Notes for: Jacob Bodine / Bordine

My appreciation to all those mentioned in the notes below for their research on this family. I especially thank Karen Bordine for all she has contributed to helping us try to resolve the issue of this Jacob's parentage. I think we are able to say with pretty good confidence that this Jacob Bodine/Bordine is the son of Nicholas Bordine/Bodine and that this is the Jacob who married Christiana Marlatt.

DNA testing does show that this line of Bodines (descendants of Jacob Bodine/Bordine and Christiana Marlatt) is linked to Jean Bodin and Maria Crocheron.

However, DNA testing does appear to show that the children of another Jacob Bodine/Bordine, the one who married Ann Farmer, may not be related to Jean Bodin and Maria Crocheron. The DNA of one descendant of Jacob Bodine/Bordine and Nancy Farmer does NOT show a match with descendants of Jacob Bodine/Bordine and Christiana Marlatt. See the DNA testing tab on the home page for more on those results.

Despite this preliminary DNA evidence (based just on one person tested so far), pretty good circumstantial evidence does seem to show that the Jacob Bodine/Bordine who married Ann/Nancy Farmer might be the same Jacob Bodine/Bordine who married Christiana Marlatt. I can't really come to a good conclusion either way in this matter right now and prefer to leave them separate until we get better evidence of how everything does or does not fit together.

Here is a recent write-up (abt 2015) by Karen Weller on this Jacob Bodine/Bordine:

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As evidence for what Karen Weller says above about the 1840 Census for Samuel Bordine and Christiana Bordine, here is that data. Ronny Bodine sent me this census info. Based on the age of the kids and adults, "Samuel Berdine" does appear to be the Samuel Bordine who is the son of Jacob Bordine and Ann/Nancy Farmer.

1840 Yates, Orleans Co., NY:
Samuel BERDINE males 2(0-4), 1(30-39); females 1(20-29).
Christina BERDINE males 2(5-9), 1(15-19), 1(20-29); females 1(10-14), 1(15-19), 1(40-49).

Jacob was living on March 2, 1814 when his father's will was written.

This was probably a mistake, but here is some info from Samantha Bordine, Jacob and Christiana's daughter, that calls Jacob by the name "Daniel Bordine":
.....Mrs. Samantha Jones, dau. of Dan'l Bordine & Christina Marlatt, was born 22 April 1822 in New York, "dropped dead - heart disease" on 5 Dec 1902 in Seneca Twp., Lenawee County and was buried in Canandaigua Cemetery.

Of Jacob's children by Christiana Marlatt, all of them say their mother was born in New York (at least the ones I have census data for). Four or five of them say their father was born in NY. Anna says he was born in NJ (or the census was read incorrectly). Benjamin says he was born in Vermont!? I doubt the Vermont data is correct, but it is interesting. Vermont, today, is only about thirty miles from where this Jacob might have been born in New York.

1820 Census Info

From: karen weller [kennaw at msn.com]
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007
Subject: Jacob Bordine info

Dave,

I found Jacob on the 1820 census in Ridgeway, Genesee County, New York, and in 1830 in Yates, Orleans County.
(Genesee County was divided in 1824, and Orleans County was formed, and the town of Yates was formed from Ridgeway.)
1820 census -
Males - three under 10, one 10-16, one over 45
Females - one under 10, one 26-45

Karen Weller's email shows Jacob is in the 1820 Census of Ridgeway, Genesee Co., NY (BURDINE, JACOB 3100011001002): 3 males under 10 (David b. 1820, Abraham b. 1819, Allen b. 1817); 1 male 10 and up but under 16 (Samuel b. 1809); 1 male 45 and up (Jacob b. 1765-69); 1 female under 10 (Anna b. 1812); 1 female 26 and up but under 45 (Christina b. 1791).

The following was copied from the Internet: The Town of Yates was formed on April 17, 1822. It is located in the northwest corner of Orleans County on Lake Ontario. The Town Of Yates is 7-3/4 miles across from east to west and 5 miles across from north to south. The village of Lyndonville is located here as well as the hamlets Yates Center, Shadigee and Ashville which borders on the Town of Carlton line. Two of the earliest settlers were George Houseman & John Eaton.

