Person:Mary Van Bunschoten (3)

Mary Van Bunschoten

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m. 17 Feb 1794

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Name	Mary Van Bunschoten
Alt Name	Polly _____
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	11 Aug 1803	Woodstock, Ulster, New York, United States
Christening^[1]		Hurley, Ulster, New York, United States
Death^[1]	26 Mar 1836	Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 4351, in Van Benschoten, William Henry. Concerning the Van Bunschoten or Van Benschoten family in America: A Genealogy and Brief History. (Poughkeepsie, NY: A. V. Haight Co. Printers, 1907)
p. 789, 792, 793.

MARY V. B., or Polly as she was usually called, m. June 14, 1824, William Van Aken, b. in the town of Esopus, Feb. 25, 1801, son of John E. Van Aken (b. Jan. H, 1777, in the town of Esopus, d. July 30, 1861) and Rachel Van Vleet (b. Dec. 22, 1781, also in Esopus, d. Apr. 27, 1848), dau. of Abram Van Yleet. John E. was descended from Marinus Van Aken who migrated from the old city of Aachen, or Aix-la-Chapelle, to the New Netherlands in the early time. Mary and William settled on a farm near Kingston where they passed their lives. Besides his farm pursuits he was engaged quite extensively in stone-quarries in the vicinity. She d. Mar. 26, 1836, he Aug. 2, 1887.