Joris Dircksen Brinckerhoff (ca.1604-1661) married Susanna Dubbels in 1628, and emigrated from Holland to Brooklyn, New York in 1640. Descendants (spelling the surname Brinkerhoff or Brinckerhoff) and relatives lived in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin and elsewhere.

Descendants of James Christie, a Scot who arrived in New Netherlands in the late 1690's.

Albert Albertsen Terhune was born about 1619 in Hunen (Hytnen), Gerderland, Holland. He immigrated to Long Island, New York in 1654 and died in 1685 in Flatlands, Long Island.

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Van Voorhees (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from the Netherlands. Some focus is on (but not limited to) descendants of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees (1599-1684), who immigrated in 1660 from the Province of Drenthe in the Netherlands to New Amersfort in New Netherland (Long Island, New York). He married Aeltje Wellels, and later married Willemtje Roelofse Seubering....

"The first edition of 'The Demarest family' was written and published by Dr. William Henry Steel Demarest and his sister, Mary Arthur Demarest;, in 1938, followed by three supplements ... the details embodied in this second edition were developed through the earnest cooperation of many members of the family plus intensive research in most of the United States and Canada. These records were assembled and this second edition written by the President...

François Le Seuer, a French Huguenot, emigrated from Normandy, France to New Amsterdam, New York in 1657, and settled in Flatbush, Long Island, New York, moving in 1661 to New Harlem, Manhattan Island, New York City. Nicholas Lozier (1668-1761), a grandson, moved from Esopus, New York to Hackensack, New Jersey and married twice. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas, Washington,...

Leendert Arenden DeGraw was born in 1601, probably in Aaalsmeer, Holland. He married Leuntje Lydecker and they had five children. They emigrated in 1638 and settled in New Amsterdam. He died in 1664. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in New York, New Jersey, Michigan and Nebraska.

Andries Willemszen Hoppe(n) married Geertje Henricks. They had four children. They were living in New Amsterdam by 1651. He died in 1658. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

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...

Gerrit Hendricksen (1620-1683/1684), probably a son of Hendrick Gerryts and his wife Geertje or Grietje, immigrated in 1637 from Holland to New Amsterdam, New York, and went up river to Rensselaerwick as an employee. By 1646 he was back in New Amsterdam, where he married twice, and was known as Gerrit Hendricksen de blau boer (probably referring to his farm land). His children and later descendants used Blauvelt as a surname. Descendants and relatives...