Zounds, Zabriskie ancestors aboundSunday, December 6, 2009
Suburban Trends
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http://www.northjersey.com/news/78661782.html[No attribution to author??]
The naming convention used by the Dutch is a topic we have covered several times in this series of articles. This naming convention perpetuates the family given or Christian names identifying an individual’s grandparents and parents alike. Once in a while a family name pops up and it becomes a riddle to figure out why the name was chosen. In the Ricker family, for example, John and Abbie named one of their sons, Townsend Bailey Ricker. Aaron Bailey and Julia Caraluire Huyler named one of their sons, Uriah Townsend Bailey. To this day I have not been able to discover an ancestral relationship between the Townsend family and either the Ricker or Bailey families.
Another such riddle exists with the son of Martin John Ryerson of Bloomingdale, and his wife, Mary Ann Concklin, who named one son Andrew Zabriskie Ryerson. The Zabriskie name does not appear in the direct ancestry of Martin to my knowledge. As with the Bailey and Ricker connection, I am assuming that there was an affection for a relative or family friend that prompted the break from tradition in the naming convention. In the case of Andrew Zabriskie Ryerson, I am guessing the name came from his paternal great aunt, Mary Ryerson, who married Andrew C. Zabriskie.
All of this brings me to the Zabriskie family which can be traced back to 1600 in Poland. The Zabriskie family settled throughout Bergen County. I have tried to trace the men in the family into Pompton Township with little success. Nevertheless, the name is so prominent and my records do lead me to Oakland and Preakness, so I decided to cover this family in this article.
The first of the family to my knowledge was James Zaborowsky, born in 1600 in Cracow, Krakowskiego, Poland. This is the first family I have traced in these articles that originated in Poland and made their way to the New Netherlands by way of Prussia. James married Therfila Danniloweczowac, born in 1602 in the same location. Both James and Therfila died in 1641. This couple had at least three children including: John Zaborowsky and Mark Zaborowsky, both born in Alesko, Glacia, Poland. A third son, Albrecht Zaborowsky, was the first of the family to take the pilgrimage to the New World. Born in 1638 in Enghstburgh, Poland, Albrecht married Mechtelt Van Der Linde, daughter of Joost Huybertse Van Der Linde and Fytje Roelofs Van Gelder in December, 1676, in Bergen County. Albrecht immigrated to New Amsterdam by way of Prussia in 1662, arriving on D’Vos (The Fox). He was a trader with the Tappan Indians in 1675 and a Lutheran.
Albrecht received a patent for 224 acres along the Hackensack River and Tantaque (Cole’s) Brook. He served as an interpreter, negotiating the sale of land on the Passaic River with the native owners on behalf of George Ryerson of Pechqueneck (Pequannock), Francis Ryerson of New York City, and Jurya (Uriah) Westervelt of Hackensack. Albrecht died in Hackensack, but had lived for a period of time in Pemmerepoch (Bayonne, NJ).
Albrecht and Mechtelt had several children including: Albert Zaborowsky, Jacob Albertse Zaborowsky who married Antje Terhune, daughter of Albert Albertse Terhuyne and Hendrikje Stevense Van Voorhees; Jan Albertse Zaborowsky who married Margaretta Janse Durie; Joost Albertse Zaborowsky who married Christina Mabie, daughter of Casper Mabie and Lysbeth H. Schuermans; Christian Albertse Zaborowsky who married Leah Hendrickse Hopper, daughter of Hendrick Hopper and Marretje Jans Van Blarcum; and Hendrick Zaborowsky who married Geertje Hendrickse Hopper, sister of Leah.
Christian Albertse Zaborowsky was born in 1694 in Hackensack. Christian and Leah had several children including: Hendrick Christian Zabriskie who married first, Neesje Van Horn and second, Maria Haring, daughter of Abraham Peter Haring and Martyntie Bogert; Jacob Christian Zabriskie who married Elena Ackerman, daughter of Gerrit Abramse Ackerman and Jannetje Albertse Van Voorhees; Andrew Christian Zabriskie who married Elizabeth Ackerman, sister of Elena; and Albert Christian Zabriskie who married Aaltie Ackerman, sister of Elena and Elizabeth Ackerman.
Andrew Christian Zabriskie and Elizabeth Ackerman had at least two children: Christian A. Zabriskie who married Martyntje Bogert, daughter of Cornelius Bogert and Lizabeth Zabriskie; and Jane Zabriskie.
Christian A. Zabriskie married three times. Christian and Martyntje had at least two children: Andries, born 1783; and Cornelius, born 1784, who married Maria Hopper, daughter of John A. Hopper and Marytje Kuyper (Cooper). Previously, Christian married Polly Terhune. Christian and Polly had at least three children including: Catherine Zabriskie; Abraham Zabriskie; and Andrew C. Zabriskie who married Mary Ryerson, daughter of Martin I. Ryerson and Frouche (Sophronia Van Winkle of Pompton, Pompton Plains and the Ponds (Oakland). The third marriage of Christian A. Zabriskie was to Mary Hauseman in 1789.
Andrew C. Zabriskie and Mary Ryerson are listed in "Early Settlements & Settlers of Pompton, Pequannoc, and Vicinity" by G.C. Schank. Andrew C. Zabriskie and Mary Ryerson were married in 1805, most likely in olde Pompton Township, five generations and 130 years after their arrival in the New World.
Obviously the Zabriskie family carried the very early names down generation after generation. Their adherence to the traditional Dutch naming conventions is most likely the result of the very early marriages with the Jersey Dutch families. Mary Ryerson’s brother, John Martin Ryerson, married Clarissa Van Winkle, daughter of Walling Van Winkle. John M. Ryerson and Clarissa had at least four children including: Mary Ann Ryerson, Jane R. Ryerson; Martin Ryerson who married Mary Ann Concklin; and Eliza Catharine Ryerson.
It was Martin Ryerson and Mary Ann Concklin who chose to name one of their sons, Andrew Zabriskie Ryerson.
In the next article we will cover another family in olde Pompton Township as we follow in their footsteps.
