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"The Place is free for all Persuasions, in a Sober and Civil way; for the Church of England and the Quakers bear equal Share in the Government. They live Friendly and Well together; there is no Persecution for Religion, nor ever like to be."
—Gabriel Thomas, "An Historical Description of the Province and Country of West-New-Jersey in America" (London, 1698).
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ImageWe can't be sure where or when John was born, but according to the customs of the time he was probably delivered at his parents' home, with the assistance of a midwife. In early colonial culture, children were sort of on their own for the first few years. Parents at that time loved their children but didn't get too close, because of the high mortality rate. The hard fact was that people on the frontier knew there was a great chance that their children would die. Most didn't make it to the age of eleven.
John probably wore a dress through most of his infancy, and a "puddinghead cap" to protect his cranium until it hardened. He was raised in the unisex fashion of the time, and not considered a "man," until he was about six. Then he was old enough to be "breeched"—his dress was taken away, his long hair was shaved, and he was given his long pants—officially becoming part of the family labor force.
He probably had very little schooling. Just enough to learn a trade between chores on the farm, and basic math so he wouldn't get taken buy peddlers or customers. But most of his teens would've been spent working in the field.
A "John Haues" was listed in an 1738 muster for the "Militia of the Wall a Kill" in Ulster County under Captain John Byard. Then, sometime in the 1740's. John married a girl named SARAH (her last name is uncertain; she would be SARAH ALLEN if you believe genealogist James B. Daniels,¹ SARAH WHEELER (b. 1728) if you believe we're descended from Rheinhardt Hauß,² or SARAH WILKENSEN (b. 1720) if you believe we're descended from Simon Haas³... or some other Sarah we've never heard of, take your pick).
Many German customs were still in effect during courtship at this time. The oddest of these was probably "bundling." In this ritual, courting couples were allowed to spend the night together in bed, fully dressed. It is unknown today if there was a chaperone or a "bundling board" to separate the couple, but the practice became controversial and finally eliminated in the 1750's. We do know that by the time of John and Sarah's union, about 30% of children born in the colonies were delivered less than eight months into the marriage, so either the boards were too low or the chaperones were sleeping!
Here's a listing of all the known children of John and Sarah Hause (there were almost certainly more, but only two are named in John's will):
CHILDREN OF JOHANNES AND SARAH HAUSE |
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At night, sons William and Simon probably slept alongside their sexually active parents in bed! (Privacy was not an option in the wilds of Colonial America.) At least John and Sarah kept their clothes on, as Northern Europeans usually wore their shirts and shifts during sex. (A person wearing a shift was described as "naked," while actual nudity was described as "from nature." And people were only "from nature" when they were getting flogged by officials in the village square, not in the bedroom.)
During the early-to-mid 18th Century, Johannes ("John") Haus moved into a more diverse area along the New York/New Jersey border, which had become a melting pot of Dutch, German, and British neighbors, near present-day Rockland County (it lies just north of the New Jersey-New York border, west of Westchester County across the Hudson River, and south of modern Orange County). In doing so, it can be speculated that the name "Johannes" changed to "John," and his German "Haus" surname change into the Anglicized "Hause" and "Hawes" in public records, written by census takers and land officers.
Most of the area around the Hudson and Bergen had been settled by the Holland Dutch. In 1664, when the British seized the land, it was deeded to the Board of Proprietors of East Jersey. The purchase of the Ramapough Tract from the Lenni Lenape in 1709 was a big event. It opened up 42,500 acres for purchase or lease, running from Torne Brook in Rockland County to the rock at Glen Rock, from the Ramapo Mountains east to Saddle River. In 1683, the Duke of York (who became King James II of England) established the first twelve counties of New York (present-day Rockland County was part of Orange County). Orangetown was created at the same time under a royal grant, originally encompassing all of modern Rockland County. Around this time, as the English began to colonize Nyack and Tappan. Much of the area was available along very old Indian trails which usually followed the streams and other water areas. This was true of the Ramapo Turnpike—where John would settle—as well as Paramus Road and the Plank Road over the meadows. These roads possibly started as an Indian trail, as the area was originally inhabited by Algonquian-speaking Indians, including Munsees, or Lenni Lenape (called "Ramapos" and "Hackensacks" by early European settlers).
