Roeliff Schermerhorn

Hendrick Schermerhorn was one of the principal inhabitants of Athens, Greene County, N. Y., in the early part of 1700. His father-in-law, Jan Albertse Bratt, was a large property holder in this neighborhood. Real estate records show that Hendrick Schermerhorn purchased a farm of 25 morgens (50 acres) of a son of Jan Albertsen, June 13, 1735, and Roeloff Schermerhorn, son of Hendrick, came into possession of this land, and sold it May 1, 1769, to Coenradt Flaake. Roeloff was married and lived with his brother Cornelius in Rensselaerville, though no records of his family are found except what is given in the census of 1790, as follows:

Roeliff Schermerhorn — 3 males over 16 (inc. father) — 3 females. The names of Cornelius and Roeliff are also found in Capt. Jacob Hallenbeck's Company of Militia in 1767.