HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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ampton township, Bucks county, on 

 294 acres conveyed to him by his fath- 

 ■er in 1707. In 1737 two hundred acres 

 of the land belonging to the estate of his 

 father-in-law, Hendrick Van Dyck, in 

 Middeltown township was conveyed to ' 

 him by leremiali Langhorne, as "straw 

 man" in efifecting the transfer from the 

 devises of Van Dyck to Christian Van 

 Horn. He represented Bucks county in 

 the I'onnsylvania assembly for the / 

 ye:irs 1723-1732 and I734-I737. thirteen 

 years in all. He died November 23, 1751, . 

 and his wife May 6, 1760. She was born 

 on Slatcn Island, July 4, 1681. The will 

 of Christ i?n Van Horn devised to his 

 eldest sor Bernard the home plantation 

 of 205 acres in Northampton, to his son 

 Henry 200 acres on which Henry was 

 living in Newtown, purchased of George 

 and Joseph Randal in 1726; to his son 

 John thirty-two acres in Northampton , 

 to his daughter Charity Van Duren 

 anotl'.er tract adjoining containing for- 

 ty-ore acres, and to his son Christian 

 187 acres in Northampton, wdien he 

 should come of age; the other children 

 receiving their shares of his. estate in 

 money. To his , son Barnard he be- 

 queathed his large Bible. This Bible 

 is now in the possession of Dr. Wilmer 

 Krusen, of 127 North Twenty-ninth 

 street, Philadelphia, having descended 

 to him from his ancestors, the Hege- 

 mans, John Hegeman having ' married 

 Jane Van Horn, daughter of Christian. 

 who inherited it from her brother, Bar- 

 nard Van Horn, who died in 1760, with- 

 out issue. It was printed at Dordrecht 

 in 1690, and was purchased by Hen- 

 drick Van Dyck in December, 1701, and 

 presented to his daughter Williamtje, 

 who married Christian Van Horn. On 

 the My leaf it contains the record of the 

 "birth of the children of Hendrick Van 

 Dyck, those of Christian and Williamt- 

 je Van Horn, and those of John and 

 Jannetje (Van Horn) Hegeman. 



The children of Christian and Will- 

 iamtje (Van Dyck) Van Horn were: 



16. Barnard Van Horn, born February 

 19, 1701-2. died April 22. 1760. married 

 December 31, 1741, Jannetje Van Bos- 

 kerk, had no children. 



17. Henry Van Horn, born Septem- 

 ber 15, 1707. died in Newtown township, 

 Bucks county in 1761. He married his 

 first cousin, Susanna Van Vleck. daugh- 

 ter of Rev. Paulus and Jannetje (Van 

 Horn) Van Vleck. She inherited from 

 her grandfather, Hendrick Van Dyck, 

 one half of his real estate, and 173 acres 

 thereof was conveyed to Henry by the 

 same proceedings as in the case of h.is 

 father, and the latter at his death devis- 

 ed to Henry 200 acres, in Newtown. 

 and it was devised by the will of Henry 

 in T761 to his sons. Christian and Henry. 

 Susanna, the widow of Henry, died in 

 June. T776. They were the parents of 

 four children, Christian, who married. 



June 14, 1764, Sarah Vansant, — see for- 

 ward; Henry Van Horn, died 1777, 

 married Elizabeth Vansant; Jane, who 

 married John Johnson; and Susannah, 

 who married Euclides Longshore. 



18. Geertje or Charity, baptized May 

 21, 1710, married Godfrey Van Duren, 

 who was the first innkeeper at Ruck- 

 man's, in Solebury township, Bucks 

 county. 



19. Antje of Ann, baptized March 22, 

 1712, died in infancy. 



20. John Van Horn, born December 

 8, 1713. married. May 30, 1739, Lena Van 

 Pelt, (See Van Pelt Family) and died 

 in 1760. John and Lena (Van Pelt) 

 Van Horn were the parents of five chil- 

 dren, all of whom were baptized at 

 Southampton church, viz: Catharine, 

 baptized August ir, 1741, married Jan- 

 uary 12, 1764, John Subers, see forward; 

 Christian, br-'.ptized October 4, 1743, 

 died young; Willimentje, baptized May 



_ II, 1746, died in infancy; Willimentje, 

 born March i. 1748; and Joseph, born 

 May 30, 1750, married, January 7, 1773, 

 Ann Searle. 



2T. Ann Van Horn, born July 19, 

 1716, died 1753. married Cornelius Cor- 

 son, and had seven children, viz: Bland- 

 ia, baptized March 26, 1738, Willemeyn- 

 je, baptized February 24, 1740; Maryt- 

 je, baptized May 23, 1742; Jannetje, 

 baptized July 19, 1744; Antje, baptized 

 December 26, 1746; Benjamin, baptized 

 April 13. 1749; and Cornelius, baptized 

 November 16. 1751. 



22. Catharine Van Horn, born April 

 13, 1719. married Hendrick Hegeman, 

 and had four children, viz: Adrien. bap- 

 tized March 26. 1738; Maria, baptized 

 April 7, 1740; Jannetje, baptized June 

 6; 1742; Catrintje. baptized March 24, 



1745- 



23. Jane Van Horn, born May 20, 1721, 

 died September 7, 1783, married, Octo- 

 ber 20, 1741, John Hegeman, born Jan- 

 uary 10, 1718. and had nine children; 

 Mary, born March 8, I743; Christian, 

 born August 8. 1745: Henry, born Jan- 

 uary 5, 1748; John, born July 26, 1750; 

 Henry,' born January 11, 1753; Benjamin, 

 born Novemiser 19, 1755; Adrian, born 

 September 16. 1758; Barnet, born Feb- 

 ruary 23, 1761; and Jane, born May 15, 



1765. 



24. Christian Van Horn, born August 

 29. 1728, died December 17, 1753. 



Christian Van Horn, eldest son of 

 Henry (17) and Susanna (Van Vlecq) 

 . Van Horn, born in Newtown township, 

 Bucks county, married. June 14, 1764. 

 Sarah Vansant, daughter of Isaiah and 

 Charitv (Van Horn) Vansant, of Lower 

 Makefield. Her mother. Charity (Van 

 Horn) Vansant. being a daughter of Pe- 

 ter (8) and Elizabeth (Gabriels) Van 

 Horn. Christian Van Horn inherited 

 from his father 126 acres of land in 

 Newtown township, on the Neshaminy 

 creek, part of the land purchased by his 



