Eleanor Knickerbocker

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Eleanor Knickerbocker (Ben or Bain)

Also Known As: "Eleanora", "Elinor"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kingston, Ulster, New York
Death: March 20, 1774
Pine Plains, Dutchess, Province of New York, British North America
Place of Burial: New York, Lee, Georgia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Hugh Bain and Elisabeth Bain
Wife of Capt. Cornelius Knickerbocker
Mother of Elizabeth van Leuven; Marika Mary Miller; Laurentz Knickerbocker; Johannes C. Knickerbocker; Cornelia Caty Milius and 4 others
Sister of Maryke Knickerbocker; John Benn, Sr.; Peter (Pieter) Bain; Philip Bain; Catherine Bain and 5 others

Managed by: Edward Leo Neary
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About Eleanor Knickerbocker

Findagrave Memorial #195083298



Cornelis Knickerbocker (Laurens, Harmen Jansen), m. Eleonora (Ellaar, Ellinar, Helena) Ben, bap. 7 Jan., 1722, at Kingston, N.Y., dau. of Hugo Ben and Elisabeth Schot. On the 1 May, 1768, they became church members at Mount Ross, N.Y.

Cornelis made his will on Jan.7th, 1774 and recorded at Poughkeepsie in Book of Wills. In it he mentions wife, son John, and daughters Caty, Catarina, Genne, Lana, Margree, Elizabeth, and Mary. He appoints his wife and brothers Benjamin and Peter executors.

It is believed she is buried with or near her husband but no headstones found.



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Sources

↑ First-hand information as remembered by Bill Pulver, Saturday, April 5, 2014.


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Eleanor Knickerbocker's Timeline

1719
October 18, 1719
Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States
1722
January 7, 1722
Kingston, Ulster, New York
January 7, 1722
Kingston, Ulster, New York
1747
February 15, 1747
Germantown, Columbia, Colony of New York, British America
1748
October 2, 1748
Germantown, Columbia, New York
1751
February 3, 1751
Linlithgo, Columbia, New York, United States
1752
November 12, 1752
Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, United States
1755
February 22, 1755
Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York, United States
1757
May 8, 1757
Linlithgo, Columbia, New York, United States