ELEVENTH GENERATION

1784. Lammert Jansen DORLANDT was born between 1636 and 1639 in Holland (Friesland?). (1601)(1602) He immigrated on Apr 16 1666 to Staten Island NY. (1603) Arrived on the "Bonte Kow (Bontekoe)" (Spotted Cow). He Moved to: Harlingen NJ in 1715.(1604) The homestead which he built on Somerset Road, Montgomery NJ is still standing with 13 acres of land surrounding it. He died about 1720/21 in NJ. (1605) He was buried in Skillman NJ. (1606) -Family plot on farmstead. There is a concrete and bronze marker in the remains of the family cemetery marking his grave and "40 other family members." Judy Cassidy disputes this, saying that he was probably buried on Staten Island and, contrary to family myths, did not live on the land he owned in Montgomery Twp, Somerset Co. NJ. "[FROM an unpublished Manuscript by Mrs. Judy Cassidy, copied with her permission. Her forward is included here.) The information included in the document below is the culmination of many years of research, however, I would hope that this would not be considered final, rather an ongoing project. I am sure that there will be areas of controversy however this is my theory based on documented evidence. I especially wish to thank Ursula Brecknell, of the Van Harlingen society, Belle Meade, NJ and Arthur Weaner 145 Weaner Road, Gettysburg,
PA 17325 for their help and support over the years.

