Brief Life History of Maria
When Maria Probasco was born on 27 February 1720, in Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, her father, Jakob Probasco, was 37 and her mother, Anna Maria Van Leeuwen, was 33. She married Joris George Bergen on 10 September 1744, in Somerset, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 14 September 1770, in New Jersey, British Colonial America, at the age of 50, and was buried in Belle Mead, Hillsborough Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States.
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- Maritie Prolaseo, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
- Maria Probasco, "Find A Grave Index"
- Maritie Prolaseo in entry for George Bergen, "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985"
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1765
Historical Boundaries: 1765: Plainville, Somerset, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Plainville, Somerset, New Jersey, United States 1875: Belle Mead, Somerset, New Jersey, United States
Name Meaning
Altered form, apparently under Portuguese influence, of Polish Probacki, ultimately derived from the old personal name Probat (from Latin probatus ‘having been approved/tested’). The surname Probacki is very rare in Poland.
History: Juriaen Probasco came to New Netherland (now NY) in 1654, having previously lived in Dutch Brazil (Pernambuco). The files of the Amsterdam notary Hendrick Schaef for 17 June, 1654 record that Jurrien Probatski from Breslau (Polish name Wrocław) in Poland shipped to New Netherland as a midshipman on the West India Company's ship Peartree.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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