Nel: This is a topic for discussion now and then on the Quaker message boards. Here is one answer I found from a knowledgeable source: "There was no official minimum age for signing as a witness. I've found a couple of cases where I think children as young as nine or ten signed in Pennsylvania or North Carolina." In another place someone wrote that they attended a wedding where a 6-year-old signed the certificate and the mother of a 5-year-old signed for her. Further--this person's 18-month-old granddaughter signed herself with her mother writing out her name in parenthesis after. Burnis **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4?&NCID=aolfod00030000000002)

Without being there, and knowing everyone involved it would be hard to identify every signer, or if Mary X was Mrs. X or Miss X. Paul > So, Paul, it sounds like anyone who could write and sign the guestbook was > a witness? And that could include a 10-12 yr old? > > Nel > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HATCHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Most weddings took place in the meeting house and all members could attend. The witness list was usually signed by people attending in three columns with the family members in the right column. > I have seen several of the lists of "witnesses" at Quaker weddings. Was > there a minimum age to be considered a witness or was everyone who > attended considered a witness? > > Nel > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HATCHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm "If you can't stand the skeletons, stay out of the closet" - Val D Greenwood Ah-right, then! I did a little more searching, too. And it does seem as if there wasn't really an age requirement. So.....on our file we have.... "Ann HATCHER was listed as a witness TO HER DAUGHTER Mary's wedding to James GIBSON on 11 January 1768, at Goose Creek Meeting House, Loudoun county, VA." "Ann HATCHER was listed as a witness TO HER SON Thomas's wedding to Rebekah NICHOLS on 14 April 1773, at Goose Creek Meeting House, Loudoun county, VA" I'm quite positive the relatives did not identify their relationship so I'm saying.....how is it known that Ann Hatcher was THE MOTHER? Here is the problem....... In LoudounCo, VA Deed Bk N, 1779-1784, p 145-147: (transcribed copy on file) Indenture. Dated 10 January 1771 between William Hatcher and Mary his wife, wheelwright of Cameron Parish to Philip Noland, "being all that lott or half acre of land lying and being in the Town of Leesburg and numbered forty five...which...was conveyed to said William Hatcher by Richard Coombs and Mary his wife....by their deed bearing date the thirteenth day of March (1769) and was by said Richard Coombs purchased from John Minor and Elizabeth his wife...February 15, 1763. Note the date of 1771 and the fact he's a wheelwright. Now the only marriage we have in the QUAKER recs is Wm to Mary McGrew in 1779. So how could Wm and Mary, HIS WIFE, sell land in 1771 if they didn't marry til 1779. Perhaps this is the answer...... Ann who witnessed Mary Hatcher Gibson's wedding in Jan 1768 really was mama Ann VS. But she died shortly after and Wm, the wheelwright, married a Mary LNU before Jan 1771 and, considering his problems with the Friends, I can see him not bothering to marry in the MH thus avoiding the records. This Mary died before 1781 since no wife was mentioned in Wm's will. Then in 1773, Ann, the dau of John/Sarah Ingledue, witnessed the wedding of her uncle, Thomas. She would have been about 10 and possibly even a few years older. And in 1779 Wm Jr md Mary McGrew. The timeline works............whatcha' think? Nel

HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm "If you can't stand the skeletons, stay out of the closet" - Val D Greenwood So, Paul, it sounds like anyone who could write and sign the guestbook was a witness? And that could include a 10-12 yr old? Nel

HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm "If you can't stand the skeletons, stay out of the closet" - Val D Greenwood I have seen several of the lists of "witnesses" at Quaker weddings. Was there a minimum age to be considered a witness or was everyone who attended considered a witness? Nel

HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm "If you can't stand the skeletons, stay out of the closet" - Val D Greenwood OK, guys! I'm crawling into my cave today to work thru all of the stuff Ray, Paul et al have sent in, update our file, etc. Later......... Nel

>From my Parker Files. Winnette Virginia Land Patent Book, 1:454. 1684. dated 1 Apr, recd. 1 Apr. Edward Hatcher of Henrico to Thomas Jarvis of Kiquotan in Elizabeth City Co, Gent. who m. relict of Nathaniel Bacon decd 50a in Varina Parish, next to land formerly belonging to widow PARKER and now in occupation of Will Byrd, Esq., part of 200a formerly belonging to Will Danks, purchased by Will Hatcher, Jr.and Hen. Hatcher of Robert Bullington and Hen. Rowing and Alee his wife in two deeds dated 1 Feb. 1661, and by Hen. Hatcher, the survivor of the joint purchasers, sold to said Edward Hatcher 20 Aug. 1667. Wit Hen. Randolph, Wm Hatcher. ---------- Goochland Co, VA Deeds & Wills 1728-1734, p. 274. 1732. Sept. 28 Henry Hatcher, 400 acs. (N.L.), Goochland Co., on N. side of Appomatock Riv., adj. Richard PARKER & Burgany's land, on br. of Deep Cr. Virginia Land Patent Book, 14:463. 1734. Mar. 15 Appraisal of improvements on John Woodson's land at branch of Deep Creek, called Watsons Creek. Signed: Richard PARKER, Joseph Woodson, Anthony Hughes, Joell Chandler. Recd. 18 Mar. 1734. Goochland Co, VA Deed Book #2, 1734-1736, p. 114. Deed 18 Nov. 1735 Henry Cary of Henrico Co., Gent., from Richard PARKER of Goochland Co., planter, in consideration of one negro named Toney, 400 acres on south side of James River, bounded by Francis Epes and Henry Hatcher. No witnesses. Signed: Richard PARKER. Recd. 20 Apr 1735. Judith, wife of Richard, relq. her dower right. Goochland Co, VA Deed Book #2, 1734-1736, p. 114. 1736. dated 29 Mar, recd. Dec. 1736. Will of William Hatcher, son William 100a on Lower Licking Branch of Falling Creek, up the branch to land of William ATKINS, joining my son John, son Jameston, 100a joining his bros William and John on Licking Branch, dau Elizabeth Bowman, grdau Martha PARKER, son William Exor. Wit: John Green, John Cobbs, Patrick Gibblin.

