Samuel Edsor Edsall, the Emigrant, was born on 16 March 1633 in St. Lawrence Parish, Reading, Berkshire, England.
3,1,13 Samuel Edsor Edsall, the Emigrant, emigrated in July 1648 from England to Massachusetts Bay Colony on the ship Tyrall [or Trial], apparently landing in Boston, Massachusetts.
1,3,10,12,14,13 He lived in 1648 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
12 He was a hatter.
12 He was a Sergeant in the Esopus Indian War in the French and Indian War in 1663. He lived between 1667 and 1678 in Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey.
1 His wife,
Noami, died circa 1677 at age ~24, leaving him a widower.
He lived in 1677 in Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York.
1,12,15 Samuel Edsor Edsall, the Emigrant, appeared on the census of 1685 in Out Plantation, Essex County, New Jersey.
16 He lived between 1688 and 1701 in Newtown, Queens County (Long Island), New York.
1 His wife,
Ruth, died on 27 August 1689 in Suffolk County (Long Island), New York, at age ~36, leaving him a widower.
1,3 Samuel Edsor Edsall, the Emigrant, appeared on the census of 1698 in Newtown, Queens County (Long Island), New York.
3 Samuel Edsor Edsall, the Emigrant, appeared on the census of 1700 in Plantocons, Essex County, New Jersey.
17 LifeSketch:
Samuel came to America from Reading, Berkshire, England, in July, 1648 Monmouth County, New Jersey records. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MISCELLANY, BY John Stillwell, M.D. Page 251 From Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, New York, From Its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700; By Teunis G. Bergen, Author of Bergen, Van Brunt, and Lefferts Genealogies. Printed, 1881, New York, S. W. Greens's Son, Printer, Electrotyper and Binder. 1672 Samuell Edsall's signature appears on a document as a member of the council for Gov. Phillip Carterett. Page 423 "1670 or 1676, Samuel Edsall had daughters, Anna and Judith. He conveyed land to his sons-in-law, Benjamin Blogg and William Lawrence." From Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, New York, From Its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700; By Teunis G. Bergen, Author of Bergen, Van Brunt, and Lefferts Genealogies. Printed, 1881, New York, S. W. Greens's Son, Printer, Electrotyper and Binder.
In 1657 he was admitted a small burgher in N. A., and in 1664 took the oath of allegiance in N. Y. to the English. In 1664 he owned and resided on a farm at Constable's Hoek, Bergen, N. J., as per p. 137 of Vol. 1 of Raum's N. J., to which place he probably removed from Newtown. In 1668 he was a member of the Council of Gov. Carteret; in 1677 he was taxed in N. Y., and in 1687 a justice of the peace in Queens Co. Oct. 1, 1690, he was commissioned a justice of the peace of Kings Co., as per. Col. Man. Issue:--Annetje, bp. July 12, 1656; Judith, bp. May 15, 1658; Johannes, bp. Sept. 12, 1660--all in N. A.; Ann; Julia; and Richard. (See p. 72 of Winfield's Hudson Co.) Signed his name "Samuel Edsall. Parents:
John Edsor Samuel Edsall was a hatter and a fur-trader. "The hats of that day were the broad-brimmed and steeple-crowned hats of fur, and it is likely that he carried on that occupation in connection with his trade in furs." In 1655, he paid a voluntary tax of one beaver. Beavers were a favorite form of payment in all dea lings in the colony.[6] By 1664, Samuel Edsall had become a substantial merchant and owned much land. In 1665 and 1666 he purchased from the Indians the sites of Elizabethtown and Newark, New Jersey, for their first settlers.[7] (His great-great grandson, Rev. John Berrien Fish, was born in Elizabethtown.) Edsall engaged in trading ventures in the Virginias for tobacco, served as a juror and arbitrator in New York, and acted as an interpreter between the Governor and the Indians.
In 1679 he moved to Brookhaven, Long Island, and returned to New Jersey in 1682-83 REFERENCES [1]George E. McCracken, "Samuel Edsall of Reading, Berks, and Some Early Descendants," New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Vol. 89 (July 1958), pp. 130-131. [2]Ibid., p. 131. [3]Ibid., p. 132. [4]Henry Hoff, "The Descendants of Richard Woodhull," The Genealogist, Vol. 2:2, (1981), pp. 197-198. [5]McCracken, New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Vol. 89, p. 134. [6]Thomas Edsall, "Something About Fish, Fisheries, and Fishermen in New York in the Seventeenth Century," New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Vol. 13 (Oct. 1882), p. 192. [7]Ibid. [8]Ibid., p. 193. [9]Jessica Kross, The Evolution of an American Town; Newtown, N.Y., 1642-1775 (1983), p. 75. [10]McCracken, New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Vol. 89, p. 136. Came to America in 1648 on the ship "Tryall" (John Graves the Master) He settled in New Amsterdam and became active in commerce & politics. Lived in Queens and served on councils of Stuyvesant & Leissler. (other source says, He was a member of the judiciary and served on the councils of Governors Cartaret and Leisler.) Initially involved in furtrade & fishing. Negotiated with the indians on behalf of the government for the lands that Newark and Elizabeth , NJ are founded upon. He was a Hatter and served on the council of Governor Stuyvesant. He bought a house from Stuyvesant in Queens between Bridge & Pearl streets and built a Dutch style house on the pro perty with bricks brought down the Hudson River from Albany.
He married 4 times. His third wife was Ruth Woodhull, daughter of Richard Woodhull of Northampton, England. He died circa 1701/02. 1 Samuel Edsall, whose descendants are now found in New-York, NewJersey, and other states, was a native of Reading, in Berkshire,Eng.; and after his arrival at New Amsterdam, m. in 1655 Jannetie Wessels, from Aernhem. Here he persued the business ofa beaver-maker or hatter. He aquired large plantations at Bergenand Hackensack, in New Jersey, to the former of which placed here moved "in Col. Nicoll's time", and in 1668 was appointed oneof the council for that province. Through a long term of years he was an active public man. His zealous support of the unfortunate Leisler, incurred the hatred of the opposite party, though he enjoyed in a large degree the respect of the people of Newtown, among whom he had previously fixed his residence. Here he m. his second wife, Jannetie (Annetje Struyker Berriens), widow of Cor. Berrien. He was still serving in the magistracy at Newtown in 1700; but the time of his decease is uncertain. Mrs. Hopper transferred the property to Harman Smeeman, a Dane. But the latter did not keep it long. He conveyed it to Samuel Edsall, who in 1674 deeded it to a Mr. Morris, whence the new name of Bronck's five hundred acres: Morrisania. edsall: of the New Jersey Archives, New Jersey Historical Society, Trenton, NJ, 1916. The immigrant, Samuel Edsall, was a most remarkable man. He was born 16 Mar 1634 in Reading, England, and came to America aboard the Tyrall, landing in Boston in July 1648 at the age of 14.[2]
In 1657 Samuel was made a burgher of the city of New Amsterdam. He had a hatter’s shop at what is now 47 Pearl Street in New York. During the next few years he made trading expeditions to Long Island, up the Hudson, in New Jersey and along the Delaware River. He learned various Indian dialects and was highly esteemed as an interpreter in later years . He was one of the founders of Bergen, NJ where he owned a farm which he leased in 1663. In 1664 he purchased 500 acres in Bronckx Land which he later sold. He had now become a substantial merchant and landed proprietor. In 1665 and 1666 he purchased the sites of Elizabeth Town and Newark from the Indians for their first settlers. In 1667 he moved to Bergen where he became President of the town, a member of its court of judicature and a member of the NJ Governor's Council. In 1669 he obtained a grant of 2,000 acres running along the Hudson about two and a half miles from Bergen to what is now Fort Lee, and extending inland to the Hackensack River. This was eventually inherited by his son Richard. For the next ten years he resided in New Jersey while trading tobacco in Virginia, acting as interpreter for the Governor, practiced in the courts, and continued to acquire lands in NJ and Pennsylvania. In 1679 he moved to Brookhaven, Long Island where he had a fishing enterprise and he became a freeholder and proprietor of that town while continuing on the Council of East Jersey and the magistracy of Bergen. In 1688 he moved to Newtown, Long Island, having married a widow of that place and he lived there until his death. He was commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in Queens County, 13 Dec 1689. That same year a mob seized the fort in New York because they had many grievances against Governor Edward Andros who still supported James II although he had fled the throne and been succeeded by William and Mary. Their leader, Jacob Leisler, proclaimed support of William and Mary and appointed a council of eight men of substantial merit. Samuel Edsall was one of these. Leisler and the Council ruled for almost two years. Finally the Crown appointed a new Governor but Leisler refused to surrender his rule and he and his associates were arrested and tried for high treason. Samuel and one other were acquitted, six were found guilty but pardoned, and Leisler and his so n-in-law were hanged on 16 May 1691.
