Jan Aertsen ("Arthur") Vanderbilt
M, #2476, b. 1627, d. 2 February 1704
Jan emigrated, perhaps from Bilt, 3 miles east of Utrecht, Holland, to New Amsterdam where he was indentured, October 12, 1640 to Peter Wolfertsen Van Couvenhoven for 3 years. In 1643 he participated in Indian fighting in the area. In 1663 he lived in New Amsterdam. On June 16, 1666 in Midwout (Flatbush), Brooklyn, N. Y. he made his mark as witness to a land deed of Hendrick Kip and on December 16, 1666 he witnessed the guardianship of the late Jan Claesz's children. On February 5, 1667 he mortgaged a bouwery of his in Flushing, Queens, NY to Nicholas de Meyer; and in 1683, was on the Rate List of Flatbush where in the same year he, his son, Aris Janse, and 2 others were named Overseers. In 1694 he owned land in Bergen (Jersey City), N.J. He died there, 2 Feb 1705.
-- Jean M. Rand's Some descendants of Jan Aertsen Vanderbilt.
| Birth | 1627 | In de Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland.1 |
| Marriage | 6 February 1650 | In New Amsterdam, New York.1 |
| Marriage | 1 May 1656 | In Brooklyn, New Netherland.1 |
| Marriage | 11 December 1681 | In Flatbush, New York.1 |
| Death | 2 February 1704 | At age ~77 in Bergen County, New Jersey.2,3,1 |
| Immigration | between 1640 and 1650 | Flatbush, Long Island.2 |
| Last Edited | 22 October 2024 |
Citations
- [S7130] "Jan Arentszen Vanderbilt (1627-1704)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Vanderbilt-9. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024., Quite complete profile with lots of good sources:
Vanderbilt Jan Arentszen (1627-1704) at WikiTree.pdf - [S3578] Gosney Family Records, 1740-1940, and related families, page 259-262. Downloaded from ancestry.com 5/6/2023., See images of pages 259-262
- [S5285] Wisda, G. G., Wisda, G. (. (1940). Gosney Family Records: 1740-1940, and Related Families. United States: Lew M. O'Bannon publishing Company. Downloaded from
https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G002872.pdf
5/7/2024.
Cornelius Van Cleef
M, #2479
Parents
Margaret Van Cleef
F, #2480
Parents
Mary Van Cleef
F, #2481
Parents
Benjamin Van Cleef
M, #2485, b. December 1712, d. 3 July 1774
Benjamin went into a coastal shipping business with his brother Aaron Van Cleave. Benjamin handled the business end while Aaron captained their ship. From documentation we know that they shipped goods between, at least, Boston, Massachusetts to Newport, Rhode Island, and down to Perth Amboy, New Jersey and back again. Skepticism over one of their shipments involved a security debt, which they were forced to pay, causing the selling of their business.
Benjamin first used the anglicized spelling of Van Cleaf before he changed to writing it in the Germanic Van Cleve. His descendants are found using both spellings.
-findagrave.
Parents
| Birth | December 1712 | In Staten Island, Richmond County, Province of New York.1,2,3 |
| Marriage | 9 September 1734 | In Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, British America.2,3,4 |
| Death | 3 July 1774 | At age 61 in Monmouth, New Jersey, British America. 1774 or 1775?3,5 |
| Misc | | Another wife? Findagrave says he married second Sarah her sister. But Sarah (Saartje) her sister married Isack Peterse (van Deventer) Vandeventer — married 1730 in Raritan, NJ. Although Rachel died in 1762, Isack died in 1775 according to WikiTree. Geneanet also has Saartje/Sarah marrying Van DeVenter. |
| Baptism | 19 April 1715 | At Port Richmond Reformed Dutch Church in Staten Island, New York, British America. |
Citations
- [S3578] Gosney Family Records, 1740-1940, and related families, page 259-262. Downloaded from ancestry.com 5/6/2023., See images of pages 259-262
- [S5288] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169460426/benjamin-van_cleve: accessed May 8, 2024), memorial page for Benjamin Van Cleve (1 Dec 1712–3 Jul 1774), Find a Grave Memorial ID 169460426; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Allan Wenzel (contributor 47403362).
