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THE QUACKENBUSH FAMILY
Originally published in 1900 |
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THE QUACKENBUSH FAMILY in Bergen and Hudson Counties are
descended from Peter Quackenbush, of Oostgeest, Holland. His son,
Rynier Pietersen Van Quackenbosch, carne to America in 1673-74 and located at New Amsterdam, where he married, March 1674, Elizabeth Jans,
of Flushing, L. I. He was a carpenter by trade, and pursued that calling
in New Amsterdam. His wife having died in 1691, he married, the following year, Classie Jacobse. He had a large family of children, among whom
were Abraham, Jacob, and John. Abraham settled at Schraalenburgh in
Bergen County and married Susanna, a daughter of Samuel Hellings
(Helms), by whom he had issue ten children. His brother John married
Lena Van Houten, and his brother Jacob married Ann Brower. John and Jacob both located in the northerly part of Bergen. Abraham, John,
and Jacob each reared large families, from whom have sprung numerous
descendants now scattered over Bergen County.
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