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1. Partial excerpt from the book, “A history of the Camfield family: with special emphasis on the descendants of John Freeman Camfield and Margaret Singleton Camfield…,†by Ernest Ross Camfield (Privately printed; 1999), “THE FAMILY OF LONGSTREET AND ITS TIES WITH THE CAMFIELD'S,†pp. 244-51 (see entry for Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet for the full transcript of this partial excerpt):
“Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet
Born: about 1666 in probably New Utrecht, New Netherlands (America)
Married: Moica Lanen Van Pelt in 1695, she was the daughter of Gysbrecht Tuysz Lanen Van Pelt of New Utrecht, in New Netherlands.
He died about 1 March 1741 in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Children:
-Dirck (Richard) Langestraet. Baptized in Brooklyn, New Jersey on 25 April 1697; he lived to be 99 years old.
-Jonica (Jane) Langestraet. Born about 1698 in New Jersey.
-Catherine Langestraet. Born about 1700; married Jan Sutphen of New Jersey in 1720; married a second time to Elias Anderson on 30 March 1761 in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
-Maria (Mary) Langestraet. Baptized 6 May 1702 in Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Baptism recorded a second time on 30 Dec 1711 in Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Same child listed with same parents. Married #1 William Hendricksen of New Jersey. Married #2 Dirck Sutphen, (brother of Jan Sutphen) of New Jersey.
-Sarah Langestraet. Born about 1705 in New Jersey. Baptized along with her brother Gisbert on 26 November 1710 in the Dutch Reformed Church, Monmouth County, and New Jersey.
-Gisbert (Gilbert) Langestraet. Baptized 26 November 1710 in the Dutch Reformed Church, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Birth date was approximately 1707; He married Rachel Schenck; He died 1758 in New Jersey.
-Aaron (Aurie) Langestraet Baptized 26 November 1710, along with his brother and sister, Gisbert and Sarah, at The Dutch Reformed Church in Monmouth County, New Jersey; he married Lydia Hull on 6 May 1754 in New Jersey.
-Stoffel Radical Langestraet (Longstreet). Of whom hereafter there is much data, as we are descended from him.
-Moica (Masy) Langestraet. Baptized 6 March 1716 in Monmouth County, New Jersey in the Dutch Reformed Church; married Johannes Leek (Also recorded as "John Little") in 1736 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
-Anna Langestraet. Born 1718 in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Stoffel Langestraet was a Deacon of the Flatlands Church in 1698. Not long after this he, his brother Adrian, and his father moved across to New Jersey. There he settled in the Neversink Hills, (some references say at Deal) which was in Monmouth County, where his descendants abound to this day.
From the "AMERICAN WEEKLY MERCURY," dated 14-21 of February 1726-27 the following extract is taken:
"Langestraet, Theophilus from Shrewsbury in East Jersey, on Saturday, the last day of December 1726. Theophilus Langestraet of Shewsbury in the County of Monmouth aged nearly sixty years, he met with seven swans flying over a meadow, he shot down six of them with one shot, such a shot was never known amongst us."
His Will dated 1 December 1739, was probated on 1 March 1741; meaning he probably died toward the date of probate. In his Will he refers to himself as "THEOPHILUS," an erroneous interpretation of his proper name of Stoffel, or Christopher. It is interesting to note that although he refers to himself as "Theophilus Longstreet," he signs his name on the legal document as "Stoffel Langestraet." The Will of his wife was dated 8 April 1752, and it was probated 13 March 1753; again she must have died toward the later date. These Wills named ten children, their four sons, and six daughters.
WILL OF STOFFEL LANGESTRAET
In the name of God amen. I Theophilus Longstreet of the town of Shrewsbury, in the County of Monmouth and eastern division of the province of New Jersey, yeoman, being in good health of body and sound and disposing mind and memory, thanks be given unto almighty God for that and all other manifold mercies to me, do in tis my time of health, make ordain and constitute this, my last Will and Testament, in the manner following: That is to say,
First and principally, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the hands of my executors. Nothing doubting but at the general resurrection to receive the same again by the almighty power of God. As touching my temporal estate, wherewith it shall please God to bless me with at the time of my decease, I give, devise and bequeath the same after in the following manner and form:
I give unto my beloved wife Mercy (Moica), the use of any fire room of my house which she shall choose, two feather beds and furniture, and as many household goods as will be sufficient for her to keep house with all during the time she remains my widow, and during the said time I order my sons to find her sufficient firewood cut an carted to her door, and a milk cow for winter and summer. An if she sees cause to keep one of the Negro wenches, my will is that she have which one she pleases of them during my said wives life; with this provision, that said Negro wench at her decease shall be reckoned and esteemed as part of my personal estate. What I have herein given my wife is given to her instead of her thirds or dower.
I give, devise, and bequeath to my eldest son, Richard Longstreet, the plantation whereon he now lives and has possession on the North side of the Manasquan River, to him, his heirs and assigns forever my old gun and the sum of fifty pounds out of my personal estate.
I give, devise and bequeath to my second son, Gilbert Longstreet, the plantation whereon he now lives and has possession of also on the North side of the Manasquan River, to him the said Gilbert, his heirs and assigns forever. My will is I hereby give, devise, and bequeath all my tract of land on the North side of the river and joining to my said son, Gilberts plantation, and all land and meadow on the south side of the river, equally to be divided between my said sons Richard and Gilbert, to them, their heirs, and assigns forever.
