Individual Details
Jan Cornelius Van Texell 2nd
(Abt 1625 - 1704)
Jan Cornelius and Antje's children were all baptised in the Dutch Church at Fort Amsterdam. Afterwards they moved from New Amsterdam to the Indian town of Appamacpo in Westchester Co. His farm took up almost the entire village of Sing Sing and he became a prominent man in this area. Jan Cornelius held the position of tax collector of the town for several years before 1700, paying them over to Chidley Brook, the colonial treasurer.
Jan Cornelissen Van Texel and wife, Annetje Alberts, remove to Philipsburg Manor and become founding members of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow. In 1697 the whole family were members of the Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow. They and their children file suit to claim rights to Native American ancestral homelands
In 1685 Jan Cornelissen presented a petition to Governor Dougan, which will be found in Volume 2, page 69 of Land papers, Office of the Secretary of State, Albany N.Y. The paper is complete excepting that a part of the page at the beginning of the document is torn off. As Col. Thomas Dougan was Governor of the Province of New York from 1683 to 1688, the date must have been 1685. It reads as follows:
" The petition of Cornelissen Showeth:
That your petitioner is a native of this Province, his father a Christian, his mother an Indian of Long Island. "That he hath married a Christian in this Province, and by her hath nine children now living. "And whereas the Indians, his kindred, are willing to divide, set out and allot that share of land, which according to their wisdom is his right, and inheritance at a certain place called Tersarge, being to the eastward of the town of Huntington, on the north side of Long Island, which for the better support of himself and his family he is intended to cultivate and improve. He therefore humbly prays that your Honorable will be pleased to order him a warrant for the same, upon which he may obtain a patent or grant and confirmation from your Honorable, under his Majesty, for the same.
"And your petitioner will ever pray etc."
Upon the side of the paper is written "John Cornelissen."
As action was not taken upon this petition during the life of Jan Cornelissen, which ended in 1704, a new petition was prepared and presented to Lord Cornbury, Governor of the province of New York. It is dated July 30, 1705, and is on file in Volume 4 of Land Papers page 56, office of New York's Secretary of State and read as follows:
"The humble petition of Cornelis Van Texel, Jacob van Texel, Jan Van Texel, William Van Texel, sons of Jan Cornelissen Van Texel, late deceased, and Hendrick Lent, husband of Catharine, one of the daughters of said John; Barent De Witt, husband of Sarah, another daughter of said John, and Peter Storm, husband of Margaret also a daughter of said John:
Humbly showeth that whereas your petitioner's father as heir to his mother, Catoneras, a native Indian of the Island Nassamo, who in her lifetime was seized of a certain tract or parcel of land, lying and being in the Island aforesaid, now in the county of Suffolk, next the town of Huntington, called by the natives, Anendesack, in English, Eader's Neck beach, and so along the Sound four miles or thereabouts until the Fresh Pond, called by the natives, Assawanama, where a creek runs into the Sound, and from the Sound running in to the woods six miles or thereabouts.
And your Petitioners, being all Christians, and professing the Holy Protestant religion, and knowing that the Heathen never were disturbed in the possession of their lands of inheritance in the Government, your petitioner,as Christians, also would very willingly hold the same by his Majesty's Letters Patent under the seal of this Province.
Your Petitioners therefore pray etc.
Cornelis Van Texel
Jacob the mark of Van Texel
Jan Van Texel
Hendrick the mark of Lent
Barent De Witt
Peter P.S. the mark of Storm
Jan Cornelissen Van Texel and wife, Annetje Alberts, remove to Philipsburg Manor and become founding members of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow. In 1697 the whole family were members of the Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow. They and their children file suit to claim rights to Native American ancestral homelands
In 1685 Jan Cornelissen presented a petition to Governor Dougan, which will be found in Volume 2, page 69 of Land papers, Office of the Secretary of State, Albany N.Y. The paper is complete excepting that a part of the page at the beginning of the document is torn off. As Col. Thomas Dougan was Governor of the Province of New York from 1683 to 1688, the date must have been 1685. It reads as follows:
" The petition of Cornelissen Showeth:
That your petitioner is a native of this Province, his father a Christian, his mother an Indian of Long Island. "That he hath married a Christian in this Province, and by her hath nine children now living. "And whereas the Indians, his kindred, are willing to divide, set out and allot that share of land, which according to their wisdom is his right, and inheritance at a certain place called Tersarge, being to the eastward of the town of Huntington, on the north side of Long Island, which for the better support of himself and his family he is intended to cultivate and improve. He therefore humbly prays that your Honorable will be pleased to order him a warrant for the same, upon which he may obtain a patent or grant and confirmation from your Honorable, under his Majesty, for the same.
