Thank you for your help. All that material on him was wonderful. I already had him in my data base but not that he was buried at the old mud meeting house. But there is another Cornelius Van Arsdall buried at the Mud Meeting house. He was bron 15 Feb 1766 and died 14 Oct 1866. Do you know anything about him? These people with the same names can drive you crazy. My maiden name is Van Osdol so all of these Vans are my relatives. Thanks for such great help! It is really too bad that there is not a good book on the Van Arsdalen, however you spell it, family Glee Do you mean the Cornelius A. Vanarsdale buried at Old Mud Mtg House in KY??? If so, my database shows the following (Additions and corrections are MOST WELCOME.): Cornelius Abramsz Van Arsdalen s/o Abraham Cornelisz Van Arsdalen & Marie Van Nuys born Jul 05, 1748 died Jan 05, 1840 mercer Co., KY married Jan 24, 1771 Somerset Co., NJ to Jannetje Baird Additional info: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mercer&id=I4831 Mercer Co. Order Book 'Q', page 559: ---------------------------------- Proof that Cornelius Vanarsdel, late U.S. pensioner, departed this life January 5th 1840, leaving no widow, but heirs: daughter Elizabeth who married Cornelius A. [sic] Vanarsdel, sons Abraham, Alexander and Cornelius C. Vanarsdel, daughter Mary Cozine, also grandchildren by son Simon Vanarsdel, dec'd. and a great grandson Abraham Vanarsdel, son of Abraham dec'd. who was a son of Simon Vanarsdel, dec'd. ............... Sessional Records of the New Providence Presbyterian Church (microfilmed and on record at the Harrodsburg Historical Society): ----------------------------------------------------------------- January 5, 1840 Sabbath - Mr. Cornelius A. Vanarsdall in the 91st year of his life (b. 1749?), departed this life at his son's, Cornelius C. on Salt River. .=== Source: "Bible Records & Vital Statistics of Residents (Past & Present) of Mercer County, KY. Compiled by Alma Ray Sanders Ison and James H. Miller for the Harrosburg Historical Society, 1997 Van Arsdalen Bible "I copied from an old Dutch family Bible now in the possession of a brother of mine the following:" (From a 1932 letter of Dr. C.B. Van Arsdall, Sr.) Abraham VanArsdalen was born January 29th, 1708, and married October 1st, 1731 for the first time. And married for the second time February 7th, 1740, Maria Van Nuys born November 23rd in the year 1717. Isaac VanArsdalen born November 26th in the year 1734. Wilhelmus VanArsdalen born July 17th in the year 1737. My first child born the 28th of October, 1742, and died the 29 (Instant) (This is evidently Maria, the second wife, writing) My son Cornelius VanArsdalen born the 17 day of Auust, 1743, and he died the 11th day of July, 1745. My daughter Katy born the 2nd day of September, 1745. My Second son Cornelius born the 5th day of July, 1748. My Third Son Abraham born the 2 day of Dec-1750. My Husband Abraham VanArsdalen died the 13th day of April---1753. Maria VanArsdalen born the 18th day of July, 1753. Caty. - Married the 17 day of March, 1763. Cornelius Married the 24th day of January 1771. Abraham Married the 15 day of August 1771. The above was from Dr. C. B.Van Arsdall Sr. (dec'd) to F. D. VanOrsdale, Albany, N.Y. in 1932. The brother who owned the Bible mentioned was, Mr. Ryker Van Arsdall, Harrodsburg, Ky. (dec'd) Mrs. F.D. VanOrsdale gave these papers to me. Marie Menaugh Sandusky Contributed to the Harrodsburg Historical Society Library after Mrs. Sandusky's death. === Barb Terhune Glee Krapf wrote: Who was the above person? Who were his parents or what Van Arsdale line did he belong to. I cannot find him in my data base based on his birth in 1744. I was there and took pictures of some of the tombstone so might have on of his stone. There were quite a few Corneliuss in my line. Hope someone can tell me more about him and his family. Thank you, Glee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message