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Notes Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn in Kings County on Long-Island

Note 1 — ANCIENT GRANTS AND PATENTS.

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The custom of changing the names of sons, or rather substituting the sur-names for the christian name, prevailed at this period; as in the above instance, the father’s name was Barent Janse, and the son was called Jan Barentse.

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