I give devise and bequeath to my third son, Aury Longstreet, all that tract of land and meadow at Raritom whereon he now lives and has in possession to him the said Aury, his heirs, and assigns forever.
I give, devise, and bequeath to my fourth son, Theophilus Longstreet, all my land and meadow in said town and Long Branch and Raccoon Island, being in my own possession, to him the said Theophilus, is heirs and assigns forever. And my best horse, him having the choice.
All the rest of the lands and meadows, where so ever situate, I give devise and bequeath to my said four sons to be equally divided in four parts to them, their heirs and assigns forever.
And I hereby order that my said four sons pay unto their mother yearly during her widowhood the sum often pounds yearly, that is fifty shillings a year apiece.
The entire residue of my personal estate not herein before bequeathed, I give to my four said sons equally between them, share and share alike. My will is that my said four sons shall equally among them pay unto my six daughters, namely: Yonica, Catherine, Mary, Sarah, Moica, and Anne, the sum of six hundred pounds, that is one hundred pounds apiece to each of my said daughters, and that will be one hundred and fifty pounds for each of my said sons to pay to their sisters. And that my said sons pay unto the sum of fifty pounds apiece within a year after my decease and so on in that proportion yearly until their one hundred and fifty pounds is paid, and that they pay their eldest sisters first. Lastly, I constitute and make my four sons executors of this my last Will and Testament, to see the same performed and I do hereby disannul and make void all former will or wills by me made. IN WITNESS whereof, I the said Theophilus Longstreet to this my last Will and Testament contained on one sheet of paper have set my hand and seal this first day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven-hundred and thirty nine, and in the thirteenth year of His Majesty King George II reign, etc. 1739
Memento: I give to my eldest daughter, Yonica, my old loom, this being done before signing, sealing and publishing.
STOFFEL LONGSTREET (seal) Signed, Sealed and published, and declared by the said testator to be the last Will and Testament in presence of John Little Thomas Wainwright, John Seares, Jacob Dennis, NOTE: There are neither razures nor interlineations in the original nor record foregoing.
BE IT REMEMBERED that on the first day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and forty one, that John Little and Thomas Wainwright, two of the within witnesses, personally came before me, Thomas Bartow, duly authorized to prove Wills, qualify executors etc. in the eastern division of New Jersey, and they being duly sworn on the Evangelists, did dispose that they were present and saw Stoffel Longstreet, the testator named, sign and seal with instrument, and heard him publish, pronounce and declare the same to be his last Will and Testament, and that at the doing thereof the said Testator was of sound mind and memory to the best of their knowledge and understanding. And that at the same time, John Seares, and Jacob Dennis, the other subscribed witnesses were present and that each signed his name as witness in the Testator's presence. THOS. BARTOW
BE IT ALSO REMEMBERED that at the same time Richard Longstreet, Gilbert Longstreet, Aury Longstreet, and Theophilus Longstreet, the Executor's within named, personally came before me and were sworn to the due execution and performance of the within Will and Testament according to law. THOS. BARTOW. LEWIS MORRIS, Esquire
Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over His Majesty's Province of New Jersey and territories thereon depending in America and Vice Admiral in the same, etc. To all whom these presents shall come, GREETING: Know ye that at Perth Amboy on the first day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and forty one, the Last Will and Testament of Theophilus Longstreet of the town of Shrewsbury, etc. deceased, was proved before Thomas Bartow..."
WILL OF MOICA (VAN PELT) LONGSTREET
In the name of God, amen. I Moica Longstreet of the township of Shrewsbury in the County of Monmouth and eastern division of New Jersey, widow, but being in reasonable health of body, but of sound and disposing mind and memory, thanks be given to almighty God for that and all others of his manifold mercies to me. Done in this my time of health, I make, ordain and constitute this, my Last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to say,
FIRST and principally, I give and recommend my soul unto the hands of God that gave it and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors, nothing doubting but at the Resurrection to receive the same again by the mighty power of God; and as touching my personal estate wherewith it shall please God to bless me with at the time of my decease.
I give, devise, and bequeath the same after the following manner and form: I give all my wearing clothes and all my household goods and all the goods that my son Stoffel Longstreet gave to me at the time he sold the plantation to be equally divided amongst my daughters. To be equally divided amongst them, namely Jeane, Catren, Mary, Sary, Masy, and Anne, to them and their assigns I give devise and bequest unto my drafters as follows; that is to say the remaining part of my estate after my decease after all my just debts be paid for, to be put out at interest. And the interest to be given to my daughters, that is to say to them that has the most need of it. That I leave to the discretion of my Executors. And in case that my Executors sees an occasion for to make use of the principal for the support of my daughters, or for any part of it, I leave it to their discretion. And further, it is my will that if my Executor sees that any of my daughter's children, that is the female kind, is not capable for to relieve themselves, nor for anybody to relieve them, then my Executors, at their discretion may relieve them. And my will is that after the decease of all my daughters, that if there be any estate left in the hands of my Executors that they are desired to keep it at interest as aforesaid mentioned, and use as aforesaid mentioned, that is to let my children's children have it that is the female kind. I leave it to be distributed as my Executors see fit.
