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Cornelius Westfall
The above picture is of Cornelius Westfall. He was the founder of Thorntown in Boone County, Indiana in 1830, and built the first house in Thorntown. Click on the thumbnail of the picture to enlarge it.
The above picture is of the first house built in Thorntown, Indiana. The house was built by Cornelius Westfall in about 1830. Click on the thumbnail of the picture to enlarge it.
The above pictures of Cornelius Westfall and the house he built in Thorntown, Indiana are from a book "The Thorntown Centurial", published in 1930. The book is about Thorntown, Indiana, which was founded in 1830 by Cornelius Westfall.
Cornelius Westfall was born 7 Mar. 1778 in Beverly, Randolph County, Virginia, and died 5 Sept. 1856 in Wolf Grove, Illinois. He married 1st Elizabeth Bryan, married 2nd Rachel Dye, and married 3rd Sarah Mary Davis 10 Oct. 1823. She was born in 1802 in Beverly, Randolph County, Virginia, and died in 1874 in Wolfgrove, Illinois. Cornelius was the son of Jacob Westfall born 1755 and Mary (King) Westfall. His grandparents were Jacob and Judith (Hornbeck) Westfall. His great grandparents were Jurian and Styntje (Kuykendall) Westfall. His great great grandparents were Johannes and Marritje (Kool) Westfall, and Cornelius's great great great grandfather was the original Westfall immigrant to America who came to America in 1642 from Holland, Jurian Westfall who married Maritje Hansen.
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Cornelius Westfall's gr. gr. gr. grandfather Juriaen Westfall (Westvael) was born in 1629 in Holland. Jurian Westfall was the first recorded Westfall ancestor in America. He came to America in 1642. On August 4, 1642 Jurian Westfall (Juriaen Van Westphalen) arrived in New Amsterdam, New York aboard a ship called "The Houttuyn" from Luyderdorp, Holland. He was only 13 at the time. His family had migrated to Holland from Westphalia in Germany in the 1600's. It is not known whether his parents died in Holland or enroute, or he came with other relatives. He then went up the Hudson River 135 miles arriving at Fort Orange (later Albany) New York on August 11, 1642. He arrived as an indentured servant to killiaen Van Reassalaer. He was placed in the home of Michael Jansen ... Jurian moved south of Albany to Esopus (later Kingston) New York with his friend and fellow indentured servant Evert Pels in about 1653. He was granted 32 morgan (70 acres) of land Sept. of 1654. He married Marretge Jansen that same year. On Aug. 17, 1659 Jurian and 12 others petitioned Peter Stuyvesant to establish a chuch at Wiltwyck (Esopus was briefly named Wiltwyck and later after British rule called Kingston}. Jurian signed with a three pronged fork of trident mark. The church was established. Numerous records regarding Jurian and his descendants are available in records of the then Dutch Reformed Church of New York.
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The following information is from a book "American Nomads" written by Emily Stowell whose ancestor Jacob Kuykendall married Sara Westfall daughter of Johannes.... The Esopus Indians lived near Wiltwyck and for a number of years they were peaceful, but in 1663 they burned and looted the town. There were 12 men, 2 children, and 4 women killed, and 6 women and 7 children taken prisoner. Jurian and his family escaped harm at the time, but later in 1667 or 1668 Jurian was killed by Indians who were at war with the Esopus Indians while he was guiding a troop of British soldiers. Jurian married Marretje Hansen about 1654. Marretje was born in about 1636 in Holland. Her father was Hans Hansen or Jansen (Hans Jansen Van Noordstrandt). Hans was born about 1610 on Norstrand Island, Netherlands, and migrated to New Amsterdam in 1638. He worked as an interpreter and often traveled between Holland and the new settlement. He married Rymerig Volkert, and they had 4 children-Marretje, Hans, Simon, and Elsa. His wife died in 1645, and Hans placed Marritje who was just 9 and her sister Elsa in the home of a farmer Phillip Garretsen where they learned the art of homemaking. Hans died in 1690 in Flatlands, Brooklyn. After Jurian's death Marritje remarried to Jacob Jansen. Marritje died after 1670 in Ulster, Kingston County, New York.
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In 1696 Jurian's son Johannes Westfall and 18 others including his brothers Symen, Nicholas, and his widowed sister Rymerick Quick bought land from the Minsi Indians along the Delaware River near the New York/New Jersey line. The land lies principally in Deerpark Township, Orange County, New York. The peaceful Minsi Indians were one of the three tribes of the Lenni Lenape people. About 1699 Johannes and his family moved to what was called the Minisink settlement. They were among the first white people to live in the area. Johannes oldest son Jurian and his friend Jacob Kuykendall hunted and trapped with the Minsi Indians as youths, and later traded with them. Jurian married Jacob's sister Styntje Kuykendall and Jacob married Jurian's sister Sara westfall. They raised their families and farmed there in the Minisink Valley along the Delaware River at peace with the Indians for many years. Jurian had the first apple orchard in the area, and Jacob established the first trading post.
