Shadows of the Past - A Dutch Heritage

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The Search Begins....

My interest in our family tree started when I was a little girl.  Listening to my Great Aunt Dora's stories about our family and pointing out where they lived piqued my interest in so many ways.  I wanted to learn who my great-grandparents were, what were they like, how they lived and everything and anything else I could find out.

Aunt Dora was born in the middle part of 1900, and she had many stories to tell about the about the "old days in Madison and Ridgewood, NJ.  She knew quite a bit of information regarding the area and about our family roots and delighted in telling her tales to anyone who would listen.  This page is dedicated to her and her love of family.

Surnames:   Banta/Blauvelt/Demarest/Doremus/Eckerson/Folley/Guest/Storms/Willis My Ancestors Samuel Banta - Revolutionary War Patriot b. 30 May 1741 in Bergen County, NJ.  Served in battle at Fort Lee, NJ, where he was wounded.   He died on 21 November 1821 in Franklin Township, Bergen County, NJ Samuel Banta married Elisabeth Eckerson, daughter of Thomas Eckerson and Maria Demarest, in 1766. They had eight children: Laneah Banta (no birth date available) Abraham Banta b. 13 April 1767 Maria Banta b. 23 January 1770 Thomas S. Banta b. 22 August 1772 Annetje Banta b. 12 August 1778 Maughtie Banta b. 9 July 1782 Samuel Banta b. 26 November 1787 Elisabeth Banta b. 12 May 1793 Annetje Banta b. 12 August 1778 married Daniel Blauvelt b. abt 1774 in Paramus, NJ Their marriage produced four children: Mary Blauvelt b. abt 1795 Abraham Blauvelt b. abt. 1797 Jannetje Blauvelt b. 8 September 1799 Daniel Blauvelt b. 27 February 1803 Jannetje Blauvelt b. 8 September 1799, married Adam Folley b. 29 May 1792 Adam was baptized at the Paramus RDC, on 16 June 1792. Jannetje was baptized on 6 October 1799 at Paramus RDC, as well. They were married at the Saddle River Reformed Church on 4 November 1820. Their marriage produced eight children: Mary Ann Folley b. 8 November 1821 William Folley b. 1823 Jane Folley b. 1827 Hannah Folley b. 6 March 1828 Sarah (Sally) Folley b. 1830 David Folley b. 9 November 1836 Eliza Folley b. 1840 William Folley b. 1844 Hannah Folley b. 6 March 1828 d. 16 April 1862 married David Storms of Godwinville, b. 22 July 1826.  They were married at The Ponds, Franklin Township, Bergen County on 12 September 1853. They had three children: Jane Louise Storms b. 1854 Edwin Storms b. 1858 Sarah Catharine Storms b. 24 September 1861 Sarah Catharine Storms b. 24 September 1861, married Joseph Julius Frederick on 4 March 1882. Their marriage produced nine children: Horace B. Frederick b. 9 April 1883 m. Mary Osborn 27 August 1905 Bess Mae Frederick b. 8 September 1884 m. Thomas Steven Ackerman on 11 January 1904 Rose Eva Frederick b. 7 February 1888 m. Andrew Dexter Joseph Frederick b. 11 January 1890 m. Gertrude Haas William Edgar Frederick b. 2 August 1892 m. Harriet Madeley 1914 Frank Frederick b. 12 August 1894 died young Mary Elsa Frederick b. 28 March 1897, m William Larkin 1917 Florence Frederick b. 28 September 1898 m. James Turner Dora Frederick b. 15 June 1900 m. Lester Jacobs and John Shenk