Friday, July 5, 2019

52 Ancestors - Week 285: #483 Anna (Beck) Van Vorst (1704-before 1749) of Schenectady, New York

Anna (Beck) Van Vorst ( (1704- before 1749) is #483 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandmother, who married  #482 Jacobus Jillise Van Vorst (1703-1797)  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:                      Anna Beck[1–4]    

*  Sex:                          Female    

*  Father:                     Caleb Beck (1675-1733)    
*  Mother:                    Annetje Janse Mol (1678-after 1733)  

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                         before 7 October 1704, Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States[2–5]    
*  Baptism:                   7 October 1704 (after age 0), Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States[2–5]    

*  Distribution:             3 October 1733 (after age 28), father's will proved; Albany, New York, United States[6]    

*  Death:                       before 20 May 1749 (before age 44), Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States[2]  

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):


*  Spouse 1:                     Jacobus Jillise Van Vorst (1703-1797)    
*  Marriage 1:                  14 February 1728 (after age 24), Albany Dutch Reformed Church, Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States[2-4,7]    

*  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)    

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]; a book by Austin A. Yates, Schenectady County, New York : its history to the close of the nineteenth century[3];  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[4].

Anna Beck was born in Schenectady, New York, and was baptized in the First Dutch Reformed Church in Schenectady on 7 October 1704[2-5], the first child of parents Caleb Beck and Anna Mol.  The sponsors were Matthew Schinks and Maria Meby.

She married Jacobus Van Vorst in Albany's Dutch Reformed Church on 14 February 1728[2-4,7].  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-????).

Anna's father, Caleb Beck wrote his will on 8 March 1728, and it was proved on 3 October 1733 in Albany County Surrogates Court[6].  Anna (Beck) Van Vorst was not named in the will.

There is no known death record or burial record for Anna (Beck) Van Vorst.  She certainly died after her last child was born on 23 February 1746, and before Jacobus married, secondly, Sarah Fonda, daughter of Jellis Fonda, on 20 May 1749 in Schenectady[2], leaving Jacobus with at least seven minor children.
   
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), pages 10-11, Caleb Beck family sketch, and page 246, Jacobus Van Vorst family sketch.

3. Austin A. Yates, Schenectady County, New York : its history to the close of the nineteenth century (New York : New York History Co., 1902), pages 236 and 266-267, Caleb Beck family sketch.

4. 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).

5. "U.S. Dutch Reformed Church Records from Selected States, 1639-1989," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), New York > Schenectady > Schenectady Baptisms, Vol. 1, Book 41, page 17 (image 21 of 163), Anna Beck entry.

6. "New York County, New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1658-1880 (NYSA)," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com) citing original records from New York State Archives, Series No. J0038-82: Probated Wills, 1671-1815 Wills, > Box 01-02, Aretse, Rutt-Arentse, Johannes, 1679-1760, images 299-301 of 552, Caleb Beck probate file, 1733.

7. 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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NOTE:  In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2019 to 312 Ancestors in 312 Weeks.


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