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born ca. 1618, Groot Holum, Ostfriesland
died 17 February 1700/1, Hurley, New York
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born in Amsterdam [?], probably ca. 1635
died 6 September 1714, Hurley, New York
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Geertruy DeWitt
MVDW 7
TGE 7. vi.
Family 5.
baptized 15 October 1668, Kingston, N.Y. (Wildwyck) - Death Date
witnesses: Jan Anderiesen, Luyckas Anderies, Martie Anderiesen
parents: Tierck Claesen de Wit, Barber Anderiesen
baptized by Domine Gideon Schaets, of Albany, recorded by William de la Montagne Voorleser (Reader) of the Church and Secretary of the Village
(previous baptisms, recorded in a different handwriting, were by Domine Hermannus Blom, of Kingston)
Presumed buried in Kingston, New York; possibly buried in Hurley or Mombaccus (Rochester, Ulster County)
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Hendrick Hendricksen Schoonmaker
(Hendrixen Schoumaecker)
married 14 March 1688; both are from Kings Touwn
children’s baptisms found in Old Dutch Church records in Kingston
(see R.R. Hoes book noted in Sources below)
He was baptized 17 May 1665, in Kingston, with his apparent twin brother Volckert.
His parents are Hendrick Joachim Schoonmaker and Elsie Janse Van Bristede.
Hendrick also has two sisters baptized in Kingston, and he seems to have a brother Jockom in Marbletown (Joachim, Jochem—maybe baptized before 1660 start of Kingston records? record of his first marriage, 31 August 1679, says he is from Albany), who marries first Pieternelle Sleckt and then on 28 April 1689 Anna Hussy (Hossie, born in Marbletown); see 20 June 1708 baptism of Sara, daughter of Jochem S. and Anna H., where Jannetje de Wit, Geertruy’s sister, and her huband Cornelis Swits are witnesses. (Evans, p. 6, says Jochem Schoonmaker is one of the original settlers of Rochester.)
Evans, p. 6, says Hendrick dies before 1718
burial location
Geertruy’s sister Marritje marries Hendrick Hendricksen, j.m. born in Mombaccus, 3 November 1700: different guy, we assume?
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Elsie Schoonmaker (twin) [1]
MVDW 43
TGE 42. i.
named for her father’s mother? [see witnesses]
baptized 14 April 1689
died young (before 1692)
parents: Hendrick Hendrixen and Geertruyd de Wit
witnesses: Cornelis Slecht,
Eltje Slecht [possible relatives of Hendrick’s sister-in-law Pieternelle, who has just died?]
(baptized at Kingston)
burial location
MVDW 44
TGE 43. ii.
named for ?
baptized 14 April 1689
parents: Hendrick Hendrixen and Geertruyd de Wit
witnesses: Cornelis Slecht,
Eltje Slecht
Mary V. DeWitt indicates “No record.” This may not be precisely correct.
burial location
Barbar Schoonmaker
MVDW 45
TGE 44. iii.
named for her mother’s mother
baptized 26 May 1691
baptized by “the French Minister,” i.e. Pierre Daillé, of New York; recorded by Domine Godefridus Dellius, of Albany. Record is not as complete as other baptisms in Kingston book.
parents: Henderik Henderiksen and [mother’s name not given]
witnesses: [none named]
married William Ploeg 30 October 1719 (both live in Kingston)
burial location
Elsje Schoonmaker [2]
MVDW 46
TGE 45. iv.
named for her father’s mother [? see witnesses]
baptized 17 April 1692
parents: Henderik Henderiksen and Geertruy de Wit
witnesses: Gerrit Van Vliet, Elsje Slegt
married 13 June 1713 Niclaas de Meyer (both reside in “Co. of Kingstown”)
(per Evans, p. 8, he was baptized 14 October 1683, son of William De Meyer and Catharine Bayard.)
burial location
Hendrik Schoonmaker
MVDW 47
TGE 46. v.
