Publisher's Synopsis
"This book includes the genealogy and family history of 100 American Originals, male and female, who were among the first European settlers of America, especially in the New York, New Jersey area This book is divided into 35 sections. Each section contains the family history of the American Original Founder of that family. They are: Sloan, Elmendorf, Van Vechten, Zabriskie, Crooke, Kierstede, Van Wagenen, Middagh, Du Mont, La Grange, Vreeland, Braeck, Mesereau, Vroom Corsen, Van Ness, Van Buskirk, Bergen, De Rapalje, Varick, Vander Linde, Bertholf, Blanchan, Van Ceulen, Roosa, Viele, De Trieux, De Haes Haas, Vander Grift, Lubbertsen, Jansen, Jonas, Chadaine, Durie, Demarest. Also included are original signatures and original court documents dating back to the 1630s, including transactions with the Indians who were the residents of Manhattan before the Dutch arrived. It is about the genealogy of Railroad Tycoon Sam Sloan (1817-1907), who
