History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 58

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

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i. Brandt, b. Jan. 2, 1840; m. Ada A. Powell, Nov. 5, 1873; they live in St. Louis, where he is engaged in mercan- tile business.

ii. Margaret Ann, b. April 21, 1842; m. Samuel C. Demarest, Dec. 21, 1862; d. April 4, 1893. Ch., John Van Blarcom; he is a mining and mechanical engineer, educated at Columbia and Cornell Universities, and is in business at Scranton, Penn.

iii. Jane, b. Jan. 22, 1844; m. Peter Van Allen Wes- tervelt, son of Cornelius I. Westervelt, Sept. 30, 1862.

iv. Maria, b. Jan. 30, 1846; d. Aug. 12, 1847.

III. Henry, b. Oct. 2, 1821; d. Sept. 2, 1822.

IV. Jane, b. July 7, 1823; d. Feb. 20, 1824.

V. Jane, b. Jan. 23, 1825; m. Tatnall Bailey, Dec. 20, 1847; he was formerly of Delaware, but at the time of his

marriage was a merchant in New York. He was afterwards a resident of Paterson, where he built the brick house, No. 229 Broadway, which was his residence at the time of his death; she died Jan. II, 1892. Issue: I. Joseph T., dec .; 2. Brant V. B., m. Nancy Cromwell.

VI. Ann, b. Feb. 23, 1827; m. David Ackerman Dixon,. near the Lutheran church, Saddle River, Sept. 6, 1847; he d. May 17, 1892; she lives in St. Louis. Issue: I. William, d. in inf .; 2. Brandt; graduated from Cornell University; he is President of the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial Col- lege for Young Women, at New Orleans, and is Professor of Metaphysics and Mental Science in Tulane University, New Orleans; 3, Euphemia, dec .; 4. William, dec .; 5. and 6. (twins) Charles, a physician in St. Louis, and Gertrude, d. in inf .; 7. Walter, dec .; 8. Elliott, dec .; 9. Joseph, dec.

VII. James, b. May I, 1829; graduated at Yale in 1851; studied law and was licensed as an attorney, November, 1854. The late ex-Governor Peter D. Vroom having been appoint- ed United States Minister at the Court of Prussia, at Berlin, in 1853, and having a high opinion of Mr. Van Blarcom's abilities, asked him to come out to Berlin, where, for a year and a half or more, he acted as Secretary of Legation. He devoted a great deal of time to the study of international law, and became a recognized authority on the subject. He also acquired a thorough familiarity with the German and French languages. Returning to this country, he opened a law office at Jersey City, where he practiced until September I, 1862, when he enlisted as a private in the 25th New Jersey Volunteers. He was promoted to Hospital Steward, Sept. 30, 1862, and was mustered out with the regiment, June 20,. 1863. He immediately re-enlisted as a private for three years in Company D, 33d New Jersey Volunteers, and was appointed Hospital Steward in that regiment, Sept. 6, 1863. He served with the regiment in all its campaigns, including. Sherman's marchi through Georgia, and was mustered out July 17, 1865. On returning from the war he resumed his practice, opening an office in Paterson. He was licensed as a counsellor in November, 1866. He continued his practice in Paterson until his death, Oct. 22, 1876. He was regarded as a thoroughly conscientious and able lawyer and a safe adviser.

VIII. Henry, b. April II, 1831. At the age of sixteen he entered a classical school at Hackensack, where he remained two years; he then served two years in a drug store in New York, after which he studied medicine with the late Dr. John Watson, of that city, and spent part of his time as a student in the New York Hospital. He graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, in Octo- ber, 1854; he spent another year in the Hospital as house surgeon, at the end of which period he began the practice of medicine in Paterson. He married Caroline Matilda, daughter of George Green, of Nyack, N. Y., May 22, 1860. He d. suddenly, June 5, 1869. He had a large practice and was highly esteemed in the community. Issue: I. George; 2. Gertrude.

IX. Elsey Maria, b. July 19, 1833; d. March 20, 1846.

X. Charity, b. Oct. 23, 1835; m. Aaron Sip, near Atlienia, May 22, 1860. Issue: I. John Henry, d. unm. ; 2.

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Gertrude, m. John M. Ross Williams, an attorney, licensed in 1878; he d. 1891; 3. Annie; 4. Joseph B.

