Surname Child Baptized Father Mother
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Hooteling Hezekiah 30 Oct. 1791 (Blank) (Blank) Demarest
{Hooghtelin}
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Jansen Thomas 12 Nov. 1786 Abraham Catrina Voorhies
Andries 20 Dec. 1789
Abraham 17 July 1791
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Jansen Anatje born 9 Nov. 1780 Andreas Maria Hoogteeling
baptized 10 Dec. 1780 {Hooghtelin}
Maria 2 March 1783
Thomas 17 July 1785
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Jansen Toomas 18 Oct. 1772 Toomas Anneatje Fonteyn
Liesebet 5 Sept. 1779 (Van Tien)
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Jewel Feynie 24 April 1790 Cornelius Caty Laberytsux
Thomas 11 July 178?
Rachel 14 Oct. 1787
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Jurey Michael 25 Dec. 1785 Bemredekter (Blank)
Christiena 11 Oct. 1772 (Benedick)
Elizabeth 5 June 1774
David 27 July 1777
Maragrita 3 Oct. 1779
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Kichin Maragrieta 12 Nov. 1786 Derrick Marigrieta Voorhees
Maria 24July 1785
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Kingsland Johannis 20 Dec. 1778 (Jan) Maria (Blank)
Sponsor: Maria Smock
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Kepp Bernardus 8 Nov. 1789 Barent Nelly (Blank)
{Kipp}
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Kiep Henderickas 11 Sept. 1774 (Jan) Annetje Degraft
{Kipp} Johannis 22 April 1778
Catriena 4 June 1780
Annatje 2 March 1783
Abram 7 Aug. 1785
Isaac 2 Oct. 1791
Mattie {Dau.*} 8 Nov. 1789
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*Does this designation mean Mattie was a daughter, rather than being a nickname for
the male given name Maties [and its variant spellings], or is Dau itself a name?
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Klopper Cornelius 6 Feb. 1785 Cornelius Styntje Cossart
Frans Cossart 2 Oct. 1786
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Klys Annatje 1783 Hendrick Elisabeth Degraft
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Kruy Koinrad Maria 27 Nov. 1772 Wife of: Johannes Esinred
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Lasshals Rulef {Roeloff}14 July 1782 Joris Margrieta Houts
Johannis 12 Nov. 1786
Antje 8 Nov. 1789
Jacob 1 Nov. 1792
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Litel Rachel 1 June 1777 Henneri Elisabet Degrof
Abraham 11 Jan. 1779
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Lott George June -1792 Cornelius Magdalena Brocaa
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Luister Lena 26 Jan. 1783 Peter Antje Gulick
{Leyster} Antje 17 July 1785
David 14 Oct. 1787
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Luister Jon 1 Jan. 1786 Peter Rachel Van Ruden
{Leyster} Molly 18 April 1790
Cornelius 6 Dec. 1789
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Maste H eqsol? 31 May 1772 Petreus Marreetta Froer
Peterus 26 March 1775
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Montfort Anna 8 Sept. 1771 (Blank) (Blank) Soson
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Montfort Rachel 23 Oct. 1769 Frans Gertje Banta
Heniere 21 May 1772
Geertje 12 Dec. 1773
Marya 3 March 1776
(Jan) 8 Nov. 1778
Hendrich 11 Feb. 1781
Frans 1 May 1784
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Montfort Hendrickes 31 May 1772 Jacobus Lea Banta
Lea 2 Oct. 1774
Hendrick 18 May 1777
(Blank) 3 Oct. 1779
Aeltje 28 Aug. 1780
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Montfort Johannis 4 Nov. 1775 (Jan) Fenretje Neefis
(Jan) 21 July 1782 {Nevius?}
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Montfort (smudge) etje 14 Oct. 1787 (Jan) Sara Van Arsdale
Peter 3 March 1793
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Montfort (Jan) 6 Aug. 1775 Lauwerens Elisabet Cossart
Kniertje 10 Jan. 1779
Madelena 31 Dec. 1780
Frans 19 Jan. 1783
Pieter 9 April 1786
David 4 April 1790
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Montfort Marya 19 Feb. 1775 Pieter Elizabeth Vannist
Peter 1 May 1784 Sponsor: Gerret Van Arsdale & Annatje Van Harling
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Myer Isaac 14 Nov. 1773 (Blank) (Blank) Petersen
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Middag Dirk 1 May 1790 Ephraim? (Blank) Hattrey?
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Neruis Johannis 17 Nov. 1784 Martinus Magdalena Hoogland
{Nevius?} Femmetje 22 March 1790
Jannetje 17 March 1782
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Oblenis Sarah 23 Oct. 1769 (Jan) Maria Slegel
(Jan) 23 Nov. 1777
Barber born 5 Sept. 1779 baptized 31 Oct. 1779
Elizabet 20 June 1773
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Owens Elizabeth 25 Oct. 1769 Wilem Maria Sanger?
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Persel Elizabeth November -1791 (Blank) (Blank)
{Parsell?}
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Parsell Marya 14 Aug. 1774 Bregan Maria Ammerman
Sara 18 May 1777
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Pessel Isaac 27 May 1770 Drick Cornelia Hoff
Sponsor: Isaac Pessel
(Jan) 31 May 1772
Anntje 13 March 1774
Abram 12 May 1776
Rebeckka 15 March 1778
Boyer 18 Feb. 1781
Lydia 1 May 1784
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Pessel Isaac 17 Oct. 1773 Isaac Maria Smock
Bil (smudge) ie 11 Dec. 1774
Marya 8 April 1777
Richard 25 April 1779
Annatje 25 March 1787
Je (smudge) 8 Aug. 1790
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Peasel Isaac 27 May 1770 (Jan) Antje Powelse
{Pessel} (Jan) 31 May 1772
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Persol Dierck 21 March 1773 Pieter Marigrita Voorhies
{Parsell?} Jemime 10 May 1778
Rachel 6 May 1781 Does not indicate if they are twins
(Jan) 6 May 1781 Does not indicate if they are twins
Abraham 10 Aug. 1783
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Paraele Marya 26 March 1775 Roelof Marya Petersen
{Parsell?}
{Pessel?}
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Phoras John 20 Dec. 1789 Does not indicate why these 3 children
Nancy 20 Dec. 1789 were baptized on the same day
Gefnard Dorlan 20 Dec. 1789
Nelly 29 July 1782
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Petersen Jannetje 21 Aug. 1774 Gebrent Sara Houter (Hunter)
{Wouter?}
Samuel 2 April 1780
Gerret 10 March 1782
William 4 April 1784
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Petersen Catrina 7 May 1775 Peter Catrina Nyier
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Rune Willein 27 May 1770 Sennedecker Maria Hart
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Schamp George 30 Dec. 1792 Henry Ida Hoogland
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Scamp Jodoces 5 Sept. 1779 Joost Mariea Smock
{Schamp} Antje 13 April 1781
Johannis 17 Aug. 1783
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Serpeing Samuel 9 Sept. 1771 Samuel Maria Aelsterf?
