Rebecca (Roos) Rosa (bef. 1678)

Born before 20 Mar 1678 in Hurley, Province of New York [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Laurens Van Osterhout — married 4 May 1701 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York

Descendants

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Biography

Rebecca was born (according to her marriage record) at Hurley, New York, and was baptized on 20 March 1678 at the New York Reformed Dutch Church (in the city of New York), recorded as the child of Adriaen Albertszen Roos and Marie Adriaens. Sponsors were Stoffel Elsewaert and Margrietie Claes.^[1]

Rebecca Roosa married Laurens Oosterhout at the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, New York, on 4 May 1701. According to the record, she was born at and living in Hurley, and he was born at and living at Brabant.^[2]

Church Records

Baptism

• 1678. den 20 Mart. Adriaen Albertszen Roos, Marie Adriaens. Rebecca. Witnesses: Stoffel Elsewaert, Margrietie Claes.^[1]

Marriage

• 1701. 4 May. Laurens Oosterhout, j. m., born and resid. in Brabant," and Rebecca Roosa, j. d., born and resid. in Horle [Hurley]. Banns published, but dates not given.^[2]

Research Notes

LNAB is Roos, the name recorded for the father at Rebecca's baptism. Smith-62120 17:26, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Children born at Hurley (which is near Kingston, New York) would typically be baptized at the Kingston Reformed Dutch Church, and failure to find Rebecca's baptism in Kingston Church Records has led some researchers to question her baptism date and the identity of her parents.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Evans, page 131.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Hoes, page 517, marriage #172.
3. ↑ Lear, Corrections to “Proving the Nine Children of Arie 2 Roosa of Kingston,” page 305.

• Evans, Thomas Grier. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York. Baptisms from 25 December, 1639 to 27 December, 1730." Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol 2. New York: Printed for the Society, 1901.
• Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (De Vinne, New York, 1891)
• Lear, David L. Corrections to “Proving the Nine Children of Arie 2 Roosa of Kingston,” by Robert W. Hull, NYGBR 137 (2006), pages 31–39. "Additions and Corrections to Articles in The Record," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume: 139, Issue: 4 (October 2008), Pages 305-306.