Frederick Jansen (Blaw) Blaaw (1707 - abt. 1793)

Born 1707 in Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Cattron (Sartore) Blaaw — married about Jan 1731 (to 17 Feb 1750) in Somerset, New Jersey

Descendants

Died about 25 May 1793 at about age 86 in Blauwenburg, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Frederick (Blaw) Blaaw is the descendant of a New Netherland settler.

Frederick (Blaw) Blaaw has Dutch Ancestry

Frederick (Blaw) Blaaw was a New Jerseyan.

Frederick was born 1706-1707, probably in Marlboro, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. He was the son of John Blaw and Marytje (unknown LNAB). He died in 1793 in Somerset Co., NJ, and is buried in the Blau-Nevius Burying Ground.

Baptism

28 JUN 1752 Milston (Harlingen) Dutch Reformed Church, Somerset, New Jersey. Baptism of his son, Peter.^[1]

Misc.

An abstract of his father's will dated 1 Sep 1756 Somerset, NJ names children: eldest son John; Antje, widow of Abm Ouke; Janetje wife of John Doxey; Frederick; a step-son or son in law, Henry Sartor who has a son John. Inventory 11 Oct 1757, proved 17 Oct 1757.^[2]

Excerpt of listing from The Blue Family Association family summary: v. Fredrick Blaaw, born Abt. 1708; died Abt. 1793; married (1) Marya Sarter?; born Abt. 1709; died February 07, 1750/51; married (2) Jane Nevius August 1751; born 1722; died Abt. October 1782; married (3) Elizabeth McNeal 1784; died Unknown.^[3]

Family

Frederick married his first wife, Marya, in February 1732, and they had at least 8 children:

1. Margaret
2. Frederick
3. Prudence
4. Abraham
5. Marya
6. Ezekiel
7. Richard
8. Sara

He married 2nd Janetje/Jane Nevius in 1751 and they had:

1. Peter
2. Isaac
3. Elizabeth
4. Johannes David

Died

25 MAY 1793. Frederick's will was written in 1790 and proved in 1793. His second wife, Jane or Jannetje/Yannetye, was a daughter of Peter NEVIUS of Blawenburg who d.1768. Frederick and his wife JANE BLAW are mentioned in her father's will. ^[3]

Buried

Blawenburg, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. He and his first two wives are buried in the Nevius Burying Ground, Blawenburg, Somerset Co. NJ. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014). Dutch Reformed Church Records from New York and New Jersey. Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Milston Harlington NJ, Book 64, 55, 103
2. ↑ Volume XXXII, Abstracts of Wills (New Jersey), 1751-1760 https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2793/32669_236600-00038/21325
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} National Blue Family Association]
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 17 February 2020), memorial page for Frederick Blew (1707–25 May 1793), Find A Grave: Memorial #46710403, citing Blau-Nevius Burying Ground, Blawenburg, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Wayne Irons (contributor 46936606) .