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| 10001 | Note on Find a Grave: Son of Stephen Coert Van Voorhees and Aeltje Wessels. Born circa 1637 at Drenthe, The Netherlands, probably near Hees. NOTE on name variants: for middle name, death date left by Matt Voorhees down at the bottom. Married Marritje Gerritse, daughter of Gerrit Wolfertszen and Aeltje Cornelis Cool, between 1660 and 1665. He came to New Netherlands in 1660 with his father and settled at Flatlands, Long Island. On November 29, 1660, Cornelis Diercksen Hooglandt/Hoochlandt sold to Stevense Coertse Van Voorhees, for 3,000 guilders, 31 morgen of land in Flatlands, with the house and house lot in the village and the brewery, brewing apparatus, etc. He was a magistrate there in 1664, 1673; found on the assessment rolls 1675, 1683; a member and deacon of the Dutch Reformed Church at Flatlands in 1677; Captain on the militia in 1689; one of two representatives of Flatlands at the Assembly held at City Hall in New Amsterdam on 10 April 1664; a delegate to the Convention at New Orange on 26 March 1674; took the oath of allegiance in Sep. 1687. On 8 March 1692 he bought from John Tilton, all of the later's property at Gravesend, Long Island, and then conveyed this property to his son Albert on 20 June 1699. Witnessed the baptism of Arent Claeszen, son of Nicholas Arentsz Van Vechten and Lommetje Hendricks, on 2 March 1662 at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, (sponsors Coert Stephenszen, Geesje Claes). Coert Stephense Van Voorhees and Marritje Gerritse were members of the at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, in 1677 at Amersfort. Old Members found here in the 4 Villages in the year 1677. Amersfort. Court Stephensz and wife Marritje Gerritsz van Couwenhoven Witnessed the baptism of Margaretta Roelofse Schenck, daughter of Roelof Martense Schenck and Annetje Pieterse Wyckoff, on 16 January 1678 at Amersfoort, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (sponsors Court Stephensz, Grietje van Es). Coert Stephense Van Voorhees and Marritje Gerritse were members of the at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 19 November 1679 "fom Amersfort." Register of the Members from the Four Villages. 19 Nov 1679. Names of Members from Amersfort. Coert Stephens. and wife Marritje van Couwenhoven. Coert Stephense Van Voorhees was Elder of at Amersfort, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 23 November 1679 in place of Elbert Elbertsz Stoot-hoff. Elections of Elders and Deacons, 1677-1706. The congregations at each of the four locations, Amersfort (Flatlands), Brooklyn, Midwood (Flatbush), and New Utrecht, each elected their own elders and deacons. Witnessed the baptism of Court Meinardszen, son of Meyndert Courten and Marye Pye, on 14 May 1682 at New Utrecht, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (sponsors Court Stephensz, Marritje van Couwenhoven). Coert Stephense Van Voorhees was Elder of at Amersfort, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 19 November 1684 in place of Roelof Martensz. Witnessed the baptism of Marike Van Voorhees, daughter of Gerrit Coertsen Van Voorhees and Willemptje Pieterse Luyster, on 23 October 1687 at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (witnesses Coert Stevensse, Maijke Gerretse). NOTE: the year is given as 1686 at the top of the page. This is probably an error, as the first baptism, dated 29 March, follows a baptism dated 24 March 1687 on the previous page, 441. Coert Stephense Van Voorhees witnessed the baptism of Coert Stevensz Van Voorhees, son of Stephen Coertsen Van Voorhees and Eegje Jans, on 15 November 1694 at Old First Dutch Reformed Church, Breuckelen (Brooklyn), Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (witnesses Coert Stevensen, Maritje, his wife). Witnessed the baptism of Cornelis Stoothof, son of Gerret Stoothof and Johanna Nevius, on 25 September 1698 at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (witnesses Coert Stefense, Marrittie Coerte). Children by Marritje Gerritse: 1. Gerrit Coertsen Van Voorhees b. between 1660 and 1665, d. before 23 Sep 1704 2. Aeltie Coertse Van Voorhees b. between 1665 and 1670, d. 12 Nov 1746 3. Stephen Coertsen Van Voorhees b. ca. 1667, d. 16 Feb 1723/24 4. Albert Coertsen Van Voorhees b. ca. 1670, d. between 14 May 1747 and 14 Apr 1748 5. Marretje Coertse Van Voorhees b. between 1675 and 1685 6. Neeltje Coertse Van Voorhees b. 30 Jun 1676, d. 4 Aug 1750 7. Cornelis Coertsen Van Voorhees b. 3 Jun 1678 8. Annetje Van Voorhees b. 5 Dec 1680 9. Johannes Coertsen Van Voorhees b. 22 Apr 1683, d. 10 Oct 1757 Coert Stephense Van Voorhees died after 1702 at probably Flatlands, Kings Co., Long Island, New York. Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database. No source for the 1699 date of death, generally agreed that 1702 or shortly thereafter. "Middle name" should be Stevense as his father spelled it Steven and not Stephen, this is less a middle name and more a patronymic "Steven's son" | Van Voorhees, Coert Stevense (I5787)
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| 10002 | Note on Find a Grave: The funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Stringer will be held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon from the residence, 1075 North Dunham street. The body will be placed in the mausoleum at Greenwood. Decatur, Il Review April 10, 1909 p8 NOTE: THE MAUSOLEUM WAS TORN DOWN IN 1967 AND THE BODY WAS PLACED IN A COMMON GRAVE | Ribelin, Mary Ann (I5554)
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| 10003 | Note on Find a Grave: ". . .first girl born in New Sweden (now Pennsylvannia)." | Lom, Beata (I5721)
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| 10004 | Note on Find a Grave: "Dottie" married 1st Gordon Tallman and they had 2 children: Randal Gordon Tallman and Rita Jo Tallman. Dottie later married Earl Minger. They did not have any children. | Harbison, Dorothea Ernestine (I4699)
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| 10005 | Note on Find a Grave: "Timeline of Hans Mansson" By: Carla Welsh (nee Seitz) Hans Mansson's name can be found spelled with multiple variations, such as: Hans, Hance, Hamce, Haunce, Hame, Hanes, Mansson, Monsier, Monson, Monseur, etc. The spelling of "Hans Mansson" appears to be the accepted refer-all to use. 1612: Hans Mansson was born circa 1612 [in Sweden], per deposition in 1684, which states he was about age 72 in 1684. "...The 25th of the Month called June 1684. Peter Cocke aged 74, Peter Rambo 72, and Hamce Monson age 72 years or thereabouts, appeared before us William Welch, James Claypoole, and Thomas Wynne, three of the Kings Justices of the peace for the County of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pennsylvania, Who being solemnly attested, did severallie declare that what they have here respectively certified and subscribed is the truth and nothing but the truth, as God shall help them..." Reference: The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume XCI (91), page 37. Published 1967, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/42227/41948 1641: Hans Mansson departs from Sweden, to New Sweden (an area of present day USA), aboard the vessel Charitas, as a convict indentured servant to serve a sentence of six years. Hans was described as a "trooper" that cut down several fruit trees in the Royal Garden at Varnhem. His punishment was to choose between death from hanging, or go to New Sweden as a convict laborer; he chose the latter. For detailed information, please see: https://www.varnhemshistoria.se/varnhems-byar,-g%C3%A5rdar,-platser-h%C3%A4ndelser/the-abbey-garden-in-varnhem-acquired-by-the-crown-1527-a-history-of-chopped-down-fruit-trees-1640-44732631 1647: Hans Mansson becomes a free man. 1647-1649: Hans Mansson settled in Aronameck in Kingsessing (a Swedish colony in present day Philadelphia, PA, USA). On 14 MAY 1669, Hans Mansson was granted an English Patent, of over 1,100 acres, for the Aronameck Plantation, which extended from the Schuylkill River to Cobbs Creek in Kingsessing, Philadelphia, PA, per The Swedish Colonial Society. Reference: https://www.facebook.com/SwedishColonialSociety/posts/2695550083849364/ 1654: Hans Mansson married Ella, the daughter of Olof Stille. They were married circa 1654. Hans was about 20 years older than Ella. Ella was the widow of Peter Jochimsson. Peter was Hans' close friend. Ella had 2 children from her previous marriage to Peter, who were named Peter Petersson Yocum, born circa 1652, and Elizabeth Petersdotter, born circa 1654. Hans Mansson and Ella had the following known children: John Steelman born circa 1655 Christiern Steelman (unknown birth year?) James Steelman born circa 1665-1673, in present day Philadelphia, PA, USA Peter Steelman born circa 1674 Charles Steelman born circa 1679 Eric Steelman born circa 1681 Hans Mansson and Ella lived in Aronameck (present day Philadelphia, PA). In the mid-1670s they removed to the Pennsauken Creek area in present day Cinnaminson Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, and established a permanent residence there by 1681/1682. Though that was their residence, Hans traveled back and forth from there to Philadelphia, because records are found of him in Pennsylvania up until 1689, per a deed from 1687, and per his mark in a Gloria Dei Church Book (Wicaco Congregation) in 1689. 