When Peter Vanderbelt was born on 16 March 1818, in Holland Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, his father, William Prall Vanderbelt, was 23 and his mother, Mary Mettler, was 17. He married Mary Cooley before 1842, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in New Jersey, United States in 1870 and Baptistown, Kingwood Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States in 1880. He died on 16 October 1895, in Kingwood Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Alexandria Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
On January 28, 1820, the New Jersey Legislature incorporated the City of Jersey from parts of the Bergen Township. The city would be reincorporated two more times (January 23, 1829 and February 22, 1838) before receiving its official name. Jersey City became part of the new Hudson County in February of 1840.
The 1844 revision of the New Jersey State Constitution made some significant changes. Suffrage rights were revoked from women and non-whites, meaning that only white men could vote. A separation of powers was established between executive, legislative, and judicial branches. A new bill of rights was provided, and the state now had the right to elect the governor.
Dutch (Van der Bilt): topographic name for someone living by a low hill, from bilt, a variant of bult ‘low hill’. De Bilt is the name of an area just northeast of Utrecht.
History: Cornelius van der Bilt came from the Netherlands to Long Island, NY, in the second half of the 17th century. His descendant Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877), financier and railroad and shipping magnate, was born on Staten Island, NY. He was the founder of a family of powerful financiers.
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