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Juriaan Westphale|WestPhael|Westvaal
Juriaan's name was recorded with many variations in Church baptism and marriage records.
Juriaan was born to Simon Westfall and Nelletje Quackenboss in Rochester Township in Ulster County, near the town of Accord, New York. Baptism was recorded at the Kingston Reformed Dutch Church on September 27, 1696[1]
Juriaan married Blandina DeWitt | de Wit on October 24, 1719, marriage was recorded at the at the Kingston Reformed Dutch Church, Ulster County, New York. [2]. They lived in Dutchess County near the present town of Rhinebeck, New York . Blandia was born ca. 1696 in Rochester Twp., Ulster County, New York, and died ca, 1753 in Augusta County, Virginia
In 1732, Juriana moved his family to the Minisink-Machackemech area (now Port Jervis), Orange County, New York. There they had two more children christened by a missionary from the Kingston Church.<[8][Note: Baptisms conducted at the Minnisink area churches were recorded at the Kingston Reformed Dutch Church until about 1638. Quick-803 01:35, 5 August 2014 (EDT)]
In 1735, Jurian bought a farm across the Delaware River from Machackemech, in present Matamoras, Pike, Pennsylvania[10] and there had daughter:
Notes:
In 1747, Jurian moved his family to present Moorefield, West Virginia; except for married daughter Lydia and married son Simon[14]. Daughters that accompanied them would have been Catrina (age 21), Maria (age 14), and Annaatje (age 10).
This does not present Jurian's will. The source relates to the administration of Jurian's and Blandina's wills, by son-in-law. Michael Harness, husband of daughter Catrina, who was the subject of the genealogy profile.
The import of this information is leads to find actual Wills of Jurian and Blandina.
Note: Jurian Westfael, was known as Eurie (a nickname). Also note the references to the name Westfall. Jurian did not apparently use the name Westfall. but that appellation is apparently assigned to him by descendents that had changed their names to Westfall.
Michael Harness' second involvement with an estate was with that of his new father-in-law, Eurie Westfael, who was, with his wife Blandina, a relative new-comer to the South Branch area. [moved there in 1747][15] This couple, said to have married in 1719 in Kingston, Esopus County, New York, had some six children, at least one of whom, a daughter named Catharine, came with them to Augusta County, Virginia. [16] Were it not for an almost incidental comment in the Court Order Book, we might never have known of his [Michael Harness Jr] relationship with that family. When naming the Administrator of Eurie's will, it reads: "Michael Harness (son-in-law of Eurie Westfall) moved according to law to be named Admr of the Estate. Court granted him Certificate for letters of Admin." [17] This statement was crucial to validate the full identification of Michael's wife and children later.
Jurian and wife Blandina died in 1753. Jurian apparently died first, possibly killed by Indians, in 1753 [18] Son-in-law Michael Harness jr. handled the estates.
"Later in 1753, Michael's wife [Catrina or Catherine] suffered another blow when her mother died. On 21 November 1753, court records disclose the return of an inventory of the estate of Blandina Westfall to the court, and that "Michael Harnes Administrator" had sold the contents. It had been valued at L95, consisted mostly of livestock, and probably represented also what remained of Eurie's estate."[19] [20]
It is not known where Jurian and Blandina are buried. Their daughters Maria and Annetje returned to Machackemech , Orange, NY to be near brother Simon, who lived in a stone house just south of where the Neversink River empties into the Delaware River[21].
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Jurian|Jury descendined from a progenitor from Westphalia was known by many variations of his surname, non of which was Westfall. This is a more modern appellation, belonging to descendents.
Thanks, Tom Quick