On May 11, 2003, I described a mystery surrounding the characterization of the wife of Henry Doremus (b. 29 Mar 1787 at Doremustown) as Polly Van Duyne in "The Doremus Family in America" (Gateway Press, 1990) by Edith Whitcraft Eberhart. My theory was that Polly "Van Duyne" was really Polly Romine. The note was fowarded to the Romine mailinglist and I received a reply from Renee L. Dauven who has given me permission to present her reply. "Your query to the NJMorris email list was forwarded to the Romine email list. I think that I can give you a lead on Mary Romine, wife of Henry Doremus. My source is Herbert Ackerman's book "Romeyn, Romaine Family. 1654". As you probably know, he is not the most accurate sources and I have not varified this information but at least it may give you a new direction in which to look. According to Ackerman, Mary was Maritje Romeyn, born/baptised Montville, NJ on 12 June 1791. Her parents were Daniel Romeyn and Derricksie Demarest, daughter of David Demares and Greetje Abrams Haring. He does not give a marriage date or place for Mary and Henry but lists 3 children for them: John, Ann and Daniel, b. 6 Jan 1822 and baptised 21 April 1822 at the Montville Ref. Church. Mary married secondly to Garret Van Cleef. Ackerman again gives no marriage date or place for this second marriage but list two children for this marriage: Maria, b. 21 Aug 1832, bapt. 3 Feb 1833 and William Ira Pierson. b. 5 Mar 1834, bapt. June 1834, both at Montville Ref. Church. Probably the confusion about Mary's last name stems from a hazy rememberence that she was related to the Elizabeth who married Simon Van Duyne. They were sisters, Elisabeth having been bap 1 Nov 1778 at Schraalenburgh. Perhaps the person who reported that they were related did not know Elisabeth's maiden name and thus Mary's ended up being recorded by early family "researchers" as Mary Van Duyne. Hope this helps you with one of you mysteries and gives you enough to research further to confirm the marriage." I think this closes the mystery. The "Polly Van Duyne" in "The Doremus Family in America" (Gateway Press, 1990) by Edith Whitcraft Eberhart is actually Polly (or Mary) Romine, daughter of Daniel Romeyn and Derricksie Demarest. Dick Van Duyne