Hiltje (Wheeler) Clark (abt. 1740 - 1805)

Born about 17 Aug 1740 in Albany, Albany, New York [uncertain]

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Descendants

Died 26 Apr 1805 at about age 64 in Pittstown, Rensselaer, New York, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Wheeler Name Study.

Hiltje was baptized on 17 August 1740 in the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, recorded as the child of Samuel and Margrieta Wielar^[1] (Samuel Wheeler and his wife, born Margrieta van Woerd).

Later in life, possibly after settling in an English-speaking area, she was known as Altie. As for her last name, her father's family name appears to have been the English name Wheeler, which was spelled in diverse ways in Dutch records in New York. On his Wheeler Family Genealogy web page, Jeffrey C. Hause asserts that whenever original signatures are obtainable, the name is spelled "Wheeler".^[2]

She married William Fitch on October 9, 1760.^[3] In her father's will, written on 11 March 1771 at Kinderhook, New York, she is mentioned as his daughter Hillitie, the wife of William Fitch. Also mentioned were two of her daughters, identified as the testator's granddaughters Margaret and Abigail, daughters of William Fitch, who were not yet 21 years old.^[4] He was a native of Lebanon, Connecticut.

Hiltje and her husband William Fitch lived for a time in Kinderhook, New York, where baptisms of some of their children were recorded. They removed to Vermont at a date to be determined. Her husband, Captain William Fitch, died at Pawlet, Vermont, on 30 April 1785, aged 48 years, 9 months, and 12 days.^[3][5]

After William's death, his widow Mrs. Altie Fitch married Captain Elisha Clark on 18 February 1788.^[3] Elisha Clark died about six months later.

Altie died April 26, 1805 in Pittstown, New York,^[3] and is buried in Richmond Center Cemetery, Richmond, New York.^[6]

Children

Children of William and Heyltje/Altie Fitch, listed in a family bible record, were:^[3]

1. Abiel, daughter, born 6 March 1762.
2. Margaret, daughter, born 17 November 1763.
3. John, son, born 20 February 1765; died at Pawlet, Vermont, on 14 October 1799, age 34.
4. Sinia, born 13 February 1767.
5. Rachel, born 9 September 1768,^[3] and baptized in Kinderhook on 13 November of that year.^[7]
6. Altie, born 24 May 1770; died 19 May 1781, age 11.
7. Sybil, born 24 February 1772.
8. Anne, born 28 December 1773.

Church Records

Baptism

• 1740. 17 Aug. Hiltje, of Samuel and Margrieta Wielar. Wit.: Johan Lewis and Hiltje Schrodel. ^[8]

Children's baptisms

1. 1768. Novembr 13. Rachel, of William Fitch and Heyltje Wieler. Witnesses: Robert Van Deusen, Catharina Van Alen, syn H. Vr.^[7]

Altjie was born in 1732. She was the daughter of Samuel Wheeler and Margaret Van Woert. She passed away in 1805.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962
2. ↑ Wheeler Family Genealogy
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Vital Records from the NEHGS, Various Bible Records, Volume 90 (1936) Page 380. Note communicated by George P. Reed to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
4. ↑ New York Wills, Vol 028, 1771-1773. Image of Last Will and Testament of Samuel Wheeler, accessed on Ancestry.com.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/38644640/william-fitch : accessed 13 August 2021), memorial page for Col William Fitch (18 Jul 1737–30 Apr 1785), Find a Grave Find A Grave: Memorial #38644640, citing Old Pawlet Cemetery, Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Vicki Cooper (contributor 46851327) .
6. ↑ FindAGrave, reference Altie Wheeler Fitch Clark
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Vosburgh, Royden Woodward, Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY, Vol. 1 (online at New York Genealogical & Biographical Society). Kinderhook Doop-Register, page 49.
8. ↑ Secretary Henry L. Bogert. "Record of the R.D. Church of Albany" in Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1906.
9. ↑ A source for this information is needed.

• FindAGrave.com, Altie Wheeler Fitch Clark, Find A Grave Memorial# 53815646