Welcome to my DURLAND Family History page. I will try to include my family pedigree through the WOOD/DURLAND line back through Orange County NY, Oyster Bay area of Long Island, New Amsterdam, and back to the medieval Netherlands area.
The following is our direct DURLAND Family line. Click on the names of wives to follow the maternal/spousal lines, or select from the list above. (Please be patient while I build these links!) Please contact me if you have any connections you'd like to share :)
Cornelius VanNess WOOD
son of Harry Wesley WOOD & Henrietta Murray FRASER
b. 9 Mar 1902 Morningside Heights (Harlem, Manhattan, NY
d. 16 Jul 1969 Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT
(residence E. Munger St., Middlebury, Addison Co., VT)
(buried in WOOD family plot, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY)
m. 28 Jun 1940 N. Tewksbury Baptist Church, Middlesex Co., MA
Dorothy Esther FULLER
daughter of Monroe Kendall FULLER & Jennie Blanche HARDY
b. 24 Sep 1919 North Tewksbury, Middlesex Co., MA
d. 28 Jul 1996 Middlebury, Addison Co., VT
(cremated; ashes interred in home garden)
Children of "Van" & Dorothy WOOD:
1. Patricia Durlandt m. Malcolm Wadsworth CHASE, jr. - 3 children
2. Barbara Evelyn (never married; no children)
3. Oliver Durlandt m. (1) Jane Carol KOECK - 1 child
m. (2) Margaret LOPEZ - 1 child
4. Dorothy Hardy m. (1) Norman Rene GINGRAS - 1 child
(2) Gerald Van GRIFFIN (no children)
(3) Steven Paul FULK - 2 children
Cornelius VanNess WOOD was named after his father's uncle, Cornelius VanNESS, 1st husband of his Aunt Alice.
"Van" attended Andover Academy in Andover, MA and Yale University, where he majored in history. After a post-graduation tour of Europe, he became active in Republican reform politics in the Third Ward, Yonkers, NY. He met his wife in the hospital (where she was working as a nutritionist) after a New Year's touch football injury. They were engaged in March and married in June of the same year. After their marriage, he worked as a real estate agent in Yonkers until receiving the financing to develop Cross County Shopping Center, when he started Eastern Shopping Centers, Inc. Through this company, he developed many early shopping centers including Vestal Plaza near Binghamton, NY and Prince George's Plaza in MD.
The family moved from Yonkers to a large "old" house in the Edgemont area of Greenburgh, Westchester County, NY before 1950. The children attended school in the Edgemont School system.
They lived in Edgemont until Van & Dorothy retired to their 150-acre tree farm in Middlebury, VT (purchased & used as a vacation home 1957-1966) in 1966, following his first coronary. They both died there. Van's funeral was held at the Scarsdale Community Baptist Church in Westchester County, NY, where the family had attended from the late 1940's to 1966. He was buried at Woodlawn in his parents' family plot. Dorothy's ashes are buried in one of her flower gardens near the house in Middlebury, VT.
Parents of Cornelius VanNess WOOD:
Harry Wesley WOOD
son of Oliver DURLANDT WOOD & Annie Belle TAYLOR
b. 5 Aug 1870 Slate Hill, Orange Co., NY
d. 7 May 1963 Dunedin, FL
(buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY - WOOD family plot)
m. 23 Nov 1898 at the bride's home on 120 West 95th Street, NYC
(ceremony performed by Rev. Hugh Blair of Archangel Church)
Henrietta Murray FRASER
(daughter of Charles FRASER & Henrietta C. MURRAY)
b. 5 Feb 1874 NY, NY
d. 4 Oct 1954 Dunedin, FL
(buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY - WOOD family plot)
Children of Harry & Henrietta WOOD:
1. Cornelius VanNess WOOD b. 9 Mar 1902 (see above)
2. Wesley Fraser WOOD (never married; no children)
Harry WOOD was a stenographer for the New York State Supreme Court. He moved to NYC from Orange County to work sometime about the 1890s, where he met Henrietta FRASER. He was still a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of Deerpark (Port Jervis, Orange Co., NY) at the time of his marriage in 1898, since their December issue of "Church News" in that year carries an announcement of his wedding, describing him as a member and including the comment that he had at one time attended their "Sabbath School" for 10 years without missing a session!
Harry & Henrietta lived in rented property in NYC until moving to 1 Delevan Terrace in Yonkers, NY in the early 1900s, where they raised two sons, Van and Wesley, and became prominent enough in the local "society" for their activities to be noted in the local newspaper columns. They lived mostly in Yonkers, with temporary residences (summers?) in other NY and New England locations, including Manchester, VT to get the children away from an epidemic in NYC (yellow fever?). They also traveled extensively, especially on fishing trips to Colorado and to Middle Dam, Maine. Pictures and notices of this family are in a leather scrapbook kept by Henrietta (FRASER) WOOD and now at the WOOD family farm in Middlebury, Vermont.
Later, they retired to Dunedin, FL, where both Harry & Henrietta died. They are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY.
parents of Harry Wesley WOOD:
Oliver DURLANDT (WOOD)
son of Henry DURLAND & Sarah Jane WOOD
b. 1 Jan 1840 Orange Co., NY
d. 10 Dec 1914 Port Jervis, Orange Co., NY
m. 13 Feb 1867 "at home" (Slate Hill or Mt. Hope?) Orange Co., NY
Annie Belle TAYLOR
(parents unknown at this time)
b. 14 Jul 1847 Mt. Hope, Orange Co., NY
d. 11 Jan 1919 Orange Co., NY
Oliver's father died young and the children ended up living with various relatives. Oliver went to live with his mother's brother, Oliver E. WOOD. From that time, he used the surname WOOD.
