Roelof Oosteroom (bef. 1698 - aft. 1765)

Born before 26 Jan 1698 in Kingston, Ulster County, Province of New York

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Raeljee) Relyea — married [date unknown] in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York

Descendants

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Biography

Roelof was baptized on 26 June 1698 by a domine of the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, New York. He was recorded as the child of Jan Oosteroom and Magteltje Roelofs.^[1]

Roelof married Maria Relje. They had son Rulof baptized 30 Oct. 1726 and he was most likely the Roelof Oostrom Jr. in Crum Elbow Precinct. Roelof Oostrun was taxed in South Ward and Rombout Precinct from Feb. 1724/25 through 1738. He was a Deacon at the Poughkeepsie Reformed Church in January 1753.^[2]

He witnessed the birth of grandson Roelof, son of Henric Oostrum and Mareitje Westfaal, on 20 August 1758 in the Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie and the Flats, Dutchess County, New York. ^[3]

Marriage

ABT 1721 Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY

Church Records

Baptism:

• 1698 Jun 26 Roelof, Jan Oosteroom, Magteltje Roelofs. Wit.: Hendrick Oosteroom, Jannetje Oosterooms. ^[1]

Children's Baptisms:

1. 1722, Jany. 3, Roelof Oostrum, Marytjen Relje. Jan. Wit. Hendrik Oosterom, Grietjen Oosterom. ^[4]
2. 1725, Juane 1, Roelof Oostrum, Marytjen Relyea. Dine. Wit. Johannes Oosterum, Jannetje Raljee. ^[5]
3. 1726, Oct 30, In the home of Willem Lassing, In the Hoogslant, 4 weeks old, Ruloff, Ruloff Osterhout, Maretje, Wit. Jan Osterhout, Blandina, his wife. He and his wife also witnessed, on the same day, the baptism of his brother, Jan's, son Jan.^[6]
4. 1731, June 27, B. Apr. 1 1731, Hendryk, Rulof Osterum, Marytje_, Wit. Hendryk Philip, Marytje, his wife.^[7]
5. 1732, Mar 17, Barent Oosterom, (Roelof Oosterom and Maria Relje) Wit. Barent Van Kleeck, Antonette Palmentier, Lower Rhinebeck, ^[8][9]
6. 1736, June 25, Roelof Oosterum, Marytie Relje, Magtel, Wit., Koert Van Voorhees, Catharina Fillikes^[10]
7. 1740, May 9, Roelof Oostrom, Marytjen Relje, Jannetjen, Wit. Johannes Reynders, Helena Van der bogaart. ^[11]

Baptismal Witness:

• 1758. Roelof, bo. July 14. Henric Oostrum, Mareitje Westfaal. Witnesses: Roelof Oostrum, Marytje Railje.^[3]

Research Notes

LNAB

Oosteroom is the surname recorded for Roelof's father at Roelof's baptism. Quackenbush-118 22:05, 26 March 2017 (EDT)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York: (formerly Named Wiltwyck, and Often Familiarly Called Esopus or 'Sopus), for One Hundred and Fifty Years from Their Commencement in 1660 , (De Vinne Press, New York, 1891) , page 53.
2. ↑ Doherty, Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 9, p. 717: Roelof as Poughkeepsie (Reformed) Church Deacon, January 1753.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Poughkeepsie and The Flats, Book 39. Accessed at Ancestry.com.
4. ↑ Family Search Film # 007862549, Image 472 of 1202, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-4QZK-S?i=476&cc=2787817
5. ↑ Family Search Film # 007862549, Image 477 of 1202, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-4QZK-S?i=476&cc=2787817
6. ↑ Family Search Film # 007582833, Image 717 of 1076. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9XR-FN4Q?i=716&cat=410456
7. ↑ Family Search Film # 007582833, Image 742 of 1076, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9XR-FN3J?i=741&cat=410456
8. ↑ The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. United States: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1909, pg 250, The Dutcher Family, Walter Griffin. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_New_York_Genealogical_and_Biographic/MOgnAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 .
9. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HN-9TB : 20 January 2020), Rudolp Osterhout in entry for Barent Osterhout, 1734.
10. ↑ Church Records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Fishkill, Baptisms beginning 1731, https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?page=1&place=4610541&rmsId=TH-909-58558-82744-43&imageIndex=71&singleView=true .
11. ↑ Family Search Film # 007862549, Image 482 of 1202, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-4QXG-5?i=481&cc=2787817

• Doherty, Frank J., The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (F.J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY, 1990-ongoing)
• Wardell, Patricia A. "Van Oosterom, Van Ostrum: Roelof Jansen Oosteroom" . Accessed 17 Oct 2016. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 13 September 2010.
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