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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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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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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...
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TitleColonial Era Van Vorst House, Jersey City Heights, circa 1974
Date Created1974
Description1970s 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 just west of Hoboken. ...
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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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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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TitleNotice of Intent to Appoint Surveyors for Roads in New Barbadoes, 1835
Date Created1835
DescriptionPublic notice that freeholders of Bergen County intend to submit application to Superior Court of Common Pleas for permission to hire six surveyors to lay out five new roads in New Barbadoes Township....
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleInvitation to Participate in Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of Founding of Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Bergen
Date Created1910
DescriptionInvitation from church officers, made out to Frank H. Van Winkle, to participate in services commemorating anniversary of church. Services at church were part of larger celebration of founding of...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)