Samuel was married four times. His first wife was Jannetje Wessells, a widow whom he married in New Amsterdam in 1655. By her he had six daughters who married well and two sons, one of whom, John Edsall, settled on the paternal estate in Bergen County and is the ancestor of the Edsalls who lived in that part of New Jersey.
In 1678, Samuel married Ruth Woodhull, daughter of Richard Woodhull. (also spelled Odell) a prominent leader on Long Island and Edsall's partner in the fishing enterprise. Ruth died in 1688; Samuel died between 1701 and 1706. Samuel and Ruth had two children: Ruth and Richard. Their son Richard, baptized 1682, m1, 1712, Kezia Ketcham (who is the ancestor of the Edsalls of Queens Co) , m2, ca 1714, Anna Lawrence and m3 Helegonde DeKay (who is the ancestor of the Edsalls of Orange and Sussex Counties). She was born 1699, dau of Capt. Jacobus and Sarah Willett DeKay. Richard inherited the 2,000 acres in Hackensack, Bergen Co, NJ from his father. In 1734 Jacobus DeKay traded 60 acres in NYC (the present site of Columbia University) for a much larger tract in the Wawayanda Patent, then supposed to be all in Orange County. DeKay settled on the southern portion of his tract, which turned out to be in Vernon, Sussex Co, NJ, and Richard soon followed him, living there until he died. His first child by Ketchum was Philip Edsall, 1710-1791, who m Elizabeth Pomeroy, and, was a farmer, civil magistrate and elder in the Presbyterian Church in Newtown, Long Island. Some genealogies say Philip had no sons, but the 1790 Census for Newtown shows Philip Sr., Samuel, and Philip Jr. together. By DeKay, Richard had a daughter, Anne Edsal, bap. 30 Jul 1721 in the Dutch Church at Hackensack and six sons all baptized there as follows: Richard, 17 Mar 1723, Jacobus, 3 Jan 1725, Samuel, 14 Nov 1726, Thomas 27 Sep 1728, Thomas 27 May 1733, and John, 25 Nov 1733. [5] Submitted to Pedigree Resource File in 2003
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Samuel Edsall (son of
John Edsor Edsall) was born 1634 in Reading, Berkshire, England, and died 1706 in Newtown (Queens) New York. He married Jane Wessels on May 29, 1655, in New Amsterdam, New York, America, daughter of Wessell Wessells and Mettyen Boonen.
Notes for Samuel Edsall:
Samuel Edsall (1630-1706) was born in Reading, Berks, England. He sailed from England to Boston July 1648 on the "Triall". He settled at New Amsterdam 1655-68. Was the founder of Bergen, New Jersey, member Councils, Province of East New Jersey and Province of New York 1689. Indian Interpreter, Newcastle on the Delaware 1675-76.
"The Compendium of American Genealogy" Vol.1. p.77
Samuel Edsall (1630-1706) was born in Reading, Berkshire, England. He sailed from England to Boston July 1648 on the "Triall". He settled at New Amsterdam 1655-68. Was the founder of Bergen, New Jersey, member Councils, Province of East New Jersey and Province of New York 1689. Indian Interpreter, Newcastle on the Delaware 1675-76.
From "
Fish, Fisheries, and Fishermen" by Thomas Henry Edsall. Read before the Society NYGBS. June 9, 1882.
]Mr.
[Samuel] Edsall's second wife was Naomy, widow of Samuel Moore of New York, merchant. She survived only a year and probably had no issue by this marriage. She died in 1677*
* Two stepsons were added to this family by this marriage, Francis and Samuel Moore. Francis, married 1696 Jannetje Lawrence, of Newtown, L.I., and Samuel, married March 1705 Sarah Smith, of Bergen Co. Each had seven children. Both settled in Bergen Co. Samuel acquired from the heirs of ex-Mayor Thomas Noell, the plantation of 1500 acres above Fort Lee, which the latter had purchased from his father-in-law Maj. John Berry in 1699.
Page 195.
For his third wife, Mr.
[Samuel] Edsall married
Ruth, daughter of his partner, Richard
Woodhull, of Seatalcott, probably in the summer of 1678. The first child of this marriage was a daughter.
9. RUTH. who married first her step-brother John Berrien, of Newtown, and second Samuel Fish of the same place. She has numerous descendants, of whom one was the Rev. William Berrien, late Rector of Trinity Church, and another is Hamilton Fish, Ex-Governor and Secretary of State. The only other child of Mr. Edsall by this marriage was a son.
Page 196.
10.
RICHARD EDSALL, surveyor, who resided in Newtown, afterward in Hackensack, NJ, and finally settled in Orange County, NY. He was thrice married and is the ancestor of the Edsall family of Queens County by his first wife Kezia Ketcham.* (daughter of Phillip Ketcham of Newtown) and of the families of that name in Orange County, NY, and Sussex County, NJ, by his third wife
Hillegonde De Key. ** She was the daughter of
Jacobus De Key by his marriage with
Sarah, the daughter of
Colonel Thomas Willett of Flushing and of his wife
Helena, daughter of
Captain Elbert Elbertse Stoothoff of Brooklyn.
* She had a son Phillip. b. in 1713 who married Dec 11,1734, Elizabeth dau of the Rev Samuel Pumroy and had several children.
** She bore him five sons and one daughter.
Page 196.
In 1689, Mr.
[Samuel] Edsall married his fourth wife, Jannetjie, daughter of Jan Stryker, of Flatbush. L.I. and widow of Cornelius Jansen Berrien, of Newtown, L.I. Of this marriage there was probably no issue.*
*The only sons of the immigrant Cornelius Jansen Berrien, who had male issue were Peter and John, who married respectively their stepsisters, Elizabeth and Ruth Edsall, and had no other wives. All of the numerous descendants Berrien or Berrian, of the immigrant, are therefore descended from the subject of this sketch.
Page 198.
Mr. [Samuel] Edsall had important business at home which did not admit of his spending much time about the fisheries. He must have gone to Seatalcott in the summer of 1678, for it was then that he secured his most precious "catch" the heart and hand of the fair
Ruth Woodhull. The results of the first season of the fishing company were not satisfactory, at least to Mr. Edsall. The great expectations with which the enterprise had been launched were in a fair way to be disappointed if greater energy were not shown in its prosecution. Mr. Edsall was active and indefatigable in the conduct of his own affairs, and the new venture seemed to require his presence. This would necessitate prolonged absences from home unless he should take up residence at Seatalcott. To this his new wife would readily accede for it would take her back to her friends and family. So it was determined that they should remove to Seatalcott. But where to find a house there was the first question.
