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- [S130] Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady, from 1662 to 1800, Jonathan Pearson , (Schenectady Digital Historical Archive), http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/firstse. (Reliability: 3), 1837.
DIRK, son of Ahasuerus, m. Lysbet, dau. of Jan Baptist Van Eps, July 29, 1726. Ch: Sara, b. Feb. 24, 1727. Ch. bp: Helena, May 30, 1731; Helena, March 4, 1732/3, m. Claas Marselis; Catharina, Feb. 15, 1736, m. Pieter Clute; Jan Baptist, Sept. 19, 1739.
Marselis (Marselus)
MARSELIS JANSE, b. at Bommel in Guilderland, Holland, came early to Beverwyck where for many years he was an innkeeper and farmer of the burger and tapster excise of beer, wine &c. He seems to have been a man of good capacity and large business. His children settled in Albany, except Ahasuerus and Gerrit, who removed to Schenectady. He made his will June 11, 1690, proved in Kingston, May 22, 1722, and d. before 1700. His wife was Annatie Gerritse. Ch. Gysbert; Huybertje, m. Joseph Yates; Sytje, m. Joseph Janse Van Santen (Van Zandt); Judith, m. Lucas L. Hooghkerk; Ahasuerus; Gerrit. [See Albany Families.]
AHASUERUS, cordwainer, son of Marselis Janse Van Bommel, m. Sara, dau. of Takel Heemstraat of Albany. He removed to Schenectady about 1698. Ch. bp. in Albany; Johannes, June 26, 1698; Dirk, Jan. 5, 1700; Johanna, Jan. 26, 1701, m. Johannes Van Vorst; Gysbert, June 4, 1704; Takel, Jan. 1, 1709; Annatje, March 6, 1711, in Schenectady, m. Thomas Christiaanse; Maritie, March 8, 1713, in Albany; Trientien, July 31, 1715, m. Jan Baptist Van Vorst; Ahasuerus, Dec. 15, 1717; Abraham, July 8, 1721; Isaac, June 29, 1723.
GERRIT, son of Marselis Janse Van Bommel, m. Bregie Hanse in 1687, and with his wife and one child was killed in the massacre Feb. 9, 1690. One child, Myndert, was saved, and was living in Schenectady in 1709.
JOHANNES, son of Ahasuerus, merchant, made his will Feb. 2, 1732; owned house and lot No. 23 Front Street, which, in 1753, his wid. occupied. He m. Sara, dau. of Claas De Graaf, Jan. 12, 1725. Ch: Ahasuerus, b. June 26, 1726. Ch. bp. Elisabeth, Aug. (?), 1729, m. William Lighthall; Sara, June 25, 1732; Maria, Nov. 25, 1733, m. Dirk Van Vranken; Claas.
DIRK, son of Ahasuerus, m. Lysbet, dau. of Jan Baptist Van Eps, July 29, 1726. Ch: Sara, b. Feb. 24, 1727. Ch. bp: Helena, May 30, 1731; Helena, March 4, 1732/3, m. Claas Marselis; Catharina, Feb. 15, 1736, m. Pieter Clute; Jan Baptist, Sept. 19, 1739.
GYSBERT, son of Ahasuerus, m. Elisabeth, dau. of Arent Van Antwerpen, May 31, 1730. Ch. bp: Arent, Nov. 26, 1732; Sara, June 9, 1734, m. Jacobus Van Sice; Catharina, Feb. 27, 1737; Ahasuerus, April 12, 1740.
TAKEL, son of Ahasuerus, m. Jacomyntje, dau. of Jan Baptist Van Eps, March 16, 1738. Ch: Johannes, b. Dec. 16, 1738; Helena, Jan. 4, 1741; Sara, June 10, 1743; Annatje, Dec. 8, 1745, m. Jacobus Mills; Alexander, Sept. 20, 1747; Maria, March 11, 1750, m. Cornelis Christiaanse.
GERRIT, son of Ahasuerus, m. Catharina Tyger. Ch: Willem, bp. Nov. 22, 1747.
