Moses Cantine (abt. 1655 - 1744)

Born about 1655 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France

Husband of Elisabeth (Deyo) Lefevre — married 1691 in Ulster Co., Province of New York

Husband of Mary (de Wit) Cantine — married 20 Sep 1703 in Kingston, Ulster, New York

Descendants

Died 9 Sep 1744 at about age 89 in Marbletown, Ulster, Province of New York

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Biography

Moses Cantine was a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).

Moses Cantine was a French Protestant (Huguenot) who emigrated to America in the latter decades of the 1600s and settled in Ulster County, New York. He passed away at nearly 90 years old on 9 September 1744 in Marbletown, near Kingston, Ulster County, Province of New York, and was buried at the Marbletown Cemetery where an old gravestone, marked "M. C.," has been found. His Find A Grave: Memorial #90772965, based on 1931 research in Ulster County, states he was born in 1651 or 1655 in Royan, Charente-maritime, Saintonge, France. Royan is known as having an active Huguenot community in the 17th Century and is about 120 kilometers from Bordeaux, where Moses sailed from to reach England and then on to America.

Moses Cantine is known to have had 3 wives, being widowed at least twice in his long life. Being born around 1655 would have made him 25 in 1680, before the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and he is known to have been married when he fled France around 1685. His first wife's identity has been lost but it's said she passed away during their long trans-Atlantic voyage to New York between 1685-1690.

Once established in Ulster County, up the Hudson River from New York City, Moses Cantine (spelled various ways by local non-French-speaking clerks) married recent-widow Elisabeth (Deyo) Lefevre (abt.1650-bef.1703) in 1691. She was the daughter of Christian Deyo (1620 to 1687) and his wife Jeanne Verbeau (1640 to 1681). Moses and Elizabeth lived in the Lefevre home in New Palz until her sons by her first husband were raised. On 21 May 1693 Moses and Elizabeth had a son baptized: Pieter Kantyn (1693-), the recognized ancestor of the Kantyn, Quintin, Cantine family in the USA.^[1]

Pieter was their only known child. Unfortunately, Elizabeth passed away after 1700 and "Moses Cantain" then remarried (his third time) on 20 September 1703 to Marytje (Marie) Dubois, widow of Boudewyn De Witt, as recorded at the church in Kingston, Ulster, New York.^[2]

On 3 October 1697 Moses Cantyn was a witness to the baptism in Kingston, New York, of Margriet, daughter of Moses La Conti and Hester la Maeter.^[3]

Moise Quntin was recorded as godfather to Salomon, child of Abraham Frere and Achye, his wife, baptized in New Paltz, New York, on 23 October 1698. The child's godmother was Rachel Hasbrouq.^[4]

On 1717 January 13th Moses Kantyn witnessed the baptism of his grandson, Moses, as recorded at the church in Kingston.^[5]

1717: "...in the third yeare of his Majesties Reigne..." two men named "Contain" of the "Corporation of Kingston" were assessed in the Ulster County tax assessment list of 23 January 1716/7. One of them, Moses (presumably this man), was assessed for £100; the other, Pieter (his son), was assessed for £12.^[6]

Little is known of Moses' life after 1717 except that he moved to Marbletown, Ulster County, New York, where he died on 9 September 1744 and was buried at the Marbletown Cemetery, Marbletown, Ulster, New York. It is assumed Mary (DeWitt) Cantine passed away before her husband but the exact date or place of her death is not known.

Research Notes

• Schoonmaker, Marius. The History of Kingston, New York:] from it Early Settlement to the Year 1820 (Burr Printing House, New York, 1888) p 475.

Cantine -- Moses Kantyn was the original representative of the Cantines in this country. He emigrated from Bordeaux, France, to England, and from thence to America.

His son, Pieter Kantyne, on the 20th of September, 1703, married Elizabeth, daughter of Matthys Blanshan, Jr., and Margaret Schoonhoven. They had thirteen children. ...

• Lefevre, Ralph. History of new Paltz, New York and its old Families (from 1678 to 1820 (Fort Orange Press, Albany, NY, 1903) pp 30, 117, 162, 165, 411, 529. Appendix, page 56.

Simon Lefever, father-in-law was Christian Deyo, died young (about 1690) and his widow, Elizabeth Deyo, married Moyse/ Moses Cantain, a French Protestant, whose wife had died on the passage to America, who occupied the homestead at New Paltz until the LeFevre boys were grown (about 1704), and then removed to Ponckhokie in Kingston, New York.

In 1693, May 21, they had a son, Peter, baptized and he is the ancestor of the Cantine family.

a deed, dated in 1704, from Moses Cantain of Kingston and Mary, his wife, to Mattys Dubois.

• A "Peronne Quantin" is recorded in connection with the baptism at New Paltz of Jacob, son of Jacob Ruth, born 27 April 1689 and baptized 9 days later.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Versteeg, Dingman. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Paltz, N.Y.," Collections of the Holland Society of New York, (New York, 1896). Page 63: 1693. May 21. Moyse Quentin and Lisbette D'Oyaux, his wife, had a son baptized named _______. Godfather, Pierre Guimar; Godmother, Rachel Hasbroucq.
2. ↑ Hoes: p 520, entry 210.

   1703 Sep 20, marriage of Moses Cantain and Mary De Witt. Married on the presentation of a license.

3. ↑ Hoes, page 51, #997: Oct 03 Margriet - Moses La Conti, Hester la Maeter. Witnesses: Moses cantyn, Mary Galee.
4. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch church of New Paltz, N.Y. Published as Collections of the Holland Society of New York, Vol. 3, 1896. page 60.
5. ↑ Hoes: p 117, entry 2459.

   1717 Jan 13: baptism of Moses. Parents: Pieter Kantyn , Elisabeth Blans Jan . Witnesses: Moses Kantyn and Marytjen Debou .

6. ↑ Tax Assessment List for the County of Ulster, 1716/7, Ulster County Clerk, Archives Division, Ulster County, New York, Accessed online, 30 April 2019.
7. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch church of New Paltz, N.Y., page 62.

• Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (De Vinne Press, 1891)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90772965/moses-cantine : accessed 27 January 2022), memorial page for Moses Cantine (1655–9 Sep 1744), Find A Grave: Memorial #90772965, citing Marbletown Cemetery, Marbletown, Ulster County, New York, USA ; Maintained by FRRoss (contributor 47557508) .

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011.
• 1717 tax record report corrected. -perC-213 16:39, 17 August 2019 (UTC)