1691: Hans Mansson died circa 1691. In 1692, his property was taxed to "Widow Hance." Reference: The Swedish Colonial News, Volume 1, Number 10, Fall 1994 edition, article entitled "Hans Mansson and His Steelman Family," by: Dr. Peter S. Craig, made available by The Swedish Colonial Society. https://colonialswedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SCSJournal_1994-Fall.pdf Reference: 1st day, 8th month, 1687 DEED: Lasse Cock, Gunner Ramboe, Andrew Swanson, Hanse Monson, Andrew Bludgon, Monce Cook, John Cook, Peter Nealson, Swan Swanson for himself and in right of Andrew Salung, Errick Mullecre, Chrystian Thomson, Mully Nelson, John Maceson, Wolley Swanson, John Stelley [Stille], Lasse Anderson, Mitchell Nelson, John Harper in right of Hance Ereck Cock, Walter King, Thomas Fairman, for in consideration of 100 gilders appear to them paid by the Society Traders in Pennsylvania… Recorded the 28th day, 1687. Philadelphia PA Deed Book E1, pages 632-634. Scanned to FamilySearch.org, DGS #4145185, images 547-548 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89GF-YPKQ Reference: Hans Mansson's mark in Gloria Dei Church Book, see images 11-12: https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/GloriaDei.RecordsMiscellaneous1636-1760 By 1693, Ella and children adopted the surname of "Stillman/Steelman." Rudman's 1697/1698 census states "Mrs. Ella, mother of the Steelmans now" in a Gloria Dei church book in Philadelphia, PA. Reference: (see image 56) https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/GloriaDei.RecordsMiscellaneous1636-1760# A deed that confirms the name change from "Mansson" to "Steelman" is at New Jersey State Archives, West Jersey Deed Book DD, page 206, 25 MAY 1730, Conveyance by Charles Steelman (who was grandson of Hans Mansson and Ella), and the deed states "...land was purchased of William Biddle by Hance Monsier grandfather of the said Charles Steelman by deed of 10 APR 1888 and sometime after was bequeathed by Hance Monsier to Charles Steelman father of the grantor, Party to this Present by the last will and testament of ye P. Haunce Monsier...". This deed mentions that Hans left a will, but his will has never been found. Reference: New Jersey State Archives: DD (WJ) : Folio 206 (SSTSE023) Ella died circa 1718 in Gloucester County, New Jersey. She was buried 22 JAN 1718, per Racoon church records (now Old Swedes Church aka Trinity Church, Swedesboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey). Racoon Church Burial Record of 1718 states: "On January 10th, Carl Hoffman was buried. On the 22nd of the same month, Ella Steehlman, 80 years old, who had come from Sweden." Reference: see page 325: "The records of the Swedish Lutheran churches at Raccoon and Penns Neck, 1713-1786." By: Amandus Johnson, Federal Writers Project, NJ, et al. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/267003/ The following land records are at New Jersey State Archives: 4 AUG 1682: TO: Frederick Frederickson; Thomas Gardner; Jonas Keene; Hance Monsiur FROM: Thomas Budd SURVEY. 500 acres. Lying at their new dwelling houses; by the river. [Burlington County]. OTHERS NAMED: Thomas Fairman (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Burlington; Creeple, Cripple; Meadows and Meadowlands; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins Reference: Revels Surveys/Book A : Folio 27 (SSTSE023) https://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/EarlyLandRecordsPDF/Revelp027.pdf 24 AUG 1682: TO: Frederick Frederickson; John Hance FROM: Anna Salter SURVEY. 200 acres. Next to the river; running into the woods; on the north end of the meadow. [Burlington County]. OTHERS NAMED: Hance Monsiur (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Burlington; Meadows and Meadowlands; Woods and Woodland Reference: Revels Surveys/Book A : Folio 27 (SSTSE023) https://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/EarlyLandRecordsPDF/Revelp027.pdf 23 FEB 1683: TO: Frederick Frederickson; Jonas Keene; Hance Monseur FROM: West Jersey Proprietors (Commissioners of West New Jersey) CONVEYANCE. Burlington County. OTHERS NAMED: LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Burlington Reference: B (WJ) : Folio 36 (SSTSE023) SEP 1684: TO: Hance Monsier SURVEY. 100 acres. On Pensaukin Creek; on the southeast side of a landing; near the head of a small run of water bounded to the meadow. [Burlington County]. OTHERS NAMED: Daniel Leeds (Surveyor) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Burlington; Meadows and Meadowlands; Pennsauken Creek; Landings, Landing Places. Reference: Revels Surveys/Book A : Folio 92 (SSTSE023) https://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/EarlyLandRecordsPDF/Revelp092.pdf 10 APR 1688: TO: Hance Monseur FROM: William Biddle CONVEYANCE. Burlington County. LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Burlington William Biddle, yeoman, of Burlington County, West New Jersey, conveyed 100 acres to Hance Monseur, planter, of Sinamonsinob, Burlington County, West New Jersey. Reference: B (WJ) : Folio 255 (SSTSE023) In this case, a "Planter" is probably someone from another area placed somewhere for the purpose of colonization. "Sinamonsinob" is present day Cinnaminson Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. 1 AUG 1689: Hame Monseur is witness to a land transaction with this date. TO: Thomas Ollive FROM: John Antram CONVEYANCE. Burlington City, Burlington County. LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Burlington; Burlington City. Reference: B (WJ) : Folio 244 (SSTSE023) Information about the author: Carla Welsh (nee Seitz) is a proven descendant of Hans Mansson, with forefather status to Olof Stille with The Swedish Colonial Society. Carla gets back through her New Jersey Steelman lines. She is a Steelman direct descendant in two different ways. Hans Mansson is Carla's 8th great-grandfather on one line, and 9th great-grandfather on another line. https://archive.org/details/timeline-of-hans-mansson | Mansson, Hans (I5702)
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| 10006 | Note on Find a Grave: ***** "Swedish American Genealogist" December 1986, Vol. VI #4, "The Stille Family in America 1641-1772" by Peter Stebbins Craig - " Anders Olofsson Stille Anders Stille was only one and a half years old when he left Stockholm with his father in 1641. He had already left home at Techoherassi by 1658 when he is shown to be a resident of New Castle (then New Amstel) in present Delaware. At the New Castle Court on 17 October 1683 he appeared as a witness in a land dispute. The Dutch scribe reported:[51] Andries Tilly sayeth that he has been 25 or 26 years here in town, and that there were houses on both ends of the ground in controversy but knows nothing of any street. The 1671 English Census of the Delaware, under the caption of New Castle, listed a head of household named "Anna Pieterson marryed to Andreas ---," which we believe to be Anders Stille.[52] By 1675, listed as "Andries Tilley," he was shown living on the Christina River.[53] This land, near present Christiana, Delaware, was surveyed for "Andrew Tilley" on 5 October 1680 when it was already in his possession. The survey identified the property as lying on the southeast side of the river, being bounded on the southwest by "Tilly's Run" and the property of his niece and her husband, John and Elizabeth Ogle, and on the northeast by John Garrettson.[54] John Ogle also owned property on the north side of Christina River at this location, known as Christiana Bridge, then a main route to Maryland.[55] Another neighbor was Jonas Arskin, whose father, the late Sgt. John Arskin, had (like John Ogle) been involved in the 1664 English invasion of the Delaware.[56] This site at Christiana, Delaware, became the stage of a bloodless war between Pennsylvania and Maryland in the dispute between William Penn and Lord Baltimore over the extent of their respective provinces. Olof Stille's granddaughter Elizabeth Petersdotter Ogle became a widow by February 1683/4 when the New Castle Court named Elizabeth Ogle administratrix of her late husband's estate.[57] Two months later, on 4 April 1684, the sheriff of New Castle County sent an urgent express to William Penn:[58] Even now about the 8th hour in the evening came Jonas Arskin from Widow Ogle's and informed me that Colonel [George] Talbot [from Maryland] was come with about 40 or 50 men, some with guns and some with axes, and presently fell to work to cut down timber, and says they design to build there a log house, supposed to be in the nature of a fort, and it's thought may have it up by tomorrow night. He [Talbot] read a commission from Baltimore to authorize him to the action, as likewise to come and demand this town [New Castle] tomorrow. What the issue hereof will be I know not, but I thought it my duty to send this express by thy own pinnace. On the next day, sheriff William Welch rounded up a posse and galloped out to Christiana Bridge. Late that night he wrote again to William Penn, reporting that his posse had interviewed Widow Ogle and others and had formally protested Talbot's action, but that the fort had been constructed and Talbot intended to stay.