Roelof Cornelissen Van Houten is my 9g grandfather and progenitor of the van Houten family in America. The text below is from History of Paterson and Its Environs (the Silk City) Volume 2 by William Nelson and Charles Anthony Shriner published in 1920 by the Lewis Historical Publishing Company. VAN HOUTEN — The progenitor of …
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Henry Cornelius Hopper Ancestors
Michiel Jansen Vreeland is in the white outer band at the 11 o’clock position.
Michiel Jansen Vreeland
The founder of the Vreeland family in the vicinity of Paterson was Michiel Jansen (Michiel, son of John) Van Broeckhuysen, who sailed from Holland, Oct. 1, 1636, on the same vessel as Jacob Van Hoorn and Simon Van de Bilt. He was accompanied by his wife and two children. Michiel came to America as a …