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• m1. Hans Hansen Bergen* (___?-1654)
• Sarah and Hans had 8 children:
  • Anneken Hansen Bergen; bap. July 22, 1640.
    • m1. Jan Clercq of Brazil on Jan17, 1661. He d. Nov. 15, 1661.
    • m2. Derck Janse Hooglandt from Maerseveen, Utrecht, Holland, on Oct. 8, 1662.
  • Breckje Hansen Bergen*; bap. July 27, 1642.
    • m. Aert Theuniszen Middagh*; b. before 1625 in Heicop (or Heykoop) Holland; d. in about 1687 in New York.
  • Jan Hansen Bergen; bap. Apr. 17, 1644.
    • m. Jannetje Teunis; bap. Dec. 22, 1641. She is the daughter of Teunis Denyse (or de Nyse) of Gowanus, who survived her husband and died before 1735.
  • Michael Hansen Bergen; bap. Nov. 4, 1646; d. c1732
    • m. Femmetje Denyse (or de Nyse); bap. Apr. 3, 1650, daughter of Teunis Denyse, and sister of Jannetje Teunis.
  • Joris Hansen Bergen; bap. July 18, 1649
    • m. Sara Strycker, daughter of Jan Strycker of Flatbush.
  • Maritje Hansen Bergen; bap. Oct. 8, 1661
    • m. Jacob Ruthzen (or Rutgersz)
  • Jacob Hansen Bergen; bap.Sep. 21, 1653
    • m. Elsje Frederiks of the Kreest, on July 8, 1677. She was bap. July 7, 1658. She is the daughter of Frederick Lubbertsen, b. 1609, a sailor, who arrived very early to America, and Tryntje Hendricks of Brooklyn.
  • Catalyn Hansen Bergen; bap. Nov. 30, 1653, a twin to Jacob, probably died young.

• m2. Teunis Gysbertsen Bogaert
• Sarah and Teunis had 7 children:
  • Aertie Tunisen Bogaert; bap. Dec. 19, 1655.
    • m. Theodorus Polhemius, on Oct. 14, 1677.
  • Catalyntje Tunisen Bogaert; bap. Dec. 16, 1657
    • m. Jan Tunisen Denyse, on Nov. 16, 1679. See the line to Bill Lyons, below.
  • Neeltje Tunisen Bogaert; bap. Feb. 22, 1660, died young
  • Aaltje Tunisen Bogaert; bap. Nov. 13, 1661
    • m. Cornelis Claasz of Hasymes (now Harsimus) NJ, on Dec. 11, 1681 at Bergen NJ.
  • Annetje Tunisen Bogaert; bap. Aug. 23, 1665
    • m. Joris Abramse Brinckerhoff
  • Neeltje Tunisen Bogaert; bap. Aug. 23, 1665, a twin to Annetje.
    • m. Cornelis Tunisen Denys on Aug. 22, 1687.
  • Gysbert Tunisen Bogaert; bap. Dec. 5, 1668.
    • m. Janetje Symonse Van Arsdalin on Apr. 16, 1689.

Brief Biography:

Line of descendancy to Bill Lyons

Sarah DeNyse [Van Middlesward]
• m. Jan Brokaw
• Sarah and Jan had a son:
  • George Brokaw
    • m. Jannat "Jane" Custard
    • George and Jane had a son:
      • Abraham Brokaw
        • m. Margaret Scott
        • Abraham and Margaret had a daughter:
          • Mary Brokaw
            • m. John Morrison
            • Mary and John had a son:
              • John Morrison
                • m. Mary Brokaw
                • John and Mary had a son:
                  • Andrew J. Morrison
                  • m. Mary A. Gearhart
                  • Andrew and Mary had a son:
                    • Emma D. Morrison
                    • m. George W. Teel
                    • Emma and George had a daughter:
                      • Abigail "Gail" Teel
                      • m. William R. Lyons
                      • Gail and William had a son:
                        • William "Bill" Teel Lyons

References:

• Correspondence with Bill Lyons, compiler of historical and genealogical records pertaining to the Rapalje and Tricot families in early New Amsterdam.
• 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.