General Notes

He was listed as a grand juror in the session on 1699, he would have had to be 21 years old.  He lived for a time on Staten Island but after Jan. 1716 he
lived in Middletown, Monmouth Co. New Jersey where he had a tavern.  On May 1,1717 he executed a full power of attorney to his "beloved wife Jannetje"  to handle his affairs and by Monmouth Deeds presumably turned over his property to her.  This explains the small amount in the inventory of his estate at his death in 1728.

A census of Staten Island NY in 1706 gives the name Isaac Brant Van Clief, age 28.  He resided in New Utrecth in early life, where he was a Grand Juror in 1699 and on Dec 11, 1700 his name is mentioned in a land sale as owning the property adjoining that which was being sold.
He relocated from Staten Island to Middletown, Monmouth Co. NJ where he conducted a tavern and was licensed to sell hard drink in 1716.  Middletown was the largest village in the township.  His will was filed at Freehold, NJ in Jan 1728-29.  An inventory of his belongings was made indicating his personal estate to be small....20 pounds, 12.3 including 29 bushels of rhye and corn.
The last five of their 12 children were all females, names unknown, although it is known that three were married.  The original license to sell hard drink reads:  "Know all men by these presents, that we, Isabrant Van Cleef of Middletown,County of Monmouth, Innholder and Obadiah Bowe, of the same county, Gent. are held and firmly bound unto David Lyell and William Bradford, Esquires, Farmers of the ?Duties Excise, laid on strong drink, sold and retailed in the Province of New Jersey, in the sum of Four Pounds, lawful silver money of America, according to Queen Anne's Proclamation, dated June 18, 1704"
His name is also found to be spelled Eyzebrand VanBloof in some records.