Juriaan (Westvaal) Westfall (bef. 1716 - abt. 1761)

Born before 23 Sep 1716 in Ulster County, Province of New York

Ancestors

Husband of Catrina Terwilligen — married 25 Oct 1754 in Deerpark, Orange, New York

Died about Apr 1761 after about age 44 in Montague Twsp., Sussex Co., New Jersey

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Biography

Jurian Westvaal was born to Klaas / Nicholas Westvaal and Zara Van Auken / Van Aaken

Jurryan Westveal Father: Nicholas ((1657 )) Claes Westfall (1657-1743) Mother: Sarah Van Aaken (1687-1730)

Church Record

• 23 Sep 1716 Jurian Westvaal as recorded at the central Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster, County, New York.^[1]

Marriage

25 Oct 1754 Jurian / Jurryan Westvaal married Catherine Terwillinger in Minisink Church.

25 Oct 1754 Deer Park, Suffolk, New York to Catherine Terwilligen. ^[2]

Children

1. Joseph Westfall born 1758
2. Sarah Westfall born 1760,
3. Peter Westfall born 1755. Peter was Kidnapped by Indians. It is said that Peter was found, and when he was of age, he did come back, and could speak mostly in Indian dialect, but he went back to the tribe, and to the Indian girl he had married.

Will, Abstract of

1760, Sept. 9. Westveal, Jurryan, of Montague Twsp., Sussex Co., yeoman; will of. My son, Petrus Westveal, a horse, as his birthright, when he is 21, if he lives to come back from his captivity among the Indians. Children, Petrus Westveal, Joseph Westveal and Sarah Westveal; and my brother Petrus Westvael's son, Abraham, all my real and personal. My wife to remain in possession of my estate while she is my widow. Executors—my wife, Catharine, and my cousins, Abraham Cornelisse Van Aken and Jacobus Van Aken. Witnesses—Cornells Van Aken, Cornells Westvael, William Ennes. Proved Oct. 12, 1761. 1761, April 10. Inventory, £156.0.9, made by Abraham Van Aken and Johannis Kool. Lib. 11, p. 294.^[3]

Children posted on FindaGrave:

1. Petrus (Peter), C: on Mar 2, 1755
2. Joseph, C: on Feb 13, 1758
3. Sara, C: on Apr 22, 1760

FindaGrave states: "Peter was captured by Indians when a baby and raised by them. He became an Indian chief and met his mother when he returned to claim his father's inheritance, but then returned to his Indian people...Jurian died in 1761 and his wife Catherine died in Knowlton, New Jersey in 1787. Jurian is buried in an unmarked grave in the Minisink Church, which was established by the Kingston Reformed Dutch Church in 1741. It is now part of the Delaware River Water National Park and only a few grave stones remain." ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ KRDC Bapt. Record: 1716 Sep 23; Klaas Westvaal, Zara Van Aaken; Juriaan; Symen Westvaal, Pieternelletjen Kwakenbos.
2. ↑ Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol. 5. Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records (New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1913), p. 124.
3. ↑ Calendar of NJ Wills page 471 https://ia802700.us.archive.org/27/items/calendarofnewjer03newj/calendarofnewjer03newj.pdf Meehan-411
4. ↑ FindaGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72257187/wes accessed 6April2020..

• Church Records: The Reformed Dutch Church, now known as the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, NY; Source of: Marriage Records (1660-1809); Baptism Records (1660-1809; Burial Records (1696-1881. The Kingston Reformed Dutch Church was the central repository for all records of marriages and baptism conducted by circuit-rider Domines throughout Ulster and Orange counties of NY; Sussex County, NJ, and parts of Pike County, PA, until local churches were built and staffed. This occurred between 1735 and 1745 depending on the area.

Acknowledgements

• Wesfael-5 was created by Pam Wright through the import of stephen schoonover.ged on Jul 5, 2016.