Rebecka (Andriesen) Smith (abt. 1699 - 1785)

Born about 6 Jan 1699 in Burlington, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of John Smith — married 1717 in New Jersey

Descendants

Died 12 Aug 1785 at about age 86 in Cedar Creek, Randolph, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Rebecka Andriesen (aka Anderson) was one of eight children born to Cornelius Andriesen and Annetje Opdyck of New York: Eliakim, John, Abraham, Cornelius, Bartholomew, Andrew, and Fransinah.

She was born about 6 Jan 1699 in Burlington County, New Jersey, which became Hunterdon County in 1714. Rebecka and her brothers, Abraham, Bartholomew, and Andrew were baptized on 6 June 1710 at the Reformed Nether Dutch Church, in Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania, by Rev. Paulus van Vleq, ^[1]

Rebecka married John Smith about 1717/1718. Their children include:

• 1. Andrew Smith, 1718–1775
• 2. Thomas Smith, 1720–1751
• 3. James Smith, 1730–1781
• 4. Catherine Smith, 1735–1783
• 5. Samuel Smith, 1737–Deceased
• 6 Anderson John Smith, 1743–1809
• 7. Francina Smith, 1746–1811

Rebecka died 12 Aug 1785 (aged 86) in Rowan County, North Carolina and was buried at Eatons Baptist Church Cemetery in Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina, United States. ^[2]

Research Notes

Rebecka's father, [Cornelius Anderson, son of Joachim Andrieszen] married Annetje Opdyck in 1690 in Hopewell Twp. They had eight children: Eliakim in 1690, John, Abraham, Cornelius in 1698, Rebecca in 1700, Bartholomew in 1706, Andrew about 1710 and Fransinah about 1714. The birth years of the other two are unknown.

Rebecka's grandparents, Jochem Andriessen (aka Anderson) and Emmete Jans migrated from Amsterdam, Holland and settled in Newtown, Long Island, New York. Jochem was founder of Elizabethtown, NJ. Three of Jochem's sons, Enoch, Cornelius and Joshua married three of the daughters of Johannes Opdyck and removed to live in Johannes household, to New Jersey in the late seventeenth century. ^[3]

Rebecka, who married John Smith, had a sister, Catherine Cornelisse (Anderson) Vannoy (1697-1727). Catherine married Francis Vannoy (1688-1774) in 1715. Some researchers have listed Francis Vannoy’s wife as Rebecca Anderson rather than Catherine Anderson. One source has even combined the names and called her Catherine Rebecca Anderson. That Francis’ wife Catherine was the daughter of Cornelius Anderson is proven by the inclusion of Francis Vannoy in the will of Cornelius Anderson which was filed in Hunterdon County on May 30, 1724. That her name was Catherine is shown by a deed from Francis and Catherine Vannoy dated 16 August 1716 in Kent County, Delaware.

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2V2-HCV : 15 February 2020), Rebecka Andriesen, 1710.
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207793573/rebecca-smith
3. ↑ Colonial Families of the United States

• Origins of the Jersey Settlement of Rowan County, North Carolina. First Families of Jersey Settlement. By Ethel Stroupe 1996. (Reprinted by permission of the author from vol. 11, no. 1, February 1996, Rowan County Register, PO Box 1948, Salisbury, NC 28145))

• http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/mckstmerjersey.htm