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BIOGRAPHY OF
THE QUACKENBUSH FAMILY.
THE QUACKENBUSH FAMILY in Bergen and Hudson Counties are descended
from Peter Quackenbush, of Oostgeest, Holland. His son, Rynier
Pietersen Van Quackenbosch, came to America in 1673-74 and located
at New Amsterdam, where he married, March 2, 1674, Elizabeth
Jans, of Flushing, L. I. He was a carpenter by trade, and pursued
that calling in New Amsterdam. His wife having died in 1691,
he married, the following year, Classie Jacobse. He had a large
family of children, among whom were Abraham, Jacob, and John.
Abraham settled at Schraalenburgh in Bergen County and married
Susanna, a daughter of Samuel Hellings (Helms), by whom he had
issue ten children. His brother John married Lena Van Houten,
and his brother Jacob married Ann Brower. John and Jacob both
located in the northerly part of Bergen. Abraham, John, and Jacob
each reared large families, from whom having sprung numerous
descendants now scattered over Bergen County.
Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties,
New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey
Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 178-179.
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