| 1900 VAN RIPER Federal Census Michigan ======================================= Wayne County Brownstown Township T623-roll 754 district 178 page 12a, sheet 12, image 23, June 22 Flat Rock 246-246 360-360 218-218 171-173 Wayne ???-??? 57-61 97-105 Wayne County 97-106 (two family house) T623-roll 749 19-21 |
| 1910 Federal Census VAN RIPER Morris County New Jersey =================================== Morris County Boonton Township Roll T624-902 district 1 page 3b, sheet 3, image 6, May 7 60-62 210-230 65-71 153-146 Sarah Van Riper-head-49-F-W-patient-married-3 children-3 living- Anson N. Van Riper-42-M-W-patient-single- 117-121 126-135 215-303 182-209 309-393 101-104 46-47 47-48 95-121 |
| AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS William Van Riper Residence: Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 02 May 1864 at the age of 18 Sources: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio. (OHRoster) Published in 1886 =============================================================== Enlisted as a Private on 25 July 1863 at the age of 18 Sources: Enlisted as a Private on 15 June 1861 at the age of 18 Sources: Enlisted as a Private on 11 February 1865 Sources: Enlisted as a Musician on 24 February 1865 Sources: Enlisted as a Private on 29 August 1864 Sources: Service Record: Enlisted as a Lieutenant 1st Class on 01 May 1861 Sources: Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 24 August 1863 Sources: Sources: Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 31 August 1863 Sources: Enlisted as a Private on 06 August 1863 Sources: Service Record: Promoted to Full Corporal Sources: Enlisted as a Private on 30 July 1862 Sources: Promoted to Full Corporal Sources: Residence: Mishawaka, Indiana Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 09 August 1862 Sources: Enlisted as a Private on 30 September 1864 Sources: |
| From The NEWS’- “HISTORY OF PASSAIC COUNTY” By William J Pape and William W. Scott-page 205 John Terhune Van Riper , the subject of this sketch, is the son of Dr. Cornelius Van Riper and Adrianna Terhune Van Riper (died December 9, 1893), and a grandson of the late ex-Judge John N. Terhune, and was born on the 20th day of April, 1872, in the city of Passaic, where he has resided since birth. He received his early education in the Passaic public schools, but in 1886 entered Dr. MacChes- ney’s Paterson Classical Institute, and began a course of classical study preparatory to entering college. In September, 1890, he entered the class of ’94 at Yale University, but short- ly after the beginning of the term was compelled to return home on account of sickness, and in October of the same year entered the University of the City of New York (now New York University) , and after pursuing a four years’ course received the degree of A. B. from that institution in June, 1894. By combining the last year’s work of the collegi- ate course with the first year’s work of the New York Uni- versity Law School course, he received the degree of L.L. B. in June , 1895, from the New York University Law School. While at college he held the offices of president and vice- president of the New York University Athletic Association, class vice-president (two years), class treasurer and secretary Psi fraternity, Theta Nu Epsilon Society , Passaic Club and Young Men’s Christian Association of Passaic. In June ,1897, he entered the law office of Thomas M. Moore, Esq., of Pas- saic, and in June , 1897, was admitted to the Bar of the State of New Jersey as an Attorney-at-Law and a Solicitor in Chancery. In his political preferences he is a Republican. He is also a member of the North Reformed Church of Pas- saic. On June 6, 1899, he was married to Edith Hope Hart, daughter of Colonel Benjamin F. and Emeline A. McDowell Hart, of Hoboken. For family history see sketch of life of Dr. C. Van Riper. 04/14/2001 |
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VAN RIPER GENEALOGY
URIAN TOMASON (Van Riper).
In April, 1663, Juriaen(1) Thomasse (Uriah, son of Thomas)
from Rypen,(2) in North Jutland, sailed from Holland in
T’Bonte Koe, “the Spotted Cow,” in company with eighty-
seven other passengers—men, women and children—in quest
of fortune in the New Netherlands. (3) The notices of the
young immigrant are extremely scanty in the early records.
He does not seem to have owned any lands at Bergen,
although he evidently settled there soon after his arrival.(4)
He m. Reyke Harmsse, May 25, 1667. He and his wife
were witnesses at the baptism of their grandson, Jurjaen,
son of Thomas Jurjaense and Jannetje Straet, Sept. l,
1693, as set forth in the Acquackanonk church records,
which contain no other mention of him, a fact which makes
it seem unlikely that he settled at Acquackanonk at all.
His death is recorded at Bergen, as having occurred Sept.
12, 1695. He probably died there. Ryke Harmsse (doubt-
less his widow) was a witness at the baptism of another
grandson, Jurie, son of Jan Juriance and Neeltje Gerre-
brantze, in the Acquackanonk Church, Feb. 10, 1703. She
owned Lot No. 2, in the Goutum subdivision. The date
of her death is unknown.
Second Generation.
Juriaen Thomasse and Reyke Harmsse had children :
1. Thomas, bap. June l0, 1668; m. Jannetje (bap.
Dec. 26, 1666), dau. of Jan Straet or Straatmaker and
Geesje Gerrits, June 2, 1691. He seems to have been a
superior sort of man, active and go-ahead, a leader among
his fellows. Geurt Corten, of Bergen, who died between
Feb.5 and June l, 1671, devised several acres of land at
Bergen to Thomas Juriansen, then but three years old.(5) In
l694 the Legislature appointed him one of the two col-
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(1) This name-sometimes written Jeuriaen, Jurjaen, etc.-is pro-
nounced Yoo-re-awn.
