Grandsons named John of Dirck Janszen Van Sutphen and Elizabeth Jans

Grandsons Named John of Dirck Janszen Van Sutphen and Elizabeth Jans

The families of the second generation of the descendants of Dirck Jansen Van Sutphen and Elizabeth Jans have been difficult to define as many records of the time, such as baptismal records and wills, are incomplete, missing or do not exist.  This inevitably leads to making assumptions based on the available evidence.  This article looks at a couple of those assumptions and some additional information about the family, including some marriages of early John Sutphens not included in the standard genealogy, “The Sutphen Family”.[1]

The assumptions to be examined are that Jan³ Sutphen (Jan², Dirck¹) was born five years before he was baptized[2] and that Jan³ Sutphen (Jacob², Dirck¹) was born eleven years before he was baptized.[3]  Changing those assumptions will affect the placement of several other grandsons of Dirck Jansen named Jan which will be discussed as well.  The discussion of grandsons or great grandsons named Jan will begin with their name in bold and any proposed change to their placement in italics.

Jan³ Sutphen (Jan², Dirck¹), husband of Catherine Longstreet, is usually thought to be the son of Jan² Sutphen and Engeltje Bennet.[4]  He was baptized on 18 Nov 1711 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Freehold and Middletown, New Jersey.[5]  This identification is confirmed in that Jan is usually referred to as Jan, Jr.[6]  However, that identification is problematic for several reasons.  His birth is usually estimated as being in 1706,[7] five years before his baptism.  Otherwise, Jan³ would have been only 15 when he and Catherine had their first child baptized on 11 Apr 1726[8].  However, generally Dutch children were baptized shortly after birth (see the example of Grietje Sutphen later who was baptized one month after her birth).  There are no known circumstances that would have prevented him from being baptized earlier.  There would also have been a gap of about seven years between the birth of Jan and Engeltje’s first child and their second child, Annetje, baptized on 2 Aug 1713.[9]  Given the frequency of their later children, being every two years or less, this seems unlikely.

One resolution could be that Engeltje Bennet was his second wife; Jan being the son of an unknown first wife who died without further issue.  However, the timing of Jan Junior’s birth is difficult, even in this case.  Jan Sr. was baptized 06 Feb 1686/87 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush, NY.[10]  He would have been 18 when he married and had his first child by the time he was 19.  Jan Jr. would have then married by the time he was 19 and had his first child by the time he was 20.  Dutch men marrying at that age was uncommon at that time, so its occurrence for two generations in a row would be exceptional.  The resolution requires the examination of the other early Jan Sutphens.

There is a similar problem with the identification of Jan³ Sutphen (Jacob², Dirck¹) as the husband of Pieternella Stout.[11]  Though he was baptized on 18 Oct 1722, he is thought to have been born in 1711.  Jacob² Sutphen had a son named Jacob³ baptized on 6 Nov 1720[12] and he and his wife joined the church in 1721[13], so there is no apparent reason why they would have waited an additional two years (beyond the previous nine) to have their son baptized.  None of their other earlier children were baptized later at the church.  At the baptism of his eldest known child, John, he is styled as John Sutphen, Jr.,[14] suggesting the child was named after John Sutphen, Sr.

The confluence of the estimated birth date of Jan³ Sutphen (Jacob², Dirck¹) of 1711 and the baptismal date Jan³ Sutphen (Jan², Dirck¹) of 18 Nov 1711 and his being styled as Jan, Jr. suggests that they are actually the same person. The marriage record of Jan Sutphen and Pieternella Stout states that he was born in and living at Freehold when he married.[15]  If Jan, son of Jacob, was born in 1711, there is no reason to think that he was born in Freehold.  Jacob Sutphen served as a deacon in the Reformed Dutch Church of New Utrecht, NY in 1713 and as an elder in 1715 and 1717.[15a]  Jacob Sutphen of New Utrecht sold land there on 2 Jan 1719.[16]  The earliest baptismal and membership records suggest Jacob’s family came to Freehold about 1720, unlike his brothers, Jan and Dirck, who became members of the church on 19 Jun 1713[17] and had children baptized at the church prior to that.  The amount of time between his birth and baptism, his birth place, the naming of their oldest son, Jan,[18] and the witness, Engeltje Bennet, at the baptism of their second son, Derck (possibly named after his maternal grandfather),[19] strongly suggest that the parents of Jan, husband of Pieterniella Stout, were Jan Sutphen and Engeltje Bennet, not Jacob Sutphen and Annetje Bennet.