[59] Later, on 30 May 1684, Welch's successor Samuel Land reported to Penn that "Jonas Erskin" and "Andries Tille" had been with him the day before and had reported that Colonel Talbot, with three musketeers, had gone the day before to Widow Ogle's, Jonas Arskin and Anders Stille to warn each that unless they swore obedience to Lord Baltimore, they would be turned out of their lands.[60] On learning of this development, William Penn on 4 June 1684 drafted a long letter to Lord Baltimore protesting George Talbot's activities. Specifically, he protested Talbot's going "to the bridge upon Christina River being within six miles of New Castle where he in hostile manner upon a spot of land belonging to the widow Ogle (whose husband came over with Capt. Carr, that under his majesty's government reduced the place) did forthwith cause a fort to be erected."[61] Although Talbot's fort at Christiana Bridge may have added impetus to the move, the Stille, Ogle and Arskin families had already laid plans to move to White Clay Creek in western New Castle County, near the present city of Newark, Delaware. A 200-acre tract known as "Northampton," on the east side of White Clay Creek, was surveyed for John Ogle on 16 August 1682.[62] Further northward another 430-acre tract known as the "Hopyard" was surveyed for his two sons 14 October 1683, and a patent was issued for the same of 26 March 1684.[63] Meanwhile, both Anders Stille and Joan Arskin obtained warrants on 5 Sept. 1682 for lands on the west side of White Clay Creek and later obtained patents for the same near present Newark.[64] Later New Castle tax records show all three families residing on White Clay Creek.[65] On 19 June 1686 Andrew Stille conveyed one-half of his marsh on White Clay Creek to widow Elizabeth Ogle in behalf of her two sons, Thomas and John Ogle (his grand nephews). He acknowledged this deed in the New Castle Court on 9 Dec. 1686.[66] A year later he exchanged his lands on White Clay Creek for 186 acres owned by Reynier Vander Culen, a Dutchman.[67] Thereafter his name disappears from Delaware River Records. No will or other record relating to his death has been found. It appears certain that one of the children of Anders and Anna Stille was Jacob Stille, whose name frequently appears in the records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church at Christina (Wilmington), Delaware.[68] He was born c. 1675-80 and married by 1710 Rebecca Springer, daughter of Charles Christophersson Springer (born in Sweden) and his wife Maria Hendricksdotter.[69] They had ten children, four sons and six daughters.[70] Jacob Stille, a farmer and for several years a warden of Holy Trinity Church, wrote his will 14 Sept. 1771, which was proved 6 Feb. 1774.[71] It also appears probable that Anders and Anna Stille were the parents of John Stille, whose name first appears in Northampton County, Virginia, on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay where the following entry appears in the court minutes of 28 March 1694:[72] Sources: [51]NCR, 2:71. [52] Berthold Fernow's 19th century reading of this 1671 document transcribed the entry as "Anna Pieterson marryed to Andrees Teller." NYCD, 12:649. Subsequent fire damage to the document has obliterated the last name. See NYHM, 21:105. [53] As was the case for a majority of the Swedes and Finns in New Castle County, Anders Stille refused to be conscripted to help build a dike for the Dutch justice, Hans Block, for which he was fined 20 guilders, along with John Ogle, Ogle's servant, and Sargeant Arskine and his son Jonas, all living on "Christeen Kill." NCR, 1:163 [54] The tract, known as "Chestnut Point", was found to contain 123 acres. NCR, 1:505. [55] John Ogle's "Fishing Place" had been surveyed 4 October 1680. NCR, 1:503. Another tract, known as "Eagle Point," 74 acres, was surveyed for John Ogle on the north side of Christina Creek, 8 Dec. 1683. Scharf, 933. [56] In 1678, widow "Jean Erskine" (Arskin) sent a complaint to New York's Governor protesting harassment by creditors in which she reported: "your petittionors husband going in a cannew in Cristena Creeke the 23rd day of October last past to fech nessesary provitions for the Relife of himself and family was acccidentally drownded, so that your petitionor with fowre children was left husbandless and fatherless." NYHM, 20:127. The governor's secretary, Matthias Nicolls, replied on 6 Nov. 1678, describing her as "Jane the widow of Serjeant John Erskin." NYHM, 21:30. On 16 Nov. 1679, Jean Arskin granted power of attorney to her son Jonas Erskin of Christina Creek to act as administrator of her late husband's estate. NCR, 1:450. [57] New Castle County Wills, A:63, admin. C:197. [58] Microfilm collections of papers of William Penn, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 4:820. [59]PWP, 2:547-49. [60]PA, 1st Ser. 1:87. [61]PA, 1st Ser., 1:88-91. Also, microfilm collection of papers of William Penn, HSP, 4:878. This was not the last of Anders Stille's problems with Talbot. After William Penn's departure to England for his successful lawsuit against Lord Baltimore, his Provincial Council, sitting in Philadelphia, received a report 10 Sept. 1684. The minutes state "information being given to this board that the Widdow Ogle's hay was thrown into the creek, and Andrew Stille's Clouths Terne by Coll. Talbot's People, who did it by his order, Edm[un]d Cantwell and Jon. Cann were Ordered to Inspect to the truth of it, and to make a Speedy report of the same to this board." PA, 1st Ser,, 1:119-20. [62]Scharf, 933. John Ogle had been granted a warrant for 200 acres by the New Castle Court on 4 March 1678/9. NCR, 1:304 [63] On 1 November 1681 the New Castle Court issued to John Ogle (on behalf of his two sons Thomas and John) a warrant for 400 acres. NCR, 1:502. The land selected, called "Hopyard," on White Clay Creek was surveyed 14 Oct. 1683 as being 430 acres. Scharf, 914. A patent for the same was issued 26 March 1684, which was sold 9 Jan. 1686/7 by Elizabeth Ogle to her brother Peter Peterson Yocum, and John Hans Steelman, co-executor, to John Guest of Philadelphia, Thomas Ogle (as heir to John Ogle) consenting. PA 2d, 19:369-70. [64]NCR, 2:13. The tracts of "Andrew Tilly," "Tho. Ogle" and "Jonas Askew (Arskin), as well as the "Hopyard" are shown on a 1685 survey of White Clay Creek by Thomas Pierson in the map collection of the Historical Society of Delaware in Wilmington. Anders Stille's land embraced the present Newark County Club and the George M. Wilson Park in Newark, Delaware. [65]NCR,2:122, 170. On 1 Dec. 1684, "Andrew Stilly, planter," sold his 123-acre "Chestnut Point" at Christiana Bridge to Robert Hutchinson. New Castle County Deeds, H-1:55. This sale was acknowledged in court on 17 Dec. 1685. NCR, 2:126. [66] New Castle County Deeds, Q-1:296. NCR, 2:165. [67]NCR, 2:177. [68] Israel Acrelius, pastor of Holy Trinity Church 1749-56 stated categorically in his 1758 treatise on New Sweden that Olof Stille "was the ancestor of the Swedish Stilles in America." Acrelius, 46 n. 10. Acrelius was Jacob Stille's pastor throughout his stay in America. In his 1754 enumeration of the Holy Trinity Congregation, Acrelius lists Jacob Stille, farmer, as speaking and understanding Swedish well, although unable to read. (Amandus Johnson Papers, Balch Institute, Philadelphia.) A similar enumeration in 1764 by Pastor Anders Borell again shows that Jacob Stille had a complete understanding of the spoken Swedish language, with the comment "This man is unable to read, but has a good knowledge of his Christian doctrine." MHT, #116. It may be surmised that Jacob Stille never had an education. [69]DH, 5:287 n. 37. [70] All ten children were born in Christiana Hundred, New Castle County. They were: (1) Jonathon Stille, born before 1713, married 17 April 1735 Magdalena Vanderveer (Swedish), born 5 November 1718 to Jacob and Mary Vanderveer. He was a farmer in Brandywine Hundred where he died of consumption, 21 April 1765, and was survived by his wife Magdalena. They had twelve known children: Rebecca born 23 Jan. 1736, buried 5 Oct. 1736; Anna Maria, born 14 Aug. 1737, who married Hans Nebecker 30 Oct. 1755 and moved to Upland, Pa., and had nine children; Magdalena, born c. 1738, living at home 1754; Jacob, born 3 Sept. 1739, who married Anne (Nancy) French, 5 Feb. 1760, and moved to western Pennsylvania c. 1773, where he was accidentally killed 17 March 1778 at Fort MacIntosh; John, born c. 1742, who married Sara French, 14 Nov. 1763, and had one child by 1764; Elizabeth, born 18 July 1744, who married Owen Zebley; Hannah, born c. 1746, who married Joseph Gorby, 20 Dec. 1770; Dinah, born 27 Feb. 1751, who married William Talley, Jr., 5 Nov. 1768; Sarah, born 8 Feb. 1754, who married Samuel Jordan, 1773; Samuel, born 21 March 1756, who married Elizabeth Chew at Raccoon (Swedesboro), N.J. 2 April 1783 and died in Upper Township, Cape May County, N.J., 2 August 1818; a child born