7. JACOBUS (JAMES)4 VAN SANDT, SR. (GARRET STOFFELSE3 VAN ZANDT/SANDT, * CHRISTOFFEL2 VAN ZANDT, *1 VANSANT) was born Bef. 15 February 1684/85 in date baptized at Flatbush, Long Island, New York, and died Bet. 12 December 1744 and 9 January 1744/45 in Southampton Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He married REBECCA VANDEGRIFT 7 January 1707/08 in First Presbyterian church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, daughter of NICHOLAS VANDEGRIFT and BARENTJE VERKIRK. She was born 26 July 1685 in date baptized at the Dutch Reformed church of New Amsterdam. Now New York, and died Bet. 18 November 1746 and 13 January 1746/47 in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Notes for JACOBUS (JAMES) VAN SANDT, SR.: "History of Bucks county Pennsylvania" by William W. H. DAVIS, 1905, volume III, page 26: Jacobus (or James) VAN SANDT, son of Garret, was baptized at Flatbush, Long Island, February 15, 1685 and removed with his father to Bensalem, Bucks county, in 1699. He married at the First Presbyterian church of Philadelphia, on January 7, 1707-8. Rebecca VANDEGRIFT, daughter of Nicholas and Barentje (VERKERK) VANDEGRIFT who had come to Bensalem from Long Island at the same date as the VANSANTs. Jacobus and his wife joined the Bensalem church, Neshaminy branch, at its institution in 1710. On April 7, 1711, Benjamin HOPPER conveyed to Jacobus VANSAND,, of Bensalem, yeoman, 100 acres of land in Southampton, and on January 1, 1712 his brother Harman VANSANDT and Elizabeth his wife conveyed to Jacobus fifty acres adjoining the 150 which had been purchased by Harman of Ezra BOWEN. June 13, 1711. He later purchased 144 acres of land of Cornelius EGMONT, which he devised to his son Nicholas. The will of Jacobus VANSANDT, of Southampton, is dated December 12, 1744, and was proven January 9, 1745. It devises to son, Jacob the 150 acre farm on which he dwelt, reserving certain privileges to his wife Rebecca: the EGMONT farm to son Nicholas: mentions daughters Elizabeth and Rebecca as having received their shares, the latter being deceased; sons Jacobus, Garret and Isaiah, and grandson Charles INYARD to have equal shares. The will names "kinsman John VANSAND" and friend Nathaniel BRITTIAN as executors. but they renouncing, as also did the widow, letters were granted to the sons James and Nicholas. The will is signed "J. V." His widow Rebecca survived him two years leaving will dated November 18, 1746, and proved January 13, 1746-7, and mentioned the same children and grandson Charles INYARD The children of Jacobus and Rebecca (VANDEGRIFT) VANSANDT were: 1. Jacobus (or James) baptized December 1, 1708; married 10 mo, 1, 1732, Margaret BREECE, daughter of Hendrick and Hannah (FIELD) BREECE of Bensalem; see ancestry of Lewis R. BOND, in this volume. 2. Elizabeth, baptized May 21, 1710; married 4 mot 1, 1732, Charles INYARD of Warminster, and left one son, Charles INYARD.. 3. Garret, married May 13, 1739, Ann GROOME of Southampton. 4. Nicholas, baptized January 1, 1711-12, married May 18, 1744, Mary BRITTIAN. 5. Rebecca baptized August 7, 1716, married Isaac LARUE. 6. Isaiah, married June 6, 1732, Charity (or Gertrude) VANHORN. 7. Jacob. More About JACOBUS VAN SANDT and REBECCA VANDEGRIFT: Marriage: 7 January 1707/08, First Presbyterian church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Children of JACOBUS VAN SANDT and REBECCA VANDEGRIFT are: i. JACOBUS (JAMES) 'KOBAS'5 VAN SANT, JR., b. 1 December 1708, (baptized date) Bensalem Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania; m. MARGARET BRIES, 1 December 1732; b. Bensalem Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Notes for JACOBUS (JAMES) 'KOBAS' VAN SANT, JR.: "History of Bucks county Pennsylvania" by William W. H. DAVIS, 1905, volume III, page 27: James VAN SANDT, was a mason and in 1734 purchased of Gideon de CAMP 100 acres in Warminster, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, which he sold in 1748. At about the same date he signed a release to his brothers-in-law, Hendrick, and John BREECE for legacy left his wife by her father, and probably accompanied his brother-in-law Hendrick BREECE to Harford county, Maryland. ii. ELIZABETH VAN SANT, b. 21 May 1710, (baptized date) Bensalem Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania; m. CHARLES INYARD, SR., 1 June 1732. iii. GARRET VAN SANT, b. Southampton Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania; d. 29 September 1779, (date of will) Bucks county, Pennsylvania; m. ANN GROOME, 13 May 1739; b. Southampton Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Notes for GARRET VAN SANT: "History of Bucks county Pennsylvania" by William W. H. DAVIS, 1905, volume III, page 27: Garret. the second son, was a blacksmith in Southampton. His will dated 9 mo. 29, 1779. is on file in the register of wills' office of Bucks county, but does not appear to have been proven. It mentions wife Ann and the following children: William; Phebe, who married Miles STRICKLAND, December 24, 1760; Mary and Rebecca WALTON; Margaret FOSTER; daughter Elizabeth's three sons. Amos, Breece and Mahlon VANSANT: John: Ann RICHARDSON: Esther VANSANT and James. iv. NICHOLAS VAN SANT, b. 1 January 1711/12, date baptized at Southampton Dutch Reformed church, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; d. about 1 May 1801; m. MARY BRITTIAN, 18 May 1744; b. Pennsylvania; d. March 1808. Notes for NICHOLAS VAN SANT: "History of Bucks county Pennsylvania" by William W. H. DAVIS, 1905, volume III, page 27: Nicholas, the third son, married Mary BRITTIAN and had two children. Captain Nathaniel VANSANT, of the Revolution; and Rebecca, who married January 9, 1768, Daniel BOILEAU, Nicholas died about May 1, 1801, and his widow Mary in March, 1818. v. REBECCA VAN SANT, b. 7 August 1716, (baptized date) Southampton Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania; m. ISAAC LA RUE, SR.; b. Hopewell, New Jersey. vi. ISAIAH VAN SANT, SR., b. Southampton Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania; d. 1786, will dated 15 Apr 1786 and proved 28 Sep 1786, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; m. GERTJE 'CHARITY' VAN HORN, 6 June 1732; b. Middletown Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Notes for ISAIAH VAN SANT, SR.: "History of Bucks county Pennsylvania" by William W. H. DAVIS, 1905, volume III, page 27: Isaiah the fourth son married Gertje (or Charity) VAN HORN, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth VAN HORN of Middletown. On March 18, 1736-7, he purchased at sheriff's sale 178 1/4 acres of land in Makefield township. In 1754 he purchased a small tract adjoining, and in 1768 purchased of John SCOTT 100 acres in Upper Makefield. His children were: Isaiah Elizabeth, wife of Cornelius VANDEGRIFT. Rachel. wife of George MERRICK, married 4 mo. 12, 1769. Charity Sarah, who married Christian VAN HORN, June 14, 1764. Mary, who married Gabriel VAN HORN, January 18, 1772 Joshua Peter, who married Elizabeth WOLLARD April 8, 1778, and (second) Alethia CURTIS Gabriel Cornelius who married Mary LARZELERE. The will of Isaiah VANSANT is dated April 15, 1786 and was proved September 28, 1786. It devises to son Joshua the land bought of John SCOTT in Upper Makefield , and to Gabriel and Cornelius the home plantation, "reserving one-fourth of an acre for a graveyard, where I have began to bury, for myself and my relations;" mentions Elijah, eldest son of Isaiah, daughter Rachel's three children; daughter Charity's four children, and daughter Mary, and her daughter Charity; and daughter Elizabeth. vii. JACOB VAN SANT, b. Southampton Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania; d. 1812, Southampton, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Notes for JACOB VAN SANT: "History of Bucks county Pennsylvania" by William W. H. DAVIS, 1905, volume III, page 27: Jacob, the youngest son of Jacobus and Rebecca VANSANT, inherited from his father the homestead in Southampton, and died there in 1812, devising ninety acres thereof to his daughter Elizabeth VANSANT. His other children were: Jane who married Samuel DICKSON; and Margaret, who married Jacob ROADS.