LAMBERT DORLAND AND HARMPTJE PIETERS

Lambert or Lammert Dorlandt was born about 1639-1646 probably in Holland or Belgium. In the 1706 Census of Staten Island, he stated he was 60 years old. He arrived in NY on the Spotted Cow or Bonte Kow, April 16,1666. The spelling on the Manifest is Lammert Jansen Dorlandt. He married Harmptje Jans Pieters who wasprobably the daughter of Jan and Elsie Pieters of Brooklyn. Lambert died after April 3rd 1720/21 when the last record that I could find, lists him as a sponsor for the baptism of Harmptje, daughter of his son Jan in the Staten
Island DRC. He was probably buried on Staten Island and contrary to family myths did not live on land he owned in Montgomery Twp. Somerset Co. NJ. Lammert appears on the Assessment Roles for Brooklyn, Kings Co. in1675 & 75; Aug. 1675 1 poll, 4 cows, L38, 8 Morgans land and valley 16 Total 54. and on Middlewout 1676 Lambert Jansen and Lambert Jansen Dorlandt 1 poll, 3 cows, L33, 8 Morgans land and valley 16, Total 49. An
account taken by Thomas Lamberts, Constable. of Brooklyn taken the 27th day of June 1672 of his Years Rates, show that on Jan 27th the high Sheriffe gave a bill at his hand to allow out of the rate, out of which the widow Neville was to have 50 G, the bill was to Lambert Jans Doorlande the last Court which was not paid yet.
On April 4, 1677 Lambert witnessed a document for his neighbor Paulus Vanderbeek who was purchasing land from the Indians. This land is now located in Greenwood Cemetery an area today called Green Hill in Brooklyn.
While living in Brooklyn Lambert Dorlandt and others purchased land, confiscated from Charles Gabry, andobtained from Gov. Lovelace on or before Feb. 3, 1672/73. Each pledged his person and property. Signed January 1672/73. In DEC 1680 he applied for 130 akers, Northside of Staten Island, the front of Gov. Lovelace’s land to the water side. Philip Wells surveyed the 145 acres of land laid out for Lambert Dorland. This was described as being situated on the North East side of Staten Island against Constables Hook with a
dwelling house and fences being part of the plantation belonging to Col. Francis Lovelace, late Governor.
Beginning on the water side at a white Oak Tree on the East of Philip Wells land and running southerly up by a small fresh water stream into the woods etc. It totaled 130 acres with 8 rodd by the water side being left for a highway together with a 15 acre meadow against John Tunisons Neck on the North West side of the Island. He received the Patent Dec. 2, 1680. There is a survey map attached to this document. The land was resurveyed on May 26, 1712 by Philip Wells. A road was laid out on the 23 of Marcy 1704/5, described as “from the house where Abraham Lake now dwells along the up land of the waterside and along the front of Justice Duxbury, Lambert Durland, Nich Tunison, Garret Veighte so over a bridge to be make over a creek etc. This is probably today’s Shore Road. Lambert’s land is mentioned in the will of Jacob De Hart, Feb. 8, 1777. DeHart was willing the salt meadow to his grandsons. On Oct 26, 1687 Jan Roelof Sybrandt and Lambert Dorlandt obtained a strip
of land along the Hudson shore in the Highland, all the way from Anthony’s Nose to Polipel Island and east into the woods to a marked tree. This purchase was never completed even though a license was obtained in 1691.
Anthony’s nose was a large hill or cliff while Polipel Island was located at the North side of the Highlands. In 1691 Lambert and Jan Roelof Sebring obtained from the Indians a deed for a tract of land which included the western part of present Putnam Co. after obtaining a
license from Gov. Slaughter. The description was “to a marked tree” along the Rombout Philipse Line or land of Cortlandt and Co. Adrian Phillipse purchased this land from them June 6, 1697. Evidently the original deed by which the land was conveyed to Dorlandt and Sybrandt is still in existence. Lambert Dorland appears as the Defendant in a court case with Richard Merrell as the Pltf the 5th of Feb. 1681. Lambert Dorlandt of Staten Island and his wife Harmptje sold their farm in Brooklyn on Cot 21, 1696, to Jacob Vanderwater Sr. of Brooklyn bounded by lands of Hendrick Sleght, Hendrick Strockells. Both signed, she by mark. A census of Staten Island was taken in 1706. Lambert is listed as being 60 years old. He, his wife Harmintha and daughters Magdalena and Elsie appear on one list while his married son John and his family appear on another. It would appear that the two families lived in separate areas of Staten Island. On March 18, 1715 in conjunction with Peter
Cowenhoven, Lambert purchased of Octavio Conraats a tract of 500 acres of land in Montgomery Township, Somerset Co. NJ, known as the Harlingen Tract. Conraats was one of 17 Dutchmen who in 1710 purchased extensive land from Peter Somans. Lott 12 in the Harlingen Tract now boarders both sides of Skillman Road . I have never been able to locate this Deed from Conraats to Dorland and Cowenhoven either in New York or New Jersey, but was told by the NY State Education Department that they had this in their indexes but could not locate it in their files. Lambert Dorlandt is mentioned in numerous deeds and documents located in the Richmond County Clerks Office. In Lib C, page 186 Lambert is listed as a weaver with Hannah his wife. The property was deeded to Dorlandt May 11 1701, and recorded by his son Jan on Cot 2, 1721. According to the Richmond Co. Clerks Office this land was probably located in the Rosebank or Ft. Wadsworth sections of
Staten Island. Lambert Dorlandt was among the signers of the “Petition of the Protestants of New York to King William III”, listed as a Freeholder and Inhabitant of Richmond Co. He also appears in various Richmond County records and court documents. In January of 1692 Lambert Dorlandt paid for the burial and shroud of an adult.

1720 is the last recorded date that I could find for Lambert Janse Dorlandt. There is no record of the death dates for Lambert Janse and his wife Harmptje or where they are buried but most families had cemeteries on their own property at this time. I do not believe that he lived, died or was buried in Somerset Co., NJ but rather followed the custom of the time purchasing land as an investment, the land that his grandsons settled in later years in Montgomery Township, in Somerset Co., NJ. A memorial stone was erected in the cemetery and both the cemetery and the stone are described in the book by John Dorland Cremer. I took a photo of this stone to a meeting of the New Jersey Genealogical Society for their expertise as to whether this was a tomb stone. Their opinion was that it was not, rather a descendant or descendants created and erected a memorial stone. A drill was used to create the design in the stone. There is also a large boulder, near by, with a cross created by a drill so the same individual may have created both markers. However, from a very faint photo which I have, created from old negatives that belonged to Nathaniel McPherson Durling and later owned by his son Warren Durling it is obvious that the entire stone was in tact during Nathaniel McPherson Durlings lifetime. While all you can see is a very faint outline of a stone and not the inscription, the size indicates it was intact when compared to the stone in the frame. In later years the stone was removed for safe keeping by Mr. F. N. Dorland of San Diego who erected a brick marker with a bronze plaque. Mr. Dorland then took the stone back to California. A few years ago I arranged to have the stone returned to me. Mr. Dorland had placed the stone in a frame. I have placed it on loan to the Van Harlingen Society. They have the framed stone on display in their headquarters in
the Dirck Gulick House. Only a portion of the stone remains, that of the ship is missing. Another description of this cemetery appeared in a newspaper article and only. the written inscription is described.

