Descendants of Cornelius Van Texel

File contributed by: Roger & Lisa Wheatbrook (rwheatbrook@hoosierlink.net)
updated on December 8, 2001

Generation No. 1

1. CORNELIUS3 VAN TEXEL (JAN CORNELIUS2, CORNELIUS JENSEN1) was born 1667 in Long Island, New York. He married (1) UNKNOWN. He married (2) ANTJE STORM 1695 in Elmsford,Westchester,New York. He married (3) WEYNTJE (CRANKHEYT) KRAUKHEYT 1713 in Elmsford,Westchester,New York.

Child of CORNELIUS VAN TEXEL and UNKNOWN is:

i. JACOB4 VAN TASSEL, b. 1720.

Children of CORNELIUS VAN TEXEL and ANTJE STORM are:

ii. MARIA4 VAN TASSEL, b. 1698.

iii. DIRCK VAN TASSEL, b. 1699.

iv. ANTJE VAN TASSEL, b. 1702.

v. HENDRICK VAN TASSEL, b. 1704.

vi. HESTER VAN TASSEL, b. 1706.

vii. JOHANNIS VAN TASSEL, b. 1696.

Children of CORNELIUS VAN TEXEL and WEYNTJE KRAUKHEYT are:

viii. ABRAHAM4 VAN TASSEL, b. 1714.

2. ix. THUNNIS (TUNNIS) VAN TASSEL, b. 1722, cambridge Albany Co . New York; d. 1789, cambridge Albany Co . New York.

x. JACOBUS VAN TASSEL, b. 1716.

xi. WYNTIE VAN TASSEL, b. 1717.

xii. CATRINA VAN TASSEL, b. 1719.

xiii. SARA VAN TASSEL, b. 1724.

Generation No. 2

2. THUNNIS (TUNNIS)4 VAN TASSEL (CORNELIUS3 VAN TEXEL, JAN CORNELIUS2, CORNELIUS JENSEN1) was born 1722 in cambridge Albany Co . New York, and died 1789 in cambridge Albany Co . New York. He married SOPHIE JACOBUS November 15, 1746 in Cambridge Albany Co . New York.

Children of THUNNIS VAN TASSEL and SOPHIE JACOBUS are:

3. i. CORNELIUS5 VAN TASSEL, b. March 08, 1747/48, Tarrytown, Ny.; d. April 28, 1830, Manulis, Ny.

ii. AELTIE VAN TASSEL, b. April 25, 1749.

iii. JACOB VAN TASSEL, b. June 24, 1751.

iv. HENDRICK VAN TASSEL, b. March 21, 1755.

v. HESTER VAN TASSEL, b. November 10, 1756.

vi. ABRAHAM VAN TASSEL, b. October 18, 1758.

Generation No. 3

3. CORNELIUS5 VAN TASSEL (THUNNIS (TUNNIS)4, CORNELIUS3 VAN TEXEL, JAN CORNELIUS2, CORNELIUS JENSEN1) was born March 08, 1747/48 in Tarrytown, Ny., and died April 28, 1830 in Manulis, Ny. He married ELSIE BREWER January 30, 1776 in Schachtircoke, Albany County, Ny..

Notes for CORNELIUS VAN TASSEL:

Cornelius born Tarrytown, New York. As a young boy he went with his

father to New York City when the Revolutionary War Broke Out. He left

the city and at the end of the Revolutionary War, he and his family

became residents of Albany County, New York. During the war he was a

private in Captain Adiel Sherwood's Co. and Col. Morris Graham's

Regiment of the Levee He was taken prisoner at Fort Ann, N.y..,

September 1, 1780, and carried to Canada and detained until May 21,

1783. He lived for a number of years at or near Cobbleskill, New

York. His children received the United States Pension in 1844. A

story still related by his descendants is as follows: "When Cornelius

was placed in prison with other prisoners, they were first placed in

an old barn where they nearly starved tot death. After several

meal-less days they managed to coax a dog into the barn. They killed

it and ate it raw. Cornelius used to say 't 'was the best meal they

ever had'."

Children of CORNELIUS VAN TASSEL and ELSIE BREWER are:

i. TUNIS6 VAN TASSEL, b. November 22, 1776.

ii. LEAH VAN TASSEL, b. April 28, 1778.

iii. HENRY VAN TASSEL, b. April 02, 1780.

iv. JACOB VAN TASSEL, b. February 09, 1784.

4. v. CORNELIUS VAN TASSEL, b. July 13, 1786, new york; d. January 12, 1857, Rolling Praire , In.

vi. LEAH VAN TASSEL, b. May 04, 1788.

vii. JOHN VAN TASSEL, b. April 10, 1790.

viii. RACHEL VAN TASSEL, b. January 29, 1792.

ix. ISSAC VAN TASSEL, b. October 25, 1795.

x. ABRAHAM VAN TASSEL, b. November 12, 1795.

xi. STEPHEN VAN TASSEL, b. August 24, 1797.

Generation No. 4

4. CORNELIUS6 VAN TASSEL (CORNELIUS5, THUNNIS (TUNNIS)4, CORNELIUS3 VAN TEXEL, JAN CORNELIUS2, CORNELIUS JENSEN1) was born July 13, 1786 in new york, and died January 12, 1857 in Rolling Praire , In. He married (1) MARY ELIZABETH SAGER. He married (2) ANNA RICE Unknown in ?, daughter of PETER RICE and RACHEL MURJER.

Children of CORNELIUS VAN TASSEL and MARY SAGER are:

i. LEWIS7 VAN TASSEL.

ii. ANDREW VAN TASSEL.

iii. MARY ANN VAN TASSEL, b. July 13, 1809.

iv. HENRY VAN TASSEL, b. December 30, 1810.

v. ELSIE VAN TASSEL, b. December 22, 1812.

vi. CORNELIUS VAN TASSEL, b. August 18, 1816.

vii. ISAAC VAN TASSEL, b. November 22, 1819.

viii. NELSON E.VAN TASSEL, b. March 07, 1821.

ix. ELEANOR VAN TASSEL, b. May 22, 1822.

Children of CORNELIUS VAN TASSEL and ANNA RICE are:

x. SILAS7 VAN TASSEL, b. October 19, 1833; m. SUSAN GARDNER, February 12, 1857.

xi. ELIZA ANN VAN TASSEL, b. September 14, 1834, Rolling Praire , In; d. October 30, 1923, Rolling Praire , In; m. ROBERT SAYLES MOORE, June 08, 1854, Rolling Praire , In.

Notes for ROBERT SAYLES MOORE:

CIVIL WAR Co. G. 87th Ind. Inf. Buried Lamb's Chapel Rolling Praire

xii. GILBERT VAN TASSEL, b. March 03, 1837.

xiii. DEANTHA VAN TASSEL, b. March 03, 1839.

xiv. ELLEN J. VAN TASSEL, b. June 18, 1843.

xv. MARTHA VAN TASSEL, b. June 05, 1847.

xvi. MARIA VAN TASSEL, b. June 05, 1847.

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