Cornelius Longfield, Gent.

Cornelius Langevelt

• Sex: M
• Birth: 1658 in New Amsterdam, (New York City), New York
• Christening: 4 DEC 1658 New Amsterdam, (New York City), New York
• Death: ABT 1733 in New Jersey
• Father: Cornelius Van Langevelt b: in St. Laurens, Flanders
• Mother: Marytze Jans (Mary) Cochradt
• Marriage 1 Mary Greenland b: in London, England - Married: 16 SEP 1680 in Old Dutch Church, New York City, New York "
• Occupation: Ferry Operator

Children

• Cornelius (~1681-)
• Mary (~1686-)
• Rachel (~1689-)
• Johannes (~1691-)
• Henry (1692-1770)
• Catherine (1695-1768)
• Thomas (1699-)
• Elizabeth (~1700-<1733)

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http://dutchgenie.net/GSBC-familyfiles/familyfiles/g1/p1055.htm#i83242

Cornelis Van Langevelt was baptized on 1 December 1658 at New York City (DRC) (sponsors: Hendrick Hendrickszen Obee and Anneken Loockermans; father Cornelis Van Langevelt, mother Marritje Jans.)1,2 He married Maria Greenlant on 16 September 1680 at New York City (DRC) (He was Cornelis Van Langevelt, jm from N. Yorke; she Maria Greenlant, jd from London, both liv. at Kid Katt way.)

Origins

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~havaland/langevelt-E.html

The widow Langeveldt married Thomas Lawrence, “the baker,” thus making Cornelius his stepson. A sister of Cornelius, Rachel, married another Thomas Lawrence, who became Mayor of Philadelphia in 1728 and again in 1735. Cornelius Longfield, by his wife Mary Greenland (daughter of Dr. Henry Greenland of Piscataway township), had a daughter Catherine, who married William Cox. He was the father of the noted Revolutionary officer,. Col. John Cox, whose daughters married into noted families.

Notes

http://allengenealogy.x10.mx/genealogy/ps26/ps26_352.htm

CORNELIUS LONGFIELD was born in New Amsterdam, 1658; baptized December 4 of that year, and died in New Jersey, where his will was dated February 5, 1733. He was in the House of Deputies 1698 and again in 1710, and was recommended for the Council by Lord Cornbury, 1708.7

From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=heffwest&id=I1068261:

"hollander from new york who settled in new brunswick, early in the eighteenth century and operated the ferry there.

langeveldt's mother was a daughter of ADMIRAL COCHRADTH, of the dutch navy who was engaged in memorable fight between the dutch and the english, in the reign of CHARLES 11 either ADMIRAL COCHRADTH or his son, removed afterwards to New York … [SIC - NO. A different family]

According to http://www.getnj.com/historicroadsides/middlesex.shtml

Cornelius Longfield and John Inian were the first settlers in New Brunswick NJ, coming there in 1681. This would have been within a year of his CL's marriage to Mary Greenland.

From Ancentral Records and Portraits:

An early settler of New Amsterdam, Cornelius van Langevelt (the name becoming Longfield in the next generation), came from St. Laurens in Flanders. He married, January 19, 1658, Marytze Jans, and died in the winter of 1662-63. Cornelius Longfield, their son, was born in New Amsterdam, 1658; baptized December 4 of that year, and died in New Jersey, where his will was dated February 5, 1733. He was in the House of Deputies 1698 and again in 1710, and was recommended for the Council by Lord Cornbury, 1708.7

He married in the old Dutch church of New York, September 16, 1680, Mary Greenland, "of London, but living up Kill Katway"; the daughter of Captain Henry Greenland. Issue, Catherine, married William Cox.

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~havaland/langevelt-E.html

“In 1655, in a record of a voluntary tax raised that year, Cornelius Langevelt is listed for one beaver and 8 florins. On April 14, 1657, Cornelius ‘Van Langevelt’ appears in the list of small burghers, there being but 204 of them at that date in New Amsterdam. In i66r there is mention of Langevelt’s wife, Marritje(Mary), and also mention of Thomas Laurens (or Laurensen, becoming Lawrence, ‘the baker’s wife/ called to Court by Geritje Pieter as witnesses in a case of defamation of character. This Thomas ‘the baker’ later married the widow of Cornelius Langevelt as stated above. Thomas ap- pears in Court to answer for failing to pay the minister’s quota Oct. 15, 1667, church support evidently not being optional at that date. “In the ‘Directory’ of 1665 the names of Thomas Laurensen and his wife Marritje Jans appear on Pearl street. Scot’s ‘Model,’ in 1680, mentions ‘Thomas Lawrence the baker’ and ‘Cornelius Longfield, his stepson,’ as landowners on the Raritan. Joseph Danker mentions in his ‘Journal’ in 1679 staying with Cornelius Longfield at the river. While at the Raritan he married the daughter of Dr. Henry Greenland, but evidently took his wife to New York, as the Dutch Domine, Henricus Selyn, in his list of church members with their residences, men- tions ‘Cornelius Van Langevelt and his wife Maria (Mary) Groenlant (Greenland),’ so that he and his wife preferred to make their home for a while at New York rather than among Indian friends on the Raritan.

‘‘Evidently the first Cornelis Langevelt died before 1679. From the fact that his name is omitted from the Directory of 1665 I should say that he died before 1665. “On November 10, 1681, ‘Capt. Cornelis Van Langvelt’ makes an aflfadavit regarding his purchase of land on the Raritan River, to which he had some difficulty in getting ihc title, as it appears in 1682, 1683 and 1684. In 1689 his stepfather deeded him his land 011 the Raritan (it would appear for the purpose of disposing of it for him).”

There is a statement by an unknown member of the New Jersey Council in 1711 to the effect that ‘if the vacancies in the Council were filled up with honest, well-meaning men like Cornelius Longfield’ (and others named), affairs, then in a muddle, would be easily settled. (4 “N. J. Archives,” 133).

Cornelius of New Brunswick must have died 011 or before 1733, when probably between 75 and 80 years of age, and his wife, Mary, before Mar. 25, 1747, when her will of Mar. 11, 1742, was probated (as per Trenton Wills, Lib. E, p. 4). No will of Cornelius appears on the records. There was a son, Henry, who died in 1769 or 1770 (Trenton Wills, Book K, p. 341).

References

• http://allengenealogy.x10.mx/genealogy/ps26/ps26_352.htm
• http://dutchgenie.net/GSBC-familyfiles/familyfiles/g1/p1055.htm#i83242 cites

1. [S1570] Ethel Konight, Colonial New Amsterdam-New York Family Groupsheets, FGS Cornelis Van Langevelt (NYDC p.51).
2. [S558] Thomas G. Evans, RDC New York Baptisms, NYDC Baptisms. <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rbillard/…
3. [S1570] Ethel Konight, Colonial New Amsterdam-New York Family Groupsheets, FGS Cornelis Van Langevelt (NYDC p.47).
4. [S1176] Samuel S. Purple, RDC New York Marriages, NYDC Marriages 1680. <https://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/…

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