Posted on: VanArsdale Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/VanArsdale/10085 Surname: Vanartsdalen ------------------------- If Rachel is 67 in 1850, and Jacob was born in 1803, she would have been old enough to have been his mother. One Van researcher I met who had done some research on this line told me she thought that Jacobs father Christopher died young. Its a possibility that they are the same Rachel. We need more information. I am trying to get ahold of a census for the Bucks County area for 1810 to see if I can find Jacob. I have often wondered why I love to travel, but now I see that the dutch are nomadic. It must be in my dna.