Joseph N. Malm

M, #391202, b. Nov 26, 1903, d. May 14, 1982
      Joseph N. Malm was born on Nov 26, 1903. Joseph married Mabel Theora Harris, daughter of Rolland Austin Harris and Iva Theora Worden, on Feb 14, 1924 at Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas; 4 children. Joseph N. Malm died on May 14, 1982 at Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, at age 78. Joseph was buried on May 18, 1982 at Memorial Park Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.

Marion Louise Garlock

F, #391203, b. Sep 13, 1918, d. Aug 21, 1983
Marion Louise Garlock|b. Sep 13, 1918\nd. Aug 21, 1983|p3913.htm#i391203|Guy Garlock||p3913.htm#i391204|Eva Canatsey||p3913.htm#i391205|||||||||||||
      Marion Louise Garlock was born on Sep 13, 1918 at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Guy Garlock and Eva Canatsey. Marion married Merrill Floyd Harris, son of Rolland Austin Harris and Iva Theora Worden, on Jun 20, 1943 at Hills Congregational Church, Wellesley Hills, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; by Rev. Harry Woods Kimball
5 children. Marion Louise Garlock died on Aug 21, 1983 at Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, at age 64. Marion was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.

Guy Garlock

M, #391204
     Guy married Eva Canatsey.

Child of Guy Garlock and Eva Canatsey

Eva Canatsey

F, #391205
     Eva married Guy Garlock.

Child of Eva Canatsey and Guy Garlock

Ralph Conover

M, #391207, b. Mar 22, 1799, d. Feb 20, 1857
      Ralph Conover was born on Mar 22, 1799. Ralph married Elizabeth H. Van Cleef, daughter of Lawrence Van Cleef and Mary Smith, on Nov 6, 1824 at Millstone, Somerset County, New Jersey. Ralph Conover died on Feb 20, 1857 at Somerset County, New Jersey, at age 57. Ralph was buried at Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey.

Children of Ralph Conover and Elizabeth H. Van Cleef

Elizabeth H. Van Cleef

F, #391208, b. Nov 24, 1800, d. Nov 3, 1852
Elizabeth H. Van Cleef|b. Nov 24, 1800\nd. Nov 3, 1852|p3913.htm#i391208|Lawrence Van Cleef||p3913.htm#i391211|Mary Smith||p3913.htm#i391212|||||||||||||
      Elizabeth H. Van Cleef was born on Nov 24, 1800 at Somerset County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Lawrence Van Cleef and Mary Smith. Elizabeth married Ralph Conover on Nov 6, 1824 at Millstone, Somerset County, New Jersey. Elizabeth H. Van Cleef died on Nov 3, 1852 at Somerset County, New Jersey, at age 51. Elizabeth was buried at Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey.

Children of Elizabeth H. Van Cleef and Ralph Conover

Mary Conover

F, #391209, b. Apr 4, 1839
Mary Conover|b. Apr 4, 1839|p3913.htm#i391209|Ralph Conover|b. Mar 22, 1799\nd. Feb 20, 1857|p3913.htm#i391207|Elizabeth H. Van Cleef|b. Nov 24, 1800\nd. Nov 3, 1852|p3913.htm#i391208|||||||Lawrence Van Cleef||p3913.htm#i391211|Mary Smith||p3913.htm#i391212|
      Mary Conover was born on Apr 4, 1839 at Somerset County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Ralph Conover and Elizabeth H. Van Cleef. Mary Conover was baptized on Sep 15, 1839 at Dutch Reformed Church, Neshanic, Somerset County, New Jersey.

Lawrence Van Cleef Conover

M, #391210, b. Jun 19, 1825
Lawrence Van Cleef Conover|b. Jun 19, 1825|p3913.htm#i391210|Ralph Conover|b. Mar 22, 1799\nd. Feb 20, 1857|p3913.htm#i391207|Elizabeth H. Van Cleef|b. Nov 24, 1800\nd. Nov 3, 1852|p3913.htm#i391208|||||||Lawrence Van Cleef||p3913.htm#i391211|Mary Smith||p3913.htm#i391212|
      Lawrence Van Cleef Conover was born on Jun 19, 1825. He was the son of Ralph Conover and Elizabeth H. Van Cleef. Lawrence married Mary E. (Unknown).
CensusAug 24, 1850Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Census-OccAug 24, 1850a clerk

Lawrence Van Cleef

M, #391211
     Lawrence married Mary Smith.

