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The volume at hand--a reprint of Volume II of the printed records of Cambridge--is a transcription of the records of Cambridge town meetings and meetings of selectmen from the town's beginnings until 1703.
Barent Jacobsen Cool was born ca. 1610, probably in Amsterdam. He married Marretje Leenderts probably near Amsterdam. They lived for a time in New Amsterdam (New York). Descendants lived in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere. Some descendants changed surname to "Kool" and "Cole."
Teunis Jansen Lanen Van Pelt was baptized 5 May 1622 in Overpelt, Limburg, Belgium. His parents were Jan Lanen and Catharina Bakelmans. He married four times and had six known children. He emigrated with his third wife and six children in 1663. They settled in Brooklyn, New York. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Belgium, New York, New Jersey, Iowa and Wisconsin.
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A genealogy and history of the Covert family who are descendants of Teunis Jans Covert born about 1625 in Heemstede, Holland. He married Barbara Lucas. He died about 1692/8 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Teunis emigrated from Holland in 1651.
Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.
John McFarland (ca.1820-1891), of Scottish lineage, married Margaret Campbell and, as a widower, immigrated from Ireland to Philadelphia. His son, James, immigrated to join John in the 1860s. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Montana and elsewhere.