Capt. John Schenck (M)
(13. Dec. 1705 - ), #4276

     Capt. John Schenck was born on 13. Dec. 1705. He married Femmetje Hegemen on 15. Nov. 1728. Capt. John Schenck left a will on 20. Jun. 1775 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York.

In the name of God, Amen. This twentieth day of June, 1775. I, JOHN
SCHENCK, of Flatlands, Kings County, miller, being in good bodily health. All
my lawful debts and funeral charges to be defrayed. My real and personal
estate to be sold at my executors' discretion. The proceeds of sale remaining
to go equally between my children (and grandchildren instead of their
parents), one fifth each to my son Marten, to the heirs of my daughter
Cornelia, deceased, namely: Ulpeamis Van Sinderen and Femmetie Van Sinderen,
to the heir of my daughter Maria, deceased, namely: Femmetie Hooglant, to my
daughter Margrieta, and to my daughter Femmetie. If any of my heirs be of non
age at time of my decease, my executors to invest such portions at interest
rate of three per cent. per annum, until such heirs be twenty-one. I make
Adrieaen Voorhees, of Flatbush, and Gerrit Kouwenhoven, of Flatlands, both of
Kings County, executors.

Witnesses, Antye Kowenhoven, John Ditmers and Peter Kouwenhoven, both of the
Township of Flatlands, yeomen. Proved, April 6, 1784.

His estate was proved on 6. Apr. 1784.

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Capt. John Schenck (M)
(26. May. 1750 - 22. Aug. 1823), #28227
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     Capt. John Schenck was born on 26. May. 1750 at Ringoes, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He was the son of Garret Roelofse Schenck and Maria Van Sicklen. Capt. John Schenck married Ida Sutphen, daughter of Aert Sutphen and Jannetje Van Mater, on 10. Oct. 1770 at Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Capt. John Schenck died on 22. Aug. 1823 at Independence, Warren County, New Jersey, at age 73. He was buried on 25. Aug. 1823 at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Independence, Warren County, New Jersey. Captain New Jersey Militia per National Register of the Society Sons of the American Revolution. Slave holder. Distinguished himself by his intrepidity and important service in the battles of Monmouth and Princeton. DAR Lineage Books Index: SCHENCK, Capt. JOHN, of N. J. (1750-1823) 1 322 3 127 8 295 13 325 SCHENCK, Capt. JOHN 44 66 45 221 46 208, 396 49 335 52 181 63 139 SCHENCK, Capt. JOHN 61 153 SCHENCK, Capt. JOHN 70 280.

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Col. Jacob Schenck (M)
(22. Feb. 1784 - 26. Apr. 1846), #82625
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     Col. Jacob Schenck was born on 22. Feb. 1784 at Monmouth or Sussex County, New Jersey. He was the son of Col. John H. Schenck and Sarah Denton. Col. Jacob Schenck married Sarah Davis, daughter of Daniel Davis and Catherine Lnu, c 1809. Served as a Col. in the War of 1812. Col. Jacob Schenck resided at at Cherry Ridge, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. He died on 26. Apr. 1846 at Cherry Ridge, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, at age 62. He was buried at Darling Cemetery.

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Col. John H. Schenck (M)
(12. Mar. 1757 - 12. Mar. 1840), #2956
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     Col. John H. Schenck resided at at Newburgh, Orange County, New York. Col. John H. Schenck was born on 12. Mar. 1757. He was the son of Hendrick Schenck and Magdalene Van Lieu. Col. John H. Schenck married Sarah Denton c 1782 at Middlebush, Somerset County, New Jersey. Col. John H. Schenck married Jane Schenck, daughter of Garret Schenck and Neeltje Voorhees, on 2. Aug. 1812, they had four children; Jane's second marriage. Col. John H. Schenck died on 12. Mar. 1840 at Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, at age 83. He died on 12. Mar. 1846 at Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, at age 89.

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Colonel Egbert Tangier Smith Schenck (M)
(18. Jul. 1820 - ), #426598
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     Colonel Egbert Tangier Smith Schenck was born on 18. Jul. 1820 at Franklin, Warren County, Ohio. He was the son of Rev. William Schenck and Anna Cumming. Colonel Egbert Tangier Smith Schenck married Sophia Green, daughter of Charles Green, on 9. Mar. 1842 at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.

Last Edited=9 Jun 2007

Colonel William Rogers Schenck (M)
(20. Oct. 1799 - winter of 1882-3), #426558
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     Colonel William Rogers Schenck was born on 20. Oct. 1799 at Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. He was the son of General William Cortenus Schenck and Elizabeth Rogers. Colonel William Rogers Schenck married Phebe W. Reader, daughter of Jessie Reader and Phebe Wheeler, on 4. Sep. 1822 at Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Colonel William Rogers Schenck married Phebe W. Reader, daughter of Jessie Reader and Phebe Wheeler, on 22. Sep. 1822 at Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Colonel William Rogers Schenck died winter of 1882-3 at near the South Fork of the Canadian River.

Last Edited=9 Jun 2007

Dr. Benjamin Baird Schenck (M)
(20. Jul. 1809 - 22. Mar. 1883), #302184
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     Dr. Benjamin Baird Schenck was born on 20. Jul. 1809 at Charleston, Montgomery County, New York. He was the son of Rulef Schenck and Elsie Baird. Dr. Benjamin Baird Schenck married Harriet Sullivan, daughter of Richard Sullivan and Nancy Faulkner, on 21. Jun. 1838 at Plainville, Onondaga County, New York. Dr. Benjamin Baird Schenck died on 22. Mar. 1883 at Memphis, Onondaga County, New York, at age 73. He was buried at Plainville, Onondaga County, New York.

Last Edited=2 Jun 2007

Dr. Benjamin Robinson Schenck (M)
(19. Aug. 1872 - ), #302193
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     Dr. Benjamin Robinson Schenck was born on 19. Aug. 1872 at Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. He was the son of Adrian Adelbert Schenck and Harriet Parthenia Robinson. Dr. Benjamin Robinson Schenck was graduated in 1898 at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland; Dr. of Medicine. He married Jessie Jane McCallum, daughter of Peter McCallum and Agnes McIndoe, on 17. Aug. 1904. Dr. Benjamin Robinson Schenck was shown in the census on 21. Jan. 1920 as a physician.
Dr. Benjamin Robinson Schenck and Jessie Jane McCallum appeared on the census of 21. Jan. 1920 at Ivywild, El Paso County, Colorado.

