Gerrit Jans Decker

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Gerrit Jans Decker was baptized 14 February 1665 in Kingston, Ulster, New York. He was the son of Jan Gerritsen Decker and Grietjen Hendricks Westercamp. He had an older half-brother, Pieter, and three brothers, Hendrick, Jacob, and Hermanus.

Gerrit married Grietje Jans Decker in 1685 in Kingston, Ulster, New York. [1]

Grietje was baptized 31 August 1664 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, the daughter of Jan Broersen Decker and Heyltje Jacobs. She had four brothers, Jacob, Broer, Gaerleff (Gerrett), and Cornelis, and three sisters, Maddelen, Fietie and Titjen.

In 1689, Gerrit, who was living in Ulster County, took an oath of allegiance.

Gerrit and Grietje had:

1. Heyltie Gerritse Decker, born in Rochester, Ulster, New York, baptized 10 Jan 1686 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, Henderick Schoonmacker in 1704 in Kingston, Ulster, New York.
2. Jan Gerritsz Decker, born in the Esopus, baptized 28 Jul 1688 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, married 1) Barbara de Witt and 2) Margaret Kleyn 18 Oct 1747 in Smithfield, Fayette, Pennsylvania. [2]
3. Margrieta Decker[3], born in Rochester, Ulster, New York, baptized 1 Dec 1695 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, married Thomas Kwik 22 Dec 1713 in Kingston, Ulster, New York.
4. Ariaantje Decker, born in Rochester, Ulster, New York, baptized 15 May 1698 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, married Tjerck de Wit 8 Aug 1719 in Kingston, Ulster, New York.

Sources:

1. Hoes, Roswell Randall (comp.), Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1997 (originally published by De Vinne Press (New York), 1891).
2. Records of the Reformed Dutch Church at Smithfield, Pennsylvania.
3. O'Callaghan, E.B., The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I, Albany: Weed Parsons, & Co., 1850, p. 174.

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