Hendrick VAN BRUNT^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1729 - Bef 1797  (< 68 years)

• Name	Hendrick VAN BRUNT
  Birth	Abt 1729	Tinton Falls, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef Feb 1797	New Utrecht, Kings, New York
  Person ID	I3730	HHDHA
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Nicholas VAN BRUNT,   b. 1710, Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. Will dated 12 Apr 1760, Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Geesje HENDRICKSON,   b. Abt 1703, MIddletown, Monmouth, New Jersey d. Aft 1760, Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age > 58 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1724	Of New Utrecht, Kings, Long Island, New York
  Family ID	F34	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Neeltje Eleanor SCHENCK,   b. 24 Aug 1737, MIddletown, Monmouth, New Jersey d. Bef Jan 1814, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age < 76 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1756	Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey   [5]
  Family ID	F1876	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Ancestry World Tree Project., Thorton, Ann, The Van Brunt Family. Military in Revolutionary War. He was a Major in 3rd Regiment of Monmouth Militia. He was captured by the enemy and at first confined in the Sugar House in New york City, and afterwards was a paroled prisoner on Long Island. A letter written by him and signed by him, his brother-in-law Tobias Polhemus, Auke Wyckoff and other officers, to Gov. Livingston of New Jersey complaining of their desititution is published in Revolutionary Correspondence of New Jersey. Some of these men had been prisoners nearly four years. It is not known whether they were every exchanged. His will is dated August 26, 1794, proved February 11, 1797 and is recorded at Trenton, NJ. He appoints his brother-in-law John Schenck, of Freehold Township and Auke Wyckoff, of Shrewsbury Township, his executors. He devises his real estate at Tinto Falls equally between his brother Nicholas Van Brunt, and the four sons of his brother Cornelius, deceased. That is one half to his brother Nicholas and the other half to Cornelius, Hendrick, Nicholas and Joseph C. the fours sons of Cornelius Van Brunt, deceased. Eleanor and Hendrick had no children. [S24] Bergen, Teunis G., Genealogy of the Van Brunt Family, (Albany, Joel Munsell 1867), p. 22. HENDRICK, 1 of New Jersey, b ; d ; m. Nelly Will dated Aug. 26, 1794, proved Feb. 11, 1797, and recorded in the office of the secretary of state of New Jersey. Was a major in the American army in the revolutionary war, in 1780 a prisoner in the Sugar house in the city of New York, and afterwards on parole on Long Island. Inherited and resided on one-half of his father's farm near Shrewsbury, N. J. Having no children, by his will he devised one-half of his farm to Joseph, Nicholas, Hendrick and Cornelius, sons of his brother Cornelius, and the remaining one-half to his brother Nicholas. His heirs sold the premises in 1799. [S22] New Family Search, (Hosted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), . [S23] E-mails and correspondence, Michael Morrissay. Hendrick, named after his maternal grandfather, executor of his father’s estate (c), so born by 1739, but also witness for his nephew, Hendrick Van Brunt, in 1752 (d), so probably born before his sisters; Engeltje (e), Agnes (f) & Geertje (g), as he would have otherwise have been only 13 at the time, very young for being a witness. Born say 1726. [S17] Ancestry.com, Internet Archive, Research and Resource Site., NJ Marriages, Colonial Era 1665 - 1800. Van Brunt, Hendrick, Shrewsbury, and Nelle Skank, Middletown 1756 Dec. 21