IT'S ABOUT TIME
VOLUME IV

CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH NOTES
ON SOME OF THE PATERNAL ANCESTORS, DESCENDANTS,
AND COLLATERAL LINES, OF
FREDERICK PERRY DECOURSEY (1900-1978)

Including the families of
BOS, BRADT, CAUDEBEC, COMSTOCK, CORSA, CORSEN, CRAY, CUVILJE,
DAMEN, DECKER, DECOURSEY, DEFOREST, DEPUY, HOOGES, HELMICK, KIP,
LENT, MONTAGNE, OBLINIS, PROVOOST, RAPALJE, ROSENKRANS, ROOSA,
RYCKEN, SCHOONMAKER, VANAKEN, VANGORDEN, VERBRUGGE, VERMILYEA,
VIGNE, VOLKERTSEN

DECOURSEY FAMILY NOTES AND CHRONOLOGY 1700-1750
by
WILLIAM L DECOURSEY
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1700Jan Broerse DECKER was a member of troops in Ulster and Columbia Counties, New York in 1700.
1700Benjamin, son of Joseph SMITH and Margriete CORSSE was baptized, 10 Apr 1700. Witnesses were Evert MASJEL and Anna MILLERS.
1700On 19 May 1700, Magdalena ROSENKRANZ was sponsor at a baptism in Kingston.
1700Jochem Hendricksz SCHOONMAKER was Captain of the Ulster County foot militia in 1700 and fought against the Indians.
Daughters of the American Colonists, LINEAGE BOOK, v.XVI, pp.32-34, #15075.
1700Anna , daughter of Abram Hendrickse (Van AMBERG) and Annetje KENNIF, was baptized 30 June 1700, at Kingston, New York. Sponsors were Johannes SCHEPMOES, Jan BUYS, and Neeltje GERRITSEN.
1700sA branch of the CUVILJE' family lived on the islands of St. Eustatius and St. Maarten in the Dutch Antilles in the 18th and 19th centuries, and intermarried with most of the prominent families of the island establishment. In 1686, Helena CUVILJE' was left a widow on St. Eustatius Island, Dutch Antilles, by the death of her husband Lodewijk Aertsen. On 20 Sept 1732, Rachel CUVILJE' married Matthias Borel SALOMONS on St. Eustatius Island. In 1736, Cornelis KUVELJE was a witness at the baptism of Jan MEYER on St. Eustatius; and, in 1795, his son Theodorus Z. Doncker CUVILJE' received a bequest in the will of Laurens SALOMONS. Jacomina CUVILJE', daughter of Pieter CUVILJE', Jr. and Maria HEYLIGER, married Jean LaPORTERE of St. Bartholomew about 1784; she was pretty well-to-do, and held a mortgage on one of the principal plantations of St. Maarten at the time of her death in 1838. In 1787 Michael WILSON and his wife Ann CUVILJE' had a son, Patrick, on St. Maarten; and in 1787, Helena CUVILJE was a witness to the betrothal of Henry GUMBES and Anna SALOMONS on St. Eustatius Island. Gideon Godet HEYLIGER married Catharine CUVILJE about 1803, St. Eustatius. In 1830 Catharine Marie CUVILJE' was the wife of John Williams GROEBE, of St. Eustatius. In the late 18th century Michael CUVILJE' was an important citizen of St. Eustatius, a member of the Council and Captain of the Civil Guard. He married (1) Ann HASSELL and (2) Mary WILSON; his son was Pieter John CUVILJE'. In 1791 Peter CUVILJE', Sr. was a member of the Council, probably at the same time as Michael. He married Elizabeth Z. DONCKER. Keturah Elvira CUVILJE' married, 23 Sept. 1852, George MIlton de VEER on St. Eustatius, and her sister Ann married his brother Casper on 29 Feb. 1848; they were daughters of Samuel CUVILJE' and Rebecca de WEEVER. -
Information from Eugene Richardson of Gurnee, Illinois, who has done much research in The Hague. He mentions that an important source of information on the CUVILJE' and related families would be the Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, Nassaulaan 18, The Hague.
1701Christiana, dau. of Isaac and Judith (HOES) VanAMBURGH, was baptized, 1701, at Kingston, New York.
1701On 20 Oct 1701, Jan and Mettine CORSEN indentured their son, Jacob, to William BOGAERT, "Terner," of their City; and on 20 Apr 1702, he acknowledged and approved. Jacob subsequently married Adriantje KOEVERT and moved to Somerset Co., New Jersey on land that was part of the original grant of 1,904 acres to Captain Cornelis CORSSEN, the eldest son of Cors Pieterszen CORSSE and Tryntje HENDRICKS. Cornelis CORSSEN was the progenitor of the CORSON family of Staten Island and their descendants.
See Woodruff, p.7-8; Orville Corson, p.11-12; NY HIST.SOC.COL., v.18;
NY.GEN.BIOG.REC., v.(1880),p.140;
NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS, p.72 (Will of Jacob Corsen).
SOMERSET CO., NEW JERSEY, HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, V.II, pp.73, 143, 210-214, 267, 304.; v.IV, pp. 213, 219, 299-302; v.V, pp.59, 63.
1701Moses DUPUIE joined in a petition of the Protestants of New York to King William III as of 30 December 1701.
Leroy Beck DePUY, DEPUY/DEPUE FAMILY HISTORY (1984), p.8;
E. B. O'CALLAGHAN, DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, v.IV, p.941.
1702Johanne ROUTIER married, 3 Jan 1702, Catherina CORSSEN, dau. of Jan CORSZEN and Metje CRAY.
DRC OF NY. NY.GEN.BIOG.REC., v.11,p.177.
1702Johannes MYER (1671-1755), son of Adolph and Maria (VERVEELEN) MEYER, married, 30 Jan. 1702, to Tryntie Van DALSEN, daughter of Capt. Jan Gerritsen and Grietie (CRAY) Van DALSEN.
1702Matheus, son of Joseph SMITH and Margrietie CORSI, was baptized, 15 Feb 1702, in the DRC of NY. Witnesses were Theunis CORSI, Cornelia VanCLYF, and Benjamin NARRED.
1702Johannes Bastiaens KORTRIGHT, son of Bastiaen Michielson KORTRIGHT and Jelante de la MONTANIE, was baptized on 6 May 1702 in the DRC of NY. His baptismal sponsers were his mother's uncle Jan de La MONTAGNE and his mother's great-aunt, Maria de la (MONTAGNE) KIP. Johannes KORTRIGHT married his second cousin, Aeltie VERMILYE, daughter of Johannes VERMILYE and Sarah ODELL. Aeltie was born after 1713 in Harlem. Johannes KORTRIGHT was a weaver. He was the only grandson of Johannes VERMILYE to be specifically mentioned in his grandfather's will, dated 1776, in which he inherited 26 pounds in money and forgiveness of a debt inherited from his father. He also inherited his fathers farm at Sherman's Creek. Aeltie died about 1769; Johannes died about 1775. Their son, John CORTRIGHT married, 25 December 1774, to his cousin, Aefie DeVOOR, daughter of John DeVOOR and Aefie KORTRIGHT. Aefie DeVOOR was baptized 7 June 1730 NYRDC; sponsors were Johannes MONTNJE and Rachel MONTANJE.
Society of Descendants of Johannes de la Montagne Newsletter (Spring 1985), v.3, p.586-7.
1702Emanuel VanETTEN, son of Jacob Jansen VanETTEN, married 10 May 1702, to Antje de HOOGES. Eva Alice Scott, JACOBUS JANSEN VAN ETTEN (1952), p.9.
1702Theunis KORSSE, son of Jan and Metje (CRAY) CORSZEN, married, 29 May 1702 (banns 8 May 1702) in the DRC of New York, to Josyntje Van OBLINIS. Josyntje OBLINIS was bpt. 19 Feb 1685, in the DRC of NY, the dau. of Joost and Maria (SAMMIS) OBLINIS.
NY.GEN.BIOG.REC., v.12,p.37.
See also Riker's HISTORY OF HAARLEM, Rev.ed.(1904) p.622,643.
1702Isaac VanAKEN, son of Marinus and Pieternella (DePREZ) VanAKEN, was bapt. 5 July 1702 at Kingston, New York. He married, 15 April 1723, to Rachel DEWIT.
1702Dirk ROSENCRANS, son of Harmon Hendricks ROSENCRANS, married 6 Sept. 1702, to Wintje KIERSTED, daughter of Dr. Roeloff and Aaghe (ROOSA) KIERSTED and widow of Jan DeWITT.
THE SECOND BOAT, v.1, No.2, p.18.
1702Johannes, son of Jan RETIER and Catherina KORSE, was baptized 5 Oct 1702. Witnesses were William PROVOST and Margreata SMITH.
1703Mose DEPUY was one of the pioneer settlers of Rochester, Ulster Co., New York, and one of the three original trustees named in the grant of Queen Anne to the town of Rochester in 1703.
Wannetta Roseberry Hoff, HISTORY OF THE DUPUI FAMILY (1939), p.4.
1703Jochem Hendricksz SCHOONMAKER was living in "Mombaccus", town of Rochester soon after his marriage; and in 1703 he became one of the first three trustees of the Rochester Patent.
1704Peter KIERSE, married, 1704, to Maria, daughter of Johannes and Aeltie (WALDRON) VERMILYE.
James Riker, REVISED HISTORY OF HARLEM (1904), p.643.
1704cTheunis CORSSE (1680-c.1704) died at sea shortly after his marriage, leaving his widow, Josentje OBLINIS, with one male son, Teunis CORSA who married first Elizabeth vanNAMBURG and second Rachel VANGARDEN. The widow, Josyntie (OBLINIS) CORSA, married 16 Jan 1707, at Kingsbridge, NY, to Isaac VERMILYEA, son of Johannes VERMILYE. She had eight VERMILYEA children by this second marriage: Isaac, bapt. 10 Jun 1708, m. Mehitabel HADLEY; Maritje, bapt. 12 May 1711, m. Jacobus TELLER; JOHN, bapt. 7 Apr 1714, m. Charity DYCKMAN; Aeltje m. John TELLER; Sarah m. Mr. VALENTINE; Rebecca m. Jacob DYCKMAN; Hannah m. Isaac O'DELL; Peter, b. 1725, m. Mary "Polly" PINCKNEY.
1704Margreitie, dau. of Joseph SMITH and Margaretie CORSI, was baptized 10 June 1704. Witnesses were Johannes JANSEN and Anna LOUERSE his wife.
1704Stoffel CHRISTIANSZE married 1 July 1704, to Gartruy CORSSE, dau. of Jan CORSZEN and Metje CRAY.
1704Hendrick SCHOONMAKER, son of Jochem Hendricksz and Petronella (SLEGHT) SCHOONMAKER, married (bns.) 25 Nov. 1704, to Heyltje Gerritse DECKER, bapt. 10 January 1686, dau. of Gerret Jansen and Grietje (JANS) DECKER. They had children: Petronella SCHOONMAKER m. 1724 Joseph WHEELER; Garret SCHOONMAKER m. Catherine DEPUY; Henry SCHOONMAKER m. Joanna DECKER; Helena SCHOONMAKER m. Joseph HENDRICKS; Jochem SCHOONMAKER (1712-1751) m. Rachel VANGORDON; Sarah SCHOONMAKER m. Johannes ROSENCRANS and Andries COOL; Benjamin SCHOONMAKER m. 1752 Elizabeth DEPUY; Daniel SCHOONMAKER m. Anna PRYS (PRICE); and Catherine SCHOONMAKER m. William DEVOOR.
Shoemaker, Benjamin H., SHOEMAKER PIONEERS (1975), pp.9-10;
Decker, Benton Weaver, THE DECKER GENEALOGY (1980).
1704Jacobus BRUYN, son of Jacob and Gertrude (ESSELSTEIN) BRUYN, married 18 November 1704, Tryntie SCHOONMAKER, dau. of Johem Hendricksen SCHOONMAKER and Petronella SLEGHT.
John O. Evjen, SCANDINAVIAN IMMIGRANTS IN NEW YORK (1916), p.43.
1705Maria, dau. of Christoffel CHRISTIANENSE and Geertruy KORSE, was baptized, 30 Aug 1705, in the DRC of NA. Witnesses were Johannes HAARDENBROCK and Margreta SMITH.
1706Jacobus, son of Joseph SMITH and Margreite CORSI, was baptized, 1 Sept. 1706. Witnesses were Jan NARBURY and Sara HARDENBOEK.
1706Jan, son of Isaac and Judith (HOES or GOES) VanAMBURGH, was born 6 Oct. 1703, in New York and baptized 30 June 1706. He probably married Jacomytje ERKEL & had children: Isaac b.1743; and Jocomyntje b.1745 at Albany.
1707Nicholas DUPUIS (1682-1761) married (banns), 22 March 1707, to Wyntie ROOSA, daughter of Albert Heymanse ROOSA and Wyntje Ariens de JONGE.
William T. Blair, THE MICHAEL SHOEMAKER BOOK (1924), p.794.
1707Isaac VERMILYE of Haarlem, bapt. 1 Apr 1682, son of Johannes and Aeltie (WALDRON) VERMILJE, married, 27 Apr 1707 (bans. 16 Jan 1707) at Kingsbridge, NY, to Jesyntje OBLINUS, widow of Theunis COURSE and had eight children: Isaac, bpt. 10 Jun 1708, m. Mehitabel HADLEY; Maritje, bpt. 12 May 1711, m. Jacobus TELLER; JOHN, bpt. 7 Apr 1714, m. Charity DYCKMAN; Aeltje m. John TELLER; Sarah m. Mr. VALENTINE; Rebecca m. Jacob DYCKMAN; Hannah m. Isaac ODELL; Peter, b. 1725, m. Mary "Polly" PINCKNEY.

