Pam, This is unbelievable information--I am thrilled! That particular line has now been connected all the way up--amazing. Thank you so much! I assume Gitty and Edward are buried in the Preakness Reformed Church burial grounds per your information. Joseph Vail Ash and Mary Hedden's son Walter Ash was married to Mary Whritenor, (all buried in the Clinton Cemetery NJ). One question- you mentioned Tichenor as a surname. I have lots of Whritenors, are they the same? I saw a Martin Tichenor on one of the census' and I know he actually was a cousin (a Whritenor) living with the other family members (Walter Ash, son of Joseph, and Mary Whritenor) since his parents died--therefore this was probably a typo. Thank you so much, Christy PS now I have to connect the Blauvelt that married a Voorhees. So much to do and so little time. So my grandparents are related over and over--definitely interesting. -----Original Message----- From: Pamela J. Sears <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Jun 9, 2010 4:57 pm Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] regarding the Van Voorhees Family in America Dear Christy, > I was reading The Van Voorhees Family in America and on page 733 I found the following: 6857. ii. Gitty Voorhis; born circa 1817; married Edw. Hedden. ccording to George Warne Labaw in his: "Preakness and the Preakness Reformed Church, Passaic County, New Jersey a history 1695-1902 : with genealogical notes, the records of the hurch and tombstone inscriptions" New York: Board of Publication of the eformed Church in America, 1902, age 83 Gitty/Gertrude [aka Charity] Voorhees, the daughter of Albert P. oorhees (1794-1819) and his wife Christina Berdan of Preakness, married dward Hedden. Gitty's sister Mary married David Hedden, the brother of dward. Gitty/Gertrude Voorhees was the granddaughter of Peter .Voorhees (1773-1860) and his 1st wife Gertrude Berdan. The 1900 census also tells us that Gertrude/Gitty Voorhees and Edward edden had only one child who survived infancy, and that was Mary edden, who married Joseph Vail Ash. 1900 > NEW JERSEY > ESSEX > 9-WD NEWARK eries: T623 Roll: 964 Page: 55 oseph V. Ash, Head, age 59, b Dec 1840; mrd 38 yrs; Machinist ary E. Ash, Wife, age 58, b Apr 1842; 9 children, 7 living da E. Ash, Dau, age 25, b Dec 1874 ertrude M. Ash, Dau, age 15, b May 1885 ertrudy Hedden, Mother-in-Law, age 82, b Dec 1817; Widowed; 2 children, living Edward {Edwin] Hedden was born 9 Jan 1807 in Newark [no source] and died efore the 1850 census [some say as early as 1834, but I think that must ave been closer to 1844]. He was probably the son of Cyrus Hedden and uldah Tichenor, and his brother David was born 25 March 1814 and arried Mary Voorhees 4 July 1844. Charity Hedden and her daughter Mary appeared in the 1860 census thusly: 9 July 1860 860 > NEW JERSEY > ESSEX > 5-WD NEWARK eries: M653 Roll: 688 Page: 601 harity Hedden, age 46, Tailoress ary Hedden, age 18, Shirt maker Mary Hedden married Joseph V. Ash in 1862. 22 Jun 1870 870 > NEW JERSEY > ESSEX > 10-WD NEWARK eries: M593 Roll: 881 Page: 364 oseph Ash, age 29, Policeman ary Ash, age 27, K.H. lizabeth Ash, age 7 eorge Ash, age 4 alter Ash, age 2 mma Ash, age 1 month [Apr] harity Hedden, age 54, Tailoress 1 June 1880 880 > NEW JERSEY > ESSEX > NEWARK eries: T9 Roll: 778 Page: 242 partially blacked out] oseph E. Ash, age 34, Bit maker, b NJ/PA/NJ ary Ash, age 38, K.H.; b NJ/NJ/NJ lizabeth S. Ash, Dau, age 17, K.H. eorgia E. Ash, Dau, age 14, Button maker alter V. Ash, Son, age 12, at school oseph H. Ash, Son, age 7, at school mma F. Ash, Dau, age 10, at school da S. Ash, Dau, age 5 dward D. Ash, Son, age 4 months [Feb] harity Hedden, Mother-in-Law, age 64 You asked about the church they may have attended, and I found the ollowing list of Houses of Worship in Newark; there appear to be 3 utch Reformed churches, but I'd have no way of knowing if the Ash amily were members of any of them. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njessex/towns/newark/how.htm Hope this helps get you started in the right direction. egards, am Sears ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message