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Descendants of John ELSTON

1   John ELSTON b: Abt. 1638   d: Abt. 1705 in NJ (see notes below)
.. +Hendrickje DIRCXS b: Abt. 1640 m: 1659 in Woodbridge, Meddlesex Co., NJ
..... 2   Peter ELSTON b: 1660 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey   d: Abt. 1746
......... +Sarah Ruth MILLER b: Abt. 1663 m: Abt. 1695 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey
............ 3   Peter ELSTON II b: 1696 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey   d: Abt. 1764
................ +Lady Elizabeth DAY b: 1710 in Union Co., New Jersey m: 1732
................... 4   Peter ELSTON III b: October 10, 1733 in Elizabethtown, Union Co., New Jersey   d: Abt. 1800
....................... +Fanny MORGAN b: Abt. 1730 m: 1754 in Elizabethport, Union Co., New Jersey
.......................... 5   Samuel ELSTON b: January 04, 1755 in Rahway, Middlesex Co., New Jersey   d: February 14, 1812 in Vealtown, Somerset Co., New Jersey
.............................. +Charity QUIMBY b: 1755 in New Providence, Somerset Co., New Jersey m: August 06, 1777 in Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey d: April 22, 1838 in Bernards Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey
.......................... 5   John ELSTON b: Dec. 29, 1755 in New Providence, Somerset Co., NJ
.......................... 5   Jacob ELSTON b: Oct. 07, 1756 in New Providence, Somerset Co., NJ
.......................... 5   Jeremiah ELSTON b: Sept. 20, 1759 in New Providence, Somerset Co., NJ
.......................... 5   Benjamin ELSTON b: Sept. 13, 1763 in New Providence, Somerset Co., NJ
.......................... 5   Isaac ELSTON b: March 05, 1766 in New Providence, Somerset Co., NJ
................... 4   James ELSTON b: Jan. 01, 1734/35 in Elizabethtown, Union Co., New Jersey
................... 4   Benjamin ELSTON b: May 12, 1736 in Elizabethtown, Union Co., New Jersey
................... 4   Daniel ELSTON b: Feb. 03, 1737/38 in Elizabethtown, Union Co., New Jersey
............ 3   Benjamin ELSTON b: Sept. 13, 1698 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey
............ 3   Hannah ELSTON b: August 08, 1699 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey
............ 3   Abagail ELSTON b: June 12, 1701 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey
............ 3   Margaret ELSTON b: June 12, 1701 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey
............ 3   Huldah ELSTON b: March 04, 1702/03 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey
..... 2   William ELSTON b: Abt. 1662 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ
..... 2   John ELSTON Jr. b: Abt. 1665 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ
..... 2   Mary ELSTON b: 1671 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ Baptism: June 11, 1671 Dutch Reformed Church, NY
..... 2   Elizabeth ELSTON b: Abt. 1673 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ
..... 2   Annie ELSTON b: Abt. 1777 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ

The above genealogy is from the book The Elston Family in America 1942 by James Strode Elston

Notes on John Elston
The Elston Family in America 1942 by James Strode Elston, page 38:
"In the Reformed Dutch Church, New York, Records in the Collections of the N.Y. Gen. and Biog. Soc. we find the baptism:
1671 Eodem (June 11) Jan Elsen, Hendrickje Dircxs (parents); Maria (child) Dirck de Snyder (witness)."

Jan is Dutch for John, and Elsen is a misspelling of Elston or Elsten. New York was under Dutch rule at one time, and the only church available to these parents was the Dutch Reformed Church.

Notes on Hendrickje Dircxz
This name was listed as the wife of Jan Elsen at the baptism of their child in a Dutch Reformed church in 1671, there being no other churches in the district. Jan is Dutch for John, and the spelling of English names was not a strong point with the Dutch. Even later generations of Elston spelled it or had it spelled for them Elsten, Elsen, Alston, etc. This note is from the book The Elston Family in America 1942 by James Strode Elston.

Dutch names:

The suffix -je on a name makes it feminine. Thus, Hendrickje is the male name Hendrick or Henry with the feminine suffix -je, making it equivalent to Henrietta. In the 16th and early 17th centuries surnames were not yet in common use. As a surname they usually gave the father's first name with an -se on it. Dirk or Dirck became Dirkse or Dircxz. Hendrickje Dircxz would be Henrietta daughter of Dirk Snyder. The old way of writing that name would be Dirck Snijder. He was the godfather of Jan (John) Elsen (Elston) and Hendreckje's child Maria in 1671. Snyder literally means "the cutter" and could reflect his job. The wife of John Elston would be called Henrietta Snyder today.