References:

"July ye 19 day 1728
Recorded for ƒimon Vanname the Eare Mark for his Horsis, Cattle and ƒheep Is two half penis one the under ƒide of Each Eare Recorded Ad Mott Clk"

"Richmond County November the 25th Day Anno 1740 Aron Van Name’s Mark for his Horƒes, Cattle & Sheep &c is Two Half Penny’s or half Circles in the under part of Each Ear; This being the Ear Mark of the Cattle & Sheep &c belonging to his Father Simon Van Name, dec’d as appears by the record thereof above in this Pag. & is not recorded at the Requeƒt of the Sd Aron van Name for himself. Entered the Day & Year above Daniel Corƒen Clk"

Historical and Genealogical Miscellany; Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey. New York, 1903.

Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York : a Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. New York, N.Y. : Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910.

Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley. Vol. 1, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914.

Leng, Charles W.. Staten Island and its people : a history, 1609-1929. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1930-1933.