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Gysbrecht Lanen Van Pelt

Male Abt 1652 - 1727  (~ 68 years)


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  • Name Gysbrecht Lanen Van Pelt 
    Born Abt 1652  of Liege, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died From 7 Nov 1720 to 17 May 1727  Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5628  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Matthys Jansen Lanen Van Pelt,   b. of Liege, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1676, of New Utrecht, Long Island, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2439  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jaanetje Ariens Van Laer,   b. Abt 1655, , , New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1727, of Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Married Abt 1675  of New Utrecht, Long Island, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Jannetje Lanen Van Pelt
     2. Wilhelmyntje Lanen Van Pelt,   c. 6 Sep 1677, Brooklyn, , New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Matthys Lanen Van Pelt,   c. 23 Aug 1679, Brooklyn, , New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Catalina Lanen Van Pelt,   c. 24 Apr 1681, Flatbush, , New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Thys Lanen Van Pelt,   c. 30 Mar 1683, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 13 Aug 1729, , , New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years)
     6. Cornelius Lanen Van Pelt,   c. 3 Apr 1685, Brooklyn, , New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. of, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Mary Lanen Van Pelt,   c. 3 Mar 1689, Flatbush, , New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Joost Lanen Van Pelt,   d. , , New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Moica Lanen Van Pelt,   b. Abt 1675, of New Utrecht, Long Island, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. From 8 Apr 1752 to 13 Mar 1753, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years)
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F2423  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. 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 LANEN VAN PELT AND ITS CONNECTION WITH THE LONGSTREETS,” pp. 268-71:
      “(The connection of [the Longstreet] family comes entirely through the marriage of Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet with Moica)
      Gysbrecht Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt
      Born about 1652 in Liege, Belgium
      Married Jaanetje Ariens (Adraiens) Van Laer
      He died in 1727 in New Jersey
      Gysbrecht Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt (translated means, "Gilbert the son of Matthias Lane of Peel) was the youngest of his father's children by his first marriage, and it is reported that he was born in 1652 in, or near the vicinity of Liege, Belgium. About 1675 he married Jannetje Ariens (sometimes recorded as Adraiens), who was the daughter of Adraian Van Laer. Her name, as all Dutch names, reflects the name of her father. Gysbrecht appears on the Assessment Roll of New Utrecht dated 29 September 1676 as owning 1 poll, 2 horses, 3 cows, 18 Morgan, 36 acres of land; total tax ᶂ87. On the organization of the New Utrecht church in 1677, Gysbrecht and his wife were members. In the church body Gysbrecht was an active and influential worker for many years. He was a Deacon in 1683, and Elder in 1685, and an Elder in 1695.
      [Hi]s name appears on Gov. Donagan's patent to the town in 1686. In 1687 he took the Oath of Allegiance to the British Crown, describing himself as a "resident of 24 years standing." He appears on the census of 1698, but after that, just like the Longstreet's, no more on the records of Long Island, except that in 1706 he was assessed for 83 acres of land. He joined with the Longstreet's in their move to Monmouth County, New Jersey, which took place about 1700, in 1709 he was living near Freehold. It is very probable that many of the people in East New Jersey, and their offspring scattered abroad, whose names are Lane or Laan, are his descendants. Adrian, the brother of Gysbrecht, dropped the Van Pelt from his name almost as soon as he was old enough to write. According to Edward Mayes, in his book Genealogy of the Longstreet Family, he says that because some of the Lanen Van Pelt family dropped the "Van Pelt" from their name it really creates problems for those that came from the ancestor, yet have totally different names. Gysbrecht's Will is on record in the office of The Secretary of State of New Jersey, in Libber B, page 66. It is dated 7 November 1720 and was probated on 17 May 1727, therefore he must have died toward the latter date. A copy of his Will follows a listing of his children. The Will is PROOF that Moica Lanen Van Pelt, who married Stoffel Langestraet, was "in fact" the daughter of Gysbrecht Lanen Van Pelt. It is interesting to make note of the fact that he DEMANDED that all of his children provide for "Joseph", Joost Lanen Van Pelt, their blind brother.
