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	Generation No. 4     9. DANIEL GOSSMAN4 NIVEN (DANIEL GOSSMAN3 MACNIVEN, DUNCAN2, MALCOLM1) was born 3/14/1799 in New York City, and died 12/20/1852 in Newburgh, NY. His middle name also appears as "G.", "GROSSMAN," and "Gosman". Daniel married MARIA MARICES 10/19/1826 in Acquackanonk. She was born ABT 1796, and died 10/28/1880 in Brooklyn, NY. Maria was one of seven children of Jacob Marius Morris and Mary Van Riper [Sylvester, John, Phebe (died age 4), Jacob, Peter, Maria, Phebe]. Her genealogy can be found in "The Bergen Family" (p. 227 et passim.) The family surname was originally MARIUS GROEN, but the second part was dropped and the "Marius" took different forms including Morris, Marius, and Marices; this latter MAY just be a misreading of the others.     Children of DANIEL NIVEN and MARIA MARICES are: i. PHOEBE LETITIA5 NIVEN, b. 8/23/1827; d. 9/5/1828, Bloomingburgh. 21.ii. DUNCAN CAMPBELL NIVEN, b. 9/18/1829, Newburgh, NY; d. Monticello, NY. 22.iii. PHOEBE ELIZABETH NIVEN, b. 3/19/1830, Bloomingburgh, NY. iv. MARY CATHARINE NIVEN, b. 8/16/1831; d. 8/8/1832. v. MARIUS NIVEN, b. 2/19/1834; d. 8/5/1834. vi. TWINS, b. 12/3/1836; d. 12/21/1836.     10. CATHARINE POST4 NIVEN (DANIEL GOSSMAN3 MACNIVEN, DUNCAN2, MALCOLM1) was born 9/3/1801 in Newburgh, NY, and died 5/18/1895. She married SETH WARNER BROWNSON 9/28/1820. From her Obituary [1895] Mrs. Catharine Brownson Catharine Post Nevin [sic], widow of Seth Warner Brownson, died last Saturday evening at the residence of her grandson, John S. Bradley, 41 High street, where she had resided for some time. She had reached the advanced age of ninety-three years and eight and a half months. But in spite of her advanced age she was in remarkably good health almost up to the last. She was a most excellent, much beloved and respected by a large circle of friends and relatives. She was for many years a member of the College street Congregational church. Her husband was a New York state man, but lived for many years in this city. He died about fifteen or eighteen years ago. She leaves two sons, who live in other places, and two daughters, one the wife of Rev. Mr. Pelton of Stony Creek and the other the widow of the late James A. Duncan, who for many years was an engraver on Chapel street. The funeral takes place this afternoon at 3 o'clock.     Children of CATHARINE NIVEN and SETH BROWNSON are: 23.i. RHODA ANN5 BROWNSON, b. 8/13/1821, Monticello; d. 12/5/1916. 24.ii. ABRAHAM BROWNSON, b. 6/6/1826, Monticello; d. 11/19/1905. 25.iii. MARY NIVEN BROWNSON, b. 12/1828, Monticello; d. 8/25/1894. 26.iv. CATHARINE SARAH BROWNSON, b. 3/16/1839, Monticello; d. 5/31/1910. v. WILLIAM H. BROWNSON, b. ABT 1841, Monticello; d. 1872. William was Adjutant of 124th New York Volunteers. "The Orange Blossoms." vi. SETH WARNER BROWNSON, JR., b. 1844; d. 1913.     11. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL4 NIVEN (DANIEL GOSSMAN3 MACNIVEN, DUNCAN2, MALCOLM1) was born 12/8/1803 in Newburgh, NY, and died 2/21/1882. He married JANE THOMPSON 1832, daughter of ALEXANDER THOMPSON and HANNAH BULL.     Children of ARCHIBALD NIVEN and JANE THOMPSON are: i. ALEXANDER THOMPSON5 NIVEN, b. 12/31/1834; d. 9/27/1854, at sea. He graduated from Princeton in 1852, "with the highest averages standing of any graduate since the days of Aaron Burr." Entered the Theological Seminary at Newburgh. After two years, went to Europe to finish his studies. Returning home, he was lost at sea, on the Steamship "Arctic". ii. MARY CAMPBELL NIVEN, b. 4/10/1840, Monticello; d. 1896; m. Major WILLIAM B. WRIGHT, 1874. He died soon after their marriage. 27.iii. THORNTON AUGUSTUS THOMPSON NIVEN, b. 12/3/1841, Newburgh, NY; d. 1905.     