Notes for: Nicholas Bordine / Bodine, Sr.

I believe, although I am not sure, that the following is the signature of this Nicholas Bordine. It comes from New Jersey Supreme Court case number 3964 (Middlesex County) Cornelius Bordine (Bodine) vs Joseph Labateaux from 1805. It is from a bond or something signed December 29, 1804. The other signature is that, I believe, of his son Cornelius Bordine.

Possible signature

From: Margaret Ha [mcha at epix.net]
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003
Subject: Bordines

A couple of years ago you were very helpful in my trying to trace my Berdine ancestors. My sister and I had plans to go to New Brunswick, NJ to do some research. Her plane reservation was for Sept 12, 2 years ago. Needless to say, that trip was cancelled. Other things intervened but this week my sister received an envelope of papers from a cousin that are a treasure trove of research notes from my mother and grandmother. It quite clearly links us to Jean of Bethune with dates and marriages. They were trying to link us to Jean of Medis but your website sent me in the right direction, except that their records of Nicholas Bodine b 1746, d March 6 1814 give his wife's name as Ann DeHart. This research was done by my great grandmother. Nicholas would be her husbands great grandfather. Her sources are given as Family Bibles, Baptismal records of the First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, and Dr. Stelles Historical Discourse on the 150th Anniversay of the 1st Reformed Church. (I would love to read that!) I saw on your website that "Dolly" thinks he married Ann Colcher. I will continue to work on this. When you think the information is secure enough, I'll pass it along for your use. - Margaret Ha

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry and Dolly Bordine" (bordine at wnonline.net)
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002
Subject: Bordine genealogy

I discovered some new information on Jacob Bordine at http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmiddle/178117971stRef.html a website that I found.

Jacob Bordine and Nancy Farmer, Members of First Reformed Dutch Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey 1781-1797 joined April 29, 1797.

Nicholas Bordine w Ann Colcher joined May 3, 1794 looked through the entire web site of New Jersey marriages through 1797 (B's) and did not find a notation of a license for Jacob Bordine and Nancy Farmer

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nj/njmarriage.htm

Nicholas and Jacob - brothers!!!

Another notation of NJ marriage licenses Nicholas Bordine to Ann Webster 1781.

This could be the Jacob who then went to New York and is listed in the 1810 census with wife, son and daughter under the age of 10.

And then in 1830 census

...

Dolly

On the 7th of July 1999 Thomas Berdine received the following letter from Melania Paccillo of North Brunswick, New Jersey.

Dear Mr. Berdine,

My name is Melanie and I am from central New Jersey. I do not know how the Berdines in my hometown fit into your family tree. However, I hope that the information I have found in my research in attempting to SAVE the Berdine house can help you in your tree and that your information can help me. I am personally not a Berdine but I have accidentally fallen into a great interest in them. Before I get into explaining my story I just have a small word of caution, (this is my mother's input and I am sure you have already discovered this) the spelling Berdine may not be the original spelling. I say this because in my research I have also, along with this spelling, have found the spellings Burdine, Bodine, and Bordine.

Now for explaining how I accidentally got associated with the Berdines. Two ago, I was looking through my township's history book when I noticed a picture from 1850. I thought that there was a possibility this structure could still be standing. The Historical Society insisted that it had been destroyed years before. I convinced my mother to take me to the shopping center across the street and take a look. Sure enough that beautiful picture of a typical farm house stood. The next step was taken rather slowly because I had no idea what I had fallen onto. As it turns out, our Nicholas Berdine one of the founding fathers had built and lived in this house.

Most of the next year and a half were spent trying to get the Historical Society to do something. Five moths ago they announce that they never had any interest in it and that they basically did not care a bit if it was turned into a museum or destroyed. (I would like to see it a museum as we have nothing to represent our history) There was a screaming match and the few who cared branched off into a different Society we lovingly call the Preservation Society. This society has been strictly dedicated to saving the Berdine house. Now this is all fine and dandy. However, because of the sheer want of progress and profit the township has given permission for the house to be torn down and for a Dunkin' Donuts and a Popeye's Chicken to take it's place. There seems now to be no hope. (Unless a miracle occurs and The Preservation Society can somehow come up with enough money to move the house.)

Well, much time has passed since the August when I innocently, two years ago at age 12, informed the Historical Society of what they had. Her death date is either Sunday, July 11 or Sunday, July 18. Unfortunately, my calendar was lost along the way. If you are interested in the minimal information on North Brunswick, NJ's Nicholas Berdine please email me and let me know. I will be glad to assist you in your noble cause in preserving your history.

