Rusje Westphael (bef. 1742 - abt. 1789)

Born before 13 Feb 1742 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, Province of New York

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1789 after about age 46 in Pennsylvania,USA

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Biography

Rusje (Rosina) Westfall was born 1 Feb 1742 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY. Her Baptism was 13 Feb 1742 at Poughkeepsie Reformed Dutch Church, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. She died aft 1789 in PA.

Rusje Westfall had 4 Children with Dirk Van Etten and then married Samuel Kittle and had 4 additional children.

Marriage

• 1st Dirck (Richard) Van Etten 11 Aug 1758 in Deer Park, Orange Co., NY.
• Children

1. Sara Van Etten born 1759 in Orange Co., NY
2. Joseph Van Etten born 1761 in Port Jervis, Orange Co., NY
3. Petrus Van Etten born 1763 in NJ
4. Sarah Van Etten born 1766 in Orange Co., NY
5. Mary Van Etten born bef 1770 in Port Jervis, Orange Co., NY
6. Dirck (Derick) Van Etten born abt 1770 in Port Jervis, Orange Co., NY.

• 2nd Samuel Kittle born in 1748
• Children

1. Catherine Kittel born 5 Nov 1774 in Minsink, Orange Co., NY
2. James McCarte Kittel born 1776 in Minsink, Orange Co., NY
3. Blandina Kittle born 1786 in Minsink, Orange Co., NY
4. Simeon Kittel born 18 Mar 1789 in Minsink, Orange Co., NY
5. Jacob Kittel born 1780 in Minsink, Orange Co., NY

Sources

• "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2CM-XJW : 12 December 2014), Westphael, 13 Feb 1742; citing POUGHKEEPSIE,DUTCHESS,NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 17,847.

• Ancestry.ca

Research notes

LNAB

Westphael is the surname recorded for Rusje's father at her baptism. Quackenbush-118 03:02, 22 February 2017 (EST)