1830 Census Info

There is a Jacob Bodine listed as a head of household on the 1830 Census of Yates, Orleans County, New York. Listed were one male 60-69 (possibly Jacob), one male 50-59 (possibly Jacob), one female 40-49 (Christina would have been about 39 or 40), one female 15-19 (Ann), one male 10-14 (Allen may have left the house by the time of the 1830 Census; so this could refer to Abraham who would have been about 11 years old.), one male and one female 5-9 (probably David born about 1820 and Samantha born 1822), and one male and one female 0-4 (probably Benjamin born 1825 and Olive). All the children could be Jacob and Christina's since she might have been much younger than Jacob. According to the info I have on his children, two more boys, Jacob and Daniel, were born after the 1830 Census. Sarah was probably born in 1830 or 1831 (although, that is a guess); so, she probably didn't figure in the 1830 Census either. There could be discrepancies between the 1830 Census and Jacob's children, but basically, these sources seem to match.

In summary, here is what the 1830 Census in Yates gives on Jacob Bodine along with my guesses:
1 MALE 60-69 = Maybe Jacob, b. 1765-1768 (abt 62-65 years old)
1 MALE 50-59 = Unknown (or this could actually be Jacob)
1 FEMALE 40-49 = Christina, b. 1791 (abt 40 years old)
1 FEMALE 15-19 = Ann, b. 1812 (abt. 18 years old)
1 MALE 10-14 = Allen, b. 1817 (abt. 13 years old)
1 MALE 5-9 = David, b. abt 1820 (abt. 10 years old)
1 FEMALE 5-9 = Samantha, b. 1822 (abt. 8 years old)
1 MALE 0-4 = Benjamin, b. late 1825 (abt. 4 yeas old)
1 FEMALE 0-4 = Olive, her birth date is uncertain.

If Jacob Bodine/Bordine was born in 1765-1768, then he is probably the Jacob mentioned in the 1820 Census and he is probably the one mentioned in the 1830 Census.

There is a Christina Bordine listed as the mother of an Abram Bordine on the 1855 Census of Yates, Orleans County, New York. She was 65 years old. This must be this Jacob's wife.

Cheryl Meixner says, "Abram came to Michigan, went back to N.Y., and I believe came back to Michigan again. His wife Caroline is buried in N. Y. The time of Christina's stay in New York is near the time of death of Caroline.

Posted by: Cheryl (Bordine) Meixner on August 27, 1999

In Reply to: William Bodine/Bodyn NY by Betty A. Renshaw Roach

I'm researching the BORDINE family who came frome New York to Michigan abt. 1840. The name has been spelled BORDINE, BODINE, BURDINE, BEDINE, BODIN as well as others. I am specifically trying to find Jacob BORDINE, born Dec. 18,1765 in Mohawk Valley, New York. d. Jan. 30,1836,in Yates,Orleans Co., N.Y. M. Christiana MARLATT b. Feb. 16,1791. D. June 26,1860, Washtenaw Co., Michigan. I surmise she may have been his second wife? Any information would be appreciated.

Sincerely,
Cheryl (BORDINE) Meixner.

On a Bushart/Bordine site at Family Tree Maker, the owner listed Jacob as having died on January 26, 1860. As far as I know, there is no evidence to back this up. No source was listed. The info at that site also says Jacob is buried in the London Township Cemetery on Milan-Oakville Road in Milan, Michigan. I believe this refers to County Line Cemetery.

This Cemetery is on the line between Monroe and Washtenaw Counties. Cheryl Meixner has been to this cemetery and does not know of any stone for Jacob Bordine. There is Family Bible information regarding the Bordine, Marlatt, and Vedder families at the Lenawee County, Michigan Historical Society/Genealogy site. It lists Jacob as dying January 30, 1836 in Yates, Orleans County, New York. According to the stone and other records Christina Bordine died June 26, 1860. Her death date must have been confused with her husband's.