The village of Haverstraw was separated from Orangetown in 1719 and became a town in 1788; it included the present-day Clarkstown, Ramapo and Stony Point. (So when you see "Haverstraw" or "Tappan" or "Ramapo" in different documents or Hause family histories, remember it's all really the same area.) As the English began to colonize Nyack and Tappan, the Native Americans began to retreat into the Ramapo Mountains, and areas further north.
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"Father, we are famished; give us fresh meat; we wish to eat the English."
—Ottawa and Potawatomi war song to Gov. Vaudreuil; Chanted at Montreal Conference, December 1756.
During the 1750's the French and Indian War, also called the Great War for the Empire, engulfed the New York Frontier, and changed the map of North America. The battles that occurred between 1753 and 1760 took more lives than the American War of Independence, making it the bloodiest conflict fought on American soil in the eighteenth century. The French from Quebec and the Indians of the Upper Hudson River Valley laid siege to the British frontier settlements of New York, and the only protection that the besieged farmers in these settlements had was the British Army—which unfortunately was stationed as far away as Albany, several days' march away. Survival dictated that every male colonist be both settler and soldier.
With manpower at a premium and regular troops unavailable, the Early American colonists reverted to the old English fyrd, general levy, or "militia," as it was coming to be known. Under this system every able-bodied man was enrolled for local defense. Virginia and other southern colonies followed the British organization, dividing the colony into counties, each supervised by a lieutenant. In New England, New Jersey, and New York the town was the militia's basic unit, although the county was retained as an element of higher control. So these frontiersmen took matters into their own hands and established local militia for their common defense, and German-speaking immigrants from all over the colonies joined up. They had been fighting the French for years, back to their days in the Palatinate, so they were ready for battle, and could be ruthless in the defense of their hard-won land.
But many colonists felt they needed protection from the British government, as well. After the war, the British Empire controlled all of North America from the East Coast to the Mississippi River, and from Canada down to Florida (which was owned by Spain). But the cost of the war had been immense, and the British Treasury was nearly bankrupt, while the national debt had doubled. Parliament decided that the people of the colonies, now safe from the French, needed to pay off more of the debt, and began creating and raising new taxes, such as the "Stamp Act" in 1865. Soon the colonists began to tire of all of the new tariffs imposed on shipments of goods and supplies, paid to a king who they never saw, who underpaid them for raw materials for British factories (the King made sure that the colonists couldn't create finished products, in order to preserve their economic servitude). But the Palatines kept to themselves, spoke mainly in their native tongues (especially in Church), and stayed out of the national and international debate raging in more populated parts of the Colonies.
