Roelof Duryea (1765 - 1849)

Born 16 Nov 1765 in Hempstead, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Charlotte (Waters) Duryea — married 14 Jun 1787 in Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, New York, USA

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1849 at age 83 in Hempstead, NY, USA

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Biography

From the Documentary History of the Nederdeutsche Gemeente

RULEF DURYEA, Major of Island Trees, son of John and Ann Pratt, b. Nov. 16, 1765; bp. Dec. 28, 1766, in W. H.; d. Feb. 6, 1849; m., June 14, 1787, at Hd., Charlotte Waters, b. Jan. 4, 1771; d. Jan. 13, 1843. He was given a legacy by his grandfather Joost. They are bd. at Plain Edge. Issue :

John, m. Phebe Ketcham.

Elizabeth (Eliza), b. Jan. 4, 1791; d. Aug. 6, 1867; m. James Smith.

Mary Ann, m. Roloft Duryea.

Catherine, b. Sep. 6, 1797; m. William Smith.

Elbert T., m. Sarah Ann. .

Henry W., m. Margaret Nostrand.

Jane, b. Nov. 16, 1810; m. Andrew Powell.

Baptism

28 December 1776 is the year a typo for 1766?, Hempstead, New York

NOTE: The NYGBR publication of the Wolver Hollow church records shows the child of Johannes Derye and Nenni Prett baptized on 28 December 1766 as Johannes, not Rulef.^[1] The 1912 publication of the record book also has the name as Johannes, at page 16.

Marriage

1787 - June 14 - Married: "Rulef Duryee and Charlotte Waters."

Occupation

Major in the Kings County Militia

Burial

February 1849, Plainedge, New York

Sources

1. ↑ "Reformed Dutch Church of Wolver Hollow (Oyster Bay), Long Island," Baptismal Record, New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume: 73 (1942), Issue: 2, Page: 122.

• Adventures for God: a history of St. George's Episcopal Church, Hempstead, Long Island, New York

unknown, 1932. Page 200

• "The Charles Duryee family"

by Duryee, Harold T. Published in Canfield, Ohio 1955

• "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Oyster Bay, L.I., 1741-1835" the Wolver Hollow Church.

Published 1912 in New York .

Note: Family Church of the Duryea's

• Stoutenburgh, Henry Augustus. A Documentary History of het (the) Nederdeutsche Gemeente, Dutch Congregation, of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Island of Nassau, Now Long Island, New York : Knickerbocker Press, 1902; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/cu31924028825012 : accessed 28 November 2023).

• Methodist Cemetery/Lyceum - Plainedge Cemetery Inscription Records compiled by DAR of Oyster Bay 1941 and copy received from Oyster Bay Historical Society.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Duryea-47 created through the import of MurphyFamily.ged on Aug 17, 2011 by Dawn Kasper. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Dawn and others.