History of New Paltz, New York, and its old families (from 1678 to 1820) including the Huguenot pioneers and others who settled in New Paltz previous to the revolution; with an appendix bringing down the history of certain families and some other matter to 1850 . red in the old burying-ground in this village, and it issingular that no stone marks his grave. Josiah left one daugh-ter, Catharine, who married Jacobus Hardenbergh of Hurley,and four sons as follows: Roelif Abram. Cornelius andSolomon. The last named left no children. Cornelius mar-ried Blandina Elmendorf and settled in Hurley,
History of New Paltz, New York, and its old families (from 1678 to 1820) including the Huguenot pioneers and others who settled in New Paltz previous to the revolution; with an appendix bringing down the history of certain families and some other matter to 1850 . red in the old burying-ground in this village, and it issingular that no stone marks his grave. Josiah left one daugh-ter, Catharine, who married Jacobus Hardenbergh of Hurley,and four sons as follows: Roelif Abram. Cornelius andSolomon. The last named left no children. Cornelius mar-ried Blandina Elmendorf and settled in Hurley, where he lefta line of descendants. Abram married Dinah DuBois andlocated where his son Philip, his grandson, Mathusalem andhis great-grandson, Sol. L. F., have since resided. Roelif Maria Low, daughter of Johannes M. Low. Heoccupied his fathers homestead in this village and carried onthe mercantile business. The Eltixge Hoiiestead We have a feeling of pity for any one who does not loveold houses, something akin to the pity we would feel for anyone who says he does not love flowers or the song of the whole village there is no more interesting house thanthe one we are about to describe. There are none about which 488 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ. THE ELTINGE HOMESTEAD, ORIGINALLY THE BEVIER HOUSE HISTORY OF XEJy PALTZ 489 cluster more associations and traditions, and there is probablyno old house in the county that has sheltered beneath its roofthe ancestors of so numerous a line of descendants, now liv-ing. What makes this old structure much more interesting isthe fact that there has been no attempt to sppil it by modernimprovements. This house is now the property of Jacob El-tinges sons. It is about 50 feet in length and 2^ feet wide. Ithas evidently been built at two different periods—the rear oreastern end last. On this eastern end the chimney bore untila few years ago the figures 1735. The western end, whichfronts on the street, is evidently the oldest portion
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