(2) Ripen is a city in the diocese of the same name; it has a venerable
antiquity, and once was a considerable seaport, until the harbor became
filled up. The Dutch wrote the name Rypen; in modern Dutch, Rijpen,
indicating the sound of the long i. It may be noted here that some early
members of the family called themselves indiferently Van Ripen, and
Van de Ripe. The latter name would indicate an original emigration
from a small town in North Holland, called di Rijp, dating from the
year 1400, and now having 2000 inhabitants, with four churches, two
harbors and a fine canal.–Terwen, 85.. In Passaic and Bergen counties
the name is almost universally written Van Riper; in Hudson county
some families write it Van Rypen. The descendants of Juriaen Thomasse
were among the last of the Acquackanonk settlers to adopt a family sur-
name, but for a century or more rang the changes on Juriaense, Tho-
masse, Aeltse, Gerritse, Jansse, Harmsse, etc., etc.
(3)N.Y. Doc. Hist., III., 41.
(4) There is a reference in Winfield’s Hudson County Land Tides (313,
321) to lands allotted to Jurian Tomason for ” the full Proportion and
Dividend for the Purchase Money ” paid by him, the tract being about
three acres, now intersected by Newark avenue, near Palisade avenue,
Jersey City; but this was probably the grandson of the first Jurian
Tomason.
(5)Winfield’s Hudson Co. L. T., 83.
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lectors to raise .£6, 15s. from Acquackanonk and New Bar-
badoes,(1).and in 1698 he was appointed alone to assess the
Provincial tax on those two precincts.(2) He was prominent in
the Acquackanonk church, being chosen deacon in 1700
and 1705; elder in 1710 and in 1724. He was one of the
committee of five chosen in 1714 to apportion the undivided
lands of the Acquackanonk patent. By deed dated Oct. 30,
1695, for f100 New York money, Cornelis Michielse, of
the town of Bergen, conveyed to Thomas Yowrians of
Ackqueckanunk, a tract of land in Acquackanonk, “frunt-
ing to Passaick river bounded on the northeast or therea-
bout by a driftway which parts him and a lot of land
belonging to Hans Diedricks and on the sonthwest by
another driftway that parts him and a lot of land be-
longing to Johannes Michielse and northwest by the com-
mon woodland where he is to stop when he hath taken
up the quantity of one hundred acres English measure or
fifty morgan of Dutch measure according to the allotment
of Acquackanonk together with the eight and twentieth
part of the common woodland being part of the tract of
land mentioned in the patent granted to Cornelis Michielse
in partnership with thirteen more bearing date ” March 16,
1684 (the Acquackanonk patent). This interesting instru-
ment was not recorded until March 17, 1802, when it was
dimmed and stained by nearly one hundred and seven
years.(3) It was witnessed by Hans Ditrich (so he wrote his
name, in a handsome German script) and John Thomas.
In 1738 this tract was referred to as Lot No. I, in Acquack-
anonk. In 1711 he and seven others bought the Stony
Road patent of 2,800 acres, embracing the top and south-
western slope of Garret Mountain, from the steep rocks at
Paterson to the headwaters of the Peckamin river.(4) Elias
Smith, of Horseneck, Yeoman, and Cornelia his wife, and
Mickell Vandercoock, of the same place, Yeoman, and Sa-
rah his wife, conveyed to Thomas Jurianson, of Acquack-
anonk, Yeoman, by deed dated May5,1713 for .£200 New
Jersey money. Lots 4 and 18, in the subdivision of the Pe-
quannock patent, on the east side of the Passaic river,
in the western part of Wayne township.(5) When the
disputed boundary line between Acquackanonk and Newark
was adjusted, April 6, 1719, Thomas Uriansen was one of
Acquackanonk’s three representatives present.(6) By deed
dated June l, 1720, for f84 New York money, he bought
from Joshua Bush, of Saddle River, blacksmith, the grantee
being then a farmer, of Acquackanonk, three tracts of land
on the east side of the Passaic river, the first being 80
acres, south of Johannes Post; the second, 84 acres,
bounded north by Halmagh Van Houten, east by Gerrit
Juriaensen, south by Rutt Joost, and west by Passaic
river ; the third, about four acres. These premises came
from John Corteen, late of Acquackanonk, in 1716.(7)
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(1) Learning and Spicer, 350.
(2) Ib., 378.
(3) Essex County Transcribed Deeds, A, 244.
(4) E. J. Deeds, K small, f. 25.
(5) Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, A, 14.
(6) Newark Town Records, 128.
(7) Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, A, 16.
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They were northwest of Little Falls, in the western part of Wayne
township. In 1728 Thomas bought of Claas Vreeland Lot
No. 13 in the Eight Hundred Acre Tract.(1) According to an
ancient map of Goutum,(2) ” tomes yurreyanse” owned Lot
.No. 7 in that subdivision—a tract somewhat triangular in
shape, on the Passaic river, in the northern part of Passaic,
or a little further up the river. In the receipt for quit-rents,
dated Sept. 7, 1726, he is mentioned as having paid; but in
the receipt of May 17, 1727 his name is omitted. He prob-
ably died between those two dates. He was called Thomas
Juriaensen—Thomas son of Juriaen.
