History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 29

Author: Nelson, William, 1847-1914
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Paterson : Press Printing and Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 466

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1 New Netherland Register, 116.

2 Ib., 176.

3 N. Y. Col. Docs., VIII., 707.

4 Valentine's N. Y. Manual, 1865, 666.

5 O'Callaghan, II., 428 ; Brodhead, I., 69r.

6 N. Y. Col. Docs., XIII., 232.

7 Ib., 252.

8 Dankers and Sluyter, as cited, 155.

9 Valentine's N. Y. Manual, 1865, 704.

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land acquired by her husband at Bergen ;1 by will she de- vised all her lands (107 acres) to her children-Elias, Enoch, Johannes, Hartman, Cornelis, Jannetje and Pryntje-who partitioned June 26, 1701.2 She died September 21, 1697.

Second Generation.

Michiel Jansen and Fytje Hartmans had children :

I. Claes came to this country with his father ; m. An- ··· netje Maria Gerbrants, of Norden in Embderlant, April 14, 1657. No record has been found of him beyond this fact.

II. Elias was a carpenter; m. Grietje Jacobs (Van Winkel), of Hasymes, Aug. 30, 1665 ; although a Dutchman, he cheerfully took the oath of allegiance to the King of England, on the downfall of the Dutch sway, Nov. 22, 1665, at which time he was one of the magistrates of Bergen ;3 on the brief resumption of Dutch rule over New Netherland, in 1673, he was appointed schepen of Bergen, 4 a fact which was, perhaps, the cause of his rejection by the New York authorities, who assumed jurisdiction over New Jersey in 1680, the Bergen people having again elected him one of their local officers.5 He was appointed by the New Jersey Assembly one of the judges of Bergen in 1673, 1674, 1677 and 1680; ensign in Capt. John Berry's "trained band" of Bergen militia, July 15, 1675 ;6 and was elected to the As- sembly as one of Bergen's deputies, in 1675, 1683, 1693-4-5, 1699 and 1707. The records of the Legislature show that he was quite a prominent member of the House, serving frequently on committees of conference with the Governor and Council. He was elected and commissioned, March 28, 1683, one of the justices of the peace for Essex county, 7 indicating that he was then settled at Acquackanonk. In 1684 he petitioned for the Acquackanonk patent,8 and is named in that instrument as one of the grantees. In 1692 and 1693 the East Jersey Legislature appointed him one of the commissioners to assess the Provincial tax in Essex county. The act calls him McKilson.9 He was again com- missioned a justice of the peace, Oct. 10, 1692 :10 on May 25, 1693, he was appointed lieutenant in the foot company for the inhabitants of Acquackanonk and New· Barbadoes ;11 he was commissioned, Ang. 29, 1693, one of the judges for the small cause court of the same two settlements ;12 in 1694 he was appointed by the Legislature one of the road commis- sioners for Essex county, his name being written "McChil- son," by the Scotch clerk of the Assembly.13 He was again commissioned, Dec. 26, 1699, justice of the peace for Essex

1 Winfield's Hudson Co. Land Titles, 52.

2 E. J. Deeds, I., 131-7.

3 N. J. Archives, I., 49.

4 Ib., 125.

5 Ib., 320.

6 E. J. Deeds, Liber B 2, 117.

7 E. J. Patents, C, II.

8 N. J. Archives, XIII., 131.

9 Leaming and Spicer, 322, 335.

10 E. J. Patents, C, 163.

11 Ib., 180.

12 Ib., 203.

13 Leaming and Spicer, 346.

county.1 He was elected one of the first elders in the Ac- quackanonk church, in 1694, and was re-elected in 1698 and 1703. In a deed executed by his children, dated June 24, I7II, he is spoken of as "late of Acquackanonk, deceased." 2 By deed dated April 26, 1698, Elias received from his broth- er Hartman, for £17 Ios, a one-fourth interest in the tract bought by the latter from Christopher Hoogland, and known as Stoffel's Point, the portion conveyed to Elias being thus described : "the poynt lyeing next to the Grantor his land being Number 3, as layd out by the sd Hartman & Elias Michielse together with Johannes & Cornelis Michielse, as also a house Lot Lyeing Betweene the brook & the three layd out by the above nominated persons it being Number I house Lot as also a Lott lyeing on the next south of the Abovesaid brooke being Also Number I it lyes next the Riv- er together with the equal undivided fourth part of that which is not yet appropriated."3 It is understood that he lived on this tract so conveyed to him, at what is now known as Dundee, in the city of Passaic. He first occupied a small stone house near the south side of Passaic street, a short distance east of the Dundee canal ; this was replaced by a larger stone house, near the site of the other, but the foundations of the first house were plainly visible seventy years ago. 4

