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1. FHL film 946271 "The Charles R. Hutchinson Collection," Family Records (series 4, sb 70, Books A-F = sb 70, vols. 1-6, p. 153, entry 995:
"Longstreet. Dirck Stoffelse Langestraat emigrated to America in 1657, having married, first Catharine Van Siddock, and second, Johanna Havens, widow of Johannis Holsaert. At an early day he purchased lands at Shrewsbury, and devised the same to his son Richard. Another son, Adrian by name, married Stanckche or Christina Janse, and had three sons, John, Derick and Stoffle, and five daughters. Adrain Longstreet was by trade a cordwainer, but also owned a farm of plantation at Freehold, Monmouth County,. His son John married, Dec. 17, 1736, Ann, daughter of Peter Covenhoven and Patience Daws. The had five sons -- Aaron (who died in infancy), Pietras, Jan, Elias and Aaron, and one daughter, Antje."
2. FHL film 946271 "The Charles R. Hutchinson Collection," Family Records (series 4, sb 70, Books A-F = sb 70, vols. 1-6, p. 165, entry 1005, List of taxables in the township of Upper Freehold, Monmouth County as of Oct. 1758 with the number of acres owned, any with surnames Horner, Johns(t)on, Longstreet, Winner, or Worden:
-Horner, Benjamin Sr, --
-Horner, Content, --
-Horner, Joshua, (grist mill and sawmill), 150
-Horner, Benjamin Jr., 15
-Johnston, Amos, 103
-Johnston, John, --
-Longstreet, Stoffel, (two grist mills), 238
3. FHL film 946271 "The Charles R. Hutchinson Collection," Family Records (series 4, sb 70, Books A-F = sb 70, vols. 1-6, p. 173, entry 1017:
"Longstreet. In the early records of the old First Dutch Reformed Church of New York is found the name of Jan Janszen Van Langstraeten, and Pieter Janszen Van Langstraeten, and the baptisms of several of the family are recorded. In 1661, August 10, Adriaen, son of Jan Janszen and Marilee or Maria Adriaens Van Langestraeten, was baptized. This name, Adrian, appears at Flatlands, L.I. 1698, and also in Monmouth, amoung members of the old Brick Church, Marlborough, 1713. In following the name down, it becomes Langstraeten, Langestraet, and Langstratt, which, in English, would be rendered Longstreet. In 1698, Stoffel Longstreet is named as buying lands in Monmouth. Stoffel was sometimes changed to Theophilus, but more generally to Christopher. In one of two historical works it is stated that in 1673, John Longstreet was appointed an ensign by the Dutch in Monmouth. This is an error, and occasioned by translating the name from Dutch records. The ensign referred to was John Langstaff, an original settler of Piscataway in Middlesex County, who probably came from New England. A correct list of militia officers appointed in New Jersey by the Dutch, 1673, is given in N.J. Archives, Vol. 1, page 134."
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. 244-51:
“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)
NARRATIVE
Having brought this family to this point, and having reached the period of time where the name assumed its English form of LONGSTREET it may be helpful and interesting to interrupt the generational flow for a few pages to consider what manner of people these were and exactly how they lived. History tells us something about the traits and habits of their friend's and neighbor's.
"From their family conversations, and among themselves in their business matters, they always spoke the Dutch language. They had a frugal mode of life, their severe and constant bodily labor, and their economical habits were proverbial. For many generation's their word was their bond, a verbal contract being deemed sufficient. They toiled hard and the money they earned they studiously endeavored to save it by prudent investment. They indulged in no costly dress or equipage, and in home spun garments, clean, neat, and whole. They would visit the market place and the sanctuary. The avails of the family's work, in spuming 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 filling 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 hurried put together. The well-stored cases, or old-fashioned clothes press, contained them all. We have seen on some occasions the beautifully platted and well-crimped garments brought forth to meet the painful situation. From the very same bountiful storeroom, when the daughters went forth in the new relation of wives, and commenced housekeeping, 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 rugs, all of their own spinning and coloring.
It was however very 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 the custom long prevailed of riding on horseback. Especially about the season so of the holidays in New York; Christmas, Easter and Whitsuntide. In the evening rides a beau and a belle mounted on the same horse, the latter seated behind the former, with firm grip holding on to him Go where you might, you were sure to see, near the parental dwelling a huge stepping block, with its convenient and wide notches, serving as steps to ascend to the top, as a firm foundation on which a young girl would stand until a well kept steed should be brought up, and thence to spring into her seat; and on returning, to alight. It is only within the past twenty-five years (this was written in 1856) that this once favorite mode of youthful riding gave way to a substantial wagon, and now to a more tasteful buggy. On marriage occasions, long processions of wagons, or sleighs 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 own home comforts, and were very well content.
