Marriage 2: Leysebet (Elizabeth) Jansen (c. 1650 - 1683)
Marriage 2: Elazabeth(Mary) Van Rensselaer (1790 - 1816)
Marriage 3: Elizabeth Chambers (1790 - 1844)
-----6-John Benjamin Barklow (1815-1871) M. Catherine Overley (1817 - 1854)
m. Ann Miller (1845 - 1927)
-----12-David L. Barklow
-----12-Virgina Barklow
------13- Sam O'Malley
----12-William Edward Barklow M. Lori Ann Leblanc
-----13-Barbara Ann Barklow
-----13-Scott Edward Barklow
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This page was last updated: October 25, 2023
by Jim Barklow, Concord, NH
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The first of our family to come to America was Willem Janzen Van Borkelo (Borckeloo). He was here prior to 1657 and was evidently a man of som means as he immediately bought a home, a house and lot with a barn and other buildings.
In February, 1658, he married Cornelia Van Salee, daughter of Anthony Jansen Van Salee and his wife Greetje Reiniers. Anthony Van Salee was the holder of the first patent on farm land issued in Gravesend. In 1661,
Willem returned to Holland for business purposes and there his description of the new land was so enthusiastic that his brother, Harman Janzen Van Borkelo decided to return with him.
Interest in the New World was at it's height in Holland. Only fifty years earlier, Henry Hudson had returned from his exploration of the country and the river which bears his name. His glowing reports of the new country quickly spread all over Holland.
Source: Holland Society Yearbook 1902