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THE GARRABRANT FAMILY, the inter members of which are numerous in the western part of Bergen and Hudson Counties, claim descent from Gerbrand Claesen, a Dutch emigrant, who, at one time, had much influence over the early affairs of Bergen. Claesen was from Amsterdam, and was at Bergen probably two or three years before he married Maritie, only daughter of Claes Pietersen Cos, which was August 25, 1674. He became a large property owner and held many official positions. In 1689 he obtained permission of Governor Leisler to purchase a tract of land now in Putnam County, N. Y., and, on December 6, 1699, he purchased of George Willocks an extensive tract of land on the Pequanonek River, then in Bergen County. His issue were nine children: Peter, Claes, Herpert, Cornelia, Metje, Cornelius, Maria, Gerrebrand, and Mindert. Some of these remained at Bergen, where their descendants still live, while others settled on their father's lands on the Pequanonek River, whence their issue spread over Bergen and Passaic Counties. Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 164.

THE GAUTIER FAMILY, at one time numerous in Hudson County, was a French Huguenot family who came to America after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. By intermarriage a considerable landed estate in Bergen, N. J., came into possession of the family. This property, at what is now Greenville, is known as the "Gautier farm," descended through one Captain Thomas Brown. Jacques Gautier, of Saint Blancard, in the Province of Languedoc, France, is said to have been the first American progenitor of the Gautiers. He settled in New Amsterdam, and left issue two sons, Daniel and Francois, besides daughters. Daniel (2) married, at New York, September 6, 1716, Maria Bogert, and had eleven children, one of whom was Andrew (3), who was born in 1720 and married (1) in 1744 an English lady named Elizabeth Crossfield, and (2) in 1774 Elizabeth Hastier. Andrew (3) was a prominent man in New York, and left issue four children, one of whom, Andrew (4), born December 18, 1755, married (1) Mary Brown, of Bergen, and (2) Hannah Turner. Andrew (4) took up his residence at Greenville and left eight children, from whom are descended the Gautiers of Bergen and Hudson Counties. Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 166.

THE GOETSCHIUS FAMILY is also a numerous family in the western part of Bergen County. They are all descended from John Henry Goetschy, who was born in the Canton of Zurich, in Switzerland, about 1695, where he studied for the ministry in the University of Switzerland. He came to America about 1728, and first preached at Skippach and in the valleys of the Delaware and Susquehanna in Pennsylvania. His son, John Henry Goetschius, born at Liguria, Switzerland, in 1718, studied in the University of Zurich, and came to America with his father in 1728. He was licensed to preach in 1738, and preached on Long Island until 1740, when he came to Hackensack, N. J. There he preached until 1748, when he took charge of the church at Schraalenburgh[?], which he kept until his death in 1774. He was an able, eloquent, and effective preacher. His son Stephen, also a minister, preached at Saddle River and Pascack from 1814 to 1837. His father, John H. Goetschius, married, August 26, 1749, Rachel Zabriskie. Both John Henry and his son Stephen reared large families, who scattered rapidly over Bergen County. Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 166.

