Harmen Rutgers, son of Rutger Jacobsen Van Schoenderwoert, was probably born in Beverwyck soon after his father moved there; he was still living in 1720. He was a brewer, his brewery, which he sold in 1675 to Goosen Gerrittse Van Schaick and Pieter Lassingh, being on the east half of the present Exchange Block. In 1678, Richard Pretty, collector of the excise complained of him for defrauding the excise and selling beer to the Indians, but after considerable litigation the complaint was dismissed. He had two sons, Anthony, a baker, and Harmen, a brewer - both settled in New York City.

Hermanus Rutgers was a brewer - admitted freeman in New York, in 1696. He married Catharina Myer in New York, on December 25, 1706. He died August 9, 1753 "at an advanced age." Their children were: (baptized in New York) Harmen, May 2, 1708; Elsie, February 1, 1710; Hendrik, February 24, 1712; Catharina, February 21, 1714; Maria, April 11, 1716; Anthony, June 8, 1718; Eva, August 30, 1719.

Hendrik Rutgers was baptized on February 24, 1712 in New York. He married Catharine dePeyster and together they bore at least two children: Henry, 10/7/1745; and Catharina.

"Henry Rutgers, army officer - philanthropist, was born in New York City, October 7, 1745. He was the son of Hendrik and Catharine (dePeyster) Rutgers. He was a graduate of King's College (now Columbia), in 1776. Supported the Sons of Liberty; served as captain in the 1st Regiment, New York Militia, Battle of White Plains, 1776; resigned command of 1st regiment, 1795; a member of the New York Assembly, 1784, 1800; raised funds totaling $28,000 for construction of the 1st Great Wigwam of Tammany Hall, New York City, 1811; gave land for the 2nd free school established for the city's poor; president of the Free School Society, 1828-30; regent of the University of the State of New York, 1802-26; trustee of Princeton, 1804-17; trustee of Queen's College, 1816-21, also benefactor - name changed to Rutger College in his honor, 1825; president bd. corp. Dutch Reformed Church; gave land to Rutgers Street Presbyterian Church, opened 1798. Henry died on February 17, 1830."

Chartered at New Brunswick, N. J., as Queens College, 1766/Absorbed land-grant institution, 1864/ State University of New Jersey since 1945.

Rutgers was the eighth college to be founded in the Colonies. Chartered by George III in 1766 as Queens College, it opened its doors in 1771 at New Brunswick, New Jersey, its present main campus. During the Revolutionary War the two-man faculty and its handful of students changed quarters twice to elude British forays, but the college later returned to its first home. In 1825 the college was renamed in honor of Henry Rutgers, a local philanthropist who served on its Board of Trustees. In 1864 the Rutgers Scientific School, the land-grant institution of New Jersey, was placed under Rutgers' aegis. Rutgers was officially named a university in 1924, and in 1945 it became the State University of New Jersey. In the mid-1970s Rutgers (called Rutgers-The State University) had a total of some 23,000 students at Rutgers College and Douglass College (for women) in New Brunswick and at colleges in Newark, Camden and Piscataway.