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Crocker, b. July 18, 1687; d. April 13, 1766; dau. of Sergt. Joseph and Temperance (Bursley) Crocker of West Barnstable.

Children born in Barnstable.

i. Rebekah, b. Dec 29, 1709; d. July 30, 1732. Unmarried. ii. Bethiah, b, March 2, 1712; d. July 1. 1737. Unmarried. iii. Temperance, b. April 24, 1717; m. March 30, 1727, Joseph Blossom, Jr., of Barnstable. Children: Lydia, b. March 19, 1729; James, b Feb. 9, 1731; Sarah, b. Oct. 14, 1734; Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1736. Some error here.

65 iv. Timothy, b. April 3, 1719: m. Jane

v. Matthias, b. Sept. 6, 1722; m. Lydia Blossom. He resided in a very ancient house on the east side of Scorton Hill.

vi. Bathsheba, b. Aug. 10, 1726.

vii. Lemuel, b. Feb. 10, 1732; m. Abigail Jones. Resided at Marston's Mills, Barnstable. Children: Joseph," b. Jan. 30, 1761; Benjamin, b. Sept. 18, 1763; Samuel, b. Nov. 27, 1765; Timothy; Hannah.

25 BENJAMIN FULLER (Thomas, Samuel, Matthew, Edward'), b. Aug., 1690, in Barnstable; d. —; m. March 25, 1714, Rebecca Bodfish, b. Feb. 22, 1692-3; d. March 10, 1727-8; dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Besse) Bodfish, of West Barnstable; m. (2) Feb. 20, 1729-30, Mary Fuller, b. about 1689; d. ; dau. of Jabez and Mercy (Wood) Fuller of Middleboro. He was Lieutenant, and called junior to distinguish him from Benjamin, (Samuel, Samuel, Edward1).

Children born in Barnstable. i. Mary, b. July 15, 1714. ii. Lydia, b. March 23, 1716; m. Dec. 2, 1742, John Percival, of Sandwich. Children born in Sandwich, Mass.: Elisha, b. June 13, 1743; m. Abigail Smith; Abigail, b. Oct. 22, 1745; m. Benjamin Nye; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 3, 1748; m. Elisha Freeman; Benjamin, b. Jan. 13, 1752; m. Lydia Goodspeed; John, b. Nov. 6, 1754; m. Ruth Crocker; James, b. March 25, 1757; m. Fear Crowell; Thomas, b. March 14, 1759; m. Hannah Ryder. The last pair had John, b. Jan. 8, 1789, in Sandwich, Mass., and probably others.

66 iii. Thomas, b. June 18, 1718; m. Elizabeth Arnold. iv. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 30, 1720.

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v. Benjamin, b. Oct. 28, 1723; m. Mary —
vi. Abigail, b. Nov. 29, 1725; d. 1726.
vii. Joseph, b. Oct. 18, 1730: d. 1732.

viii. Thankful, b. April 26, 1733; m. April 23, 1758, Samuel
Gilbert from Connecticut. He was a physician and
surgeon, and d. 1778 in Barnstable. Children: Seth,
b. Feb. 4, 1759; Abigail, b. Jan., 1762; Benjamin, b.
June 21, 1764.

ix. Rebecca, b. June 1, 1735. Timothy Jones courted her for twenty years but did not marry. She went to Maine with her brother Seth.

x. Seth, b. March 14, 1736-7; m. Deliverance Jones, Oct. 15, 1757. He removed to Kennebec, Maine.

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DYCKMAN. This illustration is a Dyckman book-plate which has been in possession of the Kingsbridge family for many years, though the earliest date of its use in this country is unknown. Jan Dyckman, the founder of the family and one of the wealthiest of the Harlem settlers, came, it is said, from Bentheim, in Westphalia, and in 1666 purchased the farm of Simon De Ruine.

In 1673, we find Mr. Dyckman recorded as a member of the Dutch Church in New York City; the same year he married Madeline, daughter of Daniel Tourneur, and had

three sons and three daughters. His second marriage in 1690 was to Rebecca, the daughter of Resolved Waldron and widow of Jan Nagel, by whom he had a son Jacob Dyckman, the ancestor of the Kingsbridge family, and a daughter Rebecca, who married Joseph Hadley of Philipse Manor. Jan Dyckman died in 1715 and his widow Rebecca four years later.

It is stated that they executed a joint will, dated 2 Nov., 1702, bequeathing equal shares of their estates to their children. The writer will be glad to know where this will is recorded as it cannot be found in New York City.

