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Note: e Gerbrants, were witnesses to the baptism of a child of Elizabeth Van der Haan and her husband, Alexander Forbes. ------------------ The following advertisement also supports the relationship of the three families of Forbes, Van der Haan and Gerbrants. The 'subscribers' are Richard and his two brothers- in- law.-
"To be sold at publick Vendue on the Premises, at Atquacknunk in East New-Jersey, on Thursday the 13th Day of June next. A Good stone house, two stories high, with a kitchen, store-house and barn, a lot of ground, now in the occupation of Richard Van Der Havon: Said house and lot of ground fronts two rods in breadth, along the king's road, easterly 53 feet, which leads to the great falls, and in length northerly 202 feet, which leads to the little falls; it is either fit for a merchant or tradesman; there are sundry apple and other fruit trees on the premises.* An indisputable title will be given by us the subscribers: Also to be sold, sundry sorts of houshold goods. Gerribrant Gerribrants, Alexander Forbes, Richard Van Der Havon.
N.B. The conditions of sale will be made known at the time and place of sale. Any person inclining to purchase the same before the day of sale, may apply to the subscribers aforesaid.-- The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, May 23 1765.
*At the Great Notch, where the roads cross. It was a tavern stand for more than a century."
Documents relating to the colonial history of the State of New Jersey, V.24 p.533-4. ----------------
Note: Probably son of Dirk Van der Haan and Geertje Dykman. Dirk Van der Haan and his wife, Mettj
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