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Note: GENEALOGY AND ANNALS OF THE VAN LIEW FAMILY IN AMERICA
FROM THE YEAR 1670 DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME.
AND A BREIF RECORD OF A FEW FAMILIES WITH WHOM THE VAN LIEW FAMILY INTERMARRIED.
COPYRIGHT, 1910 BY THOS. L. VAN LIEW
The Van Leeuwens came from Utrecht, Holland and from the Village of Leeuwen, in Gelderland, on the Ware, in the Netherlands, Holland.
There are no Van Liews in Holland. The family there spell their name Van Leeuwen. First changed in America about year 7100 to Lewen.
In the Province of New Jersey, just prior to the Revolution, 1775 it was spelled Lewe and Lew, thus Van Lewe-Van Lew. During and after the Revolution it began to be spelled as now, Viz: Van Liew. The family name is shown in this Record, after the first generation as Anglicized (Van Liew), in order to give uniformity and to avoid confusion.
The children of the Van Liew family were generally taught the Dutch language until about the year 1810.
CONCERNING THE PERIOD OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
In all about fifteen male members of the Van Liew family served in the Revolution under Gen. George Washington. However, thus far, there is accessible record of ten only, and of these the service of five only is thus far shown. It is hoped the matter will be fully cleared up (which the compiler under stand is now being done).
HERE ARE THE NAMES OF THE PATRIOTS:
1. Cornelius Van Lew (Van Liew), Somerset Co. N.J.
2. Denice Van Lew (Van Liew), Somerset Co. N.J.
3. Dennis Van Lew (Van Liew), Somerset Co. N.J. ( Private, Capt. John Sebring's Co., 1st Bat. Somerset Col, N.J.Militia.
4. Frederick Van Lew (Van Liew), Somerset Co. N.J. (Sergeant, Capt. John Sebring's Co., 1st Bat, Somerset Col, N.J. Militia.
5. Frederick Van Lew (Van Liew), Middlesex Co. N.J., (3rd Reg. Middlesex, State Troops, Continental Army, Capt Phillips' Co).
6. Henrick Van Lew (Van Liew), Somerset Co. N.J.
7. Jeremiah Van Lew (Van Liew), Somerset Co. N.J. (Private, Capt. John Sebring's Co. 1st Bat. Somerset Col, N.J. Militia).
*8. John Van Lew (Van Liew), Somerset Co. N.J. (Private, Capt. John Sebring's Co. 1st Bat. Somerset Col, N.J. Militia, and Capt. Wm. Jones' Co., 2nd Battalion).
9. Peter Van Lew (Van Liew), Somerset Co. N.J.
10. Richard Van Lew (Van Liew), Somerset Co. N.J.
*John Van Liew stationed at Springfield, J. J., June 18 to 27, 1780 under Col. John Taylor.
The Patriots were called Rebels and the non-Patriots, Loyalists. For five years New Jersey was a granary for both armies and was a perfect hotbed of warfare during the Revolution. The length of service of the Patriots was from three months up. In one instance, after the Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776, they extended their time for two weeks. Their time was divided between their crops and service in the army.
"Two Forts or Redoubts were thrown up on the farm of Denice Van Liew at Middlebush, N. J., by the British General Howe with two Divisions. Winter of 1778-1779. Another Fort was made on farm of Ann Van Liew, widow of Cornelius June 14-19, 1779. (Ann's farm was on opposite side of road from that of Denice.)
They were driven from home by the British, their cattle confiscated, and the meat was chopped up on the old Dutch cupboards in the kitchens. The ncks in the cupboards were objects of curiosity for many years afterward.
The Van Liew family was partly reimbused for their many losses by a special act of the New Jersey Legislature.
Shortly before the close of the Revolutionary War, in 1781, the New Jersy Legislatur orderd a record to be taken, under oath, before appraisers of the damages done by the British to the property of the Partiots of New Jersey. The Van Liew family renderd bills as follow, viz:
Hendrick Van Liew............................11S. 7D. 6
Anna Van Liew.................................246 6 9
Frederick Van Liew...........................183 8 0
Frederick Van Liew Jr........................15 0 0 Cornelius Van Liew...........................18 2 10
Johannes Van Liew...........................519 1 65
"The old Van Liew homestead was a large double house, six miles from New Brunswick, N.J, which was occupied, the first floor, by the Federal officers during the Revolution. The Van Liew family lived upstairs. During this time. Gen. Washington visited this house, and a skirmish and battle occurred on a knoll in the center of the farm, just west of the house, between the British and the Federals. Many flints and bullets were found on the farm for years afterwards. The Patrots" barns were torn down and the floors of the homes were torn up to make bridges and to complete the boats in construction for the purpos of aiding the British Army to crosss the Raritan River near New Brunswick, J.J."-Extract from Judge Ralph Voorhees (Fredonia, N.Y., Papers).
