Notes for: Vincent (Vince) Bodine
Janet Britton said that Vincent was a blacksmith between 1789 and 1811 in Staten Island, Richmond County, NY. He resided between 1811 and 1822 in Castleton, Staten Island, NY. He was a farmer in 1814 on Staten Island. He resided in Castleton between 1822 and 1832 on Staten Island. He signed a will on August 14, 1822 on Staten Island. I believe all or most of Janet's info on this came from Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families, by Mary Sinnott, 1905.
In his will of August 14, 1822, Vincent made bequests to his wife Jane, to grandchildren Vincent Bodine and Eliza Jane Bodine, children of son John deceased, to son Vincent Bodine, and to daughter Mary Ann, the wife of Nicholas Britton. Besides these, he had a daughter Martha Bodine who was baptized at St. Andrew's. He is buried in Trinity Chapel Cemetery on Staten Island. This was later called the Church of the Ascension. His will can be found in Richmond County Wills, Book B, pp. 866-868. It was proven July 1, 1823. There is a detailed description of the (his?) land in this will. It adjoined Richard Housman and the mill pond of Abraham Brittain. Award was dated July 10, 1823 (Book B, p. 893).
Here is some more on his will and administrations sent to me by Janet Britton(janetb at bigfoot.com):
Will/Probate Record/Letters of Administration. From Staten Island Wills, p. 107 at the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences: File # 269, Liber B, p. 866.
Aug. 14, 1822 [signed date?], July 1, 1823 [proved date?], Richard Conner, John Barnse, John Laforge [witnesses?]
Vincent Bodine, blacksmith, Castleton. -- to my wife, Jane bodine, right of dower, to my two grandchildren, Vincent and Eliza Jane, children of my son, John Bodine, deceased, all that house and lot of land that said son purchased of Peter Haughwout, with a lot of salt meadow, which said sone purchased of Nicholas Haughwout and later sold to me. My two aforesaid grandchildren shall also heir one thir in case of the death of my son, Vincent Bodine, Jr. without issue.
I give to my son-in-law, Nathan Brittain, the bond I hold against him, also two lots of land, one bought of William Blake and one of Cornelius Perine, also a lot I bought of Caleb Brane*as by deed will fully appear. To wife of Nathan Brittain, my daughter, Mary Ann --- to son, Vincent Bodine, Jr. ---
Executors - son, Vincent Bodine, Jr, son-in-law Nathaniel Brittain and Richard Conner.
Liber B p. 893, July 10, 1823
Right of dower of Jane Bodine, widow of Vincent Bodine, awarded to her by commissioners, Walter Dongan, John Barnes, and Garret Martling. bounded by land of Walter Dongan, by walter Wandel's By land left by Vincent Bodine to his son-in-law, Nathaniel Brittain, by William Blake's line, land purchased of Caleb Crane by George Brown, David Mersereau, John Brittain estate of Benjamin Martling, John Tunison's creek, also a lot pruchased by Bodine of Ann Ryerss, and Henry Crocheron, by line of Richard Hosuman, lot of David Jaques, Mill pond of Abraham Brittian, Hugh Gibson, Abraham Egbert, deceased. A room for storage in the house occupied by Joseph Christopher, cordwainer, and it is agreed between Jane Bodine and her son, Vincent Bodine, Jr, that she shall not hire out any room allowed her.
Note: These descriptions of dower rights have been cut to essential names and for full detail and description of property one should see original recorded description. F.S.F.
End of info from Janet.
There is also a William V. Bodine buried in the Trinity Chapel Cemetery. He would have been born about May 27, 1792. He died on January 13, 1816 at the age of 23-7-17. I would think that he is also Vincent's son.
The following comes from Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses and Families in Northern New Jersey and Southern New York by Rosalie Fellows Bailey. New York: William Morrows & Co. Publishers (1936), pp. 122-125. I originally got this from some information posted by Doris Lane on the Rootsweb Dutch-Colonies list in 1998. I have since seen the article myself and have added to what I had written below.