Dr. Nelson Haas, the efficient principal of the High School at Hackensack, is a son of Mathias Haas and Melinda Holgate, and was born at Chestnut Hill, city of Philadelphia, August 3d, 1838. His father was of German descent, a business man of strict integrity, who was, for sixteen years, a member of the Common Council of  Philadelphia. His mother was of Welsh origin, the daughter of a prominent and successful business man of the city, and for seventeen years a member of the State Legislature of Pennsylvania. Two of Dr. Haas's brothers founded the Hightstown Classical and Scientific Institute and the New Jersey Collegiate Institute at Bordentown, situated on a part of the old Bonaparte property. Mr. Haas began teaching at the age of seventeen, having been educated in the schools of his native city. In 1859 he went to Port Gibson, Mississippi, as teacher of mathematics and physics in the academy at that place, but returned North after two years, when he was appointed Deputy Provost Marshal of the Ninth District of Pennsylvania, under A. W. Bolenius, who was succeeded as Marshal by Thaddeus Stevens, Jr., during Mr. Haas's term of service. In the spring of 1865 he joined Company B, Ninth Union League Regiment, Philadelphia, as First Lieutenant. After a few weeks he was made commissary of the brigade, and remained in the service until the close of the war. Upon his return, Mr. Haas began the study of law in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the office of General William H. Miller, and was admitted as attorney in 1868. After a few months' practice at Harrisburg he removed to California, and opened a law office at Stockton, where, however, he had remained only a short time, when the death of his father caused his return East. In 1871 he was tendered the position of principal of Washington Institute, District No. 32, at Hackensack, N. J., and continued in that place twenty-four years. Upon the organization in 1895 of a High School for the entire town, Dr. Haas was made its principal, and, in 1897, the additional duties of supervising principal of all the schools in the township were assigned him, which two positions he still holds. James Van Valen, History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1900

CHARLES A. HAMILTON, of Closter, Bergen County, N. J., was born at Cannan Four Corners, Columbia County, N. Y., March 24, 1859. He is the son of Silas B. and Emily J. (Haight) Hamilton, a grandson of James Hamilton and William Haight, and a descendant of a long line of Scotch ancestors. Mr. Hamilton received his education in his native State. He left school at the age of seventeen and entered a railroad office, where he remained three and a half years. He then accepted a position with the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of New York City, and has since continued with that well known corporation. In this latter capacity he has developed ability in a line which requires accurate knowledge of mathematics and all business forms, and he has discharged his duties with satisfaction and earned for himself the confidence of the officials of the company. As a resident of Closter, Bergen County, Mr. Hamilton has taken part in the affairs of the community, has served as a member of the School Board, and is a member of the Dutch Reformed Church. Mr. Hamilton married Carrie L. Preston. They have two sons: Charles H., born in 1883, and Kenneth P., born in 1885. Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 147-

ALBERT ZABRISKIE HARING is a lineal descendant of Jan Pietersen Haring, the first emigrant of the name (see sketch on page 61). Cornelius Jansen Haring (2) (the third of the children of Jan Pietersen Haring (1) and Margaretta Cozine), born in New York in 1672, married, in 1693, Catalyntie, daughter of Judge Matthew Flearboom, of Albany, N. Y. Cornelius removed to Tappan, N. Y., with other members of the family, in 1686, and in 1721, when the Tappan patented lands were divided, he received as his portion a large tract in Harrington Township, on both sides of the Tappan road and extending east of that road as far as what is now Northvale. He subsequently bought of Samuel Des Marest (2) a farm of several hundred acres near what is now Haworth, N. J., on which he erected his family mansion and resided until his death. Much of this farm remained in the ownership of his descendants up to twenty years ago. His seven children of the third generation were John C., Margaret, Sophia, Vroutie, Daniel C., Cornelius C., and Jacob C. Of these seven children, Cornelius C. Haring (3) married, in 1710, Rensie Blawvelt, and dying left eight children of the fourth generation: Caroline, Abraham J., Cornelius C., Margaret, Maria, Elizabeth, John C., and Sophia. Abraham Johns Haring (4) married Elizabeth Mabie. He bought and settled on a large farm just north of what is now called West Norwood, in Bergen County. This farm had formerly belonged to his grandfather, Cornelius Haring (2). He left three children: John A., born in March, 1751 (died); Peter A.; and John A. (2), born April 9, 1762. Of these Peter A. resided on his father's farm until his death. Peter Abrams Haring (5), born at Norwood, N. J., April 16, 1754, married Maria Blawvelt, by whom he had two children of the sixth generation: Elizabeth, born January 20, 1773 (married Abraham A. Blawvelt), and David P. David Peters Haring (6), born May 27, 1775, married Lydia Zabriskie, and lived all his lifetime on a portion of his grandfather's farm near West Norwood. His children of the seventh generation were Margaret (died), Lavina (married John Tallman), and Peter D. Peter D. Haring (7) married Betsey Bogert, and had issue of the eighth generation David P. (married Catharine Bross), Samuel B. (married Letty Blawvelt), Albert Z., Newton (died), Ann Maria (married Isaac Onderdonk), and James (married Jane Van Houten). Albert Zabriskie Haring, the subject of this sketch, was born near Norwood, N. J., December 21, 1848. He attended the common schools of Bergen County until fourteen years of age, and then became a clerk in the grocery business, which occupation he followed for a number of years. In 1872 he entered as a clerk the Hudson County National Bank of Jersey City, then under the management of John Armstrong, John Van Vorst, and Hon. A. A. Hardenburgh. He has been in the bank for twenty-nine years, has occupied various positions in it, and for the past twelve years has been its Paying Teller. He married in 1866 Jemima, the daughter of the late Senator Ralph S. Demarest, and has two children of the ninth generation: Chauncey and Minnie C. The latter is married and has issue of the tenth generation, Clarisse, born in 1900. He has a summer residence at Demarest, N. J. Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 63.

