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     Cornelius Brinkerhoff was born on 8 May 1673 at Flatbush, Kings County, NY.¹ He married Echtje Vreeland, daughter of Hartman Vreeland and Maritje Braecke, on 24 May 1708 at Bergen, NJ, (DRC.)^{3,4,5,6,7,8,9} (Banns on 1 May 1708.)⁹ Cornelius Brinkerhoff died on 1 September 1770 at Bergen, NJ.¹⁰

     Cornelius Brinkerhoff lived in 1708 at Midwout, Long Island, NY.³ He was named as executor in Roelof Vanderlinde's will dated 6 September 1709.^11,12 Name variation: Cornelius Hendricksen Blinkerhoff.^3,5,9

     Cornelius Henry Brinkerhoff was born on 31 October 1859 at West Hoboken, NJ.¹ He married Mary Margaret Leahy on 9 September 1882.¹ Cornelius Henry Brinkerhoff died on 15 April 1935 at Jersey City, NJ.¹

     Daniel R Brinkerhoff was born on 29 April 1822 at Bogota, NJ.^1,2 He (1) married Eliza Jane Van Houten on 4 April 1844.^2,3 Daniel R Brinkerhoff (2) married Elsie Ackerman, daughter of Peter I Ackerman and Elizabeth Westervelt, on 22 June 1865 at Bergen County, NJ.¹ Daniel R Brinkerhoff died in 1880.⁴ He was buried in Hackensack Cemetery.⁴

     His parents were James H. Brinkerhoff and Rachel Romaine.^2,1

     Diana Brinkerhoff married Issac Brinkerhoff, son of Joris Brinkerhoff and Annetje Teunise Bogaert.¹ Diana Brinkerhoff died on 13 September 1749.¹

     Diana and Issac were cousins.¹ Diana Brinkerhoff and Issac had more cildren, Anna was the first.¹ Married name: Brinkerhoff.

     Dirck Brinkerhoff was born at Jersey City, NJ.¹ He was baptized on 7 February 1677 at New York City (DRC) (sponsors: Elias Michielszen and Sara Webbers; father Hendrick Joriszen, mother Claesje Bogard.)^2,3 He (1) married Margriete Banta, daughter of Seba Epke Banta and Mary Arianse Sip, on 31 October 1702.^4,1 Dirck Brinkerhoff (2) married Abigail Ackerman, daughter of Abraham David Ackerman and Aeltje Van Laer, on 13 October 1733 at Hackensack, NJ, (DRC.)^5,6

     Dirck Brinkerhoff was baptized on 25 February 1629 at Amsterdam (DRC (New Church)) (sponsors: Jan Dubbels and Anneken Dubbles; father Jores Dirxsz, mother Susanna Dubbels.)¹

     Hendrick and Dirck were twins.¹
     Konight has a note at the FGS that Dirck is not a son of Joris, but instead the ancestor of the Straut Family (Newsletter 18/4 p.14). However, this Dirck is definitely a son of Joris Dircks and Susanna Dubbels; there might have been another Joris Dircks, who was Straatmaker (and became Straut). BC-Families Straatmaker File has no Dirck Jorisse.^2,3

     Dirck Brinckerhoff married Orseltje Westervelt, daughter of Roelof Westervelt and Dirkje Tallman.¹

     Dirck Abrams Brinkerhof was born on 16 March 1677.³ He was baptized on 2 April 1677 at Brooklyn (DRC.)⁴ He married Aeltie Couwenhoven, daughter of Jan Gerrits Van Couwenhoven and Gerardina De Sille, in 1700.¹ Dirck Abrams Brinkerhof died on 26 April 1748.³

     Konight has (in pencil) three children: Joris (Sep 1705, Jamaica), and Isaac and Jake (Mar 1714, Jamaica.)¹ Name variation: Derick Brinkerhoff.³

     Garret Brinkerhoff was born in 1762.² He married Margaret Goetchius, daughter of John Hendrick Goetchius and Rachel Zabriskie.³

     His parents were Jacobus H. Brinkerhoff and Aeltje Diedericks.² Name variation: Gerrit Brinkerhoff.³

     Geesje Brinkerhoff was born in 1711 at Jersey City, NJ.¹ She married Jacob Kip, son of Nicasius Kip and Annetje Bryant.^2,3 Geesje Brinkerhoff died on 3 May 1783.¹

     Married name: Kip.

     Geesje Brinkerhoff was baptized on 29 March 1679 at New York City (DRC) (sponsors: Laurens ? and Margrietie Dircx; father Hendrick Joriszen, mother Claesje Cornelis.)¹

     George Brinkerhoff married Almira Brinkerhoff.¹ George Brinkerhoff died on 8 November 1886 at Closter, NJ.¹

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     dated 24 March 1886. George Brinkerhoff died 8 Nov 1886 at Closter, NJ, leaving widow and two (unnamed) children. Letters granted to Almira Brinkerhoff.¹

     George Alyea Brinkerhoff was born on 9 February 1861.¹ He married Pauline A (?)¹ George Alyea Brinkerhoff was buried in DRC Cemetery in Hackensack.¹ He died on 19 April 1919.¹

     George J Brinkerhoff was born on 28 February 1761.¹ He married Maria Van Harlingen on 19 September 1789.^1,2 George J Brinkerhoff died on 29 March 1813.¹ He was buried in Selover Cemetery in Niles.²

     He removed with the family to Conewago, PA. It is unclear whether John and George were born before or after the move.¹ He was a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church.^3,2

     Gerrit Brinkerhoff was baptized on 23 October 1681 at Flatbush, NY, (DRC) (sponsors: Joris Hanz Bergen, Stoffel Probasco, and Sara Strykers; father Abram Joris, mother Aaltje Stryker.)^1,2

     Gilliam J Brinkerhoff was born on 22 February 1754.¹ He married Elizabeth C Ackerman, daughter of Cornelius E Ackerman and Lena L Van Voorhees.¹

     He removed with the family to Conewago, PA. It is unclear whether John and George were born before or after the move.¹

     Hartman Brinkerhoff was born on 15 April 1781 at Bergen, NJ.³ He married Eleanor Clendenny on 6 November 1802 at Bergen, NJ.

     Hartman was a descendant of Joris Dircksen Brinckerhoff (Joris Dirckszen Brinkerhof), the first American ancestor of the Brinckerhoff family, born in the Netherlands about 1609, died in Brooklyn, January 16, 1661. He arrived in New Amsterdam (now New York) in 1638, coming from the county of Drent or Drenthe in the United Provinces, and having lived some time in Flushing, a seaport in Zeeland, before his departure. After spending a short time in New Amsterdam, then a small community of a few hundred souls, he settled in Brooklyn, where he obtained a grant of land by brief dated March 23, 1646. He was a man of worth, and was an elder of the Brooklyn Church at the time of his death, the first edifice of which he was greatly instrumental in planning and erecting. He married, in Holland, Susannah Dubbels, whom he brought with him to America, and who survived him many years. His children were: I. Derick, who was slain by the Indians and left no issue. 2. Hendrick, who settled on the eastern bank of the Hackensack river in New Jersey, where he bought a tract of land, June 17, 1685, not long surviving the purchase; married Claesie Boom- gaert and left sons, Cornelius, Derick and Jacobus, whose descendants, now considerably scattered, write their name Brinkerhoff; of the three sons above named, Cornelius, the eldest, settled at Communipaw, and died in 1770, leaving sons, Hendrick and Hartman, who were the ancestors of the Brinkerhoff family of Bergen; Derick and Jacobus bought the paternal estate; the former had descendants at Hackensack and Schraalenburgh. 3. Abraham, mentioned below. 4. Aeltie, married William Van Couwenhoven.
Source: Reynolds, Cuyler. Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co, 1914.

