The two volumes contains the records of eleven Bogert families that immigrated from Holland (The Netherlands) to various cities in New York state (chiefly in the 1600s, with one in 1719 and two in the 1850s), and one Bogert family that immigrated from Germany and had a child born here in 1775. Descendants and relatives of these 12 immigrants lived in New York, New Jersey and elsewhere.

Gerrit Hendricksen (1723-1683/1684), son of Hendrick Gerryts and Geestje, immigrated from Holland to New Amsterdam, New York, and married twice. The surname Blauvelt used by the second generation was apparently derived from a farm owned by Gerrit Hendricksen on Manhattan. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, New Jersey and elsewhere. Includes Ackerman, Bogert, De Baum, Demarest, Eckerson, Haring, Talman, Van Houten, Westervelt and related...

"Douwe Harmense Taelman [was] born 1624-5 in Friesland Holland, Netherlands. He his wife and son Harmen emigrated in the ship Bruinvisch (porpose) in June 1658 to New Netherlands. He died June 1687. Buried June 19, 1687 in Bergen, New Jersey. Married to Dirckje Theunise of Friesland, Holland. [She] was born 1624, died 1703 in Nyack, N.Y." P.--1. Descendants and relatives lived in New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia,...