Garret A. Haring.  The city of Hoorn is located on a small arm of the Zuyder Zee in Holland. It is now a place of little importance, but from the beginning of the fifteenth to the seventeenth century it was a city of considerable magnitude and trade. During the Spanish wars it was sufficiently so to be fortified and stubbornly defended by the Spanish under Admiral De Bossu. It glories in being the birthplace of William Schouten, who in 1616 first doubled the southmost cape of South America, which he named after his birthplace, Cape Horn. Abel Jansen Tasman, who discovered Van Dieman's Land and New Zeeland, was also a native of Hoorn. Back from the city the land is low but fertile, adapted to grazing and dairy purposes. Manufacturing and shipbuilding were, two centuries ago, extensively carried on there. It was at Hoorn that the great fleet of Admiral De Ruyter was built. But the most extensive of its varied interests were its herring fisheries, which were numerous and of great value, employing large numbers of men. Among the families residing at Hoorn were the Harings. The name is mentioned on the pages of history as far back as 1573, and when the Dutch were defeated at the battle of Diemark, in that year, it is related of one John Haring, of Hoorn, that he stood with sword and helmet, on a narrow part of the dyke, and singly by miracles of valor kept back a thousand Spaniards, until his comrades had made their retreat. Then plunging into the sea, he escaped unhurt. Not long afterward, in a sea fight, he climbed on board the great Spanish ship "The Inquisitor" and hauled down her flaunting colors and was fatally pierced by a bullet. Among his descendants Pieter Jansen Haring (1) is said to have been a native of Newenhuysen in Holland, where he was born in 1610, and from whence he removed to Hoorn. His third son, Jan Pietersen Haring (2), one of a large family, was born at Hoorn, December 26, 1633. He emigrated to America in 1660, and on Whitsuntide in 1662 became the second husband of a young widow named Margaretta Cozine, born in Haarlem, Holland, in 1634. This was the first marriage in the Dutch Church, on the farm called the Bowery, which church was situated where now stands St. Mark's Church, corner of East Eleventh Street and Second Avenue, in New York. John Pietersen Haring purchased and resided until his death (December 7, 1683) on a farm of 100 acres, which extended from the Bowery Lane westward to and beyond Bedford Street, including both sides of Broadway, from Waverly Place to Bleecker Street. His descendants continued fro more than a century to own portions of it. John Pietersen Haring (2) had children of the third generation Peter, Cozine, Cornelius, Abraham, Brechie, Vroutie, and Maretie. All of these with their mother, Margaretta Cozine, removed to Tappan in 1686. The widow had previously (February 2, 1685) taken a third husband in the person of Daniel de Clark, by whom she left no issue. John Pietersen Haring's children all married and settled at or near Tappan on the Tappan patent, of which two of the sons were joint purchasers with de Clark, the Blawvelts, Smiths, and others, in 1686. They all reared large families. Peter, Cozine, Cornelius, and Abraham settled within the limits of Harrington Township in Bergen County, N. J., where their descendants are very numerous. The township received its name from the family in 1775. Garret A. Haring, the subject of this sketch, is descended in the seventh generation from John Pietersen Haring, the first American ancestor. The line of descent is as follows: (1) John Pietersen Haring and Margaretta Cozine, (2) Cozine Johns Haring and Margaretta Garrets Blawvelt, (3) John Cosines Haring and Aeltje Van Dolsen, (4) Garret Johns Haring and Cornelia Lent, (5) Abram Garrets haring and Elizabeth Blawvelt, (6) Garret Abrams Haring and Maria Smith, (7) Abram Garrets Haring and Charity Johnson, and (8) Garret Abrams Haring and Lavina Van Houten. Rev. Garret Abram Haring, for many years the beloved pastor of the True Reformed Church of Schraalenburgh, Bergen County, is one of the oldest and best known clergymen in Eastern New Jersey. His great-grandfather, Abram G. Haring, born May 18, 1755, settled in Tappan, N. J., and followed agricultural pursuits. By his wife, Elizabeth Blawvelt, also of Holland descent, he had a son, Garret A. Haring, who was born March 22, 1781, and who was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. This Garret A. haring settled in Ramapo, Rockland County, N. Y., and spent his active life as a farmer and miller, dying December 12, 1869. He married Maria Smith and had two children: Abram G. and Hetty (Mrs. Albert J. Terhune). Abram G. Haring was born on the homestead in Rockland County on the 16th of July, 1803, and was also a farmer, succeeding his father in the management and ownership of the family estate. He married Charity Johnson, of Ramapo, and had two sons: Rev. Garret A. and John J. Mr. Haring died March 12, 1864, after a career which equaled in usefulness and prominence that of his honored father, who survived him nearly six years. Rev. Garret A. Haring, eldest son of Abram G. and Charity (Johnson) Haring, was born on the family homestead in Ramapo, Rockland County, N. Y., on the 18th of November, 1829. There he also spent his early life, acquiring in the district schools the rudiments of an education and following various business pursuits. But he was not destined for a mercantile nor an agricultural life. His tastes were scholarly; his inclinations were for a profession. And with this end in view he took up the study of theology. Having thoroughly fitted himself for the ministry, Mr. Haring received a call and was duly ordained pastor of the True Reformed Church of Schraalenburgh, Bergen County, and in that capacity has labored ever since. Under this pastorate, which covers a generation, the church has grown and prospered until now it is one of the largest in that locality. Mr. Haring is a man of broad scholarly attainments, of noble and generous impulses, and universally esteemed and respected, not only for his learning and culture, but also for those affectionate and sympathetic qualities which make him so popular among all denominations. He has always interested himself in the affairs of the community, and is an ardent advocate of every movement and project which has the welfare of the people at heart. He is a Democrat in politics, a friend of education, and a benevolent, patriotic, public spirited citizen. January 1, 1851, Mr. Haring married Miss Lavina Van Houten. They have three daughters: Melissa, Ellen H., and Anna Naomi. Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, pages 61-63.