{Sebring?} Sponsor: Meghiel DeGraef & Elizabeth DeGraef
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Slot Petrus 27 May 1770 Benjamin Sara Demoree
Johannis 31 May 1772 {Demaree}
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Smock Maria 27 May 1770 Barrent Antje Cosin
Hendrick 19 Feb. 1775 {Cozine}
Pieter 18 May 1777
Antje 11 Jan. 1779
Neeltje 10 June 1781
Cornelius 11 Oct. 1772
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Unknown Lea 15 May 1774 {Page cut off, cannot make out surname}
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Smock Jacob 27 May 1770 (Jan) Lena Van Teyn
Hendrick 3 March 1776
Abraham 14 Feb. 1779
Jacobus 23 Sept. 1783
Isaac 4 June 1786
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Snedeker (Jan) 27 May 1770 Christian (Blank) Van Arsdale
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Steg Leah 3 March 1793 Daniel Maria Couenhoven
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Steg Johannes 27 Sept. 1778 James Lea Brouder
Maria 3 Dec. 1780
Sara 13 April 1783
John 14 Oct. 1787
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Stryker Anne 28 Aug. 1791 (Blank) (Blank)
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Stryker Petrus 20 July 1783 Hendrick Catriena Ammerman
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Terpeunengh Sarah 11 April 1773 Samuel Maria Aslsdorf
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Tietsoet (Jan) 29 Jan. 1786 Isaac Antje Persel
{Titsworth} Rachel 14 Oct. 1787 {Parsell?}
Steyntie 22 Jan. 1792
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Tietscort Jacob 9 April 1786 Mark Neeltje (Van Verst) Lefos
{Titsworth} Seyntje 19 May 1793
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Van Arsdale Lametje 31 May 1772 (Blank) (Blank)
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Van Arsdale Simon 23 Oct. 1769 Abram Antje Parlee
Cornelius 21 May 1772
Antje 13 March 1774
Symen 12 May 1776
Derrick 3 Jan. 1779
Mabel 6 May 1781
Maria 12 July 1784
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Van Arsdale Maria Maregrita 8 Sept. 1771 Cornelius Jannetje Cornel?
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Van Arsdale Gerrit 2 April 1778 Gerrit Annatje Vanharlen
Neeltje born 24 Nov. 1780 baptized10 Dec. 1780
Lucretia 1 Dec. 1782
Joseph 17 July 1785
Arneiah Van Harling 14 Oct. 1787
Gaertje 1 April 1792
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Van Arsdale Learetia 6 April 1783 Isaac Esther Hoogtaly
Isaac December -1791 {Hooghtelin?}
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Van Arsdale Maria11 Sept. 1785 Isaac Elizabeth Ketnert
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Van Arsdale Jennetje 3 Oct. 1779 Johannis Madelina Allen
Johannis 12 May 1782
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Van Arsdale Peter 27 May 1770 John Neeltje Peterse
Sponsor: Peter Peterson and Eliza Peterson
Isaac 27 May 1770 Does not indicate if Isaac and Peter are twins
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Van Arsdale Lanstje 16 April 1775 Larykes Jannetje Cosyn
Antje 8 Feb. 1778 {Cozine}
Jannetje 28 Feb. 1780
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Van Arsdale Isaac 25 March 1787 (Jan) Catriena Vanderbilt
Peter 10 April 1790
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Van Arsdale Antje 8 Sept. 1771 Simon Aaltje Cosin
Lamaetje 8 May 1774 {Cozine}
Cornelius 8 Feb. 1778
Ida 11 June 1780
Simon 4 May 1783
Jennetje 24July 1785
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Van Arsdale Simon 5 July 1778 Simas Nellie Petersen
Neeltje 14 Jan. 1781
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Vankleef Teunas 16 April 1780 Isaac Femmetje Quick
{Van Cleef}
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Vanderbilt Cateirina 23 Oct. 1769 (Blank) (Blank)
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Vanderbilt Elisabet 10 Sept. 1775 Jaesbus Elisabet Janse
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Vanderveer Syntje 8 Nov. 1789 Hendrick Leona (Blank)
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Vandyn Elizabet 4 July 1779 Charel Maria Ammerman
{Van Dyne} Antje 21 Dec. 1781 (Sarel Fonteyn)
Suttje 15 Feb. 1784
Thomas 16 July 1786
Genny 17 April 1790
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Van Tien Annatje 31 May 1772 Serrel Elizabeth Smock
{Van Tien} Saartje 17 April 1774 (Sarel Fonteyn)
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Vanteyn Antje 28 April 1776 Saral Arreiantje Van Nuys
{Van Tien} Maria 2 May 1779 (Sarel Fonteyn)
Catlino 9 March 1783
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Vanarsdalen Neeltje 2 June 1784 Neeltje
{Van Arsdale}
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Vanderbuylt Cornelius 16 Sept. 17?? {Page cut off No other information}
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Vantyn Neeltje 2 March 1783 Thomas Annatje Hoogtely
Hezekiah 10 April 1785 {Hooghtelin?}
Maria 14 Oct. 1787
Willelmus Hoogteling {Hooghtelin?}15 May 1790
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Vandyck Antje 5 March 1778 Johannis Annatje Kouwenover
Petrus 2 March 1783
Geertie 25 Oct. 1784
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Van Dyke Peggy 22 May 1790 Henry J. Polly Bigger
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Van Dyke Joris 1 March 1790 Peter Maria Williamson
Keziah May -1792
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Van Zant Johannis 12 March 1786 Madelena Van Zant
Sponsor: Bernardus Van Zant and Neeltje Beekman
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Voorhees Richard 17 July 1791 (Blank) Antje (Blank)
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Voorhees Maria 18 Sept. 1785 Abram Breghea Speeder
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Voorhees Jacobus 31 May 1772 Cornelius Johanna Langstrite
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Voorhees Baratje 14 Oct. 1787 Gerret Lena Halemset
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Voorhuis Abram Wilsen 9 April 1786 Jacob Sarah Sickels
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Voorhees Helene 8 Sept. 1771 Peterus Sophia Van Den Bogart
Abram 11 Oct. 1772
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Voorhees Aaltje 14 Nov. 1773 Roelof Elizabeth Neefas
Roelof 6 Aug. 1775 {Nevius?}
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Vandy Gerret * 22 Oct. 1785 Johannis Anatje Couenover
{*Unknown whether this is the child's name or surname.}
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Weeford John 1 May 1784 Even Elisabeth Hutson
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Westervelt Lea November -1778 Abraham Maries (Blank)
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Westervelt Debaro 1769 Jacob Maria Demarest
Catrina 27 May 1770
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Westervelt Maria 6 Feb. 1789 Jacobus Femmetje Cosyn
{Cozine}
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Westervelt Antje 17 April 1778 (Jan) Antje Dey
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Willems David 3 June 1770 David M. (Blank) Maheene
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Williams? Peter 27 May 1770 Joris Gesyes Van Duyn
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Willamsen Marys 14 Jan. 1776 Teodores Rachel Banta
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Willemse Johannis 30 May 1790 Daniel Maria Van Dyke
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Unknown Surname or Illegible
-----Wilein 1769 Williamse (Blank) Fonteyn
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-----Gerrit 31 May 1772
-----Maria 31 May 1772
-----Rachel 31 May 1772
-----Illegible 31 May 1772
-----Illegible 31 May 1772
-----Peter 16 Sept. 1772
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-----Peter January -1792 Isaac Maria Monfoort
------Hannah 1 April 1792
-----Maria 1 April 1792
-----Sarah 1 April 1792
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Conewago, Adams-York Co., PA, Reformed Dutch Church Baptisms: Part 1
"About 1765, Dutch colonists from New Jersey began to pour into York and Adams Counties in the southern borders of Pennsylvania and west of the Susquehanna. These soon organized the Conewago and Hanover congregations in these respective counties. The church of Conewago was located about three miles south of Gettysburg and near the famous battleground of 1863. It consisted of about 150 families and 700 souls.
"From its baptismal records, yet preserved, extending from 1768-1803, it appears that the Cossats and Montforts of Millstone [or Harlinger] NJ, and the Bantas and Westervelts of Bergen Co., NJ, were among the earliest settlers. Other Dutch names--such as Bruner, Covert, Van Nuys, Schomp, Demarest, Bremer, DeMott, Bergen, Smock, Van Arsdale and others--occur in these records. The first Conewago deed for land is to a Van Arsdale and is dated 1768. The Demarests came from Bergen Co. in 1771.
"But about 1781 emigration began from this field to Kentucky and the Gennesee country, NY, and continued until these Dutch settlements and churches were entirely broken up. In 1793, during Brinckerhoff's ministry, almost the whole congregation moved away to these two new fields. Those going to Central New York were the Brinckerhoffs, Jansens or Johnsons, Bodines, Van Tines, Daters, Parcelles, and Lysters.
