Catherina (Straup) Wertman (1710 - bef. 1800)

Born 1710 in New Rochelle, Ulster, New York,

Wife of Abraham Delong — married 1736 in New Rochelle, Westchester, New York,

Descendants

Died before 2 Apr 1800 before age 90 in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

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Biography

Catharina married Abraham Delong (abt.1702-abt.1756), probably before November 14, 1731, when their daughter Elisabeth Long was born in Oley, Pennsylvania. ^[1] She is not named in that record, so it is possible that Elisabeth’s mother was someone else. No baptism records have been found for any of their other children.

Abraham died in about 1756, probably in Lynn Township, Northampton County (where his will was proved). Sometime after August 3, 1764 (when she is referred to as Catherine DeLong in a release from her children ^[2]) and before June 24, 1780, she married George Philip Wertman II (abt.1741-abt.1819) of Lynn Township. On June 24, 1780, she brought suit against him for abuse. The sureties were Matthias Delong (abt.1736-1788) and Martin Wertman. ^[3] George Philip died in about 1781 and she moved to Sunbury, Northumberland County with her youngest sons John DeLong (1737-) and Edward DeLong (1744-) . She granted a power of attorney to her son John on February 7, 1787. ^[4] She died before April 2, 1800 when John deeded property to his two sons Daniel and Henry, to pay them for a legacy from their grandmother Wertman. She is referred to in that deed as Catharina Wertman, late of Sunbury, the grandmother of Daniel and Henry. ^[5]

Research Notes

No evidence of her last name at birth has been identified.

Sources

1. ↑ Elizabeth Long, daughter of Abraham, was born on November 14, 1731 and baptized by Casper Stoever in Oley on November 28, 1731 with sponsors Peter Long and wife Elizabeth. The mother's name is not provided. Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever Baptismal and Marriage, 1730- 1779 at https://www.google.com/books/edition/Records_of_Rev_John_Casper_Stoever/mt4_AQAAMAAJ?hl=en.
2. ↑ See Deed Book B, Vol. 1, pp. 375ff, recorded 20 May 1772.
3. ↑ Suit, Northampton County Archives loose papers, 24 June 1780, 20 July 1780.
4. ↑ Power of Attorney, Northumberland County Deeds, Book C Page 440, 7 February 1787, 15 April 1787.
5. ↑ Northumberland County Deeds, Book L Page 176, dated 2 April 1800, recorded 7 April 1800.

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sandy Minder for creating WikiTree profile Straup-11 through the import of Delong gedcom.ged on Apr 27, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Sandy and others.

Thank you to Tom Young for the information and source documentation in this profile.