Under Andries all I have is a marriage between

George S. Andries to Louisa Upright, both of Wallkill on March 31, 1910

The only Magdalena Decker born is in 1762 (no date otherwise) to Jonathan Decker and wife Cathrina Terwilliger

I have a will here of a Matty Jansen..it mentions his daughter Marritie Jansen married to a Johannis Decker ...both have a daughter named Magdalena and a Ragel...the will is from 1727....would that be of any interest?

Barbara

Dear Dave,

The records of the Reformed Church of Shawangunk, as published, only begin in 1750. The church itself was built between 1751 and 1755 and the first formal congregation was assembled in 1753. See:

http://www.shawangunkreformed.org/aboutus.htm

I believe the Lena Decker you are asking about was baptized at Rochester (recorded at Kingston) and the record reads as follows:

[Hoes B#2729] 10 Jan 1720; Willem Dekker, Rachel Van Aaken, Lena, "Bp'd in Raysester," [Rochester], Ysaak Van Aaken, Leentjen Zuyland

Her brother Abraham was also baptized at Kingston:

[Hoes B#2957] 14 Jan 1722; Willem Dekker, Rachel Van Aaken; Abrhaham; Wit: Willem West, and his wife.


Dorothy Koenig was kind enough to post the following on John Andrew and his wife Lena [Decker] back in 2008:

Dorothy wrote:

On 12 July 1761 John and Lena Andrew were witnesses (godparents) at the baptism of little "John", the son of Thomas Andrew and Rachel Oostrander.

Two years earlier on 21 Nov 1759 in the same church John Andrew and Lena Decker were witnesses at the baptism of little "Moses", the son of Abraham Smeedes and Geertie Swart.

On pages 587 and 588 of the compiled "Ostrander, a genealogical record..." published in 1999, it says that the Thomas Andrew who married Rachel Ostrander was the son of John Andrew and Lena ____. Thomas Andrew and Rachel Ostrander were married in Shawangunk Church on 10 February 1760. Rachel's older brother, Jacobus Ostrander,
married Elizabeth Andrew, sister of Thomas.

The Ostrander book also says, "...Elizabeth Andrew came from a family noted for its Loyalist activities. Elizabeth's father, John Andrew, had been driven from his home in Half Moon by harassment from a pack of Super-Patriots who considered him a dangerous man. He lost his home and possessions and was age 72, but he managed to struggle through the wilderness for and entire year before reaching safe haven in Canada...Others of the Andrew surname who preferred British Canada to Revolutionary New York included Abraham, George, Joseph, Michael, and Robert Andrew."

Dorothy Koenig in an email to NYUlster dated 19 Sep 2008


Best regards,
Pam Sears

Barbara wrote:

I have a will here of a Matty Jansen..it mentions his daughter Marritie Jansen married to a Johannis Decker ...both have a daughter named Magdalena and a Ragel...the will is from 1727....would that be of any interest?
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The will above referred to is this:

Anjou, Gustave, Ulster County, N.Y. probate records in the office of the surrogate, and in the county clerk's office at Kingston, N.Y.
New York: G. Anjou, 1906, pp 116-117
Book of Deeds, Liber III (CC)
Page 353 -- Mattys Jansen of Kingston, Cordwainer; will dated 21 Aug 1727
Legacies to children eldest son Johannes, daughters Magdalena & Ragel, sons Thomas, Cornelis & Jacobus, and Grietie (wife of Lewis de Bois) and Marritie (wife of Johannis Decker). Eldest son Johannis, brother Thomas Jansen and brother John Crooke Junior appointed guardians of youngest children. Four sons Johannis, Thomas, Cornelis and Jacob appointed Executors. Signed by testator. Witnesses: Petrus Vas, Hendrick Jansen, and Gil Livingston. Codicil dated 21 Aug 1727. Proved in Court 5 Oct 1727 (1st year of George II).

Matthys Jansen and wife Rachel Popinga did indeed have daughters Magdalena and Rachel, but Johannes Decker and his wife Marritje Jansen did not have a daughter Magdalena.


Best regards,
Pam Sears

There is noting in the Shawangunk book about a Thomas Decker and wife Esther Green..could they have been married in Rochester, Kingston or in that vicinity?

Barbara

Nothing in this church book..I see a Lewis Mandeville, age 64, died 11/20/1925 and buried in New Paltz, lot C 216..and in lot C 217218 is a Naomi Johnson, George, Augustus, infant Herbert Johnson, Jennie age 1, Lucile, age2 and a Grace Johnson, age 39.
Are these people of any interest? Do yu think there might be a connection

I will look some more..

Barbara

I have a James Henry Johnson of Plattekill married to Harriet Dubois of Gardiner - colored - May 16, 1853.
(Shawangunk)

In my Wawarsing Churchbook:

1802 - no date - Revd. G. Mandeville and Margaret DeWitt had Maria Jones, b. Feb 10, 1802

Rev. Garret Mandeville and Margaret De Witt had Sarah b. Aug 17, 1804

Rev G. Mandeville and Margaret DeWitt got married Jan 10, 1799 in Marbletown at the Reformed Dutch Church.

This is all I have...

Can you look up Simon Davis for me please? His wife was Rachel Rosencranse. There are many variations of the spelling of Rosencranse. Thank you in advance.

I looked in every church book I have from Ulster County and he is not in there...

could he be in Orange County, maybe?

Yes, Barbara.

Lewis Mandeville was my 2nd great grand uncle and the Johnson's would be my cousins. I am trying to find out where the Mandevilles and the Johnsons came from. Would you know if the Johnsons are the same Johnsons from the Island of Madagascar as is written in the booklet of the Black History of Ulster County?

Thank-you for your time,
Darleen