3. ELIAS SIMON5 DEHART (SIMON AERTSZEN4, AERT SYMOSZ3, SYMON JACOBUS2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1677 in Flatbush, King Co, NY4, and died Aft. 1729 in Spartanburg Co, SC?. He married CATHERINE "KATIE" LANE-LAENEN
Abt. 1700 in New York, NY in Dutch Church, daughter of GYSBRECHT VAN PELT and JANNETJE LAMBERSON. She was baptized on April 24, 1681 in Flatbush, born April 02, 1681 in Brooklyn, New Amsterdam, NY, and died Aft. April 06, 1742 in Pennsylvania.
Notes for ELIAS SIMON DEHART: Elias Simon was baptized in New York, NY on 21 Mar 1676/77 (source: "Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey," 1965, January). He lived on his father's land in Brooklyn until about 1710, then moved to Six Mile Run, Monmouth Co, NJ. They were early pioneers there and were members of the Six Mile
Run Dutch Reformed Church. Some say their sons were among the early settlers of Berks Co, PA. "By 1708 the [Swedish first settlers] had been joined in the Amity twp vicinity by the 1st elements of a migration from Monmouth Co and neighboring areas of central New Jersey" (Oley Valley Heritage from the Pennsylvania German Society). I find it odd that he is supposed to have died in South Carolina so early in that area's history. If so, he was among some of the earliest white settlers in the area. If his last child was really born in New Jersey in 1721, what sent him down to South Carolina after that? Did his whole family go with him or was he hunting or exploring the area? Between 1765 and 1770, thousands of pioneers moved into the Spartanburg area, and most of the settlers came from Virginia. Was this the
case for Simon? One DeHart researcher says Elias bought 600 acres of land in Amity, Berks Co, PA in 1729. Elias and Simon were among the taxables in Amity Twp. before 1734, and the two signed the petition that led to the formation of Amity Twp. Amity got its name from the friendly relations between the Swedes and Native Americans. Elias and his wife sold about 300 acres to Gilbert, and they are said to have moved south to North Carolina, west of Greensboro, with the Boone family.
Children of ELIAS DEHART and CATHERINE LANE-LAENEN are:
7. i. SIMON6 DEHART, b. Abt. 1702, Gowanes Bay, Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY; d. Abt. 1771, SC or NC?.
ii. CHARITY DEHART, b. Abt. 1703; d. Aft. 1754.
Notes for CHARITY DEHART: She is mentioned in the will of her brother, Gilbert, who provided her maintenance by his two sons during her lifetime.
iii. JANNETJE DEHART, b. May 02, 1705, Brooklyn, NY; m. ? WINTER.
8. iv. CORNELIUS DEHART, b. Abt. 1707, NJ or NY; d. Bef. January 13, 1779, Amity, Berks Co, PA.
v. ELIAS DEHART, Baptized: September 18, 1709, b. 1709, Flatbush, NY.
Notes for ELIAS DEHART:
1729 - purchased 300 acres of land in Amity Twp, Berks Co, PA
1730 - occupation was Constable, Shrewsbury, NJ
More About ELIAS DEHART:
vi. AERT DEHART, b. 1711, Six Mile Run, Middlesex Co, NJ.
Baptised: October 23, 1711, North & South Hampton Reformed Church at Six Mile Run on the Raritaens, NJ
vii. KATELENKE DEHART, b. 1715, Freehold, NJ. Baptized: September 08, 1715
9. viii. GEISBERT (GILBERD) DEHART, b. Abt. 1717, Freehold, NJ; d. November 1754, Amity Twp, Berks Co, PA.
ix. URIAH DEHART, b. 1721, NJ5.
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