 "A New Map of North America, from the Latest Discoveries, 1763." (Click here to enlarge.) |
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On the 18th of August, 1756, a lease for land there was executed (No. 184 of the Ramapo Tract) to "John Hase," which consisted of 109 acres at 12 s 6 per ann. for 3 years "from 24th March last" (Source: The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, Vol. 3, from 1745 to 1764, p. 306). The truth is, John had probably already improved the land, but a legal technicality had invalidated all previous land sales, and John and the other farmers had discovered that they would have to lease their own property from new owners! Then on the 19th of August, 1763, the Board executed another lease at Romopock to "John Hawse," at lot no. 171, consisting of 91 acres at 20 s, starting back on August 11, 1763 (Vol. III, p. 404, chart). He's living near Simon Hawse (who is on page 403). But ownership of land within this tract would be tied up in controversy until after the Revolution. The Hause family's land, on the contested border between New York and New Jersey, wouldn't be resolved until the next century, when it was decided which state actually held the land.⁶
 The New York/New Jersey border in the area of Orange County, at the time that the Hause family lived there. |
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Very few records are available for Colonial Orange County today; the courthouse where they were housed had an extensive fire during the 19th Century and nothing was saved. However, the 1775 Assessment Roll of Orange County had been recorded for a history book and was therefore preserved. The list places the land of "John Hawes" in District five in Warwick (comprising the territory in the vicinity of Wickham's Pond, including Bellvale Valley). So while the Hause family lived in the disputed New York/New Jersey boundary area, Warwick was listed as their "home" town. It was located on the west side of the Hudson, fifty-four miles north of New York City, in the heart of the "Black Dirt Region," known for two highly prized products sticking out of the dirt: Onions and mastodons. The wide flat valleys were once a glacial lake, which became a swamp and later dried, leaving its rich black dirt. Decomposition was slow under the muck without oxygen, so mastodon bones can still be easily found. Farmers found the rich organic soil was perfect for onions. This area, known as "Wawayanda"—approximately 150,000 to 194,000 acres—was secured from from 12 Minsi (Munsee) Indian chiefs in the early 1700s for $350, whiskey, cloth, and trinkets.
The first permanent settlers after the Native Americans in the Warwick area were mainly Dutch and English. In 1719, an Englishman named Benjamin Aske had purchased land in the southern valley of the patent and established a farm, which he called Warwick, probably named after a town in west-midland England near his family's ancestral home, and the name was eventually adopted for the surrounding hamlet and town. On 29 Oct 1736, a certificate for laying out a "King's Highway" was recorded by the Commissioners of the Precinct of Goshen, which improved the ancient Wawayanda Path and created a more convenient route for travel, opening up the area to white settlement (and hastening the departure of the local Minsis).
The Hause family most likely lived in one of the many log cabins erected in the area as there were no sawmills, so clapboard houses were only available to the very wealthy, who could afford to import the lumber. It wasn't until the early 1770s that Warwick had its first saw mill, and its first stone house was built in 1771, and the first "meeting" house in 1774.
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WARWICK IN THE 18TH CENTURY |
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"No one slept safely in his bed. Many families hid themselves at night in barns, wheat-ricks, corn-cribs, and stacks of hay; and on each returning day, blessed their good fortune that their houses had escaped the flames."
—Historian Joshua Hett Smith of Haverstraw, in a contemporary account of the plight of its terrified inhabitants in the years leading up to the Revolution.
Relations between the American Colonies ad England were growing tense. There was a "Non Importation Pledge" in 1774, and a "Revolutionary Pledge" after the break out of hostilities in Lexington and Concord between the local Militia and the British in 1775. Most of the people in the Warwick area signed the oaths, but Warwick was still split between Loyalists and Tories.
As a first-generation American native, John Hause felt no real allegiance to England, and resented the ever-increasing taxes he paid on food and necessities to a ruler who lived across the Atlantic, and he had never even seen—as well as a government he had no voice in, that did little to protect him on the frontier. He and many others of his generation felt it was time for a change... But instead of moving to a different land to escape an oppressive ruler—like their forefathers did—this generation decided to keep the land and change the ruler. They no longer wanted a protector controlling their lives. They wanted freedom. The American army under Washington was encamped in the vicinity of Ramapo for a few days in July, 1777. At least wo of John's sons had already joined in the fight—his eldest son, Simon, and the man whose story comprises the next chapter of our family history—our proudest chapter:
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CHAPTER THREE: WILLIAM HAUSE, 1750 - 1818. A Revolutionary War hero helps save the Hudson River, then becomes a prosperous land owner. So John begat William who begat John who begat Augustus. Then Augustus begat a generation that moved west...
