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TENTH GENERATION

512. Jochem Hendricksze Schoonmaker

513. Pieternelletie /Peternella /Petronella /Petronela Slecht /Sleght /Sleight

(iv) Elsje was described by her son Abraham as "a woman tall of stature, good features but spare, face not broad, blue eyes, brown hair"

(512) Jochem Hendricksze Schoonmaker was captain of the Ulster County foot militia in 1700 against the Indians. He was living in `Mombaccus', town of Rochester soon after his marriage and in 1703 became one of the first trustees of the Rochester Patent. He held the patent along with Henry Beekeman and (516) Moses DePuy. During the "Esopus War" , (512) Jochem was carried away as a prisoner and held for three months. He was nine years old at the time.

514. Gerret Jansen Decker

REF: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=elsien57&id=I273 c/o Linda Newhouse elsien57@yahoo.com

515. Grietje Janse Decker

REF: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=gedfam&f0=g6236&f1=244

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