Gerrit
"Garret"
Schenck
Born in Pleasant Valley, Monmouth, New Jersey
Ancestors 
Son of Gerrit Roelofse Schenk
and Neeltje (Coerten) Voorhees
Brother of
Antje Gerrits (Schenk) Laen, Roelof Garretse Schenck, Mary Gerritsen (Schenck) Smock, Koert Gerritse (Schenk) Schenck, Alchie Gerritse (Schenck) VanDerveer, Neeltje Garretse (Schenk) Hendrickson, Rachel Garretse (Schenck) VanDorn, Margaretta Gerretse (Schenk) Longstreet, Jan Garretse (Schenk) Schenck and Albert Schenk
Husband of
Jannetje (Couwenhoven) Schenck
— married
Nov 1736 in Flatlands, Kings, New York
Descendants 
Father of
Ellenor (Schenck) Forman, Garret Gerretse Schenck, John Schenck, Sarah (Schenck) Wyckoff, Maria (Schenck) Polhemius, Jannetje (Schenck) DeNise and Tryntje (Schenck) DeNise
Died
at age 44
in Pleasant Valley, Monmouth, New Jersey
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Jun 2017
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Biography
His widow Jannetje Covenhoven is DAR Ancestor #: A210638. She paid the Supply Tax in October 1779 and July 1780. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 20 May 2018), "Record of Schenck, Jannetje Covenhoven", Ancestor # A210638.
- Schenck, A. D. The Rev. William Schenck, His Ancestry and His Descendants. Washington, DC: R. H. Darby, 1883. page 40
- The Van Voorhees Family by Elias Van Voorhis 1888 page 161
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gerrit by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gerrit by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Janette (Streeter) Cornell
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H, FTDNA kit #28533
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Deb (McKale) McMahan :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T812333 [compare], FTDNA kit #848764
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~0.39%
Susan (Barger) Donahue :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member susanbarger44
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