- [S5291] "Beniamin Isbrandtsz van Cleef (1712-1775)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Van_Cleef-92. Accessed 8 May. 2024.
- [S5292] "Rachel Cornelis Kowenhoven (1712-1801)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kowenhoven-2. Accessed 8 May. 2024.
- [S5307] "Beniamin Isbrandtsz van Cleef (1712-1775)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Van_Cleef-92. Accessed 11 May. 2024., For more info, see the WikiTree website, including source references
George Staten
M, #2487
| Marriage | 21 July 1808 | In Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.1,2,3,4 |
| Last Edited | 11 August 2023 |
Citations
- [S3587] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156617676/ralph-van_cleave: accessed 07 May 2023), memorial page for Ralph Van Cleave (1747–Sep 1798), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156617676; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Allan Wenzel (contributor 47403362).
- [S4199] "Kentucky Marriages, 1785." 1979 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WD-8Q7. Accessed 11 Aug. 2023.
- [S4200] "Kentucky Marriages, 1785." 1979 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F474-724. Accessed 11 Aug. 2023.
- [S5442] "Ancestry.com." Kentucky Court and Other Records, Vol. I https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48581/images/KYCourtRecsI-000324-96?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
Rachel Van Cleave
F, #2488, b. circa 1777
Parents
| Birth | circa 1777 | In Rowan County, North Carolina, British America. |
| Marriage | 18 June 1793 | In Rowan County, North Carolina, United States.1 |
Citations
- [S3587] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156617676/ralph-van_cleave: accessed 07 May 2023), memorial page for Ralph Van Cleave (1747–Sep 1798), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156617676; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Allan Wenzel (contributor 47403362).
Benyah Daugherty
M, #2489
| Marriage | 18 June 1793 | In Rowan County, North Carolina, United States.1 |
Citations
- [S3587] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156617676/ralph-van_cleave: accessed 07 May 2023), memorial page for Ralph Van Cleave (1747–Sep 1798), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156617676; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Allan Wenzel (contributor 47403362).
Hope Van Cleave
F, #2490, b. about 1793
Hope Van Cleave, born circa 1793, in Shelby County, Kentucky. Married to Jonathan Wood.
Parents
| Birth | about 1793 | In Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.1 |
| Misc | | Married Jonathan Wood or Woods. Ralphs findagrave says she married Jonathan Wood but someone thinks she married Joseph Lee and had a bunch of children, but there are no records.1 |
Citations
- [S3587] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156617676/ralph-van_cleave: accessed 07 May 2023), memorial page for Ralph Van Cleave (1747–Sep 1798), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156617676; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Allan Wenzel (contributor 47403362).
Mary Shepherd
F, #2491, d. 14 September 1781
In the fall of 1781 the settlers at Squire Boone's Station were warned of the approach of another band of Indians on the warpath. The whites immediately started for the protection of the stronger fort at Louisville, but on Sept. 14 they were attacked at Long Run Creek and 40 or 50 men, women and children were massacred. (Draper Mss. 19 C 120-154). Among the casualties were John Van Cleave's wife, Mary, and twin daughters. John afterward married Mrs. Rachel Demaree Ryker, whose husband was killed at the same time as John's wife. As time went on, Rachel's son, Gerardus Ryker Jr., married Leah Van Cleave, one of John's older daughters by his first wife.
- The Van Cleave Story.
| Marriage1 | | |
| Death | 14 September 1781 | Killed by Indians in Kentucky, United States.2,3 |
Citations
- [S5443] "CORRECTION Re: Mary Shepherd, dau of Thos Shepherd." Genealogy https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/vancleave/608/. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
- [S5352] "John, Benj, Wm, Aaron." Genealogy https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/vancleave/478/. Accessed 15 May. 2024., Van Cleave stories from "the elders" posted on geneology.com in 2002.