      CHILDREN:
      -Jannetje Lanen Van Pelt
      -Wilhelmyntje Lanen Van Pelt. Baptized 6 September 1677 in Brooklyn; married William Hendricksen
      -Matthys Lanen Van Pelt. Baptized 23 August 1679 in Brooklyn, died very young.
      -Catalina Lanen Van Pelt. Baptized 24 April 1681 in Flatbush; believed to have married Elias DeHart.
      -Thys Lanen Van Pelt. Baptized 30 March 1683 in Brooklyn, moved with his father to Monmouth County; his Will was probated 13 August 1729. 269 (Source: Secretary of State at Trenton, Libber B, page 215) He fathered seven children.
      -Cornelius Lanen Van Pelt. Baptized 3 April 1685 in Brooklyn. Moved with his father to Monmouth County.
      -Mary Lanen Van Pelt. Baptized 3 March 1689 in Flatbush; believed to have married F. Van Sicklen
      -Joost Lanen Van Pelt. Born blind
      -Moica (called "Mayke," a pet name) Lanen Van Pelt. Born about 1675, she was the oldest of her father's children. Her Will immediately follows that of her father. It is recorded in New Jersey; dated 8 April 1752, probated 13 March 1753, she probably died closer to the latter date. It is interesting to note how VERY IMPORTANT it was to her that her daughters, and her daughters’ daughters, and ANY female heirs thereafter always be provided for ... putting her estate into investments, and letting the interest always provide for the female off spring. Sources: THE EARLY SETTLERS OF KINGS COUNTY, by Bergen; a copy of which is available through the University of Mississippi Library; Monmouth County Wills; New Jersey Marriages; BAPTIZMAL RECORDS FROM BERGENS COLLECTION, further information regarding the Lanen Van Pelt family is available in Bergen's book on Kings County.)
      WILL OF GILBERT LANE
      “Will of Gysbrecht Lanen Van Pelt
      In the name of God, amen. The seventh day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and twenty. I Gilbert Lane (Gysbrecht Lanen Van Pelt) of Middletown, in the County of Monmouth, and the Province of New Jersey, yeoman, being in health of body and perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God for it. Therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament. That is to say, principally, and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors. Nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the Mighty Power of God. And as touching such worldly estate as it hath pleased God bless me in this life, I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner:
      IMPRIMIS: I give, devise, bequeath, unto my loving wife Jane al my goods and chattels during her life; I give, devise, and bequeath to my sons, Adrian Lane, Cornelius Lanen Van Pelt, and Matthias Lanen Van Pelt, and my daughters, Moika Longstreet, Catherine D'Hart, Mary Lanen Van Pelt Seklah, Jane Lanen Van Pelt; and my grandchildren which were born of my daughter Williamea Hendrecksen late, deceased, the former wife of William Hendricksen, likewise deceased. After my wife's decease all my personal estate, goods, and chattels to be equally divided between them. Share and share alike in eight equal parts and proportions, and as concerning my son Joseph who is blind, my will and meaning is that within six weeks after my own and my wife's decease, and before my estate is parted and divided among my seven first mentioned children; and the children of my deceased daughter Williamea Hindricksen, that all my said seven children aforesaid; and grandchildren shall give bond of two hundred pounds unto each other with the condition that each and every one of them, shall bear their equal part and proportion according to the discretion of my Executors in the keeping and maintaining of their brother Joseph Lanen Van Pelt. This is yearly, and every year throughout is natural lifetime. But if any of my children shall refuse to give bond as aforesaid in my Will, they will lose their equal part and portion of my Estate, and be cut off from enjoying any part of estate, and their parts that shall so refuse to be equally divided among them that shall perform my will regarding Joseph. All must sign such bonds as mentioned aforesaid. Lastly, I appoint my said sons, Adrian, Cornelius, and Matthias, Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby disannulling all former Wills heretofore either by word or by writing by me. Made in witness where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and the year above written.
      GILBERT LANEN (his mark)
      Signed, sealed and published and declared By the seal of Gysbrecht Lanen Van Pelt as His Last Will and Testament in the presence Of us the subscribers: John Little, Samuel Dennis, Jacob Dennis
      Signed: Perth Amboy 1727
      Then personally appeared before me Michael Kearney Surrot: appointed by his Excellency William Burnet, Esq., Captain General and Governor in charge of New Jersey; and John Little, one of the evidences to the within Last Will and Testament who being sworn on the Holy Evangelist of all mighty God, did dispose that he saw Gilbert Lane Van Pelt, the testator mentioned within, sign, seal and publish and declare within written instrument as is last Will and Testament and that he was at the same time of sound mind and memory as far as they know, or believed.
      Signed as such, Jurat Coram, Michael Kearney
      Surr: Perth Amboy
      17 May 1727
      Then appeared before me Michael Kearney Surr. Appointed by His Excellency William Burnet Esq. Captain General and Governor in chief &c Adrian, Cornelius, and Matthias Lanen Van Pelt, the Executors mentioned in the within Last Will and Testament who being sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God did dispose to their well and faithful administering on the within last will; Jurratt & Coramme, Michael Kearney, Surr. (Source: PREROGATIVE COURT, MONMOUTH COUNTY, NEW JERSEY; Libber B of Wills, pages 66 etc.)”

      2. 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 LANEN VAN PELT AND ITS CONNECTION WITH THE LONGSTREETS,” pp. 266-68:
      “(The connection of [the Longstreet] family comes entirely through the marriage of Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet with Moica)
      Matthys Jansen Lanen Van Pelt
      Born in the Netherlands
      Married twice, 1st wife is unknown to us; 2nd wife Adrientje Hendricks
      Died in late 1676 or 1677 in New Utrecht
      His name means "Matthias, son of John Lane of Peel." He was generally called "Thys Jansen," and he signed his name as "Thys Jansen Lanen Van Pelt." He immigrated along with his brother, Teunis Jansen Lanen Van Pelt from Liege in 1663. His wife died in the passage, but he safely brought over four children. His coming, as already mentioned in other sections was in the year preceding the seizure of the Providence by the English; and it was 14 years prior to the organization of the congregation at New Utrecht.
      Coming from Liege, Belgium, it is a matter of strictly speculation as to what motives drove him and his brother into a "new wilderness" and a New World. The Dutch didn't come to this country because of religious persecution, but they were a trading nation and agricultural people, so they came to "trade" as well as to obtain broad acres of freehold lands. With the Walloons however this was not the case. We can wonder what made these two brothers come with their wives and a total often children, but it would strictly be a guess.
      Matthys settled in New Utrecht, and his name appears of the Assessment Rolls of that village for the years 1675 and 1676. He married a second time to Adrientje Hendricks. (She remarried to Cornelius Wynhard after Matthys' death.) Since Matthys' name is not included in the list of the Congregation of New Utrecht for 1677, and his widow remarried in 1683, it is most probable that he died in the latter part of 1676 or early in 1677. His four oldest children were from his first marriage; the seven younger children were from his second marriage.
      CHILDREN:
      -Anthoine Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt. Born 1646 in Liege, Belgium. He came to America with his father in 1663. He was living in New Utrecht in 1693.
      -Teuntje Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt. Born 1648 in Liege, Belgium. She also came to America with her father. Married Jan Jane Van Dyck on 9 May 1673, and was a member of the New Utrecht Church in 1680. She lived on a farm adjoining the Brooklyn line.
      -Hendrick Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt. Born about 1650 in Liege, Belgium. Came to America with his father and married on 28 Sept. 1679 to Annatie Tileman Vander Meyer. He married second Marritje Bennet, widow of Johannes C. Schaers. He was the father of three children; he died about 1693.
