History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 62

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

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V. Fietje, b. April 8, 1725; m. Jacob Demott, Oct. II, 1747. Ch., Johannes, b. Oct. 9, 1749.

VI. Cathalina, b. April 8, 1728.

Dirck -- Hellemeg -- Roelof Cornelissen and Metje Gerre- brantse had children :

I. Gerrebrant, b. about 1712, and named after his maternal grandfather; m. Jannetje Sip, June 23, 1741 ; the

1 See p. 228.

2 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, A, 281.

3 Ib., A, 279.

record says he was b. at Hoboken, and lived at Totowa, and that she was b. and I. at Acquackanonk. He was a farmer. His residence was the stone house still standing, in the West Side; Park, which was probably erected by him soon after his marriage. It was the home for many years of one of the most active and enterprising men of his day, for such Gerrebrant Van Houten certainly was. In his time, the To- towa road ran between the house and the river; the high- way was changed about 1870, when Totowa avenue was straightened at that point. The road crossed the brook by a bridge as early as 1787. Gerrebrant seems to have had great faith in the future of this region, for he and his broth- er Helmigh bought extensive tracts between Totowa and the High Mountain ; also in the Singack, and even so far away as at Macopin, and in the Wanaque valley. A perusal of his will gives some idea of the extent of his possessions, and reveals great care and judgment in the disposition of his property. It forms an important link in the chain of title to so much territory that it is given herewith in full:

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Garrahrandt Van Houten of Totaway in the County of Bergen and State of New Jersey, Yeoman, heing of perfect bealth and of sound mind memory and understanding thanks to God for the same, hut considering the uncertainty of this life, do make and. ordain this my last Will and testament, and hereby revoking all former will or Wills hy me made) in the manner and form following-In the first place I recommend my soul to the Almighty God who gave it me and my Body after my decease to a Christian Burial at the discretion of my executors herein after named, trusting to the merits of the hlessed Saviour for a glorious resurrection to eternal life, and as for such earthly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to hless me my Will is and I give hequeath and dispose of the same in the following manner Im- primis my Will is that all my just dehts and funeral Expences he imme- diately paid out of my personal estate hy my executors Item I give and hequeath unto my loveing son Derrick Van Houten six acres of undi- vided land lying and heing near the little Falls and adjoining the land of Helmigh Van Houten heing the one half of twelve acres left hy my Father to my Brother Helmigh and me, this I give him in har of Heir- ship to him his heirs and assigns forever1 Item I give devise and he- queath unto my said son Derrick Van Houten and to his beirs and as- signs forever the Farm or Homestead whereon we at at present reside situate at Totaway containing ahout One hundred and fifty acres more or less together with the Houses, Barn Stahles, Out Houses and every other Building and improvement or appurtenances tbereunto helonging, I likewise give devise and hequeath unto my said son Derrick and to bis beirs and assigns forever the three lots of land which I have in the Sin- geac containing in the whole about One hundred and eighty acres more or less together with all the rights & previledges thereunto helonging likewise another Lot of Land adjoining Van Geisens line under the Mountain containing ahout twelve acres more or less as will appear hy the release for the same from my Bror Helmigh, likewise another Lot of land adjoining the old or Homestead lot containing about twenty five acres more or less,2 likewise another small lot in the Clove of the Moun- tain back of tbe Homestead Lot containing ahout ten Acres,3 likewise fifteen acres out of Lot No. 2 of land helonging to me near and adjoin- ing Totaway Bridge beginning from the River on the line of a small Lot of land helonging to Martin Ryerson on which the House of Isaac Van Derheck now lives in stands running five chains in breadth down ye Riv- er and thirty chains in length4 likewise a small lot of clear land lying hack of the Caal hergh,5 adjoining a lot of Helmigh Van Houten distin- guished in the Map hy Lot No. 2, and containing ahout nineteen acres,.

1 Dirck conveyed this six acres, Oct. 6, 1789, to Elias Vreeland, and he to Elias Smith, April 27, 1790 .- Bergen Co. Deeds, F, 442.