II. Gerrit, bap. Sept. 27, 1670; m. Beelitje, dau. of
Dirck Janse Oosten and Elizabeth Conielis, of Hoboken,
June 6, 1693; d. Sept. 4, 1748; she d. May 20, 1745 In
1718 he owned a tract of land on the Passaic river, north of
John Corta, probably south of Third river.(3) In his will,
dated March 14, l744-45 proved April 8, 1749, he describes
himself as of the town of Bergen. By this instrument he
gives to “the three children of my eldest son Jurejan
Gerretse deceased named Gerret, Altje and Belitje in token
of their father’s birthright my negro boy called Frank;” also
considerable land at Bergen ; ” also one third part or share
of my Lands lying at a Place called Aghquaquenocb* on the
. south side of a Lot I bought of Jurian Pieterse;” to son
Dirck Gerretse ” Two third parts of my Lands lying at a
place {called] Aghquaquenock, adjoining to the south side of
my Lands hereby Devised unto the Heirs of my son Jurejan
Containing in breadth ninety Rodd Dutch measure ;” also
to Dirck “all my Tools belonging to the Trade of the
Wheelwright; also my negro slave called Maremutts;” to his
three sons, Dirck, Cornelis and Johannes, all his right to
any undivided lands in Bergen or any other lands ; ” and
in case my son Dirck should Depart and remove from the
Town of Bergen then and in such case I Give Devise and
bequeath my Estate Right and Title to the Commons and
undivided Lands last mentioned to my said sons Cornelis
and Johannis and to the heirs of my son Jurejan deceased ;”
to his two daughters, Elizabeth, wife of Maghiel Vreeland,
and Leah, wife of Jacob Van Wagenen, .£140 New York money,
to be divided between them ; also ” all my certain Lot or
Parcel of Land lying at a Place [called] Acquackanuck on the
northwest side of the Land of Thomas Fredrickse and also
my other Lot or Parcel of Land lying on the south side of
the Land of the said Thomas Fredrickse,” to be equally
divided between said two daughters. His wife Belitje, and
his sons Cornelis and Johannis, were appointed executors.
The testator signed his name Gar: Jureansen(4)
III. Aeltje, bap. Dec. 21, 1672; d. in childhood.
IV. Aelt or Aart, m. Gerritje Mattheus, at Bergen,
July 6, 1695. In the New York church record of the mar-
riage his name is given as “Aelst Jeuriaenszen, j. m. van
Bergen.” He was chosen deacon in the Acquackanonk
church in 1703.
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(1) Essex Transcribed Deeds, A, 341.
(2) Simmons MSS.
(3) E. J. Deeds, B 2, f22
(4) E. J. Wills, E, f. 277.
* Aquackanonck has been spelled 18 different ways through
the years.(GVR)
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In 1713 he owned lot No.3, in the Wesel
subdivision.(1) He probably died between Sept. l, 1709,
and June 23, 711.(2)
V. Christyntje, bap. Nov. 24, 1677; m. Pieter Ger-
brantse, Aug. l, 1698.
VI. Jan, m. Neeltje Gerrebrantse, April 7, 1702. He
was chosen deacon of the Acquackanonk church in 1712,
and elder in 1712, 1718 and 1727.
VII Marritje, bap. April 28, 1680 ; m. Claas Gerbrantse,
April II, 1704.
VIII. Harmen, bap. Oct. 21, 1682; d. in inf.
IX. Aeltje, bap. April 2, 1684; on Aug. 7, 1746, Har-
man Jurianse and Jan Jurianse, both of Essex county,
yeomen, brothers of Aeltje Jurianse, late of the county of
Bergen, single woman, deceased, were appointed adminis-
trators of her estate, she having died intestate.
X. Harmen, bap. Dec. 6, 1686; m. 1st, Maritje Fred-
erickse, June 20, 1709 (she was bap. Nov. 11, 1684, dau.of
Frerik Thomasse and Catharina Hoppe); 2d, Judith, dau.