A sister of Isaac VERMILYE, Marie VERMILYA, born 1684, married 1704 to Peter KIERSE.
See Riker's HISTORY OF HAARLEM, Rev.ed.(1904) p.622,643.
YESTERYEARS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, v.8,no.29,(Sept. 1964), pp.1-3;
H. P. Toler, NEW HARLEM REGISTER (1903), pp.67-79, 507-508.
1707Burger MANUS married, 31 May 1707, Geertruy KORSSE, widow of Stoffel CHRISTIAANSZ, and dau. of Jan CORSZEN.
1707Esther, dau. of Abraham VanAMBORGH and Maria, his wife, was baptized 16 Jun 1707, in the DRC of Tarrytown, NY. Witnesses were Nathan BALLY, and Esther, his wife.
1707Gerret Jansen DECKER, widower of Grietjen Jans DECKER, married second, 1707, to Christina PRUYER.
1707Jan LAURENSZE (LOW) married (banns) 29 May 1707 to Jannetje CORSSE, dau. of Jan CORSZEN and Metje CRAY.
See Orville Corson's THREE HUNDRED YEARS with the CORSON FAMILIES.
1707Jan Laurensze LOW, baptized 29 April 1685, son of Laurens JANSEN and Mary ROOSA, married 20 June 1707, to Jannetie CORSEN, daughter of Jan and Metje (CRAY) CORSZEN. They had eight children: Gysbert LOW m. Persila --?--; Lawrence LOW m. Geertje ROOSA; Benjamin LOW m. Neeltje Van NEST; Cornelius LOW married Johanna JANSEN; Marytje, m.1749, Jan KOOL; Wenitje "Lavina"; Metje; and Teunis LOW m. Maayke "Mary" HALL.
James Riker, REVISED HISTORY OF HARLEM (1904), p.579-580.
1708Manus, son of Burger MANUS and Geertruy KORSE, was baptized, 28 Jan 1708, in the DRC of NA. Witnesses were Margreta SMITH and Johannes BURGER.
1708Pieter VanAKEN, son of Marinus and Pieternel (de PREZ) VanAKEN, married about 1708 to Russe DAME. They had the following children baptized in Kingston, New York: Marinus m. (1) Elizabeth EEN, m. (2) Margaret DEJOO; Jan VanAKEN m. Margaret DeGRAAF; Cornelius VanAKEN, bapt. 28 Dec. 1712, married 20 April 1735 Hester RELJE; Abraham; Sefia m. Jacobus WESTFALL; Gideon m. Maria PLOEG; Jesyntjen; Eliphas m. Eleanor FORBES; and Pietrus m. Maria TERPENNING.
1708Garret SCHOONMAKER, son of Hendrick and Heyltie (DECKER) SCHOONMAKER, was baptized 20 June 1708. He married Catherine DEPUY.
1708Catheriena, dau. of Johannes BOS and Elizabeth, his wife, was baptized 1 Jun 1708 in the DRC of Tarrytown, NY. Witnesses were Abraham HAMBURGH and Maria LENT.
1708Jan Albertse ROOSA was a town officer in Hurley, New York in 1708.
1708Jacob, son of Isaac and Judith (HOES) VanAMBURGH, was baptized 1708, in New York. He probably married Elizabeth REKEL and had a daughter Judickye, bapt. 1741. Judickye VanAMBURGH married, 31 Mar 1757, at Rumbout, N.Y. to Joseph CROMWELL.
1709Jochem Hendricksz SCHOONMAKER was supervisor of the town of Rochester, Ulster County, New York from 1709 to 1712.
1709Jan, son of Burger MANUS and Geertruy KORSE, was baptized, 5 June 1709, in the DRC of NA. Witnesses were Margreta SMITH and Burger DAVIDS.
1709Sara, dau. of Abraham NAMBRING and Antje his wife, was baptized, 1 Aug 1709, in the Dutch Reformed Church of Tarrytown, New York. Witnesses were Jeremias KENNISS and Sara BEULY.
1709Jacob BROUWER married 28 Oct. 1709, to Pieternella de LA MONTAGNE, dau. of John and Annetje (WALDRON) MONTANGE.
Theo. L. Van Norden, THE VAN NORDEN FAMILY (1923), pp.65-67.
1710Metje, dau. of Burger MANUS and Geertruy KORSE, was baptized, 4 Feb. 1710, in the DRC of NA. Witnesses were Burger SEPKEUS and Dorathe GRIENHAM.
1710Catharina DUPIUS, dau. of Nicholas and Wyntie (ROOSA) DUPUIS, was baptized, 12 Nov. 1710. She married to Gerrit SCHOONMAKER.
1711Jan Garretse DECKER, bapt. 1688, son of Gerrit Jans and Margrietje DECKER, married first, ca. 1711, to Barbara DeWITT, who was baptized in Kingston in 1692. They moved to near Romney, Hampshire County, Western Virginia and had a son John DECKER, baptized, 1719, in Hampshire Co., Va, married, ca.1739, Blandina KUYKENDALL.
Elinor Randlemon, OURS - THEN AND NOW, pp.62-64.
1712Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph SMITH and Margaretie CORSI, was baptized, 3 Feb 1712. Witnesses were Johan HARDENBROEK and Catherine HARDENBROEK. Elizabeth SMITH married, 24 Sept. 1727, in NYC to William FISJER (FISHER) and had at least one dau., Catherine FISHER who married, 11 Sept. 1758, to Andries MARSELIUS.
See Bacon's ANCESTORS OF WILLIAM HOWE WHITTEMORE, p.100.
1712Jeremias, son of Abraham NAMBURGH and Antje his wife, was baptized 25 March 1712, in the Dutch Reformed Church at Tarrytown, New York. Witnesses were Jerrimias KENNIFF and Antje his wife.
1712Cornelius VanAKIN, son of Pieter and Russe (DAME) VanAKIN, was born 1712 in New York. He married 1735 to Hester RELYEA.
1712Jochem SCHOONMAKER, son of Hendrick and Heyltie (DECKER) SCHOONMAKER, was baptized 26 October 1712. He married Rachel VanGORDON.
1713Alexander ROSENKRANZ, son of Harmon Hendrick and Magdalena Dirks (VOLKERTSON) ROSENKRANZ, married 11 Dec. 1713, to Marretjen DePUE, dau. of Moses DUPUY.
1713Daniel, son of Johannes LORENTZ, was bapt. 13 Dec 1713, godfather being Daniel SCHOONMAKER or SHOEMAKER.
Henry Z. Jones, Jr., THE PALATINE FAMILIES OF NEW YORK (1985).
1714Johanns and Marytje, twin children of Joseph SMITH and Margaretie CORSI, were baptized, 2 May 1714. Witnesses were Cornelius KIERSTED, Marretje Van du SPRIGEL, Martinus CRIGER, and Elizabeth KIERSTED.
1714Rachel, dau. of Abraham NAMBURGH and Antje his wife, was baptized 25 May 1714, at Tarrytown, New York. Witnesses were William TELLER, Rachel TELLER and Marytje TELLER.
1714Pieter Van GORDON, bpt. 1 Nov 1684, son of Gysbert Albert and Rachel (ROSENCRANS) VanGARDEN, married at Kingston, New York, 26 Nov 1714, to Margariet DEKKERS, dau. of Hermanus and Rachel (de la MONTAGNE) DECKER. They moved to Shippekonk in Montague, Sussex Co., New Jersey. They had children: Rachel m. (1) Jochem SCHOONMAKER, m. (2) Teunis REESER (also known as Teunis CORSA); Gysbert VanGORDON m. Marie COOL; Alexander m. Annatje KORTRECHT; Petrus VanGARDEN m. Geertje BRINK; and Hester VanGARDEN m. Nicolaus BRINK.
Decker, Benton Weaver, THE DECKER GENEALOGY (1980).
1715Jan Van LENT, j. m., and Marytje DeRONDE, J. D., both born on the Manner of Cortlant, were married 15 March 1715, in the Dutch Reformed Church of Phillipsburgh (Tarrytown, N.Y.).
1715Hendrick LENT, J.M., born in Nieuw Jorcke, and Sara BEELY, J.D. of Westchester, both living on the Manner of Cortlant, were married 16 August 1715 in the Dutch Reformed Church of Phillipsburgh (Tarrytown, N.Y.).
1715Jochem Hendricksz SCHOONMAKER held office as trustee until 1715. His close association with Moses DePUY resulted in four marriages uniting their children.
THE SCHOONMAKER FAMILY, Part One, page 10.
1715"Mosyse DUPUY, of Ulster Co. - 8/9 Sept. 1715" is shown among Naturalizations. While this could refer to Moses Jr., the assumption is made that it refers to Moses Sr. as head of the household (Moses Jr. was not yet married.)
Leroy Beck DePUY, DEPUY/DEPUE FAMILY HISTORY (1984), p.8;
Kenneth Scott and Ken Stryker-Rodda, DENIZATION, NATURALIZATIONS AND OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE IN COLONIAL NEW YORK, pp.25,86-87.
1716Moses DePUY, Jr., son of Moses and Wyntje or Maritje (WYNCOOP) DEPUY, married, 14 February 1716, to Margaret SCHOONMAKER, daughter of Jochem and Anna (HUSSEY) SCHOONMAKER.
Marinus Schoonmaker, HISTORY OF KINGSTON, NEW YORK (1888), pp.476-477; YESTERYEARS, v.6, p.20.
