Isaac DeTurk (bef. 1685 - bef. 1727)

Born before 17 Jan 1685 in Frankenthal, Frankenthal, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Marie (LeFevre) Weimer — married 1709 in New York

Descendants

Died before 1727 at about age 41 in Oley, Berks, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Isaac DeTurk was a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).

The DeTurk family is of oriental origin. The progenitor of this family was brought to France as a prisoner by Count Kaimund of Toulouse in 1105 AD. He was a Turkish emir, Hayraddin Silodin. In France named Arnulph Le Turk.^[1]

Isaac DeTurk's ancestors were from the vicinity of Picardy, France (northern). DeTurks, DeHarcourts, Bertolets, Keims, LeVans sought refuge from religious persecution in the Palatinate in Frankenthal, Germany, around 1609.

Isaac DeTurk was born in 1685 in Frankenthal, Rheinland-Pfalz and baptized the 17 Jan 1685 at the Frankenthal Refugee Congregation. He was a son of Johannes DeTurk (1650- ) and Hester Kip (1656- ). His sponsor were "Isaac Balde and his daughter Sara Balde from this place, and Maria Elizabeth Göz, wife of Hans Pieter Kip, Jr"^[2][3][4].

Immigration: arrived in New York, 13 Dec 1708, aboard the ship Globe Isaac DeTurk left the Palatinate with a group headed by Joshua Kocherthhal. On board the ship with him was the widow Anna Maria Von Weimer (daughter of Jean DeHarcourt), Anna Maria's 2-year-old daughter Catherine, and Isaac's sister Esther. They first settled in a Huguenot settlement on the Hudson, Esopus, Dutchess, New York, on Quassick Creek. In the same company was the accomplished widow Maria (DeHarcourt) Weimer and her daughter Catharine, two years of age. I

1709: Isaac DeTurk and Anna Maria (DeHarcourt) Von Weimer were married in New York. They had the following children:

1. Esther (1710-1798) m Abraham Bertolet (1712-1766); 7 children
2. Johannes (1713-1781) m Deborah Hoch (1721-1799); 12 children
3. Eva Maria (1718-1779) m ? looking for sources.
4. Catherine (1706-1768). Anna Maria's daughter, Catherine, was accepted or adopted by Isaac DeTurk as his child, equal in status to his own children with Anna Maria. This included the details of his will which treated Catherine as an equal with his other children./Esopus, Dutchess, New York, United States^[5][6]

1711: the family left New York for the Oley Valley in Pennsylvania.^[7]

11 Jun 1712: Isaac DeTurk granted 300 acres of land in Oley for £30. The homestead is still in possession of the direct descendants. The spot which he settles was in the silent forests, on the head waters of the Little Manatawny Creek. At the time of his occupation of these sections, the Oley Hills were the frontier limits between Philadelphia and the hunting grounds of the Natives Americans, which are stated to be the Oleka of the Lenni Lenape tribe.

He was an epileptic.

He made a testament the 22 January 1717. Here is the transcription:

In the name of God Amen, I Isaac DeTurck of Oly in the County of Philadelphia, yeoman, being at this time in indifferent good health of the body and also of a sound & disposing mind and memory, praised be the Lord for his goodness towards me, But considering the frailty of this transitory life and the uncertainty thereof, do make this my Last Will & Testament in manner and form following, that is to say. First of all I recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of mine Executrix hereafter named. And of my Worldly Estate I devise and dispose as hereafter followith. Imprimis, I give and bequeath to my wife Mary all & singular my clear Estate Real and personal, and the profits thereof during her Viduity or Widowhood, So never the less that her Daughter Catherine Wimar and my two children Esther and John DeTurck shall be educated out of the said mine estate by my aforesaid wife Mary their Mother, and Equally be provided for, as much as in her lies. But in case she should marry again, then I only give and bequeath unto her the Third part of my said Estate, according to the good laws of this province. And in this case of her Marrying again, My Will is that my aforesaid Estate, both real and personal shall be apprized or valued by judicious and impartial men, and two parts thereof secured for the above named Catherine, Esther and John, unto them after words equally to be divided, Share and Share alike. And my Will further is that the said my son John DeTurck shall have and hold my Plantation lying & being in Oly aforesaid, to him, his heirs and Assigns for ever, he satisfying his two sisters for their two parts or shares, according to the afore mentioned valuation of Impartial Men. And what ever my said wife Mary (not marrying again) doth leave unconsumed, I give and bequeath to the said Catherine, Esther, & John to be divided among them in Equal shares, as above expressed, that is to say, One just third part thereof to each of them. Finally, I Constitute and appoint my aforesaid Wife Mary whole and sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament during her Lifetime and after her decease I make and ordain my friends Philip Kuhlwein of Oly yeoman and Dirk Jansen of Germantown Weaver Executors of this my said Last Will & Testament, to whose care and tuition I also commit the aforesaid three children after their Mothers decease or Marrying again until they come to be at Age. Hereby utterly revoking and disannulling all and other former Wills, Legacies and Exects by me in any ways heretofore made, given or Ordained, Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament, In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the 22 day of January Anno Domid 1717/8. Isaac DeTurck^[8].

He died before April 1727 because the two witnesses confirmed the 1rst of April 1727 the declaration in the testament^[8]. Isaac DeTurk was buried in the Deturk Homestead Cemetery (today a cow pasture), Oley Township, Berks County Pennsylvania^[9].

Research Notes

Deturk legend states that Isaac's wife's maiden name is DeHeroken, referencing a letter which she wrote to family back home. Moravian baptism records state her maiden name is Lefeber which is also logical.

Sources

1. ↑ From a letter in possession of the DeTurk family
2. ↑ DeTurk, Eugene Peter, History and genealogy of the DeTurk DeTurck family; descendants of Isaac DeTurk and Maria DeHarcourt page 14
3. ↑ Gale, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010
4. ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived
5. ↑ Source: #S37 Page: Source number: 568.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: AMB
6. ↑ Source: #S37 Page: Source number: 568.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: AMB
7. ↑ Source: #S30 Page: Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1712; Page Number: 151
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} DeTurk, Eugene Peter, History and genealogy of the DeTurk DeTurck family; descendants of Isaac DeTurk and Maria DeHarcourt page 58-59
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #83158696

• Strausstown Roots
• DeTurk, Eugene Peter, History and genealogy of the DeTurk DeTurck family; descendants of Isaac DeTurk and Maria DeHarcourt, DeTurck Family Association, 1934

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Lee Posey for creating WikiTree profile DeTurk-8 through the import of Lee Posey Family Tree_2013-03-27.ged on Mar 27, 2013.