Whom then did Jan³ Sutphen (Jacob², Dirck¹) marry?  He probably married, as her 2^nd husband, Eleanor Griggs, daughter of Benjamin Griggs and Margaret Johnson. This marriage is not mentioned in the standard genealogy.  Benjamin Griggs mentions his daughter, Eleanor, wife of John Sutphen in his will dated 23 Mar 1762.[20]  Her first husband was Theodorus Monfoort.  The will of her brother, Reuben, dated 31 Jan 1765,[21] mentions both of her husbands and the children of each marriage, but does not name the children.  Theodorus was baptized on 11 Mar 1723 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Jamaica.[22]  He was deceased by 27 Oct 1751 when his daughter, Susannah, was baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church of Harlingen, NJ.[23]  It is likely that Eleanor’s second husband was of a similar age as Theodorus. Having two or more very young children when her first husband died, she likely remarried quite quickly, around 1752/3.  John Sutphen, Aron Sutphen and Benjamin Griggs were included in a salary subscription list for the pastor at the Presbyterian Church of Cranbury, Middlesex Co., NJ dated 1 May 1762.[24]  Aron may be John’s brother who married Elizabeth Reyst.  Their last known child was baptized in 1745 at the DRC of Readington, Hunterdon, NJ.[25]  The other Aaron/Adrian/Aert Sutphens were living near Freehold or Harlingen at the time. One of John’s children was probably Reuben⁴ who had a daughter named Eleanor born on 7 Apr 1800 and baptized at the Presbyterian Church of Cranbury on 9 Nov 1800.[26]  John, Reuben and Richard Sutphen are listed in the 1778 Tax list of South Brunswick, Middlesex, NJ.[27]

With varying degrees of certainty, other potential Sutphen husbands of Eleanor Griggs can be eliminated or found to be very unlikely.  As noted elsewhere in this article, Jan⁴ Sutphen (Derick³, Jacob², Dirck¹), John³ Sutphen (Gysbert², Dirck¹) and Jan³ Sutphen (Derick², Dirck¹) were married to their known wives in 1762 when Eleanor is known to be married to John Sutphen.  Though not entirely certain, it is most likely that Jan³ Sutphen (Jan², Dirck¹) was married to one of his known wives in 1762.  Catherine Longstreet, wife of Jan, Jr. Sutphen, was mentioned in the will of her mother in 1752[28] and her location in Monmouth County makes it unlikely that even if she did die shortly thereafter that it would be her husband that married Eleanor Griggs who lived in Somerset County.[29]  Unless Eleanor remarried later than 1754, John³ Sutphen (Abraham², Dirck¹) was probably born too late to be Eleanor’s husband.

Another grandson was Jan³ Sutphen (Derick², Dirck¹).  He was thought to have married Geertje Smack and had a son named Derick.[30]  However, his wife’s name was Geertje Amack.[31]  They were married by license dated 28 Mar 1757.[32]  Jan Sutphen and Geertje Amack were witnesses for the baptism of her niece, Helen, on 22 Mar 1761.[33]  They had two other children, Steven and Jannetje, named after their maternal grandparents, Steven Amack and Jannetje Jansen.[34]  He married 2^nd Meriam Huff on 27 Jan 1769.[35]  He wrote his will[36] in Middletown,  Monmouth, NJ on 8 Apr 1794.  He mentions his wife, Mariam, his only daughter, Jane, wife of Hendrick Voorhees, and Moria, wife of Adam Striker and Catherine, wife of William Van Cleef.  Moriah and Catherine were nieces of his first wife, Geertje,[37] though he does not state his relationship to them.  His will was proved 21 May 1795.

