Rachel (Le Fevre) Bevier (1728 - bef. 1764)

Born 23 Jun 1728 in New Paltz, Ulster, Province of New York

Ancestors

Wife of Johannes Bevier — married 10 Aug 1747 in Wawarsing, Ulster, Province of New York

Descendants

Died before 1764 before age 35 in Wawarsing, Ulster, Province of New York

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Biography

Kingston baptism record for Rachel June 23 1728, #3753 in Hoes, lists parents as Andries le-Feeber and Cornelia Blans-Jan. Witnesses were Joel and Catrina du Bois.

After the Banns were published on 1748 Aug 9, Rachel was married to Johannes Bevier Jr, 1748 Sep 5 by Cornelis Dupuy, justice of the peace. ^[1] Their children are Sarah ^[2], Andries LeFevre ^[3], Conrad ^[4], and Cornelius ^[5]

There is a memorial for a Rachel Lefever wife of Johenes Dubois at the Wagendahl Cemetery with the date April 1 1835. ^[6]

Notes

• LeFevre gives the name of her husband as Johannes Bevier also, of Wawarsing. This is also the name of her sister Magdalen's husband, but not sure of where he is of.

Sources

1. ↑ Vosburgh p 47, entry 1
2. ↑ Vosburgh p 10, entry 22

   1752 Jan 16: baptism of Sara. Parents: Johannes Bevier , Rachel Le Fever . Witnesses: Samuel Bevier Jr and Sara Le Fever .

3. ↑ Vosburgh p 10, entry 35.

   1754 Mar 20: baptism of Andries Le Fever. Parents: Johannes Bevier Jr , Rachel Le Fever . Witnesses: Mattheus Le Fever and his wife Margriet Bevier .

4. ↑ Vosburgh p 12, entry 56.

   1758 May 7: baptism of Koonaert. Parents: Johannis Bevoier Jr , 'Rakelje Me Feever . Witnesses Cornelus Coenraet 'Vernooy and Sara 'Vernooy .

5. ↑ Vosburgh p 12, entry 67.

   1762 (Feb 9): baptism of (Cornelis (1760)). Parents: Johannes Bovier , Rachel Lefever . Witnesses: (manuscript destroyed).

6. ↑ Find A Grave: Wagendahl Cemetery memorial 103502605, memorial photo posted 2013 by Haviland Heidgerd Historical Collection.

   Inscription: April 1 1835, Rachel, Lefever, wife of, Johenes, Dubois.

• LeFevre, Ralph, History of New Paltz, New York and its old families (from 1678 to 1820): Including the Huguenot pioneers and others who settled in New Paltz Previous to the Revolution. (Albany, New York: Fort Orange Press 1903)

• Bevier, Katherine. "The Bevier Family: A History of the Descendants of Louis Bevier, Who came from France to America in 1675 after a sojourn of ten years in the Palatinate and settled in New Paltz, New York." New York, New York: Tobias A. Wright Publisher, 1916.

• Green , Richard Henry, editor The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol L, 1919 and Vol. LI, 1920

• Vosburgh, Royden Woodward. Record of The Reformed Dutch Church of Wawarsing, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (NYGBS, New York, 1920) Vol. 51, Page 47.