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Gerrit Janse Decker 1662–1740 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 FEB 1662

Birth Location: Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA

Death Date: 1740

Death Location: Minisink, Orange, New York, USA

Father: Jan Decker

Mother: Grietjen Westercamp

Spouse(s): Magdalena Schut

Children(s): Margaret Decker

Gerrit Janse Decker was born in 1662 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA, the child of Jan Broersen Decker And Grietjen Hendricks Westercamp. Gerrit Janse Decker married Magdalena Willemsen Schut, and had children including Margaret Decker. Gerrit Janse Decker passed away in 1740 in Minisink, Orange, New York, USA.

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Biography

  • Gerrit Janse Decker was born in 1662 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA, the child of Jan Broersen Decker And Grietjen Hendricks Westercamp.
  • Gerrit Janse Decker married Magdalena Willemsen Schut, and had children including Margaret Decker.
  • Gerrit Janse Decker passed away in 1740 in Minisink, Orange, New York, USA.

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Gerrit Decker's Ancestors

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Gerrit Decker
1662–1740
Birth Place: Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA
Parents
Jan Broersen Decker
1640–1706
Husum, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Grietjen (Hendricks) Westercamp
1642–1701
New City, Rockland, New York, USA
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Gerrit Decker's Descendants

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Gerrit (Janse) Decker (26 FEB 1662–1740) m. Magdalena (Willemsen) Schut (3 OCT 1666–1722)
  1. 1. Margaret Decker 1695–1760 m. Thomas Quick 1690–1756
    1. 1. Elizabeth Quick 1722–1771 m. William Ennes 1711–1804
      1. 1. Grietje ((Margaret)) Ennes 1748– m. Jacobus ("James") Hoornbeek 1741–1806
        1. 1. Elizabeth Hoornbeek 1772–1846 m. Jushua (Van) Aken 1771–1843

Gerrit Decker's Timeline

3 Records

1662
26 FEB 1662
Birth of Gerrit Janse Decker in Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA
Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA
1662
26 FEB 1662
Gerrit Janse Decker was christened in Kingston, Ulster, New York
Kingston, Ulster, New York
1740
1740
Age 78
Death of Gerrit Janse Decker in Minisink, Orange, New York, USA
Minisink, Orange, New York, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 FEB 1662
    Event Place: Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 26 FEB 1662
    Event Place: Kingston, Ulster, New York
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Minisink, Orange, New York, USA

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