Jurie Westphael (bef. 1696 - abt. 1753)

Born before 27 Sep 1696 in Rochester Township, Ulster County, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Blandina (DeWitt) Westphael — married 24 Oct 1719 in Kingston, Ulster, New York

Descendants

Died about 1753 after about age 56 in Augusta County, Virginia

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Biography

Juriaan Westphale|WestPhael|Westvaal

Name

Juriaan's name was recorded with many variations in Church baptism and marriage records.

Birth

Juriaan was born to Simon Westfall and Nelletje Quackenboss in Rochester Township in Ulster County, near the town of Accord, New York. Baptism was recorded at the Kingston Reformed Dutch Church on September 27, 1696^[1]

Marriage

Juriaan married Blandina DeWitt | de Wit on October 24, 1719, marriage was recorded at the at the Kingston Reformed Dutch Church, Ulster County, New York. ^[2]. They lived in Dutchess County near the present town of Rhinebeck, New York . Blandia was born ca. 1696 in Rochester Twp., Ulster County, New York, and died ca, 1753 in Augusta County, Virginia

Children

• Zymen|Simon Westvaal, was bp. on 30 Jul 1721 (possibly at Dutchess Co., NY?), Baptism was recorded at the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York; sponsors were: Gysbert Westvaal, Geertjen Westvaal^[3]

• Lidia|Lydia Westvaal was bp. on 15 Mar 1724 (possibly at Dutchess Co., Ny.?) Baptism was recorded at the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York; sponsors were: Harmen Roosekrans, Eyke de Wit^[4]; m. JACOB WESTBROEK, April 11, 1740, Minisink, Orange County, New York.

• Jan (John) DeWitt Westphael was bp. 3 Apr 1726, poss. at Kingston.^[5], [No KRDC Baptism Record found...] What happened to Jan??

• Catrina (Catherine) Westphael was bp. on 17 Nov 1726.^[6], [No KRDC bapt. record found.... ] It would appear that this Catrina Westphael m. Michael Harness at Hardy County, Va (now West Virginia),

Note: On 1728 Dec 01, Juriaan and Blandina sponsored the baptism of friends ^[7]

In 1732, Juriana moved his family to the Minisink-Machackemech area (now Port Jervis), Orange County, New York. There they had two more children christened by a missionary from the Kingston Church.<^[8][Note: Baptisms conducted at the Minnisink area churches were recorded at the Kingston Reformed Dutch Church until about 1638. Quick-803 01:35, 5 August 2014 (EDT)]

• Maria, Westvaal was bp. on 4 Jul 1733 in the Minisink Area, poss. New Jersey.^[9] [This was one of a batch of 17 baptisms recorded for that day. This implies that birth took place in the greater Minisink area sometime before July 4th. Maria married Petrus Kortrecht, 17 April 1754.

In 1735, Jurian bought a farm across the Delaware River from Machackemech, in present Matamoras, Pike, Pennsylvania^[10] and there had daughter:

• Annaatje Westphal, was bp. on 3 May 1737 at now Matamoras, Pike County, PA.. Bp would have occurred at Minisink RDC, or was performed by Traveling Domine. Baptism was recorded at the central Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York; sponsors were: Jan Oosterhout, Annaatje Westphal.^[11]

Notes:

On 1744 April 23, Jury Westfael and Blandia De Witt sponsored the baptism of their first grandson, Jury^[12]

On July 05, 1747, Jury Westfael, as Jurg Westval, and Blandia de Wit sponsored the baptism of Blandina van Asken^[13]

In 1747, Jurian moved his family to present Moorefield, West Virginia; except for married daughter Lydia and married son Simon^[14]. Daughters that accompanied them would have been Catrina (age 21), Maria (age 14), and Annaatje (age 10).

Estate Distribution

This does not present Jurian's will. The source relates to the administration of Jurian's and Blandina's wills, by son-in-law. Michael Harness, husband of daughter Catrina, who was the subject of the genealogy profile.

The import of this information is leads to find actual Wills of Jurian and Blandina.

Note: Jurian Westfael, was known as Eurie (a nickname). Also note the references to the name Westfall. Jurian did not apparently use the name Westfall. but that appellation is apparently assigned to him by descendents that had changed their names to Westfall.

Michael Harness' second involvement with an estate was with that of his new father-in-law, Eurie Westfael, who was, with his wife Blandina, a relative new-comer to the South Branch area. [moved there in 1747]^[15] This couple, said to have married in 1719 in Kingston, Esopus County, New York, had some six children, at least one of whom, a daughter named Catharine, came with them to Augusta County, Virginia. ^[16] Were it not for an almost incidental comment in the Court Order Book, we might never have known of his [Michael Harness Jr] relationship with that family. When naming the Administrator of Eurie's will, it reads: "Michael Harness (son-in-law of Eurie Westfall) moved according to law to be named Admr of the Estate. Court granted him Certificate for letters of Admin." ^[17] This statement was crucial to validate the full identification of Michael's wife and children later.

