Person:Zara Van Auken (3)

Zara Van Auken, b 1726, daughter of Isaac Van Auken & Maria De Witt.

Baptised: 6 Mar 1726, Port Jarvis, Orange County, New York.

Marriage:Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records, 1716-1830 p g 267 on 8 Apr 1750, Sara Van Auken, Young woman, born at Rochester , Orange County, New York and Petrus Brinck, young man, born at Ship penkonk, New Jersey, both dweling at Shippenkonk, posted banns and w ere declared "forbidden", (Litteraly stoped) by Catharina Hoogn teeling and afterwards by Sara herself in the presence of J.C. Frye nmuth, pastor and Anthony Westbroeck elder. One wonders who Catha rina Hooghteeling may have been, and further, why she with Antho ny Westbroeck, elder, stopped the banns. On 15 Apr 1750 the same Sara married Jacobus Van Sickle, bo rn Readingtown where he dwelt. Ref: Marriage records 1737-1797 taken from a pamphlet by Rev. J.P . Ten Eyck, printed 1877. Marriage ceremonies perfor med by J.C. Fryenmuth.

NOTE:: If we could have been present on 9 Apr 1750 when the banns we re forbidden, we would have noted the condition of Cath arina. Six days later (15 April 1750), twins, Jacob and Sara, were christened . The witnesses were Jan Van Vliet, Jesyntje Swartwout his wife, Th omas Decker and wife, Jenneke Van Nimwegen. The name of the fathe r states the word "onecht" meaning illegitimate. Three years later Cat harina married James Risla and had several legitimate child ren by him.

As for Petrus Brink, he seems to have settled down and was su b- sequently married yo Alida Midddag.

Note Note:: It seems both girl were preganet and wanted the same ma n but he married someone else. The stories that could be t old, if we only knew.

1. ↑ Dutch Reformed Church (Kingston, New York), and Roswell Randall Hoes (ed.). Baptismal and marriage registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston: Ulster County, New York (formerly named Wiltwyck and often familiarly called Esopus or 'Sopus), for One Hundred and Fifty Years from their commencement in 1660. (New York, 1891)
   162.