Blandina (Van Aeken) Van Aken (bef. 1742)

Born before 25 Oct 1742 in Minisink, Orange, New York

Ancestors

Wife of Byron Hommel — married 22 Jan 1757 in Minisink valley, Orange County, New York

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Minisink, Orange, New York

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Biography

Blandina was baptized 25 October 1742 in the Machackemeck Church in the Minisink Valley by Domine Johannes Casparus Fryenmoet. The published transcript of the baptism record shows a date of 25 October 1743, but the year in this group of records is asserted to be an error. She was recorded as a daughter of Abraham Van Aeken and Jannetje De Witt. Witnesses to her baptism were Jory Westfael and Blandina De Wit.^[1]

A second baptism for Blandina, the daughter of Abraham van Aaken and Janetje De Wit, was recorded in the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, New York on 5 July 1747. She was baptized by Domine Mancius. Witnesses at the baptism were Jurg Westfael and his wife Blandina De Wit (the same people who witnessed the 1742 baptism.^[2] The obvious interpretation is that the first Blandina died and a later daughter was given the same name, but since Blandina was married in 1757, it is unlikely that she was baptized as a infant in 1747. Moreover, the baptism in 1742 by Fryenmoet was one that was treated as invalid because of irregularities in the first ordination of Fryenmoet, and most of the children that he baptized before his second (valid) ordination were rebaptized.^[3] Accordingly, the baptism of Blandina Van Aken in 1747 is determined to be a rebaptism of the child who was first baptized in 1742.

Blandina Van Aken, "young woman" (i.e., not previously married) "born at Maghegmak" was married to Byrn Hemmel, "young man born in Irlant", in the Minisink Valley on 22 January 1757. The couple were both living in Maghegmak at the time of their marriage. They were married by Anthony Van Etten, J. P. (Justice of the Peace?).^[4]

Three children of the marriage were baptized in Minisink:

1. John, baptized 27 January 1759; recorded as a child of Bryan Hammen and Blandientie Van Ake; witnesses were Blandina's parents, Abraham Van Aken and Jannetje De Wit.^[5]
2. Daniel, baptized 28 February 1763, recorded as child of Brient Hamel and Blandina Van Aaken.^[6]
3. Abram, baptized 14 April 1765, recorded as child of Brient Hommel and Blandina Van Aaken; witnesses were Blandina's parents, identified as Abram Van Aaken and Jannetje Van Aaken.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Vosburgh, Royden Woodward, ed. Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records, 1716-1830. Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. V. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1913. p. 107; see also page xxiv regarding the date of the record.
2. ↑ Baptismal and marriage registers of the old Dutch church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York. p. 289
3. ↑ See Vosburgh, pages xxiii to xxvii.
4. ↑ Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records: 1716-1830, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1913. p. 271
5. ↑ Vosburgh, Royden Woodward, ed. Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records: 1716-1830, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1913. p. 135
6. ↑ Vosburgh, Royden Woodward, ed. Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records: 1716-1830, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1913. p. 143.
7. ↑ Vosburgh, Royden Woodward, ed. Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records: 1716-1830, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1913. p. 148.

• Vosburgh, Royden Woodward, ed. Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records, 1716-1830. Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. V. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1913.
• Van Auken, Robert L. Information about Blandina Van Aken. Robert L. Van Auken, Berwick, Pennsylvania. Note: This page cites and reviews the records of the christenings for "Blandina," daughter of Abraham Van Aken and Jannetje De Witt, on 25 October 1743 at Machackemeck (New York) and 5 July 1747 in Kingston, New York, and the marriage on 22 January 1757 of Blandina Van Aken and Byrn Hemmel. It notes that the christening in 1747 occurred in the same year as the christening of Lydia Van Aken and asks: "Something wrong??? !"

Acknowledgments

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