Child of Lawrence Van Cleef and Mary Smith

Mary Smith

F, #391212
     Mary married Lawrence Van Cleef.
     Mary Smith was also known as Polly Smith.

Child of Mary Smith and Lawrence Van Cleef

Mary E. (Unknown)

F, #391213, b. circa 1832
      Mary E. (Unknown) was born circa 1832 at New York. Mary married Lawrence Van Cleef Conover, son of Ralph Conover and Elizabeth H. Van Cleef.
CensusAug 24, 1850Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Michael Kirk Douglas

M, #391214, b. Sep 25, 1944
Michael Kirk Douglas|b. Sep 25, 1944|p3913.htm#i391214|Kirk Douglas|b. Dec 9, 1916|p3912.htm#i391143|Diana Dill|b. Jan 22, 1923|p3912.htm#i391129|Issur D. Demsky||p3913.htm#i391218||||Thomas M. Dill|b. Dec 23, 1876\nd. 1945|p3912.htm#i391128|Ruth R. Neilson|d. Jun 11, 1973|p3912.htm#i391127|

Relationship=8th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr.
Relationship=10th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.
Michael Kirk Douglas
      Michael Kirk Douglas was born on Sep 25, 1944 at New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He was the son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill. Michael married Diandra Douglas on Mar 20, 1977. Michael married Catherine Zeta-Jones, daughter of Dai Jones, on Nov 18, 2000.
      Michael Douglas Birth: 9/25/1944, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Michael Douglas Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Michael Douglas Biography: Michael Douglas is one of the few actors who actually appears to be a walking paradox. A household name, an estimated worth of over $200 million, a father who was one of the world's biggest film stars in the 50s and 60s, and a wife whose father is younger than him, Douglas has indeed gained fame and acclaim, but as many critics have put it, Kirk Douglas and Diana Douglas. His parents Divorced when he was six, and he went to live with his mother and her new husband. Only seeing Kirk on holidays, Michael attended Eaglebrook school in Deerfield, Massachusetts, where he was about a year younger than all of his classmates. Deciding he wanted to be an actor in his teenage years, Michael often asked his father about getting a 'foot in the door'. Kirk was strongly opposed to Michael pursuing an acting career, claiming that it was an industry with many downs and few ups, such a depressing industry that he wanted all four of his sons to stay out of it. But Michael was persistent. When he first started his career in the early 1970s people were all too ready to tag him as 'the next Kirk Douglas'. But Michael defied all those critics by accepting wimpy, hippy, quiet roles, a far cry from the leading man, all-American hero roles that his father was most famous for. It didn't earn Michael much credibility, but it earned him his own identity. His first real break came on the TV show "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972) starring opposite screen veteran Karl Malden. Michael gained quite a following on this show until he quit it to produce One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). His own life was never brilliant either. He had dreams of acting alongside brother Joel Douglas, the one he was closest to out of his 3 siblings. Growing up with Joel, and only seeing Peter Douglas and the late Eric Douglas when he visited his father, Michael was obviously closer to Joel, yet the latter wanted no part of the acting his family was famous for. Michael married the young Diandra Luker (b. 1958) in 1977, and fathered one son with her, Cameron. The marriage failed, as Diandra claimed that she was sick of his womanizing, absenteeism, and not being 'a proper father to Cameron'. In the 80s Michael tried his hand at comedies, the most successful being Romancing the Stone (1984), its sequel The Jewel of the Nile (1985), and The War of the Roses (1989) in which he co-starred with Danny DeVito and Kathleen Turner. It was in the 90s though, that Douglas became his most notorious. He starred in Basic Instinct (1992), a thriller, heavy on the sex and violence, a worldwide hit. Having played a similar role in Fatal Attraction (1987), it did indeed appear that Douglas was being typecast in the 'Man against Woman' type roles. He did nothing to sway this image, starring in Disclosure (1994). Michael tried to break away from this image with the movies The American President (1995) and The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), yet when he started dating Catherine Zeta-Jones, 25 years his junior, this image continued, even after their marriage. After two children with her, Michael is trying to settle down to become a more 'family-oriented' actor. The comedy Wonder Boys (2000) and Douglas-clan movie It Runs in the Family (2003) were only minor hits, and it appears Michael is again looking for a career change. Trying his hand now at light-hearted comedies, like a re-make The In-Laws (2003/I), he hopes to break away from the reputation he has acquired in the past.

Michael Douglas Quotes: "I'm not a big filmophile. I don't watch movies a lot for a hobby. I spend all my time watching sporting events. Because, opposed to movies, you can never tell how they're going to end." "Don't go to L.A. unless there's work. It's one of the most frustrating and depressing places to be an actor. The problem is that it has no center. I would try to do something here first." (on Inside the Actors Studio, answering an actor's question about whether to move from NYC to L.A.)