1716Among the early members of the Old Dutch Reformed Church of Sleepy Hollow from Phillipsburgh (Tarrytown, N.Y.) and the manor of Cortlandt, in May 1716, were: Sybouwt KRANCKHEYT, and Marytie his wife; Ryck ABRAMSE and Tryntje his wife; Geertje, wife of Peter BUYS; Antje BANCKERT, wife of Hendrick KRANKHEYT; Jan Herricksse KRANCKHEYT and Grietje his wife; Francoy DePUW; Mathys BROUWER and Maritje his wife; Catharina Van TEXEL, wife of Hendrick LENT; Grietje BROUWER, wife of Samuel BROUWER; Hendrick LENT and Cornelia his wife; Maria DePUW, wife of Abram LENTT; Theunis KRANCKHEYT and sophya his wife; Willem TELLER and maritje his wife; Jeremy CENNIFF, and Antje his wife; Maritie BLAUWVELT, wife of Ryck LENT.
David Cole, D.D., FIRST RECORD BOOK of the "OLD DUCH CHURCH OF SLEEPY HOLLOW" and now
THE FIRST REFORMED CHURCH OF TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK. (1901), pp.9-11.
1717A list of members of the Dutch reformed church in Tarrytown, NY includes Abram NAMBRUCK in 1717.
1717Johanne, son of Jacobus CORSEN and Adriaentje KOEVERT, was baptized, 3 Apr 1717, in the church of Six Mile Run, near New Brunswick, N.Jersey. He married Geertruyd van TUYLE and had nine sons.
1717Cornelius de PUE married, 6 May 1717, Catrina Van AKEN, bapt. 16 Oct. 1692, dau. of Marinus and Pieternel (de PREZ) Van AKEN.
1717Rachel VanGARDON, dau. of Pieter VanGORDON and Margariet DEKKER, was baptized, 19 May 1717, in the DRC of Kingston, NY. Sponsors were Harmanus DEKKER and Rachel MONTANJE. Rachel Van GORDON married first to Jochem SCHOONMAKER and had seven children. She married second, 2 Feb 1752, at Smithfield, Penna., to Teunis REESER (alias Teunis CORSA or Dennis DECOURSEY) and had at least four children by him.
1717Hendrick LENT and Zara his wife were received as members of the Dutch Reformed Church of Phillipsburgh (Tarrytown, N.Y.) on 21 Aug. 1717.
1718Benjamin CORSSE, son of Jan and Metje (CRAEY) CORSZEN, married, 20 March 1718, to Jannetje REYERA, dau. of Reyer MICHAELSON and Jacomina TIBOUT. They had children: Jacomina CORSA married Johanne VERMILYE, son of John and Sarah (ODELL) VERMILYE; Jane CORSA, m.1753, Abraham LENT; Teunis CORSA, m.1765, Magdalen EVERITT; John CORSA, m.1760, Jane FORSYTH; Isaac CORSA, m.1761, Mary GIBB, dau. of Andrew GIBB; Benjamin CORSA, m.1769, Jemima CHAPPLE; and Cornelia CORSA, m.1761, Ernst Ludwig LENT.
James Riker, REVISED HISTORY OF HARLEM (1904), pp.265n-267n.
1718On 12 May 1718, a Consistory was held in the Dutch Church of New York. Full powers were unanimously granted to Messrs. John CRUGER and Samuel BAIYARDT (BAYARD), in all that belongs to the matter between the Consistory and Reier MEHILJE, Johannes TIBOUT and Benjamin CORSSE, to act as they shall see proper, after advising with an advocate. The Consistory engages to approve what the do, just as if it were done by the whole body itself. Thus done in our Consistorial meeting on the above date and signed by their order, by me, Henricus BOEL, p. t. Praeses.
Lib. B.46; ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS of the STATE OF NEW YORK (1902), v.III, p.2120.
1718Gideon VanAKEN, son of Pieter and Russe (DAME) VanAKEN, was bapt. 19 Oct. 1718 at Kingston, N.Y. He married 13 Dec. 1740 to Maria PLOEG.
1719William DECKER married, 30 April 1719, to Rachel Van AKEN, bapt. 9 June 1695, dau. of Marinus and Pieternel (de PREZ) Van AKEN.
1719Benjamin DEPUY, son of Moses and Wyntje (WYNCOOP) DEPUY, married first, 3 Sept. 1719, Elizabeth SCHOONMAKER, daughter of Jochem and Anna (HUSSEY) SCHOONMAKER.
Marinus Schoonmaker, HISTORY OF KINGSTON, NEW YORK (1888), pp.476-477;
Leroy Beck DePUY, DEPUY/DEPUE FAMILY HISTORY (1984), p.13-17.
1719Benjamin SCHOONMAKER, son of Jochem and Anna (HUSSEY) SCHOONMAKER, married, 3 Sept. 1719(?), Elizabeth DEPUY, daughter of Moses and Wyntje (WYNCOOP) DEPUY.
Marinus Schoonmaker, HISTORY OF KINGSTON, NEW YORK (1888), pp.476-477.
1719Henreck NAMBURGH & Annatie NAMBURGH were sponsors at a baptism at the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, New York on 16 Oct. 1719.
1720Jannike, dau. of Jacobus CORSEN and Adriaentje KOEVERT, was baptized, 27 Mar 1720, in the church of Six Mile Run, near New Brunswick, N.Jersey. She married David McKENNEY.
1720Annatie, dau. of Jan BESELE and Antie his wife, was baptized, 19 April 1720. Witnesses were Abram NAMBURGH and Antie his wife.
1720Benjamin PROVOST died 16 July 1720, at Peenpack. His sons-in-law, Jacob CODEBEC and Anthony DeMILL, and his son David PROVOST, on 8 May 1725, petitioned for letters of administration of his estate.
1720Ryck Abrahamsent LENT, of Manor of Cortlandt, made his will in 1720.
1721Hendrick ROSENKRANZ, son of Harmon Hendrick ROSENCRANS, married 26 Oct 1721, as his second wife, to Antje DULLIVA, widow of Lucas DeWITT and of Garrett VanBENSCHOTEN.
1722Hermanus DECKER married second to Anje KAPAN and purchased land in Morris County, West New Jersey in 1722.
Sussex County, N.J. Deed Book B, p.345.
1723Isaac Van AKEN, son of Marinus and Pieternel (de PREZ) Van AKEN, married 15 April 1723, to Rachel DeWITT, bapt. 23 Aug. 1698, dau. of Jan and Wyntje (KIERSTED) DeWITT. They had children: Abraham VanAKEN; Sarah VanAKEN m. Jacobus Van SICKLE; Isaak d.y.; Jacob VanAKEN m.1752 Margaret VanGARDEN; Isaac VanAKEN m. Margaret HORNBECK; Janneke VanAKEN m. Benjamin COURSE (Benjamin deCOURCY?); and Joseph VanAKEN m. Elizabeth WESTFAEL.
1723Inventory, 10 May 1723, by Hendrick OBLINIS, one of the executors of the will of John OBLINIS
Westchester Co., NY probate records.
1723Hendrick NAMBORGH (VanAMBURGH), Annatie NAMBUGH, and Aeltie NAMBUGH were received as members of the Dutch Reformed Church of Phillipsburgh (Tarrytown, N.Y.) on 23 April 1723.
1724Rachel LENT and Elsie LENT were received as members of the Dutch Reformed Church of Phillipsburgh (Tarrytown, N.Y.) on 25 April 1724.
1724Citation, 23 July 1724, of Isaac VERMILIA, one of the executors of the Will of John OBLINIS, upon the complaint of Hendrick OBLINIS, another executor.
Westchester Co., NY Probate Records.
1724Moses DePUE, widower of Maria WYNKOOP, married, 17 October 1724, Pieternal (DePRE) Van AKEN, widow of Marinus Van AKEN of Rochester.
William T. Blair, THE MICHAEL SHOEMAKER BOOK (1924), p.794.
1724Catrina LENT was received as a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of Phillipsburgh (Tarrytown, N.Y.) on 31 Oct 1724.
1724Margreitje, dau. of Jacobus CORSEN and Adriaentje KOEVERT, was baptized, 20 Dec 1724, in the church of Six Mile Run, near New Brunswick, N.Jersey. She married James SMOCK.
1724Abigail WILLIAMS, dau. of Palgrave WILLIAMS (a pirate), married a Newport, Rhode Island sea captain, Miles or Michael deCOURSEY, who was drowned in 1724. Their son, John deCOURSEY, a ships carpenter, went to Jamaica and eventually to England. In 1760 he successfully proved his right to the premier Barony of Ireland, that of Kingsale.
NEW ENGLAND GENE.&BIOG. REGISTER, v.105,p.179;
Putnam's GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE, Dec. 1915, pp.1-12;
THE IRISH GENEALOGIST, Oct. 1947, pp.137-140;
AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, vol.XXIV, pp.72-74;
BALTIMORE SUN, 12 July 1903, "Sidelights On Maryland History", by H.D. Richardson.
1725Nicholas DUPUY, son of Moses and Maritje (WYNCOOP) DEPUY, and pioneer settler of Smithfield, Penna., came to the lower Pocono Mountain area in 1725. Two years later, he purchased 3000 acres from the Indians, and was the earliest white man to settle in the Shawnee section of the lower Pocono Mountains. This land was later repurchased by Nicholas DUPUY from William PENN's Chief Justice ALLEN.
Leroy Beck DePUY, DEPUY/DEPUE FAMILY HISTORY (1984), p.13;
THE PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY (1898), v.XXII;
YESTERYEARS, v.6, p.20; v.19, p.26-27.