2 In the West Side Park, northeast of the hrook.

3 In or near the gap now traversed hy Preakness avenue.

4 See p. 232. 5 Kaal bergh-Bare Mountain, near Oldham.

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more or less, all which said Lots and tracts of land I give devise and hequeath unto my said son Derrick Van Houten his heirs and assigns forever Item I give devise and hequeath unto my Grandson Adrian Adrian Van Houten son of son Adrian Van Houten deceased, part of the Lot of land whereon my said son Adrian lived at the time of his de- cease situate lying and heing near Totaway Bridge, beginning at the west line of the small lot of land helonging to Martin Ryerson and whereon Isaac Van Derheck now lives and running nearly west up said River till it passes the West corner of the present Barn one chain, and then running about a north west course or parralele to the said west line of Martin Ryerson and my lot No. 2 till it comes to the land or lot of Land of Forty acres divided between my Bror Helmigh Van Houten and me, and then running along said line ahout a N E Course till it joins the line of Lot No. 2 together with the House Out Houses, Barn, Bar- racks, Stables, Orchards and every other rights previledges and improve- ments thereunto helonging or in any wise appertaining to him his heirs and assigns forever,1 likewise I give and hequeath unto my said Grand- son Adrian V Houten and to him and to his heirs and assigns forever a lot of land lying and heing on the east side of the land or small lot of Martin Ryerson, and the fifteen acres hequeathed unto my son Derrick, distinguished hy lot No. 2 and containing about fifty acres2 likewise I give and hequeath unto the said Adrian V Houten his heirs and assigns forever another full lot No. 6: lying between the land of Martin Ryerson and Helmigh Van Houten containing ahout seventy four acres more or less,3 Nevertheless my Will is and I desire and ordain that my son Der- rick Van Houten shall possess occupy and improve the said Lot of Land No. 6 till my said Grandson Adrian Van Houten he arrived to the age of eighteen years he paying yearly and every Year for rent of the same the sum of Two pounds ten shillings proclamation money I likewise Give and hequeath unto my said Grandson to him his heirs and assigns for- ever another lot of Woodland laying in the Valley in the Mountain ad- joining lands of Helmigh Van Houten and a Lot Giving4 to my said son Derck Van Houten containing ahout Fifty five acres more or less5 like- wise another small lot of ahout Ten acres laying hy North of the Caal- hergh over a slough, likewise another small lot of twelve acres hack of the Caalhergh6 adjoining the lot of Helmigh Van Houten and distin- guished in the Map hy lot No. 3 all which lots I give and hequeath to him his heirs and assigns forever. Item I give and hequeath unto my daughters Garretje wife of Michael Vreeland and Metye Wife of Corne- lius Van Houten all that remaining part of the Lot No. I whereon the Red House stands lying and heing near the Totaway Bridge7 distin- guished in the Map hy Lot No. I excepting that part thereof before be- queathed to my Grandson Adrian Van Houten on which his House and Barn stands, and excepting the Church lot and a reservation or previl- edge to all my Children and their heirs to break and fetch away stones out of a Quarry situate lying and being near the west line of said Lot, likewise another Lot in No. I of twenty acres being half of Forty acres divided hetween my Brother Helmigh and me adjoining said lot of Hel- migh Van Houten and a Lot of Martin Ryerson, likewise another Lot containing ten acres lying and heing hack of the Call-hergh joining Hel- migh Van Houtens lot to be equally divided hetween them to them their heirs and assigns forever, Whereas I am intitled to a part of lands lay- ing hack of Pompton in Bergen County distinguished hy and in the deeds hy the name of Burnt Meadow and also a part of lands southwest of the same called or laying hy the long Hill remaining undivided which I hereby give and hequeath unto my Children Derrick, Garretje and Matje and my Grandson Adrian Van Houten unto them their heirs and assigns forever share and share alike. Item my Will and desire is that my son Derrick Van Houten shall pay unto my daughters Garretje and Metje they or their heirs the sum of One hundred and twenty pounds current money of this State within four years after my decease. Item my Will and desire is that my sd Grandson Adrian shall pay to his sister Jannetje four years after he arrives to the years of manhood or the age of twenty one years the sum of Forty pounds current and lawful money of this State to her or her heirs Item my Will and desire is that my

J See p. 230. 2 See p. 232.