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Jurian and Marretje (Hansen) Westfall had 6 children-Rymerick Westfall, Nicholas Claes Westfall, Johannes Juriaen Westfall, Abel Westfall, Symen Westfall, and Elsjen Westfall.
Cornelius Westfall gr. gr. gr. grandson of Jurian Westfall was born 7 Mar. 1778 in Beverly, Randolph County, Virginia, and died 5 Sept. 1856 in Wolf Grove, Illinois. He married 1st Elizabeth Bryan, married 2nd Rachel Dye, and married 3rd Sarah Mary Davis 10 Oct. 1823. She was born in 1802 in Beverly, Randolph County, Virginia, and died in 1874 in Wolfgrove, Illinois.
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Cornelius Westfall was the son of Jacob and Mary (King) Westfall and he had 7 brothers and sisters-Levi Westfall (1782-1848) married 1st Temperance King, and married 2nd Margaret Petit; Elizabeth Westfall (1784-1851) married David Swank; Reuben Westfall born 1787 married Elizabeth Tucker; John Westfall born 1788 married Rachel; Anna Westfall born 1790 married John Anderson; Mary Westfall born 1796 married 1st Jeremiah King, and married 2nd Zacheus Tiberghin; and Janet Westfall (1799-1863) married Daniel Mills.
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Cornelius Westfall and his 3rd wife Sarah Mary (Davis) Westfall had these children-Beverly Randolph Westfall, Sarah A. Westfall, Mary Elizabeth Westfall, and Josephine Melissa Westfall, Louisa Maria Westfall, Elnathan Kemper Westfall, Harriet S. Westfall, and Clara A. Westfall. I don't have any information about Cornelius Westfall's other wives, Elizabeth Bryan and Rachel Dye, and any children they may have had.
(1) Cornelius and Sarah (Davis) Westfall's son Beverly Randolph Westfall was born 11 Aug. 1824 in Troy, Miami County, Ohio. He died 8 Aug. 1882 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. He married Ellen Esther Hays 14 Oct. 1847. He was also married to another woman (her name unknown).
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Children of Beverly Westfall and Ellen Hays were-Charles Rush Westfall born in 1849; Sarah Saloma Westfall born in 1851, married F. M. Martin; Cornelius Frank Westfall born in 1853, married 1st L. Marion Cord, married 2nd Ida Taylor; Ralph Beverly Westfall born in 1856; Alfred Bruce Westfall born in 1857; Clara Ellen Westfall born in 1859, married J.R. Bonner; Mary Amelia Westfall born in 1861; Leland Davis Westfall born in 1862, married Clara Kate Plaster; Charles Grant Westfall born in 1863; Linneus Lincoln Westfall born in 1865, married Adelaide Mickel; Hugh Hahneman Westfall born in 1866, married Mary E. Barrett; Alice Nightengale Westfall born in 1868, married William Mckay; Almira Hays Westfall born in 1869; and Claud Randolph Westfall born in 1971.
(2) Cornelius and Sarah (Davis) Westfall's daughter Mary Elizabeth Westfall was born 14 Dec. 1825 in Miami, Ohio. She died 16 Jan. 1905. She married Alfred Armstrong 29 Sept. 1847 in Montgomery, Indiana.
(3) Cornelius and Sarah (Davis) Westfall's daughter Sarah A. Westfall was born in 1828 in Miami, Ohio. She married Joseph Owens 11 Mar. 1854 in McDonough, Illinois.
(4) Cornelius and Sarah (Davis) Westfall's daughter Josephine Melissa Westfall was born May, 2 1830 in Miami, Ohio. She married Joseph Otterman 12 Jan. 1852 in Montgomery, Boone County, Indiana. Her husband Joseph Otterman was born 14 Apr. 1826 in Kanawha, VA. He died 18 July 1910 in Adel, Dallas County, Iowa. He was buried 20 July 1910 in Adel, Dallas County, Iowa. Joseph and Josephine Melissa (Westfall) Otterman had these children-Sarah Caroline Otterman and Harriet "Hattie" Otterman.
Joseph and Josephine Melissa (Westfall) Otterman
Above is a picture of Joseph and Josephine Melissa (Westfall) Otterman. Click on the thumbnail of the picture to enlarge it.
(5) Cornelius and Sarah (Davis) Westfall's daughter Louisa Maria Westfall was born in 1833, and she married Durham Harris.
(6) Cornelius and Sarah (Davis) Westfall's son Elnathan Kemper Westfall was born in 1839. He married Irene Wann.
(7) Cornelius and Sarah (Davis) Westfall's daughter Harriet S. Westfall was born in 1842. She married George M. Cogswell.
(8) Cornelius and Sarah (Davis) Westfall's daughter Clara A. Westfall was born in 1845, and she married Lewis Cole.
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