Richard Van Liew and a member of the Wyckoff family acted as guides to Gen. Washington in New Jersey.
The term "Mile Run," used in the old stage-coaching days on the road from New York City to Philadelphia, wa expressive of the distance out of New Brunswick, N.J., toward Philadelphia. Thus three miles out-"3 Mile Run,"etc. This is how the localities of # Mile Run, N.J., and 6 Mile Run, N.J., derived their names. Val Liews lived at both places.
he name of Dennis and Denise, given to our sons of every generation, really should be Denise or Denice, in hour of and in perpetuation of the name of Helena Denise (or Denice), born March 5, 177, the wife of Frederick Van Liew, born April 30, 1694. Let furture generations take especial note of this and continue the good deed.
First settlement of lands in Somerset County, New Jersey began November 1st, 1861. The Van Liew Cemetery in New Brunswick is a beautiful place. There are interred members of the Van Liew, Wyckoff, Vanderbilt, Suydam and other families. One-half mile south of Middlebush, N.J., Depot, back of the main wagon road, one field to the east, on what is now known as ther Drew farm, is a little, triangular spot, one acre in extent. This was the burial place of many of the early Van Liews in New Jersey, the graves long since obliterated.
The Van Liews intermarried with the following-named families: Burhans, Voorhees, Power, Sansbury, Denice, Benton, Van Wicklen, Quigley, Van Doren, Bowman, Bennett, Durye or Duryea, Cortelyou, Cowenhavens, Hendricksons, Polhemus, Bogarts, Van Arsdale, Rapelyea, Lott, Schenck, Van Srychler, Ditmass, Sutphin, Wyekoff, Suydam, Langstruat, Manger, Budd, Veght, Probasco, Bun, Parsell, Williamson, Vanortstrand, Cerk, Van der Vere, Buckeliew, Hageman, Graham.
THE TOP OF PAGE 11 IS CUT OFF AND UNCLEAR:
The list of subscribers for funding of church Dec 6, 1766? the following names:
Cornielus Van Lewe, Denice Van Lewe, Ann Van Liew (Ann subscribed March 6, 1777, two months after the decease of her husband, Cornielus). Abraham Durye subscribed at the same time. And Gabriel Duryee subscribed at the close of the Revolution.
John Van Liew, who was born January 9, 1791, at Middlebush, J.J. (grandfather of the compiler of this record), moved west to Ohio, that his children might expand, and prophesied that his children would live to see people fly through the air and also have free communication through the world. He at first emigrated as far as Chicago, Ill., at which place a land owner offered to trad a tract of land, located in what is now the heart of Chicago, for one of his (John Van Liew's) horses, but my grandfather declined the offer and moved back to Morrow County, Ohio, where he resided many years. He also resided in Richland County, Perry Township, Ohio. Hemoved West from New Jersey about 1834.
Henry Clow Van Liew (Record No. 49) owned and operated saw mills and flour mills in Michigan and Indiana. He was engaged in the drug busines at South Bend, Ind., at the time of his decease.
Alphens O. Van Liew (Record No. 73) was a druggist at Lakeville, Id.
The burgomaster of the City of Amsterdam, Holland, at the present time is a Van Leeuwen. The writer recently received a communication from that gentelman.
Refernces: N.J. Archives: Early Settlers of Kinsg Co.: Officers and Men of N.J. in Revl: Centl. Histh. Somerset Co., N.J.: History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, N.J.: N.Y. in revolution: L.I. Genealogies: N.Y.G. & B Record.
Page 11. References. (Add) Second annual Report of the State Historian of New York, Colonial Series, Albany, 1897.
Reformed Dutch Church Records of Jamaica, Flatbush, Brooklyn and Port Richmond (S.I.) N.Y.
Our Ancestors, by Charlotte R Van Woglum (Mrs. Bleecker Bangs), Brooklyn, 1896.
Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, by John E Stillwell, M.D., New York, 1906.
Magazine, "Our Home," 1873. Papers by Tunis G Bergen.
Note-Figures in Parenthesis indicate Van Liew Record nummber. P. page. Please gum edge and fasten to stub of blank page.
St. Louis, Mo, December 15th, 1912.Thos. L Van Liew.
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