This is an abridged version of a published and copyrighted document. This Newsletter appears in abridged form for purposes of brevity and elimination of duplicative information appearing in conjunction with this Newsletter elsewhere on the Internet. James Raywalt
This issue of the Newsletter concerns itself with the children of Jellis Inyard other than his son John. Although much of the contents of this newsletter may be "old news" to many Newsletter readers, and while there is not much information known about some of these individuals, it is nevertheless appropriate that a study of each of Jellis' children be presented, providing a paper trail for the researchers and descendants of each of these families. In the interest of consistency, the surname for each of Jellis' children is spelled as customarily found for his son John -- that is, Enyard.
On a separate note, in case readers are unaware, Barbara Barth's most recent article in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record revisited the VanWoggelum family. Of particular note is the fact that she identifies Jellis Inyard's first wife as being from that family. The article will be continued in the April issue of that quarterly, and is expected to contain additional information supporting this assertion. Barbara also informs the Editor that the upcoming article may contain other information of interest to many Enyart descendants.
James RaywaltAntje3 Enyard (Carel1, Jellis2) was born in or near the year 1687[n1] at Staten Island, New York. Her identity is first learned from the will of her father [see Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 23], wherein she was given an equal portion of his estate. In that document, her name appears first in the list of Jellis' daughters. It is noteworthy that she was married by the time of her father's death, and she is enumerated as Anna Craven on the Census of Staten Island in the year 1706. These facts lead to the reasonable conclusion that she was the eldest was probably born about two years after her elder brother, John.
She married in about the year 1706[n2] at Staten Island, New York to Jacobus/James Craven, who was born near 1681, probably at Albany, New York, and died c. 1760 at Warminster, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania). He is enumerated as Jacobus Craven on the Census of Staten Island in the year 1706. Their eleven children are identified as follows, with baptisms being culled from Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. I, John E. Stillwell (NY, 1903):
Jacobus' name appears in the court records of Richmond County, New York numerous times. In 1712, Jacobus Craven of Staten Island bonded himself to John Ingart for the sum of 45 current money, to be made in two separate installments. On Feb. 18, 1716/7, Jacobus was a party to a deed of sale to him by Edward Sharman. In 1719 Jacobus was one of two individuals bonded to Benjamin Corsen for the sum of 100. In 1721, as James Craven, he was bonded again to Benjamin Corsen to secure payment of 9. On November 14, 1721, Edward Sherman of Cecil County, Maryland executed a quit-claim deed in favor of Jacobus Craven.
The Craven family is addressed further in a forthcoming article authored by Barbara Barth, expected to appear in the April 1999 issue of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. In addition, the ancestry of Jacobus Craven is discussed at length in an article entitled "The Family of Ysbrant Eldersz of Rensselaerswyck," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 128, Nos. 3 and 4 (1997). It is anticipated that the family of Jacobus Craven and Antje Enyard will be discussed in a future article in the Newsletter.
1Her birth date was given in the Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 9, as c. 1689. This was an error on the Editor's part, for she was almost certainly the eldest daughter for the reasons stated above.
2As stated in the Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, the Staten Island Census appears to have been taken over a period of several years, and it is probable that the Enyarts and Cravens were enumerated in 1708 or 1709.
Christina3 Enyard (Carel1, Jellis2) was born in or near the year 1687, almost certainly in Staten Island, New York. Her identity is learned from the will of her father [Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 23], wherein her name appears second in his enumeration of his daughters. She was to be given an equal portion of his estate. She was not called by any married name, leading to the reasonable conclusion that she was probably not yet wed. She is enumerated as Cristine Enger on the 1706 Census of Staten Island.
Very little is known of Christina. She is said to have married Benjamin Corssen, alleged to be the son of Cornelius, but there seems to be no proof of this marriage, and the only Benjamin Corssen contemporary with Christina who comes to light in the records clearly appears to have been married to Blandina Vile. There is some speculation suggesting that if such a marriage did take place, the couple soon removed to Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Much remains to be done in the way of research concerning Christina, and over the course of time perhaps we will learn more about her and any descendants she may have.
Annanetia3 Enyard (Carel1, Jellis2) (sometimes called Annecha, Anne and Annette) was born in or near the year 1690 at Staten Island, New York. Her identity is learned from the will of her father [Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 23], wherein she is mentioned third among his daughters. She was given an equal portion of her father's estate. She is also enumerated as Anne Enyer on the 1706 Census of Staten Island. She married Edward Sherman, and the couple resided in Woodbridge, New Jersey.