of Christopher Steenmets, in 1720 or 1721. He was chosen
deacon in 1715 and 1726, and elder in 1731 and 1738. He
was named as one of the executors of the will of Christo-
pher Steenmets, his father-in-law, in 1732. He appears to
have bought Lot No. 4, in the first tier of lots, on Pas-
saic river, by deed dated May 15, 1722, with the Lot im-
mediately in the rear of it, in the second tier of Hundred
Acre Lots. His will, dated June 17, 1754, proved May 14,
1756, is given -herewith:
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN this Seventeenth day of June in the
year of Our Lord Anno Domini One thousand Seven hundred and fifty
four I Harme Jurryanse of Achquechenonk in the County of Essex and
Eastern Division of New Jersey yeoman being aged and infirm of Body
but of sound and perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God there-
fore and calling to mind the mortallity of my Body and knowing that
it is appointed unto men once to Die do make and Ordain this my last
Will and Testament (that is to Say) First and principally I Give
and recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it hoping
through the alone Merits of Jesus Christ to have Eternal life and my
Body I recommend to the Earth to be Buried in a decent Christian man-
ner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named nothing doubting
but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the Same again through
the mighty Power of God and as touching such Worldly Estate
wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I Give bequeath
and dispose of the same in the following manner and form Imprimis my
Will is that all my just Debts and Funeral Expences be well truly and
fully paid and discharged. Item I Give bequeath and Devise unto my
dearly deloved Wife Judith Jurrianse the full and sole use and Improve-
ment of all my Real and Personal Estate during the time she shall re-
main my Widdow for her comfortable Support in this life as also
fifty seven pounds current lawful money of New York to be paid out of
my Personal Estate unto her by my Executors Six Months after my de-
cease. Item I Give and bequeath unto my Eldest Son Jurrie Van Rype
my great Bible over and above his share and proportion which shall be
hereafter in and by this my last Will and Testament given him. Item I
Will and Devise that all my Lands or Real and Personal Estate shall be
equally Divided share and share alike among my thirteen Children
Jurrie VanRype Frederick VanRype Abraham VanRype Johannis Van-
Rype Cliristoffel VanRype Marytie Van Rype Jacob VanRype Isaac
VanRype Sarah VanRype Gerrit VanRype Geurt VanRype Thomas
VanRype and Christina VanRype that is to say First my Two hundred
Acres of land on which I dwell laing In the bounds of Achquechenonk
Bounded on the North West side of Pessaick River bounded South by
Madlene Vangiese and on the North side by Claes Vreland No 4 as by
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(1) See pp. 76-77, ante.page
(2 ) See receipts of those dates for quit-rents, p. 781 ante.
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a Deed baring date the fifteenth day of May Anno Domini One
thousand Seven hundred and twenty two more fully may appear
together with the remainder of all my Lands to which I have right and
Title in the Patent of Achquechenonk as also all my Lands in the
County of Orange in the Colony of New York specified in a Deed there-
of baring date the twenty Sixth day of November Anno Domini One
thousand Seven hundred and fifty now in the occupation of my Son
Frederick Item I Will and ordain that my Son Fredricic shall be allowed
and paid fifty pounds currant money of New York for the Improvement
of the Place on which he now dwells to be paid at the time of the Divi-
sion of my Estate hereafter to be Specified. Item I Will and Devise
that Whereas my Children Jacob Sarah Gerrit Geurt Thomas and
Christyna have not had an Outset as the rest of my Children that they
shall have an Outset equivalent to that which the rest of my Children
have had. Item I Will and ordain that if any of my Children aforesaid
should die without any Heir then the Portion of the Deceased to be
equally Divided among all my Surviving Children or their Heirs if any
before the Division of my Estate aforesaid should depart this life. Item
if any of my Children or Grandchildren should be under age at the time
of Division aforesaid then my Executors shall make a just Division and
give every one of the underaged Children or Grandchildren aforesaid
their just and due portion. Item I Will that the Division of my Real
and Personal Estate shall be made after the disease or Remarriage of
my Wife which first happens. Item I do hereby nominate Constitute
and appoint my above named Sons Abraham VanRype and Jacob
VanRype Executors of this my last Will and Testament and do hereby
revoke disanul and make void all and any other Will or Wills bequest
and bequests:heretofore by me made Willed and bequeathed and
Executor or Executors by me heretofore in any wise named ratifying
allowing and holding for firm and Valid this and no other to be my last
Will and Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal the day and year above written. Signed Sealed published pro-
nounced and Declared by the said Harme Jurryanes to be his last Will
and Testament in the Presence of us,(l) David Marinus )
JohannisWanshaer{
Richard Bradberry )
Harmon Juransen [L. S.]
XI. Grietje, b. Oct. 5, 1691.
XII. Jurie, m. Elizabeth Steinmets, both being ot Ac-
quackanonk, Nov. 13, 1730. Ch., Sara, bap. Feb. 7, 1735-
Third Generation.
Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse and Jannetje Straet (thus in
the Acquackanonk church records) had children :
1. Gerrit, b. Feb. 6, 1692; m. Jannetje Hartmanse
Vreeland, June 19, 1718. Following is his will, dated Feb.
17,1761, proved Nov. 23, 1761:(2)
In the name of God amen this seventeenth day of February in the
year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred sixty and one I
Garrit Thomasse Van Ripen of the county of Essex and province of
East New Jersey gentlemen being very Sick and week in body but of
perfect sound mind and memory thanks be given unto God therefore
calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is ap-
pointed for all men once to dye do make and ordain this my last will
and testament that is to say principally and first of all I recommend my
body to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at
the discretion of my executors. First I will and do order that all my
just debts and funeral charges shall be paid and satisfyed. Secondly I
give and bequeath unto my grandson John Vanwinkel two pound York
money to be levied out of my estate I also give and bequeath unto my
daughter Marite wife of Henry Vanwinkel ten pound like money to be
levied out of my estate, I also give and bequeath unto my daughter
Maritie Vanwinkel and to the heirs of her body forever one equal half of
a tract of land commonly called the Stone house land(3) the North side of
said tract also another lott of land lying between Derck Vreland and
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(1) E. J. Wills. Liber F, f. 355.
