History of Richmond County, New York, 1887



Burbanck Family

Abraham, John and Peter Burbanck, and two sisters, names unknown, came from the Netherlands, Holland, in the ship "Caledonia;" the vessel was partly wrecked on the passage and the sisters were lost. The brothers lauded in New York in the seventeenth century, and Abraham settled on Staten Island. John went to New England, and was made freeman in Rowley, Mass., May 13, 1640. In his will of April 5, 1681, he mentioned his wife Jimima, and his children John, Caleb and Lydia. Peter went to Old England and was never heard from. They were of French and German stock; Abraham married a French lady, name and date of marriage unknown.

Abraham, son of Abraham the first, was born November 20, 1745;died May 1, 1823, married and had children as follows: Jacob, born April 9, 1771, died September 14, 1854; Abraham, born 1780, died 1838. The dates of births and deaths of Isaac, John, Peter, Rebecca and Mary Ann are unknown.

Descendants of Jacob Burbanck, son of Abraham the second: Jacob Burbanck was twice married; he married Ann Wandel who was born July 7. 1772, and was married by Mr. Eaton at New Windsor July 14, 1793. He married Lucy Hennell in 1830. She died November 16, 1865. No children by the second marriage. Had children by the first wife as follows: Ann, born May 3, 1794, died November 29, 1854; Abraham, born August 13, 1797, died August 26, 1797; Jacob Lockman, born June 22, 1799, died April 6, 1885; John William, born April 4, 1806; Aletta Eliza, born December 6, 1809.

Ann, daughter of Jacob and Ann Burbanck, married Abraham Egbert, born April 26, 1701, and was married by Rev. John C. Beekler, December 23, 1815; had children as follows: Jacob Burbanck Miles, born December 8, 1816, died August 14, 1879; Ann Eliza, born April 12, 1818; Margaret Jane, born January 25, 1820, died March 21, 1873; Abraham Edward, born October 12, 1821; Stephen Henry, born December 8, 1823, died February 11, 1865; Rebecca Maria, born March 30, 1826; Catherine Hannah, born January 29, 1828; James, born September 4, 1830.

Jacob Burbanck Miles, Egbert, first son of Abraham and Ann Egbert, was twice married; his first wife was Maria Simonson, his second wife Catherine Simonson, sisters, both of Clifton, Staten Island. The first wife had children as follows: Mary Elizabeth, born November 4, 1845; James and Lavina, dates of birth not known; they reside at Clifton. By the second wife, he had sons Cornelius and Chester.

Mary Elizabeth Eghert married James J. Garretson October 1, 1868, and has children as follows: Mary Elizabeth, born August 8, 1869, George Jacob, born March 8, 1871; Margaret Corsen, born January 28, 1873; Alice May, born November 10, 1874; Irene, born February 4, 1877; Ella, born September 12, 1878; Sarah Louise, born October 10, 1880; Arthur, born September 13, 1882; Susie Bird, born March 27, 1884; Jessie, born March 27, 1884; Henry, born June 14, 1881.

James Egbert, son of Jacob Burbanck Miles Egbert, married Sarah ____, has children and resides at Clifton, Staten Island.

Lavina Egbert, second daughter of Jacob Burbanck Miles Egbert, married William Rase and has children.

Ann Eliza Egbert, first daughter of Abraham and Ann Egbert, married Nathan Burbanck, have children: Anna and John.

Margaret Jane, second daughter of Abraham and Ann Egbert, married Nathaniel Swaim, had children: a son George and a daughter who died in infancy.

Abraham Edward, second son of Abraham and Ann Egbert, married Mary Jane Burgher. They have one daughter Marianna, who married ___ Franklin, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and. they have one daughter named Mabel. Abraham Edward, resides at Stapleton, Staten Island.

Rebecca Maria, third daughter of Abraham and Ann Egbert, married John Barnes. No children.

James, fourth son of Abraham and Ann Egbert, married Amelia Laforge. Has children as follows: Pauline, Alice, Herbert, (Elizabeth and Percy died). James Egbert resides at Tompkinsville.

Abraham Burbanck, the third son of Abraham Burbanck, second, married Catherine Houghwout, and had children as follows: Margaret, born 1806; married Nicholas Youngman; Catherine, born 1808; Charlotte, born 1820 (by second wife), married ____ Mink of Albany, N.Y.; Richard C., born 1822, married Catherine M. Douglas, and had children as follows: Margaret, Louisa. Emma. Sarah and Catherine; George, married Catherine Relyea, and resides in Albany, N.Y.; Joseph; Ann, married George Holt, of Chicago, Illinois.

