Willem Traphagen Jr. (1664 - 1736)

Born 1664 in Bushwick, Kings County, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Gepje (Pier) Traphagen — married 30 Apr 1699 in Old Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster, New York

Died 1736 at about age 72 in Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York

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Biography

Willem Traphagen, Jr., was recorded on the Ulster County Oath of Allegiance at Kingston, New York, on September 1, 1687. The record describes him as a wheelwright and blacksmith at Kingston.^[1]

In 1699 he married Gepje Arents Pier as his second wife (and her second husband).^[2] They are recorded as the parents of four children.^[3]

After 1700 he settled in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York, where he bought land as early as 1706. He built a small tavern at the junction of the Old Post Road and the Sepasco Trail in Rhinebeck that later gained renown as the Beekman Arms Hotel.^[4] He is listed as a member of the Dutchess County militia and a resident of Rhinebeck on a roster dated November 21, 1715.^[5] As of July 8, 1733 he was listed as one of the supporters of the Reformed Dutch Church of Rhinebeck Flatts, New York.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ DeGeer, p. 35
2. ↑ DeGeer, p. 35
3. ↑ DeGeer, p. 35
4. ↑ DeGeer, p. 35
5. ↑ DeGeer, p. 36
6. ↑ DeGeer, p. 36

• "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGR7-Y4GG : 10 October 2019), Willem Traphagen in entry for Aarent Traphagen, ; citing Birth, Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States, multiple churches, New York.
• Source S120, Family member personal genealogy by Helen Graves - hgraves at psln.com
• Brooks, Chris. Willem Traphagen, Jr., Archived version of webpage published at http://geocities.com/~cabrooks/page11.htm.
• DeGeer, Kent. Broken Link The Verified Account of the First Two Generations of the Ostrander Family. Ostrander Family Association, November 6, 2008.
• Source: S-1906422896 Repository: #R-1906422897 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files.
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See Also: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LZ2F-6W6

Acknowledgments

Profile Traphagen-8 was created through the import of Jim Walker gedcom 4 Wikitree may 22 2011.ged on 24 May 2011.

Thank you to Sheldon Sickler for creating WikiTree profile Traphagen-27 through the import of Sickler Family Tree(2).ged on Nov 5, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Sheldon and others.