Posted on: Biographies of Van Arsdale & Related Families Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/VanArsdaleBios?read=108 Surname: vANARSDALEN ------------------------- HI-I AM A DESCENDANT OF CORNELIUS SIMONSE VAN ARSDALEN AND HIS SECOND WIFE,JANNETJE CORNEL,THROUGH THEIR SON WILLIAM.JOHN'S MOTHER WAS LAMMENTJE VAN NUYS,CORNELIUS'FIRST WIFE,AT LEAST WHAT THE LDS SHOWS.JOHN WENT TO SOUTHWESTERN OHIO WITH WILLIAM AND THEY SIGNED A PETITION TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS IN 1799 ASKING FOR LEGAL TITLE TO THE LAND THEY HAD IN THE SYMMES PURCHASE.JANNETJE(GENNET)VANARSDALEN MENTIONED JOHN AND WILLIAM IN HER WILL IN 1802.JOHN HAD A SON CORNELIUS ALSO MENTIONED IN HIS GRANDMOTHERS WILL,THE FIRST WILL RECORDED IN MONTGOMERY CO.,OHIO. CORNELIUS WENT TO DELAWARE CO.,INDIANA IN 1820 -THE YEAR HIS SON ISAAC WAS BORN,BUT I DON'T KNOW IF JOHN WENT THERE,TOO. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO RESEARCH THIS YET.ISAAC MIGRATED TO CLARINDA IN PAGE COUNTY IOWA,WHERE HE DIED AND LEFT MANY DESCENDANTS.DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF JOHN'S WIFE OR ANY OTHER CHILDREN? THERE ARE SO MANY JOHN'S AND CORNELIUS'SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO FIGURE THEM OUT.IF WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER LET ME KNOW.HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU BONNIE BARNES WORLEY