Ysaak was born to Hendrik (Hendricus) de Joo and his wife, Margriet van Bommel. He was baptized 1723 March 17th with his uncle, Christiaan de Joo, and his uncle's wife, Marytje de Graaff, as witnesses [1].
His siblings are
Debora [2],
Pieter [3],
Benjamin [4],
Johannes [5],
Christoffel [6],
Hagetta [7], and
David [8].
Isaac Deyo married Aagien Freer on 31 August 1744 at The Flats, now Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. [9]
Isaac Deyo aka De Joo and his wife Aagjen Freer had a son Christoffel baptised 24 Dec 1749 in Kingston, Ulster, NY.[10]
Church Records
Marriage
1744. Aug. 4 Reg., Marr. Aug. 31. Isack Dejou, Y.M., & Aegje Freer, Y.D. bo. & liv. at New Paltz, in Dutchess Co.[11]
Children's baptisms
1745. 24 Feb. Isaak de Joo, Aagjen Freer. Maria. Witnesses: Abraham Freer, Junior. Catrina Freer.[12]
1747. June 14. Isaac Dijo, Eegjie Freer. Henrich. Witnesses: Benjamin Dijo, Debora Dijo.[13] Alternate version: Saac Dijo, Eegje Freer. Henrick. Witnesses: Benjamin Dijo, Debora Dijo.[14]
1749. 24 Dec. Isaak de Joo, Aagjen Freer. Christoffel. Wit: Christoffel de Joo, Zara de Joo.[15]
1753. Nov. 2. Lena, child of Isak Dio and Echje Frere. Witnesses: Johannes Dio, Lena Achmoetie.[16]
1757. Aug. 21. Lidias, child of Isack De Joo and Eghje Freer. Witnesses: Petrus and Lidia Freer.[17]
1759. Sept. 2. Isaac Dyo, Agje Freer. Hugo. Witnesses: Hugo Freer, Maria De Witt. [18] Alternate version includes: Born ... 24. Isaac Dyo, Agje Freer. Hugo. Witnesses: Hugo Freer & wife Maria De Witt.[19]
1762. Nov. 21. Jannetie, child of Isaak Dojou and Echie Freres. Witnesses: The parents.[20]
1765. Oct. 27. David, child of Isaak Dojou and Eggie Freres. Witnesses: The parents. [21]
Research Notes
Confusion About Identity of His Wife
There has been some confusion or uncertainty about which of multiple girls (first cousins) named Aagjen Freer was his wife. Morrison's 1903 article on "The Freer Family" identified Aagjen, the daughter of Abraham Freer and Jennetje de Graef who was baptized in 1721, as having married Isaac De Joo and Aagjen, the daughter of Hugo Freer and Marytjen de Witt who was baptized in 1725, as having married Isaac Deyon. He assigned three children to one wife and five children to the other.[22] Ruth Heidgerd, in her 1968 book on The Freer Family identified Isaac's wife as the daughter of Abraham Freer and Jannetje de Graaf who was baptized in 1721.[23] A third Aagjen, daughter of Salomon Freer and Claartjen Westvaal, was baptized in 1722 and therefore also could have married in 1744. Morrison suggested that it was possible that she was the girl who married Isaac De Joo, but stated that he had placed that Aagjen as the daughter of Abraham Freer.[24]
Family List
The following list of his family members is an extract from The Freer Family, by Ruth Heidgerd.[23] It has been found (from comparison with the records) to have several errors in the details:
Aagjen Freer, bp Kingston 4-2-1721; md Rhinebeck Flats 8-4-1744 Isaac Deyo, b 3-27-1723, son of Hendricus Deyo and Margrietje VanBommel. Children:
Maria Deyo bp Kingston 2-24-1746; md New Paltz 2-26-1764 Henry Green of New York. Res. Hurley.
Hendrick Deyo bp Rhinebeck Flats 6-14-1747; d 7-30-1800; md 1768 Jannetje Schutt.
