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1. The book, “A history of the Camfield family: with special emphasis on the descendants of John Freeman Camfield and Margaret Singleton Camfield…,” by Ernest Ross Camfield (Privately printed; 1999), “THE FAMILY OF LANEN VAN PELT AND ITS CONNECTION WITH THE LONGSTREETS,” pp. 265-66:
“(The connection of [the Longstreet] family comes entirely through the marriage of Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet with Moica)
Jan Lanen Van Pelt.
He was the first of whom we have any knowledge. His true name in its English equivalent was "John Lane", the "Van Pelt" was an addition used, which was quite common in those days to signify where a family came from ... their usual home or locality; or the home of their father, it assisted in distinguishing them. In this instance it was "Jan Lanen of Peel," or translated, "John Lane of Peel." It simply meant that John Lane was from Peel, which in "Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World" is an extensive marsh in the East part of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of North Brabant and Limburg, occupying about 60 square miles between the Meuse and the Aa. Jan Lanen Van Pelt may have been from "Peel," but he is recorded as living in the city of Liege, Belgium in 1650. Consequently, the history books say he was "not a proper Dutchman but a Walloon." Nothing is known of his birth or death, and only two of his children are known to us.
CHILDREN:
-Tenunis Jansen Lanen Van Pelt. He brought over his wife and six children: Jan Teunise Lanen Van Pelt; Anthony Teunise Lanen Van Pelt; Elizabeth Teunise Lanen Van Pelt; Magdalena Teunise Lanen Van Pelt; Kert Teunise Lanen Van Pelt; Wouter Teunise Lanen Van Pelt; He married 2nd to Gertrude Jans, widow of John Otter, his children by her were: Hendrick Teunis Lanen Van Pelt; Teuntje Teunise Lanen Van Pelt; Rebecca Teunis Lanen Van Pelt. It is known th[at] on 7 April 1670 he bought land from David Jocherns, 114 acres located in Bushwick, near Brooklyn, New York. He bought additional lands in New Utrecht in 1675, 78, and '80. (Source: EARLY SETTLERS OF KINGS COUNTY, by Bergen. Mr. Bergen's book gives an extensive account of the descendants of this family)
-Matthys Jansen Lanen Van Pelt.”
2. The book “Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet with Its Related Families…,” by Edward Mayes (Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Inc., Rutland, VT; 1989?), p. D-15:
“… the first comers were the family of Van Lieuwen, in 1652, in the year when Van Tromp was parading the English Channel with his broom aloft, seven years after the appointment of Peter Stuyvesant to the Directorship of the Province, and two years before the organization of the first congregation on Long Island. Next came the Longstreets, in 1657, five years later, and two years after the building of the church at Flatbush. Then arrived the family of Lanen van Pelt, in 1666, the year before the English seizure of the province, and fourteen years before the organization of the church at New Utrecht.
Although the family of Van Lieuwen preceded the Longstreets by five years, and the natural course of historical statement would therefore demand that account be first given of them, yet the logical arrangement of a genealogical narrative requires that the Longstreets be given precedence: they are the main branch, and any other course would beget confusion.
By way of preliminary, a statement in respect to Dutch names is needed. They then made but little use of family names. Many of them had none. Even in the most formal and important documents men are frequently designated by their Christian names alone; and that, where they were possessed of patronymics. It was, however, the custom to add to a man's own Christian name that of his father. These peculiarities cause much trouble, in tracing genealogies. There is one drawback on this difficulty, however, which is that the name of a person, as written, usually gives the Christian name of his father; thus Stoffel Dircks, means Stoffel the son of Dirck; Thys Janse means Thys the son of Jan. The terminations used for this purpose were various, but principally these: s, z, es, se, ces, en, sz.”
3. The book “Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet with Its Related Families…,” by Edward Mayes (Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Inc., Rutland, VT; 1989?), pp. D36-D37:
“THE FAMILY OF LANEN VAN PELT. The connection with this family conies through the marriage of Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet with Moica.
