Isaac Van Valkenburg (bef. 1712 - 1785)

Born before 13 Feb 1712 in Schenectady, Albany County, Province of New York

Ancestors

Husband of Jannetje (Clement) Van Valkenburg — married 28 May 1737 in Albany, New York

Descendants

Died 1785 after age 72 in Wysox, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Isaac Van Valkenburg is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A119052.

Isaac Van Valkenburg performed Patriotic Service in the American Revolution.

Biography

Isaak was born in 1703. He is the son of Isaac Van Valkenburg and Lydia Van Slyck. ^[1]

The information below is based on "Exploring the Wysocton Capture" by J. Kelsey Jones. ^[2]

Isaac Van Valkenburg was baptized February 13, 1712 at the Reformed Church of Schenectady, New York, so he would have been born before this date. He was the son of Isaac Van Valkenburg and Lydia Van Slyck.

Isaac had an illegitimate son with Maria Bradt, daughter of Sturm Bradt and Sophia Uzielle. Their son Isaac was baptized on 17 December 1732 in Schoharie, New York, apparently by a Reformed Church minister. The transcript of the church record (which was one of several records on a loose page found separate from the church book) is dated "Anno 1732. Dec. 17" and identifies him as "An illegitimate child; his mother Maria, Sturm Bradd's daughter," baptized with the given name Isaac Falkenburg. Witnesses were Isaac Falk[enburg] and his wife Lydda.^[3] The witnesses were the child's paternal grandparents. This son is known in most histories as Isaac Vollick, presumably a variation of Valkenburg.

Isaac married Jannetje Clement (recorded as Klemet) on May 28 1737 in the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York.^[4] She was the daughter of Pieter Clement and Anna Ruijter. Their several children were born near Catskill, New York. In 1773 - 1774 the family moved to Bradford Co, Pennsylvania and settled at Misiscum, known as Indian Meadows, in Bradford Co., Pennsylvania, later moving up the Susquehanna river to Wysox, Pennsylvania. Included in the group were Isaac and Jannetje, their unmarried daughter Eva, their daughters Lydia and Margaret, who had married Strope brothers, Sebastian and John, and Isaac's brother Harmen. It's possible, but uncertain, that Isaac's first son, Issac and his wife and children may also have made the move. There is evidence that "Isaac's sister, Margrietje Van Valkenburg wife of Lambert VanAlstine and family and another married daughter Annatje Van Valkenburg and husband Isaac Larraway all resided nearby perhaps having accompanied them in 1773 or 1774 or within a few years."

The children of Isaac and Jannetje are:

• Lydia baptized 21 October 1737 (Reformed Church, Albany, New York)
• Annatje (Hannah) baptized 5 August 1739 (Reformed Church, Albany, New York)
• Eva baptized 4 October 1741 (Reformed Church, Albany, New York)
• Maritje (Maria) baptized 29 January 1744 (Reformed Church, Schenectady, New York)
• Margrietje (Margaret) baptized 23 February 1745 (Reformed Church, Schoharie, New York)
• Jannetje (Jane) baptized 11 July 1752 (Reformed Church, Schoharie, New York)

(It is not known whether Maritje and Jannetje reached adulthood.)

Isaac's extended family, with the exception of Sebastian Strope, were removed from their home on the Susquehanna in 1778 by Indians and detained in Canada for the duration of the Revolution. This, and the story of Isaac rescuing and preserving the Van Valkenburg Bible, has been documented in books and records that can be found in the Bradford Co, Historical Society in Towanda, Pennsylvania. J. Kelsey Jones^[5] has recently added additional documentation and knowledge on this subject, providing more insight into the complex circumstances of the times.

While the Larraways and Van Alstines and Isaac's first son, Isaac Vollick remained loyalists, Isaac and Jannetje and the Stropes returned and rebuilt their homes on the Susquehanna after the end of the war. "Isaac and Jane were buried on the family farm where other family members were buried and are related to have later been re-interred in Wysox Cemetery when a rail line was put in necessitating the cemetery's removal. No inscribed markers exist."

Baptism

12 FEB 1712 First Dutch Reformed Ch, Schenectady, Albany, New York

Church Records

Marriage

• 1737, May 28. B. Isaac Van Valkenburg, y.m., and Jannetje Klemet, y.d. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Tayler Mccormick, May 10, 2013
2. ↑ "Exploring the Wysocton Capture" by J. Kelsey Jones, 2010 pages 14 - 15
3. ↑ Vosburgh, Royden Woodward. Schoharie, Reformed (formerly the High and Low Dutch Reformed Congregation), 1730-1892, vol. 1 & 2 (1917), page iii. Accessed in Schoharie County Religious Records, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/online-records/collection/schoharie-county-religious-records
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683–1809, Excerpted from Year Books of the Holland Society of New York. Part 3, page 6
5. ↑ "Exploring the Wysocton Capture" by J. Kelsey Jones, 2010,[1]

See Also:

• The Olive Tree Genealogy website of Lorrine McGinnis Schultz [2]
• The History of Bradford County by David Craft on Joyce Tice's Tri-County website [3]
• The narrative of Jane Strope [4]
• McHenry, Chris. Rebel prisoners at Quebec, 1778-1783 : being a list of American prisoners held by the British during the Revolutionary War. 1981. p. 24 [5] Accessed 19 Feb 2020
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Isaac Van Valkenburg", Ancestor # A119052.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
• WikiTree profile Van Valkenburg-42 created through the import of EED1.ged on Sep 15, 2011 by Richard Draper.
• Thanks to Tayler Mccormick for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Tayler and others.