III. Enoch, bap. Oct. 24, 1649 ; m. Ist, Dircksje Mey- ers, of Amsterdam, June 3, 1670 ; he was then living in New York; she d. Oct. 5, 1688 ; he nı. 2d, Grietje Wessels, wid. of Jan Jansen Langedyck, of New York, Sept. 16, 1691 ; she d. Nov. 20, 1697; he m. 3d, Aafje Van Hoorn, Jan. 13, 1705 ; he d. Aug. 17, 1714. He was a member of the Leg- islature in 1675, 1688 and 1707. He was commissioned en- sign of the Bergen militia, July 4, 1681 ; associate judge of the Bergen court, in 1673, 1674, 1681, 1682 and 1683 ; one of the assessors of Bergen, in 1682; highway commissioner for Bergen county in 1683 and 1694;5 assessor in Essex county in 1692 and in 1694 ;6 and assistant judge of the Ber- gen county common pleas in 1705. He bought, March 13, 1685, of Edward Ball, fifty acres of land at Second River, and on June 29, 1686, he bought of Edward Rigg, of Newark, a tract of sixty acres adjoining the former, on the Passaic riv- er,7 and made other purchases of land in that town, on which some of his descendants subsequently lived. He was never directly interested in the Acquackanonk purchase, nor did he live in this vicinity, but on the bluff where the New Jersey Central railroad crosses the Morris canal at Cavan point, Hudson county.8 In his will, dated April 12, 1715, proved Nov. 13, 1719, he describes himself as of "Naitsionk alias Penibrepogh, Bergen county."9

1 E. J. Patents, C, 314.

2 E. J. Deeds, I, 307.

3 E. J. Deeds, F, 588.

4 Conversation, Sept. 28, 1893, with Elias (son of Jacob John) Vree- land, formerly of Passaic, but now of East Orange, N. J.

5 Leaming and Spicer, 257, 346. 6 Ib., 322.

7 E. J. Deeds, E, 183 ; F, 101.

8 Winfield's Hist. Hudson County, 443.

9 E. J. Wills, A, f. 142.

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IV. Hartman, bap. Oct I, 1651; m. Marietje, dau. of Dirck Claese Braecke, in 1672. He was a wheelwright by trade ; lived at Rechpokus on lands inherited by his wife. As stated on page 60, Hartman was the first white purchas- er of lands within the present Passaic county, the Indian deed to liim bearing date April 4, 1678, and being for the island in the Passaic river opposite Dundee. On Feb. 16, 1679-80, he contracted with Christopher Hoogland for the purchase of the Dundee tract, known as Stoffel's Point, for £70; he did not receive the deed until April 23, 1696. It is probable that he bought the Dundee tract, not for him- self alone, but for his three brothers as well, who were af- terwards interested in the Acquackanonk patent, for, as we have seen, he conveyed to his brother Elias, April 26, 1698, a one-fourth interest in the tract ; and on April 28, 1698, he conveyed to his brothers Cornelius and Johannes, each a one-fourth interest in the same lands ;1 the consideration in each case was £17 Ios, being just one-fourth of the original purchase money, eighteen years before. It is safe to infer that interest would have been added, if the brothers had not advanced their share of the cost at the time of the original purchase. In 1692 the Legislature appointed him one of the commissioners to receive taxes in Bergen.2 In- 1700 he was one of the signers of the petition to the King for re- dress against the East Jersey Proprietors.3 He d. Jan. 18, 1707, intestate, and letters of administration were granted on his estate, July 30, 1724, to his sons and heirs-at-law, Claes and Derick, both being described as of the county of Bergen. 4

