Person:Elsjen Schoonmaker (3)

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Elsjen Schoonmaker
chr.1 Apr 1688
d.Aft 1758
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Name Elsjen Schoonmaker
Gender Female
Christening[1] 1 Apr 1688
Marriage 17 Dec 1715 to Solomon Van Bunschoten
Death[1] Aft 1758
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Her exact death date is unknown. The last reference to her in the records is in 1758.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 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)
    pp. 656, 659.

    Elsjen, bp. Apr. 1, 1688, dau. of Egbert Hendrickse Schoonmaker and Annatje Berry. Egbert was born at Fort Orange, and m. Oct. 13, 1683, Annatje, dau. of Samuel Berry. He settled in the neighborhood of Rochester. In 1700 he was Captain of a troop of horse in the Ulster County regiment commanded by Col. Jacob Rutzen. His father, Hendrick Jochemse, the progenitor of the Schoonmaker family in this country, was a native of Hamburgh, Germany.