I'm descended from Cornelius's son
Powel, came across the following:
Somerset County Historical
Quarterly Vol I
The Sarah
Powelson ancestry is clearly enough stated by Mr. John A. Powelson, of Pluckemin, in an article in the work on "The
Van Doorn Family," p. 718. She was the daughter of
Johannes Powelson and Harmpje
Messler, first of near Harlingen, and then of near Pluckemin. Johannes was the son of Jacob
Hendrick Powelson, first of Long Island and then of
Somerset County. Jacob's father was, doubtless, a
Hendrick, whose father was believed to be Nicholas, the emigrant, who arrived in 1657 from Ditmarsen, Holland. Of the
Clarkson family we have no information. The
Messler (originally Metzelaer) family descends from Jan
Adamsen Metzelaer, of
Worms, Germany, born in 1626, and the descent to Harmpje is fully traced on pp. 624 and 674 of "Joannes
Nevius and His Descendants,"
Nicholas
Powelson came to New
Amsterdam from Ditmarsen, Holland, on the ship "Gilded
Otter" in 1657. Presumed to have had a son
Hendrick, whose son Jacob Hendrickse came to
Somerset Co., settling probably near Harlingen. His son
Johannes, of Harlingen, b. 1719, m. Harmptje
Messler and settled near Pluckemin in 1767; left a large number of descendants, some of whom spell the surname Poulison,
Poulson, Powlison, etc.