Christophel Deyo bp Kingston 12-24-1749; md Eva Dedrick bp 4-8-1759.
Lena Deyo bp New Paltz 11-2-1753; md Simon Relyea, Jr.
Lidia Deyo bp 8-21-1757; md Jordan Polhemus.
Hugo Deyo bp Rhinebeck Flats 9-2-1759; md Catrina TerBush.
Jannetje Deyo bp New Paltz 11-21-1763; md Abraham Hog.
David Deyo bp 10-27-1765; md 3-2-1790 Mary Pomeroy.
↑ U.S., Dutch Selected States Reformed Church Vital Records, 1660-1926. Ancestry.com. 2014 Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah, USA. [1]
↑ Baptismal and marriage registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston : Ulster County, New York, 1660-1809 Kingston Baptismal Register page 302.
↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Poughkeepsie and The Flats, Book 39. Image of handwritten transcript of baptism register, accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_2421401696_0495-00370 . Meaning of the "bo. & liv." entry (below) is ambiguous. It may mean Isack was born and living at New Paltz, and Aegje was born and living in Dutchess County, or it may mean that both of them were born in New Paltz and were living in Dutchess County. (New Paltz was not in Dutchess County, so this cannot be interpreted as indicating that they lived in New Paltz, Dutchess County.)
Ambiguous entry in transcript of marriage register
↑ Morrison, George Austin. "The Freer Family of New Paltz, New York." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Volume 34, issue 2 (April 1903), pages 135 and 137.
↑ Morrison, George Austin. "The Freer Family of New Paltz, New York." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Volume 34, issue 3 (July 1903), page 171.
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships.
It is likely that these
autosomal DNA
test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Isaac:
Deyo-326 and De Joo-6 appear to represent the same person because: The new Deyo-326 profile is clearly a duplicate of De_Joo-6. The variations in spellings of the first and last names are just variant spellings of the same name. The French name of the Huguenot Doyaux/Dojou/de Joo/Dejou/Dijo/Dio/Deyo/Dyo family was difficult for Dutch recordkeepers to spell, so it was recorded with many spellings. Also, Isaac and Ysaak are variant spellings of the same name. These need to be merged.
Which Aagjen Freer did Isaac marry? Possibilities (based on marriage date of 1744) are these three 1st cousins:
Freer-19, daughter of Abraam Freer and Jannetje de Graaf, baptized in 1721.
Freer-912, daughter of Zalomon Freer and Claartje Westphal, baptized in 1722.
Freer-319, daughter of Hugo Freer and Maria de Wit, baptized in 1725.
Heidgerd identified her as Freer-19, but did not explain her reasoning.
Here is my analysis:
Geography: Birth place and residence place on marriage record are ambiguous. It is likely that Isaac and all three Aagjens were born in New Paltz, even if they were baptized in Kingston, so the birthplace is not a discriminator. They married in Dutchess County in 1744, so it is likely that both were living there by then. Abraam Freer and Jannetjen de Graaf are said to have moved to Rhinebeck (when?) in Dutchess County. Hugo Freer is said to have been received into the Rhinebeck church in 1742. The little information I have seen about Solomon Freer indicates that he was having children baptized in Kingston as late as 1743. There is evidence that Hugo was in Rhinebeck when Aagje married Isaac, but the lack of evidence related to the other two fathers does not rule them out.
Names of Children: Dutch naming customs indicate that Isaac and Aagje should have named their first two sons and first two daughters for their parents. Their recorded children are:
Maria - Name of the mother of Agje Freer-319 (daughter of Hugo, baptized 1725)
Henrick - Name of the father of Isaac de Joo.
Christoffel - Does not appear to be the name of a parent of Isaac or any of the Aagjens. Probably named for Christoffel de Joo, the brother of Isaac who witnessed the baptism, whose name presumably came from Christopher Davis. ancestor of Margrietje Van Bommel (mother of Isaac).
