Jacomyntjen (van der Merke) Terwilliger (bef.1722-1826)

Jacomyntjen Terwilliger formerly van der Merke aka VanderMerken, Vandermark

Born before 11 Mar 1722 in New Paltz, Ulster County, Province of New York

Ancestors

Daughter of Augestinus van der Merken [uncertain] and Anna Scot [uncertain]

Sister of Jacomyntjen van der Merke, Abraham Vandermark, Catrina (Vandermark) Wood, Petrus Vandermark, Lea (Vandermark) Deyo, Rachel Vandermark, Elisabeth van der Merken and Elisabeth (van der Merken) Snyder

Wife of Jan Solomon Terwilliger — married 7 Jul 1745 in Kingston, Ulster, New York

Descendants

Mother of Rachel (Terwilliger) Cool, Cornelius Terwilliger, Geertje (Terwilliger) van Steenbergh, Maria (Terwilliger) Terpenning, Jan Terwilliger Jr., Ezekiel Terwilliger, Harmanus Terwilliger Sr., Josiah Terwilliger Sr. and Annatje (Terwilliger) Vandermark

Died 1826 after age 103 in Hurley, Ulster County, New York, United States

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Jacomyntjen (van der Merke) Terwilliger was a New Netherland Descendant 1674-1776.
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1 Uncertain Family
2 Biography
- 2.1 Church records
3 Research Notes
- 3.1 LNAB
4 Sources
5 Acknowledgements

Uncertain Family

The wife of Jan Solomonsz Terwilliger may have been Jacomyntjen Frederiks Vandermark (1721).

Biography

Jacomyntje was born (according to her marriage record) in Marbletown, Ulster County, New York. Recorded as Jacomyntjen, she was baptized by a domine of the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingson, New York, on 11 March 1722, entered in the record as the child of Augustynus Van der Merke and Annetjen Schot.^[1]

She was residing in Hurley, Ulster County, in 1745 when she married Jan Terwilge (Terwilliger), native of Hurley who was living at Walkill (in Orange County, New York). They married on 6 or 7 July 1745 after registering banns on 9 June.

She Joined the New Paltz Church on April 19, 1751, on confession of faith.^[2]

Church records

Baptism

1722. Mar 11. Jacomyntjen - Augustynus Van der Merke, Annetjen Schot. Witnesses: Nathaniel du Bois, Catryntjen du Bois. ^[1]

Marriage

1745. 6 [or 7] July. Jan Terwilge, j. m., born in Horli [Hurley], and resid. at the Wale Kil [Walkill], and Jacomyntje van der Merken, j. d., born in Mormel [Marbletown], and residing in Horli. Banns registered, 9 June.^[3]

Research Notes

LNAB

Van der Merke is the surname recorded for Jacomyntjen's father at her baptism. Capitalization of the preposition "van" has been corrected per project naming conventions. Quackenbush-118 07:23, 4 November 2017 (EDT)

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hoes: Page 140, Baptism #2985
↑ A source is needed for this information.
↑ Hoes, page 589, marriage #1025.

Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (De Vinne Press, 1891)
Vandermark Family History. Author: Bovey. Publication: 1942
Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/12167402/person/1046022906/facts

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile VanderMerken-3 created through the import of Timerson Family Tree May162011.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Brad Timerson.
This person was created through the import of frederick.ged on 27 October 2010.
This person was created through the import of Augustinus.ged on 27 October 2010.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacomyntjen by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacomyntjen: