transcription of Misc->112.-2.jpg NEHGS CALL NUMBER NYGRA 700 From HISTORY of the REFORMED PROTESTANT DUTCH CHURCH of GRAVESEND, KINGS COUNTY, N. Y. by WILLIAM H. STILLWELL 1892 typed/transcribed by David Tourison BEGIN On page 12 there is a list of names of men who signed an agreement. The agreement was in reference to ministerial services of the pastors being divided so that on one Sabbath one would preach in Bushwick and the other in New Utrecht; the next Sabbath one in Brooklyn and the other in Flatlands; the third Sabbath one in Flatbush and the other in Jamaica. Brooklyn, Flatbush and Bushwick formed one communion. Flatlands, New Utrecht and Gravesend another and Queens County a third. It sounds like Rev. Bernardus Freeman was pastor over the churches of New Utrecht, Flatlands, Jamaica and Gravesend. On January 4th 1715 eight days after the above agreement a "power of attorney" was made appointing John Lake and John Simonson elders of Gravesend. That the two Johns compound a league with Mr. Cornelius Van Brunt and Mr. Pieter Cortelyou, deputies of the Town of New Utrecht. The article mentions Mr. Freeman and Mr. Antonides as being ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ. These men signed as witnesses. Samuel Garretsen, Cornelius Van Cleef, Daniel Griggs, Steven Koerts, Ferdinand Van Sicklen, Jan Ryde, Nicholas Williamson, Thomas Stillwell, Benjamin Griggs, Barrent Jansen, Seger Gerritsen, John Lucasse, William Williamson, Adam Michaelsen, Samuel Poling, Bernardus Ryder. END from Pat Wardell, 130 Crestview Drive, Englewood, FL 34223, BEGIN ---children of Stoffel Dircksen Longstreet & Moicae/Moyca/Mayke Lane: . Dirck Longstreet (Richard), d. about 1760; m. about 1720, Alice Osborn, dau. of Samuel Osborn & Catherine Poillon. In his will, "Richard of Shrewsbury" who wrote will #2659M, dated 12-23-1759, proved 4-18-1761. Richard, in his will, refers to his wife "my well-adored Alice". [She was the dau. of Samuel Osborn (1680-1754) of Shrewsbury, whose will #2307M, dated 3-21-1754, names his fourth child as "Alice Longstreet".] Richard also refers to a plantation at Manasquan which his father "bought of JohnWest and by his will gave to me" Richard named as his children: eldest son then living, Samuel; two younger sons, Awrey and Richard; three older daughters, viz. Catherine, Moica and Mary; daughters Alice and Ann; two grand-daughters by eldest son Stophel deceased, viz. Catherine and Alice. (Calendar of New JerseyWills, Vol. IV; 1761-1770 #2659-2664M Lib. G., p 384) . Stoffel Longstreet . Gisbert Longstreet . Jeane Longstreet . Cattren Longstreet . Marcy Longstreet (Mayke; Moica), bp. 6 March 1716 (Marlboro record); m. (1) John Little; m. (2) before 1723, John Lake, widower of Neeltje Claessen Smit, and son of John Lake &Ann Spicer . Sary Longstreet . Masy Longstreet . Anne Longstreet ---Sources: [1] Information online June 2001, Dutch-Colonies List, from ; Calendar of New JerseyWills, Vol. III, 1751-1760 (online at Ancestry.com) (will of Moicae Longstreet) END [second spouse of 112.] email exchange ... BEGIN Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 08:35:24 EST From: UngerBMCM@aol.com Child of John Lake and Anne Spicer: John Lake married his second wife: Mayke (Moica) 1716 Langstraat 2nd wife, b. 6 Mar 1716. I do have a Moica/Maria Longstreet who is the daughter of my immigrant Stoffel Dircksen Langstraat and Mayke/Mercy (Van Pelt) Lane. I have in my notes on Moica: Mercy's Dutch name was Moica Langestraet and she married Johannes Leek or John Little In an earlier volume by Dr. Mayes, he says that Moica, daughter of Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet and Moica Lanen Van Pelt, was their 9th child,"baptized March 6, 1716; supposed to have married Johannes Leek". In the Will of her father Dirck Stoffelsen Langestraet , John Little is the first listed as a witness. Children of MERCY LONGSTREET and JOHN LITTLE are: 2. i. ISABELLA4 LITTLE, b. August 11, 1737, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ; d. Abt. 1765. 3. ii. MARY LITTLE, b. April 05, 1739. 4. iii. THOMAS LITTLE, b. July 07, 1741; d. December 10, 1810, Tinton Falls, Shrewsbury Twp., NJ. 5. iv. THEOPHILUS LITTLE, SR., b. February 15, 1743/44, Shrewsbury, NJ; d. February 19, 1825, Eaglesmere, Sullivan Co., PA. 6. v. HANNAH LITTLE, b. May 17, 1746; d. 1835. 7. vi. ANNE LITTLE, b. April 11, 1748; d. 1812. 8. vii. JOHN LITTLE III, b. March 28, 1750, Tinton Falls, Shrewsbury Twp., Monmouth Co., NJ; d. 1777, Trenton Falls, NJ. MOICA (Mayke) bp. 3-6-1716 (as per Marlboro Register) not to be confused with the Moica dau. of Dirck who m. Rinear Van Sickle and had a child as late as 1771. Symmes (l-14) states that she m. John Little, a judge in the Monmouth County courts. (May be same as Johannes Leek). Children seem to have been: i. Mercy (Mary) b. 4-5-1739 m. Daniel Schenck 6-21-1759 (H&GM IV, p. 240) ii. Elizabeth bp 6-3-1749 (Old Brick Church Register). I descend down through Moike's brother Awrey (Aaron) Longstreet who married first Catherine Osborne but it is his second wife Lydia HULL. that I am wanting to know if you would you have any information on Lydia HULL? Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:18:12 -0800 From: Barbara Ribling The origins of the 2nd wife of John LAKE is of interest to me. We see through John LAKE's will that he had a wife "Mayke" but who she may have been is a mystery to me so I found the recent discussion of Moica or Mayke Longstreet (or Langstraat, etc.) of much interest. I did some research to see what I might find and here is some of it (there was more re the LANE, VAN PELT and other related families): From: Somerset County Historical Quarterly Vol II THE LANE FAMILIES OF SOMERSET COUNTY AND VICINITY BY A. VAN DOREN HONEYMAN, PLAINFIELD, N. J. ..."Gilbert Lane," the English equivalent for Gysbrecht, and for Geisbert, but it took another century for the Dutch to go out of use. Geisbert's signature to his will was by mark. This will, dated Nov. 7, 1720, was probated May 17, 1727. (Trenton Wills, Book B., p. 66). In it he names his sons "Adriaens, Cornelius, Matthias and Joseph who is blind," and his daughters, "Moika Langstreet, Catherine D'Hart, Mary van Sicklah and Jane," and "grandchildren born of my daughter, Williamea Hendrickson, deceased, wife of William Hendrickson, deceased." The three sons first named were executors. His real estate was directed to be sold and the money divided into eight parts, to be equally given to eight of his nine children; the other child, Joseph, being blind, was to have a fund set apart out of the estate for his support. ----------------------------------- From: Holman, Alfred L. A Register of the Ancestors of Dorr Eugene Felt and Agnes (McNulty) Felt. Chicago. Privately Printed. 1921. 214 GYSBRECHT THYSSEN2 LANEN VAN PELT, born in Holland about 1652, came with his father in 1663; married Jannetje Ariens or Adriens, called by Beekman, Jannetje Adriense Lamberson.90 He was a member of the New Utrecht Church in 1677 and Deacon in 1683, but was of Monmouth Co., N. J., by 1709, where he was one of the organizers of the Dutch Church in that year. His will, in which his name is given as Gilbert Lane, was dated Nov. 7, 1720, and proved May 17, 1727. Many of his descendants have the name of Lane. Gysbrecht Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt and his wife Jannetje had 9 children, one of them being a daughter Maiken (or Moika) Lanen Van Pelt, who married Stoffel Dircksen Langstraat. [Van Pelt Genealogy, p. 156; Bergen's Early Settlers of Kings Co., p. 354.].......... WILL OF GILBERT LANE [Van Pelt Genealogy, p. 156; Bergen's Early Settlers of Kings Co., p. 354.] In the name of God Amen the seventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twenty I Gilbert Lane of Middleton in the County of Monmouth and province of New Jersey yeoman being in health of body and of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto god for it therefore calling to mind the Mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to dye do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament that is to say Principally and first of all I give and recomend my soul into the hands of God that Gave it and for my body I recomend it to the Earth to be buryed in a Christian Like manner at the discretion of my Executors Nothing doubting and at the General resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God And as touching such wordly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I Give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner Imprimis I Give devise and bequeath unto my loving wife Jane lane all my goods and chatles dureing her life I give devise and bequeath unto my sons Adrain Lane Cornelius lane and Matthias lane and my daughters Moika Longstreet Catherine D'hart Mary VanSicklah, Jane lane and my Grand children which were born of my daughter Williamea Hendrickson Late deceased formerly wife of William Hendrickson Likewise deceased after my wifes decease all my personall Estate Goods & chattles to Equally divided between them share and share alike in Eight Equall parts and proportions And as concerning my son Joseph Lane who is blind, my will and meaning is that within six weeks after my own and my wifes decease and before my Estate is parted and Divided among my seven forsd mentioned children and the children of my daughter Williamea Hendrickson that all my said seven children and my aforesd Grand children shall Give bond of two hundred pounds unto each other with Conditions that each and every of them shall bear their Equall part & proportion according to the discretion of my Executors in the keeping and maintaining their said brother Joseph Lane yearly and every year during his naturall Life, But if any of my said children shall refuse to give bond as aforesaid my will is that they shall lose their Equall parts and proportions of my Estate and be entirely Cutt off from Enjoying any part of my Estate, and their parts that shall so refuse to be equally divided among those that shall perform my will in signing such bond as aforesaid. Lastly I appoint my said sons Adrain, Cornelius and Mathias Lane Executors of this my last will and Testament hereby disanulling all former wills heretofore Either by word or writeing by me made In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal the day and year above written Signed Sealed published and declared by the sd Gilbert Lane as his his last will and testament in the Gilbert X Lane (Seal) presence of us the Subscribers marke John Little Saml Dennis Jacob Dennis --------------- From: Holman, Alfred L. A Register of the Ancestors of Dorr Eugene Felt and Agnes (McNulty) Felt. Chicago. Privately Printed. 1921. 106 STOFFEL DIRCKSEN2 LANGSTRAAT was Deacon of the Flatlands Dutch Church in 1698, but removed to Monmouth County, N. J., where he died, his will made in the name of Theophilus Longstreet, but signed Stoffel Longstreet, being dated Dec. 1, 1739, and proved Mar. 1, 1741. He married Maiken (or Moika) Lanen Van Pelt, daughter of Gysbrecht Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt and his wife Jannetje. She made her will under the name of Moica Longstreet, Apr. 8, 1752, and it was proved Mar. 13, 1753. He signed his name "Stoffel Langstrat."47 Stoffel Dircksen Langstraat and his wife Moika had 10 children, one of them being a daughter Mary (or Maria), baptized May 6, 1702, who married William Hendrickson. WILL OF STOFFEL (THEOPHILUS) LONSTREET. [Trenton Wills C-491] In the Name of God Amen I Theophilus Longstreet of the Town of Shrewsbury in the County of Monmouth and Eastern Division of the Province of New Jersey Yeoman being in good health of Body and of sound and disposing mind and memory thanks be given to almighty God for that and all other his manifold mercys to me Do in this my time of health make Ordain and Constitute this my last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say First and principally I Give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and my body to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection to receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching my Temporal Estate wherewith it shall please God to bless me with at the time of my Decease I Give Devise and bequeath the same after the following manner and form I Give unto my beloved wife Mercy the use of my fire Room of my house which she shall chuse two feather beds and furniture and as many household goods as will be sufficient for her to keep house with all during all the time she remains my widdow and during the said time I Order my sons to find her sufficient firewood cut and carted to her Door and a milch Cow winter and summer and if she sees cause to keep one of the young Negro Wenches my will is that she may have which she pleases of them during my said wives life with this Proviso that said Negro Wench at her decease shall be reckoned and esteemed as part of my personal estate what I have herein given to my wife is given to her instead of her thirds or Dower I Give Devise and bequeath to my Eldest Son Richard Longstreet the Plantation whereon he now lives and has in possession on the north side of Manasquan River to him his heirs and assigns forever my old gun and the sum of fifty pounds out of my Personal Estate I Give Devise and bequeath to my second son Gilbert Longstreet the plantation whereon he now lives and has possession of on the north side of said Menasquan River to him the said Gilbert his heirs and assigns forever My will is and I hereby Give Devise and bequeath all my tract of Land on the north side of said River and joyning to my said son Gilbert plantation and all Land and meadow on the south side of said River equally to be Divided between my said sons Richard and Gilbert to them their heirs and assigns forever I Give Devise and bequeath to my third son Aury Longstreet all that tract of land and meadow at Raritan whereon he now lives and has in possession to him the said Aury his heirs and assigns forever I Give Devise and bequeath to my fourth son Theophilus Longstreet all my land and meadow in said Town on Long Branch and Raccoon Island being in my own possession to him the said Theophilus his heirs and assigns forever and my best horse he having his choice All the rest of my lands and meadow wheresoever Situate I Give Devise and bequeath to my said four sons to be equally divided in four parts to them their Heirs and assigns forever and I hereby order my said four sons to pay unto their mother during her widowhood the sum of ten pounds yearly that is fifty shillings a year a piece All the residue of my personal estate not herein before bequeathed I Give to my said four sons equally between them share and share alike my will is that my said four sons shall equally among them pay unto my six Daughters namely Yonica Catharine Mary Sarah Moica and Anne the sum of six hundred pounds that is one hundred pounds apiece to each of my said daughters and that will be one hundred and fifty pounds for each of said sons to pay to their said sisters and that my said sons pay unto them the sum of fifty pounds a piece within a year after my decease and so on in that proportion yearly till their one hundred and fifty pounds is paid and that they pay their eldest sisters first Lastly I Constitute and make my said four sons Executors of this my last will and Testament to see the same performed and I do hereby disannul and make void all former will or wills by me made In Witness whereof I the said Theophilus Longstreet to this my last will and Testament contained in one sheet of paper have set my hand and seal this first day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and thirty nine and in the thirteenth year of His majesty King George the seconds reign &c 1739 Memento I give to my eldest daughter Yonica my old Loom this being done before signing sealling and publishing. Signed Sealed published and Declared by the sd Testator to be Stoffel Longstreet (Seal) his last will and Testament in presence of us John Little Thomas Wainright Jon. Seares Jacob Dennis Note there are no razures nor interlineations in the original nor Record aforegoing ........ WILL OF MOICA LONGSTREET.[Trenton Wills F-105] In the name of God Amen I Moica Longstreet of the Township of Shrosbury in the County of Monmouth and Eastern Division of the Province of Newiarsey widdow being in but reasonable helth of Body but of sound and disposing mind and memory thanks be giving to Almighty God for that and all others his manyfold mercys to me Done in this my time of health I make ordain and constitute this my last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say First and principally I Give and recommend my sole into the hands of God that gave it and my Body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the Resurrection to receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching my Temporal Estate wherewith it shall plese God to bless me with at the time of my Decease I Give Devise bequeath the same after the following manner and form I give all my Waring Close and all my Household Goods and all the Goods that my son Stoffel Longstreet gave to me at the time that he sold his plantation to be equil Divid amongst my Daughters to be equel Divided amongst them namely Jeane Cattren Marcy Sary Masy and Anne to them and there assigns I Give Devise and bequeat unto my Dafters as follows that is to say that all the remaining part of my Estate after my Decease after all my just debts be paid for to be put out at Intrest and the Intrest to be giving to my Daughters that is to say to them that hath the most need of it that I leave to the discretion of my Executors and in Case that my Executors sees an acation for to make use of the Prinsibel for the saport of my Dafters or of any part of it I leave it to their discression and further my will is that if my Executors sees that any of my Dafters Children that is the female kind is non capable for to releave themselves nither any Body for to releave them then my Executors there discression may releave them and my will is that after the dissease of all my Dafters of that it there be any Estate left in the hands of my Executors that they are desird to keep it at Intrest as aforementioned and yuse as before mentioned that is to let my childrens children have it that is the female kind I leave it to be disbusted as my Executors sees fit my will is further that if my Executors thinks that these children are capable of taking care of themselves that then it may be Devided amongst the Servivers equal to them and there assigns Lastly I constitute and make my son Gisbert Longstreet John Little and William Hendrickson my Executors of this my last will and Testament to see the same performed and I do hereby Disanul and make void all former Will or Wills by me maid In Witness whereof I the said Moicy Longstreet to this my last will and testament contained in one sheet of paper here set my hand and seal this eight day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and fifty two in the twenty fift year of his majisties Reign King George the second 1752 Signed sealed published and her declared by the said Testator to Moicae m Longstreet (Seal) be her last will & Testament in mark Presence of us his Jeames Irons mark Gershom Bills John Lake Be it Remembered that on the thirteenth day of March one thousand seven hundred and fifty three John Lake one of the hereunto Subscribing Witnesses being solemnly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God and Gershom Bills another of the within subscribing witnesses being solemnly affirmed according to law he being one of the People called Quakers Personally appeared before me Jacob Dennis duly authorized to prove wills and qualify Executors And the said Deponant and affirmant on his sd. oath and his affirmation did Declare that they were present and saw Moica Longstreet the Testatrix within named sign and seal and heard her publickly pronounce and declare the within written Instrument to be her last will and testament and that at the time of the doing thereof she was of sound mind and memory to the best of their judgments and as they believed and that they together with James Irons the other subscribing witness severally signed their names thereto as witnesses thereof in presence of the said Testatrix and of each other. Jacob Dennis Surrogate Be it also Remembered that at the same time Guysbert Longstreet and John Little two of the Executors in the within Will named were sworn to the due Execution thereof and on the next day William Hendrickson the other Executor in the said Will named was in like manner sworn to the due Execution thereof before me Jacob Dennis Surrogate Probate Granted by Govr. Belcher in the usual form Dated the 13th March 1753 ............ From Same Reference: 52 WILLIAM3 HENDRICKSON, baptized Nov. 6, 1709, died in 1783, letters of administration on his estate being granted Oct. 27, 1783. He married about 1731, Mary (or Maria) Longstreet, who was baptized May 6, 1702, daughter of Stoffel Dircksen Langstraat and Maiken (or Moika) Lanen Van Pelt, his wife [Beekman's Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth Co., ed. 1915, p. 133; Van Pelt Genealogy, p. 196; Beekman and Van Dyke Genealogy, p. 191]. They had 2 children. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You will note that both John LITTLE and John LAKE are mentioned above but it is unclear to me from this information that a dau. of Stoffel LANGSTRAAT (LONGSTREET) and Mayke (Moica, Maria, Mary) LANEN VAN PELT was named Mayke or Moica and that she was the 2nd wife of John LAKE. The above ref. clearly shows that a dau. named Mary or Maria LONGSTREET married William HENDRICKSON. Gilbert LANE (LANEN VAN PELT) had a daughter Moika or Maiken LANGSTREET who was the wife of Stoffel LONGSTREET (LANGSTRAAT) according to the above info. John LITTLE witnessed the will of Gilbert LANE (LANEN VAN PELT) as well as the wills of Stoffel and Moica LONGSTREET (LANGSTRAAT). I found no mention of a marriage btween John LAKE and a LONGSTREET daughter though it may well be correct. The name Mayke was not unusual and I have found more than one lady of that name who might have married John LAKE. I would like to see more information regarding this lady's origins. From: "Kenneth Gruschow" Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 07:34:16 -0500 This is what I think may be the relationship of John Lake to the Longstreets? I have Lake, Van Pelt, Longstreet, Polhemus, to name a few in my files and with the info that you gave, I think this may be the way it fits. Most of the sources I can give you in a later post. ---- 1 Stoffel Dircksen Langstraat b: Abt. 1666 in Ameersfoort, Flatlands, L.I. (Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY) d: Abt. 1741 in Town of Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ aka: Theophilus or Stoffel Longstreet .. +Maiken (Moika) Lanen Van Pelt b: Bet. 1672 - 1675 in New Utrecht (B'klyn, Kings Co., NY) d: Abt. 1753 in Township of Shrosbury, Monmouth Co., NJ aka: Moika Lanen Van Pelt m: Abt. 1695 in New Utrecht (B'klyn, Kings Co., NY)? ................ 2 Guisbert Longstreet b: Abt. 1707 in Monmouth Co., NJ d: Abt. 1758 aka: Guysbert Longstreet .................... +Rachel Schenck b: Bet. 1700 - 1710 d: Unknown .................................. 3 Mayke "Jane" Longstreet b: Bet. 1725 - 1730 d: 1758 in Freehold, Monmouth Co., NJ? aka: Jane Longstreet ...................................... +John Lake b: Bet. 1725 - 1730 in Gravesend, LI, Kings Co., NY? d: Abt. Mar 1760 in Freehold, Monmouth Co., NJ? (2nd wife of John Lake is Elsy Johnson, marr. Apr 05, 1759, Monmouth, NJ) From: bribling at mail.datasys.net (Barbara Ribling) Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 21:57:58 -0800 I have a little trouble with #3 below. I have not found anything to show that a woman named Mayke or Mayke "Jane" Longstreet married John Lake. I am not saying that is incorrect, just that I find no proof for it. Adams and Risley in their book "A Genealogy of the Lake Family" state that John Lake, son of Daniel, had a brother-in-law named Garret Longstreet. They do not, however have information about who Garret's sister was. In some of these early records, the term "brother-in-law" does not mean the brother of a man's wife (as indicated here) but another legal connection. These "in-law" terms sometimes indicate a kind of adoption or other legal tie making the relation "in-law" and not by blood. I have found this to be true in several wills I have reviewed. Adams and Risley state that John Lake, b. c.1730, son of Daniel had at least two wives, one of which was as you indicate, Elsy Johnson. His will apparently names wife Elsia and children Elisabeth, Rachel and Guysburt. I have not seen an abstract of this will. I have made a mistake in not looking closer at dates as regards this question of Mayke Lake. The Mayke I am interested in was the second wife of John Lake, Jr., of Gravesend (c.1650-1729), son of John Lake. John Lake, Jr. names his wife Mayke in his will: New York Historical Society Collections, 1902, Abstracts of Unrecorded Wills prior to 1790 appearing in the Surrogates Office, City of New York. "In the name of God, Amen. May 4, 1723. I, JOHN LAKE, of Gravesend, Kings County. I leave to my son Daniel all my estate, houses, and lands in Gravesend or elsewhere. And he shall pay to my four other children, John, Thomas, and Nicholas, and my daughter Mary, wife of Cornelius Van Sickelen, as follows: To my son John, [pounds]110. To my other sons, [pounds]100 each, and to Mary Van Sickelen, [pounds]70. I leave to my son Daniel, a negro boy, 3 cows, 2 horses, wagons, ploughs, and Harrow. All the rest to my 5 children. My son Daniel is to provide my wife Mayke all necessary and needful things, and maintain her in his own house, and a Decent and Christian Burial, at his own cost. Witnesses, Samuel Hubbard, Samuel Gerritsen, Nicholas Williamse. Proved in New York, before Isaac Bobin, Esq., May 17, 1729." -------------------------------------- "Mayke" as I mentioned was not an uncommon Dutch name in old NA and Long Island and even NJ. Many ladies had the name which may mean "Mary" (?). I found 3 pages of "hits" for "Mayke" in the NY section of the Genealogy Library. More in the NJ section. Some of the ladies in late 1600s-early 1700s: Mayke, wife of John Lake, Jr. Mayke, dau. of Mathys Van Dyke Mayke, dau. of Dirck Hayck of Duchess Co. Mayke, dau. of Gerrit Haller of NYC Mayke, dau. of Roelof Van Brunt Mayke, dau. of Stephen Willemse Mayke, dau. of Chrispel Janse of New Paltz, NY Mayke Pieterse Wyckoff, wife of Willem Willemse Mayke Lanen Van Pelt, dau. of Guysburt Van Pelt Mayke Barkaloo, wife of Abraham Sutphen of New Utrecht Mayke Christiaan of Yellow Hook, New Utrecht, wife of Peter Jansen Mayke, wife of Nicholas Van Brunt Mayke, dau. of Petrus Groenendyke of New Utrecht Mayke, dau. of Henricus Sleght, Jr., of Duchess Co. Mayke, wife of Roelof Janse Terhune, dau. of Garret Wickoff Mayke, wife of Cornelus Dehart Mayke, wife of Jan Ver Kerken (Van Kirk) Mayke, dau. of Hendrick Thyssen etc., etc. Other spellings I found but didn't search for "hits" for were: Mayke, Maryke, Mayje, Mariche, Mary, Maria, Moica or Moika. Some of these other spellings were in ( ) after the name Mayke. Almost any one of the above ladies may have married a LAKE at some point. The earliest dates for the ladies was about 1660 and the latest date was about 1740-1770. Barbara bribling at mail.datasys.net From: mlake at melake.erols.com (Marshall Lake) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 11:10:43 -0500 (EST) > Adams and Risley state that John Lake, b. c.1730, son of Daniel had at > least two wives, one of which was as you indicate, Elsy Johnson. His > will apparently names wife Elsia and children Elisabeth, Rachel and > Guysburt. I have not seen an abstract of this will. There's an abstract for the will of this Daniel LAKE in which he names the children of his deceased son, John. You can see it at: http://www.mlake.net/lake/NewYork/DanielLake2_will.txt From: bribling at mail.datasys.net (Barbara Ribling) Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 00:15:10 -0800 At 05:52 PM 1/25/02 -0600, you wrote: >Barbara! > >In that long list of MAYKEs, do you have any dates of individual women >taht could narrow the potentials? > >Joe Of course, several of these ladies can be eliminated as possible LAKE brides while some may be possibilities and there were other ladies with the name or it's variations. Here are some dates: Mayke, wife of John Lake, Jr. - died after 1729 Mayke, dau. of Mathys Van Dyke - named in father's will 1740/9 Mayke, dau. of Dirck Hayck of Duchess Co. - named in father's will 1772 Mayke, dau. of Gerrit Haller of NYC - named in father's will 1704 Mayke, dau. of Roelof Van Brunt, Kings Co. - named in father's will 1767 Mayke, dau. of Stephen Willemse of Flatbush - named in father's will 1766 Mayke, dau. of Chrispel Janse of New Paltz, NY - b. Aug. 27, 1738 Mayke Pieterse Wyckoff, wife of Willem Willemse - m. between 1657-1660, d. 1722 Mayke Lanen Van Pelt, dau. of Guysburt Van Pelt - m. Stoffel Longstreet as discussed Mayke Barkaloo, wife of Abraham Sutphen of New Utrecht - his will prv. 1707, wife at that time was Elizabeth Mayke Christiaan of Yellow Hook, New Utrecht, wife of Peter Jansen - m. Mar. 22, 1686 Mayke, wife of Nicholas Van Brunt - named in his will 1713 (AKA Marica?) Mayke, dau. of Petrus Groenendyke of New Utrecht - father's will 1761 Mayke, dau. of Henricus Sleght, Jr., of Duchess Co. Mayke, wife of Roelof Janse Terhune, dau. of Garret Wickoff - m. May 5, 1706 Mayke, wife of Cornelus Dehart Mayke, wife of Jan Ver Kerken (Van Kirk) - m. 1663 Mayke, dau. of Hendrick Thyssen - bap. April 1693 in Brooklyn Barbara From: mlake at melake.erols.com (Marshall Lake) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:13:51 -0500 (EST) I think someone was looking for the will abstract the other day ... Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol III, 1751-1760 A. Van Doren Honeyman, 1924 1760, Mar. 7. Lake, John; will of. Wife (second), Elsia. Children - Elisabeth, Rachel and Gisburt, all under age; an expected child. Personal estate. Executors - Richard van Cleave, of Freehold, Daniel Lack, of Gravesend, L. I., and brother-in-law, Garrit Longstreat, of Squan. Witnesses - Hendrick Voorhees, Jr., and William Clark. Proved May 24, 1760. Lib. G, p. 224. From: linicx at dslr.net (Pj) Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 11:14:49 -0500 Hello Group, I am new to this list and I need your help. Quite by accident I found archived mail from mlake.net dated 2000/02 that discussed a man named John Lake whom, it was thought, married Moika Longstreet, the d/o Stoffel Dircksen Langstraat and Mayke Laanen Van Pelt. Because of commentary I read in Longstreet Organization records questioning John's surname, I am curious to learn IF it possible your John Lake is the same man as Johannes Leek/John Little born of Dutch parents who emigrated from Holland before 1700? A John Little did marry Moica who was born in 1712 in New York and died in Monmouth County, NJ in 1752. They married circa 1735 probably at the DRC in Monmouth County her father helped found. The John Lake[2] I saw associated with this Moica Longstreet would have been about 90 years old when they wed. I am not entirely comfortable with this scenario since Moica's last child was born fifteen years later - but it is possible. A second sender theorized Moica's brother married Rachel Schenck and had a daughter named Moica who was the first wife of a John Lake who later married Elsy Johnson. I think this is likely as the Schencks had a long and fruitful relationship with Longstreet beginning in the 1600s. For those who descend from Adrien/Awrey I have a side note. My great aunt's children are direct line descenants of both Awrey and Stophel. I would love to learn if Johannes/Lake/Leek/Little is one man or three seperate men, and if there is a proved connection between Lake and Longstreet? Thank you for your help. Pj From: atrue at garlic.com (T.S.& A.F. Truesdell) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:44:09 -0700 At 11:14 AM 10/10/2004 -0500, you wrote: Hello Group, I am new to this list and I need your help. Quite by accident I found archived mail from mlake.net dated 2000/02 that discussed a man named John Lake whom, it was thought, married Moika Longstreet, the d/o Stoffel Dircksen Langstraat and Mayke Laanen Van Pelt. Because of commentary I read in Longstreet Organization records questioning John's surname, I am curious to learn IF it possible your John Lake is the same man as Johannes Leek/John Little born of Dutch parents who emigrated from Holland before 1700? PJ, I believe there are two links between the LAKE family of Gravesend and the Longstreet/Langstraat family. ABRAHAM LAKE, b. 1696 - son of John Lake and Ann Spicer of Gravesend, L.I. All published LAKE genealogies cite Abraham as being a son of Daniel Lake and Alice Stillwell. This is totally incorrect. From the Staten Island census of 1706, Abraham is named and listed as being 30 years which would give him a birth year of 1676. He is also found in the 1691 Gravesend records as being paid for building fences. The only thing that makes sense is that he is the youngest child of John Lake and Ann Spicer. I believe his wife was Classje Langstraat, daughter of Dirk Langstraat and Katrina van Lieuwen. This is supported by several pieces of data. 1. The Brooklyn DRC cites a baptism on 26 Apr 1696 of Jan to Abraham Leek and Claasje Langestraat. wit. Dirk Langestraat and Janna Havens. Many people have read Abraham's name as Lodt. If you look at the original page, it is easy to see why that assumption was made. The name on the line above the Leek entry is Thomas. In the caligraphy style it is written Thomaffe, with the tails of the double f going down into the name on the next line. The tail of the first f makes the second e in Leek look like a d and the second f obscures the k. Recorded in the book right above the baptism of Jan on the same day are baptisms for Daniel, son of Jan Leek and Neeltje Classen and Dirk, son of Stoffel Langestraat and Mayke Laanen. It would appear that the brothers, John Lake and Abraham Lake baptized their sons at the same time as Abraham's brother-in-law, Stoffel baptized his son. 2. NYGBR 54:180: Sept. 10, 1698: Antony Warshaer of Flatlands and Maritje his wife deed Stoffel Langstraat, Adrian Langstraat, Johannes Holsaer, Classje Lake and Cretje Williamse, late of Kings County, house, orchard, etc. in Flatlands bounded by property of John Vandyckhuys and Derick Amertman. The parties of the second part paying full value to Antony Holsaer, Benjamein Holsaer, Dirick Langstraat and Marytntje Langstraat when they are of age or marry the ninth part of said property. Signed by Antony alone. Wit by Henry Filkin and Ferdinand Vansycklyn, Jr. Ack. Sept. 15, Rec'd Sept. 16, 1698 before and by Henry Filkin, Reg. 3. In the 1706 Staten Island census, Abraham Lake's wife is named Clase 4. Abraham Lake and Clase's second son named in the 1706 Staten Island census is Richard, most probably named for Classje's father, Dirk Langstraat. 4. In his will dated 20 Nov 1762, John Lake, presumed to be the same child as Jan Leek who was baptized in 1696 names his children John; Abraham; Clasje; Altie; Catherine. The names of these children match the Dutch naming pattern of their grandparents. John was married to Catherine Benson , dau of Harman Benson and Aeltje Bickkers. (John and Catherine also had a son, Hermanus, but since he is not named in the will, he must have died young.) JOHN LAKE, b. c1725 - son of Daniel Lake and Elizabeth Sutphen of Gravesend L.I. Per article found in the NYGB v.80#2, Apr 1949, pg 97 by Dr. Arthur Adams citing data from Harvey D. Carter, John Lake lived in Freehold, NJ. He was married to first to Mayke Longstreet, a daughter of Guisbert Longstreet and 2nd, by license of 5 Apr 1759 to Elsy Johnson. The article says His first wife died early in 1758. Her father, Guisbert Longstreet mentions her children in his will and makes John Lake his executor. I have seen other group records that name John Lake's wife, Jane Longstreet. I have not seen Guisbert's will and do not have any detailed info on his family so I don't know for sure whether Mayke or Jane is the correct name. If you have any other info that would clarify whether it was Mayke or Jane that married this John Lake it would be appreciated. As to the discussion of the identity of Mayke, the second wife of John Lake, Jr., (son of John Lake and Ann Spicer) I don't see a plausible connection to any of the Longstreet women. This John Lake was born c. 1654 and died c1729. regards, Annette Truesdell From: bribling at earthlink.net (Barbara Ribling) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 02:44:49 -0700 This is a resend, I erred earlier in sending to the incorrect address. I hope that none of you are getting this twice. Boy is my face red! I found a genealogy which states that Moika LONGSTREET, daughter of Moika LANE and Stoffel LONGSTREET, married Judge John Little, Jr.: http://www.conovergenealogy.com/ancestor-p/p136.htm Scroll down the page to the name "Moika Longstreet" or search the page for that name. I think there may be some confusion over the Dutch names Moika (Moica, Moicae) and Mayke. Moika translates into English as "Mercy". I have seen Mayke translated as "Mary" and have seen the names "Maryke" and "Mariche" which seen to be alternate spellings for "Mayke". John LAKE and John LITTLE were not the same man. John LAKE married Mayke who is named in his will (1729). Mayke may have survived John LAKE and could have married again after his death or, she may have been married to another man before she married John LAKE. I have been unable over the years to learn who Mayke was but I have found several ladies of that name who might have been the wife of John LAKE. Some of the possibilites (though none seem likely): Maryke Van der Burgh - Widow of Cornelius Van der Burgh whose will names Maryke and was proved May 14, 1713. Moyecke Hermansen - Wife of Thomas Hermansen of Albany. She was named in the will of her uncle Gerret Van Ness, pvd. June 1715. Mayke or Maryke Hooglant - She married Lambert Van Dyke. They had children born as late as 1723 on Staten Island. Mayke Pierterse Wyckoff - She married Willem Willemsen who died 1722. Mayke or Mariche Van Dyke - She was the 10th child of Thomas Janse Van Dyke. Mayke Van Dyke - (Same as above?) She married Johannes Richon, April 21, 1694. Mayke Gisberts - She married Jan Janse Verkerck and had children as late as the 1680s. Mayke Bogaert - She married Thomas Jansen of Mapletown c. 1705. Mayke Haller of NY - She was named in the will of her father Gerret Haller which was proved 1708. There are others but some of them were born too late to have been married to John Lake and there were, no doubt, some I have yet to find. I do not know who Mayke, wife of John Lake, Jr., was, but I doubt she was Moika Longstreet (?). I am very interested in any information that shows that Moika Longstreet and Mayke Lake were the same lady. I am looking for some evidence other than a descendant list that has no citations of source records. Thanks! Barbara Ribling bribling at earthlink.net From: bribling at earthlink.net (Barbara Ribling) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 02:46:19 -0700 This is a resend to the correct address I hope. Sorry if you are getting this twice. There were several men named John LAKE. Of these, I know of none who married Moika (Moica) Longstreet. John LAKE, Jr. (c.1650-1729), married 1st, Neeltje Claesen (Claessen, Klass, Smit) and 2nd Mayke (surname unknown). It maybe that the John being associated with "Moika" is this John LAKE. There were at least two ladies named Moika (Moica) LONGSTREET, one who married Stoffel LONGSTREET, was born Moika LANE, daughter of Gysbrecht (Gilbert) LANE. Gysbrecht Thyssen LANE (c.1652-1727), also called Gilbert LANE, named his daughter Moika LANGSTREET in his will dated 1720. John LAKE witnessed the will of Moika (Lane) LONGSTREET in 1752. Moika's son Gisbert LONGSTREET, John LITTLE and William HENDRICKSON were executors of her will. John LITTLE was also a witness to the will of Theophilus (Stoffel) LONGSTREET in 1739 and John LITTLE witnessed the 1720 will of Gilbert LANE (Moika's father). Moika LANE and Stoffel LONGSTREET had a daughter named Moica (Mercy). I cannot say who Moica (Moika, Mercy) LONGSTREET, daughter of Stoffel, married. I have extracts of these wills if you need them. John LAKE, Sr., is believed to have been the same John LAKE who sailed from England on the Trulove of London in 1635. He is sometimes known as Jan LEEK. This John settled in Gravesend with Lady Moody. This John LAKE married Anne SPICER. He is sometimes considered to have been of Dutch origin although he sailed from England. At the time of his settlement on Long Island, the English had not yet taken control and most of the records were recorded in the Dutch language so that a name such as "John Lake" would have been recorded as "Jan Leek" whether or not he was Dutch. I believe he was my ancestor, his descendant Johannah LAKE married my ancestor Daniel BAYLES. I cannot say for certain that John LAKE was Dutch though it is a common belief. I have no indication that he or his son were ever called "John Little". John LITTLE was a different man and I have no infomation on him other than his name on the wills I mentioned. Barbara Ribling bribling at earthlink.net http://www.bribling.net/ From: bribling at earthlink.net (Barbara Ribling) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:15:00 -0700 At 11:58 AM 10/12/04 -0500, you wrote: >... >Longstreet has this to say about her: CLASSJE DIRCKSEN Longstreet, b. >1672, m. Abraham Lott (P-2,Oct 1952) of Long Island. The Reformed Dutch >Church record in Brooklyn has this 4-25-1696 entry: "Jan Abraham Lodt and >Classje Langstraat, parents. Dirck Langstreet and Johanna Havens, wit. >Dirck Langstraat and Mayke Lanen, parents. Dirck Langstraat (may be >Classje's nephew Richard who is the son of Adrien) and Classje, wit. From >the same church records, we establish the children of Classje as follows >in this order: Rem, Hendrick, Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, John bp. 4-25-1696, >Peter and Charity. > >Thus we know in 1696 a Longstreet/Lake baptism was witnessed by... Why do you say this? The name LAKE is not mentioned at all in the above paragraph. I have only seen the name LAKE in the wills when John LAKE was a witness. The only time I have seen the name John LAKE given as the husband of Moika (Moica, Moicae, Mercy) Longstreet is in descendant genealogies and accounts and NOT in any record. The wife of Stoffel Longstreet (Langstaet, etc.) seems to be named Moika or Moica in all the records I have seen and it is only in discussions such as this that I have seen her called Mayke. The Dutch names Mayke and Moika are not the same. I think that the confusion comes when some guesses or assumptions are made about these names. One should accept the names as given in the documents and not change them to what they "might" be. I have never seen the name LAKE given as LODT. From the will of STOFFEL (THEOPHILUS) LONGSTREET, dated Dec. 1, 1739 and proved March 1, 1741: "...my beloved wife Mercy...my six Daughters namely Yonica Catharine Mary Sarah Moica and Anne..." Signed by "Stoffel Longstreet", witnessed by John Little, Thomas Wainright, Jon. Seares, Jacob Dennis. On March 1, 1741, John Little and Thomas Wainright appeared before Thos. Bartow to prove the will. From the will of MOICA LONGSTREET, dated April 8, 1752 and was proved March 13, 1753: "...my Daughters...namely Jeane Cattren Marcy Sary Masy and Anne...Lastly I constitute and make my son Gisbert Longstreet John Little and William Hendrickson my Executors...I the said Moicy Longstreet..." Signed Moicae m Longstreet (her mark). Witnessed by Jeames Irons, Gershom Bills, John Lake. On March 13, 1753, John Lake appeared before Jacob Dennis to prove the will. The John Lake of these two wills was obviously not the man who died in 1729 and whose wife was named "Mayke". I cannot say if this John Lake was one man or two different men. We can also see that John Little was an Executor and John Lake was a witness - two men, not one. There is this from Beekman's "Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth Co.", ed. 1915, p. 133; "Van Pelt Genealogy", p. 196; "Beekman and Van Dyke Genealogy", p. 191. "WILLIAM HENDRICKSON, baptized Nov. 6, 1709, died in 1783, letters of administration on his estate being granted Oct. 27, 1783. He married about 1731, Mary (or Maria) Longstreet, who was baptized May 6, 1702, daughter