
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.

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.

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…