History of Paterson and Its Environs pp. 50–61.
Halmagh, second son of Dirck and Metje (Gerrebrantse) Van Houten, was born about 1714. He lived at Totowa, in a house formerly occupied by his father, a long, low, stone building on the north side of the Totowa road between North Nineteenth and North Twentieth streets. He married, Oct. 29, 1742, Antje, daughter of Gerrit Post. His will was proved Jan. 30, 1784. His children were seven, of whom only three sons and two daughters arrived at maturity. The latter were : Metje, married Johannes Van Geisen ; Catrina, married Roelof Van Houten. Adrian, eldest son of Halmagh and Antje (Post) Van Houten, married Marretje Cadmus. He lived on his father’s homestead on the north side of Totowa avenue, near North Nineteenth street, and was called Adrian H. Van Houten. The issue of his marriage was: Helmigh, Leah, Abraham, Antje, Elizabeth, Andreyaen, Dirck; Cattelyntje, married John F. Post, Jr.; and Peter, born Jan. 21, 1793, married Ellen Van Wagoner, and removed to New York. Dirck, the second son of Halmagh and Antje (Post) Van Houten, was baptized Nov. 21, 1746. He was a man of fine appearance, six feet high, big and powerful, a noted sportsman and hunter. He lived on Barkham’s lane, near Haledon avenue, but in later years he sold this farm and resided on the west side of Main street, be- tween Van Houten and Ellison streets. He married (first) Ragel New Kerck, by whom he had three children : Antje, Helmigh and Catlantje. Helmigh, the only son, was born March 10, 1778. He kept the Black Horse Tavern on Broadway, afterwards kept taverns on Totowa avenue and at Hawthorne. He married Metje, daughter of Richard Van Geisen ; their children were: Jannetje, married Ruliff Van Houten; Diric, died in infancy; Diric, born Aug. 9, 1805, married Sally, daughter of Johannes and Sally (Van Blarcom) Van Houten. He was called Richard H. Van Houten, and lived in a stone house which is now numbered No. 146 Broadway, just west of the Erie tracks. He was the father of seven children: Abraham, born April 10, 1837, married Catharine Doty; Henry, died single ; George, born Dec. 20, 1845 ; Rachel ; Mary, married Preston Stevenson, a lawyer of New York City; and Aaron, born June 13, 1857, married Millicent Steele. The other two children of Helmigh and Metje (Van Giesen) Van Houten were: Henry, born Dec. 4, 1815, a carpenter at Paterson ; and Catharine, died young.
Dirck Van Houten, by his second wife, Ragel Post, had ten children: Martijnes, born March 11, 1784, married Catharine Van Houten; his only child was Sally; Dirck, born May 2T, 1785; Lybetje, married Worthy Clark ; Adeyaen, born June 20, 1790; Abraham, born Oct. 12, 1791 ; Pieter, born Jan. 28, 1793; John, born in February, 1794; Cornelius, born Oct 4, 1798; Gerebrant, born Dec. 4, 1798; Jannetje, married Henry D. Garrison.
Pieter, third son of Halmagh and Antje (Post) Van Houten, was baptized Jan. i, 1750, and married Leya, daughter of Simon Van Rypen. Children : Obadiah Force ; Simeon, married Marytje Van Blarcom. The children of Simeon and Marytje (Van Blarcom) Van Houten, mentioned above, were: Catharine, who tradition states was the handsomest girl of Paterson; two of Paterson’s enterprising manufacturers, rivals for her favor, fought a duel and were indicted in courts of Rockland County, New York ; she, however, did not marry one of the principals, but one of the seconds, William Dickey; Annaatje; Leyeu; Elisabeth; Petrus, married Maria Kiersted, and was noted as a dancer and a horse jockey; and Henedric, born Oct. 11, 1807. The other children of Pieter and Leya (Van Rypen) Van Houten were: Maregrietje, married Hamilton ; Hellmigh ; Leya, married William Paterson Woodruff, and removed to Morris county ; and Peter.
The four youngest children of Dirck and Metje (Gerrebrantse) Van Houten were: Martje, married Johannis Van Riper; Jannetje, married Halmagh Sip; Dirck, doubtless died young; and Jacob, born Aug. 22, 1724, married Jenne Van Rypen, Sept. 6, 1745 ; they both were living at Acquackanonk at the time of their marriage. The children of this marriage were: Aeltje, who became the wife of Abraham Godwin; Metje, married Johannes Ryerse ; Marritje, married Matheus Ackerman; Jacob, known as Jacob L. Van Houten, also by the nickname “Yawpie Van Houten,” kept a grocery store at the comer of Bank and Ryerson streets. His estate was divided between his nieces and nephews, therefore it is inferred that he left neither wife nor child. Dirck, the youngest child, lived in the Bogt; he was called Derrick J. Van Houten.
(Nelson and Shriner 1920)