Jacobus Jillise Van Vorst ( (1703- before 1797) is #482 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandfather, who married #483 Anna Beck (1704-before 1749) in 1728 in Albany, New York.
I am descended through:
* their daughter #241 Anna Van Vorst (1732-1789) married #240 John Kemp (1723-1795) in about 1760.
* their son #120 John Kemp (1768-1864) married #121 Mary Dafoe (1776-1832) in 1795.
* their son #60 Abraham Kemp (1795-1881) married #61 Sarah Fletcher (1802-before 1850) in 1818.
* their son #30 James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902) married #31 Mary Jane Sovereen (18401874) in 1861.
* their daughter #15 Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952) married #14 Charles Auble (1849-1916) in 1898.
* their daughter #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977), married #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976) in 1918.
* their daughter #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Jacobus Jillise Van Vorst[1–2]
* Alternate Name: Jacobus Van Vorst[3-4]
* Alternate Name: Jacob Van Vorst[5]
* Sex: Male
* Father: Jillis Jacobse Van Vorst (1670-1735)
* Mother: Elisabeth Janse Van Eps (1674-1735)
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: before 12 December 1703, Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States[1-4]
* Baptism: 12 December 1703 (after age 0), Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States[1–4]
* Will: 6 December 1790 (after age 86), will written; Schenectady, New York, United States[3]
* Death: before 5 December 1797 (before age 93), Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States[3]
* Burial: before 5 December 1797 (before age 93), Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States[3]
* Probate: 5 December 1797 (after age 93), will proved; Schenectady, New York, United States[3]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Anna Beck (1704-1749)
* Marriage 1: 14 February 1728 (after age 24), Albany Dutch Reformed Church, Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States[1–3,5]
* Child 1: Margriet Vedder Van Vorst (1726- )
* Child 2: Caleb Van Vorst (1728- )
* Child 3: Elizabeth Van Vorst (1730-1805)
* Child 4: Anna Van Vorst (1732-1789)
* Child 5: Jellis Van Vorst (1735-1823)
* Child 6: Engletje Van Vorst (1738-1821)
* Child 7: Johannes Van Vorst (1741-1844)
* Child 8: Abraham Van Vorst (1743-1837)
* Child 9: Jan Baptist Van Vorst (1746-1830)
* Spouse 2: Sarah Fonda (1713- )
* Marriage 2: 20 May 1749 (after age 45), Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States[1–3]
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
The data for this family was obtained from a book by Cuyler Reynolds, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs[1], a book by Jonathan Pearson, Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of Patent and City of Schenectady from 1662 to 1800[2], and the Van Vorst Papers collection in the Schenectady Library. Cheryl Kemp Taber has researched and collected a wealth of information about this family, and posted it in her WorldConnect database on Rootsweb (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com) titled "Kemps and Kin" updated 27 December 2017[3].
Jacobus Jillise Van Vorst was was born in the log house erected by his father on Green street, Schenectady, New York, and was baptized in the First Dutch Reformed Church in Schenectady on 12 December 1703 to parents Jelles Van Vorst and Lysebet Van Neps, their third child[4]. The sponsors were Dirk Bratt and Maria Van Neps.
He married Anna Beck in Albany's Dutch Reformed Church on 14 February 1728[5]. They had nine children, all born in Schenectady and only Caleb and Elizabeth are not in the Schenectady church baptismal records:
* Margriet Vedder Van Vorst (1726-????).
* Caleb Van Vorst (1728-????)
* Elizabeth Van Vorst (1730-1805), married 1747 to Gerardus Quackenbush (1721-????).
* Anna Van Vorst (1732-1789), married (1) Nicolas Tjerkse Van der Bogart (1723-1758) in 1753 and (1) John Kemp (1723-1795).
* Jellis Van Vorst (1735-1823), married 1756 Annatje Berrit (1736-1810).
* Engeltje Van Vorst (1738-1821), married Thomas Welch (1732-1821).
* Johannes Van Vorst (1741-1844), married 1762 Sarah Kittel (1744-1834).
* Abraham Van Vorst (1743-1837), married 1769 Maria Heemstraat (1751-1835).
* Jan Baptist Van Vorst (1746-1830), married 1768 Margarita Marinus (1737-????).
Jacobus owned property in Schenectady near the upper end of Green Street, in an area completely transformed in the 19th century by the Erie Canal, two railroads and the sprawling factories of the Locomotive Works.
He subscribed, in 1730, one pound to the church building fund. When the new parsonage was built, in 1753, on the lot next to the house where, in all probability, he was born, he furnished the bricks for the building at a price of one pound per thousand bricks[3].
Jacobus Van Vorst inherited the farm of his father on Alplaus Road in Glenville, New York by 1735, and cleared up the title of the farm in 1792[3].
Anna (Beck) Van Vorst died before 20 May 1749 in Schenectady, leaving Jacobus with at least seven minor children.
Jacobus Van Vorst married, secondly, Sarah Fonda, daughter of Jellis Fonda, on 20 May 1749 in Schenectady[1-3].
He was probably too old to serve in the Revolution and his name does not appear on any militia rolls[3].
There is no known death record or burial record for Jacobus Van Vorst. He may have died between 1792 and 1797.
Jacobus Van Vorst made his will on 6 December 1790, and it was proved on 5 December 1797 in Schenectady[3]. The transcription of the will is:
"In the name of God Amen, I Jacobus Van Vorst of Schenectady in the County of Albany, State of New York being weak in Body, but of sound memory, blessed be God, do this sixth day of December one thousand seven hundred & Ninety make and [publish this my last will] & testament in manner following that is to say, First I give to my son Jelles Van Vorst six weeks after my Decease the Sum of six Shillings as his birth or primogeniture Right.
