Alexander Van Winkle (1709 - 1788)

Born 1709 in British, Hudson, Province of New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Antjen Roosekrans — married 1732 in Port Jervis, Orange, New York

Descendants

Died 1788 at about age 79 in Sussex, Sussex County, Province of New Jersey

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Biography

Birth

ABT 1709 Hudson, New Jersey, USA^[1][2][3][4]

1709 British, Hudson, New Jersey, United States^[5][6][7]

Marriage

Husband: Alexander Vanwinkle

Wife: Antje Rosenkrans

1732 Port Jervis, Orange, New York, United States^[8][9]

Death

1748 Sussex, Sussex, New Jersey, United States^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

AFT 1748 Place: of, Sussex, New Jersey, USA^{[15][16][17][18]}

Alexander van Winkle was born about 1709 in the British Colony of New Jersey, now Hudson, New Jersey, USA as the third child of Johannis Simese van Winkle and Magdalena Janse Spier. He had nine siblings, namely: Marinus, Simeon, Abraham, Johannes, Catherine, Mary, Leah, Magdalena, and Sarah. (45:456288)

The family belonged to the Reformed Dutch Church.

There is some confusion as to where the family actually lived. Keep in mind these places are NO more than 10-15 miles apart! Various people say Johannis Simese van Winkle and Magdalena Janse Spier lived at the following locations: in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey about 1710 in Springfield, Union County, New Jersey about 1720 in Belleville, Essex County, New Jersey by 1733.

New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890 about Magdalaentie Janse Spier Name: Magdalaentie Janse Spier State: NJ County: Bergen County Township: Hackensack Year: 1710 Database: NJ Early Census Index

Per the "History of Passaic and its environs" on page 6 it states "Johannes left Acquackanonk about 1720, moving to the new settlement of Springfield, West of Elizabethtown, being the first Dutchmen to settle among the New Englanders in that region."

When he was about 29, Alexander van Winkle married Antje Rosenkrans, age about 22, daughter of Dirk Hendricksen Rosenkrans and Wyntie Kierstede, about 1738, likely in New Jersey or in New York, near Port Jervis. No ACTUAL record has been found for this wedding.

However on 29 May 1738 they had a daughter, Wyntje, baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church at MACHACKEMECK (Deerpark) now Port Jervis, Orange County, New York. (64:100)

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about Alexander Van Winkle

Name: Alexander Van Winkle Gender: Male Birth Year: 1710 Spouse Name: Antje Van Winkle Marriage Year: 1740 Number Pages: 1

Antje Rosenkrans was born in Apr 1716 in Ulster, New York, USA as the sixth child of Dirk Hendricksen Rosenkrans and Wyntie Kierstede. She had five siblings, namely: Herman, Jacobus, Helena, Sara, and Lydia.

Antje Rosenkrans was christened 29 Apr 1716 in Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster County, New York, USA. (5: ; 6:105-108)

They belonged to the Gansegat Reformed Dutch Church at Fairfield, Essex County, New Jersey. (12:100) ^[19]

Some of Antje Rosenkrans' siblings, including brother Jacobus (James) Rosenkrans, were moving West and had reached Port Jervis, New York on the Delaware River at the New Jersey line. Antje Rosenkrans likely went with them. This is likely where she would meet her future husband, Alexander van Winkle.

Alexander van Winkle and Antje Rosenkrans had at least 2 children and likely more:

1. Wyntje van Winkle was born in May 1739 in Sussex, New Jersey, USA. She died after 1766 in of Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA. She married John Williams about 1760 maybe in Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA.

2. Jacobus "James" van Winkle was born about 1748 in Fairfield, Essex, New Jersey, USA. He died in Nov 1786 in Nottingham Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Dorothy "Dolly" Thomas about 1764 in of Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA ............. .......................THE MAIN LINE 152.0

On 29 May 1738 they had a daughter, Wyntje, baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church at Machackemeck (Deerpark), now Port Jervis, Orange County, New York..(64:100)

^[20] "ANTJE, baptized 29 May 1739, daughter of ALEXANDER VAN DE WINKEL and ANTJE ROSENKRANS; witnesses were JOHANNES WESSEBROECK and ANTJE ROSA. (64:100)

Or was she was again baptized 17 September 1741 / 1747 at the Reformed Dutch Church in the British Colony of New Jersey, now Essex County, New Jersey? (1:69; 45:3)

The family would settle in New Jersey, likely near Fairfield in Essex County. The Dutch had initially settled the area near the bottomlands of the Passaic River in 1669 after purchasing it from the Native Americans naming it Gansegat which is Dutch for duck's pond. The family belonged to the Gansegat Reformed Dutch Church at Fairfield, Essex County, New Jersey. (45:3) The Gansegat Dutch Reformed Church in Fairfield, Essex County had most records destroyed by fire in the 1880's.

Her brother, James was baptized 1 May 1748 at Gansegat Reformed Dutch Church in the British Colony of New Jersey, now Fairfield, Essex County, New Jersey.(1:69; 45:3)

Both of their children would move to the area just north of Port Jervis, so their parents might have done the same, at least until the two children were adults or about 1760. Therefore did the parents go back to Essex County or is Jacob’s baptism incorrect??

Mentioned in records of Minisink-Machackemeck Reformed Dutch Church, located in Port Jervis, Orange, New York, USA. (64: 152)

Names of children baptized "across the mountain" (Overbergsche gedoopte kinderen)

1766 Nov 25 CATE baptized, son of JOHN WILLIAMS and WYNTJE VAN WINKELEN; witnesses were PETER MIDDAG and DEBORA MIDDAG

Alexander van Winkle and Antje Rosenkrans both died after 1748, likely in Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. (58:59,76) No records have been found for them after the birth of their son 1740. Help needed

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S39
2. ↑ Source: #S43
3. ↑ Source: #S40
4. ↑ Source: #S42
5. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Alexander Van Winkle
6. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Johannes VanWinkle
7. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Jacobus (James) Vanwinkle
8. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Alexander Van Winkle
9. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Alexander Van Winkle
10. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Alexander Van Winkle
11. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Johannes VanWinkle
12. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Jacobus (James) Vanwinkle
13. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Jacobus (James) Vanwinkle
14. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Johannes VanWinkle
15. ↑ Source: #S39
16. ↑ Source: #S43
17. ↑ Source: #S40
18. ↑ Source: #S42
19. ↑ Mentioned in records of the Minisink-Machackemeck Reformed Dutch Church, located about eight miles below Port Jervis, New York in the present Township of Montague, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. ANTJE (ANTJE NOT WYNTJE), baptized 29 May 1739, daughter of ALEXANDER VAN DE WINKEL and ANTJE ROSENKRANS; witnesses were JOHANNES WESSEBROECK and ANTJE ROSA (12:100) FOLLOWING IS AN EXTRACT THAT IS THE BEST I HAVE FOUND, taken from: Rosenkrans, Allen. The Rosenkrans Family in Europe and America. Newton, N.J.: New Jersey Herald Press, 1900.
20. ↑ Per records of the Minisink-Machackemeck Reformed Dutch Church, located in Port Jervis, New York: (64:100)

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Ancestral File Number: Ancestral File Number: KX4B-MK
• IGI, 1984, 1993--Records of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 1 my # 345; 2 my # 441
• Van Winkle, Daniel. A Genealogy of the Van Winkle Family, 1630-1913. Jersey City, N.J.: Datz Press, 1913. --my #19 and 270, my #238, 240
• 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. --my #470
• The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record; published by The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol. 56 (1925)--my #439, 604. Also see V-424, 469: P-89: Van Winkle Genealogy
• Van Winkle Chapter in The Leonards and Related Families; 1993 (revised 12-15-2014). Written by Clark M. Leonard cmleonard1 at cox.net. Also see Clark M Leonard, The Leonards and Related Families (revised 1997). 736 Via Lido Nord, Newport Beach, CA 92663

• Source: S39 vanwinkle.FTW
• Source: S40 vanwinkle.ged
• Source: S42 Crouch..GED
• Source: S43 Crouch.ftw
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