Michael Douglas Trivia: Son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Douglas. Named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. His mission: to focus worldwide attention on nuclear disarmament and human rights. [1998] Ranked #74 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] Roomed with Danny DeVito when first starting out. B.A. from U.C. Santa Barbara. [1968] Brother of Joel Douglas. Half-brother of Peter Douglas and Eric Douglas. Graduated from the University of California. Graduate of Choate Rosemary Hall. His second son and first child with Catherine Zeta-Jones, a boy named Dylan Michael was born on 8th August about 6 p.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre near Beverly Hills. The baby weighed in at 7 pounds and seven ounces and measured 21-1/2 inches. He met Catherine at the Deauville Film Festival in France in August 1998; they began dating in March 1999 and got engaged on New Year's Eve 1999. Father of Cameron Douglas. Has two sons: Cameron Morrell (b. 13 December 1978), with Diandra Luker, and Dylan Michael (b. 8 August 2000), with Catherine Zeta-Jones. Attended Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, MA. Michael is exactly 25 years older than his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones. The two of them share a birthday, September 25th. Is of Russian-Jewish, Scottish, and Irish heritage. As of 2002, he and Sir Laurence Olivier are the only two people in history to win Oscars for both Best Picture and Best Actor (although Olivier won them simultaneously for the same film). Initially turned down the role of Judge Wakefield in Traffic (2000). He later accepted only after the script underwent extensive re-writes. Daughter Carys Zeta Douglas with Catherine Zeta-Jones; Carys was born the 20th April of 2003, at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey. In 1975, quit the show, "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972), to produce the film, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). Thursday December 11 2003, he was host, together with wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, at the 2003 Annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Olso Spectrum in Oslo, Norway. In addition to Catherine Zeta-Jones, he also shares a birthday with Will Smith, Heather Locklear, Michael Madsen, Barbara Walters and the late Christopher Reeve. Has worked with two actors who share roles with his father. Kirk Douglas played Doc Holliday in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). Val Kilmer played the part in Tombstone (1993), and then appeared with Michael in The Ghost and the Darkness (1996). Kirk played Ulysses (Odysseus) in Ulisse (1955), based on The Odyssey. Michael appeared in Don't Say a Word (2001) with Sean Bean, who played Odysseus in Troy (2004). Five days after completing Black Rain (1989), he started filming The War of the Roses (1989). In 1980, he was involved in a serious skiing accident which sidelined his acting career for three years. In September of 1992 he underwent treatment for alcohol abuse at Sierra Tucson Center. Was named to Quigley Publications' Top 10 Poll of Money-Making Stars six times between 1985 and 1995, hitting a high of #2 in 1987. Surprising, despite a career that has spanned seven decades, his father Kirk never made the list, the annual poll of movie exhibitors that ranks the top stars in terms of box-office drawing power.

Carys joins Douglas dynasty
Carys Zeta Douglas has become the latest addition to the fourth generation of the Douglas acting dynasty.
Catherine Zeta Jones' second baby with husband Michael Douglas replaces two-year-old Dylan Michael as the family's newest Hollywood star-in-waiting.

Carys enters a world destined to be defined by wealth and fame - and joins an illustrious Oscar-winning line-up of Douglas talent.

Michael has a 24-year-old actor son, Cameron, from a previous marriage - while Michael's father Kirk is still being cast at the age of 86.

Last month, Catherine secured the latest piece of Hollywood gold for the Douglas trophy cabinet with her best supporting actress Oscar for Chicago.

The Douglas clan is a model of the American dream rooted in Kirk's younger days in New York in the early part of the last century.


Born Issur Danielovich Demsky to Russian Jewish immigrant parents in 1916, he had waited on tables to finance his university education.
He also did odd jobs in the theatre and later trained at the Academy of Dramatic Arts - following a spell as a professional wrestler.

In 1946 one of his former classmates, actress Lauren Bacall, recommended him to producer Hal Wallis and his film career began.

'Gladiator'

Son Michael's break came in 1972 as a detective opposite Karl Malden in US TV drama The Streets Of San Francisco.

He spent years overcoming feelings of inferiority to his father, whom he idolised as a "gladiator".

The young Michael lived in a commune and dabbled in drugs, then dropped out of university and took a job as a petrol station attendant.

He later went back to college to study acting, although his father never believed he would make it.


