Rebekka (Oostrander) Ostrander (1728)

Born 14 May 1728 in New Hurley, Ulster County, New York

Ancestors

Wife of Johannes Fort — married 3 Dec 1749 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York

Descendants

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Biography

Rebecca was born 14 May 1728 in New Hurley (Ulster County), New York,^[1] a daughter of Hendrick Oostrander and Elizabeth Van Bommel. She was baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, New York, on 19 May 1728. The baptism record gives her name as Rebekka and names her parents as Hendrik Oostrander and Elisabeth Wamboom.^[2]

She married Johannes Fort, son of Johannes Fort and his wife Rebecca, ^[3] at Kingston on 3 December 1749.^[4]

Family

Father: Hendrick Ostrander

Mother: Elizabeth Van Bommel

Siblings:

1. Petrus Ostrander
2. Deborah Ostrander
3. Gideon Ostrander
4. Wilhelmus Ostrander
5. Marcus Jacobus Ostrander
6. Christoffel Ostrander
7. Jonathan Ostrander
8. Wilhelmus Ostrander
9. David Ostrander
10. Daniel Ostrander

Spouse: Johannes Fort

Children:

1. Abraham Fort
2. Elizabeth Fort
3. Hendricus Fort
4. Annatje Fort Bussing
5. Alida Fort
6. Johannes Fort^[5]

Church Records

Baptism

• 1728. 19 May. Hendrik Oostrander, Elisabeth Wamboom. Rebekka. Witnesses: Roeloff Kierstede, Zara Kierstede.

Marriage

• 1749. 3 Dec. Johannes Fort, j. m., born in Nestigionen, and Rebecca Ostrander, j. d., born in Horli [Hurley] and both resid. under the jurisdiction of Kingston. Banns registered, 12 Nov. Married in the church.

Children's baptisms

• 1753. 15 April. Petrus Ostrander, Debora Dijo. Henricus. Witnesses: Johannes Fort, and his wife Rebecca Ostrander.

Sources

1. ↑ Ostrander: A Genealogical Record, pages 456-457.
2. ↑ Hoes, page 174, #3733.
3. ↑ Ostrander: A Genealogical Record, page 457.
4. ↑ Hoes, page 600, #1152
5. ↑ New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962

• Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and marriage registers of the old Dutch church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York. New York: DeVinne Press, 1891.
• Ostrander, Emmett, Vinton P. Ostrander, and Collin Ostrander. Ostrander: A Genealogical Record, 1660-1995 (Ostrander Family Association, Walsworth Publishing Co, Marceline, Missouri, 1999.) [No source citations.]