6. JOHANNES (JOHN)4 VAN SANDT (GARRET STOFFELSE3 VAN ZANDT/SANDT, * CHRISTOFFEL2 VAN ZANDT, *1 VANSANT) was born about 1683 in New Utrecht, Long Island, New York, and died 30 December 1714 in (os) Bensalem Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He married LEAH GROESBECK 17 February 1702/03 in (12m 1702 os) First Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, daughter of JACOB GROESBECK and ANNETJE DE GRIFT. She was born Bef. 11 February 1679/80 in (os date baptized at New Utrecht, Long Island, New York), and died in Cecil county, Maryland. Notes for JOHANNES (JOHN) VAN SANDT: Johannes VAN SANDT was a member Southampton Dutch Reformed church (Neshaminy), Bucks county, Pennsylvania, on 13 August, 1710, when he and his wife, Lea (GROESBECK) were listed as sponsors at the wedding of "History of Bucks county Pennsylvania" by William W. H. DAVIS, 1905, volume III, page 26: Johannes (or John) VAN SANDT; born on Long Island, son, of Garret, married at the First Presbyterian church of Philadelphia, 12 mo 17, 1702, Leah GROESBECK, probably daughter of Jacob GROESBECK who accompanied the VANSANTs from Long Island to Bensalem and purchased land there. John VANSAND, as he signed his name, purchased August 1, 1704, 125 acres of land in Bensalem of Thomas STEVENSON but reconveyed it to STEVENSON on May 17. 1714, and the latter immediately conveyed it to Harmon VANSANDT before mentioned. On the same date STEVENSON conveyed to him 500 acres of land on Elk River, Cecil county Maryland. It is probable that his intention to move to Maryland was frustrated by his sickness and death. His will is dated October 30, 1714, and was proved the sixth of the following January. It devises to son John forty shillings, and to His wife Leah his personal estate and the use of his Maryland real estate, if not sold, during life for "the education and maintenance of herself and children." Believing that it will be necessary to sell his Maryland real estate, he empowers Stoffel VANSAND and Bartholomew JACOBS to sell it. If not sold, to be valued and divided between the two boys, they paying their sisters their equal shares. The only child mentioned was John. It is possible that the other of "the two boys" was Garret, who had a number of children baptized at St. Stephen's church, Cecil county, beginning with 1721. A daughter Rachel was baptized June 5, 1711. Bucks county Will Book 1, Page 15; proved 6 Jan 1714: will states he had two sons and unknown number of daughters More About JOHANNES VAN SANDT and LEAH GROESBECK: Marriage: 17 February 1702/03, (12m 1702 os) First Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Children of JOHANNES VAN SANDT and LEAH GROESBECK are: i. ANNE5 VAN SANT, b. about 1704, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; d. Bet. 28 May 1778 and 19 January 1780, not mentioned in William's will of 19 January 1780; m. ??? WILLIAM HATCHER, SR., Aft. 13 November 1727, (os) (license date) Burlington county, New Jersey - Both from Bucks county, Penn.; b. Bef. 10 April 1708, [or before 29 Feb 1697]; d. Bet. 19 January 1780 and 14 April 1781, (will dated-proved) Loudoun county, Virginia - Will probated 14 May, 1781. Notes for ANNE VAN SANT: Ann HATCHER was listed as a witness to her daughter Mary's wedding to James GIBSON on 11 January 1768, at Goose Creek meeting house, Loudoun county, Virginia. Ann HATCHER was listed as a witness to her son Thomas's wedding to Rebekah NICHOLS on 14 April 1773, at Goose Creek meeting house, Loudoun county, Virginia. Ann HATCHER was listed as a witness to her son George's wedding to Prudence "WOODWARD" on 28 May 1778, at Goose Creek meeting house, Loudoun county, Virginia.

5. ALBERTUS (ALBERT)4 VAN SANDT (GARRET STOFFELSE3 VAN ZANDT/SANDT, * CHRISTOFFEL2 VAN ZANDT, *1 VANSANT) was born Bef. 13 May 1681 in date baptized at Flatbush, New York, and died 16 December 1751 in New Castle county, Delaware. He married (1) REBECCA VANDEGRIFT 8 November 1704 in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, daughter of LEENDERT VAN DE GRIFT and STYNTJE/GERTJE ELLSWORTH. She was born 15 December 1683 in (baptized date) New York. He married (2) SARAH ________ Bet. 1743 and 1751. Notes for ALBERTUS (ALBERT) VAN SANDT: "History of Bucks county Pennsylvania" by William W. H. DAVIS, 1905, volume III, page 26: Albert VAN SANDT, son of Garret was baptized at Flatbush May 13, 1681 He married November 8 1704, Rebecca VANDEGRIFT, daughter of Leonard and Gertje (ELLSWORTH) VANDEGRIFT. He probably removed with the rest of the family to Bensalem, Bucks county, as he joined in the deed conveying his father's real estate, but in 1708-9, in connection with his brother-in-law, Jacob VANDEGRIFT, purchased 500 acres of land in St. George's Hundred, New Castle county. He seems also to have purchased land in Georgetown, Kent county Maryland which he conveyed to his brother George, May 14, 1737. In 1743 he and his wife Rebecca, of St. George's Hundred, New Castle county Delaware, joined in the deed for his father-in-law's real estate in Bensalem. After this date and prior to December 16, 1751, the date of his will he married a second wife. Sarah, who is named as executrix. His children were: Elizabeth, baptized October 3, 1705, married a JOUDON: Leonard baptized November 5, 1707, probably died young, not mentioned in will; Harmanus; James: John; Garret; Christina, married a DUSHANE: Rebecca, married a MARTIN and Ann, who married a BROWN. Children of ALBERTUS VAN SANDT and REBECCA VANDEGRIFT are: i. ELIZABETH5 VAN SANT, b. 3 October 1705, (baptized date) Bensalem Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania; m. ________ JOUDON. ii. LEONARD VAN SANT, b. 5 November 1707, (baptized date) Bensalem Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania; d. (probably died young). iii. HARMANUS (HARMAN) VAN SANT, b. New Castle county, Delaware. iv. JAMES VAN SANT, b. New Castle county, Delaware. v. JOHN VAN SANT, b. New Castle county, Delaware. vi. GARRET VAN SANT, b. New Castle county, Delaware. vii. CHRISTINA VAN SANT, b. New Castle county, Delaware; m. ________ DASHANE. viii. REBECCA VAN SANT, b. New Castle county, Delaware; m. ________ MARTIN. ix. ANN VAN SANT, b. New Castle county, Delaware; m. ________ BROWN.

