Peter Praa Van Zandt

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	29 May 1708
Marriage			To Sarah Willense
Death	after 1790

Ancestry chart segment

  Generation 8             Generation 9           Generation 10
 
                                             
                                              
                                                  +-- Wyant VanZandt
                                                  |
                       +-- Peter Praa Van Zandt --+ 
                       |   (1708->1790)           |
                       |                          +-- Maria Praa
                       |
  Cornelia Van Zandt --+                       
  (1746-????)          |                        
                       |                       +-- Frederick Willense
                       |                       |
                       +-- Sarah Willense -----+
                                               |
                                               +-- Maria Waldron
                                                     (1686-????
Sources: 

Children

( children with Sarah Willense)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Cornelia Van Zandt	F	15 May 1746	New Jersey

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
East Ward, NY City	by 1790

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Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1790 United States Federal Census, NY City East Ward, NY, NY, page 7. Census is not dated. Family headed by Peter P. van Zandt: 4 males over over 16, 1 male 0-15, 4 females.
2	Somerset County Genealogical Quarterly Volume 8, short transcription online at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PABUTLER/2003-07/1057200413 Luke Covert, born October 18, 1741 in Franklin Twp., Somerset, New Jersey; died 1821 in Butler Co., Pennsylvania. He was the son of Bergon (Bragon) Covert and Annetze Selover (Slover). He married Cornelia Van Zandt May 12, 1768. She was born May 15, 1746 in New Jersey, and died in Butler Co., PA. She was the daughter of Peter Praa Van Zandt and Sarah Willense.
3	Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania, Vol. 3, Editor-in-chief: John W. Jordan. Author: Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921. Pages 1272-1274. From the Historic Pittsburgh Full Text Collection. Collection is searchable; policy prohibits reproduction of text. Extract:Jane Stoughton was a daughter of John and Catherine (Covert) Stoughton, both born in Pennsylvania. Catherine Covert "was of Holland descent, her mother's maiden name being Van Zant, a family that had settled on Manhattan Island, New York." http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pitttext;cc=pitttext;q1=catherine%20covert;rgn=full%20text;idno=03aee8434m;didno=03aee8434m;view=image;seq=0247

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Web Sites - Documentation Not Given

Ref. Num.	Description	Extract
W1	Descendants of Maria Waldron by Stephen L. Flanagan posted Mar. 20, 2001 on GenForum, Genealogy.com (Covert Forum). Five generations including a Rose Anne Covert, the great-grandmother of the author. Beyond implied family knowledge, no sources listed. Lucas Covert born 15 Sept, 1741 in Somerville, NJ; died 1821 in Brady Twp., PA; married Cornelia Van Zandt. She was born 15 May, 1746 in NJ; died in Butler Co. PA. Their children: *Garret Covert b. 15 Sept 1769 in NJ; married Eleanor Black (lists 7 children) *Ann Covert b. 27 Nov 1772 in NJ; d. 1846; married John Emery *Magdaline Covert b. 29 Nov 1775 in NJ; d. 1850 Butler Co. PA; *Catherine Covert b. 20 July 1778 in NJ; d. bef. 1850 in prob. Butler Co. PA; married John Stoughton *John VanZandt Covert b. 11 Aug 1781 in NJ; d. 1873; married Sarah Bennett *Barnet Covert b. 8 Sep 1784 NJ *Jacob Covert b. 21 Sep 1787 NJ; d. 20 Sep 1869, Grove City PA; married Mary Ann Cornelius (14 Jan 1788-14 Feb 1876)(lists 12 children). *Mary Covert b. 9 July 1789 NJ; married William McNees *Sarah Covert b. 27 Aug 1793 NJ; d. 10 Aug 1872, Worth Twp. Butler Co. PA.	(See full text)

Conjecture

• Peter Praa Van Zandt appears (2nd marriage?)with Mary Johnson in the listing of NY Marriage Licenses, 16 Aug 1766. See:

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rbillard/ny_marriage_licenses.htm

• In the category of things to be saved until they prove either relevant or irrelevant, is this engagement notice on the social page of the 22 May 1904 New York Times. The bride claims descent from one "Vice Governor Van Zandt who served under Peter Stuyvesant". See col. 5, just above the illustration:
  http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D06E3D91E3BE631A25751C2A9639C946597D6CF&oref=slogin
• In Washington Irving's Complete Knickerbocker History of New York, Part 2, 1899 edition, is this line:
  

Oloffe Van Kortlandt...chose as lieutenants or co-adjutors Abraham Harden Broeck, Jacobus Van Zandt, and Wiant Ten Broeck. See:
http://www.fullbooks.com/Knickerbocker-s-History-of-New-York-Complete2.html