ISAAC, merchant, son of Ahasuerus, m. Sara, dau. of Wouter Swart, Aug. 5, 1748. She d. in 1805. Ch. bp: Elisabet, April 16, 1749, m. Claas Van der Bogart; Sarah, June 4, 1758.
AHASUERUS, son of Johannes, m. Maria, dau. of Hendrick Vrooman, Jan. 1, 1749/50. Ch. bp: Johannes, Sept. 30, 1750; Hendrik, b. May 25, bp. July 19, 1753; Engeltie, m. Harmanus H. Van Slyck; Sarah, March 23, 1759; Johannes, Aug. 21, 1760; Sarah, Oct. 9, 1763, m. Willem Lighthall; Nicolaas, b. Aug. 15, bp. Aug. 17, 1766, d. Aug. 12, 1848; Johannes, Sept. 7, 1769; Jannetje, Oct. 14, 1770; Johannes, June 8, 1777.
CLAAS, cordwainer, son of Johannes, m. Lena, dau. of Dirk Marselis, April 30, 1757. He is said to have been killed by lightning in 1766, while crossing the Mohawk River in a canoe. Ch. bp: Sarah, April 9, 1758, m. Maas M. Marselis; Johannes, b, Jan. 27, bp. July 6, 1760; Dirk, July 11, 1762; Elisabeth, March 10, 1765, m. Jacob J. Clute; Nicolaas, Sept. 14, 1766.
ARENT, son of Guysbert, m. Rebecca, dau. of Jacob Vrooman, Dec. 23, 1758. Ch. bp: Geysbert, Dec. 23, 1758; Geysbert, Nov. 9, 1760; Maria, July 29, 1764; Isaac, July 17, 1768; Jacob, Jan. 17, 1773.
Capt. AHASUERUS, son of Gysbert, m. Hester, dau. of Nicolaas Visscher of Nestoungjoone, Sept. 1, 1765. Ch. bp: Elisabeth, April 20, 1766; Elisabeth, May 22, 1768, m. Gerrit Connor; Nicolaas, Feb. 18, 1770; Gysbert, May 3, 1772; Nanning, June 12, 1774, d. in Amsterdam, April 18, 1854; his wid. Debora, d. Aug. 24, 1869, in her 94th year, at her son's at Hagaman's Mills; Arent, Sept. 1, 1776; Catrina, May 23, 1784.
JOHANNES, son of Takel, m. Annatje, dau. of Johannes Van Antwerpen, Dec. 6, 1767. Ch. bp: Johannes, b. July 16, bp. 17, 1768; Takerius, May 1, 1770; Jacomyntje, Dec. 22, 1771, m. Jacob P. Bovie; Helena, April 24, 1774, m. Isaac A. Truax; Sarah, April 26, 1776; Arent, June 7, 1778; Susanna, Aug. 16, 1782; George Washington, July 12, 1784. Ch. b: Ahasuerus, April 30, 1786; Elisabeth, Sept. 3, 1788; Maritje, Dec. 23, 1790; Alida, Feb. 13, 1795.
JOHANNES, son of Claas, m. Catharina, dau. of Isaac Vrooman. He lived in Ferry Street, opposite the Episcopal church; d. Dec. 15, 1833; she d. July 13, 1845, in her 82d year. Ch. b: Elisabeth, Nov. 27, 1785, m. Jacob I. Clute; Isaac Vrooman, Feb. 18, 1788, m. Catharine, dau. of Ezra Cady of Columbia County, and subsequently settled in Onondaga County; Lena, Dec. 11, bp. Nov. 20, 1789 [Church Records], m. Silas Andrus, publisher, of Hartford, Conn., both now dead; Nicholas, March 12, 1792, graduate at Union College; minister in Dutch Church; m. Jane, dau. of Col. Henry R. Teller; Dorothea and Lourens, Feb. 23, 1795. She d. unmarried, at Freeport, N. J., Feb. 16, 1871; he is now (1872) living in Montgomery County; Sarah, Sept. 12, 1800, m. Rev. Aaron A. Marselis.
