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THE VAN ORDEN (VAN NAERDEN) FAMILY
Originally published in 1900 |
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THE VAN ORDEN (VAN NAERDEN) FAMILY is said to have originated at Naerden, a town in North Holland, from whence, as early as 1639,
one Claes Jansen Ruyter emigrated to America. The surname Ruyter
was bestowed on him because he was, as the name signifies, a good horseman. His children dropped the Ruyter "and went by the name of Jansen. He and his wife, Pietertie Jans, are said to have gone first to Esopus,
but, not liking that locality, located at Brooklyn, where in 1645 Claes
bought 42 acres of land adjoining the farm of Peter Van Delinde. Claes
was an Indian interpreter in 1660. His son, Claes Jansen, married in
New York in 1676 Cornelia Williams, of Esopus. He was then registered
as being from Esopus. By his two wives he had a large family of children.
Claes's son John married and reared a large family, among whom were Andries (Andrew), Albert, and Adam. These came to Hackensack about 1700, where, on August 31, of that year, Andries married Rachel, eldest daughter of David Demarest (2), by whom he had a son, John. Rachel Demarest died in 1708, and Andries married, August 12, 1710, Antie la Roux, a granddaughter of Jaques la Roux, the emigrant. Andries's children were Jacobus, Elizabeth, Jannetie, Peter, and Wybrig. Albert, brother of Andries, married in 1717 Margaret Mattys, of Hackensack, by whom he had issue. Many of the children of Andries and Albert settled on lands now in Washington, Midland, and Hohokus Townships, where the name is frequently met with to-day.
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