3. CORNELIUS4 VAN SANDT, SR. (GARRET STOFFELSE3 VAN ZANDT/SANDT, * CHRISTOFFEL2 VAN ZANDT, *1 VANSANT) was born 9 July 1672 in New Utrecht, Kings county, New York, and died 9 July 1734 in buried at Welsh Tract Baptist church, New Castle county, Maryland. He married (1) DERICKA ________ Bef. 1714. He married (2) MARY ________ Aft. 1714 in Maryland. Notes for CORNELIUS VAN SANDT, SR.: "History of Bucks county Pennsylvania" by William W. H. DAVIS, 1905, volume III, page 25: Cornelius VAN SANDT, son of Garret was born in New York, probably about the year 1672. On 12 mo. [February] 10, 1698-9, he purchased 150 acres of land adjoining his father in Bensalem township, Bucks county, [Pennsylvania]. On May 4. 1714, he conveyed this tract to Thomas STEVENSON. It is probably in exchange for for land in Cecil county, Maryland, as on the same date STEVENSON conveyed to him 1,035 acres on the west side of Elk river, in New Munster township, Cecil county, Maryland. He was baptized at Pennypack Baptist church, September 14, 1712 [as an adult], and in 1714, with wife Dericka, was "dismissed to Welsh Tract" Baptist church in Pencader Hundred, New Castle county. This church was organized by a colony of Welsh Baptists at Milford Haven, when about to embark for America, in 1701. On arriving in America they located at Pennypack, where they remained until 1703, when they located in New Castle on land donated to them by James JAMES, and were ever after known as the "Welsh Tract Baptist church." Cornelius VANSANT remained a member of this church, and was buried there May 1, 1734. His will, probated in Cecil county, mentions wife Mary and children Cornelius, Garret and Rebecca, all apparently minors. He evidently married a second time after his removal. Children of CORNELIUS VAN SANDT and DERICKA ________ are: i. CORNELIUS5 VAN SANT, JR.. ii. GARRET VAN SANT. iii. REBECCA VAN SANT. 4. HARMAN GERRETSZEN4 VAN SANDT, SR. (GARRET STOFFELSE3 VAN ZANDT/SANDT, * CHRISTOFFEL2 VAN ZANDT, *1 VANSANT) was born Bef. 10 June 1674 in date baptized at Dutch Reformed church of New York, and died 9 July 1759 in Bensalem Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He married (1) ELIZABETH BROUWERS in New Utrecht, Long Island, New York. He married (2) JANE JOUDON 1733. He married (3) JUDITH ________ 9 November 1738. She died Aft. 1759. Notes for HARMAN GERRETSZEN VAN SANDT, SR.: "History of Bucks county Pennsylvania" by William W. H. DAVIS, 1905, volume III, page 25: Harman VAN SANDT, son of Garrett and Lysbeth GERRITZ, was baptized at the Dutch Reformed church of New York, June 10, 1674, and died in Bensalem township, in 1759. He purchased August 1, 1704, 250 acres of land in Bensalem of Thomas STEVENSON, and on April 26, 1712, 250 more. On May 26, 1713, he purchased 125 acres which had belonged to his brother Johannes, and devised it in his will to his daughter Catharine, wife of Daniel SEVERNS. On May 20, 1741 he purchased 100 acres for his daughter Gazina, wife of Jacob TITUS. He also purchased in 1711, 50 acres in Southampton, which he conveyed to to his brother Jacobus. Harman VANSANT was three times married. His first wife, whom he married in New Utrecht, was Elizabeth BROUWERS. He married (second) in 1733 Jane JOUDON, and (third) on November 9, 1738, Judith EVANS, who survived him. She had been twice married before becoming the wife of Harman VANSANT, first to Cornelius McCARTY, and second to John EVANS, both of Bensalem township. The children of Harman VANSANT were as follows. all probably by Elizabeth, his first wife: 1. Garret, who died in 1755, leaving a widow Mary and four children-Harman, Peter, Elizabeth and Garret. Harman, who married Elenor VANDEGRIFT, was the administrator of his father in 1755, and executor of the will of his grandfather in 1759. He was devised by the latter 125 acres of the land whereon his father had lived, and subsequently purchased considerable other land in Bensalem where he died in 1815. His children were: Jacob, baptized at Southampton church, July 7, 1754; Joseph; Mary VAN HORN; Eleanor, wife of Robert WOOD; Sarah COX; Ann PLEAMESS and Garret. Peter was devised 100 acres of land by his grandfather . Elizabeth; and Garret were the ancestors of practically all the VANSANTS of Bensalem. 2. Gazina who married Jacob TITUS and lived on land devised to her by her father. She died prior to April 30, 1772, leaving children: Elizabeth, who married Ephraim PHILLIPS, of Burlington, New Jersey; Olshe, who married Joseph SEABORNE, of Warwick, Bucks county, Catharine, who married John BAKER, of Mt. Holly, New Jersey; Charity, wife of Samuel Sutton, of Byberry, Jacob, Seruch .and William, of Bensalem, and Sarah of Byberry. 3.. Elizabeth, who married May 6, 1719, Volkert VANDEGRIFT, and had nine children, and died before her father. 4 . Katherine, who married Daniel SEVERNS and lived on land in Bensalem devised to her by her father.

