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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 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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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, 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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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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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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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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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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TitleNotice of Sale of Pew in Bergen Reformed Church, 1854

Date Created1854

DescriptionPublic notice posted August 21, 1854, of sale of pew "on the floor of the RD Church at Bergen - South Side" by the executors of the estate of John Van Horne. Sale to take place at "the store of Jacob...

Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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TitleLetter authorizing new County Collector, 1843

Date Created1843

DescriptionLetter dated May 18, 1843, from the Board of Chosen Freeholders to Jacob Van Winkle, first County Collector of Hudson County, notifying him of the appointment of his successor, Edmund W. Kingsland,...

Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)