Craft Masonry in Orange and Rockland Counties, New York

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http://www.cuddebackfamily.org/genealogy/descendants/cfig10.htm Levi Van Etten christened 12 Feb 1758 in Minisink-Machackameck Church, Orange Co., NY; d. 25 Oct 1843; son of Anthony Van Etten and Hannah Decker; m. Nov 27 1777 Jannetje Westbrook [Jane Westbroek] (Lydia Hornbeck , Eleanor Codebec , Jacques ) b. Jul 1757 [christened 5 Feb 1758 in Old Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster, NY] ; d. 15 Dec 1837. Levi served in Orange Co. militia; justice of peace for town of Minisink and town supervisor in 1797; believed to have moved to Michigan as pioneer settler [?].Levi served in Captain Wilhelmus Westfall's Company of the Goshen District Regiment of Orange County Minisink. Children: i Child Van Etten b. 04 Aug. ii Jacob Van Etten b. 27 Dec 1779. iii Solomon Van Etten b. 25 Jan 1782; d. 1870. iv Jane Van Etten b. Jul 1786; d. 1796. v Blandina Van Etten b. bef. 04 Jan 1788; d. 1 Oct 1867. vi Levi Van Etten Jr. b. 13 Aug 1790; d. 7 Jul 1865. vii Jonthon Van Etten b. 14 Jan 1793. viii Hon Thomas Van Etten b. 04 May1795; d. 12 Aug 1861. There appears to have been an intermarriage connection between the Van Ettens, Vanaukens and the Deckers. His father Anthony Van Etten was born at Napanoch; bap. 12Jun1726 in Ulster County, NY; married Hannah Decker 3 Aug1750; settled at Deerpark (Port Jervis) NY, moving from Rochester, Ulster County, in 1743; blacksmith, justice of the peace, deacon, and elder in church; captain in Orange County (NY) militia; enthusiastic supporter of Revolutionary cause; assassinated in his orchard by Tories in late 1778; she died 30Jan1821 at Cayuga County, NY. Levi’s sister, Maria, born in 1764; bap. 11Nov1765; married Isaiah Decker in 1783. Hiram Lodge No. 131, Newburgh, Orange, New York Warrant - 19 Feb 1806 Surrendered in 1831; revived as No. 92, 7 Sep 1842; surrendered in 1844; succeeded by Newburgh No. 309, 11 Jun 1853 July 8, 1864 - REYNOLDS. -- In Harlem, on Wednesday, July 6, JAMES B. REYNOLDS [Tailor], late of Newburgh, NY, in the 86th year of his age, for nearly 60 years an active and honored member of the Masonic fraternity. His friends, and the members of Harlem Lodge No. 457, and the fraternity in general, are invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 3d-av., between 125th and 127th sts., this day, (Friday,) July 8, at 5 o'clock P.M., without further invitation. [formerly W.’.W.’. of Hiram Lodge No. 131] Certificate of Good Standing for Bro. William English, dated 25 Jun 1817; signed by Charles Humphrey, Master; Robert H. Reeve; Benjamin F. Lewis, Secretary [who served also a Master]. See also a Funeral Oration delivered by W.’. Benjamin F. Lewis at Appendix I. “The American Masonic Register, and Ladies' and Gentlemen's Magazine,” Volumes 1, edited by Luther Pratt. Sep 1820. page 40. http://books.google.com/books?id=3dcRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA138&dq=%22benjamin+f.+lewis%22+%22newburgh%22&hl=en&ei=aa OaTPk4hfuXB8O0pcoH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22benjamin%20f.%20 lewis%22%20%22newburgh%22&f=false OBITUARY. “Lo! soft remembrance, drops a feeling tear, "And sacred friendship stands a mourner here." Died suddenly, at his residence in Greenwich-street in this city [New York], on Friday morning the 28th of July [1820], Mr. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LEWIS, late of Newburgh, in the county of Orange, aged 29 [33] years. He was past master of Hiram lodge, and a worthy companion of Jerusalem Temple chapter, in that village. The Newburgh paper, of the first of August, after mentioning this distressing event, says, "His remains were brought to this place on Saturday; and his funeral was attended in the afternoon by a numerous assemblage of sympathising friends. A large Masonic procession conducted the deceased to the place of interment, where the ceremonies of the order were performed with great solemnity. Mr. Lewis was a gentleman of amiable disposition, conciliating manners, and unblemished integrity: his talents were improved by a liberal education and much reading, and he gave undoubted evidences of future usefulness to society. To his aged and venerable parents and family connections, his loss seems almost irreparable, and an extensive circle of friends and acquaintances, will long deplore his early departure." The editor of the Ladies' Literary Cabinet closes a handsome eulogy on the deceased, as follows: "On the evening previous to this melancholy event, the subject of these remarks was well and cheerful; and the last exercise of his talents and pen, but an hour or two before his death, was a short essay upon Enthusiasm, intended for the Literary Cabinet, which concluded with the following remarkable words:— "In the end, when the last trial comes, when it is for us, in our turn to meet the struggles of death, enthusiasm will not abandon us; her brilliant wings shall wave over our funeral couch, she will lift the veil of death, she will recall to our recollection those moments, when, in the fullness of energy, we felt that the soul was imperishable. And our last sigh shall be a high and generous thought, reascending to that Heaven from which it had its birth." 14
