Rich, Aaron is a multigenearational given name of a single branch of the Van Duyne family. The first Aaron (1830-1863) was the son of Nicholas H. Van Duyne (1796-1870) and Hannah Vanderhoof (1800-1864). The Van Duyne family of Morris Co. descends from a single progenitor, Abraham Van Duyne (1677- ) and Geertje Martens Ryerson (1675- ). Dick Van Duyne In a message dated 8/7/03 9:37:37 AM, rhaycook@mitre.org writes: >Dick VanDuyne was describing his investigation of the Van Duyne family. > > > I don't know if this will help or not, or if they are even related, but >in the early/mid 1960s there was an attorney in Morristown by the name >of Aaron VanDuyne. I remember him because he was the assistant coach of >my Babe Ruth League baseball team (MEPCO) in 1961. He was 40ish then and >I have no idea if he or his family is still in the area. I'm sure a city >directory/phone book for that era would list him. I'm not sure if the >spelling is accurate, but that's how the name was pronounced. > Not being a VanDuyne researcher, I don't know if they are all related >in some way or if they are common and from many different origins. > Hope this helps some ........ Rich in NH >