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In 1694 Cornelius Anderson and brother Enoch were sued in the East
Jersey Court of Con.. Right by Wm. Pinhorne, Esq., of Bergen Co., for
trespass, in amount. of L150, and for debt on a bond involving breach of
covenant, in amount of L500 They lost the suit for debt, and the other
was withdrawn. Most unfortunately, no further details have been
preserved.

On Mar. 18, 1698/9, as Cornelius Andris, he was among 28 grantees in a
deed for land in Maidenhead (Lawrenceville), It is uncertain whether he
was living in Maidenhead or Hopewell at the time, but he was certainly
of Hopewell not long after, and for the balance of his life. In 1710, as
Cornelius Andrews, he was Constable for Hopewell; in 1721, Overseer of
the Poor; and in 1722, Overseer of Highways and Collector. In 1722 and
1723, Town Meetings were held at his house, but thereafter at Ringo's
Mill. On May 30, 1724, administration on his estate was granted to his
widow Annah and their son Eliakim. Of his children, one was baptized at
Hackensack as a son of Cornelius Albardi, four at Hopewell in 1710 by
the pastor of the New Dutch Church at Bensalem PA and one at Maidenhead
by the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. On Oct.
4, 1738, the estate of Cornelius not yet settled, his son Eliakim gave
bond in amount of L800 to his four brothers, to protect their equal
shares with him of the Hopewell farm formerly their father's, and then
in nominal possession of Eliakim, but leased to Andreew Mershon. This
bond was basis for a suit commenced in the N.J. Supreme Court in 1764,
by Cornelius and Abraham Anderson, as survivors of John and Bartholomew
Anderson, against Elizabeth and John Anderson, Executors of Eliakim
Anderson, dec'd. The matter was eventually submitted to three referees,
who, in 1768, found that the said Executors were indebted to plaintiffs
in the amount of L452. It was stipulated that the representatives of
John and Bartholomew Anderson, dec'd, were equally entitled, with
Cornelius and Abraham, to a share of the L452. Previous to this
litigation there bad been some friction in the family, perhaps
originating in the same situation, and in May, 1763, Cornelius and
Abrahalm Anderson, Cornelius Mershon and his mother, Francina Mershon,
and Cornelius Anderson, Jr. and Thomas Anderson, sons of Cornelius, gave
bond to appear at the next session of the Hunterdon County Court, and
meanwhile not to molest John Anderson of Hopewell, evidently Eliakim's
son.

It has been stated that Cornelius married. (1), before 1694, Francina
Abrahams, but this is hased on the record of baptism of Francina,
daughter of Enoch Anderson, at New York, in 1693, when the witnesses
were listed as Cornelis Andrieszen and Francina Abrahams. The original
record fails to show whether the last named was matron or maid, but in
all probability she was a dau. of Cornelius's aunt Francina, wife of
Abraham Lubbersen, for whom the infant was named. Eliminating this,
there is no intimation in any record that Cornelius had any wife other
than Annetje Opdyck.