named for his father’s father
baptized 3 June 1694 [same day as Geertruy’s siblings Andries, Jan de Wit and Tyaatje de Wit baptize kids!]
parents: Hendrik Schoonmaker and
Geertruy de Wit
witnesses: Jochum Schoonmaker, Jannetje de Wit [siblings of her parents]
married 16 October 1724 Tryntjen Oosterhoud, both parties born and residing under jurisdiction of Kingstown
Hendrik’s sister Jannetje marries Hendrick Oosterhoudt
burial location
Jannetje [Annetje?] Schoonmaker (1)
MVDW 48
TGE 47. vi.
baptized 18 August 1695, died young (before 1702)
parents: Henrick Schoonmaacker and Geertruy d’Witt
witnesses: J.P. Nucella [Domine who baptized her], Maria Devett
burial location
Joannes Schoonmaker
MVDW 49
TGE 48. vii.
baptized 4 July 1697
parents: Hendrick Schoonmaaker and Geertruy de Wit
witnesses: Jan Heromanssen, Rachel Bogardus
married 15 May 1729 Ariantje Van Hoogteling
[Aryaaantjen van Hoogteeling], both born under jurisdiction of Kingstown. Banns 27 April.
burial location
Tjerck Schoonmaker
MVDW 50
TGE 49. viii.
baptized 22 January 1699
parents: Hendrick Schoonmaaker and Geertruy de Witt
witnesses: Egbert Hendr[icksen] Schoomaaker, Annetje Schoomaaker
married 21 November 1729 Theodotia
Whittaker [Wittiker], [baptized 17 May 1710; her parents are Edward Whitaker and Hilletje Burhans; TGE p. 8 says baptized 7 May, died 6 March 1791]; both born and residing under jurisdiction of Kingstown
[her sister? Hannah marries Hendrik Schoonmaker 10 December 1726, but apparently not the Hendrik who is Tjerck’s brother b. 1694)
Tjerck died 1744
Theodotia remarries 17 November 1747.
see Find-A-Grave page with more information
Jacob Schoonmaker
MVDW 51
TGE 50. ix.
baptized 3 November 1700, died young
parents: Hendrick Hendrickse[n] Schoonmaaker and Geertruy de Wit
witnesses: Andries de Wit [her brother] and Tjaatje Hofmans [Geertruy’s niece]
burial location
Jannetje Schoonmaker (2)
MVDW 52
TGE 51. x.
baptized 4 October 1702
parents: Hendrick Hendrickse[n] Schoonmaaker and Geertruy de Wit
witnesses: Coll. Willia[m] de Meyer, Lydia de Meyer
married 30 September 1720 Hendrick Osterhout
[Hendrik Oosterhoud], both born under jurisdiction of Kingstown. Banns 11 September.
Jannetje’s brother Hendrick marries Tryntje Oosterhoudt
burial location
Sara Schoonmaker (1)
MVDW 53
TGE 52. xi.
named for Sara Ten Broeck? [see witnesses]
baptized 2 March 1707, died young (before 1710, probably after September 1709)
parents: Hendrik Schoonmaker and Geertruyd de Wit
witnesses: Cornelis Vernoy, Sara Ten Broek
burial location
MVDW 54
TGE 53. xii.
baptized 11 September 1709, died 1781-5
parents: Hendrik Schoonmaker and Geertruy de Wit
witnesses: Jacob Rutse, Marritje Hansze
married 14 January 1731 Abraham Paarsen (Banns 27 December), both born under jurisdiction of Kingstown
burial location
Sarah Schoonmaker (2)
MVDW 55
TGE 54. xiii.