In 1930 a tablet was erected to "Nicholas DuPuy, 1682-1762, the first settler of Shawnee" by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, The Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania and the Monroe County Historical Society in Pennsylvania. This pioneer was recorded as the grandson of the immigrant, Nicholas DuPUY and wife Catherine deVOS. The tablet is illustrated in the
NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD (Jan. 1936).
1725Jacobus DEPUY (1703-1757), ninth child of Moses and Wyntje (WYNKOOP) DEPUY, married, 20 August 1725, Sarah SCHOONMAKER, daughter of Jochem and Anna (HUSSEY) SCHOONMAKER. On a farm carved out of his father's many acres in Rochester, Ulster Co., New York, Jacobus DEPUY built a house that is still standing.
Marinus Schoonmaker, HISTORY OF KINGSTON, NEW YORK (1888), pp.476-477;
Helen Wilkinson Reynolds, DUTCH HOUSES IN THE HUDSON VALLEY (1929), p.190-192.
1725William BROUWER married, 6 Nov. 1725, at Tarrytown, New York to Anna NAMBURGH, dau. of Abraham and Anna (KENNIFF) VanAMBOURGH. At the time they were both "living in the Manor of Cortlandt. He died and she married second, in 1730, to Jeremyas MABIE.
1726Sarah ROSENKRANZ, daughter of Herman Hendricksz ROSENCRANS and Magdalena DIRCKS, made her will, 27 January 1726, which reads as follows:

"I, Sarah ROSENKRANS, being in perfect health. I leave to my dear mother, Magdalena Rosenkrans, all my estate, real and personal, during her life, and after her decease as follows: To my brother, Alexander ROSENKRANS, 6 shillings. All the rest to be divided into five parts; One part to my brother Hendrick, and after his decease to his son Hermanus; One part to my brother Dirck, and after his decease to his son Harsama; One part to my sister, Rachel Van GORDON, and after her decease to Harman Van GORDEN; One part to my sister, Johana DAVENPORT, and after her decease to her son John; One part to my sister, Christina CORTRIGHT, and after her decease to her son Hendrick CORTRIGHT. I leave to the children of Alexander ROSENKRANS 30 pounds, viz.: Harman, Helena, and Johanes. I leave to Helena DAVENPORT, 1 shilling or 12 pence, New York currency. To Sarah (VanGORDON) COLE and Christian Van GORDEN, each 1 shilling. I make my brothers Hendrick and Dirck executors.

"Witness, Dirck KRANS, Dirck DeWITT, William CORTRIGHT. Proved in Ulster County, 21 October 1726."
See Collections New York Historical Society (1893), p.372.
1726Isaac NAMBURGH, born at Fishkill, living on the Manor of Courtland married, 14 May 1726, at the "Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow," Tarrytown, New York, to Maritie CANSCKELIE born and living on the Manor of Philipsburgh.
1726Teunis CORSSE, son of Theunis and Josyntje (vanOBLINIS) CORSSE, married first 10 Nov 1726, in the DRC of NY to Elisabeth NAMBERG, probably a daughter of Abraham VanHAMBURG and Antje KENNIFF (or KENNEDY) of Tarrytown, NY. They were residents of the Manor of Phillipsburg, Tarrytown, NY between 1733 and 1746 during which time they appear on various records in the Dutch Church of "Sleepy Hollow".
Doris Stoddard, SEVEN GENERATION INDEX AND GENEALOGICAL MATERIAL, (New Rochelle, NY 1975).
1727Frans dePEU, born and living on the Manor of Cortlant, and Maritie Van THESSEL, born on the Manor of Cortlant and living at Phillips Burgh, were married, 3 June 1727, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Phillipsburgh (Tarrytown, N.Y.).
1727Harmon, son of Albert Gysbert and Rachel (ROSENCRANS) VanGORDON, married, 11 June 1727, to Elsje KODDEBEK, bap. 19 Oct 1701, dau. of Jacob and Margaretta (PROVOST) CAUDEBEC. They had children: Margariet m. 1752 Jacobus VanAKEN; Elizabeth; Elias; Benjamin; Daniel m. Hannah WESTBROOK; Jannetje; and Elsie.
Cuddeback, William Louis, CAUDEBEC IN AMERICA (1919), p.57-58.
1727Theunis, son of Jacobus CORSEN and Adriaentje KOEVERT, was baptized, 23 July 1727, in the church of Six Mile Run, near New Brunswick, N.Jersey. He married Hannah ----, and had three daughters baptized in the Readington, N.Jersey Dutch Reformed Church.
1728Moses DUPUY (with Moses Jr.) appears in a "List of Freeholders within the County of Ulster" in 1728. He is also shown along with thirty others among "Old ofesers and old men" in "A Lest of the Commanding Officers as Milltery and Sivel" of the Ulster County Militia.
Leroy Beck DePUY, DEPUY/DEPUE FAMILY HISTORY (1984), p.8;
E. B. O'Callaghan, DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, (Reprint 1979), p.225-226.
1728Benjamin DePUY, son of Moses and Margriet (SCHOONMAKER) DePUY, was baptized 3 March 1728. He married Lisabeth SWARTWOUT, only daughter of Samuel SWARTWOUT, who was a son of Thomas SWARTWOUT, one of the original owners of the Peenpack Patent. After his marriage Benjamin DEPUY removed to Peenpack, in the town of Deerpark, resided with his father-in-law and finally became owner of the farm. He built the stone house known as "Fort Depuy," which was burned by the enemy, 15 October 1778, and later rebuilt.
YESTERYEARS, v.6, p.20; v.19, pp.26-27.
1728Johannes BOSCH of Marbletown married, 21 April 1728 (bans), to Mary Van ETTEN, daughter of Jan and Jannetje (ROOSA) VanETTEN and widow of Cornelius ENNIS.
Eva Alice Scott, JACOBUS JANSEN VAN ETTEN (1952), pp.6,17.
1728Rebecka, dau. of Isaac NAMBURGH and Maritie CANCKELIE his wife, was baptized June 1728, at Tarrytown, New York.
1729Elyas dePEU, j.m., born in Philiedelfe, and Catharine STORM, j.d., born in Hoogsduysland, were married, 11 January 1728/29, at the Dutch reformed Church of Phillipsburg (Tarrytown, N.Y.).
1729Hendreck NAMBURG was a sponsor at the baptism of a child of Willem BROUWEER and Annatie (NAMBURGH) on 29 March 1729, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, N.Y.
1729A Tunis COURSE, and son-in-law, were on the tax list in 1729 at Rombout (Fishkill), Dutchess Co., NY. Who were they?
1729The will of Johannes VanEMBURGH, "Doctor of Physick," of Bergen County, New Jersey, was dated 6 June 1729 (Proved 13 Sept. 1742). He named his wife, Cathrina; Eldest son, Guisbert; sons Johannes, Bartulf, Perrigeam, and William SANDFORD VanEMBURGH; daughters, Sarah SPIER, Rachel KING, Mary SANDFORD, Cathrena, and Elizabeth BARTULF.
NEW JERSEY ARCHIVE "New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills", First Series, Vol.XXX, pp.497-8.
1729A Benjamin DEPUE (1729-1811) was born, 26 June 1729, Ulster Co., New York; died 26 Sept. 1811, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. He married, 1755, Catherine Van CAMPEN. He was a member of the Provincial Committee; delegate to convention; justice of the peace. He had a son, Abraham DEPUE who married Susannah HOFFMAN.
A ROSTER OF REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTORS of the INDIANA DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, v.2, p.90; D.A.R. #589630.
1729Jochem Hendricksz SCHOONMAKER (1655-1730c.) made his will, 9 December 1729. He names his wife, Antje HUSSEY; eight sons, Romulus (Cornelis?), Hendrick, Frederick, Jacobus, Benjamin, Jan, Jochem, and Daniel; and daughters: Tryntie wife of Jacobus BRUYN, Eltie widow of Joseph HASBROUCK, Jacomyntie wife of Johannes MILER, Greetie wife of Moses DUPOIS, Jr., Elizabeth wife of Benjamin DUPUIS, Heyltie wife of Cornelis WYNKOOP, and Sarah wife of Jacobus DEPUY. Sons Cornelis, Frederick and Jacobus were appointed executors. Witnesses were --?-- HARDENBERGH, Jurian TAPPAN, Hendrick SLUYT, and Gerrit Van WAGENEN.
Anjou's ULSTER COUNTY WILLS, v.II, p.114.
1729Jacob LIVINGOOD came with the German Colony, from New York Province, in 1729 to Berks county, Penna.
Pennsylvania-German Society, PROCEEDINGS AND ADDRESSES at ALLENTOWN, NOVEMBER 2, 1906 (1908), Vol.XVII, p.386.
1730Elizabeth, dau. of Jan BLOM and Rebecca KORSEN, was baptized, 26 Jul 1730. Witnesses were Jacob CORSEN, Margarietje BLOM, and Petrus KIP. NY.GEN.BIOG.REC. v.21,p.115. Rebecca KORSEN was dau. of Jacob CORSSEN and Elizabeth VIELE and grand-daughter of Cornelius CORSSEN and Maritje van de GRIFT.
See Orville Corson's THREE HUNDRED YEARS with the CORSON FAMILIES, v.1,p.78-80.
1730Jeremia MEBIE, born in Harlem, living in Phillips Burgh, widower of Helna CANCKLEY, married 22 August 1730, in the Dutch Reformed Church of Phillipsburgh (Tarrytown, N.Y.), to Annatie NAMBURG, born Viskill (Fishkill, N.Y.), living on the Mennaer of Cortlant, widow of Willem BROUWER.
1731Anatie, dau. of Isaac NAMBURGH and Maritie CANCKELIE his wife, was baptized 19 June 1731, at Tarrytown, New York.
1732Hendreck NAMBURGH, born in Dutchess County, living on the Mennaer of Cortlandt, married, 25 April 1732, to Hannah SMET of Phillipsburg, N.Y.