of Stoffel Dircksen Langstraat and Maiken (or Moika) Lanen Van Pelt, his wife. They had 2 children." I believe that this Mary (Maria, Marcy) Longstreet was the sister of Moica (Mercy) as named in the wills of their parents. This lady could possibly have been the widow, Mayke, of John Lake; however, John Lake is not named in the wills of the parents and Mary Hendrickson would have to have been John's widow at the times of her parents' wills. Possibly she was later (after the deaths of her parents and before or after her marriage to William Hendrickson) married to the John Lake who witnessed those wills (as it is clear he could not have been the John Lake who named his wife Mayke in the will of 1729). From the will of GYSBRECHT THYSSEN LANE or GILBERT LANE dated Nov. 7, 1720, was probated May 17, 1727: ...daughters, "Moika Langstreet, Catherine D'Hart, Mary van Sicklah and Jane," and "grandchildren born of my daughter, Williamea Hendrickson, deceased, wife of William Hendrickson, deceased." By this will, we see that the wife of Stoffel Longstreet (Langstreet) was named "Moika" in her father's will and not "Mayke". This lady's name has become "Mayke" in some Longstreet genealogies although the name Moika (Moica, Moicae) seems to be the correct name, the name given in her father's will and in her own will. >Gisbert/Guysbert/Gilbert Laanen Van Pelt and his wife had a daughter named >Mayka who married Stoffel Dircksen Langstraat aka Theophilus Longstreet >and had many children. Moica, their daughter, was born and baptised at the >DRC in NY circa 1716. According to Little records somewhere near her >twentieth year she married John Little/Laek/Leek - and they had seven >chidren between 1737 and 1750. She was called the wife of John Little in >her mother's Will. Mayka's Will was dated 1751 and Proven 1752. This will is dated April 8, 1752 and was proved March 13, 1753. Now here you are calling Moika (Moica, Moicae) Lane "Mayka" though the name in her will seems to clearly be "Moicae" or "Moicy" although she made her mark and did not sign her name. Her daughter is called "Moica" in that will and John Little was not named as the husband of this daughter. This name seems to go from Moika to Moica, to Mayka to Mayke according to which abstract or genealogy one looks at. The will names John Little thus: "my son Gisbert Longstreet John Little and William Hendrickson my Executors". Gisbert Longstreet was her son but no relationship is given for John Little and William Hendrickson. There seems to be an assumption that because "my son" precedes the name Gisbert that it applys to all three men. If that were so, why isn't it worded "my sons"? You state that 7 children were born to the Littles between 1737 and 1750 yet these children are not named in the will of Moika Longstreet. She further states, "...make use of the Prinsibel for the saport of my Dafters..." If her daughters were married why did they need to be supported? Moika does name in her will, "...my Dafters Children that is the female kind...". She clearly wished that her Executors should see that her unmarried daughters and their female children should be supported by the proceeds of her estate. These granddaughters are not named and that may be because they were not yet born. These children are also not named in the 1739 will of Stoffel Longstreet. Longstreet directs that his sons pay their 6 sisters an annual amount until each has received their share. No sons-in-law or grandchildren are named. >The John Lake I have seen her name "attached" to was born in 1654. He >would have been 81 when they married and 96 when her last child was born. >On the other hand John Little[2] was born in 1712. I do not have an exact birth date for John Lake, Jr., whose 2nd wife was Mayke but he was born c. 1750 which would make him a possibility to be the John you are discussing. >I also looked very carefully at Moica's brother Gilbert/Guysbert >Longstreet........ >Longstreet records: GISBERT (Variously spelled Guysbrecht, Gysbrecht, >Guisbert, and finally Gilbert), b. ca. 1707, bp. 11-26-1710 (Old Brick >Church), m. Rachel Schenck... > > From a Lake message archive: > >Guisbert Longstreet b: Abt. 1707 in Monmouth Co., NJ d: Abt. 1758 aka: >Guysbert Longstreet >. . . + Rachel Schenck b: Bet. 1700 - 1710 d: Unknown. >............3- Mayke "Jane" Longstreet aka: Jane Longstreet >................+John Lake b: Bet. 1725 - 1730 in Gravesend, LI, Kings >Co., NY > >I believe the information is essentially accurate but the author is >confused as to the name of the child. In other Longstreet records, Jane is >known as "Onicha" rather than Mayka. Guisbert and Rachel were the parents >to: Rachel, Garrett, Moyka, Jane, Nelle and Elizabeth. Thus John Lake may >have married Jane or Mayke but not both - and I think it is more likely >that he married Jane. The names Mayke and Jane are not interchangeable. I think it is too much of a streatch to think that they are the same lady. This Mayke/Jane was born too late to even consider as the wife of John Lake who died 1729. I am sorry if I seem hard, I don't really mean to be. It is just of great interest to me to somehow identify the "Mayke" who married John Lake, Jr., and is named in his 1729 will. I am thinking that some of the LONGSTREET genealogies are making leaps that are unsupported by any documents. The Dutch language is one stumbling block and I feel that too many guesses or suppositions are being made about the translations of some names. I do feel that more research is needed in order to answer the questions, "Who was Mayke Lake?" and "Who did Moica Longstreet marry?" The second question may be much easier to answer (I have done no research on the LITTLE family). A third question, of course, is "What became of Mayke Lake after the death of John?" Here is an early conveyance that shows a Longstreet/Lake connection: Conveyances, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, Book 2, p.180 - Sept. 10, 1698: Antony Wanshaer of Flatlands and Maritje his wife deed Stoffel Longstreet, Arian Longstreet, Johannes Holsaer, Clasie Lake and Cretie Williamse, late of Kings Co., house, orchard, etc., in Flatlands...The parties of the 2nd part paying full value to Antony Holsaer, Benjamin Holsaer, Derick Longstreet and Martyntji Longstreet when they are of age or marry, the 9th part of said property... Ack. Sept. 15, Rec'd Sept. 16, 1698 Barbara Ribling bribling at earthlink.net http://www.bribling.net/ From: atrue at garlic.com (T.S.& A.F. Truesdell) Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:21:40 -0700 At 10:15 PM 10/12/2004 -0700, Barbara Ribling wrote: At 11:58 AM 10/12/04 -0500, you wrote: Longstreet has this to say about her: CLASSJE DIRCKSEN Longstreet, b. 1672, m. Abraham Lott (P-2,Oct 1952) of Long Island. The Reformed Dutch Church record in Brooklyn has this 4-25-1696 entry: Jan Abraham Lodt and Classje Langstraat, parents. Dirck Langstreet and Johanna Havens, wit. Dirck Langstraat and Mayke Lanen, parents. Dirck Langstraat (may be Classje's nephew Richard who is the son of Adrien) and Classje, wit. From the same church records, we establish the children of Classje as follows in this order: Rem, Hendrick, Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, John bp. 4-25-1696, Peter and Charity. Thus we know in 1696 a Longstreet/Lake baptism was witnessed by... Why do you say this? The name LAKE is not mentioned at all in the above paragraph. Barbara, The above quoted paragraph in PJ's email comes from a Longstreet family website (http://john.rootsweb.com/Longstreet/rjl-1.html). The author of that site is naming Abraham Lott/Lodt as Classje Longstreet's husband based on their interpretation of Brooklyn DRC records. You're correct that the name LAKE is not mentioned in the paragraph, but I believe that after PJ cited it, he/she was then just simply acknowledging my previous email of 11 Oct where I disagreed with the Longstreet website in the identification of Classje Longstreet's husband as Abraham Lott/Lodt. In that email I outlined the reasons supporting the identity of Classje's husband as Abraham Lake, not Abraham Lott/Lodt. I believe it's in response to my email that PJ references a Longstreet/Lake baptism. I have only seen the name LAKE in the wills when John LAKE was a witness. The only time I have seen the name John LAKE given as the husband of Moika (Moica, Moicae, Mercy) Longstreet is in descendant genealogies and accounts and NOT in any record. I agree. I do not believe there is anything that supports the assumption that a John Lake was married to a Moica or Mercy Longstreet. Some of this confusion has been perpetuated by articles such as The Lane Families of Somerset which was published in a Somerset Co. Hist Quarterly (unfortunately I don't have the volume number.) It names Stoffel Dircksen Langstraat's wife as Maicken and then says that Stoffel and Moica's daughter, Moica is supposed to have married Johannes Leek. Obviously this is wrong but shows how these lineages keep getting repeated. The wife of Stoffel Longstreet (Langstaet, etc.) seems to be named Moika or Moica in all the records I have seen and it is only in discussions such as this that I have seen her called Mayke. The Dutch names Mayke and Moika are not the same. I think that the confusion comes when some guesses or assumptions are made about these names. One should accept the names as given in the documents and not change them to what they might be. I have never seen the name LAKE given as LODT. Again, I don't think there is any disagreement of this. As I stated in my previous email to PJ, I believe that the interpretation of the original Brooklyn DRC records is in error. I will be happy to resend you a copy of that email if you didn't get it thru Marshall's LAKE group. Now here you are calling Moika (Moica, Moicae) Lane Mayka though the name in her will seems to clearly be Moicae or Moicy although she made her mark and did not sign her name. Her daughter is called Moica in that will and John Little was not named as the husband of this daughter. This name seems to go from Moika to Moica, to Mayka to Mayke according to which abstract or genealogy one looks at. Again, the mixing up of Moica and Mayka/Mayke is done in the Longstreet report. I agree that Moica and Mayke are each a different diminutive for different names. I also looked very carefully at Moica's brother Gilbert/Guysbert Longstreet........ Longstreet records: GISBERT (Variously spelled Guysbrecht, Gysbrecht, Guisbert, and finally Gilbert), b. ca. 1707, bp. 11-26-1710 (Old Brick Church), m. Rachel Schenck... From a Lake message archive: Guisbert Longstreet b: Abt. 1707 in Monmouth Co., NJ d: Abt. 1758 aka: Guysbert Longstreet . . . + Rachel Schenck b: Bet. 1700 - 1710 d: Unknown. ............3- Mayke "Jane" Longstreet aka: Jane Longstreet ................+John Lake b: Bet. 1725 - 1730 in Gravesend, LI, Kings Co., NY I believe the information is essentially accurate but the author is confused as to the name of the child. In other Longstreet records, Jane is known as Onicha rather than Mayka. Guisbert and Rachel were the parents to: Rachel, Garrett, Moyka, Jane, Nelle and Elizabeth. Thus John Lake may have married Jane or Mayke but not both - and I think it is more likely that he married Jane. The names Mayke and Jane are not interchangeable. I think it is too much of a streatch to think that they are the same lady. This Mayke/Jane was born too late to even consider as the wife of John Lake who died 1729. I don't think that PJ was suggesting that John Lake, Jr. who died in 1729 was the same as married Guisbert Longstreet's daughter. Again, this is a case where the original person who posted the above lineage to the archive has been confused by the Moica vs. Mayke issue. Early in my own research, I had her as Jane or Mayke based on incomplete information. In rummaging thru some of my old papers, I found the following from William S. Hornor's This Old Monmouth of Ours. In discussing the Longstreet family he writes Gilbert Longstreet, son of Stoffel, lived at Squan where he died in 1756 or 1758. His wife is supposed to have been Rachel, daughter of Garret and Nelly (Voorhees) Schenck, who married, secondly, Jacobus VanDorn. Their children were: Rachel, who died in 1765, having married William VanDorn, who married secondly, Mary Hunt; Garret of Squan; Gilbert; Moyca; Nely; Jane or Quicha, married John Lake; and Elizabeth. I believe that Quicha, Onicha or Yonica are all interpretations of spellings for the diminutive name for Jane. It was John Lake, son of Daniel Lake and Elizabeth Sutphen who was married to Jane Longstreet. As far as I know, the only John Lake who was married to a Mayke was John Lake Jr. and the identity of this Mayke is still unknown. It is just of great interest to me to somehow identify the Mayke who married John Lake, Jr., and is named in his 1729 will. Unfortunately, I think this is a question that won't be answered unless any previously undiscovered documents come to light. My own guess (and only a guess) as to her identity is that circumstantial evidence suggest she might have been Mayke Pieterse Wycoff, widow of William Williamson. John Lake and William Williamson were neighbors. They lived next to each other in Gravesend. The Williamsons were witnesses of the baptism of John and Neeltje's son, John III. John Lake, Jr. was a witness to the will of William Williamson, dated 1721. Nicholas Williamson, son of William and Mayke is a witness to John Lake's will dated 1723. These families seemed to take an interest in each others affairs. It would not surprise me that sometime after the death of his friend, William Williamson, John Lake, Jr., upon becoming a widower himself, married his friend and neighbor's widow. John's son Daniel (who inherited the homestead) is instructed in his will to provide a place in his house and decent Christian burial for John's wife Mayke. This would suggest that she is also either sick or elderly. Again, no evidence for these assumptions but it would make more sense that Mayke Williamson fits the bill better than any of the other Maykes of the time. Here is an early conveyance that shows a Longstreet/Lake connection: Conveyances, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, Book 2, p.180 - Sept. 10, 1698: Antony Wanshaer of Flatlands and Maritje his wife deed Stoffel Longstreet, Arian Longstreet, Johannes Holsaer, Clasie Lake and Cretie Williamse, late of Kings Co., house, orchard, etc., in Flatlands...The parties of the 2nd part paying full value to Antony Holsaer, Benjamin Holsaer, Derick Longstreet and Martyntji Longstreet when they are of age or marry, the 9th part of said property... Ack. Sept. 15, Rec'd Sept. 16, 1698 Again, this is one of the evidences that supports Classje Longstreet being married to Abraham Lake, not an Abraham Lott/Lodt. regards, Annette Truesdell From: bribling at earthlink.net (Barbara Ribling) Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 20:48:24 -0700 At 12:21 PM 10/14/04 -0700, you wrote: >......... >I agree. I do not believe there is anything that supports the assumption >that a John Lake was married to a Moica or Mercy Longstreet. Some of this >confusion has been perpetuated by articles such as "The Lane Families of >Somerset" which was published in a "Somerset Co. Hist Quarterly" >(unfortunately I don't have the volume number.) It names Stoffel Dircksen >Langstraat's wife as "Maicken" and then says that Stoffel and Moica's >daughter, Moica is supposed to have married "Johannes Leek." Obviously >this is wrong but shows how these lineages keep getting repeated. I have a copy of this: Somerset County Historical Quarterly Vol II, continued in Vol III, Vol IV. "THE LANE FAMILIES OF SOMERSET COUNTY AND VICINITY" In part, Honeyman has this to say: "GYSBRECHT THYSSEN (who became known both as Geisbert, and also as Gilbert Lane), from Liege, Belgium, b. about 1652; emigrated with his father in 1663; d. 1727; m., about 1672, Jannetje Adriaense Lambersen....Geisbert's signature to his will was by mark. This will, dated Nov. 7, 1720, was probated May 17, 1727. (Trenton Wills, Book B., p. 66). In it he names his sons "Adriaens, Cornelius, Matthias and Joseph who is blind," and his daughters, "Moika Langstreet, Catherine D'Hart, Mary van Sicklah and Jane," and "grandchildren born of my daughter, Williamea Hendrickson, deceased, wife of William Hendrickson, deceased." The three sons first named were executors...." Here he names a daughter as "Moika Langstreet" which matters little as you have noted, these names just get spelled so many ways that it clouds the issue of which lady married who or what her name actually was. Also, as we know, in those days most people were iliterate and hired scribes which only adds to the confusion. There is this also, from "A Register of the Ancestors of Dorr Eugene Felt and Agnes McNulty Felt", by Alfred L. Holman, Call Number: R929.2 F32. "The history and genealogy of the Dorr Eugene Felt and Agnes (McNulty) Felt" Bibliographic Information: Holman, Alfred L. A Register of the Ancestors of Dorr Eugene Felt and Agnes (McNulty) Felt. Chicago. Privately Printed. 