Last Edited=3 Jun 2007

Dr. Ferdinand S. Schenck (M)
(11. Feb. 1790 - ), #18337
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     Dr. Ferdinand S. Schenck was born on 11. Feb. 1790. He was the son of Martin Schenck and Margaret Schureman. Dr. Ferdinand S. Schenck married Leah Voorhees, daughter of Martinus Voorhees and Altje Van Dyck.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Dr. Franklin Schenck M.D. (M)
(c 1857 - 1948), #426734

     Dr. Franklin Schenck M.D. was born c 1857 at Pennsylvania. He married Emily (Unknown) c 1883. Dr. Franklin Schenck M.D. was shown in the census on 21. Apr. 1910 as a physician.
Dr. Franklin Schenck M.D. and Emily (Unknown) appeared on the census of 21. Apr. 1910 at Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas; 6 children, 5 living. Dr. Franklin Schenck M.D. died in 1948. He was buried at Burlinggame City Cemetery, Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas.

Last Edited=11 Dec 2007

Dr. Fred G. Schenck (M)
(c 1895 - 1975), #158024
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     Dr. Fred G. Schenck was born c 1895 at Kansas. He was the son of Dr. Franklin Schenck M.D. and Emily (Unknown). Dr. Fred G. Schenck married Elizabeth Ann Haller, daughter of George Haller and (Unknown) (Unknown), c 1925. Dr. Fred G. Schenck was shown in the census on 19. Apr. 1930 as a medical doctor.
Dr. Fred G. Schenck and Elizabeth Ann Haller appeared on the census of 19. Apr. 1930 at Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas. Dr. Fred G. Schenck died in 1975. He was buried at Burlinggame City Cemetery, Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas.

Last Edited=9 Jun 2007

Dr. Henry Schenck (M)
#217371

     Dr. Henry Schenck married Jane (Unknown).

Last Edited=3 Dec 2005

Dr. J. Stillwell Schenck M.D. (M)
(24. Feb. 1817 - ), #362320
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     Dr. J. Stillwell Schenck M.D. was born on 24. Feb. 1817. He was the son of Judge Roelof Schenck and Mary Stillwell. Dr. J. Stillwell Schenck M.D. married Maria Robins.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Dr. Ralph Schenck (M)
(4. Jan. 1790 - 17. Sep. 1873), #260532
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     Dr. Ralph Schenck was born on 4. Jan. 1790 at New Jersey. He was the son of Jacob W. Schenck and Anne Lane. Dr. Ralph Schenck married Nancie Obenshain, daughter of Phillip Abendschon, on 8. Apr. 1828 at Botetourt County, Virginia. Dr. Ralph Schenck died on 17. Sep. 1873 at Botetourt County, Virginia, at age 83.

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Dr. Robert Cumming Schenck (M)
(11. Jan. 1772 - 13. Jan. 1833), #158262
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     Dr. Robert Cumming Schenck was born on 11. Jan. 1772 at near, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Rev. William Schenck and Anna Cumming. Dr. Robert Cumming Schenck married Zerusiah Hughes on 1. Aug. 1792. Dr. Robert Cumming Schenck married Polly Shaw a 7. Nov. 1818. Dr. Robert Cumming Schenck died on 13. Jan. 1833 at Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey, at age 61. He died on 23. Jan at Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey.

Last Edited=6 Jun 2007

Dr. Washington Lafayette Schenck (M)
(14. Feb. 1825 - ), #426634
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     Dr. Washington Lafayette Schenck was born on 14. Feb. 1825 at Franklin, Warren County, Ohio. He was the son of Garret Alexander Schenck and Mary Plume. Dr. Washington Lafayette Schenck married Julia Bllas on 17. Jan. 1849 at Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont. Dr. Washington Lafayette Schenck was shown in the census on 19. Aug. 1850 as a physician.
Dr. Washington Lafayette Schenck and Julia Bllas appeared on the census of 19. Aug. 1850 at Franklin, Warren County, Ohio. Dr. Washington Lafayette Schenck married Lizzie Dodd on 16. Jan. 1878 at Osage City, Osage County, Kansas. In the census on 2. Jun. 1880 Dr. Washington Lafayette Schenck was named W. L. Schenclk. Dr. Washington Lafayette Schenck was shown in the census on 2. Jun. 1880 as a physician.
Dr. Washington Lafayette Schenck and Lizzie Dodd appeared on the census of 2. Jun. 1880 at Osage City, Osage County, Kansas.

DR. WASHINGTON LAFAYETTE SCHENCK was born at Franklin, Ohio, Feb. 14, 1825. When fifteen years of age, he was sent to Cary's Academy, at Pleasant Hill, Ohio, where he prepared for college. He entered Miami University in 1842 and continued until the second session of his senior year, when, because of a smallpox epidemic, he left the college and commenced reading medicine. He attended several different medical colleges. He made his home in Franklin, Ohio, until the War of the Rebellion, when he moved to Kansas, his home being Osage City, that State. When the war began, he was commissioned surgeon of the 17th O.V.I. In 1862, he was in charge of the general hospital near Corinth Miss., then of hospitals No. 10 and 13, Louisville, Ky., and then assigned to duty upon the staff of Major-General Schuyler Hamilton. In December, 1862, he was compelled to resign his commission because of ill health. He returned to his home in Franklin, but as soon as his health was fully restored, he was made surgeon of the board of enrollment for the Third Ohio District, where he served until after the close of the war.