"By 1800 Conewago was so depleted as to furnish but a very small congregation for Sunday services. In 1817, only five Dutch families remained. Permission was then obtained to sell the old church building, with the proceeds build a wall around the burial ground. The sum realized was $288.20."
From: A Manual of the Reformed church in America by Edward Tanjore Corwin, D. D. (New York: Board of Publication of the Ref. Prot. Dutch Church, 61 Franklin Street, 1859) p. 956.
{Unless otherwise specified, the dates given are baptismal dates. I have retained much of the original spelling of the records and obviously there are many incorrect renderings of the Dutch names. I have tried to the best of my ability to correct the obvious name misspellings but, if I have made a mistake in doing so, I offer my apologies. If descendants should spot an obvious error, please e-mail me at madehlinne@gmail.com and I will be more than happy to correct the error.}
Surname Child Baptized Father Mother
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Aens Marya 30 May 1773 Willen Maria Reemser
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Ammerman Antje 1769 Hendrick Jannetje Van Arsdale
Jacobus 31 May 1772
Marya 20 June 1773?
Simon December -1774
Hendrick 30 March 1777
Neeltje 17 Jan. 1779
Gerret 1 July 1781
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Asten Antje 10 Jan. 1773 John Elizebeth Bodyn
{Bodine}
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Bedine Cornelius 27 May 1770 (Jan) Lemetje Cosyn
{Bodine} Johannis 31 May 1772 {Cozine}
Marya 17 April 1774
Johannis 7 July 1776
Aetje 17 Jan. 1779
Eliesebeth 29 July 1780
Sara 26 Jan. 1783
Peter 8 Jan. 1785
Maria 25 March 1787 Sponsor: Simon Van Arsdale & Altje Cozyn
{Cozine}
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Buis Antje 12 Nov. 1786 Denys Van Duin Antje Lebant
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Breen Elisabeth 28 July 1782 Jeremia Sara Howits
William 27 June 1784
Joris 12 Nov. 1786
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Breen Maria 7 Feb. 1779 Phillip Antje Van Arsdale
Johannis 15 April 1781
Neeltje 22 Jan. 1786
Genny 10 April 1790
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Brewyn Marregreta 28 April 1776 Samuel Geertruy Aelsdarf
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Brinckerhoff Joris Hendrick 10 July 1790 Joris Maria Van Harlingen
Johannis April -1793
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Brinckerhoff Hezekiah April -1792 Henrich Neeltje Hoogteeling
{Hooghtelin?}
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Brinckerhoff Joris born 28 Dec. 1779 Jacob Annatje Demorees
baptized 16 Jan. 1780 {Demarest}
Maragrieta 14 April 1782
David 13 June 1784
Hennrick 29 Jan. 1786
Beliria 22 March 1790
Jacobus 2 Oct. 1791
Jacobus June -1792
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Brinckerhoff Martyntje 2 Jan. 1774 Jacobus Catrintje Voorhees
Annatje 8 Sept. 1776
Joris 23 May 1779
Albart 12 Aug. 1781
Isaack 20 June 1790
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Brinckerhoff Joris 13 Nov. 1785 (Jan) Sara Van Arsdale
Gerret 14 Oct. 1787
Henrich 22 Aug. 1790
Martyna April-1793
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Brinkerhoof Antje 16 July 1786 Lucas Maria Coal
{Brinckerhoff} Annatje April -1792
Jacob 4 Jan. 1785
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Blienkerhof Martyntje 30 June 1776 Guliam Elisabet Akkerman
{Brinckerhoff} L (smudge) a 3 Oct.1779 {Ackerman}
Joris born 21 Nov. 1781 baptized 21 Dec. 1781
Cornelius 31 Aug. 1784
Annatje 25 March 1787
Margarietta 8 Nov. 1789
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Blienkerhoff David 17 March 1776 Roelef Beelotje Demaro
{Brinckerhoff} Joris 14 June 1778 {Beltje Demarest}
Maragrieta born 16 May 1780 baptized 4 June 1780
Anatje born 8 Nov. 1782 baptized 17 Nov. 1782
Joris 13 March 1785
Hendrick 14 Oct. 1787
Maria June -1790
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Brokas Maragrieta 2 June 1782 Abraham Maria Cosyn
Antje 12 Feb. 1786 {Cozine}
Sally 30 Dec. 1792
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Berkaa Johannis 23 July 1786 Ferdennender Styntje Petersen
{Ferdinand?}
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Berkaa Joris15 June 1783 Joris Meeltje Vanderbild
Maria 14 Oct. 1787 {Van der Bilt}
David 13 Oct. 1793
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Barkae Joris 04 June 1786 (Jan) Elizabeth Kodenover
Gerrett 14 Oct. 1787 {Kouvenover?}
John 8 Nov. 1789
Isaac 2 Dec. 1792
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Brakaa Joris 23 Nov. 1777 Pieter Antje Carson
Joaova 10 Jan. 1779
Pieter 29 July 1782
Maragrieta 4 April 1784
Willillemus (sic) 6 Nov. 1785
Annatje 14 Oct. 1787
Isaac June -1790
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Brouwer David 16 April 1775 Abraham Sara Van Arden
Harica 8 Nov. 1778
(Jan) 6 May 1781
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Breuer ?erret 17 Nov. 1782 Johannis Jannette Van Arsdale
David 9 April 1786
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Bornet Johannis 22 Oct. 1775 Jerse Maries Van Tein
Johannis 22 April 1778
Neeltje 26 Nov. 1760
Jaques 8 May 1763
Thomas 30 May 1790
Arriantje September -1792
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Byer Anne Catrienna 13 Nov. 1785 Joris Anna Catriena Sa{illegible}
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Banta Rachel 23 Oct. 1769 Abraham Margrietje Montfort
Hendrick 31 May 1772
Johanna 4 July 1773
Maregrita 9-10-1775
Maregrita 31 Aug. 1777
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Banta Hendrick 23 Oct. 1769 Albert Styntje Montfort
Pieter 31 May 1772
Albert 27 Nov. 1772
(Jan) 2 April 1775
Abraham 26 July 1778
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Banta Johannis 26 Jan. 1777 David Femmetje Brouwer
Marya 27 Sept. 1778
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Banta Antje 23 Oct. 1769 Hendrick Antje Demorie
David 31 May 1772 {Demarest}
Isaac 25 April 1773
(smudge) aitje 23 July 1775
Hendrick 1 March 1778
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Banta Maria 31 May 1772 Hendrick Maria Stryker
Lea 2 Oct. 1774
Allebert 10 Oct. 1777
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Banta Hendrick 6 April 1775 Peterius Elizabet Cosyn
Antje 6 Nov. 1777 {Cozine}
Pieter 28 Nov. 1779 Sponsor: Wilhemtje Wyckoff
Cornelius 24 March 1782
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Banta Antje 13 Dec. 1772 Samuel Dyns Dorlant
Styntje 7 July 1776 {Dorland}
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Bodyn Antje 8 Nov. 1789 Abraham Neeltje Fontyn
{Bodine} Arrietta 19 April 1793 Sponsor: Larnie Smook
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Bedn Merri 17 Dec. 1775 Danel Magrit Wiels
{Bodine?}
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Bedine Isaac 12 June 1774 (Blank) Maregrieta Smiet
{Bodine?}
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Carriagaar Daneel 6 Aug.1775 Hendrick Rachel Brauwer
{Commengore?} Maria 27 Aug. 1780 {Brouwer}
Maragrieta 27 April 1783
Johannis 9 Oct. 1785
Hendrick 10 March 1793
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Cammagaar Hendrich 1 Aug. 1779 Johannis Antje Mettees
{Commengore} Johannis born 1 Oct. 1782 baptized 26 Oct. 1782
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Carmichel Maria 7 Sept. 1784 Peter Marie Luckes
William 12 Nov. 1786
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Couvenover Gerret 7 Sept. 1783 Cornelius Catriena Degraft
Samuel 9 April 1786
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Conover L (smudge) setje 10 Oct. 1779 (Jan) Catriena Coevert
Johennis 12 Aug. 1781
Willseme 15 Feb. 1784
Chirsinna {sic} 25 Sept. 1785
Lena (twin) 19 Aug. 1792
Alice (twin) 19 Aug. 1792
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Cormine Dirrik 17 Jan. 1779 Pieter Styntje Sebrant
Aaltje 18 Feb. 1781 (Christiena)
Catylntje 21 March 1784
Cornelius 14 Oct. 1787
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Casart David 23 Oct. 1769 David Saetje Van Duin
{Cossart} Pieter 31 May 1772
Haregrita 13 March 1774 {Saetje is a sister to
Danys 10 March 1776 Dennis & Charles Van Duin}
Jacob 8 March 1778
Ride 17 Jan. 1780
Maria 20 Jan. 1782
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Casart Neeltje 20 Dec. 1789 Frans Martha Van Zant
{Cossart} Sarah 16 Oct. 1791
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Casart Kniertje 22 Aug. 1779 Jacob Maries Monfoort
{Cossart} Pieter 9 Dec. 1781
Maragreta 24 Aug. 1784
Maria June -1790
Leenah September -1792
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Casart Hans 23 Oct. 1769 Peter Maria Demorie
{Cossart} Samuel 31 May 1772 {Demaree, a spelling
Jacob 3 Oct. 1773 variant of Demarest}
Peter 14 Jan. 1776
Hendrick (twins) 12 April 1778
David (twins) 12 April 1778
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Cosyn Antje 28 Dec. 1776 Cornelius Marya Brouwer
{Cozine} Daniel 21 Feb. 1779
Cornelius 13 July 1783
Sara 15 April 1781
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Cosine Cornelius 12 Nov. 1786 Gerret Maragrieta Lys
{Cozine}
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Cosine Cornelius 10 April 1785 John Annatje Smook
{Cozine} William 12 Nov. 1786
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Cosien Martienes 31 May 1772 Pieter Wilhemtje Wyckoff Elizabeth 1 Jan. 1775
{Cozine} Pieter 6 July 1777
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C (smudge) hoven Antje 8 Nov. 1789 Cornelius Catterine Degraft
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Couenhoven Leaeals (twins) 19 Aug. 1792 John Catriena Bogert?
