Descendants. That is what we leave behind right? Well, sometimes there are other things - artifacts, manuscripts, legacies or belongings that somehow make it into the present and tell stories of the lives of one's ancestors. Peter Quackenbosch was the founder of the Quakenbosch family in America; traveling to settle New Netherlands in 1654. He was a brickmaker in Rensselaerswijck living outside of the North Gate on Court Street (now Broadway Street), New York. ( Bibliography