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Jannetje SCHENCK

Female 1751 - 1774  (22 years)


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  • Name Jannetje SCHENCK 
    Birth 1 Jun 1751  Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christening 28 Jul 1751  Freehold Middletown RDC, Marlboro, Monmouth, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Death 6 Jan 1774  Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Schenck-Couwenhoven Cemetery, Holmdel Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9275  HHDHA
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2014 

    Father Peter SCHENCK,   b. 1710, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1816, Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 106 years) 
    Mother Jannetje HENDRICKSON,   c. 21 Jun 1718, Dutch Reformed Ch.. Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1762, Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Marriage 26 Dec 1747  Freehold Middletown RDC, Marlboro, Monmouth, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F2234  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John WALTER,   b. 11 Jun 1730, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1775, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage 5 Dec 1768  Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. John WALTER,   c. 16 Dec 1770, Freehold Middletown RDC, Marlboro, Monmouth, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1837, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years)
    Family ID F3055  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Beekman, George C., Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth Co., New Jersey, (Morrau Bros. Publishers Freehold NJ 1901), p. 142., US/CAN 974.946 D2b.
      Jannetje, born June 1, bapt. July 28, 1751: married December 5, 1769, John Walter (born Jun 11, 1730, died October 11, 1775 according to his headstone in Schenck-Couwenhoven cemetery) and died January 6, 1774. A son of this couple named John Walter, is buried by them in the above yard and his headstone gives date of his death as October 13, 1837, aged 66 years and 11 months.

    2. [S1] Stryker-Rodda Kenn, Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Records of the Dutch Congregations of Freehold and Middletown vol 27. p. 64., 974.9 B2g.
      1751July 28
      Jannetje d/o Pieter Schenck and Jannetje Hendrikzon.

    3. [S15] Beekman, George C., Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth Co., New Jersey, (Morrau Bros. Publishers Freehold NJ 1901), pp. 141-142., US/CAN 974.946 D2b.
      On the 12th of August A.D. 1741, Jannetje Hendrickson married Ruliph Couwenhoven. Their marriage license is published in full page 34 of Wells' Memorial Address at Brick Church. It was signed by Lewis Morris so prominent in the early history of Monmouth county, but at that time Governor of New Jersey. These licenses are all recorded in secretary of state's office at Trenton and in annexed note is a list from records of all licenses issued to the Hendricksons and Hendricks in Monmouth county, between 1748 and 1772. Jannetje and Ruliph Couwenhoven her husband had three children...Ruliph Couwenhoven died intestate in 1746. Letters of administration on his estate were granted same year to his brother, Peter Couvenhoven, and his brothers-in-laws, William Hendrickson and Tunis Denise. Jannetje, however, did not remain a widow long, for the next year, 1747, she married Peter, a son of Jan Schanck and Saartje Couwenhoven of Pleasant Valley. He had lost his first wife, Jannetje VanNorstrand or Ostrandt and was ready for another.

    4. [S49] LDS Family Search Family Tree, (https://familysearch.org/tree).