Hendrick (Wemp) Wemple (1730 - abt. 1790)

Born 1730 in Schenectady, Albany County, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Eva (Van Eps) Wemple — married 11 Jan 1755 in First Dutch Reformed Church, Schenectady, New York

Descendants

Died about 1790 at about age 60 in Oneida Castle, Oneida County, New York, United States

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Biography

Name

Name:

Name: Hendrick Wemp(le)

Christening

Christening:

Date: 1730

Place: Schenectady Dutch Reformed Church, New York

Father: Myndert Wemple

Mother: Alida de Wandelaer

Source: 1730 ??? ??; Myndert Wemp, Alida De Wandelaar; Hendrick (b);^[1]

Marriage

Marriage:

Date: 11 Jan 1755

Place: Schenectady Dutch Reformed Church, New York

Husband: Hendrick Wemple

Wife: Eva van Eps

Source: 1755 11 Jan; Hendrick Wemple, son of Myndert; Aefje Van Eps, dau. of Johannes ^[2][3]

Children:

Source:

1. Alida bp. 2 Jan 1756, bp. 7 Mar 1756; m. Johannes Wemple
2. Jannetje bo. 2 June 1757, m. John Stairn Caughnawaga Church
3. Maria bp. Dec 1759; m.Gilbert R Berry
4. Catherine bo. March 1761; m. Abraham Quackenbosch
5. Myndert bo. November 1764; m. Nancy Winne
6. Volkje bp. 20 Oct 1770
7. John Van Eps bo. 1772; m. Maria Empie

Children's Baptismal:

1. 1756 Mar 07; Hendrick Wemple, Aefje Van Eps; Alida; ^[4]

Death

Death:

Date: abt. 1790

Place: Oneida Castle, New York

Source: ^[5]

Soon after the close of the Revolutionary war, while in a forest that bordered the Mohawk, Hendrick was the unseen spectator of a murder, perpetuated by a Mohawk know as Saucy Nick - the victim being unconscious at the time he received the fatal blow, of an enemy being in the neighborhood. After he returned to his home, he saddled a horse of the purpose of procuring process of the Indian's arrest. On his way to the magistrate's office, a few miles distant - he stopped at a public house, observing Saucy Nick standing on the steps, and wishing a close watch to be kept on the murderer's movements. After the necessary warning had been given, he was about to to leave, when Saucy Nick importuned him to treat, and insisted that Mr. Wemple should drink with him.

To lull the Indian's suspicions, which he thought had been forcibly aroused, he drank with him, and mounted his horse; he had been in the saddle but a few minutes, when he was attacked with a severe pain, and a sense of of mortal sickness. With difficulty he dismounted and was assisted to a bed. He tongue swelled until to protruded from his mouth, and the next day, after indescribable agony, he died.

It was generally believed by his neighbors and friends, that the Indian had had secret intelligence of the design to arrest him, and adroitly drugged, with some subtle poison, the liquor of this unsuspecting victim. The murderer effected his escape, and joined his tribe in Canada. Hendrick Wemple was buried close to Oneida Castle, on the north side of the turnpike, about one mile from Skenandoah's residence.

Sources

1. ↑ Schenectady baptisms - Pearson's Genealogies Baptismal Record
2. ↑ Schenectady marriages - Pearson's Genealogies Marriage Record
3. ↑ Early New Netherland Settlers (Rn=14738)
4. ↑ Schenectady baptisms - Pearson's Genealogies Baptismal Record
5. ↑ Wemple Family Genealogy Hendrick Wemple