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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.



VAN NORSTRAND, WILLIAM, born about 1774, in Somerset county, New Jersey, was married there to Adaline Van Liew, who was born Dec. 24, 1777, in the same county. They had five children, and Mrs. Adaline Van Norstrand died in 1824 in Somerset county. William Van Norstrand came to Sangamon county on a visit to his son, Cornelius, and daughter, Margaret A., and died in Springfield, Dec. 22, 1839. Cornelius Van Norstrand returned to New Jersey and brought his sister, Maria, and his brother, Frederick. Of the five children of William and Adaline Van Norstrand--

MARIA, born Sept. 12, 1803, in Middlesex county, New Jersey, is unmarried, and resides with her brother, Cornelius.

CORNELIUS, born Dec. 3, 1807, in Somerset county, New Jersey, came to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in July, 1837, and settled on Round Prairie, four miles east of Springfield, Illinois. He is unmarried and lives on the farm where he settled in 1837.

MARGARET A., born Oct. 4, 1810, in Somerset county, New Jersey, was married in New Brunswick, New Jersey, to Thomas Lewis. See his name. They came to Sangamon county with her brother, Cornelius, in 1837.

ISAAC, born May 29, 1813, in Middlesex county, New Jersey, went to Louisiana in 1832 or '33, and was last heard from in April, 1842, at New Orleans, en route for Cuba. He was unmarried, and is supposed to be dead.

FREDERICK, born August 9, 1817, in Middlesex county, New Jersey, came to Sangamon county with his brother, Cornelius, in 1841, and was married May 22, 1850, in same county, to Margaret J. Blandon, who was born Sept. 6, 1827, in Warren county, Pennsylvania. They have four children, WILLIAM, MARIA, MAGGIE and ADDIE, and reside four miles east of Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois.



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