Nicholas Louw is the descendant of a New Netherland settler.
Nicholas was baptized[1] at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam (New York City) in New Netherland (New York) on Mar. 7, 1733 to Peter Louw and Rachel Roosevelt.
In the pension application made by Nicholas Louw's daughter, Helena, Killian Van Rensselaer, Jr. stated that during the War of the Revolution, Nicholas Low and his family had been driven[3] from their home in the neighborhood of Cherry Valley and had then rented a dwelling from his father, Col. Killian Van Rensselaer. next door to him in Rensselaerwyck.
Killian Van Rensselaer, Jr. also stated that his father, by his second marriage, and Nicholas Low, were brothers-in-law, having married sisters. He goes on to say that Nicholas Low lived[4] with his family 4 miles from Albany - east side of the Hudson River, on the river road leading south in Rensselaerwyck, now called Greenbush.
Sources
↑ Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam (New York City) in New Netherland (New York); 1733, Mar 7; Petrus Louw, Rachel Roseveldt; Nicolas; Jan Roseveldt, Catharina Roseveldt
↑ New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1683-1802; Volume XXII, Marriage Records 1665-1800; page 254; Low, Nicholas, New York, and Sarah Low, Essex; 1753, Apr. 26
↑Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900; #W16726; page 23 That the said Lana Low resided chiefly in the family of this deponent's father at the time she married Captain Hansen, in the Revolution. And further, that the said Lana Low is the daughter of Nicholas Low, deceased, who was driven from his home with his family in the neighborhood of Cherry Valley
↑Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900; #W16726; page 17 That this deponent's father lived about four miles from the city of Albany on the East side of the Hudson river on the river road leading south in Rensselaerwyck, county of Albany, now the town of Greenbush and county of Rensselaer - that Nicholas Low the father of Mrs. Linn lived with his family next door, north to this deponent's father and the said Captain Dirck Hansen in the same neighborhood
Dutch Reformed Church Records from Selected States, 1660-1926; New York City, Vol II, Book 34; page 89; 1765, Dec. 8; Johanna, parents Nicholaas Low and Sara Low; wit. Henry A. Franken and wife Johanna Low, sister of Sara. This is one of the few records you will find of Henry A. and Johanna (Low) Franken in the U.S. before he returned to Jamaica.
Lineage Book National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. 142, pub. 1918; page 313; DAR #141992. Also No. 102230. Nicholas Low was captain of a company from New York City, 1775. He was born 1733, in East Jersey; died at Lake Otsego, N. Y.
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