The Life Of Dr. Washington Lafayette Schenck
Contributor: Dallas Bogan on 19 September 2004
Source: original article by Dallas Bogan
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This week we shall travel to the picturesque city by the river, Franklin, and discuss one of its early inhabitants. Many of the readers are familiar with the founding of the city by Gen. William C. Schenck. The Schenck family was a large family who primarily inhabited the small town in the early part of the nineteenth century.
Our focus for the present will be on Dr. Washington LaFayette Schenck, who was the youngest son of Garrett Alexander and Mary Plume Schenck.
Dr. Schenck was born Feb. 14, 1825, in a house on the corner of Main and 2nd Streets. He continued to live within the block for as long as he lived in Franklin.
His schooling began under the watchful eye of his aunt Catherine, who kept a private school for children across the street from his home. Afterward he attended the common schools and was taught by any teacher who could "wield a rod" and have enough pupils to pay for his time.
His next schooling took place under Dr. Thomas E. Thomas, the great Presbyterian anti-slavery advocate. He then attended school at Cary's Academy near Cincinnati, then to a select school in Franklin conducted by S.S. Abbott, and eventually on to Miami University.
After this stint he returned home and began the study of medicine under the tutelage of Dr. David Baird. Spending many years teaching and studying medicine, he ultimately graduated from Dartmouth Medical College in the fall of 1848.
He was married to Julia Bliss at Calais, Vt., January 17, 1849, and at once began his practice of medicine in Franklin.
The Civil War ended his private practice for a short period when he was commissioned surgeon of 17th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in October 1861, serving on the staff of Maj. Gen. Schuyler Hamilton.
Afterward he was appointed surgeon of the Board of Enrollment on the 3rd Ohio Congressional District, where he served until the end of the war. His next assignment was deputy U.S. Tax Collector in which he was headquartered at Camden, Ark.
Longing for home, he returned to Franklin and reestablished his practice. He quickly gained a keen sense of interest in the small community. He was elected mayor of the village, and he served for years on the Franklin school board, and was also a high official in the local Masonic Lodge.
Shortly after the death of his first wife, who was a teacher in Franklin and revered to the highest in her teaching abilities, he and his family packed up and went west. They resided for a short duration in Burlington, Iowa, Burlingame, Kansas, and finally settled at Osage City, Kansas. He again married to Elizabeth Dodds of that place and lived there until 1890, and thence on to Topeka.
Dr. Schenck was not long in establishing himself in his new home. He set up his practice of medicine, and with his association with numerous medical organizations, his ability as a speaker, and his writing skills, Dr. Schenck established acquaintances throughout the State.
He was connected with the Kansas City Board of Health, the University of Kansas, and, lastly, the Kansas Medical College of Topeka as professor and trustee. (Twice he declined to accept the nomination for State Senator, once in Ohio and once in Kansas.)
Dr. Washington LaFayette Schenck died January 4, 1910, in Topeka, Kansas. At the time of his death, he was the oldest Pastmaster in the State of Kansas. The Knights Templars of Topeka had charge of the funeral services that were held in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Shortly before his death he defined his religious belief as that of any who "love God supremely because of the supreme good, who love their neighbors as themselves, and who try to visit the widow and the orphan and keep themselves unspotted from the world."

A Trip on the Miami Canal
The canals in the early nineteenth century were the most modern type of transportation. The total silence and the outdoors atmosphere were one of peace. Dr. Washington Lafayette Schenck, of Franklin, who was to accompany his sister, Mrs. Ellen Wheeler, from Franklin to Cincinnati, the year being 1834, described such an experience. A choice was to be made whether to take the stagecoach or the canal; a decision was made to travel by canal boat down the Miami Canal. He speaks of his voyage in a very descriptive way. He says:
"We chose the packet and I think I saw more on that little trip than a grown-up would see from his car window today in going from Franklin to New York. We were continually meeting and passing boats with their gig and tandem teams, what could not if they would, make more than two or three miles an hour, with a barefooted boy in ragged pants, held up by a single suspender encouraging his team with the language of the canal; like Shakespeare's school boy, 'creeping like a snail unwilling to school,' though wholly innocent of schools with their adventures of fun and frolic and study.
"The boats we meet, recognizing the dignity of 'the packet,' doff their tow lines to let us pass, and on some of them we notice a woman, perhaps the Captain's wife, mustered as a cook, and there was sometimes a bird cage of flowers in the window, proving the aesthetic nature in the human heart.
"Not infrequently we noticed disciples of Isaak Walton marching the bank as leisurely as the boy behind the team, if practical fishermen, carrying their poles as the good old quaker, grandfather Coles, taught me when a small boy to carry mine, butt end forward, or sitting like statutes along the berm path, holding their poles over the water, if adepts of the art parallel with it, or the tip a little down, and ever and anon a Kingfisher flashed a streak as blue as the sky above us, across our bow or sat on some dead limb, statuesque as his brother with the pole.
"While there were no mountain or canyons in view, at the locks we always found a little water-fall, and often saw stretches of the beautiful Miami. On either side were waving fields of golden grain, alternating with the deep green fields of Indian corn, separated by zig-zag worm fences, and in them the skeletons of girdled monarchs of the forest, on whose decaying limbs woodpeckers and yellow hammers were gathering worms, or boring holes for a resting place.
"On every farm was a primitive cabin, sometimes clean and vine clad, with its pig pens well away from the house, sometimes standing in the midst of the pens, with hogs rooting in the door-yard advertising the taste and culture of the occupants.
"Flocks of ducks and geese floated gracefully in the water near the shore or ungracefully waddled up the bank out of our way, while the pastures were dotted with herds of contented cattle.
"The meals on those old packets were good enough, but they were not the menu of the old time Ohio and Mississippi steamers, whose spread would tempt the most querulous palate, and yet even on these you could find growlers, whom you always knew were getting better than they ever had at home.
"Those old-time river steamers were models of luxurious inland travel, but they were not so safe as our packet that had no boiler to burst, no room to turn over, and there were no snags.
"Unfortunately we elected to make our return on the night boat, when we found swarms of mosquitoes, whose buzzing wings warned us of their intentions, but we were happily ignorant of the modern idea that a malign providence had placed behind their proboscis sacks of toxins, where from to inoculate us with chills and all sorts of fever, and I remember sitting up all night to hold a tallow dip that my sister might keep the bugs from devouring her baby. But enough, dinner is ready and the table be graced."

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General Robert Cumming Schenck (M)
(4. Oct. 1809 - ), #426592
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     General Robert Cumming Schenck was born on 4. Oct. 1809 at Franklin, Warren County, Ohio. He was the son of Rev. William Schenck and Anna Cumming. General Robert Cumming Schenck married Rennelche W. Smith, daughter of Woodhull Smith and Sarah Rogers, on 21. Aug. 1834 at Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York.
General Robert Cumming Schenck appeared on the census of 26. Sep. 1850 at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. General Robert Cumming Schenck was shown in the census on 26. Sep. 1850 as an attorney.
General Robert Cumming Schenck appeared on the census of 13. Oct. 1870 at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. General Robert Cumming Schenck was shown in the census on 13. Oct. 1870 as an attorney at law.
General Robert Cumming Schenck appeared on the census of 7. Jun. 1880 at Washington, District of Columbia. General Robert Cumming Schenck was shown in the census on 7. Jun. 1880 as a lawyer. He died on 23. Mar. 1890 at Washington, District of Columbia, at age 80.

Robert Schenck was born on October 4, 1809, at Franklin, Ohio. His father was a land speculator and an important early settler of Ohio. Robert Schenck graduated from Miami University in 1827 and embarked on a teaching career. In 1830, Schenck began to study the law. He attained his law license the following year and opened a law practice in Dayton, Ohio.

