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JACOB B. ECKERSON
Originally published in 1900 |
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JACOB B. ECKERSON, of Rivervale, is of the eighth generation in descent
from John Tomaszen, the emigrant and progenitor of all the Eckersons
and Ackersons in Bergen County (see sketch on page 53). The line
of Jacob B. Eckerson's descent is the same as that of Cornelius A. Eckerson
(p. 546) down to the seventh generation: that is to say, down to Abraham
G. Eckerson 1,7) and his wife, Catharine Smith, who had children of
the eighth generation James A., Garret A., and Cornelius A. His father
served in the Revolutionary War.
James A. Eckerson (8), born August 27, 1806, died March 22, 1875, married (1), in 1830, Elizabeth Blawvelt, daughter of Jacob I. and Rachel (Blanch) Blawvelt. She was born February 11, 1812, and died April 21, 1846. He married (2) Jane Westervelt, born January 3, 1807, died March 12, 1883. James A. Eckerson (8) had issue by Elizabeth Blawvelt five children of the ninth generation: Abram J., Mary, Catharine, Jacob B., and Margaret. Jacob B. Eckerson (9), the subject of this sketch, was born at Old Tappan, Bergen County, N. J., May 16, 1839. He was educated in the local schools, and afterward, at the age of fifteen, went to work on his father's farm, where he now resides, and which has been handed down from father to son for over two hundred years. In addition to carrying on this old homestead he was also, for about twenty years, engaged in business as a carpenter and builder with his brother. Mr. Eckerson served nine months in the Civil War as a member of the Twenty-second Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers. He has been a Justice of the Peace for twenty-five years, was also a School Trustee for some time, and for many years was a member of the Town Committee. He has held nearly every local office, including many county offices, and has discharged every obligation with ability and satisfaction. He is a member of the Reformed Church of Tappan and of Gabriel R. Poll Post, No. 101, G. A. R. He married Margaret A. Haring and has two children: Wilbur H. and Bertha.
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