Posted on: Biographies of Van Arsdale & Related Families Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/VanArsdaleBios?read=114 Surname: Van Doren, Van Ausdal, Spacht, Bruce ------------------------- From: History of Preble County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches. H. Z. Williams & Bro. Publishers, 1881. Printed by W. W. Williams, Cleveland, OH. Page 275. Christian VAN DOREN, a native of New Jersey, was the first of that name who settled in Preble county. When a young man he moved to Virginia, and there married Phebe VAN AUSDAL. He resided in that State several years, during which time three children were born to him. In 1805 or 1806 he moved to Ohio with his father-in-law, John VAN AUSDAL, and settled in Lanier township, Preble county, where he lived the rest of his lfe. Soon after his death the land passed out of the possession of his family. He was one of the founders of the Presbyterian church in Eaton. His wife survived him several years, and died at the residence of her daughters, in Indiana. But three of his children are now livingÑÑtwo in Minnesota, and one in Dakotah territory. His descendants in this county now number thirteen, all of whom are the children or grandchildren of his eldest son, John who was the only one of Christian VAN DOREN's children who passed his entire life in Preble county. John VAN DOREN was born in 1806, and was one of the first white children born in the county. In 1834 he married Frances SPACHT, a daughter of Jacob SPACHT, one of the first settlers in this county. Jacob SPACHT entered a quarter section of land adjoining Eaton on the west. His first wife was a daughter of William BRUCE, and his second a daughter of Christian VAN DOREN. He was a merchant in Eaton during part of the time that he was a resident on this county. In 1837 he sold his land to his son-in-law, John VAN DOREN, and moved to Indiana, where he died in 1864. The land he entered still belongs to his descendants, having been in their possession seventy years. John VAN DOREN's five children still survive him. Abram, the eldest, was the first grandchild of William BRUCE, the proprietor of Eaton.

Some notes I have on Christian Van Doren/Doran - he was b. April 1767 in Neshanic NJ; died 1840/50, buried Lanier twp., Preble Co OH. About 1790 he moved to Shepherdstown W VA. S/o Jacob Van Doorn; g-grandson of Pieter Van Doorn of Gravesend Holland who came to NY 1659, settled in Brooklyn. Lindsay M. Brien, p. 75, part II, Early Settlers & Revolutionary Soldier of Preble Co OH, published 1966, says John Vanausdal, sons Cornelius and Peter, s-i-l Christian Van Doren, came to Preble Co 1806. Cornelius b. 2 Oct 1783, Berkeley Co VA/WVA, m. 24 July 1817 Martha Bilba/Bilbe. Sasha Stanley Greene Co OH