Saturday, May 10, 2014

Surname Saturday - VAN EPS (Netherlands > colonial New York)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 7th great-grandmothers and I'm up to #961, but I don't know who she is, nor #963, so we're up to Ancestor #965, who is ELIZABETH VAN EPS (1674-1735)
.   [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three generations in this VAN EPS family line is:

1.  Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)


6.  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7.  Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)

14.  Charles Auble (1849-1916)
15.  Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952)

30.  James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902)

31.  Mary Jane Sovereen (1841-1874)

60.  Abraham James Kemp (1795-1881)
61.  Sarah Sephrona Fletcher (1802-1865)

120.  John Kemp (1768-1861)
121.  Mary Dafoe (1776-1850)

240.  John Kemp (1723-1795)
241.  Anna Van Vorst (1732-1789)

482.  Jacobus Van Vorst (1703-1790)
483.  Anna Beck (1704-1749)

964.  Jillis Jacobse Van Vorst, born about 1670 in New York, United States; died after 1735 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States.  He was the son of 1928. Jacobus Gerritse Van Vorst and 1929. Sara Jillise Fonda.  He married 16 July 1699 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States.
965.  Elisabeth Van Eps, born about 1674 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States; died after 1735 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States.  

Children of Jillis Van Vorst and Elisabeth Van Eps are:
*  Jacobus Van Vorst (1700-1703)
*  Johannes Gillise Van Vorst (1701-1745), married 1726 Hanna Marselis (1701-1746)
*  Jacobus Van Vorst (1703-1790), married (1) 1728 Anna Beck (1704-1749), (2) 1749 Sarah Fonda.
*  Dirk Van Vorst (1705-????), married (1) 1733 Jannetje Bosie (1706-1758), (2) 1758 Maria Hall (1726-????).
*  Gerrit Van Vorst (1708-????), married 1735 Margriet Bosie (1708-????).
*  Douw Van Vorst (1710-????), married Margaret Bosie.
*  Jan Baptist Van Vorst (1711-1789), married 1739 Catharine Marselis (1715-1760).
*  Sara Van Vorst (1713-????), married 1745 William Devoe (1710-????).
*  Elisabeth Van Vorst (1716-????), married 1739 William Bett.
*  Gysbert Van Vorst (1721-????).

1930.  Johannes Dirckse Van Eps, born 08 February 1630 in Fort Orange, Albany, New York, United States; died 09 February 1690 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States.  He married 1666 in New York, United States.
1931.  Elisabeth Janse Douw, born about 1635 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States; died before May 1735 in New York, United States.  She was the daughter of 3862. Jan Douw.

Children of Johannes Van Eps and Elisabeth Douw are:
*  Maritje Van Eps (1667-????), married 1684 Dirck Arentse Bradt (1661-1735).
*  Johannes Baptist Van Eps (1673-1731), married 1699 Helena Sanderse Glen (1681-????).
*  Elisabeth Van Eps (1674-1735), married (1) 1693 Thomas Pieterse Viele; (2) 1699 Jillis Jacobse Van Vorst (1670-1735).
*  Evert Van Eps (1679-????), married (1) Elizabeth Truax; (2) 1705 Eva Toll.
*  Maria Van Eps (1681-????).
*  Anna Van Eps (1683-????), married 1704 Coenrant Ten Eyck (1675-????).
*  Sara Van Eps (1687-????), married Arent Danielse Van Antwerpen.

3860.  Dirck Janse Van Eps, born 1603 in Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died 1652 in Fort Orange, Albany, New York, United States.  He married 1622 in Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
3861.  Maritie Damen, born about 1603 in Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died 03 July 1692 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States.

Children of Dirck Van Eps and Maritie Damen are:
*  Lysbeth Dirckse Van Eps (1623-1693), married 1658 Gerrit Bancker (1620-1691).
*  Johannes Dirckse Van Eps (1630-1690), married 1666 Elisabeth Janse Douw (1635-1735).

Information about the Van Eps family of colonial New York was obtained from:

1)  Jonathan Pearson, Contributions for the Genealogies of The First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany, from 1630 to 1800 (Albany, N.Y. : J. Munsell, 1873)


2)  George Van Epps, Genealogy of the Van Epps Family (Needham, Mass. : R.J. Van Epps, 1980).

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