From page 122:
Cozine - Bodine - Martling House
40 Wachogue Road, Myer's Corner (Staten Island NY)
Plate 27
This house is erroneously known as the "home of Daniel Corsen." The latter lived in the 1780's on the bend of the Willow Brook Road, not far from the Christopher house, and later bought property on the Clove Road, where he died in 1801.
(123)The house was probably not erected before 1760 and the builder may have been Garrit Cozine, but unfortunately there are no early records for the property. It formed a part of the large tract in the center of the Island granted to John Palmer and sold by him in 1685 to Gov. Thomas Dongan, who became the Earl of Limerick. A deed of 1769 to adjoining land states that the property in question was then in the possession of Garrit Cozine. On Apirl 8, 1784 Wilhelmus Cozine mortgaged his half of this house, stating that the house and land formerly belonged to James Cozine, deceased.
On June 1, 1789 Wilhelmus Cozine of Staten Island, yeoman, and his wife Phebe, sold to Vincent Bodine of the same place, blacksmith, for L394.12s, land and lot of salt meadows with buildings and improvements, being a part of the plantation formerly belonging to Cornelius Cozine, deceased, situated on the main road that leads from the New Blazing Star Ferry to the Narrows, beginning by a wild cherry tree by the road, then northwest by the land of Jacobus Cozine, southwest by John Tison, Jr., east by John Simonson and John Wright, then west by Benjamin Seaman, deceased...
Thus one half of the house with the grounds on that side were sold to Vincent Bodine and the other half kept by Jacobus Cozine, who was presumably a son of Cornelius Cozine, deceased. These are the only recorded land transactions on Staten Island to or from a Cozine; neither is there any mention of the family in the early church records of Staten Island. There was a Cornelius Cozine of New York, cordwainer, who died 1762-1765, bequeathing his farm in Bloomingdale (Manhattan) to his five children, but there was neither a Jacobus nor a Wilhelmus among them; the eldest of them was Garret, also of New York City, who died between 1759 and 1773. The house is marked G. Cozine on the map of 1783. Jacobus Cozine, who retained (page 124) one half of the house in 1789, seems to have disposed of it to James Bodine who at some period sold it to his brother Vincent Bodine, but these deeds are not on the record.
...Vincent Bodine conducted a tavern in another house further down the road; it was evidently well known, for it was referred to in deeds even after his death. In 1829 the adjoining property of John Tysen, deceased, was partitioned, and the land was then described as on the south side of the road leading from the Tavern, formerly of Vincent Bodine, deceased, to Mersereau's Ferry, bounded east by Garret Martling (then the owner), etc. On Jan.18 1805 (recorded 1836) Vincent Bodine of Castleton, Richmond Co., and his wife Jane sold the former Cozine property for LBS 1400 to Garret Martling, using the same description almost word for word as in his deed of purchase from Cozine; this conveyance transferred, besides the 43 7/10 acres in the above deed, "one other small lot including part of the dwelling house that the said Vincent Bodine bought from James Bodine my brother...", 2 7/10 acres.
Martling resided here for almost half a century. His father John Martling lived in a house he built on the Manor Road, and there his son Garret was born Dec, 9 1778, and died in another house on Manor Road Aug 15 1852. Garret married first Jan 29 1799 Mary Wood and secondly Oct. 6 1818 Catharine Marston, widow of John H. Jones. At the time of their occupancy, Watchoque Road was an important thoroughfare - it was a part of the highway from New York City to Philadelphia, via Long Island, the ferry over the Narrows, and Staten Island. The road at this point was quite narrow and had a dangerous curve, so that the coach drivers always blew thier horns loudly here in foggy weather and proceeded only if they heard no response. On Oct 2 1848 Garret Martling sold this property for $5488 to Alvin C. Bradley of Brooklyn, being the house and two tracts he had purchased from Bodine in 1805 and an adjoining 21 8/10 acres which he had purchased from John Tysen in 1815. The property has since changed hands several times. It is now owned by Ernest Voges.
