Arent Sonmans

1634 - 1683  (49 years)

• Name	Arent Sonmans
  Birth	1634	Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  Property	25 Oct 1681	Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland
  	One of the First Purchasers of Pennsylvania, obtaining 5,000 acres
  	Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission., The First Purchasers of Pennsylvania : October 25, 1681. (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission) <http://archive.org/details/firstpurchaserso00penn>
  Property	1 Feb 1681/82	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Deed by Thomas Hart to Arent Sonmans for 1/2 share of East Jersey
  Role	1683	New Jersey, USA
  	Proprietor (absent)
  Name	Arrant Simanons  [2]
  Property	1683	New Jersey, USA
  	Property in both West and East Jersey
  Religion	1683	Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Quaker
  Residence	1683	Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Wallyford
  Death	Aug 1683	Huntingdonshire, England
  	Killed by a highwayman, while returning to Scotland with Robert Barclay and Gilbert Molleson
  Person ID	I44829	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 1	Frances Hancock   d. 29 Mar 1699, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Children	1. Rachel Sonmans   d. 1737, Wanstead, Essex, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Joanna Sonmans  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Agnieta van Rijsoort
  Children	1. Peter Sonmans,   b. 1667, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. 1734, Essex, New Jersey, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1634 - Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Property - One of the First Purchasers of Pennsylvania, obtaining 5,000 acres - 25 Oct 1681 - Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland Role - Proprietor (absent) - 1683 - New Jersey, USA Property - Property in both West and East Jersey - 1683 - New Jersey, USA Religion - Quaker - 1683 - Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - Wallyford - 1683 - Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland Death - Aug 1683 - Huntingdonshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 48 (SSTSE023). [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p205.