Family:Jacobus Sleight and Elsie De Riemer (1)

Col. Jacobus Sleight b. 19 Apr 1753 LaGrange, Dutchess, New York, United States d. 2 Sep 1833 LaGrange, Dutchess, New York, United States	Parents: Petrus De Riemer and Alice Babbington Elsie De Riemer b. 3 May 1777 Albany, Albany, New York, United States d. 1841

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Marriage^[1]^[2]

28 Feb 1799

Children

		Birth	Death

References

↑ Elsie De Riemer and Jacobus Sleight, in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society)
36:12, Jan 1905.

... "A touch of romance attaches to the Colonel's marriage. When he asked for Elsie to be his wife, her father protested that the suitor was 24 yrs. her senior, and that her older sister Mary was a more suitable match for his years. At this the lovers took umbrage, eloped at night, were married and forgiven." ...
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↑ Weekly Museum (New York).

9 Mar, 1799 - Major Jacobus Sleight and Miss Elsie DeRiemer, dau. of Peter DeRiemer, formerly of this city (New York City), now of Poughkeepsie, married at Fishkill, February 28th.
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(see also Helen Wilkinson Reynolds in her volume Marriages and Deaths 1778-1825 Dutchess County, NY}