Elisabeth (Muller) Larrowa (1735)

Born May 1735 in Germantown, New York

Ancestors

Wife of Jonas Larroway UE — married 16 Feb 1754 in Schoharie, Albany County, New York

Descendants

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Biography

Elisabet was born in the Province of New York, probably at East Camp, which later became Germantown, New York, to parents whose families had arrived in New York as part of the Palatine migration of 1709-1710. A St. Peter’s Rhinebeck baptism record for Elisabet March 30 1735 lists her parents as Johan Nicol Muller and Maria Dortea.^[1] The age reported for her in 1783 suggests a birth date in 1736.

Jonas Larrowa, recorded as the son of Piter, born at Schoharie, was married on 16 February 1754 to Elisabeth ("Betsy") Muller, daughter of Niclaas, born "in the Camp" (probably East Camp or West Camp, New York). They married in the High and Low Dutch Reformed Congregation, Schoharie, New York. Both were residents of Schoharie.^[2][3]

During the American Revolutionary War, her husband Jonas Larraway was a Loyalist who fought in Butler's Rangers.^[4] After the war, the family settled at Niagara, Ontario (then known as the western part of the Montreal district of the Province of Quebec; after 1791 it became Upper Canada). Jonas Larway, age 52, was recorded (and allocated rations) at Niagara on 30 November 1783, as listed on "Return of Persons under the Description of Loyalists, Specifying the Number, Ages, and Sexes of each family in Capt. John McDonnell's Company in the Corps of Rangers at Niagara." Betsy Larway, age 47 years 7 months, appears with him on the record. Their children on the record were Isaac Larway, age 22 years, 1 month; Jacob Larway 21 years 3 months; Jonis Larway 7 years 5 months; Dority Larway, age 19; Mary Larway, age 17 years 3 months; Hanny Larway, age 8 years 6 months; and Eave Larway, age 7 years 2 months.^[5] She presumably is the woman recorded in the household of Jonas Lauroway in a 1787 census of recent settlers west of the Niagara River, entitled "Return of Loyalists & disbanded troops Settled in this District of Niagara West from Mill Creek." The record, dated 17 September 1787, listed Jonas Lauroway as a head of a five-person household consisting of himself, 1 woman, 1 boy over 10 (presumably son Jonas), and 2 girls (presumably daughters Hannah and Eva).^[6]

Church Records

Marriage

• 1754. Feb 16. Jonas Larrowa, sn of Piter, b. Schogharie, liv here, and Elisabeth Muller, dau of Niclaas, b. in the Camp, liv here.^[7]

Children's baptisms

1. 1755. Sept. 11. Jonas Larrowa, Elisabeth Larrowa. Peter. Witnesses: Peter Larrowa, Maria his wife.^[8]
2. 1757. Apr. 24. Jonas Larwa, Elizabeth Larwa. Abraham. Witnesses: Pieter Larwa, Jannitje Larwa.^[9]
3. 1759. Feb. 25. Jonas Larowa, Elisabeth Miller. Nicholas. Witnesses: Nicholas Miller, Marytje Miller..^[10]
4. 1761. Mar. 6. Jonas Larrewa, Elizabeth Larrewa. Isack. Witnesses: Isaac Larrewa, Dina Larrewa.^[11]
5. 1763. Mar. 10. Jonas Larrawa and his wife. Doritie. Witnesses: Isak Van Aelsteyn, his sister Larrawa. ^[12]
6. 1765. June 23. Jonas Larrawa and his wife. Jacob. Witnesses: Abraham Larrawa, Jannetie Larrawa.^[13]
7. 1767. Oct. 19. Jonas Larrowa, Elisabeth Muller. Peter. Witnesses: Peter Bekker & wife Maria.^[14]
8. 1770. June 24. Jonas Larrowa, Elisabeth. David. Witnesses: David Bekker & wife Geertruid.^[15]
9. 1776. March 27. Jonas Larrowa, Elisabeth. Jonas, Eva, born March 14. Witnesses: Fredrick Basler, Jacob Muller, Eva Dietz, Margareth Fisher.^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ St. Peter's is the name of a Lutheran church in Rhinebeck, New York. This record may be from a source such as one of the Kinship Books.
2. ↑ "New York Marriages, 1686-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F63H-N3D : 21 January 2020), Jonas Larrowa, 1754.
3. ↑ Marriages, Dutch Reformed Church, Schoharie, 1732-1755. Transcribed by Betty Fink, accessed on BettyFinkGenealogy.com website. Data:1754. Feb 16. Jonas Larrowa, sn of Piter, b. Schogharie, liv here, and Elisabeth Muller, dau of Niclaas, b. in the Camp, liv here.
4. ↑ Van Deusen, A. H. "Butler's Rangers." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 31 (1900), pages 12-18.
5. ↑ Crowder, Norman K. Early Ontario Settlers: A Source Book. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1993. Page 16. Page image retrieved from Ancestry.ca Early Ontario Settlers and shared on Ancestry.com at Jonas Le Roy/Larraway, 30 Nov 1783. Portions of the page are visible via snippet search at Google Books. Note: These ages are not necessarily precisely accurate; for example, "Jonis" and "Eave" were twins and both were 7 years 8 months old in November 1783.
6. ↑ The 1787 Census of Heads of Households of North Niagara, The Niagara Settlers website of R. Robert Mutrie, citing “Hamilton’s note to Quebec re Settlers” in the collection of the National Library and Archives in Ottawa, Ontario (RG 4 – A1, Volume 34, Document numbers 11001-11014).
7. ↑ Marriages, Dutch Reformed Church, Schoharie, 1732-1755. Transcribed by Betty Fink, accessed on BettyFinkGenealogy.com website.
8. ↑ Schoharie Dutch Church Records. Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Church Records of Niskayuna and Schoharie, Book 36. Handwritten transcript of church register, accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_2421401696_0496-00069
9. ↑ "Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church of Catskill, Greene County, New York." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 86 (1955), page 21.
10. ↑ Schoharie Dutch Church Records. Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Church Records of Niskayuna and Schoharie, Book 36. Handwritten transcript of church register, accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_2421401696_0496-00074
11. ↑ "Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church of Catskill, Greene County, New York." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 86 (1955), page 22.
12. ↑ "Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church of Catskill, Greene County, New York." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 86 (1955), page 24.
13. ↑ "Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church of Catskill, Greene County, New York." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 86 (1955), page 93.
14. ↑ Schoharie Dutch Church Records. Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Church Records of Niskayuna and Schoharie, Book 36. Handwritten transcript of church register, accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_2421401696_0496-00086
15. ↑ Schoharie Dutch Church Records. Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Church Records of Niskayuna and Schoharie, Book 36. Handwritten transcript of church register, accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_2421401696_0496-00092
16. ↑ Berne baptisms, Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Schenectady, Berne, and Schaghticoke, Book 5. Handwritten transcript of church register, accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_1521003239_0774-00006

• NY Births and Christenings db (transcriptions) in FamilySearch.
• U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 db (images) in Ancestry; Holland Society of New York; New York, New York - Niskayuna - Schoharie Book 36.

Inherited Sources (use unclear)

U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Schenectady Baptisms, Vol 4, Book 44

U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Schenectady Marriages, Vol 5, Book 45

Acknowledgements

• This person was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.