My Will is further that if my Executors think that these children are capable of taking care of themselves, that then it may be divided amongst the survivors, equal to them and their assigns. Lastly, I constitute, and make my son, Gilbert Longstreet, John Little and William Hendrickson my Executors of this my last Will and Testament to see. the same performed. And I do hereby disannul and make void all former Wills or Will made by me. In witness thereof, I Moica Longstreet, to this my Last Will and Testament contained 248 on one sheet of paper, here set my hand and seal this eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord, One thousand, seven hundred and fifty two. In the twenty-fifth year of His Majesties Rein King George II, 1752.
Moicae "X" Longstreet Her mark
(Source: REGISTER OF THE PEROGATIVE COURT, STATE OF NEW JERSEY; Will of Moica Longstreet; Recorded in Libber F, page 105) ...
(Source: EARLY SETTLERS OF KING COUNTY, by Bergan, Langestraet Chapter; ANNALS OF CLASSIC LIFE AT BERGEN, by Taylor, pages 78-90; FAMILY BIBLE OF STOFFEL D. LANGESTRAET)â€
2. FHL film 946267 "The Charles R. Hutchinson Collection" Family Records, Book 4 = sb 71, vol. 4, pg. 93:
"May 1, 1761, Stoffil Longstreet and wife conveyed to James English, Jnr., of Allenton, etc. Miller." for ₤913, the mill property at Allentown containing 34 acres, as described on page 15, June 26 1766, "Letters of administration upon the goods, chattels and credits which were of James Englash, late of Upper Freehold in the county of Monmouth, etc., Miller, were granted to his widow, Catharine English," June 1, 1767. The mill property at Allentown, 34 acres, was sold by sheriff as te property fo James Englaish, deceased, in the hands of Catharine Englsih, his widow and administratrix, at suit of Stoffil Longstreet for ₤1000, and Charles McKnight for ₤674, to John Rhea, for ₤925. (Page 16)."
3. FHL film 946272 "The Charles R. Hutchinson Collection" Family Records, Book , Deeds in Upper Freehold Township of Monmouth Co., compiler numbers:
3253: Deed of Stoffil Longstreet, miller, to Samuel Allen, Jan. 27, 1759, for land in Allenstown of 200 acres.
3255: Deed of Stoffil Longstreet and Abigail his wife to Thomas Lawrie, Dec. 4, 1759, for land in Allenstown of 14.7 acres.
3257: Release of Stoffil Longstreet to Samuel Allen. March 9, 1761. Size not mentioned.
3288: Deed of Stoffil Longstreet, yeoman, & wife Abigail of Upper Freehold to James English Jr., miller, of Allentown, 1 May1761, for land in Allentown of 34 acres. Recorded Burlington, Book Y, Deeds, page 12.
4. The book, “A history of the Camfield family: with special emphasis on the descendants of John Freeman Camfield and Margaret Singleton Camfield…,†by Ernest Ross Camfield (Privately printed; 1999), “THE FAMILY OF LONGSTREET AND ITS TIES WITH THE CAMFIELD'S,†pp. 251-53:
“Stoffel Radical Longstreet
Born: 14 July 1712 in Monmouth County, New Jersey
Christened: 25 December 1713 at the Dutch Reformed Church in Freehold and Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Married: Abigail Wooley in 1743
Died: 31 August 1782 in Allentown, Monmouth County, New Jersey
CHILDREN:
-Daniel Longstreet. Never married.
-Gilbert Longstreet. Married: Helen Hankinson, had one daughter named Hannah; he died in 1787
-John Longstreet. Married Lucy Tapscott, had six children
-William Longstreet. Of whom we follow hereafter
-Mary Longstreet. Married Elisha Wall.
-Lydia Longstreet
He was born Stoffel Langestraet, son of Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet on 14 July 1712. As with his father before him (who used the name Theophilus) he acquired another name that he used on several documents, "Radical." He was baptized on Christmas Day, 25 December 1713. At the age of thirty on 16 December 1743 he married Abigail Wooley, who was pureblooded English as well as Quaker. He of course was of pure Dutch descent and religion. Her being of English descent is probably what immediately prompted the sudden change in the spelling of the name from Langestraet to Longstreet.
He settled in Allentown, in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The Dutch, originally settled this county with which the Longstreet's were so thoroughly identified through many generations, And eventually by the English immigrants, who moved in about 1664. It was established as a county in 1675, and during 1684 it was considered the wealthiest county in the whole province, paying the greatest amount of taxes.
It was easily accessible from New York, and offered a safe anchorage for the vessels within Sandy Hook. When Stoffel sold his plantation he gave both money and goods to his mother, and in her later years she mentions the generosity of his gift in her Will. It was in Allentown that Stoffel Longstreet died on 31 August 1782. His funeral text was the 44th verse of XXIV Matthew:
"Therefore be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh" The hymn sung was the 90 Psalm, 1st part... but from what hymnal is not known. I find it interesting that the details of his funeral were recorded in the family Bible ... Very similar to the details surrounding the Camfield's death's in England. (Source: EARLY SETTLERS OF KING COUNTY, by Bergen, Chapter - Langestraet; STOFFEL LONGSTREET'S BIBLE)
His wife survived him by nearly four years, dying on Thursday, 25 May 1786.
