Geertjie Hendrickse (Van Buren) Schermerhorn (1665 - 1710)

Born 21 Jan 1665 in Albany, Province of New York

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Died 20 Jan 1710 at age 44 in Albany, Albany County, Province of New York

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Biography

Gerritie was born in 1665,^[1] the daughter of Hendrick Cornelissen Van Buren and Elizabeth Van Slyck Van Buren. She probably was baptized and later married at the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, but these events would have occurred during a period for which the Albany church records were lost.

She married Jacob Jacobse Schermerhorn. After the marriage, they settled in Schodack (Rensselaer County, New York) on property belonging to Jacob's father, Jacob Janse Schermerhorn. In his will, written in 1688, Jacob Janse Schermerhorn stated: "I do freely remit and discharge my son Jacob Schermerhorn who lives upon my farm at Schodack of ye rent which he is owing for ye same and which will be due to ye day of my decease, not willing that my executrix or administrator shall any way molest him, the said Jacob Schermerhorn, Jr., or his heirs for ye same." Jacob Jacobse Schermerhorn came into possession of the property in 1700. ^[2]

Gerritie and Jacob Jacobse had eight children of record: Catalyntje (baptized 1683), Jacob (baptized 1685), Hendrick (baptized 1687), Cornelius (baptized 1689), Jannetie (baptized 1694), Elizabeth (baptized 1698), Johannes (baptized 1700), and Reyer (baptized 1702).^[3]

Research Notes

Note: mother of Catelyntie per Van Valkenburg Family in America, vol I., Gateway Press, 1981, p.103

Sources

1. ↑ Is there a source for this date, or is it an estimate?
2. ↑ Schermerhorn
3. ↑ Schermerhorn

• Schermerhorn, Richard Jr. Schermerhorn Genealogy and Family Chronicles. New York: Tobias A. Wright, Publisher, 1914., pp. 183-207. Available online at http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/schermerhorn/chronicles/4a.html#s4

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile VanBuren-12 created through the import of davisfamilytree-1.ged on Sep 1, 2012 by Rich Davis.
• WikiTree profile Van Buren-38 created through the import of bhamilt.ged on Jul 10, 2011 by Bruce Hamilton.
• WikiTree profile Van Buren-40 created by Paul Lee.
• WikiTree profile Van Buren-66 created through the import of Chadwick1_2012-01-025.GED on Jan 27, 2012 by David Chadwick.