There was an early settler proprietor and patentee of that town named Daniel Lane, formerly of New London, Conn., who had married Catherine, widow of Thomas Doxey, and probably a daughter of Stukely Westcott of Rhode Island (another of whose daughters married the first Benedict Arnold) Lane had a fine house and plantation, and also a mill on Little Neck (now Strong's Neck), adjoining the home of Mr. Woodhull. Being arrested for an alleged crime just before the Dutch reoccupation, he was tried, convicted, and imprisoned under the Dutch rule. He escaped from prison, and despite the hue and cry by which he was pursued, he was never captured. Thereupon his estate was ordered to be seized, but on application of his wife, she was permitted to retain possession and the property was directed to be applied one half to the support of the wife and children, and one half to payment of the fugitive's debts. A divorce was also ordered to be granted to the wife in case of his absence continuing for six months. (ColDoc 704) Four years had elapsed and Lane had not reappeared. The buildings were going into decay, the fences were falling, and the land was becoming overgrown. This place would suit
Mr. [Samuel] Edsall for a residence if he could obtain it, but how to do so was the next question. The problem was solved in a way that was certainly unique; i.e., by obtaining letters of administration upon the absent owner's estate, which was granted upon the following petition. It is an autograph of the petitioner, and bears date February 18, 1678:
"To His Excellency Sir Edmund Andros, Knight, Seigneiur of Sausmarez, Liet and Gouernour Gen of all his Royal Highness territories in America. The humble address of Samuell Edsall Showeth: that hee haunge maryed a wife out of the towne of Seatalcott upon Long Island, where he hath entered into partnership with his father-in -aw, Mr. Richard Woodhull, And two others for the prosecutyon of ye desine of pearch And bass fishing in those parts, wherin they haue already been at charge, but for want of more constant attendance therein it hath hither to turned to small accompt: being desirous to proceed therein: and that his wife may be neare her relations: he is much inclined to remove his family to that place. If he coald meere with A convenient Acooomodatyon of house and land theare: that having made Inquiry to that end he cannot heare of any that he judges will be fit for him unlesse that which formerly did belong to Daniel Lane, which lying in A manner holy neglectd: notwithstanding the severall orders for ye division of ye estate betwixt his wife and ye creditors" will quickly fall short of its Apraysment unless your Excellence shall see cause to appont sume persom hoe will tackye ye matter upon him: to see those former orders put in Executyon About ye division and payments As therein directed; whoch havinge bee most proper for your Excellence to do; hee doth therefore most humbly supplicate your Excellence that being responsible for ye Apraysment of ye hole Estate left, that is to say of housinge and Land: he may bee put into possession thereof, by your Excellencies order not doubtinge of givinng good satisfacyon unto ye woman and children for their proprtyon of ye Apraysment As Also to such Creditors, whose debts shall be allowed by ye Court of Sessions by Average or (otherwise) he beinge admitted thereunto by letters of Administration for which hee will give securitye to be Acomptable or any other way, As to your Excellence shall seem meete "And your supplicant As in duty bound shall ever pray.
On this petition he was "admitted and confirmed to al intents and purposes, administer the whole estate, goods, and chattels" of Lane within the government, with full power to enter upon and take possession of the premises. (Wills. NY 376).
Immediate preparations were made for removal. To his son-in-law, Capt. Blagge, he sold for 200 pounds a house and lot on the "Water between the residence of Gelyn Verplanck and that of Johannis De Bruine. (5 Deeds Alb., 159) His eldest son (now eighteen years old) was bound out to his "intimate acquaintance" The Rev. Charles Woolley, Chaplain at the fort, as his "scholar". It was in the handwriting of his youth, that were many of the "memorials" of this author, as he tells us in his book. (Wooley’s Journal. 53) Doubtless the father was well pleased, in the dearth of educational facilities in New York at that time, to leave his son under the tuition of this graduate of Cambridge.
Early in the Spring of 1679
Mr. [Samuel] Edsall removed with his family to the Lane place at Seatalcott. The house, mill and "leanto" were repaired, the fences restored, and the long-neglected fields were cleared up and cultivated. (XXX Col. MSS> 58) There he continued to reside for several years, while the fishery was being prosecuted. In that time, in order, no doubt, to provide funds to meet the growing demands of the enterprise; he sold his fine plantation at Constables Hook, NJ, for Five hundred & sixty-two pounds (New England money deeds, Alb. 252) and also disposed of his plantation at Espatin. NJ, valued at Two hundred pounds to Cornelius Steenwick. (19 B Wills. NY 221) The letters of administration did not, however, secure to him an unchallenged tenure of the Lane estate. On the contrary, his possession was the subject of a remarkable, protracted and bitter litigation with the ??????
12 Samuel Edsall
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Samuel Edsall was born at Reading, England, son of John Edsor. He was baptized on March 16, 1633/34, at the Church of St. Lawrence. Samuel Edsall came to America on the ship, "Trial," landing in Boston in July of 1648. Where he lived for the next seven years is unknown.[1]
Samuel Edsall married, in the Dutch Church on Manhattan, Jannetje Wessels, on May 29, 1655. She was the mother of his first five children, and perhaps of the sixth and seventh.[2]
According to one source, Samuel's second marriage was to a woman named Naomi, widow of Samuel Moore of New York. This has not been proven, however, and if the marriage did take place Naomi must have died soon afterwards.[3]
By 1678, Samuel had married Ruth Woodhull. She was born about 1650, daughter of Richard Woodhull and his wife Dorothy (Howell?). Ruth died about 1688-89. Richard Woodhull was the founder of Brookhaven, Long Island.[4]
Following Ruth's death, Samuel married once more, to Jannetie (Stryker) Berrien, daughter of Jan Stryker and widow of Cornelius Jansen Berrien. There were no children by this marriage. She was living as late as May 29, 1705.[5]
Samuel Edsall was a hatter and a fur-trader. "The hats of that day were the broad-brimmed and steeple-crowned hats of fur, and it is likely that he carried on that occupation in connection with his trade in furs." In 1655, he paid a voluntary tax of one beaver. Beavers were a favorite form of payment in all dealings in the colony.[6]
By 1664, Samuel Edsall had become a substantial merchant and owned much land. In 1665 and 1666 he purchased from the Indians the sites of Elizabethtown and Newark, New Jersey, for their first settlers.[7] (His great-great grandson, Rev. John Berrien Fish, was born in Elizabethtown.)
Edsall engaged in trading ventures in the Virginias for tobacco, served as a juror and arbitrator in New York, and acted as an interpreter between the Governor and the Indians. In 1679 he moved to Brookhaven, Long Island, and returned to New Jersey in 1682-83.[8]
In 1688, he was a member of the Provincial Council and of the court of Bergen, New Jersey. In 1689, he moved to Newtown, Long Island, where he was elected a judge. According to Jessica Kross, "no other townsman would rise to Edsall's prominence."[9]
In 1691, Edsall sided with Jacob Leisler in his attempt to become governor of the colony. Leisler was tried and executed for treason. Samuel Edsall was also arrested and on April 5, 1691, put on trial. He was acquitted the next day, however. This episode appears not to have damaged his reputation, as he was still a justice in 1692. In the 1698 census of Newtown, Samuel Edsall appears with a household of eight and two slaves. He died sometime between December 1701 and 1706.[10]
Children, by Jannetje Wessels:
1. Annetje, bapt. July 12, 1656; m. William Laurence
2. Judith, bapt. May 15, 1658
3. John, bapt. Sept. 12, 1660
4. Joanna, bapt. Sept. 4, 1667; d. before Feb. 3, 1690/91; m. Jacob Milbourne
5. Sarah, bapt. Oct. 9, 1673
Children, by Jannetje Wessels or Ruth Woodhull:
6. Benjamin, bapt. Oct. 22, 1674
7. Mary, m. 1695/96, Peter DeLanoy, former Mayor of New York
Children, by Ruth Woodhull:
8. Ruth, bapt. Apr. 2, 1683; d. Feb. 28, 1763; m. (1st) her step-brother, John Berrien; m. (2nd) Samuel Fish
9. Richard, bapt. Apr. 2, 1683; possibly a twin of Ruth; m. (1) Keziah Ketcham; m. (2) Anna Lawrence; m. (3) Hillegonde De Kay
10. Elizabeth, m. her step-brother, Peter Berrien; d. May 6, 1763
REFERENCES
[1]George E. McCracken, "Samuel Edsall of Reading, Berks, and Some Early Descendants," New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Vol. 89 (July 1958), pp. 130-131.
