with this research, The basic
information is done but it is being
continuted. Trees never stop
growing, so how could it ever be finished?
For my self, this has been nine years of
research but with Susan's help, much
more has been found.
A LITTLE MILITARY INFO
JOHANNES/ JOHN came here in 1776
with british, faught with them for three
years then became a 'Turn Coat'.
Obviously self explanitory, he went to
the American side. He entered the
service of Silas Husted in the fall of 1779.
He then signed up under Lt. Carl
Elmendorf in Col. Graham's Regt.
for three months which he was stationed
at Fishkill Dutches Co. untill discharged.
Then in the spring he volunteered as a
private in 1780 with Capt. Wilson for Nine
months in Rhinebeck.
He married Maria Schultis in Apr 17,1780. ( her Full name was Anna Maria Schultis)
It is believed that he was a Hessen
because of the time he came. A lot of the
German Hessens came around that time
and mostly through Stanten Island. And
a lot of these German Soldiers were
called JAGER CORPS.( pronounced:
YAEGER. the English language didn't
have a letter for the umlaut that is above
the 'A' in the name. the closest they could
get was 'AE' which made the A long. the
name, JAGER means hunter) They were
the first out front before the others
and were paid much less.
Johannes was born in May 21, 1754.The
name went from Jerry, Jurry, Jury,
to Yurry, Yury, Yerry. Because the
Germans and Dutch pronounce the 'J's"
as a 'Y'.
I also found it spelled at times in some
birth records: Jerger, Jerrier.
a local Woodstock Historian who sent me a small piece of
information that said Yerry Hill Rd was known for it's Witches. reads simply:
When the nineteenth century rolled around, many people of Ulster County began
to believe less in the fact of witch exsistance which was part of the Dutch culture,
their ancestors. But some parts of Woodstock still had some belief in this and
it lasted until the twentieth century. Most of the people of Woodstock were unsure
about talking to others in concern of being judged for their beliefs still in witch
craft, because a lot of the Ulsterians looked at them with amusement due to their
beliefs. It is the area of YERRY HILL RD and MONTOMA that were written about
in the Kingston papers now and then about the continuing practice of this.
Taken from Alf Evers 'Woodstock, History of an American Town'
There is an ancestor who was the third marriage to Capt. John Van De Bogart.
Her name was MARGARET MARIA YERRY. She and John had quite a few
children.
But his first marriage gives an interesting story. He was once married to a young
girl named CATHERINE, last name unknown. They are all buried in the
Woodstock Cemetery which happens to be where this story 'stems' from, no pun
intended, (you'll understand why shortly). I thought the story was very
interesting. And I hope you do too.
Catherine was tending to an ill friend while her husband was gone working. When
she was heading home she felt uneasy knowing that possably her husband might
be home because he was a jealous man and went on rampages any time
he knew she was gone. He preffered her staying home because he didn't like her
leaving. she was pregenet at the time.
Just as she feared, as she walked in the door there he was in waiting for her in
the kitchen clasping on to an elm tree branch and with total anger on his face to
the point that she shrunk against the kitchen door, he started beating her not pay
ing attention to her pleas and crys til he beat her to the point of unconsciouness.
Neighbors heard this, familiar sounds they had heard many times before because
some of them were often called in to settle differences between them. When they
entered they found her lying on the floor so they carried her to a bed.
Returning to consciousness she believed she was going to die but would not make
a complaint about her husabnd and asked that when she died the she be buried
with the elm tree stick so that it could take root in her heart and grow into
a tree out of her grave as a reminder to her husband and others as a warning.
Later that night she gave birth to a lifeless child. She too died, so with the infant
in her arms and the elm stick at heart chest, she was buried under overlook.
What was amazing is that an elm tree actual took root from her gravesite, and it
still does to this day, even though it has been cut down many times!
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