Has an effort ever been made to trace the Dyckman family in Westphalia? Do any of the works on Dutch Genealogy contain Dyckman Pedigrees and if so where may they be consulted?

Do any of the family records in this country furnish more information relating to Jan Dyckman than is here given? What authority is there for the statement that he came from Bentheim ?

The most complete account of the Dyckmans of Kingsbridge is to be found in Riker's History of Harlem. The undersigned will be glad to communicate with those interested in tracing the history of the Dyckman family in this country and ascertaining if possible the paternal ancestry of Jan Dyckman above mentioned.

RUFUS KING,

Yonkers, New York.

THE DE SILLE FAMILY OF HOLLAND.
CONTRIBUTED BY CATHARINE T. R. MATHEWS.

The Hon. Nicasius de Sille, first of his name in this country, arrived here in the summer of 1653, commissioned as First Councillor to Director General Peter Stuyvesant; he was described as "a man well versed in the law, and not unacquainted with military affairs, of good character, and satisfactory acquirements;" he remained First Councillor until 1660. In 1656, he became Schout Fiscaal, and the same year was made Captain Lieutenant. From 1654 to 1656, he was a Commissioner of Boundaries, and in 1657, he was commisioned City Schout of New Amsterdam. He was one of the original Proprietors of New Utrecht, and in 1657 he built there the first stone house in the town, which "also had a tile roof," and was standing until 1850, when it was destroyed.

Nicasius de Sille was a man of unusual acquirements, an author, a statesman, a lawyer, an expert in military affairs with especial knowledge of fortifications; he came here in 1653 a widower with five children. On 26 May, 1655, he married for his second wife, Tryntie Cregier. They had no children. In 1668, a serious misunderstanding ended in their separation. Governor Nicolls appointed a committee, composed of Secretary Cornelis van Ruyven, Oloff Stevensen Van Cortlandt, Johannes de Peyster, Johannes Van Brugh, and Paulus Laudertsen van der Grist, to bring about a reconciliation. The Commission reported that there was no hope of a reunion, although de Sille was more disposed to a reconciliation than was his wife.

The connection with the Cregier family was very close, Walburga de Sille having married in 1660, Francis Cregier, the brother, and Laurens de Sille having married the sister of their stepmother, all children of Captain Martin Cregier, who came to this country at an early date. He was the first Burgomaster of New Amsterdam, "distinguished as a fearless warrior and an exemplary magistrate." He filled many public offices, and died at his home at Canastigione (now Niskayuna) early in 1713.

There has always been a great desire on the part of the descendants of Nicasius de Sille, to know the name of the mother of his children. There has been much speculation concerning her identity. Mrs. William J. Wright of Duxbury, Mass., while recently in Europe, obtained from Mr. Laurens Adriaan de Sille of Leersum (near Amsterdam), Province of Utrecht, Holland, a family record, which throws light on the early history of the de Sille family.

Mr. de Sille is a lineal descendant of the Hon. Nicasius de Sille through his eldest son, Laurens de Sille, whose first wife was the daughter of Captain Martin Cregier. Mr. L. A. de Sille does not state from which wife he is descended. In a foot-note he says "my ancestor does not appear to have been out of Holland." This is an error, as we find in Dutch Col. Mss., pp. 205, 217, 247, that Laurens de Sille was appointed supercargo 16 Jan., 1660, that he applied for increase of salary 2 Sept., 1660, and that on 17 May, 1663, he resigned as clerk in Secretary's office, and about that time returned to the Hague.

In Liber I, p. 7, Surrogate's office, we find Francis Cregier "dyed lately intestate, at New Castle Delaware Bay." Letters of administration granted to his father Martin Cregier, and brotherin-law Laurens de Sille, 10 July 1666, by Governor R. Nicoll.

Laurens de Sille left no issue in this country; it has been stated that all of the name of Sill are his descendants. All of that name claim descent from one John Sill, born in England, who was in Cambridge, Mass., in 1635.

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The following record is as given by Mr. de Sille of Holland: NICASIUS DE SILLE, doctor juris, b. at Malines 3 Aug., 1543, was at first advocate in the Provincial Council at Namur, the Secretary to the Privy Council, and to the Archduke Matthias; became A°. 1584, Council and Pensionary of Amsterdam and Deputy (delegate) in the States General; was several times Ambassador as in France, England, and Denmark; m. (1) 31 Jan., 1571, Genovefere de Romaignan, dau. of Laurens de Romaignan and Philippotte Le Noire. His wife Genovefere, d. 21 July, 1572, leaving one son.

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i Laurens, b. Namur, 1 March, 1572.

