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Excerpt from Annals of Staten Island: From Its Discovery to the Present Time
Another difficulty, and one entirely insurmountable, is found in a custom which obtained among' the early Dutch, in an entire and unrecognizable change in the family name; thus, for instance, Hans Jansen may be described as Hans Jansen, van den berg, or John Johnson, from the hill or mountain, or Hans Jansen van de zant - that is, John J ohn son from the sands or sea-shore - and his descendants, or some of them, would adopt the name of Vandenburg or Vanzant', thus annihilating at once all trace of their descent from the Jansen family.
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