Col. Johannes Knickerbocker, Sr (203)

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Johannes Harmen Knickerbocker, Jr Birth 17 Mar 1723 Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York, USA Death 16 Aug 1802 (aged 79) Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York, USA Burial Knickerbocker Family Cemetery Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York, USAFamily Members Spouse[13] Johannes Knickerbocker (Johannes Harmensen, Harmen Jansen), bap. 24 March, 1723, at Albany, N.Y.; was m. there 17 Feb., 1750 (Schaghticoke Records), by Rev. Theo. Frielinghuysen, to Rebecca Fonda, bap. 14 April, 1718, at Albany, "daughter of Col. Nicholas Fonda††† and Anna Marselis."

On 22 Nov., 1752, Johannes joined the Dutch Reformed Church at Schaghticoke and there at various times he officiated as elder and deacon. The church record states that he “died 16 Aug. 1802 aged 79 years," furthermore that "he was in the colonial army and was appointed Colonel 20 Oct. 1775." Revolutionary War records show that he was Colonel of the Fourteenth Regiment of Albany County Militia. The record states further that his wife “died 8 Jan. 1800 aged 81 years" and her life is expressed in the text " She was full of good works and alms deeds which she did." In Harper's Magazine vol. 54, p. 42, is a picture of Colonel Johannes Knickerbocker and his wife reproduced from a _____________________________________________________________________________________ *** Dirk Cornelisen Van Vechten, m. 5 Dec, 1703. at Albany, Margarita Harmense Luwes, both b. and living in the Colony of Rensselaerwyck. She was dau. of Harmen Livesz and Marretje Teunisz. He was son of Cornells Teunisen Van Vechten and Annetje Leendertse.

Cornells Teunisen Van Vechten, alias Keesoom, of Papsknee, an island below Albany, m. (1) in 1668, Sara Solomonse Goewey, daughter of Salomon Abelsen; m. (2) Annetje Leendertse; m. (3) 3 June, 1689, at Albany, Maria Lucase, widow of Jacob Claessen. Cornells Teunisen Van Vechten was son of Teunis Dirksen Van Vechten.

The Knickerbocker Family Full Text Version with Index William B. Van Alstyne April, 2016

15 Teunis Dircksen Van Vechten with his wife, child and two servants came to this country in 1638, in the Arms of Norway. He owned a farm at Greenbush, N.Y., in 1648. In 1663 he was referred to as "an old inhabitant here."

††† Nicholas (Claes) Fonda, m. 16 Nov., 1716, at Albany, Annetje Marselis, bap. there 30 June, 1689, dau. of Gysbert Marselis and Barbar Claasz Groesbeek. He was son of DouweJelisen Fonda and his wife Rebecca, both early church members at Albany. _____________________________________________________________________________________

NYG&BR, April 1908 Page 119

painting- in the east room of the old Knickerbocker mansion at Schaghticoke. Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, vol. 3, pp. 561 and 562, gives a clearer picture of Colonel Knickerbocker and a picture of his homestead

Rebeckah Marselis Fonda Knickerbocker 1718–1800 (m. 1750) Children

Johannes Knickerbocker 1751–1827

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