Waking the Tree

James Henry Brintzinghoffer

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1701. Samuel Forman takes Governor & Other Officials Prisoner

Samuel Forman is my 8th great-grandfather. He was born in Hempstead, Long Island in 1662 and moved with his brothers, Thomas and Alexander, to Freehold, Monmouth County, Province of East Jersey. He was a prominent settler and left a long trail of records before he died on 13 OCT 1740. This is testimony on the Proceedings of Court of Sessions of Monmouth County at Middletown relative to the putting Sundry Officials under guard. The settlers in East Jersey were unhappy with the Proprietors of their government and wrote to the King multiple times to to this effect. This action is…
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1726. Quitclaim in Freehold, NJ. Archibald Craig

This is a transcription of a quit claim involving my 8th great-grandfather, Archibald Craig, and his neighbor Henrich VanVoorhis on 8 APR 1726 in Freehold, NJ. They appear to be clarifying a boundary dispute. I thought it was excessive language – even for the time – but clearly it wasn’t. The memorandum attached implies that…
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1717. Deed in Freehold, NJ. Archibald Craig & John Craig

This is a transcription of a conveyance for a land transfer between John Craig, my 9th great-grandfather and Archibald Craig, my 8th great-grandfather on 2 SEP 1717 in Freehold, NJ.
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1702. Deed in Monmouth County, NJ. Archibald Craig & John Craig

This is a transcription of a conveyance for a land transfer between John Craig, my 9th great-grandfather and Archibald Craig, my 8th great-grandfather on 10 APR 1702. It was enacted the same day and in the same area as a purchase by James Craig, my 8th great-uncle on my maternal grandfather’s side.
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1645-1727. Walloons, Huguenots and a No Man’s Land in Brooklyn

Joost Duryea was ethnically a Walloon and religiously a Huguenot. On a good day, that would severely restrict your rights, limit your access to employment and force your conversion on pain of imprisonment. On a bad day, you just got burned you at the stake.
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1634-1650. Records in Newbury, MA. Richard Kent

Richard Kent is my 10th great-grandfather. He was born about 1590 in Upper Wallop, Hampshire, England. He emigrated to Massachusetts Bay colony in 1634 on the ‘Mary & John’. He died in Newbury, 14 JUN 1654. These are excerpts regarding him from the various Newbury, MA town records.
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1638-1642. Records in Newbury, MA. Henry Rolfe

Henry Rolfe was my 10th great-grandfather, born 5 SEP 1585 in Melchett Park, Downton, Wiltshire England, died March 1643 in Newbury, Essex, MA. These are records related to his time in the Massachusetts Bay colony.
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1638. Records in Newbury, MA. John Bishop

John Bishop was my 9th great-grandfather. He was a carpenter born in England around 1621, as well as an early settler to the MA Bay colony. He later was a founding settler in Woodbridge, NJ. These records are incomplete and in progress.
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1643. Will of Henry Rolfe. Newbury, MA

Henry Rolfe was my 10th great-grandfather, born 5 SEP 1585 in Melchett Park, Downton, Wiltshire England, died March 1643 in Newbury, Essex, MA. He married his cousin Honor Rolfe in 1621 and these this is his Last Will & Testament.
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1650. Will of Honour Rolfe. Taken by witness. Charlestown, MA

Honor Rolfe was my 10th great-grandmother, born in Wiltshire, England around 1593. She emigrated in 1635 and was an early settler to Newbury, MA. She died, perhaps unexpectedly in the Charlestown home of her eldest child, Anna Rolfe Blanchard – my 9th great-grandmother. Anna’s young husband, Thomas, also died at more or less same time,…
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1696/7. Will of Richard Gardner. Charlestown, MA

My 9th great-grandfather, Richard Gardner was born on 13 JUN 1628, in Surrey, England. He died 29 MAY 1698, in Woburn, Massachusetts Bay Colony. This is his will.
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1625. Will of John Rolfe. Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England

My 11th great-grandfather, John Rolfe, was born around 1550 and died around 1625 in Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England. His will is helpful in learning about two of his sons who emigrated to Massachusetts Bay colony.
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1633. New England Heretics

Six of my ancestors emmigrated to the Puritan colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1633. Within 5 years, all of them would be exiled for heresy.
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1633-1674. Records in Roxbury, Boston, Portsmouth & Newport. John & Margaret Porter

Margaret Lang Odding and John Porter were my 10th great-grandparents. Their daughter Hannah Porter was my 9th great-grandmother. They moved to Roxbury, then Boston, but were banished and founded a new colony on Aquidneck Island, holding properties in Portsmouth and Newport. John was also party to the Pettaquamscutt Purchase in South Kingston. Margaret successfully sued…
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1633-1679. Records in Boston, Portsmouth, Newbury, Taunton. Samuel Wilbore Sr. & Samuel Wilbore Jr.

