Document G.68 · find a grave memorial · transcription: verbatim
Find a Grave memorial 194931739 - Elias VAN COURT, Little Quaker Churchyard, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
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- 1750
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What is transcribed: The whole memorial: header, bio, family panel (one child, with memorial id) and two images - a page of the printed Calendar of Wills (page 495) and a typed note quoting Monnette, "First Settlers of Piscataway and Woodbridge", page 635. The parser returned no Ancestry record links.
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elias VAN COURT | deceased | Elias Van Court Sr | birth: 12 May 1691 death: 28 Jul 1750, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey burial: Little Quaker Churchyard, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey |
| Elizabeth Van Court Harned | child | ||
| Antje ("Ann") Elizabeth Cooper | spouse | Anne (Cooper) Van Court ?–1779 | |
| Daniell Cooper | referenced | Daniel Cooper Sr 1695–1795 candidate |
Transcription and notes
- Name: "Elias VAN COURT"
- Birth: "12 May 1691"
- Death: "28 Jul 1750 (aged 59) - Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA"
- Burial: "Little Quaker Churchyard", "Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA"
Bio, as given on the memorial:
On May 12, 1691 Elias Van Court, son of Thomas Van Court and Ann Woerker, was born in the Parish of St. Andre, Isle of Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom. Elias is the earliest known ancestor of the Van Court family to arrive in America. About 1713 Elias arrived in this country. (No records of his arrival have been found. About 1715 Elias settled near Bound Brook, Somersey County, New Jersey. In 1716 Elias married Antje ("Ann") Elizabeth Cooper in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. On March 25, 1718 Elias and Ann's son Thomas was baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. In 1720 Elias built a house on West Main Street in Bound Brook. Between 1721 - 1738 the remainder of Elias and Ann's children were baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church in Raritan (Sommerville), Somerset County, New Jersey. "He was a settler of Piscataway, coming from the Isle of Guernsey, where he was born of Dutch parentage. His parents had gone to Guernsey to escape religious persecution in France, being of the Reformed faith of the pious Huguenots." Elias was a cordwainer, that is a worker of leather. He was a shoemaker in the Janeway Store near the landing on the Raritan River. On July 28, 1750 Elias Van Court died in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Family panel: - child: "Elizabeth Van Court Harned", 1735-1807, memorial 70031061
Image 1 (printed page, headed "CALENDAR OF WILLS--1730-1750", page 495; the entry above is struck through in black):
1750, April 4. Van Court, Elias, of Piscataway, Middlesex Co., cordwainer; will of. Wife, Ann, all real and personal estate as long as she lives. Children--Agness, Jane, Ann, Elizabeth, Moses, Thomas, Samuel, John and Michael, all under age. Sons, Eliass and Daniell, have had their portions. Executors--wife, son Moses, and brother-in-law Daniell Cooper. Witnesses--Benjamin Runyon, Jare Sebring, Edward Willmott. Proved Aug. 23, 1750. Lib. E, p. 449. 1750, Aug. 24. Inventory, 258.16.1 [pounds]; made by John Vail and Peter Williamson.
Image 2 (typed note):
Notes for Samuel Van Court: Source: "First Settlers of Piscataway and Woodbridge" by Orra Eugene Monnette, page 635.
"VAN COURT OF PISCATAWAY" ELIAS VAN COURT, SR., WAS A FIRST SETTLER OF PISCATAWAY. He came from the Isle of Guernsey, where he was born in the parish of St. Andre. He married 1726, ANN COOPER, a sister of "old DANIEL COOPER." He was born May 12, 1691, of Dutch parentage, and died July 28, 1750. His father was THOMAS VAN COURT and his motherWOERKER. "They went to the Isle of Guernsey to escape religious persecution in France, being of the Reformed Faith of the pious Huguenots. The above and what follows are copied from an inscription in a French Testament, on the inside of the book cover in French words, and also from another book on religious essays:" ELOIS VAN COURT, fils THOMAS VAN COURT, received this book from his uncle, ELIOS WOERKER, on the 12th day of May, 1701, when he was ten years of age."" (O.B.L.) ELIAS VAN COURT had fourteen children, whose names and dates of birth are recorded in this French Testament and accompanying book, as follows: I. THOMAS, born February 8, 1717. II. ELIAS, born April 21, 1719. III. MOSES, born October 20, 1720. IV. JANE, born May 21st, 1722. V. DANIEL, born March 22, 1724. VI. AGNES, born March 8, 1726. VII. JANE, born August 26, 1727, married 1745, RICHARD RUNYON. VIII. THOMAS, born March 11, 1729. IX. ANN, born August 27, 1730, married 1749, BENJAMIN RUNYON. X. SAMUEL, twin-brother, of ANN. XI. ABRAM, born May 28, 1732. XII. JOHN, born March 7, 1734. XIII. ELIZABETH, born December 20, 1735. XIV. MICHAEL, born January 6, 1739, (ARCH., Volume XXX, page 495). Will, dated April 4, proved August 23, 1750.