However, his grandparents have been misidentified.  The witness at the baptism of Jan, son of Derick Sutphen and Mary Couwenhoven on 10 Sep 1732 was Jan Sutphen, his paternal grandfather.[38]  The same day his father, Derick, was the witness for the baptism of Derick’s  youngest brother, Benjamin³, son of Jan² Sutphen (Dirck¹) and Engeltje Bennet.  Though that Jan died young, Derick and Mary had another son named John, baptized on 16 Dec 1733[39] at the First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, NJ.  Assuming their oldest son was named after his paternal grandfather (as his younger siblings were named after their maternal grandparents) and that John was born about the same time as his wife, Geertje, in 1732, then John, husband of Geertje Amack, is almost certainly Jan⁴ Sutphen (Derick³, John², Dirck¹), son of Derick Sutphen and Mary Couwenhoven.

This conclusion means Derick³ Sutphen (Jacob², Dirck¹) did not marry Mary Couwenhoven as was sometimes thought.[40]  Derick³ Sutphen’s wife was named Mary[41], but her maiden name is unknown.  Jan⁴ Sutphen (Derick³, Jacob², Dirck¹) is said to have been born in 1755 and married Lydia Baker,[42] which agrees with a transcription of his tombstone in the Old Tennent Church yard[43] which states that he died 27 Jul 1823, aged 68.  It is rare for there to be two children with the same name in the same family.   Also, it would be highly unlikely that the same woman would have a child born in 1732 and a child, Joseph, born in 1762.[44]  Though the birth dates of many of the children of Derick³ Sutphen (Jacob², Dirck¹) are unknown, given that the last known child was born in 1762, it is likely his first child was not born before 1742.  Given a gap of eight years or more, it is unlikely that Mary Couwenhoven would be his first wife.  Derick³ Sutphen (Derick², Dirck¹), Derick³ Sutphen (Gysbert², Dirck¹) and Derick³ Sutphen (Abraham², Dirck¹) were all previously unmarried when they married their wives[45], so Mary Couwenhoven was not a first marriage for any of them.

Whom then did Jan³ Sutphen (Derick², Dirck¹) marry?  He was probably the Jan Sutphen born in and living at Freehold when he married Neeltje Van Pelt, born at Long Island and living in the Raritans on 22 Nov 1744.[46]  This marriage is not included in the standard genealogy of the Sutphen family.[47]  Neeltje is probably an undocumented daughter of Jan Van Pelt and Catherine Hegeman.  They were married after 8 Sep 1716 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush, Kings Co., NY.[48] Four of their children, Adriantje, Catherine, Teunis and Jan, were baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church of New Utrecht, Kings Co., NY on Long Island.[49]  The family moved to New Jersey in 1742.[50]  John Sutfin is listed next to John Van Pelt in the list of Freeholders on New Brunswick in 1753.[51]  They had children named Aert, Hendrick and Adriantje after their grandparents.  Neeltje was named after her paternal grandmother, Neeltje Van Tuyl.  Jan and Neeltje had their 2^nd and 3^rd children, John[52] and Catherine,[53] named after their maternal grandparents.  Their oldest daughter, Grietje, was likely named after her paternal grandmother, Grietje Van Pelt.  She was born on 28 Nov 1745[54] and baptized on 29 Dec 1745[55] at the Dutch Reformed Church of Freehold and Middletown.  Their presumed daughter, Elizabeth, was born 6 Nov 1763 and died 26 Jan 1801.[56]

One of the two other grandchildren of Dirck Jansen Sutphen and Elizabeth Jans[57] named Jan/John was John³ Sutphen (Abraham², Dirck¹).  He was baptized on 15 Dec 1734.[58]  No further information is known about him and he was probably born too late to have been misidentified as one of the John Sutphens discussed here.

The other grandson named John was John³ Sutphen (Gysbert², Dirck¹).  There appears to be no reason to question his marriage to Johanna Nevius.[59]

That leaves no obvious choices for the parents of Jan Sutphen, Jr., husband of Catherine Longstreet.  One possibility is that given Jan Stuphen, Jr., husband of Pieternella Stout was the son of Jan² Stuphen (Dirck¹) as shown earlier and they lived in the same town, then Jan Sutphen, husband of Catherine, would be called Jr. in the other sense of the word, i.e. younger than another Jan Sutphen, i.e. Jan² Stuphen (Dirck¹).[60]  Though rare, some families have given two children essentially the same names.  Usually they would be in slightly different forms, e.g. Jan and John. This family may have done so as both Dirck and Elizabeth’s fathers were named Jan and they wanted a son named after each of them.  Dirck’s will only mentions one son named Jan.  However, his will was written on 4 Sep 1702.[61]  It is possible that he had another son, born after his will was written, about 1703.  Elizabeth Jans did have a child, Elizabeth, probably born after the 1698 census of Kings County,[62] so a child born after Dirck’s will would be no more than four years after her previous child.  If they had another son, Jan, husband of Catherine Longstreet, born about 1703, he would have been 22 at his marriage.  The designation, Junior, would have indicated that he was the younger of two sons with the same name.  Catherine Longstreet was born about 1700,[63] also suggesting an earlier birth date for Jan. 