Also in PDF form:
Van Cleave - the elders II - Genealogy.com.pdf - [S3562] The Van Cleave Story. Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E. Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953. Published in Kentucky Pioneer Genealogy and Records, Vol. 9, Society of Kentucky Pioneers (Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1988), 79-85. Downloaded 5/5/2023 from https://wckyhistory-genealogy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jerry20Long20-20Van20Cleave20Story.pdf, This article was published in Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E.
Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953.
See attached PDF:
The Van Cleave Story.pdf
Rachel Demaree
F, #2492, b. 19 November 1743, d. 1814
In the fall of 1781 the settlers at Squire Boone's Station were warned of the approach of another band of Indians on the warpath. The whites immediately started for the protection of the stronger fort at Louisville, but on Sept. 14 they were attacked at Long Run Creek and 40 or 50 men, women and children were massacred. (Draper Mss. 19 C 120-154). Among the casualties were John Van Cleave's wife, Mary, and twin daughters. John afterward married Mrs. Rachel Demaree Ryker, whose husband was killed at the same time as John's wife. As time went on, Rachel's son, Gerardus Ryker Jr., married Leah Van Cleave, one of John's older daughters by his first wife.
- The Van Cleave Story.
| Birth | 19 November 1743 | In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, British America. |
| Marriage | 17621,2 | |
| Marriage | after 17813,4,4,2 | |
| Death | 1814 | At age ~71 in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States. |
| Misc | | Rachel's parents are Joost Demarest and Maria Myers.2 |
| Misc | | Children with Rachel Ryker. John Van Cleave and Rachel Ryker had two sons Peter and David. |
Citations
- [S5357] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29639065/gerardus-ryker: accessed May 15, 2024), memorial page for ENS Gerardus Ryker Sr. (16 Nov 1740–14 Sep 1781), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29639065, citing Eastwood Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Mary Stewart (contributor 47018303)., Memorial stones photos on findagrave website
- [S5358] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24037936/rachel-ryker_vancleave: accessed May 15, 2024), memorial page for Rachel Demaree Ryker VanCleave (19 Nov 1743–1814), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24037936, citing Riker Cemetery, Canaan, Jefferson County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Nate Bramlett (contributor 46874243).
- [S2994] Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
- [S5356] "Ancestor Series." Order of the Indian Wars of the United States http://www.oiwus.org/vancleave.htm. Accessed 15 May. 2024., See the attached PDF:
Van Cleave - The Hardships of John Van Cleave and Family.pdf
Rachel Van Cleave
F, #2493, b. about 1764
Parents
| Birth | about 1764 | In North Carolina, British America.1,2 |
| Misc | | Married Peter Banta.2 |
Citations
- [S2994] Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
- [S3562] The Van Cleave Story. Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E. Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953. Published in Kentucky Pioneer Genealogy and Records, Vol. 9, Society of Kentucky Pioneers (Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1988), 79-85. Downloaded 5/5/2023 from https://wckyhistory-genealogy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jerry20Long20-20Van20Cleave20Story.pdf, This article was published in Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E.
Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953.
See attached PDF:
The Van Cleave Story.pdf
Benjamin Van Cleave
M, #2494, b. about 1771
Parents
| Misc | 1 January 1801 | Married Sarah Kerns in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.2 |
Citations
- [S2994] Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
- [S3562] The Van Cleave Story. Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E. Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953. Published in Kentucky Pioneer Genealogy and Records, Vol. 9, Society of Kentucky Pioneers (Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1988), 79-85. Downloaded 5/5/2023 from https://wckyhistory-genealogy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jerry20Long20-20Van20Cleave20Story.pdf, This article was published in Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E.
Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953.
See attached PDF:
The Van Cleave Story.pdf
Joseph Arnold
M, #2495, b. 1709, d. 23 August 1757
Arnold Joseph vital records
| Birth | 1709 | In Anne Arundel Co, Maryland, British America.1,2 |
| Marriage | 20 July 1736 | At Saint Pauls Episcopal Church in Baltimore, Maryland, British America.3,2,4,1 |
| Death | 23 August 1757 | At age ~48 in Westminster, Maryland, British America.1,2 |
| Misc | | Mother Sarah Parrish, Father Anthony Arnold.2 |
| Religious Affiliation | | Joseph Arnold was affiliated with Episcopal.4 |
Citations
- [S4023] "Joseph Arnold in the Family Data Collection." Individual Records https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3709835:4725?indiv=try&h&pid=152097381512&db. Accessed 2 Jul. 2023.
