Martinus Schoonmaker (1737 - 1824)

Born 1 Mar 1737 in Ulster county, New York

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Died 20 May 1824 at age 87 in Kingston, New York [uncertain]

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Biography

Identified by Heidgerd as son of Jochem and Lydia Rosenkrans as person C-97. Named eldest son in father’s will.

Martinus Schoonmaker was born March 1, 1737, in Ulster county, New York and died May 20, 1824, in Kingston, New York or Brooklyn, New York. Martinus is honored for his patriotic service during the American Revolutionary War, by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, as ancestor #A101105. He married Mary Bassett, daughter of Stephen Bassett and Ann Milledge. They had 11 children:^[1]

1. Sarah (b-1762) married Emmans
2. Stephen B (b-1765)
3. Martin M (b-1767)
4. John (b-1770)
5. Michael (b-1772)
6. Jacobus (b-1774)
7. Mary (Polly) (b-1777) married Bergen
8. Ann (b-1779, d-1780)
9. Nicholas (b-1781)
10. Anna (b-1784, d-1785)
11. Ellenor (b-1787) married Vreeland

Application to join the Society of the DAR have been made by the descendants of their sons, Jacobus Schoonmaker, who married Gertrude Vandervoort;, Stephen B. Schoonmaker, who married Charity Van Derveer; and Martin M. Schoonmaker, who married Catherine Bennen.

Researcher's Notes

It is unclear whether the Find A Grave memorial here: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90609397/martin-schoonmaker is for the same Marinus Schoonmaker. The name was Transcribed from "Old Gravestones of Ulster County", 1931, Dr J Wilson Poucher and Byron J. Terwilliger, without any dates of birth and death.

Heidgerd states he died in Brooklyn and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. There's no corresponding FindAGrave memorial from that cemetery. Heidgerd states that Martinus was a minister of the Reformed Dutch Church (licensed in 1765) and served in Gravesend and Harlem (1765-1785), then in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New Utrecht, Flatlands, Bushwick and Gravesend (1784 -1824).Brownsword-137 23:51, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Heidgerd Page 69, family C-97

• Heidgerd, Ruth P. The Schoonmaker Family (SFA, New Paltz, N.Y., 1974), [ Pages 39 and 69].
• Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, ancestor #A101105
• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-7XKZ : 15 March 2018), Martinus Schoonmaker, 01 Jul 1777; citing 01 Jul 1777, New York, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,354
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:368H-JBP : accessed 13 August 2018), entry for Martinus /Schoonmaker/; file (2:2:2:MM6S-R5K), submitted 1 July 2017