Cathrina (Ringo) Bird (abt. 1691 - aft. 1725)

Born about 1691 in Amwell Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Elisha Elias Bird — married 1716 in NY

Descendants

Died after 1725 after about age 34 in New Jersey [uncertain]

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Biography

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Cathrina was born about 1691 as the sixth child of Albertus Philipzen Ringo and Jannetje Stoutenburg. Her father was a supporter of Jacob Leisler (Leisler Rebellion).^[1] After Leisler's execution in 1690, "Many of Leisler's followers fled the city after his execution. On May 19, 1690 Governor Sloughter issued a proclamation of amnesty for all except about 20 named individuals."^[2]

It is not known if Albertus and his family fled the city, however he does not appear in the records during this time and the Ringos' sixth child, Cathrina, has no baptism is shown for her unlike the rest of his children. Cathrina was likely born somewhere outside the city during this time.

Cathrina married Elisha Bird before 1717 when their son Jacobus was baptized. There is no marriage record for Cathrina and Elisha and no baptism records have been found for additional children.

Other children of Cathrina and Elisha:^[3]

• Albertis Bird, born about 08 Apr 1719; died Feb 1772, Hunterdon County, NJ.
• Effie Bird, born about 1720; died 1789.
• Rebecca Bird, born about 1720, New Jersey; died 1789; married REUBEN POWNAL, Bucks County, PA; born 1718; died 1784.
• Elisha Bird, born 1721, Hunterdon County, NJ; died 27 Dec 1821, Kingwood Township., Hunterdon County, NJ.

Church Records

• 1717 October 30. Jacobus. Father: Elijse Bird. Mother: Catharina Ringo. Wit: Willem van de Water and Aefje Ringo (sister and brother-in-law of Cathrina).^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ McCormick, Charles H. Leisler's Rebellion. Outstanding Studies in Early American History. New York: Garland. pg. 363, 370-371
2. ↑ Van Rensselaer, Mary Griswold Schuyler (1909). History of the City of New York in the Seventeenth Century: New Amsterdam. New York: Macmillan. pg. 562. [https://books.google.com/books?id=kPYyzy-KwZgC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false GoogleBooks.
3. ↑ Admin, By:. "Pieter Stoutenburg." Stoutenburgh-Teller Family Association. Accessed July 14, 2018.https://www.stoutenburgh-teller.com/family-history/descendants-of-pieter-stoutenburg-generation-3-by-albertus-ringo/
4. ↑ "WieWasWie". Document type: DTB Dopen; Institution name: Nationaal Archief, Den Haag. Collection region: Nieuw-Nederland. Registration date: 26-01-1680. Certificate place: Nieuw Amsterdam-New York Collection. Collegiate Church of New York. Aktesoort: Trouwboek https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/20685772

See also:

• NJGS. "Ringo, Rinkhout: Ringo, Albertus" njgsbc.org. Accessed 22 Dec 2016. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/