Sources Cited by Mrs. Judy Cassidy in her Manuscript:
Stillwells Historical And Genealoqial Miscellany Vol. I Pg. 153
Register Of Early Settlers Of Kings Co. NY, Teunis Bergen 1881 Pg. 224
Stillwells Historical Miscellany Staten Island DRC Pg. 113.
Assessments Of. Real And Personal Property Of The Inhabitants Of Brooklyn, Vol. IV, Pg. 146. Documentary
History Of NY Pg. 273,476 And Vol. IV Pg. 476 By Edmund O'Callahan
Nicholas Lovelance Papers NYHS Pg. 172 & 174
History Of Brooklyn By Stiles, Vol. I Chapt. II Pg. 49
Nicholls-Lovelace Papers NYHS Kings Co., LI Pg. 210-22:146
Applications For Land NYHS Rec. Staten Island Vol. 13, Pg. 547
NY Colonial Manuscripts, Recorded Book Of Patents; Lib 5. Vol. I, Pg. 21 & 45-46
University Of New York, State Education Dept. New York Archives. Land Papers, Vol. 5, Pg. 100
Stillwells Historical And Genealogical Misc. Vol. I Pg. 52.
NJ Calendar Of Wills, Lib 22, Pg. 137-138
Old Duchess Forever; The Planting Pg. 52 & 282
The County Of Putnam NY. Chapter III, Pg. 64. 65 And 66
History Of Dutchess Putnam Co. NY Pg. 74
Stillwells Historical & Genealogical Miscellany Vol. I Pg. 14
Genealogical Gleanings From Book NO 2 Of Conveyances. Brooklyn. Kings Co. NY. July 1923. Pg. 246-247
Stillwells Historical And Genealogical Miscellany. NY & NJ Vol. 1, Pg. 151 & 153
Records Of The Dorland Family In America, John Dorland Creamer Pg. 187 and History Of Hunterdon And Somerset Co., James P. Snell, Vol. 1.
NY State Education Dept. Albany. NY., Land Papers Vol. V, Pg. 100 - 20 May 1720; Octavio Conraats Liber B, Pg. 601; Pg. 643; Liber C. Pg. 186, Pg. 240, Pg. 437; Liber D Pg. 1, Pg. 313; Pg. 326
Documents Relating To The Colonial History Vol. IV Pg. 942
Historical And Genealogical Misc. By John Stillwell, 1903, Pg. 14, 20, 21. 29, 52. 53. 113.
Marriages, Deaths Members From The DRC Town Of Flatbush, Van Cleef And Frost
Source: The Dorland Family In America, John Creamer Dorland. Pg. 188-189
Source: Somerset Messenger Gazetteer, May 23, 1946"

[Posted by Mrs. Judy Cassidy - MANUSCRIPT on Wed, 31 Mar 1999 at <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/DarlandBios?read=2>]
He was married to Harmtje Hermina Jans PIETERS about 1665 in Brooklyn NY. (1607)

1785. Harmtje Hermina Jans PIETERS was born about 1640 in New Amsterdam (now New York City) NY. (1608) Parents probable.

Some sources have Harmtje Hermina Janse Peters [b. ca 1840 in New Amsterdam (now NYC) ] NY as Lammert's second wife. To me it seems pretty obvious that that Harmptje Jans Pieters and Harmtje Janse Peters are one and the same person. Therefore I have consolidated them for present purposes. Children were:

child i. Barbara DORLAND.
child ii. Lambert DORLAND.
child iii. Lena Magdalena DORLAND.
child iv. Bennetje DORLANDT.
child892 v. Gerritt Jansen "Jan" DORLANDT.
child vi. Marytje DORLANDT was born on Apr 19 1672. (1609)
child vii. Elsje DORLANDT was born on May 10 1677 in Brooklyn NY. (1610)
child viii. Jan DORLANDT.

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