Another possibility is that this Jan was the son of Hendrick¹ Jansen Van Sutphen, brother of Dirck¹,[64] being named after his paternal grandfather.  Nothing is known of Hendrick after being mentioned in the Minutes of the Orphan Masters on 22 Dec 1664.  Hendrick would have been at least ten years old at the time as his father was deceased and the wedding banns for his mother were issued on 22 May 1654.[65]  However, a Hendrick Sutphen and John Sutfin witnessed a deed on 26 Sep 1747 between John Van Cleaf and Benjamin Van Cleaf, Sr., for land in Freehold, Monmouth, NJ[66].  Jan died after 2 Jun 1745 when he witnessed the baptism of his granddaughter, Annetje,[67] so he was likely alive to be able to witness the deed.  No relationship between the witnesses is stated, but Hendrick  was likely John/Jan’s son, named after his paternal grandfather.  Given their other known children, Hendrick would probably been their oldest child, born about 1724.  There is no known Hendrick Sutphen born early enough to have been this witness.

Jan and Catherine had a son named Christopher,[68] after his maternal grandfather, and their first daughter named Mayke after her maternal grandmother  His son, Christopher³, is probably the Christopher Sutphen listed in an early road petition of about 1767 from the inhabitants of the townships of Bedminster and Bridgewater, Somerset Co., NJ.[69]  He probably is the Christopher Sutphin in the 1785 Loudoun Co tithable list, Cameron Parish, Christopher Sutphin, [He]ndrick (over 16), Nancy (black woman).[70]  Christopher’s son, Hendrick, was likely named after his presumed paternal uncle.

Though this identification of Jan, husband of Catherine Longstreet, as Jan, Jr.² Sutphen (Hendrick¹), son of Hendrick Jansen Van Sutphen is speculative, it appears to fit the facts and affords a better placement for the other John Sutphens discussed here.

Summary

A new nephew and grandson not included in the standard genealogy:

- Jan Jr.² Sutphen (Hendrick¹)
- Dirck³ Sutphen (Jan², Dirck¹)

Corrections or additions to marriages in (or not in) the standard genealogy:

- Jan Jr.² Sutphen (Hendrick¹) married Catherine Longstreet, not Jan Jr³ Sutphen (Jan², Dirck¹)

- Jan³ Sutphen (Jan², Dirck¹) married Pieternella Stout, not Jan³ Sutphen (Jacob², Dirck¹)

- Jan³ Sutphen (Jacob², Dirck¹) married Eleanor Griggs, not included in the standard genealogy

- Jan³ Sutphen (Derick², Dirck¹) married Neeltje Van Pelt, not in the standard genealogy.

- Jan⁴ Sutphen (Derick³, Jan², Dirck¹) married Geertje Amack (not Smock), not Jan³ Sutphen (Derick², Dirck¹)