As a note of interest, Cheryl says that the cemetery is no larger than about an acre. It is kept up by the township (she thinks). Many of the stones are broken or toppled. The Bordine obelisk was situated in the center of the cemetery, but it has been toppled. For many years they have tried to have it set upright, but they could not find anyone willing to go in the old cemetery.

From: karen bordine [kennaw at msn.com]
Sent: Monday, March 7, 2022
Subject: RE: Tombstone - Christina Marlatt Bordine

Dave, the book "The Descendants of Allen W. Bordine" by Doris Downing Bordine has a photo of the tombstone of Christina Marlatt Bordine, and states that it is in County Line Cemetery. Photos attached below. We have a copy of the book given to us by Cheryl Bordine Meixner. I remember seeing that tombstone myself several years ago. According to the book, a Bordine family Bible that belonged to Levi Bordine (son of Allen) states that Christina's date of death was June 26, 1860, not 1869 as Sue read the date from the photo. If you or Sue wants to put that on Find-a-Grave, that would be great. Thank you.
Karen Bordine

*****End of email*****

Here are some Bordines that I got from Eugene H. Becker's file at Rootsweb's WorldCennect site. His email was "EBecker412 at aol.com".

BORDINES IN CENSUS AND OTHER RECORDS:
- 1790 Comfort Bordine, Providence County, RI. Providence twp. Pg. 176, RI1311267
- 1790 Comfort Bordine, Providence County, RI, 0101060000 twp, P. 33, Fed Census
- 1830 Francis Bordine, Providence County, RI, Providence East Side twp., p.023.
- Frederick Bordine Thompson, 1809-1847 Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Missionary, author. b. 5 Nov 1809. New Brunswick, NJ.
- Adelia Marie Bordine married to Samuel Henry Sabin.
- Jacob Bordine 1840 Mercer County, NJ
- Henry Bordine, Porter County, IN Cemetery, 1850, age 19, born in NY
- Cemetery, Jones Chapel, Cedar Bluff, VA, Augustus Bordine Prater, b. 15 Apr 1908, d. 8 Jan 1978.
- Able Bordine on Hyde County, NC list of tithables.
- Comfort Bordine, b. 175?, in RI. Source: Heads of Families first U.S. Census, RI. By U.S. Bureau of Census, 1908
- f1790, 92 & 95 tax list shows Joel Bordine in Gloucester County, NJ, Waterford twp.
- 1850 NY Census shows Abraham Bordine in Cayuga County, NY, Sempronius twp, pg. 333 Fed Cen. NY (I think this is supposed to be BODINE)
- 1830 Fed Cen. Same for Abraham
- 1830 also shows Isaac Bordine in Lycoming County PA, Fifflin twp., p 241 Fed Cen, PA558181991
- 1820 shows Isaac Bordine, Ulster County, NY, New Paltz twp. p. 68 ID#320125765
- Census Index - Colonial America 1607-1789. Bordines listed" James, Nicholas, Vincent all in NJ. CD#310
- CD#311. Census Indes U.S. Selected counties 1790 shows Joel and Comfort in RI
- CD#314 C.I U.S sel counties 1820 shows Isaac, Francis, John and Jacob all in NY
- CD#315 Same 1830 shows John, Abraham, Peter, Vincent & Cornelius in NY. Isaac PA. Cornelius & James NJ.
- CD#316 Same 1840 shows Jacob & David, PA. Jacob in NJ. John, Francis & Hiram in OH. Elizabeth in MI. Penny in TN.
- CD#317 Same 1850 shows Abraham & John in NY. A John, Jame & Wm. in IN. A John, Harriet, Wm., & Dennis in NJ. A farmer & Christeny in MI. A John B. in OH.
- Same in 1860 shows Mary & Nathan in IN. Dennis & Charles in NJ. Geo.& Egbert in NY. Anna & Elijah in LA Abraham in PA and Jean in CA. Jean was in NY City Census 1870.
- Sally Ann Bordine in 1760-1942, Early Settlers of Upstate NY.