In the older churches the number of the first hymn was set with movable figures set at the sides of the pulpit. These the clerk would properly arrange before the service so that everyone might readily prepare to sing. It was also the Clerks duty to have an hour glass placed near the minister at the commencement of the sermon, and as the last grains of sand left the upper cavity, it was a reminder that the conclusion had arrived. Some preachers however, quietly allowed the sand to run out, and then informed their audience, that as they sat so patiently through one sermon, they would proceed with another. The collections during the service were taken with a velvet bag, attached to the end of a long pole, 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 given by persons in that pew. It required great experience and 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 bringing their foot stoves, and to replenish them at a house nearby.
In those days when a lady 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 became sadly abused. This custom was abandoned in 1815. Funeral sermons were not used in the Dutch church during these times."
(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)”
5. I am not sure where this marriage should be placed so I place a note here for future reference. 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. 4, entry 1756 [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. 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."
6. 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.”
7. 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. 243-44:
“Dirck Stoffels Langestraet
Born: Netherlands
Came to America in 1657
Married: Catharina Van Lieuwen
Died: after 1698 in New Jersey
Children:
-Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet
-Claasje Dircksen Langestraet (She was born about 1672, and married Abraham Lott of Jamaica)
-Adrian Dircksen Langestraet (He was baptized 16 September 1677, and married Christina Janse in 1707, he resided in New Jersey)
-Richard Dircksen Langestraet (He was born 1680)
-Daughter (name unknown) (She married Samuel Osborne)
-Samuel Dircksen Langestraet (Married Barbara Antonides)
Dirck Stoffels Langestraet immigrated to New Netherlands in 1657, twelve years after the appointment of Peter Stuyvesant as Director of the Province, two years after the erection of the Church at Flatbush, and seven years before the seizure of the Province by Nicholls. Dirck Stoffels Langestraet settled in the area known as the Flatlands, (Amersfoort); and this fact indicates that since this particular village was of less consequence than either Flatbush, (only three miles away), or Brooklyn, and was named for a town in Utrecht, from which those who inhabited the town came, renders it very possible that the Langestraet's came from Utrecht. Dirck, or "Richard" in the English language, was in 1677 a member in good standing of the Flatlands Church. He may have been a member of this church for many years, however the church records for Flatbush didn't begin until 1677.
In September of 1687, thirteen years after the first cession of the Province to England, there was a general administration of the Oath of Allegiance to the British Crown to be made by all Dutch people; Dirck took that oath at the Flatlands. He appears again on an assessment roll of that village for the year 1693 and on a census roll in 1698. After this his name appears no more on the Long Island records; and it is believed that he moved into New Jersey. In his younger manhood, but after coming to the Province he had married Catharina Van Lieuwen; afterward in his older age, on 13 February 1690 he married a second time to Johanna Havens, widow of Johannis Holsaert. A prenuptial agreement was made with his second wife and is on file in the town records of Gravesend; in this agreement, reference is made to his son Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet. He left land that he had purchased in Shrewsbury, New Jersey to his son Richard. He had no children by his second marriage. (Source: THE HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF NEW JERSEY)”
8. 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.”
9. The book “Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet with Its Related Families…,” by Edward Mayes (Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Inc., Rutland, VT; 1989?), p. D-41:
“Moica Lanen Van Pelt, married Stoffel Langestraet as stated. Their first child was baptised Apl. 25, 1697; so that Mayke was probably married in or near the end of the year 1695, and must have been born about the year 1675. She was therefore probably her father's oldest child. Her will is of record in New Jersey, is dated April 8, 1752; and was probated March 13, 1753; so that she must have died between those dates. See Appendix 2.”
10. The book “Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet with Its Related Families…,” by Edward Mayes (Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Inc., Rutland, VT; 1989?), pp. D16-D17:
“DIRCK STOFFELS LANGESTRAET immigrated in 1657, twelve years after the appointment of Stuyvesant as Director of the province, two years after the erection of the church at Flatbush, and seven years before the seizure of the province by Nicholls. He settled at Flatlands (Amersfoort); and this fact, since the village was of less consequence than either Flatbush (only three miles may) or Brooklyn, and was named for a town in Utrecht, from which those who inhabited and named it presumably came, renders it probable that Langestraets were from Utrecht. However that may be, Dirck (or Richard, in the English) was in 1677, a member of the Flatlands church, sitting under the ministry of the Rev. Mr. Zuuren. He may have been for years before that an active member of the church, and probably was; for it must be remembered that the lists in the Flatbush record begin with the year 1677. In 1687, in September, thirteen years after the first cession of the province to England, there was a general administration of an oath of allegiance to the British Crown to all of the Dutch people; and with the others, Dirck took that oath at Flatlands. He appears again on an assessment roll of that village for the year 1693, and on a census roll of 1698. After this his name occurs no more on the Long Island records and it is thought that he moved to Monmouth county, New Jersey.
