Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-01-29
npsCENDED FROM A KING.
The Ancestry of DIR. Christian
Brevoort Zabriskie, Of this City,
and His Son, Captain "Buck"
Zabriskie, of Carson.

BreVOOrt ZaDrlSkle, vi tHlS lily
and His Son, Captain "Buck''
Zabriskie, of Carson.
A New York paper of recent date
contains an article on the lineage OF
the Zabriskie family, from which we
make the following extract:
A few days ago the remains of
Martin Zobrowski, or, as the name
has been Anglicized, Zabriskie, who
had already passed the allotted pro-
bationary period Of man upon earth,
were gathered to the tombs of his
fathers in the picturesque but unpre-
tentious cemetery on the outskirts
of the pretty little village OF
Paramus, N. J. He formerly lived
at Hohokus, in the same State, where
he owned considerable property, but
of late years he has resided at Nor
risania, the better to look after the
bulk of his vast estate in this city,
the value Of which rolled up into
the millions. A strangely eccentric
old man was Martin Zobrowski, aud
he took almost mortal offeDse at
every one who either wrote or called
him Zabriskie. The accumulation of
his great fortune was the labor OF his
own hands, and through his long life
he looked after his own affairs.
Much interest attaches to the family
history, on account of the old man
changing his name. The common
ancestor of the Zabriskies in this
country, wheresoever dispersed, was
of royal blood. His name was AL
bert Soboroweski, and he was rela-
tive of King John III. Sobieski, of
Poland. From some State or other
grievance this nobleman left his ma
tive land and came to this country
about 1850, over two and q quarter
centuries ago, and settled on the
eastern bank of the Hackensack river,
directly opposite the present pretty
and thriving village OF Hackensack.
At that time the place was wilder
ness, and was mainly inhabited by a
tribe known as the Delaware Indians.
There he married a lady Of noble
birth who had come hither with him
In the same vessel, and there this
Polish nobleman lived, died and was
buried. His bones now lie in the
same ground whittier the remains of
Martin Zobrowski we're taken the
other day for final interment. The
old nobleman left six sons--Albert,
John (named after the
King, George, Jacob and Henry.
For scores Of years the name of
was retained, but as
has frequently occurred concerning
the names of many of the old settlers,
occasional changes were made in the
spelling until it finally became "a.
briskie.
All the Zabriskies in this coun-
try are descendants Of this old no.
bleman. Some Of them live in this
city and State, while numbers are
scattered throughout New Jersey and
other States. From John, one of the
six sons of the first settler, descended
the late A. o. Zabriskie, formerly
Chancellor of New Jersey, and a
profound lawyer. From George are
descended the Rev. James N. "a
briskie ana the Rev. George l.. Gray,
Dean Of Hartford Valley; and from
Jacob is descended DIR. Christian
Zabriskie, of San Francisco, Cal.
With the death Of Zobrowski the old
family name will become extinct, as
the father has not bound his son to
retain 1t. No estimation can at pres
ent be made Of the wealth of the
late deceased.
The DR.. Christian Zabriskie men,
toned in the foregoing is now a resi-
dent of this city. He is over four
score years of age, but is still
"straigh, as an arrow" has a COM
handing presence, and looks and acts
like a nobleman of the old school.
He is known throughout the Coast
States and Territories, and respected
wherever known. Captain Zabriskie,
OF Carson, is his son, and is equally
well and favorably known. Mrs.
Solomon, mother Of j. z. Solomon,
Superintendent of the Occidental
mine and mill, being a sister of DR..
Zabriskie, is likewise descended from