Generation No. 2 2. STOFFEL GERRITSE4 VAN SANDT (GARRET STOFFELSE3 VAN ZANDT/SANDT, * CHRISTOFFEL2 VAN ZANDT, *1 VANSANT) was born about 1670 in New Utrecht, Long Island, New York, and died 1749 in Middletown Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He married (1) ANNETJE STOFFELS Bef. 1693 in New York. She died Bef. 1699. He married (2) RACHEL CORSON Aft. 1695, daughter of HENDRICK CORSON. "History of Bucks county Pennsylvania" by William W. H. DAVIS, 1905, volume III, page 24: Stoffel VAN SANDT was listed as a deacon of the Southampton Dutch Reformed church (Neshaminy), Bucks county, Pennsylvania, on 30 Joly, 1710, when his wife, Rachel (CORSEN) was listed as a sponsor at a wedding. Stoffel VAN SANDT, eldest son of Garret, was born in the province of New York about the year 1670, and took the oath of allegiance at New Utrecht, Long Island, as a native of New Netherlands, in 1687. He probably removed to Bucks county at the same time as his father, in 1699. He was a member of the Bensalem Dutch Reformed church, with wife Rachel COURSON; having joined by certificate in 1710. He seems, however, to have become a member of Abington Presbyterian church at its organization in 1714. and was made one of its elders. He purchased of Henry PAULIN, on May 23, 1706, 300 acres of land in Middletown, 200 acres of which he conveyed to his sons Garret and John,, and died seized of the balance in 1749. He was a justice of Bucks county. 1715-18, 1723-27, and a member of colonial assembly, 1710, 1712, 1714. I719. His children were: 1. Jannetje, baptized at Brooklyn, September 3, 1693, married November 3, 1711, William RENBERG. 2. Garret, baptized at Brooklyn, May 4, 1695, probably died young, as the son Gerret, mentioned later, was certainly a younger man. (these children above were by Stoffel's first marriage with Annetje STOFFELS, who probably died prior to the removal to Bucks county.) The children of Stoffel by his second marriage with Rachel Corson, daughter of Hendrick Courson, were eight in number and as follows: 3. Joshua, married February 20, 1728 Catharine JOHNSTON, and settled in Kent county, Maryland, on land conveyed to him by his father, October 28, 1728. 4. John, who married Rebecca COX, of Philadelphia, August 19, 1728, and settled in Middletown, on land conveyed to him by his father in 1738, and died there in 1750, leaving daughters Ann, Elizabeth, Catharine, Rebecca and Mary and one son, John. 5. James, who was baptized at Abington as an adult September 16, 1716, and had children,.1. Rebecca, 2. Flora, 3, John, 4. Jacobus, baptized there 1719-1733. 6. Garret purchased land of his father in Middletown in 1742, died there in 1789, leaving a large family of children. 7. Elizabeth who married John ENOCH in 1718, and left a large family. 8. Alice or Alshe, married Samuel RUE and left a number of children. 9 Rachel, married Lewis RUE, March 24, 1736, and left children. 10. Jesina, who never married. Children of STOFFEL VAN SANDT and ANNETJE STOFFELS are: i. JANNETJE (JANE)5 VAN SANT, b. 3 September 1693, (baptized date) Brooklyn, New York; m. WILLIAM RENBERG, 3 November 1711, New York. ii. GARRET VAN SANDT, b. 4 May 1695, (baptized date) Brooklyn, New York; d. (probably died young). Children of STOFFEL VAN SANDT and RACHEL CORSON are: iii. ELIZABETH5 VAN SANT, b. Bucks county, Pennsylvania; m. JOHN ENOCH, 1718. iv. JACOBUS (JAMES) VAN SANT, SR., b. baptized as an adult on 16 Nov 1716 at Abington, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. v. JOSHUA VAN SANT, b. Bucks county, Pennsylvania; m. CATHERINE JOHNSTON, 20 February 1727/28, (license date) New Jersey. Notes for JOSHUA VAN SANT: Joshua and Catherine settled in Kent county, Maryland, on land conveyed to him by his father, 28 October, 1728. vi. JOHN VAN SANT, SR., b. about 1700, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; d. 1750, Middletown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; m. REBECCA COX, 19 August 1728; b. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Notes for JOHN VAN SANT, SR.: John and Rebecca settled in Middletown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, on land conveyed to him by his father in 1738 and died there in 1750. vii. STOFFEL VAN SANT, b. 22 December 1701, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. viii. CORNELIUS VAN SANT, b. 7 June 1708, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. ix. JESSINAH VAN SANT, b. 14 January 1710/11, date baptized at Southampton Dutch Reformed church, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; d. (unmarried). x. JOSHUA VAN SANT, b. 14 January 1711/12, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; d. 1 February 1711/12. xi. GARRET VAN SANT, SR., b. 1718, Bensalem Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania; d. 17 March 1789, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; m. ________ ________. Notes for GARRET VAN SANT, SR.: "History of Bucks county Pennsylvania" by William W. H. DAVIS, 1905, volume III, page 28: Garret VAN SANT, of Middletown, son of Stophel, received by deed of gift from his Father on October 21, 1742, 95 1/2 acres of land, part of 300 acres purchased by Stophel of Henry PAULIN in 1706, and on January 10, 1748, purchased 214 acres in Middletown of Charles and Ann PLUMLY. On June 25, 1789, he conveys the last mentioned tract in about equal parts to his sons, Garret, Jr., and John and on July 31, 1789 he conveyed to his son George the 95 ½ acres conveyed to him by his father. No record appears of the name of his wife. A Garret. VANSANT married Leah NIXON at Churchville April 15, 1747, which was probably this Garret, although it may have been his cousin Garret, of Wrightstown. The will of Garret VANSANT is dated July 7, 1789 and was proved August 7, 1789 , only a week after the conveyance of his land. It mentions the children of his son Jacob, and their mother Mary VASTINE; daughters Rachel Harrison, Keziah SWEETMAN, Vashti VANSANT and Sarah HISE; sons John, Garret and George, and grandson James VANSANT. Jacob, the eldest son, married Mary RICHARDSON, daughter of Joseph RICHARDSON, and settled in Falls township, Bucks county, where he died in April, 1785, leaving children: Elizabeth, James, Catharine and Garret. His widow married Benjamin VASTINE prior to 1789. George VANSANT married Sarah JOHNSON, December 24, 1783. He sold the old homestead to Joshua WOOLSTON in 1794, and removed to Bristol township. John married Letitia LEAW and died in Middletown in 1812, leaving a son John, and daughters Ann Leah LOVETT and Amelia BOOZ. Garret VANSANT, Jr., remained on the homestead purchased of his father in 1789 until 1822, when he conveyed it to his sons James and John, and soon after removed to Newtown, where he died in 1842 at an advanced age. His wife Mary had died many years previously. The children of Garret and Mary VANSANT were John, James, Martha; Jane. Wife of Isaac RANDALL; Rachel, wife of Eber RANDALL and Mary, wife of Jonathan HUNTER. James died in Middletown in 1833, leaving a widow Amy and two children, Elizabeth, born March 11, 1821, and James born May 1, 1826. xii. RACHEL VAN SANT, b. 5 June 1719, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; d. 1783; m. LEWIS RUE, 24 March 1735/36, (license date) New Jersey. More About LEWIS RUE and RACHEL VAN SANT: Marriage: 24 March 1735/36, (license date) New Jersey xiii. JESINAH VAN SANT, b. 7 September 1721, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; d. 1766, (unmarried). xiv. ALSHE (ALICE) VAN SANT, b. 1727, Bensalem Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania; m. SAMUEL RUE; b. 3 October 1725, Bensalem Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania.

Part 3 Extract from a letter from my father, relative to his services in the Continental War: "Grandfather built the vessels in Gloucester county near the head of navigation of Mulcia, at a place known as the forks. After the war was over, he moved to Bass River, now called New Gretna, in Burlington county, about six miles from Tuckerton, where he continued to build vessels until he retired from business' and he and grandmother lived with father who moved from Burlington county to Gloucester county, where a few years later he died at the age of ninety-four. In building those vessels grandfather made (as it turned out) a great sacrifice, as he received pay in continental money, which after the war became worthless. Grandfather was loyal and patriotic, as I remember of hearing grandmother speak of the great abhorrence he had of the Tories of that time, "(Some of that old continental money is in the hands of the family yet, and I think my son Grant has a bill or two of it in his cabinet of relics)." (Note by Grant VAN SANT: "I still have one of these same Bills). It is fortunate that the cause of the Continentals succeeded. Had it failed or had he been captured, he might have been hanged as a pirate, As it is, we are all proud to know that we descended from a patriot, who was such a help in our war for Independence, After all, it does not make so much difference who our ancestors were, The main thing is to see that our own names are worthy of those who are to follow us, More About GARRET VAN ZANDT/SANDT and LYSBETH GERRITZ: Marriage: about 1668, New Utrecht, Long Island, New York Children of GARRET VAN ZANDT/SANDT and LYSBETH GERRITZ are: 2. i. STOFFEL GERRITSE4 VAN SANDT, b. about 1670, New Utrecht, Long Island, New York; d. 1749, Middletown Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania. 3. ii. CORNELIUS VAN SANDT, SR., b. 9 July 1672, New Utrecht, Kings county, New York; d. 9 July 1734, buried at Welsh Tract Baptist church, New Castle county, Maryland. 4. iii. HARMAN GERRETSZEN VAN SANDT, SR., b. Bef. 10 June 1674, date baptized at Dutch Reformed church of New York; d. 9 July 1759, Bensalem Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania. iv. JOSIAS VAN SANDT, b. Bef. 29 October 1676, date baptized at Dutch Reformed church of New York; d. (probably died young). Notes for JOSIAS VAN SANDT: Josias VAN SANDT, son of Garret and Lysbeth GERRITZ, was baptized at the Dutch Reformed church of New York, October 29, 1676 but as we find no further record of him he probably died in childhood. 5. v. ALBERTUS (ALBERT) VAN SANDT, b. Bef. 13 May 1681, date baptized at Flatbush, New York; d. 16 December 1751, New Castle county, Delaware. 6. vi. JOHANNES (JOHN) VAN SANDT, b. about 1683, New Utrecht, Long Island, New York; d. 30 December 1714, (os) Bensalem Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania. 7. vii. JACOBUS (JAMES) VAN SANDT, SR., b. Bef. 15 February 1684/85, date baptized at Flatbush, Long Island, New York; d. Bet. 12 December 1744 and 9 January 1744/45, Southampton Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania. 8. viii. JORIS (GEORGE) VAN SANDT, SR., b. Bef. 24 April 1687, date baptized at Flatbush, Long Island, New York; d. about 1755, Cecil county, Maryland - will proved 22 Mar 1755, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. 9. ix. MARYTJE (MARY) VAN SANDT, b. 20 December 1689. x. JANNETJE/JESINAH VAN SANDT, b. 20 December 1690, New Amsterdam, Long Island, New York; m. WILLEM REMBERGH, 3 November 1711, Southampton Reformed church, at Churchville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; b. Muhlheim on the Ruhr. More About WILLEM REMBERGH and JANNETJE/JESINAH VAN SANDT: Marriage: 3 November 1711, Southampton Reformed church, at Churchville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania 10. xi. GARRET VAN SANDT, SR., b. 1691, Wrightstown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; d. 1746, Wrightstown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. " on 28 May 1778, at Goose Creek meeting house, Loudoun county, Virginia.