1921. "Gysbrecht Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt and his wife Jannetje had 9 children, one of them being a daughter Maiken (or Moika) Lanen Van Pelt, who married Stoffel Dircksen Langstraat." This goes on to give an abstract of the will of "Gysbrecht Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt". I have a Word file, lanefamily.doc (186K), which includes the Honeyman articles as well as a couple other bits such as the above and will gladly share it with anyone who would like it. The only mention I found of the names LAKE and LITTLE are in the will abstracts. I may not have copied the entire Honeyman article though. I notice that I neglected to copy the year(s) of the multipart article. >Again, I don't think there is any disagreement of this. As I stated in my >previous email to PJ, I believe that the interpretation of the original >Brooklyn DRC records is in error. I will be happy to resend you a copy of >that email if you didn't get it thru Marshall's LAKE group. Thank you, I did receive the reply but I didn't see it until after I replied to this. I now can see more clearly what was being said. ...... >I don't think that PJ was suggesting that John Lake, Jr. who died in 1729 >was the same as married Guisbert Longstreet's daughter...... >In rummaging thru some of my old papers, I found the following from >William S. Hornor's "This Old Monmouth of Ours". In discussing the >Longstreet family.... Jane or Quicha, married John Lake..... > >I believe that Quicha, Onicha or Yonica are all interpretations of >spellings for the diminutive name for Jane. It was John Lake, son of >Daniel Lake and Elizabeth Sutphen who was married to Jane Longstreet. I agree. I have not followed the descendants of Daniel and Elizabeth but I probably have some of that info in my files. >>It is just of great interest to me to somehow identify the "Mayke" who >>married John Lake, Jr., and is named in his 1729 will. > >Unfortunately, I think this is a question that won't be answered unless >any previously undiscovered documents come to light. My own guess (and >only a guess) as to her identity is that circumstantial evidence suggest >she might have been Mayke Pieterse Wycoff, widow of William >Williamson....Again, no evidence for these assumptions but it would make >more sense that Mayke Williamson fits the bill better than any of the >other "Maykes" of the time. I think you may have a very good case for the ID of Mayke and apart from circumstantial evidence of this kind, I agree that we may never know with any certainty unless/until more documentation is found. Thank you so much for the information! I have "snipped" out most of the lengthy parts but anyone who missed them can get copies from one of us or the archives. It is an interesting topic, an interesting discussion and I am always hopeful of learning more. Thanks all! Barbara bribling at earthlink.net From: bribling at earthlink.net (Barbara Ribling) Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 20:51:24 -0700 At 01:40 PM 10/14/04 -0500, you wrote: >Mayke/Mayka/Moika was the daughter of Gysbert Laanen Van Pelt. She married >Stoffel Dircksen Langstraat aka Theophilus Longstreet. Their daughter >Moica/? was baptised at the DRC on Long Island in 1715 according to church >records. It is believed it is this Moica Longstreet, sometimes called >Mercy or Mary, who married Judge John Little and whose Will was proven in >1753. The information also corresponds to Little records..... > >I am as frustrated over this as you are. Thank you so much for the additional info! It is frustrating but this is what make genealogy "fun" I guess. Barbara bribling at earthlink.net From: mlake at mlake.net (Marshall Lake) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 13:14:06 -0400 (EDT) > JOHN LAKE, b. c1725 - son of Daniel Lake and Elizabeth Sutphen of > Gravesend L.I. > > Per article found in the NYGB v.80#2, Apr 1949, pg 97 by Dr. Arthur > Adams citing data from Harvey D. Carter, John Lake lived in Freehold, > NJ. He was married to first to Mayke Longstreet, a daughter of Guisbert > Longstreet and 2nd, by license of 5 Apr 1759 to Elsy Johnson. The > article says "His first wife died early in 1758. Her father, Guisbert > Longstreet mentions her children in his will and makes John Lake his > executor." I have seen other group records that name John Lake's wife, > Jane Longstreet. I have not seen Guisbert's will and do not have any > detailed info on his family so I don't know for sure whether Mayke or > Jane is the correct name. > > If you have any other info that would clarify whether it was Mayke or > Jane that married this John Lake it would be appreciated. From "Calendar of NJ Wills" ... There's a Moika LONGSTREET named as a daughter in the will of Gilbert LANE (wife - Jane) of Middletown, Monmouth Co dated 7 Nov 1720 and proved 17 May 1727. There's a Moica named as a daughter and a Gilbert named as a son in the will of Theophilus LONGSTREET (wife - Mercy) of Shrewsbury Town, Monmouth Co dated 1 Dec 1739 and proved 1 Mar 1741. In the will abstract of Mathias JOHNSON of Winsor Twp, Middlesex Co dated 13 Nov 1752: "1752, Nov. 28. Bond of widow, Elanor, and John Lake, of Middlesex Co., farmer, as Adm'rs". Awrey LONGSTREET witnessed and made the inventory for the will of John LAKE (wife - Martinah) of New Brunswick, Middlesex Co dated 20 Feb 1752 and proved 6 May 1754, inventory dated 30 Nov 1753. Entire abstract: 1760, Mar. 7. Lake, John; will of. Wife (second), Elsia. Children-Elisabeth, Rachel and Gisburt, all under age; an expected child. Personal estate. Executors-Richard van Cleave, of Freehold, Daniel Lack, of Gravesend, L.I., and brother-in-law, Garrit Longstreat, of Squan. Witnesses-Hendrick Voorhees, Jr., and William Clark. Proved May 24, 1760. Lib. G, p. 224. Entire abstract: 1755, Apr. 20. Longstreet, Gisbert, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co.; will of. Wife, Rachel. Children-Garret, Gisbert (both under age), Moyca, Nelley, Jane and Rachel. Real and personal estate. Executors-James Irons, Sr., Garret Scanck and John Longstreet, Sr. Witnesses-Koert Schenck, Garret Schanck and Nelley Schanck. Codicil of August 31, 1757, provides that a part of the bequest, given to dec'd daughter Jane, alias Onicha, be given to grandson, Guisberd Lake, mentions children of dec'd daughter Moica and a daughter Elizabeth. Witnesses-Moses Richards, Thomas Ellison and John Lake. Proved Nov. 8, 1758. Lib. G, p. 4. 1758, Nov. 13. Inventory, [pounds]1265.15.10, incl. bills, bonds, book debts and cash [pounds]704.18.4; 320 bush. of Indian corn, [pounds]32; 3 Dutch books, 10s; others 12s.; half a book called "the Confessions," [pounds]1; two looking glasses, 16s.; 2 negroes, [pounds]100; made by Thomas Ellison, Ebenezer Cook and David Johnson, with James Irons, Jr., as clerk. Entire abstract: 1752, Apr. 8. Longstreet, Moicae, of Shrewsbury Township, Monmouth Co., widow; will of. Children-Stoffel, Gisbert, Jeane, Cattren, Marcy, Sary, Masy and Anne. Personal estate. Executors-son Gisbert, John Little and William Hendrickson. Witnesses-Jeames Jorns (Trons), Gershom Bills, John Lake. Proved March 13, 1753. Lib. F, p. 105. 1753, Mar.20. Inventory, [pounds]147.13, incl. half of a Bible, 15s.; a sermon book, 5s; bonds and debts, [pounds]110.15.2; made by Thomas Ellison and William Osbourn. From: linicx at dslr.net (Pj) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:15:59 -0500 I've wondered why Longstreet and Lake married ever since I saw the comment in Longstreet records years ago. I finally understand: Sutphen. This is one of the Dutch families aligned to Longstreet for many years. Thank you Marshall! There are many womem named some variation of Moyka beginning with Mayke Laanen Van Pelt who married Stoffle Dircksen Langstraat aka Theophilus Longstreet in New York. They had many children including a son Gisbert According to records they removed to Monmouth County, New Jersey circa 1798. Classje Longstreet Lake was his sister. Stoffle and Moyka's daughter Moica Longstreet was born 1715 and was baptized at the DRC the same year. This Moica/Moika married John Little, a judge on the Court of Common Pleas and Quarterly Sessions in Monmouth County, and had seven children including Mary - but no Moica. If John Lake witnessed her Will, it would have probably been her uncle (Jon Abraham Lake) by marriage to Classje. Moica died in 1752/3 There are also several variations on the name Stoffle/Stophil and Gysbrect/Gilbert in the Longstreet family. It helps to know the name of the spouse. Jane I think is either a nickname or anglicized form of Oniche whereas Moica/Mayke, etc.. seems to be called Mercy or Mary most often. The problem with old documents is tney were often written by uneducated folks who did not necessarily understand the sound of Dutch words and as a consequence tried to spell names as it sounded to an untrained ear. I have the same problem in Illinois with Grandfather Peek. Illinois marriage returns are three documents. In his case in 1859 the surname was spelled peake, peek and peak. Part of the error may have been because the court clerk was Peake. In any case it was never corrected and I can't find this family or any ancestry. Regarding Jane/Mayke and Gisbert, I believe the correct wife is Moika/Moica/Mayke/? and "Jane" was either a nickname, a middle name, or a sister. The last Will as listed below belongs to Moica Longstreet Little, the wife of Judge Little. Pj On Oct 19, 2004, at 12:14 PM, Marshall Lake wrote: > >> JOHN LAKE, b. c1725 - son of Daniel Lake and Elizabeth Sutphen of >> Gravesend L.I. >> >> Per article found in the NYGB v.80#2, Apr 1949, pg 97 by Dr. Arthur >> Adams citing data from Harvey D. Carter, John Lake lived in Freehold, >> NJ. He was married to first to Mayke Longstreet, a daughter of >> Guisbert >> Longstreet and 2nd, by license of 5 Apr 1759 to Elsy Johnson. The >> article says "His first wife died early in 1758. Her father, Guisbert >> Longstreet mentions her children in his will and makes John Lake his >> executor." I have seen other group records that name John Lake's >> wife, >> Jane Longstreet. I have not seen Guisbert's will and do not have any >> detailed info on his family so I don't know for sure whether Mayke or >> Jane is the correct name. >> >> If you have any other info that would clarify whether it was Mayke or >> Jane that married this John Lake it would be appreciated. > > From "Calendar of NJ Wills" ... > > There's a Moika LONGSTREET named as a daughter in the will of Gilbert > LANE > (wife - Jane) of Middletown, Monmouth Co dated 7 Nov 1720 and proved 17 > May 1727. > > There's a Moica named as a daughter and a Gilbert named as a son in the > will of Theophilus LONGSTREET (wife - Mercy) of Shrewsbury Town, > Monmouth > Co dated 1 Dec 1739 and proved 1 Mar 1741. > > In the will abstract of Mathias JOHNSON of Winsor Twp, Middlesex Co > dated > 13 Nov 1752: "1752, Nov. 28. Bond of widow, Elanor, and John Lake, of > Middlesex Co., farmer, as Adm'rs". > > Awrey LONGSTREET witnessed and made the inventory for the will of John > LAKE (wife - Martinah) of New Brunswick, Middlesex Co dated 20 Feb 1752 > and proved 6 May 1754, inventory dated 30 Nov 1753. > > Entire abstract: > 1760, Mar. 7. Lake, John; will of. Wife (second), Elsia. > Children-Elisabeth, Rachel and Gisburt, all under age; an expected > child. > Personal estate. Executors-Richard van Cleave, of Freehold, Daniel > Lack, > of Gravesend, L.I., and brother-in-law, Garrit Longstreat, of Squan. > Witnesses-Hendrick Voorhees, Jr., and William Clark. Proved May 24, > 1760. > Lib. G, p. 224. > > Entire abstract: > 1755, Apr. 20. Longstreet, Gisbert, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co.; will > of. > Wife, Rachel. Children-Garret, Gisbert (both under age), Moyca, > Nelley, > Jane and Rachel. Real and personal estate. Executors-James Irons, > Sr., > Garret Scanck and John Longstreet, Sr. Witnesses-Koert Schenck, Garret > Schanck and Nelley Schanck. Codicil of August 31, 1757, provides that > a > part of the bequest, given to dec'd daughter Jane, alias Onicha, be > given > to grandson, Guisberd Lake, mentions children of dec'd daughter Moica > and > a daughter Elizabeth. Witnesses-Moses Richards, Thomas Ellison and > John > Lake. Proved Nov. 8, 1758. Lib. G, p. 4. > 1758, Nov. 13. Inventory, [pounds]1265.15.10, incl. bills, bonds, book > debts and cash [pounds]704.18.4; 320 bush. of Indian corn, [pounds]32; > 3 > Dutch books, 10s; others 12s.; half a book called "the Confessions," > [pounds]1; two looking glasses, 16s.; 2 negroes, [pounds]100; made by > Thomas Ellison, Ebenezer Cook and David Johnson, with James Irons, > Jr., as > clerk. > > Entire abstract: > 1752, Apr. 8. Longstreet, Moicae, of Shrewsbury Township, Monmouth > Co., > widow; will of. Children-Stoffel, Gisbert, Jeane, Cattren, Marcy, > Sary, > Masy and Anne. Personal estate. Executors-son Gisbert, John Little > and > William Hendrickson. Witnesses-Jeames Jorns (Trons), Gershom Bills, > John > Lake. Proved March 13, 1753. Lib. F, p. 105. > 1753, Mar.20. Inventory, [pounds]147.13, incl. half of a Bible, 15s.; > a > sermon book, 5s; bonds and debts, [pounds]110.15.2; made by Thomas > Ellison > and William Osbourn. From: JG ** Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 00:31:29 -0800 For the last few years I researched my Dutch ancestors in an attempt to learn how the various families were related to each other. What I found was a lot of 19th century writers like Bergan who erred. The errors were brought forward by RJ Longstreet who cited Bergan as his authority. I will now attempt to make light of the errors starting with a portion of an e-mail I received some six years ago. John (Jan) Lake IMMIGRANT, b. abt 1626, England, d. bef Jul 1694, Gravesend, L.I., NY | & Anne Spicer, b. abt 1630, England, d. 1707/1709, L.I., NY, m. Feb 1649, Gravesend, L.I., NY | | Metje (Margaret) Lake, Died young, b. Gravesend, L.I., NY, Bapt. 20 May 1652, New Amsterdam | | John Lake 2 marriages*, b. abt 1654, Gravesend, L.I., NY | | & Mayke (Moica) 1716 Langstraat 2nd wife, b. 6 Mar 1716 I do not dispute the last entry that states John Lake was born ca.1654. I do however believe that if he married second Moica Langstraat (Mayke was her mother) he would have been 82 at the time for she had her first child in 1737. Bergan aside, Beekman, Honeyman, Stein, and the other writers of that time all agree with Dutch church records in Marlboro, NJ that she was baptized in 1715. Longstreet cites two dates for this event. 