Pieter Van Buskirk
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title:
Pieter Van Buskirk
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Pieter Van Buskirk, also spelled Boskerck, is considered the first settler in the Constable Hook area of Bayonne, New Jersey. Van Buskirk was the son of Laurens Andriessen Van Buskirk and Jannetje Jans, settlers in New Netherland. Not long after their arrival at New Amsterdam they moved to Bergen, settling at Minkakwa. Van Buskirk built a home and farm around the year 1700 on a bluff overlooking the shore of Upper New York Bay on what became known as Van Buskirk's Point at the confluence of the
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American settler
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Van_Buskirk
date created:
2007-12-17T21:48:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T13:25:18Z
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