He enjoyed his first major film success as a producer of the Oscar-winning 1975 film One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
As an actor Michael would go on to become every bit as successful as his father, with memorable roles in Romancing The Stone, Fatal Attraction, and his Oscar-winning performance as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street.

He met Catherine on the set of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic which won the best director award at the 2001 Oscars.

The Welsh actress had previously broken into Hollywood starring in the epic The Mask of Zorro in 1998.

Zeta's beginnings

The daughter of a former Swansea factory worker, she showed early talent as a dancer and singer.

Aged 15, she starred in the musical 42nd Street and went on to nationwide recognition through her TV role as Mariette Larkin in ITV's 1990s drama The Darling Buds Of May.

She honed her movie craft in films such as High Fidelity and Traffic, before striking gold with Chicago.


Her portrayal of the vampish Velma Kelly earned her a wealth of critical plaudits and the Academy Award.
Michael's son Cameron stars with his father and grandfather Kirk in It Runs in the Family which opens in the US on Friday.

The first time the three generations have appeared in the same film, it tells of a dysfunctional New York family and their attempts at reconciliation.

There is no doubt that Carys and brother Dylan have been born into a life of privilege - and the unavoidable media attention that goes with being a Douglas.

Their famously privacy-loving parents, fresh from their High Court case against Hello! magazine, will try to shield their children from the worst excesses of the paparazzi.

Secluded hideaway

The couple were recently reported to be furious that tour operators were offering holidaymakers coach trips to view their home in Majorca.

A more secluded hideaway is The Prince Maurice hotel on Mauritius, where the couple are regular guests.

Said to be among the island's most private hotels, its thatched suites sit on stilts overlooking a lagoon.

In an interview two years ago, Catherine spoke of her fears for son Dylan's privacy.

She said: "In two years' time I want to be able to take my son to the park and not have to explain why 20 people with cameras are running after us.

"I hope the frenzy will die down so he won't have to sacrifice the good things just because photographers are documenting his every move."

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/entertainment/2966443.stm

Published: 2003/04/22 13:18:09 GMT

© BBC MMV.

Child of Michael Kirk Douglas and Diandra Douglas

Children of Michael Kirk Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones

F, #391215, b. Sep 29, 1969
Catherine Zeta-Jones|b. Sep 29, 1969|p3913.htm#i391215|Dai Jones||p3913.htm#i391223||||||||||||||||
Catherine Zeta-Jones
      Catherine Zeta-Jones was born on Sep 29, 1969 at Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales. She was the daughter of Dai Jones. Catherine married Michael Kirk Douglas, son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill, on Nov 18, 2000.

Children of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Kirk Douglas

Diandra Douglas

F, #391216, b. 1956
      Diandra Douglas was born in 1956. Diandra married Michael Kirk Douglas, son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill, on Mar 20, 1977. Diandra Douglas and an unknown person were divorced in Jun, 2000.
      Diandra Douglas and Hampton Bacon in Custody Battle
May 26, 2004
Hollywood socialite and multi-millionaire Diandra Douglas was married to actor-producer Michael Douglas for 20 years, until their split in 1995. She walked away from that marriage with a reported $60 million and hooked up with Wall Street mogul Zack Hampton Bacon III. Now that relationship too, has soured. Zack spoke only to "CJ" about what caused the split and the custody battle the two are engaged in.

"She alleged I put my hand on her shoulder and shoved her down the corridor," Bacon told us. "I’ve never seen this viciousness and maliciousness in Diandra," Bacon said. "The romantic relationship is destroyed."

Zack related how he and Diandra had tried for three years to conceive children. After a fifth in-vitro attempt, twin baby girls were born to a surrogate -- but sadly they did not survive. Finally twin boys were born in March, also through a surrogate. The children are genetically related to Zack, but not Diandra.

"Diandra had her heart set on a little girl; God gave us boys," Bacon said. "The first warning flag I had, Diandra kept saying, ‘They’re your babies.’ I think she became upset the boys were genetically mine."

Suddenly, says Zack, Diandra made plans to adopt a baby girl from Kazakhstan, but the couple’s twin boys had been born 12 weeks premature. Zack was concerned: "I said, ‘This is insane. We've got premature babies, there are medical complications, they need our attention.’"

But Zack says Diandra persisted in pursing the adoption and then made a move he couldn’t believe. "I was shocked that she ambushed me with this custody case," Bacon said.

According to documents, Diandra wanted custody of the twins and the adopted child, and she wanted to raise them in California, even though she and Zack resided in New York. Two days before the court hearing, Zack found himself in handcuffs.

