VAN BRACKLE Hannah; NY,USA>NJ,USA; b. c. 1766 Hannah Van Brackle (Brakel, Brackel) was born about 1766 in New York City. She married Tunis Covenhoven of Monmouth County, NJ in 1783 at Brick Church Monmouth County, NJ. After having one son, Stephen Conover, Tunis died in 1787 at the age of 22 leaving her a young widow. Hannah married John Polhemus about 1788 and had several more children. John died about 1797 at the age of 33 again leaving her a widow. By 1805 her first son Stephen Conover had become a responsible young man and she being very poor, he set her up in a house in Caldwell, Essex County, NJ. Hannah died in 1846 and was buried in Flatbush, now Brooklyn, NY. Hannah had a brother M. Van Brackle. I am looking for information about Hannah Van Brackles parents and syblings. You can contact me, John Conover, at revonoc@aol.com or see my Home Page at http://members.aol.com/revonoc/index.html where there are 50 more surnames.