Welcome to Oakland Time Travels 8 Mar, 2014 in Features / Oakland Time Travels / OaklandNJ Greetings to fellow lovers of Oakland! My name is Kevin Heffernan and I have had the opportunity and pleasure of living in Oakland for the last 35 years. And, I am both delighted and extraordinarily honored to join the wonderful team at The Oakland Journal. My wife and I came here from Fairlawn simply because we knew that Oakland was kinda out there and somewhat rural. And it was, still is and proud of it. My contribution here is to write about aspects of the history of Oakland. What!!!…By a NEWBIE? Yup, and I say that with all due humility.…
-
-
Romaine Family
Genealogical History Of Hudson And Bergen Counties New JerseyEARLY SETTLERS OF BERGEN COUNTY – Part B Originally published in 1900Cornelius Burnham Harvey, Editor Claps Jansen Romeyn (Romaine) 1682) North of Zabriskie. in section 22, lay lands natented to Claps Jansen Romeyn, fronting east on the Hackensack and extending to Sprout Brook. Romeyn conveyed parts of these to his sons, John, Albert, Daniel, and Claps Romeyn, and to David Ackerman, John Zabriskie. Peter Laroe, and Henry Van Giesen, husbands of his daughters Gerrebrecht, Elizabeth, Lydia, and Sarah, respectively. Jurian Westervelt, Isaac Van Giesen, Panlus Vanderbeck, and John Berdan each purchased farms from Romeyn, in this section, all bounding east on the…
-
Installment #3 The Names of the First Oakland Settlers
Oakland History Reconsidered Recap of Oakland History Presentation Installment #3 The Names of the First Oakland Settlers and When They Really Came Here!! In the previous installment here we are told of land patents and the requirement that the wilderness area of the patent had to be populated within 6 years of its granting. It was also noted that the use of slave ownership was a tool to encourage the settlement of the wilderness via free land for every slave owned and, by extension, slavery was the probable basis for the settlement of this valley, a portion of which was destined to become Oakland. Within the above context, one of…
