Re: Looking for more info on Jno or John VanBuskirk born NY died in Granville PA.
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Re: Looking for more info on Jno or John VanBuskirk born NY died in Granville PA.
Kristen K 8/29/11
There is a lot of information on this family.You can
probably Google them for weeks!
in a nutshell (no pun intended) The original Van Buskirk
spelled Von or Van Boskerck also Booskerck, and other variations coined the name for himself.
It it Dutch for 'Church in the Woods' but he was from
Denmark. His name was LAURENS Andriessen.There are
some stories why he took that name. Again, lots of websites
to draw your own conclusions from. He and the Dutch widow
JANNETJE (Jans)Van Horn married and had four sons, from
which all the Van Buskirks and Buskirks come from.
They have scatterd from New Amsterdam (Now New York)
all across this nation and also Canada. My line went to NJ, PA, OH, NE, CO. and CA.