Marten Roelofse Schenck (1661 - 1727)

Born 2 Jan 1661 in Flatlands, Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, New Netherland

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna Abrahams (Brinkerhoff) Brinckerhoff — married 20 Jun 1686 in Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, NY Colony

Husband of Lysbeth Minne — married 11 Apr 1693 in New York

Descendants

Died 2 May 1727 at age 66 in Flatlands, Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, Province of New York

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Biography

Marten Roelofse Schenck was b. 22 Jan 1661 Flatlands, NY. He is the son of Roelof Martense Schenck and Neeltje van Couwenhoven. Martin married 3 times: first to Susanna Brinkerhoff, married June 13, 1686 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., Long Island, NY Colony; 2nd to Elizabeth Minne (van Voorhees), married 11 APR 1693; 3rd to Jannetje Voorhees, married 24 JUN 1704. He died 2 May 1727 in King's County, New York. Information on this family from numerous sources.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Birth

• Martin Roelofse Schenck, son of Roelof and Neeltje Gerretse Van Couwenhoven, was born January 2, 1661 at Flatlands, New York.^[7][8]

Inheritance

• Marten Roelofse Schenck named in his father's will of 4 September 1704, to inherit all of his father's real estate. ^[9]

Marriages

• Marten married: ^[10][7][8]
  1. 13 June 1686, Susanna Abrahamse Brinckerhoff, dau. of Abraham Brinckerhoff and Aaltje Stryker
  2. 11 April 1693, Elizabeth Minne Voorhees. She d. 1703 Brooklyn, NY.
  3. 24 June 1704, Jannetje Lucasse Voorhees, dau. of Lucas Van Voorhees and Catherine Van Nostrand.

Church Records

• Marriage 1:
  • 13 June 1686 Marten Roelofse Schenck of Flatlands, married Susanna Abrams Brinckerhoff. In Flatland, NY. ^[11]

Will, Abstract of

• Marten's will, dated 28 April 1727, proved 9 September 1728. Named wife Jannetje to have all estate house, barns, land lying in Kings Co, NY, until she should re-marry and after her decease, then the estate is to be divided equally between his children. He gives Abraham, Marten and Lucas all that land lying in Cranberry Brook to be shared between the three of them. To son Johannes 200 pounds to be paid to him by sons Roelof and Minne when Johannes is of age, if Johannes should die before coming of age then the money to be shared by all children. He appointed sons Abraham and Roelof as exes. Refer two page will att images.^[12]

Children

• Children mentioned in his will: ^[13]
  1. Abram
  2. Marten
  3. Lucas
  4. Johannes
  5. Roelof
  6. Minne/Maria (hard to read in image of will)
• Marten and (1) Susanna had the following issue:^[7]
  • Abraham, b. May 4, 1689
• Marten and (2) Elizabeth had the following issue:^[7]
  • Neeltje, b. Dec. 24, 1694; (sup.) m. Johannes Stoothoff of N. J.
  • Roelof, b. Oct. 1, 1696; m. Susannah Monfoort.
  • Minne, b.-Apl. 8, 1700; m. Maria Monfoort.
  • Rensie, b. Oct. 15, 1702; m. Peter G. Wyckoff of Fids.; m. Daniel Rapalye.
• Marten and (3) Jannetje had the following issue:^[7]
  • Catalina, b. May 7, 1705; m. Stoffel Probasco; m. Jan Barentse Jansen.
  • Annatie, b. Nov. 11, 1706; m. Jan Monfoort of Fishkill.
  • Lucas, b. Oct. 11, 1708; d. May 24, 1718.
  • Martin, b. Oct. 9, 1710; m. Antje Rapalje.
  • Susannah, b. Dec. 28, 1712; m. Johannis Nevius.
  • Jannetje, b. June 27, 1715; m. Jeremiah Remsen of the Wallabout..
  • Elizabeth, b. Oct. 10, 1717; d. Dec. 17, 1732.
  • Lucas, b. Sep. 6, 1720; m. Lammetje Remsen.
  • Johannes, b. Jan. 7, 1724; d. Feb. 15, 1732.
  • Maria, b. Jan. 10, 1726; m. Simon Boerum of Bn.

Death

• Marten died May 2, 1727 in Flatlands, L I, New York.^[7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ Cocheu, Lincoln C., "The Van Kouwenhoven-Conover Family" in NewYork Genealogical & Biographical Record,Vol. 71, No. 1, Jan 1940, p. 70
2. ↑ Baptisms in the Reformed Dutch Church, NewYork [City], 1901 (Collections of the NY Genealogical & Biographical Society,Vol. III)
3. ↑ Pelletreau, William S., Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate’s Office, City of New York, pub. as Collections of the New York Historical Society, Vol. I, 1665-1707, p. 408 (will of Roeloff Schenck)
4. ↑ Voorhees, David William, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, NewYork,Vol. I, 1677-1720, Holland Society 1998
5. ↑ Schenck Family Data
6. ↑ Marriages from 1639 to 1801 in the Reformed Dutch Church, NewAmsterdam-NewYork City, 1940 (Vol. IX of Collections of the NewYork Genealogical & Biographical Society), reprinted 1997 by Heritage Books.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5} Stoutenburgh, Henry E., A Documentary History of the Netherland Dutch Congregation of Oyster Bay, Pamphlet II, Knickerbocker Press; New York; 1904, page 476-177. https://archive.org/details/documentaryhisto02stou/page/n5/mode/2up
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Bergen, Teunis G., Register in alphabetical order, of the early settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y. S. W. Green's Son, Printer; New York; 1881 https://archive.org/details/registerinalphab00berg/mode/2up
9. ↑ NY Surrogate Office Bk. 7 pg. 269
10. ↑ Early Bergen County Families, compiled by Pat Wardell Family Schenck pg. 11
11. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Brooklyn and Flatbush NY, Book 72 Image 10 by subscription at: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_2421401696_0511-00172?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=3d654d9d1faa7d84947dc202781db353&usePUB=true&_phsrc=IzZ5234&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=80659
12. ↑ NY J0038-92: Probated Wills, 1662-1827; Wills, 0821-1060, (1662-1761) on ancestry.com
13. ↑ Court of Probates [and pre-1778, Prerogative Court]. Probated Wills, 1671–1815. Series J0038-82. New York State Archives, Albany, New York. Ancestry.com. (New York County, New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1658-1880 (NYSA) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015). New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Probated Wills, 1671-1815; Series Number: J0038-92.

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