Douwe Harmanse (Tallema) Tallman (1689 - 1779)

Born 1689 in Nyack, Province of New York

Ancestors

Husband of Maritie Haring — married 12 Oct 1715 in Tappan, Orange, NY

Descendants

Died 11 May 1779 at about age 90 in Closter, Bergen, Province of New Jersey

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Biography

Douwe Harmanse (Tallema) Tallman is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A112595.

Douwe Harmanse (Tallema) Tallman performed Patriotic Service in New York in the American Revolution.

Douwe Harmanse was born about 1689. He passed away about 1779.

Douwe Harmense Tallman was a farmer in Closter, New Jersey. He has been granted honorary patriot status by the DAR for the manner of his death. He is the oldest known individual to die in combat in the American Revolution. On May 10, 1779, a Tory raiding party of about 100 men attacked Closter. Some entered the home of the aged Douwe Tallman, who was bayonetted while sitting on a trunk that the raiders presumably supposed to contain valuables. He died the next day, and he is buried in Sautje Tave's Begraven Ground, Demarest, NJ, where his memorial stone still stands. ^[1]

Church Records

Marriage

• Douwe Harmanse Talama [Tallema j.m.] born at Nayack and living at Tappan; Marytie Haring [Haringh j.d.] born and living at Tappan; October 12, 1715 [betrothed September 25, 1715, married October 12, 1715] ^[2]

Children's baptisms

1. 1716. Oct. 29. Maragaritie, [born] Sept 2. Douwe Talma, Maria Haring. Witnesses: Tunis Talma, Gritie Minnelai.^[3]
2. Catalijntie Taelman Christening Date: 23 Aug 1724 Christening Place: Dutch Reformed Church, Hackensack, Bergen, NJ Father's Name: S Douwe Taelman Mother's Name: Maritie Heeringh. ^[4]

Baptismal witness

• 1716. April 11. Mareya Abram Harren, Dercke Taelma. Witnesses:

Douwe Taelma, Mareya Herren [Haring].^[5]

• Douwe Taelman and wife Maritjen as witnesses to the christening of Margrietjin Demarest, daughter of Pieter Samuel Demarest and Grietjin Haring; 2 December 1736.

Research Notes

LNAB

Tallema is the surname that first appears in records for Douwe, at his marriage to Marytie. Quackenbush-118 10:29, 22 January 2017 (EST)

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 16 June 2018), "Record of Douwe Tallman", Ancestor # A112595.
2. ↑ George H. Budke "Marriage Records of the Dutch Reformed Churches of Tappan and Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York, 1694 - 1831." dutchdoorgenealogy.com. Accessed 22 Jan 2017. http://www.dutchdoorgenealogy.com/dutch_reformed_church_marriage_records_tappan_clarkstown_new_york.html Number 1084(?)
3. ↑ Cole, David. History of Rockland County, New York. New York : J. B. Beers & Co. 1884. Appendix: Baptisms at Tappan from 1694-1816. page 6, #257.
4. ↑ New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1931." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
5. ↑ Cole, David. History of Rockland County, New York. New York : J. B. Beers & Co. 1884. Appendix: Baptisms at Tappan from 1694-1816. page 6, #250.

• https://lostinjersey.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/saujte-taves-begraven-ground/

• Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6788417/douwe-harmanse-talema accessed 25 August 2021.

• http://bergencountyhistory.org/forums/index.php?topic=181.0

• http://history.rays-place.com/nj/hackensack.htm.

• Wardell, Patricia A. "Tallman: Tallman, Douwe Harmanse" njgsbc.org. Accessed 22 Jan 2017. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/

• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/9773793/family

• https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/239193-records-of-the-reformed-dutch-churches-of-hackensack-and-schraalenburgh-new-jersey-1686-1802-pt2?viewer=1&offset=0#page=22&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=Taelman

• Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Clarkstown, Book 50C

• Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 042

• Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Hackensack NJ, Book 62

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Walter Fiedler for creating WikiTree profile Tallman-195 through the import of Fiedler Family Tree.ged on Jun 20, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Walter and others.
• Thank you to Jann Hunt for creating WikiTree profile Tallman-199 through the import of JANN2_2013-07-06b_2013-07-11.ged on Jul 11, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Jann and others.