For the information of the reader and those who may become interested in genealogical research a list of the earliest and most prominent landowners and settlers of Bergn and Hudson Counties is hereto appended.

SURNAME OF SETTLER	LINEAGE	NAME AND DESCENT OF EUROPEAN ANCESTORS.
ACKERMAN	Dutch	David Ackerman	Herlikum	Holland
ACKERSON	Dutch	Johannes Tomassen	Oosteuvelt	Holland
ADRIANSE	Dutch	Maryn Adrianse	Veere	Holland
AERISON	Dutch	Cornelius Arlesen	N. Brabaut	Holland
ALLEN (1)	Dutch	Pieter Van Hallen	Utrecht	Holland
ALLEN (2)	Flemish	Loreus Van Hallen	Limbourg	Flanders
ALYEA	French	John Alyea	Artois	France
ANDERSON	Scotch	John Anderson	Inverness	Scotland
ANTHONY	Dutch	Allerd Anthony	Amsterdam	Holland
ARENTS	Dutch	Johannes Arents	Vauderbilt	Holland
AURYANSE (1)	Dutch	Jan Anryanse	New York	United States
AURYANSE (2)	Dutch	Lambert Arianse	Gelderland	Holland
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BACKER (1)	Dutch	Claes Jansen Backer	Hertogenbosh	Holland
BACKER (2)	English	Richard Backer	Barbadoes	West Indies
BAKCER (3)	Dutch	Jacobus Backer	Amsterdam	Holland
BANTA	Dutch	Epke Jacobse	Harlongen	Holland
BARENTSEN	Dutch	Dirk Barents	Amsterdam	Holland
BASTIENSEN	Dutch	Johannes Bastiansen	Aeruheim	Holland
BAYARD (1)	French	Balthazar Bayard	Dauphency	France
BAYARD (2)	French	Nicholas Bayard	Alphen	France
BEDLOW	Swedish	Isaac Bedlow	Stockholm	Sweden
BEEDER	Dutch	Herman Beder	Amsterdam	Holland
BEEM	German	Anthony Beem	Flammersvelt	Germany
BELL (1)	German	Hermann Bell	Darmstadt	Germany
BELL (2)	English	William Bell	New York	United States
BENSON	Swedish	Dirck Bensingh	Gronengen	Holland
BERDAN	Dutch	Jan Baerdan	Amsterdam	Holland
BERRY	English	John Berry	Barbadoes	West Indies
BERTHOLF	Flemish	Guilliam Bertholf	Sluys	Flanders
BILFIELD	English	John Bilfield	Enfield	England
BLACKLEDGE	English	Philip Blaekleach	London	England
BLAGGE	English	Benjamin Blagge	London	England
BLANCH	English	Richard Blanch	Bristol	England
BLAWVELT	Dutch	Gerret Hendericksen	Deventer	Holland
BLAUW (1)	Dutch	Gerrett Dircks Blauw	Drenth	Holland
BLAUW (2)	Dutch	Herman Jansen Blauw	Gronengen	Holland
BOARD	English	Cornelius Board	London	England
BOGERT (1)	Dutch	Cornelius Jansen	Schoendewoert	Holland
BOGERT (2)	Dutch	John Louwe	Schoendewoert	Holland
BOGERT (3)	Dutch	Tunis Gysbertsen	Ileykoop	Holland
BOUT	Dutch	Jan Evertsen Bout	Barnevelt	Holland
BRAECKE	Dutch	Dirck Claesen Braecke	Amsterdam	Holland
BRIGGS	English	Walter Briggs	Providence	Rhode Island
BRINKERHOFF	Dutch	Joris Dircksen	Drenth	Holland
BROCKHOLST	Dutch	Anthony Brockholst	Amsterdam	Holland
BROSS	Dutch	Hendrick Brass	Albany	New York
BROWER (1)	Dutch	Peter Clementsen	Hoorn	Holland
BROWER (2)	Dutch	Adam Brower	Cologne	France
BROWER (3)	Danish	Jacob Eldertsan Brower	Holstein	Denmark
BROWN	English	Thomas Brown	London	England
BURGER	Dutch	Burger Joris	Ilersburg (sp)	Silesia
BUSH	Dutch	Hendrick Bosh	Leyden	Holland
BUYS	Dutch	Jan Cornelius Buys	Beest	Holland
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CADMUS	Dutch	Dirck Fredricksen	Friesland	Holland
CAMPBELL (1)	English	Alexander Campbell	North Britain	England
CAMPBELL (2)	Scotch	James Capbell	Aberdeen	Scotland
CAMPBELL (3)	English	William Campbell	Isle of Man	England
CAMPBELL (4)	Irish	William Campbell		Ireland
CARSTENS	Norwegian	Claes Carstiaeus	Sant	Norway
CHAMBERS	Scotch	John Chambers	New York	United States
CARSHOON	Dutch	Jan Elbertsen Carsboom	Gelderland	Holland
CHRISTIANSE (1)	Danish	Christiaen Pietersen	Holstein	Denmark
CHRISTIANSE (2)	Danish	Barent Christianse	Holstein	Denmark
CHRISTIE (1)	Scotch	James Christyn	Edinburgh	Scotland
CHRISTIE (2)	Dutch	John Christianse	Amsterdam	Holland
CLAESEN	Dutch	Gerbrand Claesen	Hoorn	Holland
CLARK	Irish	Robert Clark	Caven Co.	Ireland
CLENDENNY	Scotch	Walter Clendenny		Scotland
COLE	Dutch	Barent Jacobsen Kool	Amsterdam	Holland
COLLERD	English	Jacobus Collerd	London	England
COMMEGAR	Dutch	Hendrick Jans Commegar	Amsterdam	Holland
COOPER (1)	Dutch	Claes Jansen	Parmerend	Holland
COOPER (2)	Danish	Teunis Fredericks	Oldenburg	Denmark
CONKLIN (1)	English	Mattys Conkelin	Philipsburg	New York
CONKLIN (2)	English	John Crooklyne	Not'ghamshire	England
CONOVER	Dutch	Jacob Wolfortsen	Amsterdam	Holland
CORBETT	English	John Corbett	London	England
CORNELISEN	Swedish	Cornelius Mattys	Stockholm	Sweden
CORNELL	French	William Cornelise	Kalbrist	France
CORS	Dutch	Claes Petersen Cors	Amsterdam	Holland
CORTELYOU	French	Jacques Cortelyou	Utrecht	Holland
COX	German	Michael Cox	Hanover	Germany
CUMMINGS	English	John C. Cummings		Scotland
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 Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, NJ, c. 1900, pages 41-48.