ITEM-I give and bequeath to my son Jelles Van Vorst the House and Lot I purchased of [James Cassady Lying on theEast Side] of the Street that comes from Albany Street and goes into the Woods past the House I now live in and the pasture I purchased of Arent Bradt which lays on the Road that leads to John Farley and to his heirs and assigns for ever.
ITEM-I give and bequeath to my son John Van Vorst the one half of the Land I have on the Manor below the old orchard and were the Land I have on the Manor below the old orchard and were the old Road used to go, at the ditch along by the old Bridge and from there with a West Line to the Road past Jelles Fondas mills he to have the lower End, half, or part, adjoining the Lands he purchased of Adam Van Slyck and to his Heirs and assigns for ever.
ITEM-I give & bequeath to my son Abraham Van Vorst the House and Lot of Ground where I now live and the Lot adjoining were his House stands which he built adjoining me, and to his heirs and assigns for ever.
ITEM-I give & bequeath to my son John Baptist Van Vorst all my Real Estate not already at the Manor by this my Will and Testament bequeathed and to his Heirs and assigns for ever.
ITEM-I give & bequeath to my daughters Elizabeth Quackenbos wife of Garardus Quackenbos, Angelina Welch wife of Thomas Welch and to Cherick Van de Bogart Son of Nicholas Van de Bogart in trust that he will and sufficiently keep & maintain Rachel Camp daughter of John Camp by my daughter Nancy [three words erased] all the Lands [I bought] of the Heirs of John Vedder deceased adjoining the Land of [Adrian] Van Sylck and to their Heirs and assigns for ever. Then I give & bequeath to my said daughters Elizabeth Quackenbos & Angelica Welch & in trust to Cherick Van de Bogart for keeping & maintaining Rachel Camp daughter of John Camp all the Stock & Cows to be divided equally among them & to their heirs & assigns for ever. Then I give & bequeath to my son John Van Vorst my Nigro Christian & his Heirs & assigns for ever.
ITEM-I give & bequeath to my son John Bt. Van Vorst my Nigro Jacob & the small meadow called the Steen Place & to his Heirs & assigns for ever.
ITEM-I give & bequeath to my sons John Van Vorst and John Baptist Van Vorst all my money Notes and Book Debts and to their Heirs and assigns for ever, they paying all my just Debt and funeral charges.
ITEM-I give & bequeath all the Furniture & Cloathes, excepting what is given to Rebecca Van Antwerp, wife of Gerrit Van Antwerp [to] the Heirs of my late wife Sisters deceased & to their Heirs & assigns for ever, that is what I received as a Legacy by her from her Father Jelles Fonda deceased. I give my Nigro Jan a free manumission of Slavery after my death he paying the sum of Thirty pounds four Years after his manumission or after my decease [ ] my Sons John Van Voras & John B Van Vorst & their Heirs & assigns for ever.
ITEM-I give & bequeath (Rebecca Van Antwerp wife of Gerrit V Antwerp) the Income Profits & Liberty of two apple trees the one standing the lower side of the Fence near the River & the other on the upper side of the fence near the River at the upper side of the orchard.
ITEM-I give & bequeath to my Sons Jelles, John, Abraham and John Baptist all my wearing apparel.
ITEM-I give my Horses, Waggon, and farming Utensils to my son John Baptist Van Vorst and to his Heirs & assigns for ever.
ITEM-I give my household Furniture to be divided among all my children and to their Heirs and assigns for ever. I give & bequeath my Nigro Wench Jane free Liberty to chuse a master or mistress among my children they or whosoever she makes choice of to pay Eighteen Pounds to be divided among my daughters Elizabeth & Angelica to be paid two years after my decease & lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my Friends John Peak, Nicholas Yates and Jacob Clute to be my Executors of this last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day and year first above written."
The words Rebecca Van Antwerp wife of Gerrit Van Antwerp interlined with the Erazures and obliterations before Execution.
Sealed & Delivered in Presence of
James Whyte,
Caty Murey,
J.A. Fonda.
Schenectady, Dec. 5, 1797.
Received of John Thompson on this written will Seven Pounds four shillings.
signed by- Jelles A. Fonda.
[Note: In the transcript of the above will, words in brackets [thus] are either partly destroyed by folds or are difficult to decipher and so somewhat doubtful][3].
5. SOURCES
1. Cuyler Reynolds, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911), Volume III, pages 1164-1166, Van Vorst family sketches.
2. Jonathan Pearson, Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of Patent and City of Schenectady from 1662 to 1800 (Albany, N.Y. : J. Munsell, 1873), page 246, Jaobus Van Vorst family sketch.
3. Cheryl Kemp Taber, "Kemps and Kin," online database, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project (http://wc.rootsweb.com), updated 27 December 2017, Jacobus Van Vorst page (https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cdn%2Dkemp&id=I5735).
4. "U.S. Dutch Reformed Church Records from Selected States, 1639-1989," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), New York, Schenectady, "Schenectady Baptisms," Volume 1, Book 41, typescript, page 16 (mage 22 of 163), Jacobus Van Vorst entry.
5. U.S. Dutch Reformed Church Records from Selected States, 1639-1989, New York > Albany > "Albany, Vol II, Book 2," page 255 (stamped) (image 259 of 308), Jacob Van Vorst and Anna Beck marriage entry.
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