Andrew C. Zabriskie

Andrew Christian Zabriskie (May 30, 1853 – September 15, 1916) was an American heir and real estate investor. Early life Zabriskie was born in New York City on May 30, 1853. He was the son of Sarah Jane (née Titus) Zabriskie (1822–1892) and Christian Andrew Zabriskie (1806–1879), who was prominent in Episcopal church circles in Bergen County, New Jersey. His father never engaged in business, instead preferring the "quiet enjoyments of county life." His paternal grandparents were Mary (née Ryerson) Zabriskie, a direct descendant of Joris Jansen Rapelje, and Andrew Christian Zabriskie, who was born in Paramus at the ancestral homestead. Besides his father, his paternal uncles were Martin, John, and John Jacob Zabriskie, all descended from Albrycht Zaborowski, who left Ducal Prussia after the Thirty Years' War, and came to New Amsterdam on the Dutch ship De Vos ship in 1662. Through his paternal aunt, Matilda Mary (née Zabriskie) Greene, he was a first cousin of Alister Greene, who served as Zabriskie's best man at his 1895 wedding. Through his uncle Martin, he was also a first cousin of Eliot Zborowski, who married Margaret Astor Carey, a granddaughter of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. His maternal grandparents were Captain William M. Titus, who served in the War of 1812, and Maria (née Gardner) Titus. Zabriskie was educated in private schools and, later, graduated from the School of Mines at Columbia University.