3 See p. 233.

4 Given.

5 Northeast of Oldham.

6 On the new High Mountain road, about a mile from Oldham. An Italian settlement has been started on this tract.

7 See pp. 230, 232.

daughter in law Elizabeth Van Houten Widow of my son Adrian Van Houten shall possess occupy enjoy and receive all the proffits and in- come of that part of my estate left to her son Adrian Van Houten, after my decease, until her said son comes of age or she marries again for the better educating and bringing up her two Children she in the meantime making no waste or distruction on the same, Lastly my Will and desire is, that after my decease all my moveable estate shall he equally divided into four equal parts, one of which I give and hequeath to my son Der- rick, one part to my darighter Garretje, one part to my daughter Matje and the other fourth part I give and hequeath to my two Grand Children Adrian and Jannetje share and share alike and my desire is that my ex- ecutors shall take their share and improve the same to their hest advan- tage till my said Grand Children shall respectively he arrived at the years of discretion I give and hequeath the same to them their heirs and assigns forever It is my further desire that my old Negro Tom and Wench Leah shall have the priviledge hy whom of my Children they will live And for the hetter performance of this my last Will and testament I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my loveing son Derrick Van Houten and my sons in law Michael H. Vreelandt and Cornelius Ruliff Van Houten executors of this my last Will and testament, which is wrote in the same hand on six folio pages or one and half sheets of paper, and to which In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5th day of October One thousand seven hundred and eighty three.

Garrabrandt Van Houten (L. S.)

Signed sealed and declared hy the said Garrabrandt Van Houten to he his last Will and testament in the presence of us who saw him and each other sign the same, the word Grand-son Adrian V Houten being interlined or wrote on an erazure.

Garret Aheel. John Van Giesen. John Van Wincle

CODICIL to this my last Will and testament. WHEREAS I did make my last Will and testament hearing date the fifth day of October in the year One thousand seven hundred and eighty three hereunto affixed hy which I devised several lots of land to my Children and Grand Children and having made no mention if in case any mines or minerals should be found on the said lots of Land, it is further my Will that if in case any mines or minerals of any Metals whatsoever shall he found on or in any of my lands devised to my Children and Grand Children, that all my Child- ren and Grand Children shall have an equal right to the said mines namely one fourth part to my son Derrick Van Houten, one fourth part to my daughter Matje, Wife of Cornelius Van Houten, one fourth part to my daughter Gerritje wife of Michael Vrelandt, and one fourth part to my two Grand Children namely Adrian Van Houten and Jannetje Van Hou- ten son and daughter of my son Adrian Van Houten deceased to each of them their heirs and assigns forever, and it is my Will that this shall be taken and deemed as part of my last Will and testament holding good my Will beforementioned in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my seal this twenty eight day of September One thou- sand seven hundred and eighty eight 1788.

Garrahrandt Van Houten (L. S.)

The words between the sixt and seventh line were interlined before the sealing of these presents, Sealed and pronounced in the presents of us John Van Giesen, Adrian Van Houten John Bensen.1

II. Halmagh, b. about 1714; m. Antje, dau. of Gerrit- Adrian-Adrian Post and Lea Straet, Oct. 29, 1742; he was b. at Gemoenapan, but lived at Totowa, says the record. Halmagh lived in the house formerly occupied by his father, a long, low, stone building, on the north side of the Totowa road, between North Nineteenth and North Twentieth streets. The old house was torn down many years ago by Richard Bensen, who erected on the site the frame house now occupied by his son, John Bensen. Halmagh and his brother appear to have been on terms of the warmest intim- acy and with the utmost confidence in each other, as they almost invariably moved together in their business enter- prises. His will, dated Nov. 18, 1783, witnessed by John

1 Prohated at Bergen, May 11, 1789 .- È. J. Wills, Liber 30, f. 242.

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Van Winckle, Martain Van Blarcome and Charles Slade Fullwood, and with Halmagh's own proper mark affixed, was proved Jan. 30, 1784. His three sons were named as executors. He disposed of his property in this manner:

My will is that my Loving wife Antye shall he and remain in full Pos- session of all my Estate hoth real and Personal during her Widowhood and that she may if necessity requires Sell and dispose of such of my Estate hoth real and personal as she may think proper I Give and Be- queath to my Eldest Son Adrian and to his heirs and Assigns for ever a small piece of Woodland Containing ahout Eleven Acres which I Pur- chased of David Ogden which I Give unto my said Son for his hirthright Item I Give also unto my said Son Adrian the Homestead wherein I do Possess with all the Improvements and Priviledges thereunto helonging Excepting Sixteen Acres from the road Leading from Martin Van Blar- coms thro the Mowing Ground which I give and Bequeath unto my son Derrick to him his heirs and Assigns and the homestead ahove men- tioned with the Priviledges and Appurtenances Together with the re- maining part of the Lot to my said Son Adrian to him his heirs and As- signs for ever Also I Give and Bequeath unto my said Son Adrian his heirs and Assigns for ever forty Acres of my Lot laying at a place called the Hook which is to hegin ahout one Chain on the North East side of a Small Brook Called Kleppe Fall2 and from thence South Westerly with the full Breadth of my Lot so far as to make the full Complement of Forty Acres as ahovesaid Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Richard and to his heirs and Assigns forever all that my Lot of Land where he now dwells upon that is to say Beginning at Passaick River thence North- westerly with the full Breadth of my Lot untill it comes to a Certain fence standing through a Swamp hetween the Dwelling house of said Richard and my son Peter3 also Twenty Acres of Land which I hought of Ahraham Godwin also Thirty Acres of Woodland laying on the east Side of a hill called Kaale Bagh Also a small piece of Land ahout seven Acreslaying hehind Darrick Van Giesons Land Also Forty Acres of that my Lot of Land Laying in the Hook as abovesaid Beginning Passaick River thence to run North Easterly with the full Breadth of Said Lot until it Contains the full Compliment of Forty Acres as aforesaid Item I Give and Bequeath to my son Peter and to his heirs and Assigns for- ever all that my Lot of Land he now dwells upon Beginning at the ahove mentioned fence Standing through said Swamp from thence Northwesterly until it comes to the Rear of my said Lot,4 also Thirty Acres of my Land laying on the Northwest side of the Kaal Bagh ahove- said also a Small piece of Wood land Containing ahout Fourteen Acres Laying hehind Garret Van Howtens Land also Thirty Acres of that my Lot of Land Laying in the Hook ahovesaid Beginning at the North East End of my said Lot and Southwesterly until it Contains Thirty Acres as ahovesaid and binds upon my Son Adrians Forty Acre Lot also all the remainder of my said Lott laying hetween my sons Adrian and Richard's Lotts Item I Give to each of my Sons ahove mentioned an Equal third Part of all my Right I have in a Brew House Brew Kettle with the uten- sils thereunto Belonging further it is my will if in case any mines should he discovered at any time hereafter on any Part of my Land herehy Given to my Sons ahove Named or unto either of them then and in such Case I Give and Bequeath to each of my Children herein Named an Equal fifth part of such Mines Item I Give to my Daughter Metye now Wife of John Van Gieson and to her heirs and Assigns my Negro Girl named (Fil) Item I Give unto my Daughter Catriena my Ne- gro Girl Named Flora to her her heirs Assigns forever Item I Give also to my said Daughter Catriena an Outset out of my Moveahle Estate equal to that which my said Daughter Metye has had 5

III. Martje (Marrietje), b. Sept. 25, 1715; m. Johannis Thomasse Van Riper, May 12, 1732; she was less than 17,

1 Derrick mortgaged this sixteen acres to Hendrick Kip, of New Bar- badoes, Dec. 13, 1785, for £43. Martin Van Blarcom lived at the Harte- bergh.

2 Klippig val is the Dutch for Stony hrook, a hrawling stream in the southwestern part of the Totowa tract.

3 Lot No. 4 and part of Lot No. 7, in the subdivision of Lot No. 3, of the Totowa patent. See p. 233.

4 The northwestern part of Lot No. 7.

5 E. J. Wills, Liher M, f. 268.

while he was 38 years of age at the time of their marriage. He was a son of Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse (Van Riper). 1

IV. Jannetje, b. April 19, 1719; m. Halmagh Sip. Ch., Dirk, bap. Dec. 10, 1749.

V. Dirck, b. Dec. 24, 1722; doubtless d. young, as he is not mentioned in his father's will.

VI. Jacob, h. Aug. 22, 1724; m. Jenne Van Ryp, Sept. 6, 1745; she was b. Dec. 25, 1720, at Tappan, but lived at Acquackanonk at the time of her marriage. She was a dau. of Jurjaen-Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse and Aeltje Van Winkle. 2

Johannes-Hellemeg-Roelof Cornelissen and Helena-Jo- hannis-Michiel Jansen Vreeland had children:

I. Helmigh, m. Aagtje (b. Sept. 18, 1733, dau. of Joris-Elias-Michiel Jansen) Vreeland, m. 1. May 4, 1753; d. Oct. 23, 1803. He lived at Bergen.