Sincerely,
Melanie Paccillo
Student Member
Preservation Society

* Email to save the Nicholas Berdine house may be sent to: Mayor at twp.north-brunswick.nj.us

* Written letters may be sent to
Mayor Paul J Matecara
North Brunswick Township Municipal Complex
710 Hermann Road
North Brunswick, NJ 08902

* 7 JUL 99 - We do not know a lot about the family. Nicholas settled in the Berdine section of the township in the late 1700's. His will is dated March 22, 1814. Nicholas was a blacksmith as well as a farmer. According to his will he owned at least 3 properties in New Brunswick and had 5 children, Cornelius, Jacob the youngest, Maria/Mariah, Dinah,and Elenor. His wife's name was Ann. The spelling of the surname on the will is Bordine. Cornelius left the house to Dennis Berdine. There are other names as well and I will try to decipher the hand writing in Cornelius' will and get you the names. The house stayed in the Berdine family at least until 1907. We will forward copies of the wills along with the newspaper article on Melanie's attempt to save the house.

* 8 JUL 99 - The current property was divided into 5 lots each being split from the original. In addition to your house there were 3 others one of which has already been taken down and was built shortly after the Berdine house. We were told by the owner that the destroyed house was of the same balloon construction as yours. The house is 2 and 1/2 stories high. We believe that there was either 1 or 2 rooms downstairs and had been heated by a stove. The clay connecting pipe was found by Melanie during one of our exploration trips to the house. The up stairs was finished at a later date according to our consulting architect. In the 1940's a kitchen was added to the original building. The bricks for the kitchen's foundation were the insulating bricks taken from the interior walls of the downstairs. The house has seen many uses over time. Fortunately, someone realized that the house was important for they paneled over the original walls. The interior downstairs walls look like stucco. This confused us at first but we have learned that this was a popular decorating motif of the 1850's. North Brunswick Township has a section named Berdine's Corners after your ancestors. We happen to live in this section of town. Nicholas' blacksmith shop is long gone.

Here is a picture of the house associated with the corresopondence above:

House of Nicholas Bodine

From: Greta Else [gretaelse at yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009
Subject: Re: Berdine/Bordine/Bodin Family

I have been working on my family tree on the Ancestry.com site & I'm stuck at the Nicholas & Cornelius link in my tree. I have gotten most of my information from research done for a lawsuit in September 1956 between a builder & Cornelius Bordine & c.,et als. over the Berdine's Corner area in North Brunswick. My father's mother was a Berdine & so he was summoned to testify at the hearing. Following is what I know from this information.
Cathaline Viola Berdine Johnson 1873 - 1946..........husband Leslie Phillip Johnson
William H.? Berdine, (her father) 1847 -1906............wife Margaret Sweeney
William Berdine (grandfather) 1822-1869.............wife Cathaline Applegate 1826-1914
Cornelius Bordine(Bodine) 17??-1840...................1st wife Johanna VanDerbilt ?-1815
....................................................................................................2nd wife and mother of Cornelius - Elizabeth (Betsy) Compton ?-?-
Nicholas Bordine(Bodine) 1746-1814.....................1st wife Dinah Van Lewe(Liew) 1750-?
....................................................................................................2nd wife & mother of Nicholas-Ann or Annabel Colcher or Hart 1743-1826

The rest I've taken from your wonderful web site & hope it's part of my family!!!
Jacob Bodine 1719-1748....................................................wife Catherine Bogart ?-?
Jacob Bodine 1684-1765....................................................wife Elizabeth Sebring 1677-1752
John Bodine 1662-1745.....................................................wife Mary Crocheron 1660-1703

Can you help me with any of my blank dates and wife names? It seems that Cornelius & Nicholas are such a stumbing block with so many family lines. However, I am quite sure "my" Cornelius & Nicholas are correct for my line but I'm unsure of wives & siblings.

Thank you for any help or information you can send me.

Greta Else

The following may or may not apply to one of Nicholas's children - or some other person from his relatives.

From: dclark1292 at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Subject: Re: Thanks-found my ggggg and gggggg-grand parents

Dave,
Apparently I spoke too soon. It seems my cousin and her family have been searching your site and have been unable to connect our Ann (referrenced below). Have been pouring over possible relatives and cannont connect her either. But as she came from New Brunswick, NJ, I was thinking yesterday, that she was probably connected to Nicholas, but don't really think so now.
The closest connection is "Bodine, Daughter b. 1783" on the index. She was noted as likely being born in NJ.
Below is what we know of Ann Bodine:

First Generation

1. Israel Ezra ROSS .

Israel married Ann BODINE . Ann was born on 20 Oct 1783 in New Brunswick,NJ. She died on 4 Jan 1858 in Cincinnati,OH. She was buried in Spring Grove, Modified Register for Israel Ezra ROSS


Cincinnati,OH.

They had the following children:

+ 2 F i. Eliza ROSS was born on 25 Jun 1800. She died on 7 Sep 1840.

+ 3 F ii. Susannah ROSS was born on 30 Sep 1802. She died on 4 Feb 1872.

