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Hermans family plot in Evergreen Cemetery, Pine Plains, Dutchess County, NY
May 2002
There are several spellings of this surname. Some of the ones I have seen include: Heermans, Hermance, Hermans, Herrmans, etc.
Headstone of Richard Hermans in Evergreen Cemetery, Pine Plains, Dutchess Co., NY. Richard was my great great great grandfather. I have Richard's dates as (August 18, 1808 - December 26, 1898). Note the grave of Richard's grandson, Charles Bruce Simmons, behind and to the right of Richard's stone. The inscription on Richard's stone reads:
DIED DEC. 26 1898
AGED 90 YRS 5 MOS
I also have a copy of Richard's obituary and an obituary for his nephew, Rev. Edwin J. Hermans. These were clipped by my great grandmother, Elma (Bowman) Simmons and neither has any information on what paper it was published in.
I have the following additional headstone photos of Richard Hermans' family (also from Evergreen Cemetery in Pine Plains). Richard Hermans was married three times and had five children by each of his first two wives. These stones are fairly old and several of them have eroded to the point where they are difficult to read. I believe that all of these stones except for those belonging to Catharine (Hermans) Simmons and William Hermans/Hermance are in the same plot. Note that the surname is spelled "Hermance" on some of the stones.
William married Susan Deyo (1842 - 1906). She is buried in Irondale Cemetery along with their 14 year old daughter Margaret ("Maggie", 1866 - 1880).
The 1880 U.S. census shows Charles with his first wife Maria Theresa Worden (1841 - 1884) and three children all living in Copake, Columbia County, New York. The 1900 U.S. census for Manhattan, New York, New York lists Charles living with his second wife Cora Bain (1858 - 1911, married Charles ca. 1886) and two sons by his first wife.
Charles and Maria had the following children:
Charles married second in 1917 to Lillian May Sweet (1881 - 1980).
There are more Heermance graves in Rhinebeck Association Cemetery. I have photos on the linked cemetery page for Brigadier General Martin Heermance, his wife Sarah Kiersted, and three of their daughters. I also have photos for two other Heermance graves which are not quite clear enough to read in these photos. I have not yet been able to do enough research on this family to determine how I am related to these people.
There are several Heermance/Hermance graves at Saint John's Reformed Dutch Church in Upper Red Hook. I don't know exactly how these people may relate to me either.