II. Johannes, bap. June 17, 1735; m. Aeltje Sickels. Roelof-Cornelis-Roelof Cornelissen and Jannetje Spier had children:

I. Helena, b. Oct. 15, 1715.

II. Cornelis, b. April II, 1717; Cornelis Van Houten, y. m., b. at Wesel, 1. at Panne, m. Sara De Marest, y. d., b. and l. at Hakkensak, Dec. 13, 1739; he and his wife joined the Schraalenburgh church, in 1751, by letter from Peremis. Issue (bap. at Schraalenburgh) : I. Abraham, b. Sept. 19, 1748; 2. Jannetie, b. March 30, 1750; 3. Jan, b. Dec. 8, 1751; 4. Jan, b. Sept. 10, 1754; 5. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 12, 1756; 6. Sara, b. April 7, 1761; 7. Jakemyntje, b. June 1, 1763. Cornelis inherited Lot No. 14 in the Goutum subdivision, which had been apportioned to the Acquacka- nonk patentee, or to his oldest son, as stated on p. 235. This he sold, June 19, 1751, to Lucas Wessels, who carried on a tannery on the brook that formerly crossed Main ave- nue (Passaic) just north of the main Erie station. This Lot included the land south of the former Reformed church parsonage farm in Passaic, between the Wesel road (Lex- ington avenue) on the east and the Van Wagoner line and Prospect street on the west; and Bloomfield avenue on the south. 3

III. Johannes, b. Nov. 30, 1719; m. Elizabeth (Lybetje) " Van Rype, both 1. at Acquackanonk, Nov. 8, 1745; she was b. Nov. 17, 1726, one of the two children of Abraham- Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse (Van Riper) ;4 he was called Johannes or John R. Van Houten. His will, dated Nov. 5, 1796, was witnessed by his neighbors, Cornelius Van Houten, John Van Houten and John Bensen, jun. He gave his wife Elizabeth all his estate during life, with remainder to his son Roelof in fee, he to pay £20 to each of his sisters -Elizabeth and Jannetje; Elizabeth to have the negro womau Bettie; Jannetje to have the negro woman Dine; by a codicil, Cornelius Van Winkle and David Bensen were ap- pointed executors, in place of John Bensen and John Van Winkle, deceased. This will was never offered for pro-

1 See p. 156.

2 See p. 160.

3 These houndaries are given approximately.

1 See p. 16I.

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bate.1 In a deed dated May 2, 1803, Lybetje describes her- self as a widow,2 showing that John d. between 1796 and 1803; she d. at Totowa, May 25, 1818, in her 93d year. She was generally known as Lybetje, but in deeds executed in her later years the English form, Elizabeth, was used by the scriveners. Notwithstanding the fact that his wife owned a half interest in Lot No. 7, West, in the Bogt (the lot lying on the south side of Broadway, from East Eighteenth street westward to the river),3 John preferred to live in his own house, on the southwest side of the Totowa road, immediately west of the tree-lined lane leading in to the house formerly occupied by the late Wil- liam F. Heins. It was a stone building, perhaps seventy- five feet long, one story high, with a steep roof, the long eaves coming down to within four or five feet of the ground; the ceilings were only about six feet high, with great oaken beams overhead; the timbers used were "big enough to build a house," says one who remembers well the ancestral mansion. It was torn down about 1850; the site is now occupied by a frame house, painted white, belonging to the Laurel Grove Cemetery Company.

IV. Jacob, b. Oct. 26, 1721; he was prob. the Jacob Van Houten, y. m., b. and 1. at Panne, m. Neeltje Stegge, y. d., b. at Hackensack, 1. by the Panne, June 8, 1747.