Evidence of her marriage is found in a deed from Edward Sharman to Jacobus Craven signed February 18, 1716 (Staten Island Deeds, Liber C, pp. 216-219). In pertinent part, it reads:
To all Christian people to whom these presents shall come, greeting. Now ye that I Edward Sharman of Woodbridge in the County of Essex in the province of New Jersey carpenter and Annette his wife for and in consideration of the sume of thirty pounds to be in hand paid before the ensealing and delivery hereof by Jacobus Craven of Staten Iland in the County of Richmond in the Province of New York yeoman of the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and myself therewith fully satisfied and content ... confirm unto the said Jacobus Craven his heres and assigns forever one certain messuage or tract of land ... being in ye north division of ye county of Richmond aforsd it being all tht part and moity of land and mede wich shall fall in ye division to ye said Edward Sharmon and Annette his wife which was left by her honoured father Yelles Ingart deceased ...
In November 1721, Edward Sherman quit claim to his brother-in-law, Jacobus Craven. This important document indicates that he was then a resident of Cecil County, Maryland, from which place he seems to have soon removed, for his name does not appear to be found in records there. The document was signed "in the presence of Joh Makleas Junier, Thomas Craven and Charles C. Eanyard," all relatives by marriage.
Any attempt to identify children of this couple have met with failure, and it is possible that they had no issue. Research concerning the lives of this couple continues and any results will, of course, be reported in this Newsletter.
Charles3 Enyard (Carel1, Jellis2) was born in or near the year 1692 at Staten Island, New York. His identity is learned from the will of his father [Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 23], wherein he was enumerated second in order among Jellis' sons. He inherited an equal portion of his father's estate. He is enumerated as Charles Enger on the 1706 Census of Staten Island.
Charles removed first to New Jersey, thence to Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.[n3] His marriage is recorded in Philadelphia records as having occurred on June 1, 1732.[n4] His wife was Elizabeth VanSandt, who was baptized May 21, 1710 at Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, daughter of Jacobus VanSandt and Rebecca Vandegrift.
On November 29, 1721, at Richmond County, New York, Charles deeded to his brother-in-law, Jacobus Craven, for the sum of 40, that parcel of land left to him by his father. In pertinent part, the indenture, found in the Richmond County records, reads as follows:
This indenture made the twenty-ninth day of November ... one thousand seven hundred and twenty-one betwene Charles Inyard of Staten Island in the County of Richmond in the Province of New York of the one part and Jacobus Craven of the same place and County, youman of the other part ... Now this indenture witnesseth that the said Charles Inyard for the consideration of the sum of forty pounds of the current money of the Province of New York by the said Jacobus Craven well and truly in hand payd the recept whereof he do hereby acknowledge himselfe to be therewith fully satisfied and contented and paid and thereof and therefrom and of and from every part and parcel thereof do exhonorate and discharge him the said Jacobus Craven his heirs, executors, administrators forever by these presents as granted ... and by these presents do bargen releas and confirm unto the said Jacobus Craven his heirs and assigns all that part or moity of the land and meadows herein above mentioned be it more or less which his honored father Yelles Inyard deceased did give him in his last will and testament ...
Charles Enyard died at Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania very soon before May 3, 1733, the date of his estate inventory. On May 23, 1733 his widow was granted letters of administration.
The text of the document granting the letters, as well as the Inventory of the estate of Charles Enyard follow. The Inventory shows Charles occupied himself as a farmer.
Know all Men by these Presents that we Elizabeth Inyard Widow and Jacobus Vansandt of the Township of Northampton in the County of Bucks & Province of Pensilvania Yeoman and Stophell Vansandt of the Same County & Province Yeoman are held & Firmly Bound unto Peter Evans Register Genll For the Probate of Wills & Granting Letters of Administration in & for the Province of Pensilvania & Counties of New Castle Kent and sussex on Delaware in the sum of One Hundred & Fifty Pounds Currt Lawfull money of Pensilvania to be Paid to the said Peter Evans Regr Genll or to his Certain attorney Exrs Admrs or Assigns to the which Payment well & Truly to be made & Done we Bind our Selves our heirs Exrs & Admrs & Every of them Joyntly Severally & Firmly by these Presents Seald with our Seals Dated the Twenty third Day of May -- Ano Domi One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Three 1733.
The Condition of this Obligation is such that if the above Bound -- Elizabeth Inyard -- Admrx of all & Singular the goods Chattels & Credits of Charles Inyard -- Deceasd Do make or Cause to be made a True & Perfect Inventory of all & Singular the Goods Chattles & Credits of the said Deceasd which have or shall Come to the hands Possession or Knowledge of her the said Elizabeth Inyard or unto the hands or Possession of any other Person or Persons for her and the same so made Do Exhibit or Cause to be Exhibtted in the Registers office in the said County of Bucks as or before the First Day of July -- Next Ensuing and the same Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Deceasd at the Time of his Death or which at any time after shall Come to the hands or Possession of her the said Elizabeth Inyard or unto the hands or Possession of any other Person or Persons for her Do well & Truly Admr according to Law & Farther Do make or Cause to be made a True & Just account of her said Administration at or before the Twenty third Day of May -- Next Ensueing & all the Rest and Residue of the said Goods Chattels and Credits which shall be found Remaining upon the said Admrx account (the same being First examined & allowed by the Orphans Court of the said County of Bucks) shall Deliver & Pay unto such Person or Persons Respectively as the said Orphans Court in the said County of Bucks by their Decree or sentence Pursuant to Law shall Limitt and appoint & if it shall hereafter appear that any Last Will & Testament was made by the said Deceased & the Exr or Exrs therein named Do Exhibitt the same into the Registers office making Request to have itt allowed & Approved accordingly if the said Elizabeth Inyard -- above Bound being thereunto Required Do Render and Deliver the said Letters of Administration approbation of the said Testament being first had and Made in the Regrs Office that then this Obligation Shall be void & of None Effect Else to Remain & Continue in Force and Virtue.
Sealed and Delivered her mark in the Presence off Elizabeth I Inyard his mark Wm X Fry Jacobus Vansandt IVS Jer: Langhorne Stoffel Vansand
A perfect Inventory of all & Singular the Goods & Chattles and Credits of Charles Inyard late of Warminster in the County of Bucks in the province of Pensilvania Yeoman Deceased, Appraysed by us Bartholomew Langstretch and Ari Scout the Subscribers.
This Third Day of the Month Called May Anno Domi. 1733:
To his Wearing Apparrel £8[n5] 16 0
To 1 Bed & Bedsteads & forniture 7 0 0
To Pewter & Some Earthen Ware 0 7 0
To Old Tubbs Koolers & Some Other Wooden Vessels 0 8 0
To Little Iron Potts & an Old Pan 0 8 0
To 4 Earthen Cream Potts 0 1 6
To 6 Rushbothamed Chairs 0 7 6
To 1 old Sadle & Bridle 0 8 0
To 47-1/2 Bushels of Wheat at 2/11 p bus. 6 18 6 1/2
To Wheat Rye & Sumer corn on the Ground 13 2 6
To 1 Black walnut Chest 1 0 0
To 1 Pine [Ditto] 0 12 0
To 1 Wheat Ridle 0 1 6
To 1 old Ax 2 Maul Rings & 2 Iron Wedges 0 9 0
To 1 Bell 0 3 0
To Some Old Roap Traces Harnes & Swingle Trees 0 7 0
To 4 Bushels of Rye 0 10 0
To 1 Plow a Plowsheer Clovises & Swingle Trees 1 0 0
To 1 Little Grindstone 0 1 0
To 1 Little Table 0 1 6
To Some Indian Corn in the Crib 0 10 0
To 4 Young Swine 1 0 0
To 4 Cows 13 0 0
To 1 Sorreld Horse 6 0 0
To 1 Roan [Ditto] 4 0 0
To 1 Old Sorreld [Ditto] 1 10 0
To 1 Old Mare 1 10 0
Total £69 12 0-1/2
Appraised The Day & Year first above written by us As Witness Our hands Bartholomew Langstretch Ari Schaut
Elizabeth Enyard, widow of Charles3 is probably the person of that name whose marriage to John Jackson on March 26, 1736 appears in the Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania records.
It is known that Charles Enyard and Elizabeth VanSandt had only one child, Charles4 Enyart (sometimes called Carel), born in the year 1733 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He served in the American Revolution in Captain McAlevey's Company, 2nd Bedford Militia, Pennsylvania Infantry. He was married May 4, 1758 at Churchville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (by marriage bond) to Maria Stevens. The family of Charles4 Enyart will be discussed in a future article in the Newsletter.
3Charles Enyard seems to have removed to Pennsylvania in or very near 1726, approximately the same time as Jacobus Craven and Benjamin Corssen.
4Their marriage date is recorded as 4 mo. 1, 1732, and in that time, the fourth month of the year was June, and not April as some have previously asserted.
5For the reader's edification, British currency was in common use at the time of the estate inventory. One British pound was equivalent to twenty shillings, and one shilling was equivalent to twelve pence.