Samuel Wilbore Sr. and Anne Smith were my 10th great-grandparents. Their son, Samuel Wilbur, Jr. was my 9th great grandfather. They moved to Boston (MA Bay colony) in 1633, were banished, settled Portsmouth (Rhode Island colony) had property in Taunton (Plymouth colony) and later property in Boston (MA Bay colony). Samuel jr. was party to…
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1508-1913. The Formans

One of my Forman ancestors loaned money to Henry VIII – bad idea. One arrested the governor of NJ for holding court while Scottish. There was a patriot tarred as a traitor for ages, and a religious refugee who persecuted Quakers on Long Island. Knights, vicars, patriots & scoundrels – 12 generations of Formans.
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1781. Petition against the Retaliators. Lewis Forman.

Lewis Forman. 1730 was my 6th great-grandfather. He was born in Freehold and worked as a merchant in Middletown, Manhattan, and New Brunswick. He signed 4 petitions during the Revolutionary War. In this petition, signed DEC 1781, Lewis asks the Legislature to take action against the Monmouth County Retaliators. The Retaliators were an unauthorized but tolerated…
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1779. Petition on Corruption of Auction Commissioners. Lewis Forman.

Lewis Forman. 1730 was my 6th great-grandfather. He was born in Freehold and worked as a merchant in Middletown, Manhattan, and New Brunswick. He signed 4 petitions during the Revolutionary War. In this petition, signed 24 MAR 1779, he asks the Legislature to address corruption by the Monmouth County Auction Commissioners entrusted with the sale…
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1779. Petition for Patriot Relief & Equal Military Burden. Lewis Forman

Lewis Forman. 1730 was my 6th great-grandfather. He was born in Freehold and worked as a merchant in Middletown, Manhattan, and New Brunswick. He signed 4 petitions during the Revolutionary War. In this petition, signed 31 MAY 1779, he asked for relief for Patriots left destitute by the British, and for the burden of military service to…
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1741. Will of Aaron Forman. Freehold, NJ

Aaron Forman was my 7th great-grandfather. He died at the age of 52, leaving 7 children behind. The tone of his Last Will & Testament suggests he knew he was dying and had some time to prepare for it.
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1662. Samuel Forman. High Sheriff of Monmouth County

Samuel Forman is my 8th great-grandfather. He was born in Hempstead, Long Island in 1662 and moved with his brothers, Thomas and Alexander, to Freehold, Monmouth County, Province of East Jersey. This is the text of his appointment as High Sheriff. The office, originally called ‘Shire Reeve’, dates back to the Saxons. It is an independent,…
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1701. Samuel Forman. 2nd Remonstrance Against the Proprietors

Samuel Forman is my 8th great-grandfather. He was born in Hempstead, Long Island in 1662 and moved with his brothers, Thomas and Alexander, to Freehold, Monmouth County, Province of East Jersey. He was a prominent settler and left a long trail of records before he died on 13 OCT 1740. This is from the Petition of…
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1701. Samuel Forman takes Governor & Other Officials Prisoner

Samuel Forman is my 8th great-grandfather. He was born in Hempstead, Long Island in 1662 and moved with his brothers, Thomas and Alexander, to Freehold, Monmouth County, Province of East Jersey. He was a prominent settler and left a long trail of records before he died on 13 OCT 1740. This is testimony on the…
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1701. Samuel Forman. 1st Remonstrance Against the Proprietors

Samuel Forman is my 8th great-grandfather. He was born in Hempstead, Long Island in 1662 and moved with his brothers, Thomas and Alexander, to Freehold, Monmouth County, Province of East Jersey. He was a prominent settler and left a long trail of records before he died on 13 OCT 1740. This is the text of…
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1662-1740. Samuel Forman. Records in Freehold & Oyster Bay

Samuel Forman is my 8th great-grandfather. He was born in Hempstead, Long Island in 1662 and moved with his brothers, Thomas and Alexander, to Freehold, Monmouth County, Province of East Jersey. He was a prominent settler and left a long trail of records before he died on 13 OCT 1740. These snippets come from a variety…
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1658. Abusing a Liqueur Tax Collector. Aaron Forman

Aaron Forman is my 9th great-grandfather. His father was 1 of 18 men, mostly English, who received a charter to settle Vlissingen [Flushing] on Long Island in 1645 from Willem Kieft, Director of the Dutch West India company. Flushing’s early records were destroyed in a late 18th century fire so we know nothing about his…
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1657-1687. Records on Long Island. Aaron Forman

Aaron Forman is my 9th great-grandfather. His father was 1 of 18 men, mostly English, who received a charter to settle Vlissingen [Flushing] on Long Island in 1645 from Willem Kieft, Director of the Dutch West India company. Flushing’s early records were destroyed in a late 18th century fire so we know nothing about his…
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1657-1671. Records in Hempstead, NY. Robert & Aaron Forman

