Patty Barthell Myers, Ancestors and Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman with related families (Penobscot Press; Woodbridge Public Library copy stamped May 14 '96), title page and pp. 629-630, Harned Family, no. 14 Nathan Harned

What this document records

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1. NATHAN5 HARNED (Nathaniel,4 Jonathan,3 Edward2,1), b. probably Woodbridge c1731/2; d. Woodbridge 17 Nov 1778 "in the 47th year of his age;" bur. Methodist Cem., formerly the Quaker Yard at Woodbridge; m. 1 (or 11) May 1760 Elizabeth Van Court, b. prob. Raritan, Somerset Co., N.J., 20 Dec 1735; d. Woodbridge, N.J., 24 Nov 1807 "in the 73d year of her age;" bur with her husband; d/o Elias Van Court and Ann Cooper, sister of Daniel Cooper of Piscataway, who had six wives. Nathan was mentioned in the will of Jonathan Harned, dated 10 Mar 1774. He was a farmer and it is thought lived at the home place which later was the property of his son

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Nathan, the place being located on the north side of the road leading from Woodbridge to Bonhamtown. (FWG, Brown, sv Harned Family, line of Nathan.) Elizabeth's father, Elias Van Court, was b. 12 May 1691; d. Piscataway, Middlesex Co., N.J., 28 Jul 1750; m. Ann Cooper. He first settled near Bound Brook, Somerset Co., N.J., and came from the Isle of Guernsey, where he was born in the parish of St. Andre, off the coast of France, a British possession. He was of Dutch parentage; his father was Thomas Van Court and his mother ____ Woerker. They went to the Isle of Guernsey to escape religious persecution in France, being of the Reformed Faith of the pious Huguenots. Elias Van Court attended the Reformed Dutch Church at Raritan (Somerville) and had children baptized there. Elias was one of the first settlers of Piscataway and was a shoemaker. (Jenkins, p. 99.) [indented:] 1750. Apr 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, Elias and Daniell, have had their portions. Executors -- wife, son Moses, and brother-in-law Daniel Cooper. Witnesses -- Benjamin Runyon, Jare Sebring, Edward Willmott. Proved 23 Aug 1750. Inventory, £258.16.1, made 24 Aug 1750. (N.J. Arch., 30:495.)

Children

Children of Nathan Harned and Elizabeth Van Court, b. Woodbridge: +19 i Rev. Jonathan, b. 11 Jan 1761; m. Elizabeth Johnson. +20 ii Anna, b. 4 May 1762; m. Philip Brown. +21 iii Isaac, b. 7 Nov 1763; m. Sarah (Bloodgood) Merrill. +22 iv Samuel, b. 24 Jan 1765; d. 1851; m. Rachel Crow. 23 v David, b. Woodbridge 31 Jul 1766 [his children listed]. 24 vi Jasper, b. 13 Mar 1768; d. 16 Mar 1768. +25 vii Nathan, b. 7 Jun 1769; m. Mary Freeman. 26 viii Michael, b. 5 Mar 1771; d. Woodbridge 21 Feb 1787. He was named for his mother's brother, Michael Van Court. 27 ix Zerriah, b. 1 Mar 1773; m. as his 2/wife Jacob7 Harned ... 28 x Elizabeth, b. 20 Nov 1774; d. Woodbridge 23 Jul 1775. +29 xi Elizabeth (again), b. 6 Aug 1776; m. Philip Brown. (NYGBR, 61:24-5; FWG, Brown, Harned Family, line of Nathan.)

Reading notes

A compiled genealogy (1990s), resting on 'FWG' (Freeman Worth Gardner), Jenkins p. 99, NYGBR vol. 61, and NJ Archives 30:495 for the will. 'Daniel Cooper of Piscataway, who had six wives' is the compiler's statement, with no source given for it. The will abstract duplicates what the catalog holds from the will itself ([A.12], [A.16], [A.68]).