Family Sheets: Bartlow Branch Lines

(NOTE- Numbers in parentheses should correspond to the generational I.D. number within the Bartlow Lineage Charts)

(1.01) James Barkelow,Sr.(a.k.a.Jacques Barkeloo,Sr.)

• Date of Birth: circa 1698
• Place of Birth: New Utrecht,Kings Co.,NY.
• Christened:
• Occupation: Farmer and Surveyor(like his father,William)
• Residences: New Utrecht,Kings Co.,NY.(c1666-c1728),Readington Twp.,Hunterdon Co.,NJ.(c1728-c1747),Kingwood Twp.,Hunterdon Co.,NJ.(c1747-1780)
• Date of Death: 19 Aug 1780(Adm.)
• Place of Death: Kingwood Twp.,Hunterdon Co.,NJ.
• Place of Burial: not found. Supposed burial beneath Kingwood Presbyterian Church of which he was an original trustee in 1752.
• PARENTS: William Barkeloo(c1666-p1738) & Maria Cortelyou(1669-p1738)
• Spouse: Jannetje(Jane) BARENTSEN(b.c1705,New Utrecht,Kings Co.,NY.- d.c1785,Hunterdon Co.,NJ., d/o
• Date of Marriage: circa 1726
• Place of Marriage: New Utrecht,Kings Co.,NY.

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  CHILDREN:

  #1(2.01) William Barkelow

• Date of Birth: circa 1728
• Place of Birth: New Utrecht,Kings Co.,NY.
• Christened:
• Date of Death: after Feb 1791
• Place of Death: Kingwood Twp.,Hunterdon Co.,NJ.
• Burial: not found
• Spouse: Elizabeth/Eleanor DeLANCEY/DELANG??(b.c1730,NJ? - d.p1760,NJ.)
• Date of Marriage: circa 1747
• Place of Marriage: Hunterdon Co.,NJ.

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  #2(2.02) Barent(Barnet) Barkelow

• Date of Birth: before 24 May 1730
• Place of Birth: Readington Twp.,Hunterdon Co.,NJ.
• Christened: 24 May 1730
• Date of Death: Readington DR Ch.
• Place of Death: nr. Shippensburg,Southampton Twp.,Cumberland Co.,PA.
• Burial: not found
• Spouse: Name Unknown(b.c1728/29,NY.- d.p1760,NJ.)
• Date of Marriage: circa 1755
• Place of Marriage: Hunterdon Co.,NJ.

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  #3(2.03) Jacques(James) Barkelow,Jr.

• Date of Birth: before 1 Jan 1732
• Place of Birth: Readington Twp.,Hunterdon Co.,NJ.
• Christened: 1 Jan 1732,Readington DR Ch.
• Date of Death: 16 Jan 1797(Probate)(Will date-17 Dec 1796)
• Place of Death: Springfield Twp.,Hampshire Co.,VA.(now W.VA.)
• Burial: not found
• Spouse: Elizabeth JOHNSON(b.c1742,Hunterdon Co.,NJ.- d.14 Mar 1818(Probate),VA.),d/o Cornelius Johnson & Ann Stout
• Date of Marriage: circa 1759
• Place of Marriage: Hunterdon Co.,NJ.

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  #4(2.04) Jan(John) Barkeloo

• Date of Birth: before 14 Apr1734
• Place of Birth: Readington Twp.,Hunterdon Co.,NJ.
• Christened: 14 Apr 1734,Readington DR Ch.
• Date of Death: 1 May 1792(Probate)
• Place of Death: Kingwood Twp.,Hunterdon Co.,NJ.
• Burial: not found
• Spouse: (apparently never married)
• Date of Marriage:
• Place of Marriage:

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  #5(2.05) Cornelius Barkelow

• Date of Birth: before 8 Aug 1736
• Place of Birth: New Utrecht,Kings Co.,NY.
• Christened: 8 Aug 1736,Readington DR Ch.
• Date of Death: 7 Aug 1806(Probate)
• Place of Death: Kingwood Twp.,Hunterdon Co.,NJ.
• Burial: not found
• Spouse no.1: Anna/Jane --?--(c1740,NJ.- d.circa 1782,VA.)
• Date of Marriage: circa 1764
• Place of Marriage: Hunterdon Co.,NJ.
• Spouse no.2: Providence BLUE/BLAU(b.2 Jul 1737,Somerset Co.,NJ.- d.14 Apr 1814(Probate),NJ.),d/o Frederick BLUE &
• Date of Marriage: circa 1783
• Place of Marriage: Hunterdon Co.,NJ.

