Vreeland Genealogy

FROM WARREN VREELAND

On this, the first day of October,

Two hundred and sixty-seven years ago

Michael Jensen carne to New Jersey,

Corn, cabbage and wheat to grow.

And his good wife, Fitje Hartmans,

Whose virtues I must not overlook,

Nearly two score years a widow,

Run the old farm like a book.

Vreeland home was not without children,

Six boys and two girls which make eight

And to-day you will find their descendants

Scattered all over New Jersey State.

Of the boys, four went to Acquackanonk,

Bought largely of New Jersey’s land.

And there you will find their descendants,

Known by the name of Vreeland.

Now, concerning the sons of Michael,

Who bought lands in sixteen eighty-four

Their names to you now I will mention,

That you may your genealogy explore.

For Elias Hartman, Johnonnis and Cornelius

In Acquackanonk old church records look

And there no doubt you will find them,

If you only get the right book.

You may ask to which generation

The writer of these lines belong,

And I’ll answer the seventh generation

Of this the great Vreeland throng.

And now let me say of the ladies,

Tho’ wedlock may’ve changed their names

They must surely be counted in it

While Vreeland blood flows in their veins.

The original Vreeland land grant,

Of acres one hundred and eighty-two,

Located between Passaic and Third rivers

And north of Grant Avenue.

And to prove this is not an impostor

From whom this long harangue has come

He still possesses deeds and Bible records,

Of Michael Vreeland, of old Povershon.

Warren Vreeland.

Nutley, N.J. April 25, 1903.