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[1] “The Sutphen family: Genealogical and Biographical Notes on Nine American Generations” by Van Tassel Sutphen and Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, 1926.
[2] “The Sutphen family: Genealogical and Biographical Notes on Nine American Generations” by Van Tassel Sutphen and Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, 1926, p. 8
[3] “The Sutphen family: Genealogical and Biographical Notes on Nine American Generations” by Van Tassel Sutphen and Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, 1926, p. 7.
[4] “The Sutphen family: Genealogical and Biographical Notes on Nine American Generations” by Van Tassel Sutphen and Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, 1926, p. 8; also Willem Adriense Bennet of Brooklyn and Some of his Descendants. by Wilson Ledley. RECORD 94:107
[5] Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey (GMNJ), Vol 22; 31.
[6] GMNJ V 23:68, V23:68, V 24:49, V 24:93
[7] “The Sutphen family: Genealogical and Biographical Notes on Nine American Generations” by Van Tassel Sutphen and Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, 1926, p. 8; also Willem Adriense Bennet of Brooklyn and Some of his Descendants. RECORD 94:107
[8] GMNJ V 23:43.
[9] GMNJ V 22:33
[10] Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, NY, Vol 1, by David William Voorhees, p. 441.
[11] “The Sutphen family: Genealogical and Biographical Notes on Nine American Generations” by Van Tassel Sutphen and Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, 1926, p. 13; also Willem Adriense Bennet of Brooklyn and Some of his Descendants. RECORD 94:108.
[12] GMNJ Vol 22:85.
[13] GMNJ Vol 22:4
[14] GMNJ Vol 25:20
[15] GMNJ Vol 27:16 Jan Zutveen, y.m. b. and living Freholt, and Pieternella Stout y.d. b Middelwouwn, living Freholt, 4 Oct 1740; 30 Oct 1740.
[15a] Historical Discourse Delivered at the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Reformed Dutch church of New Utrecht, NY, by Rev. David S. Sutphen, p. 54.
[16] Kings Co., NY Conveyances, vol 4, p. 205.
[17] GMNJ Vol 22:3.
[18] GMNJ Vol 25:20
[19] GMNJ Vol 25: 22. Her father may have been Richard Stout. Pieternella’s marriage record says she was born at Middletown, but living in Freehold when she married. There are no Stouts listed in the Freeholders List of 1748 for Freehold, Monmouth, NJ. (GMNJ Vol 16, p. 87) However, a Richard Stout is the only Stout in the list for 1755. A Richard Stout was a witness to a deed between Thomas Davis and Aaron Van Doren, both of Freehold, Monmouth Co., NJ on 25 May 1725, suggesting he too lived at or near Freehold. (East New Jersey Land Deeds, Book K, abstracted by Richard Hutchinson, pg 8). If correct, their 2^nd son was named after his maternal grandfather, suggesting that their oldest son, Jan, was named after his paternal grandfather.
[20] Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol 33, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, vol 6, p. 166. 
[21] Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol 33, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, vol 6, p. 166.
[22] Records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island, RECORD 107:93
[23] GMNJ Vol 18, p. 9
[24] Salary Subscription at the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury, NJ dated 1 May 1762
John Sutphen, Aron Sutphen, Benjamin Griggs
http://www.cranburypres.org/fpcrecords.html, Salary Subscription Lists 1750-1833, image
[25] Early Church Records of Somerset County, New Jersey, Vol 1, p. 122.
[26] http://dunhamwilcox.net/nj/cranbury_nj_presb_bapt.htm
[27] AIS Census Index, Pre-1790, Ancestry.com
[28] Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol 32, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, vol 3, p. 205.
[29] Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol 33, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, vol 6, p. 166.
[30] “The Sutphen family: Genealogical and Biographical Notes on Nine American Generations” by Van Tassel Sutphen and Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, 1926, p. 18.
[31] The Amack/Aumack Family of New York and New Jersey, by Patricia Law Hatcher, RECORD 141:108
[32] New Jersey Archives, Marriage Bonds: S (Part 1 : 1735-1761) : 193
[33] GMNJ Vol 26, p. 39.
[34] The Amack/Aumack Family of New York and New Jersey, by Patricia Law Hatcher, RECORD 141:106
[35] GMNJ Vol 35, p. 139.
[36] Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol 37, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, vol 8, p. 418.
[37] The Amack/Aumack Family of New York and New Jersey, by Patricia Law Hatcher, FASG, FGSP, RECORD 114:108.
[38] GMNJ Vol 23, pg 69.
[39] Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, vol 11, p. 401. Their previous son named John, baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church of Freehold and Middletown on 27 Aug 1732 [GMNJ Vol 23:69] apparently died young.
