Annatje (Quackenbush) De Graaf (bef. 1748 - abt. 1843)

Born before 24 Jul 1748 in Schenectady, New York

Ancestors

Wife of Jeremias (de Graeff) De Graaf — married 9 Sep 1769 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co. NY

Descendants

Died about 17 Dec 1843 after about age 95 in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York, USA

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Biography

Annatje was baptised on 24 Jul 1748.^[1] Her sponsors were Isak Quackenbosch and Rebecca Groot.

There is another pretty story connected with this wife and mother : When she herself was a baby lying in her cradle, her husband, then a young lad, came to her home on an errand. After askin"- for what he desired, the mother arose from her chair, saying, Rock the baby while I wait on vou," adding with a pleasant laugh, "she may make a wife for you some time." The words proved prophetic. In after years he married the young lady whom in babyhood he (Jeremiah) rocked in her cradle.

She married Jeremiah DeGraff on 09 Sep 1769.^[2][3]

Children:

1. Isaac John , b. or bp.1770
2. Nicholas, b. or bp.1773
3. Debora, bp. 25 Feb 1776
4. Franceyntje, bp.19 Apr 1778
5. Jesse, bp.21 Jan 1787

Religion – Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Schenectady Co, NY

Isaac De Graff, was the first child in the family, and as there were no churches for ministers outside the cities, the mother (Anna) walked to Schenectady, a distance of sixteen miles, and carried her baby to have it christened (kadouped was the Dutch word used in those days). She started early on a Saturday morning in company with one of her colored women ("slaves " then called), and walked barefoot to save her leather shoes, which were then thought to be something too fine for common use. Just outside the city limits she bathed her feet in a stream of water running by the roadside, donned her stockings and shoes, and went on her way to the house of the minister, where she remained until Monday morning. Then the trio began their homeward journey, where they arrived at the close of the day, weary and footsore, but doubtless with hearts filled with peace and content.

Church Records

Children's baptisms

1. 1776. Feb. 25. Jeremia de Graaf, Annatje Quakkenbosch. Debora. Witnesses; Johannes K. Cloet, Tanneke Cloet.^[4]
2. 1778. April 19. Jeremia de Graaf, Annaatje Quakkenbosch. Franceyntje. Witnesses: Isaac Van Vranken, Franceyntje Van Vranken.^[5]
3. 1787. Jan. 21. Jerremiah De Graaf, Annatje Quakkenbos. Jesse. Witnesses: Jesse C. De Graaf, Rebecka Quakenbos.^[6]

She passed away at age approximately 100 in 1843 and was interred in the Green Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York, USA.^[7]

Research Notes

See Also:

1st Res. Schenectady, Schenectady Co. NY

[Record: January 1889 pg 10 ]

[Ancestral lines by Carl Boyer 1998 pg 215, 481 ]

Sources

1. ↑ Quackenbush Family in America. Page 24/25 (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/215195-the-quackenbush-family-in-america?viewer=1&offset=0#page=29&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=jeremia%20degraff)
2. ↑ Quackenbush Family in America. Page 24/25 (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/215195-the-quackenbush-family-in-america?viewer=1&offset=0#page=29&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=jeremia%20degraff)
3. ↑ "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CL-DFL3 : 9 March 2021), Hannah Quackenboss in entry for Jeremiah De Graaff, 9 Sep 1769, New York, British Colonial America; citing ref. ID , county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 930,131.
4. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Schenectady Baptisms, Vol 2, Book 42. Image of typewritten transcript of records, accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_647350_0295-00133
5. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Schenectady Baptisms, Vol 2, Book 42. Image of typewritten transcript of records, accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_647350_0295-00151
6. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Schenectady Baptisms, Vol 3, Book 43. Image of typewritten transcript of records, accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_647350_0296-00096
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #195746070 : accessed 03 October 2019), memorial page for Anna Quackenbush DeGraff (1743–17 Dec 1843), citing Green Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York, USA ; Maintained by swede (contributor 47330563)