c. 1758 who is listed but not named in the 1764 church census; and Ephron, born 14 Nov. 1761, who died 6 Nov. 1763. (2) Andrew Stille, born before 1713, married 21 Dec. 1738 Catharina Stalcop (Swedish), born 4 March 1718 to Andrew and Anna Barbara Stalcop. They had eleven known children: Maria, born 5 Dec. 1739, who married Samuel Cleany 17 June 1755; Elizabeth, born 10 Sept. 1741, living at home in 1764; Jacob, born 22 Jan. 1745, living at home in 1764; Anna, born c. 1747, who died of smallpox 10 Nov. 1763; Rebecca, born c. 1749, who married John Veal 23 Jan. 1776; Peter, born 21 June 1751, living at home in 1764; John, born 20 Feb. 1754, who married Elizabeth Gray 11 Dec. 1777; Isaac, born 20 May 1756; Rachel, born c. 1758; Catherina, born 9 Feb. 1761; and an infant born c. 1763 (not named in the 1764 church census). Andrew Stille was a farmer in Christiana Hundred and still living when his father wrote his will on 14 Sept. 1771. (3) Mary Stille, born 22 June 1715, married 12 Feb. 1736 Charles Hedge, son of Joseph Hedge (English) and Catharine Stalcop (Swedish). They moved to Frederick County, Maryland, where Mary (Stille) Hedge died 23 Aug. 1765. They had numerous children, the eldest of whom was Jacob (1738), named after his maternal grandfather. (4) Peter Stille, born 8 March 1717, followed his elder sister to Frederick County. His will of 25 July 1765 (proved 15 August 1765) and the will of his widow Mary of 30 Sept. 1784 (proved 7 Jan. 1785) show five children: Jacob, the eldest; John; Peter (c. 1744-1803 who married Elizabeth Orndorff); Esther (who married John Kennedy c. 1767 and died 1784 in Bedford county, Va.); and Rebecca (who married her third cousin Benjamin Ogle 1 Oct. 1776). (5) Susanna Stille, born 19 Jan. 1719, married 1 Dec. 1737 Justa Justis (Swedish), born c. 1710 to Måns and Catharina Walraven Justis. Måns Justis (1684-1774) was the son of Giösta Giöstasson (Justa Justis 1655-1721) and grandson of Johan Giöstasson from Kinnekulle, Sweden, who had arrived in America in 1643 as a soldier for New Sweden. Justa and Susanna (Stille) Justis had two children baptized at Holy Trinity Church: Maria, born 1 July 1738, and Catharina, born 10 Oct. 1740. Thereafter a son David was born. Susanna died by 1749. (6) Elizabeth Stille, born 3 April 1721, had left home by the time of Acrelius' 1754 census. In her father's 1771 will she is named as Elizabeth Pollard. (7) Margaretta Stille, born 18 Dec. 1722, was first married 19 June 1740 to Peter Derrickson (Swedish), born 21 July 1715 to Zacharias Derrickson and Helena Vanderveer. Their first child, Jacob, was born 2 Sept. 1740 and baptized at Holy Trinity. Thereafter the couple moved to Penns Neck, Salem County, NJ, where four additional children were born - Johan, Catherine, Rebecca (1750) and Isaac or Jack (1751) before Peter Derrickson died intestate in 1753. By 1754, Margaretta had remarried Matthias Nilsson (Also Swedish), by whom she had an additional child, Christina. The will of Matthias Nilsson of Penns Neck, written 12 April 1759 and proved 9 June 1759, named his stepchildren Jacob, Rebecca, Jack and Catherine Derrickson and their own child Christina. Thereafter, Margaretta married once more, this time to a ------ Meredith, probably the father of Richard Meredith who married her daughter Christina Nilsson 29 April 1772. She is named as Margaretta Meredith in her father's 1771 will. (8) Rebecca Stille, born 4 Feb. 1725, married in 1744 John Vanneman (Swedish). They had one child, Rachel, born c. 1745, before Rebecca died shortly thereafter. In 1754 Rachel was living with her grandfather Jacob Stille in Christianna Hundred, New Castle County. By 1772, still unmarried, she was living among the Raccoon congregation in West Jersey with her father John Vanneman (then estimated to be "60" years old) and his second wife, Maria Mullica (Swedish), whom he had married before 1754. (9) John Stille, born 22 April 1727, married 26 Sept. 1754, his cousin Elizabeth Ogle, born 1729, daughter of John Ogle and Elizabeth Robinson and granddaughter of Thomas Ogle, eldest son of John and Elizabeth (Petersdotter Yocum) Ogle. He became a cabinetmaker. They had eight children baptized at Holy Trinity Church: Thomas, born 17 July 1755; Lydia, born 24 Aug. 1757; Anna, born 29 Aug. 1759; John (also called Israel), born 19 Oct. 1761; Hannah, born 1 Nov. 1762; William, born 6 Dec. 1764; John and Elizabeth (twins), born 28 March 1768. (10) Lydia (sometimes "Lady") Stille, born 16 Jan. 1732, married 11 May 1756 John Bird (born 22 Nov. 1726, son of Thomas and Rachel Bird). They had two children, Thomas Bird, born 17 May 1757, who married 10 Jun 1784 Mary Babb and had numerous children, and Rebecca Bird, born 7 Oct. 1758. Lydia Stille Bird died "in childbed" and was buried 3 June 1761. Her husband next married Mary Stille in Pennsylvania, 3 March 1762. Mary Stille Bird died of consumption 25 Aug. 1762 and was buried at Holy Trinity along with his first wife. [71] The will, which named his son Andrew Stilley as executor, also mentioned his children John, Elizabeth Stilley (alias Pollard) and Margaret Stilley (alias Meredith), his sons-in-law Charles Hedge and John Bird, and his daughters-in-law Mary Stilley (widow of Peter Stille) and Catharine Stilley (wife of Andrew). NCW, 74. [72] Northampton County Va. Order Book & Wills (1689-1698): 17:268, Eastville, Va. | Stille, Anders (I5286)
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| 10007 | Note on Find a Grave: 1. Hiram M. Blanton, born 1873 in KY; died 1940 in OH. He married (1) Ethel Florence Hall 20 Nov 1898 in Rowan Co., KY. She was born 13 Oct 1876 in Rowan Co., KY, and died 04 May 1913 in Carter Co., KY. She was the daughter of Jesse Hall and Sarah Gilberson. He married (2) Martha Ann Thompson Bef. 14 Apr 1930. She was born 19 Aug 1878 in Lawrence Co., OH, and died 27 Mar 1967 in Lucasville, Valley Twp., Scioto Co., OH. She was the daughter of Charles Thompson and Nancy Jane Ball. | Blanton, Hiram "Harm" (I1521)
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| 10008 | Note on Find a Grave: 1671, Michael Nilsson and Peter Cock3754 secure the 1st land patents at Shackmaxon. 1671, they moved to Shackamaxon to share land with her nephew, Lasse Cock, s/o Peter. (S) 1671 Census by Craig, P13. 11/12/1678, Lars Cock made a grant of 300 acres at Shackamaxon. The deed stated that the 1800 acres of Shackamaxon was owned by Lars, his brother "Moens", Gunnar Rambo, and Michel "Neilson". 1/1/1684, Peter & Michael Nilsson, and Gunnar Rambo granted Jacob Jongh of Gothenburg 50 acres at Shackamaxon. [Jacob Young became the schoolmaster]. 7/17/1689, they stayed in Shackamaxon after inheriting land at Moyamensing from Lars Andersson Collinus. 1693, (S) 1693 Census – Michell Niellsson, 11 people. They lived at Shackamaxon on land valued at £150. 5/31/1693, 26 members, including Michael [his mark "ML"], of the Wicaco Church signed a petition to Sweden requesting a new minister, bibles, and song books. 1697, Michael born in 1644 according to the 1697 church census. 1699, they moved to Mantua Creek, Gloucester Co., [NJ]. 8/17/1703 Michael wrote his will; proved 9/24/1707. 4/17/1704, Michael died in Gloucester Co., survived by his wife and 10 children. His burial record states he was 73. (S) 1671 Census of the Delaware by Craig, P36. | Laican / Lycon, Michael Nilsson (I5737)
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| 10009 | Note on Find a Grave: 1678 is not the year of Christina Garrett's death. When her husband Morton died in 1680, her brother, Swan Lom, took Christina and her four small children to his home in Moyomensing where she and her children lived. The year of her death is unknown. | Lom, Christina Mansdotter (I5722)
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| 10010 | Note on Find a Grave: 1st married Lorenzo Dow Haynes February 16, 1866 - Lincoln Co., NC 2nd married David Alexander about 1899 | Leonhardt, Sarah Frances "Fannie" (I2728)