Alice (twins) 19 Aug. 1792
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Covert Johannis 14 Oct. 1787 Daniel Maria Van Pelt
Jennetje 14 Oct. 1787 (Does not indicate if they are twins)
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Covert Johannis 18 Jan. 1784 Daniel Jannetje Van Arsdale
Davie 22 Jan. 1785
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Covert Lemaetje 29 July 1780 Isaac Antje Van Arsdale
Johannis 28 July 1782
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Debaan Samuel 3 Jan. 1775 Abraham Angenitje Dori
{DeBaun} Aentje 17 Aug. 1777 {Durie}
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Debon Wyntje 8 Sept. 1771 Joseph Gertje Durie
{DeBaun} Samuel 5 June 1774
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Degraaf Bornherdus 19 Feb. 1792 (Blank) (Blank)
Sponsor: Nelly Van Zant
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Degraff Cornelius 14 Aug. 1791 (Blank) (Blank)
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Degraf Hester 31 May 1772 Abraham Maria Gricks (Griggs)
Hoeses 14 July 1774
Jeremia 28 Nov. 1780
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Degraf Rachel 14 July 1774 Abraham Catrina Voorhees
Madelena February -1776
Michil 25 Jan. 1778
Cornelis 03 Oct. 1779
Catriena 31 March 1782
Maragreta 22 Feb. 1784
Abraham 12 Feb. 1786
Jeremia 28 Nov. 1780
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Degraef M (smudge) es 25 April 1773 Maahil Maregretta Kreay
Dierck 18 Sept. 1774
Jacobus 30 June 1776
Rachal December -1777
Marie 12 Aug. 1781
Samuel 3 Aug. 1783
Maeltje 25 Dec. 1785
Margrieta 4 April 1790
Martha 16 Sept. 1792
Sc (smudge) etje 23 June 1786
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Degraf Rachal 5 Feb. 1775 Wielleme Swart Willemse Neefts
Johannes 28 July 1776 {Nevius?}
Jeanetje 4 Jan. 1778
Abraham 28 Nov. 1779
Jerawie 10 Nov. 1782
William 17 Aug. 1784
Martinus 4 April 1790
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Degraf Maregrieta Kray Degraf 27 Nov. 1772 wife of: Myekiel Degraf
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Demarest No Name 20 Dec. 1789 Albert Maria Fonteyn
Elizabeth 22 Jan. 1792
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Demarest David 25 May 1783 Cornelius Femmetie (Phoebe) Brouwer
Madelena 26 Dec. 1784
Daniel 14 Oct. 1787
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Demaree Geortie 17 July 1774 David Elizebeth Slegel
Daniel 7 April 1776
David 3 May 1778
Johanes 29 July 1780
Barbara 17 Nov. 1782
Maria 17 April 1785
Cherard {Gerard?} June -1792
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Demaree Antie 31 May 1772 David Lena Voorhees
Caerina 18 Sept. 1774
Sara 22 June 1777
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Demarest Willemytie 20 Jan. 1793 Isaac Polly Demarest
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Demerest Geertje 25 Sept. 1785 Gerrit Jannetje Pereal
Antje October -1790
David 9 Dec. 1792
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Demaree Marya 16 Nov. 1777 Samuel Susanna Brouwer
Daniel born 21 June 1780 baptized 16 June 1780 (sic)
Samuel born 7 Oct. 1782 baptized 26 Oct. 1782
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Ditch Altje 15 May 1790 (Blank) (Blank) Montfort
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Durie Samuel 18 June 1775 Peterus Antje Seaver
Wyatje 4 Jan. 1778
Femmetje 23 June 1786
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Dorlant Lemmetje 6 Feb. 1774 Gerret Jannetje Noal
{Dorland} Doereti 23 June 1776
Stientje 6 June 1779
Jannetje 17 April 1785
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Dunn Leah 28 Feb. 1790 Samuel Aneit Steg
Elizabeth 1 Nov. 1792
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Fontyn: See Van Duyn, Van Tien, Van Dyen
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Freer Abraham 7 March 1773 Jacobus Elizabeth Petersen
Catrinna 29 Jan. 1775
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Griggs Jacobus 12May 1793 Willem Janatje Wyckoff
Griggs Willem 21 April 1793 [Adult]
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Hageman Mary 1 Nov. 1792 Abraham Elizabeth Middagh*
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Hageman John 21 April 1793 Adriann (Blank)
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Hamer Margrieta 13 June 1779 Baltes Elizabet Middagh*
Ruth 17 Nov. 1784
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*This is possibly the same woman.
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Herres Lena 27 May 1770 Daneel Elizabeth Demarie
{Demaree}
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Hoff Elizabeth 3 June 1770 (Blank) (Blank) Peuwael
{Powel?}
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Hoff Cornelius 12 May 1793 Abraham Leeneh Van Eyp(smudge)
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Hogteel Neeltje 8 Sept. 1771 Hezekiah Maria Degraf
{Hoogtelin?}
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Hols Meile 15 May 1774 (Jan) Neeltje Boice
{Hiels?}
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Hols Abraham born 1776 Jon Neeltje Vanderbild
{Hiels?} {Van der Bilt}
baptized 15 June 1783 Sponsor: (Jan) Persel
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Honts Thomas 13 April 1781 Christofel Maria Janseen
Sofia 11 Aug. 1783
Annatje 15 Jan. 1786
Johannis 21 Feb. 1779
"From its baptismal records, yet preserved, extending from 1768-1803, it appears that the Cossats and Montforts of Millstone [or Harlinger] NJ, and the Bantas and Westervelts of Bergen Co., NJ, were among the earliest settlers. Other Dutch names--such as Bruner, Covert, Van Nuys, Schomp, Demarest, Bremer, DeMott, Bergen, Smock, Van Arsdale and others--occur in these records. The first Conewago deed for land is to a Van Arsdale and is dated 1768. The Demarests came from Bergen Co. in 1771.
