Jannetje (Couwenhoven) Schenck (1714 - 1792)

Born 6 Oct 1714 in Flatlands, Kings, New York

Ancestors

Wife of Gerrit Schenck — married Nov 1736 in Flatlands, Kings, New York

Descendants

Died 14 Feb 1792 at age 77 in Holmdel, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Jannetje was born 6 October 1714.

Jannetje Couwenhoven married twice: 1st Marriage 1 Jacobus <Andries> Emans b: ABT 1714, their child was Jacoba <Jacobus> Emans b: 7 OCT 1733 and 2nd Marriage 2 Gerrit <Gerrit> Schenck b: 30 AUG 1712 in Holmdel, Monmouth County, New Jersey•Married: NOVEMBER 1737 in Flatlands, Kings County, New York, their children:

1. Neeltje <Gerrit> Schenck b: 24 AUG 1737
2. Gerrit <Gerrit> Schenck b: 24 OCT 1743
3. John <Gerrit> Schenck b: 28 AUG 1745 in Pleasant Valley, Monmouth County, New Jersey
4. Antje <Gerrit> Schenck b: 23 JUL 1747
5. Sarah <Gerrit> Schenck b: 11 NOV 1749
6. Maria <Gerrit> Schenck b: 6 JAN 1752
7. Jannetje <Gerrit> Schenck b: 18 JUN 1754 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey
8. Catherine <Gerrit> Schenck b: SEPTEMBER 1756. ^[1]

Her Patriotic Service during the Revolutionary War

Jannetje (Couwenhoven) Schenck performed Patriotic Service in New Jersey in the American Revolution.

Jannetje (Couwenhoven) Schenck is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A210638.

Schenck, Jannetje Covenhoven is DAR Ancestor #: A210638. She paid the Supply Tax in October 1779 and July 1780. The DAR lists her birth: 10-6-1714 and death: 2-14-1792 Middletown Twp, Monmouth, New Jersey. Spouse: Garret Schenck. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Family Data posted by R G Clarke on family trees
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 20 May 2018), "Record of Schenck, Jannetje Covenhoven", Ancestor # A210638.

See also:

• Reverend William Schenck by A D Schenck 1883 page 40
• The Van Voorhees Family by Elias Van Voorhis 1888 page 161
• An Emmons Genealogy by Corwin J Emmons 1983 page 2-3