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ANDREW H. BRINKERHOFF
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ANDREW H. BRINKERHOFF is a descendant in the eighth generation
from Joris Dircksen (Brinkerhoff), the first American progenitor of the
New Jersey branches of the family. Joris (George) Dircksen (1) was a
native of the grazing and stock raising Province of Drenthe, Holland (from
whence came so many of the pioneer families of the New Netherlands),
where he was born about 1590. Early in life his family removed to Vlissingen (Flushing), a seaport on the Island of Walcheron in Zeeland, at
which city many persons were fleeing from religious persecution. Here
Joris married Susanna Dubbelo. In 1638 Joris, with his wife, emigrated to
America. He first settled on Staten Island and is said to have entered
into a contract with one Cornelius Melyn, the owner of the island, to reside there, but on August 16, 1641, owing to the numerous murders com-
mitted in the neighborhood by the Indians, he obtained a release from his
contract. The same year he settled at Brooklyn, where, on March 23, 1646,
he obtained a grant of thirty-six acres of land. On this he seems to have
built his home and resided until his death, January 16, 1661. He must
have been a man of ability and respected by his neighbors, otherwise he
would not have been elected a magistrate in 1654 and re-elected annually
thereafter until 1660. He helped to organize the Dutch Church at Brooklyn and was an Elder in it at the time of his death. His issue of the
second generation were Derrick (killed by the Indians), Hendrick, Abraham, and Aeltie.
Hendrick (2), born in Holland about 1630, married Claesie (a daughter of Cornelius Jans) Bogert (see sketch on page 105), then of Flatbush, L. I. He lived at Flatbush until 1685, was a magistrate of Brooklyn in 1662-63, and became a member of the Colonial Assembly in 1665. On June 17, 1685, with Jan Cornelise Bogert, the Bantas, and others, he removed to Bergen County and purchased a large tract of land between the Hackensack River and the Overpeck Creek, on which Hendrick settled, and where he died in 1610 or 1611. A stone marks the spot where his remains are buried in the cemetery of the ' Church on the Green," at Hackensack. Of this church he was one of the founders, and for many years a leader and officer in it. He held other responsible positions, and was one of the most active and useful members of the new colony. His issue of the third generation were Greetie, Margrietie, Cornelius, Joris, Derrick, and Jacobus. Cornelius Hendricksen Brinckerhoff (3), born on Long Island, married Aegie Vreeland, of Bergen, May 28, 1708. He was a member of the Hackensack church, and died September 1, 1770, aged ninety-seven. Derrick Brinkerhoff (3) married (1) Margaret Sibse Banta and (2) Abagail Ackerman, and Jacobus (3) married Angenitie Hendricks Banta. The descendants of the last three named have spread over Hudson and Bergen Counties and are still numerous. Andrew H. Brinkerhoff (8), the subject of this sketch, is a descendant of one of these, and was born at Boiling Springs, Bergen Coun- ty, October 13, 1847. He is the son of George C. Brinkerhoff (7) and Kezia H. Hopper, daughter of Andrew P. and Anna Hopper, and a grand-son of Cornelius G. (6) and Hannah Brinkerhoff. He was educated in the district schools and at Packard's Institute, New York, and with the exception of a few years spent in farming has followed the banking business since leaving the latter institution, being at the present time the Cashier of the Rutherford National Bank. Rising step by step to this responsible position, he has displayed from the first great executive ability, sound business judgment, and a thorough knowledge of financial affairs In public life he has also been active and prominent. He has served efficiently as Collector of Taxes, and in 1890 was elected a member of the Borough Council, serving two years, and in 1899 was again elected to that office for a term of three years. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Board of Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Rutherford, of which he is a regular attendant and liberal supporter. Mr. Brinkerhoff was married on July 12, 1868, to Jennie M. Brinkerhoff and has five children: George C., Henry A., James H., Kezia H., and May.
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