[40] “The Sutphen family: Genealogical and Biographical Notes on Nine American Generations” by Van Tassel Sutphen and Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, 1926, p. 13
[41] “The Sutphen family: Genealogical and Biographical Notes on Nine American Generations” by Van Tassel Sutphen and Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, 1926, p. 13
[42] “The Sutphen family: Genealogical and Biographical Notes on Nine American Generations” by Van Tassel Sutphen and Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, 1926, p. 35
[43] https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sut&GSfn=John&GSiman=1&GScid=1963337&GRid=22689234&
[44] “The Sutphen family: Genealogical and Biographical Notes on Nine American Generations” by Van Tassel Sutphen and Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, 1926, p. 14.
[45] GMNJ vol 27, p. 18 and p. 19.
[46] Jan Zutveen, y.m. b. and living Freholt, and Neeltje Van Pelt, y.d. b L.I. living Ratea[n], 19 Oct 1744; 22 Nov 1744.
[47] “The Sutphen family: Genealogical and Biographical Notes on Nine American Generations” by Van Tassel Sutphen and Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, 1926.
[48] Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, NY, Vol 1, by David William Voorhees, p. 315
[49] Records of the Reformed Church of New Utrecht, Long Island, RECORD 112:132; 112:210; 113:12; 113:74.
[50] The Hegeman Family of New Netherland, by John Blythe Dobson, online at http://library.uwinnipeg.ca/people/dobson/genealogy/ff/Hegeman.cfm
[51] PNJHS 3^rd Series, Vol 1, p. 107
[52] GMNJ Vol 25: 47
[53] Early Church Records of Somerset County, New Jersey, Vol 1, Six Mile Run Church Baptisms, p. 190.
[54] Van Voorhees Family in America, the First Six Generations, by Florence Christoph, pg 171
[55] GMNJ Vol 25:43
[56] https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McDow&GSfn=Elizabeth& GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1801&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=66696314&df=all&
[57] Van Barkeloo Family in America, RECORD 84:74
[58] Early Church Records of Monmouth County, New Jersey, Old Tennent Presbyterian Church, by Anna Miller Watring, p. 6.
[59]  “The Sutphen family: Genealogical and Biographical Notes on Nine American Generations” by Van Tassel Sutphen and Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, 1926, p. 28.
[60] An attempt has been made to distinguish between the two Jan Sutphen Jrs. This can be done for most of the witnesses for the baptisms of children at the DRC of Freehold and Middletown, Monmouth, NJ except for the baptism of David, son of Jacob Sutphen and Annetje Bennet on 16 Jul 1732 and the baptism of Aaron, son of John Longstreet and Annetje Couwenhoven on 17 Jul 1737. There is also a deed from Jan Sutfin, Jr. to William Couwenhoven on 29 Oct 1737. He may be the John Zutphen, miller, who bought 160 acres of land on 14 Apr 1737, East New Jersey Deeds, abstracted by Richard Hutchinson, Book H2, p. 82 and Book E2, p. 1.
[61] Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogates Office, City of New York (Volume I. 1665-1707), p. 447
[62] Documentary History of New York, E. B. O'Callaghan, (c)1849, Vol. III, p. 133-138.
[63] Her father’s will (See Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol 30, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, vol 2, p. 304) specifically lists his sons in the order of their birth. He lists his daughters and notes that Jonica, the first in his list, is the eldest. The 3^rd daughter, Mary, was stated by Teunis G. Bergen in Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island (p. 183), to have been baptized on 6 May 1702. Their two oldest sons and oldest daughter were named after their grandparents. Catherine, named after her paternal grandmother and second in the list, was probably born before Mary, about 1700.
[64] Reconstructing the Ancestry of Dirck Janse Van Sutphen, by Susan Amicucci, New Netherland Connections, Vol 6 [2001], No 3, p. 58
[65] Marriages from 1639 to 1801 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York, Purple, Samuel S., MD , p. 19.
[66] East New Jersey land Records, Books G3 and H3, abstracted by Richard Hutchinson, p. 54
[67] GMNJ 24:42
[68]“The Sutphen family: Genealogical and Biographical Notes on Nine American Generations” by Van Tassel Sutphen and Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, 1926, p. 16. The author suggests that Christopher may have married a woman named Theodosia. She is probably Theodosia Reading Bye, born in 1791, who married Christopher Sutphen in 1810 (see The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Volume 6, p. 321). It is very unlikely he married a woman 52 years younger than himself when he was 71 and then had three children.
[69] Somerset County Historical Quarterly, vol 7, p. 28.
[70] All Index to the Tithables of Loudoun County, Virginia, and to Slaveholders and Slaves, 1758-1786 results for Sutphen, Ancestry.com