V. Ariaentje, bap. March 8, 1654.

VI. Johannes, bap. Oct. I, 1656; m. Claesje, dau. of Dirck Claese Braecke, May 14, 1682. John Vreeland, ship carpenter, was admitted to the rights of a freeman in New York, Sept. 6, 1698, probably the same man.5 In 1700 he signed the petition to the King for redress against the East Jersey Proprietors.6 He bought a tract of 6 3-4 acres of land at "Beeffe Point," on Passaic river, within the bounds of Newark, from Caleb Ball, of the latter place, Feb. 4, 1707-8, and on June 2, 1709, he bought from John Johnson, of Newark, a tract of salt meadow in Newark, "near the mouth of Maple creek island."7 In these conveyances he is described as "Johanus Michielson alias Johanus Vrelandt of Communipon." By deed April 28, 1698, Hartman Michielse conveyed to Johannes, his brother, one-fourth of the Hoogland tract, or Point Patent, "it being Number 4, as also a house lot lying on the other side of the road oppo- site Elias Michielse's and as much in quantity as Lot Num- ber 2,"8 etc. By deed March IO, 1712, Cornelis Michielse, of Communipong, Symon Jacobs and John Hendrick Spier,

of Acquackanonk, and Cornelis Lubbers, as four of the five survivors of the Acquackanonk patentees, released to Jo- hannes Michielse, the other survivor, Lot No. 7, in the first Acquackanonk division, being one of the Hundred Acre Lots fronting on the Passaic river : "beginning at the west side of the Passaic river at a stake just below a small run of water and running into the woods north 48 degs. east 77 chains; south 42 degs. west II. 78 chains ; south 48 degs. east 92.93 chains to Passaic river, and thence up stream to the beginning, containing one hundred acres."1 He also owned one of the 44-acre lots back of Wesel ; also what was perhaps the most northerly of the Wesel Lots, lying be- tween the Passaic river and Lots 3, 4 and perhaps 5, as shown on the map reproduced on page 7I ante, or a large part of the lands lying between Vreeland avenue and the. river ; also the tract on which his son Dirck was living in 1750, "bounded south on lands of Christoffel Stymets, north on lands belonging (in 1750) to heirs of Thomas Ju- riance alias by a certain lane or highway and east upon Pas- saic river, containing two hundred acres ;" this must have included one of the first Hundred Acre Lots fronting on Passaic river, and one of the second or "doubling" Lots, also of one hundred acres, immediately northwest of it; also "one Lot behind Thomas Juriance containing fourteen acres ;" also "a lot in the Eight Hundred Acre part being Number 5," 6.80 chains broad ; also a lot to the east of the cross line, No. II, being 8.20 chains broad; also a lot on the west side of the cross line, being No. Io, likewise 8.20 chains broad, as surveyed by John Verkerk ; also one- fourth of the undivided lands behind Bradbury's (near the southerly line of Acquackanonk); also a lot lying in the Point, bouuded east and north by the Passaic river, west (in I750) by a lot of Jacob Vreeland ; also another lot in the Point, bounded south by Jacob Vreeland, north by Enoch Vreeland.2 These various tracts contained in the aggregate. upwards of six hundred acres, indicating that Johannes must have been a man of superior ability, to acquire so ex- tensive and so valuable an estate. He devised all his real estate to his two sons, Dirck Vreeland and Elias J. Vreeland, who subsequently (June 7, 1750), divided the same between themselves.3 Johannes died June 26, 1713.

VII. Cornelis, bap. June 26, 1658; d. in inf.

VIII. Cornelis, b. June 3, 1660; m. Metje, dau. of Dirck Claese Braecke, May 12, 1681.4 On March 17, 1696, he bought a tract of land at Pembrepogh, on which he after- wards lived; on April 28, 1698, his brother Hartman con- veyed to him, for £17 Io s., one-fourth of the Dundee tract, or Stoffel's Point, described thus : "Lot Number I, a house lot lying next to the grantor his lot on the other side of the

1 E. J. Deeds, F, 602, 603.

2 Leaming and Spicer, 337.

3 N. J. Archives, I., 326.

4 E. J. Wills, A, f. 296.

5 N. Y. Hist. Soc. Collections, 1885, 70.

6 N. J. Archives, I., 326.

7 E. J. Deeds, I, 372, 373.

8 E. J. Deeds, F, 603.

1 E. J. Deeds, G3, 399.

2 Most of the foregoing data as to the possessions of Johannes are taken from recitals in a deed dated June 7, 1750, from his son Elias to his other son, Dirck; E. J. Deeds, G3, f. 403.

3 Deed last cited.

4 In the N. Y. Dutch Church Records is the entry of a marriage of Cornelis Michielsen, widower of Neesje Ysenbrants, to Lysbeth Jacohs, widow of Wibrant Abrahamszen, both living in New York, April 12,_ 1692. This is obviously not the same Cornelis mentioned in the text.