During the 1830s and 1840s, Schenck emerged as an important politician in Ohio. He was a strong supporter of the Whig Party. Scheck first ran for political office in 1839, but he failed to win election to a seat in the Ohio legislature. He was successful in attaining a seat in 1841, but he quickly resigned this position when voter selected him to the United States House of Representatives in 1842. He served in the House of Representatives until 1851. That same year, President Millard Fillmore appointed Schenck as the United States ambassador to Brazil, a position Schenck held until 1854, when he returned to Ohio to practice law.

As tensions mounted between the North and the South during the 1850s, Schenck clearly sided with the Republican Party and its views. In 1859, Schenck delivered a speech in Dayton regarding the growing animosity within the country. In this speech, Schenck recommended that the Republican Party nominate Abraham Lincoln for the presidency. This was, perhaps, the first public endorsement of Lincoln for the presidency.

When the American Civil War erupted in 1861, Lincoln appointed Schenck as a brigadier general. Schenck performed admirably on the battlefield, participating in numerous battles including the First and Second Battles of Bull Run. At Second Bull Run, he was wounded in his arm, leaving this limb disabled for the remainder of Schenck's life.

Despite Schenck's serious injury, he intended to remain in the Union military, but political events caused him to resign his commission in December 1863. Since 1857, Clement L. Vallandigham had served in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the region around Dayton, Ohio. Vallandigham was a member of the Democratic Party and an outspoken critic of the war. When the Republican Party gained control of the Ohio legislature in 1861, the party's members redrew the congressional districts with the state. The Republicans hoped that they would be able to unseat several Democratic Party members in the House of Representatives by gerrymandering the boundaries of various districts. In 1862, the Republican Party selected Schenck to run against Vallandigham. Voters rallied behind Schenck, a wounded veteran, giving him an easy victory over the incumbent. As a member of the House of Representatives, Schenck chose to resign his military commission.

Schenck remained a member of the House of Representatives until 1871. He had failed to win reelection to his seat in 1870 by just fifty-three votes. In 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Schenck as United States ambassador to Great Britain. Schenck held this position until 1876, when he resigned and resumed practicing the law. He died on March 23, 1890.

Ohio Historical Society, 2005, "Robert Cumming Schenck", Ohio History Central: An Online Encyclopedia of Ohio History.

GEN. ROBERT C. SCHENCK, [pages 171-173] deceased, one of Ohio's most distinguished sons, and one whom the people of Dayton take pride in claiming as their fellow citizen, was born in Franklin, Warren Co., Ohio, October 4, 1809, and was the son of Gen. William C. Schenck.

Gen. William C. Schenck was a native of New Jersey, born in January, 1773. He came to Cincinnati in 1795, and served for a time in the land office under Gen. James Findlay, and afterward under John Cleve Symmes, as a surveyor, which became his profession. In 1798 he married Betsey Rogers, of Huntington, Long Island, N. Y., and reached Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife, January 1, 1799. They resided in that city until about 1803, when they removed to Franklin, Ohio, of which place, as well as of Newark, Licking county; he was the founder and proprietor. His death occurred in January, 1821, on the forty-eighth anniversary of his birthday, at Columbus, where he was serving as a member of the legislature from Warren county. His eldest son, James Findlay Schenck, was rear admiral of the United States navy.

After the death of his father, Robert C. Schenck was placed under the guardianship of Gen. James Findlay. In November, 1824, he entered the sophomore class at Miami university, and in 1827 was graduated from that institution, but remained in Oxford, the seat of the university, employing his time in reading, and as tutor of French and Latin, until 1830, when he received the degree of master of arts. In November, 1836, he entered the law office of Thomas Corwin, at Lebanon, Ohio, and in the following January was admitted to the bar. He then located in Dayton and commenced the practice of law, which he continued with success until the commencement of his public life. In 1841 he was elected to the lower House of the Ohio general assembly. In May, 1843, he was elected to congress, and was re-elected for each succeeding term until 1850, when he declined a renomination. In 1851 he was appointed by President Fillmore as United States minister to Brazil. In April, 1852, while in Brazil, he received instructions to proceed to Buenos Ayres, and to Montevideo, and with the charge d'affaires to the Argentine confederation, to propose treaties of commerce with the latter government, and with the oriental republic of Uruguay. He was also empowered to negotiate with any person authorized to represent the republic of Paraguay. He returned from Brazil in 1854, and for some years took no active part in politics, spending his time in attending to important law cases and in managing, as president, a line of railroad from Fort Wayne, Ind., to the Mississippi river. In 1859, at a meeting of his fellow citizens of Dayton, he delivered an address upon the political questions of the day, and was on this occasion the first to suggest the name of Abraham Lincoln as the next president.

When the attack was made on Fort Sumter, Mr. Schenck, at once tendered his services to the government, and was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers. On June 17, 1861, Gen. Schenck was ordered to take possession of the London & Hampshire railroad as far as Vienna. On reaching Vienna he was unexpectedly attacked by a body of rebels in ambush under Gregg, in greatly superior numbers. Gen. Schenck, with great coolness, rallied his few men, and behaved with so much courage that the rebels withdrew. At Bull Run, July 21, 1861, he commanded a brigade in Gen. Tyler's division, and when the order for retreat was given, Gen. Schenck, forming his brigade, brought off the only portion of that great army that was not resolved into the original elements of a mob. Gen. Schenck was next assigned to the command of a brigade in West Virginia under Gen. Rosecrans, and was actively engaged in the campaign on the Kanawha and New rivers. From .Cumberland, he, with a small force, was ordered to move up the south bank of the Potomac river, did so, and successfully occupied and held Moorefield, Petersburg, Franklin and other important points. At the battle of Cross Keys he was assigned to the right of the line, and the rebels, in heavy force, attempted to flank his position, but the attempt was promptly repulsed. From that time until the second battle of Bull Run the General was actively engaged in all the fatiguing marches along the Rappahannock. Gen. Pope abandoned this point, and on August 22, 1862, Gen. Schenck's division was ordered toward Bull Run. In the two days' fight that ensued his division took an active part. His orders were given with great promptness and judgment, and he himself was active in seeing them executed. Gen. Folk's report mentioned his conduct in highly commendatory terms. On the second day of the battle he was severely wounded, and was carried from the field and conveyed to Washington. Shortly afterward he received his appointment as major-general of volunteers, and accompanying it a letter from Secretary Stanton, in which he stated that no official act of his was "ever performed with more pleasure than the forwarding of the inclosed appointment." For some time Gen. Schenck's wound was critical, and he recovered very slowly, with his right arm .permanently injured. His service in the field closed with the second battle of Bull Run. Over six months elapsed before Gen. Schenck was again fit for duty. In the meantime his great reputation and experience in civil affairs bad Suggested him as the fit commander for the troublesome Middle department, and accordingly he was, on December 11, 1862, assigned to that command, Eighth army corps, with headquarters at Baltimore, where he assumed command on the 22nd of the month. His administration of the Middle department was what might have been expected from one of his known executive ability and firmness. He was warmly praised by the president and the war department, and had the unqualified endorsement of all Union men within the Middle department for his course while in Maryland and Delaware.