"But about 1781 emigration began from this field to Kentucky and the Gennesee country, NY, and continued until these Dutch settlements and churches were entirely broken up. In 1793, during Brinckerhoff's ministry, almost the whole congregation moved away to these two new fields. Those going to Central New York were the Brinckerhoffs, Jansens or Johnsons, Bodines, Van Tines, Daters, Parcelles, and Lysters.
"By 1800 Conewago was so depleted as to furnish but a very small congregation for Sunday services. In 1817, only five Dutch families remained. Permission was then obtained to sell the old church building, with the proceeds build a wall around the burial ground. The sum realized was $288.20."
From: A Manual of the Reformed church in America by Edward Tanjore Corwin, D. D. (New York: Board of Publication of the Ref. Prot. Dutch Church, 61 Franklin Street, 1859) p. 956.
{Unless otherwise specified, the dates given are baptismal dates. I have retained much of the original spelling of the records and obviously there are many incorrect renderings of the Dutch names. I have tried to the best of my ability to correct the obvious name misspellings but, if I have made a mistake in doing so, I offer my apologies. If descendants should spot an obvious error, please e-mail me at madehlinne@gmail.com and I will be more than happy to correct the error.}
Surname Child Baptized Father Mother
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Aens Marya 30 May 1773 Willen Maria Reemser
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Ammerman Antje 1769 Hendrick Jannetje Van Arsdale
Jacobus 31 May 1772
Marya 20 June 1773?
Simon December -1774
Hendrick 30 March 1777
Neeltje 17 Jan. 1779
Gerret 1 July 1781
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Asten Antje 10 Jan. 1773 John Elizebeth Bodyn
{Bodine}
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Bedine Cornelius 27 May 1770 (Jan) Lemetje Cosyn
{Bodine} Johannis 31 May 1772 {Cozine}
Marya 17 April 1774
Johannis 7 July 1776
Aetje 17 Jan. 1779
Eliesebeth 29 July 1780
Sara 26 Jan. 1783
Peter 8 Jan. 1785
Maria 25 March 1787 Sponsor: Simon Van Arsdale & Altje Cozyn
{Cozine}
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Buis Antje 12 Nov. 1786 Denys Van Duin Antje Lebant
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Breen Elisabeth 28 July 1782 Jeremia Sara Howits
William 27 June 1784
Joris 12 Nov. 1786
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Breen Maria 7 Feb. 1779 Phillip Antje Van Arsdale
Johannis 15 April 1781
Neeltje 22 Jan. 1786
Genny 10 April 1790
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Brewyn Marregreta 28 April 1776 Samuel Geertruy Aelsdarf
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Brinckerhoff Joris Hendrick 10 July 1790 Joris Maria Van Harlingen
Johannis April -1793
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Brinckerhoff Hezekiah April -1792 Henrich Neeltje Hoogteeling
{Hooghtelin?}
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Brinckerhoff Joris born 28 Dec. 1779 Jacob Annatje Demorees
baptized 16 Jan. 1780 {Demarest}
Maragrieta 14 April 1782
David 13 June 1784
Hennrick 29 Jan. 1786
Beliria 22 March 1790
Jacobus 2 Oct. 1791
Jacobus June -1792
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Brinckerhoff Martyntje 2 Jan. 1774 Jacobus Catrintje Voorhees
Annatje 8 Sept. 1776
Joris 23 May 1779
Albart 12 Aug. 1781
Isaack 20 June 1790
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Brinckerhoff Joris 13 Nov. 1785 (Jan) Sara Van Arsdale
Gerret 14 Oct. 1787
Henrich 22 Aug. 1790
Martyna April-1793
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Brinkerhoof Antje 16 July 1786 Lucas Maria Coal
{Brinckerhoff} Annatje April -1792
Jacob 4 Jan. 1785
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Blienkerhof Martyntje 30 June 1776 Guliam Elisabet Akkerman
{Brinckerhoff} L (smudge) a 3 Oct.1779 {Ackerman}
Joris born 21 Nov. 1781 baptized 21 Dec. 1781
Cornelius 31 Aug. 1784
Annatje 25 March 1787
Margarietta 8 Nov. 1789
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Blienkerhoff David 17 March 1776 Roelef Beelotje Demaro
{Brinckerhoff} Joris 14 June 1778 {Beltje Demarest}
Maragrieta born 16 May 1780 baptized 4 June 1780
Anatje born 8 Nov. 1782 baptized 17 Nov. 1782
Joris 13 March 1785
Hendrick 14 Oct. 1787
Maria June -1790
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Brokas Maragrieta 2 June 1782 Abraham Maria Cosyn
Antje 12 Feb. 1786 {Cozine}
Sally 30 Dec. 1792
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Berkaa Johannis 23 July 1786 Ferdennender Styntje Petersen
{Ferdinand?}
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Berkaa Joris15 June 1783 Joris Meeltje Vanderbild
Maria 14 Oct. 1787 {Van der Bilt}
David 13 Oct. 1793
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Barkae Joris 04 June 1786 (Jan) Elizabeth Kodenover
Gerrett 14 Oct. 1787 {Kouvenover?}
John 8 Nov. 1789
Isaac 2 Dec. 1792
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Brakaa Joris 23 Nov. 1777 Pieter Antje Carson
Joaova 10 Jan. 1779
Pieter 29 July 1782
Maragrieta 4 April 1784
Willillemus (sic) 6 Nov. 1785
Annatje 14 Oct. 1787
Isaac June -1790
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Brouwer David 16 April 1775 Abraham Sara Van Arden
Harica 8 Nov. 1778
(Jan) 6 May 1781
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Breuer ?erret 17 Nov. 1782 Johannis Jannette Van Arsdale
David 9 April 1786
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Bornet Johannis 22 Oct. 1775 Jerse Maries Van Tein
Johannis 22 April 1778
Neeltje 26 Nov. 1760
Jaques 8 May 1763
Thomas 30 May 1790
Arriantje September -1792
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Byer Anne Catrienna 13 Nov. 1785 Joris Anna Catriena Sa{illegible}
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Banta Rachel 23 Oct. 1769 Abraham Margrietje Montfort
Hendrick 31 May 1772
Johanna 4 July 1773
Maregrita 9-10-1775
Maregrita 31 Aug. 1777
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Banta Hendrick 23 Oct. 1769 Albert Styntje Montfort
Pieter 31 May 1772
Albert 27 Nov. 1772
(Jan) 2 April 1775
Abraham 26 July 1778
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Banta Johannis 26 Jan. 1777 David Femmetje Brouwer
Marya 27 Sept. 1778
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Banta Antje 23 Oct. 1769 Hendrick Antje Demorie
David 31 May 1772 {Demarest}
Isaac 25 April 1773
(smudge) aitje 23 July 1775
Hendrick 1 March 1778
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Banta Maria 31 May 1772 Hendrick Maria Stryker
Lea 2 Oct. 1774
Allebert 10 Oct. 1777
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Banta Hendrick 6 April 1775 Peterius Elizabet Cosyn
Antje 6 Nov. 1777 {Cozine}
Pieter 28 Nov. 1779 Sponsor: Wilhemtje Wyckoff
Cornelius 24 March 1782
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Banta Antje 13 Dec. 1772 Samuel Dyns Dorlant
Styntje 7 July 1776 {Dorland}
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Bodyn Antje 8 Nov. 1789 Abraham Neeltje Fontyn
{Bodine} Arrietta 19 April 1793 Sponsor: Larnie Smook
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Bedn Merri 17 Dec. 1775 Danel Magrit Wiels
{Bodine?}