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| 10011 | note on Find a Grave: 1st Wife - Married Ruth Hedges (1722-1761)in 1742. Children: Jacob, Joseph, Abraham Jr., Isaac, Rebecca, Mary. 2nd wife after death of Ruth: Martha Roberts Wheeler(1742-1780). Children: Ruth, Hannah, Daniel, John Abraham Van Meter, son of John Van Meter and Margaret Molenaur, was born in 1721 in Somerset County, New Jersey. Abraham, true to the instincts of family, settled down as a breeder, grazier, and trader of horses and cattle and carried on extensive business relations with the settlers along the Ohio River frontiers. He established trading posts on the border and at the crossings of streams in the wilderness. In addition to the trading, he and his sons acted as guides and counsellors to the pioneers. In the days preceding the Revolution, they had become known as active, reliable frontiersmen. While engaged in these trading tours, Abraham had ample opportunity of observing the character of the country, the advantages it offered, and the inducements to purchase. As a result he was able to provide for himself and friends certain settlement rights which he located on the waters of Short creek in Ohio County and then in Virginia, now West Virginia. Abraham found it necessary, for the protection of the neighborhood, to erect a stockade on Short Creeek, near its junction with the Ohio River. This post became known in border history as Van Metre's Fort, and it became the rendezvous for the settlers during attacks by the Indians on the settlement. This fort subsequently fell into the possession of Abraham's son, Joseph Van Metre, during his father's lifetime, and then he, in turn, willed it to his son, Morgan Van Metre. This fort was situated in Richland township, now Brooke County, West Virginia, and is believed to be the first fort erected in this part of Virginia. Abraham Van Metre's loyalty and service to the Colonies during the Revolution included his participation in the defense of the border when it was infested by the British, renegade Tories, and their Indian allies. When the Virginia Convention assembled in 1776, Abraham was present and among those who signed a petition to the Congress May 18th. Abraham died in the year 1783 and was buried on his farm near Martinsburg, West Virginia. Sources: A Story of a Van Matre Family, Joseph M Van Matre, A story of a Van Matre Family. (Cassville, Wisconsin: J.M. Van Matre, 1984?); A Van Metre Family Record, Frances C. Van Metre, [Rockwell City, Iowa?] : [publisher not identified],February 1934; An American Family History Abraham Van Meter by Roberta Tuller 2020. https://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/West%20Virginia%20Families/Van%20Meter%20Family/Van%20Meter%20Abraham%201721.html | Van Meter, Abraham (I5242)
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| 10012 | note on Find a Grave: 7th Great Grandfather of Janet Euler Brady. He was born in New Orange,NY. and died in Manmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son to Jacob and Lysbeth (Post), husband to Sarah (La Rue) and father to La Rue and 3 others. | du Trieux, Phillip (I6007)
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| 10013 | Note on Find a Grave: After his first wife Rebecca Harbert 's death, he married Rebecca 'Patsey' Stout on 11 Feb 1875. | Harvey, Basil (I2990)
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| 10014 | note on Find a Grave: Alexander married Anna (Hedges) Robinson (1765 - Apr 1817) on 24 Mar 1785 in Berkeley County, (now) West Virginia. Alexander died at the age of 62 years. _____ The other known children of Alexander and Anna were: 1) Elizabeth Ann Robinson (born 26 May 1793) was born in Berkeley County, (now) West Virginia. 2) Samuel Robinson (26 Apr 1795 - 8 July 1853) was born in Berkeley County, West Virginia. He married Rebecca (Hedges) Alexander Robinson (2 Apr 1807 - 24 Feb 1881) on 27 Jan 1840 in Berkeley County as her second husband. Rebecca was the daughter of Josiah Hedges and Catherine (Morgan) Hedges. She had [1st] married Elijah Robinson on 2 Dec 1823. Rebecca and Elijah were the parents of Josiah Hedges Alexander (1830-1911). Josiah is buried in Hedgesville Cemetery. Samuel is #116039878. 3) John Robinson 4) Joshua Robinson 6) Mary Robinson ["Polly"] | Robinson, Alexander (I5517)
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| 10015 | note on Find a Grave: Alexander married Anna (Hedges) Robinson (1765 - Apr 1817) on 24 Mar 1785 in Berkeley County, (now) West Virginia. Alexander died at the age of 62 years. _____ The other known children of Alexander and Anna were: 1) Elizabeth Ann Robinson (born 26 May 1793) was born in Berkeley County, (now) West Virginia. 2) Samuel Robinson (26 Apr 1795 - 8 July 1853) was born in Berkeley County, West Virginia. He married Rebecca (Hedges) Alexander Robinson (2 Apr 1807 - 24 Feb 1881) on 27 Jan 1840 in Berkeley County as her second husband. Rebecca was the daughter of Josiah Hedges and Catherine (Morgan) Hedges. She had [1st] married Elijah Robinson on 2 Dec 1823. Rebecca and Elijah were the parents of Josiah Hedges Alexander (1830-1911). Josiah is buried in Hedgesville Cemetery. Samuel is #116039878. 3) John Robinson 4) Joshua Robinson 6) Mary Robinson ["Polly"] LKH note: children linked on Find a Grave: James H. Robinson Sr. (1790-1873) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116040381/james_h-robinson Alexander Robinson Jr. (1791-1866) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116039756/alexander-robinson | Hedges, Anna (I5516)
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| 10016 | Note on Find a Grave: Amelia was the daughter of James and Mary Hill Hoggins. She married John B Rice 17 Mar 1845, at Gallatin County, Ky. They were the parents of Mary Jane, Ann Susan, Margaret, Angeline, David Luther, James Hill, Judson I, William, John Hill, Robert Lee, Lydia Belle, and Edwin Claude Rice. The twins, Robert and John died in 1864. The family moved from Carroll County to Meade county around 1876. Amelia was taken back to Carroll County for burial next to her husband. | Hoggins, Amelia (I3564)
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| 10017 | Note on Find a Grave: Andrew was born about 1713 in Christina Hundred, however the exact date is not known. His date and place of death are also not known. He is shown as being alive in September 14, 1771 when his father's will was probated. ***** "Membership of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church in Wilmington, Delaware (1764)" By Richard H. Hulan and Peter S. Craig #117 "Oak Hills Precinct or Ekbackens (The Oak Ridge's): This record shows that Anders and his wife Maria spoke Swedish. He was age 44 and a farmer and she 40. Children Elizabeth & Jacob spoke both Swedish and English. Children Rebeccah, Petrus, and Johan spoke English. ***** Andrew married Catherina Stalcop December 21 1738 in Old Swedes Church in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware according to Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig. There were several women named Christina/Catherine/Catherina Stalcop in this area with similar dates that makes it very confusing to sort it out. | Stille, Andrew (I5743)
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| 10018 | note on Find a Grave: Ann PRICE is the daughter of John PRICE and his wife Ann LINWOOD of Hereford, Herefordshire, England. The details of when Ann PRICE emigrated to Prince George's County, Maryland, British Colonial America are unknown. Ann, age 24, was first married to William HEDGES, age 20, on 1729 in Prince George's County, Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of four children before William died on 11 Aug 1742. 1. Joseph HEDGES 2. Catherine HEDGES 3. Ann HEDGES 4. William HEDGES Jr. Widow Ann PRICE HEDGES, age 28, married a second time to widower Stephen JULIEN, age 34, on 14 Jul 1743 in Frederick County, Virginia, British Colonial America. In addition to their blended family of children they were the parents of three children: 1. Jacob JULIAN 2. Isaac JULIAN 3. John JULIEN Sr. Pvt Gravesite Details 1779 | Price, Ann (I1588)
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| 10019 | note on Find a Grave: Anna was the daughter of Joshua Hedges, Sr., and Elizabeth (Chapline) Hedges. Anna married Alexander Robinson, Sr., (1749 - Apr 1811) on 24 Mar 1785 in Berkeley County, (now) West Virginia. | Hedges, Anna (I5516)
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| 10020 | Note on Find a Grave: Arent Harmense Vedder was born about 1672 at Beverwyck, now known as Albany, Albany County, New York to Harmen Albertse and Annatje Isaacse Provoost Vedder. Our records show he married Sarah Symonse Groot December 10, 1690/1691 at Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York and their children were: Rebecca, Agnietje, Harman, Antje, Maria, Susanna, Sarah, Simon, Lysbeth and Albert. Sarah, the wife, was born about 1670 at Schenectady and died about 1716 at Schenectady. Her parents were Symon Symonse and Rebecca Du Trieux Groot (see memorial #167244760 for info on these parents). Arent settled on land on the south side of the Mohawk River opposite Hoffman's Ferry, or Vedder's Ferry, containing 16 acres according to an Indian deed dated July 20, 1686 and by a warrant of Governor Dongan dated May 26, 1686. Arent is listed as a freeholder and inhabitant of Albany County at this time. He died August 14, 1748 at Hoffman's Ferry and is thought to be buried in that area. His will was proved March 1, 1755. He gave his eldest son Harmen 3 pounds; to son Symon "the east part of my land on the south side of the Mohawk River in the Woestyne, where I now live, with house, barn and hofstede, with bosland behind my house; To my son Harmen, my westerly part of my bouwland on the south side of the Mohawk in the Woestyne where he has built a house and barn; and to youngest son Albert, my house and lot at Schenectady where he now dwells and also three morgens of lowland at Schenectady and my hay pasture." Bio by John E. Sherman According to our records : Parents of Arent Harmense Vedder -- Harmon Albertse Vedder was born about 1635 at Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands to Albert Vedder and an unknown wife. Annatye Isaacse Provoost was born in 1642 at Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York to Isaac Johannes and Angenita Gillis Ten Waert Provoost. Harmon