TOP PAINTING: "Autumn Light on the Ramapo River," by Jasper Francis Cropsey (1875)
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Johannes's father, Rheinhardt Haus, was married around the year 1715 (the same year that John Hause marries in the family legend) to Anna Elisabeth (the last name varies in different documents), and was naturalized on January 10, 1715/16 as "Rynier Hous" and listed in Phillipsburgh, New Jersey (in present Westchester County). Eventually, he moved to Hackensack in Bergen County according to the "Simmendinger Register."
Johannes married Sarah Wheeler (or Weiler), from a prominent local family based in Kinderhook, Columbia County.
The only problem I have with this theory is that I have taken a Y-DNA test and compared it with another male claiming descendancy from Rheinhardt and we are not a match, so either this is the wrong line, or one of us was adopted!
³—This would be Johannes Haas, baptized on 11 Nov 1716 to Palatine immigrant Simon Haas (b. 1661) and Anna Rosina Zöller (b. 1690), according to genealogists Kirk Moulton and Dan Kinsey, working on the Secord and Simon Haas families (Source: Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; New York City Lutheran, Vol I, Book 85). They say Johannes married Sarah Wilkensen (b. 1720) in the 1740s and believe that my line of the Hause family descends from this man... but no direct male descendants have been found to compare my Y-DNA with, so it is still unproven. "Simon" is a name that was often used for sons in my line, but this point is mooted because there are other names from Simon's line such as "Nicholas" and "Bernard," that don't appear at all. But hey, I'm open...
⁴—William's birthdate changes from 1750 to 1751 because Britain and its colonies changed from the old style (Julian) calendar to the new style (Gregorian) calendar on January 1, 1752. But this change had occurred in Holland about 170 years earlier, in 1582, and the Gregorian calendar therefore was used in the Dutch colony of New Netherland (New York). The colony of New Netherland operated according to the laws and customs of the Netherlands province of Holland, where the new calendar had been in use since Pope Gregory introduced it in 1582. Therefore New Netherland records are dated as we would date them today, with the year beginning January 1 and no double-dating.But under the old calendar in use prior to 1752 in Britain and its colonies, the year began on March 25, and March was the first month, February the twelfth. Dates in January, February, and the first 24 days of March were often "double-dated" to indicate both the past and incoming years. For example, what we would call February 24,1714 would then have been February 24, 1713, but could also be written February 24,1713/14. It would also have been the 24th of the twelfth month, not the second month.
When the new calendar was adopted, eleven days had to be dropped, and this was done by declaring that the day after September 2,1752 was September 14, 1752.
After the English conquered New Netherland in 1664, and except for the brief return of Dutch rule in 1673-74, the old (Julian) calendar was used in official documents, but the Dutch often continued using the Gregorian calendar (or some aspects of it) in their church and family records.
Some genealogists have tried to convert all old style dates to their new equivalents, and published only the new forms, just like we say George Washington was born February 22, 1732, when at the time he was born the date was February 11, 1731/2.
⁵—The Proprietors spent much money seeing the land was properly surveyed, and it appears many survey maps survived. The survey maps for the Lots Nos. 184, 109 acres, and 171, 91 acres, that John Hawes possessed; along with the Lot No. 25 of Simon Hawse and Hans Jury Gable, will be found in the William Alexander Papers in the NYHS Library. He was the surveyor for the Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey (http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/alexander/dscref164.html).
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Lot #184 John Hase, later Anthony Troutter abutters #183 Conraad Forsealman #185 Jacob Coole. This should be in Box 21, folder 3 under Hase, Foresealman, or Coole; Possibly under Troutter in folder 4. Lot #171 John Hawse. Abutters #170 Christian Pellisfelt, #172 Christine Carlegh. This should be in Box 21, folder 3 under Hawse or Carlegh; Possibly under Pellisfelt in folder 4. Lot #25 Simon Hawse and Hans Jury Gable. Abutters Coonrad Vryessen. This should be in Box 21, folder 3 under Hawse or Gable; Possibly under Vryessen in Box 21, folder 4. Outside maybe, in Box 21, folder 5 multiple owners. The close proximity that John Hause lived to the Iron Works is probably the reason the Proprietors of the West Jersey would accept the 300 cords of wood cut by John Hause and family as equivalent to 30£ cash. (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027766313;view=1up;seq=410, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027766313;view=1up;seq=415) Not only was he a Cordwinder, he was a good Cord stacker too. That is a lot of wood! (Courtesy of Dan Kinsey)
⁶—It seems like the Hause family was moving all over the place during the 18th Century—from Ramapo to Haverstraw, to Warwick—but a history of the counties in New York reveals that the names of their residences were changing more than their actual homes, as county and township boundaries moved practically every decade.
