Alida Terwilliger (bef. 1720)

Born before 8 May 1720 in Albany, Albany, New York

Ancestors

Biography

A baptism record in Loonenburg Zion Lutheran Church states:

"5 Jun 1741 at Norman's Kill; Catharina (illeg. Negro child); Alida, dau. of Hannes Evertse, alias Terwilliger; no sponsors/witnesses"

There is unfortunately no other information. FamilySearch, in their record of the baptism, added the surname Everste to the child, which isn't explicitly written in the original records. Therefore "Everste" was added by FamilySearch, leaving it a mystery as to whether Alida is the biological mother or merely stood in place of the actual mother, which seems unlikely as black families were baptized the same as whites. Being that there were no sponsors or witnesses to the baptism lends credence to the possibility that the child is indeed Alida's and her family was none too happy with her having a relationship with a black man.^[1] Unfortunately, no further records of either Alida or the child have been located so far.

Baptism

Date: 8 May 1720

Place: Albany RDC, Albany, New York.^[2]

Alida, of Joannes and Chatharina Van der Wilge. Wit.: Joannes and Antie Appel

Sources

1. ↑ New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HX-Q98 : 12 December 2014), Catharina Evertse, 05 Jun 1741; citing ZIO LUTHERAN CHURCH,LOONENBURG,GREENE,NEW YONRK, reference ; FHL microfilm 974.7 B2N V. 82-85.
2. ↑ Bogert, Henry L., Year Book of the Holland Society of New York (New York, NY: Holland Society of New York, 1905), p. 87

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Terwilliger-113 created through the import of Timerson Family Tree May162011.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Brad Timerson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brad and others.