GARRET T. HARING is descended in the ninth generation from Jan Pietersen Haring, the emigrant from Hoorn, Holland. The line of descent is the same as that of Garret A. Haring (see page 61) down to the fifth generation. Garret John Haring (5), a son of John Cozine Haring (4) and Aeltie Van Dolsen, born April 28, 1725, married, in 1751, Cornelia Lent, and had issue of the sixth generation eight children: Aeltie, Peter, Frederick, James, Catharine, Elizabeth, John, and Abraham. John Garrets Haring (6), born at Tappan in 1752, married Rensie (Garrets) Eckerson and had issue of the seventh generation four children: Altie, Garret, Altie, and Margaret. Garret Johns Haring (7), born January 24, 1779, died May 25, 1849, married Elizabeth Eckerson, and had issue of the eighth generation Rensie and Thomas E. Thomas E. Haring (8), born March 3, 1808, died February 16, 1870, married Rachel Taylor, and had issue two children: Sarah E. and Garret T. Haring, the latter being the subject of this sketch. Garret T. Haring (9) was born at River Vale, Bergen County, February 22, 1851, and received a good education in the local schools. Leaving school at the age of nineteen, he began native life on his father's farm, and subsequently engaged in the business of breeding and dealing in horses, in which he has since continued with substantial success. Mr. Haring is one of the best known men in Bergen County, and for a number of years has been prominent and influential in public affairs. He has served most efficiently as a member of the Board of Chosen Freeholders for nine years, has also officiated as poormaster of the Borough of Old Tappan, and is a member of the Reformed Church. He is an active, progressive, and public spirited citizen, and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He married Anne G. Hasbrook and has two children: Sarah C. and Thomas G. Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 201.

