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David Cosaadt

Male 1738 - 1780  (~ 42 years)


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  • Name David Cosaadt 
    Christened 17 Sep 1738  First Reformed Church of Raritan, Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Oct 1780  Fonda, Montgomery, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1866  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father David Cossart,   c. 23 Apr 1704, Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, New York City, New York, New York, United States. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Catalyntie,   b. From 1706 to 1711, of, , New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1734  of Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F663  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jannetje or Janneche Stimish or Stumerse,   b. Bef 1753, of, Albany (now Montgomery), New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef 1772 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F720  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. The following baptismal records are found in the book "Compendium of Mohawk Valley Families," by Marily Penrose. Unfortunately none of the baptisms have sponsors' names so currently it is conjecture on my part that David, Cobus, Frans, Susanna are all siblings in the same generation. The source for the baptisms is given by the author as "DRC," which means church records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church. The entries appear to come from the same original church book meaning that these individuals with the same last name are geographically close. The location of the church is Caughnawaga, now the Reformed Church of Fonda, in the village of Fonda, Montgomery County, N.Y. Book also contains one marriage entry for this surname: "Cosaadt, Frans m. Nancy Johnson, 6/20/1777 (DRC:161).The entries:
      A. Cosaadt, Cobus And Elizabeth (Seedam): Neyltje, b. 4/4/1776, bapt. 4/24/1776 (DRC:37); Peter, b. 1777, bapt. 4/15/1777 (DRC:42); Cobus, bapt. 2/19/1786 at age 2 months (DRC:76, 77).
      B. David:
      a. David Cosaadt and Jannetje (Stimish): Jacobus, b. 11/27/1774, bapt. 1/27/1775 (DRC:32); Cataluntje, b. 11/25/1779, bapt. 1/23/1780 (DRC:54).
      b. David Cosnat and Janneche (Stumerse) [assumed by author and myself to be the same two individuals as above]: Benjamin, b. 12/24/1772; bapt. 3/31/1773 (DRC:24).
      C. Cosaadt, Frans and Nancy (Johnson): Catrina, b. 3/8/1778; bapt. 5/10/1778 (DRC:47).

      2. Variant name spellings include Cosaadt, Cossadt, Cassadt, Cosaardt, Cressart, Gresaart, Gressaadt, Coessaerd, Cossart, or Cosnat.

      3. Various quotes from Worldconnect database "rcossart" (Ray at RNCossart@aol.com) accessed 18 May 2013:
      "The family history states that this David was: "killed by Colonel Butler and his cutthroats." General John Butler (1728 - 1794) Tory leader in the American Revolution, born in New London, Conn. He fled to Canada after the outbreak of the American Revolution; there he organized Butler's Rangers, a force consisting of several hundred Indians and a number of loyalists, whom in 1778 he led in an invasion of the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania. The successful expedition climaxed in a massacre conducted by Butler's Indian rangers. In 1779 American troops under General John Sullivan and General James Clinton (1733 - 1812) defeated Butler's Rangers in a battle fought near present-day Elmira, NY. In 1780 Butler engaged in a British raid through the Mohawk Valley. This is where I believe David was killed for his family was living in this area at this time.
      The Bloodied Mohawk - Mohawk Valley Partisans pages 524 - 525:
      'Lewis Pruyne, RWPA #R8507. He was born at Fort Hunter in now Florida Township, Montgomery Co., NY on April 22, 1760, a brother of Peter F. Pruyne. He married at Fort Hunter at Caughnawaga in Montgomery Co., NY. He states ... In the year 1777 was again called out with his company to Johnstown but did not long remain there when he returned and remained some time keeping garrison where there came orders to Fort Hunter to draft out of Capt. Mabeis company and six or eight men, to go to Fort Plank on the Mohawk, a few miles above Fort Plain, where there was a block house to supply the place of some men whose time at Fort Plank was expired, the draft was made and he (Pruyne) was one of the number & he & his comrades went & kept garrison there for several weeks, and he believes six or seven weeks, when he was at Fort Plank he belonged to a company commanded by Capt. G. Putman - after their places were supplied by others, he went back to Fort Hunter ... Also concerning his services in 1777, he states ... he was often called up to John Roof's house, on the Mohawk river about fourteen miles from Fort Hunter, to guard that place from the approach of the Indians, and he well recollects that he lay out doors there one whole night, expecting every moment an attack of the Indians who wanted to burn the house and barns ... He states he was again drafted to perform duties at Fort Plank as a private under Captain Garret Putman in the late fall of 1779. Lewis mentions the death of [ - - -] Cossant (Cossart) during Sir John Johnson's raid of October 1780. Lewis also served as a private in Captain Garret Putman of Lieutenant Colonel Willett's Regiment. William Furgason states they served together at Fort Plank for three weeks under the command of Captain Garret Putman of Lieutenant Colonel John Harper's Regiment of Levies in the fall of 1779. Peter F. Pruyne states he remembers seeing Lewis on duty at Fort Plank in 1777. His file also contains depositions by Abraham Covenhoven and Isaac Covenhoven.'
      The great Grandson of David writes regarding David: 'Bought a house and lot on Prince Street, New York in 1708 and sold it in 1713. He was a farmer. His son was David, also his Grandson, who married Grandmother, Catherine Vandercook. They spelled their name in the deed COSSART. The true name is Corsault. The grandfather was Huguenot French. Lived in New Rochelle, NY, moved to Scoharie County, NY in 1750. Great Grandfather was killed by English. "Colonel Butler and his cut-throats".'
      Enlisted in the Tryon County Militia 3rd Regiment, listed as David Corsaart. Moved to Montgomery Co., NY about 1772."