      -Gysbrecht Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt. Of whose line we continue to follow...
      -Annetje Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt. Married Jurian Lootman of Esopus.
      -Jan Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt. A minor child in 1683; he took the Oath of Allegiance in 1687 as a native. He married Aeltle, daughter of Gerrit Cornelise Van Duyn. At one time he lived in New Town. He fathered three children, only two of which lived.
      -Jacob Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt. A minor in 1683; took the Oath of Allegiance in 1687 with his brother. He was a member of the Freehold Church in New Jersey in 1709.
      -Adrien or Arie Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt. Lived in New Utrecht; married Marrytje Smack; he is listed on the census of 1698; he was the father of three children.
      -Pieter Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt. Took the Oath of Allegiance in 1687 as a native; was assessed in New Utrecht in 1706 for 49 acres of land; married Barbara Houlton and fathered five children.
      -Jannetje Tyssen Lanen Van Pelt. Married Tunis Idense
      -Lysbeth Tyssen Lanen Van Pelt. Married Anthoni Jachum of Bushwick”

      3. 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 VAN LAER AND ITS CONNECTIONS WITH THE LANEN VAN PELTS GENERATION,” p. 272:
      “Jannetje Aryans Van Laer. Born about 1655 in New York. Married about 1675 to Gysbrecht Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt. She was the mother of nine children, one of which was Moica Lanen Van Pelt who married Stoffel Langestraet. Jannetje was a member of the New Utrecht Church in 1677, as she was on their membership list. She was living at the time her husband made his Will in 1720, and was alive in 1727 when the final settlement occurred.”

      4. The book “Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet with Its Related Families…,” by Edward Mayes (Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Inc., Rutland, VT; 1989?), pp. D37-D39:
      “MATTHYS JANSEN LANEN VAN PELT that is Matthias the son of John, was generally called Thys Jansen, and signed his own name as "Thys Jansen Van Pelt." He immigrated, along with his brother, Tennis Jansen, from Liege, in 1663. His wife died on the passage: but he brought over safely four children. His coming, as already remarked, was only in the year before the seizure of the province by the English; but it was fourteen years prior to the organization of the congregation at New Utrecht, of which account was given.
      Coming from Liege, and being a Walloon, it is matter for interesting speculation as to what motives drove him and his brother into the wilderness and a new world. The Dutch did not come to this country, like the Puritans, forced, by religious persecution: for at home the Protestant religion was established triumphantly. But they were a trading nation, and they came to trade; they were also an agricultural people, and they came to acquire broad acres of freehold, which there was little chance to get at home. With the Walloons, however, it was not so. The settlement of 1625, known to have been moved by aspiration after spiritual freedom, at Wallabout, will be remembered. They were under Spanish dominion, the most terrible of fanaticisms. But after all, while we may wonder, we cannot tell what brought over the two brothers, with their wives and ten children.
      Matthvs settled in New Utrecht, and his name appears on the assessment rails of that village for the years 1675 and 1676. He married a second wife, Adrientje Hendricks, who after his death married Cornelis Wynhard. Since his name is not included in the list of the congregation of New Utrecht for 1677, and his widow married Wynhard in 1683, it is probable that he died in the latter part of 1676 or early in 1677. His four oldest children, were by the first marriage; the seven youngest by the second. They are as follows:
      (1) Anthoine, or Anthony; born in 1646, and came over with his father. Resided in New Utrecht in 1693.
      (2) Teuntje (or Tryntje) Thyssen; born in 1648, married Jan Janse Van Dyck, member of N. Ut. Church in 1680. Married May 9, 1673, lived on farm adjoining Brooklyn line. Issue. (1) Catalyntje, bapt. Nov. 13, 1681, mar. Gerret Ketteltas; (2) John, mar. Martha Griggs; (3) Matthys, bapt. Nov. 4, 1683, died 1749; (4) Tryntje, mar. Daniel Hendricksen; (5) Angenietje, bapt. Apl. 29, 1686, mar. Simon De Hart, Jr.; (6) Jannetje, mar. Rutgert van Brunt.
