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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 counyy of Monmouth, &c, yeomen, sureties for said Stophel Longstreet, and Abigail Woolley of the same county, spinster."
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 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€
3. 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€
4. 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€
5. 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.'
6. “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€
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1717 - 1786 (69 years)