12. THORNTON MACNESS4 NIVEN (DANIEL GOSSMAN3 MACNIVEN, DUNCAN2, MALCOLM1) was born 2/3/1806 in Newburgh, NY, and died 1/17/1895. He married LETITIA MILLS 5/4/1826, daughter of JONATHAN MILLS. He learned the stone cutting business, and at the age of 19, bought out the stone cutting business of Mr. Gray, who taught him. He built the Customs House at Mobile, Alabama, the large dam across the James River, in Virginia, Marble Dry Dock at Brooklyn, N.Y. Navy Yard, besides many public buildings in New York and Newburgh and elsewhere, until he became blind. He was one of the founders of the Second Associate Reformed Church of Newburgh, NY. Was a ruling elder of the church for many years, also of the Presbyterian church in Bloomingburg, and of the church in Brooklyn where the Rev. Dr. Van Dyke was pastor.     Children of THORNTON NIVEN and LETITIA MILLS are: 28.i. CATHARINE CAMPBELL5 NIVEN, b. ABT 1827. 29.ii. ANDREW MCCORD NIVEN, b. 7/20/1829, Newburgh. iii. MARY NIVEN, b. 9/26/1831; d. 6/16/1874; m. JAMES L. JESSUP; d. 2/2/1863. iv. JOHN FORSYTHE NIVEN, b. 12/25/1833; d. 10/4/1861. 30.v. THORNTON MACNESS NIVEN, JR., b. 8/23/1836, Newburgh. 31.vi. ARCHIBALD NIVEN, b. ABT 1838.     13. JAMES4 NIVEN (DANIEL GOSSMAN3 MACNIVEN, DUNCAN2, MALCOLM1) was born 9/30/1808 in Newburgh, NY, and died 9/24/1850. He married CLARISSA HORNBECK 12/8/1835. She died 10/10/1890.     Children of JAMES NIVEN and CLARISSA HORNBECK are: i. COLIN CAMPBELL5 NIVEN, b. 2/11/1837. 32.ii. WILLIAM BEATTIE NIVEN, b. 12/13/1847, Cuylerville.     14. MARY SCOTT4 NIVEN (DANIEL GOSSMAN3 MACNIVEN, DUNCAN2, MALCOLM1) was born 4/7/1811 in New York City, and died 3/4/1897. She married LYMAN ODELL 1/1832. He died 3/4/1880.     Children of MARY NIVEN and LYMAN ODELL are: i. ANDREW JACKSON5 ODELL, b. 11/1832, Wurtsboro; d. 11/1897. Andrew was Sec'y Treas. of D.L. & W.R.R. 33.ii. ALEXANDER HAMILTON ODELL, b. 11/4/1834. 34.iii. HELEN EDITH ODELL, b. 1/2/1836.     15. THOMAS HELM4 NIVEN (DANIEL GOSSMAN3 MACNIVEN, DUNCAN2, MALCOLM1) was born 1/1/1814 in Wurtsboro, NY, and died 1/12/1905. He married ELIZA ANN BLAUVELT 5/21/1844 in New York City, daughter of ABRA(HAM) BLAUVELT and ANN(E) CONKLIN. She was born 7/9/1820, baptized 10/13/1820 in the Greenwich Reformed Dutch Church in NY. She died 10/12/1880 in Hoboken, NJ, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. The descendants of Eliza Ann and Thomas are eligible for membership in the Blauvelt Association; Eliza Ann appears in that genealogy as a descendant of Gerrit Hendrickszen Van Blauvelt. Thomas Helm learned the trade of carpenter. In 1839 he joined the U.S. Navy, as ship's carpenter, and sailed on the U.S.S. "Ohio", the flagship of Commodore Hull, for a three year's cruise in the Mediterranean. On his return home, he went back to Newburgh. From there he moved to Wilmington, Del. and later to New York City. In 1850 he went to Monticello, N.Y., where he lived until 1865, when he went to Kingston, PA. From there he went to Hoboken, N.J. and was in charge of building "Stevens Castle" which, later, was part of Stevens Institute of Technology. He and his sons formed the Niven Coal Co. with yards in Hoboken, and an office in New York. Later he moved to Upper Montclair, N.J., and had a coal yard and office there.     Children of THOMAS HELM NIVEN and ELIZA BLAUVELT are: i. ANNIE5 NIVEN, b. 4/10/1845, Wilmington; d. 4/15/1893, Upper Montclair, N.J.. 35.ii. FLORA CAMPBELL NIVEN, b. 7/22/1847, Wilmington, DE; d. 1/21/1935, Upper Montclair, N.J.. 36.iii. DANIEL MACMARTIN NIVEN, b. 8/5/1849, New York; d. 1/17/1938. 37.iv. MALCOLM WRIGHT NIVEN, b. 11/26/1851, Monticello, New York; d. 3/15/1927, Montclair, NJ. 38.v. ALEXANDER SOMERVILLE NIVEN, b. 3/4/1854, Monticello; d. 1/19/1925, Tacoma.     16. ALEXANDER HAMILTON4 NIVEN (DANIEL GOSSMAN3 MACNIVEN, DUNCAN2, MALCOLM1) was born 1/31/1817 in Monticello, New York. He married ANN WOOD 11/1/1840. She died 10/2/1884. When Alexander's children were getting older, he disappeared and was never heard from again. Betty gives a second date for his birth, 1807, but considerations of the birth order and the other birth dates, indicates that 1817 is much more likely.     