The house is a small one; with the kitchen wing on the end it measured 68 feet. The house is built mainly of unhewn fieldstone, but the front wall is of carefully cut and jointed sandstone blocks. The stones were formerly whitewashed. As there (page 125) was little or no sandstone on Staten Island of a quality for masonry, it is possible that the blocks for this house were brought from nearby Bergen County, New Jersey. The wing was moved in 1920 and set behind the main house, thus destroying the typical Dutch arrangement. A small hallway runs the depth of the house and has typical double Dutch doors. On the east is a narrow room, used as a parlor and best bedroom. On the west of the hall is a large, square living room in which the chimney breast is panelled and the mantel shelf is narrow. The small kitchen wing connects with this room and formerly had the old type of casement windows. The house is covered with a steep gable roof, wich has a very slight "flip" or curve at the ends although there are no overhanging eaves. The house is on the south side of Watchogue Road just west of the junction with Victory Boulevard and Jewett Avenue. A more familiar view of the house is in Leng and Davis, p. 880.
If I get time, I will post below a picture I have of this house. The caption for this picture on page 158 says, "This is the rear view of the house as it was about 1900, before the wing was moved to the back. It is erroneously known as the home of Daniel Corsen, who lived on another road. The house was erected about 1760, probably by a Cozine. Two members of the Cozine family inherited it before 1784, one-half of the house going to each, so that the later deeds transfer each half of the house separately... The house was sold by the Cozines in and about 1789 to Vincent Bodine; in 1805 he disposed of it to Garret Martling who owned it until 1848."
Charlotte Hix (cjhix at mohawk.net) and Janet Britton (janetb at bigfoot.com) are interested in, and I think descendants of, this family.
Here are the inscriptions on Vincent and Jane's tombstones:
In memory of Jane, wife of Vincent Bodine who died Dec. 18, 1834; Aged 65 year's, 1 Mo. & 16 Da.
Behold and see as you pass by,
As you are now so once was I,
As I am now so you must be,
Prepare for death and follow me."
Sacred to the memory of Vincent Bodine who departed this life November 20th
1822, Aged 55 years, 11 months and 24 days.
Here lies the husband, father, and friend,
Who's left this world of care and wo';
He's gone to that, which has no end,
And after him, we soon must go.
Prepare, Prepare ye well and sound,
For death with all its pains;
The world with riches, pleasures round,
No happiness can gain.
These inscription came from Vosburgh's Inscriptions, volume 1, pages 402 and 428.
From Ronny Bodine:
Vincent Bodine (1766-1822). The New York City "Argus or Greenleaf's New Daily Advertiser" of 20 July 1796 reported "This to notify all persons whomsoever, That the subscriber and Jane his wife, have agreed to live apart, and have together, with William Blake, her trustee, executed articles of separation, by which she has a separate maintenance: Therefore, all credits on trust to her, on his account, for any matter or cause whatsoever will not be paid by him."
His funeral was held on 23 Nov 1822 at St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church and his burial was in the Church of the Ascension Burying Ground, West New Brighton, Richmond County. Her funeral was held 20 Dec 1834 at St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church and was buried near her husband. Vincent Bodine and Jane Blake, daughter of William and Mary (Woglum) Blake, per his will of 30 March 1801 (proven 11 Jan 1802, Richmond Co. Wills A: 236) were married at St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church.
The will of Vincent Bodine, blacksmith, of Castleton, dated 14 Aug 1822, was proved 1 July 1823. Therein he named his wife, Jane, son Vincent Bodine, Jr. daughter Mary Ann and her husband Nathan Brittain, and grandchildren Vincent and Eliza Jane, children of son John Bodine, deceased. Executors were Vincent Bodine, Jr., Nathaniel Britton and Richard Conner (Richmond Co. Wills B: 866).