The order and birth dates for these children still need a lot of work.
In Ira K. Morris's Memorial History of Staten Island, NY (v. 1), he says John married Catherine Britton, the sister of Nathaniel Britton. The following also comes from that book. It is talking about John and Catherine. It is more than a little confusing, but here it is word for word: Their sons were John (usually recognized in local history as "Squire John"), Jacob (the father of William H. J. and Edmund Bodine), the late Captain John, James, Jacob, Albert, and Vincent. There were three daughters, who removed from the Island. James was the father of the late Abraham Bodine, of Mariners' Harbor, and of several sons and daughters now dead.
Note from Dave: I have no idea why this appears to say that John and Catherine had two sons named John and two sons named Jacob. The article makes no mention, it seems, of their sons Nathaniel, Abraham, and Edmund. There could be mistakes in my data here or mistakes in the article.
Info from Charlotte Hix says, "He married and had eight children. Two of his children, William and Edmund were to become the principles of the firm described as "Bodine Brothers, dealers in lumber and building materials generally, also fuel, bluestones and slate, planing, sash, blinds, doors, mouldings, etc. [See The Staten Island Advance 26 Apr 2001, "Last of the Line", in the Living section of the paper.]
The following comes from the Britton genealogy (p. 23):
On April 29,1824, John Bodine, Sr., and Catharine, his wife, of Castleton, transferred to Jacob Bodine, miller, certain property [Richmond County Deeds (NY), 3:291]. Jacob built his house near the foot of Clove Road about 1830. Jacob was a miller, grocer, oyster planter, lumber dealer, etc. [Staten Island and Its People, by Leng and Davis, 1930]. The map of 1846 shows that the estate of Jacob Bodine had a property at the southeast corner of the Shore Road and Clove Road (Columbia Street) containing 1 acre, on which Jacob (abt 1830), had built a house, "now occupied by his son W. H. J. Bodine" (1879) (The Staten Island Historian, 13:4).
The Britton genealogy lists nine children for Jacob and Johannah. The order I have here is not certain. It does match the Britton info.
Jacob left a will dated April 7, 1845. See Richmond County Surrogate's records, St. George, Staten Island (G:40).
From Ronny Bodine:
Leng and Davis in "Staten Island and It's People," p. 998 call him a miller, grocer, oyster planter, officer of the Staten Island Whaling Company, stockholder in the Staten Island Bank, lumber dealer, etc. Jacob Bodine served as a Private in Captain Richard Carey's Company, New York Militia from 13 Sept 1814 to 8 Dec 1814 (Blwt 34383-160-55, WO 10761, WC 6082). From April 1832 to May 1834 he served as deacon and secretary of the Dutch Reformed Church of Port Richmond. With the financial panic of 1837, Judge Ogden Edwards ran into some difficulties and sold Dongan Manor to Jacob Bodine who, in turn, sold the manor to his son-in-law Captain Jacob Post, husband of his daughter Mary.
His will of 7 April 1845, in which he describes himself as a resident of Castleton, was proved 21 April 1845. Therein, he named his wife Hannah and named as executors, his sons William H. V. and John Bodine, and son-in-law Jacob Post. The subsequent probate records named widow Hannah Bodine, and children John, Wm. H. V., Mary, wife of Jacob Post, and minors Edmund, Catherine, Ellen, James, Jacob and Albert Bodine (Richmond Co. Wills G: 40). Jacob's death on 9 April 1845 was referred to in the probate proceedings of his nephew Cornelius Bodine. Jacob Bodine was married at the Dutch Reformed Church of Port Richmond to Johannah Housman, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Housman. She was named as Hannah Bodine in the estate probate of her father in 1844 (Richmond Co. Letters of Testamentary 3: 201). From 1860 Hannah resided at Castleton, Richmond County with her son William Bodine She was buried in the Moravian Church Cemetery.