Person:Gerrit Focken (1)
Gerrit Focken
b.Abt 1640
d.1672
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  1. Tryntje Gerritse FOCKENAbt 1671 -
  2. Hillitje FOCKENAbt 1672 -
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Name Gerrit Focken
Alt Name Gerrit Corneliussen Foecken
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1640
Marriage Banns 27 Oct 1668 Kingston, Ulster, New York, United Statesto Jacomyntje Cornelis Slecht
Death? 1672

Marriage record states Gerrit was "of Ritson,4 in Oost Friesland [East Friesland]...4Possible this may be the same as the present Risum, W. of Emden, in the Principality of East Friesland, in Hanover, Germany. There is a place now called Reitsum (spelled Rysum by Blaeu), a short distance W. of Dokkum, in the northern part of the Province of Friesland, Holland."

TITL Ancestry of Garret Conrad Van Wagner, by DAR 1946-47, p. 41 TITL Miller, Jim, 329 Whipple Lane, Rochester, New York 14622; email: millerpl@frontiernet.net (Paul Miller); family researcher ALIA Gerrit /Focken/ TITL Ancestry of Garret Conrad Van Wagner, by DAR 1946-47, p. 41 TITL Broaderbund Software, Inc.; WFT CD #5, tree # 0672 EVEN TYPE Fact PLAC Gerrit was wounded during the altercation with British soldiers at Cornelis Slecht's brewery, which escalated into the "Esopus Mutiny"

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