"Genealogy of the VAN SANT Family", by Grant VAN SANT, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1929: LETTER OF SAMUEL R. VAN SANT The name VAN SANT is variously spelled by different members of the family. Some spell it VAN ZANDT, others VANSANDT, VANSANT and VANZANT. I am quite sure the first settler of that name in this country spelled his name VAN ZANDT, as I understand that is the old Dutch or Holland way. The earliest record of any VAN SANT that I know anything about, was Jacobus VAN ZANDT, who was an early settler in New York, and according to Washington Irving, was one of the purchasers of the Island of Manhattan. He came to this country in 1613, on a vessel called the ""Goede Vrow",", or Good Wife, some three or four years after the return of Hendric HUDSON, the discoverer of the Hudson River. I realize that this may not be absolutely historical, as my authority is a book written by Washington Irving in rather a humorous strain relative to the KNICKERBOCKERS of New York. I am satisfied, however, from research that early in the seventeenth century there were VAN ZANDTSs in New Amsterdam prior to the capture of the city by the British, when the name was changed to New York. I think the name VAN ZANDT was probably changed after said capture, as it was not very popular to have such a Dutch name after their city was ruled by the English; so the name was Anglicized, changing it to VAN SANT or VANSANT. Relative to the spelling of the name, I quote from a book written by my uncle, Nicholas VAN SANT, titled "Sunset Memories". FAMILY NAME "Concerning the family name, VANSANT, there has been no little perplexity. For many years the impression was, that at some time and for some reason to us unknown, the old Holland name, VANZANDT, had been changed by dropping out the D and substituting S for Z; but a careful examination several years ago, satisfied me that this theory was incorrect, and that our long-standing mode of spelling the name agrees more nearly than any other with the original form. Making a search in the county Clerk's office of Richmond county, New York, in 1879, I found a Deed, dated May 2, 1706, the fifth year of the reign of Queen Anne of England, conveying land to Aries JANSEN by Stoffel and Rachel VANSANT, the last name of each of the grantors being spelled as here written, without the Z or the D. The search was made by request of George H. VANZANDT, of Philadelphia, counselor-at-law, who had been giving diligent attention to the subject of his own family pedigree, and incidentally of ours. From him I learned many interesting facts, some of which are given in the following extracts from his correspondence: ''I am engaged in looking up the genealogy of some members of the VANZANDT family---those descended from Stophel VANZANDT, formerly of Port Richmond, Staten Island, who settled there about 1680, and afterward removed to Bucks county, Pa., where for some time he was a Trustee of Bensalem Presbyterian church.......I suppose we have the same common ancestor. We have traced matters back to Staten Island. Rev. Dr. BROWNLEE, of the Reformed Dutch church, of Port Richmond, writes that Stophel VANZANT had his son Stophel baptized October 22, 1701, and his daughter Sophia in 1706; so it appears on the records of the church..' Here we must pause to note this medley of names relating to the same persons__in my correspondent's letter VANZANDT, in the baptismal record VANZANT, but in the Deed of conveyance VANSANT. Do these variations seem strange? Especially, do they invalidate the historical facts related? No one is stupid enough to hold this. These discrepancies in the orthography of proper names, as in hundreds of other things, are constantly occurring. Talk of various readings in the ancient manuscripts of the Bible! Other old writings of renown, reveal even greater variations; but they are not rejected as spurious on this account, nor must the Bible be thrust aside because of its various readings or its apparent discrepancies. was Stophel VANSANT a myth because his name was spelled in several different ways? Not at all, but a veritable man, who lived and moved and had his being at the close of the seventeenth century and beginning of the eighteenth. Doubtless our family name has come to stay; and so we will neither regretfully deplore it nor vainly boast of it, whatever may be its true orthography or its real etymology. I must, however, express a cordial sympathy with my Philadelphia correspondent in his decided preference for the Dutch form of spelling, since our family preference is at least equally decided in favor of the Spanish form. Incidentally, this has sometimes proved an agreeable service, as when, several years since, a son of the writer went to Baltimore, Md., an almost total stranger, to engage in mercantile business. One of the old and honored residents of that city was Joshus VANSANT, who once or oftener had served as mayor, and who for many years had held the office of city comptroller, in which, by his proverbial economy, carefulness, and honesty, he had won the odd but honorable sobriquet, "watchdog of the city treasury'". The young stranger, bearing his exact family name, though not at all related, soon found an answer to the question, "What's in a name?" for his own had become so well and favorably known in business circles through that long-trusted citizen as to become substantially helpful to him in winning an honest success." I know very little about my great grandfather, John VAN SANT, but from all that I can learn, I am satisfied that he was descended from Stophel VANZANDT who left New York and settled in Bucks county, Penn, on the Delaware River above Philadelphia. My reason for this is that I was so informed by my grandfather, Nicholas VAN SANT when I visited him in 1865. I wrote, at the time, a history of the family, getting all the data I could from my grandfather. He said that his father had often spoken about cousins in Bucks county. As the VAN SANTs were shipbuilders, he learned that trade from them on the Delaware and later came to New Jersey, where he entered the shipbuilding business. It was said of him that he could build a ship, rig her, and sail her to any port in the world. He was in this business when the Revolutionary War started. During that war, he built privateers for the Continental Government. One of these he commanded. The prizes captured were brought to a harbor in New Jersey known as Chestnut Neck, and the provisions and army supplies intended for the English were distributed to Washington's Army, The activity of these privateers became so exasperating and so destructive to British commerce, that an expedition was sent against Chestnut Neck, consisting of both land and sea forces A battle was fought and the Americans were defeated, and my ancestor's vessel amongst others, was burned. The town was never rebuilt. I have seen a monument erected at Chestnut Neck to the memory of the heroes who lost their lives defending this point, (The fortifications at Chestnut Neck were erected by Major WESTCOTT, referred to herein). The vessel owned and commanded by my great grandfather with others was burned, and some one hundred and ten years afterwards my father, at low tide, sawed off a piece of timber under water as far as he could, and made a gavel which he presented to my son, Grant, from the wreck, This we prize very highly. For his services he was paid in continental money, which was valueless, so after the war he was poorer by reason of this fact.

