4. Dirck (Richard) Post, born August 20, 1793 in Passaic, New Jersey; died May 03, 1843 in Passaic, New Jersey. He was the son of 8. Adrijaen Post and 9. Elizabeth Van Riper. He married 5. Nessje Van Riper December 04, 1814 in Passaic, New Jersey.

5. Nessje Van Riper, born February 21, 1797 in Passaic, New Jersey; died June 01, 1874 in Passaic, New Jersey. She was the daughter of 10. John Van Riper and 11. Lea Winne.　

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Marriage: December 04, 1814, Passaic, New Jersey

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8. Adrijaen Post, born May 23, 1756 in Passaic, New Jersey; died May 29, 1829 in Passaic, New Jersey. He was the son of 16. Marcellus Post and 17. Annetje Sip. He married 9. Elizabeth Van Riper May 14, 1786 in Passaic, New Jersey.

9. Elizabeth Van Riper, born November 08, 1766 in Passaic, New Jersey; died November 20, 1848 in Passaic, New Jersey. She was the daughter of 18. Dirk Van Riper and 19. Claasje Vreeland.onk, Passaic Co., NJ　

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Marriage: May 14, 1786, Passaic, New Jersey

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16. Marcellus Post, born 1706 in Essex, New Jersey; died December 20, 1782 in Passaic, New Jersey. He was the son of 32. Adrian Post Jr. and 33. Elizabeth Mercelis. He married 17. Annetje Sip October 14, 1733 in Bergen County Dutch Reformed Church, Bergen County, New Jersey.

17. Annetje Sip, born March 15, 1711/12 in Essex, New Jersey.; died December 28, 1797 in Passaic, New Jersey. She was the daughter of 34. Arie Sip and 35. Gerritje Van Houten.

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Marriage: October 14, 1733, Bergen County Dutch Reformed Church, Bergen County, New Jersey

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32. Adrian Post Jr., born January 24, 1677/78 in Pompton Plains, New Jersey; died in New Jersey. He was the son of 64. Adrian Post and 65. Caryna Gerese Van Wagenen. He married 33. Elizabeth Mercelis April 21, 1701 in Morris, New Jersey.

33. Elizabeth Mercelis, born April 18, 1682 in Belleville, Essex, New Jersey. She was the daughter of 66. Mercelis Mercelis and 67. Pieterje Van Vorst.

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Marriage: April 21, 1701, Morris, New Jersey

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64. Adrian Post, born 1655 in Hague, Holland, Netherlands; died March 1712/13 in Bergen County, New Jersey.. He was the son of 128. Adrian Crijnen Post and 129. Claartje Geetse Moockers. He married 65. Caryna Gerese Van Wagenen April 17, 1677 in Bergen County, New Jersey.

65. Caryna Gerese Van Wagenen, born 1656 in Wageninge, Gelderland, Netherlands; died 1715 in Bergen County, New Jersey..

Military Service: 1655 Ensign, Bergen Burgher Guard

Military Service: 1675 Lieutenant, Bergen NJ Militia

Occupation: 7 JUN 1673 Elected one of Bergen's two representatives to the NJ General Assembly

A Brief History of Adriane Crijnen Post

Captain Adriane Crijnen Post was sent to the New World in 1650, as the superintendent of a colony of twenty or more people, men, women and children, with suitable farming implements, in the ship New Netherlands Fortune, which had been purchased, May 18, 1650 by the Yonkheer Hendrick van der Capellen, of Ryssel, Baron of Essels and Hasselt, representative of the States General, in connection with four Amsterdam merchants. The vessel sailed June 30, 1650, but owning to winter storms did not arrive in New Netherlands until December 19.

Post is Dutch for gull or sea-gull. This seems to been the correct spelling of the Captain's name. He appears to have been a soldier.

Although records regarding Post are silent for the next four or five years, it is evident that he located his colony on Staten Island, carrying it on with much success, so that in a few years there were one hundred or more persons in the little settlement. He cultivated friendly relations with the natives and familiarized himself with their language, an acquisition which was destined to be of great service to him at a most critical point of his career. When the Indian or Peach Tree War of 1655 broke out, his flourishing colony did not escape in the general attack made by the natives upon the Dutch, but on the night of September 15, twenty-three persons were killed on Staten Island, and sixty-one were taken prisoners, among the latter being Captain Post, with his wife, five children and a servant girl.

