The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . and liasfour (dnldi-cn : , W. Cliflon, IJiici. and .Mabel. GEORGE LANE, of raldwoll. son of William and Jane(Pier) Lanp and grandson of Henry Lane, a soldier in theAmerican Revolutiou, was liorn in Caldwell, County,X. J., November G, 1824, and was educated in the schoolsof that village. Throughout his life until his retirement from active busi-ness Mr. Lane has suc-cessfully engaged in thetobacco trade in NeAV-ark, N. J., his firm hav-ing been originallystyled Campbell, Lane &Co., which was subse-quently changed toCam


The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . and liasfour (dnldi-cn : , W. Cliflon, IJiici. and .Mabel. GEORGE LANE, of raldwoll. son of William and Jane(Pier) Lanp and grandson of Henry Lane, a soldier in theAmerican Revolutiou, was liorn in Caldwell, County,X. J., November G, 1824, and was educated in the schoolsof that village. Throughout his life until his retirement from active busi-ness Mr. Lane has suc-cessfully engaged in thetobacco trade in NeAV-ark, N. J., his firm hav-ing been originallystyled Campbell, Lane &Co., which was subse-quently changed toCampbell & Lane. He isan eminently respectedcitizen, active in pro-moting the best interestsof the community, andhonored and respectedby all who know his political allili-ations he has alwaysbeen a Republican. Mr. I-ane married,first, Sarah A. Brown;second, Sarah C. ITollen- beck; and, third, Sarah E. McPeek. His chihlnn are SarahC, wife of Theodore P. Van Ness, and Georgia ( Lane) Hed-den. a widow. Mrs, Van Ness has two children: Grace. CKORGK LANK 354 THE PASSAIC VALLE\ Yiui Nei?s and Herbert Ray Van oue ebild, ^farjory Inez Hedden. Mrs. Hedden ABRAHAM VAN WINKLE, of Newark, is descendedfrom one of the oldest families in New Jersey. They cameorip,iually from ]\Iiddleburgli, the capital of the Provinceof Zealand, in Holland, and settled at what was called Har-simns in this ftate. Tharles H. Winfleld says: I have not ascertained the name of tlie parents of the three boys and twogirls who seem to liave made up tliis family. Their names were Jacob, Waling,Symon, Annetie, and Grietie ; their patronymic being Jacobse—children ofJacob. Jacob was the founder of the family in Hudson County. Waling andSymon were of the Company from Bergen who, in 1679, purchased and after-ward settled Haquequenunck, Aquackanonck, now Passaic. They were tlie founders of the family in New Jersey, and their descendants arevery numerous in thewestern part of BergenCounty as well as ii


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