Marianne,
Let me know if I can be of help to you. Your Vreeland family is fully documented in history.
Our original "progenitor", Michiel Jansen Vreeland (various spellings used), was born in 1610 and immigrated to New Amsterdam (modern day New York) as a young man. He had many children, and there is no shortage of information on him. For a period of time, he even served in an advisory capacity to the director of the colony, Peter Stuyvesant, on the "Council of Nine Men".
I can give you some great suggestions on where to find more reading!
-Brent Michael Vreeland