CATHERINE VAN LEER

GENERATION 8.10- TENTH CHILD OF BERHARDHUS VAN LEER

Catherine Van Leer married Samuel Black.  They are both buried at Middletown Presbyterian Graveyard.

The “Vanleer Papers” indicate that the following information on Catherine Van Leer’s descendants was provided by Margorie Chambers Black of Chester, Pennsylvania.

Starting with Van Leer Generation 9, Catherine Black’s descendants are:

9. William Van Leer Black. (1) Born 8/22/1796. Died 11/24/1883. Married 12/12/1820 Maria Cochran (born 12/23/1797, died 9/1872.)

10. Henry Black. (1) Married Lydia Ann Beatty.

10. J. Frank Black. (2) Born 10/16/1839. Died 11/2/1928. Married 2/16/1865 Susanna Crosby Morton (born 8/11/1841, died 2/29/1920.) He was President of the Chester Bank.

11. Sarah Crosby Black. (1) Born 12/21/1883. Married 12/27/1906 J. William Wood (born 10/5/1883.)

11. Sally Black. (2) Died young.

11. Crosby Morton Black. (3) Born 6/25/1866. Died 11/6/1916 in Chester, Pa. Married 10/18/1888 Mary Phebe Chambers (born 7/7/1866; died 11/6/1932.) Daughter of Richard Bell and Susan Wilson Miller Chambers. Bell owned the Chester Evening News and was Mayor of Chester. President of the Young Men’s Republican Club and prominent in the Masons.

12. Susan Morton Black. (1) Born 6/22/1889, Chester, Pa. Married 10/16/1912 Joseph Harrison Collins (born 4/17/1888.) Son of William Judkins and Ella Amanda Fulton Collins.

13. Sue Morton Collins. (1) Born 2/3/1915. Married Colson Henry Hillier. Lived in Philadelphia.

14. Colson Henry Hillier. (1) Born 9/24/1934.

13. Joseph Harrison Collins. (2) Born 3/18/1919.

12. J. Frank Black. (2) Born 12/28/1892. Died 1/12/1894.

12. Marjorie Chambers Black. (3) Born 3/8/1897, Chester, Pa. Married 9/30/1922 William Ward III (born 10/15/1895.) Son of John Martin Broomall and Elizabeth Walsh Ward.

13. John Morton Black Ward. (1) Born 9/30/1924.
13. William Ward, IV. (2) Born 9/1/1927.

12. Crosby Morton Black. (4) Born 9/27/1902, Chester, Pa. Married 6/24/1927 Nellie Mae Hobbersetts, daughter of Isaac S. and Nellie Mae Griffith Hobbersett of Chester, Pa.

13. Marjorie Jane Black. (1) Born 5/14/1928.
13. Doris Cecilia Black. (2) Born 10/20/1930.

10. Isaac Black. (3) Married Elizabeth Lindsay, first. After his death, Elizabeth  married Samuel Black, her first husband’s cousin.

9. Joseph Black. (2)

9. Samuel Black. (3)  

10. Samuel Black.  Married Elizabeth Lindsay Black, widow of his cousin Isaac Black.

9. John Black. (4)

9. Ann Black. (5)   Married Joseph Hinkson.

9. Catherine Black. (6). Married George Fell.