Annetje Johannese van Santvoord

Cornelius Van Zantvoord married Annetje Staats ca 1718 on Staten Island, the daughter of Jan Pieterszen Staats & Catherine Corssen, Annetje was baptized at the Port Richmond Dutch Reformed Church on 20 Jun 1700 [no witnesses were given].

Children of Cornelius Santford & Annetje Staats, bpt at the Port Richmond DRC on Staten Island [Staten Island Church Records by Tobias Alexander Wright]:

1. Maria Catharina, bpt 6 Mar 1720; Sp: Jan Staats. Catharina Corssen [the maternal grandparents].

• 1720 Mar 06; Cornelis V. Santvoord, Anna Staats; Maria Catharina; Jan Staats, Catharina Corssen

2. Anna, bpt 23 Jul 1721; Sp: Do. Bernardus Freeman, V.D.M. on Long Island. Margaretha Van Schayk, both repres. by Jan Staats and Catharina Corssen.

• 1721 Jul 23; Cornelis V. Santvoord, Anna Staats; Anna; Do. Bernardus Freeman, Margaretha Van Schayk, Jan Staats, Catharina Corssen

3. Cornelius, bpt 8 Mar 1723; Sp: Jan Veghte. Cornelia Staats. [the maternal aunt and her husband]

• 1723 Mar 08; Cornelis Van Santvoord, Anna Staats; Cornelius; Jan Veghte, Cornelia Staats

4. Staats, bpt 21 Mar 1725; Sp: Douwe V. Woggelum. Maria Staats [the maternal aunt and her brother-in-law]

• 1725 Mar 21; Cornelis V. Santvoord, Anna Staats; Staats; Douwe V. Woggelum, Maria Staats

5. Jacoba, bpt 22 Dec 1728; Sp: Christiaan Corssen. Jannetje Staats [Jannetje Staats was another maternal aunt]

• 1728 Dec 22; Cornelis V. Santvoord, Anna Staats; Jacoba; Christiaan Corssen, Jannetje Staats

6. Zeger, bpt 7 Oct 1733; Sp: Mr. Jan Schuyler. Miss or Mrs. Sara Walters.

• 1733 Oct 07; Cornelis V. Santvoord, Anna Staats; Zeger; Mr. Jan Schuyler, Sara Walters
• NYBGR v 61 pg 222 - Matriculated Leyden University on 5 Feb 1707
• ibid #1 pg 223 - 24 Feb 1710 admitted to the Ecclesticai Examination before the Classis of Leyden.
• Ibid #2 - he is described as the "elect-minister of the Netherdutch and French Congregation of Staten Island, in New Netherland" in a record of the Orphan Masters of Leyden on 2 Dec 1717.
• ibid #1 - all his children by his first wife were born on Staten Island and moved with him to Schenectady. He had no children by his second wife.
• NYGBR v 14 pg 26 says he was 54 when he died in 1752 which would have him born in 1697. V 61 probably has later information. [Note: his date of birth was certainly much earlier than 1697; probably 1686/87]

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• Rev. CORNELIS, the fifth minister of the church in Schenectady, was called from the church on Staten Island in 1740.
• He probably came from Leyden, where he had a sister living at the date of his death, 1752. He was an accomplished scholar, and could preach equally well in the English, French and Dutch languages.
• His wife was Anna, dau. of Johannes Staats of Staten Island, where all his ch. were born; she d. soon after coming to Schenectady, and he m. secondly, Elisabeth Toll, Aug. 19, 1745; she also was deceased at the date of his will, leaving no issue.