"Abraham VanAMBURGH born 1735, resided Shawangunk, was son of Hendrick, born Fishkill about 1700, is recorded as member of the Phillipsburgh Church April 23, 1723. Henrick married April 25, 1732 Hannah, daughter of Caleb SMITH. He moved back to Fishkill where he married before 1740 Elizabeth ESHEL. Hendrick was the son of Abraham VanAMBURGH who married Anna, dau. of Jeremiah KENNIFF. They were early settlers of Fishkill where they lived until about 1706 when they moved down to Cortland."
From a typed manuscript at The Westchester County Historical Society, White Plains, New York.
1732James VanHAMBURG was on the tax list of Rombout (Fishkill), NY in 1732.
1732About 1732, Hendrick SCHOONMAKER (b.1683) went down the Old Mine Road along with Tom QUICK, and purchased land along the Delaware River in the Minisink area. Some of his descendants anglicized the name to SHOEMAKER. (Note: The Minisink region consists of the valley of the Delaware River between the "Water Gap" and the present site of Port Jervis, New York. The "Old Mine Road" (Sopus or Esopus Road) was on the southeast side of the Magakoneck Creek. The route to Port Jervis was from South Maple Avenue at Tri-States along the Creek's bank, and passed Solomon KUYKENDALL's home to the Abraham and James Van AKEN place, along the lowlands to the property of John VanVLIET and Jacob WESTFAEL's to the DECKER's farm. The Lower neighborhood was on the southeast side of the creek while the Upper Neighborhood was on the opposite side, or the northwest side.
THE DECKER QUARTERLY, (Oct. 1980), Vol.I, No.1;
C.G. Hine, THE OLD MINE ROAD (1909), reprinted 1963, passim.
1732THE PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES, 2nd series, vol.19, p.763 states, "In 1732, Thomas QUICK, Hendrick SCHOONMAKER and others presented a petition to purchase some vacant land on this (the west) side of the Delaware River rom the Indians who owned it, and were temporarily refused." Lands surveyed to Hendrick SCHOONMAKER along the Delaware River in what is now Monroe County, Pennsylvania (near Stroudsburg) are shown in the
PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES, Series 6, vol.12, pp.71,75.
1732A Mr. William ALLEN bought 10,000 acres of land in the Minisink Region from the heirs of Governor William PENN. He later sold this land to The VanAKENs, SCHOONMAKERs, DECKERs, WESTFALLs, COOLs, and other families that settled there. His failure to pay the Indians for their claims to this property resulted in a long series of hostilities that lasted for several decades.
1732Gerrit SCHOONMAKER, son of Hendrick and Heyltie (DECKER) SCHOONMAKER, married about 1732 to Catherine DEPUY (d. pre 1745), dau. of Nicholas and Wyntie (ROOSA) DEPUY. They had children: Gerrit m. Antje MANKNIGTESIDE; Benjamin m. Catherine VROOME; Magdalena m. David VanAKEN; and Moses m. Jannetje VanAKEN.
1732Geertruy, dau. of Jacobus CORSEN and Adriaentje KOEVERT, was baptized, 11 June 1732, in the DRC of Readington, N.Jersey. She married Benjamin COLE.
1732Willem Peu was received as a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of Phillipsburgh (Tarrytown, N.Y.) on 20 June 1732.
1732Jacob, son of Jan BLOM and Rebecca CORSEN, was baptized, 1 Sept. 1732. Witnesses were Jacob CORSEN, Margrietje BLOM and Petrus KIP. DRC OF NY.
1732James VanHAMBURG was on the tax list of Rombout (Fishkill), NY, 1732. A relative of Elizabeth (NOMBURGH) CORSA?
1732"Several years prior to the settlement of any portion of the Virginia Shenandoah Valley by the white man, a 'Dutchman' from New York, by the name of John VANMETER, accompanied a war party of the Delaware Indians on one of their excursions southward against their inveterate enemies the Catawbas. Near or upon the present site of Franklin, the county seat of Pendleton Co., West Virginia, a fierce battle was fought, in which the Delawares were worsted and driven back. VANMETER took part in the battle and escaped afterward with the defeated braves; and although he was on the losing side in this venture, he at once set about, with true German instinct, to turn his ill-starred trip to good account. He had seen the fertile bottom lands, all unoccupied, along the Shenandoah and the South Branch of the Potomac; he made application to Governor GOOCH for a grant of land, and obtained 40,000 acres in the lower part of the Valley. It was VANMETER's grant that Joist HITE purchased in 1732, when he and his party settled on the Opequon River."


From John Walter Wayland's "The Germans of the Valley," THE VIRGINIA MAGAZINE (May 1902), v.X, pp.35-36.

"The first permanent settlements on the Virginia or Shenandoah Valley seem to have been made by German emigrants from Pennsylvania who established the town of New Mecklenburg (now Shepherdstown, in Jefferson County, about 1726-28. Many of these settlers afterwards purchased titles to their lands from Richard MORGAN, a Welshman, who obtained a grant for a large tract in the same vicinity in 1734. About that time, Alexander ROSS, a Pennsylvania Quaker, of Scottish descent, obtained a grant of forty thousand acres from Governor GOOCH. He located his land north, west, and south of the site of the present town of Winchester.

"John and Isaac VANMETER, of Pennsylvania, obtained a grant of forty thousand acres from Governor GOOCH in 1730, to be located in the lower Shenandoah Valley, within the present counties of Frederick, Clarke, and Jefferson. This warrant was sold by the grantees in 1731 to Joist HITE, a Hollander, who removed from Pennsylvania in 1732 with his own and fifteen other families, most of them Scotch-Irish. They settled along Opequon, Cedar and Crooked creeks, in what is now Frederick County."
Charles H. Hanna, THE SCOTCH-IRISH FAMILIES OF AMERICA, v.2, pp.44-50.
1733The Consistory of the Dutch Church of New York met 28 May 1733 and exacted the following concerning the Manor of Fordham:

"The persons authorized on 4 Aug 1732, viz., Jeronymus REMSEN John ROOSEVELT, Abrm Van WYCK and Geradus BEEKMAN, shall immediately summon Johannes VERMILYE before them, and claim satisfaction for his not fulfilling his contract to build a house; and demand back the land which he has taken from the Church, or otherwise it will be exacted by law; likewise to see if good witnesses can be found that he has taken wood from the Manor, to enclose his own land.

"Jeronymus REMSEN, John ROOSEVELT, Abrm. Van WYCK and Gerardus BEEKMAN --- shall say to Hendrick MISHIELSE, that for the land he has taken on the Manor, he shall pay yearly, 40 shillings, and sign a writing therefor, or else give it up; and in that case, the authorized persons may lease it, as they best can to Benjamin CORSSE.

"They shall require Reier MICHIELSE immediately to give up the land which he or his father has taken, and set his fence upon the right line, or else it shall be exacted by law without delay. The land thus obtained they shall also lease, as best they can to Benjamin CORSSE.

"Since something has been taken from the farm of Hendrick BRUYN, and added to that of Benjamin CORSSE, the authorized persons shall, as they find best, allow an abatement of rent to Hendrick BRUYN, and agree upon an increase of rent with Benjamin CORSSE."
ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS of the STATE OF NEW YORK (1902), v.IV, p.2624.
1733Jesyntie, dau. of Thunnis KORSEN and Eliezabeth (NAMBURGH) his wife, was baptized, 26 Jun 1733, in the DRC of Sleepy Hollow. Witnesses were Isaac VERMILJE and Rebeecka VERMILJE. On the same day is recorded the baptism of Esterr, dau. of Isaak and Maritie NAMBURGH. Witnesses were Henrich NAMBURGH and Aantie NAMBURGH.
1733The will of Ryer MICHELSEN (1653-1733) of the Manor of Fordham mentions Benjamin CORSA and his wife Jane CORSA.
New York Wills, Liber.12, p.130.
1733Benjamin DEPUY, son of Moses and Wyntje (WYNCOOP) DEPUY, married second, 13 Dec. 1733 to Eyke DeWITT.
Leroy Beck DePUY, DEPUY/DEPUE FAMILY HISTORY (1984), p.13-17.
1734Johannes, son of Jan BLOM and Rebecca CORSSE was baptized, 17 Jan 1734. Witnesses were Fredrik BLOM and Benjamin KIERSTEDE.
1734Margariet, dau. of Harman VanGARDEN and Elsje COETTEBEK, was baptized 18 June 1734, at Minisink, New York. Witnesses were Benjamin COETTEBEK and Maria COETTEBEK.
1734Jacobus VanAKIN, son of Cornelius and Zora (WESTBROOK) VanAKEN, was bapt., 18 June 1734, at Minisink. He married Elizabeth (VanBENSCHOTEN) MIDDAUGH, Dau. of Tuenis and Margriet (WELS) Van BENSCHOTEN.
Dellman O. Hood, THE TUNIS HOOD FAMILY (Portland, Oregon 1960), pp.37-42.
1734Hendrick LENT, J. M., born on the Mennaer of Cortlandt, and Eliezabeth STORM, J.D., born in Philips Burgh, both living on the Mennaer of Cortlant, were married 20 July 1734 in the Dutch Reformed Church of Phillipsburgh (Tarrytown, N.Y.).
1734Joannis, dau. of Jeremias MEBEE and Annatie (NAMBURGH) his wife, was baptized, 22 Oct 1734, in the DRC of Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, NY. Witnesses were Thuinnas CORSSEN and Eliezebeth (NAMBURGH) his wife.
1735cJohn McDOWELL married Hannah DEPUY, daughter of Nicholas and Wyntje (ROOSA) DEPUY. John's sister, Jane McDOWELL, married a brother of Hannah DEPUY. John and Hannah (DEPUY) McDOWELL had a daughter, Elizabeth McDOWELL (1740-1807) who married, 6 April 1761, to Jacob STROUD.
Robert Brown Keller, HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA (1927), pp.60-61.
1735Colonel Jacob STROUD was born 15 January 1735. He married, 6 April 1761, to Elizabeth McDOWELL (1740-1807), daughter of John and Hannah (DUPUY) McDOWELL. Colonel Jacob STROUD was commander of the unit in which Peter DECOURSEY and his relatives from Smithfield served. Jacob STROUD was raised at Shawnee (Smithfield) by Nicholas DEPUI, kinsman of Peter DECOURSEY.
Floyd G. Hoenstine, THE 1955 YEAR BOOK of the PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1956), p.576.
1735Cornelis VanAKIN, son of Pieter and Russe (DAME) VanAKIN, married 1735, at Kingston, N.Y. to Hester RELYEA. They had children: David married Magdalena SCHOONMAKER; Levi; Jesyntje; Hester; Jannetje m. Moses SCHOONMAKER; and probably Russie m. 1751 Daniel KORTRECHT.
1736Jochem SCHOONMAKER (1712-1751), son of Hendrick and Heyltie (DECKER) SCHOONMAKER, married, about 1736, to Rachel VanGORDON, bapt. 19 May 1717, dau. of Pieter and Margriet (DECKERS) VanGORDON. They had seven children: Abraham; Isaac m. Elizabeth BRINK; Elizabeth; Elizabeth; Jacob SCHOONMAKER m. Catherine SCHOONMAKER; Petrus SCHOONMAKER (also known as Peter DeCOURSEY), bpt.1749, m. Magdalena VanAKEN, dau. of David and Magdalena (SCHOONMAKER) VanAKEN; and Helena. Jochem SCHOONMAKER died about 1751; and his widow, Rachel VanGARDEN, married in 1752 at Smithfield, Penna. to Dennis REESER (alias Teunis CORSA or Dennis DeCOURSEY). Some of Rachel VanGARDEN's children by her first marriage, including Petrus, bpt.1749, took the DeCOURSEY surname of their step-father.
See: Ruth Heidgerd, THE SCHOONMAKER FAMILY.
1737Teunis Van BENSCHOTEN (1706-1788) married, 1737, Antje SLEGHT.
Helen Wilkinson Reynolds, DUTCH HOUSES IN THE HUDSON VALLEY (1929), pp.387-388.
1737David VanAKEN, son of Cornelis and Hester (RELYEA) VanAKEN, was bapt. 3 May 1737, at Minisink (Kingston), New York. He married Magdalena SCHOONMAKER.

