Anna, I have been researching the Van Brunt Family and specifically the Monmouth County NJ branch that came from Brooklyn for a while. If you are looking for information, I will share what I have. If you have information I would love to compare notes. Either way Im happy. Here is the basic info for the people I most care about: 1. Rutger b 1630 & Tryntje Claesen Van Brunt 2. Cornelius R b 1660 & Tryntje Bennet Van Brunt 3. Nicholas C b 1686 Brooklyn d 1782 Tinton Falls NJ and Geesje Hendrickson Van Brunt 4. Cornelius b 1730 Monmouth Co. and Ellenor Van Brunt 5. Joseph C b 1758 Shrewsbury NJ & Mary Applegate Van Brunt 6. Joseph b abt 1782 Monmouth County d 1832 & Hannah Ayres Van Brunt 7. Charles b 10/31/1811 & Zilpaha Ann Longstreet Van Brunt 8. John B b10/15/1838 d 2/14/1885 Long Branch NJ & Isabella Harris Van Brunt 9. William Henry b 2/11/1874 Long Branch NJ d 12/28/1950 in Long Branch NJ & Martha Ward Van Brunt 10. William Alexander b 1/29/1897 Long Branch NJ d 4/26/1966 in Long Branch NJ & Elizabeth Gordon Van Brunt 11. John W b 8/29/1917 Long Branch NJ d 10/5/1996 Burlington NJ & Margery Brainerd Van Brunt 12. Son living, born Red Bank NJ 1949 John and Margery are my mother and father-in-law. I know the least about Cornelius and Ellenor. No one seems to know who Ellenor was. Anna, (and any one else) you may contact me personally if you wish, as I am not on the Brooklyn list. I am on the Monmouth County list however. Joan Van Brunt