According to the book, THE FAMILY COSSART, page 10, Margarette was the daughter of Peter Van Nest III and Magdalena DuBois, and a descendant of Charlemagne. The date of birth above is actually her baptism in the Raritan Church. page 12 states she is buried with her husband Francis who died in 1795, but does not give her date of death. The date of death 1790 is fro the Conewago Deacons Records, published in New Netherland Connections. She married Francis Cossart in 1739.
Francis and Margarette Cossart, along with many other Dutch families moved in 1764 from Somerset County NJ to this Conewago Valley settlement, which was then in York County, now in Adams county. Their home "Cossart's Dream" built about 1785 is still standing, and still occupied. Descendants of this couple took on many variations of the surname. Their sons, David and Jacob, both started spelling their surname Cassat.
Their children, all baptized in the Raritan Dutch Reform church of Somerset County NJ, were:
Madeline Cossart, born 10/17/1740 in New Jersey
David Cossart born NJ 11 Apr 1743
Peter Cossart born NJ 30 Aug 1746 (later killed by Indians in KY)
Jacob Cossart born NJ 21 Apr 1751
Christina Cossart born NJ 21 Aug 1755, married Cornelius Clopper
Elizabeth Cossart, born NJ 29 Aug 1758.
Francis and Margarette Cossart, along with many other Dutch families moved in 1764 from Somerset County NJ to this Conewago Valley settlement, which was then in York County, now in Adams county. Their home "Cossart's Dream" built about 1785 is still standing, and still occupied. Descendants of this couple took on many variations of the surname. Their sons, David and Jacob, both started spelling their surname Cassat.
Their children, all baptized in the Raritan Dutch Reform church of Somerset County NJ, were:
Madeline Cossart, born 10/17/1740 in New Jersey
David Cossart born NJ 11 Apr 1743
Peter Cossart born NJ 30 Aug 1746 (later killed by Indians in KY)
Jacob Cossart born NJ 21 Apr 1751
Christina Cossart born NJ 21 Aug 1755, married Cornelius Clopper
Elizabeth Cossart, born NJ 29 Aug 1758.
According to the book, THE FAMILY COSSART, page 10, Margarette was the daughter of Peter Van Nest III and Magdalena DuBois, and a descendant of Charlemagne. The date of birth above is actually her baptism in the Raritan Church. page 12 states she is buried with her husband Francis who died in 1795, but does not give her date of death. The date of death 1790 is fro the Conewago Deacons Records, published in New Netherland Connections. She married Francis Cossart in 1739.
Francis and Margarette Cossart, along with many other Dutch families moved in 1764 from Somerset County NJ to this Conewago Valley settlement, which was then in York County, now in Adams county. Their home "Cossart's Dream" built about 1785 is still standing, and still occupied. Descendants of this couple took on many variations of the surname. Their sons, David and Jacob, both started spelling their surname Cassat.
Their children, all baptized in the Raritan Dutch Reform church of Somerset County NJ, were:
Madeline Cossart, born 10/17/1740 in New Jersey
David Cossart born NJ 11 Apr 1743
Peter Cossart born NJ 30 Aug 1746 (later killed by Indians in KY)
Jacob Cossart born NJ 21 Apr 1751
Christina Cossart born NJ 21 Aug 1755, married Cornelius Clopper
Elizabeth Cossart, born NJ 29 Aug 1758.
Francis and Margarette Cossart, along with many other Dutch families moved in 1764 from Somerset County NJ to this Conewago Valley settlement, which was then in York County, now in Adams county. Their home "Cossart's Dream" built about 1785 is still standing, and still occupied. Descendants of this couple took on many variations of the surname. Their sons, David and Jacob, both started spelling their surname Cassat.
Their children, all baptized in the Raritan Dutch Reform church of Somerset County NJ, were:
Madeline Cossart, born 10/17/1740 in New Jersey
David Cossart born NJ 11 Apr 1743
Peter Cossart born NJ 30 Aug 1746 (later killed by Indians in KY)
Jacob Cossart born NJ 21 Apr 1751
Christina Cossart born NJ 21 Aug 1755, married Cornelius Clopper
Elizabeth Cossart, born NJ 29 Aug 1758.
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