[2]Ibid., p. 131.
[3]Ibid., p. 132.
[4]Henry Hoff, "The Descendants of Richard Woodhull," The Genealogist, Vol. 2:2, (1981), pp. 197-198.
[5]McCracken, New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Vol. 89, p. 134.
[6]Thomas Edsall, "Something About Fish, Fisheries, and Fishermen in New York in the Seventeenth Century," New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Vol. 13 (Oct. 1882), p. 192.
[7]Ibid.
[8]Ibid., p. 193.
[9]Jessica Kross, The Evolution of an American Town; Newtown, N.Y., 1642-1775 (1983), p. 75.
[10]McCracken, New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Vol. 89, p. 136.
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Samuel Edsall(1) was born on 16 Mar 1633 in St. Lawrence Parish, Reading, Berkshire, England. He died in 1706. Records located at Ancestry.com: submitter - dmartin137@@aol.com
Samuel came to America from Reading, Berkshire, England, in July, 1648.
Monmouth County, New Jersey records.
HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MISCELLANY, BY John Stillwell, M.D.
Page 251: 1672 Samuell Edsall's signature appears on a document as a member of the council for Gov. Phillip Carterett.
Page 423: "1670 or 1676, Samuel Edsall had daughters, Anna and Judith. He conveyed land to his sons-in-law, Benjamin Blogg and William Lawrence."
From Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, New York, From Its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700;
By Teunis G. Bergen, Author of Bergen, Van Brunt, and Lefferts Genealogies. Printed, 1881, New York, S. W. Greens's Son, Printer, Electrotyper and Binder.
In 1657 he was admitted a small burgher in N. A., and in 1664 took the oath of allegiance in N. Y. to the English. In 1664 he owned and resided on a farm at Constable's Hoek, Bergen, N. J., as per p. 137 of Vol. 1 of Raum's
N. J., to which place he probably removed from Newtown. In 1668 he was a member of the Council of Gov. Carteret; in 1677 he was taxed in N.Y., and in 1687 a justice of the peace in Queens Co. Oct. 1, 1690, he was commissioned a justice of the peace of Kings Co., as per. Col. Man.
Issue:--Annetje, bp. July 12, 1656; Judith, bp. May 15, 1658; Johannes,
bp. Sept. 12, 1660--all in N. A.; Ann; Julia; and Richard. (See p. 72 of
Winfield's Hudson Co.) Signed his name "Samuel Edsall. Parents: John Edsor.
He was married to Naomi Moore about 1653.
He was married to Jannetje Wessels on 29 May 1655 in Manhattan, New York, New York. Children were: Annetje Edsall, Judith Edsall, John 'Johannes' Edsall, Joanna Edsall, Zara Edsall, Benjamin Edsall, Mary Edsall.
He was married to Ruth Woodhull in 1678. Children were: Richard Edsall , Ruth Edsall, Elizabeth Edsall.
He was married to Jannetje Stevens on 27 Aug 1689.
The Edsall Family [1]
The immigrant, Samuel Edsall, was a most remarkable man. He was born 16 March 1634 in Reading, England, and came to America aboard the Tyrall, landing in Boston in July 1648 at the age of 14.[2] In 1657 Samuel was made a burgher of the city of New Amsterdam. He had a hatter's shop at what is now 47 Pearl Street in New York. During the next few years he made trading expeditions to Long Island, up the Hudson, in New Jersey and along the Delaware River. He learned various Indian dialects and was highly esteemed as an interpreter in later years. He was one of the founders of Bergen, New Jersey, where he owned a farm which he leased in 1663. In 1664 he purchased 500 acres in Bronckx Land which he later sold. He had now become a substantial merchant and landed proprietor.
In 1665 and 1666 he purchased the sites of Elizabeth Town and Newark from the Indians for their first settlers. In 1667 he moved to Bergen where he became President of the town, a member of its court of judicature and a member of the New Jersey Governor's Council. In 1669 he obtained a grant of 2,000 acres running along the Hudson about two and a half miles from Bergen to what is now Fort Lee, and extending inland to the Hackensack River. This was eventually inherited by his son Richard. For the next ten years he resided in New Jersey while trading tobacco in Virginia, acting as interpreter for the Governor, practiced in the courts, and continued to acquire lands in NJ and Pennsylvania. In 1679 he moved to Brookhaven, Long Island where he had a fishing enterprise and he became a freeholder and proprietor of that town while continuing on the Council of East Jersey and the magistracy of Bergen.
In 1688 he moved to Newtown, Long Island, having married a widow of that place and he lived there until his death. He was commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in Queens County, 13 Dec 1689. That same year a mob seized the fort in New York because they had many grievances against Governor Edward Andros who still supported James II although he had fled the throne and been succeeded by William and Mary. Their leader, Jacob Leisler, proclaimed support of William and Mary and appointed a council of eight men of substantial merit. Samuel Edsall was one of these. Leisler and the Council ruled for almost two years. Finally the Crown appointed a new Governor but Leisler refused to surrender his rule and he and his associates were arrested and tried for high treason. Samuel and one other were acquitted, six were found guilty but pardoned, and Leisler and his son-in-law were hanged on 16 May 1691.
Samuel was married four times. His first wife was Jannetje Wessells, a widow whom he married in New Amsterdam in 1655. By her he had six daughters who married well and two sons, one of whom, John Edsall, settled on the paternal estate in Bergen County and is the ancestor of the Edsalls who lived in that part of New Jersey. In 1678, Samuel married Ruth Woodhull, daughter of Richard Woodhull (also spelled Odell), a prominent leader on Long Island and Edsall's partner in the fishing enterprise. Ruth died in 1688; Samuel died between 1701 and 1706. Samuel and Ruth had two children: Ruth and Richard.
1 Samuel EdsallThe immigrant, Samuel Edsall, was born 16 Mar 1634 in Reading, England, and came to America aboard the Tyrall, landing in Boston in July 1648 at the age of 14.
[2] By 1657 Samuel had a hatter’s shop at what is now 47 Pearl Street in New York, then New Amsterdam. In 1662 he was engaged in selling tobacco. He has been called the founder of Bergen, NJ, where he owned a farm which he leased in 1663. In 1664 he purchased 500 acres in Bronckx Land which he later sold. The next year he is said to have bought the site of Elizabeth Town and in 1666 that of Newark. Another account says that he owned a tract in Woodbridge, NJ and another in Hackensack, which was inherited by his son Richard.
[3] Even if these claims are exaggerated he was obviously a very successful man. He was a member of the provincial council of Gov. Carteret in 1688, President of the Town of Bergen and a member of the Court there. The following year he returned to New York where he was commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in Queens County, 13 Dec 1689.
