Sophia (Schermerhorn) Allen (1702 - 1761)

Born 9 Nov 1702 in Esopus, Ulster County, New York

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Selover — married 1726 in New Jersey

Wife of William Allen — married 26 Sep 1749 in Monmouth, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 1761 at about age 58 in Bedminster, Somerset, New Jersey

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Biography

Sophia was baptized on 7 April 1703 in New York. She was a daughter of Lucas Jacobse Schermerhorn and Elizabeth Damen.^[1]

She married Abraham Slover of New Jersey in about 1726.^[1]

She passed away after 1764.

Abraham died in 1749 in Augusta, Virginia. Sophia likely returned to New York and remarried September 26, 1749.

Name: Sophia /Schermerhorn/^[2]

Research Notes

Church Records

Children's baptisms

1. 1729. Oct. 15. Abraham Sloover, Sophia Schermerhorn. Isaac.^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Schermerhorn, Richard Jr. Schermerhorn Genealogy and Family Chronicles. New York: Tobias A. Wright, Publisher, 1914. Chapter VI: Family of Lucas Jacobse Schermerhorn, pages 391-392. Available online at http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/schermerhorn/chronicles/6.html
2. ↑ Ancestry Family Trees
3. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Milston Harlington NJ, Book 64. Image of handwritten transcript accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6961/42037_647350_0313-00014/300098702
4. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZZJ-QPB : accessed 21 October 2015), Sophia Schermerhoorn in entry for Isaac Sloover, ; citing HARLINGEN DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, MONTGOMERY TWP, SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, reference ; FHL microfilm 982,040.

• Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

Ancestry Member Trees This hint compiles information from 28 other Public Ancestry Member Trees. Name Sophia Schermerhorn Birth November 9, 1702 - Esopus, Ulster, New York, USA Death 1761 - Bedminster, Somerset, New Jersey

• Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

Birth, Marriage & Death Name Sophia Selover Spouse Abraham Selover Father Lucas Schermerhorn Mother Elizabeth Schermerhorn Birth 9 11 1702 - Dutchess County, New York, USA

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Birth, Marriage & Death Name Sophia Schermerhorn Spouse Abraham Selover Marriage of NJ

• Family Data Collection - Individual Records

Family Trees Name Sophia Schermerhorn Father Lucas Jacob Schermerhorn Mother Elizabeth Damen Birth 9 November 1702 - New York, New York, NY

• Sophia Schermerhorn Selover, "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV28-FZXR : accessed 21 October 2015), Sophia Schermerhorn Selover, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 72264435, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Originally Created: 13 January 2015bySTENBAK1

• Sephija Schermerhoorn, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2HY-TNL : accessed 21 October 2015), Sephija Schermerhoorn, 07 Apr 1703; citing REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH,NEW YORK,NEW YORK,NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 17,503. Originally Created: 7 December 2014bySTENBAK1

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Sandy Minder for creating WikiTree profile Schermerhorn-72 through the import of Delong gedcom.ged on Apr 27, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Sandy and others.