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same being marked Number 4, and also another lot lying on the west side of the brook next to Johannes Michielse being marked Number 3, together with the equal fourth of that which lieth undivided."1 The brook referred to in the deeds from Hartman, cited above, is the Vreeland brook, now used in part as a tail-race for the Dundee canal. The lots lying on the west side of the brook, and allotted to Jo- 'hannes and Cornelis, were called the "Overbrook Lots." · Cornelis bought from the Proprietors of East Jersey, April 27, 1696, a tract of 150 acres of land lying between Hack- ensack bay and the Passaic river, for which he was to pay a yearly quit-rent of £15.2 He was one of the last two sur- vivors of the fourteen Acquackanonk patentees, his death not occurring until May, 1727 ; his wife d. Aug. 17, 1724.

The three brothers, Hartman, Johannes and Cornelis, married three sisters, daughters of Dirck Claese Braecke, and after the death of Braecke, the three brothers divided up his real estate between themselves, Sept. 1, 1696.3

IX. Jannetje, m. Dirck Teunissen van Vechten, whose father succeeded Michiel Jansen as occupant of the farm at Greenbush, in 1646. He settled on the Raritan, in the neighborhood of Somerville, where his descendants are known as Van Vegliten, Veghte, etc.

X. Pryntje, m. Andries Claesen, March 25, 1688; d. April 21, 17II ; he d. Aug. 7, 1710, leaving three sons, who were known as Andriessen, since changed to Anderson.

The children of Michiel Jansen. were called Michielsen in their earlier years, but later were quite generally known by the name of Vreeland. Just why they took or were given the latter name is not at all clear. 4

Third Generation.

Elias Michiel-Jansen had children :

I. Michiel, bap. April 7, 1666; m. Marytje Toers, Nov. 27, 1691. He lived on the Wesel road, probably a short distance south of Crooks avenue. He and his brother Jacob bought of Robert Young a tract of 300 acres imme- diately south of the Acquackanonk line, in what is now Bloomfield or Montclair township. By deed Jan. 16, 1792, Jacob Elias Vreeland conveyed to Elias Jacob Vreeland,

I E. J. Deeds, F, 602.

2 E. J. Deeds, F, 372.

3 Ib., 407.

4 Vreeland is the name of a village of 650 inhabitants, on the river Vecht, in the northern part of the Province of Utrecht, in Holland, and about half way between Utrecht and Amsterdam. It is a notable place, both for its history and for its charming surroundings. Being on the direct route of commerce for Weesp, Naarden, Muiden, Loenen, etc., it is a remarkably active, bustling village. The environs are peculiarly at- tractive, and the landscape in the vicinity presents a most pleasing pros- pect. A castle was erected there in the thirteenth century, which was destroyed in 1529. In 1680 the lord of the manor began to rebuild it, but the structure never got above the foundations, and even they can scarce- ly be seen at the present time .- Terwen, 134. It may be added that the name Vreeland is from vrede, peace or quiet, and land, land, country, field ; hence, "Peace-land." The name may have been given by Mich- iel Jansen to his farm at Communipaw when he returned thither after the Indian war of 1655, the intention being to emphasize his belief that peace had come to stay. It will be remembered that Jansen came from Broekhuizen, in the Province of Limburg, and not from Vreeland in the Province of Utrecht.

both being of Acquackanonk, half of this tract, or 158 acres, "bounded southwest and west by land of Harmanus Van Wagening, east by the old line between Newark and Ac- quackanonk, southeast by land of John R. Ludlow." The Province of New Jersey having sent a detachment of sol- diers to join in the war against Canada, then held by the French, in 1747, one of the Jerseymen wrote home from Al- bany that the troops had been equipped with guns that broke or bent readily, and with beef and flour unfit for use. A very clever and sarcastic reply was published in the papers of the day, dated "From my House near Wesel," and signed "M. Vrelandt," in which the writer suggested that the arms had been bought by the Quaker members of the Legislature, who thus satisfied their scruples against giving aid to the war, and had the co-operation of those who sympathized with the rioters, as the authorities could not use such weap- ons effectively against the people, etc. 1 From certain allu- sions in the letter it would appear that some person familiar with English history liad a hand in its composition, not un- likely James Billington, a schoolmaster of the neighborhood about that time. Michiel's will was dated Nov. 4, 1750, the witnesses being Gerret H. Gerretson, Adrian Post, Jr., and James Billington. It was proved Dec. 29, 1750, his sons, Michiel and Elias, qualifying as executors. Following is

the will :

