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TitleCornelius Van Vorst, circa 1620
Date Created1620
DescriptionPhotograph of contemporary portrait by Frans Hals of Cornelius Van Vorst, pioneering Dutch settler of the New Netherland colony. Both he and his descendants played a prominent part in the history of...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Many Worlds Meet (to 1620)
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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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TitleEstate of Stephen Vreeland, died August 1865 - Executor's Account 1868
Date Created1868
DescriptionAccounting of the fairly substantial estate of Stephen Vreeland, fifth generation Dutch American and the first of his line to live his life entirely after independence. Detailed list of monies paid...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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TitleMemorial Sermon of the Rev. Paul Duryea Van Cleef, D.D.
AuthorCorwin, Edward Tanjore; Brett, Cornelius
Date Created1903
DescriptionMemorial sermon for Rev. Van Cleef, who served as pastor of First Reformed Dutch Church of Van Vorst, renamed Wayne Street Reformed Church, from 1850 through 1903. Biography covers his education at...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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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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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)