That same year a mob seized the fort in New York because they had many grievances against Governor Edward Andros who still supported James II although he had fled the throne and been succeeded by William and Mary. Their leader, Jacob Leisler, proclaimed support of William and Mary and appointed a council of eight men of substantial merit. Samuel Edsall was one of these. Leisler and the Council ruled for almost two years. Finally the Crown appointed a new Governor but Leisler refused to surrender his rule and he and his associates were arrested and tried for high treason. Samuel and one other were acquitted, six were found guilty but pardoned, and Leisler and his son-in-law, Jacob Milbourne were hanged on 16 May 1691.
[4]
Samuel was married four times.
[5] On 29 May 1655 at the Dutch Church in Manhattan, he married Jannetje dau of Wessell Wessells and Mittyen Bonnan. Jannetje was described as a very accomplished and handsome young lady. By her he had six daughters who married well and two sons, one of whom, John Edsall, settled on the paternal estate in Bergen County and is the ancestor of the Edsalls who lived in that part of New Jersey. Children of Samuel and Jannetje:
a. Annetje, bp 12 Jul 1656, m Capt. William Lawrence, son of Major Thomas Lawrence of Newtown, L.I. in 1676. Settled in Bergen County on a plantation given by Samuel. Capt. Lawrence was speaker of the House of Deputies of East Jersey in 1693 and continued a member until 1698.
b. Judith, bp 15 May 1658, m Capt. Benj. Blaggs, a sea captain from Plymouth, England.
c. Johannes, bp 12 Sep 1659, died in infancy.
d. John, bp 16 Sep 1660, m Charity Smith, dau of High Sheriff Michael Smith and granddaughter of Deputy Governor John Berry of East Jersey. This son inherited and settled on the Bergen property and was the ancestor of the Edsalls of Bergen Co. He became an East Jersey Proprietor about 1700.
[6] e. Joanna, bp 14 Sep 1667, m Jacob Milbourne, secretary of Gov. Jacob Leisler.
f. Sarah, bp 14 Sep 1667. Died young
g. Benjamin, bp 22 Oct 1674. Lost in 20
th year.
h. Mary, m Peter Delanoy, former mayor of New York and Collector of the Port of NY.
i. Elizabeth, m Peter Berrian of Newtown, L.I. Senator Berrian of Georgia, former Attorney General of the U.S. was a descendant of this marriage.
j. Ruth. Her first marriage was to her stepbrother Peter Berrian. The Rev. William Berrian, Rector of Trinity Church was a descendant of this marriage. Her second marriage was to Samuel Fish of Newtown, and Lt. Gov. Hamilton Fish was a descendant of this marriage.
The line we are interested in came through Samuel’s second wife
, Ruth Woodhull, daughter of
Richard and Deborah Crewe Woodhull, whom he married in 1678. Richard Woodhull was a man of great wealth, founder of Brookhaven on Long Island. Ruth died in 1688; Samuel died in 1702.
[8] Their son
Richard, baptized at Bergen, 2 Apr 1683, d 1762,
[9] m1, 1712,
Kezia Ketcham, of Newton and the Edsalls of Queens Co descend from this marriage.
His first child by Ketchum was Philip Edsall, 1710-1791, who m Elizabeth Pomeroy, and, was a farmer, civil magistrate and elder in the Presbyterian Church in Newtown, Long Island. Some genealogies say Philip had no sons, but the 1790 Census for Newtown shows Philip Sr., Samuel, and Philip Jr. together.
Richard m2, ca 1714,
Anna Lawrence and m3 ca 1720,
Helegonde DeKay b 1699, dau of Capt. Jacobus and Sarah Willett DeKay.
By Helegonde DeKay, Richard had a daughter, Anne Edsal, bap. 30 Jul 1721 in the Dutch Church at Hackensack, six sons all baptized there as follows:
Richard, 17 Mar 1723,
Jacobus, 3 Jan 1725,
Samuel, 14 Nov 1726,
Thomas 27 Sep 1728,
Thomas 27 May 1733, and
John, 25 Nov 1733;
and a daughter Sarah who m James Mitchell on 5 Jun 1755 in Florida, NY.
[12] Richard was a surveyor of considerable ability and reputation. He inherited 2,000 acres in Hackensack, Bergen Co, NJ from his father.
At Hackensack, in the Province of New Jersey, at a place called Edsall’s Point, there is a very good plantation to be SOLD. It consists upwards of 300 acres of upland and meadow whereon there is a good house, barn, and other outhouses, a good orchard and about 100 acres of land cleared. There is also a good grist mill upon the premises, situated so that a boat may come to it. The land is well timbered and watered. Whoever is inclined to purchase the same, may apply to Richard Edsall living upon the premises, who will dispose of the same on very reasonable terms.[10]In 1734 Jacobus DeKay traded 60 acres in NYC for a much larger tract in the Wawayanda Patent, then supposed to be all in Orange County. DeKay settled on the southern portion of his tract, which turned out to be in what is now Vernon, Sussex Co, NJ, and Richard soon followed him, living there until he died.
[11] Samuel’s third wife, 1689, was Janette, dau of Jan Stryker of Flatbush and widow of Cornelius Jansen Berrian of Newtown. No issue.
[7].1 Samuel Edsor Edsall, IBirth: Mar. 16, 1634, Berkshire, England
Death: 1702, Newtown, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Samuel Edsall was the first generation American and a decedent of Charlemagne, that became the most Patriotic Sussex County New Jersey Family, whose sons and grandsons served in the Revolutionary War, and has furnished Soldiers to every war our nation has waged. He arrived in Boston in the year July 1648 by ship Tryall, from Reading, Berkshire County, England, where the family traditions ascribe his nativity. Samuel Edsall had daughters, Anna and Judith. He conveyed land to his sonsinlaw, Benjamin Blogg and William Lawrence. From
Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, New York, From Its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700. In 1657 he was admitted a small burgher in New Amsterdam, and in 1664 took the oath of allegiance in N. Y. to the English. In 1664 he owned and resided on a farm at Constable's Hoek, Bergen, N.J., to which place he probably removed from Newtown. In 1668 he was a member of the Council of Gov. Carteret; in 1677 he was taxed in N. Y., and in 1687 a justice of the peace in Queens Co. Oct. 1, 1690, he was commissioned a justice of the peace of Kings County, as per. Col. Man.
Issue: Annetje, bp. July 12, 1656; Judith, bp. May 15, 1658; Johannes, bp. Sept. 12, 1660all in N. A.? Ann? Julia? and Richard. (See p. 72 of Winfield's Hudson Co.)
Signed his name "Samuel Edsall.
His father was John Edsor. Samuel Edsall was a hatter and a fur trader. "The hats of that day were the broad-brimmed and steeplecrowned hats of fur, and it is likely that he carried on that occupation in connection with his trade in furs." In 1655, he paid a voluntary tax of one beaver. Beavers were a favorite form of payment in all dealings in the colony. By 1664, Samuel Edsall had become a substantial merchant and owned much land. In 1665 and 1666 he purchased from the Indians the sites of Elizabethtown and Newark, New Jersey, for their first settlers.
(His greatgreat grandson, Rev. John Berrien Fish, was born in Elizabethtown.) Edsall engaged in trading ventures in the Virginias for tobacco, served as a juror and arbitrator in New York, and acted as an interpreter between the Governor and the Indians. In 1679 he moved to Brookhaven, Long Island, and returned to New Jersey in 168283. He settled in New Amsterdam and became active in commerce & politics. Lived in Queens and served on councils of Stuyvesant & Leissler. (Anther source says, He was a member of the judiciary and served on the councils of Governors Cartaret and Leisler.) Initially involved in fur trade & fishing. Negotiated with the indians on behalf of the government for the lands that Newark and Elizabeth , NJ, are founded upon. He was a Hatter and served on the council of Governor Stuyvesant. He bought a house from Stuyvesant in Queens between Bridge & Pearl streets and built a Dutch style house on the property with bricks brought down the Hudson River from Albany.