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.⁴

     Hartman Cornelissen Brinkerhoff was born in 1717.¹ He married Claesie Van Houten, daughter of Johannis Helmigsen Van Houten and Helena J Vreeland.¹ Hartman Cornelissen Brinkerhoff died in December 1798.¹

     Hendrick Brinkerhoff was born on 13 April 1753.¹ He married Leah Van Wagenen, daughter of Johannis Van Wagonen and Neesje Van Wagonen, on 19 June 1779.^1,2 Hendrick Brinkerhoff died on 13 March 1838.¹

     Hendrick Brinkerhoff was baptized on 9 November 1710 at Hackensack, NJ.² He was born on 9 November 1710 at Hackensack, Bergen County, NJ.¹ He married Elizabeth Kip, daughter of Nicasius Kip and Annetje Bryant, on 19 November 1731 at Hackensack, NJ, (DRC.)^2,3

     Hendrick Brinkerhoff was born on 21 October 1705.^3,2 He married Maritie Westervelt, daughter of Roelof Lubbertse Westervelt and Urselina Stenmets, on 28 September 1728 (Konight has m. 28 Oct 1728, Hackensack; Westervelt J-Z has 28 Sep 1728; Brinkerhof has 1 Nov 1728, Acquackanonck.)^4,5,2

     Hendrick Brinkerhoff was baptized on 25 February 1629 at Amsterdam (DRC (New Church)) (sponsors: Jan Dubbels and Anneken Dubbles; father Jores Dirxsz, mother Susanna Dubbels.)^2,1 He married Claesie Cornelis Bogert, daughter of Cornelius Janse Bogert and Geesje Willemse, in 1658.^2,3 Hendrick Brinkerhoff died circa 1710 at Ridgefield Park, NJ.²

     Hendrick and Dirck were twins.¹
     Konight has two daughters Geertje and Aeltje, with a notation "ERROR." Geertje married Bastiaen Van Giesen on 25 Jun 1668 (no source); BC-Families Van Giesen File has Aeltje married to Bastiaen Van Giesen on 24 Jun 1688 (DRC Bergen). It seems likely that Konight is indeed in error.
     Both Konight and BC-Families Brinkerhof File list another son Joris (b. 1675, d. 1692, Bergen #127.)^4,5,6 Name variation: Hendrick Jorisen Brinkerhoff.

     Henry H Brinkerhoff married Elizabeth Vreeland, daughter of Michael Vreeland and Ann Vreeland, on 6 June 1855 at Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ, (Bergen DRC.)²

     Henry J Brinkerhoff was born in 1751.¹ He was baptized on 4 July 1751.¹ He married Jannetje DeBaun, daughter of Christian De Baun and Rachel Helm.¹

     He removed with the family to Conewago, PA. It is unclear whether John and George were born before or after the move.¹ They have children, but they are not continued in the file.¹

     Issac Brinkerhoff was born on 26 April 1699.^2,4 He was baptized on 28 May 1699.³ He married Diana Brinkerhoff, daughter of Dirck Abrams Brinkerhof and Aeltie Couwenhoven.¹ Issac Brinkerhoff died on 4 June 1745.¹

     Issac Brinkerhoff and Diana had more cildren, Anna was the first.¹ Diana and Issac were cousins.¹ Issac occupied the farm near Narrow Passage that was conveyed to him by his father on 2 Mar 1726.¹

     Jacob Brinkerhoff was born on 19 November 1721 at Hackensack, Bergen County, NJ.¹ He married Antie Van Voorhies, daughter of Lucas Van Voorhies and Annatje Kip, on 21 April 1749 at Schraalenburgh, NJ, (DRC.)²

     Jacob A Brinkerhoff was born on 6 August 1802.¹ He married Elizabeth Van Saun.^2,1 Jacob A Brinkerhoff died on 25 April 1866.¹ He was buried in Maple Grove Park Cemetery in Hackensack, His parents, his wife, and his son Albert are buried in the same plot (67-A.)¹

     Jacob J Brinkerhoff was born on 22 February 1756.¹ He married Anatie D Demarest, daughter of David Demarest and Margrietje Durie, on 25 February 1779 at Bergen County, NJ.¹

     He removed with the family to Conewago, PA. It is unclear whether John and George were born before or after the move.¹

     Jacob S Brinkerhoff died on 21 March 1886 at Hackensack, NJ.¹

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     Jacob S Brinkerhoff died 21 Mar 1886 at Hackensack, NJ, leaving 7 children. John D Brinkerhoff and Cornelius V Brinkerhoff are executors.¹

     Jacob Seba Brinkerhoff was born on 27 January 1753 at Hackensack, NJ.¹ He married Sarah Huisman.¹ Jacob Seba Brinkerhoff died on 25 May 1844.¹