came to New York from the Netherlands in 1652. About 1655, he had a son, Harmanus, most likely by a Mohican Indian woman. He sold his home in Beverwyck, where he had been a first settler, in 1657. He was a trader, merchant and an Indian trader. In 1660, he went back to Holland, most likely to buy goods to trade and sell in New York. He was an agent for Dirk de Wolfe of Amsterdam and erected a salt kettle on Coney Island, New York, but soon after abandoned it when a case against him went to court in 1661. In 1661, he married Annatye and their children were: 2 children who died very young, Albert (#148447533), Arent and Angenietje. He was one of the fifteen founders of Schenectady in 1662, October 1664 took Oath of Obedience to the King of England and the Duke of York following the surrender of New Amsterdam to the English, lived in Albany in 1667, 1668 in Holland with other merchants from New York, he purchased goods and chartered the ship KING CHARLES and obtained permission from the King of England to send the ship and supplies to New York, 1672 built a home in Schenectady and was one of three Magistrates there, February 8, 1673 Annatye died in Schenectady, Harmon married another unknown woman who may have been a Mohawk and their children were: Corset and Johannes. February 9, 1690, his sons Johannes and Albert were carried away to Canada by the French and Indians following the Schenectady Massacre, later redeemed and returned. Harmon died May 3, 1715 in Schenectady. There is a historical plaque naming Harmon located at the back of the Rotterdam Square Mall in Rotterdam, New York that says he probably is buried there, where many other members of his family were buried. This land at one time belonged to Harmon. Bio by John E. Sherman #47749330 | Vedder, Arent (I5985)
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| 10021 | Note on Find a Grave: Assistant to Gov. Woulter Van Twiller, Representative at the Board of Nine in 1647, 1649–1650, sat on the Court of Arbitrators between 1649–1650, Delegate of New Netherlands to the Hague in Holland. | Van Couwenhoven, Jacob Wolphertsen (I5788)
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| 10022 | Note on Find a Grave: b. before 1590, d. between 2 March 1662 and 24 June 1662 Thanks to E Smith ID 51649174 for contributing a nice photo of Wolfert and a paragraph of new source. NOTE: I don't see his nice photo of Wolfert. 8 June 2024 [omitted?] Vanderbilt Progenitor, Source: Vanderbilt Family-Wikipedia The progenitor of the 'Vanderbilt' family was Jan Aertszoon b1620 d1705 was an indentured servant to the Van Kouwenhoven family in the Dutch colony of New Netherlands (Long Island N.Y.). He was from the village of De Bilt in Utrecht, Netherlands. ........................... Father: Gerrit Wolferts Suype W.F. van Kouwenhoven, "Wolfert Gerritse in The Netherlands" Wolfert Gerritszen was born before 1590 at Netherlands. He married Neeltgen Jacobsdr, daughter of Jacob Peterss and Metgen Jacobsdr, at Netherlands before 1610. The first record with reference to Wolfert Gerritse appears in the Netherlands with the date 15 Dec 1611, in which "Wulphert Gerrits" signed an agreement in which he assumed the debts and property of the deceased parents of his wife"Neeltgen Jacobsdr." In 1622 he was made the blood guardian of the five minor children of his brother Willem Gerritsz Couwenhoven. Hubert Lambertsz Moll and Wolfert Gerritszen, purchased (with their wives) a bleachcamp outside the Coppelpoort of Amersfort., 3 January 1618. On 11 June 1623, Hubert Moll and his wife Geertgen Cornelis sold a bleach camp to Wulpher Gerritsz. bleacher and his wife in which they had been residing. This was situated in Amersfoort outside the Coppelpoort. He came to New Netherland in 1625. One of the earliest settlers of New Netherlands, Wolfert was one of the five "head-farmers" first sent by the Dutch West India Company, arriving on Manhattan Island in 1625 and remaining until 1629. He was back in the Netherlands in 1630 when he was contracted by Killian Van Rensselaer to manage his interests in New Amsterdam and later at Rensselaerwyck. In 1636 he acquired property on Long Island, about 3600 acres, first called "Achterveldt," later becoming the settlement of New Amersfoot, and later still, the town of Flatlands. He was admitted to the Small Burgher right on 18 April 1657. In 1630 he returned to New Netherland. Sailed from Texel aboard de Eendracht, 21 March 1630; arrived at New Amsterdam, 24 May 1630. He settled at Rensselaerswyck in 1630. From Amersfoort. He was occasionally referred to as Wolfert Gerritsz van Couwenhoven. Couwenhoven being a farm or estate about four miles northwest of Amersfoort in the province of Utrecht. He was engaged by the patroon (of Rensselaerswyck) in January 1630 to superintend the establishment of farms in the colony and to purchase cattle. He was to serve for four years, each year from April to November, but at his request was released by the patroon in 1632. He lived at the Manhatans. Witnessed the baptism of Johannes Van Couwenhoven, son of Jacob Wolfertszen and Hester Jansen, on 19 May 1641 at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, (sponsors Wolfert Gerritszen, Pieter Wolfertszen, Aeltie Cornelis). Jan; parents: Jacob Wolphertszen; witnesses: Wolfert Gerritszen, Pieter Wolfertszen, Aeltie Cornelis. Witnessed the baptism of Neeltje Gerritse, daughter of Gerrit Wolfertszen and Aeltje Cornelis Cool, on 20 September 1641 at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, (sponsors Wolfert Gerritszen, Huyge Aertszen, Hester Simons). Witnessed the baptism of Marritje Gerritse, daughter of Gerrit Wolfertszen and Aeltje Cornelis Cool, on 10 April 1644 at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, (sponsors Wolferts Gerritszen, Pieter Wolfertszen, Tryntje Huygens, Marritje Phillips). Witnessed the baptism of Aeltje Couwenhoven, daughter of Jacob Wolfertszen and Hester Jansen, on 27 August 1645 at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, (sponsors Wolfert Gerritszen, Pieter Wolfertszen, Maryken Thymens, Ariaentje Cornelis). A series of articles investigating the origins of Wolfert Gerritsz, written by W.F. van Kouwenhoven, entitled "Wolfert Gerritse in the Netherlands," appear in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record vol.129 (1998). Children by Neeltgen: 1. Gerrit Wolfertszen b. ca. 1610, d. ca. 1645 2. Jacob Wolfertszen b. ca. 1612, d. 21 Apr 1670 3. Pieter Wolfertszen b. ca. 1614 Wolfert Gerritszen died between 2 March 1662 and 24 June 1662. Likely buried Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery. Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database. ∼Also known as Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Wolfert "Gerritsen" Van Couwenhoven, was an original patentee, director of bouweries, and a founder of the New Netherlands colony; founder of the first European settlement on Long Island, New Amersfoort, and a "Schepen" of New Amsterdam in 1654. He played an active role in laying the foundations of the communities of Manhattan, Albany, Rensselaer, and Brooklyn. Gerretse ran a baking and clothes bleaching business, when in 1625 he was assigned as one of the first settlers to cultivate farms in the New Netherlands colony by the Dutch West India Company. Following that service, in 1630 he returned to the Netherlands, where he entered into a contract with Kiliaen Van Rensselaer to return to the colony to manage his farms. Wolphert arrived back in the colony aboard the ship "Eendracht", where he proceeded in his duties as director for Renselaer's farms in Rensselaerwyck and Fort Orange. His contract was to run through 1636, but Gerretse requested it cancelled early so he could pursue his own interests. Rensselaer agreed, and in 1632 Gerretse was released from his contractual obligations. He leased a bouwerie in New Amsterdam and managed it until 1636, when he was granted a patent of several hundred acres on Long Island. He called his plantation "Achervelt"; later it served as the founding of the town of New Amersfoort, named after Gerretse's original home. Today the area is known as Flatlands, where the former location of his plantation is found at King's Highway and Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. In 1637, he became a Freeholder in Midwout, and again in 1641. In 1653, he was sent by the colony to the States-General in the Netherlands as a Commissioner. In 1654, Wolphert served as a Schepen of New Amsterdam, and in 1657 was made a Burgher. Gerretse died in 1662. A member of the Dutch Reformed Church, on January 17, 1605, he married Neeltje Jacobsdochter at the church in Amersfoort, Netherlands. With her he had three sons: 1) Gerrit (b. 1610-d. 1648) was a Representative at the Council of Eight in 1643; 2) Jacob (b. 1612-1670) assistant to Gov. Woulter Van Twiller, Representative at the Board of Nine in 1647, 1649–1650, sat on the Court of Arbitrators between 1649–1650, Delegate of New Netherlands to the Hague in Holland; and, 3) Pieter (b. 1614-d. 1699)-one of the first magistrates of New Netherlands, member of the Schepens Court 1653-1654, 1658–1659, 1661 and 1663, Delegate from New Amsterdam to the Convention of 1653, Lieutenant in the Esopus War, signer of the peace treaty 1664 with the Esopus Indians. His descendants include: 1. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt 3. U.S. Senator Sidney Breese 4. Astronomer John Monroe Van Vleck 5. Nobel Prize winner John Hasbrouck Van Vleck 6. Cardiology pioneer William B. Kouwenhoven 7. Philanthropist Edward Harriman 8. Diplomat William Harriman 9. Railroad baron E.H. Harriman 10. Vice-Admiral Arthur S. Carpender 11. Actor Michael Douglas 12. 12th Great Grandson Kyle William King 13. 10th Great Grandson-Robert Hunt Bruce, Popculturist and Author 14. Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Denmark Christopher N. Smith Brooklyn areas named for him: 1. Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn 2. Kouwenhoven Lane-Brooklyn | Van Couwenhoven, Wolfert Gerritsen (I5817)