In his younger manhood, but after his arrival in this province, he married CATHARINA VAN LIEUWEN; afterward, in his older age, some time before, but not far from, February 13, 1690, he married Johanna Havens, widow of Johannis Holsaert. An ante-nuptial agreement made with this second wife is still to be found in the town records of Gravesend; and in it reference is made to his son Stoffel Dircksen. At an early period, date now unknown, he had bought land at Shrewsbury in New Jersey, which he devised by his will to his son Richard. By his first wife Catherina, he had issue as follows:
(1) Stoffel Dircksen, of whom hereafter.
(2) Claasje Dircksen, born about 1672 and who married Abraham Lott, of Jamaica.
(3) Adrian, baptised September 16, 1677. (Adrian; bapt. Sept. 16, 1677; married Christina Janse 1707. On asst. roll of Flatlands 1693, and census of 1698; owned land in Gravesend; moved to Freehold, N. J., and deacon there 1721; died in 1728; wife died after 1726. Issue (all bapt. at Marlboro): 1, Christine, or Katherine, bp. Nov. 27, 1709, mar. Aug. 24, 1741. Wm. Williamson of the Raritan; 2, Jan. bp. Jan. 13, 1712, mar. Dec. 17, 1746 Anije Cowenhoven; 3. Dirck, of Princeton, born about 1713, mar. about 1749, Margaret Shenck, widow of Wm. Cowenhoven; 4, Nellie, born about 1715; 5, Winnifred, born about 1718; 7, Maria, born about 1721, mar. Dec. 5, 1742, Dirck Sutphen; 8, Arianche, born about 1723; Stoffel, born about 1728, mar. Nov. 28, 1753, Nellie Shenck.)
(4) Richard, born about 1680.
(5) A daughter (supposed), who married Samuel Osborne.
(6) Samuel (supposed) married Barbara Antonides.”
11. 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.”
12. 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."
12. “A Longstreet Family History,” by Rupert James Longstreet (DeLand, Fla., 1960), available on FHL film 2056005 item 3 or online at :
“OUR IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR. DIRCK STOFFELSE.
The first record of the presence in America of our immigrant ancestor was made on June 14, 1663, when a list of "equipment and munitions of war" possessed by the Dutch settlers at Ameersfoort (Brooklyn) revealed that DIRCK STOFFELSEN was responsible for one pound of powder valued at one florin. (Documents Relating to the Colonial History of N.Y., II, 463) In September, 1687, there was a "roll of those who have taken the oath of allegiance in Kings County in the Province of New York ... in the 3rd year of His Maj Reigne", and in this roll, "off fflackland" we find entered:
DIRCK STOFFELSE - 30 Jeare STOFFEL DIRCKSEN - native
Intrepreted, this means that Dirck had lived in the colony for 30 years (which sets the date of his arrival as 1657) and that his son Stoffel was born in the colony. (Documentary History of New York, I, 431) The following ante-nuptial agreement found in the Gravesend Town Records, Bk 3 p. 114, gives us more information about Dirck:
“To all Christian people to whom this present writing shall come: Know ye thatt I Dirck Stoffelsen living att Ameersfoort in Kings County upon Long Island in ye province of New York weduwaer of Catherine van Lewen deceased, being now remarried with Johanna havens widdow of Johannis holsard deceased my present wife:
Therefore know ye thatt I Dirck Stoffelsen above sd being in perfect memorie make hereby my present loving wyf Johanna haavens in my last will and testament my sole joynty heir and executrix of all my whole estate both moveable and unmoveable onely excepted my eldest son Stoffel direcksen shale injoye a lumm for weavings, so as ye lumm comes from ye workman: in the time of a yeare from ye date here of above his tother brother and sister butt all my whole estate as above sd is left unto my loving wyf Johanna haavens: she to be my joynty heir and executrix duering her lifetime: without any molestation or disturbance by my children, or by thier procurement, att any time or times whatsoever hereafter; remarrion or nott remarrien, my loving wyf above shall remain my joynty heire and executrix.