On December 5, 1863, Gen. Schenck resigned his commission to take his seat in congress, to which he had been elected from the third congressional district of Ohio. He was appointed chairman of the committee on military affairs, a position of much responsibility, involving continuous and exhaustive labors. A history of his course in the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth congress would be a complete history of the military legislation of the country through the most eventful years of the war and after its close. Upon the organization of the fortieth congress Gen. Schenck was appointed chairman of the house committee on ways and means, thus becoming the leader of the house, which position he held until near the close of the forty-first congress. His services during that period were of great benefit to the country. From 1871 to 1876 Gen. Schenck ably represented the United States as minister to the Court of St. James, by appointment from President Grant, previous to which appointment he had served as a member of the high joint commission for the settlement of questions then in dispute between the United States and Great Britain. On his return he located in Washington, D. C., and resulted the practice of law. Subsequently the department of state placed in his hands the codification of international laws, upon which task he was employed for several years.

Gen. Schenck's death occurred in Washington City in March, 1890, and his remains were brought to Dayton for interment.

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General William Cortenus Schenck (M)
(11. Jan. 1773 - 12. Jan. 1821), #158265
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     General William Cortenus Schenck was also known as William Cumming Schenck. General William Cortenus Schenck was born on 11. Jan. 1773 at near, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Rev. William Schenck and Anna Cumming. General William Cortenus Schenck married Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of William Rogers and Sarah Potter, on 14. Sep. 1798 at Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. General William Cortenus Schenck died on 11. Jan. 1821 at Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, at age 48. He died on 12. Jan. 1821 at Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, at age 48.

General William C. Schenck
Contributor: Dallas Bogan on 29 September 2004
Source: The following is taken from Dallas Bogan's book, "The Pioneer Writings of Josiah Morrow."
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Founder of Franklin and Enterprising Pioneer in the Great Miami Valley.
Youthful Land Surveyor at Cincinnati--Prominent Man in Northwest Territory--Lays Out the Town of Franklin And
Becomes a Leader in the Development
of the Miami Country.
January 29, 1914
I remember hearing Judge Geo. J. Smith in his old age say that when he was a law student in 1820 the remark was sometimes made that after the federal party had be- come a helpless minority, the ablest in Warren county was a federalist Gen. William C. Schenck of Franklin. I was able to give in the Warren County History only a brief sketch of this prominent pioneer of the Miami valley. A much better account will be here given.

William Cumming Schenck was born near Freehold, N.J., January 11, 1773. His father was a Presbyterian minister; his mother was Anna Cumming, sister of General John N. Cumming. The Schenck family is of Dutch extraction, the emigrant ancestor, Reefol Martense Schenck, having emigrated from Holland to New Amsterdam in 1630.
William C. received a good education, first under the direction of his father and afterward of his uncle Gen. Cumming. He was for a time undecided as to his profession and studied both law and medicine. Coming to the Miami Valley where his uncle and other prominent men of New Jersey had large land interests his attention was drawn to surveying, drafting, making deeds and conveyances, etc. He was one of the most intelligent of the pioneers on the Great Miami, becoming a master of land surveying, and filled responsible positions in the Northwest territory in early manhood.
He was only nineteen when he first arrived at Cincinnati and the next year was appointed a lieutenant in the militia of Hamilton county in the Northwest territory. He returned to New Jersey but in 1795 he was sent west again by General Cumming to examine land in what is now Montgomery county. He soon became an associate with Daniel C. Cooper, a surveyor from New Jersey of about the same age as himself. The first edition of Howe's Collections of Ohio says of the town of Franklin on the Great Miami: "It was laid out in 1795, a few months after the treaty of Greenville within Symmes Purchase by two young men from New Jersey, Daniel C. Cooper and Wm. C. Schenck. The first cabin was built by them on or near Lot 21 Front Street. In the spring of 1796 six or eight cabins stood on the town plot."
As a preparation for the settlement of Dayton, Cooper in September, 1795, marked out a road from Ft. Hamilton to the mouth of Mad river. During the fall and winter Cooper located a thousand acres of fine land in and near Dayton. In 1796 he settled at Dayton and became one of the principal proprietors of that town. In 1800 Cooper sold to William C. Schenck his interest in Franklin and the latter became as he supposed the sole proprietor of the town. On account of the uncertainty of the boundaries of lands as originally surveyed, however, Robert R. Ross became the owner of a part of Franklin. The plat of Franklin was not recorded at Cincinnati until 1800. Four of the original lots were given for the purpose of erecting public buildings on them and another was reserved for a church.
In 1801 Mr. Schenck surveyed a tract of 4,000 acres on the Licking river for his uncle John N. Cumming and George W. Burnet on which was laid out a town which be- came the county seat of Licking county. The town was laid out on the plan of and named after Newark, N.J. For his work as surveyor Schenck was given a third interest in the entire tract.
In 1816 he surveyed a tract of twelve square miles on the Maumee, a part of which he purchased himself. Swamp fevers of the region having undermined his health in which he sold his land for a thousand dollars.

In 1798 Mr. Schenck married Betsy Rogers and made his residence at Cincinnati for several years where three of his children were born. His name appears as foreman of a grand jury of Hamilton county in 1799. When the first legislature of the Northwest Territory assembled at Cincinnati Sept. 16, 1799, Mr. Schenck was chosen clerk of the upper house, called the Council. He held this position at all the sessions of the territorial legislature which were held, two in Cincinnati and one in Chillicothe.
In 1802, when ten delegates were elected to represent Hamilton county in the constitutional committee, Mr. Schenck represented a respectable vote but was not among the represented candidates. In January, 1803, at the first election under the first convention of Ohio, he was a successful candidate for representative, and when the legislature assembled at Chillicothe on March 1, he was unanimously chosen clerk of the senate.
In October 1803, he was elected a senator in the General Assembly to represent the four new counties of Warren, Butler, Montgomery and Greene and served in that office two years.
In 1808, he was voted for apparently on the federalist ticket for presidential elector, the Madison ticket carrying Ohio by a very large majority.
In 1803, William C. Schenck had moved from Cincinnati and made his home in the town he had founded on the Great Miami. He selected for his residence a beautiful spot overlooking the river on Front street where seven of his ten children were born. The following notice appeared in The Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette, published at Cincinnati:
"School, A schoolmaster is need in this place. A person qualified to teach an English school will find employment."
W. C. Schenck
Franklin, August 17, 1803.