(2) E, J. Wills, H, f, 68.
(3) Stone House Plains.
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Seal(1) Post called number twelve also the equal third part of all the rest
of my land wheresoever it shall or may be found I also give and be-
queath unto my daughter Jannitie wife of John Vanwinkel and to the
heirs of her body forever the other equal half of said Stonehouse land
namely the Southside of said tract as also another lott called number
three as also the one equal third part of all the rest of all my said lands
wheresoever they shall or may be found I also give and bequeath unto
my daughter Lea wife of Peter Jacobusse and to the heirs of her body
forever my homested or plantation which I now live on with the mes-
suages and tenements unto the same belonging as also the one equal
third part of my said lands here to before mentioned where they shall or
may be found. I also give and bequeath onto my three daughters and
to the heirs of their bodys forever all my salt meadow if any shall or
may be found to be equally divided between them shear and share alike
I also will and do order that my three sons in law shall and may use and
possess the said lands and meadows each one his wives part unto each
of them willed during their lives, but if in case the heirs or any of ther
heirs of all or either of my said daughters should want to use said lands
before the death of their said fathers or mothers it is my will that they
shall have the one half of said lands in their use and their father the
other half in his use to it(2) all the said lands and meadows after the death
of my said three sons in law and daughters to belong to the heirs in the
form and manner as is hereinto fore mentioned. I also give and be-
queath onto my daugthers Maritie thirty pound York money to be aded
to the fifty pound she has already had I also give and bequeath unto my
daughter Jannetie my negro man Joe As touching the rest of my move-
able estate I will and do order that it shall be equally devided between
my three daughters shear an shear alike, lastly I do constitute ordain
and appoint Jacob Van Ripen Junr. and Peter Degarmo to be my
only sole and lawfufi executors of this mylast will and testament and I
do hereby utterly disallow disannol and revoke all and every other
former wills testaments legacies and executors by me in any ways here-
toforethis time named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming
this and no other to be my last will and testament In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written
Signed sealed published pronounced }
and declared by the said Garrit } his
Thomasse V: Ripen as his last will }Gerrit X Tomasse V: Ripen[L.S.]
and testament in the presence of us } mark
the subscribers–Thomas Sigler– }
George Walls
his
—Isaac Y Powelson—
mark
He was one of the earliest of the family to assume the
surname Van Rypen, but in the records he is usually called
Gerrit Thomasse.
II. Jurjaen, b. June 12, 1693 ; m. Aeltje Simonse Van
Winkle, June 12, 1714. He was chosen deacon of the Ac-
quackanonk church in 1724. In 1737 he and Adriaen A.
Post secured an Indian deed for the Island and river bottom
near the West street bridge(3) Disappointed in this project
for building a mill, he went further up the river, and secured
a tract of 125 acres on the east side of the Passaic, some
distance above Little Falls, which he caused to be surveyed
to him, Dec. 2, 1748.(4) He died soon after, probably before
he was able to do more than erect the dam and dig the tail-
race for his proposed mill. On Jan. l0, 1749 (l750, N. S.),
his son Thomas conveyed part of the tract to John Van
Rypen, of Saddle River, carpenter, who also received a
quit-claim (?) deed therefor from Helmagh Sip, May 87,
1756, and in turn sold the whole tract to Jacobus Post, car-
penter, Nov. 23, 1756, for f 525 New York money.(5)
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(1)Merselis
(2)to wit
(3) See p. 139 ante.
(4) Perth Amboy Surveys, N 2, f. 250.
(5) Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, A540
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III. Jan, b. Oct. 28, 1694; m. Marritje Van Houten
(b. Sept. 25, 1715, dau. of Dirrick Van Houten, of Totowa),
May 12, 1732. He called himself Jan or John Van Ryper,
but in the records is sometimes spoken of as John Thomasse
Van Rypen. He probably lived on the Wesel road. He d.