XI. Gerrebrant, b. July 20, 1839; m. Jennie Post, liv- ing in the First Ward, Paterson. Issue: I. Elsie, b. Sept. 26, 1866; m. - - Varick; 2. Henry.

The following notes are from various sources:

Anthony Van Blarcom m. Margaret Bush. Ch., Henry, b. Nov. 20, 1809. (Totowa.)

Annaetje Van Blerkum m. Peter Tice, Sept. 21, 1805. (Acquackanonk. )

Anna Van Blarcom m. Nicholas M. Vreeland. Ch., Ellen, b. Aug. 12, 1818. (Acquackanonk. )

Catharine Van Blarcom m. George W. Hughes. Ch., William, b. Feb. 13, 1848. George WV. Hughes was a dis- tinguished mechanical engineer of Paterson, who went to Russia, where he attracted the favorable notice of the Em- peror Nicholas, and amassed a large fortune in that coun- try, where he died. His widow subsequently married Ed- ward M. Weiss, of Paterson, Oct. 29, 1867. She built the large house on the northwest corner of Broadway and Bridge street.

David Van Blerkum m. Sarah Vreeland, May 18, 1807. In 1799 he was living on a small farm in the Great Notch.

Elizabeth Van Blarcom m. William Van Ess, March 23, I793. (Acquackanonk.)

Rachel Van Blarcom m. Ellicksander (Alexander) Mc- Cool. Ch., Ertha (Archie), b. Nov. 17, 1792.

Sarah Van Blarkum m. Abraham de La Mater, June 13, 1774. (New York.)

XIV. ABRAHAM BOOKEY (BOKEE).

The fourteenth and last of the Patentees named in the Acquackanonk Patent was Abraham Bookey; the name ap- pears in the early Dutch records as Boké, Bokke, Bokee, Bockey, Bocke, Bookey. His wife's name is given as Tan- neken Jacobse van den Driesche, or van Driese, or simply Andries. It is probable that he and his wife came from the small but very ancient village of St. Anna ter Muiden, adjacent to Sluis, in the Province of Zeeland, Holland; two of their children, Johannes and Jacomyntje, are stated in the records to have been born at Sluis, as the whole neigh- boring district is called. The first mention of the Bokees in America is in the New York Church records, under date of September 26, 1683, when their daughter Marritje was bap- tized. They joined the Bergen church, April 1, 1684, on certificate from St. Anna, doubtless St. Anna ter Muiden. Bokee was still of Bergen at the date of the Acquackanonk Patent, March 16, 1685, although the baptism of his daugh- ter Catlyntie is entered in the New York Church records, September 9, 1685. While he doubtless settled at Acquack- anonk about the same time as the other patentees, he does not appear to have remained here long, for in a deed from him, dated April 22, 1696, he describes himself as "of the Fresh Water1 of the countie of New York, late of Aquach- onongue." From the same instrument we learn that he was a weaver by occupation. By this deed he conveyed to Peter Powelse, "Late of the Towne of Bergen now In the Towne

of Aquachonongue, yeoman," in consideration of £30 Jer- sey money, "A Certaine parcell of Land Lying and being In the Towneship of Aquechononque," etc., "being of the Long Lots Number Eleven Betwixt Johannes Macheilse and the Common Lane or out dreft which is betweene Number One1 and Number Eleven, Together with the Just halfe of the Right and priviledge to the fourteenth part of the Com- onage belonging to the purchase of Aquachanonque Now in the occupation of him the sayd Peter Powelse with all and singular," etc.2 It will be observed from this deed that he conveys away half of his undivided interest in the common lands. On the copy of an ancient map of lands apparently lying south of Monroe street in the city of Passaic, Abra- ham Boke and John Braet-berri appear as the owners, which leads to the supposition that perhaps Lot No. One of the original Hundred Acre lots fronting on the Passaic, and located near Third river, was originally allotted to Abraham Bocke, and by him conveyed to John Bradbury: It was perhaps by the same right that Bradbury became the owner of Lot No. 12 East in the Bogt subdivision. In 1706, Abraham Bockee, of New York, husbandman, bought, for £235, a large tract of land in Middlesex county.3 In the re- ceipts for quit-rents given on page 78, it will be observed that Peter Sonmans acknowledges their receipt from Abra- ham Bockee in 1707 and 1709, but not later. The deed of partition and release, given on page 76, states that Bockee was dead at the time of its execution, March 12, 1712-13. His widow, Tanneke Boke, was a witness at the baptism of her grandchild, Tanneke Bensen, Dec. 2, 1715.