      (3) Hendrick Thyssen, born (supposed) in 1650. Came over with his father, Mar. 1st., Sept. 23, 1679. Annatie Tileman Vander Meyer; 2nd. Apl. 25, 1699. Marritje Bennet, widow of Johannes C. Schaers. Died about 1693. Issue, (1) Tileman. bap. Dec. 12, 1680; (2) Thys, bap. May 13, 1683; (3) Mayke. bap. Apl. 23, 1693.
      (4) Gysbrecht Thyssen, of whom hereafter.
      (5) Annetje Thyssen: married Jurian Lootman of Esopus.
      (6) Jan Thyssen. A minor in 1683: took oath of allegiance in 1687 as a native. Married Aeltie, daughter of Gerrit Cornelise Vat Duyn. At one period resided in Newtown. Issue: (1) Gerrit, bap. Oct. 30, 1695, died young; (2) Thys, bapt. Sept. 19, 1708; (3) Jackamintje.
      (7) Jacob Thyssen. A minor in 1683; took the oath in 1687 as a native. Supposed he had a son John who owned a farm at Bay Ridge, and died in 1766. A Jacob Lane (supposed to be this man) and his wife, Elizabeth Barkeloo, were members of the R. D. Church of Freehold, N. Jersey, in 1709.
      (8) Adrien Thyssen, or Arie Thyssen. Of New Utrecht. Married Marrytje Smack. On census of 1698: but in 1700 was residing in Middletown, N. Jersey. Issue: Jannetje; Geertruy; and Hendrick, bap. in 1707, in New York.
      (9) Pieter Thyssen. Took the oath in 1687 as a native. Was assessed in New Utrecht in 1706 for 49 acres of land. Married Barbara Houlten. Issue. Teunis; Matys; Maria; Catryna; and Rebecca.
      (10) Jannetje Thyssen; married Tunis Idense.
      (11) Lysbeth Thyssen: married Anthoni Jachum, of Bushwick.”

      5. The book “Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet with Its Related Families…,” by Edward Mayes (Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Inc., Rutland, VT; 1989?), pp. D39-D41:
      “GYSBRECHT THYSSEN LANEN VAN PELT (or Gilbert the son of Matthias Lane) was the Youngest of his father's children by the first marriage: and is supposed to have been born in or near Liege, Belgium, in 1652. About the year 1675 he married Jannetje Ariens, or Adriaens, ascertained to be a daughter of Adrian Van Laer, after much difficulty in determining. Her name, according to the custom, merely indicated the Christian name of her father.
      He appears on assessment roll of New Utrecht, date Sept. 29, 1676, thus: 1 poll. 2 horses. 3 cows, 18 morgens (36 acres) land, total £87.
      On the organization of the New Utrecht church in 1677 by the Rev. Mr. Zuuren, of which account has been already given, Gysbrecht and his wife were enrolled as members. These persons were not, however, "joining the church” in the common acceptation of the term. They had probably been received before that by Dominic Polhemus. We have the full list of this interesting body, and they are as follows: Jan Hansen Van Nostrand, and Marritje, his wife; Myndert Korten, and Maria Praa, his wife; Daniel Vorveelen, and Alidia Schaatz, his wife; Jan Gysbertz; Willemje; Neeltje; Arie (or Adriaen) Willemz Bennett, and Agnietje Van Dyck, his wife; Jan Pietersz Van Deventer, and Maria, his wife; Tryntje Van Dyck; Gysbert Thys Van Pelt, and Jannetje Adrieans, his wife; Adriaantje; Joost Du Wein, and Magdalena Du Wein, his wife; Pieter Veritie; Jean Du Pre; Nicholaas Du Pre; Lourens Jansen, and Aaltje Gillis (De Mandeville), his wife; Mother of Joost Du Wien; Annetje Bocquet; Magdalena Van Pelt; -- twenty-seven members in all.
