accused of witchcraft
wife died 1719 Elizabeth, widow of Abiel Ewrill
may have died in childbirth
accused of witchcraft
wife died 1719 Elizabeth, widow of Abiel Ewrill
may have been born in New Straitsville in Perry Co. OH
may have been born in Stoutsville in Fairfield Co. OH
!Obituary: Columbus Daily Advocate, Friday, 18 Apr 1919 p1 c2
!Obituary: The Modern Light, Thursday, 24 Apr 1919 p1 c4
Came on ship "Rensselaerwyck" in 1637. Returned to Holland and came back with Michael Jansen Vreeland. (VRE-1)
[This information is from Vol. I, pp. 202-205 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911). It is in SCPL's Reference collection at R 929.1 R45. Some of the formatting of the original, especially in lists of descendants, may have been altered slightly for ease of reading.]
The family name of Van Vechten is derived from the Dutch, signifying that those who bore that name and were met on their journeyings or located in other places than on the original estate, came "from the Vechet" river in Holland. Three centuries ago, or about 1600, the Van Vechtens resided in Vechten, province of Utrecht, Holland. For a century and a half prior to the American revolution the name was also very commonly spelled Van Veghten, and this form maybe seen signed on hundreds of the revolutionary records in the state of New York, and on any number of private documents, wills, deeds and family Bible records.
Van Vechten arms: Shield: Sable, a fesse battled counter, embattled and cotised argent. Crest: Issuing out of a ducal coronet a pair of eagle's wings erect; dexter wing sable; sinister, argent. It was borne by Teunis Dircksen Van Vechten, of Vechten, province of Utrecht, Holland, prior to 1638. The fesse crossing the shield signifies a military belt of honor conferred by the monarch for some especial deed of valor, and the battlements show it to have been given in defence of an attack on a fortress of great strength.
(I) The progenitor of the Van Vechten family in America was Teunis Dircksen Van Vechten, son of Dirck Van Vechten, of Utrecht, who came to this country in 1638 from Holland in the ship called "The Arms of Norway." He brought with him his wife, child and two servants, and located on the bank of the Hudson river opposite Albany, but a little south of the city proper, where he proceeded to engage in farming. It is recorded that he succeeded to the farm of Michael Jansen in 1646, and 1648 found him located at the southern end of Greenbush, changed later to Rensselaer, New York. In 1663 he is chronicled as one of the "old inhabitants." He was sometimes styled "Poentie." Their children (living in 1700) were:
Dirck Theunise, see forward.
Cornelis Theunise, married (first) Sara Salomense Goewey, in 1668; married (second) Annatje Leendertse; married (third) Maria Lucase Claase, widow, July 3, 1689.
Gerrit Theunise, married (first) Antje Janse; married (second) Greetje Volckert, daughter of Volckert Jans Douw.
Pietertje, married Myndert Frederickse Van Yveren, in 1663.
(II) Dirck Teunis (or Theunise), son of Teunis Dircksen Van Vechten, purchased October 20, 1681, from Stephen Van Cortland "a certain tract of land in Catskill, in the county of Albany; which was afterwards confirmed by a patent under the hand and seal of His Excellency, Thomas Dongan, State Governor of New York, bearing date the 21st day of March, Anno Domini, 1686." It was made over to his sons, Samuel and Johannes Van Vechten, following the parent's death, by, their brothers, Michael and Abraham, by deed bearing date March 30, 1715, and Johannes made his share over to Samuel, August 9, 1721, thus Samuel acquired the property and was able to leave it by will to his nephew, Teunis. Dirck Teunis Van Vechten died November 25, 1702. His will was made April 4, 1687, and proved March 30, 1703. He married Jannetje, daughter of Michiel Jansen and Fytje (Hartman) Vrelant, of Communipaw, New Jersey. Children:
Jannetje, born September 25, 1660.
Wyntje, January 17, 1662; married Philip Leendertse Conyn, of Coxsackie.
Michiel, November 28, 1663; married (first) Marytje Parker, November 21, 1686; married (second) Jannetje Du Mont, April 2, 1691.
Neeltje, March 24, 1665.
Johannes, June 24, 1666, died single, June 1, 1735.
Teunis, May 24, 1668, see forward.
Antje, May 4, 1670.
Fytje, December 6, 1671; married, May 23, 1697, William Janse Casperse Halenbeck, of Coxsackie, New York.
Samuel, April 12, 1673, died single, March 30, 1741.
Saatje (Sara), January 8, 1675.
Abraham, April 14, 1679, died single before October 16, 1739.
(III) Teunis, son of Dirck Teunis and Jannetje (Vrelant) Van Vechten, was born May 24, 1668, died in 1707. He married, November 28, 1694, Cathlyntje (Caatje), daughter of Claas Frederickse Van Petten, of Schenectady, New York. Children:
Dirck, born September 12, 1695; married, in Kingston, Helena Seulant (or Suybrant), December 26, 1722; died in 1782.
Eve, baptized in Albany, May 12, 1700; married Johannes Suylant.
Jannetje, baptized in Schenectady, May 24, 1702.
Maria, baptized in Albany, June 4, 1704.
Teunis, born April 1, 1707, see forward.
1 NAME Sophie //
2 GIVN Sophie
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