His Will is as follows: WILL OF STOFFEL LONGSTREET JR.
“In the name of God, amen. I Stoffel Longstreet of Upper Freehold, in the County of Monmouth, and Province of New Jersey, being of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following:
First and principally, I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God and I body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor and Executrix hereafter named. And for such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and dispose of the same in the following manner:
IMPRIMIS: I will and order that all my lawful debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied by my Executor and Executrix as son after my decease as conveniently may be.
ITEM: I give to my eldest son, John Longstreet, five pounds lawful money of New Jersey and no more.
I give to my wife Abigail Longstreet all the remainder estate, real and personal during her life with privilege to dispose of any part of the above real and personal estate.
To my daughter Lydia Longstreet, William Longstreet, and Mary Longstreet equal after the decease of Abigail, my wife.
I give the whole of my estate that then may be to the above named William, Lydia, and Mary Longstreet to be divided equally between them by my Executor and hereafter mentioned and two persons chosen by the Legatees jointly, and in case either of the Legatees shall die without issue then their part of my real and personal estate shall equally divided between the two then living. And further, in case either of the two shall die without issue also then the whole will fall to the one living. And it is my will that in case all three of the above mentioned Legatees shall die without issue that ten the whole of my estate be divided among the rest of my children then living.
Lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my wife, Abigail Longstreet, my Executrix, and my son Gilbert Longstreet my Executor of this my last Will and Testament, and I utterly hereby revoke and disallow all former and other Wills by me heretofore made, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this nineteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and seventy nine. 1779 N.B.
Present, signed and sealed STOFFEL LONGSTREET
Published, pronounced and declared by the said Stoffel Longstreet to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us: William Lloyd, Esek Cox.
(Source: WILL AND TESTAMENT OF STOFFEL LONGSTREET, Register of the Prerogative Court of the State of New Jersey, Monmouth County; taken from the original record LIBBER 26 of Wills, pages 355, etc.)â€
5. The book “This old Monmouth of ours: history, tradition, biography, genealogy, and other anecdotes related to Monmouth County, New Jersey,†by William S. Hornor (Cottonport, Louisiana: Polyanthos, 1974) “The Longstreet (Langstraat Family),†pp. 127-28:
“The Longstreet Family.
This substantial family springs from THEOPHILUS LANGSTRAAT (1), of Holland, through a son, Dirck, (2), who came to America in 1657. The Anglicised form of the name sufficiently indicates its original meaning and derivation.
DIRCK STOFFELSE LANGSTRAAT (2), son of Theophilus (or Stoffel) (1), came to America in 1657, eventually settling in Shrewsbury Township. (It may be noted here that among the Dutch the syllables, s, se, pe, and sometimes, te were used to indicate the paternity of the individuals to whom they were assigned, apparently as middle-names. Often the original last names, were dropped and only the "middle-name" retained. Thus we have the families of Hendricks, Laen, Giberson, and Tysen, all proceeding from an original (probably VanPelt), through several brothers who were respectively christened Hendrick, Laen, Gilbert, and Matthias, or Tice.) Dirck Longstreet married first, Catherine VanSiddock, and, secondly, Johannah Havens, widow of Johannis Holshart. His children were: Richard (3), of Shrewsbury; Adrien (or Aaron,) (4); Theophilus (or Stoffle), (5); Samuel (6); and, Classje (7)
ADRIEN, or AARON. (4), son of Dirck (2), was born in 1677 and died in 1728. He was a cordwainer, and lived in Freehold Township. He married, in 1707, Christina (or Stanchke) Janse. Their children were: John (8); Derrick (9); Stoffle (10); Katherine (11); Nelly (12); Winifred (13); Maria (14); Arinche (15), and, one other child (16), perhaps Christopher, who died in 1758 leaving children, Court (91), and Christine (92), both under age at the death of their father. Of these last Christine is said to have married John Saunders, from whom she was divorced by Legislative Enactment in 1780.
THEOPHILIS (OR STOFFLE) (5), son of Dirck (2), was born in Flatlands, Long Island, and died on his farm on the Manasquan River, in New Jersey, about 1741. He married Moyka, daughter of Gilbert Lane. She died about 1753. Moyka is, I think, the equivalent of the English Mercy. Their children were: Richard (17), of Squan, whose children are said to have been Derrick (42), born September 1745, and Anne (43), born June 1, 1748; Gilbert (18); Aury (19); Stoffel (20); Yonica (21); Catherine (22), who is supposed to have married William Chamberlain Jr.; Mary or Maria, (23), who married William, son of Daniel and Catherine Hendrickson; Sarah (24); Moika (25), who married and had children: and, Anne (26).
GILBERT LONGSTREET (18), son of Stoffel (5), lived at Squan, where he died in 1756 or 1758. His wife is supposed to have been Rachel, daughter of Garret and Nelly (Voorhees) Schenck, who married, secondly, Jacobus VanDorn. Their children were: Rachel (44), who died in 1765, having married William VanDorn, who married secondly, Mary Hunt; Garret (45), of Squan; Gilbert (46); Moyca (47); Nely (48); Jane, or Ouicha (49), married John Lake; and, Elizabeth (50).
