Sybout Ecker (1698 - 1771)

Born 8 Mar 1698 in Philipsburg Manor, Westchester, New York Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Altie de Ronde — married 7 Oct 1720 in New Barbados Township, Bergen, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 26 Jul 1771 at age 73 in Philipsburg Manor, Westchester, New York Colony

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Biography

Sybout Acker/Ecker was born to Wolfert and Maretje (Crankheit) Sibouts Acker/Ecker on 8 March 1698 in Yonkers (now Sleepy Hollow). He was their second son. He died there 26 July 1771, "aged 72 years , 4, months and 19 days."^[1].

Sybout and Aeltie Ecker had:^[2]

• Wolfert, baptized 21 April 1721, married Angeltie ___, died before 1753, leaving everything to his grandfather under his will dated 1746
• Magdelena
• William,
• Abraham
• Rachel,
• Lea,
• Maritie
• Jan

Son of Wolfert & Maretje "Maritie" Sibouts (Crankheit) Acker/Ecker (on his birth record his mother is listed as Maritje Storm and his father as Wolfert Ecker) - Baptized 2 Aug 1698 - His name has been spelled Sibout, Sybout, Sibet and Siber Acker/Ecker (his headstone reads Sibet)

Married Aeltje de Ronde on 7 Oct 1720 in Phillipsburg, Westchester, NY

He is buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester, NY

Research Notes

From "Eckers Family of Westchester County," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 143 (2012), page 219:

SYBOUT ECKER, born in Philipsburgh 8 March 1698 and baptized there 2 August 1698; died 25 July (administration) or 26 July (tombstone) 1771; married in Hackensack 7 October 1720 AELTJE DE RONDE, born on the “manor of Kortlandt” and died probably after 9 November 1740 (child baptized), daughter of William Hendricks de Ronde and Magdalena Mattys Brower.

He married Altie de Ronde in Hackensack in 1720^[3]

He passed away in 1771.

Notes

We read in Find A Grave: Memorial #185037591: Zybout Ecker Birth: 8 Mar 1698 Death: 25 Jul 1771 (aged 73) Burial: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA Memorial #: 185037591 Bio: Son of Wolfert Ecker and Marritie Siboudtse.

Zybout Ecker was born on 8 March 1698 at Philipsburgh, Westchester Co., New York. Carolyn Nash, "Steffen Eckers and Styntje Jans Snedeker, Progenitors of the Westchester County Ecker/Acker Family, and a Relationship to Jochem Wouters van Weert", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 143, pp. 85-94, 216-225 (2012): 143:219.

He married Altie de Ronde, daughter of Willem Hendrickszen and Magdalena Brouwer, at Dutch Reformed Church, Hackensack, Bergen Co., New Jersey, on 7 October 1720 "Sibout Ackers, y.m., b. and l. at manor of Flipsburgh, Aaltie DeRonde, y.d., b. and l. at manor of Kortlandt." First Reformed Church (Hackensack N.J.), Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey (New York: Collections of the Holland Society, 1891), Hack:42.

He was named in his father's will dated on 25 March 1753. Will dated 25 March 1753 proved 3 Apr 1754. Leaves his estate to his wife Marritie and son Stephen. Mentions, "the child of my grandson Wolfert Ecker, the son of Sybout Ecker." Mentions children Sybout, Abraham and Marritje. Witnessed by Wolvert Ecker, Peter Boukhout, Jacob Dyckman. William S. Pelietreau, Early Wills of Westchester County, New York From 1664-1784 (New York: Francis P. Harper, 1898), pp.129-130.

Children by Altie de Ronde b. 1701: Wolefart Ecker b. 18 Apr 1721, d. between 25 Mar 1753 and 3 Apr 1754 First Record Book of the "Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow," organized in 1697, and now the First Reformed Church of Tarrytown, NY (Yonkers, NY: Yonkers Historical and Library Assoc., 1901), 4th Book, p.45, no.420. Parents Sybout Ecker, Aeltie his wife.

Magdalena Ecker b. 6 Nov 1722 Ibid., p.47, no.456. Parents: Zybout Ecker, Aeltie his wife.

Willem Ecker b. 25 Apr 1724 Ibid., p.48, no.493. Parents: Sybout Ecker, Aeltie his wife.

Abraham Ecker b. 4 Sep 1725 Ibid., p.51, no.544. Parents: Sybout Ecker, Aeltie his wife.

Raghel Ecker b. 4 Sep 1725 Ibid., p.51, no.545. Parents: Sybout Ecker, Aeltie his wife.

Marrethen Ecker b. 24 Jun 1727, d. before Nov 1728 Ibid., p.54, no.589. Parents: Sybout Ecker, Aeltie his wife.

Marrethen Ecker b. 2 Nov 1728 Ibid., p.56, no.635. Parents: Sybout Ecker, Aeltie his wife.

Lea Ecker b. 19 Jun 1731 Ibid., p.60, no.713. Parents: Sybout Ecker, Aeltie his wife.

Jan Ecker b. 17 Apr 1733 Ibid., p.62, no.767. Parents: Sybout Ecker, Aaltie his wife.

Catharina Ecker b. 20 Nov 1736 Ibid., p.68, no.884. Parents: Zybout Ecker, Aaltie his wife.

Aeltie Ecker b. 24 Oct 1738 Ibid., p.71, no.947. Parents: Sybout Ecker, Aaltie his wife.

Annatie Ecker b. 9 Nov 1740 Ibid., p.74, no.1004. Parents: Syboudt Ecker, Aeltie his wife.

Zybout Ecker died on 25 July 1771; (or 26 July 1771). Carolyn Nash, "Steffen Eckers and Styntje Jans Snedeker, Progenitors of the Westchester County Ecker/Acker Family, and a Relationship to Jochem Wouters van Weert", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 143, pp. 85-94, 216-225 (2012): 143:219. Administration of estate gives the date of 25 July 1771, while his gravestone reads 26 July 1771.

Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm

Family Members Parents Wolfert Ecker Marritie Siboudtse Ecker 1672-Unknown Spouse Altie De Ronde Ecker 1701-Unknown Siblings Abraham Ecker 1703-1772 Created by: cchldrss (49126320) Added: 7 Nov 2017 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185037591/zybout-ecker Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 January 2021), memorial page for Zybout Ecker (8 Mar 1698–25 Jul 1771), Find a Grave Memorial no. 185037591, citing Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA ; Maintained by cchldrss (contributor 49126320) .

Sources

1. ↑ transcription from Gravestone in the old Dutch Churchyard, taken down by Raymond, Marcius D., complier, Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, NY, 1894, p. 104.
2. ↑ Raymond, Marcius D., complier, Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, NY, 1894, p. 102, 104.
3. ↑ "New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGPN-VWGD : 3 October 2019), Sibout Ackers and Aaltie De Ronde, ; citing Marriage, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey.

• US Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9916948
• Find A Grave: Memorial #185037591