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Bedine Isaac 12 June 1774 (Blank) Maregrieta Smiet
{Bodine?}
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Carriagaar Daneel 6 Aug.1775 Hendrick Rachel Brauwer
{Commengore?} Maria 27 Aug. 1780 {Brouwer}
Maragrieta 27 April 1783
Johannis 9 Oct. 1785
Hendrick 10 March 1793
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Cammagaar Hendrich 1 Aug. 1779 Johannis Antje Mettees
{Commengore} Johannis born 1 Oct. 1782 baptized 26 Oct. 1782
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Carmichel Maria 7 Sept. 1784 Peter Marie Luckes
William 12 Nov. 1786
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Couvenover Gerret 7 Sept. 1783 Cornelius Catriena Degraft
Samuel 9 April 1786
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Conover L (smudge) setje 10 Oct. 1779 (Jan) Catriena Coevert
Johennis 12 Aug. 1781
Willseme 15 Feb. 1784
Chirsinna {sic} 25 Sept. 1785
Lena (twin) 19 Aug. 1792
Alice (twin) 19 Aug. 1792
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Cormine Dirrik 17 Jan. 1779 Pieter Styntje Sebrant
Aaltje 18 Feb. 1781 (Christiena)
Catylntje 21 March 1784
Cornelius 14 Oct. 1787
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Casart David 23 Oct. 1769 David Saetje Van Duin
{Cossart} Pieter 31 May 1772
Haregrita 13 March 1774 {Saetje is a sister to
Danys 10 March 1776 Dennis & Charles Van Duin}
Jacob 8 March 1778
Ride 17 Jan. 1780
Maria 20 Jan. 1782
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Casart Neeltje 20 Dec. 1789 Frans Martha Van Zant
{Cossart} Sarah 16 Oct. 1791
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Casart Kniertje 22 Aug. 1779 Jacob Maries Monfoort
{Cossart} Pieter 9 Dec. 1781
Maragreta 24 Aug. 1784
Maria June -1790
Leenah September -1792
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Casart Hans 23 Oct. 1769 Peter Maria Demorie
{Cossart} Samuel 31 May 1772 {Demaree, a spelling
Jacob 3 Oct. 1773 variant of Demarest}
Peter 14 Jan. 1776
Hendrick (twins) 12 April 1778
David (twins) 12 April 1778
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Cosyn Antje 28 Dec. 1776 Cornelius Marya Brouwer
{Cozine} Daniel 21 Feb. 1779
Cornelius 13 July 1783
Sara 15 April 1781
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Cosine Cornelius 12 Nov. 1786 Gerret Maragrieta Lys
{Cozine}
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Cosine Cornelius 10 April 1785 John Annatje Smook
{Cozine} William 12 Nov. 1786
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Cosien Martienes 31 May 1772 Pieter Wilhemtje Wyckoff Elizabeth 1 Jan. 1775
{Cozine} Pieter 6 July 1777
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C (smudge) hoven Antje 8 Nov. 1789 Cornelius Catterine Degraft
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Couenhoven Leaeals (twins) 19 Aug. 1792 John Catriena Bogert?
Alice (twins) 19 Aug. 1792
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Covert Johannis 14 Oct. 1787 Daniel Maria Van Pelt
Jennetje 14 Oct. 1787 (Does not indicate if they are twins)
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Covert Johannis 18 Jan. 1784 Daniel Jannetje Van Arsdale
Davie 22 Jan. 1785
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Covert Lemaetje 29 July 1780 Isaac Antje Van Arsdale
Johannis 28 July 1782
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Debaan Samuel 3 Jan. 1775 Abraham Angenitje Dori
{DeBaun} Aentje 17 Aug. 1777 {Durie}
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Debon Wyntje 8 Sept. 1771 Joseph Gertje Durie
{DeBaun} Samuel 5 June 1774
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Degraaf Bornherdus 19 Feb. 1792 (Blank) (Blank)
Sponsor: Nelly Van Zant
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Degraff Cornelius 14 Aug. 1791 (Blank) (Blank)
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Degraf Hester 31 May 1772 Abraham Maria Gricks (Griggs)
Hoeses 14 July 1774
Jeremia 28 Nov. 1780
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Degraf Rachel 14 July 1774 Abraham Catrina Voorhees
Madelena February -1776
Michil 25 Jan. 1778
Cornelis 03 Oct. 1779
Catriena 31 March 1782
Maragreta 22 Feb. 1784
Abraham 12 Feb. 1786
Jeremia 28 Nov. 1780
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Degraef M (smudge) es 25 April 1773 Maahil Maregretta Kreay
Dierck 18 Sept. 1774
Jacobus 30 June 1776
Rachal December -1777
Marie 12 Aug. 1781
Samuel 3 Aug. 1783
Maeltje 25 Dec. 1785
Margrieta 4 April 1790
Martha 16 Sept. 1792
Sc (smudge) etje 23 June 1786
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Degraf Rachal 5 Feb. 1775 Wielleme Swart Willemse Neefts
Johannes 28 July 1776 {Nevius?}
Jeanetje 4 Jan. 1778
Abraham 28 Nov. 1779
Jerawie 10 Nov. 1782
William 17 Aug. 1784
Martinus 4 April 1790
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Degraf Maregrieta Kray Degraf 27 Nov. 1772 wife of: Myekiel Degraf
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Demarest No Name 20 Dec. 1789 Albert Maria Fonteyn
Elizabeth 22 Jan. 1792
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Demarest David 25 May 1783 Cornelius Femmetie (Phoebe) Brouwer
Madelena 26 Dec. 1784
Daniel 14 Oct. 1787
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Demaree Geortie 17 July 1774 David Elizebeth Slegel
Daniel 7 April 1776
David 3 May 1778
Johanes 29 July 1780
Barbara 17 Nov. 1782
Maria 17 April 1785
Cherard {Gerard?} June -1792
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Demaree Antie 31 May 1772 David Lena Voorhees
Caerina 18 Sept. 1774
Sara 22 June 1777
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Demarest Willemytie 20 Jan. 1793 Isaac Polly Demarest
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Demerest Geertje 25 Sept. 1785 Gerrit Jannetje Pereal
Antje October -1790
David 9 Dec. 1792
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Demaree Marya 16 Nov. 1777 Samuel Susanna Brouwer
Daniel born 21 June 1780 baptized 16 June 1780 (sic)
Samuel born 7 Oct. 1782 baptized 26 Oct. 1782
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Ditch Altje 15 May 1790 (Blank) (Blank) Montfort
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Durie Samuel 18 June 1775 Peterus Antje Seaver
Wyatje 4 Jan. 1778
Femmetje 23 June 1786
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Dorlant Lemmetje 6 Feb. 1774 Gerret Jannetje Noal
{Dorland} Doereti 23 June 1776
Stientje 6 June 1779
Jannetje 17 April 1785
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Dunn Leah 28 Feb. 1790 Samuel Aneit Steg
Elizabeth 1 Nov. 1792
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Fontyn: See Van Duyn, Van Tien, Van Dyen
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Freer Abraham 7 March 1773 Jacobus Elizabeth Petersen
Catrinna 29 Jan. 1775
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Griggs Jacobus 12May 1793 Willem Janatje Wyckoff
Griggs Willem 21 April 1793 [Adult]
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Hageman Mary 1 Nov. 1792 Abraham Elizabeth Middagh*
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Hageman John 21 April 1793 Adriann (Blank)
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Hamer Margrieta 13 June 1779 Baltes Elizabet Middagh*
Ruth 17 Nov. 1784
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*This is possibly the same woman.
