Lisbeth Woertman Lequier
BIRTH: 10 Mar 1700
Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA
DEATH: unknown
BURIAL
Prospect Cemetery
Jamaica, Queens County, New York, USA
Daughter of Teunis Dircksen Woertman and Catrijna Sprong.
A. P. G. Jos van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), page 142. Lijsbeth; parents: Theunis Woertman, Catharijntje.
Lijsbeth Woertman was baptized on 10 March 1700 at Old First Dutch Reformed Church, Breuckelen (Brooklyn), Kings Co., Long Island, New York, witnesses Joris Remse, Lijsbeth Woertman.
Ibid.
She married 1st circa 1720 Pieter Schenck, son of Johannes Schenck and Magdalena de Hass.
Barbara A. Barth, "The Family of Dirck Janszen Woertman of Brooklyn Ferry", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols. 132-133 (2001-2002): 132:200.
Lijsbeth Woertman was named in her father's will dated on 29 October 1729 called "Elizabeth Schanck."
Will dated 29 October 1729 I leave to my two sons, Derrick and Tunis, all my lands and meadows, to be divided in six weeks, and my son Derrick to have the first choice, and they are to pay £740, as follows: To my son John, £10, and £30 to my daughter Sarah, within one year. Of the remaining £700, they are to pay £60 a year to their brothers and sisters, viz.: John, Martha Simonsen, Hannah Jacobse, Elizabeth Schanck, Catharine Bennit, Harmety Duree (Duyee?), Sarah, Derrick and Tunis. I leave to my 3 sons, two negro men and one wench. To my daughter Sarah, a negro girl. To my daughter, Harmette Duree, 2 cows. The rest to all my children. I make three sons, executors. Witnesses: Hendrick Vandewater, Dirck Sprong, Josiah Furman. Proved 11 Dec 1729.
New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstract of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. XI, unrecorded wills prior to 1790), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1903), pages 231-232. Abstracting unrecorded wills, Tunis Wartman.
She is named in her husband's will on 29 July 1736 appointed an executor.
Will dated 29 July 1736 proved 12 Dec 1738. Peter Schenck, of Newtown, being sick. I leave to my wife Elizabeth the whole use and benefit of all estate during her widowhood. I leave to my son Thomas ("and to the child that my wife is now bigg with, and if born, and it please God that it will be a son, his name shall be called Peter Schenck") all my plantation whereon I now live, both land and meadow. After the death of my wife they shall have £200. I leave to my daughter Catarina, £50. Legacies to daughters Marthelina, Phebe, Margaret, and Cornelia. If the expected child is a daughter, she shall have the same as the rest, and her name is to be Elizabeth. I leave to my son John £300, to be put at interest for his support during his life. I makke my wife Elizabeth, and my honored father John Schenck and Captain Charles Duryee, and John Schenck of Bushwick, in Kings County, executors. Witnesses: William Van Duzen, John Collier, Judah Ganel.
New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. III 1730-1744), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1894), page 242. Peter Schenck. Abstracting Lib. 13, p. 167.
Children by Pieter Schenck b. ca. 1696, d. 14 Sep 1736:
Cattryna Schenck b. 29 Aug 1721, d. 22 Mar 1796
Teunis Schenck b. 9 Feb 1723
John Schenck
Magdalena Schenck
Phebe Schenck
Margaret Schenck b. 1732
Cornelia Schenck b. 15 Nov 1734, d. 3 Mar 1793
Elizabeth Schenck b. 1736
Barbara A. Barth, "The Family of Dirck Janszen Woertman of Brooklyn Ferry", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols. 132-133 (2001-2002): 132:201.
T.G. Bergen, "Contributions to the History of the Early Settlers of Kings County, N.Y.", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record vols. 9-11 (1878-1880): 11:68.
Lijsbeth Woertman married 2nd on 7 October 1738 Jan Lequier, son of Abraham Lequier and Antoinette Duryea.
Barbara A. Barth, "The Family of Dirck Janszen Woertman of Brooklyn Ferry", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols. 132-133 (2001-2002): 132:200.
Children by Jan Lequier b. c 1700, d. 13 Nov 1796
Abraham Lequier b. 28 Jul 1739
Elizabeth Lequier b. 1742
Catherina Lequier b. ca. 1744
Ibid., 132:201.
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