Children of ALEXANDER NIVEN and ANN WOOD are: 39.i. EDWARD ALEXANDER5 NIVEN, b. 8/28/1841, Cuylerville. 40.ii. MARY ISABELLA NIVEN, b. 2/28/1846; d. 8/31/1898. iii. AMBROSE CLARK NIVEN, b. 2/7/1848, Buffalo. Ambrose married and had four sons. 41.iv. EMMA NIVEN, b. 2/7/1852; d. 4/22/1873. v. CHARLOTTE NIVEN, b. 1857, Madison; m. WILLIAM C. FREDERICKS, 1/31/1888. vi. LOUISE NIVEN, b. 1859, Medina; m. BUCHANAN MCPHERSON, 1877. They had four children.     17. HELEN ISABELLA4 NIVEN (DANIEL GOSSMAN3 MACNIVEN, DUNCAN2, MALCOLM1) was born 5/8/1821 in Monticello, New York, and died 5/8/1895 in Newville, PA. She married the Rev. JAMES BROWN SCOULLERD.D., 6/21/1848. He died 9/11/1899. Helen's birth date is given once as May 8, 1821, and once as just May 1821. It would be coincidence if she died ON her birthday; and the date of 5/8 for her death is confirmed by a newspaper clipping.     Children of HELEN NIVEN and JAMES SCOULLER are: i. ANNIE5 SCOULLER, b. 4/19/1849. 42.ii. JOHN NIVEN SCOULLER, b. 5/1851. 43.iii. WILLIAM CURRIE SCOULLER, b. 5/28/1854. iv. GRACE SCOULLER, b. 8/19/1860; d. 1/22/1934.     18. MALCOLM4 MCMILLAN (ISABEL3 MACNIVEN, DUNCAN2, MALCOLM1)     Children of MALCOLM MCMILLAN are: i. FLORA5 MCMILLAN. ii. DUNCAN MCMILLAN. iii. DONALD MCMILLAN.     19. ROBERT JOHNSTON4 NIVEN (GEORGE WASHINGTON3, DANIEL2 MACNIVEN, MALCOLM1) died 11/24/1885 in Southampton, Hampshire, England. He married ELIZABETH BABCOCK in 1844. His second wife was MARIE LOUISA VANDERBILT 1860, the daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt (b: 27 MAY 1794 in Port Richmond,Staten Island,NY) and SOPHIA JOHNSON (b. 1795). Marie was born 1835, and died 1891. Her first marriage was to Horace Clark, with whom she had a daughter Louise, born 1853. (Commodore Vanderbilt Descendancy Chart "The Very Remarkable, Often Contentious, Ever Colorful Vandebilt Clan") Robert was a prominent lawyer, a leading Democrat, and trusted friend of Presidents Pierce and Buchanan. At time of Civil War he was connected with New York and Harlem R.R., and later was its President, at which time the viaducts and tunnels leading to Grand Central Depot in New York City were constructed. He built other roads, and was officer and director in several R.R. corporations. He travelled abroad, and died in Southampton, England on Nov. 24, 1885.     Children of ROBERT NIVEN and ELIZABETH BABCOCK are: i. SON5 NIVEN. 44.ii. MARY ELIZA NIVEN, b. 1852, PA. m. William A. McKinney. She, and later her daughter, joined the DAR on the record of Daniel, Captain of Engineers.     Child of ROBERT NIVEN and MARIE VANDERBILT is: iii. CHARLOTTE E.5 NIVEN. From a newspaper article LEFT $4,000,000 ESTATE Marquise de Sers Made Bequests to Two Institutions Here. The estate of Charlotte Niven, Marquise de Sers, who died in Paris July 19, is expected to be worth more than $4,000,000, her will, filed for probate here, indicates. She left $200,000 to Columbia University, because her father, Robert Johnson Niven, was graduated there. To the Fifth Ave. Hospital she bequeated $100,000. The remainder of her estate will go to relatives..     20. ELIZA JANE4 NIVEN (GEORGE WASHINGTON3, DANIEL2 MACNIVEN, MALCOLM1) was born about 1826 in New York. She married WILLIAM HEGEMAN, son of ADRIAEN HEGEMAN and ELIZA BALSTER. He was born 1816 in New York, and was the druggist under Astor House in New York. (some of this information comes from Betty, some from a LDS entry and some from the 1850 census)     Children of ELIZA NIVEN and WILLIAM HEGEMAN include: i. WILLIAM A.5 HEGEMAN, age 9 in 1850. ii. JOHNSTON N. HEGEMAN, age 6 in 1850. iii. ESTHER N. HEGEMAN, age 5 in 1850. iv. ELISE ANN HEGEMAN, b. 11/16/1848; m. CHAUNCEY MITCHELL DEPEW, 11/9/1871.