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     Christophel Harmanus Van Riper was born on 26 September 1722. He married Metje Brouwer, daughter of Uldrick Brouwer and Hester De Vouw, on 28 September 1746.^2,1
     Name variation: Christopher Van Reypen.²

     Cornelius Van Riper married Adrianna Terhune, daughter of John Terhune and Sophia Marsellis.¹
     He lived at Passaic, NJ.¹

     Cornelius Gerritse Van Riper was born on 6 October 1707 at Bergen County, NJ.^2,3 He was born on 6 October 1717.¹ He married Aeltje Van Winkle, daughter of Daniel Van Winkle and Jannetje Vreeland, on 29 June 1728.^1,3 He married Aeltje Van Winkle, daughter of Daniel Van Winkle and Jannetje Vreeland, after 29 June 1728.² He died on 17 January 1771 at Bergen County, NJ, at age 63.^2,3
     Name variation: Cornelius Van Ripen.⁴ Name variation: Cornelius Van Reypen.²

     Daniel R Van Riper was born on 7 September 1803.¹ He married Jane Post, daughter of Adrijaen Post and Lybetje Van Riper, on 7 September 1826.¹ He died on 22 April 1873 at Bergen County, NJ, at age 69.¹
     Name variation: Daniel R Van Reypen.¹

     Daniel Smith Van Riper was born on 29 August 1854.¹ He married Mary E Van Emburgh on 13 January 1875.¹
     He lived at Weirmus.¹

     Edward Van Riper was born circa 1844 at New Jersey.¹
     He appeared on the census of 1860 in the household of John A Van Riper and Maria Van Blarcom at Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ.¹ He was in 1860 a clerk at Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ.¹

     Eliza Van Riper married Henry B Beaty.¹ She was born on 1 July 1826.¹
     Married name: Beaty.

     Elizabeth Van Riper was born on 31 August 1799.¹ She was baptized on 20 October 1799 at Old Dutch Church, Totowa, NJ.¹

     Elizabeth Van Riper married Peter DeWitt, son of Petrus DeWitt and Elizabeth Duryea, on 20 February 1810.¹
     Married name: DeWitt.

     Feytye Van Riper was born on 11 January 1791.¹ She was baptized on 27 March 1791 at Old Dutch Church, Totowa, NJ.¹ She married Encrease Gould Van Houten, son of John G Van Houten and Elizabeth Gould, in September 1833.¹
     Married name: Van Houten. Name variation: Sophia Van Riper.¹

     Frances A Van Riper was born circa 1836 at New Jersey.¹
     She appeared on the census of 1860 in the household of John A Van Riper and Maria Van Blarcom at Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ.¹ She was in 1860 a milliner at Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ.¹

     Frederick Van Riper was born on 22 February 1713.¹ He married Catrintje Hopper on 19 October 1738.¹ He married Annetje Van Vorst, daughter of Gerrit Van Vorst and Sarah Van Winkle, on 2 December 1742.^1,2
     Name variation: Frederick Van Ripen.²

     Garret Van Riper married Catlyntje Van Wagonen, daughter of Johannis Van Wagonen and Neesje Van Wagonen.² He was born on 4 February 1749.^1,3 He married Catlyntje Van Ripen on 2 March 1779.² He died on 31 August 1837 at age 88.¹
     Name variation: Garret Van Ripen.²

     Garret Van Riper died Y s.p.¹ His estate was probated on 4 May 1795.¹

     Garretje Van Riper was born on 25 April 1797.¹ She was baptized on 5 June 1797 at Old Dutch Church, Totowa, NJ.¹

     George van Riper was born in 1787.² He married Claesje Vreeland, daughter of George Vreeland and Jane Brinkerhoff, on 23 July 1814 at Bergen Church, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ.^1,3 He died in 1857.²
     Name variation: Jorris Van Rypen.²

     George Earle Van Riper married Bach?¹ He was born on 15 June 1925.¹

     George M Van Riper was born on 8 November 1864 at Jersey City, NJ.¹ He married Maud Henrietta Kitson, daughter of John B Kitson and Mary Post, on 4 August 1894.¹ He died on 15 September 1905 at 9A Linden, Bayonne, NJ, at age 40.¹

     Gerrebrand Van Riper was born on 1 June 1719.¹ He married Fitje Van Vorst, daughter of Gerrit Van Vorst and Sarah Van Winkle, on 6 January 1742.¹

     Harmen Juriance Van Riper was born on 6 December 1686 at Bergen, NJ.^2,3 He married Maritje Fredericks on 20 June 1709.^2,3,1 He married Judith Steinmets, daughter of Christopher Stymets, on 1 January 1721.² His estate was probated on 14 May 1756.¹
     Name variation: Harman Juriaense Van Ripen.^2,1 He left a will on 17 June 1754.¹

     Helen Ann Van Riper married Albert (Thomase) Terhune, son of Thomas Terhune and Leah Ann Quackenbush, on 2 March 1852 at Passaic, NJ.¹
     Married name: Terhune. She lived before 1852 at Union, NJ.¹

