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HISTORY OP BUCKS COUXTY. 



was born in 1731, and died in Nortlianip- 

 ton, January 31, 1798; he married Aug- 

 ust 23, 1756, Jane Bennett, daughter of 

 William and Charity Bennett, and set- 

 tled in Northampton in 1764; James and 

 Jane were the ])arents of thirteen chil- 

 dren: Harman, married Alice Ilogeland 

 and settled in Warminster; Charity, wife 

 of John Corson, Esq.; William; Charles; 

 Elizabeth; Eleanor, wife of John Brown; 

 Richard; Isaac; John; Alice; James; 

 Aaron, and Mary. Harman, son of Har- 

 man and Alice (Craven) Vansant, mar- 

 ried Catharine Hogeland, and died in 

 Warminster in 1823; was many years a 

 justice; he left but one child, Elizabeth, 

 wife of James Edams. William died in 

 Warminster in 1805 



IV. Josias Van Sandt, son of Garret 

 and Lysbeth Gerritz, was baptized at 

 the Dutch Reformed church of New 

 York, October 29, 1676. but as we find 

 no further record of him he probably 

 died in childhood. 



V. ALBERT VAN SANDT, son of 

 Garret (i) was baptized at Flatbush, 

 May 13, 1681. He married November 8, 

 1704, Rebecca Vandegrift, daughter of 

 Leonard and Gertje (Ellsworth) Van- 

 degrift. He probably removed with 

 the rest of the family to Bensalem, 

 Bucks county, as he joined in the deed 

 conveying his father's real estate, but 

 in 1708-9, in connection with his bro- 

 ther-in-law, Jacob Vandegrift, purchased 

 500 acres of land in St. George's Hun- 

 dred, New Castle county. He seems also 

 to have purchased land in Georgetown, 

 Kent county, Maryland, which he con- 

 veyed to his brother George, May 14, 

 "^737- 111 1743 lie and his wife Rebecca, 

 of St. George's Hundred, New Castle 

 county, Delaware, joined in the deed for 

 his father-in-law's real estate in Bensa- 

 lem. After this date and prior to De- 

 cember 16, 1751, the date of his will, he 

 married a second wife, Sarah, who is 

 named as executrix. His children were: 

 Elizabeth, baptized October 3, 1705, mar- 

 ried a Joudon; Leonard, baptized No- 

 vember 5, 1707, probably died young, 

 not mentioned in will; Harmanus; 

 James; John; Garret; Christina, mar- 

 ried a Dushane; Rebecca, married a Mar- 

 tin; and Ann, who married a Brown. 



VI. JOHANNES (or John) VAN 

 SANDT, born on Long Island, son of 

 Garret (i), married at the First Pres- 

 byterian church of Philadelphia, 12 mo. 

 17, 1702, Leah Grocsbeck, probably 

 daughter of Jacob Groesbeck, who ac- 

 companied the Vansants from Long Isl- 

 and .to Bensalem and purchased land 

 there. John Vansand, as he signed his 

 name, purchased August I, 1704, 125 

 acres of land in Bensalem of Thomas 

 Stevenson, but reconveyed it to Stev- 

 enson, May 17. 1714, and the latter im- 

 mediately conveyed it to Harmon Van- 

 Sandt before mentiontd. On the same 

 date Stevenson conveyed to him 500 



acrs of land on Elk River, Cecil county, 

 Maryland. It is probable that his in- 

 tention to move to Maryland was- 

 frustrated by his sickness and death. 

 His will is dated October 30, 1714, and 

 was proved the sixth of the following 

 January. It devises to son John forty 

 shillings, and to his wife Leah his per- 

 sonal estate and the use of his Mary- 

 land real estate, if not sold, during life 

 for "the educaticui and maintenance of. 

 herself and children." Believing that it 

 will be necessary to sell his Maryland 

 real eistate, he empowers Stofifel Van- 

 sand and Bartholomew Jacobs to sell it. 

 If not sold, to be valued and divided 

 between the two boys, they paying their 

 sisters their equal shares. The only child 

 mentioned was John. It is possible that 

 the other of "the two boys" was Gar- 

 ret, who had a number of children bap- 

 tized at St. Stephen's church, Cecil 

 county, beginning with 1721. A daughter 

 Rachel was baptized June 5, 1711. 

 TJ^'-ijACOBUS (or James) VAN SANDT, 

 son of Garret (i), was baptized at Flat- 

 bush, Long Island, February 15, 1685, 

 and removed with his father to Bensa- 

 lem, Bucks county, in 1699. He married 

 at the First Presbyterian church of 

 Philadelphia, on January 7, 1707-8, Re- 

 becca Vandegrift, daughter of Nicho- 

 las and Barentje (Verkerk) Vandegrift, 

 who had come to Bensalem from Long 

 Island at the same date as the Vansants, 

 (See Vandegrift Family). Jacobus and 

 his wife joined the Bensalem church, 

 Neshaminy branch, at its institution in 

 1710. On April 7, 1711, Benjamin Hop- 

 per conveyed to Jacobus Vansand, of 

 Bensalem, yeoman, 100 acres of land in 

 Southampton, and on January I, 1712, 

 his brother Harman Vansandt and Eli- 

 zabeth his wife conveyed to Jacobus fif- 

 ty acres adjoining the 150 which had 

 been purchased by Harman of Ezra 

 Bowen, June 13, 171 1. He later purchased 

 144 acres of land of Cornelius Egmont, 

 which he devised to his son Nicholas. 

 The will of Jacobus Vansandl, of South- 

 ampton, is dated December 12, 1744. a"fl 

 was proven January 9, 1745- It devises 

 to son Jacob the 150 acre farm on which 

 he dwelt, reserving certain p-ivileges to 

 his wife Rebecca: the Egmont farm to 

 son Nicholas: mentions daughters Eliza- 

 beth and Rebecca as having received 

 their shares, the latter being ceceased; 

 sons Jacobus, Garret and Isaiah, and 

 grandson Charles Inyard, to have equal 

 shares. The will names "kinsman John 

 Vansand" and friend Nathaniel Brittian 

 as executors, but they renouncing, as 

 also did the widov/, letters were granted 

 to the sons James and Nicholas. The 

 will is signed "J. V." His widow Re- 

 becca survived him two years, leaving 

 will dated November 18, 1746, and 

 ])roved January 13, 1746-7. and men- 

 tions the sanfe children, and grandson 

 diaries Inyar<l. The cliildren of Ja- 



