Maria Janse Schenck (1712 - 1756)

Born 8 Aug 1712 in Freehold, Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of Jacobus (VanDoren) VanDorn — married 1730 (to 31 Oct 1756) in Monmouth County, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 31 Oct 1756 at age 44 in Holmdel, Monmouth County, New Jersey

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Biography

Marytje Schenck was a daughter of Jan Schenck and Sarah Couwenhoven, born in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth County, New Jersey gives her birth date as 8 August 1712, citing the research of Mrs. Lydia Hendrickson Schenck Conover, who researched the descendants of Jan Schenck from church records, inscriptions on old tombstones and private family papers saved in farm houses in Holmdel Township and adjacent townships.^[1]

She was baptized, name given as Maria, in the Reformed Dutch Church of Freehold and Middletown, New Jersey, on 7 September 1712, recorded as the child of Jan Schenck and his wife Sara Kowenhoven. Witnesses were Albert Kowenhoven and his wife Nelke Schenck.^[2]

Church Records

Baptism

• 1712. Sept. 7. Maria, daughter of Jan Schenck and his wife Sarah Kowenhoven, Witnesses Albert Kowenhoven and his wife Nelke Schenck.

Sources

1. ↑ Beekman, Early Dutch Settlers, pages 5-6.
2. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Freehold and Middletown, Part 1, Book 61A. Image of handwritten transcript of church register, accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_647350_0315-00011

• Beekman, George Crawford. Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth County, New Jersey. Freehold, New Jersey: Moreau Brothers. 2nd edition, 1915.

See also:

• Ancestry Family Trees, Page: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/6601291/person/1308639535/facts [No source citations, does not include her marriage or children.]
• Betty Wiese, 2001, (lwfarms @ adams.net), "Electronic."

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Sheppard_Duncan_Bickham_Stroud.ged on 01 February 2011.