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The Family History Writing Contest provides the opportunity for researchers to share special family stories with fellow genealogists. The stories may be historically or ethnically important, humorous, or just plain interesting. Writing a family history story will preserve that precious memory and history for descendants.

There is no entry fee for the contest, and membership in Oklahoma Genealogical Society (OGS) is not required, although dues are only $20 per calendar year for individuals or $25 for family memberships at the same address. Meetings are held the first Monday of each month in the Oklahoma History Center across from the state Capitol, with a speaker on some area of interest to genealogists. For all who called and emailed to ask — we are okay here in OKC. The tornado that hit Piedmont and left such damage and killed 7 was close but lifted and went just northwest of us.

They said it was traveling at about 150 mph – I don’t know if that was true or not. The sirens kept going off all evening. We had planned to hide in a closet, but after seeing how those houses were swept off their foundations and flatened, we will go to Mercy hospital’s shelter tunnel next time.Send prayers for all those who were unable to dodge. Thank you for asking and for caring. I got the latest edition of the NEHGS magazine today. It is a major story is that the PA Gen.

Is now online! There are several articles that would interest our Dutch families.

If someone does not belong they can probably find copies in larger libraries. Also an interesting article is Focus on NY – Tracing the Origins of New Netherlanders in Continental Europe. It is a good article and they have a list of recommended websites and then a large list of recommended books, articles and periodicals. This issue of their magazine is one most of your people would be really interested in. Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor Tip of the Week!

To supplement pension and service records for a Civil War ancestor, research your ancestor’s regiment. Check regimental histories by veterans of the unit or by modern historians; contemporary newspapers; and manuscript diaries and letters. You’ll have a much better idea of what your ancestor went through during the war years. And, with luck, you might turn up new material on your ancestor as well. Norris, author of Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor (please visit the Family Chronicle online bookstore,, for more information on our Civil War books!

Sharing these beautiful photos and great story with all our Dutch Cousins. Red Hat Torrent. The email from Mary Sue made my day. So glad to have had even a small part in solving this family mystery. This concerns our 2009 Dutch cousins speaker, professional genealogist J. Fonkert, and his research on the Vanarsdall/Westerfield families who were in Lee Co., IA in the 1850’s. With the help of Barbara MacLeish of Minneapolis, Mary Sue Chatfield of Keokuk, IA and Linda Hayes of Montrose IA, the mystery of Elizabeth Falkner, w/o Cornelius Falkner has been solved.

Elizabeth is buried in Montrose in a graveyard behind the historical St. Barnabus Episcopal Church, as you will see in the pic of her tombstone, below. I have not received the news clipping yet. If you have a slow internet connection you may not want to download the pics. On 16 June 1636, when Wolphert Gerritsen van COUWENHOVEN and Andries HUDDEN bought the westernmost of the three tracts of flat, fertile land, Jacob VAN CORLAER or CURLER purchased the center one. His property included a neck of land which was given the name of Vriesens Hook. This later was part of Flatlands Neck.

Van COUWENHOVEN emigrated with his family from Amersfoort, Utrecht, in the Netherlands in 1630 as the sgperintendent of Kiliaen VAN RENSSELAER'S property of Rennsselaerswyck.. Later, he cultivated a farm on Manhattan Island, but he spent part of his time on his bouwery (or farm) of Achtervelt.

He died sometime after 1660. His son Gerret, who was born in 1610, married Altie, daughter of Cornelis Lambertse COOL, and made their home on his father's property where he died about 1645, leaving four young children: Willem, Jan, Neeltje and Marritje. Willem was born in 1636 and was married twice. His first wife was Altie BRINCKERHOFF, his second Jannetje MONTFOORT.

On 1 November 1709, he sold to his and Jannetje's son William all of his Flatlands property including part of Vriesens Hook which he had added to his original holdings. Son William, known as Willem Willemse (b.7 March 1686 ≠ d. 19 January 1769) married Annetje, daughter of Lucas Stevense VOORHEES, on 5 June 1709.

It was probably at that time that he built the house on Vriesens Hook in which they made their home. Their son Gerret (b.11 November 1726 - d.23 September 1777), who married Antje LEFFERTS on 7 May 1748, inherited the property and left the Vriesens Hook farm with its house to his son Peter who was known as Peter KOUWENHOVEN. Peter (b.25 September 1753 - d.27 May 1787) married Lammetie LOTT on 10 May 1777. After his death, Lammetie married John (Johannes), DITMARS, but, on the death of John, returned to her KOUWENHOVEN home, the property of her son Gerret KOUWENHOVEN (b.5 September 1778 - d.8 February 1854) who married Maria BERGEN on 15 December 1805 and who was Supervisor of Flatlands. Gerret's son Cornelius BERGEN KOUWENHOVEN, who was born on 6 March 1818, decided to have a home of his own when he married Mary Ann WILLIAMSON on 6 September 1838. The time for building houses like one's ancestors had passed.

A Flatlander's house must be modern, therefore classical in appearance. So, on the northern extremity of his father's Vriesens Hook farm, Cornelius erected a tall stately mansion with pillars two storeys high. He painted it yellow with white trimmings. He put the kitchen in the basement. The only Dutch custom he followed was to face his house to the south. Mary Ann was expecting her first baby so he had to hurry to finish it if the child was to be born in their own home.

They moved into the house in December 1839 and their little girl was born 13 January 1840. Other children followed in rapid succession until the birth of a namesake Cornelius BERGEN KOUWENHOVEN (b.2 July 1851 - d.20 February 1943).

Cornelius Jr. Married Anne J. WERNER and took her to live in his father's home which he later bought from his father's other heirs. Before the William KOUWENHOVEN house was demolished, its lovely old mantel was removed and put in the Cornelius KOUWENHOVEN'S dining-room.

Its heavy, bisected front door, precious heirlooms and valuable old papers found a resting place in the newer house. That house has seen many changes. Flatlands Neck Road, including KOUWENHOVEN Place on which it stood, was improved and its name changed to Kings Highway. The driveway to the house was incorporated in the new street and the house moved and turned to face the west.

Now it is the home of Miss Grace KOUWENHOVEN who is tenth in descent to live in the locality that Wolphert Gerritsen van COUWENHOVEN settled in 1636. See you in Harrodsburg, KY, Friday Sept 30 and Saturday Oct 1, 2011, for the FOURTH Dutch Cousins Gathering!

Plan to stay Thursday through Monday if you can. We will have a business meeting, election of new officers, and a speaker on Thursday evening Sept 29. Exhibits, excursion, dinner and speaker Friday evening.

We will be at the Extension center all day Saturday with catered meals (yum -remember how good they were last year) and on Sunday Oct 2 a brunch followed by worship at Old Mud and some sort of Veterans Memorial. For readers who are familiar with the excellent research by Alma Ray Sanders Ison, now deceased, the library received her collection. Four boxes and three bags of books should be available by now thanks to several volunteers. They list hundreds of family files, alphabetically, from her collection in their newsletter each issue. Down to the “Ls” in January. There are hundreds of research books also. To join and receive the NL send $20 annually to HHS, PO Box 316, Harrodsburg, KY 40330. Dues run from May to May.

It is well worth the money! The newsletter also lists a page of guardian bonds in each issue. The May June page included listings from 1807 to 1842. Names include Carr, Peers, Woodson, Roach, Chiles, Gatrs, Lillard, Hightower, Downing, Metcalf, Walker, Coghill, Curt, Thompson, Mosby, Everly, Ransdell, Cornwell, Hungate, Cozine, Bantaq, Vanarsdall, Voris, Demott, Crutchfield, Sevier, Adams, Curry, Demaree, Kirby, Brewer, Curry, Davenport, tadlock, dicken, batton, dickinson, lewis, williams, daugherty, driskill, plough, adkinson, fiklin, Long, Ficklin orphans, Bryant, Flournoy, keel, White, Hart, Pendleton, Fallis, Briscoe, Graves, Long, Freeman, Curry, Tucker, Godfrey, Bush, Godfrey, Logan, Dean. RAMBLES OF OLD BROOKLYN Photo of THE HOMESTEAD OF CAPTAIN CORNELIUS VANDERVEER WHO CAME NEAR BEING HANGED BY THE REDCOATS Captain Cornelius VANDERVEER and the burghers of Flatbush fought the British two days before the battle of Long Island, and were repulsed at an old lane where fortifications had been thrown-up.

Fortunately, this good Patriot had taken the precaution of sending his family over to Jersey. After the end of the skirmish with the British, attended by a slave, he returned to his home only to find it in the hands of the enemy, and later, still clad in his uniform, he ran into a Hessian sentinel. Preparations were made to hang him, and a rope was placed about his neck; when Captain MILLER, a British officer whom he had met before the war, interfered. Captain VANDERVEER was taken before Lord Cornwallis, who ordered him sent to New Utrecht. In a trial before Captain Cuyler, one of Lord Howe's aides, he was asked, 'Will you take a 'protection' and go back to your farm in Flatbush?' 'If you don't ask me to fight against my country,' answered Captain VANDERVEER. 'I will never do that.'

'That need not worry you,' responded the British officer. 'We have fitting men enough without you.

You may go to the rebels or to the devil, for all I care.' The order stating that Captain VANDERVEER was under Lord Cornwallis's protection was written, and directions were given that he be left undisturbed. The VANDERVEER homestead, standing, until late in 1911, on Flatbush Avenue between Clarendon Road and Avenue D, dated back to 1747, and possibly farther. Many aids were given there to the American cause.

The women of the VANDERVEER household made the suit of clothes which Captain LYMAN wore when he got beyond the British lines and joined the American army, and Captain VANDERVEER himself loaned Governor Clinton money, that New York might be enabled to carry on the war. In this house also was made the flag which was raised on the liberty pole in Flatbush when the British left Long Island.

————————————- Sent by Jo Ellen Villines Dear Carolyn, I am very excited to see the information provided by new cousin Judith Collard. I too, descend from Henry Comingore and Rachel Brewer. She is, quite literally to me, a new Dutch cousin!

—————————————————– Sent by Jim Cozine of Las Vegas (DC Board Member) Carolyn cc Janice Re the Reunion gap We only have 44 people ( including partners) signed up at 60 days away! This seems weak compared to past gatherings I would again suggest we consider a 3 year gap before the next gathering for the board to consider. We are having the same problem with our annual Navy Vets reunions – fewer and fewer folks are traveling due to age, health and wealth-expense issues Please consider this for the agenda. Jim C NOTE FROM CAROLYN – deadline for registration is August 1, less than 3 weeks away. —————————————————– Sent by Bill Hoag Carolyn; I enjoy reading your Dutch Cousins letters and emails. Hope to see you in Frankfort. Hoag, (By Terhune Connection) —————————————————– Sent by Jim Cozine of Las Vegas (DC Board Member) Carolyn Re Judith Collard’s request for information on the Comingore brothers – I can share with her the text of my tribute at the tombstone marker dedication as follows: John and TWIN brother Henry were born 16 Sept 1749 in Hanckensack, Bergen Co., NJ parents Rhyner Kamminga and Annette Aarjansen of Kings Co, Long Is, NY members of the Schraalenburgh RDC, in NJ In Aug 1776 a month before his 27th birthday John volunteered as a Private under Captain Hugh Campbell, York Co.

Asso., Simon Vanarsdall – Co. 1st Srgt of this company was Cornelius Cozine ( likely the Rev Cozine, as Cor Jr was only 23 yrs old) He marched to Philadelphia and then on to (S.) Amboy or Perth-Amboy NJ He was stationed there for a full 3 months, likely guarding the mouth of the Raritan River. This being a mear 15 miles or less from the former Cozine farm in Somerset Co. & the Sourland Dutch Harlingen tract. He returned home in December that year at the end of his enlistment. His brother took his place in the company.

John was drafted in Sept 1777 for three months under Major Simon Vanarsdall’s battalion, Penn. 7/28/2011 Thanks Carolyn. I am glad to see the Riker family was mentioned! Also glad to see Felicia’s message about visit [to the Holland window at St Marks] –hope it works.

I am in a remote area of Montana and hope you get this message! Mary Park, Maryland ——— Note from Carolyn: Family Affair is catering for our Dutch Cousins Gathering again on Fri night, Saturday coffee, lunch and dinner. Remember that wonderful food last time?

Also 19th Hole will be serving Brunch for us on Sunday morning – yum! Jon and I also always go to Clouds and Cousins restaurants sometime while at Harrodsburg because at both places the food was good and reasonable and service fast. I heard Clouds and Cousins had both closed and was concerned where we would eat this year — but here is the good news:Cloud’s was closed by court order for delinquent sales tax owed to KY Department of Revenue. Cousin’s closed following the owner’s death. Yes, we still have several sit-down restaurants besides fast foodthey appear on our website: Karen P. Hackett, Executive Director Harrodsburg/Mercer County Tourist Commission PO Box 283, 488 Price Avenue Harrodsburg, Kentucky 40330 800-355-9192 or 859-734-2364 While on that web site, check out the other good information about the area. Feel free to call Karen or her assistant Carolyn, because they are always very helpful and kind to the Dutch Cousins.

———————- Carolyn, I’ll lend my two covered wagons, two wooden cabins, sailing ship to use as decorations, Oh and a Windmill [for table decorations]. Cynthia VannAusdall, E-town, KY ——————————————- Hi Carolyn We just returned Sunday evening from a visit to both of the Low Dutch Cemeteries in the Conewago. While there we got photos of a number of headstones that remain readable. The list includes the markers of: George Brinkerhoff Mary Consort Francis Cossart (My 5th Great Grandfather) Sarah Coshun Caty Cownover John Cownover David Demaree William Houghtelin Sophia Ester Lahsells Sarah Montfort Margaret Montfort Catherine Osborn Mary Robison David Vanderbilt Sallie Vanorsdal I also got a photo of the stone house built by Francis Cossart on the Low Dutch Road. It is still in apparently great shape. If any of our cousins would like any one of these photos I’d be happy to share.

Regards, Cousin Bob Wheatley Thanks cousin Bob, I have photos of all the headstones also, but you forgot Rev. Cornelius Cozine. He has a marker there, but it is a replacement. There is a funny and mysterious story about a headstone for Antje Cozine (his wife) but I will let Mr. Weaner tell the group that story when we are there.

Here is a hotlink to my photos from our visit there in 2007: Carolyn —————————— he following article is from Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2011 by Richard W. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available. Bergen County, New Jersey, History Collection Seeks New Home Robert Griffin is an avid history buff and genealogist. However, he has a problem: not enough space. The former president of the Bergen County Historical Society and retired professional genealogist compiled an extensive collection of rare atlases, maps, and other ephemera related to New York, New Jersey and Bergen County history.

Like many retired people, however, Griffin and his wife are looking to downsize. After moving from Englewood to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, he no longer has enough space to keep the massive collection as he would like. “The collection requires approximately 116 linear feet of shelf space for books and periodicals, plus atlasses, art and ephemera,” explained Griffin.

Griffin feels it is very important to him to find a new place for his collection “before it disintegrates any futher,” he said. You can read more in an article by Jacquelyn Pillsbury in the GlenRockPatch.com web site. Do you have comments, questions, or corrections to this article? If so, please post your words at ——————— Greetings Dutch Cousins I thought you might find THIS of interest “Brooklyn College Excavation of New Utrecht Reformed Church” Barb Terhune ———————- Carolyn, A recently published book touches tangentially on the Demaree, Westerfeldt, Banta and Vansandt families of New Amsterdam. The book is: Patricia Law Hatcher, Belange, Cresson, Delplaine, Diament & Smith: Seventeenth Century Immigrants to New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey (Boston: Newbury Street Press, 2011, for New England Historic Genealogical Society). I am writing a review that will appear in a national genealogy journal this fall.

The book consists of a series of five numbered genealogies of immigrant families. Some Dutch Cousins may find portions of this book useful. Jay Fonkert, CG Saint Paul, MN 7/30/2011 Saw this book [Ghosthunting Kentucky by Patti Starr] in Borders today. Has a chapter on Old Mud. I didn’t buy it – but thought it fascinating.

Tamara Fulkerson NOTE: Has anyone on the list read the book? If so, could you tell us about the chapter on Old Mud? Is it accurate? ————– Great photos of the Low Dutch Cemetery of Conewago, Carolyn.

Thanks for the link. I by no means got photos of all of the readable stones while we were there. I meant to look for Reverend Cozine’s grave, but it was blazing hot and oppressively humid that day, literally heat stroke weather, and we did not stay as long as we otherwise might have.

My wife, handicapped stepson and my daughter-in-law patiently waited seated on the stone wall in the shade, while my son and I hurried around the cemetery, snapping photos. I see from your photo taken in 2007 the beautiful slate stone of David Demaree was still erect when you were there. It has since been toppled and now lies subsiding into the soil, soon to be swallowed up by Mother Earth. The slate stone of Mary Consort, similar in style to David Demaree’s, was badly broken, and we pieced it together to get a photo.

The poignantly beautiful epitaph reads, “Stop traveler as you pass. As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you must be. Prepare for death and follow me.” The large Vanorsdal monument was still lying toppled, as it was in your photo taken in 2007. What a shame some get their thrills doing such things – defacing and destroying the irreplaceable and dishonoring those who have paved the way for us. Regards, Cousin Bob Wheatley ———————– Carolyn, The pictures on your site are very good.

There is another low Dutch cemetery about two miles away. It also has old stones and some field stones with a few letters on them. It appears that most buried there did not have any head stones or they disappeared. I have been to both of the cemeteries about 2 to three times. The log cabin is supposed to be where Hendrick Banta 3rd lived. I never have gotten inside.

It is talked about in Elsa Banta’s book on the Banta Pioneers. I also have a painting of the cabin. I got it from the man who kept the cemetery. Do not know if he is still doing it or not. It hangs in my dining room.

My husband made the frame for it. At one time a Mr. Russ Osborn owned the cabin.

He was well to do. When he died. A relative ransacked the cabin looking for money. She even tore down the chimney. I have pictures to prove it and the porch was enclosed. It has been cleaned up a lot according to the pictures.

There used to be a refrigerator sitting on the porch. Enclosing picture of the painting. If you are interested in seeing other pictures of the old cabin let me know. Glee Krapf —————————— Glee and others: It is Russ Osborn’s grandson who now owns the cabin and is going to let us in. I love the painting Glee and am trying to figure out how to show it on the email.

So many of our readers have slow internet connections and can’t handle attachments. That is an amazing story about the relative ransacking the cabin. Weaner thought it was a robbery — and I guess it was in a way — but a RELATIVE! Well we can choose our friends. Osborn was still alive when that happened. He said they took the layout of the cemetery and it has never been found again. Glee, do you know who did the painting?

Is it signed? Yes if you have old photos of the Cabin we would love to see them so we can compare when we see it in person in October! Carolyn ——————– Received this sad news today from David Sengel. Remember the sweet 101 year old “cousin” who accepted the Veteran’s memorial flag for her ancestor, Samuel Britton? Cordia Jones of Lexington was still volunteering one day a week at the hospital and playing bridge every Friday. She gave credit for her good health and long life to her good Dutch genes. Dear Family, I just received word from Kirsten Kissel that our beloved Cordia Jones passed away yesterday (Friday) evening at her home in Lexington.

Her health had been deteriorating over the last six weeks and a few days ago she suffered a stroke. As of this morning no arrangements have been made yet, but Milward Funeral Home downtown (159 N. Broadway) will be handling those arrangements when they are made. Phone no.: 859 252-3411 Web Site: Please remember her daughters Brenda and Marilyn in your prayers, along with all of the Grandchildren and Gr Grandchildren. We are greatly saddened but take heart in knowing that she lived a full life — had just celebrated her 102nd birthday in May — and enjoyed good health until just recently. We will miss her love of family and of history, and great sense of humor. Because of Cordia our ancestors are more than just distant memories, or names and dates on scraps of paper, or images on faded photographs.

She made them come alive, and for that we are forever grateful. 7/31/2011 Carolyn, I can’t recall seeing the book mentioned, but there has long been a silly, obviously made-up, story you can find on the Internet. Just Google”Haunt in Old Mud Meeting House” and there will be two or three links to this “An Old abandoned Dutch Church with Iron Doors. If you place your hands on the doors, they will feel hotlike the “Gates of Hell”.

Put your ear on the door and hear a church sermon taking place.” There never were any iron doors on Old Mud. Carolyn- I dropped my check in the mail yesterday; I plan to attend on Fri. I am researching Jacob Smock (1744-after1812), child baptized Conewago, lived Berkeley, in RW, intend friend, in KY ca 1784, to Indiana.

I would appreciate any help that I can get. Regards, Lynn Rogers ——————— On Jul 26, 2011, at 3:10 PM, Bob wrote: This is an interesting article, Carolyn, [about samuel westervelt}. Thank you for sharing. I noted in his write-up Mr. Belcher states, “An expedition was undertaken in March 1779 to determine suitability for settlement at the Kentucky frontier.

Samuel Duree Sr. Was chosen for the Berkeley community to undertake exploration into Kentucky.18 No citation identifies an individual from Conewago.” However, I have found evidence to the contrary. In a court deposition given in 1809 by Boonesborough hunter, Ambrose Coffee, he declares Peter Cossart, the son of Francis Cossart (of the Conewago Colony) was indeed with Samuel Duree and his sons when they first explored the Muddy Creek watershed in 1779. The following is excerpted from my book, “The Cossart Chronicles.” In 1809, Ambrose Coffee, an early resident hunter of Boonesborough, gave his deposition in a dispute between Elder Hendrick Banta’s son, Abraham Banta, and another claimant with respect to a tract of 2040 acres on Muddy Creek. A portion of the tract appears to have included the land Peter Cossart had claimed in his 1780 Treasury Warrant. “Deban’s Run” mentioned in the deposition empties into Muddy Creek.

Coffee’s sworn testimony was made before Commissioners John Barnett, John Crooke, Joseph Barnett and Samuel Gilbert. [Source: History and genealogies of the families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh, and Brown, by Wm. Miller, 1907.] “I first became acquainted with this Muddy Creek that we are now at in the year 1777 and with Deban’s Run in March, 1779. Duree [Samuel Duryea], Peter Duree, Henry Duree, Peter Cossart came out in company with myself from Boonesborough. We came up the East Fork of Otter Creek to where the trace forked. Duree, says he, there is Deban’s Run, and says he, I gave it its name. His two sons, Peter Cossart that was with him, and myself, the other three said the same, and said they called it Deban’s Run.

In the spring of 1781, deponent and John Banta and Albert Bones came out a hunting from Boonesborough to Banta’s cabins and killed some buffalos and returned to Boonesborough. These people, Durees and Cossart, were not all killed by the Indians in the year 1780, but I think Peter Duree and John Bullock and John Bullock’s wife – a daughter of old man Duree – were killed in the year 1782, as well as I remember; but I kept no memorandum of it.” By Coffee’s eyewitness testimony above, Peter Cossart accompanied Sam Duryea in 1779 when he first explored the Muddy Creek watershed, returning with Duryea to Conewago to bring his family back to Kentucky in the spring of 1780. Also by Coffee’s account, the Banta and Duryea cabins were indeed established there on Muddy Creek and its tributary, Deban’s Run, early in the year 1781. Coffee also remembered well the Indian attack that took place at the Duryea cabin, which I have already described in the preceding chapter. He correctly named the individuals killed there but may have been incorrect about the year, of which he admits he is unsure. Later in the deposition, speaking again of Muddy Creek, Coffee confirms as I stated in the previous chapter, no fields had been cleared there by the Low Dutch in time for the 1781 planting.

This is a significant detail, as granting of deeds to early Kentucky land claims, even those deemed “legal” was conditional upon successfully raising a crop on the claim, or “improvement.” His deposition continues “Old Mr. Duree, I don’t know when he died, but Henry Duree and Daniel Duree were killed at the White Oak Spring in an early period. Cassart was killed at Boonesborough on an early date I knew no fields in 1781. I knowed Banta’s Improvement. It was up here above the mouth of Deban’s Run on the bank of Muddy Creek and the Improvement where Peter Duree, John Bullock and John Bullock’s wife were killed, on the branches of Muddy Creek.” [The lawsuit dragged on for years after this deposition.] Mr. Belcher also mentions instances where one person’s name might be spelled in several different ways within the same document. Note that Peter Cossart’s name was spelled Cossart and Cassart within the same deposition, by the same person, taken on the same day.

Regards, Cousin Bob Wheatley —————————- We all need to get this song memorized before going to Harrodsburg in September. Words and music by Stephen C. Foster: The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home ‘Tis summer, the people are gay (happy) The corn top’s ripe and the meadow’s in the bloom, While the birds make music all the day; The young folks roll on the little cabin floor.

All merry, all happy, and bright. By-n-by hard times comes a-knocking at the door, Then my old Kentucky home, good night! Chorus Weep no more my lady, O weep no more today!’We will sing one song For the Old Kentucky Home for the Old Kentucky Home, far away. 8/4/2011 SEE YOU IN KENTUCKY NEXT MONTH! SIGN UP NOW won’t be another one before 2013! AND HERE: HERE’S the photo album from the 2009 gathering: ——————– Can’t help but make comment on the song by Stephen Foster. The “Old Kentucky Home” referred to belonged to a Judge Rowan, and – my paternal grandmother was a Rowan, supposedly related.

I was there once many years ago and would like to go back someday. Take care, Mary Sue Chatfield —————————– LOLeven native Kentuckians only seem to know the verseweep no more my lady, weep no more for methens its ta da da da da da da da da da da.something something my old Kentucky Home.lol. Barbara “barb” whiteside ————————— There is quite an article, “Aaccount of the Massacre in the Draper collection” about the Westervelt massacre,, in the bluegrass Roots, Summer 2011.,, vol. 38 #2, you pass the info along. Wanza Merrifield ——————— Carolyn, Sorry, I haven’t got back with you before now. I/we have been up to our eyeballs in sweet corn.

Most of last week we worked on corn until I’m so tired of corn I don’t care if I ever see another ear of corn. I only glanced slightly at what you sent the other day on Peter Luyster’s bio. I”m sure it will be fine to add to the book on our patriots. I did try to find what I may have said at the reunion several years ago but alas I couldn’t find it so.I did receive the flag and was the sponsor. The trip out east sounds so great and wish so much that I was going but it’s not to be this time. I also will miss the reunion. The reunion has always been the highlight of my life every two years.

It is so HOT! Linda Hayes ———————– We have the same singers for the service we had two years ago. I have not heard from John, but I do want to use hime and Bro. JThey are excited about having the opportunity to serve at the Old Mud. I hope the musem will let us use the communion cup for the service. If we get hold of our musicans we can have a great time.

Ijust know it will be the best time for all. Pastor, Claude Westerfield ——————————– Albert Cossart was the youngest son of Peter Cossart and Mary Duryea. There has been some disagreement among researchers as to when Albert was born. Was he born in Conewago, or was he born in Kentucky shortly after the family migrated there with the Duryea party in Spring of 1780? The date of birth of Albert Cossart/Cossairt is a matter of debate. Markings on his headstone indicate a birth date of July 16, 1778. Although it is as they say, “chisled in stone”, I have always strongly contested that date, since Dutch Reform Church records of Conewago, Pennsylvania indicate his brothers, twins Henry and David, were baptized 12 April, 1778.

At that time in that community, baptisms normally would have taken place within a few weeks of a child’s birth. Barring something miraculous, it is physically impossible their mother, Maria Duryie/Duryee/Duryea Cossart could have given birth to another child so soon after the twins. Furthermore, Albert is not mentioned in the Conewago Dutch Reformed Church baptismal record of children born to Peter and Mary Cossart.

Cassart Hans [Francis] Samuel 5-31-1772 Jacob Peter 1-14-1776 Hendrick (twins) 4-12-1778 David (twins) 4-12-1778 For more info on this family, contact Bob Wheatley. ——————————– EXPERIENCE THE 18TH CENTURY The Long Run Massacre & Floyd’s Defeat Re-enactment Is Coming!!! Saturday, Sept. 10 (10-5) and Sunday, Sept. 11 (10-4) When the inhabitants of Squire Boone’s Painted Stone Station left for a 20-mile journey on a hot Sept. Morning in 1781, they thought they were traveling to a place where they would be safe.

What they encountered along the way changed their future and Shelby County’s history forever. Their saga has been recorded and pieced together to bring The Long Run Massacre & Floyd’s Defeatto life. The Painted Stone Settlers, a group of living history interpreters based in Shelby County, KY, are devoted to one thing – preserving the history and stories of Kentucky.

They host a re-enactment of the 1781 evacuation of Painted Stone Station. The weekend will be filled with many 18thcentury activities: a live outdoor drama at 2 pm both days, various demonstrations of heritage skills such as fire starting, spinning, firearms, blacksmithing, and an entire campsite showcasing the lifestyle of settlers and Native Americans who lived along the Kentucky frontier in 1781. Saturday’s lineup includes Kentucky authors of all historical periods such as Lynwood Montell (Tales from Kentucky Funeral Homes), Susan B. Dyer (Lincoln’s Advocate), local historian Gen. Ronald Van Stockum (Squire Boone and Nicholas Meriwether: Kentucky Pioneers), Fred Gross (Child of the Holocaust), Ron Elliott (Inside the Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire), and Kentucky’s favorite storyteller, Byron Crawford (Kentucky Footnotes).

A special guest for the day will be Vince Akers, the official historian of the Long Run Massacre. Akers, who lives near Bargersville, Indiana, has spent years painstakingly tracing the paths of the Painted Stone Settlers, which included his own ancestors who were part of the Low Dutch Colony of Shelby and Henry Counties in Kentucky. Akers will speak on The Long Run Massacre at 12 p.m. On Saturday only. Special entertainment throughout the weekend includes: an 18th century Dr.

(Albert Roberts), Margaret Watterman who will give a presentation on 18th century women’s clothing, Mad Ann Bailey (Suzanne Larner Dennis), the main re-enactment of the Long Run story at 2 p.m. Both days with a special Prisoner’s Exchange to follow, cannon demonstrations and period music by Jon Hagee.

On Sunday, a special tribute to the heroes and survivors of 9-11 will be provided by members of the SAR Isaac Shelby Chapter. The Painted Stone Settlers provide a School Day Program on Friday, Sept. 9 from 9-1 p.m. For area school groups. They also provide a time on Sat.

Morning (9-10:30 a.m.) for any Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops interested in visiting stations depicting the various heritage skills that are demonstrated on School Day. A modern food vendor will be on site. Bleachers are provided, but visitors may wish to bring chairs for the main re-enactment.

We are still looking for re-enactors, sutlers, authors and historical organizations to participate. To learn more please visit or contact the following: Kathy Cummings, President Painted Stone Settlers, Inc. (502) 228-3746 kathy.cummings@graphicenterprises.net Helen McKinney, Scribe Painted Stone Settlers, Inc. (502) 487-0379 hlnmck@aol.com ————————- More Cozart, Cossart – from Bob Wheatley In his 1898 Louisville Courier Journal article, Judge William Chenault refers to the widows mentioned in historical records of Boonesborough. The first of a handful of names listed by him as being most frequently mentioned in those records is the name of Mrs. Peter Cosshort.

She of course, was the widow Mary Duree Cossart, my 4th great grandmother whose husband, Peter, was killed about July 1781 outside the stockade while gathering blackberries for his family. I still am uncertain exactly which specific Boonesborough records to which Chenault refers, but if you have a clue, I’d be most grateful to have that information.

I once corresponded with a genealogist at the University of Kentucky about the question, but she was unable to help me. Regarding the Francis Cossart purchase in the Low Dutch Tract, the details you found and passed along are interesting, but as you say, we still cannot definitively answer which Francis Cossart made the purchase. I do know Francis the Elder never migrated to Kentucky, so if he made the purchase, he did so from Pennsylvania as an “intended friend.” Francis the Elder died about 1795 in his home, “Cossart’s Dream”, which still remains in good condition. It is located on the Low Dutch Road, a short drive south of the southern Low Dutch Cemetery. According to his granddaughter, artist Mary Cassat, he had become so obese he was unable to get up the stairs from his downstairs bedroom, and he spent the last several years of his life there. Given that fact, he probably was unfit to make such a migration to Kentucky anyway.

Francis Cossart, the eldest son of Mary Duree and Peter Cossart was the apple of Francis the Elder’s eye, and he apparently remained behind in Conewago when the family made the trip to Kentucky in 1780. However, he may have gone there later and made the purchase in the Low Dutch Tract. All things considered, it probably was the younger Francis who purchased lot #18. ——— 8/11/2011 One way to get information out on the Internet about your family research is to post a query on a message board. Genealogy message boards allow you to post a query for a surname, locality or research topic. Some boards to consider include,, and.

Probably the most important rule is to make your query subject line specific. A subject line that says “Need Help” will not get as much attention as one that says “Researching John Jacob Smith, Wilkes County, NC” By Gena Philibert Ortega, Internet Genealogy author ————————– From Jim Cozine: The New World volume 7 July to December -New York July 15 1843 Original Sketches of the Olden Time Reminiscences of an old Federalist P.

38 (THIS WOULD BE JUDGE John Balm Cozine born 1749 During this visit to Albany, I had the good fortune to hear several eminent counsel—both at the bar ol the Supreme Court, and in the Court of Errors—whom, from their residence in other parts of the State,I had never heard in New-Yotk. Among the first of these wast Josiah Ogden Hoffman, the Attorney General, the best nisi pruis lawyer, without exception, in tne State, as was universally acknowledged by his brethren, and afterwards, in many respects, one of the beat of our Judges. But Abraham Van Vechten, 1 must confess, appeared to me superior. He was a sort of Elzivir edition of John COZINE: like him, he was a DUTCHMAN.. The manner of Mr. COZINE afforded a fair contrast to that of the Recorder.

He was plain, hearty, manly, and energetic He was a good case lawyer, and his blunt, honest manner gave him great weight with a jury. Brockholst Livingston was less of a lawyer than an orator. His manners were pleasing, and his mind cultivated; but he was fastidious, and wanted self-confidence: he was apt to be wavering and uncertain in his opinions—faults, which his subsequent elevation to the bench rendered more conspicuous. Colonel Troup, like Hamilton and Burr, had served in the army, and brought with him to the bar, some of the habits which he had acquired in the camp.

He was fat, lazy, good-natured, and sensible. Pendleton was laborious, persevering, and successful among competitors, who had the advantage of being well-established in practice before he removed to New York.* ———– From Sherron Westerfield; The lyrics, as originally composed by Foster, are. Verse 1 The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home, ‘Tis summer, the darkies are gay; The corn-top’s ripe and the meadow’s in the bloom, While the birds make music all the day. The young folks roll on the little cabin floor, All merry, all happy and bright; By ‘n’ by Hard Times comes a-knocking at the door, Then my old Kentucky home, goodnight. Chorus Weep no more my lady Oh! Weep no more today! We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home, For the Old Kentucky Home far away.Verse 2 They hunt no more for the possum and the coon, On meadow, the hill and the shore, They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon, On the bench by the old cabin door.

The day goes by like a shadow o’er the heart, With sorrow, where all was delight, The time has come when the people have to part, Then my old Kentucky home, goodnight. Chorus Verse 3 The head must bow and the back will have to bend, Wherever the people may go; A few more days, and the trouble all will end, In the field where the sugar-canes grow; A few more days for to tote the weary load, No matter, ’twill never be light; A few more days till we totter on the road, Then my old Kentucky home, goodnight. IF you are still considering the trip to Dutch New York, please speak up now. Our Brooklyn guide is ready to reserve our tickets. We have plenty of room on the bus, but some of the places where we are going require a big deposit, and some will NOT allow us to add any one else once we give them the number. Matthews expects that to be a busy weekend when we are there because of the Columbus day holiday so we need to do this now.

Just FYI if you are one of those waiting till the last minute — this is the last minute! I wrote a little article with some Low Dutch connections for the The New Montrose (IA) Journal this spring (New Montrose Journal, 7:4 (June 2011). It was reprinted in the Daily Gate City (19 June 2011, p. Well, I guess it was the other way around — looks like it was in the newspaper before it appeared in Montrose. Anyway, I’m attaching a scan of the first part of the article.

Since the newspaper article made for difficult copying or scanning, I’m also sending along a pdf of the entire article. Please feel free to share parts of it with your readers (of course, with proper attribution to the newspapers and me). Hi Carolyn, Just wanted to say that your trip is sounding fabulous.

I’m sure you all will love it. Any chance you will provide an itinerary with addresses or GPS coordinates so that anyone not able to attend might find it on their own someday?

For instance, geographically, I really don’t know where Conewago is! Also, if you could forward to Lynn Rogers my name, I would be interested in sharing Jacob Smock information, along with anyone else who has responded. Not sure how you coordinate all this! Thanks so much, Beth Higgins. NOTE: Conewago Colony (all that remains are the two cemeteries and the 1700s Banta house) is about 10 -20 miles east and a little north of Gettysburg, in the Conewago River valley. Some say the house was built 1740, some say 1770, so I just call it 1700s.

I have never been to the second cemetery before. I don’t know if anyone going will want to bother with GPS or not – such a busy schedule, so much to see, hear, touch, feel, learn and do in such a short time.

Why don’t you come go with us and do it? You will never get a better opportunity! I have received extensive Smock data from David Smock. I corresponded with Alan Tuttle decades ago, have not been actively searching lately. I am researching Jacob Smock (1744 Raritan Somerset Co NJ -after1812 IN), m 1773 Conewago Tryntie/Catherine Demaree, a child baptized Conewago, lived Berkeley, in RW, intend friend, in KY ca 1784, ca 1806 to Indiana, d aft 1812. I plan to be at Harrodsburg only Friday. Last Thursday Aug 11, I stood at the site of Big Spring/Smockville in Jefferson County IN, the first post office in that county.

I also copied histories of Madison and Hanover Presbyterian Churches, and visited the sites of the two Hanover Pres Cem’s. Thanks, Lynn Mr Lynn Rogers. Regarding Pella Iowa, I am from Iowa and have been there and really there is not much Dutch there.

I know other than the bakery, I was very dissappointed in the area. Of course those Dutch were a totally different group no relationship to ours.

Perhaps you chose it because they were having a festival or something, but it was really not worth the trip. I imagine the tulip festival is wonderful actually. Tonight the Antiques Road Show did a piece on the museum in Holland Michigan, which looks fabulous. I am looking for the burial location of Ahasnerus Vanarsdel/Vanarsdale, b. 1811 Mercer Co. Or Shelby Co KY, died 1871 Fisherville, Jefferson Co.

KY, son of Cornelius Lucas Vanarsdale, who died 1842 and his wife Polly Burton and brother of Lucas, Ambrose Jefferson and William D. Vanarsdel of Louisiana. Ahasnerus was married twice, (1) Eliza Jones 22 Oct. Martha Miller 28 Mar. Martha died after 1880. Information on members of these families is appreciated, Thanks Judy Cassidy. From Dutch cousin Lilly Martin of Syria: In 1642, Abraham Staats arrived in the Dutch colony of New Netherland to serve as a surgeon on patroon Kiliaen van Rensselaer’s vast estate, Rensselaerswijck, now part of Albany and Rensselaer counties.

Over the course of his life, Staats became a magistrate of the court, a captain of the burgher guard, the owner of a sloop that made regular trips to New Amsterdam (New York City), and an Indian language translator. Something of an oddity in rough-and-tumble New Netherland, he remained a very respectable man and was, for that reason, regularly called on to mediate disputes between his less respectable and more litigious neighbors.(Lilly picked this up from the NYHIST listserve. We will be visiting some historical sites connected with this STAATS family in Brooklyn). Hello Carolyn: I believe the church featured in your article (emailed 8/24/2011) is the one that supposedly has the “Demeree Heartstone” still in it.

I have read this several times, and not sure this is the right church, but I do think it is. At any rate, do you have any idea what a heartstone is? If you are visiting this church on your tour, would you please pursue this if you think of it? I would love to know what this means and to have a photo of this heartstone whatever it is.

Thanks, Kerin Smith. (From Wikipedia) First Dutch Reformed Church, also known as the “Old Church on the Green” is located in,,, where it sits in the churchyard of the church by the same name, the current building being constructed in 1791. The east wall of the building is of particular interest because it incorporates several carved stones from the first church building erected on the site. These stones bear the monogram of several of the founding families. The Congregation was founded by Dutch Settlers in 1686. For the first ten years the congregation worshipped in various locations, and in 1696 the first building was built on the current site.

In 1780 Colonial General Enoch Poor was buried in the Cemetery. George Washington and the attended the funeral. The church is the oldest church in. The church is adjacent to the Hackensack Green, which was originally church land and is one of the oldest public squares in New Jersey. I think Jim Streeter sent me these photos – but we will be taking our own pictures there soon!

The “Church on the Green” as it looks today. Erected in 1696. Found on east wall of the “Church on the Green”. This stone came from the original French Church in Hackensack and was placed in the wall of this one.

Very interesting history According to “The Demarest Family,” Demarest Family Association, 1964: “David with his parents was forced to flee from France because of their Protestant religion. They moved, in 1642, to Middleburg, on the island of Walcheren off the west coast of Holland, where they joined a colony of Belgian and French refugees.” “on 1 May 1678 the entire family removed to their new home on the Hackensack, then called the Herring River. Was in his 58th year; his eldest son Jean had just reached the age of 33 and had been married ten years to Jacomina deRuine, daughter of one of the earliest settlers in Harlem, and had four children. David Jr., aged 28 years, had not been married for three years to Rachel Cresson, and had one child living. Samuel, not yet 22 years old, was unmarried, but he returned to Harlem in a few months and took back with him Marie, the 16 year old half-sister of Jacomina deRuine, whom he married in the Bergen Church (Jersey City). Although Marie Sohier was living when the family left New York, she survived only a short time and is said to have died of small pox.

She at the time was a member of the Reformed Church at Bergen. She probably was the first person buried in what came to be known as the French Burying Ground. As you may expect, I have long since bookmarked the map. This is one of the rewards of electing a computer nerd as Mayor. He has essentially brought together all the information on each of the city’s hundreds of thousands of properties: size, use, zoning, ownership, tax assessment, type of construction, history of violations, etc., etc., etc. Plus, of course, the aerial photos which were taken at various times for various (often undocumented) reasons. There is another remarkable collection of images, the so-called “tax photos.” At some point beginning in the 1930s, the City sent teams of photographers whose names remain a mystery to record an image of each and every tax lot in all five boroughs.

The negatives are stored in the municipal archives and are not likely to be digitized, since the files are of no particular use to the city government today. Neverhteless, they can be purchased from the Archives at this address. Regarding “buying” land from the Indians, some tracts had to be “bought” as many as three times, since, as noted, the Indians’ concept of the transaction was quite different than that of the Dutch. As for the trinkets used to buy the land, these items where great novelties and very valuable to the Indians, and they evidently considered the exchange a fair one.

The Dutch were always careful to purchase land from the Indians, not just take it without compensation, and to record the transaction legally, complete with “signatures” and seals. As for “zeewant” (wampum or sewant), it was widly used in New Neterland in lieu of currency, as were beaver and other animal belts and grain, since gold and silver coins were in very short supply. David Smock, Florida =============== If every thing works out we will see Lubbert Westervelts marker in Hackensack. Richard Westerfield said he would take us to it Claude Westerfield, Farragut, IA —————————— From our Dutch Cousins Treasurer Diana Davis – today – she lives near Raleigh NC and the earthquake shook her desk while we were talking, now she is headed to Norfolk (eye of the hurricane?) to be with her daughter and grandy through the storm. Cl I will be leaving NC to go to VA a day early, leaving tomorrow. With the hurricane plowing down on us and the Navy moving ships, I will be staying with Heather and Mollie so they will not be there by themselves. I will give you updates as long as we have power. You are just going to have to give me time to get this hurrican business behind me then I will get you more stuff.

I will take all my stuff for DC with me so I will be able to do some business up there, as long as we have power. We went for 3 1/2 days without power when Isabel hit a few years ago, so I am taking Irene seriously. Wish us good fortune and will talk to you when I can.

Diana Davis, NC & VA —————————- Read with interest about the Demarest church in Hackensack though I had seen the info a long time agoits always good to refresh the memory. I descend from David and Marie Sohier Demarest at least a bazillion timesfrom two of their sons whose grandchildren married back and forth so much I ended up being a 9th cousinnear as I can figure it.to my own dad!!!!!

Pres Obama is reportedly a Demarest descendant as well. Barb whiteside, Clarksville, IN —————–I will research it after we get past the Hurricane coming Keith Durie, Hillsdale, NJ ————————– Hi!

I would add that the heartstone appears in the book Huguenot on the Hackensack by the Major brothers. I would further add that David Demarest and Lammert Janse Dorland arrived on the same “ship”, the Bone Koe, April 16, 1663. As pointed out in the book, the Demarests traveled with the Dutch for so long they all thought they were dutch until the research for the book told them other wise. Darwin Saylor, San Diego, CA Lammert Janse Dorland descendent NOTE: The Major Brothers are going to be our tour guides in Bergen County on Monday Oct 10; here is my review of their book, Huguenot on the Hacksensack. —————— Hey travelers – be alert! In the lower 48 contingent states. I’ve been watching TV about the bedbugs being a problem from New York to Fla & over into Kansas.

It’s been advised to check airline seats, bus seats, basically anything with padding. The advice on the TV the other day was when you check into a hotel/motel, don’t put your suitcases on the bed. Anyway–I was just passing along the info as these things can catch rides home with people & invade their houses.

They’re very expensive to get rid of. Check it out. ————– Carolynn, good moring, I’d like to take credit, but I can’t, never been to the “home Place”. I know that Ben bunting has visited there. On a corner stone is the name of John Stage, he is a grandfather, a mason by trade, he helped build the building, our nane was Stage for a generation. There is a copy of the at Harrodsburg Hist Soc that I saw.

Carolynn, Found picture that I got at Harrodsburg Hist Soc. If you would be kind enough, a color at 500K would be nice, thank you, jim Streeter jim Streeter, Scottsville, KY NOTE: oops – so who DID send me that picture of the Demaree Heartstone in the church wall in Bergen County? Absent-minded carolyn —————– INRE: The statue of Liberty: For those who choose to climb up, it can get really cramped, stuffy and crowded, so they should plan accordingly what they take. Also with the security, less is definately more. Judy Cassidy, Blue Bell, PA ————————- HEARTSTONE is a artifact common in dragon-related stories of.

It is a of concentrated, and can be extracted from the of a slain. It is believed that the heartstone is the source of a dragon’s power, but this has never been proven definitively.

Heartstones were considered a precious commodity in the, and were coveted for their abilities. Generally the of a heartstone is directly related to the size of the dragon itself, though this is not always the case.Concerning and, a heartstone will vary from dragon to dragon, the most common color is a shade between black and red, but heartstone colors ranging from yellow to violet have been recorded.It is believed that a heartstone containing enough magic can be used in the manufacture of a. However, this is only a theoretical. — Sam Mendenhall, Sequim WA————– This is an object lesson in the paranoia that grips America, plus the extent of money we will spend to try to avoid a Terrorist attack. The truth is that we can not have a fail safe renovation that will save the lives of people, in certain terrorist attack, like a commercial airliner ramming into it. We are going to have to learn to live with the threat of danger, like the rest of the world does. We are bankrupt and can’t spend millions and billions on projects like this from money borrowed from China.

Dempsey ——————– DNA surname projects area hot topic these days, as are new ways to use your DNA results to help you in your family research. Mike Terry, who is coordinator for five DNA surname projects, is somewhat of an expert on the subject. He coordinates the surname projects for Family Tree DNA, a commercial genetic genealogy company based in Houston, Texas with its partner laboratory, Arizona Research Labs. Some 90% of genealogists choose Family Tree DNA – with the largest DNA database. As of August 26, 2011, they have a total of 344455 records! We hope to schedule Mr. Terry at some time to present information for the Oklahoma Genealogical Society.

He coordinates the DNA project for his paternal name Terry and four projects for his maternal lines: Bottoms, Cunningham, Hefner and Stokes. Mike was good enough to share the link to his page of hotlinks on genealogy & genetics. These projects create opportunities for people to work with others to explore their common genetic heritage. Family Tree DNA encourages customers’ participation in projects. Membership is free and voluntary. Members may join or leave a project at any time.

Robert “Mike” Terry, Enid, OK ———————. Even before the 1630s, immigrants from the lowlands of The Netherlands crossed the ocean to settle in Manna-hatus, later known as New Amsterdam and now called New York.

When the English took over, these “Low Dutch” migrated across the river to New Jersey. A century later, 150 Dutch families-about 1000 people- crossed the Delaware and settled in the Conewago valley of Pennsylvania. Another 50 years and the colony at Conewago broke up with 50 heads of families heading down the Ohio river for Kentucky. We are descendants of those 50 families. If you are too, join us in Harrodsburg KY Sept 29-Oct 2 for the Dutch Cousins Gathering and sign up for the 9 day coach trip following their footsteps back to New Amsterdam.

For more information go to: or email. ——Just a note.the first ship of settlers came to what is now NYC in early spring of 1624 sent by the Dutch West Indies Companyonly two names are known as members of that group of settlers and proven by records in Amsterdam and here in Americaone was Rapalje and the other was Low Dutch descendant.MONFOORT.right!!!! F.Y.I., below is a transcript of the record of Jacques Cossart’s request for a grant of land and supplies in New Amsterdam. This is from New York Colonial Manuscripts, Vol.

10, Part 2, p. 49 and translated from the original Dutch script. This certainly establishes the Cossarts’ arrival in the New World a short time before March 19, 1663.

“19 March, 1663: “To the Hon. Director General and Council of New Netherlands. Show with due reverence and respect to your Honorable Worships, Nicollas Dupuij, Gedeon Merlet, Arnold Dutroij, Jacques Cossart, Louijs Laakman, Jacob Kolf, and Jean Le Cancelier, that the supplicants while in Holland, by the advice of some gentlemen there as well as by the reading of the printed New Netherland conditions were urged and moved to betake themselves with their whole families to these regions, in the hope that your Hon.

Worships agreeable to the aforesaid New Netherland conditions would come to their assistance. The supplicants address themselves therefore to your Hon. Thanks Carolynand Bob as wellinteresting to read. I also need VanArsdale too.if any one can help on that one.and will get back with you on pictures.think the 2005 one is the one I need mostthere was one of the inside of the HHH when we were meeting and another of the front of the row of houses where HHH is.and one of the Anderson Circle Farm barn from the 2007 meetingone that shows it full.from the outsidethose are the main onesI have one of Squire Boone but fuzzy.but have one of my own I can use.have to go through them again in the morning. COSSART/COZART: The patriarch of the American Cossart family, Jacques Cossart, was born 1639 in Leiden and was baptized there on 29 May in the Dutch Reform Church. He was married in the Walloon Church in Frankenthal, Bavaria to Lea Villeman on August 14, 1656.

They had three children, Lea, Rachel and Suzanna. Rachel apparently died at a young age, for Jacques departed from Amsterdam with wife and only two daughters, Lea and Suzanna, bound for the New World in October, 1662. The family was entered in the passenger list of Purmerlander Kerk under the name of Jacques Cossaris on October 12, 1662. The ship departed Amsterdam on October 14, 1662. I don’t know the exact date it anchored at New Amsterdam, but it appears to have been February of 1663 (a seemingly very long voyage). This is a reasonable date though, as records of New Amsterdam document Jacques Cossart and six of his traveling companions requested a land grant of Governor Stuyvesant on March 19, 1663.

Church records show April 1, 1663 the Cossarts presented their letter of introduction and joined the Low Dutch Reform Church of New Amsterdam. DORLAND: I managed to obtain the Memorial Stone ( the Gen.

Of NJ) determined it was not a tombstone, of Lambert Janse Dorland many years ago from California from the daughter of Mr. Durling who removed it when he put the memorial in the cemetery. He didn’t know what to do with the stone so took it home to California, framed it and hung it on his wall.

Later his daughter inherited it, but put it into the attic. Today it hangs in the Van Harlingen Society, so I wanted to let the Dorland and related families to be sure and look for it when visiting. The homes of these family are close by, so this is the land of your ancestors in NJ, if you are a Dorland, Sorter/Salter, Van Arsdale, Van Liew, Judy Cassidy. SYMON JANSE VAN AA RSDALEN is thought by most historians & genealogists to be the immigrant ancestor of the entire Van Arsdale family in America (including its many variant spellings: Van Artsdalen, Vanarsdall, Vanausdol, Van Orsdol, Vanarsdell, Vanalsdale, Van Alsdale etc, etc). Symon was said to have been born abt 1627-1629 at Aarsdalen on Bornholm Island, Denmark. Other researchers indicate he was Dutch, not Danish, and born instead at NeuKerke, Flanders in Belgium, and that the family migrated north to Amsterdam. Symon is believed to have been the son of Jan Pauwelsen VAN AARSDALEN and Geertje Philips HAELTER.

It is useful to know that 17th century naming tradition followed the Patronymic system, in both Denmark and the Netherlands. According to this naming tradition, children even with established last names would also use a patronymic and often therefore received no middle names. The patronymic was based on one’s father’s name.

The oldest form used the possessive of the father’s name along with the word for son or daughter. Examples would be a boy born to Jan being named Pieter Jan’s zoon (Dutch) or Pieter Jan’s sen (Danish) while his daughter might be named Geertje Jan’s dochter (Dutch) or datter (Danish). These forms were also commonly shortened, to Janszn. And Jansdr., Janssen or Jansse, and finally to Jans which could be used for both male or female children. These patronymic names were official and even used on legal documents where inheritances can be seen to pass from father to son with different “last names”.

By the early 19th century (after 1811 in the Netherlands), many patronymics became permanent surnames such that Peeters, Jansen, Willems are common surnames today. Thus, in this case, Jan, the son of Pauwel, became JAN PAUWELSEN; and his son Symon, became SIMON JANSEN. The surname Van Aarsdalen probably started out as “van Aarsdalen”, and was used to identify their point of origin or home town. It was most likely added only after they left Borholm Island, Denmark, either in Belgium or Amsterdam, or once son Symon Jansen arrived in New Amsterdam [New York], where the population was much denser and more diverse. Symon was a potter by trade. And came to the American colony of New Netherlands (Albany NY) in 1653 (some say 1656) on the ship “Dynasty,” to see if a pottery works for making china could be established.

It is commonly believed that Symon had a first wife, Marretje BALTHUS, and two children who remained in Amsterdam, and who died there of the plague, and that Symon learned of their deaths in a letter from his father, received just as he was getting ready to sail back to the Netherlands. He thus decided to settle in Flatlands, Kings Co NY (Long Island), and eventually became a magistrate for the county. He married (2nd) to Pieterje Claes- [most likely Claesdochter] VAN SCHOUW, who was born abt 1640 in New Amsterdam, the daughter of Claes Cornelissen VAN SCHOUW (who most likely originally was named CLAES CORNELISSEN, and originiated from Schouw, which was in present-day Friesland, the Netherlands).

A letter written in 1698 to his brother, Joost Jansen VAN ARSDALEN, in Amsterdam, describes that Symon had two sons, Cornelis and Jan, and several daughters. Symon died Oct 29, 1710 in Flatlands (on Long Island), Kings County, New York.

—————— I just found a bunch of stuff on Westervelt. He arrived in New Amsterdam (Flatbush) around 1662. It says he applied for a building permit on 15 Dec 1662 (immediately after his arrival). This is from the published book entitled “Genealogy of the Westervelt Family compiled by the late Walter Tallman Westervelt. It may or may not help. – Imaged Records – FREE – This a collection of records or probate matters from county courthouses in Kentucky.

The records include bonds, wills, inventories, etc. – Although the collection currently has no overall index, many of the browsable books have indexes within them.

Browsable by County, and book, it’s a pretty easy database to search within, even without the indexes that will be available at some point – 692,942 images as of 24 August, 2011 – Originals are from various county clerks throughout Kentucky, now on 956 reels of FHL microfilm. A second LAST CHANCE to go to discover our Low Dutch footprints back east! Because we have a 55 passenger bus for our 19 travelers we decided to give you one last chance to go but you have to hurry. We have already reserved ferry tickets to Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island; the Broadway Play, and the Kukuit mansion and Sunnyside. Not sure we can get tickets to each event we are going to but you will have a seat on the bus and for each of the free events.

The cost of $800 plus $550 for double motel rooms will be reduced by any tickets we are unable to purchase for you. But DON’T DELAY! Registration attached. I wish I could travel through New Jersey and Manhattan, and Brooklyn, and Staten Island with you all on the bus trip, but we just have this year way too many trips planned.

Enjoy it all! If you travel around Hackensack NJ, I think Jurrien Westervelt, immigrant ancestor, owned some of the land or all of it in Paterson, NJ, and there is supposed to be some Westervelt house in Hackensack NJ.

I heard about it from my husband’s uncle who used to live in Hackensack. I never got to see it, though my husband is from northern NJ, and we lived in Cherry Hill, NJ, near Philadelphia PA, for 4 years, in the 1970s. I wanted most to go to Elizabeth NJ for my Hatfield ancestors, but it was too far from Cherry Hill, and the historical society meeting in Elizabeth was at night.

Benjamin Westervelt, the son of Roelof Lubbertse Westervelt and Orselina Steynmets, was born around the year 1702 at Hackensack (Bergen County), New Jersey. Westervelt married Hendriktie Bongeart (Bogart), the daughter of Roelof Janse Bogert and Gertrude Breyhandt, on February 16, 1723; their wedding took place at the Dutch Reformed Church in Hackensack.(1)Benjamin Westervelt died on October 18, 1765 at Hackensack. The taller 1808 addition to the Westervelt House was added long after his death. The National Register of Historic Places lists seven significant Westervelt houses in Bergen County.(1) This one, the Benjamin Westervelt House in Cresskill, is considered one of the grandest of New Jersey‘s Dutch stone houses. It has a “large gambrel-roofed main house built in 1808 and a smaller gable-roofed wing built a generation earlier.”(2) Benjamin Westervelt’s son, Caspar, built a similar home in nearby Teaneck.

See the house here. I don’t know specifically about a Westervelt house in Hackensack; but Bergen County is full of late 18th century Jersey Dutch houses – Demarests, Westervelts, Ackermans, Van Sauns, and so on; there are dozens of them, mostly still inhabited and as private property not available for visiting. The houses at Historic New Bridge Landing will give the group a fair sampling of the architecture of the period. (And there will be lots of Westervelt graves to visit both at Old South Church and the Church on the Green). If you buy a timed ticket for the ferry (and you’d be foolish not to do so), there’s no need to arrive more than half an hour early.

There are separate lines and you get to board at the promised time regardless of how many people are in the “Flex ticket” line. If you arrive early with a timed ticket, in fact, you will NOT be allowed to join the line until 30 minutes before your scheduled time. (Arriving at 7:30 with a 9:00 o’clock ticket would mean sitting on a bench for an hour.) Also, the Jersey ferries are much less crowded than those at Battery Park. Similarly, if you have a monument pass for 11:00 or 11:30, you will not be allowed to join the line until 30 minutes before the scheduled time. As I observed before, the Monument Pass is a huge time sink. You spend twice as much time standing in line and dealing with security non-sense as you do in the Museum.

As for the Crown — you do know there is NO ELEVATOR — 1300 steps up, 1300 steps down. Harry Matthews – New York. Lubbert and his brother were referred to on the ship’s register as “agriculturists,” and they were cattle raisers. Many of their descendants pursued the same occupations. At the time of their arrival, New Amsterdam was suffering from a prolonged drought, which began that April, no rain falling for 80 consecutive days.

Lubbert and his brother, Willem, settled on Long Island immediately upon arrival in New Amsterdam. On 15 Dec 1662, Lubbert applied to the Schout and schepens of Flatbush (later Greenwich Village, Manhattan, NY) for a building plot on the west side of the village and on the south side of the main road (see Lib. B, folio 114, of Flatbush records). Also, I am attaching errors discovered in the 1905 Westervelt book to share with anyone not aware of them.See you in a couple of weeks Sherron Westerfield, Danville, KY Letters 9/6/2011 Battle of Perryville. For example, William G.

“Will” Cozine age 34 and his nephew Meredith Cozine, age 14, are both listed in the battle serving with the 9th Kentucky Cavalry, Corp I, under Maj. Gen Buell in the Army of the Ohio. Will, a private, survived the battle but was killed a couple months later on duty near Columbia, KY.

He left a widow and five children, the youngest born after his death. His widow, Rebecca Jan Barnes married Martin Moore a few years later in Anderson County. Tamara Fulkerson and Vivian Stewart are descendants who may be attending this year. Called from retirement by these circumstances, Dr. Polk helped scores of the wounded. At his home and office in downtown Perryville, several of the injured recovered from their horrific wounds. Shortly after the battle, Polk was appointed surgeon to a makeshift hospital.

This “hospital”, which was actually a barn containing 40 wounded troops, was owned by a farmer who served as Polk’s surgical assistant. The farmer gave the wounded whiskey to dull their pain, and when Polk would operate, the farmer-turned-nurse would sit and play his fiddle. This eyewitness account is given on the Perryville website: On our arrival we learned that we were the first to bring relief where help was needed more than tongue can tell.

Instead of 700, as first reported, at least 2,500 Union and rebel soldiers were at that time lying in great suffering and destitution about Perryville and Harrodsburg. In addition to these, many had already been removed, and we had met numbers of those whose wounds were less severe walking and begging their way to Louisville, 85 miles distant. Following are the suggested duties of the coordinator: ALLOW descendants OF YOUR FAMILY LINE to have your e-mail MAKE A LIST of who is bringing family history items PLAN a family display and get others to help SPEAK for the family on Saturday morning (or ask someone) INTRODUCE your cousins (just ask them to stand & be counted) TELL ABOUT the display briefly HANDOUTS with info about your Dutch family to share HOLD IT all to under 15 minutes! FAMILY MEETING- if possible set up a family group mtg sometime during the event.

Please contact Pam Ellingson if you are willing to be the family coordinator. Thanks for your help in creating another GREAT Dutch Cousins Gathering!! WILLIAM WESTERFIELD JR. William Sheridan Westerfield Jr., 90, of Danville, died Friday, September 9, 2011. Born March 19, 1921 to the late William Sheridan and Ilga Waggoner Westerfield. Survivors include: one daughter, Sherron Westerfield of Danville; three sons, Thomas Logan Westerfield of Seminole, Fl.

And William Hankla Westerfield of Lexington and Brent Martin Westerfield of Richmond, TX. He was preceded in death by a son, James Sheridan Westerfield. Private graveside services and burial will be Tuesday, September 13, at Paris Cemetery Kerr Brothers Funeral Home, Harrodsburg Road, Lexington is in charge of arrangements. – a 3 volume set – Volume I – 275 pages of text, with 109 figures, 26 of which are in color A short early history of the area (Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., KY).

The story/history of 20 families, mostly Dutch. (Terhune, Whiteneck, Cozine, Vanderveer/Vandivier, DeMotte, Stagg, Westerfield, VanArsdall, McAfee, Banta, Demaree/Demarest, Morgan, Curry, Carnine, Smock, Comingore, Van Nuys, Dorland, Voorhees and Brouwer/Brewer) Available now. Volume II- A set of 10 large format maps (18″ x 24″ and 24″ x 30″), folded in the clear sleeves of a “Presentation Book.” Maps the area about H-burg, showing the Virginia Warrants and the farms of the settlers, generation by generation.

Later, maps will appear on a CD instead of on paper. Volume III- about 400-500 pages Totally finished soon, about 1-2 months.

Standard genealogy format of many of the 20 families and others. Concentrated on KY Settlers, not New Jersey or New York. WESTERVELT Lubbert settled near and was one of the promoters of the organized there in 1686. Willem was a member of the in New Amsterdam (1667), whilst his son lived at on. This son sold his lands in 1706 and is supposed to have moved to New Jersey, where the family has been numerous and prominent for the past 300 years. William Lubbertsen van Westervelt with his wife and six children, and Lubbert Lubbertsen van Westervelt, with his wife and four children, became the progenitors of the van Westervelt/Westervelt family in America, and were at one time the second largest family in, New Jersey. Jacob Aaron Westervelt was a seventh-generation descendant of Lubbert Lubbertsen van Westervelt.

RE PERRYVILLE: two Shaker journals from Pleasant Hill, in Mercer County, give an account of the troops marching back and forth through the village on the way to Perryvillethe account by the Shaker woman tells of the troops emptying 4 of the 5 village wells, eating up all the fresh baked pies they had cooling in the windows, digging into their winter stores to feed the men, nursing the wounded, and hearing the sounds of battle as it went on. The Shaker man tells of the number of troops, cattle, men on horseback, wagons going back and forth and you can see he is decidedly pro Union by the way he refers to “those Rebbels!” its very interesting reading. By the writing in the womans journal, you can see the neutrality showing but more concern for using up all they had started to store for the coming winter months and the loss of the wells. One of the young men they cared for was unable to survive his wounds and is buried in the Shaker cemetery at Pleasant Hill. The original journals are in the Manuscript Dept at the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, KY. The archived dept at Shakertown at Pleasant Hill has the transcription of both journals.

I have also read that the famed Rebel leader John Hunt Morgan from KY who led his men across the Ohio River into Indiana and finally captured in Ohio had told his troops to leave the Shakers alone.they cared for everyone no matter what side they fought on and were to be considered neutral. NOTE: Also, I failed to mention that Rebecca Jane was widowed three times – She married Will Cozine in 1854 at Mt Eden (Spencer County) and he died in 1862.

She married Martin MOORE in Anderson County (Icy Cranfill residence) 1870 when she was 34 and he was 45. By 1880 Moore is deceased and Rebecca Jane COZINE, widow, is working as a servant in the Josiah Casey Home in Anderson County KY; She married third to Thomas Anderson in 1884 and he died six years later, 1910 she is living with her son Joe Billy COZINE in Harrisonville, Shelby Co. She died in 1912 at the age of 76 and is buried in Shelby Co at Pleasant Grove cemetery. That barn, referred to above, like all the other “Dutch” barns I encountered in the course of my survey of timber-frame structures in Mercer County, except one, was an example of hybrid (something of mixed origin or composition) timber-frame technology, due no doubt to the “watering down” of the the Low Dutch community in Mercer County through marriages with the English.

It must also be remembered that we are at the dawn of a new era known as the Industrial Age and consequently artisans who still possessed the building technology/skills handed down from their ancestors in the Old World, were now forced to compete with their younger, in most cases, less skilled counterparts who could offer a barn that was cheaper because it didn’t have the complicated joinery associated with the older style barns. I only found one “typical Dutch” barn, i.e., displaying evidence of H-bent technology, and unfortunately it fell down in a wind storm before I was even able to document its existence. I did, however, find several houses incorporating the H-bent. I will need to drive around the county to determine what is left that I might take your group to visit.

I had seen this a long time ago but since it wasn’t my direct line, just forgot about it till you sent the article. I am pretty sure of the line of descent and it would be from John and Kniertje Marston Monfoort who are buried in the Low Dutch Cemetery on Swift Run Road, past the Banta cabin. They had my Francis Sr who married Charity Banta and came to KY, Lawrence who went to the colony established in Ohio, Peter who stayed in PA and had only daughters in his line, John who remained in PA also, then daughters Maria and Grietje [died young] The only one to have male descendants is John who had married twice, Femmetje Nevius and Sarah van Arsdale.by Femmetje he had two sons, both named John who died young. But with the second marriage he has descendants coming out the wazoo.ten of them!–seven of them were sons. John had a large farm in Straben Twp, and buried in the Low Dutch Cemetery on Swift Run Road I think the stone I’ve seen for Jan Manfoort.believe that is how it was spelled, was the elder father of this John, Francis Sr and Lawrencethat is in the old Dutch Cemetery.

I might have to look into this Henry who had the farm in the article.and track his backgroundout of curiosity. Thanks for reawakening that curiositylol. Barbara whiteside. If you look at page 10 in the Calendar of English Mss. You will find the following 3 items: Aug. Order for the administration of the oath of allegiance to the inhabitants of the Dutch and English towns on the west end of Long island, with form of the oath. Census of Brooklyn and other towns on the west end of Long Island [Vol.

Order for administering the oath of allegiance to the inhabitants of the towns in Achter Col (New Jersey) [Vol. 55] Now turn to Documents Relating to the History of New York, 2:589 where under the date of 29 Aug 1673 we find the following: Capt. Willem Knyff and Lieutenant Jerons. De Hubert are this day ordered with Ephraim Herman, clerk in the office of Secretary Bayard, to repair to the Towns of Midwout, Amesfort, Bruekelen, Utreght, Boswyck, Gravesandt, Flushing, Heemstede, Rustdorp and Middleborgh on Long Island, and to administer the oat of allegiance to all the inhabitants thereof; to which end a commission is granted to them. [Text of the oath for Dutch inhabitants and English inhabitants follows.] Then turn in the same book to page 596 where under the date of 1 Sept we find this longer entry: Captain Knyff, Lieutenant Jeronimus Hubert and the clerk Ephraim Hermans being commissioned on the 29th of August last to administer the oath of allegiance to the inhabitants of the undernamed Towns on Long Island, returning this day, report and deliver in by list the names and number of the inhabitants of said towns, amounting as follows: Midwout, 73 men, all of whom took the oath of allegiance. Amesfoort, 48 men, all of whom have taken the oath.

Breukelen and dependencies, 81 men, 52 of whom have taken the oath; the remainder are ordered to take it from the Magistrates. New Utrecht, 41 men, all of whom have taken the oath. Bushwyck, 35 men, all of whom have taken the oath except Humphre Clay who is a Quaker.

Gravesend, 31 men, all of whom have taken the oath. Hemstede, 107 men, 51 of whom have taken the oathe; the remainder ordered to do so before their Schout and Secretary. Flushing, 67 men, 51 of whom have taken the oath; the remainder absent, are ordered as above. Among these are 20 Dutch. Rustdorp, 63 men, 53 of whom have taken the oath; the remainder absent, are ordered as above. Middleborgh, 99 men, 53 of whom have taken the oath, the remainder absent, are ordered as above. Finally, on page 598 there is this paragraph: 6 Sept 1674 Capt.

Knyf and Captain Snell are this day commissioned and authorized by the Honble Council of War, to repair with the clerk Abram Varlet to Elizabets Towne, Woodbridge, Shrousbury, Piscattaway New Worke and Middletowne, situate at Achter Coll, and to administer the oath of allegiance to all the inhabitants of those towns in the form as hereinbefore recorded, to which end orders and instruction in the due form are also given them. Using the Cal.

Of Historical MSS: English as a guide, between page 10 and 21, other, similar passages can be found in vol. 2 of Docs Rel. On page 11 in the Cal. Is the reference to the order to give an oath of allegiance to the inhabitants of the South River, for instance, and on page 16 is the order concerning Staten Island. I found no reference to a return report from either of these places.

The commission to the towns east of Oyster Bay ran into problems and many of the entries concern the east end of the island. Maybe South River and Staten Island were never done or ran into trouble also. However, what is most interesting is that at the bottom of page 20 and the top of page 21 in Cal.

MSS.:English, we find the following entries: 1673. —– Names of persons residing between the Fresh water and Harlem, and of negroes (XXIII, p. 28, Names of persons who took the oath of allegiance at Harlem, (XXIII, p. 28, Names of the male inhabitants of West and Eastchester, (XXIII, p. 277) Note that these three, although from Vol. XXIII, are after the cut-off page (p.

270) for O’Callaghan to have included them in Docs. However, I did find these three lists. They are in the 3rd Report of the State Historian but they are not with the rest of pages from Vol.

XXIII which make up the pages of Appendix L but rather are included in Appendix M with the Muster Rolls. They start on page 441 and run through 447. Message—– From: Carolyn Leonard Subject: Dutch: Letters 9/18/2011 Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:24:43 -0500 Just posted my book review of The Mevrouw that Saved Manhattan: ———–cl————— In the 1630s immigrants from the lowlands of The Netherlands crossed the ocean to settle in Manna-hatus, later known as New Amsterdam and now called New York. When the English took over, these “Low Dutch” migrated across the river to New Jersey. A century later, 150 Dutch families-about 1000 people- crossed the Delaware and settled in the Conewago valley of Pennsylvania. Another 50 years and the colony at Conewago broke up with 50 heads of families heading down the Ohio river for Kentucky.

We are descendants of those 50 families. If you are too, join us in Harrodsburg KY Sept 29-Oct 2 for the Dutch Cousins Gathering and sign up for the 9 day coach trip following their footsteps back to New Amsterdam. For more information go to: or email Hotlink to register for the Gathering in Harrodsburg KY next month: Here is a hotlink to the Newsletter (in living color!) ———–cl————- Just thought that I would mention that it might be wise if your travelers are alerted to the fact that rain gear is really becoming necessary here due to tropical storms coming up the coast. People who travel without it, are going to be very sorry, and it isn’t just your regular rain storms but torrential downpours. Judy Cassidy.

For those of us who cannot attend the Dutch trip to the East Coast.especially, I hope that we get to see something in writing via email about the display tables, after your return trip, about the Ackerman, Bogert, Lozier, Voorhees, and Westervelt families. Scanning photos of the display tables would be grand. I am not a Brinkerhoff descendant, but strangely enough, on the same street where we bought our first house in Huntsville AL, there was a Brinkerhoff family whose son attended the same private high school, Randolph School, in Huntsville AL as our children. Eventually, those Brinkerhoffs moved away, but I don’t remember where. Strange coincidence.

There is also a Van Norden family in my city,Huntsville AL. I talked once on the phone to Mr. His wife was a DAR member, I believe. I never pursued the cousinship with this Mr.

Van Norden, because I have extensive hardcover genealogical history books about the Van Nordens and their European Dutch ancestry, including my Dutch Loyalist (to the British king) ancestors who went from New Jersey and New York to the Yarmouth, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada area after the American Revolution. My Hatfields also went from New Jersey to Nova Scotia. My Hatfields were “High Dutchmen”, and the Van Nordens were “Low Dutchmen”. I quote from your email below, Carolyn. [ NOTE FROM CAROLYN: Mary Jo Gohmann is the one hoping to include all those families in her display; the display tables will be in Harrodsburg KY on Saturday. I am VERY interested in the Van Norden/VanOrden family since Barbara & Paul Terhune just this year corrected years of misinformation by identifying my 6th great grandfather’s 2nd wife as Mary KONING, widow of Stephen VAN ORDEN.

I don’t usually have a minute during the Gathering to take notes and little time to get photos, but maybe someone in the group will. Sure you can’t come?]. I am a descendant of Gerardus Ryker (1740-1781) and Rachel Demaree (1743-1814) and their son Samuel Ryker (1769-1832) and Barbara Fullenwider (1771-1829). Barabara Fullenwider was the daughter of Henry Fullenwider (1722-1793) and Barbara ______ from Canton Zurich, Switzerland.

Henry and Barbara Fullenwider landed in Philadelphia September 11, 1749 aboard the ship Priscilla. Their only child at the time, Solomon, died on the voyage and was buried at sea. The family name is Vollenweider. As “V” in German and “F” in English are pronounced the same, his name became anglicised to Fullenweider. The name is taken from the village of Vollenweid which means “horse meadow” in German. Henry went to Frederick County, Maryland and worked as a glazier.

He then moved to the frontier at Rice’s Fort in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1774 where he was a preacher and school teacher. He was on a mission to convert the Indians to Christianity and had a 30 pound Bible printed in German which he carried on horseback everywhere he went.

He preached to the Indians in their native languages which he learned. On September 14, 1782 a three year old grandson, Jacob Fullenwider (son of Henry, Jr.), was killed and scalped in an Indian attack on Rice’s Fort Henry moved to Shelby County, Kentucky in 1785 where the family lived in constant fear of Indian attack. His son-in-law, Phillip Lutz, was killed and scalped by Indians July 31, 1785. His son, Peter, was killed and scalped by Indians in November 1790. Henry Fullenwider died in 1793 and his Will dated March 16, 1793 was probated in Shelby County, Kentucky in May, 1793.

He was buried under his house for protection from Indian scalp hunters. His Will reads as follows. Hello Carolyn, Now I have to try to figure out where I got this photo. I already had her on my hard drive as “Anne” Thomas Covert, dated January 7, 2011! I knew when I saw it in your posting of September 18 from Kim Allison Ross that I had seen it before!

Then I found it already saved to my Covert file! Certainly wish I could be there in Harrodsburg this year, but not able to make the trip due to health issues. Hope the rain holds off, or at least comes as sprinkles and not deluges! Best regards, Anna Jackson, Regent, Paducah DAR. Jim Cozine: Only thing I can suggest is to tack [the vet service] on at the end of the church service. Maybe have some long stem flowers at the exit door as folks leave and invite everyone to place a flower on the marker of the vet of their choice – any of the vets already honored in past years and our 3 new ones( these 3 can be mentioned by name) and just leave it at that.

No bio speeches or flags.I have a 3 PM flight Sunday out of Lexington so I’ll gonna have to leave the Old Mud church svs no later than about 1 PM or so. [note: Church service starts at 12:30 following brunch at 19th Hole, to allow public to come.]. I can’t attend the reunion, but I would like to help Barb Whiteside with the Brouwer-Brewer information. (Please forward this to her)I have made several reports, which could be printed out and made available to those at the reunion who want to make copies. The first report is on the immigrant ancestor Adam Brouwer and his descendants thru his great grandchildren.

This would include the ones who went to Mercer Co KY. Another report is about Adam Brouwer, the immigrant ancestor, which I wrote many years ago. Another report is about Daniel BREWER and descendants. This would be the Kentucky folks. Lastly, a report about Daniel Brewer with some sources of baptisms and marriage.

My wife and I were at the Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, KY on 4 and 5Oct11. We were told we just missed meeting my “cousins.” My great-great-great-grandfather was James Van Nuys or Vanice and my great-great-grandfather was Isaac Covert Vanice. James owned 53.75 acres of the Low Dutch tract in Henry County, KY. Isaac was a wagon maker and left KY for Arrow Rock, MO in 1840. My great-grandfather was George Bingham Vanice, named for George Caleb Bingham, a famous artist who lived across the street from Isaac in Arrow Rock.On the way home to Indiana, we drove by the Six Mile Meeting House and stopped at the Henry County Historical Society in New Castle, KY. Smith found some more info on my family in their holdings.Sorry I missed the trips this year, but I hope to see some more information about the Dutch Cousins. I am just getting back to normal after getting home last nightthe fog and rain through W VA and MD was something but when the sun came out, the views of the mountains in both states was breathtaking.

Bob and his wife, Lu spent a lot of time in each quilt shop in Bird In Hand and Intercourse we could find.till she said do not ever say the word quilt within her earshot ever again.they did buy two very pretty patterned quilts to take home and ordered another one made to their specifications and colors and hope they aren’t expecting it anytime soon.all hand quilted and some take a year or more to put together. One store went in you had to wear cotton gloves if you were going to touch or look more closely at their quilts. After a few days at Lancaster we headed west to Gettysburg with a stop on Swift Run Road to see my 5th great grandpa’s cabinit was still decorated as it was when you all were there and looked nicethrough the pouring rain. I snapped off a few pictures and got Tom to take one of me at the cabin door.then to the cemetery. The gate was tight and wouldn’t budge but considered hoisting myself over the wallthe fact I didn’t have any extra clothes to change in without emptying out the trunk of the car.stopped me. I did take a few photos of the cemetery but had hoped to see Jan Montfoorts site.have seen a photo of it before but nothing like seeing it for yourself. Hi Carolyn, Are you home yet?

Pam and I made it home Thursday night. We stayed at a Quality Inn in Scottsburg Indiana on Weds.

Night and quickly realized what a wonderful job you did with our accommodations!!! Somehow I missed the email with the itinerary, but I just printed it out so I can see where I’ve been. It was a great trip and I can hardly believe how much ground we covered and how lucky we were to have Craig as a driver. The day after I got home I discovered that my Van Horns had switched over to the Lutheran church and are buried in the Lutheran cemetery in New Bridge. Who would have guessed?

Thanks again for all the work you did putting this great trip together! This place is great for sending documents: the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Archive Research Room, P. Box 537, 300 Coffee Tree Road, Frankfort, KY 40602. You can go on line, and fill in and print out your request form for what ever your are seeking, You don’t need a book or page, simply the name of the person, the time frame in which you feel your search occurred, the county, that kind of thing.

Out of town fee is $15.00. This is really nice and if they don’t find anything, you are notified. Of course the more information you give them, the better it is. Judy C assidy. Carolyn, I did not get into it with you the other night, but we have a suggestion for Frankfort! Our group stayed at the Hampton Inn that is right on the highway from Harrodsburg.

Sorry, but I can not remember the number tonight! Anyway, we were very impressed with it and the people there were VERY nice and helpful. Their breakfast would please everyone.

There is a restaurant next door that is really good. Would have rooms that I am sure they would let us use, we may have to pay but it would be where people could research. Our room at the Hampton was less than at Country Hearth and SOOO much better!

They have four floors, I believe and an elevator! LOL So please pass this on to our new coordinator if you will. It is only about an hour from Old Mud for our service. If we go somewhere else next time but want to come back to the area after that, it is something to keep in mind. Hi to all, I hope all is well and everyone is back to their ‘normal’ life, again. Our NY trip was awesome, thanks to Carolyn and all her ‘HARD’ work.

(And to Jon for having to live with Carolyn during this time.) 🙂 Eddie and I had a wonderful time, as I know all of you did as well. This trip was exciting, and packed with so many sites and so much information. I hope I can remember all this when I label my 853 pictures I took. I know I can speak for all of us, when I say, we had the best planner, tour guides and bus driver ever. The weather we had for the whole trip was perfect.

We could not have ask for any better. Thank you again Carolyn, for a job, well done.

I also want to say, I am glad we had this opportunity to take the trip. It was so much fun spending time talking, eating and sharing stories with all of you. It makes us feel like we ‘are’ family now. Eddie & I are already looking forward to the next gathering. You have made this trip so memorable for both of us, we can’t wait to see all of you again. God has blessed us in many ways, and your ‘friendship’ is one of our blessings.

Please keep in touch. Love to all, Janice & Eddie Cozine. From GENEALOGY NEWSLINEThe Genealogy Newsline is a twice-weekly publication of Family Roots Publishing Co., LLC, and.

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———————— Carolyn, don’ t know if you stopped at the York Co. Archives, so people could get copies of deeds, wills etc. For their Conewago families, if not. Here is the address they can send to. Everything is filed alphabetically so all they need to do is send the name and an approximate date.

Do not, however, send your genealogy or any information about your genealogy, clerks hate that, as they don’t have the time to wade through all the information to get to the point of your request. Judy Cassidy. If you paid your $20 annual dues to Harrodsburg Historical Society, then you should have enjoyed reading the Sept/Oct issue of their newsletter – Olde Towne Ledger. It is well worth the money, plus you are helping keep them in business to save the Low Dutch archives they are holding for us.

In this issue, there is a list of Old Mud Church Officers in 1800, and a list of many many homeowners who hosted the Old Mud prayer meeting circle back then. Many of our Low Dutch ancestors are named along with their wives and adult children. I read the minutes, and they are understandable, except the finance part. Does someone have a detailed summary of the expenses?

Should be provided in a detailed summary, and balance before it’s documented permanently. Other than that, I’m working on the details of the places. I have only gotten replies from Madison, Indiana and Gettysburg, PA to date. Madison has only one opening in the fall, and I don’t know about the spring. The springtime in either place might be a bit tricky due to weather issues. Tornadoes, thunderstorms, etc.

Does anyone have any weather related ideas on these destinations. It would be the differences between the spring weather verses the fall.

In my experience, fall seems to be a bit more predictable and milder. I would like some feedback on just the general weather spring vs. First, get as many of the pieces of paper the same size as possible. For example, photocopy smaller certificates, letters and other pieces onto 8 1/2 by 11 pages. These days, most copier paper is acid free and will last many generations. If you can do so and retain legibility, reduce larger documents down to 8 1/2 by 11 size. Then if you want to keep the original certificates and letters, file them in file folders by surname, family branch, location or type of document (birth records, death records, correspondence, etc.).

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Holland at that time distinguished between the “northern provinces” and the “southern provinces”. The northern provinces included Amsterdam and what we now think of as Holland, and were predominantly Protestant; the southern provinces, most of today’s Belgium and some of northern France, were mostly Roman Catholic. The northern provinces declared their independence from Spain in 1581, but the southern provinces were reconquered by Spain and stayed known as the “Spanish Netherlands”. (Here’s a Wikipedia entry to try to explain the convoluted history: ). We all offer our deepest sympathy to Edwin Westerfield in the loss of his sweet wife.

Westerfield, 82, of New Oxford, PA, entered into God’s eternal care, Sunday, August 28, 2011 at the Reading Hospital and Medical Center. Born July 8,1929 in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Charles E. And Edith(Patterson) Schellhas. She was the wife of Edwin E. Westerfield to whom she was married for 59 years. Charlotte graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. She was one of the first female graduates with a degree in engineering.

Westerfield was employed by the Army Corp of Engineers for several years. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Charlotte was also a member of many genealogical societies including the National Genealogical Society in Arlington, Virginia where she volunteered much of her time. In addition to her husband Edwin, she is survived by two daughters, Karen Westerfield Tucker and her husband Stmni of Boston, MA, Marta W. Coursey of Hanover, PA, one son, Paul A. Westerfield and his wife, Andrea of Doswell, V A, and five grfu’1dchildren. She was preceded in death by one sister, Elsie Beard.

Following cremation, a memorial service will be held at 1 PM, Saturday, September 17,2011 at the Nicany Meeting House of the Brethren Home Contrnunity, 2990 Carlisle Pike, New Oxford, P A. Burial will be at the convenience of the fanlily. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions may be made to the Brethren Home Community, c/o the Good Samaritan Fund, 2990 Carlisle Pike, New Oxford, PA 17350.

The Kenworthy Funeral Home, Inc., 269 Frederick Street, Hanover, PA has been entnlsted by the family with the funeral arrangements. Hi Carolyn, Got your very nice “Thank you” card and just wanted to say that you are so very welcome! I believe I had as much or more fun hanging out with the Dutch Cousins as anybody in the group. It was indeed a pleasure and you’re all a wonderful bunch. Your friend, John Curry [Note: Mr. Curry was our Saturday keynote speaker at Harrodsburg] ———————- Seems that most of the Westervelts/Westerfields I’ve researched were from The Netherlands, but married spouses from Belgium or France, Huguenot refugees. Some of their children were born in Netherlands, so depending on the place of birth whether they should be called Dutch or not.

And, by the way, many early French wore wooden shoes, just not exactly like those we associate with being worn by the Dutch. Cordially, Doris Barfield Sanders, descendant of Jacobus (James) Westervelt/Westerfield, killed by Indians traveling from the Ohio River to Harrodsburg in the Spring of 1781. ———– Hi Carolyn, As a follow-up to Bob Van Arsdall’s comment on the migration of the van Aersdaelen family from Belgium to Amsterdam, the family did indeed move to Gouda between 1638 and 1642 after the religious persecution in Flanders. However, the paternal grandparents of our ancestor Sijmon (born in Nukerke, East Flanders in 1627) were actually married in Gouda in 1588, so there was some movement back and forth. The van Aersdaelens weren’t “Dutch”, per se, but Flemish for at least as far back as 1366 (and maybe Danish or Swiss, depending on who you believe). By the time New Netherland was handed over to the English in 1664, a very high percentage of the “Dutch” inhabitants weren’t even from Holland. Thanks, Charles Vanorsdale ——————— Carolyn: Thank you for sending the copy of Mr.

Aker’s speech. I was sorry not to be able to hear him at the reunion. I have a copy of his previous articles, which I had long hunted and much value.

My own Low Dutch families mostly moved on to Indiana where they were a part of the Shiloh and Hopewell communities. Kerin Smith ————————- IVE DUTCH DAYS IN NEW YORK ‎We just missed it! 5 Dutch Days in New York this week. In addition to observing our Dutch Heritage — they are premiering the movie I got to play a bit part in last summer, “Bringing up Bobby”. You can check out the movie and 5 Dutch days here: Read my blog about the filming fun here: My bit probably wound up on the cutting room floor, but if you get to see the movie, look for me in the Sunday School party crowd scenes. I wore a black sparkly top.

Let me know if you see it! Join us for the film screening of the directing debut of Dutch actress Famke Janssen. Famke Janssen became famous as a Bond girl and later a leading actress in films by Woody Allen, The X-men films and most recently Taken. Famke Janssen and the films’ Producer Sofia Sondervan will be there!

————————– On Nov 7, 2011, at 9:45 AM, wrote: Hello Carolyn, do you plan to report what your trip was like during the New Jersey and New York portions of the trip with Photo’s, I believe many of us are interested. Judy cassidy ———————– This is from and about our own Mary Park, who joined our Dutch trip for a day in Gettysburg/Conewago.

You can either cut and paste the http to get to this blog or you can click on the link at the bottom of this page. I am attaching a link to a blog in today’s New York Times: The blog focuses on the dedication of the newly restored stained-glass window, “The Arrival of the Halve Maen, 1609,” donated to the New-York Historical Society in 1909 by the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Families of New Netherland. The window, manufactured by the Gorham Company, was an outside window for over 50 years and exposed to the elements. It was then enclosed but by 2008 it showed signs of serious deterioration. Funding was secured to restore the window and to clean its many pieces and it is now reinstalled in its original home, the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library of the $65 million renovated New-York Historical Society located at 170 Central Park West, at 77th St., reopening Nov.

Century-Old Stained Glass Is Restored at the New-York Historical Society – NYTimes.com —————————- Have you ever wished you could find links to all the online city directories in one place? A place where they were listed by location and in date order? This is the purpose of the Online Historical Directories Website. It is meant to be used as an aid to genealogists, historians, and other researchers.

————————- Twelve thousand pages of Dutch Colonial records, dated from 1638 to 1670 were among the few documents to escape the disastrous New York State Capitol fire of 1911. In 2000, high trained paper conservators reinforced the charred edges, ensuring that the documents are stable for use by researchers at the New York State Archives. What a great link to the picture of the Half Moon Stained Glass window! I never knew this existed. Would love to see this in person some day. Kerin Smith(NOTE: Yes, thanks to our own Mary Park of Holland Dames for sending. Second only to the Holland window we saw in St.

Mark’s Church in NYC last month!) ——————— the French for wooden shoes was sabot.where we get the word saboteur.the French threw their wooden shoes into machinery to stop them during the French Revolution I believe.not sure of the timingor date but sounds rightand my own French Huguenots.the Montfortswere in Valenciennes before they moved to Amsterdam but were considered Walloons.my understanding is the language is a mix of Dutch and French so they were easily able to get along when they moved into Holland in the early 1600’s. The first two ships sent by the Dutch West Indies Companythe Eendracht and Nieuw Nederland, carried French Huguenot/Walloon settlers to Nieuw Amsterdam,,,the Dutch themselves came a little later.

I had read that though the Dutch were more tolerant of religious differences, the main problem they had was providing jobs for those that came there for religious freedom.that is one reason the first ships were sending French Huguenots/Walloons.Barbara Whiteside ———————— November 16- Dutch American Heritage Day I plan to wear my new Dutch Cousins shirt tomorrow. Pam Ellingson —————– Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586-1643): Designing a New World November 21, 2011 12:15 p.m. Librarians Room, New York State Library, Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY Janny Venema, Assistant Director of the New Netherland Research Center (NNRC), will speak at a lunchtime program on her new book on Kiliaen van Rensselaer. Van Rensselaer, trained as a jeweler and merchant by family, was one of the founders of the Dutch West India Company and instrumental in establishing the New Netherland Colony on the eastern coast of North America. Although he never set foot in North America, his patroonship encompassed most of today’s Capital District. ——————————————– Hello Carolyn, Some of the Dutch Cousins may be interested in subscribing (free of charge) to DutchNews, the daily highlights of news items from the Netherlands, which I find interesting. Note that Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas = Santa Claus) arrives in the Netherlands not on the evening of 24 December but of 5 December.

It is traditional to put out ones “klompen” (wooden shoes) to be filled with presents and to leave a carrot for the Saint’s white horse. His helper is called “Zwarte Piet” (Black Pete), a young Black who carries a bag of switches for those who have been naughty. According to legend, Saint Nicholas arrives from Spain on his white horse, but now he is now mechanized, arriving one year in a helicopter and this year, in a steam boat. Looking to the future, we may also want to take note of 3 October, which commemorates the lifting of the siege of Leiden on 3 October 1574, during the war for independence, known as the Eighty Years War. The traditional meal on that Thanksgiving occasion is “hutspot,” a simple stew, for which I have the recipe.

I hope that all goes well with you and your family and that you will have an enjoyable Thanksgiving and Sinterklaasdag. Cordially, David ============ —– Original Message —– From: To: Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 10:29 AM Subject: DutchNews newsletter Today’s top stories on • The anti-Islam PVV is paying a ‘renowned international bureau’ to investigate whether bringing back the guilder would benefit the Dutch economy. • The Christian Democrats, right-wing VVD Liberals and PVV are to renegotiate part of their coalition agreement in the spring because of the economic downturn, sources have told RTL news. • Eighteen youths aged 15 to 24 have been arrested in connection with setting some 60 fires in the Groningen village of Winschoten between January and September • Dutch expats who take a second nationality while working abroad should not lose their original Dutch passport, MPs are set to tell home affairs minister Piet Hein Donner, the reports on Friday. • Total spending on presents for the Sinterklaas celebrations on December 5 are set to fall 8% this year, according to research for an online shopping website.

Anderson Farms sold in one lump purchase for $25 Million dollars! Jim Justice II of West Virginia quickly bumped up his offer to a cool $25 million, enough to scare off the other suitors and buy all of the 5,529 acres of prime Mercer County farmland for his agricultural empire, lock, and barrel. Justice, whose fortune comes from coal, said he plans to keep the property as a farm, raising purebred Limousin cattle and his wife Cathy’s thoroughbreds and growing “cash grains.” He already owns farms in West Virginia, Virginia, and North and South Carolina. “All of this fits for us,” Justice said, adding he’s “very serious about agriculture” and you’d likely find him operating a combine come harvest time. Wednesday’s auction attracted 147 bidders and a crowd of about 500 to one of the convention center’s ballrooms to watch the once-in-a-lifetime auction unfold.

Anderson Circle Farm was accummulated over more than 40 years by Mercer native Ralph Anderson, founder of Belcan Corp. In Cincinnati, one of the country’s largest engineering firms.

After Anderson died last year, his, Candace McCaw, said she decided to sell the property because the family wasn’t going to use it to its full potential. A contingent of Amish farmers from northern Indiana, with their wives and children in, were part of a pool of bidders who remained in competition with Justice until the end. One of them, Noah Schmucker, said the group was interested in purchasing several parcels of the land to start an Amish settlement. Although I do not recall the referenced statement in Shorto’s book, even if most of the settlers in New Amsterdam (or does the writer mean New Netherland?) were from what today we call Belgium, they were still Dutch in the sense that they came from the southern Netherlands (occupied by Spanish troops), which became the Kingdom of Belgium only in 1815. In reality, people in those days were locally oriented, not nationally oriented, identifying themselves with a province, their own region within a province, or with a town or village.

(That is why so many Dutch family names begin with “van.”) Many inhabitants in several of the southern provinces were French-speaking Walloons, and the first permanent settlers of New Netherland were in fact Walloons.

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