Abraham, son of Jochim and Rachel (VanGARDE) SCHOONMAKER, was baptized 3 May 1737, at Minisink. Witnesses were Lambert BRINK and Rachel VanGARDE.

(Note that Abraham SCHOONMAKER and David VanAKEN were baptized on the same day.)
1738Nicholas DEPUY was born 19 August 1738. He married, 11 November 1770, Eleanor SCHOONMAKER.
1739Isaac SCHOONMAKER, son of Jochem and Rachel (VanGARDEN) SCHOONMAKER, was baptized 29 May 1739, at Minisink. Witnesses were Bastian KORTRECHT and Rachel DECKER. He married Elizabeth BRINK and had children Abram; Catrina; Isaac; Jacob; Benjamin: and Johannes.
1739In 1739, Jeremias NAMBURGH was sponsor for a child born to Anatie, Wife of Jeremis MEBIE.
1741Madelena SCHOONMAKER, dau. of Gerrit and Catherine (DEPUY) SCHOONMAKER, was baptized 22 May 1741, at Smithfield, Pennsylvania. She married David VanAAKEN, son of Cornelis and Hester (RELYEA) VanAKEN, and was mother of Magdalena VanAKEN who married Peter CORSA (Petrus SCHOONMAKER alias Peter DeCOURSEY)
1741Lisbeth, dau. of Jochem and Rachel (VanGARDEN) SCHOONMAKER, was baptized 31 June 1741, at Minisink. Sponsors were Gysbert VanGARDEN and Rachel DECKER.
See also: ANTIQUE WEEK (AUG. 1, 1988), p.9b.
1742The Inventory of the estate of Johannes VanEMBURGH, deceased, was made by David DeMAREST, Benjamin DeMAREST, and Egbert ACKERMAN. The inventory included Bonds and notes from William ENISS, William SANTFORD, Elias WILLIAMSON, William ENISS, Isack MORRIS, John VERNEY, Thomas VanDYCK, Henry MYER, Sarah VARECK, Jacob COAL, John COAL, Olivier SCHULLER, Warner BURGER, John VanHOLKERK, Jacob VanGELDER, and Gysbert VanEMBURGE.
NEW JERSEY ARCHIVE "New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills", First Series, Vol.XXX, pp.497-8.
1742Katherine VanEMBURGE, widow, of Hackinsack, Bergen County, N.J. made her will 9 July 1742. She names children: Sarah (wife of Abraham SPIER); Gysbert; Rachel (wife of John KING); William Standford; Johanes; Katherine (wife of Richard GIEBS) and Peregrain. She also names grandchildren: Guillam BARTHOLST, son of daughter, Elizabeth, deceased; William and Mally SANDFORDTS, children of my daughter, Mary, deceased; "unto them equally the residue of my estate, which I have upon New Barbado Neck, according to last will of my mother, Sarah SANDFORD, deceased." Cornelius WYNKOOP, David DEMOREST and Benjamin DEMAREST were named executors in the will. The inventory of her estate 1 May 1745 included bonds due from Gilbert VanEMBURGH, Thomas VanDike, Frans Van den BURGH, William ENIS, John COOL, Jacob COOL, Isaac MORRIS, David DeMAREST, Enoch EARL, John VanBOSKERK, Jacob VanGELDER, and Oliver SCHUYLER.
NEW JERSEY ARCHIVE "New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills", First Series, Vol.XXX, pp.497-8.
1742Albart VanGARDEN of Walpack, Morris Co., New Jersey died intestate. On 21 Aug. 1742, Jannetie, relict of Albert VanGARDEN, renounces in favor of William, eldest son; John COXE, Esq., Proctor. Witnesses were Derrick WESTBROECK and Abram VanCAMPEN. On 27 Aug 1742 William VanGARDEN was named administrator. Bondsman was Derrick WESTBROOK of Walpack. A witness was James CUMINE. An inventory of the estate, made 6 Sept. 1746 by Richard HOWEL and Benjamin SMITH of Walpack, includes debts to James HYNDSHAW, Derrick WESTBROECK, Jacob KUYKINDAEL, Abram VanCAMPEN, Harman VanGARDEN, Hendrick CORTRECHT, and Lambert BRINK.
NEW JERSEY ARCHIVE "New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills", First Series, Vol.XXX, p.498.
1743The Great Consistory of the Dutch Church of New York met 11 March 1743 and it was presented at the meeting whether they saw fit to leave to the Ruling Consistory to make contract with the freeholders, P. BUSSING and Benjamin CORSSEN, on the Manor of Fordham, concerning their right in the Commons there, so that a certain number of acres should be set off to them, reaching to their farms, and they, on the other hand, should sign off, forever, their right in the Commons. The Meeting committed the whole matter to the prudent management of the Ruling Consistory.

On 22 March 1743, it was recorded at the Consistory meeting of Elders, Deacons and Church Masters, that the committee to contract with P. BUSSING and Benjamin CORSSEN, as freeholders on the Manor of Livingston, reported that they had agreed with them. It was ordered that an agreement be drawn up, and the Consistory approved 11 April 1743.
ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS of the STATE OF NEW YORK (1902), v.IV, p.2793,2795,2797.

(Note: Peter BUSSING married Rebecca VERMILYEA, and thus was a step-uncle of Teunis CORSA-REESER also known as Dennis DeCOURSEY)
1743At a meeting of the Consistory of the Dutch Church of New York on 22 March 1743, it was resolved that the Committee shall make an agreement with de GREE and VALENTYN, residing on the Manor of Fordham; and also with Jacob LENT, to rent to him both places for one farm, for five pounds yearly, for a term of seven years, and once again for a like term. On 11 April 1743, it was reported that an agreement had been made with Jacob LENT he should have the place of VALENTYN and de GREE, he having consented that VALENTYN should remain there for this year.
ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS of the STATE OF NEW YORK (1902), v.IV, p.2795-97.
1743Elizabeth, dau. of Pieter HECK (or PECK or PEEKE?) and Eliezabeth his wife, was baptized, 30 Apr 1743, in the DRC of Sleepy Hollow. Witnesses were Thunnas KORSEN and Eliezabeth (NAMBURGH) his wife.
1743Jacob FRANKS (1743-1802), was born, 27 May 1743. "The FRANKS were of French origin." Jacob FRANK came to Baltimore, Maryland when eighteen years of age, with his father, Michael FRANK, Sr. After serving his apprenticeship, he married, ca.1764, Barbary BRANDENBERG, daughter of Alexander BRANDENBERG (BRANDENBERRY). They emigrated to Western Pennsylvania, and purchased a large tract of land near High House village, which is called "Frankston." He was prominent in organizing the "Old Dutch Church" at German Twp., Fayette Co., in 1785; and he died, 5 February 1802, at German Twp., Fayette, Co., Penna., leaving a large family.
Jordan, John W. and Hadden, James, GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (1912), pp.559-575;
Ellis, Franklin, HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA with BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES (1882), pp.594.