Descendants of Garret Stoffelse VAN ZANDT/SANDT Generation No. 1 1. GARRET STOFFELSE3 VAN ZANDT/SANDT (* CHRISTOFFEL2 VAN ZANDT, *1 VANSANT) was born Bef. 1651 in Amsterdam or Zandberg, Holland,The Netherlands, and died Bef. 5 June 1706 in Bensalem Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He married LYSBETH GERRITZ about 1668 in New Utrecht, Long Island, New York, daughter of CORNELIS GARRITZ. She was born about 1649 in Holland, The Netherlands. "History of Bucks county Pennsylvania" by William W. H. DAVIS, 1905, volume III, page 24: THE VANSANT FAMILY. The VANSANTS of Bucks county are descendants of a common ancestor, Gerret Stoffelse VAN SANDT or VAN ZANDT,* (otherwise Garret VAN SANDT, son of Stoffel or Christopher), who emigrated from the Netherlands, probably from Zaandam in North Holland, or Zandberg in Drentlie, in or about the year 1651, and settled in New Utrecht, Long Island, on the records of which town he is frequently mentioned as Gerret Stoffellse. He was one of the fourteen patentees mentioned in the patent from Governor Thomas DONGAN, May 13, 1686, for the Commons of New Utrecht, "on behalf of themselves and their associates, the present freeholders and inhabitants of the said towne." His land was located at Yellow Hook, "under the jurisdiction of the town of New Utrecht." He was a magistrate of New Utrecht in 1681. By deed dated July 31, 1695, he conveyed his Yellow Hook plantation to Derick Janse VAN ZUTPHEN, and removed to Bucks county, where Joseph GROWDEN on 12 mo. 10, 1698-9, conveys to him 150 acres in Bensalem township and on the same date conveys a like tract adjoining to his son Cornelius. lt is probable that he was located for a time in New York, as he had two children baptized at the Dutch Reformed church there in 1674 and 1676, respectively. It is generally conceded that he was twice married, as the record of the baptisms above mentioned gives the name of his wife as Lysbeth Gerritz, while the later baptisms at New Utrecht and Flatbush churches give it as Lysbeth Cornelis. It is, however, possible that in one instance her father's surname is used and in the other his first name as was common on the Dutch records. Cornelius Gerrets was a a member of the Dutch church at New Utrecht. Garret VANSANT died intestate in Bensalem township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, prior to June 5, 1706, the date upon which his ten children make a conveyance of his land purchased as before stated in February, 1698-9. The record of baptism of seven of his ten children appears at the Dutch church of New Netherlands, and will be given in connection with a sketch of each child, taken in regular order of birth, later in this article. The names of the ten children were: 1. Stoffell; 2. Cornelius; 3. Josias; 4. Harman; 5. Albert; 6. Johannes; 7. Jacobus; 8. George; 9. Jesina, and l0. Garret. (Harman was really the third child in order of birth, and Josias fourth ). * For much of the information contained in this sketch, more especially that pertaining to the early generations of the family, we are indebted to R. Winder JOHNSON of Philadelphia, who has made extensive researches covering nearly twenty-five years pertaining to the ancestry of the VANSANTS and other Holland families from whom he descended. He is himself a descendant of Garret VAN SANDT through his son, Jacobus (7), and his fourth son, Isaiah VANSANT, who married Charity VAN HORN, and their daughter, Sarah who married Christian VAN HORN, the descent being shown more in detail in the article in this volume on the VAN HORN Family.

