. Papers and proceedings of the Bergen County Historical Society . ere is the family of Hen-drick Epke Banta of whom Hendrick Jorisen Brinkerhoffbought this tract in 1685. There is the family of Albert , the ancestor of the Zabriskies above referred to. Havetheir papers been lost or preserved ? The Bogert, the Berry, the Blauvelt, the Demarest, theDoremus, the Westervelt. the Voorhis, the Hopper, the Har-ing, the Terhune, the Van Home and all the other leadingfamilies of the old times, where are all their papers ? Whatstories they might tell us. Among the old papers that I have seen
. Papers and proceedings of the Bergen County Historical Society . ere is the family of Hen-drick Epke Banta of whom Hendrick Jorisen Brinkerhoffbought this tract in 1685. There is the family of Albert , the ancestor of the Zabriskies above referred to. Havetheir papers been lost or preserved ? The Bogert, the Berry, the Blauvelt, the Demarest, theDoremus, the Westervelt. the Voorhis, the Hopper, the Har-ing, the Terhune, the Van Home and all the other leadingfamilies of the old times, where are all their papers ? Whatstories they might tell us. Among the old papers that I have seen are some of theVoorhis family that were found among the papers of the lateJudge Henry H. Voorhis, of which family the Rev. John of this Society is a member. These papers are notnumerous. There must be or must have been many othersin the possession of this family. But among them are someof interest. Among others I find a military commission is-sued to Henry N. Voorhis, as Sergeant, on May 21, Joseph Bloomfield, Governor, Captain-General and. Commander In Chief of all the Militia and other militaryforces In the state of New Jersey. I also find a deed byCornelius Haring, Esq., agent for forfeited estates in thiscounty, to Henry T. Brinkerhoff of nine acres of land at Tea-neck, being the lands of Albert Zabriskie forfeited for joiningthfe army of the King of Great Britain. I also find a bill ofsale April 16, 1805, by Paulus Powelson to Henry Brinkerhoffof a negro wench for $100, duly warranted, of course, as wasusual. In one of the old deeds of the Edsall title at EnglishNeighborhood, which I have seen, the southerly line of thepremises described is given as a certain distance south ofIndian Castle. Now, on the Brinkerhoff farm at PalisadesPark there is a high hill commanding a wide and a very fineview in all directions which has always been known by theowners of the farm as Castle Hill, and is so called the location of this hill there can be littl
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