Here is some information:

From: karenandburt [kennaw at msn.con]
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004
To: bordine; Alfasmith; Dana Bordine; David Bodine; Cheryl; William Gorton
Subject: Samuel F. Bordine

Dolores (and others),

I've seen your messages on different message boards about your ancestor, Samuel F. Bordine, the son of Jacob and Nancy. My husband is descended from Jacob and his second wife, Christina Marlatt, through their son Allen W. Bordine (1817-1871). We have been searching for Jacob's parents also. We went to Montgomery County, New York, in October and searched the local records in the county seat, Fonda, and we paid a local genealogist there to search for Jacob also. We found some church records, town records, mortgages, court records, and assessment rolls with the name of Jacob Bordine (Bordin, Bordyne, Bodyne, Bodine, Bordene, and Burdine), and several other individuals named Bordine.

We found the baptism of Samuel in the records of the Dutch Reformed Church in Florida, New York, that said that Samuel was born to Jacob "Burdine" and wife Anne (Nancy was a nickname for Anne) in August, 1809, and baptized on Sept. 17,1809. I know you say that Samuel was born in August, 1811. Do you think that could be a mistake? What was the source of that date?

We found a very interesting mortgage dated April 5, 1816, between Nicholas "Bodine" (mortgagor) and Jacob "Bodine" (mortgagee). It seems that Jacob was selling his 116 acres in Florida to Nicholas for $3,100 (except for two acres with a distillery and some barns on it). Most interesting was the statement in the mortgage that said that if Jacob's wife should outlive him, then Nicholas was to support Jasper, Samuel, and Dinah, make sure they get a good "English" education "in such degree as is fit and common for people of their situation in life", and give them each $200 at the age of 21, and give $200 to Mariah within two years. These must be the names of Jacob and Nancy's other children! I think this might be when Jacob moved to Orleans County.

Another mortgage dated Oct. 9, 1817 was between Samuel Norton and Lambert Norton of Albany (mortgagors) and Jacob, Nicholas, Samuel, Peter F., Dinah, Jasper, and Maria Bodine (mortgagees) for the same 116 acres in the earlier mortgage between Nicholas and Jacob. It appears all the Bordine children were selling the land to the Nortons. I don't know if the Jacob named in this mortgage was the father or another son, but the Peter F. named in this mortgage in 1817 was not named in the mortgage in 1816. Peter must have been another son of Jacob's. It seems that your Samuel must have been close to this Peter F., because didn't he name a son Peter F.?

There must have been two Jacob Bordines in Montgomery County about this time, because there was one on the 1810 census in Charleston, and another on the 1810 census in Florida, with different numbers of children. Our Jacob must have been the one in Florida, because he had in his household the following:
males
two under 10
..........Jasper (born 1804)
..........Samuel (born 1809)

two 10 - 16
..........Peter F.?
- ?
one 16 - 26
..........Nicholas (born 1792/93)

one 26 - 45
..........Jacob (born 1765)

females
one under 10
..........Dinah?

one 26 - 45
..........Nancy?

(Mariah was over 21 in the 1816 mortgage. Maybe she was already out of the home.)

I found the birth dates for Jasper (1804 - 1883) and Nicholas (1792/93 - 1870) on Rootsweb, Ancestry.com, and NYGenWeb. Jasper and Nicholas both moved to Cattaraugus County, New York, and Nicholas later moved on to Indiana.

I think I may have found the name of the one son not named on the 1810 census above. There was a man named Farmer Bordine (born about 1800) according to Ancestry.com, who was on the 1850 Census in Dover Township, Lenawee County, Michigan where several of Jacob's other sons moved after Jacob's death. There was also a Farmer "Bodine" named in the Montgomery County, New York Bail Books in 1817.
3:10 - Farmer Bodine vs Robert McConnell
Bondsmen: Nicholas Bodine, of Charleston,
and John Doe, of Charleston 6/24/1817

So...this man named Farmer Bordine was close to Nicholas Bordine (Berdine), and close to the other sons of Jacob's that moved to Michigan in the 1830's and 1840's. His age was right to make him the missing son that was between 10 and 16 on the 1810 census. I don't know why he was not named on the mortgage in 1816 or 1817.

