60–61.  William Ten Broeck was born in Claverack Town[ship], Columbia County, New York, on Friday, May 18, 1792, and died in Claverack, New York, on August 18, 1836. He was buried in Claverack Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery. Margaret Becker was born on Wednesday, November 7, 1792, and died on September 23, 1868. She was buried in the Mellenville Union Cemetery, Columbia County, New York.. They were married in Claverack Reformed Church, Columbia County, New York, on Sunday, November 28, 1813. She took the name Margaret Ten Broeck. He is the son of Samuel J. and Christyntje (Ten Broeck) Ten Broeck. They had seven children:

i. David Samuel Ten Broeck was baptized in Claverack Reformed Church on December 29, 1814. married Alida Van Deusen on May 31, 1834.
ii. Walter Van Rensselaer Ten Broeck was born on April 17, 1817, baptized in Claverack Reformed Church on May 10, 1817, and died on August 6, 1885. He married Elizabeth Clum on December 6, 1842, in Claverack. Both lived in Claverack. He and Peter were twins.
iii. Peter Van Rensselear Ten Broeck [#30]: He was born on April 17, 1817, baptized in the Reformed Church of Claverack, Columbia County, New York, U.S.A., on May 10, 1817, and died on October 27, 1891. He and Walter were twins.
iv. Jacob Lawrence Ten Broeck was born on July 27, 1819, baptized in Claverack Reformed Church on September 5, 1819, and died on February 23, 1855. He married Elizabeth M. Clum on August 9, 1838. His birth date has also been given as July 24, 1819, and his middle name spelled Laurance.
v. William Ambrose Ten Broeck was born on November 20, 1823, baptized in Claverack Reformed Church on February 1, 1824, and died on January 14, 1866. He married Mary Ann Comfort on May 29, 1845, daughter of Hiram and Julia L. (Ludington) Comfort. Per a Delaware County, New York, biographical sketch, he

... is a well-known resident of the village of Griffin's Corners in Middletown, Delaware County, where since 1848 he has prosperously pursued the arduous profession of law. He was born in Columbia County, November 20, 1823 ...
William A. Ten Broeck was educated at the schools in Hudson, N.Y., and at Lenox in the western part of Massachusetts. Then he entered the law office of Monell and Hogeboom in Hudson. At the expiration of two years he changed to the office of Adams and Watson in Catskill, where he finished his studies, and met his matrimonial fate. On October 19, 1847, he was admitted to the bar, at the session of the court in Utica. In 1846 he came to Griffin's Corners, where he as ever since remained, greatly to the advantage of both himself and the town. He had been married one year before, in 1845, when he was twenty-one years old, to a lady who merited her name, Mary Ann Comfort, the eldest daughter of Hiram and Julia (Ludington) Comfort, of Catskill. Mr. Comfort was the thriving owner of a sash and blind factory, and died when only forty years of age, leaving five girls, almost a match for the six Ten Broeck boys, already mentioned. These girls were Mary, who became Mrs. Ten Broeck; Julia named for her mother; Helen, Charlotte, Caroline. Their mother lived to be seventy-three years old, and was an earnest member of the Episcopal church, as was her much respected husband.
vi. Cornelia Christina Ten Broeck was born on November 26, 1824, and baptized in Claverack Reformed Church on December 18, 1824. [She is not mentioned in Runk.]
vii. Jeremiah Ten Broeck was baptized in Claverack Reformed Church on December 20, 1825. [This date from church records; Runk gives his birthdate as March 22, 1826.] He married on November 27, 1851, at Flatbush, Maria Keifer, daughter of William and Ann (Osterhout) Keifer. He was a farmer in Saugerties.

Her second marriage was to John Harder. He died on January 27, 1862. Mellenville Union Cemetery records from the Columbia County Historical Society show that Margaret Becker, wife of John Harder, was born November 7, 1792, and died September 23, 1868. The Bible of Margaret Lydia (Tenbroeck) Youngblood indicates that John Harder died January 27, 1862. The only reason for him to be mentioned in the Bible is that he was part of the family. Therefore, he must have been Margaret's second husband; her first died at age 44. The Bible gives Margaret's birthday as November 9, 1795.

William died at age 44 and 3 months. Dutch Reformed Church records do not show his wife buried in the same cemetery. It is likely that she remarried. A Biographical Review of Delaware County, NY (correct title to be added) includes the following in a biographical sketch of William A. Ten Broeck, son of this William and Margaret.

William, was born on the homestead [250 acres of land and a beautiful residence in Columbia County, near Mellenville], where he grew to manhood. He married Margaret Becker, the daughter of an enterprising Columbia County farmer. After their marriage they took the homestead, which they greatly improved, and there they raised a family of six boys...

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