Ridgewood

Residence of Milton T Richardson

Biography of Milton T. Richardson of Bergen County

Milton T. Richardson, a well known publisher of New York City and for two terms President of the Village of Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, was born in Westford, Massachusetts, on the 7th of February, 1843. He is the son of Thomas Richardson and Mary Fletcher, a grandson of Abijah and Elizabeth (Livingston) Richardson and of Peletiah and Sally (Woodward) Fletcher, and a great-grandson of Thomas and Hannah (Colburn) Richardson. On his father’s side he is descended from Ezekiel Richardson, one of three brothers who came to this country from England in 1630. His mother’s family–the Fletchers–are equally old residents […]

Biography of Milton T. Richardson of Bergen County Read More »

Genealogical history of Hudson and Bergen counties, New Jersey

Biography of John Rathbone Ramsey of Bergen County

John Rathbone Ramsey is one of the leading lawyers of Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, and, in November, 1895, was elected to the office of County Clerk by a majority of 961, being the first Republican ever elected to that position in that county. He is the son of John P. Ramsey, a farmer, and Martha Rathbone, his wife, and a descendant on his father’s side of Samuel Ramsey, a native of Scotland, who with his son, John Ramsey, came to America in 1772, and settled at New Scotland, Albany County, New York. The son John, born in 1757, married

Biography of John Rathbone Ramsey of Bergen County Read More »

Genealogical history of Hudson and Bergen counties, New Jersey

Biography of Jacob H. Hopper of Bergen County

Jacob H. Hopper. The Hopper family, it is said, started in France. They spelled the name Hoppe, and finally changed it to Hopper. Some of them went to Holland during times of religious persecution. It is known that Andries (Andrew) Hopper came to America from Amsterdam, Holland, with a wife (and, perhaps, two or three children), as early as 1653, and located in the City of New Amsterdam. The name of his wife does not appear in the New Jersey records. After their arrival the couple had three children born to them: William in 1654, Hendrick in 1656, and Matthew

Biography of Jacob H. Hopper of Bergen County Read More »

Pin It on Pinterest

Scroll to Top