(The following article was contributed to the Ripernet website by William B. Holmes from Virginia,
who passed away on June 11, 2000)
"In the year 1753 three brothers arrived in New Netherlands from Holland. The youngest of the three was Jacob, age 7 years. I do not know the names or ages of the other two brothers.
They settled in new Netherlands and later on as Jacob came of age he married a French woman, Abbey Ann Lasier.
In the year 1798 yellow fever broke out in lower town around the fort and green and the farmers and villagers began to move north to what was Greenwich Village.
Greenwich Village was formed in 1634, the first house being built by Wonter Von Twiller. The district was exceptionally fine and heathful and so many of the people settled there. Some of the people moved across the river to New Jersey and New York state.
Jacob and his family settled between Haverstraw and Spring Valley, New York. They had two sons, Abram and Dennis (or Tunis).
Abram married Catherine Michler and had eleven children, eight sons and three daughters.
Dennis married Maria Fisher. They had four children, two boys and two girls. All but one died at an early age. The survivor was John Fisher Van Riper, my great great grandfather.
Abram and Dennis were born at or near a place called the Pond - which could be Rockland Lake, which is near Spring Valley, N.Y.
Dennis had a farm at St. Andrews, Orange County, N.Y. and also one at St. Elmo. He died at Wallkill, N.Y. and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Abram and two of his sons, Jacob and Lewis, had a cotton mill which, in those days, was known as the Dutch Factory at Clarkstown - near Spring Valley.
Between the years 1850 and 1860 Abram and his family decided to go west to Michigan. They founded the village of LaGrange in Cass County and there proceded to build a new mill for the manufacture of cotton and wollen goods.
They heard that the railroad was expected to pass near them but it never did so that the mill was then abandoned. In the years that followed the family started to migrate to other parts of Michigan.
Abram and members of his family are buried in the Van Riper Cemetery at LaGrange, Michigan."
(The lay-out of the genealogy here below is not very clear, due to limitations of the software used. We suggest you download the William B. Holmes report (PDF) which contains all this and more information)
o–10 Jacob Van Riper B.
1746,
| Holland Came
to America from Holland in 1753. M. Abbey Ann {Mary Ann}
Frazier {Lazier}, 1785 Ch. Abram and Dennis {Tunis} Van
Riper Resided. Between Haverstraw and Spring Valley, Rockland
County, NY D. 1817
|
o—9 Abram Van Riper B.
1787 M.
| | Catherine Michler Ch.
Jacob John, John A., Louis, Abram, Charles A., Garret,
William, Tunis, Abbey Ann, Maria, Margaret, and Matilda Van
Riper He owned and operated a cotton mill at Midland Park,
near Ridgewood, NJ (or at Spring Valley, Rockland County,
NY). Resided. Moved to Cass County, Michigan between 1850 and
- D. August 19, 1871 Bu. Van Riper Cemetery, Cass
County, MI
| |
o—8 Jacob John Van Riper B.
1807 M. Maria
| Van Orden D. 1838
| |
o—8 John A. Van Riper B.
1811 M. Leah
| | Zabriska, see note below. Ch.
Lewis Van
| | Riper D. 1886
| | |
o—7 Lewis Van Riper B. Ch. Paul
Van Riper
| | D.
| | | |
o—6 Paul Van Riper, MD B. Ch. Two
sons. He
| practiced medicine in Champion, Marquette
| County, MI. D.
| | | |
o—5 {Son} Van Riper B. D.
| | | |
o—5 {Son} Van Riper B. D.
| | |
o— –8 Leah Zabriska B. D.
| |
o—8 Louis Van Riper B. 1815
Not
| married. D. 1863
| |
o—8 Abram Van Riper B. 1816
- Maria
| Yowsey D. 1900
| |
o—8 Charles A. Van Riper B.
1822 M.
| Emiline Springsteel D.
1900
| |
o—8 Garret Van Riper B. M.
Maria
| Zabriska, see note below.
D.
| |
o—8 William Van Riper B. M.
Ida Norton
| D.
| |
o—8 Tunis Van Riper B. M.
Hanna
| Ackerman D.
| |
o—8 Abbey Ann Van Riper B.
- Albert
| Van Dien D.
| |
o—8 Maria Van Riper B. D.
Died at the age
| of two years.
| |
o—8 Margaret Van Riper B.
- John Sturr
| D.
| |
o—8 Matilda Van Riper B. D.
| |
o— –9 Catherine Michler
- D.
|
o—9 Dennis {Tunis} Van Riper
- March
| | 19, 1792, at the “Pond,”
Rockland Lake, near Spring Valley, Rockland County, NY M.
Maria Fisher Ch. John Fisher, Caroline, and Stephan Van
Riper He had a farm at St. Andrews, Orange County, NY, and
another farm at St. Elmo, NY. D. September 7, 1884,
Wallkill, Ulster County, NY Bu. Greenwood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, NY
| |
o—8 John Fisher Van Riper B. July
13, 1815
| | M. Mary Ellen Moore, 1837 Ch.
Caroline, Sarah, Clara, Mary Ellen, and Charles Close Van
Riper He was a merchant of dry goods. His partner was
Christian Zabriske. (Note. John Fisher Van Riper’s nephews,
John A. and Garret Van Riper, see above, married Leah and
Maria Zabriska.) He left an estate of $35,000. Resided. 37
Charlton Street, New York, NY, and 519 Greenwich Street D.