He married 4 times. His third wife was Ruth Woodhull, daughter of Richard Woodhull of Northampton, England.
He died circa 1701/02.
1 Samuel Edsall, whose descendants are now found in New york, New Jersey, and other states, was a native of Reading, in Berkshire, Eng.? and after his arrival at New Amsterdam, m. in 1655 Jannetie Wessels, from Aernhem. Here he pursued the business of a beavermaker or hatter. He acquired large plantations at Bergen and Hackensack,
in New Jersey, to the former of which placed here moved "in Col. Nicoll's time", and in 1668 was appointed one of the council for that province. Through a long term of years he was an active public man. His zealous support of the unfortunate Leisler, incurred the hatred of the opposite party, though he enjoyed in a large degree the respect of the
people of Newtown, among whom he had previously fixed his residence. Here he m. his second wife, Jannetie (Annetje Struyker Berriens), widow of Cor. Berrien. He was still serving in the magistracy at Newtown in 1700? but the time of his decease is uncertain. Mrs. Hopper transferred the property to Harman Smeeman, a Dane. But
the latter did not keep it long. He conveyed it to Samuel Edsall, who in 1674 deeded it to a Mr. Morris, whence the new name of Bronck's five hundred acres: Morrisania. Edsall: of the New Jersey Archives, New Jersey Historical Society, Trenton, NJ, 1916. The immigrant, Samuel Edsall, was a most remarkable man. He was born 16 Mar 1634 in Reading,
England, and came to America aboard the Tyrall, landing in Boston in July 1648 at the age of 14. In 1657 Samuel was made a burgher of the city of New Amsterdam. He had a hatter’s shop at what is now 47 Pearl Street in New York. During the next few years he made trading expeditions to Long Island, up the Hudson, in New Jersey and
along the Delaware River. He learned various Indian dialects and was highly esteemed as an interpreter in later years . He was one of the founders of Bergen, NJ where he owned a farm which he leased in 1663. In 1664 he purchased 500 acres in Bronx Land which he later sold. He had now become a substantial merchant and landed proprietor. In 1665 and
1666 he purchased the sites of Elizabeth Town and Newark from the Indians for their first settlers. In 1667 he moved to Bergen where he became President of the town, a member of its court of judicature and a member of the NJ Governor's Council. In 1669 he obtained a grant of 2,000 acres running along the Hudson about two and a half miles from
Bergen to what is now Fort Lee, and extending inland to the Hackensack River. This was eventually inherited by his son Richard. For the next ten years he resided in New Jersey while trading tobacco in Virginia, acting as interpreter for the Governor, practiced in the courts, and continued to acquire lands in NJ and Pennsylvania. In 1679 he moved to Brookhaven, Long Island where
he had a fishing enterprise and he became a freeholder and proprietor of that town while continuing on the Council of East Jersey and the magistracy of Bergen.
In 1688 he moved to Newtown, Long Island, having married a widow of that place and he lived there until his death. He was commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in Queens County, 13 Dec 1689. That same year a mob seized the fort in New York because they had many grievances against Governor Edward Andros who still supported James II although he had fled the throne and been succeeded by William and Mary. Their leader, Jacob Leisler, proclaimed support of William and Mary and appointed a council of eight men of substantial merit. Samuel Edsall was one of these. Leisler and the Council ruled for almost two years. Finally the Crown appointed a new Governor, but Leisler refused to surrender his rule, and he and his associates were arrested and tried for high treason. Samuel and one other were acquitted, six were found guilty but pardoned, and Leisler and his son-in-law were hanged on 16 May 1691.
Samuel was married four times. His first wife was Jannetje Wessells, a widow whom he married in New Amsterdam in 1655. By her he had six daughters who married well and two sons, one of whom, John Edsall, settled on the paternal estate in Bergen County and is the ancestor of the Edsalls who lived in that part of New Jersey.
In 1678, Samuel married Ruth Woodhull, daughter of Richard Woodhull (also spelled Odell), a prominent leader on Long Island and Edsall's partner in the fishing enterprise. Ruth died in 1688? Samuel and Ruth had two children: Ruth and Richard. Their son Richard, baptized 1682, m1, 1712, Kezia Ketcham (who is the ancestor of the Edsalls of Queens Co) , m2, ca 1714, Anna Lawrence and m3 Helegonde DeKay (who is the ancestor of the Edsalls of Orange and Sussex Counties). She was born 1699, dau of Capt. Jacobus and Sarah Willett DeKay. Richard inherited the 2,000 acres in Hackensack, Bergen Co, NJ from his father.
In 1734 Jacobus DeKay traded 60 acres in NYC (the present site of Columbia University) for a much larger tract in the Wawayanda Patent, then supposed to be all in Orange County. DeKay settled on the southern portion of his tract, which turned out to be in Vernon, Sussex Coumty, NJ, and Richard soon followed him, living there until he died. His first child by Ketchum was Philip Edsall, 17101791, who m Elizabeth Pomeroy, and, was a farmer, civil magistrate and elder in the Presbyterian Church in Newtown, Long Island. Some genealogies say Philip had no sons, but the 1790 Census for Newtown shows Philip Sr., Samuel, and Philip Jr. together. By DeKay, Richard had a daughter, Anne Edsall, bap. 30 Jul 1721 in the Dutch Church at Hackensack and six sons all baptized there as follows: Richard, 17 Mar 1723, Jacobus, 3 Jan 1725, Samuel, 14 Nov 1726, Thomas 27 Sep 1728, Thomas 27 May 1733, and John, 25 Nov 1733.
Samuel died between 1701 and 1706.
Family links:
Parents:
John Edsor Samuel Edsall (1596 ____)
Spouse:
Ruth Woodhull Edsall (1653 1688)
Children:
Samuel Edsall (1655 ____)*
Richard Samuel Edsall (1683 1755)*
Ruth Edsall Fish (1683 1763)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Body lost or destroyed
Created by: Richard Anderson, MPM
Record added: Feb 24, 2015
Find A Grave Memorial# 143004537.
Samuel Edsor Edsall ISamuel Edsall was the first generation American, and a decedent of Charlemagne, that became the most Patriotic Sussex County New Jersey Family, whose sons and grandsons served in the Revolutionary War, and has furnished Soldiers to every war our nation has waged.
He arrived in Boston in the year July 1648 by ship Tryall, from Reading, Berkshire County, England, where the family traditions ascribe his nativity.
Samuel Edsall had daughters, Anna and Judith. He conveyed land to his sons-in-law, Benjamin Blogg and William Lawrence. From Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, New York, From Its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700.
In 1657 he was admitted a small burgher in New Amsterdam (N.A.), and in 1664 took the oath of allegiance in N. Y. to the English. In 1664 he owned and resided on a farm at Constable's Hoek, Bergen, N. J., to which place he probably removed from Newtown. In 1668 he was a member of the Council of Gov. Carteret; in 1677 he was taxed in N. Y., and in 1687 a justice of the peace in Queens Co. On Oct. 1, 1690, he was commissioned a justice of the peace of Kings Co., as per. Col. Man.
Issue: Annetje, bp. July 12, 1656; Judith, bp. May 15, 1658; Johannes, bp. Sept. 12, 1660--all in N. A.; Ann; Julia; and Richard. (See p. 72 of Winfield's Hudson Co.)
Signed his name "Samuel Edsall.
