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Elizabeth Praa
 
m. 1684
  1. Catherine Praa1685 -
  2. Maria Praa1688 -
  3. Elizabeth Praa1691 -
  4. Anna Praa1694 -
  5. Christiana Praa1698 -
  • H.  Meserole (add)
  • WElizabeth Praa1691 -
m. Abt 1711
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Name Elizabeth Praa
Married Name Elizabeth Meserole
Gender Female
Birth[1] 1691 Newtown, Queens, New York
Marriage Abt 1711 Queens, New York, United Statesto Meserole (add)
References
  1. Family Recorded, in Riker, James. The annals of Newtown in Queens County, New-York: containing its history from its first settlement, together with many interesting facts concerning the adjacent towns : also, a particular account of numerous Long Island families now spread over this and various other states of the Union. (New York: D. Fanshaw, 1852).

    p 382 -
    ... Capt. PETER PRAA, who has numerous blood descendants, was sufficiently identified with Newtown, to deserve notice. His father, Peter, was a highly respectable Huguenot exile from Dieppe, a seaport in France, who, with his family, came to this country in 1659, and d. at Cripplebush, Mar. 6, 1663. (See p. 130.) He left ch. Peter, and Anna, who m. Jan Jansen.

    Peter was b. at Leyden, in 1655, while his parents sojourned at that city of refuge. He m. in 1684, Maria, dau. of Jacob Hay, and widow of Joost Molenner, at which time he was living in Newtown, but he spent the most of his subsequent life in Bushwick, had command of the militia, and was noted for his skill in horsemanship. He acquired a large property in various places, including Dominie's Hook, which he bought from the heirs of Annetie Jans, of Trinity Church notoriety. (See p. 29.) capt. Praa d. in 1740.

    His ch. were
    - Catherine, b. 1685 ;
    - Maria, b. 1688, m. Wynant Van Zandt ;
    - Elizabeth, b. 1691, m. Meserole ;
    - Anna, b. 1694, m. Wm. Bennet and Daniel Bodet ; and
    - Christiana, b. 1698, who m. David Provost. ...