Orange County was one of the first twelve counties established by the Province of New York in 1683. It included parts of New Jersey and present-day Rockland County, but its boundaries were unclear, as much of it was wilderness. John Hause's land was in the Ramapo Mountains, a forested chain of the Appalachians. By the 170s John's land was between Warwick and Haverstraw, west of the Hudson River, east of the Delaware River and northwest of New York City.
Following the war, the area where the Hause family lived was still contested between New York and New Jersey. On March 28, 1800, an act passed by the New York Legislature dealing with a petition presented by John's son, William Hause (as well as the Ketcham and Sandford families), stated that William would be allowed to purchase the unpatented land that his family had settled and improved on the New York/New Jersey border, and it officially became New York. The area is now called Tuxedo Park, in Orange County, New York, about 17 miles from present-day Warwick and 30 miles from Haverstraw.
The towns of Clarkstown and Ramapo were drawn from Haverstraw in 1791. Rockland County split from Orange County in 1798, and Haverstraw is now in Rockland County. The current Town of Ramapo was formerly known as Hempstead, which was formed from part of the Town of Haverstraw in 1791. The name was changed to Ramapo in 1829, and it's located north of Bergen and Passaic Counties in New Jersey, southeast of Orange County, New York, south of the town of Haverstraw, and west of the towns of Clarkstown and Orangetown—about 7-10 miles north of the Ramapo patent land that John originally lived on. In 1808, the area of the Hause farm was changed to Monroe; On March 4, 1890, the Town of Tuxedo, containing that land, was separated from Monroe. Confused? Don't worry. I'm sure it'll change again, soon.
⁷—The Ramapo Pass has played more than one significant role in the history of New York State. The earliest settlers of New York were blocked by the steep Ramapo and Haverstraw mountains from migration into what is now Orange County. Albany, Ulster and Orange counties were all initially settled by travel up the Hudson River to Fort Orange (Albany). From there the Dutch settled Wiltwyck (now Kingston) and then many followed the legendary Old Mine Road from Kingston through the Minisink territory down into Orange County. Only after the early settlers cleared the Ramapo Pass and constructed a road along the old Indian trail, during the course of the 18th century, did upstate migration begin inland through what was to become Rockland County. The work of clearing and improving the pass for wagon travel was largely attributable to the Van Deursen (Van Duzer) and Sloat families, and Isaac Van Deursen III himself was one of the first to take advantage of this new route when he moved north to Cornwall. These early families also built inns in the pass to accommodate travelers. Lord Jeffrey Amherst, who stopped overnight at Sidman's Inn in 1761, described the path as "very stony and narrow."
The Ramapo Pass acquired strategic importance during the American Revolution when the city of New York was held by the British who hoped to gain control of the Hudson River. The Ramapo Pass served the troops of General Washington, who ordered improvements to the road and fortifications built at Sidman's Bridge to prevent the British from using the pass and to facilitate his own troop movements. From the Liberty Rock, which is the highest elevation in Sloatsburg and in direct line with the the Torne Mountain, communication was effected by signaling. The lookÂouts on the Torne were primarily on the alert for movement of British ships in New York Harbor, as Washington was concerned that they would advance up the Hudson River. This strategy, combined with the blockade of the Hudson River at West Point, prevented the British from capturing Albany and other areas of New York.
