Johannes was baptized on 15 August 1703 in the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, New York. He is the son of Jan Hendricksen and Machteltje Roelofs.
He married Jannetje Relje by 1723.
A Johannes Osterum was one of the "Inhabitants, Residents, and Freeholders" of the South Ward of Dutchess County (which later became Putnam County) who were assessed tax on 16 January 1723/4.[1]
Church Records
Baptism:
1703. 15 August. Jan Oosteroom, Magteltje de Duytser. Johannes. Wit.: Pieter du Boys, Jacomyntje Fynhout. [2]
Children's Baptisms:
1723 Sept 11, Johannes Oostrom, Jammetje Relje, Jannetjen, Wit. Roelof Oostrom, Marytjen Ralje. Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie, Baptisms: 1716- [3]
1731, June 27, B. Mch. 19 1731, Tryntji, Joh Osterum, Jannetje, Wit, Jan Osterum, Claudyne. Trinity Church, [5]
1739 Baptisms, Trinity Sunday at P---- Landing, B. June 2 1739, Johanna, Hannes Osterum, Janneke, Wit. Cornelis Van Aken, Hester Rallie. Trinity Lutheran Church [6]
Sources
↑ Historical and genealogical record, Dutchess and Putnam counties, page 80.
↑ Hoes. page 70. Also indexed on Family Search in "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGR4-59ND : 10 October 2019), Johannes Oosteroom; citing Birth, New York, United States, multiple churches, New York.
↑ Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (De Vinne Press, New York, 1891) , page 161, #3447
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Johannes by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
---OSTROM w: More Baptisms, Garth Ostrum, Rootsweb Post, 2008, https://web.archive.org/web/20200527000604/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/ostrom.rootsweb.com/thread/2431852/ .
Is this the daughter of Johannes and Jannetjen? Cousin Jannetje Oosteroom (bef.1740-) would be young at age 15.
Hendric Pels (bef.1686-) could be the husband's father.
edited by Mark Weinheimer