in January, 1782, leaving the following will, dated April l5,
1778, proved Feb. 5, 1782 :
In the Name of God Amen I John Van Ryper of Acquacknuck, in the
County ot Essex & Province of East New Jersey being very Sick in
Body but of perfect mind & inemory thanks be given unto God Calling
unto mind the Mortality of my Body & knowing that it is appointed for
all men once to Die, do make & Ordain this my last Will & Testament,
that is to say Principally & first of all I Give & recommend my
Soul into the Hand of Almighty God that gave it me & my Body I recom-
mend to the Earth to be buried in decent .Christian manner at the
discretion of my Executors hereafter Named nothing doubting but at
the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the Mighty
Power of God, and as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it has
pleased God to bless me in this Life I Give bequeath devise & dispose of
the same in the following manner & form. Item. I give & bequeath
unto my beloved Wife Marritye the use & Improvement of all
my Estate both Real & Personal during the Time she Remains my
Widow with a full power & authority to sell & dispose of the same as
Necessaty requires it. Item I give & Bequeatb unto my Oldest Son
Thomas Van Ryper for his Birth Right Ten Shillings Current Money of
New Jersey to turn his Heirs & Assigns forever Item I Give &
bequeath unto my Son Derrick Van Ryper Four acres of Land where
he now lives to him bis Heirs & Assigns forever Item I Give &
bequeath unto my Son Helemich Van Ryper Pour Acres of Land out of
the Lott by the Brook to him his Hun & Assigns forever Item I Give
& bequeath unto my.Son John Van Ryper four Acres of Land where
he now lives to him his Heirs & Assigns forever Item I Give &
bequeath unto my Son Garret Van Ryper the Northerly part of my
Dwelling house where I now live, with Four Acres of Land Adjoining
thereunto, unto him his Heirs & Assigns forever Item I Give &
bequeath unto my son Adryan Van Ryper the Southerly part of my
Dwelling House where I now live, with Four Acres of Land Adjoining
thereunto, unto him his Heirs & Assigns forever. Item I Give unto my
Daughter Marrithye Van Ryper my Large Dutch Bible & also one
Negroe Wench Named Great now living with her to her her Heirs &
Assigns forever Item my Will is that my five Sons Derrick Van Ryper
Helameck Van Ryper John Van Ryper Gerret Van Ryper Adryan Van
Ryper do pay unto my Daughter Marrithye, each of them Twenty
pounds Current Money of New Jersey One year after my Death & my
wifes Death that is to say one Year after the Longest liver. Lastly I
do nominate Constitute & appoint my two Sons Derrick Van Ryper &
John Van Ryper to be Executors of this my last Will & Testament and
I do Revoke all Former Will or Willsby me made & all other all other
Executors by me Appointed, Holding for firm this & no other to be my
last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my
Hand and Seal, this Fifteen day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Eight.
his
John X Van Ryper [L. S.]
mark
Signed Sealed Published pronounced & declared by the said John Van
Ryper as his last Will & Testament in the presence of us, who in his
presence & in the presence of each other other have hereunto subscribied
our Names Garret Haeghoort Derick Van Ryper Lucas Wessells.(l)
His wife, Marritje, died in 1789, leaving a will, dated
June 21, 1787, proved May 2, 1789, in which she devised all
her estate, real and personal, to her son Adrian ; he, how-
ever, granted to his four surviving brothers an equal share
in the property.(2)
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(1) Recorded in Liber 24 of Wills, Trenton, pages 8 &c.
(2) Recitals in written opinion of Abraham 0gden,of Newark, Oct. 5,
1797, among papers of Adrian R. Van Houten.
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IV. ABRAHAM. April 4, 1696; m. lst, Elizabeth
Hesselse (dau. of Hessel Pieterse), April 20, 1721; 2d, Ca-
trintjeAndriesse, spinster, Sept. 13, 1729. He owned Lot
No. 3, and Lot No. 10. East, and Lot No. 7, West, in the
Bogt* subdivision. He was called Abraham Thomass, or
Abraham Van Rype. He d. intestate.
V. ISAAC, b. Oct. 28, 1697; m. Lea Simonse Van Win-
kel, Aug. 24,1722.
VI. JACOB, b. Oct. 9, 1699; m. Marietje (Maria) Ger-
brantse, living at New Barbadoes, Dec. 17, 1728. He was
chosen deacon of the Acquackanonk church in 1728, and
elder in 1734.
VII. GEESJE, b. Oct. 4, 1702; m. Jacob Banta (son of
Dirck Epke Banta and Ester Hanse Diedricks ; Jacob m.
1st, at Hackensack, Hendrickje Albertse Terhune, May 31,
1718), about 1725 she joined the Hackensack church, May
6, 1730. Issue: 1. Dirck, bap. Feb. 20, 1726; m. Antje
Van Giesen ; 2.Jannetie, bap. Sept. 27, 1728; m. Jan Van
Rypen, Nov. 20, 1756; 3. Hester, bap. June 27, 1731;m.
Nicholas Prior, Jan. 8, 1761; 4. Thomas, bap. Feb. 13,
1735; Anna Stilwell, March 11, 1761; 5.. Margrietjen,
bap. July 9, 1738; m. William Day, of Hackensack; 6.
Hendrickje, bap. Sept. 29, 1745; 7. Joannes, b. Nov. 26,
1747;m. Annatie Vanderhoff.(1)
VIII. MARTJE (i. e., Martha), b. Oct. 3, 1704; m. Adrian-
Adrian-Adrian-Adrian Post, Jan. 9, 1730.
IX. Elisabet, b. April 4, 1707 ; m. Gerrit Van Hoorn,
Nov. 30,. 1728; both. lived at Acquackanonk at the time.
Issue: I. Dirck, b. Sept. 29, 1729; 2. Janneke, b. Nov. 17,
1730; 3. Geesjen, bap. March 20, 1737; d. ininf.; 4- Geesje,
bap. June 22,1740.
X. DIRCK, b. Jan. 25, 1709; m. Pietertje Post, Sept.
28, 1732. Dirck Van Ryper, of Essex county, probably
his son, was appointed administrator of Dirck Thomasse
Van Riper, Nov. 13, 1757- Dirck Thomasse Van Riper
owned a great deal of land in various parts of Acquacka-
nonk. In 1754 he and his brother John owned the lot
southwest of Lot No. 9, in the Eight Hundred Acre Tract.