- [S3604] "Susannah Chapman in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750." 2014 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/761873:60592?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 8 May. 2023.
- [S3545] "Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759." Page 104. Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/224405:48162?indiv=try&h&pid=380111446725&db. Accessed 4 May. 2023.
- [S3605] "Maryland Marriages, 1666." 1970 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NZ-M9V. Accessed 8 May. 2023.
Elizabeth ("Betty") Stevenson
F, #2496, b. 1683, d. 1760
Beware, there are constant confusions between Chapmans living in Connecticut and those living in Maryland. And, sigh, those also living in Maryland!
Parents
| Birth | 1683 | In Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, British America.1 |
| Marriage | about 1706 | There is a marriage record but no sign of where or when... so is it them?2,1 |
| Death | 1760 | At age ~77 in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, British America.1 |
| Misc | | DNA Matches - 1 good. 6/23/2024 Judy's DNA as Desse
1 match on both 16cM 1 segment
Scott has no matches |
| Misc | | Parents - BIG problems. She seems to have been born too early for Mary King to have been her mother. And a gap before the other children. Unless our birth date is wrong which is entirely possible since there is no evidence at all. BUT the wife of Barney is named in a will and was born in 1700 which is too late for our Elizabeth.
The will is deadly for the parents of our Elizabeth Stevenson to be the daughter of Edward and Mary King (despite DNA)because it does not mention the Chapman children:"16 JAN 1717 Mary Stevenson, widow of Baltimore County for the natural love and affection I have unto my loving daughter Elizabeth Barney have granted a parcel of land called Betty’s Inheritance being part of a tract of land called Morgan’s Delight lying on the north side of Patapsco River on a ridge called Little Britain containing 150 acres. At the end of this deed is a statement regarding the petition of William Barney that he is the son & heir of Elizabeth Barney late of the said county, deceased, and that Morgan Morray, late of Balt. Co. conveyed a 150 acre tract called Morgan’s Delight to Mary Stevenson and that by deed of gift Mary Stevenson executed the sale before two two justices of the peace and from the ignorance of the grantee that said deeds were never recorded. The General Assembly accepted this as true and gave approval to record the deeds and confirm the sale on 1 SEP 1747. [4]"
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stevenson-2224
Also, from Baltimore County Families, Robert and Elizabeth sold a property in 1720. And Robert Chapman died in 1749.
There must have been a first wife. Edward Stevenson was 46 when he had Richard King Stevenson. Our Elizabeth seems to have been born about 1683 when her father would have been 25, whereas our DNA match, Richard King was born in 1704.
Also she may have had a second husband (William Barney) and is said to have died before 1719. Also, did she divorce Robert Chapman or is his death date incorrect?
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stevenson-2224 |
| Residence | 23 August 1757 | In Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, British America. Living with daughter and step-son3 |
| Last Edited | 21 October 2024 |
Citations
- [S7106] "Elizabeth (Stevenson) Chapman (1683-1760)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stevenson-1806. Accessed 20 Oct. 2024., Not many useful sources
- [S4022] "Elizabeth Stevenson in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560." 1900 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1163535:7836?indiv=try&h&pid=160006123467&db. Accessed 2 Jul. 2023.
- [S3604] "Susannah Chapman in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750." 2014 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/761873:60592?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 8 May. 2023.
Benjamin Arnold
M, #2497, b. 21 August 1736, d. 1804
Parents
| Birth | 21 August 1736 | In Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, British America.1,2 |
| Death | 1804 | At age ~68.1 |
| Misc | | Married Esther Holmes (1736-1814.)1 |
Citations
- [S3604] "Susannah Chapman in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750." 2014 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/761873:60592?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 8 May. 2023.
- [S3606] "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650." 1995 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYP7-M8MM. Accessed 8 May. 2023.
