Crynes Bertholf (bef. 1750 - abt. 1834)

Born before 20 Apr 1750 in Ramapo, Bergen, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Margrietje (Alyea) Bartholf — married 6 Jun 1775 in Pompton Plains, New Jersey., British Colonial America

Descendants

Died about 3 Dec 1834 after about age 84 in Batavia, Genesee, New York, United States

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Biography

Crynes Bertholf is the descendant of a New Netherland settler.

Crynes Bertholf was one of the four youngest sons of Guiliaem Bertholf and Rachel Bertholf. ^{[1] [2]} He was born in northern New Jersey and christened, 20 April 1750, in Ramapo, Bergen, New Jersey, British Colonial America. He would marry Margrietje (Alyea) Bertholf on 6 June 1775, at Pompton Plains, New Jersey Colony. ^[1] On July 1776 there were 10 Bartholf men as signers of a pledge of loyalty to the revolution in Goshen, Hamptonburgh, and Chester in Orange County, New York. One of them Crines [sic] Bartholf, jr. The "Jr" was likely in reference to grandfather Quirinus. ^[3]

Crynes and brothers Peter, Jacobus "James", and Stephen, all with young families, left Warwick, Orange County, and headed West, sometime before 1800. The routes were few, and Indian attacks of white settlers were still commonplace during travels in the west. We know the group made their way to Montgomery County (then Tryon), as Crynes' wife passed away in the area of Charleston, Montgomery, New York, at the age of 37. Their youngest daughter, Rachel (Bertholf) Lewis met and married Peter Lewis, a native of the area. They resided near Root, Tryon County.

His three eldest siblings; Samuel, Hendrick & Annettje 'Hannah' Bertholf Hopper, had married into well rooted families in northern New Jersey and southeastern (Orange County) New York, and remained in that location.

During the first few years of the 19th century, "The Holland Company" was formed and negotiated a land purchase from the Native American tribes of what was then Ontario County, New York. It was dubbed "The Holland Purchase", and was intended purely to accommodate settlers who were moving into the west with the idea of staying. The company had incorporated many safeguards to prevent land speculation and other abuses. That apparently attracted the Bartholf brothers to remove to the newly formed city of Batavia, now in Genesee County, New York. ^[4] There, all four of the brothers would own property and live the remainder of their lives. Crynes died on 3 December 1834, just a short distance southeast of Batavia, near the Batavia-Stafford Township line. Two of the brothers are known to be buried in the Bartholf Family Burial Ground, Stafford, Genesee, New York, United States. ^[5] It is very likely that all four brothers are laid there, however only two of their gravestones were legible enough to have been identified. Many more gravestones have been uncovered there, but as restoration continues those of Crynes and Peter have yet to be positively identified.

Research Notes

• Given name: Crynes, (Variants; Krynes, Chrines, Cryn, Corynus, Cryne, Corynes, Corymus, Cornelius). Middle name: Patronymic name would be, Guiliaem, but not found in any records.
• Surname: Bertholf. In adulthood, he and his younger siblings apparently chose to spell the surname; Bartholf, as did all of their children.
• There were three Crynes Bertholfs, all from the same time period, born 1745, 1750, and 1753, and from northern New Jersey and southern New York. They were first or second cousins.

As one would expect, there has been much mixing of names, dates and locations in the past. A goal has been to find and fix data that has been entered into the wrong profiles in the past. Much of that correction has been accomplished while creating this profile and biography. The correct associations are;

• Crynes Bertholf, b.1745, son of Johannes Bertholf.
• Crynes Bertholf-173 ,b.1750, son of, Guiliaem Bertholf-40.
• Crynas Bertholf-48, b.1753, son of, Jacobus Bertholf-49

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "GSBC Family Files, Cornelius[sic] Bertholf, " New Jersey Genealogical Society of Bergen County., (https://www.njgsbc.org/files/familyfiles/g0/p23.htm.) Accessed 29 Jul. 2021.
2. ↑ Crynes Bertholf in the record of Annetje Bertholf (1777." 1812) (https://www.mormonpioneergenealogylibrary.com/?p=1326). Accessed 26 Jul. 2021.
3. ↑ History, Orange County (N.Y.) -- Biography, Publisher Philadelphia : Everts & Peck, Collection, cornell; americana, Contributor Cornell University Library, Internet Archive. “An Outline History of Orange County : Together with Local Traditions and Short Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers, Etc. : Eager, Samuel Watkins : Internet Archive,” 2015. (https://archive.org/details/outlinehistoryof00eage_0/page/499/mode/1up?view=theater&q=Town+of+Goshen). ‌With an enumeration of the Signers of the Pledge in Goshen, Orange County, June 8, 1775.
4. ↑ The Library of Congress. “A Historical Sketch of the Village of Batavia,” 2015. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.historicalsketch00sea/?sp=9&st=image&r=-0.471,0.07,1.744,0.637,0.‌
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/251848446/crynes-bartholf: accessed 02 June 2023), memorial page for Crynes Bartholf (20 Apr 1750–3 Dec 1834), Find a Grave Memorial ID 251848446, citing Bartholf Family Burial Ground, Stafford, Genesee County, New York, USA; Maintained by Jim Sellers (contributor 48938285).

• "Family Tree," database; data and images:" entry for, Crynes Bertholf. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZLG-C22, Accessed 2022. Contributed by various users.
• “BERTHOLF, Rachel B. 1724 D. 1763: Hoffman-Salzman Genealogy.” Hoffmanthomas.us, 2014. https://hoffmanthomas.us/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I10368&tree=All001#cite1.
• Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1802, Family Search Film # 007827599, Image 175 of 658, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSSR-XGXK?i=174 , accessed 16 Nov 2021.
• "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ67-X8G : 18 January 2020, Criynes Bertolf in entry for Isack Bertolf, 1782.
• History of Orange County, New York, by Ruttenber, Edward Manning, 1825-1907. Publication date 1881. https://archive.org/details/cu31924028832693/page/n5/mode/2up?q=Bertholf Topics Orange County (N.Y.) --
• History, Orange County (N.Y.) -- Biography, Publisher Philadelphia : Everts & Peck, Collection, cornell; americana, Contributor Cornell University Library, Internet Archive. “An Outline History of Orange County : Together with Local Traditions and Short Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers, Etc. : Eager, Samuel Watkins : Internet Archive,” 2015. (https://archive.org/details/outlinehistoryof00eage_0/page/499/mode/1up?view=theater&q=Town+of+Goshen). ‌With an enumeration of the Signers of the Pledge in Goshen, Orange County, June 8, 1775.