http://books.google.com/books?id=PxgXUZMJSzUC&pg=PA258&dq=%22Hiram+Lodge+No.+131%22&hl=en&ei=B5maTNXKLoaKl wekw9jIBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Hiram%20Lodge%20No.%201 31%22&f=false page 258. In 1806, "Hiram Lodge, No. 131," was constituted—Jonathan Fisk, M.; Chas. Baker, S. W.; John R. Drake, J. W. Its charter was surrendered in 1831. In 1842, (Sept. 7,) the charter was revived and the number changed to 92— Peter F. Hunn, Master; Minard Harris, SW; James Belknap, JW. It was again surrendered in 1844. In 1853, (June 11,) "Newburgh Lodge, No. 309," was constituted. This lodge [No. 131] entertained La Fayette at their rooms in the Orange Hotel, on Water Street, when he visited this place on 14 Sep 1824. The address of welcome on this occasion was delivered by the Rev. John Brown, D. D., the rector of St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church, and the chaplain of the lodge. The charter of this lodge was surrendered 10 Dec 1834, during the anti-Masonic conflict in this State, but it was revived on 9 Sep 1842, and known as Lodge No. 92, with Peter F. Hunn, Master. It was dissolved in 1845, but the jewels of this lodge are still in the possession of the fraternity in this city. The Freemasons' repository, published monthly for Masons and ..., Volume 12, 1882-83. page 355. http://books.google.com/books?id=1blKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA355&dq=%22Hiram+Lodge+No.+131%22&hl=en&ei=B5maTNXKLoaKl wekw9jIBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Hiram%20Lodge%20No.%2013 1%22&f=false "the Oldest Mason." (editorial.) A STATEMENT has recently gone the rounds of the secular press to the effect that Capt. Hosea Ballon, who died in Washington, DC, on the 29th ultimo, aged ninety years, was at the time of his -death the oldest member of the Masonic Fraternity in this country. It appears that Bro. Ballon was made a Mason in Morning Star Lodge, at Woonsoeket, RI, in 1818, and therefore his membership covers a period of sixty-five years. But hardly had the announcement in regard to Bro. Ballou's claim been made, before notice was given of venerable Brethren yet living who have had a continuous membership in Masonry for a considerable longer time. The New York Herald published a letter from a correspondent in Newburg, stating that Bro. Ballou's record as a Mason was beaten by Rev. John Brown, D. D., a long time resident of that city. Dr. Brown was made a Mason in Hiram Lodge, No. 131, of Newburg, NY, on June 16, 1817, and he has therefore had full sixty-six years connection with the Fraternity. Dr. Brown, has been for many years, and still is, Chaplain of Hudson River Lodge, of Newburg, and has always shown a great regard for the Masonic Institution. For sixty-three years Dr. Brown was rector of St. George's Church in Newburg. He is now in the ninety-second year of his age and quite feeble. This Brother has indeed been spared to a great age, and his record as a Mason is of wider range than that of Bro. Ballou. . . . http://monticellolodge532.org/hx/benton/benton1.pdf If Sullivan County Masonry ever had a Benedict Arnold it was Peter F. Hunn. As Arnold had saved the country he later tried to ruin, so Hunn had helped Sullivan County Masonry in its infancy only to betray it later. Hunn was a lawyer who came to Monticello from Newburgh not long after the organization of the County. He was the first Junior Warden of Sullivan Lodge and later served as its Senior Warden and Master. When the dark clouds of the Morgan Episode descended over the State in 1826 and a Sullivan County Anti-Masonic party was formed Hunn was one of the first to desert the fraternity. The Anti-Masons, led by Hunn and others including former Mason and County Sheriff David Hammond became a powerful political body in the County. They elected their candidate, Hiram Bennett, to Foster for County Clerk [sic], and Nathan W. Horton for Sheriff in the Fall of 1831. [Editor’s note: At this point in the text, a line of type appears to be out of place, which states: "the Assembly, their nominee Jesse M."] Following the election Anti-Masons Hiram Bennett, Harley B. Ludington and Daniel B. St. John were satirized in the columns of the Republican Watchman for their conduct in a celebration which followed the election. The Watchman’s editor Frederick A. Devoe continued his attacks during the next Winter and Spring disturbing them to such an extent that the wealthier Anti-Masons provided funds sufficient to organize the Anti- Masonic Sullivan County Herald Hunn became the first editor and demonstrated his intellectual culture and acknowledged talent in reply editorials directed at Devote. The latter, however, held to Masonic principles rather than the anti-Masonic fanaticism championed by Hunn and emerged the victor. Devoe’s editorials were so convincing to Hunn that he deserted the Herald in 1838 as hastily as he had the Masonic fraternity more than a decade before. Hunn realized his grave mistake and wanted to help restore that which he had attempted to destroy but the bitterness he had shown for the fraternity while an Anti-Mason could not be forgotten by those who had remained loyal to the craft through the trying days. The Charter of Hiram Lodge 131 in Newburgh was seized in September 1842 and its number was changed to 92. Hunn was well acquainted with members of Hiram Lodge and it was on his invitation that Benjamin Lewis, a Past Master of the Newburgh organization came to Monticello and installed Sullivan Lodge’s first officers. Hiram Lodge had suffered a great loss in membership during the Morgan period and became inactive. In 1842 Masonry was experiencing brighter days that had not fully recovered from the setbacks it had experienced during the ten years which followed 1826. Hunn was installed Master of Hiram Lodge under its second charter and worked diligently for two years ton continue the old Lodge. His efforts bore no fruit, however, and in 1844 the charter was surrendered. Although he had no Lodge to call his own from 1844 until his death in 1847 during this brief period he lived as an upright man and Mason doing good whenever possible and left a pleasant memory to his associates. Hunn served in Sullivan County as Master and Examiner in Chancery, Surrogate of the County, Clerk of the County Board of Supervisors, and as Justice of the Peace. He died in Newburgh during the summer of 1847 leaving a wife and several children. 15
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