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BIOGRAPHY OF
GARRET T. HARING.
GARRET T. HARING is descended in the ninth generation from
Jan Pietersen Haring, the emigrant from Hoorn, Holland. The
line of descent is the same as that of Garret A. Haring (see
page 61) down to the fifth generation.
Garret John Haring (5), a son of John Cozine Haring (4) and
Aeltie Van Dolsen, born April 28, 1725, married, in 1751, Cornelia
Lent, and had issue of the sixth generation eight children:
Aeltie, Peter, Frederick, James, Catharine, Elizabeth, John,
and Abraham.
John Garrets Haring (6), born at Tappan in 1752, married Rensie
(Garrets) Eckerson and had issue of the seventh generation four
children: Altie, Garret, Altie, and Margaret.
Garret Johns Haring (7), born January 24, 1779, died May 25,
1849, married Elizabeth Eckerson, and had issue of the eighth
generation Rensie and Thomas E.
Thomas E. Haring (8), born March 3, 1808, died February 16,
1870, married Rachel Taylor, and had issue two children: Sarah
E. and Garret T. Haring, the latter being the subject of this
sketch.
Garret T. Haring (9) was born at River Vale, Bergen County,
February 22, 1851, and received a good education in the local
schools. Leaving school at the age of nineteen, he began native
life on his father's farm, and subsequently engaged in the business
of breeding and dealing in horses, in which he has since continued
with substantial success.
Mr. Haring is one of the best known men in Bergen County,
and for a number of years has been prominent and influential
in public affairs. He has served most efficiently as a member
of the Board of Chosen Freeholders for nine years, has also officiated
as poormaster of the Borough of Old Tappan, and is a member of
the Reformed Church. He is an active, progressive, and public
spirited citizen, and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He
married Anne G. Hasbrook and has two children: Sarah C. and
Thomas G.
Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties,
New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey
Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 201.
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