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- REFERENCE: "Durie Family PC 929.2 Public Library, Rockville, ParkeCounty, Indiana; Published 1985 By Howard I. Durie, Pomona, New York. Book reference: Durie, H.I., THE DIRIE FAMILY, Pomona, New York1985. Proof of maternal descendents of William H. Elkins dating from1630 to the present time. Pages from the beginning of the book to p.197 have been copied and are in the ELKINS HISTORY VOLUME, Farner,Tyler, and Duree Families. Pages 1-410."
"THE DURIER/DURIE/DUREE FAMILY FROM UTRECHT, HOLLAND."
"FIRST GENERATION" Page 15
"JEAN DURIER, the first of the family in America, was born 12 Nov 1654in the Walloon Church, Utrecht, Holland, son of Pierre Durier andMarguerite Charoy. Jean came to America shortly before 1686 andjoined the Huguenot Colony founded by the Demarest Family on landalong the east side of the Hackensack River in what is now New Milfordin Bergen County, New Jersey. On 27 July 1686, Jean received a Patentfrom the Proprietors of East Jersey for a tract of 261 acres of landwest of the river in what was then Essex County, later made a part ofBergen County in 1710; lying partly in present River Edge and Paramus. He established his home on the easterly part in present River Edge,at a site between the early "Kinderkamack" Road and the river. JeanMar (1) either prior to his arrival or shortly afterward, Jeanne(family name not confirmed but which may have been Hersulier). Shedied about 1691 after the birth of their second child, and was buriedin the French cemetery in New Milford. Jean mar (2) in 1692, RachelCresson, widow of David Demarest, Junior. She was born about 1656 inDelft, Holland, daughter of Pierre Cresson and Rachel Close. Afterthe second marriage Jean lived on the Demarest land on the east sideof the river in present New Milford, where he resided until his death. According to church entries at the time of their marriage, the fourchildren were all born in "Hackensack," intended to mean within thejurisdiction of the Dutch Church at that place. Jean and his wiveswere members of the French Protestant Church established on theDemarest Colony about 1682 and which existed until 1695. At itsdissolution, he and his second wife joined the Dutch Church atHackensack by letter 10 July 1696. He was elected a Deacon there on22 May 1698, but died before he was ordained. Jean acted in a legalcapacity for his Demarest step-children, as their guardian and trusteein the management of the large amount of land they inherited fromtheir grandfather, David Demarest, Senior in 1693. Because of hiseducational background and status in the community, he was appointed aJustice of the Bergen County court on 05 Feb 1693. Jean died in June1698 shortly after making his last will and testament on 10 Jun, whichwas proved 02 Sept at Perth Amboy. In it he mentioned his second wifeand the four children. He was buried in the French cemetery with hisfirst wife. Rachel mar (3) 25 Apr 1702 at Hack, Roelof Vanderlinda,widower of Susanna Brinkerhoff, of Teaneck, where she and her familysubsequently lived. She is believed to have died prior to 1719."
Pages 7-8; Para. 4-8:
"After the dissolution of the French Congregation, Jean and his secondwife joined the Dutch Church at Hackensack, the entry reading: "1696July 10 - Came to us, with letters from the French Church, Jan Dury,with his wife, Rachel Querson." When the first church building wasstarted in Hackensack that year, he contributed his services and hisinitials "JDR" were carved on a stone, together with those of somedutch members, still preserved in the east wall of the presentbuilding. On 22 May 1698 he was elected a Deacon at Hackensack, butdied before he was installed. Jean died soon after making his Will on10 June 1698, which was obviously a death bed document. It was proved2 September 1698, at Perth Amboy, and reads:
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN
I hereunder written John Dury of the Township of Hakingsak in yecounty of Bergen and province of East New Jersey being indisposed ofbody though of perfect memorie and understanding do make this my LastWill and Testament: that is after bequeathing my Imortal soul unto yehands of Almighty god, and threw the suffering of my Lord and SaviourJesus Christ hope to have pardon for all my sins I desire after mydeparting this life that my body be buried in christian burying placeat the descretion of my Executrix, and my temporal Estate to bedisposed of as followeth (Viz) That my four children (that is to saymy daughter Janeken Dury, my son Pieter Dury, my other daughterMarragret Dury and my youngest son John Dury) shall after andimmediately after that my daughter Janeken shall come to the age oftwenty and one years, or if God should please to call her out of thisworld before that time, that then when any of the other three shallcome to the above said years of twenty and one, all and every part andparcell of my real Estate shall be exposed to sale amongst my saidchildren and if so be none of them shall see cause to purchase thesame that then any one that will may have liberty to purchase the samealthough strangers, and the value to be equally distributed