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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. |