AURY (OR AARON) LONGSTREET (19), son of Stoffle (5), was of Rocky Hill, near Princeton. One authority says that he married Catherine, daughter of Samuel Osborne, of Squan, who died before 1759. Another, makes her to have married John Longstreet. The name of his wife needs confirmation, as do those of his children, which have been given as: Moyka (51); Aaron (51-1/2); Richard (51-1/2); and, Lydia (52), bp. 6-10-1759.
STOFFLE LONGSTREET (20), son of Stoffle (5), was baptised 12-25-1713, and died 1784. He is said to have married Abagail, daughter of Thomas and Patience Woolley, who was born 3-17-1717, and to have been father of at least one child, Samuel, (41-1/2), who died 12-21-1829, at the age of 94.â€
6. The book “Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet with Its Related Families…,†by Edward Mayes (Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Inc., Rutland, VT; 1989?), pp. D17-D21:
“STOFFEL DIRCKSEN LANGESTRAET was born about 1666.
About 1695 he married MOICA, (called by way of pet name MAYKE or Maicken) LANEN VAN PELT, daughter of Gysbrecht Tuysz Lanen Van Pelt, of New Utrecht. He was a deacon of the Flatlands church in the year 1698. Not long after this he, his brother Adrian, and probably his father moved across to New Jersey. There he settled on the Neversink Hills (some accounts say at Deal) in Monmouth County, where his descendants abound to this day.
From the "American Weekly Mercury," of date February 14-21, 1726-7, the following extract is taken:
"Langstreat Theophilus.-From the Shrewsbury in East Jersey, on Saturday, the last day of December, 1726, Theophilus Longstreat, of Shrewsbury in the county of Monmouth, aged near sixty years, he met with seven swans flying over a meadow, who shot down six of them at one shot, such a shot was never known amongst us."
His will, dated December 1, 1739, was probated March 1, 1741; and he therefore died about the latter date. In that will, he calls himself "Theophilus," an erroneous interpretation of his proper name of Stoffel, or Christopher. He signed his name "Stoffel Langstrat." The will of his wife was dated April 8, 1752, and it was probated Mar. 13, 1753; so that she must have died about the latter date. These wills name some of their children, but not all of them. (See Appendix 1, and Appendix 2.) Those children, so far as now known, were as follows:
1. Dirck (Richard), baptized in Brooklyn, April 25, 1697. (Dirck married a wife named Jane, or Jonica. He died Dec. 4, 1795, in his 99th year. We find this mention of him in "The Historical Collections of New Jersey," on page 351: "The following account of an incursion of the British into this township in the American Revolution, is contained in a published letter, dated Kildare, Monmouth Co., April 9, 1778: 'About 135 of the enemy landed on Sunday last, about 10 o'clock, on the south side of Squam inlet, burnt all the salt-works, broke the kettles, etc., stripped the beds, etc., of some people there, who I fear wished to serve them; then crossed the river, and burnt all except Dirrick Longstreet's. After this mischief they embarked. The next day they landed at Shark river, and set fire to two salt-works, when they observed fifteen horsemen heave In sight, which occasioned them to retreat with great precipitation; indeed, they jumped in their fiat-bottomed boats with such precipitation they sunk two of them." At the time of this fortunate escape, Dirck was 82 years of age.)
2. Jane (or Jonica), born about 1698.
3. Catherine, born about 1700; married Jan Sutphen, of New Jersey, about 1720.
4. Mary (or Maria), baptized May 6, 1702; married first Wm. Hendricksen, of New Jersey; and second, Dirck Sutphen.
5. Sarah, born about 1705.
6. Gisbert (or Gilbert) born about 1707; baptized November 26, 1710; married Rachel Schenck; died in 1758.
7. Aaron, baptized Nov. 6. 1710; married May 6, 1754, Lydia Hull.
8. Stoffel, of whom hereafter.
9. Moica, baptized March 6. 1716; supposed to have married Johannes, Leek.
10. Anna born about 1718.
Having brought the family history down to the middle of the last century, and reached the period when the name assumed its English form of LONGSTREET it may be helpful and interesting to interrupt the course of the narrative in order to consider what manner of people these were and after what fashion they lived. History tells us something of the traits and habits of their friends and neighbors.
"In their family intercourse, and among themselves in their business matters, they continued to use the Dutch language. Several of the old people do so to this day. Their frugal mode of life, their severe and constant bodily labor, their-economical habits, were proverbial. For many generations, their word was their bond, a verbal contract being deemed sufficient. If they toiled hard and earned money they studiously endeavored to save it by prudent investment. They indulged in no costly dress or equipage, and in home-spun garments, neat, clean and whole, they visited the market-place and the sanctuary. The avails of the family toil, in spinning flax and wool, in weaving and coloring, were constantly seen in the ordinary dress, and in the many articles for family use. Goodly stores of domestic linens and woolens were sure to be found in every well-regulated family.