HENRY G. HARING is a descendant in the eighth generation from Pieter Haring, of Hoorn, Holland, for a sketch of whom and of his sons and grandsons see page 61. This branch of the family always resided around Tappan, Hillsdale, Westwood, and Pascack, in Bergen County. Henry G. Haring's line of descent from Pieter, of Holland, is as follows: Pieter Haring (1), of Hoorn, Holland. Jan Petersen Haring (2), of Hoorn, Holland, the first emigrant to America, married Margaretta Cozines (widow), and had issue of the third generation six children, one of whom was Cozine Johns Haring (3). Cozine Jansen Haring (3), born in 1669, married Margaretta Jans Bogert, and had issue of the fourth generation eight children, of whom one was John Cozine Haring (4). John Cozine Haring (4), born in 1696, married Altie Van Dolsen, and had issue eight children of the fifth generation, one of whom was Garret Jansen Haring. Garret Jansen Haring (5), born in April, 1725, married Cornelia Lent, and had issue of the sixth generation eight children, one of whom was Jacobus Garrets Haring (6). Jacobus Garrets Haring (6), born in October, 1764, married about 1789, Rachel Fredericks Haring, and had issue of the seventh generation John, Rachel, Garret (died), Cornelia, Altie, Ann, Garret J., Maria, Catrina, and Frederick. Garret Jacobus Haring (7), born near Tappan, November 30, 1801, died November 19, 1869, married Caroline, daughter of Henry P. and Adeline (Smith) Westervelt, and had issue of the eighth generation Adeline, Henry (died), Henry G., and others. Henry G. Haring (8), the subject of this sketch, was born in Hillsdale, N. J., December 5, 1837, and received his education in the public schools of Bergen County. Leaving school at the age of eighteen, he engaged in teaching and so continued for five years. During that period he gained a broad practical experience and established an excellent reputation. He then worked on his father's farm at Hillsdale for ten years, and since then has been actively and successfully engaged in business for himself as a civil engineer and surveyor. In this profession as in all other connections he has displayed marked ability, sound judgment, and great enterprise, and is widely respected as a public spirited citizen and upright man. Mr. Haring has also been prominent in the affairs of his town and county. He served at various times as Town Superintendent, Town Clerk, and Assessor, was a member of Assembly in the sessions of 1868 and 1869, and from 1881 to 1886 held the office of Under Sheriff. At the present time he is Overseer of the Poor. He is a Mason, a member of the Improved Order of Foresters, and an attendant of the Reformed Church. His wife, Christina de Baun, is descended from the French Huguenot family of De Bauns who are noticed elsewhere in this work. They have had three children: Annie, Harry, and Garret (deceased). Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 201-202.