When the first court of common pleas was held at Lebanon on the third Tuesday of August, 1803, a grand jury composed of fifteen influential citizens of the new country was impaneled, of which William C. Schenck was made foreman.
In 1800 William C.'s younger brother, John N.C. Schenck established a store at Franklin which became the most important trading point on the Great Miami between Dayton and Hamilton. John N.C. Schenck became a man of large means and died at the age of ninety-three leaving many descendants. Another brother, Garrett A. became a farmer near the town. In 1817, the father, Rev. William Schenck, then seventy-seven years of age, accompanied by his wife and three single daughters made his home at Franklin, and the next year organized the Franklin Presbyterian church. The Schencks became the most numerous and influential family at Franklin, the name there being as common as was Corwin in the early history of Lebanon.
General Wm. C. Schenck resided in the town he had founded until his death in the prime of manhood. He was not often elected to civil office but was an influential and useful citizen. In 1814 he was chosen by the legislature a commissioner to perpetuate the evidence of the original field notes of the survey of the Miami Purchase, the original notes having been lost in a fire which destroyed the residence of Judge Symmes. In 1818 he was chosen a trustee of Miami University. He took a deep interest in the construction of the Miami canal, but died before work was commenced upon it. In October 1820, he was elected a representative from Warren county in the legislature. He died at Columbus on January 12, 1821. After making a speech in the House in favor of the canal he was seized with an acute illness and died in a few hours, aged 48 years. He left a large family, of whom Admiral .James F. and General .Robert C. Schenck were the last survivors.

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Judge John Roelofse Schenck (M)
(16. Apr. 1740 - ), #18622
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     Judge John Roelofse Schenck resided at at North Hempstead, New York. He was also known as Jan Schenck. Judge John Roelofse Schenck was born on 16. Apr. 1740. He was the son of Roelof Martense Schenck and Susanna Monfoort. Judge John Roelofse Schenck was baptized on 26. May. 1740. He married Elizabeth Layton, daughter of William Layton and Margaret Kettels.

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Judge John S. Schenck (M)
(13. Jun. 1778 - 22. Apr. 1833), #375770
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     Judge John S. Schenck was born on 13. Jun. 1778. He was the son of Judge John Roelofse Schenck and Elizabeth Layton. Judge John S. Schenck was born on 11. Feb. 1787. He married Susan Smith on 13. Apr. 1813 at Dutch Reformed Church, Manhasset, Nassau County, New York. Judge John S. Schenck died on 22. Apr. 1833 at age 54.

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Judge Roelof Schenck (M)
(20. Jul. 1784 - 26. Jun. 1860), #263573
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     Judge Roelof Schenck was also known as Rulif Schenck. Judge Roelof Schenck was born on 20. Jul. 1784 at Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Roelof P. Schenck and Martha Burckalew. Judge Roelof Schenck married Mary Stillwell on 15. Sep. 1814 at Monmouth County, New Jersey. Judge Roelof Schenck married Esther Combs c 1820 at Monmouth County, New Jersey. Judge Roelof Schenck died on 26. Jun. 1860 at age 75.

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Lieutenant Woodhull Smith Schenck U.S.N.. (M)
(15. Oct. 1815 - 1. May. 1849), #426594
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     Lieutenant Woodhull Smith Schenck U.S.N.. was born on 15. Oct. 1815 at Franklin, Warren County, Ohio. He was the son of Rev. William Schenck and Anna Cumming. Lieutenant Woodhull Smith Schenck U.S.N.. married Jeanette Miller, daughter of Judge William Miller, on 14. Oct. 1842. Lieutenant Woodhull Smith Schenck U.S.N.. died on 1. May. 1849 at between Saint Louis and Fort Leavenworth at age 33; from cholera.

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Pay Master Caspar Schenck U. S. N. (M)
(26. Sep. 1835 - 21. Jun. 1902), #426588
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     Pay Master Caspar Schenck U. S. N. was born on 26. Sep. 1835 at Nissequogue, Suffolk County, New York. He was the son of Admiral James Findlay Schenck and Darothia Ann Smith. Pay Master Caspar Schenck U. S. N. married Mary F. Sewell, daughter of Francis Thornton Sewell and Helen Talbot, on 17. Nov. 1868 at San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. Pay Master Caspar Schenck U. S. N. was shown in the census on 12. Jun. 1900 as a retired Naval Officer.
Pay Master Caspar Schenck U. S. N. and Mary F. Sewell appeared on the census of 12. Jun. 1900 at Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland; 3 children, 3 living. Pay Master Caspar Schenck U. S. N. died on 21. Jun. 1902 at age 66. He was buried at United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Missouri.

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Rev. Alexander Schenck (M)
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     Rev. Alexander Schenck died at Denmark, Tennessee. Rev. Alexander Schenck was born. He was the son of David Schenck and Ann Van Court.

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Rev. Elias Samuel Schenck (M)
(3. May. 1813 - ), #393920
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     Rev. Elias Samuel Schenck was born on 3. May. 1813 at Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey. He was the son of David Schenck and Ann Van Court. Rev. Elias Samuel Schenck ordained at Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, 16. Jan. 1838. He married Anna (Unknown). Rev. Elias Samuel Schenck resided at at Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, bt 1851 - 1859; where he purchased and ran an institute (Danbury Academy at one time prior). Rev. Elias Samuel Schenck was shown in the census on 7. Jul. 1860 as a Presbyterian Minister.
Rev. Elias Samuel Schenck and Anna (Unknown) appeared on the census of 7. Jul. 1860 at Saint Charles, Saint Charles County, Missouri; personal property 2,000.00. Rev. Elias Samuel Schenck was shown in the census on 16. Jul. 1870 as a minister.
Rev. Elias Samuel Schenck and Anna (Unknown) appeared on the census of 16. Jul. 1870 at Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey; personal property 1,500.00. Rev. Elias Samuel Schenck at The Presbyterian Church of Wells and Columbia, Aspenwall now Coryland, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, bt 1877 - 1880. The fiftieth anniversary of the life of a nation, church or individual, is an event of no small importance. Believing this, after consulting the officers, members and friends of the Presbyterian Church of Wells and Columbia, the present pastor invited the former ministers, members and friends, to a reunion and celebration on the 22nd day of February, 1882. He also desired Rev. Joel Jewell, who had labored here sixteen years, to deliver a historical discourse.

