Barent Schermerhorn (1725 - aft. 1776)

Born 17 May 1725 in Albany, Albany County, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Aletteke (Conyn) Schermerhorn — married 1750 in Linlithgo, New York

Descendants

Died after 6 Jan 1776 after age 50 in Kinderhook, New York [uncertain]

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Biography

Barent Schermerhorn was baptized May 17, 1725, in Albany, New York. He was a son of Ryer Schermerhorn and Geertje Ten Eyck.^[1]

He married Alletaka Konyn aka Conyn in Albany in 1750. Their children were: ^[1]

1. Garentjen, baptized Oct. 11, 1750, in Linlithgo.
2. Gerritje, born Dec. 4, 1751; baptized in Rhinebeck; married Jacob Schermerhorn (son of Jacob J. Schermerhorn and Cathalyntje Van Buren)
3. Hendrikje, born Jan. 13, 1754; baptized in Rhinebeck; married Jacobus Moll of Schodack.
4. Ryer B., baptized March 28, 1756, in Rhinebeck; married Maritje D. Beevers.
5. Leendert, born Oct. 12, 1758; baptized in Rhinebeck; married Mary Doty.
6. Levinus, baptized Nov. 25, 1771, in Schodack.

Alletaka died, and on 6 January 1776 Barent Schermerhoorn, widower, married Geertruy Vroman as his second wife in Kinderhook, New York.^[2] They had no children.^[1]

As an adult, Barent lived in Rhinebeck, N. Y., until some time after 1758. He probably lived at Schodack, N.Y., for a period after 1758. In 1767 his name was on the muster roll of Capt. Jochum Staats' Company of Rensselaerwyck Militia. At the time of his second marriage in 1776, he was a resident of Coeymans, Albany County, N. Y.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Schermerhorn, Richard Jr. Schermerhorn Genealogy and Family Chronicles. New York: Tobias A. Wright, Publisher, 1914. Chapter IV: Descendants of Jacob Jacobse Schermerhorn, pages 183-207.
2. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Kinderhook, Book 21. Image of handwritten transcript (Ancestry.com): 1776. Mit Geboden Jan 7 Barent Schermerhoorn Wid mit Geertruy Vroman beyde wonnachlig(?) in Coeymans Patent ("both living in Coeymans Patent").