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HISTORY OF BERGEN AND PASSAIC COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY

WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF ITS PIONEERS 
                 AND PROMINENT MEN

          Compiled under the direction of
                W. Woodford Clayton
                    Assisted by
                 William Nelson, A.M.

                 EVERTS & PECK, 1882
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Robert Earle, one of the pioneer settlers of Bergen County, located 
in Ridgefield township, and purchased a large tract of land, beginning 
at the North River, from thence to the Hackensack, and running thence 
to Bull's Ferry, from thence to Five Corners (or Bergen), near Fort 
Lee, as early as 1650; and as there were no white inhabitants near 
Mr. Earle, he gave several acres of woodland to a number of white 
families to locate on, with a view of forming a settlement. The only 
descendant of which there is any knowledge was Robert, who married 
Mary Smith and located in Ridgefield township. His children were 
Daniel, Robert, Philip, Joseph, John, Charles, Edward, Elizabeth, 
Jennie, and Mary.

Daniel married Charlotte Nicholas, and lived near Seacaucus, and
reared a family of five children,— Margaret, Robert, Charlotte,
Edward, and Daniel.

Margaret married John Dean, and lived at New Durham.

Robert married Ann King, and moved to New York.

Charlotte married Benjamin R. Still, and moved to Brooklyn, and had
one child, Augusta.

Edward married twice: his first wife was Harriet Daley; second was
Mary Ann Cozzens, and moved to Hudson County.

Daniel married Hannah Sneath, and located in Hudson County, and had
eight children,— Sarah Ann, Mary, Edward, Daniel, Charlotte, Gertrude,
Anna, and Harriet.

What became of Robert, Philip, Joseph, John, Charles, Edward,
Elizabeth, Jennie, and Mary is not known, further than they all moved
out of the county.

Andrew Engle, a native of Germany, settled on Bull's Ferry Hill,
Ridgefield township, in about 1779, and purchased a large tract of
land, and engaged in tilling the soil. His family consisted of John,
Jennet, Sarah, Maria, Margaret, Andrew S., and James.

John married Mary Day, and settled adjacent to his father. His
children were Jennet, Andrew, Henry, Sarah, Catherine, John, Margaret,
Eliza Ann, James, Wilmina, Louisa.

Jennet married Charles Clark, and resides in the township.

Andrew married Eliza Ann Outwater, and lives near Fairview, and raised
a large family.

Henry married Hannah Craft, and located at Fairview.

Sarah married William Howell, and located at Fairview.

Catherine married John S. Townsend, and lived in the township; both 
dead.

John, out of county.

Margaret married William Kelly, and lives at Fairview.

Eliza Ann married William Danelson, and located in Hudson County.

James, single, resides in Fairview.

Wilmina married John White, and resides at South Amboy.

Louisa married Jeremiah Tracy, and resides at Fairview.

Jennet married Michael Fisher, and moved to Hudson County. Their
children were Maria, Jennet, Catherine.

Maria married Nathaniel Morris, and lives in Newark, N.J.

Jennet married William Odgen, and resides in East Newark, N.J.

Catherine married Joseph Wragg, and located in Hudson County.

Sarah married Cyrus Ward, and moved to New York City.

Maria; no trace of her.

Margaret married Henry Miller, and located at New Dunham.

Andrew S. married Wilmina Demarest, and located in Hudson County.

James married Amelia Dykeman, and lived at Fairview; both dead.

Thomas McDonald, a native of Scotland, settled at Day's Point, on the
Hudson River, Hudson County, which was formerly Bergen County, as
early as 1776, and purchased a large tract of land and engaged in
farming. His children were Thomas, Jr., Mathias, and John.

Thomas, Jr., married Sarah Youmans, and located on Bull's Ferry road,
Ridgefield township, in 1800, and engaged in farming. Their children
were Thomas, Jr., Jeremiah, David, James, Sarah M., and Rudolphus.

Thomas, Jr., married Sarah Lee, and moved to New York.

Jeremiah married Susan Whitchurch, and settled in New York.

David married Mary Seddon, and settled at Fairview, and reared a large 
family.

James married Elizabeth Golden, moved to New York State.

Sarah M. married James P. Demarest, and resides at Fairview.

Rudolphus married Sarah Gardner, and moved to Essex County.

Mathias married Hannah M. Bortholts, and settled in Ridgefield
township; his children were Saphronia, Thomas, John, Eliza, Mathias,
Jr., Abraham, and Hannah.

Sophronia married Philip Tabbs, and moved to New York.

Thomas married Susan Sturge, and settled in Hudson County.

John married and settled in Hudson County.

Eliza married Samuel Earl, and lives on Bull's Ferry Hill, Ridgefield 
township.

Mathias, Jr., married Eliza Holden, and lives in Hudson County.

Abraham married and died in township.

Hannah married Henry Dodd, and moved to Hudson County.

John married Maria Van Dusen, and located on Bull's Ferry Hill; his
children were James, Jane, Hannah, John, Jr., William R., and Fanny.

James married a Miss Berdett, and moved out of the county.

Jane lives at Fairview.

Hannah married and moved out of the State.

John, Jr., married and settled at Jersey City.

William R. died young.

Fanny married Henry Russell, and resides at Fairview.
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