XI. MARIETJE (i. e., Mary, or Maria), m. Peter Bras, Oct.
17, 1728 ; they were spinster and bachelor, and both lived
at Second River.*
Cornelius and Johannes Tomason, planters, of the town
of Bergen*, bought extensive tracts of land between Second
river and Third river, from Gerret Leydecker, cordwainer,
of Newark, May 29, 1695(2) from John Gardiner, planter, of
Newark, June 3, 1699 ;(3) from Thomas Davis, yeoman*, of
Newark (to Cornelius Tomason), Jan. 13, 1723 (4) and from
John Crane, of Newark (to Cornelius Tomason), Feb. 24,
1723.(5) By an agreement dated Dec. 29,. 1738, Cornelius
Tomason, yeoman,* and Maria his wife, of Essex county,
convey all their property, real and personal, to their grand-
children—Cornelius Idesen and Marshall (Merselis) Idesen,
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(1)Banta Genealogy, 31-32; Hackensack Church Records, pasim.
(2) E. J. Deeds, F, f. 666.
(3).E.J. Deeds, G, f. 317.
(4) E.J. Deeds, D 2, f. 199.
(5) Ib., 201
*Bogt( Boght, formerly Paterson-if anyone wants a copy of the
Boght map1791,showing lots with the owners name let
me know and I’ll send it to you by e-mail. Send me your
e-mail address – GVR )
*Second River-(Belleville)
*Bergen(Jersey City)
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yeomen, and John Sip, of Essex Co. – the grandchildren
agreeing to secure to their grandparents a comfortable
maintenance for life.(1) It is evedent Cornelius and Jo-
hannes could not have been children of Thomas Juriaensen.
Gerrit-Juriaen Thomasse and Beelitje Dirckie Osten
had children:
I. Elizabeth, b. May 14, 1694; m. Michael H. Vree-
land, May 30,1719, d. Nov. 18, 1767.
II. Lea, b. Sept. 11, 1697; m. Jacob Van Wagenen,
May 22,1719, d. Dec. 19, 1775.
III. Juriaen, b. Aug. 15, 1699; m. Margrietje Died-
ricks; d. July 29, 1739.
IV. Garret, b. Dec. 4, 1701.
V. Dirck, b. Jan. 17, 1704.
VI. Aeltje, b. March 29, 1705 ; d. Sept. 30, 1710.
VIL Cornelius, b. Oct. 6, 1707 ; m. Aeltje Van Winkle,
June 29, 1728; d. Jan. 17, 1771. In his will, dated Aug.
39, 1767, proved May 4, 1772, he describes himself as of the
town of Bergen, and gives all his estate to his wife Altye
during her widowhood, and afterwards to his children-
Garret, Daniel, Bailitye, Yonitye and Altye.(2)
VIII. Johannis, b. June 3, 1710; m. 1st, Sarah, dau.
of Henricus Kuyper, Dec. 2, 1740; she d. July 2, 1741; he
m. 2d, Margrietje Van Winkle, Sept. 5, I742; d. Aug. 24,
1776. He was called “Beelitje’s Hans.”
These children of Gerrit were frequently called simply
Gerritse-Elizabeth, Lea, Juriaen, etc., Gerritse.
Aelt-Juriaen Thomasse and Gerritje Mattheuse had child-
ren:
I. Juriaen, m. MartjeVreeland, both of Acquackanonk,
May 13, 1727. He was called Juriaen Aeltse.
II. Cornelis, m. Geesje Post, both being of Acquack-
anonk, Jan. 19, 1728; he was known as Cornelis Aeltse.
He probably lived on the Wesel road*, where he owned Lot
No. 3 and Lot No. 4; the latter he conveyed in 1748 to Ger-
rit Post, as already related. He also owned Lot 14, of the
Wesel subdivision, being the farm fronting on the river at the
Wesel bridge, having part of Market street on the north, and
the Post farm on the south. He was a blacksmith by
trade. He lived at the corner of Market street and the
Wesel road, probably on the site of the stone house occu-
pied for so many years by John Merselis, and more recently
by Samuel S. Sherwood. In his will, dated Feb. 24, 1777,
proved Jan. 3, 1790, it will be noticed that he calls himself
Cornelus Aeltse. The witnesses were of his nearest neighbors
-Michael Harmanse Vreeland, Cornelius Hartmanse Vree-
land and Hessel Pieterse. The will is given herewith;
In the Name of God. Amen. I Cornelius Aeltse of Ackqueghenonck
in the County of Essex and in the eastern division of the province of
New Jersey blacksmith being weak in body but of sound mind and
memory blessed be God therefore do this twenty fourth day of February
in the year of our Lold one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven
make and publish this my last Will and tesament in manner and form
following that is to say. IMPRIMIS I recommend my soul into the
hands of almighty God who gave it me and my body to the earth from
whence it came in hopes of a joyful resurrection through the merits of
my Saviour Jesus Christ and as for that worldly estate wherewith It
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(1)E.J.Deeds,H 2, f 37.
(2) E. J. Wills, K, f. 485.