"And your petitioner will ever pray etc."
Upon the side of the paper is written "John Cornelissen."
As action was not taken upon this petition during the life of Jan Cornelissen, which ended in 1704, a new petition was prepared and presented to Lord Cornbury, Governor of the province of New York. It is dated July 30, 1705, and is on file in Volume 4 of Land Papers page 56, office of New York's Secretary of State and read as follows:
"The humble petition of Cornelis Van Texel, Jacob van Texel, Jan Van Texel, William Van Texel, sons of Jan Cornelissen Van Texel, late deceased, and Hendrick Lent, husband of Catharine, one of the daughters of said John; Barent De Witt, husband of Sarah, another daughter of said John, and Peter Storm, husband of Margaret also a daughter of said John:
Humbly showeth that whereas your petitioner's father as heir to his mother, Catoneras, a native Indian of the Island Nassamo, who in her lifetime was seized of a certain tract or parcel of land, lying and being in the Island aforesaid, now in the county of Suffolk, next the town of Huntington, called by the natives, Anendesack, in English, Eader's Neck beach, and so along the Sound four miles or thereabouts until the Fresh Pond, called by the natives, Assawanama, where a creek runs into the Sound, and from the Sound running in to the woods six miles or thereabouts.
And your Petitioners, being all Christians, and professing the Holy Protestant religion, and knowing that the Heathen never were disturbed in the possession of their lands of inheritance in the Government, your petitioner,as Christians, also would very willingly hold the same by his Majesty's Letters Patent under the seal of this Province.
Your Petitioners therefore pray etc.
Cornelis Van Texel
Jacob the mark of Van Texel
Jan Van Texel
Hendrick the mark of Lent
Barent De Witt
Peter P.S. the mark of Storm
Events
| Birth | Abt 1625 | Fort Amsterdam, Manhattan, New York |  |  | |
| Marriage | 1 May 1657 | Midwont, Flatbush, New York - Annetje / Antje Alberts (Ecker) | | ||
| Death | 1704 | Tarrytown, Westchester, New York, British America | | ||
| Baptism | Dutch Church, Fort Amsterdam, Manhattan, New York | |
Families
| Spouse | Annetje / Antje Alberts (Ecker) (1640 - 1731) |
| Child | Catherine "Catrina" Van Tassel (1664 - ) |
| Child | Cornelius Van Tassel (1667 - ) |
| Child | Sarah van Tassel (1670 - 1708) |
| Child | Grietje Margaret Van Tassel (1672 - ) |
| Child | Jacob Van Tassel (1676 - ) |
| Child | Jan Van Tassel (1678 - ) |
| Child | William Van Tassel (1681 - ) |
| Child | Annetje Van Texell (1683 - ) |
| Father | Jan Cornelius Van Tassel (Texell) (1600 - 1684) |
| Mother | Cateronas (1603 - 1659) |
Notes
Birth
The exact date of the birth of Jan Cornelissen Van Texel, is unknown, but judging by the apprenticeship paper, and the general custom in such cases, it is the best opinion that at the end of the term of seven years apprenticeship to Hendrick Harmensen, Jan Cornelissen was twenty one years old. From this it is concluded that he was fourteen years old in 1639 and was born in 1625.Endnotes
1. Gazaway, Kathryn DeWitt, DeWitt family research. (Utopia, Texas: compiled by Kathryn DeWitt Gazaway, grannykk@peppersnet.com).
2. Gazaway, Kathryn DeWitt, DeWitt family research. (Utopia, Texas: compiled by Kathryn DeWitt Gazaway, grannykk@peppersnet.com).
3. Gazaway, Kathryn DeWitt, DeWitt family research. (Utopia, Texas: compiled by Kathryn DeWitt Gazaway, grannykk@peppersnet.com).
4. Gage, Clyde V., Gage-Shepard, a family record : including information on the principal related families of Bowen, Clapper, Crispel, Gage (Herkimer County, N.Y.), Grover, Hoag, Jessup, Mabie, Makepeace, Maxwell, Smith, Van Tassel, and Woodcock (1961, 234 pgs.: C.V. Gage, Worcester, N.Y.).