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.