Jacob was a bondsman also, in 1807 (Peter Covenhoven vs William Glover), and in 1810 (Philip Tennison vs Samuel Farmer).

We found assessment rolls for the Town of Florida. Jacob was not listed in 1805 or 1806, but he was listed in 1807, 1808, 1809, and 1812 with a house and farm worth 775 (pounds? dollars?) and personal property. He was not listed in 1816. Maybe he had moved to Orleans County by then.

There were two more mortgages in 1808 ($151 for 96 acres in lot no. 116 in Charleston) and 1813 ($435 for 96 acres in lot no. 116 in Charleston) between Jacob "Bodine" of Charleston (mortgagor) and Samuel Jackson of Florida (mortgagee), where it appears that Jacob is either buying land from Samuel Jackson, or borrowing money from him. There is also a mortgage between Nicholas Bodine and the same Samuel Jackson in 1817 (another connection between Jacob and Nicholas, doing business with the same man). There is one more mortgage the genealogist in New York found between Solomon Sharp (mortgagor) and Jacob Bodine (mortgagee) in 1814, but I don't have the details on that yet.

So...the records I found on Jacob in Montgomery County were all between 1807 and 1816 or 1817. I now believe that our Jacob could NOT be the Jacob Bodyne mentioned in Pearson's book on the early settlers of Schenectady, who was married to Susannah Peek, and was the father of Elizabeth in 1796 and Susannah in 1798. Susannah (the wife) died on Jan. 1, 1798 in childbirth. Our Jacob, being the husband of Anne (Nancy) and the father of Nicholas, Maria, Peter F., Farmer (maybe), Jasper F., Dinah, and Samuel F., must have been a different Jacob.

I do believe that Jacob was born in the Mohawk Valley. All his children say he was born in New York on later census records. But there seems to be a connection to New Brunswick, New Jersey. The records of the Dutch Reformed Church in Florida, New York, list a Jane Anne Burdine and a Benjamin Overbaugh as members in Sept. 1808, with a note that says "com... from New Brunswick". Jasper Berdine claims on the census records in Cattaraugus County in 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 that he was born in New Jersey. Nicholas Berdine's obituary in Hebron, Porter County, Indiana says that he was born in New York, but most researchers say he and Jasper were born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, to a Nicholas and Ann Bordine. Well, obviously, if Nicholas and Jasper were the sons of Jacob and Nancy, they could not be the sons of Nicholas and Ann Bordine from New Brunswick. It is interesting, though, that there was a Jacob Bordine, baptised in 1769 (born earlier?...perhaps 1765?), the son of a Nicholas Bordine and Dinah Van Lewe from New Brunswick (Dave Bodine's website) with sisters named Maria and Dinah, and a brother named Nicholas (all names of our Jacob's children). Dinah Van Lewe died (1780?) and Nicholas married a second time to Ann in 1781. Also, the Reformed Dutch Church records in New Brunswick list a Jacob Bordine and a Nancy Farmer as members in 1797. Remember the Samuel Farmer mentioned in the Bail Book in Florida, New York, for whom Jacob Bordine was a bondsman? Well, the names Samuel and Jasper are common among the Farmer's from New Brunswick, and it appears that our Jacob MAY have named a son Farmer Bordine...and Jacob's sons Peter, Jasper, and Samuel all have the middle initial F...perhaps for the name Farmer? Just a theory...but interesting!

If Nicholas Bordine and Dinah Van Lewe from New Brunswick were the parents of our Jacob, then where was he born? I believe he was born in the Mohawk Valley, because all his children say he was, and because he could not read or write. There is a deed in Orleans County dated Dec. 24, 1834 between Jacob Bordine and his wife Christina of the Town of Yates and William Pells of the Town of Ridgeway on which Jacob makes an X next to his name, which must mean he could not sign his own name. There were many individuals born in the middle to late 1700's in the Mohawk Valley who could not read or write, but I doubt that would be true in New Brunswick, since it had been settled so much longer. If I remember correctly, Nicholas Bordine and Dinah Van Lewe died in New Brunswick. So if Jacob was their son, how could he have been born in Montgomery County? I don't know...maybe they went to New York for a while and then went back to New Brunswick? The genealogist we hired in New York said there were so many people who came to Montgomery County from New Brunswick that she could write a whole book about them! Maybe Jacob was born in the Mohawk Valley, then went to New Brunswick for a few years when Nicholas and Anne went back, and he married Nancy Farmer there and had a few children, and then took his family back to New York...Just a theory...but it fits with the sudden appearance of records on Jacob in Florida, New York about 1807.