Abraham Bockee and Tanneken, his wife, had children:

I. Johannes Bokee, y. m., from Sluis, in Flanders, m. Marytje Langet (de Lange), y. d., from Esopus, Dec. 28, 1706; she m. 2d, John Thomas, y. m. from New York, April 24, 1715. Issue: I. Tanneke, bap. Oct. 8, 1707; 2. Abraham, bap. Oct. 8, 1710.

II. Jacomyntje (Jaquemyntje), y. d., from Sluis, in Flanders, m. Hendrik Brevoort, widr., of New York, Oct. 9, 1705. (He was bap. Dec. 17, 1670, son of Jan Hendricks- zen and Annetje Bastiaens; his father, Hendrick Janszen, the progenitor of the Brevoort family in this part of the country, b. about 1630, is understood to have come from Bredevoort, in Gelderland; Hendrick, his grandson, m. Ist, Aug. 26, 1699, Maryken van Couwenhoven, y. d., from Noortwyck.4 ) Jacomyntje m. 2d, Jacob Harsse (Hassing), Oct. 21, 1721. Issue: (by her first husband) I. Abraham, bap. June 23, 1706; d. in inf .; 2. Abraham, bap. Sept. 24, 1707; 3. Anneke, bap. Oct. 16, 1709; 4. Hendrikus, bap. Dec. 9, 1711; 5. Elias, bap. July 8, 1713; d. in inf .; 6. Elias, bap. May 1, 1715; 7. Jacob, bap. Oct. 2, 1717; (by her sec- ond husband:) 8. Tanneke, bap. Aug. 19, 1722.

III. Maria (Marytje), bap. (at N. Y.) Sept. 26, 1683; m. Samuel Bensing (Samson Benson, jun.), Dec. 10, 1710.

1 Query: an error for Ten ?

2 E. J. Deeds, F, 230.

3 E. J. Deeds, I, 174.

4 N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, VII., 58-59. It is probable that Hen- drick Janszen was here at the date of his son Jan's marriage, in New York, Jan. 29, 1668.

1 Near the present City Hall, in New York.

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Issue: I. Abraham, bap. May 21, 1712; 2. Samson, bap. March 14, 1714; 3. Tryntje, bap. Nov. 20, 1715; 4. Tan- neke, bap. July 31, 1717; 5. Dirk, bap. March 27, 1720; 6. Maria, bap. March 27, 1723; 7. Johannes, bap. Oct. IO, I725.

IV. Catlyntie (Catherina), bap. (at N. Y.) Sept. 9, 1685; m. Dirck Bensen. Issue: I. Tanneke, bap. Dec. 2, 1715; 2. Helena, bap. Aug. 6, 1718; 3. Catlyntje, bap. July 20, I720.

V. Tanneke, bap. (at Bergen) April 2, 1688; m. Hen- drik Pears (Paers, Peers), Sept. 27, 1718. Issue: I. Tan- neke, bap. July 16, 172I.

VI. Jacob, bap. (at Bergen) April 22, 1690; m. Eliza- beth Burger, June 8, 1717. Issue: I. Abraham, bap. March 2, 1718; 2. and 3. Pieter and Jacob, twins, bap. April 24, 1720; their father was dead at this time.

VII. Abraham, m. Rebecca Paers, May 6, 1722. Issue: I. Margrietje, bap. Feb. 27, 1723; d. in inf .; 2. Margrietje, bap. Jan. 22, 1727.

VIII. Isaac, m. Bragje Rome, May 20, 1725. Issue: I. Tanneke, bap. Jan. 19, 1726.

IX. Sara, bap. (at Acquackanonk) June 19, 1699.

X. Elizabeth, bap. (at N. Y.) March 17, 1703; m. Alexander Phenix (Fenix), July 19, 1723. Issue: I. Alkzan- der, bap. Dec. II, 1726.

CHAPTER V.

