The Holland Society of New York - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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W has fi fi W sr if 5' l 'ai' .v J 'A 'L-5 F 5 Y W 'diff QU .Q 'Q fluff' eeigsvfsnsrgsaifr A 'TD 4. L oRANJE BovEN1 N E of the most widely known and popular rallying cries of Hollanders is Oranje Boven ! This has been variously ren- , dered, Orange on top ! Hurrah for the Orange ! Orange forever etc., the literal translation being Orange above! The origin of the expression dates back to the early history of the Sea Beggars. When these fierce and fear- less forerunners of the Dutch Navy in 1569 first flung aloftfthe colors of William the Silent, orange, white, and blue in horizontal bars, there was some uncertainty among the seamen as to which of the several colors should be uppermost, and in ignorance sometimes the flag was raised in reverse order. To obviate all danger of such a mistake, it grew to be the custom for the skipper when giving the command to raise the ensign to shout, Oranje Boven ! and so the Prince's color would float nearest heaven. This was the flag of the Netherlands in the days of our earliest pioneer ancestors who settled New Netherland, and was similar to the ones made for us in Holland, that we use at our annual banquets. In 1650 at the beginning of the Stadholderless Government '7 red was substituted for orange, and the present Dutch ensign was adopted. 108

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ays Or. for ldg. ard, lyn, Van ICH Cll- lout old u I his the mple al He hen ent 21111 he 1 of the IO7 chandizing for the Held of Hnance, among large CO,-, porations. He had a peculiar talent forfzl nance, and engineered several deals which neu d e him uite handsome results. He left the street railroads to enter upon a telephone venture or ani ' , g zing the Na- tional Improved Telephone Company, and then had a long controversy with the Bell Tele h C . ' p one om- pany over patent rights, which resulted in a victory I th B ll or e e company. In 1886 he went to New York, and was next heard of as the or ' . . ganizer of the Poughkeepsie Bridge Company, with a capital of S5,ooo,ooo. This company built the great brid e across the Hudson River at Poughkezepsie Mi Van 'Benthuysen retained his connection with this company for several years, and then retired. H h d l e a a Ways retained his residence in New Or- leans, though much of his time was spent in New York and in travel in his later years. J' In 1853 he was married to Miss Amelia Elizabeth Scott, of New Orleans, and three children blessed the union, of Whom only one survives, Walter Van Benthuysen, also a member of the Holland Society. Mr. Van Benthuysen was a communicant of the Episcopal Church. . Joseph Davis, brother of Jefferson Davis, mar- ried an auntrof lVIr. Van Benthuysen. Mr. Van Benthuysen was a successful man, and devoted to his family. He spent little or no time in club sociability, though he was one of the charter members of the Pickwick Club, and still retained his membership in that institution. , N . -W. f' t' 1' S 'Qbk Q X -7 441' ' .- ,,-v N cg:-is BS AX if df x F-ij,u 1-.. 1--Jer,-n- -. f'f fzF f.- 'Wkf' ' 'M' T.-ftiiv' 'fig fi-f -F' :'31'4?Q'if!, Vffa.-4' 1 . ff - l N-554 15? N Qg rgesf ig. '?1f14' 2,39 Assy?- 2' ' fib- , 1' 3, - .

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Jpular lranje V ren- lh for literal mrigin istory fear- , first ange, was vhich and d in ch fl pper 11 to :olor ig of neer waS that the .nf ii 1 ielll Iog It will interest all who have fou d 1 ' H p easure and? profit in Motley's Rzse of the Dunk Republic, to learn that Mr. Dingman Versteeg, who has trans- lated for our Society many Dutch record h s, as now in press to be published in a few weeks, a history of the Sea Beggars, showing the part they had in freeing the Netherlands from the Spanish yoke. The badge of the Zeeland sailors, or Beggars of the Sea, illustrates the intensity of the ant ' agonism at that time prevailing, the motto on one side bein 8' Liever Turcx dan Paus, -that is, Rather Turk than Papistng and on the reverse En des it del , P 3 mes, - In spite of the Mass. The sincerity of this motto was evidently still further enforced by the shape of the badge, that of the Turkish crescent. We give an illustration of it which appeared on page 1o9 of the Year Book for 1886-7. - .-. v' -14 4 ' ,-H..G:Px,12u'J:2:g3g:gg. . . 1 I T., -, . ,A.11g,,w '-cj,-.X 2:25-nigh-,fag P , ZFQ1' ui ' ., '35 'cf Us iE'lnE'- - 1 . ' f 1- z? 1, ' ff fig? -' it I E5 ' W' -lzff 4 is if 'W '. .2--.f gg, 5. I ,,. Ts- pa 'Q' 2' 'i'-.ff ' 5 ph- s. q 'EL 1 Q 2. , as - , a R.. 1- !-4-vg 4 V 2 1- lil 2295 mi- 5' r- re.- rv-.5 1- .15 E z , . E 5 Q' li pw -1:2 . -fer it , we V i 1 . . , .. , , f - 2' V 5' -,F -355: --Ja .3 gi .v - 'iu ' 1- -1 .. f . . I, wfv e 11 -, i- 1,5-5 .,mYy'i ' ' Q I .fwbv ,un-iff'