Descendants of Conrad Hollenbeck
1 Conrad Hollenbeck Born: 1783 Died: 1872 in Potter County, Pennsylvania
+Rebecca Edwards Born: Abt 1799 Married: 1815 in Courtland County, New York
2 George W. Hollenbeck
2 William Hollenbeck
2 Wallace Hollenbeck
2 Mariah Hollenbeck
2 Hannah Hollenbeck
2 Betsy Hollenbeck
2 Judith Hollenbeck
2 Sally Hollenbeck
2 John Hollenbeck, III Born: December 24, 1815 in Coxsackie, New York
+Emily P. Parker Born: 1816 in Virgil, Courtland County, New York Married: March 18, 1839 in Ithaca, New York Died: 1899
2 Rachel Hollenbeck Born: 1826 in Athens, Greene County, New York Died: October 03, 1900
+Jordon
The following was provided by Mrs. C. Ann Benham, the great great grandaughter of Conrad Hollenbeck.
The Hollenbecks came to New York or New Amsterdam, as it was then called from Holland in the early sixteen hundreds. The name indicates that they lived on a brook in Holland, because "beck" means brook and "Hollen" means Holland. They were the Holland brook people.
They came from Holland with the Dutch East India Co. and John Hollenbeck I's father sailed up the Hudson river with Henry Hudson.
The Hollenbeck's are a numerous family and they settled in the Hudson river valley. John Hollenbeck I married the daughter of Sir William Johnson, who was very prominent and belonged to the English Nobility and remained loyal to Great Britain during the Revolutionary War. But the Hollenbecks were Whigs or patriots, and many of them were with the revolutionists in that war. John Hollenbeck I lived near Coxsackie, N.Y. a town on the Hudson river just below Albany, on one of the best farms in the valley, and here his eldest son, Conrad, was born and played on the banks of the Hudson during the Revolutionary war. John Hollenbeck I lived to be about l00 years or more old. Conrad had four brothers John II, Jacob, Casper, and Jehoicum, two of whom died in early manhood and the others settled in different parts of what is now New York state.
Early in 1815 Conrad Hollenbeck was married to Miss Rebecca Edwards of Athens, N.Y. He being about 47 years and she 16 years. She was the daughter of William Edwards formerly of Connecticut and he served in the Revolutionary war. Four sons, John III, George, William and Wallace Hollenbeck were born to them. Two of them, George and Wallace, served in the Civil War. Also born to them are several daughters among whom were, Mariah, Hannah, Betsy, Judith, Rachel, and Sally. John III the eldest was born Dec. 24, 1815 at Coxsackie-on-the-Hudson, Green county, N.Y. Some of the other children were born there, but in 1828 when John III was about 13 years old, the family moved to Virgil, Cortland Co. N.Y. They remained there until Mar. 1837 when they moved to Sweden, Potter Co. Pennsylvania. John III went back to Virgil one year later and was married Mar. 18, 1839 to Miss Emily Parker at Ithaca, N.Y. and then came to Potter Co. where they bought a farm on Sweden Hill, later owned by Johnson Chase. John's father and mother, Conrad and Rebecca Hollenbeck owned a farm on Sweden Hill that they later sold to Michial Snyder in 1853 and they then bought a farm in Hebron township where Conrad lived until his death on May 7, 1872 at the ripe age of 104 years, and there his wife Rebecca died at the age of 75 years.
He was always known as "Uncle Cooney" to all his neighbors and friends. He was a very jolly and friendly man, possessed of quaint manners and speech. The Hollenbecks came to Potter County, Pa. when the surrounding country was all a wilderness, but they were of hardy pioneer stock and they carved their farms from the forests and hillsides and raised large families of boys and girls.
After living a number of years at their farm home in Sweden township John III and his wife Emily Parker Hollenbeck, decided in 1842 to sell out and go west. They sold their farm but did not receive their money as quickly as they expected, so gave up going west and purchased a tract of about 300 acres of what has since been known as the John Hollenbeck farm on Greenman Hill. Here they raised and educated a family of 12 boys and girls. 16 children were born to them, 2 having died in infancy and 2 boys at the age of 10-12.
Many times has the writer who is a granddaughter of John and Emily Parker Hollenbeck, heard them tell tales of bear and panthers killing their livestock, and many other hardships they were called upon to bear.
Emily P. Hollenbeck, from their home grown wool, spun and wove the clothing for her family and even made their shoes from home tanned leather.
A mirror which was formerly the property of Emilie Grenung, who brought it from France in 1743 to Monmouth, N.J. and was given to her niece Miss Rhoda Thorpe when she married Wilson Parker at Morristown N.J. and was one of the wedding presents of her daughter Emily Parker at her marriage to John Hollenbeck at Ithacia, N.Y. is now owned(1942) by their granddaughter, Mrs. Nellie Jones, daughter of L. A. Hollenbeck of Duchesne, Utah.
The John Hollenbeck family were students and ambitious, were all workers and became quite prominent in Potter Co. educational activities. They were Christian, God fearing people.
The eldest son of John and Emily Parker Hollenbeck, Edwin Hollenbeck, after his return from the Civil war, resided on the old Hollenbeck homestead near his parents where he and his wife Matilda Davis Hollenbeck also reared a family of 12 children, the youngest son John IV remaining on the farm until his death in 1938, when the farm which had sheltered the family for many years passed into the hands of strangers.
There is also living John Hollenbeck V the son of Frank Hollenbeck of Montana and the grandson of Conrad II. (NOTE John V now lives in South San Francisco Ca. and has a son John Conrad who would be John VI and there is possible a John VII).
This was written and compiled by Dell Hollenbeck of Utah and Mrs. Henrietta Eggleston and Mrs. Emma Brock, daughter and granddaughter of John and Emily Parke Hollenbeck.
Newspaper Obituaries Received from Potter County Pa. Historical Society.
RACHEL HOLLENBECK HESS
Daughter of Conrad and Rebecca Hollenbeck; born in Athens, Greene county, N.Y. on the Hudson in 1826. Removed with her parents to Sweden, Potter county, in 1837. Resident of county ever since. Died of paralysis at residence of her son, George Jordon at Cross Fork, Oct. 3, 1900. Age 74. Leaves two sons and three daughters. Numerous relatives.
Newspaper Obituaries Received from Potter County Pa. Historical Society.
February 6, 1918, page 1
On Tuesday February 5th 1918 George W. Hollenbeck, veteran of the Civil War, died at his home on Fishing Creek, age 82. Was the father of Mrs. Zatmon Robinson, of Coudersport. His wife died about a year ago. Funeral at his home on Friday.
November 26, 1873, page 3
Rebecca Hollenbeck died at the home of her son, J. Hollenbeck, Hebron, November 12, 1873 in 76th year of her age.
Also see John Hollenbeck, III
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