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THE VAN GIESEN FAMILY
Originally published in 1900 |
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THE VAN GIESEN FAMILY.-One Reynier Bastiaensen Van Giesen,
from Giesen, a village in North Brabant, Holland, came to New Amsterdam with his wife, Dircke Cornelis Van Groenland, prior to 1660, and
settled at Flatbush, L. I. He was a schoolmaster, and the first one at Flatbush, as appears from an agreement dated June 6, 1660. which he signed
between himself and the consistory of the Dutch Church of Flatbush. He
resided at Flatbush in a house which he sold in January, 1663, and was an
officer in attendance upon the court. From Flatbush he went to Bergen,
and from thence to Hackensack, where, in September, 1699, he married his
second wife, Hendrickie Buys, of Bergen. At this time he had dropped
the Bastians from his name. His issue were John; Jacob, 1670; Gysbertie, 1673; Bastianse, Abraham, Henry, Isaac, Ryynier, Isaac, and perhaps daughters. Of these Isaac married Hillegond Claesen Cooper and
Anna Breyand. Henry married Sara Romeyn. Rynier married a Van
Dien. All these settled at Hackensack, and later their descendants settled in the western part of Bergen County, where the name is now
common.
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