JAN LANEN (or Laanen) VAN PELT, is the first of whom we have knowledge. (Authorities: "Early Settlers of Kings County," Bergen, p. 343-4.) His true name, in its English equivalent, was John Lane; antiquarians learned in such matters holding that the words "Van Pelt" were an addition used (as was quite common in those days) by a family which had removed from its usual seat or home to indicate the locality from which it came: or, where there were several of the same name, to distinguish between them. In this instance, it is supposed that the name, "John Lane of Peel” meant that John Lane was from Peel: which is mentioned in "Lippincott's Gazetter of the World," as an extensive marsh in the east part of the Netherlands, provinces of North Brabant and Limburg, occupying about 60 square miles, between the Meuse and the Aa. However that may be, Jan did about 1650, or before, live in or near the city of Liege, in Belgium. Consequently he was, not, properly speaking, a Dutchman, but a Walloon. We know nothing of his marriage or of his death, nor of his children except two. These were,
(1) Teunis Jansen Lanen Van Pelt. Teunis (or Tonis Jansen Lanen Van Peelt, as written by himself) brought over his wife, supposed to be named Grietje Jans, and six children. [KP Note: This name seems suspiciously to be the same name as his second wife and it probably given in error by the author.] He married, 2nd., Aug. 6, 1686, Gertrude Jans, widow of John Otter. Bought Apl. 7, 1670, of David Jochems of N. Y., land near Brooklyn, previously granted to Ryer Lambertse, containing 114 acres, located in Bushwick. Bought land In New Utrecht in 1675, '78, and '80. Was on Dongan's patent of 1686, and took the oath of allegiance there in 1687. Issue. (1). Jan Teunise, mar. Maria Pieterse, died after 1720. (2). Anthony Teunise. mar. Magdalina (or Helena) Joosten, died Feb. 2, 1720-21. (3). Elizabeth Teunise. (4). Magdalena Teunise (called Jackemvntje, by a deed of 1700), mar. Joachim Gurick. (5) Aert Teunise Lanen, mar. Sept. 10, 1686, Neeltie janse Van Tuil, of N. Y., died after 1739. (6). Wouter Teunise, of Gowanus mar. Mar. 22. 1686, Maryte, daughter of Johannes C. Schaers, died about Sept. 1744. (7), Hendrick Teunise, mar. Annitie Minders, died after 1686. (8). Teuntje Teunise, mar. Harmanus van Gelder. (9). Rebecca Teunise. mar. Abraham de La Montague. Quite an extensive account Is given in Mr. Bergen's book of the further descendants of this branch: but they are so far removed that I shall not run them out.
(2) Matthys Jansen Lanen Van Pelt.”
4. The book “Register in Alphabetical Order, of the early settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N. Y.; from its first settlement by Europeans to 1700; with contributions to their biographies and genealogies,” by Teunis G. Bergen (New York: S.W. Green's Son, 1881), p. 181:
“Lane, Laan, Laen, or Lanen, Adriaen, Gysbert Thysen, Jacob Thysen, Jan Thysen, and Teunis Janse, (see Van Pelt). It is probable that many if not all of the Lanes or Laans of Monmouth Co., N. J., are of the same stock or family as the Van Pelts, using Lane, Laan, or Laen as their surname instead of Van Pelt, and that they are the descendants of Gysbert Thysz Van Pelt Lanen and Jacob Thysz Van Pelt Lanen.
Symon, of Gd in 1657, as per town rec. Signed his name “Symon Lane," Clericus.
Abbreviations: Bro. = Brooklyn; Flds = Flatlands; N.U. = New Utrecht; D. ch = Dutch Church; N.A. = New Amsterdam; cen = census; Gd = Gravesend; Flh = Flatbush.”
SOURCES_MISC:
1. The book “Register in Alphabetical Order, of the early settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N. Y.; from its first settlement by Europeans to 1700; with contributions to their biographies and genealogies,” by Teunis G. Bergen (New York: S.W. Green's Son, 1881).
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