1715 and 6 Mar 1716 as shown above. Little family records agree with the first date. Additionally in her Will she swears she is the wife of John Little, a Monmouth County Judge. Longstreet also brought forth Bergan's question "if John Little is the same as Johannes Leek" a Hollander. For all intent and purposes the answer is no. According to DAR records, her husband was born in New Jersey in 1712. His father was born in Scotland circa 1675. Moica Langstraat, wife of Judge Little was the daughter of Mayke Lanen and Stoffel Langstraat who married in the Brooklyn Dutch Church in 1695. The following year, Stoffel and his sister Classje Langstraat who probably married Abraham Lake, were baptised same day, 25 Apr 1696. Their father, Dirck Langsraat and his second wife Joannah Haevens witnessed the baptism of Jan. Dirck and Classje witnessed the baptism of Stoffel's and Mayke's son. Longstreet confuses this issue by stating that Classje married Abraham Lott and had eight children. While it is true that Lott did have one child baptised in the same church in the same year as Classje, it is equally true that no Langstreet grandparent witnessed the baptism, but the grandparents of that child did. Thereafter he removed his membership to the Jamaica DRC where his other children were baptised. The grandparents of each child were Witnesses. The Langstrast family did not formally adopt the English spelling of their name [Longstreet] until 65 years after Classje's child was born. By this time Stoffel, Mayke and Moica were deceased. The first four names listed are Stoffel, his brother, his sister and their step-mother Johannes Holsaer [Langsraat]. "Sept. 10, 1698: Antony Warshaer of Flatlands and Maritje his wife deed Stoffel Langstraat, Adrian Langstraat, Johannes Holsaer, Classje Lake and Cretje Williamse, late of Kings County, house, orchard, etc. in Flatlands bounded by property of John Vandyckhuys and Derick Amertman. The parties of the second part paying full value to Antony Holsaer, Benjamin Holsaer, Dirick Langstraat and Marytntje Langstraat when they are of age or marry the ninth part of said property. Signed by Antony alone. Wit by Henry Filkin and Ferdinand Vansycklyn, Jr. Ack. Sept. 15, Rec'd Sept. 16, 1698 before and by Henry Filkin, Reg. Mayke Lanen [Lane] father was named after his mother Marijken Ghijstert who died at Texel, Netherlands in 1663. His will, which he signed with his mark, is recorded in NJ Archives held at Trenton, NJ., as Gilbert Lane. In 1889 Bergan wrote a book that contained the names of Early New York Settlers in which he stated he was sure Lane and Van Pelt familes were related but he didn't know how; they were brothers. In 1960 Longstreet cites Bergan as an authority on this family. He correctly states Gijsbert's Will was recorded under the name of Gilbert Lane and then states his formal name was Gutsberts Tiuyz Lanen Van Pelt. And then transfered to his dauhter who was called by Longstreet as Mayke Gijsbertse Tuyz Lanen Van Pelt. Gijsbert's great-greatgrandfather was Bartholomeus Lanen. His grandfather was Joannes Lannen. His father was Mathies Laen [Lanen] [Lane]. His uncle Anthonus Laenen [Lanen] [Van Pelt]. They were two of 15 siblings born to his parents. All of the children were baptised in the Catholic Church at Overpelt, Liege Diocese - an area owned by the church and managed by the Prince Bishop of Liege. It was not until after the Napolean Wars that the country of Belgium was created and given its independence (1841) that the Diocese of Liege and the village of Overpelt was incorporated into Limburg, Belgium, as it is still known today. The word pelt is a transmutation of the Middle-Ages word 'pelethe' which roughly translates to the English word for marsh or wetlands. It was some 800 yearrs before the land was reclaimed and villages like Overpelt began to emerge. The Lanen brothers, Mathies and Anthonius sailed from the Netherlands aboard the Dutch ship "de Rooseboom" arriving in New York in the spring of 1663. When their new surnames were registered Mathies kept the family name Lanen and Anthonius took the unique colony name of Van Pelt. It should be noted that while Van Pelt was not a common name in Overpelt in the 17th century, it was quite common in Neerplet. The words "van pelt" literally translate to "from the marsh." The name Tuys is a shortened form of Mathijs that is correctly spelled, "Thijs/Thys". It was, I believe, rather impossible for Mayje to be the daughter of a Lanen and a Van Pelt. I suspect who ever attempted to origianlly translate the record, did not understand that "van pelt" meant the place of their ancestors birth - which is not the same as the surname Van Pelt. I believe Anthonius is the ancestor of the Van Pelt family in America. I am enclosing the Dutch record of Mathijs baptism. You will note the absense of a nickname, patrnym and the Van Pelt surname. All 15 baptisms are nearly identical. "Mathies Laen, ged. 12 apr 1618 te Overpelt, zoon van Joannes Lanen en Catharina Bakelmans" END Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:03:26 -0500 From: pjlittle@mac.com BEGIN Looking for information on Johannes Leek from Holland who it is thought married Moica Langstraat/Longstreet circa 1735. She either is a bigamist or someone has confused her husband with a stranger named John Little. END findagrave.com ... BEGIN John Lake Birth unknown Death unknown Burial Gravesend Cemetery Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA Memorial ID 174296582 · View Source Son of John Lake and Anne Spicer. Susan K. Amicucci, "Claes Claeszen, Father of Neeltje Claes", New Netherland Connections Vol. 4 (1999): 4:32. John Lake was probably born between 1655 and 1665 at Gravesend, Long Island. He probably lived for a time at Flatlands, Long Island for on 21 Nov 1670 he bought a horse of James Hubbard of Gravesend. He is on the assessment roll of Gravesend in 1683. In 1700 he was Captain of the Militia. In 1694 he bought of Hannah, widow of John Delavall of Pennsylvania, for £164, a house and forty acres on Hogg's Neck in Gravesend. On 6 May 1696, he and Joakim Gulick, had a survey of 85 acres at Smoking Point, with nine acres at the mouth of the Fresh Kill on Staten Island. In 1714 he was an Elder in the Gravesend Dutch Reformed Church. Arthur Adams and Sarah A. Risley, A Genealogy of the Lake Family of Great Egg Harbor, in Old Gloucester County, in New Jersey, Descended from John Lake of Gravesend, Long Island (n.p.: Privately Printed, 1915), page 10. Married 1st Neeltje Claese, daughter of Claes Claeszen and Geertruyd Willekens, between 1685 and 1687. Ibid. Children by Neeltje: John Lake b. 16 Apr 1688, d. between 20 Feb 1752 and 6 May 1754 Thomas Lake b. ca. 1690, d. b 17 Oct 1765 Nicholas Lake b. ca. 1692, d. between 23 Aug 1768 and 30 Oct 1771 Mary Lake b. ca. 1694 Daniel Lake b. 10 Mar 1696, d. 11 Apr 1776 Ibid. Van Doren Honeyman and Van Tassel Sutphen, The Sutphen Family (New York: Sutphen, 1926), p.3. Married 2nd before April 1712 Lysbeth Janse, daughter of Jan Jacobsen and Geertie Gysberts. Renee L. Dauven,"Elizabeth Lake and Eva Ouke."Transcription from Town Records of Kings County. Translations/Tranliterations. Court and Road Records (Brooklyn). Vol. 2, 1668-1766. New York City Municipal Archives. Reel No. 116, p. 245. Court Case of Elizabeth Lake and Eva Ouke vs. Lambert Sychells. Also see "John Lake, Gravesend and Lisbet Jans," Renee L. Dauven, post to DUTCH-COLONIES at Rootsweb, December 27, 2012 (www.archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/Dutch-Colonies/2012-12/1356661659). Online www.notmyfamily.pbworks.com/w/page/62278868/Elizabeth Lake and Eva Ouke., Court of Sessions held at Flatbush beginning 18 April 1712. The petition names "Elizabeth Lake wife of John Lake of Gravesend in Kings County, and Evah Oke, wife of John Oke of Jamaica in Queens County, the two parsonen and heire to John Jacobse late of Bedford". Will dated 4 May 1723 proved 17 May 1729. John Lake of Gravesend, Kings County. I leave to my son Daniel, all my estate, houses and lands in Gravesend or elsewhere. And he shall pay to my four other children, John, Thomas, and Nicholas, and my daughter Mary, wife of Cornelius Van Sicklen, as follows: To my son John, £110. To my other sons, £100 each, and to Mary Van Sicklen, £70. I leave to my son Daniel, a negro boy, 3 cows, 2 horses, wagons, ploughs, and Harrow. All the rest to my 5 children. My son Daniel is to provide my wife Mayke all necessary and needful things, and maintain her in his own house, and a Decent and Christian Burial, at his own cost. Witnesses: Samuel Hubbard, Samuel Gerritsen, Nicholas Williamse. Proved in New York before Isaac Bobin, Esq., May 17, 1729. New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstract of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. XI, unrecorded wills prior to 1790), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1903), page 132. John Lake. Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm Family Members Parents John Lake 1620 – unknown Anne Spicer Lake 1632–1709 Spouses Neeltje Claese Lake 1655 – unknown (m. 1686) Lysbeth Janse 1660 – unknown Siblings Margaret Lake Goulding Daniel Lake Half Siblings William Lake 1656–1726 Children Daniel Lake 1696–1776 END findagrave.com ... BEGIN Neeltje Claese Lake Birth 21 Mar 1655 Death unknown Burial Gravesend Cemetery Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA Memorial ID 174289023 · View Source Daughter of Claes Claeszen and Geertruyd Willekens. Richard W. Cook, "The Goulder Family", Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Vols. 29, 30, 40 (1954, 1955, Ammended 1965): 29:53. Baptized on 21 March 1655 at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, sponsors Elmer Huysen, Andries Roos, Catryn Borgers. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols.5- (1874-): 5:154. Parent Claes Claeszen. Married 1st Joseph Goulder, son of William Goulding and Anna Catharyn, circa 1673. Richard W. Cook, "The Goulder Family", Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Vols. 29, 30, 40 (1954, 1955, Ammended 1965): 29:51. Children by Joseph: Joseph Goulder b. 1 Apr 1674? William Goulder b. 30 Oct 1677, d. between 1 Mar 1748 and 4 Apr 1749 Nicholas Goulder b. 4 Mar 1679 Ann Goulder b. 15 Jul 1682, d. 19 Sep 1767 Abraham Goulder b. 24 Aug 1684, d. between 28 Aug 1748 and 7 Jul 1749 Teunis G. Bergen, "Record of Births of the Society of Friends at Gravesend, L.I.", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol.4, no. 1, pp.39-40 (1874): 4:39. Says b. 1 Apr 1664. Richard Cook, GMNJ 29:54 states that this date must be in error as his father was born in 1654. (It is probably an error for 1674 as the next child of his parents was born in 1677). Ibid. 4:39. Richard W. Cook, "The Goulder Family", Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Vols. 29, 30, 40 (1954, 1955, Ammended 1965): 29:53. Married 2nd John Lake, son of John Lake and Anne Spicer, between 1685 and 1687. Susan K. Amicucci, "Claes Claeszen, Father of Neeltje Claes", New Netherland Connections Vol. 4 (1999): 4:32. Children by John: John Lake b. 16 Apr 1688, d. between 20 Feb 1752 and 6 May 1754 Thomas Lake b. ca. 1690, d. b 17 Oct 1765 Nicholas Lake b. ca. 1692, d. between 23 Aug 1768 and 30 Oct 1771 Mary Lake b. ca. 1694 Daniel Lake b. 10 Mar 1696, d. 11 Apr 1776 Ibid. Van Doren Honeyman and Van Tassel Sutphen, The Sutphen Family (New York: Sutphen, 1926), p.3. Died before before April 1712. Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm Family Members Parents Claes Claeszen Geertruyd Willekens Spouses Joseph Goulder 1654 – unknown (m. 1673) John Lake (m. 1686) Children Joseph Goulder 1674 – unknown Nicholas Goulder 1679 – unknown Ann Golding Doern 1682–1767 Daniel Lake 1696–1776 END From http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5456/liny2.htm BEGIN DATE: 27 SEP 1697 PROVED: 26 FEB 1707/8 TESTATOR: Marten Peterse Wyckoff SPOUSE: Hannah (Letters of Admin. Granted to her, executors having refused to serve.) CHILDREN: Grietie, Marytie, Anna, Sara, Mayaka, Jannetie, Peter WITNESSES: John Lake, Abraham Emans EXECS: Claas Wyckoff, William Williamsen, Johanes Guylick PROPERTY: "estate of houses and lands" to wife Hannah SOURCE: NYHS Collections I DATE: 20 DEC 1711 PROVED: 26 AUG 1723 TESTATOR: Jochem Guylick of Gravesend SPOUSE: Jaquimyntie CHILDREN: Johanes, Hendrick, Jochem, Peter, Teunis, Catalyntie, Grietie, Gertruyd, Jaquamintie WITNESSES: Samuel Hubbard, John Lake, Nicholas Willemsen EXECS: Wife, Jaquimyntie OVERSEERS: To be guardians & overseers of wife & children, my "brother & friends" Aaert Van Pelt, William Willemsen, Samuel Gerritsen PROPERTY: Houses, lands & meadow in Gravesend SOURCE: NYHS Collections XI NOTE: Jochem Guylick (Gulick or Gullick) is believed to have been the son of Hendrick Guylick & Gertruyd Willekens. Gertruyd Willekens married 2nd, Claes Claeszen (Smit) in 1653 and had a daughter Neeltje (bp., RDC,1655). Neeltje Claeszen married 1st, Nicholas Goulder and 2nd, John Lake. John Lake and his wife Neeltje were ancestors of the BAYLESS families of East TN. Jaquimyntie Guylick was born Van Pelt, her brother being the named overseer Aaert Van Pelt. DATE: 1 DEC 1721 PROVED: 19 AP 1722 TESTATOR: William Willemsen of Gravesend SPOUSE: None named, presumed deceased. CHILDREN: Nicholas, Peter, William, Johanes, Cornelis, Anne (wife of John Griggs, Jr.), Mary (wife of Bartholomew Marsh), Gretie (wife of Abraham Emmans) GRANDCH: Leaves shares to the children of Mary and of Gretie WITNESSES: John Lake, Samuel Hubbard, S. Gerritsen EXECS: Sons William & Nicholas PROPERTY: His lands in Gravesend had been transferred to his son Nicholas who had made partial payment, any payment due at the time of William's death was to be divided among the heirs. SOURCE: NYHS Collections II DATE: 4 MAY 1723 PROVED: 17 MAY 1729 TESTATOR: John Lake of Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island SPOUSE: Mayke CHILDREN: Daniel, John, Thomas, Nicholas, Mary Van Sickelen WITNESSES: Samuel Hubbard, Samuel Gerritsen, Nicholas Williamse EXECS: Not Named OTHERS NAMED: Cornelius Van Sickelen (son-in-law), a Negro boy (to son Daniel) PROPERTY: "estate, houses and lands in Gravesend" SOURCE: NYHS Collections X END from http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/ BEGIN Kings County, NY 1698 Census Townships: Brooklyn, Bushwick, Flatbush, Flatlands, Gravesend, and New Utrecht. This census was transcribed by Alexander F. Christensen (Huaxyacac@aol.com) from The Documentary History of the State of New York, arranged under direction of the Hon. Christopher Morgan, Secretary of State, by E.B. O'Callagahan, Volume III, pp. 87-89. (Albany: Weed, Parsons, & Co., 1850). Copyright (c) 1999 by Alexander Christensen. Transcriber's note: The irregular orthography and capitalization of the original are preserved. Not all of the column totals match the numbers actually recorded above them; in cases where the actual total differs from the recorded one, the former is given in brackets. A list of all the freeholders their wives children apprentices and slaves within the Kings County on Nassauw Island [Note: E affixed to the name means English; F, French.] [Column 1--] Men. [Column 2--] Wo. [Column 3--] Ch. [Column 4--] App. [Column 5--] Sla. In the town of Gravesend James Hubbard (E) 2 2 2 - - Cornelis Van Cleef 1 1 2 - - The Widow Strycker - 1 8 - 1 Jochem Gulick 1 1 9 - - Willem Willemse 1 1 - - - Nicholas Stillwill (E) 1 1 7 - 1 John Poland (E) 1 1 5 - - Isaac Haselbury (E) 1 1 3 - - Elias Stilwill (E) 1 1 - - - Joseph Golder (E) 1 1 1 - - Abraham Emmans (E) 1 1 3 1 - William Williamson 1 1 8 - - The Widdow Barentse - 1 6 - - Rymer Van Sigelen 1 1 4 1 1 Margaret Simson - 1 - - - Stoffel Romeyn 1 1 9 - 1 Barent Juriaense 1 1 6 1 - Andrew Emmans 1 1 3 - - Cornelis Buys 1 1 3 - - Anthony Powland (E) 1 1 1 - - Thomas Craven (E) 1 1 4 - - John Emmans (E) 1 1 3 - 1 John Lake (E) 1 1 8 - 1 The Widdow Martentz - 1 7 - 1 John Grigs Junir (E) 2 1 7 - - John Grigs Senior (E) 1 - - - 4 Anne Lake - 1 - - - Samuel Gerrittz 1 1 1 - - Jeremiah Stilwill (E) 1 1 4 - 3 Nicholas Stilwill (E) 1 1 4 1 2 John Simmons (E) 1 1 2 - - Albert Koerten 1 1 4 1 1 John Mash (E) 1 - - 1 - Lubbert Gerrittz 1 - - - - 31 32 124 6 17 END From: Barbara Ribling BEGIN Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 10:48:53 -0400 I believe I am a LAKE descendant. My ancestor was John Lake of Gravesend, L.I., who m. Ann SPICER. I have recently found what may be an error in my genealogy. The error regards Neeltje Claeszen (or Claeszen Smit). As a BAYLES(S) descendant, I have found information in BAYLES(S) genealogies that Neetje, dau. of Claes and Gertrud, m. John Lake, Jr., of Gravesend. I hadn't really questioned that until last week. I have the Adams/Risley book which states this as a fact but gives no source. Bergen's "Register of Kings Co." also states this as a fact, again with no source. Some RD Church of N.A. records can be found on-line and I have found the Baptism of Neeltje, dau. of Claes Claeszen, bp. March 21, 1655. The name of her mother is not given. I have not found a marriage record for her. In your ancestor chart, you show Neeltje as having been born 20 May 1652/3. Do you have a source for the information? I have not seen Bergen's "New Utrecht Historical" which might have this information. Your chart has a marriage date of 1687 for John Lake and Neeltje. Have you seen the church record or an abstract of it? You have a birth date for Claes Claeszen Smit as 1629, do you have a source for this? Please understand that I just want to track down as many facts as possible and would like to know some of the sources for the information. Here is my problem. last week it came to my attention that Gertrud (Geertruyt or Geertruyd) Willekens had a marriage prior to that to Claes Claeszen (Smit). I found an abstract of her marriage in the RD Church, N.A., and she is designated as the widow of Hendrick Gulick. She arrived on the ship "de Trouw" in 1659. This was apparently her second arrival as she married Claes in 1653 in New Amsterdam. She brought two children with her in 1659, supposedly Jan and Jochem, sons of Hendrick Gulick. Last week I found a genealogy with corrections by Richard W. Cook titled "The Goulder Family" It is included in "Genealogies of New Jersey Families from the Genealogical Magazine of NJ", Vol. I, Families A-Z, selected by Joseph R. Klett. This article (actually one original and two corrections) states that Joseph Goulder, son of William and Ann, "m. ca. 1673 Neeltje Klaas, dau. of Claes Claessen Smit and Geertruyd Willekens". Cook cites the marriage record for Claes and Gertrude and he states "for further information see Bergen's Ms. 'Historical of New Utrecht' Vol. 5, pp.757-59". This marriage between Neeltje and Joseph Goulder (Goulding, Golding, Golden, etc.) produced children Joseph (b. 16??), William (b.Oct.30, 1677), Nicholas (b. Mar. 4, 1688), Anetje (b. July 15, 1682) and Abraham (bp. 1684 in N.U.). This clearly conflicts with a marriage between Neeltje and John Lake, Jr. There may have been two daus. named Neeltje of Claes and Gertrud, but it seems unlikely as the two (or one?) lived and raised families at the same time. I wonder if you have any information that will help me clear this question. As I am a descendant of John Lake, Jr. (I think) it is important that I know who his wife (wives) was (were). I have seen the will abstracts and, alas, they do not name Neeltje who apparently died and John remarried. I am descended from: John Lake, Sr.; John Lake, Jr.; John Lake III; Johannah Lake m. Daniel Bayles. Johannah and Daniel moved south until they settled, at last, in what is now Washington Co., TN. I am descended from the BAYLESS family of East TN. My GED and an ancestor chart can be seen on my WEB site: Grandma Hudson's Scrapbook http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5456/ Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:02:12 -0400 Here is a short descendant list that I have (direct line only). I am a descendant of the last John Bayles in the line. he married Anna Price possibly in Loudon Co., VA, and I am descended through their son Samuel. Direct Descendants of John Lake 1 John Lake b: Bef. 1643 d: Bef. Aug 04, 1696 ...+Anne Spicer m: Bef. 1658 ...2 John Lake, Jr. b: Abt. 1650 d: Abt. 1729 ......+Neeltje Claessen b: 1655 ......3 John Lake III b: Bef. Apr 16, 1688 d: Abt. 1754 .........+Martinah ____ .........4 Johannah Lake d: c.1778 in Jonesboro, TN (?) ............+Daniel Bayles II b: Dec 15, 1716 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon, NJ ..............m: Jan 13, 1736 in Middlesex Co., NJ d: 1800 in Washington Co., TN ..............5 John Bayles b: Nov 26, 1746 in Middlesex Co., NJ .................d: Feb 07, 1823 in Washington Co., TN There are possibly some errors in this line. My interest, of course, is in the Gravesend LAKE family and the other families that they are connected to. I see that your LAKEs of Hunterdon Co. may or may not be connected in some way. I know that some of my BAYLES(S) were in Hunterdon Co. and, as they were closely aligned to the Gravesend LAKEs (maybe as early as 1635), it could be that your LAKES are descendants of the Gravesend family. I will search further to see if I can find a link. For your information, a man named John LAKE came from ENG in 1635 on the ship Truelove of London. I believe he may have been the man known as John LAKE, Sr. of Gravesend who married Ann SPICER. I have no proof, however. I have no information about this man between 1635 and several years later when John LAKE, Sr. is known to have been in Gravesend. On the ship with John LAKE were two other men who also may be men who appeared on Long Island in the 1650s, William WELLS and John BAYLES (or BAILES or BAYLEY, etc.). John BAYLES also cannot be traced from the Truelove in 1635 until a man of this name appears in Southold, L.I., in the 1650s. Histories of the WELLS family (I have no ref.) seem to state that William WELLs did settle for a time in Lynn and later settled at Southold where he appears in the town records. John BAYLES is said to have been his indentured servant. I have very few Mass. refs. and have been unable to trace any of these men from the Truelove to Long Island. The Truelove supposedly sailed to the "Summer Isles" or Bermuda before going to Boston. The passenger list of the Truelove can be found in Hotten and also, I believe, on the Olive Tree WEB site: http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com END Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1892, XXV, Abstracts of Wills Recorded, in the Surrogate's Office of New York County, Vol. I, 1665-1707; Publication Fund Series; New York, MDCCCXCIII. BEGIN p. 332 - Liber 5-6, p. 496. Inventory of estate of John Poland, late of Gravesend. Taken by Samuel Poland. Appraised by Jacob Gulick and John Lake. "51 acres of land and eleven Garden spots" (not valued). Total amount of personal property, £11.10. Exhibited before Thomas Wenham, Esq., by Samuel Poland, administrator, May 22, 1707. p. 454 - Liber 7, p. 449 In God's name, Amen. Know ye that I, Marten Peterse Wyckoff, living at Gravesent, in Kings County, yeoman, being in perfect memory. I appoint my loving friends Claas Wyckoff, of Amersford, William Willensen and Johanes Guylick, of Gravesend, to whom I put this confidence to be my full and sole executors and overseers of my children. I leave to my wife Hannah, all my estate of houses and lands during her life, and then to be divided among my children, Grietie, Marytie, Anna, Sara, Mayaka, Jannettie and Peter. But my son Peter is to have £6 more than the rest. Dated September 27, 1697. Witnesses, John Lake, Abraham Emans. Proved, February 26, 1707/8, and Letters of administration are granted to wife Hannah, the executors refusing to serve. END Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1893, XXVI, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in the Surrogate's Office of New York County, Vol. II, 1708-1728; Publication Fund Series; New York, MDCCCXCIV. BEGIN p. 245 - Liber 9, p. 288. In the name of God, Amen, December 1, 1721, I, William Willemsen, of Gravesend, in Kings County, being very sick. Whereas I have sold all my lands in Gravesend to my son Nicholas Willemsen, for the sum of £600 to be paid to me, viz., £20 and as much more as he is able at or before the 1st day of May, 1717, and so annually till all be paid, but if not paid at the time of my decease, then to such persons as should be set forth in my will, As may appear by agreement dated July 5, 1716. And whereas he had paid me £143, 3s. and there is due £454, 16s, I will that he pay to my children, Peter, William, Johanes [Jacobus1], Cornelis, Anne, wife of John Griggs, Jr., and the children of my daughter Mary, wife of Bartholomew Marsh, and to the children of my daughter Gretie, wife of Abraham Emmans, each 1/8, and my son Nicholas is to keep 1/8 for himself, my son William is to have £5 for his birthright, and I make him and my son Nicholas executors. Witnesses, John Lake, Samuel Hubbard, S. Gerritsen. Proved, April 19, 1722. END Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1902, Vol. XXXV; Abstracts of Unrecorded Wills, Prior to 1790, on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York, Vol. XI; Publication Fund Series; New York, MDCCCCIII. BEGIN p. 132 In the name of God, Amen. May 4, 1723. I, John Lake, of Gravesend, Kings County. I leave to my son Daniel all my estate, houses, and lands in Gravesent or elsewhere. And he shall pay to my four other children, John, Thomas, and Nicholas, and my daughter Mary, wife of Cornelius Van Sickelen, as follows: To my son John, £110. To my other sons, £100 each, and to Mary Van Sickelen, £70. I leave to my son Daniel, a negro boy, 3 cows, 2 horses, wagons, ploughs, and Harrow. All the rest to my 5 children. My son Daniel is to provide my wife Mayke all necessary and needful things, and maintain her in his own house, and a Decent and Christian Burial, at his own cost. Witnesses, Samuel Hubbard, Samuel Gerritsen, Nicholas Williamse. Proved in New York, before Isaac Bobin, Esq., May 17, 1729. END from ancestry.com 6 Dec 2021 BEGIN John Lake, Jr., abt 1654-1729 Notes from PAF records, Annette F. Truesdell Rev. 2016 BIRTH: Birth date unknown but probably born abt 1654 in New Amsterdam from known history of John Sr. MARR: 1st) John was most probably married prior to Neeltje Claesen. In the 1683 Gravesend rateables, he is listed as head with 2 adults. Identity of first wife is not known. MARR: 2nd) 1684-1687, Neeltje (Eleanor) Claesen Smit, daughter of Claes Claesen Smit and Geertruyd Willakens. Neeltje was baptized 21 Mar 1655 at the New Amsterdam R.D. Church. Neeltje's first husband, Joseph Goulder's wd 16 Feb 1683, wp 1 April 1684. She and John were married sometime between 1684 and the birth of their son John in 1688. MARR: 3rd) Mayke ________. Circumstantial evidence suggest she might have been Mayke Pieterse Wycoff, widow of William Williamson. John Lake and William Williamson were neighbors. The Williamsons were witnesses of the baptism of John and Neeltje's son, John III. John Lake, Jr. was a witness to the will of William Williamson, dated 1721. Nicholas Williamson, son of William and Mayke is a witness to John Lake's will dated 1723. John's son Daniel is instructed in his will to provide a place in his house and decent Christian burial for John's wife "Mayke". This would suggest that she is also either sick or elderly. Still seeking further evidence. CHILDREN: Known children were Jan/John, bp 16 Apr 1688; Thomas; Nicholas; Mary; Daniel, bap 26 Apr 1696. Under the terms of his father's will, Daniel was to care for the widow, Mayke. Research done by Harriet Stryker-Rodda says that she is of the opinion that this "role" establishes Daniel as the son of John's wife, Mayke. However, Brooklyn DRC records indicate that Neeltje was the mother of Daniel. It can also be argued that John 3rd was the oldest child because of him receiving L10 more than the other children in John Jr.'s will, but this bequest could also have been merely because he was a namesake. Thomas, although named second in the will, is being linked in this database as the oldest child from a first marriage because of the age of his assumed wife, Jannetje Striker who was born in 1679. NOTE: John appears on the 1698 rateables of Gravesend with 8 children. It is probable that the identity of 5 of the children are those named in John's will: John, Thomas, Nicholas, Mary and Daniel. The identity of the other 3 could be Neeltje's 3 youngest children from her marriage to Goulder/Goulding - Nicholas, Ann and Abraham. Her oldest son, Joseph Goulder would be 24 yrs of age and not included as a child. It is supposed that Nicholas Goulder died young so he might not be one of the children. Ann Goulder is 16 yrs old and her marriage date is not known so she may or may not be one of the children. Another possibility is they could be a combination of one or more of John's children from a first marriage, Neeltje's children, John and Neeltje's children who died prior to John's will, or even children of his younger brother, Thomas who is presumed to be deceased. Without other records, actual identity of these children is unknown. DEATH: NY Unrecorded Wills (NY Wills vol.11), pg 133: "In the name of God, Amen. May 4 1723. I, John Lake, of Gravesend, Kings County. I leave to my son Daniel all my estate, houses, and lands in Gravesend or elsewhere. And he shall pay to my four other children, John, Thomas, and Nicholas, and my daughter Mary, wife of Cornelius Van Sickelen, as follows: To my son John, L110. To my others sons, L100 each, and to Mary Van Sickelen, L70. I leave to my son Daniel, a negro boy, 3 cows, 2 horses, wagons, ploughs, and Harrow. All the rest to my 5 children. My son Daniel is to provide my wife Mayke all necessary and needful things, and maintain her in his own house, and a Decent and Christian Burial, at his own cost. Wit: Samuel Hubbard, Samuel Gerritsen, Nicholas Williamse. wp NY before Isaac Bobin, 17 May 1729". TOWN and LAND RECORDS: 21 Nov 1670 - bought a horse of James Hubbard of Gravesend. 