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DeWitt Family Genealogy Forum
  
I have a complete listing of the first 51 families to come off of Tjerck, and a comlpete listing of DeWitt line of Jacob DeWitt one of his sons. I have all birthdates, spouces, and children. All gathered from the Ulster Co. Genealolical Society and a copy of the book "The De Witt Family of Ulster County, New York" by Thomas G. Evans a gold mine for researchers. I also have the documentation to show the direct liniage to Jan and Cornelius De Witt, I'll include at the bottom of this listing. My line is as follows: Nicholas Claes De Witt & Tajerck Cornelisz #1- Tjerck (Dirk) Claessen b: 1620 Grootholt EN Zunderlandt,Netherlands d: 2/17/1700 Kingston marr: 4/24/1656, New Amsterdam, N.Y. sp: Barbara Andriessen b: 1630 Amsterdam,Netherlands D:7/6/1714 Kingston N.Y.#2- Jacob (#7 of 13 childern) b: 1670 KIngston d: 175?? Rochester marr: Grietje Vernooy (have list of this line) #3-Jan (John) (#8 of 8) b: 1718, Rochester d:17??? marr: Anne Prescott 12/10/1751 One of their descendants- Hon.John E. DE Witt of Portland Me. #4- Henricus (#3 of 3) b:1/29/1761 Rochester d:%/7/1850 " " marr. Margaret Grietje Schoonmaker b:4/5/1764 Accord N.Y. d; 5/27/1823 All so have her line in to the early 1600's #5- Jacob (#5 of 6) b: 5/29/1798 Accord d: 1871 " " marr. Anna Mary Margaret De Puy (De Pew)1813 b: 11/6/1795 Rochester Township d: 2/14/1826 #6- Henry (#3 of 4) b: 9/25/1819 Rochester d: 11/23/1899 Olive Bridge N.Y. marr. Sara Jane Osterhouse 1841 b: 6/12/1824 d: 7/28/1859 #7- Peter (#1 of 6) b:7/28/1842 Rochester d: 11/1/1925 " " marr. Melissa Jane Wood 3/1/1864 Kerhonkson b: 11/24/1847 d: 1/16/1923 #8- Lula De Witt (Locke) (#1 of 6) b: 2/1865 Liebhardt N.Y. d: 4/24/1937 Monroe Co. N.Y. marr: Harvey W. Locke 4/24/1882 b: 5/1858 Rochester d: 7/12/1932 " " #9- Harvey Carlton Locke (#1 of 1) b: 1/2/1900 Rochester d: 4/1/1962 Kingston marr. Kathleen Muriel Brown Carson 2/11/1935 b: 3/29/1909 living #10 Kathleen Lula Dorthy Locke (#1 of 1) b: 6/26/1936 living Marr. Robert N. Winters 1955 #11- Kathleen Sheryle Carson Winters (me) b: 2/20/1956 marr. Ernest George Cook 1973 " : Paul M. Bessmer 1990 Like I said I have a complete list of children, dates, and spouces of the above list and the early familys through #51 Now the Jan and Cornlius connecion: Thre is no dout that this De Witt family line is of the De Witt of Dordrecht line, and unbroken line from 1295 to 9/8/1639 this info. can be found in the Royal Library at the Hague, the "Geschlacten Von Dordrich" which gives the info. untill 9/1634. Now the folowing info. from that point on comes from the following resorces. (see follow up forum below)
  
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