Person:Peter Ouderkirk (1)

CENSUS; 1830 U.S. FEDERAL, New York, Onadaga Co., Van Buren Twp, call no. M19_100, page 125 shows: Peter Ouderkirk, 30-40 years, a female, 20 to 30 years, and two males aged under 5 years and one male age 15 and under 20. This from the online census at Ancestry.com.

1835 - The obituary for daughter Carrie (Jones) says she came west with her parents in the year of her birth which was 1835.

Relationships: Peter has a brother Jacob who is age 70 in the 1880 census and Sally Ouderkirk

Diana Bogart sent information on this family and other Ouderkirks.

In the Knox County Genealogical Society Quarterly of Winter, 2005, Vol. 34, No. 4, page 26, "Early Land Records", there is a transaction No. 1162 dated 24 March 1837 "Fredrick Ouderkirk of Knox Co., IL $100.00 paid by Jacob Ouderkirk and Peter Ouderkirk of Knox Co., IL W1/2 of SE 2/4 Sec 5 Twp 9 NR E PM. 80 acres more or less. John G. Sanburn, Knox Co., IL S. S. 24 Mar 1837 John Sanburn, clerk."

From THE OUDERKERK FAMILY SAGA, 350 years in America, Editor H. John Ouderkirk, pub. by Ouderkerk Family Genealogical Assn, Marietta, GA 30067, Apr 2004. page 55: The continuing saga of our Ouderkirk family as they moved west from the Schenectady area to central New York State is a story in itself. Frederick and Elizabeth Bond Ouderkirk and their family moved to the town of Lysander in Onondaga County, New York, shortly after the War of 1812. Elizabeth was born on 09 March 1777 in New York and was the daughter of Richard and Sarah Bragham Bond. During the years between 1815 and 1830, the Bonus Land set aside for settlement by Revolutionary War veterans attracted more New York and New England farm families to the area. The construction ofthe Erie Canal was completed and the Canal opened for traffic in 1825. The towns and villages along the Canal grew into cities and a generation of settlers seeking land in the west traveled through the area. Frederick Ouderkirk and his sons Peter, Jacob and Richard, purchased land in Lysander and Van Buren Townships, and the fertile fields were soon producing crops. By the late 1820's Frederick's children were ready for maniage and found their mates among the nearby Fink, Perkins, Miller, and Waffle families. The 1830 Census records for Van Buren Township list Frederick and Eliza, Peter and Elizabeth Fink, Richard and Amanda Perkins, Hiram Miller and his wife, Susan Ouderkirk, all living on adjoining farms in Onondaga County.

From page 93: Here it says they arrived in Maquon in Nov, 1835. Of course this was already very late in the year and they had to quickly erect shelter. Hopefully, they had brought stores for the winter with them from NY. The first winter they had to share the log cabin with Peter Jones and his wife Caroline Fink, making a total of sixteen people in one log cabin!

1. ↑ 1830 U.S. Federal Census, NY, Onondaga, Van Buren T., Call number M19 100
   125.