I. Abraham Egbert, son of Abraham & Martha (Burbank) Egbert, m. 5/31/1789, Anne Martinoe, she d. 4/25/1833, his occ. farmer & weaver in Port Richmond, Staten Is., NY (See Govert Egbert Family Outline)

A. Abraham Egbert (4/26/1791-6/19/1851) c. 5/29/1791, m. 12/23/1815, Staten Is., Richmond Co., NY, Ann Burbank (5/13/1793-11/30/1854) hid occ. tanner & currier, of New Dorp, Staten Is., NY

1. James Egbert (9/5/1830-12/23/1896) m. Amelia LaForge, Church of Ascension

a. Pauline Egbert
b. Alice Egbert
c. Herbert LaForge Egbert (6/26/1870-1945) b. on homestead on Ray St., near Hannah St., Thompkinsville, Staten Is., NY, m. Catharine Gertrude Seaton

1) Herbert Seaton Egbert, b. 8/25/1905, m. Margaret Elizabeth Wyatt (7/21/1901-7/18/1980) SS#075-26-5193 (NY) her last res. Huachuca City, Cochise Co., AZ. His res. Sierra Vista, AZ

a) Herbert Wyatt Egbert, b. 10/4/1942, m. (name unknown) works on family history, res. Fallston, MD

i) Rebecca Egbert

b) John Seaton Egbert, b. 10/17/1944, m. (name unknown) res. Loveland, CO

i) Bradley Egbert
ii) Kimberly Egbert

2) Doris Elizabeth Egbert, m. Archie Neighbors, d. 1994. Her res. Fort Myers, FL

2. Jacob Burbank Egbert (12/8/1816-8/14/1879) b. Tompkinsville, Richmond Co., NY, d. Richmond Co., NY, bur.  DRC, New Dorp, Richmond Co., NY,  m. twice, 1st – 11/13/1833, Maria Simonson (1824-9/2/1853) res. Thompkinsville, bur.  DRC, New Dorp, Richmond Co., NY, 2nd – 7/1/1855, Catharine Simonson, of Clifton, dau. of  John Simonson

a. James Egbert (1/7/1849-11/1/1919) b. Tompkinsville, Richmond Co., NY, d. Rosebank, Richmond Co.,  NY, m. 6/5/1872, Cheshire, New Haven Co., CT, Sarah Abigail Griffin (4/4/1845-1/27/1921) b. Norwich, New London, CT, d. Rosebank, Richmond Co., NY

1) Sarah A. Egbert (1873-ca.1881)
2) Eunice Belle Egbert (ca.1875-11/5/1925) b. Rosebank, Richmond Co., NY, m. Harrison Johnson
3) Catherine W.  Egbert (1876-1/11/1916) b. Rosebank, Richmond Co., NY, m. Robert Emmet Ireton, b. pre1872, Rosebank, Richmond Co., NY
4) George William Egbert (8/1/1878-1/17/1953) res. Staten Is., NY,  m. Anistasia Kearn
5) Robert Oscar Baldwin Egbert (8/18/1881-4/21/1959) b. Rosebank, Richmond Co., NY, d. Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., CO, bur. Fairfield Memorial Park, Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT,  had been an engineer in Africa, m. 2/27/1915, Lima, Peru, Elizabeth Morgan Blood  (10/26/1884-3/17/1957) b. Long Is., Queens, NY, d. Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT.

a) Robert Baldwin Egbert Jr., b. 12/13/1916, Chosica, Peru, of Jamaica, Queens, NY senior of Cooper Union Institute, won the A. MacLarn White Award sponsored by teh AMer. Inst. of Chemical Engineers 5/10/1938. occ. Chem. Engineer, grad. MIT 1940, USN 1945, patents in chemistry, m. 1/25/1941, Emma Isabelle Cook, res. Stamford, CT, and in 1973, Hanover, NH

i) Robert Egbert
ii) Elizabeth Egbert
iii) Louise Egbert
iv) Margaret Egbert
v) Diane Egbert

6) James Byron Egbert (2/25/1883-7/18/1939) b. Rosebank, Richmond Co., NY, d. Peekskill, NY, m. 6/16/1909, Anna Elma Covert, b. ca. 1887, Rosebank, Richmond Co., NY.  occ. engineer of Westchester Co., NY, grad. Cornell Univ. as civil engineer, serving in that capacity when parkways were built.

