Rebecca (Consalus) DeGraaf (abt. 1757 - 1792)

Born about Apr 1757 in Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York

Ancestors

Descendants

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Biography

Rebecca was baptized on 29 May 1758 in the Reformed Dutch Church of Reyn Beeck (now Red Hook), New York, recorded as the daughter of Joseph Consalus and Marg Deutscher. Witnesses to the baptism were Joh. Consalus and Sara Nutt, his wife.^[1]

She married Captain Emanuel De Graff in 1776.^[2]

Church Records

Children's baptisms

1. 1779. 2 May. Joseph. Immanul de Graaf, Rebecca Gonsalis. Wit: Joseph Gonsalis, Margarita Gonsalis.^[3]

Research Notes

LNAB is Consalus, the name recorded for her father at her baptism. -Smith-62120 23:11, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Father: Joseph Gunsaul Mother: Margrietje Femmetje Dutcherj Spouse: Emanuel De Graff, who married 1776.

MORE: The DeGraffs descend through the paternal line from Andries DeGraff. who came to New York (New Netherlands) from France in 1600, and the Rev. Edardus Hogardus. the first minister in New York) whose wife was Anneka Jans (Weber), granddaughter of King William IV. of Holland, who came to America in 1712. Through maternal lines the family traces back to William Teller, the first of his name in New York. a merchant, of Albany for fifty years, and to Myndert Mynderse, who came from Iveren, Holland, and owned the corner of State street and Broadway in Albany.

Captain Manuel DeGraff, of the fifth generation in America, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The history of this family covers the entire history of the state of New York from ??

They were sturdy pioneers and through their pluck, suffering and hardship, helped to build the great Empire state. The homestead land is a portion of the old DeGraff grant issued by King George III. of England.

'The' William Teller married one of the Dutcher daughters. (The McFarlans of Schenectady and Schoharie by William Bruce MacFarland contained in Norman McFarlan in New York lineage.pdf rec: as e-mail attachment from MHH 20 Oct 2015) Tanya Lowry 11:38, 09 Sep 2021 (PDT)

daughter of Joseph Gonselus and granddaughter of Don Manuel Gonselus ( a Huguenot) who came from Holland in his own ship in 1690.

Sources

1. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Reyn Beeck Redhook Book 40. Image of handwritten transcript of baptism register accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6961/42037_647350_0301-00071.
2. ↑ http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/degraff-1.html
3. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Schenectady Baptisms, Vol 2, Book 42. Image of typescript transcript of baptism register, accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6961/42037_647350_0295-00160