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• m. Pieter Pietersen Van Nest* (___?-bef.1698)
• Judith and Pieter had 13 children, of whom 8 are known to have grown to maturity and married:
  • Pieter Van Nest; b. Jan 22,1656 in Brooklyn NY; d. bef Apr 12, 1728 in Somerset County NJ; member of the Brooklyn Dutch Church in 1677 and later settled near Somerville in Somerset County NJ; member of the Assembly of East NJ in 1699.
    • m1. Margaret Crocheron of Staten Island on Apr. 13, 1684.
    • m2. Tryntie Jans
  • Josina Van Nest; b. Jan 22, 1656 in Brooklyn; d. c1743 in Somerville NJ
    • m1. Hendrick Cors Vroom; bap. Nov. 20, 1653; son of immigrant, Cornelius Petersen Vroom. Josina and Hendrick were ancestors of Col. Peter D. Vroom and Gov. Peter Dumont Vroom (b.1791 - d.1873) of NJ.
    • m2. Jacob Sebring after 1676.
  • Jeronimus Pietersen Van Nest; b. Jul 3, 1658 in Brooklyn NY; d. Dec 10, 1684 in NJ; member of the Brooklyn Dutch Church in 1677 and 1685; settled on the Raritan in Somerset County NJ in about 1683.
    • m. Aug. 22, 1691, Neeltje Hewerse Hendricx of Flatbush, Brooklyn on Aug 22, 1691.
    • Jeronomus and Neeltje had a daughter:
      • Judith Van Nest; bap. Mar. 8, 1699 at Somerville NJ (first person bap. at the Somerville DRC).
        • m. Garret Van Vleet
  • Jacomyntie Pieterse Van Nest; b. May 25,1661 in Brooklyn NY; d. Dec 10, 1742 in Bergen County NJ
    • m. June 2, 1684, at Bergen NJ, Claes Arentse Tours of Amsterdam, Holland, then living at Bergen NJ. on Jun 22, 1684.
  • Lysbeth Van Nest; b.Apr 9, 1665 in Brooklyn and died in infancy.
  • Lysbeth Van Nest; b. May 7, 1666 in Brooklyn.
  • Jannetje Van Nest; b. Sep 19,1668 in Brooklyn.
  • Catalyntje Pieterse Van Nest*; b. Mar 1, 1672; bap. Mar. 3, 1672 in Somerset County NJ; d. Dec 11, 1757.
    • m. Dirck Aertsen Middagh* (bef.1671-aft.1716) on Mar. 3, 1672.
  • Sara Pieterse Van Nest; b. Mar 16, 1674; d. aft Jun 1, 1732
    • m. Christoffel Steynmets in 1699.
  • Joris Piertersen Van Nest; b. Jul 12, 1676; bap. July 19, 1676; d. in 1744 in Somerset County NJ.
    • m. Maria Reyniersen Van Hengel in c1699.
  • Marretje Van Nest; b. Jun 1, 1678; bap. June 4, 1678; d. aft Mar 1732.
    • m1. David Willemsen in c1698.
    • m2. Peter Bodine in c1710
  • John Pietersen Van Nest
  • Judith Pieterse Van Nest

Brief Biography:

References:

• See on-line,The Ancestors of Maria Vanderveer.
• The Bergen Family - or the descendants of Hans Hansen Bergen ..., by Teunis G. Bergen, pub. by Joel Munsell, Albany, 1876.
• Genealogies of New Jersey Families- - from the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vol. 1, p, 62-71, by Joseph R. Klett, pub. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
• Somerset County Historical Quarterly Vol. VI-1917 p. 211-213, Ed. by A. Van Doren Honeyman, pub. by the Somerset County Historical Society.
• The children of Pieter Pietersen Van Nest and Judith Rapalje are found in: (Scroll to the bottom of this link.)