*Yeomen-land owner
| Passaic County,New Jersey, Information from Passaic County Historical Society 1820’s to 1890’s PATERSON GARDIAN George P. Van Riper to Lottie C. Beardsley, only daughter of John Beardsley of 11/2/2003 Paterson Press Julia, widow of Richard Van Riper at Haledon, d. Dec. 28, 1893, 46y-4m-17d.. Jacob B. Van Riper Esq. at Preakness, d.12-1-1856, 58 Y. Mrs. Mary Van Riper of Stone House Plains at the house of her father,Garret John A. Van Riper to Miss Maria Van Blarcom both of Paterson,NJ 12-18-1828. PATERSON MORNING CALL Mary, wife of Cornelius Van Riper, 84 Wills St.,d. Jan. 12,1881, 42y-9m-13d.. |
| VAN RIPER 1887-88 Paterson NJ
Adrian-baker 103 Broadway-home not listed |
| VAN RIPER 1909 Paterson City Directory
Alfred J. -beds at 293 Main St. |
| VAN RIPER–1885-86 Paterson ,NJ City Directory
Abram-laborer-home 49 North Main St. |
| Van Riper-1858-59 Newark,NJ,city directory
Andrew M.-ship carpenter Second near R.R. Ave. The Pierson’s city directory did not always indicate 02/08/2001 |
| VAN RIPER-1886-87 Paterson NJ,city directory
Adrian -baker-home 112 Broadway |
| Van Riper-1915 Paterson N.J., city directory
Alfred-beds 171 E 21st St. ( ) with corresponding number. Notice the Van Ripers that lived |
| Van Riper-1937 Paterson city directory
A.H.,Jr.-pres. supt.,J.C. Akinson Inc. 460 Totowa Ave.- 12/14/2000 |
| VAN RIPER-The Acquackanonk Reformed Church Births (Passaic and Clifton NJ,areas). VAN RIPER,VAN REYPER,VAN RYPEN,VAN RYPER Abraham-wife,Elizabeth Van Rype-child,John- born. Apr. 6,1753. Adrian-w,Rachel Koejeman-c,Cornelius-b.Oct.27,1765. Anthony(Tunis)-w,——c,Sara-b.Nov.30,1749. |
| Winfields ‘History of Hudson County,NJ’ -Continued-part four
Fifth Generation-Van Riper Garret had ch.: Alexander had h. : Jurrie had ch.: |
| 1900 VAN RIPER Federal Census Oklahoma ================================== Kay County Newkirk T623-roll 1338 district 95 page 137b, sheet 3, image 6, June 5 54-61 |
| 1900 VAN RIPER Federal Census Georgia =================================== Sumter County Americus , ward 3 789 G.M.(Georgia Malitia) T623-roll 221 district 64 page 180b, sheet 11, image 20, June 6 803 (can’t read street name) 192-212 151-763 |
| 1870 VAN RIPER New York State Onondaga County =================== Pompey M593-roll 1061 P.O. Fayettville page 588a, sheet 29, image 29, July 23 257-260 William Van Riper-44-M-W-cooper-$250-b.N.Y.. Zilphia Van Riper-40-F-W-keeps house-N.Y.. Eliza Van Riper-18-F-W-teaches school-b.N.Y.. Laura Van Riper-16-F-W-b.N.Y.. ——————————————- Lafayette M593-roll P.O. Cardiff page 303a, sheet 37, image 37, June 20 343-343 |
| 1870 VAN RIPER Hudson County New Jersey ————————————- 2nd ward, Hoboken M593-864 P.O. Hoboken p103b, sheet 78, image 78, June 28 337-42 (four family house) John Vanboskirk-50-M-W-carpenter-$500-b.N.J.. Mary Vanboskirk-30-F-W-keeps house-b.N.J.. Fanny Van Riper-12-F-W-at school-b.Prussia Ann Hine-39-F-W-keeps house-b.Prussia ——————————— 3rd ward, Hoboken M593-864 P.O. Hoboken p123a, sheet 25, image 25, July 7 113-186 |
| Landholders before the Revolution – There is tradition that before the Revolution the river front had been divided among at least five proprietors, a Van Riper, Vreeland, Speer, Joralemon and King. …
Old Stone Houses – … The Van Riper House, also on the Passaic, is a rambling old homestead of different periods of construction. It has long been known as Four Maples, from the great trees on its front slope. The original part, which has been torn down, was at the north end, and is believed to have been built before the end of the 17th century by one Bradbury, and Englishman. The house is constructed of dressed stone and is in an excellent state of preservation. The Van Riper House also has as tablet in the rear upon which is inscribed I L V R Pr The name of Van Riper (also spelled Van Reiper, Van Reyper, Van Ryper, Van Ripen, Van Reypen and Van Reipen) is derived from the town of Ripen, in Jutland, Denmark, from which came the ancestor of the family of this vicinity, Juriaen Tomassen. With thirteen others he received the Acquackanonck Patent of 1684. His grandson was Abraham, born in 1716, who married Elizabeth Bradbury, of the stone house by the Passaic. John Abraham, their son, was born in 1753, and married Leah Winne in 1776, and came to live in the old stone house. Their initials are those of the tablet which is said to belong to the largest addition to the original Bradbury house. Some years ago a silver spoon was found in the garden marked “Letche Van Riper.” Source: History of Nutley by Elizabeth Stow Brown, For more information, write to (Donations & sweat-equity, new members welcome) The Van Riper Historic Restoration Trust of Nutley (Source: |