Long Island or at Bergen, which was organized in 1662. Among this number are found the names of LUBBERT LUBBERTSE, the elder, and his wife Geesie (Grace) Roelofse; also those of his son, Lubbert, the younger, with his wife, Hilletie Pauwelse, and daughter Maritie.
In Aug., 1687, his sons Roelof, Jurrien, and daughter Margrietje, became members.
The locality where Lubbert, senior, resided at Hackensack has not been ascertained. A most exhaustive examination of the records for deeds in the Proprietorís office, at Perth Amboy, and the Secretary of Stateís office, at Trenton, N.J., failed to give
the desired information. That he was a man of some property is known from the fact that he disposed of his lands on Long Island for 4,000 guldens ($1,600), then a considerable sum,
and without doubt he made further purchases of lands in New Jersey.
Lubbert was born about 1620 and married about 1645; he died soon after 1686. No mention is made of him, either in church or civil records, subsequent to that year. Of his personal appearance, characteristics, nothing is known except that he was a man in good circumstances for the times in which he lived, having reached the years of about ìthree score and ten.î
His wife, Geesie, was still living on the 27th of Dec., 1696, when she was a sponsor at the baptism of her grandson, Roelof Pouluse, son of her daughter Margrietje.
Issue as follows:
2 Margrietje, b. at Meppel, Holland, Jan. 24, 1647; m.
Martin Pouluse* at Bergen, March 25, 1694. A member of the church at Hackensack in Aug., 1687.
3 Maritie, b. at Meppel, Holland, July 2, 1654; m. Hen-
drik Epke Banta, at Bergen, Nov. 17, 1678. A member of the church at Hackensack in 1686.
4 Jan, date of birth unknown; m. Magdalena van Blar-
com. He was still living on the 25th of Dec., 1698. No issue found.
+5 Roelof, born at Meppel, Holland, March 10, 1659.
+6 Lubbert, junior; date of birth unknown.
+7 Jurrien; date of birth unknown, but subsequent to
1662.
* The Powless, or Paulison family, descend from Paulus Pietersen, who was born at Merwen, a small town in Holland, 1632, and emigrated in 1656. He m. (2) Tryntje Martens, Sept. 1, 1685, and located at Bergen, where he became prominent. In 1663, Governor Stuyvesant appointed him one of the Commisioners to fortify the town against the depredations of the surrounding Indians. The same year he patented various parcels of land, containing 37 acres. He d. Dec. 18, 1702, his wifeís demise being May 19 of the same year. His third son Martin, by his first wife, m. Margrietje Westervelt, at Bergen, March 25, 1694.