His father was John Edsor.
Samuel Edsall and was a hatter and a fur-trader. "The hats of that day were the broad-brimmed and steeple-crowned hats of fur, and it is likely that he carried on that occupation in connection with his trade in furs."
In 1655, he paid a voluntary tax of one beaver. Beavers were a favorite form of payment in all dealings in the colony. By 1664, Samuel Edsall had become a substantial merchant and owned much land. In 1665 and 1666 he purchased from the Indians the sites of Elizabethtown and Newark, New Jersey, for their first settlers. (His great-great grandson, Rev. John Berrien Fish, was born in Elizabethtown.) Edsall engaged in trading ventures in the Virginias for tobacco, served as a juror and arbitrator in New York, and acted as an interpreter between the Governor and the Indians. In 1679 he moved to Brookhaven, Long Island, and returned to New Jersey in 1682-83. He settled in New Amsterdam and became active in commerce & politics. Lived in Queens and served on councils of Stuyvesant & Leissler. (Other source say, He was a member of the judiciary and served on the councils of Governors Cartaret and Leisler.) Initially involved in fur trade & fishing. Negotiated with the Indians on behalf of the government for the lands that Newark and Elizabeth , NJ, are founded upon.
He was a Hatter and served on the council of Governor Stuyvesant. He bought a house from Stuyvesant in Queens between Bridge & Pearl streets and built a Dutch style house on the property with bricks brought down the Hudson River from Albany.
He married 4 times. His third wife was Ruth Woodhull, daughter of Richard Woodhull of Northampton, England.
He died circa 1701/02.
Samuel Edsall, whose descendants are now found in New-York, New Jersey, and other states, was a native of Reading, in Berkshire, Eng.; and after his arrival at New Amsterdam, m. in 1655 Jannetie Wessels, from Aernhem. Here he pursued the business of a beaver-maker or hatter. He acquired large plantations at Bergenand Hackensack, in New Jersey, to the former of which placed here moved "in Col. Nicoll's time", and in 1668 was appointed one of the council for that province. Through a long term of years he was an active public man. His zealous support of the unfortunate Leisler, incurred the hatred of the opposite party, though he enjoyed in a large degree the respect of the people of Newtown, among whom he had previously fixed his residence.
Here he m. his second wife, Jannetie (Annetje Struyker Berriens), widow of Cor. Berrien. He was still serving in the magistracy at Newtown in 1700; but the time of his decease is uncertain.
Mrs. Hopper transferred the property to Harman Smeeman, a Dane. But the latter did not keep it long. He conveyed it to Samuel Edsall, who in 1674 deeded it to a Mr. Morris, whence the new name of Bronck's five hundred acres: Morrisania. Edsall: of the New Jersey Archives, New Jersey Historical Society, Trenton, NJ, 1916.
The immigrant, Samuel Edsall, was a most remarkable man. He was born 16 Mar 1634 in Reading, England, and came to America aboard the Tyrall, landing in Boston in July 1648 at the age of 14. In 1657 Samuel was made a burgher of the city of New Amsterdam. He had a hatter’s shop at what is now 47 Pearl Street in New York. During the next few years, he made trading expeditions to Long Island, up the Hudson, in New Jersey and along the Delaware River. He learned various Indian dialects and was highly esteemed as an interpreter in later years.
He was one of the founders of Bergen, NJ, where he owned a farm which he leased in 1663. In 1664 he purchased 500 acres in Bronx Land which he later sold. He had now become a substantial merchant and landed proprietor. In 1665 and 1666 he purchased the sites of Elizabeth Town and Newark from the Indians for their first settlers. In 1667 he moved to Bergen where he became President of the town, a member of its court of judicature and a member of the NJ Governor's Council. In 1669 he obtained a grant of 2,000 acres running along the Hudson about two and a half miles from Bergen to what is now Fort Lee and extending inland to the Hackensack River. This was eventually inherited by his son Richard.
For the next ten years he resided in New Jersey while trading tobacco in Virginia, acting as interpreter for the Governor, practiced in the courts, and continued to acquire lands in NJ and Pennsylvania. In 1679 he moved to Brookhaven, Long Island, where he had a fishing enterprise and he became a freeholder and proprietor of that town while continuing on the Council of East Jersey and the magistracy of Bergen.
In 1688 he moved to Newtown, Long Island, having married a widow of that place, and he lived there until his death. He was commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in Queens County, 13 Dec 1689. That same year a mob seized the fort in New York because they had many grievances against Governor Edward Andros who still supported James II although he had fled the throne and been succeeded by William and Mary. Their leader, Jacob Leisler, proclaimed support of William and Mary and appointed a council of eight men of substantial merit. Samuel Edsall was one of these. Leisler and the Council ruled for almost two years. Finally, the Crown appointed a new Governor but Leisler refused to surrender his rule, and he and his associates were arrested and tried for high treason. Samuel and one other were acquitted, six were found guilty but pardoned, and Leisler and his so n-in-law were hanged on 16 May 1691.
Samuel was married four times. His first wife was Jannetje Wessells, a widow whom he married in New Amsterdam in 1655. By her he had six daughters who married well and two sons, one of whom, John Edsall, settled on the paternal estate in Bergen County and is the ancestor of the Edsalls who lived in that part of New Jersey. In 1678, Samuel married Ruth Woodhull, daughter of Richard Woodhull. (also spelled Odell) a prominent leader on Long Island and Edsall's partner in the fishing enterprise. Ruth died in 1688; Samuel died between 1701 and 1706. Samuel and Ruth had two children: Ruth and Richard. Their son Richard, baptized 1682, m1, 1712, Kezia Ketcham (who is the ancestor of the Edsalls of Queens County) , m2, ca 1714, Anna Lawrence and m3 Helegonde DeKay (who is the ancestor of the Edsalls of Orange and Sussex Counties). She was born 1699, dau of Capt. Jacobus and Sarah Willett DeKay.
Richard inherited the 2,000 acres in Hackensack, Bergen Co, NJ from his father. In 1734 Jacobus DeKay traded 60 acres in NYC (the present site of Columbia University) for a much larger tract in the Wawayanda Patent, then supposed to be all in Orange County. DeKay settled on the southern portion of his tract, which turned out to be in Vernon, Sussex Co, NJ, and Richard soon followed him, living there until he died.
His first child by Ketchum was Philip Edsall, 1710-1791, who m Elizabeth Pomeroy, and was a farmer, civil magistrate and elder in the Presbyterian Church in Newtown, Long Island. Some genealogies say Philip had no sons, but the 1790 Census for Newtown shows Philip Sr., Samuel, and Philip Jr. together. By DeKay, Richard had a daughter, Anne Edsall, bap. 30 Jul 1721 in the Dutch Church at Hackensack and six sons all baptized there as follows: Richard, 17 Mar 1723, Jacobus, 3 Jan 1725, Samuel, 14 Nov 1726, Thomas 27 Sep 1728, Thomas 27 May 1733, and John, 25 Nov 1733.
Samuel Edsor Edsall IBIRTH 16 Mar 1634, Berkshire, England
DEATH 1702 (aged 67–68), Newtown, Suffolk County, New York, USA
BURIAL Burial Details Unknown
MEMORIAL ID 143004537
Samuel Edsall was the first generation American and a decedent of Charlemagne, that became the most Patriotic Sussex County New Jersey Family, who’s sons and grandsons served in the Revolutionary War, and has furnished Soldiers to every war our nation has waged.
He arrived in Boston in the year July 1648 by ship Tryall, Reading, Berkshire County, England, where the family traditions ascribe his nativity. The immigrant, Samuel Edsall, was a most remarkable man. He was born 16 Mar 1634 in Reading, England, and came to America aboard the Tyrall, landing in Boston in July 1648 at the age of 14.
