Abraham Isaacsen Verplanck

Abraham Isaacsen Verplanck (1606 –1690), also known as Abraham Isaacse Ver Planck, Abraham Verplanck, Abraham Isaacsen Ver Planck, Abraham Isaacsen Ver Planken, Abram I. Ver Plank and Abraham Isaacsen Ver Planck, was an early settler to New Netherlands and progenitor of exenisve family in the United States.

Verplanck was the son of Isaac Ver Planck and Guleyn Vigne, born in Edam in Dutch Republic (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) in 1606.

He married Maria de la Vigne in 1632. His children were Abigael Van Lear (1635-1672), Gulian (c. 1636 - 1684), Callyntje (1639-1708), Isaac (b. 1641), Susanna (b. 1642), Jacomyntjie (b. 1644), Ariantje (b. 1646), Hillegondt (1648-1724) and Isaac (1651-1729). Abraham immigrated circa 1633.

Some of his children relocated to what has become known as the Capital District of New York. He died at Albany, New York in 1690.

Bergen, along the west bank Hudson River and Bergen Hill would become contemporary Hudson County, New Jersey. Though it only became independent municipality from 1661 with the founding of a village at Bergen Square, Bergen began as a factorij at Communipaw circa 1615 and was first settled in 1630 as Pavonia, with settlements at Harsimus, Paulus Hook, Hoboken and Vriessendael were in the following years. They were along the banks of the North River (Hudson River) across from New Amsterdam, under whose jurisdiction they fell.

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