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  #6(2.06) Helena/Eleanor/Lanah Barkeloo

• Date of Birth: 17 Jun 1741
• Place of Birth: Readington Twp.,Hunterdon Co.,NJ.
• Christened: 12 Jul 1741,Readington DR Ch.
• Date of Death: after May 1793
• Place of Death: Middle Smithfield Twp.,Northampton(now Monroe) Co.,PA.
• Burial: not found
• Spouse: Isaac BUNNELL(b.13 Jul 1738,New Haven,CT.- d.p1793,PA.),s/o Solomon Bunnell & Mary Eliz. Holdren
• Date of Marriage: circa 1766
• Place of Marriage: Hunterdon Co.,NJ

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  #7(2.07) Harmanus(Herman) Barkeloo

• Date of Birth: bef.25 Feb 1746
• Place of Birth: Readington Twp.,Hunterdon Co.,NJ.
• Christened: 26 May 1746,Readington DR Ch.
• Date of Death: after 1813
• Place of Death: Kingwood Twp.,Hunterdon Co.,NJ.
• Burial: not found
• Spouse: (appears to have married late in life, but without issue)
• Date of Marriage:
• Place of Marriage:

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  #8(2.08) Margaretta Barkeloo

• Date of Birth: circa 1748
• Place of Birth: Lower Bethlehem(Kingwood) Twp.,Hunterdon Co.,NJ.
• Christened:
• Date of Death: after 1800
• Place of Death: Delaware Twp.,Wayne Co.,PA.
• Burial: not found
• Spouse: Johannes VAN ETTEN(b.8 Aug 1742,NY.- d.p1810,Wayne or Pike Co.,PA.
• Date of Marriage: circa 1770
• Place of Marriage: Kingwood Twp.,Hunterdon Co.,NJ.

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  NOTE #1- William Barkelow, the oldest son of James, was never mentioned in Mrs. John Spell's research, as he was not baptised in the DR Church at Readington, nor was the youngest daughter, Margaretta. There is no doubt as to his relationship because he was also named as the administrator of his father's estate after the death of his mother, Jane Barkelow, and after his brother, James,Jr.(1732-1797) left the county in 1789.

  NOTE #2- As listed, James Barkelow died intestate in July or August,1780. Never having penned a will, his elderly wife, Jane, was named administratrix by default. His lands had grown and were apportioned to his sons over the years as they married and began raising families, but, without clear ownership, the siblings all became contestants in a 12-year battle to get the estate settled fairly. It was eventually sold to Luther Opdycke in 1792, but by then, all but the unmarried sons, Jan and Harmanus, had left the county for residency elsewhere. James' no.4 son, Cornelius(1736-1806), yielding to a nagging 2nd wife's insistence to leave the western Virginia wilderness, returned to Kingwood Township in 1789, but without his grown sons. The two married daughters, Helena Bunnell(wife of Isaac), and Margaretta Van Etten(wife of John), were living in Pennsylvania, but prevented any quick resolution and distribution of lands to the resident siblings by petitioning the court for a fair settlement which legally had to include themselves.

  James' no.2 son, Barent(Barnet)(1730-c1800), was a teacher and was never taxed on more than a one-acre lot. James Barkelow,Sr. and wife lived with their unmarried son, Jan(John), on a 126-acre section of the 460 total acres apportioned among their sons. The unmarried son contested the estate settlement on the basis that he was promised the land on which he farmed for the care and support of his parents in their declining years.

  The one name missing from this family list is Maria, who may have been born before William. She would have been named, by Dutch protocol, after her paternal grandmother, Maria Cortelyou(c1669-p1738). As their first child, Maria was probably born, perhaps even baptised in New Utrecht,NY. and died young, perhaps as a child.

  NOTE #3- The 300 acres of land on Holland's Brook in Readington on which James Barkelow lived for 20 years(c1728-c1748) was presented to his father, William, on 19 Nov 1719, for having helped survey large tracts of land there. There is no evidence any member of the family moved onto the property for at least ten years.

  NOTE #4- James Barkelow,Sr. was known as Jacques Barkeloo while he lived in the predominantly Dutch and German community of Readington,Hunterdon Co.,NJ. An apparent rift with the DR Church there led to his leaving Readington and moving into the predominantly English township of Lower Bethlehem circa 1747/48, which became Kingwood Township in 1750. He was referred to as Jacob Barkeloo in 1735 when he was named commissioner of highways. Because he was named after his French Huguenot grandfather,Jacques Cortelyou(c1621-1693), his Christian name eventually translated correctly to "James" during his residency in Kingwood Township.

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