Over the years of the 18th and 19th centuries, the road through the Ramapo Pass became known as the Clove Road, then the Albany Post Road, and later as the Orange Turnpike and State Highway 17. During the 19th century, the pass continued to be important as part of the route of the Albany Stage and later the Erie Railroad. Even today, the Ramapo Pass serves as a major transportation route for the New York State Thru way and Route 17. (Source: Kuykendall, Gene: "South of the Mountains" newsletter, 1997, Vol. 41, No. 1; p. 13.)
SOURCES FOR THIS PAGE:
- City of Clarkstown (Haverstraw): Clarkstown Historical Records: 1752 - 1789: Johannes House/John Hause: Pages 47, 60, and 127; Clerk's Office, town of Clarkstown, Rockland Co., NY; 10 Maple Avenue, New City, NY 10956 (845) 639-2000.
- 1775 Orange County Assessment Roll, Page 567; Reprinted by Heart of the Lakes Publishing, Interlaken, NY, 1980, available in three volumes including a full name index from the Orange Co. Genealogical Society, 101 Main Street, Goshen, NY 10924. Ruttenber & Clark comment about the importance of the 1775 Assessment Roll as an early record of the country history, especially given the destructive fire which consumed the town clerk's office in 1842.
- History of Orange County, New York, by Edward Manning Ruttenber and L. H. Clark; Published in Philadelphia : Everts & Peck; 1881. P. 760: John Hause named path-master no. 45.
- Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution, Volume I, by Benson J. Lossing. 1850. CHAPTER XXXII
- Ramapo Lutheran Church Records, 1750-1817 in Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Vol. VIII, No. 1 (April 1913), p. 9
- People of the Valleys Revisited: History of Warwick, New York, 1700-2005, by Richard W Hull, Royal Fireworks Press, 2005.
- NYC Luth Church Burials (NYG beg. Jan. 1974)
- History of the Ramapo Valley.
- History of the Town of Cornwall.
- Kuykendall, Gene: "The Van Duzer and Sloat Families in the History of the Ramapo Pass"; South of the Mountains, 1997, Vol. 41, No. 1. January-March 1997 newsletter of The Historical Society of Rockland County. Published by The Historical Society of Rockland County, 1997; newsletter; 24 pages (p. 13-
- A History of Claudius Boatman: Warwick, Orange County, New York - 1765 to 1777.
- Jones, Henry Z, Jr., The>The Palatine Families of New York, 1985, Vol. I, p. 350
- "Baptisms in the Lutheran Church, New York City" in NYG Record, July 1969, p. 166
- Information online Jan 2009, Dutch-Colonies List, from James Brady
- Mrs. Alberta Spaid Reeder, of Canoga, Seneca Co. New York
- Mrs. Josephine Gregory: 500 S Los Robles #320, Pasadena, CA. 91101
- Mrs, Charles Parker: 6286 Tower Ave., E. Lansing, MI. 48823
- Mrs. Alma Hawes (Lincoln): 314 W. Main St., Whitewater, Wis. 53190
- Hopeful Journeys: German Immigration, Settlement, and Political Culture in Colonial America, 1717-1775 (Early American Studies), by Aaron Spencer Fogleman. Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press (February 1, 1996).
- History of Rockland County, New York, With Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men, by Cole, David. Publisher: J. B. Beers & Co, New York. 1884.
- Pioneer Families of Orange County, New York, compiled by Martha and Bill Reamy. Finksburg, Md. Pipe Creek Publications, c1993.
- The Revolutionary War in the Hackensack Valley: the Jersy Dutch and Neutral Ground, by Leiby, Adrian C. Published by Rutgers University Press. 1962
- Ridgewood, Bergan County, New Jersey, Past and Present, by the Citizens Semi-Centennial Association, Ridgewood, N.J. Publisher: Ridgewood, N.J., Citizens semi-centennial association. 1916.
