History of Stuyvesant, (Columbia County) New York United States of America

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Elbert Nevius, missionary clergyman, was born at Six Mile Run, Franklin Park, N.J., Sept. 4, 1808; son of John P. and Gertrude (Hageman) Nevius, and grandson of Peter P. Nevius and of Benjamin Hageman. He was a lineal descendant of Johannes and Adriaentze (Bleyck) Nevius. Johannes Nevius was born in Zoclen, Gelderland, Holland, in 1627, settled in New Amsterdam, previous to 1652, where he held government office, and died in Brooklyn in 1672. Elbert attended the Ovid academy and was graduated from Rutgers college in 1830 and from the theological seminary at New Brunswick in 1834. He was married, November, 1835, to Maria Louisa Condict. He was ordained by the classis of Cayuga in 1834 and was pastor in Cayuga county, 1834-36; missionary to the Island of Borneo, exploring regions which no white man had previously penetrated, 1836-44, and in 1844 returned to the United States and presented the cause among the churches, 1844-46. He was pastor of the Reformed church of Stuyvesant, N.Y., 1846-86. He is the author of: Sketch of Classis of Rensselaer; an article on Rev. W. J. Pohlman in "Sprague's Annals of the American Pulpit," and contributions to the Christian Intelligencer and other religious journals. He died at Stuyvesant, N.Y., Sept. 29, 1897.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Stuyvesant, (Columbia County) New York

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