Stoffel Dircksen (Langestraat) Longstreet (1666 - 1741)

Born 1666 in Flatlands, Long Island, Province of New York

Ancestors

Husband of Maijke (Laanen) van Pelt — married 1695 in New York

Descendants

Died 1 Mar 1741 at about age 75 in Neversink Hills, Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey

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Biography

Timeline

Circa 1666 -- Stoffel Dircksen (Theophilus) Langstraat/Langestraet was born at Flatlands (Ameersfoort), Long Island, (now Brooklyn, New York City), New York. His name was "Dirck Stoffels" which means "Dirck son of Stoffel." He was a son of Dirck Langestraet and Katerina van Lieuwen. ^{[1] [2]}

Circa 1694 -- Stoffel Dircksen Langstraat/Langestraet and Moica Lanen van Pelt married at ?? ^[3]

Alternatively

Circa 1695 -- Stoffel Dircksen Langstraat/Langestraet and Moica Lanen van Pelt married at Flatlands (Amersfoort), Long Island, (now Brooklyn, New York City), New York. ^[4]

1696 -- the family name "Langstraat" {sic} or "Langestraet" {sic} appeared and by 1739 was anglicized into "Longstreet." ^[5]

1698 -- Stoffel Dircksen Langstraat/Langestraet was a deacon of the Flatlands Reformed Dutch church, Flatlands, Kings County, (now Brooklyn, New York City), New York. ^{[6] [7]}

1698 -- census recorded Stoffel Dircksen as "Dirck Langstraat" of Flatlands, Long Island (now Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City), New York. ^[8]

Circa 1699 -- Stoffel Dircksen Langstraat/Langestraet, his brother Adrian Langestraet, and his father Dirck Stoffels Langestraet moved from Flatlands, Kings county, (now Brooklyn, New York City), New York to Monmouth County, Province of East Jersey (now New Jersey). ^[9]

Circa 1700 -- Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet settled at Neversink Hills, Monmouth County, Province of East Jersey (now New Jersey). ^[10]

Saturday December 31, 1726 -- Theophilus Langstraat from Shrewsbury, “aged near 60” shot down six of seven swans with one shot. Therefore, he was born circa 1666. ^{[11] [12]}

December 1, 1739 -- date of Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet's will in which he called himself "'Theophilus,' an erroneous interpretation of his proper name of Stoffel, or Christopher," but signed his name at Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey as "Stoffel Langstrat" {sic}. Stoffel Langstraat bequeathed his plantation to son Richard (Dirck), land to other sons (established as “second son Gilbert”, “third son Awrie”, fourth son Theophilus), and money to daughters. ^[13]

Before Circa March 1, 1741 -- Stoffel Dircksen Langstraet died at Neversink Hills, Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey. ^[14]

March 1, 1741 -- date on which Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet's will was probated at Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, Province of New Jersey. ^{[15] [16] [17]}

Church Records

Children's baptisms

1. 1696 Apr 26 Dirk - parents: Stoffel Langestraat, Maijke Laanen. Witnesses: Dirck Langestraat, Claasje Langestraat. ^[18]

Research Notes

LNAB

Langestraat is the surname that first appears in church records for Stoffel, at the baptism of his son Dirk. Quackenbush-118 08:02, 2 July 2017 (EDT)

Sources

1. ↑ Family of Longstreet, pages 22 & 23.
2. ↑ Theophilus (Stoffle {sic}) Longstreet. Family Group Sheet.
3. ↑ Theophilus (Stoffle {sic}) Longstreet. Family Group Sheet.
4. ↑ Family of Longstreet, page 23.
5. ↑ Longstreet Family History.
6. ↑ Family of Longstreet, page 23.
7. ↑ Theophilus (Stoffle {sic}) Longstreet. Family Group Sheet.
8. ↑ Longstreet Family History.
9. ↑ Family of Longstreet, page 23.
10. ↑ Family of Longstreet, page 23.
11. ↑ American Weekly Mercury, February 14 - 21 1726/7 (i.e., 1727).
12. ↑ Theophilus (Stoffle {sic}) Longstreet. Family Group Sheet.
13. ↑ Family of Longstreet, page 23.
14. ↑ Family of Longstreet, page 23.
15. ↑ Family of Longstreet, page 23.
16. ↑ Descendants of Dirck Stoffels Langstraat. Page ??
17. ↑ Theophilus (Stoffle {sic}) Longstreet. Family Group Sheet.
18. ↑ A. P. G. Jos van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983). via Chris Chester, "The Brouwer Genealogy Database"

• Chester, Chris. "The Brouwer Genealogy Database." freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata. Accessed 02 Jul 2017. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/index.htm 'Stoffel Langestraat
• Mayes, Edward. Edited by Clark T. Thornton. Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet Completed. Circa 1935. Privately published. Reprinted 2009. Pages 22 - 25.
• R[ubert] J[ames] Longstreet. A Longstreet Family History or Descendants of Dirck Stoffels Langestraet Coming From De Langstraat, North Brabant, The Netherlands. DeLand, Florida. 1960. a Longstreet Family History or at http://wymple.gs.net/~longstrt/rjl-1.html
• Mayes, Edward. Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet Completed. Edward Mayes. Circa 1935. Privately published. Clark T. Thornton, editor. Reprinted 2009. Pages 22 - 25.
• Source: S246 Abbreviation: bcog.FTW Title: bcog.FTW Repository: #R2 Data: Text: Date of Import: May 8, 2002
• Source: S441 Abbreviation: wpg1.FTW Title: wpg1.FTW Repository: #R2 Data: Text: Date of Import: May 12, 2003
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing Company.
• Theophilus (Stoffle {sic}) Longstreet. Family Group Sheet. Rootsweb ancestry. Accessed by Michael Boynton on March 10, 2017 at 3:28 PM. Available at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~amorrow/fg04/fg04_464.html.
• American Weekly Mercury. February 14 - 21 1726/1727 (1727).
• Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members at http://trees.ancestry.com, RootsWeb's WorldConnect, and FamilySearch
• Elmer Leonard Hauser Genealogy & William Howard Hauser Genealogy.

Acknowledgements

• J Longstreet, firsthand knowledge. Date and name Theophilius also entered by J. Longstreet, Jan 5, 2012.
• This person was created through the import of Newman Family Tree.ged on March 12, 2011.
• Thanks to William Hauser for starting this profile.