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BIOGRAPHY OF
THE GARRABRANT FAMILY.
THE GARRABRANT FAMILY, the inter members of which are numerous
in the western part of Bergen and Hudson Counties, claim descent
from Gerbrand Claesen, a Dutch emigrant, who, at one time, had
much influence over the early affairs of Bergen. Claesen was
from Amsterdam, and was at Bergen probably two or three years
before he married Maritie, only daughter of Claes Pietersen Cos,
which was August 25, 1674. He became a large property owner
and held many official positions. In 1689 he obtained permission
of Governor Leisler to purchase a tract of land now in Putnam
County, N. Y., and, on December 6, 1699, he purchased of George
Willocks an extensive tract of land on the Pequanonek River,
then in Bergen County.
His issue were nine children: Peter, Claes, Herpert, Cornelia,
Metje, Cornelius, Maria, Gerrebrand, and Mindert. Some of these
remained at Bergen, where their descendants still live, while
others settled on their father's lands on the Pequanonek River,
whence their issue spread over Bergen and Passaic Counties.
Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties,
New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey
Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 164.
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