Jennetje (Verveelen) Powles (1757 - 1836)

Born 16 Aug 1757 in Tappan, Rockland, New York

Descendants

Died 20 Feb 1836 at age 78 in Tappan, Rockland, New York, United States

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Biography

Name

Jane Van Valen/Verveelen

Birth

August 16, 1757 Tappan, Rockland, New York

Death

October 1786 Tappan, Rockland, New York (Haggerty)

20 Feb 1836 (Find A Grave)

Burial

Pascack Reformed Church Cemetery

Park Ridge, Bergen, New Jersey (Find A Grave)

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #20930208
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970: Volume: 30; SAR Membership Number: 5884
• Haggerty, Edna Dodds , Message on ancestry.com to Pierpont-94 13:40, 20 July 2013 (EDT)

Jannetje Verveelen b.8/16/1757 Tappan, Rockland, NY d.10/1786 Tappan, Rockland, NY

Caroline Foy's family: father John Patrick Foy b.2/27/1845 Ireland d.2/2/1927 Plattsburgh NY.

Came to US age 2 or 3. Naturalized 1888. Married#1 Catherine Kline b.9/4/1842 France d.2/1881 Rome, NY.

Married 1865. Children; Edella b.1866 NY, Caroline John H. 8/1871 Rome, NY d.aft 6/1900(a butcher), William Patrick b.9/22/1876 d.aft 1940 Peruny Catherine Mary b.6/1878 d.1959 Dannemora, NY John Patrick Foy enlisted in Army 2/10/1864@Rome, NY.

He was mustered into J.Company 3rd Light Artillery as Pvt. Discharged 7/8/1865 at Syracuse, NY with Distinguished Service, with a medical disability. Length service 1 yr, 4 months, 28 days.

1880 census lists him as retail grocery.

He was a prison officer at Dannemora State Prison 39 yrs. retiring 1920.

He married #2 Elizabeth Goodier b.1854 N.Y. d.11/1/1886 Dannemora,NY One child Grace Elizabeth b.4/1884 Dannemora,NY d.aft 1930 (before marrying John, Elizabeth had been married to Frederick Dagenhart(1850 NY-aft 1873 NY)

They had 2 children: George F. 12/1871-1948 Saratoga County and Florence 3/1874-aft 1930. These children were accepted into John's family.

John's Family; Patrick Foy b.1802 Ireland-1887 Rome(laborer) his wife Mary Manley b.1823-1899 Rome,NY.

They came to U.S 1847. Children: Peter b.1843 Ireland.

Peter enlisted 7/1863, sent on the Gun Boat Onondaga with a rank of O.C.

Onondaga was assigned to James River Flotilla, left N.Y. 7/1864.

John, Bridget Ann.b.1848 Rome,NY Michael b.9/15/1850 d.9/22/1876 Rome,NY James b.8/22/1853 Rome,NY Ellen b.10/20/1857 Rome.

Married Joseph Derresy 9/22/1876 St.Peters Roman Catholic Church.

Child John b. 1878 Rome, NY Catherine Klein, Patrick, Mary and Peter Foy are buried in the old section St.Peters Roman Catholic Cemetery in Rome,N.Y.

John Patrick is buried St. Joseph's Cemetery in Dannemora N.Y.

• Ancestry Family Trees (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Profile
• Banta, Theodore Melvin. A Frisian Family, The Banta Genealogy. (New York, 1893) Page 40.
• U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989, New York, Poughkeepsie and The Flats, Book 39, Page 266.
  • Jannetje Verveelen bapt. 28 Jul 1755, dau. of Abraham Verveelen and Elizabeth Allen