Geertruy (Van Alstyne) Vrooman (abt. 1690 - 1769)

Born about 1690 in Rensselaerswyck Colony, Albany County, Province of New York

Ancestors

Wife of Pieter Adamse Vrooman — married after 2 Feb 1706 in Albany, Albany, New York

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1769 at about age 79 in Schoharie, Albany County, Province of New York

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Biography

Geertruy "Grietje" Van Alstyne was born around 1690 to Isaac Van Alstyne and Maritje Abrahamse Vosburgh. All four of her grandparents were immigrants from the Netherlands.

She married Pieter Vroman in 1706 in Albany, New York, after registering intentions of marriage on 2 February 1706.^[1] According to the marriage record, she was born in the Colonie of Rensselaerswyck and lived there at the time of her marriage. Pieter was born in Schenectady and was living there at the time.

Church Records

Marriage

• 1706. Feb. 2. Reg. Pieter Vroman, y.m., b. and l. at Sch., and Geertruy Van Aalstein, y.d., b. and l. in Col. R. ^[1]

Baptismal witness

• 1733. Oct. 28. Adam Vroman, Dina Larua. Geertruida. Witnesses: Pieter Vroman, Geertruida Van Aalstein.^[2]
• 1736. [Between Jan. 7 and May 9.] Barent Vroman, Engeltje Swart. Pieter Meessen. Witnesses: Pieter Vroman, Geertje Van Aalstein.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683–1809, Part 2, Page 6. Date of marriage not given. Also see handwritten transcript of record on Ancestry.com in U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989.
2. ↑ Baptisms, St. Paul's Lutheran Church Schoharie, NY, 1731 to 1739, Transcribed by Betty Fink, http://bettyfinkgenealogy.com/st1.htm
3. ↑ Baptisms, St. Paul's Lutheran Church Schoharie, NY, 1731 to 1739, Transcribed by Betty Fink, http://bettyfinkgenealogy.com/st1.htm

• Pearson, Jonathan. Contributions for the Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany, from 1630 to 1800. Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell, 1872. Page 146.
• Pearson, Jonathan. Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady, from 1662 to 1800. Albany, N.Y: J. Munsell, 1873. Page 278.
• Yates, Austin A. Schenectady County, New York: Its History to the Close of the Nineteenth Century. The New York History Company, 1902. Chapter XXIV: Genealogy of the Vrooman Family
• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Karen Harbert for creating WikiTree profile VanAlstyne-11 through the import of Kraus-Harbert Family Tree.ged on Nov 6, 2013.