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Maria van Pelt (Dragoo)

Also Known As: "Maria (Mary) (Dragaud (Drageau)) (Lane) Van Pelt Maria Dragaud", "Mary van Pelt (Dragoo)", "Drageau"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Staten Island, Richmond Co., NY
Death: 1762 (54-63)
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Peter Dragoo, II and Élisabeth Dragoo
Wife of Teunis van Pelt
Mother of Anthony Van Pelt; Johannes Van Pelt; Joost Van Pelt; Tunis Van Pelt and Benjamin Van Pelt
Sister of John Dragoo and Peter Dragoo, III

Managed by: Bonnie Elizabeth Schrack
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About Maria van Pelt

Mary "Maria, Marie" Dragoo

  • Born 1703 in New York
  • Died 5 Dec 1762 in Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
  • Daughter of Pierre Dragaud and Elizabeth Tavaud
  • Wife of Teunis Van Pelt — married 1726

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dragoo-84

Some state there were ten children.

  1. Anthony Van Pelt b: 9 OCT 1726 in Staten Island, Richmond, NY c: 9 OCT 1726 in Port Richmond, , Richmond, NY, son of Teunis Van Pelt and Marie Drageau. Wits. Jan Van Pelt and Susanna La Tourette.[1]
  2. Magdeline Van Pelt
  3. Johannes (John) Van Pelt bp: 14 Feb 1730 in Staten Island, Richmond, NY, Wits Adrian Van Woggelem and Lena Van Pelt.[2]
  4. --- Van Pelt b: ABT 1730 in
  5. Maria Van Pelt b: 3 JUN 1734 in Staten Island, Richmond, NY c: 3 JUN 1734 in Port Richmond, Richmond, NY. Wits Nicholas Laselier, and Esther Lakeman.[3]
  6. Joost Van Pelt b: 10 May 1737 in Staten Island, Richmond, NY bp. 19 MAY 1737. No baptism witnesses given.[4]
  7. Teunis Van Pelt b: 19 NOV 1738 in Staten Island, Richmond, NY. No baptism witnesses. [5]
  8. Benjamin Van Pelt b: ABT 1740 [6]

Note: sons Joost bp 8 May 1737 Staten Island Teunis 5 Nov 1737


https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/swaim/about/results

A CLAIM THAT IMPLIED A RELATIONSHIP OF AN ANTHONY SWAIM, (MARRIED TO A MARIA DRAGEAU) TO THE IMMIGRANT THYS BARENTSEN, AS BEING SUPPORTED BY THIS DNA PROJECT IS NOT A CORRECT INTERPRETATION OF THE RESULTS OF THIS PROJECT. THAT PARTICULAR LINEAGE EXISTENCE IS IN DISPUTE AND IS CURRENTLY UNDER FURTHER RESEARCH STUDY. THE RESEARCHERS WELCOME ANY DIRECT EVIDENCE OR PRIMARY INFORMATION THAT MIGHT SUPPORT THE EXISTENCE OF THE ANTHONY SWAIM - MARIA DRAGEAU FAMILY.


  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Apr 27 2019, 3:12:03 UTC
  • https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/swaim/940/ note: from 2002. Now disputed (2021). “ the family tradition (dating back before 1875) that the Swaim family members that descend from Johannes Swaim & his wife Charity Teague AND Michael Anthony Swaim & Martha Worthington; are in fact descendants of this family line's first Swaim - Anthony Swaim who married Maria Drageau. Anthony's full name was Teunis Anthony VanPelt Swaim; being born a VanPelt but took the name Swaim later. …”
  • Ancestry.com. Annals of Staten Island : from its discovery to the present time [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data:Clute, J. J.. Annals of Staten Island : from its discovery to the present time. New York: Press of C. Vogt, 1877. Page 432 - 433. AncestryImage
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Maria van Pelt's Timeline

1703
1703
Staten Island, Richmond Co., NY
1729
October 9, 1729
Staten Island, NY, United States
1731
February 14, 1731
Staten Island, NY, United States
1737
May 19, 1737
1738
1738
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
1740
1740
1762
1762
Age 59
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York