Robert Engle Forman. 1605 is my 10th great-grandfather. He was 1 of 18 men, mostly English, who received a charter to settle Vlissingen [Flushing] on Long Island in 1645 from Willem Kieft, Director of the Dutch West India company. Flushing’s early records were destroyed in a late 18th century fire so we know nothing about…
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1605-1671. Records in Hempstead, NY. Robert Forman

Robert Engle Forman (1605-1671) is my 10th great-grandfather. He was 1 of 18 men, mostly English, who received a charter to settle Vlissingen [Flushing] on Long Island in 1645 from Willem Kieft, Director of the Dutch West India company. Flushing’s early records were destroyed in a late 18th century fire so we know nothing his…
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1671-1672. Will & Inventory of Robert & Johanna Pore Forman

Robert Engle Forman. 1605-1671. is my 10th great-grandfather. He was 1 of 18 men, mostly English, who received a charter to settle Vlissingen [Flushing] on Long Island in 1645 from Willem Kieft, Director of the Dutch West India company. Flushing’s early records were destroyed in a late 18th century fire so we know nothing his…
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1605-1671. Records in Oyster Bay, NY. Robert Forman

Robert Engle Forman (1605-1671) is my 10th great-grandfather. He was 1 of 18 men, mostly English, who received a charter to settle Vlissingen [Flushing] on Long Island in 1645 from Willem Kieft, Director of the Dutch West India company. Flushing’s early records were destroyed in a late 18th century fire so we know nothing his time there,…
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1652-1847. The Dutch New Yorkers

Theodore Clarence Brintzinghoffer was my great-grandfather. Every branch of his family tree came to America before the Revolution. This is the story of his paternal grandmother’s Dutch family.
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1785-1819. Depositions in Burlington County, NJ. Henry Hays

This is a transcription of multiple depositions taken in 1819 related to a lost deed for a property purchased in 1785 by Henry Hays, my 5th great-grandfather, from Daniel Ellis and William Smith, assignees of John Hays, at a public sale in Burlington Township. It includes the mark of Henry Hays and a map of…
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1720. Deed in Freehold, NJ. Archibald Craig

This is a transcription of a conveyance for a land transfer between Jacobus Romine and Archibald Craig, my 8th great-grandfather on 25th of May 1720. Reference: C-2:Folio 60.
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1650-1950. The Brintzinghoffers

My grandfather, James Henry Brintzinghoffer, was very proud of his German roots and his family’s long history in America. He once told me they came over on the Mayflower – which wasn’t quite true – but it was closer to true than any of us realized until long after he was gone.
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1840-1886. Patrick Hassett: A Sapper from Clare

Patrick Hassett, my 2nd great-grandfather, was born around 1840 in County Clare, Ireland. The population of Clare peaked in the year after his birth – 286,394 souls. By the time he left, 42% of that population was lost to famine or emigration. Just a year after coming to America, he was among the first to…
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1821-1920. The McAllens of Westminster, London & Orange, NJ

Daniel McAllen was a shoemaker born in Ireland around 1821 to James McAllen, a labourer. He emigrated first to England before the age of 20, and then to America at the age of 28, in 1848.
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1646-1800. ‘Sersheim: Histories & Stories’

My ancestors emigrated to Sersheim, Germany from Switzerland after the Thirty Years War and lived there from 1677 to 1800, before emigrating to Philadelphia. “Sersheim – Geschichte und Geschichten 792 – 1992” is a book by Christina Specht, published by Aldus Publishing House, in 1992. It was out of print and undigitized when I translated…
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1733. Deed in Freehold, NJ. Archibald Craig & Jacob Zutvan

This is a transcription of a conveyance for a land transfer between Archibald Craig, my 8th great-grandfather and Jacob Zutvan / van Zutphen / Sutphen, my 7th great-grandfather, on 24 APR 1733 regarding a property in Freehold, NJ.
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1640-1657. Margrietje Gillis ten Waert Provoost had a farm in Manhattan

Margrietje Gillis ten Waert is my 10th great-grandmother, born 17 DEC 1617 in Reusel-de Mierden, North Brabant, Netherlands. She emigrated to New Amsterdam in 1635 with her husband Davit Provoost who served initially as a commissary of provisions for the West India Company. She died 29 JUL 1701 in Long Island City, Queens, NY. Gillis is…
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1738. Deed in Burlington County, NJ. William Hays

William Hays is my 6th Great-grandfather on my maternal grandfather’s side. This is a transcription of a property sale on his move to Burlington County in 1738. William Hays, Grantee. Robert Ridgway, Grantor. Conveyance in Burlington City, Burlington County. 16 MAY 1738. Reference A-B : Folio 321.
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1757. Deed in Middlesex County, NJ. Lewis Forman

Lewis Forman is my 6th great-grandfather and this is a transcription of a property sale in Middlesex dated 2 MAY 1757 with Daniel Morgan. Conveyance Middlesex County 2 MAY 1757 [Folio 289].