HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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Maria Degreau; Adriantje. baptized 

 May 25, 1690, married Charles Taylor; 

 John, of Staten Island, married Susanna 

 La Tourette: Helena, baptized ]\lay 29, 

 1695, married Tennis Stoutenburgh, and 

 Sarah, who married Cornelius Dorlandt. 

 Of the above, at least two, Joseph Van 

 Pelt and Adrien Schoute, (Scout) and 

 Maria Van Pel.t his wife settled in Penn- 

 sylvania, Joseph in Byberr3% Philadel-* 

 phia county, and Scout in Warminster 

 township, Bucks county. 



Joseph Van Pelt married Catharine 



, and the baptism of three of their 



children appears of record in Staten 

 Island, Catharine, baptized May 4, 1714. 

 Joost, baptized March 20, 1716, and Jo- 

 hannes, baptized September 8, 1717. He 

 removed to Pennsylvania prior to De- 

 cember 6, 1719, as his daughter Sarah 

 was baptized at Abington Presbyterian 

 church on that date. Another son Der- 

 rick was baptized at the same church 

 May 7, 1721. His other children were: 

 Joris (George), who married Catharine 

 Sleght, June 2, 1743, and had children, 

 Joseph John, Catharine and Sarah, bap- 

 tized at the Dutch Reformed church of 

 North and Southampton, (1744 to 1756); 

 Lena, who married John Van Horn; An- 

 thony, who died in Buckingham in 1754. 

 and Elizabeth, who married John Ben- 

 nett. On November 7, 1730, Joseph Van 

 Pelt purchased 180^ acres of land in 

 Byberry of Jacob Hibbs. He died 

 intestate and letters of ^administration 

 were granted to his widow Catharine 

 March 17, 1739. His widow married 

 John McVeagh, May 17, 1745. His son 

 Joseph must have died j^oung as he does 

 not appear in connection with the con- 

 veyance of his father's real estate. John 

 Van Pelt, the second son, married May 

 12, 1739, Cornelia Sleght, and settled in 

 Northampton township, Bucks county. 

 Their children were: Joseph, baptized 

 December 11, 1742; Catharine, baptized 

 April 2, 1745; John, baptized August 31, 

 1749; Daniel, baptized October 15, 1751; 

 Isaac, baptized August 11, 1754. mar- 

 ried December 30, 1788, Jane Hender- 

 son, and removed to Wrightstown town- 

 ship, Bucks county. Helena, baptized 

 January 2, 1757; Jacob, baptized August 

 12, 1759, married Sarah Ryan. He died 

 in New Mil ford, Ohio, August 31, 183 1. 

 He was the father of eleven children. 

 Sarah, baptized September 23. 1761. 

 Catharine Van Pelt, eldest daughter of 

 Joseph and Catharine Van Pelt, married 

 Abraham Carroll, January 29. 1737. 

 Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Catharine 

 Van Pelt, married Barnard Van Horn, 

 January 17, 1753, and their son Isaac 

 Van Horn was baptized at Southamp- 

 ton, March 17, 1754. 



Derrick Van Pelt married February 

 14. 1742. Mary Britton. He was an inn- 

 keeper in Whitpain township, Philadel- 

 phia county, at his death in 1767. His 

 sons Joseph and John were residents of 



Upper Dublin township in 1770, but both 

 removed to New Britain township, 

 Bucks county, prior to 1776. The other 

 children of Derrick and Mary were: 

 Abraham, Mary, Anne, Samuel, Cath- 

 arine, married Isaac Newhouse, and 

 ]\Iercy, married Jacob DeHaven. 



Isaac Van Pelt, who married Jane 

 Henderson in 1788, removed to Wrights- 

 town township, Bucks county, in 1795, 

 later removed to Buckingham where he 

 died in 181 1. His children were: Mary, 

 married Robert Jones ; John ; Isaac ; 

 Thomas; Jane, married Thomas D. 

 Wolf; and Eleanor, married William 

 Vansant. Jane (Henderson) Van Pelt 

 died in Buckingham in 1S35. 



Three of the sons of Joseph Van Pelt, 

 viz.: John, Isaac and Daniel — were pri- 

 vates in Captain Folwells Associated 

 Company in Southampton in 1775, John 

 was commissioned a lieutenant in Lower 

 Solebury, I\Iay 10, 1779. Isaac also saw 

 actual service in the revolution. John 

 became a captain. 



Isaac, son of Isaac and Jane Hender- 

 son Van Pelt, was born in Wrightstown 

 in 1797. He was a shoemaker by trade 

 and lived in Wrightstown until 1836, 

 when he purchased a farm* in Bucking- 

 ham, where he died May 27, 1865. He 

 was twice married. His first wife was 

 Sarah, daughter of Peter D. and Re- 

 becca (Lewis) Cattell, (originally De- 

 Cattel). The children of this marriage 

 who survived were: Seth C, born Au- 

 gust 24, 1829: Jane Ellen, married Jo- 

 seph S. Ely, Esq., of New-town: William, 

 of Upper Makefield: Wilhelmina, mar- 

 ried Charles H. Warner. Isaac Van 

 Pelt married (second) Mary Ann Rich- 

 ardson and had three children: Joseph, 

 born October 8, 1844, Elizabeth, mar- 

 ride Joseph Starkey. and Matilda Caro- 

 line, who never married, living with her 

 sistei Elizabeth at Forest Grove. 



SETH C. VAN PELT, deceased, was 

 born near Penns Park, Wrightstown 

 township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 

 August 24. 1829. a son of Isaac and Sarah 

 (Cattell) Van Pelt. He was reared on a 

 farm until twenty years of age, acquir- 

 ing a good education in the common 

 schools adjacent to his home. He then 

 entered the store of Jesse P. Carver, at 

 Pineville, as clerk, where he remained 

 until December i, 1872, when, having been 

 elected to the office of prothonotary of 

 Bucks county, he removed to Doyles- 

 town and there resided until the spring 

 of 1877, when he returned to Pineville 

 and rented a store for two years. At 

 the expiration of this period of time he 

 purchased the same and continued the 

 management of it until his death. May 

 31, 1889. He was a man of sterling in- 

 tegrity, and in all his career as clerk, 

 accountant, postmaster, merchant and 



