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Abraham Schellinx (abt. 1658 - 1712)

Abraham Schellinx aka Schellinger
Born about in East Hampton, Suffolk, New Amsterdammap
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Brother of [half], [half], , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 15 Nov 1688 in New Yorkmap
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Father of , , , and
Died at about age 53 in Amagansett, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial Americamap
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Biography

Abraham Schellinger aka Schellinx (son of Jacobus): birth as 11 Feb 1659, baptism 20 Sep 1662 in New Amsterdam.[1][2]

Church Records

20 Sep 1662 Abraham, son of Jacobus Schellinger and Cornelia Melyns. Witness Mariken Paradys, in RDC Manhattan Collegiate Church. [3]

Today the surname can be found "Abrams Landing" on Gardiner's Bay, off Long Island. Also there is "Abrams Path".

Marriage: Abraham Schellinger (1659-1712) 15 Nov 1688 East Hampton LI, to Joanna Barnes. [4]

Children:

  1. Johannah / Johanna 3 b. Dec. 1689. m. Samuel Ogden of Newark, N. J. Sept. 10, 1707.
  2. Rachel 3 b. Nov. 8, 1691, m. David Gardiner, of Gardiner's Island, April 15, 1713.
  3. William 3 b. April 9, 1694, was drowned Feb. 24, 1719, had wife Phebe his widow and infant sons William, Abraham. The widow Phebe m. Abraham Nott Oct. 8, 1722.
  4. Abraham 3 b. June 29, 1697, d. Nov. 5, 1718.
  5. Isaac b. March 17, 1699, no further trace.
  6. Anne or Amy 3 b. June 7, 1701, m. Joshua Plumb of New London, Ct. Nov. 11, 1723;
  7. Zerviah 3 b. Aug. 15, 1705, m. Samuel Hudson Nov. 9, 1722. [5]

Will: Abraham Schellinx of East Hampton, Suffolk, NY to eldest son William all land in Amagansett, son Abraham one-half of Plumb Island as it is agreed upon and divided with Samuel Bebee and myself, to son Isaac three tracts od land in Westchester which I formerly bought of Robert Walters by deed dated 6 April 1705. Rest to all my children Johannah, Rachel, William, Abraham, Isaac, Anne and Zachariah (Zerviah?) to be paid to them when they come of age. Appointed Capt. Abraham Howell, Capt. Theo. Howell, Ebenezer White, Capt. Thomas Chatfield, William Schellinx and Isaac Hedges as exe. Dated 7 March 1709/10, proved 27 March 1712. Calendar of New York Wills Liber 8. [6]

Death: 1 Jan 1712 at East Hampton, NY.

Note: Abraham's second wife, Phillipa nee Hathaway, received the financial support of the church for several years and is listed as "non compos mentis". In these records it states that her husband was lost at sea, "lost in his many parts over the sea". Phillipa's daughter is also named as visiting and as a guardian. She was married to Abraham on 6 Oct, 1710, less than two years prior to his death. [7]

Sources

  1. ↑ Chambers "Early Germans of New Jersey."
  2. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HY-6JD : 11 February 2018), Abraham Schellinger, 20 Sep 1662; citing REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 17,503.
  3. ↑ RDC Manhattan Collegiate Church, Ecclesiastical Records, Baptisms, Members, Marriages, 1639-1774. Image 222 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/43103_356289-00227?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=d94922451bed541d0223a72c02c350a3&usePUB=true&_phsrc=IzZ1566&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.259499340.776259929.1598317044-1670828725.1591635556&pId=2568820
  4. ↑ page 656 New England Marriages Prior to 1700 By Clarence Almon Torrey
  5. ↑ Genealogy of East Hampton Families http://longislandgenealogy.com/geneh4.html
  6. ↑ Page 118 https://ia902704.us.archive.org/24/items/abstractswillso07kellgoog/abstractswillso07kellgoog.pdf
  7. ↑ Dutch Reformed Church records.




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Meehan-411 Beryl Meehan
Here's the son Isaac: (spellings are as the abstract). Some say his wife Rachel is nee Miller (1702-1779)

1769, Nov. 13. Schellenx, Isaac, of Elizabeth Borough, Essex Co.; will of. I, Isaac "Scanlang", desire my wife, Rachel, to pay my debts. To my kinsmen, Matthias Ogden, son of Samuel Ogden, and William Hushson, son of Samuel Hushson, in Morris Town, the house and land where I live, and my wife to have and at her death to be to them. Exe: Matthias Ogden and William Hushson. Wits. John Borrows, Cornelius Miller, John Ogden. Proved Jan. 4, 1770. Letters to Matthias Ogden and William Hudson, as Executors. Lib. K, p. 166. page 372-3 https://ia802700.us.archive.org/27/items/calendarofnewjer03newj/calendarofnewjer03newj.pdf

posted by Beryl Meehan

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