The Bensalem Presbyterian Church recently celebrated its 300th anniversary. The cemetery lies behind the church and although it is kept in good condition, due to the age of the headstones, many are wore away and nearly impossible to read. For a reading of the stones made in 1938, go to: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/bucks/cemeteries/benspres01.txt

The Bucks Co. branch of the Vansant family was well represented in the founding membership of the Bensalem Presbyterian Church. According to W. W. H. Davis in The History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, “In December 1710 there were fifteen members at Bensalem…” The membership included Gerrit Stoffelszen Van Zandt’s four sons: Cristoffel (Stoffel) Van Zand, Herman Van Zand, Gerret Van Zand, and Jonas Van Zand.

Last	First	Birth	Death	Comments	Cemetery	Location	County	State
VANSANT	Garret	1743	1797	Spouse Elizabeth Larue	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
VANSANT	Elizabeth	1759	1835	Elizabeth Larue, wife of Garret	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
VANZANDT	Garrett H.	1765	1825	Spouse Tacy Minster, Age 59, son of Harman and Eleanor	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
VANZANDT	Tacy	1774	1835	Tacy Minster, wife of Garrett H.	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
VANSANT	Harman	1728	1815	Spouse Eleanor Vandegrift	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
VANSANT	Eleanor	1732	1818	Eleanor Vandegrift, wife of Harman	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
VANSANT	John	1770	1841	Spouse Elizabeth; grave in rear of cemetery	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
VANSANT	Elizabeth	1776	1823	Wife of John; grave in rear of cemetery	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
VANSANT	Nathaniel (Captain)	1744	1825	Spouse Hannah; 48th Regiment in the Standing Army in the Revolution	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
VANSANT	Hannah	1745	1818	Hannah Vansant, wife of Nathaniel, daughter of Jacobus and Hannah Vansant	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
VANSANT	Nicholas	1771	1850	In his 80th year; spouse Mary Ann Larzalere	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
VANSANT	David	1809	1875	Spouse Susan Cheston	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
VANSANT	Susan C.	1818	1886	Susan Cheston, wife of David	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
VANSANT	Elmira	1845	1909	Daughter of David and Susan	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
VANSANT	William C.	1847	1921	Son of David and Susan	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
VANSANT	Henry	1853	1934	Son of David and Susan	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
RIDGE	Susan	1818	1862	Susan Vansant, wife of Duffield Ridge, daughter of John and Elizabeth	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
PRAUL	Mary	1774	1846	Mary Vansant, wife of John Praul, daughter of Garrett and Catherine Vansant	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
PRAUL	John			Spouse Mary Vansant, no dates	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
WOOD	Amos	1781	1842	Son of Robert and Eleanor (Vansant) Wood, grandson of Harman and Eleanor Vansant	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
LARUE	Abraham	1734	1790	Elizabeth Larue's father, or, father-in-law of Garret Vansant	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA
LARUE	Alice	1731	1801	Alice Vandegrift, Elizabeth Larue's mother; Alice was dau. Of Fulkhart and Elizabeth (Vansant) Vandegrift	Bensalem Presbyterian	Bensalem	Bucks	PA

 

 

Cemetery Listings is a new feature of the site. As time permits, cemetery listings will be posted and organized by state. The majority of listings will concern all spellings of the surname, including Van Zandt, Van Sant, Vanzant, Vinzant, etc., and some of their immediate descendents. If you’d like to submit new listings, please follow the table format already established. Files can be submitted using tables in Word or in Excel to VanZandtSociety@earthlink.net