Children of Oliver & Annie WOOD:
1. Claryssa Jane b. 6 Mar 1869; m. Stephen MOORE - 2 children
2. Harry Wesley b. 5 Aug 1870 (see above)
3. Alice b. 12 Oct 1872; m .(1) Cornelius Henry VanNESS (no children)
m. (2) Rupert H. SIMPSON (no children)
4. Josephine b. 16 Mar 1875; m. Charles Solomon COTTON - 2 children
Oliver is listed as a farmer in Waywayanda, Orange Co., NY in the 1870 census; as a "fruit dealer" at 4 Main Street, Port Jervis, NY in 1880. In 1900 he was living at 14 Ferguson Street in Port Jervis, and listed as a "landlord". He was buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Orange Co., NY.
Parents of Oliver DURLAND WOOD:
Henry DURLAND
son of John DURLAND & Martha HOLBERT
b. abt .1809 Orange Co., NY
d. abt. 1844-1850 Orange Co., NY
m. abt. 1833 Orange Co., NY
Sarah Jane WOOD
(daughter of Richard WOOD & Mary CLARK)
b. abt. 1820 Orange Co., NY
d. aft. 1860 probably Orange Co., NY
Children of Henry & Sarah Jane DURLAND:
1. Mary Elizabeth b. abt. May 1835; m. Oscar MILLS - 1 child
2. John H. b. abt. 1838; moved to Sullivan County
3. Oliver b. 1 Jan 1840 (see above)
4. David G. b. abt. 1844
Henry DURLAND apparently died while his children were young, and his widow apparently was not able to take care of them by herself. In the 1850 census, she is living with her brother, Lewis C. WOOD as Jane DURLAND with 2 of her children, daughter Mary E[lizabeth] DURLAND age 15 yrs and son David G. DURLAND age 6 years.
In the 1860 census, Jane DURLAND is listed with her son-in-law Oscar MILLS & his wife, her daughter, Mary E. MILLS (age 24 yrs.). Her youngest child David G. is listed both with her (MILLS family) & with Lewis C. WOOD (who had married in the meantime), John H. DURLAND is listed with his paternal uncle (probably his godfather), John H. DURLAND, and Oliver is listed with his maternal uncle, Oliver E. WOOD.
The 1860 census lists 3 children under Oliver E. & Martha (KIRBY)WOOD:
Clarissa J[ane] age 28 years, Charles D., age 26 years, and Oliver, age 20 years. Clarissa & Charles D. were children of Oliver E. & Martha (KIRBY) WOOD, and Oliver was their nephew. Oliver E. WOOD is still living with his nephew/adoped son, Oliver DURLAND WOOD in the 1870 census in Waywayanda, this time under the younger Oliver's family. At that time, Oliver E. WOOD was 65 years old.
Parents of Henry DURLAND:
John DURLAND
son of Charles DURLAND & Jane SWARTWOUT
b. 31 Aug 1773 Chester, Orange Co., NY
d. 5 Apr 1837 Slate Hill, Orange Co., NY
(buried Manning Cemetery, Greenville, Orange co., NY)
m. abt. 1790 Orange Co., NY
Martha HOLBERT
daughter of Capt. John HOLBERT & Mary BELLAS
b. 14 Apr 1769 Orange Co., NY
d. 1 Dec 1855 Orange Co., NY
(buried Manning Cemetery, Greenville, Orange co., NY)
Children of John & Martha DURLAND:
1. Elizabeth m. unknown WOOD
2. Moses b. 1791; m. Jerusha CLARK
3. John Holbert b. 1797; m. (1) unknown OWEN
m. (2) unknown DRAKE
(his wife in 1860 census was named Catharine, age 60 years)
4. Sarah b. 16 Oct 1800; m. Aaron Clark WOOD - 8 children
5. Henry b. abt. 1809 (see above)
6. James F. b. 17 Jan 1817 Greenville, Orange Co., NY - 1 child or more
Supposedly, John & Martha had 12 children. I've only found the names of these 6 so far.
Parents of John DURLAND:
Charles DURLAND
son of John DURLAND & Mary BIRDSALL
b. 19 Mar 1730/31 Oyster Bay, Suffolk Co., LI, NY
d. 17 Dec 1798 Chester, Orange Co., NY
(buried Manning Cemetery, Greenville, Orange Co., NY)
m. abt. 1755 Chester, Orange Co., NY
Jane SWARTWOUT
daughter of James/Jacobus SWARTWOUT & Anna GUMAER
b. 1730 Deerpark, Orange Co., NY
d. 30 Apr 1812 Goshen, Orange Co., NY
Children of Charles & Jane DURLAND:
1. Mary b. 12 Nov 1756; m. (1) Jonathan WOOD - 11 children
(2) Augustus OAKLEY after 1801
(3) James GREEN bef 1832
2. Catherine b. 1 Jun 1758.
3. Gerrett b. 21 Apr 1760; m. Mary Shuball ROWLEY - 7 children
4. Joseph b. 31 Mr 1762; m. (1) Martha BOARD (1787) - 7 children
(2) Sarah SATTERLY (1799) - 5 children
5. Elizabeth b. 16 Jun 1766; m. Vincent WOOD (bro. of Jonathan) - 1 child+
6. Charles B. b. 20 May 1768; m. Lydia TERRY - 10 children
7. Roxannah b. 16 Apr 1772; m. Peter HOLBERT (bro. Martha) - 12 child.
8. Susannah b. 16 Apr 1772 (twin to Roxannah)
9. John b.31 Apr 1773 (see above)
10. Samuel b. 11 Feb 1775; m. Elizabeth CHESHIRE - 10 children
Charles was a scout in the French and Indian War. Afterwards, he married Jane and settled in Orange County. He was an "exempt" in the American Revolution (because of his age). Most of the Orange County NY DURLANDs are his descendants.
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