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THE VAN WINKLE FAMILY
Originally published in 1900 |
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THE VAN WINKLE FAMILY.-Mr. Winfield has written in reference
to the origin of this family: " This name is derived from winkel, a corner,
square, shop. Winkelier was a shopkeeper. The ancestor was a shop or
storekeeper. Its present orthography is comparatively modern. The family
settled at Harsimus shortly after their arrival in this country. They came
from Middleburgh, the capital of the Province of Zealand, in Holland.
This city was on the Island of Walcheron, about forty miles southwest of
Rotterdam, well built and populous, with a fine harbor and a prosperous
trade.
"I have not ascertained the names of the parents of the three boys and two girls who seem to have made up this family. Their names were Jacob, Waling, Symon, Annetie, and Grietie; their patronymic being Jacobse – children of Jacob. Jacob was the founder of the family in Hudson County. Waling and Symon were of the company from Bergen who, in 1679, purchased and afterward settled 'Haquequenunck,' Aquackenonck, now Passaic." They were the founders of the family in New Jersey, and their descendants are very numerous in the western part of Bergen County as well as in Hudson County. Jacob's son Jacob married Egie Paulis in 1702, and Symon's son married Antie Saunders in 1703. Both of these settled at Hackensack, and so spread the family name through the central parts of Bergen County.
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