Andries Teller (abt. 1675 - aft. 1702)

Born about 1675 in New York, British North America

Ancestors

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Biography

Andrew Teller born abt 1675 NY ^[1]

Andries was born about 1682. He was the son of Andries Teller and Sophia Van Cortlandt. He passed away in 1702. He left a will dated September 3, 1702. It was proved November 9, 1702. He named his only son Andrew, brother Oliver and sister Margaret and the children of Oliver Stevens and William Teller Sr., deceased. He appointed his mother, Sofia Teller, widow, Brandt Schuyler and Jacobus Van Cortlandt, executors.^[2]

Church Records

Children's Baptisms:

• 1701, February 2, Andereis Teller, Anna Verplanke, Andries, Wit., Jacobus Kip, Willem Teller Zen'r, Henderikje Wessels h. v. van Jacobus Kip. New York RDC.^[3]

Research Notes

His son wrote a will on February 15, 1730, naming wife, Mary, Catherine, daughter of his first wife, and the children of his Uncle Oliver, deceased. He also named "my Negro Man called Dego and my Negro Woman called Hannah" and "my Negro boy Boy called Will and my Negro Girl called Su". He named his wife Mary, "Brother in Law David Provoost of the City of New York Merchant the son of William Provoost my friends Stephen Bayard Jacob Goelet Jun'r and Abraham Van Wyck of the City aforesaid Merchants" his executors.^[4] From his grandfather's profile: Children of his son Andries and wife Catharine Vandewaater were: Andries baptised 1726 Nov 25; Andries Teller, Catharina Van de Water; Olevier Teller, Anneke Van de Water; Catharina baptised 1728 Dec 04; Andries Teller, Catharina van der Water; Oliver Teller, Anneke van der Water jd.

Sources

1. ↑ Dutch Settlers Society of Albany by DSSA Publication: Yearly, from 1924 Note: Volumes cover from one to several years. Articles are on local history, biography, and ancestry of the first settlers of what is now the Capilol District of New York. The DSSA was inspired by the Three-Hundredth Anniversary of the founding of Albany, under the Dutch. Albany, NY, New York State Library (NYSL) Media: Book Text: op. cit. YB, Vol. 53, 35
2. ↑ New York (State). Surrogate's Court (New York County), John Keller, William S. (William Smith) Pelletreau, and New York (State). Prerogative court. Abstracts of Wills On File In the Surrogate's Office: City of New York. [New York: Printed for the Society, 18931913. pg. 352, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822025845744&view=1up&seq=372
3. ↑ Baptisms from 1639 to 1730 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York, by Evans, Thomas Grier, New York, N.Y. : New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1901, https://archive.org/details/baptismsfrom163921evan/page/273/mode/1up
4. ↑ Image of complete text of will: Andreis Teller, Merchant of New York, 15 Feb 1730, "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYCM-JBK?cc=1920234&wc=Q7PQ-C6X%3A213301001%2C215003501 : 28 May 2014), Albany > Wills 1629-1802 vol AS 113-AU > image 288 to 293 of 590; county courthouses, New York.

Acknowledgments

This person was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.

• Pearson, Jonathan, 1813-1887. [from old catalog]. Contributions for the Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany, From 1630 to 1800. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872. , pg. 108, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t18k7g325&view=1up&seq=120.