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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

VROOM -- (3 Generations) Holland > New Amsterdam > NJ > Quebec

The VROOM is one of my old Dutch lines. They moved from New Amsterdam, New York, to New Jersey, then to Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. I am beginning with my 2nd generation. My direct lines are in green.  If you have any of these names and wish to share information, please contact me.

Descendants of HENDRICK CORSSEN VROOM
  
Generation No. 1

1.  HENDRICK CORSSEN VROOM  (CORNELIUS PIETERSEN) was born Abt. November 30, 1653 in New Amsterdam, New York.  He married (1) JUDITH RAPALIE. He married (2) JOSINA/ SYTJE / JOSYNTJE PIETERSEN VAN NESS Abt. 1676, daughter of PIETER VAN NESS and JUDITH RAPALJE. She was born Abt. January 23, 1655/56 in New York, and died Bef. February 1742/43 in Somerset Co., New Jersey.
     
Children of HENDRICK VROOM and JOSINA/ VAN NESS were:
2.                i.    CORS/ CORSEN/ CORNELIUS VROOM, b. Abt. June 27, 1677, New York.
                  ii.    PETER VROOM, b. March 13, 1680/81.
3.              iii.    HENDRICK VROOM, b. Abt. May 13, 1683, Flatbush, Kings Co., New York; d. Bet. October 16, 1756 - July 03, 1769, of Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey.
                 iv.    HANS VROOM, b. 1685.
                  v.    RYCE VROOM, b. 1687; m. GARTIGHT STEVENS.
                 vi.    GEORGE VROOM, b. Abt. 1689; d. Bef. December 02, 1756, Piscataqua, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; m. SARAH (__).
                vii.    KATRYNA/ KATRIJNA/ CATHERINE VROOM, b. Abt. April 06, 1690, Brooklyn, New York.
               viii.    JUDITH VROOM, b. Abt. March 16, 1696/97.


Generation No. 2

2.  CORS / CORSEN/ CORNELIUS VROOM (HENDRICK CORSSEN, CORNELIUS PIETERSEN) was born Abt. June 27, 1677 in New York.  He married CATRYNTJE (_)  Bef. 1700 in Raritan, Somerset Co., New Jersey
     
Child of CORS/ VROOM and CATRYNTJE VROOM was:
                   i.    JAN VROOM, b. Bef. April 21, 1702, Raritan, Somerville Co., New Jersey.


3.  HENDRICK VROOM (HENDRICK CORSSEN, CORNELIUS PIETERSEN) was born Abt. May 13, 1683 in Flatbush, Kings Co., New York, and died Bet. October 16, 1756 - July 03, 1769 in of Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey.  He married (1) JANNETJE HANSEN BERGEN January 21, 1710/11 in Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, New York, daughter of GEORGE JORIS BERGEN and SARA STRYKER.  She was born Abt. May 27, 1688 in Brooklyn, New York, and died Bef. January 18, 1744/45.  He married (2) DORTIE DUMONT January 18, 1744/45 in Flatbush, Kings Co., New York
     
Children of HENDRICK VROOM and JANNETJE BERGEN were:
                   i.    JOHN VROOM.
4.               ii.    GEORGE / JORIS VROOM, b. March 21, 1720/21; d. Bet. December 1756 - March 03, 1757, Raritan, Somerset Co., New Jersey.
5.              iii.    HENDRICK VROOM, b. Bef. 1715; d. Bet. September 13 - October 14, 1773, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., New Jersey.
                 iv.    JOSYNTIEN VROOM, b. October 15, 1717, Raritan, Somerville Co., New Jersey.
6.               v.    SARA / SAERTJE VROOM, b. Abt. February 28, 1719/20, Raritan, Somerville Co., New Jersey; d. August 25, 1772.
7.              vi.    MARITJE / MARIA VROOM, b. April 16, 1721, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. February 13, 1785, Readington, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey.
8.             vii.    PETER VROOM, b. March 25, 1722, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York; d. Bet. August 31, 1766 - September 22, 1768, Somerset Co., New Jersey.
9.            viii.    BRACHIA / BRACHIE VROOM, b. August 23, 1725, of Somerset, New Jersey; d. February 04, 1791, Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey.
                 ix.    JANNETJE VROOM, b. Abt. September 11, 1728, Harlingen, Somerset Co., New Jersey.
                  x.    CATRINA VROOM, b. Abt. April 12, 1733, Harlingen, Somerset Co., New Jersey.


