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"JACOBUS TER BOS-3, (Ter Boss, Ter Bush, Bush) was born in Fishkill. Dutchess County, N. Y. and like his father, became a man of some prominence. His baptism is recorded in the Kingston Dutch Church, his sponsors being Teunis Tappan and Greetje Van Bossen. He married Catharina Beelev, (Bailey). He was a Farmer, Surveyor and Politician, a combination difficult to beat. He appears upon the Tax List of the South Ward, of Dutchess County for the first in 1722, one year after his brother Johannes. “At an Election held in Dutchess County in the South Ward, on the first Tuesday in April, it being the second day of said month 1722. “JACOBUS TERBOS. was chosen Overseer of the Highway, and his brother Johannes Ter Bos Jr., was chosen Assessor." " [1]
Baptism: at Kingston, 1700 May 19; Johannes ter Bos, Elisabet Hendrikse; Jacobus; Teunis Tappen, Grietje van Bossen.[2]
Marriage: Catrina (Cathyrna) aka Kaetje Beely or Bailey or Balle Marriage: 26 Aug 1715 - New York
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