I will keep searching, and my husband and I are planning a trip to new Brunswick to search the local records there. If anyone can add any ideas to my theory, please let me know. Thanks!

Karen Bordine, kennaw at msn.com

From: karen weller [kennaw at msn.com]
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008
Subject: Jacob Bordine

Dave,

...

MORE INFO ON JACOB BORDINE AND NANCY FARMER (March 2008)

The researcher at Rutgers University in New Brunswick recently sent me copies of baptisms for three of Jacob Bordine and Nancy Farmer's children, baptized in the First Reformed Dutch Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The names match three of Jacob Bordine's children named on those mortgages from 1816 and 1817 in Florida, Montgomery County, NY, and the birth dates for the two sons match their ages on later census records.

Source: Proceedings of the NJ Historical Society, new series, vol. 13, pages 82, 228, 348
1798 May 13 Bordine, Jacob and Ann Farmer - Peter F. (page 82)
1804 Apr. 19 Bordine, Jacob and Ann Farmer - Jasper (page 228)
1807 Mar. 22 Bordine, Jacob and Nancy Farmer - Dinah (page 348)

On Jasper Berdine's later census records in Cattaraugus County, NY, he states that he and his parents were all born in New Jersey.

The tax records in Florida, NY, show that Jacob Bordine was not listed there in 1805 or 1806, and was listed from 1807-1815. He must have moved his family to NY in 1807, after his daughter Dinah was baptized in New Brunswick on 22 March 1807.

The names of Jacob's children on the mortgages indicate a connection to New Brunswick - the names Nicholas, Mariah, and Dinah are from the Bordine and Van Lewe families, and the names Peter, Jasper, and Samuel are common among the Farmer family in New Brunswick.

In the 1814 will of Nicholas Bodine (Bordine), he gave four of his children land in North Brunswick, but he gave his son Jacob $750, and no land. Could this have been because Jacob had moved to NY?

I am convinced that the Jacob Bordine in Montgomery County and Orleans County, NY, was the Jacob Bordine born in New Brunswick, NJ, the son of Nicholas Bordine and Dinah Van Lewe. It has been said that the Jacob Bordine in NY was born on 18 Dec. 1765 in NY, but no one knows the source of that date.

In my old notes from our trip to Florida, NY, I found a statement I had written down that I need to research further. In the Florida DRC records, there was a person who became a member of the church in 1808, with an interesting note attached to her name - "Jane Anne Burdine - com from New Brunswick". There were other Bodines and Bordines in Montgomery County, and I didn't pay much attention to this person. BUT...could this be Jacob's wife, Ann Farmer? Could Ann really be Jane Anne?

Jacob and Ann's marriage record has never been found, which could tell us her full name, because the earliest marriage records for the First DRC in New Brunswick begin in 1794, and it appears from the age of their son Nicholas (born in 1792/93) that Jacob and Nancy were married by 1792. So their marriage record was among those that have been lost or destroyed.

I have asked the researcher at Rutgers to look for the baptisms of the rest of Jacob Bordine and Ann Farmer's children.

Karen Bordine

From: karen weller [mailto:kennaw@msn.com]
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 3:43 PM
To: Dave Bodine
Subject: Re: Jacob Bordine

Dave,

One more note on census records. Somewhere on the Bodine website I read that Jacob Bordine (1765-1836) had not been found on the 1820 census. We know he was in Yates, Orleans County, NY in 1830. Well, in 1820 he is on the census in Ridgeway, Genesee County, NY. Orleans County was formed in 1824 from Genesee County, and the town of Yates was formed from Ridgeway. I'll have to check my notes for the spelling of Jacob's name in 1820, but I remember that he was listed next to Enoch Marlatt, his father-in-law.