Samuel Edsall had daughters, Anna and Judith. He conveyed land to his sons-in-law, Benjamin Blogg and William Lawrence." From Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, New York, From Its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700.
In 1657 he was admitted a small burgher in N. A., and in 1664 took the oath of allegiance in N. Y. to the English. In 1664 he owned and resided on a farm at Constable's Hoek, Bergen, N. J., to which place he probably removed from Newtown. In 1668 he was a member of the Council of Gov. Carteret; in 1677 he was taxed in N. Y., and in 1687 a justice of the peace in Queens Co. Oct. 1, 1690, he was commissioned a justice of the peace of Kings Co., as per. Col. Man.
Issue:--Annetje, bp. July 12, 1656; Judith, bp. May 15, 1658; Johannes, bp. Sept. 12, 1660--all in N. A.; Ann; Julia; and Richard. (See p. 72 of Winfield's Hudson Co.)
Signed his name "Samuel Edsall. His father was John Edsor Samuel Edsall and was a hatter and a fur-trader. "The hats of that day were the broad-brimmed and steeple-crowned hats of fur, and it is likely that he carried on that occupation in connection with his trade in furs." In 1655, he paid a voluntary tax of one beaver. Beavers were a favorite form of payment in all dealings in the colony.
By 1664, Samuel Edsall had become a substantial merchant and owned much land. In 1665 and 1666 he purchased from the Indians the sites of Elizabethtown and Newark, New Jersey, for their first settlers.(His great-great grandson, Rev. John Berrien Fish, was born in Elizabethtown.) Edsall engaged in trading ventures in the Virginias for tobacco, served as a juror and arbitrator in New York, and acted as an interpreter between the Governor and the Indians.
In 1679 he moved to Brookhaven, Long Island, and returned to New Jersey in 1682-83 He settled in New Amsterdam and became active in commerce & politics. Lived in Queens and served on councils of Stuyvesant & Leissler. (other source says, He was a member of the judiciary and served on the councils of Governors Cartaret and Leisler.) Initially involved in furtrade & fishing. Negotiated with the indians on behalf of the government for the lands that Newark and Elizabeth , NJ are founded upon. He was a Hatter and served on the council of Governor Stuyvesant. He bought a house from Stuyvesant in Queens between Bridge & Pearl streets and built a Dutch style house on the property with bricks brought down the Hudson River from Albany.
He married 4 times. His first wife was Jannetje Wessells from Aernhem, a widow whom he married in New Amsterdam in 1655. By her he had six daughters who married well and two sons, one of whom, John Edsall, settled on the paternal estate in Bergen County and is the ancestor of the Edsalls who lived in that part of New Jersey.
In 1678, Samuel married Ruth Woodhull, daughter of Richard Woodhull. (also spelled Odell) a prominent leader on Long Island and Edsall's partner in the fishing enterprise. Samuel and Ruth had two children: Ruth and Richard. Their son Richard, baptized 1682, m1, 1712, Kezia Ketcham (who is the ancestor of the Edsalls of Queens Co) Ruth died in 1688. He m2, ca 1714, Anna Lawrence,. and m3 Helegonde DeKay (who is the ancestor of the Edsalls of Orange and Sussex Counties). She was born 1699, dau of Capt. Jacobus and Sarah Willett DeKay.
His third wife was Ruth Woodhull, daughter of Richard Woodhull of Northampton, England.
Samuel Edsall, whose descendants are now found in New-York, New Jersey, and other states, was a native of Reading, in Berkshire, Eng.; and Here he perused the business of a beaver-maker or hatter. He acquired large plantations at Bergenand Hackensack, in New Jersey, to the former of which placed here moved "in Col. Nicoll's time", and in 1668 was appointed one of the council for that province. Through a long term of years he was an active public man. His zealous support of the unfortunate Leisler, incurred the hatred of the opposite party, though he enjoyed in a large degree the respect of the people of Newtown, among whom he had previously fixed his residence. Here he m. his second wife, Jannetie (Annetje Struyker Berriens), widow of Cor. Berrien. He was still serving in the magistracy at Newtown in 1700; but the time of his decease is uncertain. Mrs. Hopper transferred the property to Harman Smeeman, a Dane. But the latter did not keep it long. He conveyed it to Samuel Edsall, who in 1674 deeded it to a Mr. Morris, whence the new name of Bronck's five hundred acres: Morrisania. Edsall: of the New Jersey Archives, New Jersey Historical Society, Trenton, NJ, 1916. In 1657 Samuel was made a burgher of the city of New Amsterdam. He had a hatter’s shop at what is now 47 Pearl Street in New York. During the next few years he made trading expeditions to Long Island, up the Hudson, in New Jersey and along the Delaware River. He learned various Indian dialects and was highly esteemed as an interpreter in later years . He was one of the founders of Bergen, NJ where he owned a farm which he leased in 1663. In 1664 he purchased 500 acres in Bronx Land which he later sold. He had now become a substantial merchant and landed proprietor. In 1665 and 1666 he purchased the sites of Elizabeth Town and Newark from the Indians for their first settlers.
In 1667 he moved to Bergen where he became President of the town, a member of its court of judicature and a member of the NJ Governor's Council. In 1669 he obtained a grant of 2,000 acres running along the Hudson about two and a half miles from Bergen to what is now Fort Lee, and extending inland to the Hackensack River. This was eventually inherited by his son Richard. For the next ten years he resided in New Jersey while trading tobacco in Virginia, acting as interpreter for the Governor, practiced in the courts, and continued to acquire lands in NJ and Pennsylvania.
In 1679 he moved to Brookhaven, Long Island where he had a fishing enterprise and he became a freeholder and proprietor of that town while continuing on the Council of East Jersey and the magistracy of Bergen.
In 1688 he moved to Newtown, Long Island, having married a widow of that place and he lived there until his death. He was commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in Queens County, 13 Dec 1689. That same year a mob seized the fort in New York because they had many grievances against Governor Edward Andros who still supported James II although he had fled the throne and been succeeded by William and Mary. Their leader, Jacob Leisler, proclaimed support of William and Mary and appointed a council of eight men of substantial merit. Samuel Edsall was one of these. Leisler and the Council ruled for almost two years. Finally the Crown appointed a new Governor, but Leisler refused to surrender his rule and he and his associates were arrested and tried for high treason. Samuel and one other were acquitted, six were found guilty but pardoned, and Leisler and his son-in-law were hanged on 16 May 1691. Samuel was married four times.
Richard inherited the 2,000 acres in Hackensack, Bergen Co, NJ from his father. In 1734 Jacobus DeKay traded 60 acres in NYC (the present site of Columbia University) for a much larger tract in the Wawayanda Patent, then supposed to be all in Orange County. DeKay settled on the southern portion of his tract, which turned out to be in Vernon, Sussex Co, NJ, and Richard soon followed him, living there until he died. His first child by Ketchum was Philip Edsall, 1710-1791, who m Elizabeth Pomeroy, and, was a farmer, civil magistrate and elder in the Presbyterian Church in Newtown, Long Island. Some genealogies say Philip had no sons, but the 1790 Census for Newtown shows Philip Sr., Samuel, and Philip Jr. together. By DeKay, Richard had a daughter, Anne Edsall, bap. 30 Jul 1721 in the Dutch Church at Hackensack and six sons all baptized there as follows: Richard, 17 Mar 1723, Jacobus, 3 Jan 1725, Samuel, 14 Nov 1726, Thomas 27 Sep 1728, Thomas 27 May 1733, and John, 25 Nov 1733.
He died circa 1701/02.
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