First Reformed Church of Raritan (Somerville), NJ — original baptismal-register manuscript pages (RCA Archives scans, 2026): the register title page plus the openings covering 1719, 1721-1724, and 1727-1729. Backup copy at Rutgers Special Collections & University Archives, Ac1769.

Transcription and notes

The original-manuscriptregister pages for the Van Court children's baptisms, obtained 2026-06 from the Archives of the Reformed Church in America (RCA)(archivist Dr. Elizabeth Pallitto) in answer to pr.88. This is the primary-source manuscriptbehind the F.67 entry, which transcribes the same baptisms from the Beulah Gangaware typescript. Read at 300-DPI render + tight crops 2026-06-23; all five scanned entries confirm F.67 at manuscript grade.

• Source:First Reformed Church of Raritan (Somerville), Hunterdon/Somerset Co. NJ — original baptismal register (1699–1839; incomplete). Pages scanned by the RCA Archivist.

• Image files(Church/Raritan Reformed Dutch Church Somerville - RCA Archives 2026/): (image held in the family archive) · (image held in the family archive) · (image held in the family archive) · (image held in the family archive) (register title page) · plus the RCA accession-2026.41 finding aid and the Rutgers SC/UA Ac1769 listing PDFs.

• Finding aid → [F.238]. The accession inventory for these holdings is catalogued separately at F.238. It was described here as "the Box-2 finding aid" — incorrect: the (image held in the family archive) copy covers Boxes 1–5, and the fuller .xlsx copy (added 2026-08-08) covers Boxes 1–6. The register scanned for THIS entry is Box 6 (1699–1974, donor Paul Janssen, location 1-7-02-5-03 per the .xlsx) — that box number is what a further scan request should cite. The two copies of the finding aid disagree on shelf locations; see F.238.

• Backup copy of the registers:Rutgers University Special Collections & University Archives, Ac1769(Raritan Reformed Church / Somerville).
• Column structure(each page): date · kindernaem(child) · ouders(parents) · getuigen(witnesses), under "Ao [year] Gedoopte."

Verbatim — the five Van Court baptisms in these scans

(The register's surname renderings vary: van Koort / van Coort / van Coert. The mother is given by first name only — Enni / Anna / Annatje / Annetje / Henna — in every entry.)

Findings (source-internal verification)

1. Manuscript-confirms F.67's readingsfor all five entries, including the witness names. (My initial "Sedering" for 1722 corrects to F.67's "Sebring.")
2. Daniel "Korper/Korpus" (= Daniel Cooper Sr) as the 1719 sponsor is verified on the original page— the strongest Cooper↔Van Court kinship signal, now at manuscript grade (cf. A.12 sister-of-Daniel hypothesis).
3. The "no witnesses" entries (1724, 1727, 1729) genuinely have no getuigen(verified dashes) — not a typescript omission.
4. No additional/missed Van Court child:the "Magdalena" baptized "dito" beside 1724 Daniel belongs to a different family("Hans ?elder & Maria").
5. Does NOT advance the maiden-surname "B" question(A.68/[p.3]): Anne never appears with a maiden surname here.
6. The Sebring co-sponsors are NOT a hidden Cooper/Van Court sibling(resolved 2026-06-23): the question "is Abigail Sebring an Elias-sister or a Cooper-by-birth?" is answered by Sebring Collections (W.W. Sebring p.70) — Abigail was the daughter of Johannes Sebring × Aeltje Leffertse(named for grandmother Abigail Leffertse), and the 1722 witnesses were Johannes "Hans" Sebring + wife Aeltje. The Sebrings were a close Raritan-congregation ally (they also witnessed Elias's 1750 will, A.12) but are outside the Cooper/Van Court bloodlines. So the onlyCooper-family sponsor in the register is Daniel Sr himself(the brother); the baptisms surface no additional Cooper sibling.

2026-06-26 — full read of the multi-page PDFs (not just the 5 Van Court entries)

Each shared PDF is 2 PDF pages × a 2-page register opening, so they cover more than their filename years. Read in full 2026-06-26 (pr.88 lead #2): - 1722 and 1723… PDF = openings spanning 1721→1724(Van Court: 1722 Jannetje + 1724 Daniel; ends late 1724). - 1727 and 1728… PDF = openings spanning 1727→1729(Van Court: 1727 Jannetje + 1729 Thomas; ends ~Dec 1729). - No additional/un-cataloged Van Court childappears on any opening → the 5-entry table above is complete for the scanned range. The Van Courts baptized at Raritan continuously every ~2 yrs → the missing Agnes 1726 / twins 1730 / John 1734sit on the un-scanned openings 1725–26, 1730–31, 1733–34(request via [pr.88]). - Coriell sighting (flag for [pr.16], needs verification):the 1728 left opening of the 1727–28 PDF shows a baptism "David Koriell / Elsie → dau. Agnietje" (1728) — earlier than the David Coryell entries [F.67] §2 dated 1741–45 (which also list a David × Elsie). Pushes David Coryell's Raritan presence back to ~1728 if confirmed. Not a Van Court matter; noted in passing.

Cross-references

• Subjects (structured in list:): p.3 Anne Cooper Van Court (mother), p.25 Elias Van Court Sr (father), p.1 Daniel Cooper Sr (1719 sponsor = the Cooper<->Van Court kinship signal).
• Related documents: F.67 (Gangaware typescript this verifies) · A.12 (Elias's 1750 will + sister-of-Daniel hypothesis) · A.68 (the 'Ana B Vancourt' maiden-surname question) · pr.88 (RCA acquisition thread).