+ 4 M iii. William Henry ROSS was born on 9 Feb 1808. He died on 31 Mar 1849.

+ 5 F iv. Mary Ann ROSS was born about 1812. She died after 1880.

+ 6 M v. Abraham ROSS was born in Nov 1814. He died on 29 May 1902.

DAVE, WE ALSO HAVE MANY OF THE SUBSEQUENT GENERATIONS

From Ronny Bodine:

From Documents Relating to the Colonial History of New Jersey, Vol. XXII, Marriage Records 1665-1800, William Nelson, Ed., 1900, p. 28.
Nicholas Bordine, Somerset, and Ann Webster, license 19 Jan. 1781.

From: Historical discourse delivered at the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the First Reformed Dutch Church, New Brunswick, N.J., October 1, 1867. New Brunswick, N.J.: Published by the Consistory, 1867.
p. 203. Nicolas Bordine on a list of church members in full communion on 1 May 1794.
p. 206. Nicholas Bordine elected Deacon 5 April 1705 and Elder 14 May 1799 and served to 13 May 1800, again 17 April 1803 to 18 May 1804, again 3 May 1807 to 13 May 1808, and again 14 May 1813 until his death.
p. 211. On 8 May 1794, Ann Colcher, wife of Nich's Bordine joined the church.

In the will of Frederick Van Lewe Sr., of the Eastern Precinct, Somerset County, New Jersey, dated 24 Oct 1796, proved 2 June 1797, he names granddaugher Elenor Bodine and appoints his son-in-law, Nicholas Bodine, as executor. (New Jersey Archives, Series 1, vol. 38, p. 385)

In the will of Charity Van Liew of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, of 10 Aug 1800, proved 18 March 1802, Charity bequeaths clothes to her granddaughter Elenor Bordine without any mention of her daughter Dinah, although she names her other children. This supports the fact that Dinah was deceased by this time. (New Jersey Wills, File 1206R)

From: History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men, W. Woodford Clayton, Ed., Philadelphia: Everts, 1882, p. 740.
(1) Nicholas Bodine, blacksmith, is said to have been the first of the name at Bodine's Corners. His best-known son, (2) Cornelius, lived on his father's place after the latter's death, and died an old man some time before 1850. p. 744. Nicholas Bodine served as a Commissioner of Appeal 1801-1808 and on the North Brunswick Township Committee in 1809.

p. 753. Buried at the Three Mile Run Burying Ground: Nicholas Bordine, March 16, 1814.

Will of NIKOLAS BORDINE of New Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, dated 2 March 1814. Wife, ANN, bed and bedding, furnishings for 1 room to be at her disposal. Rest of movables and salt meadow to be sold. Son, CORNELIUS, the farm whereon I live; also 1/2 tract purchased of James Crommelin; 1/2 of stills and works, with lands whereon they stand, and roads to said stills to be kept open for his and the public use, his paying to my wife ANN (his mother) $100 yearly for life and paying also to my son JACOB, $750; also to my grandson, Nickolas Thompson $100 when 21. Said Nickolas to have my smith tools. Three daughters, MARIA, DINAH and ELENOR, land in New Brunswick whereon they now live, with 20 acres of woodland adjoining Judge Morris on the east and Ruben Runyon on the north, to include all the land now occupied by Powell Dahart, also 1/2 of stills and works. Any money advanced to them to be charged to their shares. The wench, Tean, to have her choice of where she shall live and rest of blacks to choose their places. Wife to have two seats in the church and others to be divided between three daughters and my sons. Residue, after debts, are paid to five children equally, the daughters having use of their charges for life and then to their children. Executors--son CORNELIUS, and Samuel Combs. Witnesses--Richard Outcalt, John P. Voorhees and Daniel Hulick. Proved 22 March 1814. (New Jersey Archives, Series 1, Vol. XLII (1949), p. 46.

From: Six Mile Run Baptisms.
1751 Oct. 6 - Van Leeuwe, Frederick and Marytje - Dyna

From: Three Mile Run (now New Brunswick) Dutch Reformed Church, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, Baptisms 1717-1820:
Jacob, bapt. 22 Jan 1769, parents Nicholas Bedoin & Dina.
Maritje, bapt. 26 March 1771, parents Necolass Bedine & Dina.
Fredrick, bapt. 5 March 1775, parents Necolas Bedine & wife.
Necolas, bapt. 1 Sept. 1776, parents Necolas Bedine & Dina.
Neiltje, bapt. 18 Jan 1779, parents Nicholas Bodine & Dinah Van Lewen.
Dina, bapt. 26 Aug 1780, parents Nicholas Bodine.

Death Notice, New Brunswick Fredonian (New Brunswick, N.J.) of 1 March 1826:
On George's Road, widow of the late Nicholas Bordine, aged 84 years.