Death

Jurian and wife Blandina died in 1753. Jurian apparently died first, possibly killed by Indians, in 1753 ^[18] Son-in-law Michael Harness jr. handled the estates.

"Later in 1753, Michael's wife [Catrina or Catherine] suffered another blow when her mother died. On 21 November 1753, court records disclose the return of an inventory of the estate of Blandina Westfall to the court, and that "Michael Harnes Administrator" had sold the contents. It had been valued at L95, consisted mostly of livestock, and probably represented also what remained of Eurie's estate."^{[19] [20]}

It is not known where Jurian and Blandina are buried. Their daughters Maria and Annetje returned to Machackemech , Orange, NY to be near brother Simon, who lived in a stone house just south of where the Neversink River empties into the Delaware River^[21].

Sources

• Hardy County West Virginia GenWeb project This project includes a genealogy profile for Michael Harness Jr. Michael was Jurian Westfael's and Blandia's son in law, having married daughter Catrina.
• Our Westfall Family Tree; Descendants of Juriaen Westfall and Mary Hansen; The Westfalls of West Virginia. This source shows Jurian WestPhael and Blandia de Witt, but does not explore their descendents.

• Roswell Randall Hoes, editor, Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, 1660-1809 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1891, 1980, 1997)

• Website: Find A Grave Memorial# 67512309; Created by: Dennis Peterson; Record added: Mar 27, 2011

• Source: Our Westfall Family Tree; Descendants of Juriaen Westfall and Mary Hansen; The Westfalls of West Virginia

1. ↑ KRDC Baptism Record: 1696 Sep 27; Symon Westphale, Nelletje Quackenbos; Jurie; Claes Westphale, Coenraad Elmendorp, Ariaantje Gerritse.
2. ↑ KRDC Marriage Record: Page 537 - 1719 24 Oct; Jury Westvaal, jm, born Rochester, liv Dutchess; Blandina De Wit, jd, of Rochester.
3. ↑ KRDC Baptism Record: 1721 Jul 30; Juriaan Vestvaal, Blandina de Wit; Zymen; Gysbert Westvaal, Geertjen Westvaal
4. ↑ KRDC Baptism Record: 1724 Mar 15; Juriaan Westvaal, Blandina de Wit; Lidia; Harmen Roosekrans, Eyke de Wit
5. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial# 67512309
6. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial# 67512309
7. ↑ KRDC Baptism Record: 1728 Dec 01; Johannes de Duytser, Catrina Bogardus; Lidia ; Jury Westvaal, Blandina de Wit
8. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial# 67512309
9. ↑ KRDC Baptism Record: 1733 Jul 04; Girge Westval, Blandina de Wit; Maria; Willem Cool, Catharina du Bois
10. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial# 67512309
11. ↑ KRDC Baptism Record: 1737 May 03; Jurge Westphal, Blandina de Wit; Annaatje; Jan Oosterhout, Annaatje Westphal
12. ↑ MRDC Baptism Record: •23 April 1744 ; Simon Westfael ; Jannetje Westbroek ; Jury ; Jury Westfael, Blandina De Witt
13. ↑ KRDC Baptism Record: 1747 Jul 05; Abraham van Aaken, Jannetje de Wit; Blandina; Jurg Westval & wife Blandina de Wit
14. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial# 67512309
15. ↑ There is some confusion about the given name of Westfall, because Lyman Chalkley, in his magisterial and sometimes error-prone, Chronicles of the Scotch-lrish Settlement of Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. 1745-1800 (3 vols., Baltimore, 1965),111, p. 58 [and elsewhere] refers to this Westfall as "Euric." That is his incorrect reading of the nick-name of "Jurien," or George in English. It actually is spelled "Eurie" in the Augusta County Court Order Book 3, n.p. [p. 424], and in Will Book 1, pp. 490-491.
16. ↑ "The Jurien Westfall Family," in Virginia Carpenter Jansen and George Jansen, Jr., Westfall Ancestry of the Jansen Daughters (1996-), p. 43. The Jansens list Catharine's birth date as 17 November 1728, but cite no document. Although she was listed as the fourth of six children, there is no record indicating whether Eurie and Blandina brought other children with them. the Jansens also note that when a son, Simon, had his first child baptized in Minnisink, New York, on 23 April 1744, Eurie and Blandina were listed in the church records as the sponsors.
17. ↑ Augusta County Court Order Book 3, n.p. [p. 424].
18. ↑ Augusta County Will Book I, pp. 524-525.
19. ↑ Will Book I, pp. 524-525. "We have no idea if the deaths of Catharine's parents were due to Indian attacks connected with the French and Indian War then raging throughout the valley, disease or physical deterioration. Eurie was not yet 60 when he died. The estate value probably represents a valuation in Virginia pounds, not English. "
20. ↑ Hardy County West Virginia GenWeb project
21. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial# 67512309

Acknowledgements

• Westphael-1 was created on 13 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
• Dee Christophel D'Errico, firsthand knowledge.