Jacobus CORSEN

Bef 1690 - Bef 1756  (< 66 years)

• Name	Jacobus CORSEN
  Birth	Bef 6 Apr 1690	New York City, New York County, NY
  Gender	Male
  AFN	30BJ-LF
  Will	12 Mar 1756	Hunterdon County, NJ
  Death	Bef 20 Aug 1756	Hunterdon County, NJ
  Probate	20 Aug 1756	Hunterdon County, NJ
  Notes	(1) http://www.altlaw.com/edball/dutchbap.htm#1660: Baptisms at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam (1639-1730) Manually Entered by Theodore Brassard [Note: The baptisms are laid out in order as follows: The date of the baptism; the parents; the child; and the witnesses. Note the separation of each item by semicolons.] BAPTISMS OF 1690 . . . 6 Apr; Jan Corszen, Metje Cray; Jacobus; Theunis de Key, Catharina der Val (2) Corson, Orville, Three Hundred Years With the Corson Families in America, Burlington, VT: Free Press Interstate Printing Corp., 1939, Vol. I, pp. 11-12: JACOBUS (JAMES) CORSEN, the seventh child of Jan Corszen and Metje Cray, married Adriaentje Koevert. Jacobus and his family resided for a time in the now Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, N. J., on land that was part of the original grant of 1,904 acres to Captain Cornelis Corssen and others of Staten Island. Captain Cornelis Corssen, the eldest son of Cors Pieterszen and Tryntje Hendricks, and his descendants constitute the Staten Island group of Corsons in America. Jacobus Corsen and Adriaentje Kovert baptized six children. In the Dutch Reformed Church of the River and Lawrence Brook and in the Church at Six Mile Run, near New Brunswick, they baptized five of them as follows: [1] JOHANNES CORSEN, bapt. Apr. 3, 1717; [2] JANNIKE CORSEN, bapt. Mar. 27, 1720; [3] METJE CORSEN, bapt. Mar. 11, 1722; [4] MARGREITJE CORSEN, bapt. Dec. 20, 1724; [5] TUENIS CORSEN, bapt. July 23, 1727. In the Dutch Church of Readington, Hunterdon County, N. J., the baptismal record of the youngest child appeared as follows: [6] GEERTRITY CORSEN, bapt. June 11, 1732, witness was Elizabeth ?. Jacobus Corsen died between Mar. 12, 1756, the date he made his will, and Aug. 20, 1756, the date it was proved. In this will he was referred to as "turner" and his residence was given as Reading Township, Hunterdon County, N. J. He mentioned his wife, Adrientje; children: John; Margeret Smock; Geetry Cole; Yannette; Matte Coursen; Tunis Coursen; and granddaughter, Ida, daughter of Yannettje by David Kinney. Executors: Sons-in-law, Jacobus Smock and Benjamin Cole. Witnesses: John Reading, Abraham Sutphen, and John Aller. The executors refused to serve and John Corson of Rocksbury Township, Morris County, N. J., was named as administrator with Daniel McKinney of Readington, Hunterdon County, as fellow-bondsman. 1756, July 3. Inventory of estate. Real House and Lot, ??18. Personal Estate, ??28.40; Dutch Book ??2.6. Made by Abraham Sutphen and John Aller.
  Person ID	I12636	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Jan CORSZEN
  Mother	Metje THEUNIS,   b. Bef 12 Jun 1650, New Amsterdam, New Netherland [now New York City, New York County, NY]
  Marriage	25 Oct 1673	Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York County, NY
  Notes	(1) http://olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/rdcmarr1673.shtml: New Amsterdam (New York City) Reformed Dutch Church Marriages 1673 . . . 25 Octob. . . . Eodem. Jan Corszen, j. m. Van't Recif in Brasiel, en Metje Theunis, j. d. Van N. Orangien. 8 dicto.
  Family ID	F5237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adriaentje KOEVERT
  Children	1. Johannes CORSSEN,   b. Bef 3 Apr 1717, NJ d. Bef 27 Feb 1770, Sussex County, NJ (Age < 52 years)
  Family ID	F5726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024