tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post6856802620726576977..comments2023-10-26T09:58:01.275-04:00Comments on The Bowery Boys: New York City History: Know Your Mayors: Richard VarickThe Bowery Boys - Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973633888975286268noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-68995009132904960612014-08-02T11:13:35.267-04:002014-08-02T11:13:35.267-04:00both Col. Richard Varick and Bishop James Varick a...both Col. Richard Varick and Bishop James Varick are my second cousins 5x removed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-13703326555312009792012-02-24T17:17:20.636-05:002012-02-24T17:17:20.636-05:00That's very interesting and I would like to kn...That's very interesting and I would like to know more from you on this topic. My interest in Richard is through researching the Dey family. Richard's mother was Jane Dey, the sister of Col. Theunis Dey (Dey Mansion, NJ).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-8719544936189427702011-09-21T00:48:58.541-04:002011-09-21T00:48:58.541-04:00James Varick and Richard Varick, as well as his ol...James Varick and Richard Varick, as well as his older brother, Abraham Varick (my gggg-grandfather) were first cousins about the same age and surely knew each other well since they early attended the very same church in childhood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-16694047079588162952010-01-23T14:58:15.186-05:002010-01-23T14:58:15.186-05:00I've been researching the famous African-Ameri...I've been researching the famous African-American preacher, James Varick (born c. 1750) whose mother was a slave in the Varick family in Hackensack. His father was Richard Varick, born around 1728 and of Dutch origin. Perhaps James Varick was Mayor Richard Varick's cousin.<br /><br />Mayor Richard Varick's father was Jan (John)Varick. Jan Varick had a brother named Richard who may have been the father of James Varick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com