Aaron Depuy (1715 - 1773)

Born 1715 in Kingston, Ulster, New York

Ancestors

Died 1773 at about age 58 in Smithfield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Aaron was born in 1715. He passed away in 1773.

Birth

1715 Kingston, Ulster County, New York, USA

Death

1773 Smithfield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States

Christening

27 FEB 1715 Kingston, Ulster Co., NY

1. 2290 in Hoes.

Church Records

On 28 Jun 1747 at Smithfield Church in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Aarie Dupuy and Rachel Harker were witnesses for the baptism of Neeltje Quick (daughter of Thomas Quick and Rachel Emmens), performed by Dominie Johannes Casperus Fryenmuth. ^[1]

On 22 May 1748 at Smithfield Church in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Aaron Dupuye, the son of Aarie Dupuye and Rachel Harker, was baptized by Dominie Johannes Casperus Fryenmuth. Moses Du Puye and his wife Anna Prys were witnesses. ^[1]

On 22 Sep 1755 at Smithfield Church in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Aaron Dupuy's daughter Elisabeth was baptized by Dominie Johannes Casperus Fryenmuth. Benjamin Schoomaker and Elisabeth Dupuy were witnesses. ^{[2] [3]}

On 12 Feb 1758 at Smithfield Church in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Aaron de Pue and his wife Jomyme witnessed the baptism of Hanna Makmikle, daughter of John Makmikle and Hanna Prys, performed by Dominie J. H. Goetschius. ^[2]

On 15 Apr 1760 at Smithfield Church in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Aron de Pui, ^[4] the son of Arie de Pui and Jemima Strouts, was baptized by Domine Thomas Romeyn. Daniel de Pui and his wife Elizabeth were witnesses. ^[5]

On 1 Dec 1763 at Smithfield Church in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Samuel DePui, the son of Aaron DePui and Jemye Strouds, was baptized by Domine Thomas Romeyn. (No witnesses are mentioned.) ^[5]

Marriage:

Date: ABT 1747

Marriage: ABT 1755

Research Notes

An argument against Aaron Depuy-116 being the husband of Jemima Stroud-20 is that he supposedly died in 1773, which conflicts with the statement in Jemima's profile that Jemima's husband Aaron was executor of her will in 1791. It can pay to shake up the facts and see if anything comes loose. For instance, how solid is the proof Aaron Depuy-116 died in 1773, or was that just a rumor? Does Jemima's will specify her husband as executor, or does it just mention Aaron Depuy? There were several Aaron Depuys around. Aaron Depuy-37, nephew of Aaron Depuy-116, must have been born around the same time as Jemima and could well have been alive to be her executor in 1791. Since he doesn't seem to have a wife otherwise, it's possible he actually was Jemima's husband. There's enough Aaron Depuys it's difficult to pinpoint one. Meanwhile I don't see evidence to support Jemima having two different husbands named Aaron Depuy and I hope we don't have to leave her in that state. -Pauline Layton as of 5 Jun 2020.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} from Records of the Reformed Dutch Church at Smithfield, Pennsylvania, edited by Amos Canfield, M.D. and published by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, apparently in Jan 1926. The same information presumably appeared in that Society's Volume VIII, published in 1928. See http://raub-and-more.com/smithf/smithbap1.html
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} from Records of the Reformed Dutch Church at Smithfield, Pennsylvania, edited by Amos Canfield, M.D. and published by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, apparently in Jan 1926. The same information presumably appeared in that Society's Volume VIII, published in 1928. See http://raub-and-more.com/smithf/smithbap2html
3. ↑ Elisabeth's mother is named, confusingly, as Jemima Harker. This is likely to be a copying error, somewhere along the line, and probably was meant to be Jemima Stroud. It may be our only hint that the same Aaron Depuy married both Rachel Harker and Jemima Stroud, but it is by no means definitive. The erring copyist may have gotten two Aaron Depuys mixed up. -PL
4. ↑ Note that for now this son Aron is attached to a different Aaron as his father, pending further clarification on whom Jemima Stroud was really married to. It is possible that all the baptisms from Elisabeth on down should be on a different Aaron's page.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} from Records of the Reformed Dutch Church at Smithfield, Pennsylvania, edited by Amos Canfield, M.D. and published by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, apparently in Jan 1926. The same information presumably appeared in that Society's Volume VIII, published in 1928. See http://raub-and-more.com/smithf/smithbap3html

• Canfield, Amos, M.D., editor, Records of the Reformed Dutch Church at Smithfield, Pennsylvania. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, published Jan 1926. (The same information presumably appeared in that Society's Volume VIII, published in 1928.) See http://raub-and-more.com/smithf/smithbap1.html and http://raub-and-more.com/smithf/smithbap2.html and http://raub-and-more.com/smithf/smithbap3html

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Tom Beck for creating WikiTree profile Depuy-116.