Claudina (Rilje) Oosteroom (bef. 1706)

Born before 17 Mar 1706 in Ulster County, New York

Ancestors

Wife of Jan Oosteroom Jr. — married 1724 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Province of New York

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Biography

Blandina (Claudina) was a child of Dene Ariens Relyea and Jeanne Elizabeth LeRoy. She married Jan (son of Jan) Oosteroom.

Claudina, recorded as the child of Deny Rilje and Jannetie Rilje, was baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, New York, on 17 March 1706. She was one of a large number of children baptized that day, probably all of the children born in preceding six months, since the previous batch of children had been baptized. Witnesses to her baptism were Tys van den Berg and Divertie van den Berg.^[1]

She married Jan Oosterum (also called Oosterom). Their children, as identified by Settlers of the Beekman Patent, were:^[2]

1. Jannetje, baptized at Poughkeepsie on 1 June 1725 with witnesses Hendrik Oosterom and his wife Maria Davidts.
2. Jan, baptized 30 October 1726
3. Blandina
4. Dennie, baptized 14 August 1730; baptism recorded at New York Lutheran Church.
5. Hendrick, baptized 13 March 1732 at Rhinebeck Flats with sponsors Henrick Philips and Mareitje Oosterom, died young.
6. Simeon, married Lena Palmentier on 15 October 1769, at Poughkeepsie Reformed Church
7. David, baptized 17 November 1737; baptism recorded at New York Lutheran Church; sponsors were David Relje and Tryntje Reinertse
8. Roelof, baptized 9 May 1740
9. Hendrick, baptized 8 June 1742
10. Maria, born 12 May 1747

The 1924 article "Relyea (Reille Or Relje) Family" listed the children as follows: ^[3]

1. Jannetjen, baptized at Poughkeepsie on 1 June 1725.
2. Jan, baptized 30 October 1726 in the New York Lutheran Church.
3. Deny, baptized 14 August 1730 in the New York Lutheran Church.
4. Hendrick, 13 March 1732 at Lower Rhinebeck.
5. David, baptized 17 November 1737 with witnesses David Raillie and wife Tryntje Reinertse.
6. Roelof, baptized 9 May 1740
7. Henrikus (or Hendrickus), baptized 8 June 1742.

Research Notes

LNAB is Rilje, her father's name on the baptism record. - Smith-62120 03:29, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and marriage registers of the old Dutch church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York. New York: De Vinne Press, 1891. page 75, #1531.
2. ↑ Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003). Vol. 9, page 718.
3. ↑ The New York Genealogical And Biographical Record, Volume 55 (1924), Issue 1, page 83.

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