November 8, 1879 Bu. Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
| | |
o— –7 Eugene Britton B. March 1, 1839,
Staten
| | Island, Richmond County, NY
- Caroline Van Riper, September 20, 1860 Ch. Joseph,
Caroline, Caroline, Emma, George P., Adeline, Mary Ellen,
Eugenie, and Clara Britton Resided. 12 St. James Place and
324 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY; and. 120 West 80th Street,
New York, NY D. September 6, 1922 Bu. Moravian Cemetery,
Staten Island, Richmond County, NY
| | | |
o— 1 thru 6 Britton, LaTourette, Brooks, Armour,
and
|Holmes Families
| | | |
o—7 Caroline Van Riper B. August 19,
1840 D.
| January 21, 1924 Bu. Moravian
Cemetery,
| Staten Island, Richmond County, NY
| | |
o— –7 George W. Post B. M. Sarah
Van Riper
| | Ch. Clara Post D.
| | | |
o—6 Clara Post B. (No children) D.
| | | |
o—7 Sarah Van Riper B. 1842 D.
1913
| | |
o—7 Clara Van Riper B. 1846 Did
not marry.
| D. 1861
| | |
o— –7 Charles A. Blauvelt {Blavrett}
- M.
| | Mary Ellen Van Riper Ch.
Willard and
| | Fanny Blauvelt {Blavrett} D.
| | | |
o—6 Willard Blauvelt {Blavrett} B.
Resided.
| Patterson, Passaic County, NJ D.
| | | |
o—6 Fanny Blauvelt {Blavrett} B.
Resided.
| Patterson, Passaic County, NJ D.
| | | |
o—7 Mary Ellen Van Riper B. 1848
Nickname.
| “Mamie” D. 1923
| | |
o—7 Charles Close Van Riper B. 1851
- Maria
| | Louise Post Ch. Gladys, Vera,
Edward Adams, and John Fisher Van Riper He served with his
brother-in-law Eugene Britton in the 7th Regiment of New York,
U.S.A. D. 1932
| | | |
o—6 Gladys Van Riper B. D.
| | | |
o—6 Vera Van Riper B. D.
| | | |
o—6 Edward Adams Van Riper B. 1883 M.
Mary
| | Ramsey Ch. Frederick C. Van Riper D.
| | | | |
o—5 Frederick C. Van Riper B. 1923 M. Emma Lou
| | Nelson Ch. Charles Edward Van Riper D.
| | | | | |
| o— –6 Mary Ramsey B. D.
| | | | |
o—4 {Son} Van Riper B. 1958
| | | | |
o— –5 Emma Lou Nelson B. D.
| | | |
o—6 John Fisher Van Riper B. 1885 M.
Grace
| Kilburn D. 1923
| | | |
o— –7 Maria Louise Post B. D.
| | |
| | o—9 Oscar Moore B.
- Sarah
| | | | {—–} Ch. Mary
Ellen Moore
| | | | D.
| | | |
o— –8 Mary Ellen Moore B.
1827 D.
| | December 27, 1870
| | |
| o— — 9 Sarah {—–}
- D.
| | |
| | o— –10 Mary
{—–} B. D.
| |
o—8 Caroline Van Riper B.
D.
| |
o—8 Stephan Van Riper B. D.
| |
o— –9 Maria Fisher
- D.
|
o— –10 Abbey Ann {Mary
Ann} Frazier
{Lazier}
- France D.
History of the Van Riper Family in America 1753 – 1958 by
Edward A. Van Riper Dated: October 28, 1958
“In the year 1753 three brothers arrived in New Netherlands
from Holland. The youngest of the three was Jacob, age 7
years. I do not know the names or ages of the other two
brothers.
They settled in new Netherlands and later on as Jacob came of
age he married a French woman, Abbey Ann Lasier.
In the year 1798 yellow fever broke out in lower town around
the fort and green and the farmers and villagers began to move
north to what was Greenwich Village.
Greenwich Village was formed in 1634, the first house being
built by Wonter Von Twiller. The district was exceptionally
fine and heathful and so many of the people settled there.
Some of the people moved across the river to New Jersey and
New York state.
Jacob and his family settled between Haverstraw and Spring
Valley, New York. They had two sons, Abram and Dennis (or
Tunis).
Abram married Catherine Michler and had eleven children, eight
sons and three daughters.
Dennis married Maria Fisher. They had four children, two boys
and two girls. All but one died at an early age. The
survivor was John Fisher Van Riper, my great great
grandfather.
Abram and Dennis were born at or near a place called the Pond
– which could be Rockland Lake, which is near Spring Valley,
N.Y.
Dennis had a farm at St. Andrews, Orange County, N.Y. and also
one at St. Elmo. He died at Wallkill, N.Y. and is buried in
Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Abram and two of his sons, Jacob and Lewis, had a cotton mill
which, in those days, was known as the Dutch Factory at
Clarkstown – near Spring Valley.
Between the years 1850 and 1860 Abram and his family decided
to go west to Michigan. They founded the village of LaGrange
in Cass County and there proceded to build a new mill for the
manufacture of cotton and wollen goods.
They heard that the railroad was expected to pass near them
but it never did so that the mill was then abandoned. In the
years that followed the family started to migrate to other
parts
of Michigan.
Abram and members of his family are buried in the Van Riper
Cemetery at LaGrange, Michigan.”