amongstthem mys aid children after my decease are and shall remain under yeGardianship of my well beloved friends Andriss Tebou and SamuellDemarest until they be of age in law to receive their patrimoney. Itis my further desier that from the time of my decease until such timethat one of my said children shall come to the age above said, my wellbeloved and dear wife Rachell Dury shall hold posses and enjoy my saidestate, and every part and parcell thereof and keep all the benefitsthat shall or may arise therefrom, she the said Rachel sing such meansas shall be suitable for the bringing up and educating my saidchildren, and it is my will that my said wife shall have all andsingular my moveable estate to disposs of the same at her own goodwill and pleasure without any let or hindrance of my said children,she my said wife paying my just debts (except such legacies as shallhereaafter follow, that is to say, my said daughter Janeken to haveher own mothers clothing, to witt, one Red, one blue and one blackgown, as also one black apron with another gown, one gold ring and asilver bodkin, with one siver ear royer, And to my son Pieter I doegive and bequeath one gold stone ring, one silver ear royer and onepyd mare. I also doe give and bequeath unto my four children abovenamed all my books, to each as I have already set their names on saidbooks. This I do acknowledge to be my Last Will and Testaments by meheretofore made whatsoever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set myhand and fixed my seal this tenth day of June in the year of our Lordone thousand six hundred ninety and eight and in the tenth year ofthe Raigne of our Soveraign Lord, William the Third over EnglandScotland France and Ireland King Defender of the faith. Signed andsealed in the presence of us Jan Desmarest, John Edsall, Edw. EarleJunr. Signed--Jan Dury or Durie"
"Perth Amboy 2nd Septr 1698
Jan Desmarest one of ye subscribing wittnesses to ye within writtenWill came before me Commissionated for taking ye probate of last wills& Testaments & did solemnly depose upon ye holy Evangelist of AlmightyGod that he did see ye within written Jan Durie sign seal publish &declair ye within written testament to be his last will & testamentand that at ye same time he was of sound mind & perfect memorie to yebest of his knowledge & understanding. Jurat Coram me James Dundas."
"On 2 October 1698, Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed,were issued to the widow "Rachel Dury." The Will was prepared byEdward Earle, Junior, and is in his handwriting. By that time evenJohn Demarest, one of the witnesses, was leaning toward the transitionto Dutch, because he signed his first name "Jan". Jean's signature isshown as it was actually written including the probable ink blots,together with the seal on the original. The given name is Jan and theother looks more like Dury, but could be Durie." [Transcribed by,SLJuhl, 30 Jul 2005] NOTE: There was much added lettering to manywords, but in order to make the Will easier to read I took the libertyto leave off some of the extra lettering such as in these threeexamples: chilldren or sillver or doe -- to children and silver anddo.
"On 16 Oct 1693, "some days after the decease of our late father," anagreement was entered into, written in French, by the heirs anddevisees of David Demarest, Senior, regarding the disposition of themills and lands of the deceased. this was recorded 4 Apr 1695,followed by an English translation. The preamble in French reads:
Nous Jean et Samuel Desmarets et notre Cousin Jean Durrier faisantpour les enfans de feu notre frere David nous etant assembles'quelques jours apre's le deces' de feu notre pere pour voir sespapiers et chercher de quelle maniere il a dispose' avant sa mort desbiens quil alaisses et ayant trouve' un testament...
(We John and Samuel Desmarets and our cousin John Durier for thechildren of our late brother David being assembled some days after thedecease of our late faather to visit his papers and to seek how he hasbefore his death disposes of the estates left by him...)
..."Although his name is written Jean Durier in French, and JohnDurier in the English translation, the signature is "Jan Dury" with aseal impression attached to the French document. this Dutch form ofthe name seems to have been used by Jean, and his signature as witnessto the will of Samuel Demarest on 28 Jan 1696, is "Jan Durye"
The author: Harold I. Durie, listed these references in his book--
1. Bibliotheque Wallonne of Leyden, now at Centraal Bureau voorGenealogie, the Hague,Netherlands
2. Ibid. Also Collection Mirondolle, Salt Lake City GenealogicalLibrary, 199.819; 199.967; 199.970
3. Passengers to New Netherland 1654-1664, Year Book of the HollandSociety of New York, 1902
4. L'Eglise de Wallonne, Norwich, Vol. 1 Publications of the HuguenotSociety of London
5. Canterbury Records, Vol. 5; Threadneedle Street, London, Records,Vol. 13, Publications of the Huguenot Society of London
Just to name a few references. Please contact compiler if more isneeded or check the book itself in the Rockville, Parke CountyLibrary, Indiana.
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