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Susanna Cosaadt or Cossart

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  • Name Susanna Cosaadt or Cossart 
    Christened 6 Jun 1742  First Reformed Church of Raritan, Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died of Danube, Herkimer, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2147  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father David Cossart,   c. 23 Apr 1704, Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, New York City, New York, New York, United States. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Catalyntie,   b. From 1706 to 1711, of, , New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1734  of Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F663  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Francis or Frans Frederick,   b. 26 Aug 1753, Warrensbush (now Florida), Albany (now Montgomery), New York, United States. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1833, of Danube, Herkimer, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 81 years) 
    Married 30 Dec 1774  Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Caughnawaga, Caughnawaga (now Fonda), Tryon (now Montgomery), New York, United States. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Philip Frederick,   b. Abt 1776, Warrensbush (now Florida), Tryon (now Montgomery), New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1830, of Clarendon, Orleans, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years)
     2. Catharina Frederick,   b. 27 Jun 1785, Resenbos (now Florida), Montgomery, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Frederick,   b. From 1790 to 1800, of Minden, Montgomery, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Frederick,   b. From 1790 to 1800, of Minden, Montgomery, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F245  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. The link between Susanna Cosaadt who married Francis Frederic and Susanna Cossart, dau. of David and Catherine (Catlyntie) Cossart is circumstantial but compelling never the less. In the same locality and at the same time as Susanna are found three brothers - David, Cobus (Jacobus), and Frans (Francis) Cossart - all sons of David and Catherine (Catlyntie) Cossart. This is a prominent New Amsterdam/New York City family with later roots in Raritan (now Somerville), Somerset, New Jersey. The three brothers migrated from New Jersey to Montgomery co., NY, circa 1772. This same set of parents also had a daughter Susanna bapt. in 1742 in New Jersey. There were no other Cosaadt/Cossarts in Montgomery co. before this family showed up making it most likely that Susanna is the sister of the brothers. There would be an apparent age difference between Susanna (chr. 1742) and her husband Francis Frederick (chr. 1753), but this is not necessarily a deal-breaker especially considering there are no other alternatives. Note that none of the brothers or their considerable other siblings could have had a daughter old enough to be Susanna since they also marry about the same time as Susanna and Francis Frederick. A review of the censuses in which Francis Frederick and Susanna appear does not help. In 1790 no ages of females are given. The 1810 census entry has not yet been found. In 1820 the oldest female category is only 45+. In 1830, the wife is shown as age 50-60, which would have been too young to even have had the children we know of and is suspect unless was possibly a second wife for Francis. This leaves us with the 1800 census, which is a bit problematic since it reports the wife as being age 26-44 (born 1766-1784); however, this would be very inconsistent with a proven marriage in 1774 - so the age data is suspect (especially so considering that the same age is given for Francis Frederick when in actuality he was at least 46 (chr. 1753). Note that there is also the possibility that the 1800 census also contained a younger unknown second wife for Francis with a possible death for Susanna of bef. 1800 if in fact the age of the wife of 26-44 were proved to be correct.

      2. Variant name spellings include Cosaadt, Cossadt, Cassadt, Cosaardt, Coesaert, Cosart, Cossart, Cosaad, Cressart, Gresaart, Gressaadt, or Cosnat.

      3. FHL book 974.761D2G "Early Families of Herkimer County New York, Descendants of the Burnetsfield Palatines," by William V.H. Barker, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1986, preface: "In 1664 the British took control of New York State and the Mohawk Valley area came under the jurisdiction of Albany County from that time until about 1774 when it became Tryon county (in 1784 the area was renamed as Montgomery county, the western portion of which was set off in 1791 as Herkimer County). In modern times, Herkimer County bounded by Oneida County on the west and by Montgomery and Fulton Counties on the east." [N.B. Tryon was changed to Montgomery because Tryon followed the Tory cause whereas Montgomery was a patriot.]