JOHN T. HARING'S ancestors, for many generations, have resided at Old Tappan. He is descended in the eighth generation from Jan Pietersen Haring, the emigrant from Hoorn, Holland, for an account of whom, and of his children, see page 61. His line of descent as far as the fourth generation is identical with those outlined on pages 61 and 63 of this work. John Cozine Haring, of the fourth generation, born November 24, 1693, and his wife, Aeltie Van Dolsen, born in April, 1696, had issue of the fifth generation eight children, of whom one was Frederick J. Haring (5). Frederick Johns Haring (5), born December 7, 1729, died March 6, 1807, married (1 April 30, 1752, Rachel Abrams Haring, born May 13, 1732, died August 27, 1795. He married (2), November 14, 1796, Ann de Clark (widow of Peter Perry), born July 7, 1841, died September 18, 1816. Frederick's children (of the sixth generation) by Rachel Abrams Haring were ten: Aeltie, Abram F., Dirkie, John F., Garret F., Harman, Rachel, Margaretta, Maria, and Abram B. John Fredericks Haring (6), born June 15, 1760, died August 10, 1836, married, in November, 1781, Jemima, daughter of Tunis Blawvelt, born November 25, 1779, died January 27, 1859. Their issue of the seventh generation were two: Frederick J. and Tunis J. Tunis J. Haring (7) was born at Tappan, September 17, 1787, died there October 18, 1881, married (1), October 7, 1806, Elizabeth Perry (daughter of Peter Perry), born March 23, 1784, died November 13, 1858. He married (2), November 22, 1859, Lea Demarest (widow of John R. Blawvelt), born February 3, 1785, died August 6, 1872. Tunis (7) by his first wife had issue of the eighth generation Abram B., Jane, Peter T., and John T., that last named of whom is the subject of this sketch. John T. Haring (8) was born in Harrington Township, Bergen County, May 16, 1822, and received his education in the local schools. He left school at the age of fifteen and went to work on his father's farm, where he has ever since remained, never having engaged in any other business. He is not only one of the leading farmers of Bergen County, but has also taken an active part in public affairs, and served three years as a Freeholder and three years as Township Collector. He is a member of the Reformed Church, a public spirited citizen, and highly respected and esteemed. Mr. Haring married Rachel Blawvelt and has three children: Tunis J., of Hackensack; Richard B.; and Elizabeth P., of Sparkill, N. Y. They reside at Old Tappan, Bergen County. Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 154-155.

RICHARD B. HARING is descended in the ninth generation from Jan Pietersen Haring, the emigrant from Hoorn, Holland, and the line of descent is the same as that of his father, John T. Haring (see page 154), extending it one generation further, as follows: John T. Haring (8), born May 16, 1822, married, May 24, 1843, Rachel, daughter of John R. Blawvelt, born August 24, 1822. He resides at Tappan, on part of the farm which his first American ancestor purchased from the Indians. The issue of John T. Haring (8) of the ninth generation are three: Tunis J., Richard B., and Elizabeth P., of whom the second, Richard B. (9), is the subject of this sketch. Richard B. Haring (9) was born in Harrington Township, Bergen County, January 24, 1856. He acquired his education in the Bergen County schools, which he left at the age of eighteen to go to work on his father's farm. He still remains on the homestead. About 1886 he engaged in the business of general auctioneer. In 1897 he also established himself in the coal business at Tappan, N. Y., and still continues both enterprises. He was for four years a member of the Township Committee and for four years served as Township Treasurer, discharging the duties of each office with characteristic ability and devotion. For some time he has also served as a member of the Borough Council. He is a member of the American Legion of Honor, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Reformed Church. In every capacity he has maintained a high standard for integrity, honor, and laudable ambition. Mr. Haring married Mary G. Banta, and has six children of the tenth generation: Lila Ray, Charles B., Abram Demarest, J. Eugene, D. Leroy, and Gertrude. Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 161.