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| 10023 | note on Find a Grave: b.c.1725 d.aft.1782 "Never married." This individual actually stops short. | Hedges, Catherine (I5243)
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| 10024 | Note on Find a Grave: B/D on D/C is not correct, she was born in 1863 or 1864. D/O Rollie Banks Crouch and Hannah Staton Crouch. Married Thomas David Staton in 1881 Second wife of Peter Crouch married 27 Mar 189 | Crouch, Martha Warren (I2962)
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| 10025 | Note on Find a Grave: Benjamin Stout did NOT die on 10 June 1734. That is the date his will was proved in court. A person has to have died BEFORE the will is proved and recorded in the court records. His will was written 25 April 1734. That means he died sometime between the day he wrote his will (25 April 1734) and the will was proved in court (10 June 1734). How long it takes for the administrator(s) to present the will to court may be a matter of days, weeks, months, or even years. Most generally it is between a few days to a month or so. To correct in dating Benjamin's death, it should be recorded as "he died between 25 April 1734 and 10 June 1734" or more simply, "he died in 1734." | Stout, Benjamin (I6006)
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| 10026 | Note on Find a Grave: Birth and Death Dates from "The Kern Family of Rowan County" (the-kern-family-of-rowan-county-north-carolina-nicholas-county-kentucky-boone-clinton-lawrence-monroe-counties-indiana-hancock-county-illinois-lee-county-iowa) [Thank you to Contributor #48565754 (kern brogan) for the info.] 1830 he was living in Nicholas, Kentucky. 1840 he was living in Lawrence, Indiana. 1850 and 1860 he was living in Pleasant Run, Lawrence, Indiana (and was born in Kentucky. [from U.S. Federal Census of 1830, 1840, 1850, and 1860] | Kern, Edward (I5468)
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| 10027 | Note on Find a Grave: Birth name was Ole Julsen Delesmyr. He was the son of Juul Juulsen (1800-1865) and Anne (Evensdatter) Juulsen (1811-1892). | Julsen, Ole (I955)
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| 10028 | Note on Find a Grave: Birthplace: Mantua Creek (within present Mantua Township), (Present Gloucester County), New Sweden (within present New Jersey), (Present USA) 11/23/1677, John one of 24 Swedes petitioning for land for a town. (S) See No.3754 Family notes. They lived at Moyamensing. John owned ¼ of the land, as arranged by Maria's stepfather. 9/25/1684, John sold his land and they moved to Great Mantua Creek, Gloucester Co. [NJ]. ~1690, they cared for the younger children of Lars and Beata Lock after their deaths. 1693, (S) 1693 Census – John Matzson, 11 people. They lived on 200 acres on Great Mantua Creek. Many of the people are "Lock" nephews and nieces. In 1698, Maria died. 3/12/1700, John Matson wrote his will, inventoried 5/3/1701. Death: Died 1701 in Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania, (Present USA) Timeline history found here. New Sweden (Swedish: Nya Sverige, Finnish: Uusi Ruotsi) was a Swedish colony along the lower reaches of Delaware River in North America from 1638 to 1655 in the present-day American Mid-Atlantic states of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Fort Christina, now in Wilmington, Delaware, was the first settlement. Along with Swedes and Finns, a number of the settlers were Dutch. New Sweden was conquered by the Dutch in 1655, during the Second Northern War, and incorporated into New Netherland. | Mattson, John Dalbo (I5732)
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| 10029 | Note on Find a Grave: Born in Bångsta, Turinge parish, Södermanland (now Stockholm Län), Sweden. Eldest of six sons. Immigrated to "New Sweden" in 1641. Originally spelled his surname "Kock," meaning "cook" in Swedish, which he was during the trans-Atlantic voyage. Married immigrant Margaret Mansdotter Lom in 1643; she had arrived with her family on the same ship. They had a total of 12 children and 100 grandchildren. He knew the local Indians' language and often served as an interpreter. He was also a justice in the Swedes' Court. (See http://azstrong.tripod.com/harry_alice/legacy/2140.htm for bio and sources, especially Peter Stebbins Craig, "Peter Larsson Cock (Cox)," Swedish Colonial News, Volume I, Number 1, Spring 1990; formerly online at http://www.colonialswedes.org/Forefathers/Cox.html, 8 Sept 2015) | Cock, Peter Larsson (I5728)
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| 10030 | Note on Find a Grave: Born in Roslagen, Lamma, Sweden; Husband was Peter Larsson Cock 1610-1687. Suggested place of death, Peter Cock's Island. | Lom, Margaret Mansdotter (I5718)
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| 10031 | Note on Find a Grave: Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: D/C states she is buried in Crouch Cemetery, Bath County, Ky. Do not know which one at this time. | Crouch, Martha Warren (I2962)
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| 10032 | Note on Find a Grave: Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Hans Mansson owned land in the areas of the Pennsauken Creek and Cinnaminson in Burlington County, West New Jersey. He could have been buried there, or in Philadelphia, PA, possibly. | Mansson, Hans (I5702)
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| 10033 | note on Find a Grave: Burial is on the old family farm, long since destroyed and divided by I-71. Longitude 38.76067 Latitude 84.79131. Located near the intersection of Tapering Pointe rd and highway 127 in Napolean, Ky. Additional biographical information was provided by Steven Turley. "Her maiden name is Hampton and she is the daughter of James Hampton and Jane Jack. She married Joseph Addison Turley, 28 Jun 1843, in Grant County, Kentucky. He (Joseph Addison Turley) was born in 1815 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Kentucky and died in 1875 in Napoleon." | Hampton, America (I5633)
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| 10034 | note on Find a Grave: Burial is on the old family farm, long since destroyed and divided by I-71. Longitude 38.76067 Latitude 84.79131. Located near the intersection of Tapering Pointe rd and highway 127 in Napolean, Ky. | Turley, Joseph Addison (I5632)
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| 10035 | Note on Find a Grave: Children of John Dalbo Mattson and Maria Lom are: John Matson, b. 1680, Upper Merion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, d. 15 Jul 1753, Upper Merion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Matthias Mattson, b. 1672, Chester, Pennsylvania, d. 1700, Gloucester, New Jersey; and, Anders Mattson, b. 1680, Greenwich, Gloucester, New Jersey, d. 1734, Lower Greenwich Twnshp, Gloucester, New Jersey. History found at: https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/r/a/Kevin-A-Bradley/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0250.html | Lom, Maria (I5725)
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| 10036 | Note on Find a Grave: Christina was born about 1643 in New Sweden, Delaware, the daughter of Olof Persson Stille. Her exact date and place of birth are not known. She was the second wife of Marten Roosemond, a Dutch "cleinsmit" (toolmaker), who moved from New Castle to Moyamensing after his marriage. Her date and place of death and burial are also not known. | Stille, Christina (I5716)
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| 10037 | Note on Find a Grave: Clifford "Clint" Hoag Jr., of Fairmount, Illinois passed away at 5:04 pm on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois. | Hoag, Clifford Clinton (I5679)
