Claertje (Westphale) Freer (bef. 1700 - 1786)

Born before 31 Oct 1700 in Minisink, Orange County, Province of New York

Ancestors

Wife of Solomon Freer — married 22 Sep 1721 in Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York.

Descendants

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Biography

Birth

Claartjen was baptised in the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, New York, on 31 October 1700.^[1] the witnesses were her cousins, Goossen van Wagenen, and Jannetje van Wagenen.

Marriage and Children

On September 22, 1721, in the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, Klaartjen (Claartjen) married Zalomon (Solomon) Freer. ^[2] They had 11 children-Johannes Freer born 1724 in New York, Maria Freer born 1725, Petrus Freer born 1727, Annaatjen Freer born 1729, Johannes Freer born 1732, Anthony Freer born 1734, Rachel Freer born 1736, died 1812 in New York, Abraham Freer born 1738, Zamuel Freer born 1742, and Zara Freer born 1743.

She passed away in 1786. ^[3]

Research Notes

LNAB

Westphale is the surname recorded for Claertje's father at her baptism. Quackenbush-118 18:22, 7 July 2017 (EDT)

Inconsistent Data

Birth: 1 JUL 1703 Minisink, Orange, New York, United States^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Hoes: p 60, entry 1199.

   1700 Oct 31, baptism of Claertje. Parents: Johannes Westphale & Marritje Cool. Witnesses: Goossen van Wagenen, Jannetje van Wagenen.

2. ↑ Hoes: entry #464.

   "Zalomon Freer, j.m., born in the Pals [New Paltz], and Klaartjen Westvaal, j.d., born in Menissing [Minisink], and both now residing under the jurisdiction of Kingstown. Banns registered, 3 Sept."

   • Note: 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.

3. ↑ Entered by John Ellis, Jun 20, 2013
4. ↑ GeoCities.com: Walter Westfall - Westfall Genealogy <walterwestfall@webtv.net> online ], accessed 1/13/2006

• Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (De Vinne Press, 1891) 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,

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Westfall-261 created through the import of WikiTree.ged on Nov 5, 2012 by Doug Hanke.