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- From: "Dova Wilson"
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:17 AM
Source: VANSANT-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: Cornelius Vansant and Margaret(ta) (Vansant) Closson
What can anyone tell me about the following family? (in Bucks county and Trenton, NJ area probably)
Margaretta Vansant Closson (1796-1877, buried Slate Hill Cemetary, Yardley,PA)(married William Closson) and Cornelius Vansant(about 1809-1889, buried Riverview Cemetary, Ewing/Trenton, NJ) are siblings. I have their wills proving that my ancestor, Courtland Wilson(1822-1898), was their nephew. I am trying to find Courtland's parents and in the process anything more about these Vansants. I have deduced that his mother was a Vansant sister of Margaret and Cornelius who married an unknown Wilson prior to 1822 when Courtland was born.
All help appreciated. Below you can find the info. I have on the above mentioned Vansants.
Margaretta's will clearly stated that her brother was named Cornelius Vansant and that she had a number of neices and nephews, presumably from other sisters.
Thus, the family should have at least one sister who married a Wilson, one who married a Baker, one who married a Kulp, and one who married a Windor.
(I deduced the relationships above from her list of relatives: Mary Ann Baker and Sarah Kulp- nieces, James Windor-nephew,and her late husband's niece Jane McGarvey. Also her cousin Fannie Walker,wife of Benjamin Walker of Philadelphia.)
Several leads: Susan Vansant marries Thomas Winder The marriage announcement- info.Daily True American, Trenton, NJ 7/10/1820 p.3 reel #1270. It reads, "MARRIED, in this city, on the 4th inst. by Isreal Taylor Esq., MR. THOMAS WINDER to Miss SUSAN VANZANT,
all of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Also, I found a marriage record in the Trenton paper in 1819 for a Steward Wilson and Ann Vansant in Lamberton, NJ, and it says they were both from Bucks county. married by Mott. These could be Courtland's parents, but I have nothing to go on for proof.
However, there may be Quaker connections as well. Margaretta Vansant Closson left money to the Trenton, NJ Hicksite meeting in her will.
Any ideas or help? Please reply to dova_w@yahoo.com
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