Each parent will argue for primary custody of the twins. Diandra wants the boys to be raised in California with her; Zack wants them with him in New York where the couple has lived for the last four years.

Child of Diandra Douglas and Michael Kirk Douglas

Cameron Douglas

M, #391217, b. Dec 13, 1978
Cameron Douglas|b. Dec 13, 1978|p3913.htm#i391217|Michael Kirk Douglas|b. Sep 25, 1944|p3913.htm#i391214|Diandra Douglas|b. 1956|p3913.htm#i391216|Kirk Douglas|b. Dec 9, 1916|p3912.htm#i391143|Diana Dill|b. Jan 22, 1923|p3912.htm#i391129|||||||

Relationship=8th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr.
Relationship=11th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.
      Cameron Douglas was born on Dec 13, 1978 at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California. He was the son of Michael Kirk Douglas and Diandra Douglas.

Issur Danielovitch Demsky

M, #391218

Child of Issur Danielovitch Demsky

Joel Douglas

M, #391219, b. Jan 23, 1947
Joel Douglas|b. Jan 23, 1947|p3913.htm#i391219|Kirk Douglas|b. Dec 9, 1916|p3912.htm#i391143|Diana Dill|b. Jan 22, 1923|p3912.htm#i391129|Issur D. Demsky||p3913.htm#i391218||||Thomas M. Dill|b. Dec 23, 1876\nd. 1945|p3912.htm#i391128|Ruth R. Neilson|d. Jun 11, 1973|p3912.htm#i391127|

Relationship=8th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr.
Relationship=10th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.
      Joel Douglas was born on Jan 23, 1947. He was the son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill.

Anne Buydens

F, #391220
     Anne married Kirk Douglas, son of Issur Danielovitch Demsky, in 1954.

Dylan Michael Douglas

M, #391221, b. Aug 8, 2000
Dylan Michael Douglas|b. Aug 8, 2000|p3913.htm#i391221|Michael Kirk Douglas|b. Sep 25, 1944|p3913.htm#i391214|Catherine Zeta-Jones|b. Sep 29, 1969|p3913.htm#i391215|Kirk Douglas|b. Dec 9, 1916|p3912.htm#i391143|Diana Dill|b. Jan 22, 1923|p3912.htm#i391129|Dai Jones||p3913.htm#i391223||||

Relationship=8th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr.
Relationship=11th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.
      Dylan Michael Douglas was born on Aug 8, 2000. He was the son of Michael Kirk Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Carys Zeta Douglas

F, #391222, b. Mar 20, 2003
Carys Zeta Douglas|b. Mar 20, 2003|p3913.htm#i391222|Michael Kirk Douglas|b. Sep 25, 1944|p3913.htm#i391214|Catherine Zeta-Jones|b. Sep 29, 1969|p3913.htm#i391215|Kirk Douglas|b. Dec 9, 1916|p3912.htm#i391143|Diana Dill|b. Jan 22, 1923|p3912.htm#i391129|Dai Jones||p3913.htm#i391223||||

Relationship=8th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr.
Relationship=11th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.
      Carys Zeta Douglas was born on Mar 20, 2003 at Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Michael Kirk Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Dai Jones

M, #391223

Child of Dai Jones

Joanna Neilson

F, #391224, b. Jul 30, 1771, d. Mar 17, 1773
Joanna Neilson|b. Jul 30, 1771\nd. Mar 17, 1773|p3913.htm#i391224|Brig. Gen. John Neilson Jr.|b. Mar 11, 1745\nd. Mar 3, 1833|p2213.htm#i221242|Catherine Schuyler Voorhees|b. Dec 25, 1753\nd. Aug 2, 1816|p2213.htm#i221243|John Neilson Sr. MD||p2213.htm#i221244|Johanna Coeymans||p2213.htm#i221245|John Voorhees|b. Nov 18, 1729\nd. Nov 5, 1802|p1569.htm#i156858|Christina Schuyler|b. Jun 18, 1733\nd. circa 1782|p2213.htm#i221220|

Relationship=4th cousin 4 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr.
Relationship=5th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.
      Joanna Neilson was born on Jul 30, 1771. She was the daughter of Brig. Gen. John Neilson Jr. and Catherine Schuyler Voorhees. Joanna Neilson was baptized on Aug 4, 1771 at Presbyterian Church, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. She died on Mar 17, 1773 at age 1.

