Simon Van Arsdal was born ca. 1783, the son of Simon and Neeltje (Eleanor) Pieterson. He was baptised by his widowed mother at Conowgo Dutch Reformed Church. He appears in the United States Federal Census 1810, living in Warrington Twp, York Co PA living with his brother Isaac who was married to Elizabeth Arnold. Vanasdal, David 183 Vanasdal, Isaac 184 Vanassdal, Simon 184 I am looking for his descendants, if he has any. thankyou Judy

Judy, I'm a bit confused. Your subject line indicates Simon is the son of Johannes and Neeltje, but the text of your note shows Simon is the son of Simon and Neeltje. You don't indicate the source for your 1783 birth date or indicate when Neeltje had him baptized at Conewago. The information I have tells me that "Simon Van Arsdal" and "Nellie Petersen" had a son, Simon, baptized at Conewago on July 5, 1778. This information is from the Dutch Reformed Church of Conewago records in a book titled "Adams County Church Records of the 18th Century" by F. Edward Wright, published by Willow Bend Books of Westminster, Maryland and available from them for $24.00. Their web address is www.willowbendbooks.com What are the numbers 183 and 184 that follow the names in your original note? What leads you to believe Simon was living with his brother (or should it be half-brother?) at the time of the 1810 census? The 1810 census for Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvania shows three Vanasdal families. David, on line 25, page 1081, Simon on line 49, page 1082 and Isaac on line 30, page 1083. Isaac's family lists one white male under 10, one white male 10 thru 15, one white male 26 thru 44, two white females under 10, one white female 10 thru 15 and one white female 26 thru 44. I don't see anything that would cause me to believe Simon is living with Isaac, unless there is another Isaac family that I'm not aware of. Your original note also seems to indicate that the census information tells you Isaac was living with his wife Elizabeth Arnold. While I agree Margretha Elisabeth Arnold was Isaac's wife, I can't state that definitively based on the census data, as the census in 1810 only provides the name of the head of the household. Perhaps you can clarify this for us. Chuck V. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 6/11/2001 at 4:30 PM Jamescassidy22@cs.com wrote: >Simon Van Arsdal was born ca. 1783, the son of Simon and Neeltje (Eleanor) >Pieterson. He was baptised by his widowed mother at Conowgo Dutch Reformed >Church. He appears in the United States Federal Census 1810, living in >Warrington Twp, York Co PA living with his brother Isaac who was married to >Elizabeth Arnold. > >Vanasdal, David 183 >Vanasdal, Isaac 184 >Vanassdal, Simon 184 > >I am looking for his descendants, if he has any. > >thankyou > >Judy > > >==== VanArsdale Mailing List ==== >We can NOT attach files to our mailing list e-mail. >Anyone wanting to share a copy of an original document may send that copy to <brianter@macatawa.org> >for the "Documents" page <http://www.macatawa.org/~brianter/vanarsdaledocuments.htm>.