     Isaac Van Riper was born on 28 October 1697.¹ He married Lea Simonse Van Winkle on 24 August 1722.¹
     Name variation: Isaac Van Ripen.²

     Isaac Van Riper married Annatje Egbertse.¹ He was born on 30 September 1729.¹

     Jacob Van Riper was born in 1765.² He married Marretje Vreeland, daughter of Michiel Vreeland and Gerretje Van Houten.¹
     He lived at New York.¹

     Jane Winnie Van Riper was born on 5 December 1814 at Acquackanonck, NJ.³ She married Abraham Herring Vreeland, son of Adrian Elias Vreeland and Anna Haring, on 6 May 1834 at Free Reformed Church, Glen, NY, (Vreeland Project has date as 1 May, and place as Essex County, NJ.)^4,5
     Married name: Vreeland.

     Jannetje Cornelisen Van Riper was baptized on 16 April 1745.¹ She was born circa 16 April 1745 at Bergen (now Jersey City), Hudson County, NJ.¹ She married Nicolaes Arentsen Toers, son of Arent Claesen Toers and Annatje Spier, on 13 May 1766 at Bergen (now Jersey City), Hudson County, NJ, (Both born and living in Bergen, married by Domini W Jackson.)² She died on 26 March 1834 at Bergen (now Jersey City), Hudson County, NJ.^2,3
     Jane Tuers (Jannetje Van Reypen Toers)
Home - southeast corner of present Bergen Avenue and Mercer Street

The story of Jane Tuers, a patriot during the Revolutionary War, is that she assisted with the derailing of a plan by the British to takeover West Point.

Jane Tuers lived with her husband Nicholas in a farmhouse located on the site of the present Hudson Catholic High School back to present Tuers Avenue. At the time of the Revolutionary War it was said to be her practice to cross the Hudson River on the Paulus Hook ferry to Manhattan to sell her farm goods, as well as to bring food to the Sugar House prison, where they British detained American soldiers. She also visited the popular Fraunces Tavern, at Broad and Pearl Streets, which was run by "Black Sam" Fraunces from the WEST Indies. Here British soldiers spent some leisure time and shared the latest military strategy along with their refreshments. Fraunces, a patriot, overhead the soldiers toast some by the name of (General Benedict) Arnold who was to deliver WEST Point to the British. "Black Sam," in turn, informed Tuers of what he overheard.

When she returned home, Tuers informed her brother Daniel Van Reypen, a blacksmith, who traveled by horse to Hackensack, where he advised General "Mad" Anthony Wayne of the British scheme. Wayne brought Van Reypen to see General George Washington, who offered Van Reypen a reward. However, Van Reypen declined the money award and requested only that Washington intercede in the event of his capture.

The information provided by Tuers confirmed what Washington had heard rumored about Arnold and was received in advance to the arrest of Major John Andre, the British agent working with Arnold. Arnold had been assigned the stationary command at WEST Point after an injury, but was dissatisfied with the post, wishing to return to military combat. He escaped capture by taking a British ship over to Manhattan. Andre was taken at Tarrytown and tried, convicted and hung at Tappan on October 1, 1780. The intervention by Jane Tuers and her brother secured WEST Point for the patriots. Its strategic location on the Hudson River made possible the receipt of supplies from New England and upper New York without venturing into nearby British controlled territory.

Years later Daniel Van Reypen built a home at 320 Fairmount Avenue. Jane Tuers died in 1834. She is buried in an unmarked grave (Lot 136) in the Old Bergen Church burial ground on Bergen Avenue. Her home was demolished in 1894 for construction of the old Fourth Regiment Armory.

Local historian Owen Grundy reports that in 1925 a bronze tablet in memory of Jane Tuers was placed at the old Armory, at the southeast corner of Bergen Avenue and Mercer Street, by the Jane Tuers Society, Children of the American Revolution. This society was sponsored by the Bergen Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and organized in 1917. When the old Armory was razed, the marker for Jane Tuers was lost.
General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.⁴ Name variation: Jannetje Cornelisen Toers.

     Jenneke Van Riper was born on 25 December 1720.¹ She married Jacob Van Houten on 6 September 1745.¹
     Married name: Van Houten.

     Johannes Van Riper died before 1760.¹ He married Christina Pieterse, daughter of Jeurie Pieterse and Ante, before 1760.¹

     Johannes Van Riper was born on 3 June 1710.³ He was born on 3 June 1716.¹ He married Sarah Kuyper on 2 December 1740.¹ He married Margrietje Van Winkle, daughter of Daniel Van Winkle and Jannetje Vreeland, on 5 September 1742.¹ He died on 24 August 1776 at age 60.¹

     John Van Riper married Leah Kip, daughter of Nicasi Kip and Leah Mandeville, on 19 March 1792.¹ He died on 30 March 1806.¹