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Date Created1900

DescriptionPortrait of Jacob D. Van Winkle, active citizen in the founding of Hudson County in 1840, serving terms as Freeholder and its first County Collector. Ancestor of local historian Daniel Van Winkle.

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TitleDeed, Aaron and Jane Newkirk to Jacob D. Van Winkle, 1819

Date Created1819

DescriptionDeed for parcel of land in the Township of Bergen, now part of Jersey City. The property is described in relation to neighbors and a "white oak tree" rather than streets or lot numbers, indicating how...

Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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TitleSale of Pew 135, Bergen Reformed Church, 1842

Date Created1842

DescriptionDocuments relating to purchase of pew in new church building, 1842. Receipt for down payment, plus bill of sale which notes additional charge for cushion and trimming.

Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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TitleGenealogical Notes on the Smock Family in the United States: From Genealogical Registers, Local Histories, Church Records. Family Records, State Archives, and MSS. in the Possession of the Compiler

AuthorSmock, John C. (John Conover)

Date Created1922

DescriptionTraces descendants for Hendrick Matthyse Smock and Guertje Harmens, from their immigration from Netherlands and settlement in New Utrecht, NY (now part of Brooklyn). Record of marriages and births for...

Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)

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TitleDeed for small parcel of land, 1822

Date Created1822

DescriptionDeed conveying a one-tenth of an acre lot between owners of adjacent properties, from John Van Houte to Jacob D. Van Winkle. Property is described in relation to the road from Bergen to Prior's Mill,...

Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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TitleAppointment to Militia of New Jersey, 1827

Date Created1827

DescriptionAppointment of Jacob Van Winkle as Adjutant of the first regiment of the Bergen Brigade of the Militia of New Jersey, dated August 4, 1827and signed by the Governor, Isaac H. Williamson. With record...

Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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TitleAccount of Estate Administrator of Aaron Tuers, 1836

Date Created1836

DescriptionAccount prepared by "administrator pendente lite" - while the settlement was pending - of the dispositon of the estate of Aaron Tuers, listing amounts paid for items sold after initial inventory of...

Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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TitleEleanor Brinkerhoff Speer and Grandson, circa 1909

AuthorGrundy, J. Owen

Date Created1909

DescriptionPhoto of grandmother and grandson in front of mantle, with long descriptive caption by Jersey City historian J. Owen Grundy about the family's history. Text provides example of how Dutch naming...

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TitleSale of Pew 8, Bergen Reformed Church, 1826

Date Created1826

DescriptionSale of pew 8 in Bergen Reformed Church for $41. Receipt of payment noted on the back.

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TitleColonial Era Van Vorst House, Jersey City Heights, 1938

Date Created1938

DescriptionWPA historic buildings survey photo of house said to have been built circa 1740 on farmland belonging to the Van Vorst family, in what was later Hudson City, now the Heights section of Jersey City...