Cornelius Barentse Van Wyck immigrated from Holland to Midwout (now Flatbush part of Queens, New York City), New York in 1660. He died after 1712. Descendants lived chiefly in New York.

Ancestry and descendants of Martin Ryerson (d. ca. 1687), Dutch immigrant in 1640 to Long Island, who married Annetje Joris de Rapelje in Brooklyn, New York.

Jacob Griffin married Ruth Woolsey, served in the Revolutionary War, and had ten children in the last half of the eighteenth century. He was born in Fishkill, New York and died in Westchester County, New York. His wife, Ruth, was descended from George Woolsey (b.1610), immigrant and grandson of Thomas Woolsey, nephew of Cardinal Woolsey. Includes descendants of Jacob and Ruth to the fourth generation.

Teunis Dircksen Van Vechten and his family emigrated in 1638 from Holland to Greenbush (near Albany), New York. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, Ohio, Georgia, Texas and elsewhere.

Johanne Breil (John Broyles) and his family emigrated from Germany and settled in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, in 1717. His chiefly follows line of descent to Dr. Ozey Robert Broyles of the fifth generation. Ozey Robert Broyles (1798-1875) of "Astabula" Pedleton, South Carolina, married Sarah Ann Taliaferro (1803-1888) in 1823. They had ten children, 1823-1846. Descendants listed lived in South Carolina, Georgia, Colorado, Utah, Alabama, and elsewhere. Includes...

Peter Mesier (d.ca.1784), of Dutch lineage, married Catherine Sleight, and was an alderman of the West Ward in New York City between 1759 and 1763. He was a merchant and a Loyalist, and after a 1776 fire that destroyed 15 of his houses in New York City, he and his family moved upriver to the family farm at Wappingers Creek in Dutchess County, New York. Descendants and relatives lived in New York City, in Dutchess County, New York and elsewhere. Includes...

Oloff Stevense Van Cortlandt (ca.1600/1610-1684) immigrated from Holland to New Amsterdam, New York in 1638, and married Annetje Loockermans. Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831)--direct descendant in the fifth generation--became a Brigadier General during the Revolutionary War. His brother, Pierre Jr. (1762-1848), also served in the war, and married widow Catharine (Clinton) Taylor, a daughter of George Clinton (who served as governor of New York, and...

Dr.John Viets (ca.1665-1723) immigrated from Germany to New York, and settled in Simsbury, Connecticut in 1710. "The name of Dr. Viets's wife was Catharine."-- p. 8. Catharine Viets died 5/6 March 1734. Dr. John Viets " ... died in Simsbury Connecticut, November 18, 1723."--P. 7. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, New England, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Delaware, Nebraska and elsewhere. Some descendants immigrated to Nova Scotia...

This book starts with Jacob Milton Bergen, Sr. and his wife, Mary Alice Baylis, who were married in 1888, and looks back to trace the direct line ancestors of both. They were both born in New York. "In 1920 Grandma and Grandpa Bergen purchased Cemetery plots in Powell Cemetery at Farmingdale, LI., now Bethpage. ... Grandma Berden died in 1947. Grandpa Bergen died in 1950. The Powell and Baylis parents, grandparents, and great grandparents of Grandma...