      4. The following is from http://www.threerivershms.com/knittlesubsistence.htm with the following explanation: "'Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration - A British Government Redemptioner Project to Manufacture Naval Stores,' by Walter Allen Knittle, Ph.D., Department of History, College of the City of New York, Published Philadelphia, 1937: The NEW YORK SUBSISTENCE LIST. This list was compiled from the "journal" of Palatine debtors to the British government for subsistence given either in New York City or in the Hudson River settlements, from their landing in 1710 to September, 1712. The list was found in the Public Record Office, C. O. 5/1230 and was corrected from the accompanying "ledger," C. O. 5/1231. As it seemed advisable to include some indication of the number in each family and since limitations of space forbade the inclusion of the six notations at various times given in the journal, only two notations have been given here, that is, the first in 1710 usually and the last in 1712 normally. Thus, with "Abelman, Johann Peter 2-1, 2-0," the size of the family signified is two adults and one child under ten years of age; by 1712 the child had died for we have noted only two adults. All children over ten years of age were given the full allowance for adults and were therefore not distinguished from more mature members of the family. Where only one notation of family size appears, the presumption is of death, or in the case of women, of marriage." The following are the only Frederick listings and I am not sure of the relation if any:
      Friderich, Conrad 4-0, 4-0
      Friderich, Hanns Adam 1-0, 2-0
      [Nothing similar to Saltz nor C(K)assadt.]

      5. Censuses:
      1790 US: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyherkim/census/mohawk1790.html; 1790 Census, Montgomery County, Mohawk Town:
      1st No.-Free white males over 16 years 2nd No.-Free white males under 16 years 3rd No.-Free white females 4th No.-All other free persons 5th No.-Slaves
      *illegible
      Brittain, Abraham - 1-2-5-0-0 [Abraham Brinton?] Frederick, Francis - 1-3-3-0-0 Frederick, Peter - 1-3-5-0-0 Frederick, Philip - 1-0-1-0-2
      Marlet, Michael - 1-1-4-0-0 Mower, Hendrick - 1-1-1-0-0
      VanHorn, Cornelius - 2-2-5-0-0 VanHorn, Thomas - 1-1-5-0-*

      1800 US: Minden, Montgomery, New York, p. 10 of 19, these two were next door neighbors and related by marriage, the columns are first male then female 0-9, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, 45+:
      Francis Frederick: 1-0-1-1-0; 1-1-0-1-0
      Thomas Van Horne: 2-1-0-1-0; 1-1-0-1-0

      1820 US: Danube, Herkimer, New York, p. 13 of 13:
      Francis Frederick, 0-0-1(16-18)-1(18-25)-0-1(45+); 0-0-0-0-1(45+)

      1830 US: Danube, Herkimer, New York, p. 11 of 20 [Could this be a second wife for Francis since the female appears to be too young to have had Phillip]:
      Francis Fredrick, male: 1(70-80); female: 1(50-60).

      6. The following baptismal records are found in the book "Compendium of Mohawk Valley Families," by Marily Penrose. Unfortunately none of the baptisms have sponsors' names so currently it is conjecture on my part that David, Cobus, Frans, Susanna are all siblings in the same generation. The source for the baptisms is given by the author as "DRC," which means church records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church. The entries appear to come from the same original church book meaning that these individuals with the same last name are geographically close. The location of the church is Caughnawaga, now the Reformed Church of Fonda, in the village of Fonda, Montgomery County, N.Y. Book also contains one marriage entry for this surname: "Cosaadt, Frans m. Nancy Johnson, 6/20/1777 (DRC:161).The entries:
      A. Cosaadt, Cobus And Elizabeth (Seedam): Neyltje, b. 4/4/1776, bapt. 4/24/1776 (DRC:37); Peter, b. 1777, bapt. 4/15/1777 (DRC:42); Cobus, bapt. 2/19/1786 at age 2 months (DRC:76, 77).
      B. David:
      a. David Cosaadt and Jannetje (Stimish): Jacobus, b. 11/27/1774, bapt. 1/27/1775 (DRC:32); Cataluntje, b. 11/25/1779, bapt. 1/23/1780 (DRC:54).
      b. David Cosnat and Janneche (Stumerse) [assumed by author and myself to be the same two individuals as above]: Benjamin, b. 12/24/1772; bapt. 3/31/1773 (DRC:24).
      C. Cosaadt, Frans and Nancy (Johnson): Catrina, b. 3/8/1778; bapt. 5/10/1778 (DRC:47).