Dr. Abram Hopper was the son of a farmer at Hohokus, and was born April 26th, 1797. After taking an academic course of study in New York city, he entered the office of Dr. John Rosencrantz, at Hohokus, with whom he studied medicine one year, when he returned to New York, and continued his medical studies with Dr. Valentine Mott, attending lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which institution he was graduated at the age of twenty-one. The following year he began the practice of medicine, continuing to reside here the greater part of his life. He died December 14th, 1872. Making surgery a specialty, he was the only operating surgeon in Bergen county for many years, and gained an enviable reputation in that department of his profession. His wife was Euphemia DeWolf. They had five sons and two daughters. James Van Valen, History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1900

Dr. Henry A. Hopper, who was born August 8th, 1824, was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City in 1847. His life was spent in Hackensack, where he became a prominent practitioner, and also identified himself with the best interests of the town. Like his father, he began practice when young, being only twenty-three years of age. He was one of the organizers and the first secretary of the Bergen County Medical Society, and was the organizer and president of the Hackensack Board of Health. Dr. Hopper married Maria Colfax Ward, and three children survived him, one son and two daughters. He was a member of the Second Reformed Church, to which he was greatly devoted. He died at the age of fifty-eight years. James Van Valen, History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1900

Jacob H. Hopper.  The Hopper family, it is said, started in France. They spelled the name Hoppe, and finally changed it to Hopper. Some of them went to Holland during times of religious persecution. It is known that Andries (Andrew) Hopper came to America from Amsterdam, Holland, with a wife (and, perhaps, two or three children), as early as 1653, and located in the City of New Amsterdam. The name of his wife does not appear in the New Jersey records. After their arrival the couple had three children born to them: William in 1654, Hendrick in 1656, and Matthew in 1658. Of the three last named children William (2) married Mynen Paulus and had issue three children: Christina, Gertrude, and Belitie (Bridget), all born in New Amsterdam. William's two brothers, Hendrick (2) and Matthew (2), went to Bergen (Jersey City) in 1680. There, on March 14, of the same year, Hendrick (2) married Mary Johns Van Blarkum, a daughter of the American emigrant of that name, and April 15, 1683, Matthew (2) married Ann Peterse, afterward called Antje Jorckse. It does not appear that Hendrick and Matthew purchased lands in Bergen. They probably lived on leased lands while there. William (2) went to Hackensack in 1686, where he joined the Dutch Church in March of that year. His brothers Hendrick (2) and Matthew (2) went to Hackensack the following year. William (2) had a child, Andrew, baptized at Hackensack in March, 1686, shortly after his arrival. Nothing more is said of William (2), and the inference is that he died soon after. Hendrick (2) and Matthew (2), soon after their arrival, each purchased from Captain John Berry, a farm of between two and three hundred acres at Hackensack (party in the present village), and extending from the Hackensack River to the Saddle River. Each of them settled and built on his farm, where they remained until their deaths. Both were farmers, but took an active art in town and church matters. Matthew was a deacon of the "church on the Green" in 1705. Matthew's children (of the third generation) were Andrew, born in 1684, at Jersey City, married Elizabeth Bross; Christina, born in 1686 (married John Huysman); Lea, born in 1695 (married Jolin Vanderhoff, of Albany); Rachel, born in 1703 (twice married); and John, born in 1705 (married Elizabeth Kipp). All except Andrew were born at Hackensack. Hendrick's children of the third generation were Andrew, born in 1681 (married Abigail Ackerman); John, born in 1682 (married Rachel Terhune); William, born in 1684; Catharine, born in 1685 (married Peter Garretse Van Allen, of Rotterdam, Holland); Garret, born in 1696; Gertrude, born in 1699 (married Hendrick Alberts Zabriskie); and Lea (married Christian Alberts Zabriskie). Many of these, with their children, removed to Paramus and scattered through Saddle River, Ridgewood, and Mildland Townships, where their descendants are to-day numerous. Members of the family have represented Bergen County in both houses of the Legislature; others have worn the judicial ermine with dignity and respectability; still others have become famous as physicians, clergymen, lawyers, mayors of cities, publicists, mechanics, sailors, soldiers, and agriculturists. Jacob H. Hopper, the subject of this sketch, is a lineal descendant of Andrew Hopper, the first emigrant of the name. He is a son of John Hopper and Elizabeth (Goetchius) Hopper, and was born at Saddle River, in Bergen County, August 6, 1823. Having received a fair common school education in the schools of his native county, he acquired while quite young the trade of harness-making, which he followed successfully at Hackensack until 1880, when he was made superintendent of the cemetery in that village. He still holds this position, having filled it with great ability and fidelity during the last twenty years. Mr. Hopper has also been a prominent figure in public affairs. He was Town Collector of Hackensack for three years and a Justice of the Peace for ten years, and has served as a member of the Town Committee. For forty-nine years he has been a leading member and one of the chief supporters of the Hackensack Christian Reformed Church. The ability, faithfulness, and integrity with which he has discharged every trust, and the active interest he has taken in the progress and welfare of his town and county, have won for him great respect and the confidence of all who enjoy his acquaintance. He is public spirited, enterprising, and patriotic, and a liberal, progressive citizen, whose energies have been directed toward useful and charitable ends. He married Lydia Bogert, a descendant of one of the old Bergen County families, and their children are Ann Elizabeth, John Henry, and Martha Amelia Hopper. Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 71-72.

