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The information within these pages are recorded for the purpose of providing a direct link between the families of the VAN BLARICOM and the JASMIN family line which begins in America in 1634 in the New York/New Jersey area and who traveled across the United States and settled in the Nehalem Valley, in and around Vernonia, Oregon in 1873-74.

In researching our Van Blaricom name, several different spellings have been found related to the same family group: Blerkum; Blaricun, Blarcum, Blarcom, Blercum, Blarigan, Blaralam. The earliest known Church record that could be located of the surname use of Van Blaricom was the marriage record of Jan Lubbertson;s son, Johannes Janse in 1693. It was apparently not used again as a surname until 1706, at which time, it rapidly became the surname of all family members. Bergen NJ Church records show Johannes married Metje Jans, 6 November 1693.