TABLE OF CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………………..…….i

LIST OF SOME DUTCH GIVEN NAMES WITH

THEIR ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS    . . . …………………………………………………………………….ii

THE DUTCH SYSTEM OF FAMILY NAMING . . . ………………………………………………………………..iii

THE ANCESTORS OF SIMON VAN NESS AND HESTER DELAMATER …………………………………...1 - 6

THE DESCENDANTS OF SIMON VAN NESS AND HESTER DELAMATER ……………………………..7 - 199

CHARTS

Ancestors of Simon Van Ness and Hester DeLamater…………………………………………………………3

Principal lines of descent from the following:

NAME                                     Pages                           NAME                                     Pages

Simon Van Ness3                       13                              Simon H. Van Ness5                   21

Roelof Van Ness3                       23                             Cornelius Van Ness5                   24

Jacob Van Ness5                         27                            Simon Van Ness5                        29

Peter Van Ness5                          31                            Thomas Van Ness5                  35 - 36

Henry Van Ness5                     37 – 38                       Simon H. Van Ness7                   74

Cornelius H. Van Ness7                76                           Garret M. Van Ness7                  79

Daniel H. Van Ness7                     82                           Barguo Van Ness7                     85

Jacob F. Van Ness7                      91                           Cornelius J. Van Ness7              94

John J. Van Ness7                         96                           Thomas S. Van Ness7                 98

Jacob Van Ness7                        100                           Abraham Van Ness7                104

John S. Van Ness7                      106                           Peter S. Van Ness7                  108

Richard D. Van Ness7                 113                           Cornelius  D. Van Ness7          116

Aaron Van Ness7                        118                           Thomas Van Ness7                  119

John H. Van Ness7                     125                           John E. Van Ness7                   127

Peter W. Van Ness7                   130                           Jacob S. Van Ness7                 133

William E. Van Ness7                  135                           William Van Ness7                   143

MAPS

Eighteenth Century map showing portions of New Jersey……………………………………………………..9

Map of part of New Jersey showing some of the places identified with the Van Ness family………………...200

PICTURES

Simon, Cornelius, Joseph and Thomas Van Ness………………………………………………………….153

THE HORSENECKRIOTS……………………………………………………………………………………….201

REFERENCES……………………………………………………………………………………………..202 - 206

INDEX

Index of Van Ness surnames……………………………………………………………………………………..i - xix

Index of Numbered Individuals with Surnames Other Than Van Ness…………………………………………..xix  - xx

Index of Names Other Than Van Ness……………………………………………………………………...xxi - xxxiv

APPENDIX

Article titled “The Van Ness Homestead”, by David M. Riker in

the magazine of The Holland Society of New York, de Halve Maen

Vol. LVI, No. 3, Winter 1982.