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TitleWill of Jeremiah Van Winkle, 1834
Date Created1834
DescriptionCopy made 1839 of 1834 will of Jeremiah Van Winkle, in which he divides his land among his children and grandchildren. Notable for the way in which boundaries are described in relation to neighbors,...
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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, Richard and Effie Lyon to Jacob D. Van Winkle, 1820
Date Created1820
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 "Cedar Swamp," indicating how undeveloped the area still was. But...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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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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TitleThird of Three Maps Showing Division of Property of Cornelius Van Vorst, circa 1853
Date Created1873
DescriptionMap showing division of property among the heirs of Cornelius Van Vorst, father of Jersey City Mayor, grandson of Revolutionary era patriot and descendant of original Dutch settler who all shared the...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleSecond of Three Maps Showing Division of Property of Cornelius Van Vorst, circa 1853
Date Created1873
DescriptionMap showing division of property among the heirs of Cornelius Van Vorst, father of Jersey City Mayor, grandson of Revolutionary era patriot and descendant of original Dutch settler who all shared the...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleFirst of Three Maps Showing Division of Property of Cornelius Van Vorst, circa 1853: Map No. 1 Annexed to the Commissioner's Report in Partition of the Estate of Cornelius Van Vorst, Deceased, Showing the Several Lots Allotted to his Heirs Respectively
Date Created1873
DescriptionMap showing division of property among the heirs of Cornelius Van Vorst, father of Jersey City Mayor, grandson of Revolutionary era patriot and descendant of original Dutch settler who all shared the...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleThe Van Houten Family of Bergen, New Jersey
AuthorWashburn, Charles L. Demarest (Charles Lawton Demarest)
Date Created1897
DescriptionGenealogical record of the Van Houten (or Van Houte) family, residents of the Village of Bergen, now part of Jersey City. Begins with the marriage records of four brothers in the late 1600s, and...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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TitleDeeds from Van Vorst to Colgate, 1827 to 1849
Date Created1827-1849
DescriptionSeries of deeds and emendations, from 1827 to 1849, by which Cornelius Van Vorst sold additional land to William Colgate, adjoining the "new factory now erecting." The Colgate Company was among the...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleMap of Plainfield Wards 3 and 4 1900
Date Created1900
DescriptionMap of Plainfield showing Wards 3 and 4 bounded by Jefferson Avenue and Spooner Avenue and Green Brook and West Seventh with businesses and homeowners noted.
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)