      4. Quote from Worldconnect database "rcossart" (Ray at RNCossart@aol.com) accessed 18 May 2013 concerning this individual's father: "[David Sr.'s] father's will showed him receiving a one hundred acre tract of land in the vicinity of Bound Brook, NJ. All of his children were baptized at the Raritan Church indicated that he lived somewhere in that location. David seems to have been the last of his father's four sons to remain in Somerset Co., NJ. George, the eldest, returned to New York City. Jacob died before the father and Francis, the youngest, left for the Connewgo Valley of York Co., PA. David removed with his family to the Mohawk Valley in New York just before the Revolutionary War. This David line is the only one in America that still uses the original French name of "Cossart." He settled south-west from Albany, NY. His three sons: David, Jacob, and Francis served in the American Revolutionary War. David and Catherine both were memebers of the Dutch Reformed Church at Sommerville, Somerset Co., NJ."

      CHRISTENING:
      1. Website http://raub-and-more.com/raritanbap/06.html accessed 18 May 2013. "Baptisms Reformed Church Raritan (Somerville), NJ, March 8, 1699 -June 28, 1829" from the collection of the late Beulah Gangaware (circa 1930s), p. 26. Entry: 17 Sep 1738 Coessaerd, Daved & Cataleyntye; Daved; no sponsors listed.
      The earliest known ecclesiastical organization in Somerset County was that of the First Reformed Church of Raritan (now Somerville), originally known as the Reformed Dutch Church of Raritan. It was organized March 9, 1699. The church baptismal records are preserved from the beginning, the first three baptisms recorded being March 8, 1699, made, no doubt, by Rev. Guiliam Bertholf, of Hackensack, in whose presence, next day, the first elder and first deacon of the Raritan church were installed. Bertholf probably supplied the organization with preaching until 1717. The next known minister to officiate was the Rev. Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen, who was called from Holland and arrived in 1720, becoming pastor of the four churches of Raritan, Three-Mile Run, Six-Mile Run and North Branch (Readington). June 9, 1749 Rev. Dr. Messler. The baptisms were written out in the Dutch language until 1720, when English, with some Dutch intermixed, was substituted. Some of the early entries, while admirably kept and well preserved, are exceedingly hard to decipher, owing to the unusual spellings (often greatly varied) of the proper names.

      2. Website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kindred/BRar1699.txt accessed 18 May 2013. Title: R D C: First Reformed Church, Raritan (Somerville) Baptisms 1699-1745. Author: Somerset County Historical Quarterly Publication: Vol. II, 1913, pgs. 38, 138, 209, and 298. Translated and compared with original records: 17 Sep 1738 Coessaerd, Daved & Cataleyntye; Daved.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Date and place estimated based on the oldest son David Corsaut chr. 14 Apr 1771 Readington, Hunterdon, New Jersey; death: 1814 in Canada. Information on this son per Worldconnect database "rcossart" (Ray at RNCossart@aol.com) accessed 18 May 2013. David moved to Canada in 1801 and his descendants changed the spelling to Corsaut. He was reportedly killed by Indians while he was working in his field, but other sources say otherwise. He could also be listed in the 1800 census in Cayuga Co., NY with three Childern, two sons under 10 and a daughter under 10. The name is spelled Cosart. Found in Aurelius on page 716. His brother could be James Cosart, found in the 1800 census in the same county.