A pleasant illustration of the confidence the natives reposed on his integrity is the fact that the Hackensack Chief, Penne Keck, sent Captain Post with fourteen of his fellow prisoners over to New Amsterdam to ask the Director-General for powder and lead in exchange for these captives. And an equally pleasant token of the confidence of Captain Post in the humanity of his captors is the fact that at the request of the Dutch authorities he returned to the natives to continue negotiations for the exchange of the rest of the captives, and conducted his negotiations with such success that he returned to New Amsterdam October 21, with twenty-eight prisoners. He had another conference with the Hackensack Chiefs, Penne Keck and Oratamy, on October 26, and would seem to have been successful in securing the release of all the prisoners after a time. Upon effecting his own exchange, the faithful superintendent returned to Staten Island and hunted up the few head of cattle left, but owning to the complete destruction of the crops, buildings and other property, most of the cattle had died, and he was obliged to sell others to obtain means to maintain his wife and children.

When Van der Capellen heard of the great havoc made by the natives in his colony, he instructed Captain Post to gather together the survivors and to erect a fort on the Island; also to keep the people provisioned. This, however, was impracticable, as the Captain with his starving family during the ensuing winter were obliged to sleep under the bleak sky without any protection or means of defense. The authorities recognized the insurmountable difficulties in the way of protecting the colony, and decided to withdraw the soldiers and abandon him to his fate unless he would removed with his people and his patron's cattle to Long Island. The creditors of Van der Capellen, seeing the desperate condition of the colony, began to harass Post for the payment of the Baron's debts, and suit was brought by Jacob Schlesinger and others against him as agent for the Baron for payment of a note; and Janneke Melyn claimed as hers some of the few cattle still in Post's possession. Under his accumulating hardships and exposures and harassments, Post fell sick, and in the following April his wife Claretje was constrained to petition the authorities for a postponement of the suit brought by Schlesinger, and to urge that soldiers might be allowed to remain for the present on Staten Island. The soldiers who had escorted her to New Amsterdam were directed to return with her to Staten Island, but they had become tired of their exposure on that desolate spot, and declared that they would not accompany her. Dirck van Schelluyne, for and behalf of Claretje Post, in view of her husband's continued illness, petitioned (April 27, 1656) the Director-General and Council at New Amsterdam to send an armed force to the Island for the protection of the rights of Baron van der Capellen de Ryssel, Patroon of that place, and for somebody else to take care of the property during Captain Post's illness. The authorities, however, insisted there was nothing on the island worth preserving but the cattle, which ought to be removed to Long Island, and as the population consisted only of six or seven persons (Captain Post, his wife, five children, one male and one female servant), it would be folly to send a garrison for their protection. The armed force was accordingly refused. On July 20, 1656, Schlesinger recovered judgment against Post on a note signed by Cornelius Melyn and others, claiming to be agents of Baron van der Capellen de Ryssel.

The attempt at colonizing Staten Island by individual enterprise having failed, the Island was purchased by the West-India Company, to whom nineteen persons presented a petition, August 22, 1661, for tracts of land on the south side, in order to establish a village, which was allowed by the Company, Captain Post being one of the grantees. It is probable, however, that he did not avail himself on the grant, but removed himself to Bergen at this time, if, indeed, he was not already a resident there. In 1662, he was one of petitioners to have a Domine settled at Bergen, and promised to contribute twenty florins there for annually. Under date of December 28, 1662, he, with others, petitioned the Director-General and Council to protect the inhabitants of Bergen and Communipaw against the attempts of individuals to fence in the common lands; and on January 4, 1663, he and two others selected by their neighbors for the purpose, appeared before the Council to support the petition. Under date of June 30, 1663, upon the nomination of his neighbors, he was confirmed as ensign for the village of Bergen. On August 30, 1663, he petitioned for a grant of some low lands at Bergen, and surveys thereof were ordered to be made. Post received from Governor Philip Carteret, May 12, 1668, a patent for fifty-five acres of land at and about Bergen; being probably the same tract which he had received from the Dutch authorities. On May 18, 1671, we find him sworn on a jury to serve at a special court at Elizabethtown. On September 4, 1673, when the Dutch reoccupied New Jersey as part of New Netherlands, the Council of War appointed Post ensign for Bergen. This does not seem to have affected his standing with the English, for after they recovered possession of New Jersey and New York, Post was commissioned , July 16, 1675, lieutenant of the militia at Bergen. His adventurous life ended at Bergen, February 28, 1677. During his lifetime, Captain Post had executed two mortgages upon all his estate, movable and immovable, October 17, 1662, and May 9, 1662, for twenty-nine thousand six hundred and fifty-six gilders, to Cornelius Steenwick, an eminent merchant of New York. His family were unable to pay these obligations, and he having died intestate, they declined to administer, whereupon Governor Carteret appointed Steenwick administrator of his estate.

