Jan Chambers (abt. 1670 - bef. 1731)

Descendants

Died before 1731 before about age 61 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York Colony

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Biography

Birth

1670

Jan Chambers married Cornelia van Aaken by 1693. Their children included:

1. Andries, baptized 28 April 1693 in the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, New York.
2. Lysbet, baptized 8 March 1696.
3. Margriet, baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, New York, on 25 September 1698.^[1]
4. Eduard, baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, New York on 11 Aug 1706. ^[2].

The name of John Chambers appears on the tax assessment list for the Corporation of Kingston in 1714/5.^[3]

Jan Chambers died before 22 June 1731, when Cornelia Van Aaken, described as the widow of Jan Chambers, married Jan Van Etten, widower of Jannetjen Roosa, as her second husband. They resided in Hurley, Ulster County, New York. The marriage was recorded in the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, New York.^[4]

Church Records

Children's baptisms

• 1696. 8 March. Jan Chambers, Cornelia van Aaken. Lysbet. Wit: Marynus van Aaken, Pieternel du Prie.
• 1698. 25 Sept. Jan Chambers, Cornelia Van Aacken. Margriet. [No witnesses named.]

Widow's subsequent marriage

• 1731. 22 June. Jan Van Etten, widower of Jannetjen Roosa, and Cornelia Van Aaken, widow of Jan Chambers, born in Zeland, and both resid. in Horley [Hurley]. Banns registered, 30 May.

Sources

1. ↑ Hoes, page 54, #1062: 1698. Jan Chambers, Cornelia Van Aacken. Margriet, 25 Sept. [No witnesses named.]
2. ↑ "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBR-Z5F3 : Sat Nov 18 10:19:27 UTC 2023), Entry for Eduard Chambers and Jan Chambers.
3. ↑ Clearwater, page 66.
4. ↑ Hoes, page 560, #717: 1731. 22 June. Jan Van Etten, widower of Jannetjen Roosa, and Cornelia Van Aaken, widow of Jan Chambers, born in Zeland, and both resid. in Horley [Hurley]. Banns registered, 30 May.

• Clearwater, Alphonso. The History of Ulster County, New York (W.J. Van Deusen, Kingston, N.Y., 1907)
• Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (De Vinne Press, New York, 1891)
• McDonald, William. Richard Lounsberry & Elizabeth Pennoyer, Version 1, August 2010. Page 4

Acknowledgments

• This person was created on 13 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
• WikiTree profile Chambers-982 created through the import of donnamarshall.GED on Mar 1, 2012 by Donna Marshall.