EVERT, son of Gysbert m. Catalina Wendell of Albany, m. Sarah Van Benthuysen, both of Albany, the banns were proclaimed in Schenectady, August 13, 1786.
NICOLAAS, son of Ahasuerus, m. Machtelt, dau. of Isaac Rosa, Sept. 14, 1788. He d. Aug. 12, 1848, a. 82ys.; she was b. April 20, 1772, and d. March 20, 1852. Ch. b: Ahasuerus, Dec. 28, 1788; Isaac Rosa, Aug. 9, 1790; Maria, May 13, 1792; Annatje, July 14, 1794; Jannetje, Nov. 3, 1796; Cornelia, July 6, 1799; Isaac, March 21, 1801, a physician in Philadelphia; Cornelia, March 12, 1804; Henry, May 29, 1806; Nicholas, Aug. 6, 1808; Angelica Matilda, Nov. 17, 1811; Sarah Margaret, Dec. 23, 1813.
NICHOLAS, son of Ahasuerus, m. Sarah Vedder. He settled in Amsterdam, where he d. Oct. 4, 1853, a. 83ys. Ch: Ahasuerus, b. Oct. 9, 1792.
JACOB, son of Arent, m. Eva Carol (Corle), June 20, 1794. Ch. b: Aaron, Jan. 20, 1795; Marytje, Oct. 3, 1798; Isaac, May 10, 1801.
HENRY, son of Ahasuerus, m. Cornelia Pootman, Dec. 1, 1793. He was b. May 25, 1753, and d. Aug. 12, 1821; she was b. Dec. 6, 1754, and d. Jan. 3, 1837. Ch: Maria, b. Feb. 24, 1795, m. Richard McMichael, and d. Sept. 7, 1854.
GYSBERT, son of Ahasuerus G., of de Willegen, m. Maria Clauw of the Noormanskil, Jan. 26, 1794. Ch. b: Annatje, July 12, 1795; Annatje, July 3, 1796; Esther, Jan. 8, 1799.
JOHN JR., son of Johannes T., m. Elisabeth, dau. of Abraham Truex. Ch. b: Annatje, July 24, 1795; Abram, Oct. 1, 1797; John, Feb. 19, 1800; Takerus, Feb. 28, 1803; Takerius, Feb. 10, 1805.
NICHOLAS, son of Claas, m. Sarah, dau. of Petrus Clute, April 17, 1795. He d. Nov. 28, 1845, a. 79ys.; she d. March 28, 1872, a. 94ys., 5m., 21d. Ch. b: Dirk, May 6, 1797, d. Sept. 11, 1832; Petrus, June 3, 1801; Helena, Nov. 8, 1804; Helena, Aug. 22, 1806; Jacob, April 18, 1809; Catharine, Jan. 22, 1811, d. April 12, 1846; John, Nov. 2, 1816.
JOHN A., son of Ahasuerus, m. Catharine, dau. of Jacob Schermerhorn, Jan, 5, 1800. He d. Oct. 12, 1845, a. 68ys.; she d. Feb. 14, 1859, a. 76ys. Ch: Henry, who d. Aug. 17, 1802, a. 18m.
ISAAC, son of Nicolaas, m. Rachel Knorr in Philadelphia, Sept. 20, 1824. She was b. Oct. 30, 1802. He is a physician in Philadelphia. Ch. b: Maria Mariel, Jan. 8, 1830; Henry Nicholas, Dec. 31, 1831; Rachel Anna, June 19, 1839; Rosa, June 27, 1842; Helen, Aug. 13, 1845.
DIRK, son of Ahasuerus, m. Lysbet, dau. of Jan Baptist Van Eps, July 29, 1726. Ch: Sara, b. Feb. 24, 1727. Ch. bp: Helena, May 30, 1731; Helena, March 4, 1732/3, m. Claas Marselis; Catharina, Feb. 15, 1736, m. Pieter Clute; Jan Baptist, Sept. 19, 1739.
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