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[This information is from Vol. IV, pp. 1593-1596 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911). It is in the Reference collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at R 929.1 R45. Some of the formatting of the original, especially in lists of descendants, may have been altered slightly for ease of reading.]
The ancestor of all who inherit the name De Lamater in the United States is Claude Le Maitre (De Lamater), a native of Richebourg in Artois, France, a scion of an ancient family in Picardy. He was a Huguenot who, like the Puritan of England, found in Holland a temporary home as well as a safe refuge from the storm of persecution that swept over both countries and drove thousands of the best families into exile. He located in Amsterdam, Holland, where, April 24, 1652, he married Hester, daughter of Pierre Du Bois, of that city. Claude and Hester Le Maitre came to America, where they resided at Flatbush, Long Island, from 1652 until 1662. Here four of their children were born. In 1662 they removed to Harlem, New York, which was their home the remainder of their days. Claude was one of the sturdy, successful pioneers of early New York. He secured lands by allotment and purchase; held various civil and church trusts; aided in the defense against hostile Indians; and by industry and thrift accumulated a fortune. He was of a determined and obstinate temperament. Between 1666 and 1673 he served four terms as magistrate. He died about 1683. Hester, his widow, survived him many years. Children, first four born at Flatbush:
(II) Jacobus (James), youngest child of Claude and Hester (Du Bois) Le Maitre, was born at Harlem, about 1665, died 1741. In 1680 he settled at Kingston, New York, where he resided in the section called Marbletown, on a farm of two hundred and ninety-six acres bought in 1715. He was trustee of Kingston village, and a devout member of the Dutch Reformed church. He married, in 1688, at Kingston, Gertrude, daughter of Martin Cornelis Ysselsteyn, of Claverack. Children:
(III) Claude (2), eldest son of Jacobus and Gertrude (Ysselsteyn) De Lamater (as the name was then written), was born 1692, died at Claverack, New York, 1770. He resided on the farm at Claverack left him by his father, who divided the Marbletown farm between his sons Isaac and Martin. Claude De Lamater married Christina ————, and had sons: Jeremiah Jacobus, John, Dirck; daughters:
(IV) Dirck, son of Claude (2) and Christina De Lamater, was born at Claverack, died at Greenport, New York. He married Thryntie Osterhout and had issue, including a son Claudius.
(V) Claudius, son of Dirck and Thryntie (Osterhout) De Lamater, was born at Claverack, later settling at Greenport, New York. He was a farmer, and a strong supporter of the Whig party. He married ———— Elting and had issue.
(VI) Tunis Osterhout, son of Claudius and ———— (Elting) De Lamater, was born in Greenport, Columbia county, New York, where he died. He was a Whig and Republican, and a member of the Dutch Reformed church. He married Mary (always known as Polly), daughter of Nicholas Decker, a prominent, wealthy farmer of the town, descendant of one of the old families of the Hudson Valley. Twelve children, seven of whom grew to maturity:
(VII) George, son of Tunis Osterhout and Mary (Decker) De Lamater, was born in Greenport, Columbia county, New York, June 17, 1838. He has followed farming on a very large scale and is an extensive and successful stock breeder and dealer. His farming operations included a large dairy, although the feature is not now so prominent. He is an ardent Republican, and supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, in 1865, Sarah Louise, daughter of Dr. Richard Henry Mesick, of Mellenville, a prominent physician noted for his skill and liberal treatment of those unable to pay for his services. Dr. Mesick married (first) ————; married (second) Mary Groot, of a prominent family of the town of Ghent; she died at the age of forty-five years; married (third) Mary, daughter of Dr. Elton Palmer, of Mellenville. Sarah Louise is the daughter of Dr. Mesick and his second wife, Mary Groot. Children of George and Sarah Louise De Lamater:
(VIII) Ira George, son of George and Sarah Louise (Mesick) De Lamater, was born on the homestead farm (where his parents have lived ever since their marriage and where all their children were born) at Hillsdale, New York, September 1, 1883. He was educated in the public schools of Hillsdale and New Paltz Normal School, spending three years at the latter institution and graduating with honor, class of 1904. On the high recommendation of the principal of his alma mater, he secured a position as teacher and for two years taught at Hillsdale. Not being satisfied with a teacher's life he took a course at Eastman's Business College, took the necessary examinations, and was appointed, February 1, 1909, clerk in the railway mail service with headquarters at Albany. He has also land and farming interests that are cared for by others. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the North Hillsdale Methodist Episcopal Church. He is unmarried.
(VII) Henry De Lamater, eldest son of Tunis Osterhout (q. v.) and Mary (Decker) De Lamater, was born at the homestead farm in Columbia county, New York, January 7, 1820; died at Hudson, New York, April 5, 1900. He was educated in the public schools and spent his minor years on the farm. He later learned the carpenter trade and became a well-known contractor and builder. In connection with his trade and building operations, he owned and operated a farm in the town. He was a man of quiet tastes and habits; a member of the Dutch Reformed church, and a supporter of the Republican party. He figured little in public official life beyond serving as commissioner of highways. His character was of the highest and no man was more truly respected. He married, December 5, 1849, Cornelia, twin sister of Cornelius F. Moul. Children, five dying in infancy:
(VIII) Frank Spoor, third son of Henry and Cornelia (Moul) De Lamater, was born in Greenport, Columbia county, New York, on the home farm, September 17, 1856. He was educated in the public schools, and remained on the farm with his parents until 1879, when he purchased the homestead farm of his father, and until 1887 remained there, engaged in cultivating his own acres. In that year he removed to the city of Hudson. He had learned the carpenter's trade during the years spent with his father, and after his removal to Hudson worked at this trade, becoming a well-known building contractor. He has always been a Republican in politics, and while living in Greenport served as commissioner of highways, town clerk and inspector of elections; in 1887 he was appointed deputy sheriff of Columbia county, holding that position three years. He married, May 20, 1879, at Hudson, Mary A., born April 12, 1856, daughter of Thomas and Harriet (Clum) Lasher, of Germantown, New York, a descendant of Sebastian Loescher (Lasher).
Little is known further of Sebastian Loescher (Lasher) than he was in all probability a German; was at West Camp, now town of Saguerties, Ulster county, New York, in 1710; was in the list willing to stay at Livingston Manor, East Camp, now Germantown, Columbia county, on lands surveyed to them, date of August 26, 1724, and that his wife's name was Elizabeth. Children:
(II) Conrad, son of Sebastian and Elizabeth Lasher, was born in 1708. He married Angeline Sestis and had children, baptized at Athens, Germantown and Rhinebeck, New York:
(III) Sebastian (2), son of Conrad and Angeline (Sestis) Lasher, was baptized 1729. He married Margaret Schumacher, April 4, 1748, and lived at Germantown, New York. Children:
(IV) Jacob B., son of Sebastian (2) and Margaret (Schumacher) Lasher, was baptized August 22, 1773, died 1857. He made his will May 5, 1853, proved July 9, 1857. He married (first) Maria Saulpaugh (second), when about fifty-seven years of age, Catherine, widow of Jacob Finger. Children, all by first wife:
(V) Thomas, son of Jacob B. and Maria (Saulpaugh) Lasher, was baptized April 17, 1812, died October 21, 1881. He was a resident of Germantown, New York. He married, December 4, 1839, Harriet Clum, born November 16, 1816, died November 28, 1874. Children:
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