Matthys3 Enyard (Carel1, Jellis2) (sometimes called Tice) was born in or near the year 1702 at Staten Island, NY. His identity is learned from the will of his father [Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 23], wherein he is listed last among his father's children. He was bequeathed an equal portion of his father's estate. He is enumerated as Tise Enger in the 1706 Census of Staten Island.
In about the year 1728, presumably in Staten Island, he married Elizabeth Garrison, who was born in or near the year 1708 at Staten Island, the daughter of Lambert Garrison and Susanna Morgan. Matthys and Elizabeth's children are identified as follows, their baptismal information being culled from Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. I, John E. Stillwell (NY, 1903):
Matthys' name appears in several church records as a sponsor for the purpose of baptisms. One record of particular import concerns the October 1, 1727 baptism of Aagtje Elles, wherein Matthys served as the male witness. The female witness was Tryntje Neefjes, the child's aunt. Although not unheard of, it was not customary for married men to serve as witnesses in baptisms without their wives also being sponsors. That having been said, it may be surmised that on the date of that baptism, Matthys was probably not yet married; and this supposition does not conflict with other established facts, including the baptism of Matthys' first child, which, as the records show, occurred more than two years hence. Equally consistent with this assertion is the service on at least three occasions of Matthys with his wife as witnesses to other baptisms: Maria Couwenhoven on November 21, 1731, Elisabeth Merril on April 8, 1733 and Abraham Egbertsen on April 18, 1736. See Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. I, John E. Stillwell (NY, 1903), p. 59, et seq.
The second item, appearing on page 106, shows Jellis and his wife as witnesses to the baptism of Johannes Mesker, son of Harmen Mesker in the year 1707. This record serves to further narrow the time during which Jellis died. Previously it was stated that Jellis died between January 2, 1706/7 (the date he executed his will) and March 11, 1707/8 (the date of the will's probate). It now becomes clear, given the nature of the calendar (see Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 28-30), that Jellis died in the year 1707.
Page 21 of the Newsletter made reference to the following Release of Claim signed by Triente VanWoggelum, second wife of Jellis Inyard. The Editor has received a request that the document be produced in the Newsletter in its entirety. The document may be found in the Richmond County, New York records. Many thanks to Roberta Pierson for providing a transcript of the document. The Editor would welcome an actual copy of the document, together with its complete citation.
To all people to whom these presents shall come, Trentcha Baker of Staten Island, formerly the widow and relique of Yelis Ingart decd sendeth greeting in our Lord God everlasting know ye that whereas there was a certain instrument or deed of gift made and given by my former husband Yelis Ingart wherein he did give allow and bestow upon me his wife a certain part of his whole estate after his decease to be by me possessed and injoyed as my owne and to my sole disposall and whereas after upon due consideration my said husband did make his last will and testament and did give and allow me his wife in the said testament a certain part of his estate wherewith I doe acknowledge myself to be fully satisfied and contented and release the heirs, executors, administrators or any other belonging to ye said estate of any claym or any right or due belonging to me or any of my heirs, executors or any person by or under me laying any clayme, right or titell by vertue of the aforesaid deed of gift or anything therein contained and I do acknowledge my selfe fully contented with what is allowed me in ye will as witness my hand and seale this first day of August anoque domini 1710.Atest:
Recently I was forwarded a communication authored by an Enyart researcher who used the Newsletter as an authoritative source, stating that it served to "validate" certain resources. Although I, as editor, appreciate the sincere vote of confidence in my work, I must nevertheless address the issue of "validation of resources." Perhaps I was less than thorough in my effort to make clear the purpose of this project, and if so, I apologize. For clarification purposes, let me state for the record that, as a matter of established genealogical practice, the Newsletter can never be considered anything more than a secondary source of information, and even then, only in such cases where it offers citation to specific primary source materials. That is not to say that the Newsletter can never be considered authoritative. However, the primary purposes for generating the Newsletter are to provide information, to open doors for individuals who may not have access to primary source materials, to offer discussion and confer clarity with regard to previous interpretations of those materials and the conclusions reached by earlier family historians, to help allay confusion, and perhaps to give guidance to other Enyart family historians as they consider the sometimes limited resource materials available. It is not intended that the Newsletter automatically be considered the final authority on the family. I, as editor, will always welcome discussion, clarification and/or augmentation with regard to all subjects discussed in this Newsletter. It is therefore appropriate for me to caution all readers that, should anyone wish to cite the Newsletter as a source of specific information, it may be prudent to first contact me to determine whether that information has been amply documented and whether it may have been augmented after publication.
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