{"id":399,"date":"2013-01-24T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/genealogy-by-the-states-week-3-new-jersey\/"},"modified":"2013-07-03T14:33:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T19:33:16","slug":"genealogy-by-the-states-week-3-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/genealogy-by-the-states-week-3-new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Genealogy By the States \u2013 Week 3 \u2013 New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I started this post, I really didn\u2019t know if I had any connections to New Jersey.\u00a0 A quick search of my database pulled up a few events that occurred in New Jersey, one being the birth of my third great-grandaunt\u2019s husband, Vanrancelar Cash VLIET. (Note:\u00a0 There are many variations on the spelling of his first name, but this is the one I chose.)<\/p>\n

According to the book History and Genealogy of the Gov. John Webster Family of Connecticut<\/em> , Vanrancelar was born on 20 March 1829 at Oxford Township in Warren County, New Jersey.1<\/sup>\u00a0 The book also lists his parents as \u201cWilliam V. and Martha A. Vliet;\u201d his death certificate, as reported by his son, further states Martha Axford as his mother.2<\/sup>\u00a0 Beyond this, I had no other information on Vanrancelar or his parents.\u00a0 So I did a little digging.<\/p>\n

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There is an index on FamilySearch that has births for New Jersey<\/a> covering the period I needed, but I didn\u2019t find anything for Vanrancelar, although there were lots of Vliets.\u00a0 I then proceeded to check out the marriage records on FamilySearch<\/a> and did find an entry for William VLIET and Martha AXFORD<\/a>, married on 1 July 1821 in Sussex County, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

\"1-21-2013<\/a><\/p>\n

Okay, so I\u2019ve confirmed that his parents were married in New Jersey and the county of Sussex neighbors the county of Warren.\u00a0 So the probability that Vanrancelar was born in New Jersey is looking good.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, William and Martha probably lived in or around the same place when they married (1821) and when Vanrancelar was born (1829) because Warren County was formed from Sussex in 1824.\u00a0 Some more digging, particularly the 1830 census, heightens this suspicion, as they were probably one of the three William Vliet households living in Independence Township, Warren, New Jersey, a neighboring township to Oxford Township where Vanrancelar was allegedly born.3<\/sup>\u00a0 (Two of the households that are the most likely are the \u201cWilliam Vliet Jun\u201d household and the \u201cWilliam V Vliet\u201d household.\u00a0 Without doing extensive research on this family, I don\u2019t know which for sure, but my guess would be the \u201cWilliam V Vliet simply based on the ages and number of children.)<\/p>\n

\"1830UnitedStatesFederalCensus_312807423\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is further supported with the fact that by 1850, the family was living in Independence Township, Oakland, Michigan, which just happens to be named after<\/a> Independence Township in New Jersey.4<\/sup><\/p>\n

\"1850UnitedStatesFederalCensus_312255091\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Vanrancelar married my third great-grandaunt, Polly Ann WEBSTER on 24 December 1852 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan.5<\/sup>\u00a0 Polly, daughter of Calvin Price WEBSTER and Betsey PARKS, was born 15 September 1831 and died on 12 March 1910 in Clarkston, Oakland, Michigan.6<\/sup>\u00a0 Vanrancelar died on 9 March 1915 in Clarkston, Oakland, Michigan.7<\/sup>\u00a0 They had seven known children:8<\/sup><\/p>\n