Generation No. 3

4.  GEORGE / JORIS VROOM (HENDRICK, HENDRICK CORSSEN, CORNELIUS PIETERSEN) was born March 21, 1720/21, and died Bet. December 1756 - March 03, 1757 in Raritan, Somerset Co., New Jersey. He married (1) GARRETJE / CHARITY DUMONT February 04, 1740/41 in Somerset, New Jersey, daughter of PETER DUMONT and JANNETJE VEGHTE. She was born March 23, 1720/21 in Raritan, Somerset Co., New Jersey, and died January 25, 1746/47. He married (2) SARA REMSEN September 03, 1754 in New York, New York
     
Children of GEORGE/ VROOM and GARRETJE DUMONT were:
                   i.    JANNETJE VROOM.
                  ii.    HENDRICK VROOM.
                 iii.    JANNETJE VROOM.
                 iv.    HENDRICK D. VROOM, b. 1743; m. JACOMYNTJE VAN NESS; b. Bef. October 20, 1751; d. July 16, 1787.
                  v.    PETER DUMONT VROOM, b. January 27, 1744/45; d. November 17, 1831; m. ELSIE BOGART, June 01, 1775; b. October 12, 1755; d. April 17, 1823.

     
Child of GEORGE/ VROOM and SARA REMSEN was:
                 vi.    JANNETJE VROOM, m. ISAAC DITMARS, September 26, 1771; b. August 01, 1751; d. March 04, 1780, New York.


5.  HENDRICK VROOM (HENDRICK, HENDRICK CORSSEN, CORNELIUS PIETERSEN) was born Bef. 1715, and died Bet. September 13 - October 14, 1773 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., New Jersey.  He married GRIETJE "CHARITY" STAATS
     
Children of HENDRICK VROOM and GRIETJE STAATS were:
                   i.    JANITIE VROOM.
                  ii.    GEORGE VROOM.
                 iii.    PETER VROOM, d. 1816, Nova Scotia, Canada.
                 iv.    HENDRICK VROOM.
                  v.    SINTIE VROOM.
                 vi.    CATHERINE VROOM.
                vii.    LEMMETIE VROOM.
               viii.    JOHN VROOM, b. 1757; d. June 18, 1833, Nova Scotia, Canada; m. JANNETJE wife of ISAAC DITMARS, July 31, 1781, New York; d. January 28, 1850, Nova Scotia, Canada.


6.  SARA / SAERTJE VROOM (HENDRICK, HENDRICK CORSSEN, CORNELIUS PIETERSEN) was born Abt. February 28, 1719/20 in Raritan, Somerville Co., New Jersey, and died August 25, 1772. She married JAN / JOHN VAN NESS November 10, 1746 in Somerset County, New Jersey, son of JOHN VAN NESS and GERRITJE WYCKOFF. He was born Abt. April 29, 1722 in Readington, Somerset Co., New Jersey, and died September 07, 1788 in Montgomery Co., New York.
     
Children of SARA VROOM and JAN VAN NESS were:
                   i.    JOHN VAN NESS, b. May 13, 1750; d. 1773.
                  ii.    JANE VAN NESS, b. March 23, 1752.
                 iii.    SARA VAN NESS, b. May 06, 1755, Somerset Co., New Jersey; m. ANDRIES TENEYCK, Abt. 1780; b. Abt. September 30, 1750, Readington, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey.
                 iv.    HENDRICK VAN NESS, b. October 06, 1757, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. June 10, 1832, Rockland County, New York; m. MARIA / MARY TENEYCK, May 04, 1785, Reformed Dutch Church of Albany; b. September 04, 1763, Raritan, Somerset Co., New Jersey.
                  v.    GEORGE VAN NESS, b. September 04, 1759, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. Bef. 1763.
                 vi.    LENA VAN NESS, b. Abt. November 11, 1759, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. Bef. August 13, 1788.
                vii.    JOSINA VAN NESS, b. March 22, 1761, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. March 07, 1779.
               viii.    GEORGE VAN NESS, b. February 23, 1763.


