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THE BERTHOLFS
Originally published in 1900 |
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THE BERTHOLFS, who are very numerous in Bergen County, particularly in the western part, are descended from Guilliam Bertholf, who was
born at Sluys in Flanders, and with his wife, Martina Hendricks Verwey,
came to America in 1684 and first located at Bergen in New Jersey, where
they joined the church, October 6, 1684, and where their son Henry was
baptized April 6, 1686. Guilliam had studied theology at Middleburgh, Holland, and had come to America in the capacity of catechiser voorleser
and schoolmaster. In these capacities lie labored at Bergen until 1690,
when he removed to Hackensack, where the people so esteemed him that
in 1693 they sent him to Holland to be licensed as a minister of the Dutch
Church. The Classis of Middleburgh, Holland, ordained and licensed him,
and on his return in 1694 lie accepted the pastorate of the "Church on the
Green," at Hackensack, where he preached until his death. For the first
fifteen years of his ministry he is said to have been the only Dutch
preacher in New Jersey. During his pastorate he had the control of all the
surrounding churches, preaching at Tappan, Tarrytown, Staten Island,
Raritan, Pompton, Belleville, and The Ponds. He was a well-read and eloquent man, indefatigable in his work, and organized many churches. His
issue were Sarah, Maria, and Elizabeth (all born at Sluys in Flanders),
and Henry, Corynus, Jacobus, Martha, and Anna, all of whom joined the
Hackensack church. Sarah married David D. Demarest, Maria married
John Bogert, Elizabeth married John Terhune and Rolof Bogert, Henry
married Mary Terhune, Corynus married Anna Ryerson, Martha married
Albert Bogert, Jacobus married Elizabeth Van Emburgh, Anna married
Abraham Varrick. Rev. Guilliam Bertholf purchased from John Berry a
farm at Hackensack, extending from the Hackensack to the Saddle River,
on which the village of Hackensack is now partly located, and there he
died, universally respected, in 1724. All his children remained in Bergen
County, over which their descendants are thickly scattered.
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