V. Maria, b. Dec. 30, 1724.

VI. Henricus, b. Feb. 17, 1726; perhaps the Hen- drick Van Houten, of Acquackanonk, who m. Aeltje Jaco- busse, b. at Acquackanonk, 1. at Peghquonock, Sept. 7, 1741; if so, he was less than sixteen years old, which would have been quite precocious, even for those days of early marriages.

VII. Abraham, b. Oct. 12, 1727.

Fifth Generation.

Helmigh-Roelof-Hellemeg-Roelof Cornelissen and Cath- arina Van Giesen had children:

I. Echje (Egge, Egje), b. Oct. 29, 1721; prob. m. Hendrick Doremus. Issue: I. Roeliph, b. Nov. 8, 1769; 2 ._ David, b. July 25, 1775.

II. Roeloff, m. Annetje Kip, Dec. 20, 1756, both living at Perikenis. Roeloff and his wife were still of Preakness, July 25, 1791, when they conveyed to Jacob Van Riper a tract of twenty-two acres at that place, being part of a tract devised to Roeloff by his father, Helmigh. 4

III. Feytje (Vitye), b. Jan. 27, 1735 ; m. [Benjamin ?] Yeomans. In 1805 she was living in Paterson, and appa- rently a widow.5

IV. Yannatye; d. about Oct. 1, 1796, the date of Albert Van Saun's charge of eight shillings "to making coffin for Jennie Van Houten."

V. Abraham.

VI. Printye ; m. - Doyle. In the division of her

1 It is in the possession of his great-grandson, Halmagh Van Houten, who lives on the Totowa road, near where Beattie or Union avenue joins that road.

2 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, A, 398.

4 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, A, 590.

3 See pp. 71, 73. 5 Ib. , D, 404.

father's estate, Lot No. 5, containing 12.01 acres was, set off to her.

VII. Catalinye; Caty Van Houten, daughter of Helmigh Van Houten, of Preakness, made her will Dec. 29, 1783; it was proved Sept. 23, 1785. She gave her wearing apparel to her sisters, Yannatje, Printye, Fithey and Garthey; all the rest of her estate to her sister Atjey (Affey, Echje). Executors-Samuel Van Saun and Thomas Ryerson, both of Preakness. 1

VIII. Johannes, bap. April 26, 1746; prob. d. young, as he is not mentioned in his father's will.

IX. Gertruy, b. March 19, 1754; m. Matthew Krank- hite (Kranck, Cranck, Cronk). Issue: I. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 14, 1786; 2. John, b. Oct. 6, 1789; 3. Feytye, b. Sept. I, 1791; 4. Maria, b. March 14, 1793; 5. Egge, b. May 14, I796.

Robert-Roelof-Hellemeg-Roelof Cornelissen and Eliza- beth Post had children:

I. Roelof, bap. Aug. 6, 1746; m. Ist, Antje Hennion, m. 1. Dec. 18, 1772; 2d, Antje Berdan; d. March 2, 1802; his second wife was prob. dau. of John Berdan and Mar- garet his wife; she d. Aug. 7, 1833, aged 74 yrs., 3 mos. Margaret Berdan, who lies beside her in the Van Houten family burying ground near the Lincoln bridge, d. Dec. 12, 1799, aged 69 yrs., 5 mos., 15 days. Roelof was sometimes called Roelof R. Van Houten. His homestead lay next southwest of the Totowa patent line, his residence being prob- ably where the Totowa road turns off to Singack. His son Robert having acquired the interest of the other heirs, con- veyed to John Deeths, Oct. 28, 1809, for $1,500, a farm of 49.55 acres, extending 10.16 chains along the Totowa line, and 33.70 chains along the Passaic river.2 This is still known as the Deeths farm; it lies near the new Jackson bridge over the Passaic river, near Little Falls. The other children of Roelof quit-claimed to John Van Allen the homestead formerly of Robert, their grandfather, by deed dated May 1, 1817, for $500; this is described in the deed as being in Singack. 3 The will of Ann Van Houten, widow of Ralph Van Houten, of Acquackanonk, is dated March 23, 1826; proved Sept. 24, 1833.4

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History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 62

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