John (Radcliffe) Ratteliff (abt. 1650 - bef. 1727)

Born about 1650 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 1727 before about age 77 in Albany, Albany County, Province of New York

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Biography

Jan was a 17th-century settler in Albany, New York. His last name is variously recorded as Radcliff, Radcliffe, Ratcliff, Rateliffe, Redly, Rateliff, Ratelief, Redliff, Ratle, and other variants. Based on his name, he is likely to have been English.

He was married to Albany native Rachel Lambertse Van Valkenburg. The earliest record of him identified in Pearson's First Settlers of Albany is from 1686, when a child of Jan Redly was baptized in Albany.^[1]

He was appointed city porter in Albany in place of Hendrick Marselis in 1697, and klockluyer (bell ringer) in place of Hendrick Roseboom in 1703.^[1]

He died before 1727, when his wife Rachel was recorded as a widow.^[1]

Name

Jan Radcliff ^[2]

Jan Ratcliff ^[3]

Birth

ABT 1650 Beverwyck, Albany, New York

BEF 1670 Albany?, Albany Co, NY

Note: Tentative. This is sixteen years before the baptism of his daughter Anna ^[3]

Marriage

Husband: Jan Radcliff

Wife: Rachel Lambertse Van Valkenburg ^[4]

BEF 1686 Albany, Albany Co, NY ^[3]

Death

BEF 1727 Albany?, Albany Co, NY ^[3]

Occupation

Klockluyer ^[3]

Church records

1. 1686. Jan. 10. Anna - Jan Redly. Wit.: Jochum Lambertsz. By Marretje Zachariasz. ^[5]
2. 1688. July 15. Ryker - Jan Redly. Wit.: Abraham Isaaksz. By Judik Verway. ^[6]
3. 1691 Sep 06 Lambert and Margerite twins - Jean Ratli and Rachel Van Valkenbork. Wit.: Jean Gilbert, Abr. Isaaksz, Anna Abramsz, Judik Verwey. ^[7]
4. 1694 Aug 19 Johannes - Jan Redly and Rachel Lambertsz. Wit.: Johannes Rosenboom, Gerritje Rosenboom. ^[7]
5. 1697 Nov 24 Jochum - Jan Ratelief and Rachel Jochumsz. Wit.: William Hilton, Maria Rosenboom. ^[7]
6. 1700 Nov 03 William - Jan Redly, alias Rattelife, and Rachel. Wit: Henrik and Catharina Rensselaar. ^[8]
7. 1703 Sep 12 Jacobus - John Rattelief and Rachel Valkenburg. Wit.: Lambert Huyk, Geertruy Scherluyn. ^[8]
8. 1706 Jun 09 Margarita - John Ratteliff and Rachel Van Valkenburg. Wit.: Jochem Van Valkenburg, Catharina Barheit. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Pearson, page 90
2. ↑ Source: #S965 Page: p. 15-20
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Source: #S185
4. ↑ Source: #S965 Page: p. 15-20
5. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683–1809, Excerpted from Year Books of the Holland Society of New York. Part 1, page 38.
6. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683–1809, Excerpted from Year Books of the Holland Society of New York. Part 1, page 45.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Secretary Henry L. Bogert. "Albany Records, Baptisms" in Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1904.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Secretary Henry L. Bogert. "Albany Records, Baptisms 1700 to 1725" in Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1905. https://web.archive.org/web/20140103052421/http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/part2.html

• Laimbeer,William, "The Radcliffe Family of New York State" in New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Vol. 80, No. 2, April 1949, p. 67

• NJGS. "R: Radcliffe, John (Jochem)." njgsbc.org. Accessed 06 Jul 2016. http://njgsbc.org/files/BCFamilies/BCFam-R.pdf PDF

• Pearson, Jonathan. Contributions for the genealogies of the First Settlers of Albany, New York. Albany, J. Munsell, 1872. pg. 90, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t18k7g325&view=1up&seq=102

• Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Project, Radcliff - Radley, https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/r/rad.html , John Radcliff, https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/r/joradcliff1060.html .

• JOHN RADCLIFFE AND FAMILY, Compiled by Larry House June 2001, http://www.threerivershms.com/radcliffe.htm

• S965 Valkenburg, Paul I. Van Valkenburg Family in America. The National Association of the Van Valkenburg Family. Baltimore; 1976.

• S25 GEDCOM file imported on 2 Oct 2001.

• S185 GEDCOM file submitted by Thomas Gull - from Rootsweb.com gedcom file, tmrgull at msn.com. Imported on 30 April 2010.

• Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998)

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Radcliff-82 created through the import of WORCESTER_2012-07-31dot ged on Jul 31, 2012 by Bob Worcester.

• This person was created through the import of family.ged on 21 September 2010.

• WikiTree profile Ratteleif-1 created through the import of EED1.ged on Sep 15, 2011 by Richard Draper.

• Thanks to Tayler Mccormick for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Tayler and others.

• WikiTree profile Radcliffe-378 created through the import of ReevesFamilyMaster_2012_2012-09-25.ged on Sep 25, 2012 by Keith Reeves.

Research notes

LNAB

Radcliffe is the name given to Jan/John in numerous sources, including the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record article. It is likely that he was from England, just based on the fact that the Dutch struggled greatly with his surname. Quackenbush-118 06:49, 18 January 2017 (EST)