3055 River Road Bedminster, NJ 07921

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    • About Us
      • Our History
      • Contact Us
      • Information Brochure
    • Visit
      • Private Group Tours
      • School Groups
      • Directions
      • ADA Accessibilty
      • School Group Day 2022
    • Support Us
    • Raising the Bar(N)
    • Photo Gallery
      • colonial christmas 2018
      • Colonial Christmas 2017
      • Colonial Christmas 2019
      • Field of Honor Events
      • Through the Years
      • Fall Harvest Hoedowns
      • Tree Lighting 2021
      • Cantonment Model
      • School Group Days
      • Colonial Christmas 2022
    • The Cannon Newsletter
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our History
    • Contact Us
    • Information Brochure
  • Visit
    • Private Group Tours
    • School Groups
    • Directions
    • ADA Accessibilty
    • School Group Day 2022
  • Support Us
  • Raising the Bar(N)
  • Photo Gallery
    • colonial christmas 2018
    • Colonial Christmas 2017
    • Colonial Christmas 2019
    • Field of Honor Events
    • Through the Years
    • Fall Harvest Hoedowns
    • Tree Lighting 2021
    • Cantonment Model
    • School Group Days
    • Colonial Christmas 2022
  • The Cannon Newsletter
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The Vanderveer Family and Farmstead

Jacobus Vanderveer, who built the house, was born September 12, 1743.  He was descended from Dutch settlers who arrived in Flatbush on Long Island in 1659.  His grandfather, Jan Cornelise Vanderveer, was one of ten children, four of whom eventually located in New Jersey.  One of these was Jacobus Vanderveer Sr., the first member of the family to own the property on which the Jacobus Vanderveer House now stands.


Jacobus (Senior) married Femmetje Ditmars, and they had six children, all of whom lived to adulthood.  He was a wealthy landowner and miller. Upon his death in 1776, he left the 560 acre tract of land on which this house is situated to his son, Jacobus (Junior).


Jacobus married his first wife “abt 1773” and she died four years later in 1777.  He married again “sometime between 1777 and 1782,” only to have his second wife die in 1782.  He was an active member of the Somerset County Militia during the Revolutionary War and helped supply the Continental Army.  He died on February 3, 1810 at the age of 66.


Jacobus’ brothers included Elias, who was taken prisoner during a British cavalry raid on Pluckemin in 1776 and died in captivity in 1778, and Lawrence, who served as a surgeon during the war and was also taken prisoner by the British.  Lawrence survived the war and was the founder of the New Jersey Medical Society.  


The Vanderveer  families remained in the Pluckemin/Bedminster area for generations and are remembered today as major contributors to the legacy of the area.

More Information

Slavery - a Dutch-American Cultural Tradition (pdf)Download
The Vanderveer Family in America (pdf)Download
The Vanderveers - Dutch Church - and Break with Great Britain (pdf)Download
The Vanderveers and the Dutch Reformed Church (pdf)Download
Vanderveer Family Tree (pdf)Download

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PO Box 723, 3055 River Road

Bedminster, NJ 07921




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