Margareitje Polhemius was baptised April 18, 1704, in the Brooklyn Dutch Church; sponsors Minicus Vanderveer and Maria his wife. [1]
Marriage: Abt. 1727, married Derick Ammerman a son of Jan & Sarah (Wyckoff) Ammerman.
She is named as wife in her husband's will dated March 19, 1781, Proved, New York, April 12, 1784.[2]
Church Records
Baptismal witness
1730 Dec 20, Neeltie, Parents: Cornelis polhemus, Susanna polhemus, Witnesses: Derck Ammerman, Margritie Ammerman, Jamaica (New York) Dutch Reformed Church. [Note: Susanna was Margritie's sister, so the child Neeltie was their niece.][3]
↑ Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Volume XIII. Sept 3, 1784-Jun 12, 1786) , ABSTRACTS OF WILLS LIBER 37, pg 5.
↑ Stryker-Rodda, Kenn, Transcriber, Records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island, New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 107, Page 37.
Peck, I. Heyward. "The Rev. Theodorus Polhemius and Some of His Descendants." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 90 (1959), issue 4, page 227.
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