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The Varick family : with many family portraits

"James Varick, the founder and first Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, occupies a peculiar place in the history of the Negro race in America"--p. 5. Like most of that race, his lineage included other races; the Dutch and the American Indian were part of his ancestry. James Varick (ca.1750-1829) was a son of Richard Varick (who had been born in Hackensack, New Jersey, and moved to New York). James was active in public education in New York, as well as religion. He married Aurelia Jones about 1798. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, New Jersey, New England and elsewhere.

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