      In this body, Gysbrecht was an active and influential worker for many years. He was a deacon in 1683, an elder in 1685, and an elder again in 1695.
      His name appears on Gov. Dongan's patent to the town, in 1686. In 1687 he took the oath of allegiance to the British Crown, describing himself as a resident of 24 years' standing. He appears in the census of 1698, but after that, like the Longstreets, no more on the records of Long Island, except that in 1706 he was assessed for 83 acres of land. Manifestly he joined with them in the removal to Monmouth County, N. Jersey, which took place about 1700; for certainly in 1709 he a living near Freehold.
      It is probable that many of the people in East New Jersey, and their offspring scattered abroad, whose surnames are Lane, or Laan, are his descendants, or those of his brother Adrian, having dropped the "Van Pelt." Logically they are entirely correct; but the rather curious result follows, that from the same ancestor, of but a few generations back, came in direct male lines families going by the very different names of Lane and Van Pelt.
      Gysbrecht's will is of record in the office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey, in Lib. B, on page 66. It bears date Nov. 7, 1720; and was probated May 17, 1727; so that he must have died near the latter date. A copy of it is given as Appendix 7. His children were as follows:
      (1) Jannetje;
      (2) Willielmyntje, bap. Sept 6, 1677, in Brooklyn; married William Hendricksen.
      (3) Matthys, bap. Aug. 23, 1679, in Brooklyn; died young.
      (4) Catalina. bapt. Apl. 24, 1681, in Flatbush; married (supposed) Elias De Hart.
      (5) Thys. of New Jersey, bapt. Mar. 30, 1683, Brooklyn. Married Ann (or Auke) Schenck, and removed with his father to Monmouth Co.; will dated June 27, and probated Aug. 13, 1729, recorded on p. 215, of Liber B, in office of Secretary of State at Trenton. Issue. (1), Gilbert, mar. 7 Jany. 1741, Nellie Schenck; (2), Gerrett, bapt. Nov. 3, 1617 at Marlboro. Married Mayke Sutphen; (3) Aaron of the Raritan, married Sarah Cowenhoven at Marlboro; (4) Matthys, bapt. Feb. 6, 1723, married Elizabeth Sutphen; (5) Cornelius, married Elizabeth Warnsly; (8) Ralph; (9) Nelly, or Helen, (supposed) married Tunis Amak.
      (6) Cornelis, bapt. ApI. 3, 1685, in Brooklyn. Removed with his father to Monmouth Co.; Issue: (1) Catryntje, baptised Nov. 26, 1710. (2) Cornelis, bapt. May 7, 1714, at Marlboro.
      (7) Mary, bapt. Mar. 3, 1689, in Flatbush: married (supposed) Ferdinand Van Sicklen.
      (8) Joost. of New Jersey.
      (9) Moica, called Mayke; married Stoffel Langstraet.
      [NOTE: In Bergen's Book. "The Early Settlers of Kings County” a copy of which is in library of Univ. of Miss., is to be found further information as to these collaterals.]”

      6. 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), p. 181:
      “Lane, Laan, Laen, or Lanen, Adriaen, Gysbert Thysen, Jacob Thysen, Jan Thysen, and Teunis Janse, (see Van Pelt). It is probable that many if not all of the Lanes or Laans of Monmouth Co., N. J., are of the same stock or family as the Van Pelts, using Lane, Laan, or Laen as their surname instead of Van Pelt, and that they are the descendants of Gysbert Thysz Van Pelt Lanen and Jacob Thysz Van Pelt Lanen.
      Symon, of Gd in 1657, as per town rec. Signed his name “Symon Lane," Clericus.
      Abbreviations: Bro. = Brooklyn; Flds = Flatlands; N.U. = New Utrecht; D. ch = Dutch Church; N.A. = New Amsterdam; cen = census; Gd = Gravesend; Flh = Flatbush.”

      7. “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)”

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      1. 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).