(Note: Although family tradition has indicated that the FRANKS may have arrived, about 1748, at Maryland, there is no direct evidence to establish this as the case. Another possibility is that they were from the area of North-eastern Penna. Certainly some of the "Dutch or French-Walloon" families with which they were associated were from there.
1743Eliezabeth, dau. of Thuennus CHORSSEN and Eliezabeth (vanNAMBURGH) his wife, was baptized, 28 Jun 1743, in the DRC of Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, NY. Witnesses were Everdt BRUYN and Magdalena (DYCKMANS), his wife. Magdalena DYCKMANS, a sponsor at this baptism, was the daughter of Jacob and Jannetie (KIERSEN) DYCKMAN and sister of Gerretie DYCKMAN who married, ca.1736, to John VERMILYEA.
See: James Riker, REVISED HISTORY OF HARLEM (1904), pp.548-549.
1743Moses SCHOONMAKER, son of Gerrit and Catherine (DEPUY) SCHOONMAKER, was baptized 19 Oct. 1743, at Minisink, N.Y. He married Jannetje VANAAKEN, dau. of Cornelis and Hester (RELYEA) VanAKEN.
1744Cornelius CORSCI and Jannetje CORSEN witnessed a baptism, 17 April 1744. NY.GEN.BIOG.REC., V.37,P.288. This Cornelius CORSCI was of the Staten Island CORSSEN Branch and descendant of Cors Pietersen CORSSEN.
See Orville Corson's THREE HUNDRED YEARS.
1744Abraham, son of Johannis THELLER and Aaeltie VERMILYEA, was baptized, 16 Jun 1744, in the DRC of Sleepy Hollow. Witnesses were Thuenis CORSSEN and Elizabeth (vanNAMBURGH) his wife.
1744cMichael FRANKS, son of Michael FRANKS was born about 1744. He married, ca.1762, Elizabeth LIVENGOOD.
Jordan, John W. and Hadden, James, GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (1912), pp.559-575.
1744Willim LENDT, j. m., born on the Mennaer of Cortlandt, and living there, and Lea CANCKELIE, j. D., born on the Mannaer of Cortlandt and living in Philips Burgh, were married, 15 Sept. 1744, in the Dutch Reformed Church of Phillipsburgh (Tarrytown, N.Y.).
1744John BARNEY married, 19 Sept. 1744, at Dighton, Mass. to Sarah LUTHER of Swansea, daughter of Consider and Margaret (JEWETT) LUTHER. They had children: Benjamin m. 1784 Elizabeth ACKLEY. John m. 1768 Martha FOOTE; Daniel; Betsey m. 1768 Mr. LEFFINGWELL; Edward; Solomon; and Luther BARNEY (1757-1844). Wesbrook, Mary, JACOB BARNEY, 1634 (Barney Family Historical Association 1982).

A probable line from John and Sarah (LUTHER) BARNEY is as follows:
I. John BARNEY m.1744 Sarah LUTHER
II. Luther BARNEY m.1779 Abigail WINSHIP
III. Luther BARNEY m.1813 Lavina LOOMIS
IV. John H. BARNEY m.1842 Mary Ann TRACEY
V. Isaac H. DeCOURCEY m.1871 Anna Emma Cornelia BARNEY
VI. Leslie E. DeCOURSEY m.1898 Mary Alma MEARS
VII. Fred P. DeCOURSEY m. Edna Mae FERREL
VIII. William L. DeCOURSEY m. Mertle J. BIRD.
IX. William D. DeCOURSEY m. Jeanne MORNEAU.
1745Lisbeth, dau. of Jochem and Rachel (VanGORDEN) SCHOONMAKER, was baptized 13 Jan 1745, at Minisink. Witnesses were Gysbert vanGORDEN and Rachel KORTRECHT, his wife.
1745Shortly after moving with his parents to Smithfield township, Jacob STROUD (1735-1806), son of Bernard and Keziah (HARKER) STROUD, was apprenticed, to learn farming, to Nicholas DEPUY, the proprietor of a large landed estate in the vicinity of Shawnee-on-th-Delaware, near the Delaware Water Gap. Jacob STROUD was to become a Colonel in Washington's Army, and a leader of a Northampton Co., Pennsylvania Militia unit in which many of our ancestors and their relatives served during the American Revolution.
Robert Brown Keller, HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA (1927), pp.58-71.
1745Eererdt BRUYN, widower of Magdelena DYCKMANS, born on Mannaer of Voordam, married, 13 Apr 1745, to Annatie CORSSEN, j.d. born in Voordam.
DRC of "Sleepy Hollow", Tarrytown, New York.
1745Rebecca, dau. of Jacob DYCKMAN and Rebecca VERMILYEA, was baptized 20 Apr. 1745, in the DRC of Sleep Hollow. Witnesses were Thunnis CORSSEN and Elizabeth (vanNAMBURGH) his wife.
1745Rachel VanGARDEN was admitted to the Dutch Reformed Church of Smithfiled, Penna., 20 June 1745.
NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RECORD, v.57, p.67.
1745Isaack, son of Johannis vanTHESSEL and Helena his wife, was baptized, 22 Jun 1745, in the DRC of Sleepy Hollow. Witnesses were Tunes CORSEN and Eliezabeth (NAMBURGH) his wife.
1746Elizabeth, dau. of Evert BRUYN and his wife, (Annetje CORSSE), was baptized, 19 Apr 1746, in the DRC of Sleep Hollow, Tarrytown, NY. Witnesses were Thuenis CORSSEN and Elizabeth (vanAMBURGH) his wife.
1746In April 1746 Teunis CORSSE was elected assessor for the Manor of Phillipsburg (near Tarrytown, New York). His occupation was "mariner". He later removed to Dansbury (Smithfield), PA, a settlement established by BRODHEAD.
NY.GEN.BIOG.REC., v.59,p.35,204.
1746Jacob, son of Jochem SCHOONMAKER and Rachel (VanGARDEN) SCHOONMAKER, was baptized 17 Aug 1746, at Minisink, New York. Sponsors were Andries DINGEMEN and Cornelius KERMER, his wife.
1747Willim Willimse, J. M., born in Phillipsburgh, and Hanatye NAMBURGH, j. d., born on the Menner of Cortlant, "both living here," were married, 12 September 1747, in the Dutch Reformed Church of Phillipsburgh (Tarrytown, N.Y.).
1748The will of Isaac VERMILLIE, "advanced in years," was dated 1 March 1748 and proved 5 March 1767. He leaves to son John his dwelling house and meadows, etc.; mentions sons Isaac and Petrus, and daughters Altie TELLER, Martie TELLER, Sarah VALENTINE, Rebecca DYCKMAN, and Hannah ODELL.
Westchester Co., New York Wills.
1748Michael FRANKS, Sr. is said to have come from Alsace-Lorraine, ca.1748, to Baltimore, Maryland with his three children, Jacob, Michael, and a daughter Elizabeth.
Jordan, John W. and Hadden, James, GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (1912), pp.559-575.
1748A Jacob HELMICK was born, 1748, in Hardy County, Virginia; son of Jacob H. HELMICK, b.1712, Richmond Va.; son of John HELMICK, b.1682, Jamestown, Va.; son of --?-- HELMICK, a Prussian Huguenot who came to Jamestown, Va. in 1650, in the reign of Sir William BERKELEY.
Information from Edward Clark HELMICK, Ponca City, Oklahoma.
1748Jannetje VanAKEN, dau. of Cornelis and Hester (RELYEA) VanAKEN, was bapt. 21 Aug 1748 at Minisink, New York.
1749Petrus SCHOONMAKER, son of Jochem and Rachel (VanGARDEN) SCHOONMAKER, was bapt. 20 August 1749, in the Dutch Reformed Church at Minisink, Orange Co., New York. Sponsors were Jan KERMER and Christina KERMER.
NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, v.40,p.201.

This is believed to be the baptism record of our ancestor, Peter DeCOURSEY. Peter's father died when he was about 2 years old and it is believed that he took the traditional family surname of his step-father, Teunis CORSA (also known as Teunis REESER, Dennis RACER, Dennis DeCOURSEY.) Peter CORSA (Peter DeCOURSEY) married, about 1783, to Magdalena VanAKEN, dau. of David and Magdalena (SCHOONMAKER) VanAKEN. Peter DeCOURSEY settled with his family in Trumbull Co., Ohio about 1803. The DRC of Minisink was across the Delaware from Pennsylvania in what is now Montague, NJ.
Mathews' HISTORY OF WAYNE, PIKE, & MONROE COUNTIES, PA, p.873.
1749Baltus van KLEEK, bpt. 1725, married first, 14 Sept 1749, Sarah KIP. He married second to Josyntje CORSA (probably the the one bapt. 26 Jun 1733, dau. of Thunnis KORSSEN and Elizabeth VanNAMBURG.)
See NY.GEN.&BIOG.REC v.60,p.249.