The exercises commenced on the evening of February 21st, by a sermon from Rev. Elias S. Schenck, a former pastor. At 11 o’clock A.M., on the 22nd Mr. Jewell delivered the historical address, to a large and deeply interested congregation. By vote of the assembly, a copy of the discourse was solicited for publication. After the address, a bountiful lunch was served by the ladies, in the Odd Fellows’ Hall. Then the concourse returned to the house of the Lord, to enjoy a pleasant re-union - a lively reminiscence meeting, interspersed with singing. Brief speeches were made by pastors, Jewell, Califf, Jervis, Schenck, Armstrong, and S. P. Gates of Canton. Brother Entwissel, of the Baptist church of Columbia and Wells, also presented congratulations and good wishes. We were permitted to hear from T. Manley and J. O. Randall, of Canton; E. E. Dillistin, of Elmira; and J. J. Vannoy, of West Burlington. Letters were likewise read from absentees. In the evening a sermon was preached by Rev. S. A. Califf.

The friends of the society desire to put the history of the church, so diligently and ably gathered up by Father Jewell - who is now in his eightieth year - into a permanent form, for the benefit of succeeding generations, as well as the present; and for the glory of God, who sometimes honors "the day of small things."

Hallock Armstrong, Pastor,

Aspinwall, Pa. On 21. Feb. 1882. He the minister at Arnot, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 22. Feb. 1882. He died at Beaver Meadow, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

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Rev. Garret Covenhoven Schenck (M)
(14. Sep. 1806 - 17. Sep. 1888), #3293
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     Garret Conover Schenck was born September 14, 1806. Married, first, October, 1834, Sarah Ann, daughter of William
Hendrickson and Eleanor Dubois, and eldest sister of Senator Hendrickson; married, second, April 14, 1846, Jane, daughter of
Hugh McCormick and Jane Welsh, of Fairfield, N.J. The greater part of his time when a youth was spent in attending the common
schools of the vicinity, while, owing to the frequent changes of teachers, the advantages for laying a good foundation for an
education were but limited. Hence, when about fourteen years old, he was sent to the classical school at Cranbury, then under
the care of Mr. Hanna. There he commenced the study of Latin; but after attending nine months the school was broken up, and
he returned home to assist for a year or two in working in the yardr and on the farm. In the spring of 1823 he was sent to the
classical school at Lawrenceville, then under the care of the Rev. Dr. L. V. Brown. Three years were spent here in preparing for
college, and in the spring of 1826 he was admitted to the sophomore class at its third term in Rutgers College, New Brunswick.
At the commencement, in 1827, he was chosen as one of the junior speakers, and in 1828 took part in the commencement
exercises, and then graduated. The principal part of the succeeding year was spent in New Haven, in attendance on Professor
Silliman's lectures on chemistry, mineralogy and geology, and on the lectures of Dr. Knight on anatomy, physiology and
obstetrics. In the autumn of 1829 he was admitted to the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick, and passed the regular course
of study in theology, excepting three months spent in assisting the Rev. Dr. Currie in teaching in the grammar school.

In April, 1832, he was licensed by the Classis of New Brunswick to preach the gospel. His health having been somewhat
impaired by application to study, a situation as pastor of a church was not then sought, and the principal part of the summer was
spent in occasionally preaching in different places, and traveling and visiting friends in Central New York and out West as far as
Ohio and Kentucky. In the winter of 1833 he was sent by the Board of Domestic Missions to preach as a missionary in the
recently organized church of Marshallville; here he continued for six months. In the autumn he was sent by the Classis to preach
as a supply for a few weeks in the then vacant church of Walpack. A call to become their paster was soon after made out and
accepted, and in February, 1834, he removed there and commenced his work. He was required to preach at four different
places in the congregation, distant from each other, and lying on both sides of the river Delaware. It was a laborious charge,
attended with discouragements, and sometimes danger in crossing the river. He continued here but one year, when
circumstances contrained him to resign this charge.

In the autumn of 1834 he received and accepted a call to the church of Clover Hill. There he labored among a divided and
unsettled people for a year and a half, when it was thought best to make a change. He was then invited to preach as a candidate
in the then vacant church of Pompton Plains, the old mother Reformed Church in that section of the country. A call from here was
soon made out and accepted, and in July, 1837, he removed there, and in due time was installed there as their pastor. Here for
fifteen and a half years, in this large and substantial congregation, and among a plain, but refined and kind-hearted people, he
labored with encouraging success. In the course of time, and from various causes, a few became disaffected with their pastor,
and it was thought best quietly to leave them. He gave up his call, not knowing where to go or how his family might be situated.
No opening in the church for him as a settled pastor has since presented itself, and in the Providence of God and in a singular
way his lot has been cast on a farm for his livelihood, and to engage more or less in the business or the world, although, until
old age has brought on its infirmities, he has for several years preached in a destitute neighborhood, and been every few
weeks called to supply a vacant pulpit.

In 1866 he was chosen a member of the board of trustees of Rutgers College, and for several years was chairman of the board's
committee on the college farm. After the death of his father, in 1842, and in his place, he was chosen a director of the bank at
Matawan, and served for some twenty years. For some fourteen years he has held the office of president of the Freehold and
Keyport Plank-Road Company. For about eighteen years he has held the office -- an unprofitable one, it is true -- of secretary
and treasurer of a mining company in Nevada, and was for a while a trustee of one in the State of Colorado.

In the mean while, in 1869, with Mrs. Schenck he traveled as far as Monterey, on the Pacific coast, visiting on the way Salt Lake
City, San Francisco, one of the big tree groves and the Yosemite Valley; and two years after with a cousin, traveled as far as
Central Nevada. At another time he traveled as far as seventy-two miles west of Vicksburg, and on the way spent a day in the
great cave of Kentucky. Much time, traveling and expense for the past fifty years has been given to preparing a history of the
settlement and settlers of Pompton, and also to gathering the materials and arranging the facts for a genealogical history of the
old Dutch families of Monmouth County.

