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Subject: Ltr to Harold Everitt re Langavelt
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:09:50 EDT

Greetings fellow researchers,

I sent the following letter to Harold Everitt re Langavelt. I have
accumulated a lot of paper on this subject, but this should give him a summary of the
position. It really is all based on the validity of the Journal reference.

At least Harold has prompted us to rethink our research!

My letter follows:

Dear Mr. Everitt,

Rolland Everitt has made your recent letter available to other Everitt
researchers. I am a descendant of Marshall Everitt, a son of Jacob and Hannah
(Langavelt) Everitt, who went to Michigan from New Jersey about 1830 and settled in
Livonia in Wayne County

There are a lot of open questions in the study of the Everitt family with a
large collection of family lore that has yet to be sorted out. In his letter
to you Rolland has commented on some of the stories that have been passed down
in the Marshall Everitt family. These also include the "textbook" in Germany.


I would like to provide you with a quick summary of the information I have on
the Langavelt family.

The starting point is the entry in the Journal of John Davis Everitt (son of
Isaac and grandson of Dr. Jacob) giving a short history of the family. He
wrote:

"…From the army he (Jacob Everitt, his grandfather) retired to New Jersey in
Hunterdon County, there he married Hannah Langafelt, a daughter of a
Presbyterian clergyman who died and the widow married a man by the name of Lambert…"

The present location of this Journal of John Davis Everitt is unknown.
Fortunately, William Coulter a local historian copied a portion of the Journal
relating to the Everitt family history and published it in the Wantage Recorder of
October 2, 1936. This includes the above quote. The Journal was undoubtedly
the source for a similar statement in the History of Sussex County, New
Jersey, by James P. Snell..

In the Minisink Valley Church Records there is a baptism record on July 9,
1777 for Febe, daughter of Samuel Chrissman and Christian Evert. Sponsors are
Bastian Miers and Lisabeth Langavelt. On June 14, 1775, my ancestor, Marshall
was baptized listing the parents as Jacob Eberth and Hannah Longerfeld. On
the same day Samuel Cristina Eberth baptized their son, Jacob, with Jacob Eberth
and Hannah Longerfeld as sponsors.

The Hunterdon County Probate Records record a John Langerfeld who died
intestate in Lebanon Township about 1749/1750. Probate was filed on February 5,
1750. His widow, Christian Langerfeldt, of Lebanon was appointed administrator.
Final accounts were filed on May 31, 1756, by Christian Lambert late Christian
Langerfeld. Hunterdon Probate Records (#298J), FHL 463,005

The probate records also report that his widow married a man by the name of
Lambert and died intestate about 1763. Boston Myers was appointed
administrator of her estate on April 29, 1763 by the Court in Burlington, New Jersey.
Hunterdon Probate Records (#600), FHL 461,817


The John and Christina Langerfeld of Lebanon Township came to Philadelphia in
1734. The ships lists record them as John Albert Langerfeld ("Johan Alberts
Longerfield, age 30") and Christina Elizabeth Langerfeld (Christ. Eliz.
Longerfield, age 36"). They arrived in Philadelphia with a group of 127 Palatines
(Germans) on board the ship, Hope Galley, Daniel Reed, Master, from Rotterdam,
but last from Cowes. They took their oath to the government at the
Courthouse in Philadelphia on Sept 23rd 1734. Pennsylvania German Pioneers, by Ralph
Beaver Strassburger, Volume 1, pages 142-146

After a brief time in Philadelphia John and Christian moved to the Raritan
Valley where John became a farmer and part time preacher in the Lutheran faith.
They were involved in the Raritan Valley dispute involving the dismissal of
Pastor Wolff . There has been a lot written on this dispute and the people
involved. Although there is nothing that I have found in the records to show it,
it is possible that John and Christian became Presbyterians as they certainly
lost their faith in the Lutheran establishment. John was born in Halberstadt,
Germany, and married Christina in Holland about 1732. The Albany Protocol,
edited by Philip Dern, 1971, page 78

We have not found any records of the names of the children of John and
Christina. It is interesting to note, however, that Dr. Jacob and Hannah named two
of their children, John and Christiana.

I hope you will find the above information of interest. Welcome to the
Everitt researchers!!

Yours very truly,

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