Peter Abraham Post
Peter Post was part of a long line of Posts in New Jersey, going back many generations, after arriving from Holland in 1647. Peter was born about 1813 and owned a tannery. He died at age 77 and, while likely buried in the Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery in West Milford, New Jersey, his marker has not been found.
The Three Wives of Peter Post
Elizabeth Roome
Rachel Vanderhoof
Elizabeth Roome
First Wife. 1816-1841, age 24. Went by Eliza. Married in October 1835 and had 2 living children - Elisha (1837) and Beverly (1838). It seems she died days after giving birth to a 3rd child, Sarah Elizabeth, who then also died at 2 months old. They are buried next to each other in Oak Ridge Cemetery in NJ.
Jane Hopper
Rachel Vanderhoof
Elizabeth Roome
Second Wife. 1821-1856, age 34.
Jane is the direct descendent of our Post family line.
Rachel Vanderhoof
Rachel Vanderhoof
Rachel Vanderhoof
Third Wife. 1836-1910, age 74. Married the widower Peter Post, age 45, when she was 22, in 1858. Outlived Peter by 20 years and is likely buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery in NJ, but no grave was found.
Jane Hopper Post (1816 - 1841)
Ancestry
Jane Hopper was born on April 7, 1821 in Ho-ho-kus, Bergen County, New Jersey USA. to Andrew Abraham Hopper (12/29/1788 - 9/25/1859) and Rachel Rutan (9/2/1794 - 5/26/1861). Both would outlive their daughter Jane. The Hopper (or Hoppa or Hoppe) family originally came to America from Finland most likely. The Hoppers had two other children, James and Mariah.
Life
Jane and Peter married a year after Peter's first wife Eliza died after childbirth. They lived in West Milford, NJ where we assume Jane helped to raise Peter's two young children Elisha and Beverly. They had three children together - Jeremiah Hopper Post (1842-1902) and Andrew Post (1846-1905) survived until adulthood. The third, Sarah Lucetta Post (1851-1853) died at 2 years old.
Illness and Death
Jane likely developed a post-partum cardiomyopathy (called "dropsy of the heart" at the time) from her third pregnancy and died five years later on Valentines Day 1856 at age 34. She is buried next to her infant daughter at Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery in West Milford, NJ. Jerry Post was only 14 years old at the time.