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Genealogical History Of Hudson And Bergen Counties New Jersey
THE VAN GELDER FAMILY

Originally published in 1900
Cornelius Burnham Harvey, Editor

Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003

THE VAN GELDER FAMILY.-The numerous Van Gelders in Bergen County are descended from Johannes Van Gelder, who came from Gelderland in Holland about 1661 and settled at New Amsterdam, where he had issue Hester, 1662; John, 1664; Hermanus, 1666; Elizabeth; Maria; Abraham, 1673; Cornelia; Emmerdus; and James. John married in 1686 Effie Roos. Hermanus married in 1689 Catharine Tennis. Abraham married, in 1695, Catalyntie Elias. James settled at Hackensack, N. J., in 1705, and married Susanna Devoe, a widow. Abraham's son John, born about 1702, married Catalina Vanderbeck, and about 1730 settled at Pompton, then in Bergen County. From these two, John and James, there are numerous descendants living in the western part of Bergen County.

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