MARTIN VAN BUREN, WITH A SKETCH OF THE VAN BUREN FAMILY IN AMERICA.By Frank J. Conkling (Continued from Vol. XXVIII, p 125 of THE RECORD)Marten' Cornelissen (son of Cornells Maessen) was the ancestor of President Martin Van Buren. He deposed in 1660 that he was born in Houten in the Province of Utrecht, and was probably not more than two years of age when his parents came to this country. He was presumably married when in 1662 he sold his home, located "This side of Bethlehem " (less than two...

April 10, 1703In the name of God, Amen. Know all men by these presents that I, the undersigned, Mart Cornelise van Beuren, husbandman and inhabitant of the colony of Rensselaerswyck, in the county of Albany, hale and sound of body, having full possession of my mind, memory and speech, considering the frailty of life, desiring to dispose of my temporal effects, commend first of all my soul to the gracious hands of God, my Creator and Savior, and my mortal body to a Christian burial, annul and...