Isaac Burbanck, son of Abraham second, married Sarah Egbert, and had children as follows: Mary Ann, married Vincent Bodine, and had two sons, Jacob and Vincent. Her husband died. She then married Stephen Martling, and had two daughters. She died and her second husband married her sister Sarah Jane, and she had children, Elizabeth and Mary Ann. Isaac Burbanck had three children: Mary Ann, Sarah Jane and Edward.

Edward, son of Isaac and Sarah Burbanck, married and has a son Edward married and living at New Dorp.

Elizabeth Mantling, first daughter of Stephen and Sarah Jane Martling, married James Vreeland of New Dorp; has children and resides at New Dorp.

Mary Ann Mantling, second daughter of Stephen and Sarah Jane Martling, married - - Bogart.

John Burbanck, son of Abraham the second, married, and had children as follows: Ann, Mary, Daniel, Henry, John and Catherine.

John and Peter Burbanek, sons of Abraham second, reside at New Brighton.

Rebecca Burbanck, first daughter of Abraham second, married Austin Barton, had children: Sarah, and one, name not known. Sarah married ____ Conklin, living at Patchogue, Long Island, and has one daughter.

Mary Ann Burbanck, second daughter of Abraham second, married John Deeker.

Jacob Lockman Burbanck, second son of Jacob and Ann, married Martha Washington Graham, August 4, 1830. Born June 1, 1799; died December 5, 1879. Was married by Rev. John Ernest Miller, and had children as follows: Elizabeth Anderson, born July 29, 1831; George Edgar, horn June 27, 1833, died December 30, 1834; Margaret Ann, horn January 31, 1836; Frances Louise, born July 19, 1838, died July 4, 1880; William Dudley, born September 14, 1841, was married May 17, 1870, to Susan Jane Wood, of Pleasant. Plains, who was born October 18, 1840, and has children as follows: Jacobson Lockman, born May10, 1871; William Dudley, born May 1, 1874; George Graham, born August 1, 1877; Mary Eleanor Wood, born June 18, 1880; David Morris Ware, born April. 19, 1883, died January 24, 1884.

John William Burbanck, third son of Jacob and Ann, was twice married; his first wife was Gertrude Egbert, and his second wife Ann Egbert, sisters. Ann died December 19, 1878; had children as follows: By first wife. Hiram A., Ferdinand and Mary Adelaide; by second wife. Evelina, Anna and John Alfred. John William resides at Castleton Corners, and is the oldest living descendant of Jacob Burbanck the first.

Hiram A. Burbanck, son of John William and Gertrude, married Mary ____, and had one son, John William, and a daughter, who died. Hiram resides Genealogy with his father at Castleton Corners.

Evelina Burbanck, daughter of John William and Ann, married William Alston, and has one son, Theodore.

Anna Burbanck, daughter of John William and Ann, married Sylvester Cobb, and has children Mabel and Edward.

John Alfred Burbanck, son of John William and Ann, died March 28, 1873.

Aletta Eliza Burbanck, second daughter of Jacob first and Ann, married Samuel Wood, and has children as follows: Catharine Ann, Ellen, Jane Louisa, Benjamin, Jacob, Augustus B., and Beekman.

Samuel Wood died, and his widow resides at City Island, Westchester county, New York.

Catharine Ann Wood, daughter of Samuel and Aletta E. Wood, married Joseph Brown, and has children and grandchildren, resides at Astoria, N.Y.

Ellen Wood, daughter of Samuel and Aletta Eliza Wood, married Benjamin Van Clief, had one son Charles, now living at West New Brighton, married and has children. His parents are dead.

Benjamin Wood, son of Samuel and Aletta Eliza Wood, married and has children and grandchildren residing at Astoria, N.Y.

Augustus B. Wood, son of Samuel and Aletta Eliza Wood, married and has children and grandchildren, residing at City Island, Westchester county, N.Y.

Samuel Burbanck, Jacob Lockman Burbanck's cousin, resides at South Beach, and his son, Samuel Burbanck, resides at New Dorp.



Source: History of Richmond County, (Staten Island) From its Discovery to the Present Time: Richard M. Bayles: New York: L.E. Preston & Co.; 1887












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