in the late 1780s or early 1790s saunier had married margaret ackerman from a prominent dutch-american maily in bergen and hudson county. they had two sons, michael (b.1794) and abraham (b.1797) and two daughters, angelick and margaret saunier made 5 land purchases to add to the garden. horticultural knowledge saunier had gained at the jardin des plantes and in america was willingly passed on to the locals. saunier died in 1818 aged 67 and after his death son michael took over the nursery business and farm continuing to purchase land for the estate, the land in 1841 consisting of about 137 acres. however, the estate did not last much beyond the death of michael in 1844 as it was split into small land holdings. today the site consist of the hoboken cemetery, warehouses, railroad and marshes along cromahill creek. nothing marks the spot of the jersey garden, although michaux's garden at charleston has a commemoration plaque. great-great grandchildren were alive when the account on which this article is based was written.