Jan Adrianse Longstreet (1711 - abt. 1805)

Born 13 Jan 1711 in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Kouwenhoven) Longstreet — married 17 Dec 1736 in Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey

Descendants

Died about 1805 at about age 93 in New Jersey, United States

Problems/Questions Profile managers: New Netherland Settlers WikiTree [send private message] and L. Kingston [send private message]

John Longstreet was a New Netherland Descendant 1674-1776. Join: New Netherland Settlers Project Discuss: new_netherland

Biography

Jan Longstreet was born 13 Jan 1711/2.

John Longstreet's name appears as a vestryman in a deed that Thomas William Moore, of Parrsborough, King's County, Nova Scotia, esquire, granted to the Church of England on 12 August 1788.^[1]

On August 8, 1795, Governor Parr granted 21,380 acres to a large number of men, most of whom were Loyalist Refugees, new to the province, one or two, however, being men who had previously lived in other townships of King's. The names on this grant are: ..., Capt. John Longstreet, ...^[2]

Like many other United Empire Loyalists, John chose to return to the United States.

He died circa 1805 in New Jersey. An article in the 5 Jan 1805 edition of the Columbian Centinel reported that John Longstreet, Esq. died about 1805 in New Jersey aged 95.^[3]

It is recorded in the Crown Land Office that the rights of John Longstreet, ..., were excheated May 14, 1814..^[4]

Descendants of Jan Langstreet:

1. Peter, b. 9 Sep 1737 in near Marlboro Monmouth Co., NJ Colony, m. Abt. 1759 in near Marlboro, Monmouth Co., NJ Colony, Jane Cowenhoven (b. 30 Dec 1739 in near Marlboro Monmouth Co., NJ Colony) first cousins
2. John, b. ca 1744.
3. Elias, b. ca 1745.
4. Aaron, b. 4 Jul 1753, b. 14 Oct 1800.

Church records

1. 9 Sep 1737 Petrus, son of Jan Langstraat and Antje Couwenhoven. Freehold & Middletown, NJ Part 1 Book 61A.^[5]

Research Notes

Parrsboro was part of Kings County, Nova Scotia in 1788. It is currently part of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. - gb -

Sources

1. ↑ History of Kings County, page 282
2. ↑ History of Kings County, page 140
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Call Number: 485704
4. ↑ History of Kings County, page 140
5. ↑ NJ Church Records by subscription https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6961/42037_647350_0315-00042?pid=150206528

• Thomas J. Ryan, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #5490, Date of Import: May 9, 1999., "Electronic," Date of Import: May 12, 1999.
• Rootsweb
• Stories of early families in New Jersey lists info from 6 generations of the Longstreet family in New Jersey, listing spouses and children. Part of New Jersey U.S. Newspaper Extractions for Northeast 1704-1930 on Ancestry.com