A Dutch family in the middle colonies, 1660-1800
By: Firth Haring Fabend.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New Brunswick
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Herring family; Dutch Americans -- New York (State) -- Rockland County -- Social life and customs; Dutch Americans -- New Jersey -- Bergen County -- Social life and customs; Rockland County (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs; Bergen County (N.J.) -- Social life and customs; Rockland County (N.Y.) -- Biography; Bergen County (N.J.) -- Biography
Description: Traces the history of the Haring family: descendants of John Pietersen Haring (fl.17th c.) and Grietje Cosyns (b.1641) who were married in 1662 in the Out-ward of Manhattan. Their descendants lived in New York and New Jersey. John and Grietje were not immigrants, but were the children of immigrants from the Netherlands. The history is prim arily description of how and under what conditions the family would have lived; includes a great deal of sociological, cultural, religiou s, and other detailed information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-318) and index.