She was not (as previously suggested by some descendants) the daughter of Pieter VANDERVEER (1735-78).
She could possibly be the Catriena, daughter of the Pieter and Anaetje JURCKS,
1. Catriena, daughter of Pieter and Anaetje JURCKS, bapt 17 June 1753.
Henry and Catharine CRITSER had the following children:
1. Laney (Lana, Lena) (CREYTSAS), bapt 30 Jan 1774, Franklin township, Somerset Co., NJ, died 1807-23, married 1804, Portsmouth, Scotio Co., Ohio, Peter FEURT.
2. Hendrick (KRESTSEN), bapt 13 Aug 1775, presumably died young.
3. Hendrick (KRISER), bapt 11 May 1777, presumably died young.
4. Peter (CROYSEN), bapt 25 June 1780, Franklin township, Somerset Co., NJ, died 27 Sept 1839, Jefferson county, Ohio (buried Baron Ridge Cemetery), married 1) circa 1798 Lydia ____, who died 1823/4, he married June 1825, Anna WOODROW, born 1797 in Cecil Co., Maryland, daughter of Simeon (served in the Revolutionary War) and Elizabeth (WRIGHT) WOODROW.
5. John (CRYSER), born Franklin township, Somerset Co. NJ., bapt 29 Sept 1782, Six Mile Run Dutch Reformed Church, died 12 May 1858, Freedom, Lucas co., Iowa, (buried in the Freedom Cemetery, Lucas). married circa 1802, Mary(a) WYCOFF, born 8 Oct 1785, Franklin twp, Somerset Co., NJ, bapt 14 Aug 1785, 6 Mile Run Dutch Reformed church, Somerset, NJ, daughter of Joachim and Hannah (JERKESE, YEREKES) WYCOFF (see page 7); they had 11 children.
6. Hannah (COYSER), (in her obituitary and in the family notes, her name is spelled KR(E)ITZER), born 10 August, bapt (as Annatye) 29 August 1784, at the Six Mile Run Dutch Reformed Church, Franklin township, Somerset co., NJ; she joined the Presbyterian church in 1804 at "the Flats" (in Hancock Co., WV, very close to Hookstown, Beaver Co, PA); she died 17 Jan. 1875, Knoxville. Marion co., IA. (buried Graceland cemetery); she claimed (especially in her later years) to be related to Adam Poe, "the famous Indian fighter" (see page 9); she married, 13 July 1804, Washington co. Pa, Alexander MATHEWS (son of James and Prudence (GORDON) MATHEWS [in her application for a pension (in 1871) - she was very old, and most of the submissions and supporting letters are written by her son, James, and the husband of her granddaughter, William Stone - she produced the Mathews family Bible as evidence of the date of marriage, and said that she was married in Pennsylvania, that she couldn’t remember where, that no records were kept, and that she thought that the name of the officiating minister was 'Mitchell'].
7. Catherine (Kitty) (COEYCER), bapt 1 April 1787, Franklin township, Somerset Co., NJ, died 1807-23.
8. Leah, born 1 March 1789, Fayette Co, PA, died Allegheny Co, PA, married circa 1810, Cornelis WYCOFF, son of Joachim and Hanna (JERKESE) WYCOFF. (see page 7)
9. Mary (Polly) (KRITCHER), ?born Fayette Co Pa, bapt 24 Nov 1793, Somerset co., NJ, married Levi MATTHEWS (see page 5).
10. Charity (Iona), married 27 Dec 1825, Jefferson county, Ohio, John McCULLOUGH.
11. Sarah, born Brooke co. WVA, mar 1 Nov 1814, Beaver co., Pa,, David EDIE, son of John and Rebecca (CROXON) EDIE.
12. Agnes (?Nancy), born Brooke co. WVA, bapt 24 Nov 1793, married 23 Dec 1818, Brooke Co., WVA, George WILHELM (junior). Son of George (senior) and Matilda WILHELM.
Sources
Robert "Robin" Kirk. The Critser (Kreitzer) Family of Somerset County, New Jersey. Unpublished work shared with Michael Stills, used with permission 9 May 2014.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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