infancy. 12. Joseph H., born August 10, 1806, died January 22, 1851; married Susan Buckingham, who was born March 11, 1807, and died August 18, 1880. He was a chairmaker in Brooklyn. Issue, five children: Eugene, Joseph, Elizabeth, Mary Jane, and Townsend.

(VI) Stephen Van Nostrand, fifth of the twelve children of John and Sarah (Hewlett) Van Nostrand, was born at Foster's Meadows, Hempstead, Long Island, March 19, 1793. Stephen Van Nostrand married Elizabeth (Treadwell) Van Nostrand, the widow of his oldest brother, Richard H. Van Nostrand. Child: 1. William Treadwell, of whom forward.

(VII) Hon. William Treadwell Van Nostrand, the son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Treadwell-Van Nostrand) Van Nostrand, was born at Hempstead, Long Island, New York, October 7, 1821. He became a prominent and successful brewer, owning the well known Bunker Hill Brewery, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which he bequeathed to his son. He became a foremost citizen of both Brooklyn, New York, and Boston, Massachusetts, and by his great business ability and prevision in monetary matters, he laid the foundation for the Van Nostrand fortune, and built up a flourishing enterprise. Hon. William T. Van Nostrand married, in Boston, Massachusetts, October 22, 1843, Mehetable Bradlee. (See Bradlee VI.) Child: 1. Alonzo Gifford, of whom forward.

(VII) Alonzo Gifford Van Nostrand, son of Hon. William Treadwell Mehetable (Bradlee) Van Nostrand, and a representative of the eighth generation of the ancient Dutch family of Noorstrandt in America, was a lineal descendant of the progenitor of the American branch, Jacob Janzen Noorstrandt, who immigrated to the New World in the year 1638. Alonzo Gifford Van Nostrand was born in Brooklyn, New York, July 4, 1854, but at an early age removed with his parents to Boston, Massachusetts, where his early education was obtained in the local public schools, which was supplemented by a course in the English High School, of Boston. He embarked upon his business career when he was eighteen years of age, in 1872, his first position being a minor one in the employ of his father, in the latter's brewery at Charlestown. He spent several years in various positions, acquiring a thorough knowledge of the business and becoming conversant with every phase of the industry, following which he was taken into partnership, and some