Burial: Bergen County, New Jersey

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Marriage: April 17, 1677, Bergen County, New Jersey

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128. Adrian Crijnen Post, born 1620 in Hague, Holland, Netherlands; died February 18, 1676/77 in Bergen County, New Jersey.. He was the son of 256. Pieter Adriane Post and 257. Elizabeth Van Voorhees. He married 129. Claartje Geetse Moockers 1645 in Netherlands.

129. Claartje Geetse Moockers, born 1632 in Hague, Holland, Netherlands; died December 04, 1675 in Bergen County, New Jersey.. She was the daughter of 258. Robert Gerretse Moockers.

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Marriage: 1645, Netherlands

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256. Pieter Adriane Post, born 1588 in Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died 1637 in Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was the son of 512. Adrian Pieterse Post and 513. Vrouw Adrian Pieterse Post. He married 257. Elizabeth Van Voorhees 1613 in Hague, Zuid Holland, Netherlands.

257. Elizabeth Van Voorhees, born 1592 in Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died in Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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Marriage: 1613, Hague, Zuid Holland, Netherlands

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512. Adrian Pieterse Post, born 1500 in Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands; died 1588 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was the son of 1024. Pieter Cornelius Post and 1025. Styntie Adrianse Jootsen. He married 513. Vrouw Adrian Pieterse Post 1540 in Netherlands, Holland.

513. Vrouw Adrian Pieterse Post, born 1500 in Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands; died in Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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Marriage: 1540, Netherlands, Holland

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1024. Pieter Cornelius Post, born 1460 in Leiden SH, Netherlands; died 1518 in Rotterdam, Holland. He was the son of 2048. Cornelius Claese Post and 2049. Margarita Valken. He married 1025. Styntie Adrianse Jootsen 1500 in Netherlands, Holland.

1025. Styntie Adrianse Jootsen, born 1464 in Netherlands, Holland; died 1518 in Rotterdam, Holland.

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Marriage: 1500, Netherlands, Holland

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2048. Cornelius Claese Post, born 1430 in Netherlands, Holland; died 1463 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was the son of 4096. Claes Post and 4097. Vrouw Claes Pieterse Post. He married 2049. Margarita Valken 1449 in Leiden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands.

2049. Margarita Valken, born 1430 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.

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Marriage: 1449, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands

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4096. Claes Post, born 1400 in Leiden, Netherlands; died in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was the son of 8192. Pieter Post and 8193. Vrouw Pieter Post. He married 4097. Vrouw Claes Pieterse Post.

4097. Vrouw Claes Pieterse Post, born 1400 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.

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8192. Pieter Post, born 1365 in Province Of, So. Holland, Netherlands; died 1403 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was the son of 16384. N.N. Post. He married 8193. Vrouw Pieter Post.

8193. Vrouw Pieter Post, born 1365 in Zuid-Holland, Nederland.

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16384. N.N. Post, born 1330 in Province Of, So. Holland, Netherlands; died 1368 in Netherlands. He was the son of 32768. Pieter Post.

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32768. Pieter Post, born 1300 in Delft, South Holland Province, Netherlands. He was the son of 65536. Gerrit Post.

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65536. Gerrit Post, born 1275 in Delft, South Holland Province, Netherlands; died 1304 in Netherlands.

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