b. Mary Elizabeth Egbert, b. 1845, Tompskinsville, Richmond Co., NY, m. James Garretson
c. infant Egbert (ca. 1846-1847) Tompkinsville, Richmond Co., NY
d. Lavinia Caroline Egbert

3. Rebecca Maria Egbert, b. ca. 1825, Staten Is., Richmond Co., NY, m. 7/1/1846, John Barnes, occ. farmer
4. Margaret Jane Egbert, b. 1820, Staten Is., Richmond Co., NY, m. 10/15/1843, Mathais Swain, native of Staten Is., occ. merchant at Port Leon, FL, son of John Swain. probably inspector of elections at New Port, FL, 1844
5. Catharine Hannah Egbert, c. 5/23/1828
6. Ann Eliza Egbert, b. ca. 1816, Staten Is., Richmond Co., NY
7. Abraham E. Egbert, b. 1822, Staten Is., Richmond Co., NY
8. Stephen Henry Egbert, b. 1824, Tompkinsville, Richmond Co., NY, m. 9/13/1840, Staten Is., Richmond Co., NY, Abigail Simpson

B. Tunis A. Egbert (11/7/1792-ca.1855) m. twice, 1st – Isabella Vanderbilt, d. 9/28/1833, dau. of John & Elizabeth Vanderbilt (& sister of Edward Vanderbilt who m. Mary Ann Egbert), 8 ch., 2nd – 3/26/1835, Charlotte (Vanderbilt) DeForest (9/26/1791-1/3/1877) sister of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, millionaire tycoon. Tunis was contractor, builder & carpenter in Thompkinville. after his 2nd m. he retired. Charlotte owned property in Thompkinsville valued at $30-40,000. After Tunis' death she lived in a plain cottage at Tompkinsville overlooking the harbor & cities of NY & Brooklyn. She d. 2 days after her brother, Cornelius, bur. Moravian Cem., New Dorp, Staten Is. NY, She had ch. by her first m., no ch. by 2nd.  member DRC on Brighton Heights.

1. Abraham Egbert (9/25/1815-9/13/1849) c. 11/26/1815
2. John Vanderbilt Egbert, b. 11/22/1817, c. 2/15/1818, m. 5/24/1843, Thompkinsville, Ellen Simonson, dau. of John & Catharine (Garretson) Simonson, res. Bound Brook, Staten Is., NY

a. Louisa Sidney Egbert, b. 7/11/1844, c. 1/2/1851
b. John Simonson Egbert, b. 11/3/1847, c. 1/2/1851
c. Abraham Tunis Egbert, b. 1/31/1851, c. 6/21/1851
d. Lamont Williams Egbert, c. 9/25/1854

3. Elizabeth Ann Egbert, c. 11/5/1820, c. 10/29/1821
iv) Eliza Ann Egbert, b. 9/4/1822, c. 10/17/1822, m. John Mills of Thompkinsville, son of Mrs. Mary Mills

a. Moses Newel Mills, b. 7/19/1845, c. 11/23/1845
b. Gilbert Tunis Mills, c. 7/29/1849

4. Jane Louise Egbert, b. 4/23/1823, c. 7/28/1833
5. Isabella Sarah Catharine Egbert, b. 9/25/1825, m. 8/4/1844, John Copes, occ. mariner
6. Mary Priscilla Egbert, b. 10/17/1827, c. 4/2/1828
7. Francis Lavinia Egbert, b. 3/6/1830, c. 6/29/1830

C. John Egbert, b. 1/19/1795, c. 2/15/1795, m. 11/5/1820, Lydia Seguine, dau. of John & wife (Mitchell) Seguine, in presence of Al. & Lenah Perrine, from Quarintine & Thompkinsville, Staten Is., NY

1. Rachel Ann Egbert (12/5/1824-12/11/1836) c. 4/27/1825
2. Abraham Seguine Egbert, m. 9/25/1845, Mary Eliza Bird, his occ. coachman, res. Vanderbilt Landing, Staten Is., NY

a. Henrietta Egbert, b. 1/23/1846, c. 8/31/1846
b. Madora Egbert, b. 11/28/1847, c. 10/6/1848
c. William St. Clair Egbert, c. 8/30/1849
d. Cornelius Bird Egbert, b. 5/11/1852, c. 12/9/1853

