History of Paterson and Its Environs pp. 50–61.
Johannes, son of Roelof and Annatje (Kip) Van Houten and brother of “Red Halmagh,” married, in Dec, 1796, Sally Van Bussen. He was called John R. Van Houten. Issue : Rulif, born Sept. 18, 1797, married Jane, daughter of Helmigh Dirck and Metje (Van Geisen) Van Houten ; their children were: Helmagh, born Jan. 31, 1820; and William, married Gertrude Ann Speer, and died April 30, 1892, aged 67 years, 4 months, 26 days. The second child of Johannes, mentioned above, was William, died in infancy; the third, a second William, born Aug. 21, 1800; Lena; Annaatje; John, born Nov. 6, 1805, went to Albany, N. Y. ; his descend- ants are in Des Moines, Iowa; Sally; Henry, born Dec. 18, 1809; Helmagh, born Oct. 10, 1814, married Ann Van Riper, June 23, 1836; their children were: John, born July 30, 1837; Halmegh, born Aug. 7, 1840; and Cornelia Ann.
Robert, eldest son of Roelof Van Houten by his second marriage with Feitje Sickels, married Elizabeth Post. He lived a short distance west of Laurel Grove Cemetery entrance, on the same side of the road. He died Jan. 27, 1786, aged 74 years, 16 days. Children: Roelof, baptized Aug. 6, 1746; he was sometimes called Roelof R. Van Houten, and his homestead was where the Totowa road turns off to Signac ; his first wife was Antje Hennion, by whom he had three children. Robert, March 28, 1793, married Ellen Van Geisen. He and his wife and family of ten children removed about 1820 to Genessee County, N. Y. ; Johannes, born Dec. 2, 1777, married Elizabeth Tomson. He was called John R. Van Houten, and lived on the south side of Broadway, fifty feet east of Main Street, in the city of Paterson. The issue of his marriage was: John, born Dec. 19, 1803; Jane Margaret, born Aug. 31, 1805; and Robert, born March 11, 1807. Elizabeth, born April 22, 1780. Roelof Van Houten, by his second wife, Antje Berdan, had nine children : Jacob, married Elizabeth Lynes ; he lived about a mile and a half above the Pompton church towards Wanaque. He was a farmer and wheelwright. His two children were Ruliff, born Oct. 17, 1808, and Clarissa, born Aug. 10, 1810. Among the other children of Roelof and Antje (Berdan) Van Houten were: Antye, married Halmagh Van Winkle, and with her husband removed to Canton, Illinois, and finally to Missouri, where she died, leaving many descendants by the name of Van Winkle; Marregrietye, married Jason M. Bass; they also removed to Canton, 111.; Adreyaen, died before the age of ten years; Albert, born Nov. 11. 1791, married (first) Charity Vreeland, Sept. 11, 1813, by whom he had four children: Ruliff (Ralph), born April 25, 1815, married Sarah Ann Alyea, their children were : Elizabeth Ann, married John J. Hop- per; Sophia, married Peter Merselis; and Charity Louisa; Catherine, married Cornelius P. Doremus; Cornelius, born Feb. 24, 1820, married Ellen Jane Van Riper, the issue of this marriage was Adrian, who married Jennie, daughter of George Vreeland of Rutherford ; and Albert, married Alida, daughter of Daniel Schoonmaker; Ann Mariah, died unmarried. Albert Van Houten, by his second marriage with Nelly Powelson, was father of four children: Jane, married David Benson; Charity, died in childhood ; Peter, born May 12, 1834, married Catharine, daughter of John D. Merselis, of Paterson. The issue of this marriage was: John Merselis, died young; Nellie, died at the age of eighteen; Albert, born Feb. 15, 1864; Henry Merselis, born Jan. 8, 1869, married Jennie Drew ; Garret Merselis, born March 4, 1871 ; Mary and Jennie. Charity Ann, the youngest child of Albert and Nelly (Powelson) Van Houten, married David P. Quackenbush.
The four other children of Roelof and Antje (Berdan) Van Houten were daughters, namely : Feytje, married Theunis I. Spear, Jr. ; Maria, a twin of Feytje, died in infancy; Catreneu, married Henry Schoonmaker, of Athenia ; and Jannetje, married James Schoonmaker, he had a cotton mill at GodwinviUe, afterwards at Passaic, and at the time of the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion was superintendent of a mill in in the South.
(Nelson and Shriner 1920)