Helena (Westfall) Devoor (1705)

Born 22 Sep 1705 in Minisink, Orange County, Province of New York

Ancestors

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Biography

Helena Westvaal married Cornelius Devoor on March 14, 1723. Their marriage was recorded in the marriage records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, where their banns were published, although the marriage was performed in Menising. ^[1]

"Cornelius Devoor, j.m. born in N. Jork [New York], and Helena Westvaal, j.d., born in Menising [Minisink] and both residing there. Banns registered 17 Feb."

The initials "j.m" and and "j.d." following their names in the register stand for "young master" and "young damsel" and indicate that neither has been previously married.

A footnote in the RDC records states that Minisink is the name originally applied to a mining settlement by the Dutch and Swedes, on both banks of the Delaware River, prior to 1700, extending from the Water Gap, in a northerly direction about forty miles. The Minisink region also included a considerable portion of western and northern New Jersey, and the southerly sections of Orange and Sullivan Counties, as they now exist, in the State of New York. The village of Minisink in New Jersey was situated near the confluence of the Delaware and Neversink rivers, and was burned and pillaged by Brandt and his followers. There is a township in Orange County, named Minisink, organized in 1780, which comprised a large extent of territory, extending to the New Jersey line, and which in 1790 contained 2,215 inhabitants. It now covers less than 1/3 of its former area. The "Minisink Patent," granted by the crown in 1704, covered a considerable portion of the Minisink country, but was so general and indefinite as to its boundaries that for a long time it proved to be a very disturbing element among the inhabitants of that patent and the numerous others granted about the same time.

Birth

22 Sep 1705 p.74, #1515, "Johannes Westphalen" and his wife, "Marrytje Kool" had their daughter, "Lena Westphalen" christened on "22 Sept. 1705" at the Kingston Dutch Reformed Church, Ulster, New York, with witnesses, "Barent van Wageningen. Lea Schepmoes

Sources

1. ↑ Baptismal and Marriage Records of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (formerly named Wiltwyck, and often familiarly called Esopus or 'Sophus, for One Hundred and Fifty Years from their commencement in 1660. Transcribed and Edited by Roswell Randaff Hoes, Chaplain, United States Navy [Washington, D.C] Corresponding secretary of the New York Genealogical Society, Printed for the Transcriber and Editor by De Vinne Press, New York, 1891, marriage #500."

• Source: S951 Abbreviation: Walter Westfall - Westfall Genealogy Title: WESTFALL GENEALOGY, Walter Westfall <walterwestfall@webtv.net> online [1], accessed 1/13/2006 TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE WESTFALL GENEALOGY, Walter Westfall <walterwestfall@webtv.net> online [2], accessed 1/13/2006 FIELD Name: ShortFootnote FIELD Name: Bibliography TMPLT FIELD Name: Page

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Westfall-263 created through the import of WikiTree.ged on Nov 5, 2012 by Doug Hanke.

Research notes

Misc.

(11) Johannes and Marritje (Kool) Westfall's daughter Helena Lena Westfall was born about 1705 Minisink, Orange County, New York. She married first in 1723 Cornelius Bogaert in Kingston, New York. Her 2nd marriage was to Cornelius DeVoor in 1725 Minisink, New York. They had 4 children-Rachel De Voor, Daniel DeVoor born 1726, David De Voor born 1740, and Benjamin De Voor born in 1748. http://www.westfall55.com/relfam7.html