Saturday, April 28, 2018

ISAAC AND JANNETJE MAURITZ DAVIDS


Isaac and Jannetje were both born in Ulster County, New York in towns near one another. Their families probably attended the same church called "The First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston". Jannetje was born in Kingston on the 18th of June in 1671. Isaac was born in 1668 in Marbletown. Kingston is home to many historic churches. The oldest church still standing is the one I named above, which was organized in 1659.  So, naturally, they were married in this church on the 13th of November in 1692. They had the following children:

Marietje (1692-) 
Angelica (1694-1733) 
Christoffer (1697-1709) 
Jennetje (1699-1770) 
Frederick (1701-1778) 
Joris (1704-1774), our ancestor, born in Marbletown 
Samuel (1706-1796) 
Christoffel (1709-) was christened at the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, nickname "Stoffel" (Perhaps Christoffer's nickname was "Stoffer"?)
Issac (1711-) 
Benjamin (abt. 1712)) 

Kingston is a city in and the county seat of Ulster County, New York, United States. It is 91 miles (146 km) north of New York City and 59 miles (95 km) south of Albany.

History of Marbletown, NY, copied from Wikipedia:
By 1672, there were fifty-three houses on the site of the village of Marbletown, most of them log dwellings. The surface of the town was hilly upland, broken by valleys and streams. The Esopus flows through the northern part, while the Rondout runs through the southeast corner with a fall at High Falls.

The Town of Marbletown is located in the central portion of Ulster County on the eastern edge of the Catskills and the northern edge of the Shawangunk Mountains. Marbletown’s scenic landscape, mountain views and abundant farmland help define its rural character. The Town is rich in architectural heritage, boasting four nationally registered historic districts. 

It seems that the Davids family lived in a lovely environment. 

ISAAC DAVIDS
BORN: 1668 in Marbletown, Ulster, NY
MARRIED: 13 Nov 1692 Kingston, Ulster, NY
DIED: 1712 in Marbletown, Ulster, NY

JANNETJE MAURITZ
BORN: 18 Jun 1671 in Kingston, Ulster, NY
DIED: 1721 in Marbletown, Ulster, NY
SOURCES: Church records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Kingston; Find a Grave death information about Isaac and Jannetje; Genealogy Report from researcher, Ed Voorhees, re the ancestors of the Brokaw family in Jan 2000.

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