THE SETTLEMENT OF TOTOWA. 1

Tbou bast bistories that stir the heart With deeper feeling ; while I look on thee They rise before me. I bebold the scene Hoary again with forests; I behold Tbe Indian warrior, whom a hand unseen Has smitten with his death-wound in the woods.

I look again-a hunter's lodge is built . . . And loud the Indian maidens laugh,

That gather, from the rustling heaps of leaves, The hickory's white nuts, and the dark fruit

That falls from the gray butternut's long boughs.

So centuries passed by, and still the woods Blossomed in spring, and reddened wben the year Grew cbill, and glistened in tbe frozen rains Of winter, till the white man swung the axe Beside thee- signal of a mighty change. -Bryant.

"HE first settlement north of Acquackanonk, within the T bounds of the present Passaic county, was made about 1695 or 1696. Anthony Brockholl's, Arent Schuyler, Sam-

uel Bayard, George Reyerse, and others, purchased from the East Jersey Proprietors, November 5, 1695, several exten- sive tracts of land, one of which, called the Pequannock Patent, embraced most of the land in the western part of the present township of Wayne, lying on the east side of the Passaic river, and extending southerly nearly to the present line of division between Wayne and Manchester townships. It might have been expected that Brockholls and his associates would have extended their purchase southierly to the Passaic river, so as to include the Totowa tract, but it was not until November 3, 1696, that a patent 1 for this valuable domain was obtained from the East Jersey Proprietors, by George Willocks, a shrewd Scotchman, and himself one of the Proprietors.2 The patent to Willocks describes the tract as "All that tract of land scituate lying and being upon passaick river in the county of Essex and province of East new-Jersey aforesaid called by the indians Totoa Begining at a great stone above the turne of the river oposite to the mouth of a brook on the south side of the said river from thence runing North West and by North ffourty cheanes thence North East one degree and fifteen minuetts more Northerly two hundred and sixtie one cheanes Thence south east & by south to the said passaick river thence up the streame of the said passaick river to wher it begun Together with all mannor of rivers rivoletts streames feeding pasters woods under woods trees Waters water courses water falls ponds pooles pitts Easments profits comodityes hereditament ffishings ffowlings hawkings hunt- ings Mines mineralls Quarries Royallties unto the same be- longing."3 There was thus left an angle, or "Hoek, "be- tween the Pequannock and the Totowa patents, toward Little Falls. By deed dated March 25, 1702, Willocks conveyed "All the abovesaid Tract of land abutted & bounded as above," with all the appurtenances so particu- larly enumerated (excepting, only, "pasters," i. e., pastures), to "Samuell Bayard of the citty & county of New York merchant,"4 one of the associates of Brockholls, and Bay- ard, in turn, conveyed the same to Anthony Brockholls, September 30, 1703.5 Anthony Brockholls appears to have parted with an equal, undivided one-third interest in the Totowa patent to Roelof Helmigse and Helmegh Roelofse.

1 Not on record ; it is recited in the deed next mentioned.

2 George Willocks was a brother of James Willocks, of Kemnay, Scotland. Tbe latter acquired a proprietary right in East Jersey in 1683, and dying soon after, it was inberited by his brother, George, who came to East Jersey with two servants in 1684. He settled at Perth Amboy, where he remained several years. Afterwards he removed to Barbadoes, but in 1698 came back to New Jersey. About 1692 he married Margaret, widow of Samuel Winder, of Boston, Mass., a daughter of Deputy-Gov - ernor Thomas Rudyard, of Elizabethtown. He voyaged to England in 1724 Or 1725, returning in 1726, and died at Amboy in 1729.

3 This description is taken from the deed next mentioned, which re- cites the Patent and the above description as in tbe Patent contained.

4 E. J. Deeds, H, f. 8. This deed contains a covenant for further as- surances "for and during the full space and terme of seven yeares next ensueing ...... so that the said George Willoks nor Margritt bis wife shall not be compellable to travell from the place of their aboad for exe- cuting of sucb deeds or conveyances as aforesaid above tenn English miles."

5 Recitals in the deed next mentioned.

1 The reader will find that the Totowa Patent embraced nearly the wbole of the present First Ward of Paterson, all of the Second Ward, and nearly all of Manchester township lying west and southwest of the Second Ward of Paterson.

