Hoff's Family Tree - 6/28/05:Information about Catherine Hoff
Catherine Hoff (b. 1714)
Notes for Catherine Hoff:
Catharine Hoff, Dtr. of William Dircksen Hoff (1685 Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY - 8 Nov 1746 Dorset Twp., Monmouth Co., NJ), and mother, Elizabeth ??.
James Dorsett and Ann Harriott
Joseph Dorsett (or Dorset, as it appears in early records), was born 21 April 1681 in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, the son of James and Elizabeth Dorsett.
30 June 1677 Took several tracts of land in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, by patent from the proprietors. NO! this had to be daddy!
On 23 July 1702, Joseph married Elizabeth Poling in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Elizabeth was born 25 October 1679 in Gravesend, Kings County, New York, the daughter of John and Mary Poling.
Joseph and Elizabeth were the parents of seven children, all born in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey:
1.Rachel, born 14 April 1703, died 1757; married Joseph Collins
2.John, Sr., born 29 December 1708, died 29 September 1765; married CATHERINE A. HOFF
3.James, born 29 December 1710, died 1762; married Ann Pew (Pugh) January 1753
4.Samuel, born 16 April 1713, died 11 September 1741; married Rachel Britton (Brittain) 27 October 1739
5.Martha, born 26 April 1716; married (1) John Carman, (2) Richard Herbert 2 June 1742 in Monmouth County, New Jersey
6.Elizabeth, born 18 October 1719
7.Joseph, born 16 August 1722, died 25 December 1770; married Mary Vandeventer 1741
Joseph died 12 October 1741 in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Elizabeth died there 13 January 1759. Both are buried in Dorset Town Cemetery, Holmdel, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
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Marriage: 1740