In the name of God Amen I Michael Vrelandt of the Precinct of Acquechenong in the County of Essex in the Eastern Division of the Province of New Jersey yeoman being very Sick and weak of Body but in perfect mind and memory blessed be God therefore and Calling to mind the mortality of my Body and knowing it is appointed for all men once to Dye Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament First and principally Recommending my Immortal Spirit in the hands of my Great Creator trusting in the Merrits of my blessed Saviour for Pardon and remission of my Sins and an happy Admission in the Regions of Bliss and Immortality. Item I Will Order and direct that all my just Debts and Funeral Expences be paid of and discharged by my Execu- tors hereafter named as Soon as conveniently may be after my Decease. Item I Give Devise and bequeath to my Eldest Son George Vrelandt for divers Causes to my Self best known the Sum of five Shillings for his Proginiture or Birthright Item I Give Divise and bequeath to my Son Michael all my Horses and likewise my young Negro Wench Betty to him his Heirs and Assigns for ever he my said Son Michael his Heirs or Assigns paying or Cause to be paid at the expiration of the end of Sev- en years after my Decease the full Sum of thirty five pounds light cur- rent money of New Jersey unto the Seven Children of my Daughter Margaret Deceased to be equally Shared between them Share and Share alike or to their Several Heirs or assigns. Item I Give Devise and be- queath to my Said Son Michael his Heirs Executors and Administrators the one equal half part of all my Cattle and Sheep And the other one equal half part I Order and Direct to be Divided in five equal parts four equal parts Sbare and Share alike to my four Children and the other fifth part to the Seven Children of my Said Daugh- Margaret Deceased. to be Shared to them equally alike. Item I Give Devise and bequeath to my Said Son Michael his Heirs Executors and Administrators my oth- er two Negro Wenches named Old Betty and Mary to hold to him his Heirs and Assigns forever. Item I Give Devise and bequeath to my Said Son Michael his Heirs and Assigns for ever All the Rest and residue of my Estate both Real and Personal. And Lastly I do hereby nomin- ate Constitute and appoint my loving Sons Michael and Elias Vre -. landt and Mr. John Low or either of them in case of refusal or Death to be Executors or Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby Revoking and Disallowing all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made Declaring this to be and Contain my last Will and

1 N. J. Archives, XII., 341, 347, 357.

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Testament In Testimony whereof I have hereto Set my band and Seal this fourth day of November Anno Domini One thousand Seven hundred and fifty.1

his Michael X Vreland mark

II. Jacobus, bap. April 8, 1668; d. in inf.

III. Feytje, bap. Dec. 25, 1669 ; m. John Thomaszen, of New York, June 24, 1689 ; she was then l. at "Acquecken- enenck," according to the marriage record. He was a tailor ; was one of the signers of the petition to the King, in 1700, at which time he was probably settled at Elizabeth- town, where he died in December, 1712, leaving his wife, Feytie, and five children : Elias, Edward, Margaret, David and Esther. 2

IV. Trintje, bap. March 16, 1672; m. Louerens Van Galen (widower of Anna De Masuer), July 13, 1700. Chil- dren-I. Joanna, b. Aug. 21, 1701; 2. son, b. Oct. 12, 1703 ; 3. daughter, b. Feb. 4, 1706; 4. Maria, b. May 31, 1708; 5. Catrina, bap. April 3, 171I.

V. Rachel, b. Dec. 30, 1674 ; d. in inf.

VI. Ragel, b. March 8, 1676.

VII. Jacob, b. Aug. 9, 1678, at Gemoenepan ; m. Antje (Joanna, one record gives it) Louwerense Toers, maiden, b. at Bergen, Sept. 17, 1703. By deed March 25, 1719, he bought from John Johuston, one of the East Jersey Propri- etors, the right to 160 acres of land, to be taken up out of any of the unsurveyed lands in East Jersey ; and by deed dated the same day, he bought from James Alexander, another Proprietor, the right to 123 acres of land.3 By virtue of the former deed he "took up" one tract of 40 acres on the southeast side of Third river, and another tract of seventeen acres on the northwest side of said river, the sur- vey being dated February 24, 1721. Under the second deed he had surveyed for himself and John Bradbury a tract of 1472 acres, "beginning at a certain remarkable Rock well known and marked on the northwest side with the letters I B and on the southeast ward side with the Letters T S the said rock lies one chain and twenty-five links from a brook Called and well known by the name of Stinkers brook," etc. 4 The other heirs of Louwerens Toers, by deed April 30, 1734, quitclaimed to Vreeland a large tract in the southern part of the Saddle River patent, conveyed Aug. 24, 1695, by William Nichols, to Lowerense Arent Toers, and by Toers devised, by will dated May 24, 1707, unto his child- ren. 5

In a deed in 17II, Michiel, Jacob and Rachel were all described as of "Acquecinunck ;" Feytje and her husband were of Elizabethtown, and Trintje and her husband were of Communipaw.