Also, I found the baptism of Dinah Van Lewe, the wife of Nicholas Bordine, in the Six Mile Run baptisms.
1751 Oct. 6 - Van Leeuwe, Frederick and Marytje - Dyna

Thanks again,
Karen

From: karen weller
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Subject: Jacob Bordine

Dave,

No, I have not seen the military census of 1793. I just sent another e-mail to the Rutgers researcher, and asked him to check that census, and asked if the 1789 and 1793 tax records have any more detail than what is given online. I also asked him who could research family Bibles and other family files kept in the Rutgers Library. He does not have access to the wills and inventories, but he gave me a link to the state archives. I also told him about the Nicholas Bordine house in North Brunswick, and asked if he could find out if it is still standing, or was torn down.

In his last e-mail to me, received early this morning, he told me that he could not find the baptisms of Jacob Bordine and Nancy Farmer's other children - Mariah, Nicholas, and Farmer - or the baptism of Ann Farmer about 1770. He said that the baptism records there are not the originals, and that there are only four baptisms listed in 1792, and all on the same day. Oh, what happened to the rest? He said he doesn't know where the originals are. But the Pastor at the First Reformed Church in New Brunswick told me on the phone a few months ago that he thought the originals were at Rutgers...

I like your thought about Jacob's date of birth possibly being 18 Dec. 1768, instead of 1765, a few weeks before the baptism on 22 Jan. 1769. That would make more sense, and if the source was a handwritten note in a Bible, then 1768 could easily have been misread as 1765.

No, I do not have the dates of birth for Jacob's kids, only the dates of baptisms.

That's a good idea to look for more info on Farmer Bordine in Lenawee County. I'll search online, and then when Burt and I go to his school reunion in Michigan in May, I'll go the Lenawee county and search.

The History Room in my local library has an large collection of genealogy books they bought from some collector, "the Anderson Collection", and Mrs. Anderson must have had ancestors form New Jersey because there are probably 200 or more books on New Jersey, while other states have only a dozen or so. There are also many books from Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. I have scanned every book on New Jersey. It looks like Ann Farmer's ancestors included some Loyalists who fled New Jersey for England and Canada. Curiously, some Farmers owned land in the Mohawk Valley of New York in the mid-1700's that was mentioned in some wills I found, and was willed to all the children. I did find some books with lists of New Jersey Militia, and Jacob Bordine's name was not listed, but I think I will go back and look again.

There is a book there, "The Early Germans of New Jersey", that has a short summary on Roelof Roelofson, the second husband of Catherine Bogart Bodine, after the death of her first husband Jacob Bodine (1719-1748), the father of Nicholas Bordine (1746-1814), and the brother of your ancestor Cornelius. Roelof lived in Roxbury Township, Morris County, in an area then known as German Valley, now known as Long Valley. The name was changed during WWI. Morris County was formed from Hunterdon County. You said that your ancestor Isaac Bodine, the son of Cornelius, was born in Hunterdon County. So his father Cornelius lived there for a while before he moved to Virginia. Do you know anymore about Catherine's sons Nicholas and Jacob being the wards of their uncle Cornelius after Catherine's husband Jacob Bodine died in 1748? Was this just a financial obligation, or did the boys live with their uncle Cornelius? Evidently, Catherine married Roelof before 1754. I found some legal paper that handed all the accounts over to Roelof in 1854, since he had married Catherine. I assume that Nicholas and Jacob lived with their mother Catherine and Roelof in German Valley. Roelof had eight children, some with Catherine and some with his second wife Elizabeth Leek. I'm trying to find out when Catherine died, and which kids were hers. So this means that Nicholas Bordine probably lived in German Valley as a child, and then moved to North Brunswick, Middlesex County as a man, where he married Dinah Van Liew. There is a little info in that book about Jacob Bodine, married to Mary Pickel.

Karen