Birth details from Messler Genealogy where birth is in Franklin Somerset [Sussex in 1725?] NJ and baptism is in New Brunswick (p. 28). Parents at p. 23. Only siblings Abraham and Ariantje in Messler.
Source needed for wife’s LNAB as Coevers.
James was born in 1725. He passed away in 1804.
[Messler Genealogy] Messler, R. V. (1903). A History or Genealogical Record of the Messler (Metselaer) Family. Chicago, IL: The Lakeside Press.
WikiTree profile Metselaer-5 created through the import of Callahan, Wiley, Plotner, Powell Family Tree - 2009.ged on Dec 2, 2011 by Ron Callahan.
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