Enoch Michiel-Jansen had children :

I. Elsje, bap. Nov. 12, 1667; m. Feb. 13, 1688, Ed-

1 Recorded in Liber E of Wills, Secretary of State's office, Trenton, page 500.

2 Hatfield's Elizabeth, 273.

3 E. J. Deeds, B2, ff. 32, 36.

4 Records of East Jersey Proprietors, at Pertb Amboy, Liber Q of Warrants, 234, 235.

5 E. J. Deeds, B2, f. 14I.

ward Earle, jun., bachelor, from Maryland, and who settled at Secaucus in 1676. Children-I. Edward, bap. April 22, 1690; m. Elizabeth Frans; 2. Enoch, b. May 28, 1692; m. Ist, Anna Maris; 2d, Grietje Vander Hoeff, Aug. 19, 1737; 3. Hannah, b. March 26, 1695; m. Pieter Stouten- burgh; 4. Marmaduke, b. Oct. 6, 1696; m. Marus or Maris; 5. Johannis, b. Sept. 8, 1698; 6. Willem, bap. Oct. 13, 1700; m. Maria Frans, June 14, 1723 ; 7. Elsje, bap. Dec. 7, 170I ; m. May 24, 1729, George Simmons, from Philadel- phia ; 8. Philippus, b. May 1, 1703; 9. Jammesyn (Thom- assyn), b. Oct. - , 1704; Io. Silvester, bap. Aug. 10, 1707 ; m. Magtel Zabriskie (Martha Sobreesko, the Acquackanonk church records give it), Oct. 8, 1733; II. Tiodora, bap. April 10, 1709; 12. Nataniel, bap. Nov. 26, 1710; m. Fransintje Banta, Aug. 19, 1737. In the will of Enoch Michielse, dated April 12, 1715, he mentions his "daughter Elsie now widow of Edward Earle lately deceased." Elsie m. 2d, Hendrik Meyer, June 24, 1716, by license of the Governor, dated May 8, 1716. No record has been found of any issue by this marriage.

II. Catharina, bap. May 15, 1673 ; m. Aert Elbertszen, May 27, 1692. (In the Bergen church records the name is given Aert Albertse, and the date Juue 26, 1692). Child- ren-I. Dirckje, bap. Nov. 5, 1692; 2. Elbert, bap. Dec. 17, 1693 ; 3. Enoch, bap. July 14, 1695 ; 4. Johannes, bap. March 27, 1698; 5. Abraham, bap. April 28, 1700; 6. Wessel, bap. Jan. 28, 1702; 7. Benjamin, bap. Sept. 12, 1703 ; 8. Benjamin, bap. June 2, 1705.

III. Michiel, bap. Jan. 27, 1675; d. unm. In his fath- er's will he is bluntly declared to be "an idiot," and pro- vision is made for his support, clothing, etc.

IV. Johannes, bap. April 7, 1677 ; m. June 8, 1701, Ma- ria Beger, says the record, an error for Cregier, she being.a dau. of Martin Cregier, Jr., of Albany, N. Y., and his wife Jannetje Hendrickse Van Doesburgh.

V. Abraham, bap. June 22, 1678; m. Margrietje Ja- cobse Van Winckel, at Bergen, Oct. 28, 1699. He was one of the signers of the petition to the King, in 1700;1 he was a member of the Acquackanonk church in 1726, but lived "in the limits of Newark," just south of the Acquackanonk line. His will, dated Dec. 10, 1734, was witnessed by Jo. Cooper, Jacob Vanwinkle and William Williamse ; it was proved January 8, 1747-8, probate being granted to Jacob Vreeland and Jehonas (Johannes) Vreeland, as executors. The document was as follows :2

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History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 29

Author: Nelson, William, 1847-1914 Publication date: 1901 Publisher: Paterson : Press Printing and Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 466

Author: Nelson, William, 1847-1914
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Paterson : Press Printing and Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 466