James Parker Van Benthuysenby
James Parker Van Benthuysen was born in October 1772. He was the first-born son in the large family Obadiah and Anna Rumney Van Benthuysen. His wife was named Hannah (perhaps Anna Myers). By 1798, the marriage had produced a number of children. By 1809, three (including two namesakes) of them had been buried from the Albany Dutch church. This James Parker VBT lived at 27 Division Street. He was a shoe and lastmaker (form for holding and working on footwear) with a store on South Market Street. Both his properties were noted each year from James Parker Van Benthuysen died in May 1835. The obituary noted that he was sixty-two. According to family records, his widow survived until 1878 and was buried in the old cemetery in Pottersville, Warren County.
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