7.  MARITJE / MARIA VROOM (HENDRICK, HENDRICK CORSSEN, CORNELIUS PIETERSEN) was born April 16, 1721 in Somerset Co., New Jersey, and died February 13, 1785 in Readington, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey.  She married ANDREW ANDRIES TENEYCK November 10, 1746 in Raritan, Somerset Co., New Jersey, son of ANDRIES TENEYCK and ARIAANTJE CRISPEL.  He was born Abt. March 19, 1726/27 in Readington, Somerset Co., New Jersey, and died Aft. August 18, 1799 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
     
Children of MARITJE / VROOM and ANDREW/ANDRIES TENEYCK were:
                   i.    ANDRIES TENEYCK, b. Abt. September 30, 1750, Readington, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey; m. SARA VAN NESS, Abt. 1780; b. May 06, 1755, Somerset Co., New Jersey.
                  ii.    ARIAN / ARIANTIE TENEYCK, b. May 31, 1755, Raritan, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. January 15, 1806, Maryland, Otsego Co., New York; m. THOMAS BURNSIDE, November 07, 1773, (St. Peter's Episcopal Ch.) Albany, Albany Co., New York; b. July 30, 1750, Albany Co., New York; d. July 20, 1827, Maryland, Otsego Co., New York.
                 iii.    HENDRICK (HENRY) TENEYCK, b. Abt. 1759; d. January 23, 1816, Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada; m. JANNETTE DUMONT, Bef. 1787; b. May 01, 1761, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. June 01, 1838, Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
                 iv.    MARIA / MARY TENEYCK, b. September 04, 1763, Raritan, Somerset Co., New Jersey; m. HENDRICK VAN NESS, May 04, 1785, Reformed Dutch Church of Albany; b. October 06, 1757, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. June 10, 1832, Rockland County, New York.
                  v.    GEORGE TENEYCK, b. March 11, 1769, Readington, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. March 13, 1813, Greenbush, Rensselaer Co., New York; m. MAGDALENA UPHAM, Abt. 1788, Montgomery Co., New York; b. December 23, 1763; d. April 1837.


8.  PETER VROOM (HENDRICK, HENDRICK CORSSEN, CORNELIUS PIETERSEN) was born March 25, 1722 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, and died Bet. August 31, 1766 - September 22, 1768 in Somerset Co., New Jersey. He married JANNETJE/ JANE DUMONT August 20, 1750 in Middlesex Co., New Jersey, daughter of PETER DUMONT and JANNETJE VEGHTE.  She was born August 27, 1723 in Raritan, Somerset Co., New Jersey.
     
Children of PETER VROOM and JANNETJE / DUMONT were:
                   i.    PETER VROOM, b. Abt. December 25, 1751, Somerset, New Jersey.
                  ii.    HENDRICK P. VROOM, b. Abt. April 17, 1757; m. SARAH LANE; b. August 16, 1760.
                 iii.    GEORGE VROOM, b. November 14, 1758.
                 iv.    JANNETJE VROOM, b. Abt. September 16, 1753, Readington Church, Somerset Co., New Jersey.
                  v.    IGNATIUS VROOM, b. May 06, 1761, Somerset, New Jersey; d. 1771, Somerset, New Jersey.
                 vi.    SARAH VROOM, b. February 13, 1763, Somerset, New Jersey.


9.  BRACHIA / BRACHIE VROOM (HENDRICK, HENDRICK CORSSEN, CORNELIUS PIETERSEN) was born August 23, 1725 in of Somerset, New Jersey, and died February 04, 1791 in Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey.  She married PETER DUMONT May 19, 1748 in Somerset County, New Jersey, son of PETER DUMONT and JANNETJE VEGHTE.  He was born November 11, 1725 in Raritan, Somerset Co., New Jersey, and died November 24, 1808 in of Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey.
     
Children of BRACHIA VROOM and PETER DUMONT were:
                   i.    JANNETTE DUMONT, b. April 07, 1749, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. 1752, Somerset Co., New Jersey.
                  ii.    JESEINTJE (SYNTIE) DUMONT, b. June 18, 1751, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. Cherry Valley, Ostego, Co., New York; m. ROBERT ROSEBOOM, March 02, 1777, Raritan, Somerset Co., New Jersey.
                 iii.    PETER/ PETRUS DUMONT, b. October 17, 1753, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. March 18, 1807, Cherry Valley, Ostego, Co., New York; m. MARY ROSEBOOM.
                 iv.    HENDRICK DUMONT, b. April 14, 1756, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. May 19, 1775.
                  v.    JOHN BAPTIST DUMONT, b. October 21, 1758, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. June 12, 1832.
                 vi.    JANNETTE DUMONT, b. May 01, 1761, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. June 01, 1838, Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada; m. HENDRICK (HENRY) TENEYCK, Bef. 1787; b. Abt. 1759; d. January 23, 1816, Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
                vii.    BRACHIE DUMONT, b. February 14, 1764, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. February 19, 1853.
               viii.    MARGARET DUMONT, b. October 08, 1766, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. January 02, 1844; m. GARRET TENBROOK.
                 ix.    MARY DUMONT, b. January 03, 1770, Somerset Co., New Jersey; d. November 22, 1848.