1683 - named in assessment roll of Gravesend, 2 adults. This implies that he is married by this time. 15 May 1684 - (Town Records, Book 3, p. 57) as a freeholder of Gravesend, signed a document along with other residents, including his brother, Daniel, to authorize Nicholas Stillwell, John Emans and Samuel Spicer to realign the boundaries of their patent due to a dispute between the freeholders of Gravesend and Elbert Elbertsen and the inhabitants of Flatlands. 12 Apr 1690 - (Town Records, Book 3, pg 58) John Lake was chosen Constable by vote for present year. 22 Jan 1692 - (Town Records, Book 3, p. 68) At a town mtg, John Poland and John Lake were chosen to meet with men at Flatbush to choose a County Treasurer. 19 May 1694 - (Town Records, Book 3, p. 77) John Lake and Cornelis Williamsen chosen at town meeting as fence viewers for the year. 13 Oct 1694 - (Town Records, Book 3, p. 79) William Williamsen and John Lake chosen Assessors for the year. At same meeting, assessed 40 1/2 poles and 1 foot share of the East Meadow fence. 1694 - bought of Hannah, widow of John Delavall of Pennsylvania, for L164, a house and 40 acres of land on Hogg's Neck in Gravesend. Abt May 1695 - (Town Records, Book 2, p.81) John Lake's share of the West Meadow fence was 1 share, 4 1/2 panels. 10 Jan 1695/6 - "Carsen Jansen." (Carsen, Caersten, or Kaersten) sold, as attorney of his son Peter, 2 lots of meadows in Gd to John Lake; and in 1697 he sold his house and lot in Gd, which he had bought of Michael Spicer, to Jacobus Emans, as per Gd rec. See Bergen's Early Settlers. 6 May 1696 - with Joakim Gulick, had a survey of 85 acres at Smoking Point, with nine acres at the mouth of the Fresh Kill, on Staten Island. 16 Oct 1696 - (Town Records, Book 3, p. 95) chosen as a Townsman for ensuing year. 12 Dec 1697: (Town Records, Book 2, p. 5) Lots no. 1 and 6 in the Northwoods and 10 and 36 in the Necks. His brother, Daniel in possession of Lot 17 and 18 in Northwoods and Lots 17 and 18 in the Necks. 10 Jan 1698/9 - (Town Records, Book3, p. 89) John Lake chosen Townsman in place of John Griggs who refused the job. 10 May 1700/1 - (Town Records, Book 3, p. 95) John Lake chosen, along with others to measure the line of fence along the Flatland Path and report to the town clerk. 25 May 1700 - (Town Records, Book 3, p. 91) John Lake in possession of Lot 18 on Hugh Garretson's Neck and Lot 31 on Gelder Neck. Also Lot 38 and 39 along with J. Griggs. 5 Sep 1700 - (Town Records, Book 3, p. 99) John Lake and Andrew Emans to erect a gate at the East Lane of town and to be reimbursed by the town. 1700 - Captain of militia. 5 Nov 1701 - (Town Records, Book 3, p. 94) John Lake, Reynier Van Sicklen and Andrew Emans chosen Overseers for the year. 30 Mar 1702 - (Town Records, Book 3, p. 96) Number of rods of fence measured for John Lake's Lot 24 was 18 1/2 rods, 3 ft. 11 inches. 4 Jan 1703 - (Kings Co. Conveyances, III, 188) was a witness to the sale of property from Barne Janse (Barent Johnson) to Elias Hubbard, lot number 11, of twelve acres in Gravesend in the neck; also lot number 34 at Hugh Garrisons, called the point in Gravesend; also meadow adjoining thereto number 27, 24 Oct 1703 - (Town Records, Book 3, p.108) Agreement made between John Lake and the town for a highway on his property and to maintain a gate on the West meadow bridge. 1714 - elder in Gravesend DRC. Benjamin Griggs and his brother, Daniel Griggs, signed the following document on January 4, 1715/16. “Know all men by these presents, that we the inhabitants of the Town of Gravesend, in Kings County, on the Island Nassau, here underwritten, do nominate, constitute and appoint John Lake and John Simonson elders of said town and by these presents have nominated, constituted John Lake and John Simonson, to compound a league with Mr. Cornelius Van Brunt and Mr. Pieter Cortelyou, deputies of the Town of New Utrecht, for the third part of all their divine services in which they have or will have of Mr. Freeman and Mr. Antonides, ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ; that is to say to have said services in our said Town of Gravesend; and, as the said inhabitants, do promise and engage ourselves to hold for good faith what said elders shall do in agreeing for said services and other considerations in the town's behalf and for the benefit of said ministers. And we promise to perform every article or articles as the said elders shall conclude of with said deputies.” (William Henry Stillwell, "History of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Gravesend, Kings County, NY" [1892]) 4 May 1723 - writes will. aftruesdell originally shared this 5 years ago story Mrs. Mayke Lake Notes from PAF files of Annette F. Truesdell Rev. date 2016 Named in will of husband John Lake, wd 4 May 1723, wp 17 May 1729. Harriet Stryker-Rodda, in her research, speculates that Mayke could have been Mayke Williamse Marsh, daughter of Mayke Pieterse and William Williamse. However, this doesn't seem likely as Bartholomew Marsh is still living when he writes his will, dated 4 Dec 1727. John Lake's will predates that. A better possibility is that Mayke is actually Mayke Pieterse Wycoff, widow of William Williamson. His will is dated 1 Dec 1721 and proved 19 Apr 1722. The Lake and Williamson families seem to have had several ties. William and Mayke were witnesses to the baptism of John and Neeltje's first child, John, per the Flatbush DRC records. "Nicholas Williamson", probably the son of William and Mayke, witnesses John's will in 1723. Needs further research to see if any records will support this. aftruesdell originally shared this 5 years ago story END From: WayneLII at aol.com (WayneLII at aol.com) Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 10:00:57 EDT BEGIN The Abstract Will of Jan Barensts: Abstracts of Wills Vol I 1665-1707, page 453: Page 443.--Edward, Viscount Cornbury. To all, etc. Whereas JOHN BARENTS, of Kings County, died intestate, Letters of administration are granted to his eldest son, Barent Johnson. February 28, 170 6/7 Jan Barentsen, died intestate; the eldest son, Barent Johnson, became administrator of the undistributed estate on February 28, 1706/7, over eight years after the death of his father. The part so remaining for distribution probably was personal property, as the real estate had been sold by the widow and her eldest son, Barent, the heir. During that period, 1697-1706, William's mother, Jannetie (van Borculo) Barentsen, received the portion of the estate allowed her by law. She sold a part of it and then married, secondly, on December 15, 1699, Elias Hubbard, to whom she conveyed by a recorded deed her remaining portion of the real estate. Under the English law of the province of New York, the remainder of the real estate fell in 1697 to her eldest son, Barent Johnson. To his brothers, Jan and William, and to his sister Margarietje (Cornelia perhaps being dead), was left for division only their shares of the two-thirds of the personal estate, the inventory of which is not now of record in the office of the surrogate of the county of New York, filed papers in that office having been allowed to disappear. Thus the estate was practically settled before the younger children, William, Margarietje, and perhaps Jan and Cornelia, if she was alive in 1706, became twenty-one years of age. Doubtless they lived until married or of age with their mother and stepfather, Elias Hubbard, on the estate that had been their father's. This seems particularly clear because their eldest brother, Barent, long before they became of age, sold all of his inheritance in land (being the entire two-thirds) to his stepfather, Elias Hubbard, on January 4, 1703 Barent was then twenty-two years old, Margaretje eight years old, and their brother, William Johnson, between ten and thirteen years old. The eldest son, Barent, is the only one of the five children whose name appears in connection with the land that had been their father's, the others having no claim to it under the law. Barent could and did sell it without their signatures being added to his conveyance. This conveyance, recorded in Kings County Conveyances, III, 188, put into the hands of Elias Hubbard, the last remainder of the real estate of which Jan Barentsen (van Zutphen) died possessed, viz. (abstract): Barne Janse of Gravesend, yeoman, for 130, sells to Elias Hubbard, lot number 11, of twelve acres in Gravesend in the neck; also lot number 34 at Hugh Garrisons, called the point in Gravesend; also meadow adjoining thereto number 27, all formerly in the tenure and occupation of my father, John Barentson, deceased; dated 4 January 1703. BARNE JANSEN. his John J. L. Lake Jochem Gulick. mark END From: "Renee L. Dauven" Subject: [NEW-NETHERLAND] John Lake, Gravesend and Lisbet Jans BEGIN I have added one new document to my website. Although it holds interest to a much smaller group of researchers than the previous lists might have held, it will be very interesting to that smaller group. The document is an entry in what appears to be the Court of Sessions Minute book for a court held in Flatbush on 30 April 1712. It seems to be the only record of a second marriage for John Lake, son of John Lake and Anne Spicer. John is known to have married Neeltje Claeszen as his first wife. At the time he wrote his will in 1723, he makes reference to his wife, Mayke. This document shows that he had another wife between these two. Thus this second wife was Elizabeth Jans. From the context of the law suit and the identity of her co-plaintiff, she is to be identified as Lisbet Jans van Rheenen, daughter of Jan Jacobsen (van Rheenen) and Geertje Gysbrechts. Her sister, called "Evah Oke" in this document, is the co-plaintiff. Eva was married to Jan Aukes (sometimes Van Nuys), the son of Auke Jansen Van Nuys and Magdalena Pieters. Geertje married Auke Jansen as her second husband. The specifics of the case are not given but the record does state that the two plaintiffs are heir to "John Jacobse late of Bedford" and that it is an action "de morte ancestors". They are suing Lamber Sychels, about whom I have failed to learn anything. However the case has been allowed to abate and judgment goes to Lambert. The source for this document is part of the Translations/Transliterations series for the Town Records of Long Island. Labeled as "Court and Road Records. 1668-1766" vol. 2, it is itemized on the Archives Master Sheets (their finding aid) with the only remaining volume of Brooklyn Records (Town Meetings 1785-1823) and is on the same reel of film as those records. For that reason, I have included it in the Brooklyn folder on my web-site. Also this particular volume is lacking the usual certificate at the end which gives the transcriber/translators statement. The statement by the County Clerk is included, dated Feb 1906. The writing appears to be that of Frank L. Van Cleef. I should add that Lisbet Jans (van Rheenen) first husband was Dirck Janszen Van Sutphin. Dirck died in about 1707. ---------------------------begin document---------------------------- Court Case of Elizabeth Lake and Eva Ouke vs Lambert Sychells Transcription by Renee L. Dauven Town Records of Kings County. Translations/Transliterations. Court and Road Records [Brooklyn]. vol. 2. 1668-1766. New York City Municipal Archives. Reel No. 116 p. 245 [Court of Sessions held at Flatbush beginning 18 April 1712] April 30, 1712 Elizabeth Lake wife John Lake of Gravesend in Ks County and Evah Oke wife of John Oke of Jamaico in Qs County the two parsonen and heire to John Jacobse late of Bedford in the township of Broockland in Kings County deceased, plt agt Lambert Sychells of Bedford aforesaid, deft an acon de morte ancestors Writt abated & Judgment given for ye deft -----------------------------end document---------------------------- END "Calendar of Historical Manuscripts, in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, N.Y.", E. B. O'Callaghan, Part II, 1866 BEGIN 1702. Nov. 3. Depositions. John Lake and Thomas Stillwell, as to the conflicting claims of the old and new sheriff of Kings county, page 74 Nov. 3. Depositions. John Griggs, Thomas Stillwell, John Lake, Thomas Cravan, of Gravesend, Kings county, as to a dispute between Richard Stillwell, present sheriff of said county, and Benjamin van de Water, late sheriff, respecting their powers in summoning a jury of inquest, page 75 END from CALENDAR OF N. Y. COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS Indorsed Land Papers; in the Office of the Secretary of State of New York 1643-1803 1864 BEGIN 1697. May 6. Description or a survey of a lot of land, on the west side of Staten Island, at Smoking point, containing 85 acres, together with one acre of meadow, fronting the said land, and nine acres at the mouth of the Fresh kill, over against Cedar point, laid out for John Lake and Joakim Gulick, 233 END