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THE MEYER FAMILY
Originally published in 1900 |
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THE MEYER FAMILY.-The first American ancestor of the Meyer
family in America was Adolph Meyer (or Mayer), a native of Ulsen, a
parish of Bertheim in the German Province of Westphalia, who emigrated
to New Amsterdam in 1661. His arrival was followed soon after by the
advent of his kinsmen, Andrew and John Meyer, brothers. They must have been on friendly terms with the Van Vorsts at Bergen, for, on November 5, 1671, Andrew's marriage to Miss Vroutie, eldest daughter of Ide
Van Vorst. was duly solemnized in the old Dutch Church on the heights,
and on June 13, 1677, Miss Ann Van Vorst, Vroutie's sister, was united
to John Meyer in the same church. Andrew and John both took their
wives to New Amsterdam, where they prospered and reared large families.
In 1694 John removed to Tappan and located near the Sparkill Brook.
John's wife, then a widow, received her share of the Tappan patent at the
division in 1704. Their children, whose descendants spread southward into
Bergen County, were Catharine, Ide, John, Judith, Iden, Cornelius, Ann,
Elizabeth, and Andrew.
Adolph Meyer removed to near Demarest in Bergen County, where he settled on a large farm purchased by him from the Demarests. His issue spread all over Bergen County and are numerous to-day.
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