Jochem Schoonmaker (1712 - abt. 1751)

Born 26 Oct 1712 in Kingston, Ulster, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (van Garden) van Garde — married about 1735 in Province of New York

Descendants

Died about Jun 1751 at about age 38 in Smithfield, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania

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Biography

Jochem Schoonmaker

Birth

Jochem Schoonmaker was baptised on 26 OCT 1712 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York, British Colonial America. Baptism was recorded at the central Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, New York; sponsors were:

Parents

• FATHER: Hendrick SCHOONMAKER (1683)
• MOTHER: Heyltie Gerritse DECKER (1686)

His paternal grandfather is Jochem Henderixen SCHOONMAKER (1655) and his paternal grandmother is Peternella SLEGHT (1658).

His maternal grandfather was Gerret Jansen DECKER (1665), son of Jan Gerretsen DECKER; and his maternal grandmother was Grietje Jans DECKER (1664), dau. of Jan Broersen DECKER.

Siblings

Marriage

Jochem Schoonmaker married abt. 1735 to Rachel Van Garden, bpt 19 May 1717 at Kingston, dau. of Pieter Van GARDEN and Margaet DECKER. His widow, Rachel Van Garden, married 2nd on 2 Feb 1752 at Smithfield, Norhampton Co. (Now Pike Co.) to Dennis RESER aka Teunis CORSA of Westchester Co., NY and Smithfield, PA.

Children

• Abraham Schoonmaker was bp. on May 03, 1737 at Minisink Valley area by traveling a domine from the Kingston Church. Baptism was recorded at the central Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America; sponsors were: Lambert Brink, Rachel van Garde^[1].

• Isaac Schoonmaker, was baptised. 29 May 1739 prob. at WALPECK, Sussex, New Jersey. Baptism was recorded at the central Minisink-Machackemeck Reformed Church (Deerpark), Orange County New York; sponsors were: Bastian Kortrecht, Rachel Dekker ^[2]

• Elizabeth Schoonmaker was baptized on 30 May 1741 at at WALPECK, Sussex, New Jersey. Baptism was recorded at the central Minisink-Machackemeck Reformed Church (Deerpark), Orange County New York (page 1); sponsors were: Gysbert van Garden, Rachel Decker^[3]

• Peter Schoonmaker Corsa was bp. Aug 1749 at Machemeck. [It is interesting to note that Rachel's youngest son, Peter, was baptized in Aug 1749 at Machemeck and named as Peter, son of Jochem Schoonmaker and Rachel Van Garden; He was born about over a year before Jochem died and a year and over two years before his mother married to Teunis CORSA. Yet the modern science of Y-DNA clealy shows that he was the son of Rachel's second husband, Teunis CORSA. The conclusion is that Rachel was having an extramarital affair with her future 2nd husband, Dennis Reser aka Teunis CORSA while her first husband, Jochem Schoonmaker was still living, and she baptized her child, Peter, in a manner to hide her secret. After Rachel's 2nd marriage, Peter Schoonmaker, then age two was given the name Peter CORSA, and no one at the time knew the difference. Rachel's "dirty little" secret was revealed 250 years later by the Y-DNA tests of direct male descendants of Peter.]

Residences

Jan (BEATTY) COVINGTON of Reno, NV wrote "In the Pennsylvania land sales were entered some items from Minisink area which showed the sale of the land of the late Jochem SCHOONMACKER in 1752." No reference source was given. A map showing the location of land owned by Jochem SCHOONMAKER and that of his relative Aaron DUPUY is shown on page 12 and 14 of Hillman's OLD DANSBURY AND THE MORAVIAN MISSION.

The following is from Ralf Ridgway Hillman's OLD DANSBURY AND THE MORAVIAN MISSION (1934}: A list of inhabitants of Dansbury, Lower Smithfield Township (present Stroudsburg), Pennsylvania in 1750-55 includes the names: Denis RESER, Daniel SHOEMAKER, Garret SHOEMAKER, and Jochem SHOEMAKER. "Jochem Shoemaker died in 1751 (the year the cemetery started)and was buried in the Mission cemetery. His was the first male interment. His widow married Dennis Reser."

Death

Jochem SCHOONMAKER (1712-1751) DIED in Jun. 1751 at Dansbury, Lower Smithfield Twp. (Stroudsburg), Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Jochem SCHOONMAKER was buried at Dansbury Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. He is said to be the first burial at the Moravian Mission Church Yard in 1751. His widow, Rachel VANGORDON (1717-), married second at Smithfield, Pennsylvania, 2 February 1752, to Teunis RESER (also known as Teunis CORSA or Dennis DeCOURSEY), widower of Elizabeth VanNAMBURG.

Sources

• Kingston Church Records: Baptismal and marriage registers of the old Dutch church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York by Kingston, N.Y. Reformed Dutch church. [from old catalog; Hoes, Roswell Randall, 1850-1921, [from old catalog] ed. Published 1891. Source of: Marriage Records (1660-1809); Baptism Records (1660-1809; Burial Records (1696-1881. The Kingston Reformed Dutch Church was the central repository for all records of marriages and baptism conducted by circuit-rider Domines throughout Ulster and Orange counties of NY; Sussex County, NJ, and parts of Pike County, PA, until local churches were built and staffed. This occurred between 1735 and 1745 depending on the area.

• Minisink Church Records:[1]

MINISINK VALLEY REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH RECORDS,1716-1830 Collections of the The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol. V. Printed for the society at New York, 1913. Facsimile Reprint1992 By HERITAGE BOOKS. INC.,1540 Pointer Ridge Place. Bowie. Maryland 20716, (301) 390-7709. ISBN 1-55613-556-4.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPM-KR9F : 13 December 2015), Jochem Schoonmaker, 1751; Burial, Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Dansbury Cemetery; citing record ID 134399568, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Find A Grave Memorial# 134399568 was created by William DeCoursey, Record added: Aug 15, 2014

1. ↑ KRDC Bapt. Record: 1737 May 03; Jochim Schoonmaker, Rachel van Garde; Abraham; Lambert Brink, Rachel van Garde
2. ↑ MVRDC Bapt. Record: 29 May 1739 ; Jochem Schoonmakerr ; Rachel van Gorden ; Isaac ; Bastian Kortrecht, Rachel Dekker
3. ↑ MVRDC Bapt. Record (p. 1): 30 May 1741; Jochem Schoonmaker, Rachel van Garden; Lisabeth; Gysbert van Garden, Rachel Decker

Acknowledgements

• Schoonmaker-27 was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 13 September 2010.
• Schoonmaker-253 created through the import of ged.GED on Apr 3, 2012 by Neil Detrick.