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Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth County, N. J.

George C. Beekman

Moreau Bros., Publishers,
Freehold, N. J.
Second Edition Printed, 1915.


Table of Contents - Click on the filename to view documents.
File Name File Description File Size Date Submitter
beekman-index.txt Index and Preface 8K Apr 2009 JMP
beekman-01.txt Pg 1 RECORDS OF THE CONOVERS, SCHENCKS AND VANDERVEERS.
3 TRAITS OF CONOVER CHARACTER. FANCIFUL ORIGIN OF THE NAME.
4 THE WILL OF JAN SCHENCK, AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS.
6 DUTCH TENACITY AS SHOWN BY THEIR LOVE FOR THEIR CHURCH.
9 ROELOF SCHENCK AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
-- A WOMAN OF GREAT BUSINESS CAPACITY.
12 CHRINEYONCE SCHENCK AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
PROBASCO AND POLHEMUS FAMILIES.
15 RULEFF SCHENCK AND HIS DESCENDANTS. SOME OF THEIR PECULIAR TRAITS.
17 THE MASTERFUL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DUTCH WOMEN.
93K Apr 2009 JMP
beekman-02.txt Pg 19 THE SIX CONOVER BROTHERS AND FOUR CONOVER SISTERS.
21 ODDITIES AND PECULIARITIES OF THE DUTCH PEOPLE AND THEIR DESCENDANTS IN MONMOUTH.
24 CORNELIUS COUWENHOVEN OF PLEASANT VALLEY AND HIS CHILDREN.
27 ALBERT COUWENHOVEN AND HIS TWELVE CHILDREN.
29 JACOB COUWENHOVEN AND HIS ELEVEN CHILDREN.
34 THE YOUNGER OF THE SIX CONOVER BROTHERS AND HIS CHILDREN.
93K Apr 2009 JMP
beekman-03.txt Pg 37 REASONS WHY THE NEW YORK HOLLANDERS MIGRATED TO NEW JERSEY.
40 CONFLICT BETWEEN LEWIS MORRIS AND THE PEOPLE OF MIDDLETOWN.
43 JACOB VAN DORN AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
68K Apr 2009 JMP
beekman-04.txt Pg 50 SOME ACCOUNT OF LEWIS MORRIS AND HIS DOINGS IN MONMOUTH COUNTY.
55 SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF LEWIS MORRIS OF MONMOUTH AND ELSEWHERE.
90K Apr 2009 JMP
beekman-05.txt Pg 67 JAN GYSBERTSEN METRN AND HIS FAMILY.
71 GILBERT VAN MATER, HIS DESCENDANTS, AND HIS WILL.
74 DANIEL AND HENDRICK VAN MATER WHO JOINED THE KING'S ARMY.
77 DANIEL, HENDRICK AND CHRINEYONCE VAN- MATER'S ESTATES CONFISCATED.
- DEATH OF FENTON, THE PINE ROBBER.
80 ESCAPES OF DANIEL AND CHRINEYONCE VANMATER, ROYALISTS.
-THE PINE ROBBERS OF MONMOUTH.
94K Apr 2009 JMP
beekman-06.txt Pg 84 GARRETT VAN MATER; HIS CHARACTERISTICS AND DISPOSITION.
86 DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN VAN MATER AND ELIZABETH LANE, HIS WIFE.
89 DESCENDANTS OF CYRENIUS VAN MATER AND ABAGAIL LEFFERTS, HIS WIFE.
92 THE LONG AND INTERESTING WILL OF JOSEPH VANMATER.
73K Apr 2009 JMP
beekman-07.txt Pg 97 THE HULSES OR HULSEHARTS OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES.
99 THE AUMACKS OR AUMOCKS OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES.
103 EFFORTS OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND TO CRUSH HOLLAND REPUBLIC.
45K Apr 2009 JMP
beekman-08.txt Pg 105 THE BARKALOW FAMILY.
109 RECORDS OF DANIEL AND CORNELIUS BARKALOW, SONS OF DERRICK.
111 CHILDREN OF DERRICK BARKALOW AND THEIR DESCENDANTS.
86K Apr 2009 JMP
beekman-09.txt Pg 121 THE HENDRICKS OR HENDRICKSON FAMILY.
136 ACCOUNT OF A RAID OF TORY REFUGEES IN THE YEAR 1779.
90K Apr 2009 JMP
beekman-10.txt Pg 138 CHILDREN OF DANIEL HENDRICKSON AND CATHARINE VANDYKE, HIS WIFE.
148 WILLIAM HENDRICKSON, OR WILM HENDRICKS, AS WRITTEN, BROTHER OF DANIEL.
151 WILLIAM HENDRICKS AND WILLIAMPTJE LAEN HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
93K Apr 2009 JMP
beekman-11.txt Pg 156 ERRORS AND OMISSIONS.
APPENDIX.

[i] INSCRIPTIONS TAKEN FROM HEADSTONES IN SCHENCK-COUWENHOVEN CEMETERY, PLEASANT VALLEY.
[iii] RE-INTERMENTS FROM SCHENCK-COWENHOVEN CEMETERY TO HOLMDEL CEMETERY.
[iv] SCHENCK-COUWENHOVEN MARRIAGES FROM RECORDS OF FIRST DUTCH CHURCH OF MONMOUTH COUNTY.
[vii] TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS. OLD TENNENT CEMETERY, TENNENT, N. J.
[viii] OLD YELLOW MEETING HOUSE CEMETERY, IMLAYSTOWN, N. J.
[ix] FIRST CHURCH, CRANBRUY, N. J.
SECOND CHURCH, CRANBURY. N. J.
PENN'S NECK CEMETERY.
OLD PENN'S NECK YARD.
[x] BAPTIST CHURCH YARD, HOLMDEL, N. J.
OLD RED MEETING HOUSE YARD.
FROM Smock GRAVE YARD.
MARRIAGES SOLEMNIZED BY ELDER JOHN D. BARKALOW.
[xiv] TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH YARD, AllenTOWN, N. J.
[xv] WhiteHOUSE, NEW JERSEY, old church yard
WhiteHOUSE, NEW JERSEY, oldest grave-yard
BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY, High Street Cemetery
FIRST REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH YARD, New Brunswick PENNS NECK. N. J.
[xvii] THE MONMOUTH ASSOCIATORS, including names of 436 signers.
103K Apr 2009 JMP

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