Excerpt from Some Jersey Dutch Genealogy: An Address at the Annual Meeting of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, March 5, 1906 You have noticed that the full maiden name of the mother is given in the above baptismal records. The Dutch girl never lost her name, never merged it in that of her husband. All through life she was known by her maiden name, as Marritje Van Rypen, wife of Dirck Van Houten. So it was in the church records; so it was in legal instru ments; so it was on her bedding; and when she went on to join her ancestors, it was thus inscribed on her tombstone. Moreover in the earlier davs she usually added to her bap tismal name her father's name, with the genitive affix, se, so that you will often find the woman's name, all through life, Marritje Dirckse Van Houten, meaning that she was Mary, daughter of Dirck Van Houten. How immensely helpful this is to the genealogist. I think it means, too. That these Jersey Dutch mothers felt a full sense of their dignity and importance, and believed they had at least an equal share in all the responsibilities of the family. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.