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Herres Lena 27 May 1770 Daneel Elizabeth Demarie
{Demaree}
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Hoff Elizabeth 3 June 1770 (Blank) (Blank) Peuwael
{Powel?}
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Hoff Cornelius 12 May 1793 Abraham Leeneh Van Eyp(smudge)
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Hogteel Neeltje 8 Sept. 1771 Hezekiah Maria Degraf
{Hoogtelin?}
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Hols Meile 15 May 1774 (Jan) Neeltje Boice
{Hiels?}
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Hols Abraham born 1776 Jon Neeltje Vanderbild
{Hiels?} {Van der Bilt}
baptized 15 June 1783 Sponsor: (Jan) Persel
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Honts Thomas 13 April 1781 Christofel Maria Janseen
Sofia 11 Aug. 1783
Annatje 15 Jan. 1786
Johannis 21 Feb. 1779
Saturday, February 26, 2011
The Dutch Colony of Kentucky: Part 1
"...About 1780...a colony from Conewago {Lancaster Co., PA}...migrated to Kentucky, and located at first near Boonesborough, on the Kentucky river, to which place Captain DANIEL BOONE had moved with his family four or five years previously and made a settlement.
"White Oak Spring, sometimes called Hart's Station, one mile above Boonesborough, was settled in 1779 by Capt. NATHANIEL HART and some Dutch families from Pennsylvania...The settlers were composed principally of families...orderly, respectable people, and the men good soldiers. But they were unaccustomed to Indian warfare, and of some ten or twelve men all were killed except two or three.
Settlers of the Kentucky wilderness faced many perils, not the least of which came in the form of Indian attacks. These Indian attacks were often launched with the encouragement and materiel support of the British during the Revolutionary War. For example, From The Kentucky Encyclopedia edited by John E. Kleber (University Press of Kentucky, 1992):
"The Long Run massacre was a major incident in the series of battles in which early settlers in Kentucky fought Indians and their British allies on the western frontier during the Revolutionary War. Long Run is located near Eastwood in Jefferson County, Kentucky. In September 1781 Maj. Bland Ballard discovered Indian signs near Squire Boone's Painted Stone Station, near what is now Shelbyville. He warned the settlers there and at Beargrass Station to move to Lynn Station, which was a more secure area. For unknown reasons, Boone's and several other families delayed moving for two days. When they finally left the station on 14 Sept. 1781, they were surrounded at Long Run Creek by a large party of Indians reinforced by British soldiers under the command of Capt. Alexander McKee. An estimated sixty people were killed by the Indians; only a handful, including Squire Boone, escaped."
"The first Dutch emigration to Kentucky in a company was in 1781, to White Oak Station...Among the immigrants were HENRY BANTA, sr., HENRY BANTA, jr., ABRAHAM BANTA and JOHN BANTA. A little later the colonists went where Harrodsburg now stands, but in the course of a few years they established themselves permanently about a village now called Pleasureville, then Six Mile, in Henry County. {For more about the Six Mile settlement, see http://www.sweet-home-spun.com/dutch.htm.} There some of them purchased twelve thousand acres {12,000} of land which they called the 'Low Dutch Tract,' and divided it among themselves....
"Those whose attention has not been directed to the subject can have no adequate idea of the hardships and the perils of this long journey from eastern Pennsylvania to Kentucky. At that period Conewago {PA} was almost at the western limit of settlement, and between it and Kentucky was an unbroken wilderness of over six hundred {600} miles. The road by which these pioneers travelled was doubtless that known as "The Wilderness Road," which passed through the valley of Virginia, between the Blue Ridge and the Alleghanies, and across the mountains by Cumberland Gap to Fort Harrod. The road was really only a "trace." No wagon passed over it until at least fifteen {15} years later, and these colonists were compelled to journey on foot and with pack-horses. The "pack-saddle" was a forked branch of a tree fastened on the horse, upon which hung all the household goods and provisions.
"One of the early accounts of such a journey in 1779 describes the 'men on foot with their trusty riles on their shoulders, driving stock and leading pack-horses, and the women, some walking with pails on their heads, while others riding with children in their laps, and other children swung in baskets on horses, camping at night, expecting to be massacred by Indians, subsisting on the stinted allowances of stale bread and meat, encountering bears, wolves and wildcats in the narrow bridle-path overgrown with brush and underwood.'
"Another account mentions that a colony, migrating to Kentucky in 1783, had reached with a half-dozen miles of the first settlement in the territory, when seven families of the train stopped to encamp for the night, the others passing on. That night the Indians attacked the families who had encamped and all were killed except one man. One of HENRY BANTA's sons was killed by the Indians in Kentucky.
"At the time of removal to Kentucky, HENRY BANTA was the father of twenty-one {21} children, of whom three had died in infancy, and his oldest son had recently died leaving nine children, who were brought up by their grandfather. Five or six of his sons were married--two of whom, SAMUEL and PETERIUS, remained for awhile in Pennsylvania, as did his three married daughters. His family, who accompanied him in this toilsome, dangerous journey of several months' duration, consisted of his wife and twelve {12} children, five of whom were under twelve {12} years of age, and nineteen grandchildren, almost all of whom were under twelve {12} years of age.
"An account of the settlement of the 'Low Dutch Tract,' written by Mr. George W. Demaree {a corruption of Demarest, the name of a prominent family in the settling of Nieuw Amsterdam, the original Dutch colony in New York, who were related by marriage to the Banta family}, was published in the Shelby Courant, Shelbyville, Ky., May 15, 1873, and...is quoted therefrom, to illustrate some of the difficulties these hardy pioneers encountered in building their new homes on 'dark and bloody ground':
'...About ten years before the final settlement was effected--i.e., about the year 1785, Capt. DANIEL BANTA, CORNELIUS BANTA and JOHN BANTA, Sr., followed the "trace" leading from Harrod's station in Mercer County to HOAGLAND's station, in what was afterwards Shelby County, till within a few miles of the latter place where they boldly plunged into the wilderness, and built a cabin about two miles north-east of Hoagland's station {later called} the old Magruder farm, now the property of Thomas Eaton, Esq. This was, beyond doubt, the first cabin built in the limits of the Dutch tract. It was constructed of blue ash logs, and was torn down but a few years ago, after having braved the storms for more than eighty {80} winters.
'The Bantas, while on their hunting expeditions, doubtless saw a considerable part of the tract of land afterwards purchased by the Dutch Company--though hardly all of it, as it was no child's play to explore so vast a wilderness....{there is} no means at hand of knowing the precise number of acres contained in the original survey, but...it could not {have been} less than fifteen or twenty thousand {15,000-20,000} acres. The Bantas enjoyed their novel position for but a short time when one of those periodical storms of wrath burst in upon the frontier settlements, and they wisely retired to Hoagland's station. The station was poorly manned and provisioned at the time, and was threatened daily with an attack from the redskins. So squally did the times become that the little garrison determined to send to Harrod's station for re-inforcements, etc.
'JAKE BANTA, an officer of the fort (brother to the other Bantas), volunteered to perform the dangerous mission. The wilderness being full of prowling savages, he chose the darkness of night to pass through the "narrows" on the waters of Benson Creek, near where Hardinsville now is. But poor Jake never reached Harrod's station. As he crept silently and all alone in the darkness of night through the dreaded "narrows," the redskins pounced upon him from ambush and cleaved his skull with the tomahawk. They left Capt. Banta on the tragic spot with his own tomahawk buried in his skull as a token of their fierce vengeance. The loss of this brave man was deeply felt by the frontier settlement.
'As soon as the storm had subsided {Daniel, Cornelius and John Banta}...went back to Harrod's station fully satisfied that their attempt to take possession of an isolated wilderness at that time was immature....Their good report of the excellent quality of these lands, carried back to the Dutch Company...led to the purchase and ultimate settlement of the same. The Banta family was both dreaded and hated by the Indians...{for} they had taught the savages many lessons in their own mode of warfare.
'The writer remembers hearing the old folks talk of "Shaker John Banta." This circumstance led him to inquire into the origin of the appellation, and his researches have satisfied him that the Shaker Society of Kentucky had its origin in the limits of the Dutch Settlement--i.e., Shelby County, about the year A. D. 1804. The first Shaker meeting held in Kentucky...was held at the house of John Banta, who was one of the original members of that sect in this State, hence the name....Some of the VORHEES and MONTFORTs adopted the Shaker system at the same time.