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| 10038 | Note on Find a Grave: Cornelis Pluvier married 1st Geertruid Andries. Witnessed the baptism of Pieter Fredrickszen, son of Frederick Arentsz Blom and Margriet Pieters, on 29 November 1661 at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, (sponsors Cornelis Pluvier, Claes Gangelszen, Hendrickje Wessels). Cornelis Pluvier married 2nd at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, on 6 January 1662 Neeltje Couwenhoven, daughter of Jacob Wolfertszen and Hester Jansen. Witnessed the baptism of Zacharias Van der Sluys, son of Laurens Van der Sluys and Annetje, on 30 December 1663 at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, (sponsors Cornelis Pluvier, Neeltje Van Couwenhoven). Witnessed the baptism of Aeltje Gysbertse, daughter of Gysbert Albertszen and Willemtie Claes, on 27 January 1666 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Johannes Van Couwenhoven, Cornelis Pluvier, Aeltje Van Couwenhoven). Witnessed the baptism of Francois Jansen Van Kouwenhoven, son of Johannes Van Couwenhoven and Saartje Frans, on 10 October 1666 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Cornelis Pluvier, Neeltie Couwenhoven). Witnessed the baptism of Peter Van Couwenhoven, son of Pieter Wolfertszen and Aeltje Sibrants, on 27 February 1669 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Jacob Van Couwenhoven, Cornelis Pluvier, Magdalena Van Couwenhoven). Witnessed the baptism of Tielman Van Vleck, son of Isaac Van Vleck and Petronella Jacobse Van Couwenhoven, on 4 August 1672 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Cornelis Pluvier, Thileman Van Vleck, Magdalena Van Vleck). Witnessed the baptism of Johannes Van de Water, son of Hendrick Van de Water and Grietje Van der Meulen, on 19 February 1673 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Cornelis Pluvier, Sara Webbers). Witnessed the baptism of Hester Hassing, daughter of Bernardus Hassing and Aeltje Couwenhoven, on 19 December 1674 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (witnesses: Cornelis Pluvier, Catharina Roelofs). He was appointed Deputy Viewer or Cure Master of "fflower" (flour) on 16 Nov 1676; member of the committe to list boats in arrears for dockage, 1 March 1683/84; elected Alderman for the North Ward, N.Y. City on 29 Sept. 1689. Witnessed the baptism of Gerrit Van Laer, son of Stoffel Gerritszen Van Laer and Catharina Boots, on 29 May 1680 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (witnesses: Cornelis Pluvier, Mayken Herperts). Witnessed the baptism of Anna Maria van Giesen, daughter of Jacob van Giesen and Rusje Pluvier, on 19 August 1696 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Cornelis Pluvier, Dirckje Barents). Children by Neeltje Couwenhoven b. 18 Sep 1639: 1.Hester Pluvier b. 9 Apr 1664 2.Lysbeth Pluvier b. 27 Jan 1666 3.Johannes Pluvier b. 25 Dec 1667 4.Jacob Pluvier b. 2 Jan 1670, d. b Jan 1678 5.Rusje Pluvier b. 16 Mar 1672 6.Petronella Pluvier b. 24 Jan 1673 7. Anna Maria Pluvier b. 8 Mar 1676 8.Jacob Pluvier 9.Jacob Pluvier 10.Cornelis Pluvier 11.Cornelis Pluvier Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database. | Pluvier, Cornelis (I5822)
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| 10039 | Note on Find a Grave: d/o Niclaes Frederickse "Claes" Van Petten / Aeffie Arentse Bradt m 1 Apr 1700 Schenectady, Schenectady Co., NY Cornelis Viele They had known children - Suster, Eva, Cornelis, Annetje, Jannetie, Nicolaas, Margarietje, Catarina, Johannes Cornelise | Van Petten, Diwer / Deborah / Divertje (I5863)
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| 10040 | Note on Find a Grave: DAISY, daughter of MATHIAS and ELIZA JANE (WHEELER) BOWDEN, married 4 April 1895 ORIN ADEN DODSON, who died 10 Dec 1925. (Newspaper spelled his name, ORION) Married 25 Dec 1932 JOHN WILLIAM PULLIAM. WILLIAM died 24 Nov 1947, burial in Purdin Cem. Daisy leaves sister, BESSIE ISRAEL of Clovis NM; brother ARCHIE L. of Bowling Green, KY; and step-son, JESS PULLIAM of Purdin MO. (Information is from The Browning Leader-Record, issue 21 Aug 1952 and from her death certificate #28676. Informant; JESS PULLIAM.) | Wheeler, Daisy Belle (I2603)
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| 10041 | Note on Find a Grave: Daughter of Isaac Philipse Du Trieux and Maria Willemse Brouwer. Wife of Richard (Dirk) Stout. | du Trieux, Eva (I5992)
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| 10042 | Note on Find a Grave: Daughter of Jacob Wolfertszen and Hester Jansen. Neeltje Couwenhoven was born on 18 September 1639 at New Amsterdam. She was baptized on 25 September 1639 at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, sponsors Gerrit Wolphertszen, David Provoost, Philip Gerritszen, Neeltje Wolpherts, Anneken Jans (hers is the first baptism recorded at the new Dutch Church in New Amsterdam). She married Cornelis Pluvier at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, on 6 January 1662. Witnessed the baptism of Francois Jansen Van Kouwenhoven, son of Johannes Van Couwenhoven and Saartje Frans, on 10 October 1666 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Cornelis Pluvier, Neeltie Couwenhoven). Witnessed the baptism of Maria Gysbertse, daughter of Gysbert Albertszen and Willemtie Claes, on 26 October 1668 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Dirck Corneliszen, Neeltie Van Couwenhoven). Witnessed the baptism of Jacob Hassing, son of Bernardus Hassing and Aeltje Couwenhoven, on 22 September 1672 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Wolfert Webber, Neeltie Couwenhoven). Witnessed the baptism of Francois Jansen Van Kouwenhoven, son of Johannes Van Couwenhoven and Saartje Frans, on 24 February 1675 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (witnesses: Pieter de Lanoy, Neeltje Van Couwenhoven). Witnessed the baptism of Neeltje van Giesen, daughter of Jacob van Giesen and Rusje Pluvier, on 21 October 1694 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Mr. Reynier Van Giesen, Neeltje Pluvier). Children by Cornelis Pluvier: 1. Hester Pluvier b. 9 Apr 1664 2. Lysbeth Pluvier b. 27 Jan 1666 3. Johannes Pluvier b. 25 Dec 1667 4. Jacob Pluvier b. 2 Jan 1670, d. b Jan 1678 5. Rusje Pluvier b. 16 Mar 1672 6. Petronella Pluvier b. 24 Jan 1673 7. Anna Maria Pluvier b. 8 Mar 1676 8. Jacob Pluvier 9. Jacob Pluvier 10. Cornelis Pluvier 11. Cornelis Pluvier Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database. | Van Couwenhoven, Neeltje (I5821)
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| 10043 | Note on Find a Grave: Daughter of Jellis De La Grange and Jannetje Adrianse Molenaar. Wife of Jacob Isaacse Truax and mother of 9 sons and a daughter: Isaac, Elias (Jellis), Maria, Christiaan D, Willem, Johannes, Jacob and Abraham (twins) and Andries Truax. The "Du Trieux" was eventually evolved into the name "Truax". | de la Grange, Lysbet (I6001)
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| 10044 | Note on Find a Grave: Daughter of Jellis De La Grange and Jannetje Molenaar. She married Abraham C Truax in 1711 at nearby Rotterdam, NY. Their children were Maria, Jannetie, Isaac A, Annetje, Johannes A, Jellis A, Philips A, Andries, Christiaan A, Elizabeth, Susanna, Abraham, Sarah, Catalyntje, and Joanna Truax. All are recorded in the US Dutch Reformed Church records. The early burials in the Stockade District were at the Old Burial Ground at Front and Green Street. Those graves were later removed to Vale Cemetery in 1879. Taken from Schenectady Historical Society "Connected Lists" of Tombstone Inscriptions. | de la Grange, Christina (I5995)
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| 10045 | Note on Find a Grave: Daughter of John and Amanda Karr. | Karr, Ora Anna (I2354)
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| 10046 | note on Find a Grave: Daughter of John Julian, Sr. and Elizabeth Butler Married Joseph Hedges on June 27, 1812, Fairfield Co., OH | Julien, Elizabeth (I5567)
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| 10047 | note on Find a Grave: Daughter of Martha Ellen (Black) Caudill, Verna later married Harlin L. Kissick | Caudill, Verna Alice (I3843)
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| 10048 | Note on Find a Grave: Daughter of Martyn Van Benthuysen and Feitje Boorsboom. She married Isaac Truax and they lived on property that she had inherited in the Stockade district of Schenectady. This lot was on the east of Washington Street, third from Front Street. They had eight children: Maria, Isaac, Peter, Philip A, Sarah, Sophia, Martin, and Margreitje Truax. "Catherine" of Catalyntje died shortly after the birth of her last daughter. First interred at the Old Burial Ground at Front and Green Street. Those graves were removed to Vale Cemetery after it opened in 1879. Information was taken from Schenectady Historical Society "Connected Lists" of Tombstone Inscriptions. | van Benthuysen, Catalina / Catalyntje (I5997)
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| 10049 | note on Find a Grave: Daughter of William and Roxie Carner Condra. She married Lester Smith on March 16, 1929, in Danville. He preceded her in death in 1969. Surviving are one son, Eugene Smith of Allerton; two daughters, Wanda Roller of Hume and Betty Niksich of Hobart, Ind.; one sister, Bertha Mae Reed of Phoenix, Ariz.; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two step-children. Partial copy of The Commercial Newspaper. Danville, Illinois. August 28, 2004. | Condra, Beulah Esther (I297)
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| 10050 | Note on Find a Grave: Died between 1880 and 1900 Census. Believed to be buried here since family farm. No marker. | Cole, Ann (I2768)
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