Dr. John Ward Hopper, only son of Dr. Henry A., was born November 10th, 1856, and choosing the profession of his fathers, was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1879, having been graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1876. While in the Medical College, he took a special course in microscopy, afterwards, and for sometime making microscopic tests in the office of Dr. Alonzo Clark. It was his intention to eventually devote his time to surgery in which he was particularly interested. He was for eighteen months on the Surgical Staff of Roosevelt Hospital immediately after his graduation. Dr. Henry Sands now asked him to take his Quiz-class, which he did for one winter, the first time it had ever been given to another. The following year he spent in Europe, principally at the Hospitals of Vienna and Prague, and during special work under Doctors Virchow, Schroeder and others. After his return he began practice here but died three years later, on June 30th, 1890, ending a line of physicians holding high place not only in the medical profession but in other walks of life. James Van Valen, History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1900

ALBERT V. HUYLER.  Johannes (John) Huyler came to America from Holland about 1741, and went to Bergen County, where he married, in 1742, Eva, daughter of Cornelius Banta. He purchased of the heirs of Colonel Jacobus Van Cortlandt a large tract of land (several hundred acres) between Cresskill and Tenafly, extending from the Hudson River to the Tienn Kill, where he resided until his death. His children were Cornelia, married John Banta; Joris (George), married Maria Symonson; John, married (1) Effie Westervalt and (2) Anntje Banta; Jannetje (dead); and Wilhelmus, married Christian Cole. John Huyler (2) known as "Captain John," born in 1748, resided on his father's farm above Tenafly and was in the Revolutionary War. By his wife he had children John, Peter, and George. Peter Huyler (3), born April 8, 1781, married Catharine Benson, and had children Barney, Garret, Henry, John, and George, the latter of whom obtained title to the old homestead. Henry Huyler (4) married Margaret Voorhis and by her had three children: Peter E., Harry, and Albert V., the latter of whom is the subject of this sketch. Albert V. Huyler (5) was born at Tenafly, N. J., and there received his education in the public schools. At the age of nineteen he left school and engaged in the watch and diamond business at No. 21 Maiden Lane, New York City, in which he has continued for the past fifteen years, doing business under the style of N. M. White & Co. He is a public spirited and progressive citizen, and thoroughly identified with the affairs of the community. Mr. Huyler married Miss Virginia Connor, and they have two children: Cleveland C. and Washington E. Huyler. Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 86-87.