Deborah (Ostrander) Burhans (1726 - aft. 1789)

Born 18 Sep 1726 in Hurley, Ulster County, New York

Ancestors

Wife of Frederyk Fort — married 4 Nov 1750 in Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster County, New York

Wife of Petrus (Borhans) Burhans — married 6 May 1758 in Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster County, New York

Descendants

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Biography

Deborah was born 18 September 1726 at Hurley (Ulster County), New York,^[1] and baptized 25 September 1726 in the Reformed Dutch Church in Kingston (Ulster County), New York.^[2] The record of her baptism gives her name as Debora and identifies her parents as Hendrik Oostrander and Elisabeth Wamboom. Witnesses were Pieter Wamboom and Debora Wamboom.^[3]

She married Frederick Fort on 4 November 1750 in the Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster County, New York. ^[4]

Two children are recorded from the marriage to Frederick Fort:^[1][5]

1. Elizabeth, born 3 April 1753 (according to Ostrander, A Genealogical Record; source not identified); baptized in the Albany church on 15 April 1753;^[6] Her birthdate is calculated to be 7 February 1753 from the age given in the inscription on her gravestone. She married Jacob Kimmey.
2. Annatje, baptized 12 October 1755 in the Kingston church.

Frederick Fort died in 1756,^[5] and on 6 May 1758, Deborah married Petrus Burhans as her second husband. Children born to this marriage were:^[1][7]

1. David, baptized 3 June 1759
2. Henricus, baptized 10 May 1761
3. Deborah, born 2 October 1763
4. Annatje, baptized 13 April 1767
5. Lena.

According to Ostrander, A Genealogical Record, Deborah Burhans died after 1789.^[1]

Church Records

Marriage

• 1750. 4 Nov. Fredericus Fort, j. m., born and also resid. in Schachtic [Schagticoke], and Deborah Ostrander, j. d., born in Horli [Hurley] and resid. under the jurisdiction of Kingston. Banns registered, 21 Oct. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Ostrander, A Genealogical Record. Page 457.
2. ↑ Hoes, page 164 (record 3521)
3. ↑ Hoes, page 164 (record 3521)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Hoes, page 602, #1176.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Clarke, Profile for Fredrick Fort
6. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1750-1764. Part 4. Text: "Elizab., of Frederick Fort and Deborah Van Stande. Wit.: Maria and Petrus Belleway."
7. ↑ Clarke, Robert Gordon. Jacobs Burhans page, person #76

• Clarke, Robert Gordon. Jacobs Burhans page, Early New Netherland Settlers website. 13 April 2013.
• Clarke, Robert Gordon. Profile for Deborah <Hendrick> Ostrander on Pieter Carstensen page, person #157 , Early New Netherland Settlers website. 9 April 2013.
• Clarke, Robert Gordon. Profile for Frederick Fort, Early New Netherland Settlers website. Citing Ostrander A Genealogical Record by Emmett Ostrander 1660 - 1995 929.273 Os7cc page 457.
• Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (De Vinne Press, 1891)
• Oksner, Dorothy. Debora Ostrander F, b. 18 September 1726 (archived copy of web page), Jones-Lieberknecht Genealogy, p. 543. Citing Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, NY, 1660-1809.
• Ostrander, Emmett, Vinton P. Ostrander, and Collin Ostrander. Ostrander: A Genealogical Record, 1660-1995 (Ostrander Family Association, Walsworth Publishing Co, Marceline, Missouri, 1999.) [No source citations.]