and died in 1847.
He was a private, then ensign in the revolu-
tionary war. He made a joint will with his
brother John, dated June 3, 1835, stating
therein that his home was at Mount Pleasant,
New York, which will was probated Novem-
ber 10, 1847. Peter Paulding married, August
I9> '^7^7 > J^ne, daughter of Reuben Fowler,
of Peekskill, New York. Children : John ; Su-
sanna, married a Mr. Conway, by whom:
William Henry Conway and Charles W. Con-
way.
(HI) William Paulding, son of Joseprh and
Susanna (White) Paulding, was baptized in
New York City, December 7, 1735, and died
at Tarrytown, New York, February 10, 1825.
It is believed that he came to Tarrytown with
his family between 17O6 and 1768, because in
recording the birth of his daughter in 1768
the first mention is made of Philipsburg. He
removed to Bedford probably in 1776, follow-
ing the battle of White Plains, and subse-
quently to a place called Great Partners, Put-
nam county. New York, where two children
were born.
William Paulding was an ardent supporter
of the patriot cause, becoming a member of
the provincial congress, and was appointed
"Commissary of the Militia raised or to
be raised in this State northward of King's
Bridge." His friends and neighbors regarded
him as one of the most influential men of the
place, one of those to be depended upon foij
advice or practical assistance. As is so oftenl
the case in life, this nobleness of character
precipitated him into trouble. As a buyer of
stores throughout the entire period of the;
revolution, he became liable for large quanti-ij
ties of these supplies. When a severe depre-i'
elation of the currency of the new nation took
place, and the government was unable to meet
its obligations, he was involved and finally be-;j
came impoverished. Arrested for his debts,(|
incurred in the service of the government, he
was held at the White Plains jail, until that
building burned, and he was free to walk to
his home in Tarrytown. No steps were after-
ward taken to reincarcerate him, and nothing
further along that line would be necessary
that we should regard him as the highest typej
of patriot, as demonstrated by what he gave'
of his own for liberty's sake. Few of the
wealthy men of to-day would care to follow
his example, and consequently it is well that
they should revere the name of one who was
an example which they have not the courage
to emulate. He was elected supervisor in
1784, among the first to hold said office after
the revolution, which demonstrates the factj
that his fellow townsmen not only respectedf
him after what had transpired, but also de-
sired to honor him to the best in their power. I
Commissary Paulding continued to reside at
Tarrytown until he died, and although his
home would now be considered of simplest
construction, it was then spoken of as one
of the town's pretentious residences. His
house was built of wood, two stories and an
attic high, and was within a short distance of
the Hudson river. Among his friends and
a visitor at this house was Washington Irving,
for which reason the author was drawn there
to live because of his attachment for the place
and its people. It is said that Irving wrote
some of his famous Salmagundi papers while
in the house of William Paulding, Sr.
William Paulding, Sr., married, at New
York City, July 25, 1762, Catherine Ogden,
of New Jersey. Children: i. Catherine, born
at New York City, June i, 1764. 2. Henri-
etta, born at New York City, October 9, 1766;
mari'ied Captain John Requa. 3. Julia, bom
at Philipsburg, New York, August 10, 1768;
married Hon. William Irving (see Irving).
4. William, born at Philipsburg, New York
(Tarrytown), March 7, 1770, died at Tarry-
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town, February 11, 1854; he received a good
classical education ; became a lawyer, practic-
ing in New York City ; served in congress,
November 4, 1811, to March 3, 1813; delegate
to state constitutional convention, 182 1 ;
mayor of New York, March 6, 1824, to March
5, 1826; at head of a deputation of citizens
welcomed General Lafayette to the city on
the deck of the "Cadmus," Sunday, August
15, 1824; was adjutant-general; director of
Manhattan Banking Company, 1837 ; an in-
corporator of Erie railroad ; resided in a
house at the place known as Paulding's Row,
Jay street, corner of Greenwich ; subsequently
removed to Tarrytown, where he erected his
country seat ; married Miss Rhinelander ; by
whom Philip Rhinelander Paulding. 5. Jo-
seph, born at Philipsburg, February 29, 1772.
6. Susanna, born February 28, 1774, died at
New York City, May 22, 1797. 7. Nathaniel,
born May 18, 1776. 8. James Kirke, born at
Nine Partners, Dutchess county, New York,
August 22, 1779, died at Hyde Park, Dutchess
county, April 6, i860; in his youth there was
little sunshine, he declared, for war had im-
poverished everybody, and he had to walk
two miles to a log-cabin school, but he strove,
nevertheless, and finally became an author of
prominence ; went to New York City to live
when nineteen years old, residing there with
his elder brother William, then aged about
thirty years : through his brother-in-law he
met his brother, Washington Irving, and a
strong friendship resulted, each starting his
literary career by writing articles for the
Morning Chronicle; with Irving, he began the
publication of the "Salmagimdi," January,
1807, to amuse the -people of their town;
among his novels, "Westward Ho!" 1832;
"Life of George Washington," 1835 ; "The
Puritan and His Daughter," 1849; "John Bull
in America," 1825; "The Merry Tales of the
Three Wise Men of Gotham," 1826, and
"The Dutchman's Fireside," 1831 ; was ap-
pointed secretary of the United States navy
by President Martin Van Buren, serving
1837-41 ; married Gertrude Kemble. 9. Eu-
phemia, born at Nine Partners, New York,
July 9, 1781 ; married, December i, 1799,
Leonard Decline.
(Ill) Joseph Paulding, son of Joseph and
Susanna (White) Paulding, was baptized
April 22. 1733. He was chosen a supervisor
of Philipsburg, New York, in 1778. He had
a military record in the revolution as a private
in Captain George Comb's company of militia.
He married, November 12, 1757, Sarah Gar-
denier. Children: i. John, see forward. 2.
William, baptized at New York City, Febru-
ary 4, 1761. 3. Susanna, baptized at New
York City, October 5, 1763; married, January
II, 1789, Henry King. 4. Abraham, baptized
at Tarrytown, April 16, 1771. 5. Peter, born
at Tarrytown, May 12, 1774; baptized July 7,
1774. 6. Joseph, married, July 20, 1795, Sarah
Seeley.
(IV) Major John Paulding, son of Joseph
and Sarah (Gardenier) Paulding, was born
in the Tarrytown homestead of the Paulding
family in Peekskill, New York, October 16,
1758, and died at Staatsburg, Westchester
county, New York, February 18, 1818, in his
home on Lake Mohegan. He was buried in
St. Peter's churchyard near Peekskill, and in
1827 the corporation of New York erected a
monument over his grave in appreciation of
his services during the revolution.