And therefore I Johanna havens widdow of Johannis holsard deceased, living in ye same towne and countie and province above specified, being now remarried with Dirck Stoffelsen my present husband I Johanna above sd being in perfect memorie, doe hereby as my last will and testament, make my present loving husband my sole and joynty heir and executor of all my estate moveable and unmoveable none excepted and if god should be pleased to give us children together in our marriage, them children then with the rest of our fore children: are to have equal portion together after our decease butt ye surviving of us either male or female is to possess both whole estates of both sides without molestation or disturbance of both parties theire children or anyone else of theire procurement att any time or times whatsoever hereafter: this is our will so to do being in perfect memorie, and in confirmation both parties have hereunto sett our hands this 18 of februa 1690/1.
DIRCK STOFFELS JOHANNA HAVENS
Subscribed and Acknowledged in the presence of us:
ARSTEN JANSEN BARENT YUIANSEN JOHN EMANS: Clerke”
We do not know the date of death of Dirck's first wife Catherine, but she was with him as witness to a baptism on 11-16-1684 (Documentary History of New York, 1898). As we see above, Dirck was remarried by Feb. 18, 1690/1. In 1698, there was a census of Flatland, Long Island, in which was listed the then family of Dirck Langstraat, consisting of "Men 1 Wo 1 Chil 3" (Kings County, New York, Genealogical Club Collections, III, 88). On 4-25-1696, Dirch is recorded with his second wife Johanna Havens at the Reformed Dutch Church in Brooklyn, witnessing the baptism of grandsons Jan and Dirck (History of Middlesex County, NJ, by Wall and Pickersgill I,79) The last known record of this family in Long Island is the following: (New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 54:180)
“Sept. 10, 1698: Antony Warshaer of Flatlands and Maritje his wife deed Stoffel Langstraat, Adrian Langstraat, Johannes Holsaer, Classje Lake and Cretje Williamse, late of Kings County, house, orchard, etc. in Flatlands bounded by property of John Vandyckhuys and Derick Amertman. The parties of the second part paying full value to Antony Holsaer, Benjamein Holsaer, Dirick Langstraat and Marytntje Langstraat when they are of age or marry the ninth part of said property. Signed by Antony alone. Wit by Henry Filkin and Ferdinand Vansycklyn, Jr. Ack. Sept. 15, Rec'd Sept. 16, 1698 before and by Henry Filkin, Reg.
We know from the ante-nuptial agreement that Dirck had three children by his first wife Catherine, viz. eldest son Stoffel and a brother and a sister. In the Warshaer deed we learn the name of the brother, i.e. Arian (Adrian, Aaron). We learn the name of the sister, Classje, from (M-11). Thus Dirck's first three children, by Catherine, were: Stoffel, Adrian and Classje. The Warshaer deed names two more as minors in 1698, and therefore of the second marriage, i.e. Dirick and Maryntje.
This list of five does not wholly agree with the Flatlands census of 1698. Who the third child of that list may have been remains undetermined.
The list of five is also in disagreement with (Register of Early Settlers in Kings County, Long Island, New York, By T.G. Bergen), where Bergen states that the children of Dirck were: Stoffel, Classje, Adrian, Richard of Shrewsbury, Johannis (sup), and Samuel (sup). Berger may have counted Johannis Holsard of the Warshaer deed as a Longstreet, in error. Of his "Samuel", there is no present explanation. Nor do we know why Bergen credited "Richard of Shrewsbury" to a place as a son of the Immigrant Dirck, for the Warshaer deed again lists "Dirick" as a minor in 1698, and in any case born after 1690, as a son of Dirck and Johanna. In the light of such data as we now have, it seems likely that this "Richard" is a grandson of Dirck by his son Stoffel, and the author of will #2659M (see later); that is, he is the Dirick b. 1696 to Stoffel and Mayke Lanen. Therefore we shall proceed to develop his family history on the assumption that the immigrant ancestor founded his line upon the two elder sons, viz. Stoffel and Adrian (Aaron). Of his third son, by Johanna, we have no further data.
DIRCK STOFFELSE [Children:] -Stoffel Dircksen b. ca. 1666 -Classje Dircksen b. ca. 1672 -Adrian (Aaron) bp. 9-16-1677
(Omitting Dirck's two children by his second marriage - Dirick and Maryntje - for neither of whom we have any record of issue.)”
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
Abt 1666 - 1741 (73 years)