"Nor were they apt to be long retained in the piece, as they came from the weaver's hands, or from the fulling and dressing mills. They were at the earliest convenience of the industrious mother and her active daughters, manufactured into appropriate garments for every member of the family. So far did these provident arrangements extend that in the event of a death, the habiliments for the corpse need not be sent for, or hurriedly put together. The well stored cases or old fashioned clothes-press, contained them all. We have seen on some occasions, the beautifully plaited and well crimped garments brought forth meet the painful exigency. From the same bountiful stores, when the daughters went forth in the new relation of wives, and commence house keeping, their mothers industry, and their own early labors, were well attested by the goodly supply of personal garments, with bedding of every description, and in more recent times, with beautiful domestic carpeting, of their own spinning and coloring.
"It was, however, common for the youthful husband and wife to have their home, for the first year of married life under the roof of her parents.
"With the young people of both sexes, the custom long prevailed of riding on horse-back. Especially about the seasons of the holidays at New York, Christmas, Easter and Whitsuntide. In the evening rides, going in pairs, a beau and a belle mounted on the same animal, the latter seated behind the former, with firm, grip holding on to him who had sought her company. Go where you might, you were sure to see, near the parental dwelling, the huge stepping-block, with its convenient and wide notches, well cut in, serving for steps by which to ascend to its even top, as a firm foundation on which for the sprightly girl to stand until the well-kept steed should be brought up, and thence to spring into her seat; and on which, on returning, to alight It is only within the last twenty-five years (written 1856) this once favorite mode of youthful pleasure-riding, gave way to that of companies of two pairs each, in a substantial wagon, and which, in still later days, has been superseded by the most tasteful buggy. On marriage occasions, long processions of wagons or sleighs, filled with the mirthful escort of 'the happy twain made one,' told of the nuptials, wherever they went, the whole company singing by the way. If they did not possess the luxuries of the neighboring city of New York, or indulge in its extravagances, the people did possess and enjoy their home comforts, and were well content.
"In the old churches the number of the first psalm was set with movable figures suspended at the sides of the pulpit. These the clerk properly arranged before service, so that everyone might readily prepare to sing. It was also the clerk's duty to have an hour-glass properly placed near the minister at the commencement of the sermon, and as the last grains of sand left the upper for the lower cavity, it was a reminder that the time had arrived for the conclusion. Some preachers, however, quietly allowed the sand to run out, and then informed their audience, that as they had sat so patiently through the one, they, would proceed with a second. The collections during the service were taken in velvet bags attached to the ends of long poles, with a small alarm bell fastened to the end. When a coin was given the bell rang; if it passed through a pew silently, it showed that nothing had been contributed by the persons in that pew. It required experienced dexterity to handle them well, to avoid the pillars and the bonnets. Previous to 1802 there were no stoves in the churches. The ladies were accustomed to bring their foot-stoves, and to replenish them at a house near by.
“In those days, when the ladies went out to spend the day, or to make an afternoon visit at the parsonage, they carried their spinning wheels and flax with them. Among the old social customs was one to furnish the persons invited to funerals, with tobacco, pipes and liquor -- a custom which was sadly abused. This was happily abandoned about 1815. Funeral sermons do not appear to have been used in this church in olden times." (Authorities: “Early Settlers of King County,†Bergen, Langestraat; “Annals of Classes, etc., of Bergen,†Taylor, pp. 78-90; “Pamphlet of Consistory.â€
7. The book “Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet with Its Related Families…,†by Edward Mayes (Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Inc., Rutland, VT; 1989?), pp. D21-D22:
“STOFFEL LONGSTREET, son of Stoffel Dircksen, was born on the 14th of July, 1712, and was baptized December 25th, 1713. On the 16th of December, 1743, he married ABIGAIL WOOLEY, a singular marriage -- one of pure Dutch descent and religion, the other pure English and a Ouakeress. He settled near Allentown, in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth county. This county, with which the Longstreets were so thoroughly identified through three generations, was originally settled by Dutch, Scotch, and some English immigrants, who moved thither about the year 1664. It was established as a county in 1675; during and about the year 1684 it had come to be the most wealthy county in the province, paying the greatest amount of taxes. It was easily accessible from New York, and offered a safe anchorage for vessels within Sandy Hook. Here Stoffel Longstreet passed his life, and here he died on August 31, 1782. His funeral text was the 44th verse of XXIV Matthew: Therefore be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh.†The hymn sung was the 9oth psalm, first part, common meter; but from what hymnal is not known. His wife survived him nearly four years, dying on Thursday, May 25, 1786. (“Early Settlers,†above; also Family Bible of Stoffel’s own.) His will may be found herein as Appendix No. 3. His children were as follows:
1. Daniel; never married.
2. Gilbert; married Helen Hankinson; died in 1787. Had daughter, Eleanor.
3. John; married Lucy Tapscott. (Children: Stoffel, William, John, Daniel, Abigail, and …â€
4. William, of whom hereafter.
5. Mary, married Elisha Wall.
6. Lydia.â€
7. The book “Register in Alphabetical Order, of the early settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N. Y.; from its first settlement by Europeans to 1700; with contributions to their biographies and genealogies,†by Teunis G. Bergen (New York: S.W. Green's Son, 1881), pp. 181-82:
“Langestraat, Adriaen, bp. Sept. 16, 1677; d. 1728; m. Christina Janse. On ass. roll of Flds of 1693 and cen. of 1698; also owned land in Gd; deacon of Freehold R. D. ch. in 1721, to which place he had removed. In 1723, an Adriaen Langestraet and Christina Janse his w., mem. of Freehold R. D. ch. Issue, all bp. at Marlboro: Christine or Katharine, bp. Nov. 27, 1709, m. Aug. 24, 1741, Wm Williamsen of the Raritan; Jan, bp. Jan. 13, 1712, m. Dec. 17, 1746, Antje Cowenhoven; Dirck of Princeton, b. about 1713, m. about 1749 Margaret Schenck wid. of Wm Cowenhoven; Nelly, b. about 1715; Winnifred, b. about 1718; Maria, b. about 1721, m. Dec. 5, 1742, Dirck Sutphen; Arianche, b. about 1723; and Stoffel, b. about 1726, m. Nov. 28, 1753, Nelly Schenck, as per Rev. G. C. Schenck.
Derick Stoffelsz, emigrated in 1657, m. 1st Catharina Van Lieuwen; m. 2d, prior to Feb. 13, 1690, Johanna Havens wid. of Johannis Holsaert. Mem. of Flds D. ch. in 1677, took the oath of allegiance there in 1687; on ass. roll of said town of 1693 and cen. of 1698. In ante-nuptial agreement with his 2d w. on the Gd rec. of Feb. 13, 1690, reference is made to his s. Stoffel Dircksen. At an early period, as per Rev. G. C. Schenck, he bought land at Shrewsbury, N. J., which he devised by will to his s. Richard. Issue: - Stoffel Dircksen; Claasje Dircksen, b. about 1672, m. Abraham Lott of Ja; Adrian, bp. Sept. 16, 1677; Richard of Shrewsbury, b. about 1680; (sup.) Johannis; and Samuel, (sup.) m. Barbara Antonides. Signed his name “Dirck Stoffels."
(Sup.) Jan or Johannis Dircksen, b. 1629. Appointed Apl. 28, 1666, by the mag. of Flh one of the guardians of Aernout Reynders s. of Reyndert Arensen and Annetien Hermans, said Annetien being dec. and said Aernout having married Annetien Aukens, as per p. 61 of Lib. D of Flh rec. Allowed to follow the occupation of carman by the court in N. A. in 1674, as per p. 494 of Valentine's Manual of 1855. June 8, 1690, he made an affidavit relating to the troubles in N. Y. during Gov. Leisler's administration, as per p. 741 of Vol. III. of Doc. of Col. His.
Stoffel Dircksen of Flds and N. J., m. Mayke Laanen dau. of Gysbrecht Tuysz Lanen Van Pelt of N. U. Deacon of Flds D. ch. in 1698. Removed to the Neversinks in Monmouth Co., N. J., where his descendants abound. In his will, da. Dec. 1, 1739, pro. Mar. 1, 1741, he calls himself Theophilus, an improper change for Stoffel or Christopher. The will of Mayke his w. is da. Apl. 8, 1752, and pro. Mar. 13, 1753. These wills name as their children, Jonica, Catharine, Mary, Sarah, Maria, Ann, and Gisbert. Issue: - Dirck, bp. Apl. 25, 1696, in Bro, m. Jane or Jonica, probably d. at date of his father's will; Jonica or Jane; Catharine, (sup.) m. Jan Sutphen of N. J.; Mary or Maria, bp. May 6, 1702, m. 1st Wm. Hendricksen of N. J., m. 2d (sup.) Dirck Sutphen; Sarah, b. about 1705; Gisbert, b. about 1707, m. Rachel Schenck, d. 1758; Aurie, bp. Nov. 6, 1710, m. May 6, 1754, Lydia Hull; Stoffel, bp. Dec. 25, 1713, resided at Upper Freehold, m. Dec. 16, 1743, Abagail Wooley, d. 1784; Moica, bp. Mar. 6, 1716, m. (sup.) Johannes Leek; and Ann, b. about 1718. Signed his name “Stoffel Langstrat."
Abbreviations: Bro. = Brooklyn; Flds = Flatlands; N.U. = New Utrecht; D. ch = Dutch Church; N.A. = New Amsterdam; cen = census; Gd = Gravesend; Flh = Flatbush."
8. “A Longstreet Family History,†by Rupert James Longstreet (DeLand, Fla., 1960), available on FHL film 2056005 item 3 or online at :
“STOFFEL DIRCKSEN LANGESTRAET, (Daniel Perrine and His Descendants, by H.D. Perrine), b. ca. 1666, probably in Flatlands, L.I. and moved to Monmouth County, N.J. sometime near 1700. The "American Weekly Mercury" of Feb 14-21, 1726/7 is quoted in the N.J.A. 111:118 to the effect that Theophilus (or Stoffel) Langstraat from "the Shrewsbury in East Jersey" on Saturday, Dec. 31, 1726, "aged near 60 years met with seven swans flying over a meadow and shot down six of these with one shot". The achievement may well be inaccurately reported but it does give us the birthdate for Stoffel Dircksen. Bergen is our authority for the statement that he m. Mayke Laanen, dau. of Gysbrecht Tuysz Lanen Van Pelt of New Amsterdam, and that he was a deacon of the Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church in 1698, and "removed to the Neversinks in Monmouth County, New Jersey, where his descendants abound to this day".
