History of Paterson and Its Environs pp. 50–61.
Johannes, youngest son of Roelof and Feitje (Sickels) Van Houten, born June 6, 1717, married Catharine Cadmus, Nov. 11, 1736; they lived at Acquackanonk, but we have no record of any issue.
Pieter, of the third generation, second son of Helmigh and Jannetje (Pieterse) Van Houten, was baptized Jan. 23, 1680, and married Claertje Post, April 8, 1703. He settled at Slooterdam, on land conveyed to him by his father. Of his nine children, three died in infancy. His daughters were: Jannetje, married Gerrit Hendrickse; Catarina, a twin, married Hendrick Hoppe. His eldest son, Adrian, born Aug. 17, 1706, married Angenietje Boogaerd, Dec. 19, 1734. At the time of his marriage he was living at Acquackanonk, but later in life removed to Pompton, where he died Dec. 23, 1753. By his marriage with Angenietje Boogaerd, he had four children: Pieter, Willempje, born May 9, 1739; Claertje (Clarissa), married Coenralt Lyne ; and Jacob, bora April 18, 1745. His eldest son Pieter, mentioned above, was born March 8, 1736, and married Rachel Lyne, Oct. 20, 1755 ; they lived in the Wanaque Valley. Their children were : Adrian, born June 3, 1759, married Vannetje Romig, and they had one child, Peter, born Jan. 31, 1789; Caty, married Simon Van Ness, of Pompton Plains ; John, born July 7, 1762, married Hannah Kidney, and the issue of this marriage was : John Kidney, James, Sally, married George Tyce; Rachel, married Henry Riker; Polly, married Halmagh I. Van Wagoner. Mary, fourth child of Pieter and Rachel (Lvne) Van Houten, married Peter Fisher; Agnes, married William Murphy; Eleanor, married Theunis Ryerson; Peter, born Nov. 19, 1774; Conrad, born April 10, 1776; and Annaetje, born Jan. 31, 1781.
Helmerich, second son of Peter and Claertje (Post) Van Houten, born Dec. 10, 1709, married (first) Geertje Van Hoom, and (second) Eva, daughter of Paulus Rutan, of the Bogt. When past middle age he joined the Van Ripers, Rutans, Staggs and others, who were among the hardy pioneers who ventured into the frontier forests before the Revolution, penetrating so far west as Waywayanda, in Sussex county, and there he died. By his first wife he was the father of one child, Peter, who married and had one son Helmigh, baptized April 14, 1764, who was probably brought up in his grandmother Van Hoorn’s family. By his second wife there were four children: Vannetje, Helmich, Paulus and Johannes.
Johannes, third son of Pieter and Claertje (Post) Van Houten, was born at Wesel, March 17, 1713. He was a miller living at what is now Oakland. He married, June 11, 1739, Martynje Bartholf ; their only son Crines married Elizabeth, daughter of Martin Ryerson, of Pompton. He died before the date of his father’s will, May 10, 1810. He owned a small grist mill within a mile of the Oakland station on the New York, Susquehanna & Western railroad. His children: Martin, married Elizabeth Randall; he lived at the Ponds, where he died June 26, 1854, aged 74 years, 2 months, 12 days. Martintje (called Matilda), married Guliem C. Bogert ; Marytje, married Crines Quakenbush ; and Ryer, died unmarried. Children of Martin and Elizabeth (Randall) Van Houten : Martin, married Hester, daughter of Anthony Bartrim, an Englishman, who was a farmer and blacksmith at the Ponds. Crines, married Elizabeth Voorhees, of Paramus. The children of Martin and Hester (Bartrim) Van Houten were : Mary, married Henry Demarest ; Martin, for many years carried on the mill at Oakland operated by his father and his grand- father; Rachel, married (first) Henry Romaine, of Paterson, (second) Abram Folly; Anthony Bartrim, married Mattie McNab; Jennie, married (first) John Shurts, (second) David C. Bush; John H., married Hester, daughter of Hopper Voorhis, of Hackensack. He was an inspector of buildings for many years in Paterson ; William Henry Harrison, born June 15, 1844, married Kate, daughter of James Westervelt; James, married (first) Jane Plumstead, (second) Mattie, daughter of Joseph Blauvelt, of Paterson. Of the foregoing brothers, Anthony, John, William and James were among the leading carpenters and builders in Paterson for many years. The other children of Martin and Hester (Bartrim) Van Houten were : Rachel, married (first) Abraham Ryerson, (second) Tunis Blauvelt ; and John, married Elizabeth Christie, from Ramapo.
(Nelson and Shriner 1920)