Joanna Neilson

F, #391225, b. Jan 26, 1777, d. Dec 26, 1781
Joanna Neilson|b. Jan 26, 1777\nd. Dec 26, 1781|p3913.htm#i391225|Brig. Gen. John Neilson Jr.|b. Mar 11, 1745\nd. Mar 3, 1833|p2213.htm#i221242|Catherine Schuyler Voorhees|b. Dec 25, 1753\nd. Aug 2, 1816|p2213.htm#i221243|John Neilson Sr. MD||p2213.htm#i221244|Johanna Coeymans||p2213.htm#i221245|John Voorhees|b. Nov 18, 1729\nd. Nov 5, 1802|p1569.htm#i156858|Christina Schuyler|b. Jun 18, 1733\nd. circa 1782|p2213.htm#i221220|

Relationship=4th cousin 4 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr.
Relationship=5th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.
      Joanna Neilson was born on Jan 26, 1777 at Mr. Coejeman's, Raritan, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Brig. Gen. John Neilson Jr. and Catherine Schuyler Voorhees. Joanna Neilson died on Dec 26, 1781 at Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, at age 4.

Rev. George Spofford Woodhull

M, #391226, b. Mar 31, 1773, d. Dec 25, 1834
Rev. George Spofford Woodhull|b. Mar 31, 1773\nd. Dec 25, 1834|p3913.htm#i391226|Rev. John Woodhull Jr.|b. Jan 26, 1744\nd. Nov 22, 1824|p3225.htm#i322428|Sarah Spofford|b. Oct 26, 1749\nd. Oct 14, 1827|p3225.htm#i322429|||||||||||||
      Rev. George Spofford Woodhull was born on Mar 31, 1773 at Leacock, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Rev. John Woodhull Jr. and Sarah Spofford. George married Gertrude Neilson, daughter of Brig. Gen. John Neilson Jr. and Catherine Schuyler Voorhees, on Jun 4, 1799. Rev. George Spofford Woodhull died on Dec 25, 1834 at age 61; of Scarlet Fever.
     He was also known as Rev. George Spafford Woodhull.

The REV. GEORGE SPAFFORD WOODHULL was a native of Pennsylvania. He was born on the 31st day of March. 1773. His father, the Rev. Dr. John Woodhull, who was for more than half a century a distinguished and venerated min­ister of the Presbyterian church, was at that time established in a pastorate in the town of Leacock in Lancaster County. Pa.. the place of his son's birth. His mother was Miss Spafford. of the city of Philadelphia, a step-daughter of the Rev. Gilbert Tennent. one of the most eminent, devoted and successful ministers that ever adorned the American church. She was an excellent woman, of a sound practical mind and of ardent, active piety.

In 1779 his father removed to Freehold, N. J., to take charge of the church, made vacant by the death of the Rev. William Tennent," whose praise is in all the churches.- There he established an academy at which his son George was edu­cated, until in the 16th year of his age, he entered Princeton college, in the junior class, and graduated in 179o. His char­acter was blameless, his father incidentally remarking of him shortly before his death, "that he had no recollection of hav­ing ever had occasion to reprove him in his life."
After graduating, Mr. George S. Woodhull commenced the study of the law and continued it for about two years, and then relinquishing the law, he studied medicine for a year with Dr. Moses Scott, in New Brunswick. Through the influence of a sermon preached by his father he was led to study theology with his father in 1794..
He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick to preach the gospel, on the 14th day of November, 1797. He was called, ordained and installed pastor of the church at Cran­berry, June 6th, 1798, and in the next year he was married to Miss Gertrude Neilson, the eldest daughter of Col. john Neilson of New Brunswick,—a gentle, refined and handsome young woman, who had been educated at Bethlehem, Pa.

Mr. Woodhull continued to be the pastor of the church at Cranberry for twenty-two years, during which time his minis­try was faithful. noiseless, and dignified. He was distin­guished for his public spirit. He was a trustee of the College of New Jersey, and zealously labored for the interest of that institution.
In the month of April, 1811, he was one of a little band of patriotic and pious gentlemen who assembled in Princeton, and formed the New jersey Bible Society. In this he was an active member during his life. In 1815 he first suggested the system of Bible-class instruction, which, after having tried it among the youth of his own church, he brought before the Presbytery and received for it the sanction of that body ; and thence by his zealous labors, it was carried to the Synod of New York and New Jersey, and by that body made the subject of an overture to the General Assembly, which recom­mended it to all the churches under its care. The Rev. Dr. Green had introduced it into the college several years before this, but its introduction into the churches on its present plan is due to Mr.Woodhull In the year 1818, Mr. Woodhull began to labor against the use of ardent spirits ; though it was eight years before the American Temperance Society was formed or proposed, he brought the subject before the Presbytery and caused an over­ture to the General Assembly, which the same year passed an act, solemnly " recommending to all ministers, elders and deacons of the Presbyterian church, to refrain from offering ardent spirits to those who might visit them at their re­spective houses, except in extraordinary cases." Was not this the first organized and official movement in the Temper­ance Reform ? Mr. Woodhull practiced "entire abstinence" long before the Temperance Reform commenced. At his death a temperance pledge bearing date as far back as 1815, signed by several of his congregation, was found among his papers.