Lena - Not the name of a parent of Isaac or any of the Aagjens.
There is a gap from 1749 to 1753. Was another child born in this period?
Lidias - Not the name of a parent of Isaac or any of the Aagjens.
Hugo - Name of the father of Aagje Freer-319 (baptized 1725). Also the great-grandfather of all of the cousins named Aagje Freer.
There is a possible gap from 1759 to 1762.
Jannetje - Name of the mother of Aagje Freer-19 (baptized 1721).
There is a possible gap from 1762 to 1765.
David - I do not see any instances of David in any of these families, except possibly as the patronymic used by some of the family of Christopher Davis.
Isaac and Aagje appear to have honored the custom in the name of Henrick, but they were not consistent. Notably, there is no child named for Isaac's mother Margrietje. If Aagje is Freer-192, Maria and Hugo were named for her parents. If Aagje is Freer-19, Jannetje was named for her mother.
Witnesses at Children's Baptisms: Identities of witnesses often held identify family relationships:
Maria - Witnesses Abraham and Catrina Freer could be Freer-318 and Freer-320, siblings of Aagje Freer-319. The witness Abraham also could be the father of Aagjen Freer-19, but I do not find any other women with the name Catrina (or Catharina or similar) to be the female witness with that Abraham.
Henrick, Christoffel, and Lena - Witnesses from the father's family.
Lidias - Witnesses Petrus Freer and Lidia Freer are mysterious. Aagje Freer-912 had a brother Petrus baptized in 1727, who seems to have no record after his baptism. Aagje Freer-319 had a brother Petrus baptized in 1739, which is rather young but not impossible for a baptism witness in 1757, and a sister Lidia baptized in 1743, even younger...
Hugo - Witnesses Hugo Freer & wife Maria De Witt are the parents of Aagje Freer-319.
I think the weight of the evidence (name of first child, name of subsequent child, and witnesses at baptisms) points to her being Aagje Freer-319, the daughter of Hugo Freer and Maria de Wit, baptized in 1725, but there may be other evidence I am not aware of. (This is not my family and I am not familiar with the literature and lore. I am only trying to help untangle a conflict.) Does anyone have other evidence or perspectives??
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Heidgerd identified her as Freer-19, but did not explain her reasoning.
Here is my analysis:
Geography: Birth place and residence place on marriage record are ambiguous. It is likely that Isaac and all three Aagjens were born in New Paltz, even if they were baptized in Kingston, so the birthplace is not a discriminator. They married in Dutchess County in 1744, so it is likely that both were living there by then. Abraam Freer and Jannetjen de Graaf are said to have moved to Rhinebeck (when?) in Dutchess County. Hugo Freer is said to have been received into the Rhinebeck church in 1742. The little information I have seen about Solomon Freer indicates that he was having children baptized in Kingston as late as 1743. There is evidence that Hugo was in Rhinebeck when Aagje married Isaac, but the lack of evidence related to the other two fathers does not rule them out.
Names of Children: Dutch naming customs indicate that Isaac and Aagje should have named their first two sons and first two daughters for their parents. Their recorded children are:
Isaac and Aagje appear to have honored the custom in the name of Henrick, but they were not consistent. Notably, there is no child named for Isaac's mother Margrietje. If Aagje is Freer-192, Maria and Hugo were named for her parents. If Aagje is Freer-19, Jannetje was named for her mother.
Witnesses at Children's Baptisms: Identities of witnesses often held identify family relationships:
I think the weight of the evidence (name of first child, name of subsequent child, and witnesses at baptisms) points to her being Aagje Freer-319, the daughter of Hugo Freer and Maria de Wit, baptized in 1725, but there may be other evidence I am not aware of. (This is not my family and I am not familiar with the literature and lore. I am only trying to help untangle a conflict.) Does anyone have other evidence or perspectives??