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By deed (unrecorded) dated September 26, 1715, Henry Brockholls conveyed to Derick Vanhouden the equal, undivided one-fourth part of the tract purchased from Bayard. A map was made of the entire tract, dated May 4, 1722, showing it subdivided into three lots, No. I, No. 2 and No. 3. The patent began directly opposite the mouth of the Peckamin river and ran on a course north thirty-five degrees west, to the patent line.1 The eastern boundary was in the line of the present Haledon ave- nue, extending from the river on a course north thirty-six degrees thirty minutes west one hundred and seven chains and fifty links, to the foot of the mountain at Cedar Cliff Park. By the division made May 4, 1722, each of the lots was about equal in area. Lot No. I embraced all that part of the patent lying southwest of the present southwest- erly line of the Second Ward of the city of Paterson. Lot No. 2 extended from that line easterly to the line of the present Redwoods avenue. Lot No. 3 embraced all the territory lying between Redwoods avenne and Haledon avenue, and from the river to the mountain. Although this map was evidently made for the purpose of partitioning the entire patent between the owners, it was not until September 13, 1724, that Helmegh Roelofse and Roelof Helmeghse released and confirmed unto the heirs and devisees of Anthony Brockholls, Lot No. 2 and Lot No. 3;2 they doubtless at the same time received from the Brockholls heirs and devisees a similar deed of release for Lot No. I.

By deed (unrecorded)3 dated October 29, 1724, "Between Susanna Brockholls of Pomptan in the County of Bergin and Eastern Division of the province of Nova Cæsarea or New Jersey, Widdow Executrix and Devisee During Life of the Real Estate of Majr. Anthony Brockholls late of the Said County and Province Deceased, Henry Brockholls Son to the said Anthony Brockholls, Mary Brockholls one of the Daughters of the Said Anthony, Dirck Van Veghten -and Judith his Wife another Daughter, Philip French of the City of New York Merchtt and Susanna his Wife an other Daughter & Frederik Philipse of the Said City of New York Merchtt and Johanna his Wife another Daughter, all Joint heirs of the Real Estate of the Said Anthony Brockholls of the One Part, and Dirck Van Houten of the Said County of Bergin And Province of East New Jersey Yeoman of the other part," the parties of the first part, in consideration of £312 New York money, conveyed to Dirck Van Houten a part of Lot No. 2 (then in his possession), "beginning at the Southeast Corner of the Land marked in the aforesaid Map or Chart No. One and belonging to Roelof Van Hou- ten and Jacob Van Houten thence running into the Woods Northwest and by North Sixty-four Chains and one half to a Stake there drove in, thence along a Ridge of hills North- east one Degree and fifteen Minutes more northerly fifty one Chains to another Stake there drove in, thence South east

and by South Eighty Seven Chains and Sixty nine Links to Passaick River thence along passaick River to the Place where it began Containing about Three hundred and Nine- teen Acres."1 This tract extended from the present wester- ly city line, north of the Passaic river, easterly to a line about half-way between North Twelfth street and Edmund street, in the Second Ward, and from the river to the present northerly city line, at the foot of the mountain. On a map dated April 25, 1763, of a survey by Abraham Clark, Jun., (afterwards one of the Signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence) this tract is described as belonging to Garrabrant Van Houten, and as containing 327 acres.

By his will, dated May 16, 1769, Dirck Van Houten gave to his son Gerrebrant a tract lying on the east side of the Oldham brook, on the south side of the Totowa road, and extending to the river. He also gave him one-half of the homestead farm; the other half he gave to his son Hel- migh. Gerrebrant, by his will, in 1783, devised the home- stead, containing about 150 acres, to his son Dirck. Hel- migh Van Houten, by his will made in 1783, gave 16 acres of his homestead to his son Derrick, and the remainder to his son Adrian. This westerly half of Lot No. 2 remained in these two families until the middle of this century, and, indeed, much of it continued in the Van Houtens until the present generation.