12-1-1739 "in the 13th year of His Majesty King George the Seconds Reign" proved at Perth Amboy, 3-1-1741, executors being his sons Richard, Aury and Theophilus. The will begins with these words:
“In the name of God Amen. I Theophilus Longstreet of the town of Shrewsbury in the county of Monmouth and eastern division of the Province of New Jersey, yeoman, being in good health of body and of sound and dispensing mind and memory, thanks be given to Almighty God for that and all other manifold mercies to me, do in this my time of health ordain and constitute this my last will and testament, in the manner following, that is to say, first and principally I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and my body to the earth to be decently buried ... nothing doubting but at the general resurrection to receive the same again by the mighty power of God...
The will is signed: STOFFEL LANGSTRAAT. (Apparently the one drawing the will for him, used "Theophilus" as equal to "Stoffel".
In the will, Stoffel refers to his "beloved wife Mercy" (Mayke), to eldest son Richard to whom he gave a plantation on the north side of the Manasquan River, to "second son Gilbert", to "third son Aury" to whom he gave a tract "at Raritom", to a fourth son Theophilus, and bequeathed 100 pounds each to his daughters Yonica, Catherine, Mary, Sarah, Moica and Anne.
Stoffel's wife Mayke also wrote a will which has survived, signed by her with her mark, 4-8-1752 and proved 3-13-1753. She named of the sons only Stoophel and Gisbert. Mayke herself is named in her father's will of 11-7-1720 as "wife of Stoffel Langstraat". Her father signed his will as "Gilbert Lane", but his formal Dutch name was Gysbrecht Tuysz Laanen Van Pelt. In (Somerset County Historical Quarterly, 2:115-6) we read that Mayke's father moved to Monmouth County about 1700. He had a ... (Printing error)
It is not possible to establish accurately the dates of birth of the children of Stoffel and Mayke, save for those whose names are entered in the Register of the "Old Brick Church" of Marlboro and which are marked with an asterisk (*) below. The date for the birth of Dirck (Richard) is in the Register of the Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn. The presumed order of birth of the children is as follows:
-Dirck (Richard) bp. 4-25-1696 -Jonica -Catherine -Mary bp. 5-6-1702 (Bergen) -Sarah bp. 11-26-1710* -Gisbert bp. 11-26-1710* -Aurie (Awrey, Aaron) bp. 11-26-1710* -Stoffel bp. 12-25-1713* -Moica bp. 5-6-1715* -Ann b. ca. 1718 (Bergen)â€
9. “A Longstreet Family History,†by Rupert James Longstreet (DeLand, Fla., 1960), available on FHL film 2056005 item 3 or online at :
“STOPHEL (CHRISTOPHER) b. 7-14-1712, bp. 12-25-1713 in the Old Brick Church at Marlboro, m. 12-16-1743 Abigail Wooley, dau of Thomas Wooley, d. 8-31-1782. Abigail was b. 5-17-1717 BS S, 5-25-1786 (Descendants of Allen Breed (Breed Family Record), By J.H. Breed). Stophen is the progenitor of the Southern line of Longstreets. He lived in Upper Freehold Tp where, on the "Retables", he is listed as "Stofil". A number of deeds executed by him are in the files at the Trenton State House. Prior to 175 he lived in Shrewsbury Tp. Symmes in his History (supra) noted that Stophen "was one of the first trustees of the Old Tennent Church which was granted a royal charter 2-21-1750. He was the son of "Theophilus" and his wife Mercy Lane, and was bp. in the Dutch Reformed Church in Long Island (in this, Symmes seems to err). He m. Abigail Wooley Dec. 1743 and moved to Allentown, 1756, where he bought a grist-mill, concluded Symmes. The list of children found in Mayes' small history of the Southern branch does not agree entirely with the list named in Stophel's will (#5252N) dated 11-19-1779. Daniel was probably deceased by that date and is not named in the will. But Daniel is named as a son in a deed by Stophel (See Bk g-3, p. 332). The children of Stophel and Abigail:
-John b. 1744 according to cem. inscr. at Jacobstown, NJ. -Daniel -Gilbert -William b. 10-6-1759 (cem. inscr. Augusta, Ga.) -Mary -Lydiaâ€
MARRIAGE:
1. FHL film 946271 "The Charles R. Hutchinson Collection," Family Records (series 4, Book F, "Reccords in the Office of the Secretary of State at Trenton, N.J.; Bonds for Licenses of Marriage, compilation p. 2, entry 1741 [The compiler notes that between the years 1727 to 1791, the law required the filing of a bond to assure that there was no lawful impediment to potential marriage such as consanguinity, another marriage, etc. He notes that these bonds were found in a pile with many lost but many did survive and are now bound. The compiler includes a select few in his compilation[:
"Dec. 16, 1743, Stophel Longstreet and John Little, Junr., both of the county of Monmouth, &c, yeomen, sureties for said Stophel Longstreet, and Abigail Woolley of the same county, spinster."
Another entry but I am not sure for which Stophel (p. 4, entry 1756):
"Dec. 17, 1748, Stophel Longstreet, yeoman, and Richard Houlst, Carpenter, both of the county of Monmouth, &c, sureties for said Stophel Longstreet and Elizabeth Bills of the same county, spinster."
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1712 - 1782 (70 years)