3. Catharine Maria Egbert, b. 11/20/1827, c. 7/24/1828, m. 6/18/1845, William V. Vroom, son of Christopher & Maria (Houseman) Vroom, his occ. carpenter, res. Quarintine, Staten Is., 1848, Thompkinsville, near 4 Corners, 1851

a. Maria Luisa Vroom, b. 8/22/1848, c. 10/6/1848 (c. with Madora Egbert, dau. of Abraham & Elizabeth, in g’mother’s house)
b. Ann Eliza Vroom, b. 4/22/1851, c. 5/2/1852
c. William Emmett Vroom, b. 2/2/1854, c. 4/11/1855
d. Christopher Vroom, b. 4/11/1858, c. 4/17/1859

4. Lydia Eliza Egbert, b. 2/17/1832, c. 10/16/1832, m. 7/6/1851, Cornelius P. Bird, of Thompkinsville

a. Cornelia Bird, b. 4/12/1852, c. 12/2/1853
b. Jane Louisa Bird, b. 9/23/1855, c. 4/13/1856
c. Susan Ann Bird, b. 4/18/1859, c. 7/14/1859

5. Sarah Adeline Egbert, b. 3/25/1835, c. 6/1/1835, m. 6/10/1857, Benjamin Simonson, occ. pilot, native or Richmond, Staten Is., NY

a. Helen Melissa Simonson, b. 9/24/1858, c. 7/14/1859

6. John Egbert, b. 10/8/1837, c. 2/9/1838

D. Stephen Henry Egbert (1/21/1797-10/6/1857) c. 2/19/1797, death noted in NY Herald, occ. car man in NY, m. twice, 1st –  ca. 1821, Hannah Alston, d. 7/2/1834, 2nd – 9/13/1840, Abigail Simonson, dau. of Isaac & Elizabeth Simonson

1. Warren Alston Egbert, c. 1/10/1822, d. 4/30/1822
2. Ann Egbert, b. 6/28/1822, c. 10/28/1824
3. Abraham Martino Egbert, b. 7/19/1824, c. 10/28/1824
4. Martin Egbert, inf, d. 6/7/1834

E. Cornelius Egbert, b. 1/5/1799, c. 3/29/1799, m. 12/11/1824, Maria DePugh, dau. of Nicholas & Catharine DePugh

1. Nicholas DePugh Egbert, b. 7/30/1825, c. 12/14/1826

F. Mary Van Der Beak Egbert, b. 8/24/1800, c. 10/5 1800
G. James Egbert (1/19/1802-4/26/1827) c. 12/12/1802
H. Joseph Egbert (4/10/1807-7/7/1869) c. 5/10/1807, Bullhead, Staten Is., NY, Demo. in 27th Congress, House of Rep., 1841-3, d. New Dorp, Staten Is., NY, bur. Moravian Cem., New Dorp, Richmond CO., NY, m. twice, 1st – 10/24/1830, Elizabeth Fountain, d. 3/17/1836, dau. of Anthony & Nancy Ann (Egbert) Fountain Jr., 2nd – 6/7/1839, Ann Downs, dau. of John & Ann Downs.  (See James Egbert Family Outline)

1. John Egbert (1842-9/25/1859)

I. Edward Egbert, b. 2/7/1805, c. 3/31/1805
J. Ann Egbert, b. 1/3/1809, c. 2/12/1809, m. 8/9/1842, John W. Burbank, son of John Burbank

1. John Alfred Burbank, b. 7/9/1847, c. 9/17/1857
2. Anna Burbank, b. 4/9/1857, c. 9/17/1857 (all c. in mother’s sickroom who was also c.)

K. Hertje Egbert, b. 3/18/1811, c. 5/9/1811, m. 11/15/1829, John W. Burbank, son of Jacob & A. (Wendell) Burbank
L. son Egbert, b. ca. 1812
M. Benjamin Egbert, c. 8/5/1813, d. 10/2/1813, inf.
N. Catharine Egbert, b. 7/11/1815, c. 8/20/1815

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