1706: " Gerrit Van Bunschoten, j. m., born in Kingstowne and residing there, and Antje Delva, widow of Lucas de Wit, born in Kingstowne and residing there. First publication of Banns, March 31."
Antje Delva was the daughter of Anthony Delva, or D'Elba, and Jannatje Hillebrants who were Roman Catholics and just possibly the only persons of that faith in the little Protestant community. This Antoni D'Elba it was who figured so prominently in the so- called " Esopus mutiny " in 1667 when the Dutch burghers resisted the insolence of the English soldiery. ...
Previous to her marriage with Gerrit, Antje had married on Dec. 22, 1695. Lucas De Wit who died in 1703.
On Oct. 26, 1721, Antje again married, taking as her third husband Hendrick Rosekrarse whose first wife was Antje Vredenburgh, and thereafter she lived in the near-by town of Rochester. The date of her death has not been found.
