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Debora Christoffelse Davids (1665 - 1715)

Debora Christoffelse (Deborah) Davids aka Davis, Davidtz, Davy
Born in Kingston, Ulster, New York Colonymap
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Wife of — married 6 Jul 1679 (to 17 Oct 1687) [location unknown]
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Died at age 50 in Kingston, Ulster, New York Colonymap
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Biography

Deborah was born in 1665. She was the daughter of Christoffel Davy and Maria Beekman. She passed away in 1715. [1]

Deborah was baptized at Kingston, New York, on January 25, 1665. The baptism notice (#49 in Hoes) gives her name as Debora and lists her parents as Christoffel Davids and Maria Martensen. Witness was Geertruy Andriesen.[2]

Debora Davids married Hendrick Van Schoonhoven when she was about 14 years old. When she was 20 years old, after six years of marriage, she had an affair with Dirck Van Vliet and had a son named Nicholas. Her husband Hendrick Van Schoonhoven adopted and raised the child as Nicholas Van Schoonhoven. There were no other children from that marriage. On 17 October 1687, Debora was divorced from Hendrick Van Schoonhoven.[3]

Deborah later married Pieter Van Bommel. Their children were:[4]

  1. Margrietje, born April 1693; married Hendrick Deyo
  2. Marritje, born 1696; married Simon Freer
  3. Marcus, born 9 January 1698
  4. Christophel, born 9 January 1698
  5. Elizabeth, born 21 May 1701; married Hendrick Ostrander
  6. Peter, born in 1704; married Johanna Lewis
  7. Deborah, born about 1705; married David Burhans
  8. Antje, born 1706 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York; married Jacob DuBois

Birth

Born January 25, 1665 in Kingston, Ulster, New York

Marriage

Wife of Hendrick Claessen Van Schoonhoven — married July 6, 1679 to October 17, 1687
Wife of Pieter Van Bommel — married after October 1687

Death

Died December 4, 1715 in Kingston, Ulster, New York

Church Records

Baptism
  • 1665 Jan 25 Debora, Christoffel Davids, Maria Martensen. Wit.: Geertruy Andriesen. [5]
Marriage
  • 1679 Jul 06 Heindrick Claassen, j.m., of Nieu Jorck, and Debora Christoffels, j.d., of Kingston, both resid. in Kingston. First publication of Banns, 21 May. [6]

Research Notes

LNAB:

Davids is the surname recorded for Debora's father at her baptism. Quackenbush-118 20:50, 17 June 2017 (EDT)

Sources

  1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Vernon Hintt Jr..
  2. ↑ Hoes, p. 4, #49
  3. ↑ Clarke, Hendrick Van Schoonhoven page
  4. ↑ Clarke, Pieter Van Bommel page
  5. ↑ Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York: (formerly Named Wiltwyck, and Often Familiarly Called Esopus or 'Sopus), for One Hundred and Fifty Years from Their Commencement in 1660. New York: De Vinne Press, 1891.
  6. ↑ Hoes, page 504


  • Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and marriage registers of the old Dutch church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York. New York: De Vinne Press, 1891.

Acknowledgments

This profile was created from an unsourced family tree handed down to Vernon Hintt Jr.. This profle was created through the import of MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011. This profile was created through the import of Mulkerin Family History Site.ged on Dec 15, 2011 by Samantha Mulkerin. This profile was created through the import of davisfamilytree-1.ged on Sep 1, 2012 by Rich Davis. This profile was created by Ray Obert through the import of The Family Tree.ged on Apr 2, 2013. This profile was created by Jeremy Kidd through the import of Kidd Family Tree 20140209.ged on Feb 9, 2014.





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Drody-16 Margaret (Drody) Thompson
Debora was a little over 14 when she married Hendrick who was 27. When she was 20 she had an affair with Peg Leg Pettrick or Dirck Adrians

Van Viet. Divorced Oct. 17, 1687. Book AA page 66 in the office of the County Clerk of Ulster Co., NY records a compaint of Hendrick Claes Schoonover against Debora Christoffels David before the Justice of the Peach 17 Oct 1687. Debora admitted that Hendrick was not the father of her child and that the father was Derrick Wootin Legg.

Debora was a little over 14 when she married Hendrick who was 27. Despite 8 years of marriage, they produced no children. When she was twenty she had an affair with Peg Leg Perrick or Dirck Adrians Van Vliet.*

  • Here follows a note by Don Green on research done by Tony Schoonover:

Circumstantial evidence points to Dirck Van Vliet as the elusive Dirrick "Wootin Legg." Our reasons for this conclusion are as follows. (1) His first name was Dirrick (Dirck is another form of the given name). (2) Dirck Van Vliet had one leg. A brother-in-law, Gysbert Krom accidentally shot off Dirck's left leg at a New Year's Eve Party in 1678. A wooden or "peg" leg was the usual artificial limb for the time. (3) We believe that "wooden leg" is not a proper Dutch surname. As we understand it, Dutch surnames at this time were usually derived from the father's given name (the English influence changed that custom to a single surname running from parent to child, etc.) Wooden leg, therefore, was a kind of nickname, possibly a cruel pejorative nickname. (4) In her affadavit, cited above, Debora states that Dirck would not marry her, but instead, he married another. This would have occurred either before or soon after birth of the child. In 1685, the year in which Niclaas was born, Dirck Van Vliet married Anne Andriesen (baptised 1662), daughter of Andries and Hilletje Hendricks Barentsen. (5) The families of both Dirck and Debora lived in the village of Kingston, and obviously knew one another. The Van Vliet family arrived in New Netherlands on the ship, "Trouw," on 13 June, 1662, and settled at Kingston. Dirck died there in 1702. Over the years the Van Vliet, Schoonover, Krom and Davids (Davis) families intermarried. Later, Debora's grand-daughter, Rebekka, married a Krom who was the grand-son of Dirck Van Vliet. See Van Vliet, Krom, Davids and Schoonover Families in Ulster County, New York Ancestors & Descendants by Lorraine Luke at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gemini&id (This web link no longer exists. Lorraine Luke's new website is: My Families of Early Ulster County, New York http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~luke/index.htm )

Book AA, page 66 in the office of the County Clerk of Ulster County, New York, records a complaint of Hendick Claes Schoonover against Debora Christoffels David before the Justice of the Peace 17 Oct 1687. Debora admitted that Hendirck was not the father of her first child and that the father was Derrick Wootin Legg.

posted by Margaret (Drody) Thompson
Ellis-2531 John Ellis
This Profile Has confusion as father has profiles under the Name Davis and Davids also the Name VanSchoonhoven and Van Schoonhoven are beginning to Produce more duplicates furthur confusing the issue. There was a Scandal concerning Debora Christoffel Davids,which went to court "Book AA page 66 in the Office of the County Clerk of Ulster County New York." Whereby Debora admitted that Husband Hendrick was not the father of first child Nicolas. That the real father was Dirck Van Vliet known as Derrick Wooten Leg. The child maintained his Name as Van Schoonhoven which has become a problem for Descendents searching the Ancestry.
posted by John Ellis
Gerard-337 Michelle (Gerard) Hartley
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