Notes:

89. Matthew Mesier (Rn=16702), who was born 1769.

He married 24 August 1800 Joanna Schenck Mesier (Rn=16703), who was born 30 March 1781 and died 28 February 1857 at Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County, New York at 75 years of age, a daughter of Paul Schenck
(Rn=16704) and Johanna Livingston Schenck (Rn=18541).

Children of Matthew Mesier and Joanna Schenck were as follows:

131. i. Peter Mesier was born 1801 and died 1810).

132. ii. Joanna Mesier was born 1802 and died 1887).

+ 133. iii. Margaret Mesier Reese (Rn=43773), who was born 1805 and married George B Reese (Rn=63467).

134. iv. Maria Mesier was born 1808 and died 1890).

135. v. Abraham Mesier was born 1810 and died 1882 and married 1847) [Rebecca Ralston Chester was born 1826 and died 1890)].

+ 136. vi. Henry Mesier (Rn=16701), who was born 11 February 1812 and married Elizabeth Carmer Wetmore Mesier (Rn=16700).

** From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rclarke/page1/mesier.htm

Matthew Joanna Paul Schenck 24 Aug 1800Albany, NY. Joanna (daughter of Paul Abraham Schenck and Joanna Livingston) 30 Mar 1781 Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, USA; 28 Feb 1857Wappingers Falls, Dutchess, New York, USA; Wappingers Falls, Dutchess, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry Matthew Mesier 11 Feb 1812 Wappingers Falls, Dutchess, New York, USA; 18 Mar 1882Wappingers Falls, Dutchess, New York, USA.
2. Abraham Mesier 1810; 1882.
3. Peter J Mesier 1817.
4. Margaret Mesier 30 Apr 1805 Wappingers Falls, Dutchess, New York, USA; 30 Nov 1859Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; 03 Dec 1859.
5. Joanna E. Mesier 27 Dec 1802; 29 Mar 1877; Wappingers Falls, Dutchess, New York, USA.
6. Maria Lydia Mesier 18 Jan 1808; 19 Apr 1890; Wappingers Falls, Dutchess, New York, USA.

Notes:

In 1776, a well-to-do loyalist tea merchant from New York City, Peter Mesier, arrived in Fishkill. He bought the 750 acres of land and the homestead from Nicholas Brewer and opened a small store in the homestead. Mesier angered his customers with high prices and in May of 1777, a number of people broke into his store and demanded tea, refusing to pay the high prices asked. For three days, the intruders beat Mesier and his wife and servants, destroyed his property and raided his cellar.

Peter Mesier and his wife, Catherine Sleight, lived peacefully after the incident and together had eight children, three boys and five girls. Upon the death of Peter in 1806, their son Matthew took over the Mesier Homestead. Matthew and his wife had two sons, Henry and Abram and two daughters, Johanna and Maria. These heirs of Matthew were the last owners of Mesier Homestead. (From website of the Wappingers Falls Historical Society -

http://www.wappingershistoricalsociety.org/mesier.shtml

Pieter Catherina Sleigt. Catherina 25 Oct 1742 New York, New York, USA; 13 Aug 1806New York, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]