      7. From the Montgomery Co. Archives, NY, family file for Frederick family: "The book 'Genealogies of the First Settlers of Schnectady,' by Prof. J. Pearson, p. 74: Catharina b. 27 Jun 1785 to Francis Frederick of Remsenbos and Susanna Gresaart - sp: Philip Frederick and Catharina Schuyler.
      Note: Remsenbos is in the southeast corner of Florida Township and the Fredericks may have traveled the short distance to Schnectady to have their child baptized. The pension application of Francis would have believe that he was not residing in Schnectady.

      8. Received 30 Jul 2003 from Frederick descendant and researcher Mary Lou Spaulding, 1502 Haney Dr., Hays, KS 67601, 785-628-6465:
      FHL film 9513920 mentions Philip Frederick and Gitty (another name for Gertrude). You will also find in the same film the name of Peter Crosset, which is probably the same family as Susannah Cossadt, in the same church (Reformed Dutch Church, Caughnawaga) where she is married you will find several young men who seem to be all one family. The name is spelled several different ways on different records, but I feel they are all the same family."

      CHRISTENING:
      1. Website http://raub-and-more.com/raritanbap/06.html accessed 18 May 2013. "Baptisms Reformed Church Raritan (Somerville), NJ, March 8, 1699 -June 28, 1829" from the collection of the late Beulah Gangaware (circa 1930s), p. 29. Entry: 6 Jun 1742 Coessaert, Davit & Catlyntie; Susanna; no sponsors listed.
      The earliest known ecclesiastical organization in Somerset County was that of the First Reformed Church of Raritan (now Somerville), originally known as the Reformed Dutch Church of Raritan. It was organized March 9, 1699. The church baptismal records are preserved from the beginning, the first three baptisms recorded being March 8, 1699, made, no doubt, by Rev. Guiliam Bertholf, of Hackensack, in whose presence, next day, the first elder and first deacon of the Raritan church were installed. Bertholf probably supplied the organization with preaching until 1717. The next known minister to officiate was the Rev. Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen, who was called from Holland and arrived in 1720, becoming pastor of the four churches of Raritan, Three-Mile Run, Six-Mile Run and North Branch (Readington). June 9, 1749 Rev. Dr. Messler. The baptisms were written out in the Dutch language until 1720, when English, with some Dutch intermixed, was substituted. Some of the early entries, while admirably kept and well preserved, are exceedingly hard to decipher, owing to the unusual spellings (often greatly varied) of the proper names.

      2. Website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kindred/BRar1699.txt accessed 18 May 2013. Title: R D C: First Reformed Church, Raritan (Somerville) Baptisms 1699-1745. Author: Somerset County Historical Quarterly Publication: Vol. II, 1913, pgs. 38, 138, 209, and 298. Translated and compared with original records: 1742 June 6 Coesaert, Davit and Catlyntie - Susanna.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Marriage records of "Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Caughnawaga: now the Reformed Church of Fonda, in the village of Fonda, Montgomery County, N.Y.," New York, unknown, 1917, 748 pp.:
      Lodewyk Frederick and Alida Miller, 21 Mar 1774.
      Frans Frederick and Susanna Cosaadt, 30 Dec 1774.
      Frans Cosaadt and Nancy Johnson, 20 Jun 1777.
      Thomas Van Horne and Maria Frederick, 21 Oct 1779.
      Peter Frederick and Elizabeth Marlet, 21 Oct 1779 [same time as Thomas Van Horne.]
      (Illegible) Mair? and the daughter of Philip Fredrick, 23 Jan 1788. [Could this be Hendrick Mower and Elizabeth Frederick?]
      Christian Plank and Hannah Frederick, 1 Jan 1801.
      George Frederick and Caty Cag, 21 Feb 1803.

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Henry Z. Jones is the author of three series of books on the Palatines: "The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who arrived in New York in 1710," (1985); "More Palatine Families," (1991); and "Even More Palatine Families, 18th Century Immigrants to the American Colonies and their German, Swiss and Austrian Origins," 2002. I have reviewed all three and the very little I find is quoted above.