Cattrina Van Schaick (1752 - 1830)

Born 16 Aug 1752 in Albany, New York

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Gansevoort — married 12 Jan 1778 in Dutch Reformed Church of Albany

Descendants

Died 30 Dec 1830 at age 78 in Albany, New York

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Biography

Catherine was the maternal grandmother of the author Herman Melville.

Catherine was born August 1752in Albany, New York, the daughter of Wessel Van Schaick and Maria Gerritzen van Schaick.^[1]

Her father, Wessel Van Schaick, was baptized February 10, 1712; he married 3 November 1743, Maria Gerritse. Maria died 31 January 31 1797.^[2]

Catherine van Schaick married Peter Gansevoort December 12, 1778 in The Dutch Reformed Church. Jan. 12. B. Pieter Ganzevoort and Catharina V. Schaik. ^[3]

"After a courtship that included the exchange of letters during the darkest days of the Revolutionary War, in January 1778 Caty was almost twenty-six when she married army officer Peter Gansevoort at the Albany Dutch church. By 1790, their six children had been baptized there."^[4]

"The early years of their marriage including the hardships of wartime separations have been described by Alice Kenney in The Gansevoorts of Albany. In 1782, she was bequeathed a share of her father's estate."^[5]

"After the war, Peter Gansevoort established himself as a leading businessman from his headquarters at the family seat on Market Street. These Gansevoorts were well-known residents of 58 Market Street across from the Market House for the next thirty years."^[6]

"Following a lengthy illness, Catharina lost her husband during the summer of 1812.^[7] The Widow Catharine Gansevoort lived on in their landmark home until December 1830 when she died at age seventy-nine."^[8][9] Her remains were buried at Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, Albany, New York.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Vol. I, pp. 65-72 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds "http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/gansevoort.html"
2. ↑ Vol. I, pp. 65-72 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds "http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/gansevoort.html"
3. ↑ Records of The Dutch Reformed Church, Marriage, Page 9. "http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/part6.html#marriage"
4. ↑ Catharina Van Schaick Gansevoort Biography by Stefan Bielinski.
5. ↑ Catharina Van Schaick Gansevoort Biography by Stefan Bielinski.
6. ↑ Catharina Van Schaick Gansevoort Biography by Stefan Bielinski.
7. ↑ Vol. I, pp. 65-72 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds "http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/gansevoort.html"
8. ↑ Catharina Van Schaick Gansevoort Biography by Stefan Bielinski.
9. ↑ Vol. I, pp. 65-72 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds "http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/gansevoort.html"
10. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial for Catherine Van Schaick Gansevoort.

Acknowledgements

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