Antje SCHENCK

1753 - 1803  (49 years)

• Name	Antje SCHENCK
  Birth	9 Aug 1753	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	5 Apr 1803	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey   [2]
  Burial	Freehold Middletown RDC, Marlboro, Monmouth, New Jersey
  Person ID	I9276	HHDHA
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2014

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Gerret COVENHOVEN,   b. 27 Apr 1726, Marlboro, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 1 Nov 1812, Marlboro, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	1786	, Monmouth, New Jersey
  Children	1. Eleanor COVOVER,   b. 13 Dec 1787, Hillsdale, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 21 Mar 1873, Keyport, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 85 years)   2. Jane COVENHOVEN,   b. 9 Nov 1789, Keyport, Monmouth, New Jersey   3. Anne COVENHOVEN,   b. 26 Sep 1790, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey d. May 1866, Franklin, Warren, Ohio (Age 75 years)   4. John COVENHOVEN,   b. 17 Dec 1791, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 8 Feb 1820, Marlboro, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 28 years)   5. Peter G. COVENHOVEN,   b. 2 Jan 1797, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 21 May 1886, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F3056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [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. Antje, baptized September 30, 1753 married Garret Janse Couwenhoven. She was his second wife and died April 5, 1803 according to her headstone in yard of Marlboro Brick Church. [S1] Stryker-Rodda Kenn, Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Records of the Dutch Congregations of Freehold and Middletown vol 27. p. 89., 974.9 B2g. 1753 Sept. 30 Antje d/o Piter Schenk and Jannetje Hendrikson. [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.