A few years before he left Cranberry he was very ill with fever, so that his life was despaired of for several days. In this extremity he desired his friends in Princeton to assemble and pray for his recovery. This was done. Five or six clergy­men with the elders and a number of the members of the church assembled in one of the apartments of the college build­ing, and spent an hour in intercessory prayer for his recovery and it is alleged as an undoubted fact, that at or near the time when his friends were thus interceding for him, his disease took a favorable turn and his recovery commenced. He was ever deeply impressed with this event as an instance of remarkable answer to prayer.
He left Cranberry in 1820, to accept a call to Princeton. He had received a call about ten years before, to Princeton, but upon advice, declined it as before stated.
In 1832. after leaving Princeton. he received a call from the church at Middletown Point, N. J., where he spent the last two years of his life. He died of scarlet fever, on the 25th of December, 1834, in the sixty-second year of his age, and thirty-seventh of his ministry—calm and holy to the last. The Rev. Dr. Samuel Miller preached a funeral discourse in the church at Princeton, in 1835, in memory of the Rev. George S. Woodhull, at the request of the congregation of Princeton. He took for his text, Acts xi. 24, "He was a good man." When he came to speak of his ministry of twelve years in Princeton, he said, " his ministry through the whole of that time was marked with the same steadiness, prudence, diligence, dignity, and punctuality which have always characterized his labors. One fact is unquestionably certain, that during the twelve years of his pastoral service, this church received a greater number of members to her communion, than in any preceding period of twelve years since the commencement of her existence." He continued, in speaking of him personally:

"His history is his portrait. I will only say that it has been my lot, within the last forty years of my life, to be acquainted with many hundred ministers of the Gospel of various denominations, and with not a few of them to be on what might be called intimate terms and although I have known a number of more splendid, of more profound attainments, and of more impressive eloquence than your late pas­tor, yet in the great moral qualities which go to form the good man, the exemplary Christian. the diligent and untiring pastor, the benevolent neighbor and citizen, and the dignified, polished, perfect gentleman, I have seldom known his equal, and I think never on the whole his superior. No one, I can confidently assert, ever beard from his lips a censorious remark or a harsh sentence concerning any human being. No one ever witnessed, even in his most unguarded moments, any other deportment than that which was characterized by Christian urbanity. No one ever beard from him one of those rough epithets or coarse jests which sometimes escape even from those deemed pious and exemplary. In short, the whole texture of his mind and all the habits of his life were marked with a degree of inoffensiveness, purity, respectfulness, dignity, gentleness and unceasing benevolence which I never expect to see exceeded by any other man in this world. So remarkably indeed were his feelings held in subjection to principle, and so habitually guarded against the expression of any irascible emotion that, even under unfriendly and ungenerous treatment, in most cases like his Master. he opened not his mouth; and when he did give a momentary utterance to painful feeling it was with that tender and subdued tone which showed that be was more anxious to govern himself than to cast
odium on others. Indeed I have often thought that he carried his caution, reserve and forbearance to an extreme ; to a length which interfered with firmness and en­ergy, and that his dread of controversy and reluctance to contend sometimes led him to yield to judgments inferior to his own. He never made ambitions claims; never put himself forward ; seldom asserted what was his due ; and in a word, in meekness, in modesty, in retiring. unassuming gentleness, and in a prudence which seemed never to sleep, he set before his professional brethren and his fellow Chris­tians a noble example."

Mr. and Mrs. Woodhull had four children who grew up to adult age—the Rev. William H. Woodhull, who graduated at Princeton college in 1822. and who after leaving the seminary was settled in Upper Freehold and died in t834; Cornelia, who died unmarried ; Alfred A. Woodhull, M. D., and John N. Woodhull, M. D., both physicians, who died in Princeton and have been noticed in the previous volume. None of them are now living. Mrs_ Woodhull lived till 1863. ever exhibiting a beautiful Christian life and greatly beloved wherever known. For many years before her death. having returned to Prince­ton with her maiden sister Miss Neilson, she lived with her son Dr. John N. Woodhull, till her death.

