THE BARKLOW FAMILY HOME PAGE
About the year 1662, two brothers, William Janse Van Borcelo and Herman Janse Van Borcelo, emigrated from the little hamlet of Borculo located in the Duchy of Zutphen, a province of Gelderland in the United Netherlands. 

They settled near the small Dutch village of New Amsterdam which is today New York City.

 The purpose of this web site is to gather information about the BARKLOW family in America. . 

                        Your comments and contributions are welcomed.


                                                    THE ORIGIN OF THE BARKLOW NAME

      It all goes back to the earliest days of what is now New York City -- actually before there was even a New York. Henry Hudson, the famous British explorer, had been the first to sail up the river that now bears his name. In the process he discovered the island of Manhattan. Eventually it was purchased from the local Indians for the well-publicized price twenty-four dollars worth of goods and trinkets. 

     A village was started and it was called New Amsterdam. Around 1653 the Dutch West India Company was formed and word got back to Holland of the many opportunities that existed in the New World for ambitious people with adventurous spirits. 

     A 36-year old man who met this description left his home near Borculo in Holland with his wife and two children, and came to America. His name was  HARMEN JANS LUBBERDINCK.  (click)

     It was the practice in many European countries at that time, to add the name of the town or area from which they originated to the end of their name, so Harman reported his name to be HARMEN JANS LUBBERDINCK VAN BORCULO, the word "Van" being Dutch for "of" or "from". 

     Well, people were not too particular about how their names were entered in whatever records were kept in those days, so somehow  VAN BORCULO became Harmen's official name and the Lubberdinck part was dropped. The changes did not stop there of course. 

     Harmen's son's name was recorded without the "van" and "Borculo" was misspelled to become BARKELOO. In the next generation the name became BARKELOW, and in subsequent generations the name has been spelled BARKLOW, BARTLOW and in many, many other ways. 


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This page was last updated: June 2, 2024
 by Jim Barklow, Concord, NH.
        barkj@comcast.net
*** This interesting account of the Barklow name was                        contributed by Rod Barklow 
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