I'm still trying to break through my brick wall. The Op Dyck Genealogy (which can be found through Google) mentions my maternal Gt-Gt-Grandparents, Jacob B. Vliet & Barbary Opdyke of Bethlehem Twp, near West Portal. We have a fair bit of information about them AFTER their circa 1840 marriage (names of children, census records, property transactions, death records, etc). We know, for instance, that Barbary' Opdyke's parents were WILLIAM OPDYKE & MARY MARTIN HESS. Brick Wall: What we have NOT been able to pin down is the parentage of JACOB B. VLIET (born circa 1812) (his death record indicates "Garret Vleit" as father.... no mother listed) I also cannot find a Marriage Record for Jacob Vliet & Barbary Opdyke. (based on birth of what appears to be their first child, Lydia Vliet, circa 1843, they were likely married betw 1840 and 1843). Jacob was a 'real person' who intermingled with other Vliet families in the area, and married a woman who was part of a well known Opdyke family. Any ideas? Thank you! -Rita in Lambertville

Rita I have "the Op Dyck Genealogy" written by Charles Wilson Opdyke.  Barbary is listed as one of the three children of William, giving her birth and death dates of 1818 and 1884, marriage to Jacob Vliet, living in Bethlehem, Hunterdon County and occupation farmer.  Nothing else.  There's a little more written about her two brothers, but nothing that would be of help to you.  Have you been able to find any church records for that area? Dee in Phoenix www.azwvgs.org When a person dies, a library closes. Researching: NJ: Snook, Bozarth, Dickerson, Dalton, Hicks, Asay NY: Semlear, Stoothoff, Foster, Murray, Dierks, Cairns PA: Hicks, Shaw, Roberts, Swartz/Black, Penrose Nova Scotia: Arthur, Hutt, Eisenhauer, Conrod, Morris     >________________________________ > From: Rita Chesterton <rchesterton1@verizon.net> >To: njhunter@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 10:29 AM >Subject: [NJHUNTER] OPDYKE / VLIET > > >I'm still trying to break through my brick wall.  > >The Op Dyck Genealogy (which can be found through Google) mentions my maternal Gt-Gt-Grandparents, Jacob B. Vliet & Barbary Opdyke of Bethlehem Twp, near West Portal. >We have a fair bit of information about them AFTER their circa 1840 marriage (names of children, census records, property transactions, death records, etc). > >We know, for instance, that Barbary' Opdyke's parents were WILLIAM OPDYKE & MARY MARTIN HESS.  > >Brick Wall:  What we have NOT been able to pin down is the parentage of JACOB B. VLIET (born circa 1812) >(his death record indicates "Garret Vleit" as father.... no mother listed)    > >I also cannot find a Marriage Record for Jacob Vliet & Barbary Opdyke.  >(based on birth of what appears to be their first child, Lydia Vliet, circa 1843, they were likely married betw 1840 and 1843). > >Jacob was a 'real person' who intermingled with other Vliet families in the area, and married a woman who was part of a well known Opdyke family.  > >Any ideas? > >Thank you!  -Rita in Lambertville > > > > > > > > >Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >