HISTORY OP BUCKS COUNTY. 



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a younger man. (These children above 

 were by Stoffel's first marriage with An- 

 netje Stoffels, who probably died prior to 

 the removal to Bucks county.) The chil- 

 dren of Stoffel by his second marriage 

 with Rachel Corson, daughter of Hen- 

 drick Courson, were eight in number 

 and as follows: 



3. Joshua, married February 20, 1728, 

 Catharine Johnston, and settled in Kent 

 county, Maryland, on land conveyed to 

 him by his father, October 28, 1728. 



— >4. John, who married Rebecca Cox, of 

 Philadelphia, August 19, 1728, and set- 

 tled in Middletown, on land conveyed 

 to him by his father in 1738, and died 

 there in 1750. leaving daughters Ann, 

 Elizabeth, Catharine, Rebecca and Mary 

 and one son, John. 



S. James, who was baptised at Abing- 

 ton as an adult September 16, 1716, and 

 had children, i. Rebecca, 2. Flora, 3, 

 John, 4. Jacobus, baptized there 1719- 

 1733- 



— 6. Garret, purchased land of his fath- 

 er in Middletown in 1742, died there in 

 1789. leaving large family of children; 

 see forward. 



7. Elizabeth, who married John Enoch 

 in 1718, and left a large family. 



8. Alice, or Alshe, married Samuel 

 Rue and left a number of children. 



9. Rachel, married Lewis Rue, March 

 24. 1736, and left children. 



ID. Je.sina. who never married. 



II. CORNELIUS VAN SANDT, son 

 of Garret (i) was born in New York, 

 probably about the year 1672. On 12 mo. 

 ID, 1698-9. he purchased 150 acres of 

 land adjoining his father in Bensalem 

 township. Bucks county. On May 4, 

 1714. he conveyed this tract to Thomas 

 Stevenson. It was probably in exchange 

 for land in Cecil county, Maryland, as 

 on the same date Stevenson conveyed 

 to him 1,035 acres on the west side of 

 Elk river, in New Mnnster township, 

 Cecil county, Maryland. He was bap- 

 tized at Pennypack Baptist church, Sep- 

 tember 14, 1712, and in 1714, with wife 

 Dericka. was "dismissed to Welsh 

 Tract" Baptist church in Pencader Hun- 

 dred, New Castle county. This church 

 was organized by a colony of Welsh 

 Baptists at Milford Haven, wdien about 

 to embark for America, in 1701. On ar- 

 riving in America they located at Pen- 

 nypack. where they remained until 1703. 

 when they located in New Castle on 

 land donated to them by James James, 

 and were ever after known as the 

 "Welsh Tract Baptist Church." Cor- 

 nelius Vansarjt remained a member of 

 this church, and was buried there May 

 I. 1734- His will, probated in Cecil 

 county, mentions wife Mary and chil- 

 dren Cornelius, Garret and Rebecca, all 

 apparently minors. He evidently mar- 

 ried a second time after his removal. 



III. Harman' Van Sandt, son of Gar- 

 rett and Lysbeth Gerritz, was baptized 



at the Dutch Reformed church of New 

 York, June 10, 1674, and died in Bensa- 

 lem township, Bucks county, in 1759. He 

 purchased August i, 1704, 250 acres of 

 land in Bensalem of Thomas Stevenson, 

 and on April 26, 1712, 250 more. On May 

 26, 1713, he purchased 125 acres which 

 had belonged to his brother Johannes, 

 and devised it in his will to his daughr 

 ter Catharine, wife of Daniel Severns. 

 On May 20, 1741, he purchased 100 acres 

 for his daughter Gazina, wife of Jacob 

 Titus. He also purchased in 171 1 56 

 acres in Southampton, which he con- 

 veyed to his brother Jacobus. Harman 

 Vansant was three times married. His 

 first wife, whom he married in New 

 Utrecht, was Elizabeth Brouwers. He 

 married (second) in 1733 Jane Joudon, 

 and (third) oji November 9, 1738, Judith 

 Evans, who survived him. She had been 

 twice married before becoming the wife 

 of Harman Vansant, first to Cornelius 

 McCarty, and second to John Evans, 

 both of Basalem township. The children 

 of Harman Vansant were as follows, all 

 probably by Elizabeth, his first wife: 



I. Garret, who died in 1755, leaving 

 a widow Mary and four children — Har-'' 

 man, Peter, Elizabeth and Garret. Har-" 

 man, who married Eleanor Vandegrift, 

 was the administrator of his father in 

 I7SS> and executor of the will of his 

 grandfather in 1759. He was devised by 

 the latter 125 acres of the land whereon 

 his father had lived, and subsequently 

 purchased considerable other land in 

 Bensalem where he died in 1815. His 

 children were: Jacob, baptized at South- 

 ampton church, July 7, 1754: Joseph; 

 Mary Van Horn; Eleanor, wife of Rob- 

 ert Wood; Sarah Cox; Ann Pleamess 

 and Garret. Peter was devised 100 acres 

 of land by his grandfather. Elizabeth and 

 Garret were the ancestors of practically 

 all the Vansants of Bensalem. 



2. Gazina, who married Jacon Titus 

 and lived on land devised to her by her 

 father. She died prior to April 30, 1772, 

 leaving children; Elizabeth, who mar- 

 ried Ephraim Phillips, of Burlington, 

 New Jersey; Olshe. who married Joseph 

 Seaborne, of Warwick, Bucks county; 

 Catharine, who married John Baker, of 

 Mt. Holly, New Jersey; Charity, wife of 

 Samuel Sutton, of Byberry, Jacob. Se- 

 ruch and William, of Bensalem; and Sa- 

 rah of Byberry. 



3. Elizabeth, who married May 6, 1719, 

 Volkert Vandegrift, and had nine chil- 

 dren, and died before her father. See 

 Vandegrift Family. 



' 4. Katharine, who married Daniel 

 Severns and lived on land in Bensalem 

 devised to her by her father. 



5. Harman, who married Alice Craven, 

 daughter of James Craven, of Warmins- 

 ter, Bucks county, and died in 1735, 

 leaving four children, mentioned in his 

 father's will in 1755. three of whom were 

 James, Harman and William. James 



