Jane Watson was born 12 May 1848 in Delaware County, NY, daughter of John Watson and Eliza Kirkwood. She was my son-in-law’s third great-grandaunt. She was a school teacher,(1) married Alva Chandler in 1868, and died in 1902 in Rock Valley, Delaware County, NY. Her parents probably came from County …
Jacob Berry was baptized 11 Apr 1660 in the DRC in New Amsterdam, eldest son of Samuel Jacobs Berry and Diever Paulus. He is my son-in-law’s paternal 8th great-granduncle. It is unclear when the parents came to New Amsterdam, there seems to be no marriage record for them here. Diever …
Johann Fredrich Seidler was born 5 Apr 1744 in Germany. The papers I inherited do not mention a place, but they do state that he was a pastor at Elben in Kurshessen (now prob. Elbenberg near Naumburg). I wrote about his wife Wilhelmina before. He is my son-in-law’s fourth great-grandfather. The sources I …
Wilhelmina Schmidt was born on 26 Mar 1757 in Aldenbringsback, Germany, a place I have not been able to locate as of yet. In a statement dated 1815, she states that she was born in 1767, but that seems unlikely, as she had her first child in 1776. Most likely …
Eleonora was born 19 Mar 1813 in Ballenberg, Germany, in Baden-Wurttemburg, daughter of Franz Anton Feszenmayer and Amalia Kronlein. She is my son-in-law’s third great-grandmother. She had at least an older sister Adelheid, but so far no other siblings are known. Ballenberg seems a rather small village right now, but …
William Frederick Seidler died on 22 Feb 1936 in Newark at the age of 76. He was my son-in-law’s great-granduncle. He was …
Annetje Rapalje was born 8 Feb 1646 in New Amsterdam, 9th child and 6th daughter of Joris Rapalje and Catalina Tricot. She …
John Seidler was born on 5 Dec 1907 in Newark, NJ, second son of four of Alexander Seidler and Isabella Riker. He …
Hester van Gelder was baptized 26 Jan 1662 in the Dutch Reformed Church in New Amsterdam. She was the daughter of Jan/John van …
Roelof Rycken was baptized 10 Jan 1667 in New Amsterdam, the last child of Ryck Hendricksen and his second wife Annetje Hendricks. …
