The Vanderburg roots have been traced back to FrancisVanderburg (AKA Frensus Funderburgh) who was born 1749 in Germany and raised in Amsterdam, Holland but eventually immigrated to the United States.  He was a blacksmith and may have been a ferrier for the British during the Revolution.  Francis reportedly was the first Vanderburg of record to live in the Cabarrus County, North Carolina area.  He died on January 03, 1815 and is buried in the St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery at Mt. Pleasant, NC.  This information and conjecture about Francis comes from his 3rd great grandson, John F. Vanderburg.