The eastern half of Lot No. 2 appears to have been owned in 1754 by Bastiaen Van Giesen, as appears by a ref- erence in a deed of that date. His two sons, Dirck and Ry- nier, succeeded him in the ownership, the former having 180 acres to the southwest, while Rynier owned the remaining 120 acres ; the latter farm was acquired by Dirck. By his will, dated Oct. 16, 1782, proved April II, 1787, Dirck devised to his son John, his homestead, of 180 acres; the remaining 120 acres, formerly owned by his brother Rynier, he devised to his grandson, Merseillas M. Van Giesen, excepting a "two acre piece of ground lying by the Great Falls and ad- joining the river sold to Cornelius Nafee" for a mill-site. The "fishing place under the Great Falls" he bequeathed to his son John.2 John and Merseillas released to each other, April 16, 1788.3 Merseilles M. Van Giesen conveyed 124 acres of his farm, January 2, 1792, to Benjamin Dey, who sold to John Dey, September 15, 1796.4 The latter disposed of the farm to various persons early in the present century. 5

1 According to a survey in 1763.

2 Recitals in the next-mentioned deed.

3 This is an indenture, on a sheet of parchment 30x20 inches, hand- somely engrossed, in a perfect state of preservation, all the signatures and seals showing plainly. The red wax seals are impressed with a monogram, VF, perhaps intended for Van Feghten, or Van Veghten.

1 This deed was probably given to confirm Dirck Van Houten's title to "the equal one fourth part of that Tract of Land purchased [by An- thony Brockholls] from the aforesaid Samuell Byard," and which was conveyed to him by Henry Brockholls in 1715, as set forth in the text. Henry was not competent, under his father's will, to give a good title to this land. It was not an "equal one fourth part" of the entire Patent, but was about one fourth of the territory embraced in Lots Numbers 2 and 3, which remained to Anthony Brockholls after his release to Hel- megh Roelofse and Roelof Helmeghse.

2 E. J. Wills, Liber No. 29, f. 517.

. 3 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, A, 356; C, 357.

4 Ib., A, 421, 456, 509.

5 John Dey and Phebe his wife probably conveyed to John Stiles a small strip next southwest of Redwoods avenue and extending from the river northwesterly about to Union avenue.

Same to John G. Van Houten (son of Gerrit Van Houten), Feb. 5, 1802, for $854, all that portion of the former Merseilles M. Van Giesen

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John Van Giesen divided his farm, September 5, 1809, between his children, conveying to Helmagh Van Giesen the half lying on the northwest side of the road, and to Adrian Van Giesen and Cornelius Van Giesen the half on the south- west side of the road.1 In his will, dated Oct. 10, 1808, proved Oct. 5, 1809 (one month after he had conveyed his homestead, as just related), he provides : "It is my will and desire that the fishing place at the Great Falls and my brewery shall be equally divided between them my aforesaid children namely Richard, Halmagh, Merseilles, John, Adrian, Cornelius, Anna, Lena, Elizabeth and Maritye and their heirs and if any of my said children wish to dis- pose of their shares of the fishing place or brewery, they shall offer it to their brothers and sisters and if they cannot agree about the price they shall each choose an indifferent person to fix on a price for each share. "2

By deed dated July 20, 1754, Henry Brockholls conveyed to the Rev. David Marinus, then pastor of the church at Acquackanonk, a tract of one hundred acres out of Lot No. 3, extending from Redwoods avenue easterly to a line slight- ly east of Marion street, and from the river northwesterly to the mountain.3 The consideration named in the deed was £200 New York money; it is very probable, however, that the farm was a gift to the Dominie. The latter exchanged it with Gerrit Van Houten, December 2, 1760, for a farm of about the same size, at Slooterdam, where he subsequently lived.4 The Dominie seems to have become convinced that something more valuable than corn and wheat was to be extracted from the land, for in his deed to Van Houten he reserves "one moiety or equal half part of and in all mines, minerals and precious stones that are now or may be found or discovered forever hereafter on, in or under said land, which said David Marinus reserves and excepts for the ben- efit of himself, his heirs and assigns forever, and that he, his heirs and assigns shall and may from time to time and at all times forever hereafter search, dig, batter, blast, make levels, erect mine houses and engines, forge and furnace, and do everything about the mining business belonging with

farm lying northwest of the Oldham brook, 42.7 acres .- Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, C, 573. Van Houten's executors, by deed dated March 4, 1829, conveyed this tract, and that portion of the present city poor farm lying between Redwoods avenue and Marion street, to Rich- ard Bensen, for $1,700 .- Ib., R, 224.

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History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 58

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