Johannes Cornelius Schermerhorn

Johannes Schermerhorn lived in Greene County during his early married life, probably at Athens. Later he moved to Columbia County, and both he, his wife, his daughter, Catalyntje and her husband are buried in an old cemetery at Ghent, Columbia County. His daughter Gerritje, who married Major Wynkoop, lived with her husband in Saugerties, Ulster County. The Wynkoops were the chief supporters of the Catsbaan Church at Saugerties at this time, and were men of wealth. Major Wynkoop was in the battle of Saratoga in 1777. He moved with his family to Chemung Co., N. Y., in 1783. John Wigram, husband of Maritje Schermerhorn, was a surveyor. In January, 1798, he completed a map of the towns of Germantown and Clermont in Livingston Manor, and at this time he resided in the extreme south central part of Livingston at the bend of the Roeloff Jansen Kill.