- The Reformed Church In America, "Struggle For Eccesiastical Independence" (1708-1792). Pages 102-117
- Records of the Linlithgo Reformed Church, Livingston, Columbia, New York. Transcribed by Arthur C. M. Kelly, by the Reformed Church. Publication: (Rhinebeck, NY, Kinship, 1970)
- Baptismal Record of the Tappan Reformed Church, Regular Congregation, Tappen, Rockland, New York. FHL Microfilm #1016876. Microfilm of Cole Transcript of Tappan & Clarkstown, Reformed Church. One more possibility: Catharina Haus. b. 24 Dec 1751; Christening: 19 Jan 1752 Reformed Church, Tappen, Rockland, New York; Baptism: Baptism of Catharina Haus 19 Jan 1752 Reformed Church, Tappen, Rockland, New York. Sponsors were Jan Smit and Rachel [Compiler - Wheeler], his wife. Parents listed as Johannes Haas and Sara Wilkissen
- Ramapough Mountain Indians: People, Places and Cultural Traditions, by Edward J.Lenik; Ringwood, NJ: North Jersey Highlands Historical Society, 2011; pp. 1-4
- "Corridor Through the Mountains: Smith's Clove: Wartime Line of Communication and Passageway for the Continental Army, 1776-1783," by Richard J. Koke. (purchase the full book here)
- History of Montgomery Classis, by W.N.P. Dailey, 1916. "While the Holland Dutch first came to the New World in 1609, and at once established their church and school, it is noteworthy that all elements of the Reformed Churches of the American continent-from France and Switzerland, and the German Palatinate-the churches of the Reformed faith established in Virginia (at times meaning the Atlantic coast lands), and Maryland, and Pennsylvania-all turned to the Classis of Amsterdam (Holland) for men and money."
- 1963 letter from Charles R. Hause: 532 Lange Court, Libertyville, IL. 60048: "Of John Hause, it has not yet been proved for sure that he hooks up to the rest of the Hause's as we cannot find out for sure the father's name of William Hause, Sr. It is believed that a generation is missing between John and William, and if it can be located perhaps this will hook the two together."
- Will of John Haus of Warwick, Orange Co. N.Y. Probated Sept. 5, 1796
CHAPTER 1: THE LEGEND OF JOHN (JOHANNES) HAUSE (1690-?) CHAPTER 2: JOHN HAUSE OF WARWICK (1719-1794) CHAPTER 3: WILLIAM E. HAUSE (1750-1818) CHAPTER 4: JOHN HAUSE (1773-1844) AND WESTERN NEW YORK CHAPTER 5: AUGUSTUS HAUSE (1804-1875) AND THE ERIE CANAL CHAPTER 6: LABAN AUGUSTUS HAUSE (1831-1906) CHAPTER 7: FRANK AUGUSTUS HAUSE (1867-1951) CHAPTER 8: TWENTIETH CENTURY MICHIGAN CHAPTER 9: CARLISLE HAUSE (1891-1972) CHAPTER 10: THE GREAT DEPRESSION CHAPTER 11: CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE (1917-1983) CHAPTER 12: CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE, JR. CHAPTER 13: AFTERWARD - THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY APPENDIX #1: HAUSE FAMILY TIMELINE APPENDIX #2: WILLIAM HAUSE GENEALOGY APPENDIX #3: THE HAUSE FAMILY IN THE CIVIL WAR APPENDIX #4: HAUSE FAMILY BIBLES  "From Newborough (Newburgh) to Fort Lee, No. 36" by Robert Erskine, Washington's map maker during the war. This military topographic map covers Orange and Rockland Counties in New York and Bergen, Passaic, Morris and Essex Counties in New Jersey. Erskine drew several maps of the Warwick area and its strategic points. This one shows Wickham's Pond, where John Hause was listed in the 1775 Warwick census. Collection of the New York Historical Society. |