Nicasius afterwards m. (2) Johanna de Thrello. He d. 22 Aug., 1600, and was stately (nobly) buried in the old Church at Amsterdam. By his second wife, Johanna de Thrello, he had two daughters.

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ii. Johanna de Sille, b. Namur, 21 June, 1676; m. with Yonker (Sir) Daniel Van Hofdik Heer Van (Lord of) Middelhamis.

iii. Clara de Sille, d. unmarried.

LAURENS DE SILLE, b. Namur, I March, 1572, was Burgomeister of Arnheim; m. Walburga Merwyns of Arnheim; d. at the Hague A°. 1637, and was buried there. Their children were:

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i. Jacob de Sille, b. March, 1609, Arnheim; m. Sophia
Casembrodt.

ii. Nicasius, b. 23 Sept., 1610, Arnheim.
iii. Gerardina, b. Arnheim, m. Leonard Casembrodt. She
had a daughter, Walburga, b. at the Hague, 1645; m.
with Hendrick Coster (said de Vael), Advocate at the
Court of Holland; d. without children.

iv. Renier, b. at the Hague; m. Geertruid Kaldenbach of
Zutphen, but had no children.

v. Guysbert de Sille, b. at the Hague; d. unmarried A°. 1648.

3 NICASIUS' DE SILLE, b. Arnheim 23 Sept., 1610. Was Advocate to the Court of Holland; Captain in the service of the States General; was afterwards first High Council, a Fiscal (Eersten Hoogen Raad en Fiscal) in New Netherlands; m. Cornelia Meulmans, dau. of Peter Meulmans and Anna Marschalk. Their children were:

i. Walburga de Sille, b. at Maestricht 30 Nov., 1639; m. (1) in New Netherlands with Francois Cregier, with whom she had one dau. Elizabeth. She afterwards m. (2) with Wilhelm Bogardus.

ii. Anna de Sille, b. at Maestricht 6 Nov., 1640; m. (1) in New Netherlands with Hendrick Kip; m. (2) with de Bruynne.

iii. Gerardina de Sille, b. at Amsterdam 10 Feb., 1642; m.
with Johannes van Couvenhoven.

iv. Laurens de Sille, b. at Wyt, near Maestricht 2 Oct.,
1643; his second wife d. at Waalwyt 27 Aug., 1704.
v. Petrus de Sille, b. at Maestricht 6 Jan., A. 16-; d. un-
married, 8 Dec., 1663, at Nieuwer Amstel in the
Zuyd (South) Rivier of New Netherlands.

Mrs. Wright also obtained this quaint translation of a sketch of Nicasius de Sille in Amsterdam, and from this it would appear that he had a third wife, Barbara van der Goes. (In Dutch Col. Mss., page 280, Daniel de Silla, gives to Nicasius de Sille 13 Oct., 1654, Power of Attorney to manage his affairs in New Netherlands. Possibly Daniel may have been descended from this third marriage.)

"Sille (Nicaza de) or Sylla, Lawyer, was born in Mechelen, 1543: Being one of the zealous and principal protectors of freedom, he was employed many a time in different affairs of the native country. In November, 1576, he was sent for, by the way, of the General States to Geldre (Gelderland) with Jean de la Hays, to annex that province to the side of the states. In 1577 he was Pensionary of Namur, and representant of the Province of that name, in the Assembly of Brussels. Thereafter in December of that year he was commissioned to Namur to let that city be on guard, and in the same time to help to advance the negotiation with the New Spanish Governor. In January (Louwmaand) of the following year, he signed the Union of Brussels. There upon he took an actual part on the negotiation with Don Jan. and obtained through his behaviour, in this and other occasions, such the approbation of the Assembly of the General States, that she on the first of August, 1577, declared her contentment in these words.

'Nicaise Selle docteur a servi bien et fidelement a ses Etats et ville de Namur, et aussy a la Generalite Lettre sera ecrite au Magistrat et Jurez dudiet Namur, ad ce gu'ils veuillent continuer pour Commis de la dicte ville a la Generalite.'

On this request they contented and Sille continued to represent his Province. In the year 1578 they found him worthy to be Secretary to the Council of State under Matthias, and on the first of February he took an oath as such, for the General States. After the fall of the Southern Provinces Sille left for Holland, where he was Prime Pensionary of Amsterdam. There upon he availed of with praise, different Embassys and attended the high Assembly of the Country. In 1578 he was sent with Marnix to Groningen when the Govenors of the Ommelanden, were kept prisoners, at that time by the Govenor of the City, in order to be by the quarrels there, but they tryed in vain.

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