ISAAC G. SMOCK. -- Hendrick Malysen Smock emigrated to America in 1654, having married Geerje Hermans, who died in
1708. He settled in New Utrecht, purchased land in 1665, took the oath of allegiance in 1687 and was a magistrate from 1669 to
1689. His children were, Matthias, Johannis, Marritje, Lecudert, Sarah, Martyntje and Rebecca. Johannis, who removed to
Monmouth County, married Catharine Barents, about 1672, and had children, -- Hendrick, Barnes, Matje, Anna and Femmeke.
Hendrick Smock was born in 1698, and died on the 30th of May, 1747. He married, in 1721, Mary Schenck, and had eight
children, among whom was John, born in 1727, who married, in 1757, Elizabeth Conover, and had twelve children, of whom
George, born November 24, 1754, married, in 1779, as his first wife, Sarah Conover, and on November 27, 1794, as his second
wife, Margaret Van Deventer. By the first union were children, - John, Aaron, Hendrick, Peter, George, Mary and an infant. The
children of the second marriage were Jacob, Garret, Sarah, Elizabeth, Jane, Letty Ann, Isaac G. and Eleanor. Isaac G., of this
number, was born on the 7th of November, 1809, in Somerset County, N.J., where he remained until nine years of age. The
family then removed to Marlboro' township, Monmouth County, but soon disposed of the property there owned, and made a
second purchase of the land now in possession of the subject of this biogragphy, and within one mile of the original Smock
tract. Isaac G., after limited opportunities of education, devoted his energies to labor on the farm, which, on the death of his
father, in 1836, came to him by inheritance and purchase. Here he has since been engaged in the congenial and healthful
pursuits of the agriculturist, though the burden and responsibility has, in later years, been left to others. Mr. Smock was, on the
23d of December, 1841, married to Ellen, daughter of John Conover and Ann, his wife. Their children are John C., assistant State
geologist for New Jersey, and Margaretta V. D., deceased. Mr. Smock is a member of the Monmouth County Agricultural
Society, and identified as director with the Monmouth Plank-Road Company. A Democrat in his political associations, he has
never accepted office other than that connected with the township. The cause of religion has ever found in him a zealous friend
and the Holmdel Reformed Dutch Church a liberal supporter. In this church, of which both he and Mrs. Smock are members, he
has filled the offices of elder and deacon. Rev. Garret Covenhoven Schenck was also known as Rev. Garret Conover Schenck. He was also known as Rev. Garret C. Schanck. Rev. Garret Covenhoven Schenck was born on 14. Sep. 1806. He was the son of Lafayette Schenck and Eleanor Conover. Rev. Garret Covenhoven Schenck was baptized in Nov. 1806. He married Sarah Ann Hendrickson, daughter of William Henry Hendrickson and Eleanor DuBois, on 21. Oct. 1834. Rev. Garret Covenhoven Schenck married Jane McCormick, daughter of Hugh McCormick and Jane Welsh, on 14. Apr. 1846 at Freehold Twp., Monmouth County, New Jersey. Rev. Garret Covenhoven Schenck died on 17. Sep. 1888 at age 82.

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Rev. Isaac Stryker Schenck (M)
(26. Apr. 1852 - 6. Sep. 1920), #276591
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     Rev. Isaac Stryker Schenck was born on 26. Apr. 1852 at Weston, Union County, New Jersey. He was the son of Josiah J. Schenck and Catherine Elizabeth Stryker. Rev. Isaac Stryker Schenck married Johanna (Unknown). Rev. Isaac Stryker Schenck was a minister in the Reformed Church. Rev. Isaac Stryker Schenck was shown in the census on 17. Jun. 1880 as a minister.
Rev. Isaac Stryker Schenck and Johanna (Unknown) appeared on the census of 17. Jun. 1880 at Ghent, Columbia County, New York. Rev. Isaac Stryker Schenck died on 6. Sep. 1920 at Skillman, Somerset County, New Jersey, at age 68.

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Rev. Jacob Wyckoff Schenck (M)
(23. Jun. 1849 - 15. Feb. 1879), #276589
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Relationship=7th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Rev. Jacob Wyckoff Schenck was born on 23. Jun. 1849 at Weston, Somerset County, New Jersey. He was the son of Josiah J. Schenck and Catherine Elizabeth Stryker.
Rev. Jacob Wyckoff Schenck appeared on the census of 21. Jul. 1870 at with his mother, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Rev. Jacob Wyckoff Schenck was shown in the census on 21. Jul. 1870 as a theological student. He pastor of the Second Reformed Church at Ghent, Columbia County, New York, bt 1873 - 1879. He died on 15. Feb. 1879 at Ghent, Columbia County, New York, at age 29.

Last Edited=22 Feb 2008

Rev. Josiah Schenck (M)
(c 1762 - 9. Aug. 1823), #28269
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Relationship=4th cousin 5 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=4th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Rev. Josiah Schenck was also known as Rev. Josiah Schanck. Rev. Josiah Schenck was born c 1762 at Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He was the son of William Schenck and Mary Wiinters. Rev. Josiah Schenck married Altie Wyckoff, daughter of Simon Wyckoff and Alche Van Dorn, c 1782 at Of, Blackwells Mills, Somerset County, New Jersey. Rev. Josiah Schenck died on 9. Aug. 1823 at Millstone, Somerset County, New Jersey. He was buried at Millstone, Somerset County, New Jersey.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Rev. William G. Schenck (M)
(30. Apr. 1788 - 17. Oct. 1818), #259356
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Relationship=4th cousin 4 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=4th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Rev. William G. Schenck was born on 30. Apr. 1788 at Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Joseph Schenck and Margaret Covenhoven. Rev. William G. Schenck married Eliza Ann Scudder, daughter of Joseph Scudder and Maria Louise Johnston, on 1. May. 1811 at Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey. Rev. William G. Schenck died on 17. Oct. 1818 at age 30.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Rev. William Schenck (M)
(13. Oct. 1740 - 1. Sep. 1823), #1507
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Relationship=2nd cousin 6 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=3rd great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Rev. William Schenck was born on 13. Oct. 1740 at near, Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Koert Gerretse Schenck and Mary Cowenhoven. He was a graduate of Princeton College in 1767. Rev. William Schenck married Anna Cumming, daughter of Robert Cumming and Mary Noble, on 7. Mar. 1768 at Monmouth County, New Jersey. Rev. William Schenck served as chaplain during the Revolutionary War c 1778. He died on 1. Sep. 1823 at Franklin, Warren County, Ohio, at age 82.

Last Edited=6 Jun 2007

Rev. William Schenck (M)
(c 1845 - ), #426793
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Relationship=6th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=7th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Rev. William Schenck was born c 1845 at Rinches Hill near, Mays Landing, New Jersey. He was the son of Uriah Schenck and Catherine Simpkins. Rev. William Schenck married Rachel Bounds in 1866. Rev. William Schenck was shown in the census on 14. Jun. 1880 as a saw mill worker.
Rev. William Schenck and Rachel Bounds appeared on the census of 14. Jun. 1880 at Cedarville, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Rev. William Schenck was the pastor at First Wesleyan Methodist Church, Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey.

Last Edited=11 Jun 2007

Squire Petrus Schenck (M)
(14. Mar. 1734 - c 1823), #1503
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Relationship=2nd cousin 6 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=3rd great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Squire Petrus