baptized 12 November 1710 [same day as Jochem Schoonmaker baptizes his son Jochem; also same day Jacob de Wit baptizes daughter Tjaatje! all probably came up from Rochester/Mombaccus for the occasion][TGE says 12 October]
parents: Hendrik Schoonmaker and Geertruy de Wit
witnesses: Hendrik Schoonmaker, junior, Barbara Schoonmaker
20 Aug 1725 Zara Schoonmaker marries Jacobus de Pue, both unmarried, both born and residing in Rochester. Pretty sure this is not the same Sarah Schoonmaker, because:
married 19 August 1726 Cornelis Maklien, born in Shawangunk [Savengonk]; she is born in Kingston; both reside there (banns 31 July)
see other Maklien discussion on the page of Marritje, MVDW 13, Sarah’s aunt.
burial location
Marytjen [Maria] Schoonmaker
MVDW 56
TGE acknowledges her but does not number her (p. 9): “The Maria Schoonmaker who m., Agu. 28, 1731, Martin Post, was probably a daughter of Hendrick and Geertruy.”
married 28 August 1731 Marthen Post at location
burial location
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Sources
I’m just beginning to list sources here. Apologies for not being more complete. I will continue to add to this list as I have time. There are many sources of information on the DeWitt family line, some better than others.
Printed sources:
The DeWitt Genealogy: Descendants of Tjereck Claessen DeWitt of Ulster County, New York; compiled by Mary V[eldran] DeWitt (b. 1895) (privately published; no year indicated). This volume includes only names and dates, no attributions or locations or other stories or information are included. It includes nearly 2800 DeWitt descendants, some with more details, some fewer. It also includes some information on spouses and their parents. The laboriously typewritten volume came from years of personal research, often onsite in Ulster County; the current location of notes from this research is not known, but some of them may have gone to the Genealogical Society of Bergen County (New Jersey), where Mary DeWitt grew up and lived much of her life.
Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (formerly named Wiltwyck, and often familiarly called Esopus or ’Sopus), for One Hundred and Fifty Years from their commencement in 1660. Transcribed and edited by Roswell Randall Hoes, Chaplain U.S.N., corresponding secretary of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, etc. New York 1891; original publication De Vinne Press, New York; available today from Higginson Book Co., Salem, Mass., 508-745-7170. Detailed information about baptisms has been filled in through the end of 1687, marriages through 1701. More information is available. Records begin 1660. Other baptisms may have taken place in Hurley and other locations nearby; also from time to time itinerant ministers would travel through and perform various rites, not always entered in the books.
This is available online at archive.org.
Thomas Grier Evans, The De Witt Family of Ulster County, New York (reprinted from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, October 1886), New York: Trow’s Printing and Bookbinding Co., 201-213 East Twelfth Street, 1886. Available online from archive.org.
Marbletown, New York, baptism records at Archive.org.
Try also Schoonmaker Family Births, Marriages and Deaths, Copied from Old Church and Cemetery Records, by Daniel T. Ronk, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1917
Online sources:
Record of early marriages in the Dutch Reform Church in Manhattan, available in printed form or online
Record of early baptisms in the Dutch Reform Church in Manhattan, available online
English translations of Dutch colonial records, also known as “The Kingston Papers,” available online. These are the Dingman Versteeg translations. The originals are available on microfilm from the Ulster County archivist, who can be found through the same link. A cross-reference indexing the archive pages to the microfilm frames to the pages in the printed translation can be obtained from Donald Lockhart, dlockhart at rcn dot com, who includes an entertaining introduction about the misadventures of the original manuscript records in the 1800s, before they were at last safely ensconced with the Ulster County archives.
Also see The History of Kingston, New York, by Marius Schoonmaker (1888), a volume thick with detail and transcribed original records.
Reproduced herein:
Wills of Tjerck Claessen DeWitt and his brother Jan, who died unmarried in Kingston, 1699 (1906 Anjou edition)
Very cursory look at public records from Albany, NY, regarding Tjerck Claessen DeWitt and possible relatives.
The Peltz Record (1948)
The History of Ulster County, New York
The Oberholtzer Genealogy
Research assistance:
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