Children of Rev. George Spofford Woodhull and Gertrude Neilson

Ravine Forman

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     Ravine Forman was the daughter of David Forman. Ravine married James Neilson, son of Brig. Gen. John Neilson Jr. and Catherine Schuyler Voorhees, on Mar 26, 1811.

David Forman

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Child of David Forman

Jane Dunlap

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     Jane Dunlap was the daughter of James Dunlap. Jane married James Neilson, son of Brig. Gen. John Neilson Jr. and Catherine Schuyler Voorhees, on Jan 25, 1820.

James Dunlap

M, #391230

Child of James Dunlap

Hariette Benedict

F, #391231
Hariette Benedict||p3913.htm#i391231|Robert Benedict||p3913.htm#i391232||||||||||||||||
     Hariette Benedict was the daughter of Robert Benedict. Hariette married James Neilson, son of Brig. Gen. John Neilson Jr. and Catherine Schuyler Voorhees, on Dec 11, 1833.

Robert Benedict

M, #391232

Child of Robert Benedict

Catherine Bleecker

F, #391233, b. Jun 9, 1809, d. Dec 23, 1893
Catherine Bleecker|b. Jun 9, 1809\nd. Dec 23, 1893|p3913.htm#i391233|John Rutger Bleecker||p3913.htm#i391234|Mehitabel Bailey||p4359.htm#i435870|||||||||||||
      Catherine Bleecker was born on Jun 9, 1809. She was the daughter of John Rutger Bleecker and Mehitabel Bailey. Catherine married James Neilson, son of Brig. Gen. John Neilson Jr. and Catherine Schuyler Voorhees, on Jan 16, 1844. Catherine Bleecker died on Dec 23, 1893 at New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, at age 84.

Child of Catherine Bleecker and James Neilson

John Rutger Bleecker

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     John married Mehitabel Bailey.

Child of John Rutger Bleecker and Mehitabel Bailey

Cornelia Lott Neilson

F, #391235, b. Nov 19, 1794, d. Feb 4, 1797
Cornelia Lott Neilson|b. Nov 19, 1794\nd. Feb 4, 1797|p3913.htm#i391235|Brig. Gen. John Neilson Jr.|b. Mar 11, 1745\nd. Mar 3, 1833|p2213.htm#i221242|Catherine Schuyler Voorhees|b. Dec 25, 1753\nd. Aug 2, 1816|p2213.htm#i221243|John Neilson Sr. MD||p2213.htm#i221244|Johanna Coeymans||p2213.htm#i221245|John Voorhees|b. Nov 18, 1729\nd. Nov 5, 1802|p1569.htm#i156858|Christina Schuyler|b. Jun 18, 1733\nd. circa 1782|p2213.htm#i221220|

Relationship=4th cousin 4 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr.
Relationship=5th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.
      Cornelia Lott Neilson was born on Nov 19, 1794 at New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Brig. Gen. John Neilson Jr. and Catherine Schuyler Voorhees. Cornelia Lott Neilson was baptized on Jan 8, 1795 at Presbyterian Church, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. She died on Feb 4, 1797 at age 2.

Samuel Staats Neilson

M, #391236, b. Sep 17, 1790, d. Oct 14, 1810
Samuel Staats Neilson|b. Sep 17, 1790\nd. Oct 14, 1810|p3913.htm#i391236|Brig. Gen. John Neilson Jr.|b. Mar 11, 1745\nd. Mar 3, 1833|p2213.htm#i221242|Catherine Schuyler Voorhees|b. Dec 25, 1753\nd. Aug 2, 1816|p2213.htm#i221243|John Neilson Sr. MD||p2213.htm#i221244|Johanna Coeymans||p2213.htm#i221245|John Voorhees|b. Nov 18, 1729\nd. Nov 5, 1802|p1569.htm#i156858|Christina Schuyler|b. Jun 18, 1733\nd. circa 1782|p2213.htm#i221220|

Relationship=4th cousin 4 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr.
Relationship=5th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.
      Samuel Staats Neilson was born on Sep 17, 1790 at New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He was the son of Brig. Gen. John Neilson Jr. and Catherine Schuyler Voorhees. Samuel Staats Neilson was baptized on Oct 15, 1790 at Presbyterian Church, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He died on Oct 14, 1810 at aboard a ship, Java, at age 20.
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