'...The long custom of the Dutch Company to have certain things "common," such as tools, farming implements, mills, etc.,...had little to do in preparing the minds of those good men to received the friendly...doctrine of Ann Lee. {Her} doctrine met with but poor success, however, with the mass of the company, hence John Banta and his few associates, separated from them and returned to Mercer County, and purchased the present site of Pleasant Hill...."
"White Oak Spring, sometimes called Hart's Station, one mile above Boonesborough, was settled in 1779 by Capt. NATHANIEL HART and some Dutch families from Pennsylvania...The settlers were composed principally of families...orderly, respectable people, and the men good soldiers. But they were unaccustomed to Indian warfare, and of some ten or twelve men all were killed except two or three.
Settlers of the Kentucky wilderness faced many perils, not the least of which came in the form of Indian attacks. These Indian attacks were often launched with the encouragement and materiel support of the British during the Revolutionary War. For example, From The Kentucky Encyclopedia edited by John E. Kleber (University Press of Kentucky, 1992):
"The Long Run massacre was a major incident in the series of battles in which early settlers in Kentucky fought Indians and their British allies on the western frontier during the Revolutionary War. Long Run is located near Eastwood in Jefferson County, Kentucky. In September 1781 Maj. Bland Ballard discovered Indian signs near Squire Boone's Painted Stone Station, near what is now Shelbyville. He warned the settlers there and at Beargrass Station to move to Lynn Station, which was a more secure area. For unknown reasons, Boone's and several other families delayed moving for two days. When they finally left the station on 14 Sept. 1781, they were surrounded at Long Run Creek by a large party of Indians reinforced by British soldiers under the command of Capt. Alexander McKee. An estimated sixty people were killed by the Indians; only a handful, including Squire Boone, escaped."
"The first Dutch emigration to Kentucky in a company was in 1781, to White Oak Station...Among the immigrants were HENRY BANTA, sr., HENRY BANTA, jr., ABRAHAM BANTA and JOHN BANTA. A little later the colonists went where Harrodsburg now stands, but in the course of a few years they established themselves permanently about a village now called Pleasureville, then Six Mile, in Henry County. {For more about the Six Mile settlement, see http://www.sweet-home-spun.com/dutch.htm.} There some of them purchased twelve thousand acres {12,000} of land which they called the 'Low Dutch Tract,' and divided it among themselves....
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| Map of the Wilderness Road |
"Those whose attention has not been directed to the subject can have no adequate idea of the hardships and the perils of this long journey from eastern Pennsylvania to Kentucky. At that period Conewago {PA} was almost at the western limit of settlement, and between it and Kentucky was an unbroken wilderness of over six hundred {600} miles. The road by which these pioneers travelled was doubtless that known as "The Wilderness Road," which passed through the valley of Virginia, between the Blue Ridge and the Alleghanies, and across the mountains by Cumberland Gap to Fort Harrod. The road was really only a "trace." No wagon passed over it until at least fifteen {15} years later, and these colonists were compelled to journey on foot and with pack-horses. The "pack-saddle" was a forked branch of a tree fastened on the horse, upon which hung all the household goods and provisions.
"One of the early accounts of such a journey in 1779 describes the 'men on foot with their trusty riles on their shoulders, driving stock and leading pack-horses, and the women, some walking with pails on their heads, while others riding with children in their laps, and other children swung in baskets on horses, camping at night, expecting to be massacred by Indians, subsisting on the stinted allowances of stale bread and meat, encountering bears, wolves and wildcats in the narrow bridle-path overgrown with brush and underwood.'
"Another account mentions that a colony, migrating to Kentucky in 1783, had reached with a half-dozen miles of the first settlement in the territory, when seven families of the train stopped to encamp for the night, the others passing on. That night the Indians attacked the families who had encamped and all were killed except one man. One of HENRY BANTA's sons was killed by the Indians in Kentucky.
"At the time of removal to Kentucky, HENRY BANTA was the father of twenty-one {21} children, of whom three had died in infancy, and his oldest son had recently died leaving nine children, who were brought up by their grandfather. Five or six of his sons were married--two of whom, SAMUEL and PETERIUS, remained for awhile in Pennsylvania, as did his three married daughters. His family, who accompanied him in this toilsome, dangerous journey of several months' duration, consisted of his wife and twelve {12} children, five of whom were under twelve {12} years of age, and nineteen grandchildren, almost all of whom were under twelve {12} years of age.
"An account of the settlement of the 'Low Dutch Tract,' written by Mr. George W. Demaree {a corruption of Demarest, the name of a prominent family in the settling of Nieuw Amsterdam, the original Dutch colony in New York, who were related by marriage to the Banta family}, was published in the Shelby Courant, Shelbyville, Ky., May 15, 1873, and...is quoted therefrom, to illustrate some of the difficulties these hardy pioneers encountered in building their new homes on 'dark and bloody ground':
'...About ten years before the final settlement was effected--i.e., about the year 1785, Capt. DANIEL BANTA, CORNELIUS BANTA and JOHN BANTA, Sr., followed the "trace" leading from Harrod's station in Mercer County to HOAGLAND's station, in what was afterwards Shelby County, till within a few miles of the latter place where they boldly plunged into the wilderness, and built a cabin about two miles north-east of Hoagland's station {later called} the old Magruder farm, now the property of Thomas Eaton, Esq. This was, beyond doubt, the first cabin built in the limits of the Dutch tract. It was constructed of blue ash logs, and was torn down but a few years ago, after having braved the storms for more than eighty {80} winters.
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'The Bantas, while on their hunting expeditions, doubtless saw a considerable part of the tract of land afterwards purchased by the Dutch Company--though hardly all of it, as it was no child's play to explore so vast a wilderness....{there is} no means at hand of knowing the precise number of acres contained in the original survey, but...it could not {have been} less than fifteen or twenty thousand {15,000-20,000} acres. The Bantas enjoyed their novel position for but a short time when one of those periodical storms of wrath burst in upon the frontier settlements, and they wisely retired to Hoagland's station. The station was poorly manned and provisioned at the time, and was threatened daily with an attack from the redskins. So squally did the times become that the little garrison determined to send to Harrod's station for re-inforcements, etc.
'JAKE BANTA, an officer of the fort (brother to the other Bantas), volunteered to perform the dangerous mission. The wilderness being full of prowling savages, he chose the darkness of night to pass through the "narrows" on the waters of Benson Creek, near where Hardinsville now is. But poor Jake never reached Harrod's station. As he crept silently and all alone in the darkness of night through the dreaded "narrows," the redskins pounced upon him from ambush and cleaved his skull with the tomahawk. They left Capt. Banta on the tragic spot with his own tomahawk buried in his skull as a token of their fierce vengeance. The loss of this brave man was deeply felt by the frontier settlement.
'As soon as the storm had subsided {Daniel, Cornelius and John Banta}...went back to Harrod's station fully satisfied that their attempt to take possession of an isolated wilderness at that time was immature....Their good report of the excellent quality of these lands, carried back to the Dutch Company...led to the purchase and ultimate settlement of the same. The Banta family was both dreaded and hated by the Indians...{for} they had taught the savages many lessons in their own mode of warfare.
'The writer remembers hearing the old folks talk of "Shaker John Banta." This circumstance led him to inquire into the origin of the appellation, and his researches have satisfied him that the Shaker Society of Kentucky had its origin in the limits of the Dutch Settlement--i.e., Shelby County, about the year A. D. 1804. The first Shaker meeting held in Kentucky...was held at the house of John Banta, who was one of the original members of that sect in this State, hence the name....Some of the VORHEES and MONTFORTs adopted the Shaker system at the same time.
'...The long custom of the Dutch Company to have certain things "common," such as tools, farming implements, mills, etc.,...had little to do in preparing the minds of those good men to received the friendly...doctrine of Ann Lee. {Her} doctrine met with but poor success, however, with the mass of the company, hence John Banta and his few associates, separated from them and returned to Mercer County, and purchased the present site of Pleasant Hill...."
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