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TitlePlots and Inscriptions, Old Cemetery at Bergen Reformed Church
AuthorVan Winkle, Daniel
Date Created1914
DescriptionPlot of lots and list of lot owners of in old cemetery of Bergen Reformed Church. Transcriptions of inscriptions from headstones, most from early nineteenth century. History of lands granted to and...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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TitleWill of Marytie Garrabrance, 1793
Date Created1793
DescriptionCopy of will of in which a widow "being much weak and sickly in body but yet of a sound mind and understanding" bequeaths her estate to her sister, nieces and friends, listing items to be given to...
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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TitleSermon to Returning Civil War Soldiers, 1861
AuthorTaylor, Benjamin C. (Benjamin Cook)
Date Created1861
DescriptionSermon preached by Rev. Benjamin C. Taylor, pastor, in Bergen Reformed Church on 2nd Samuel 10:12 - "Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people and for the cities of our God: and the...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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TitleGrant of Ferry Passage, 1840
Date Created1840
DescriptionLetter from George S. Schuyler, superintendent, certifying right of free ferry passage for three years for the family and goods of Jacob Van Winkle, in exchange for granting the right of way for the...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleDeed for 313 Acres in Bergen County, 1786
Date Created1786
DescriptionQuit-claim deed in which Michael H. and Cornelius H. Vreeland of "Achqueghenonck," transfer a land title to Michael D. and Elizabeth Vreeland, of Hackensack. The first location, at that time part of...
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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TitleDeed and guarantee of release, 1787
Date Created1787
DescriptionTwo documents relating to the purchase of lands by Daniel Van Winkle, from heirs of Cornelius Diedericks. The first being a deed in which the "lots of land swamp and meadow" are sold for "Five pounds...
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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TitleRelease and Receipts, Settlement of Estate of John Van Winkle, 1844-1851
Date Created1844-1851
DescriptionDocument closing the settlement of the estate of John Van Winkle, and receipts of payments to heirs from sale of two properties. Two of the six heirs sign with an "X" mark, indicating the level of...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleCharter to the Town and Freeholders of Bergen, 1668: Regranting of Dutch township under new English colonial governors, copy made 1805
Date Created1805
DescriptionCopy of original English charter, made at the time of the incorporation of the Associates of the Jersey Company - the body which would found Jersey City. In the 1688 Charter, the new English Governor...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
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TitleLease of land from Hilletje Jans, widow of Ide Cornelius Van Vorst, to her son-in-law Jan Ariense Sip, 1694
AuthorToers, Claes Arentse
Date Created1694
DescriptionDocument in which Hilletje Jans, widow, asserts that she has leased a tract of land to her son in law Jan Arianse Sip, and agrees to continue the lease until her death, at which point all of her land...
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TitleSubscription of Freeholders, Report of Expenses, and Apportionment of Costs for Political Work in Trenton
Date Created1812
DescriptionAgreement of Freeholders of Township of Bergen to send John Van Horne and Peter Sip to Trenton for unspecified legal work, with signatures with subscribed amounts donated. Report on the actual...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)