Descendants of Stephen SANDS, Sr. 1 Stephen SANDS, Sr. Born: Bef. 16 August 1658 (date christened) Lancaster FMH, Lancashire, England Died: 19 January 1732/33 Bucks county, Pennsylvania Burial: Middletown Friends' burying ground, Bucks county, Pennsylvania .. + Jane COWGILL Born: about 1663 Yorkshire, England Married: 25 October 1685 (at the house of Nicholas WALN) Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: Bef. 26 November 1699 Bucks county, Pennsylvania Burial: 26 November 1699 Middletown Friends' burying ground, Bucks county, Pennsylvania Father: * Ralph? COWGILL, Sr.? Mother: Ellin STACKHOUSE . 2 Richard SANDS, Sr. Born: 17 April 1687 (os) Bensalem Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: 30 May 1758 Middletown Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... + Mary GRUBB Born: 6 November 1688 (os) near Mt. Holly, Burlington county, New Jersey Married: 8 March 1711/12 (os) Burlington FMH, Burlington county, New Jersey Father: Henry GRUBB III Mother: Mary PERKINS ..... 3 Jane SANDS Born: 27 February 1716/17 (os) Bucks county, Pennsylvania ......... + Thomas BEANS, Sr. Born: about 1713 Southampton Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania Married: 9 April 1739 (os) Lower Dublin Twp., Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania Died: March 1792 Abington Twp., Montgomery county, Pennsylvania Father: William BEANS, Sr. Mother: Elizabeth ________ ..... 3 Stephen SANDS Born: 28 April 1719 (os) Bensalem Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania ......... + Mary HATCHER Born: about 1725 Married: Aft. 27 October 1747 (os license date) New Jersey of Bensalem Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 Elizabeth SANDS Born: 2 February 1721/22 (os) Bucks county, Pennsylvania ......... + James BANES Born: about 1711 Southampton Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania Married: 22 October 1742 (os) Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: 2 May 1749 (os) Southampton Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania Father: William BEANS, Sr. Mother: Elizabeth ________ ..... 3 Abigail SANDS Born: 7 April 1724 (os) Bucks county, Pennsylvania ......... + Isaac JANES Married: 2 September 1749 (os) MIddletown FMH, Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 Richard SANDS, Jr. Born: 5 April 1727 (os) Bucks county, Pennsylvania ......... + Elizabeth BEANS Born: about 1723 Southampton Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania Married: 2 November 1749 (os) Father: William BEANS, Sr. Mother: Elizabeth ________ ..... 3 Mary SANDS Born: 25 February 1730/31 (os) Bucks county, Pennsylvania . 2 John SANDS, Sr. Born: 5 April 1689 Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... + Mary BUTCHER Married: 8 May 1712 Mt Holly, Burlington county, New Jersey ..... 3 Thomas SANDS Born: 4 April 1713 Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: 14 September 1731 Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 John SANDS, Jr. Born: 5 April 1715 Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 Jane SANDS Born: 11 April 1718 Bucks county, Pennsylvania ......... + Robert WILSON, Sr. Born: 18 January 1719/20 (11m 1719 os) Middletown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania Married: 6 January 1742/43 Middletown FMH, Bucks county, Pennsylvania Father: David WILSON, Sr. Mother: Grace STACKHOUSE ..... 3 Mary SANDS Born: 9 January 1721/22 Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 Esther SANDS Born: 19 December 1723 Bucks county, Pennsylvania (twin) Died: 29 December 1723 Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 Stephen SANDS Born: 19 December 1723 Bucks county, Pennsylvania (twin) . 2 Eleanor 'Ellen' SANDS Born: 5 December 1692 Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: Aft. 1744 Middletown Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... + * John HOUGH Born: Bef. 1700 Married: 3 August 1714 Middletown FMH, Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 Mary HOUGH Born: 4 September 1715 Middletown Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: 5 November 1782 Plumstead Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania, aged 67 years 2 months Burial: Plumstead Friends' burying ground, Bucks county, Pennsylvania ......... + Nathan PRESTON Born: about 1710 Married: 28 April 1737 Buckingham FMH, Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 John HOUGH, Jr. Born: 21 February 1716/17 Falls Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: 23 September 1771 Solebury Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania ......... + Hannah TOWNSEND Born: about 1722 Of Solebury Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania Married: about 1741 Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: Bet. 1751 and 1757 Solebury Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania Father: Stephen TOWNSEND, Sr. ..... *2nd Wife of John HOUGH, Jr.: ......... + Olive ROGERS Married: 8 November 1757 Christ's church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania Father: Hezekiah ROGERS ..... 3 Jane HOUGH Born: 10 December 1718 of Middletown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: 17 March 1767 Middletown Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania Burial: Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 Stephen HOUGH Born: 27 March 1721 of Middletown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: 1785 Bucks county, Pennsylvania ......... + Margaret EVANS Married: 1742 ..... 3 William HOUGH Born: 16 February 1722/23 Middletown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: 1802 Middletown Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 Daniel HOUGH Born: 14 June 1726 Falls Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: 1789 Surry county, North Carolina ......... + Mary WORLEY Born: about 1716 Married: 4 March 1740/41 (os) Burlington county, New Jersey ..... *2nd Wife of Daniel HOUGH: ......... + Judith HARTLEY Married: Aft. 1745 ..... 3 Joseph HOUGH Born: 10 July 1727 Solebury Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: 1 June 1763 Solebury Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania ......... + Anne TOWNSEND Born: about 1738 Solebury Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania Married: 7 March 1757 Father: Stephen TOWNSEND, Sr. ..... 3 Richard HOUGH Born: 30 October 1730 Middletown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: 1800 Bucks county, Pennsylvania ......... + Alice ________ Married: May 1770 . 2 Stephen SANDS, Jr. Born: 24 March 1693/94 Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: Bef. 17 November 1699 (buried date) Bucks county, Pennsylvania Burial: 17 November 1699 . 2 William SANDS, Sr. Born: 28 February 1695/96 Middletown Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: 23 March 1758 Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... + Mary SCOTT Married: about 1730 (6 Nov 1729 intend to marry) Middletown MM, Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 Thomas SANDS Born: 22 August 1733 Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 William SANDS, Jr. Born: 26 August 1736 Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 Edmund SANDS Born: 8 December 1738 Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 Benjamin SANDS Born: 19 April 1743 Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 Janette SANDS Born: 1 January 1747/48 Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 Abraham SANDS Born: 3 May 1751 Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... 3 Mary SANDS Born: 20 January 1754 Bucks county, Pennsylvania . 2 Isabella SANDS Born: 27 February 1697/98 Middletown Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: 10 April 1698 (buried date) Bucks county, Pennsylvania . 2 Edmund SANDS Born: 29 January 1698/99 (os) Middletown Twp., Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: May 1773 Bucks county, Pennsylvania ..... + Mary COATE Born: about 1700 Married: 8 October 1720 (os) Mt. Holly, Burlington county, New Jersey Father: James COATE Mother: Mary WATSON ..... 3 Hannah SANDS Born: 28 August 1721 (os) Bucks county, Pennsylvania Died: about 1799 Loudoun county, Virginia ......... + Richard ROACH, Sr. Born: about 1718 Married: Virginia Died: Bef. 15 September 1797 Loudoun county, Virginia . *2nd Wife of Edmund SANDS: ..... + Rachel CLOWES Married: 23 September 1740 New Jersey ..... 3 Sarah SANDS Born: 25 November 1740 ..... 3 Isaac SANDS Born: 1 January 1742/43 ..... 3 Jacob SANDS Born: 30 January 1744/45 ......... + Esther BROWN Born: about 1753 Married: 8 January 1794 Fairfax FMH, Loudoun county, Virginia Father: Henry BROWN, Sr. Mother: Esther HARRIS ..... 3 Joseph SANDS Born: 16 February 1746/47 ..... 3 Benjamin SANDS Born: 16 February 1748/49 Bensalem, Bucks county, Pennsylvania ......... + Rachel ________ *2nd Wife of Stephen SANDS, Sr.: .. + Eliza NORCROSS Married: 5 September 1701 date intentions to marry announced at Middletown MM, Bucks county, Pennsylvania

HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm "If you can't stand the skeletons, stay out of the closet" - Val D Greenwood And a big aarrgghhh! Here is Stephen and Mary on our file minus parents. http://hatcherfamilyassn.com/getperson.php?personID=I5204&tree=QHatch But be sure to read the last paragraph of the Notes. a.. "Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol 22", 1900, by William Nelson Mary Hatcher Stephen Sands 10/27/1747 (of) BucksCo, PA ----------------------- The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Vol. 21, No. 1, January 1846, page 67 New Jersey Marriage Licenses Oct. 27, 1747. Stephen Sands, Bensalem, Bucks County, yeoman, and Mary Hatcher of same, spinster. (Bond is dated Oct. 31, and bondsman is NICHOLAS HATCHER of Bensalem, yeoman. 1747-48:9). ----------------------- I'm checking Worldconnect and Genforum and finding almost zip on Steve and Mary. One site has Steve bn c1694 - hmmmm. So I'm wondering if this crowd, including Nick, might not have moved down to SC........more hmmmms! Nel

p.80, inventory of William Hatcher taken 24 April 1716 1 Indian wench sickly 10 pounds p.213, 2 August 1686 Certificate of Richd. Embry for takeing up five Runaway Indians, two of them belonging to Mr. Edwd Hatcher, the other three to Mr. Hen: Lound. p.224, I Benjamin Hatcher doe for the good love and affection I bare to my sonne Wm Hatcher give one Indian boy knowne by the name Ben to him forever. 1 August 1682. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/free_Indians.htm

Nel: If I ever get organized [yikes], should I send you pictures of my Hatchers, even though they're unconnected? (so far, she says with fingers crossed) Suzy ----- Original Message ----- From: nelhatch To: hatcher@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [HATCHER] Thanks and a couple of queries All "people" pics can be found on our site by clicking the Photos link and doing a search for your person's name (assuming you have the correct spelling of the name). Or you can search the file for your people to see if we have a pic on their page. Our group has been very good at sending me family pics but if your family shows no pics, it may be because you are the only descendant to find us. That's a pretty normal situation. Always look in the Notes section at the bottom of a person's page to see if there is Contact info there. If so, click the name(s) and you can email that person. Hope this helps! And let me know if you want me to switch you to digest mode. Nel ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HATCHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message