Engeltie Barentse BLOM

Bef 1652 - 1690

• Name	Engeltie Barentse BLOM
  Death	Between 8 and 9 Feb 1690	Schenectady, Albany [now Schenectady] County, NY
  	Cause: Massacre of 1690
  Birth	Bef 12 May 1652	NY
  Christening	12 May 1652	NY
  Gender	Female
  AFN	B9PG-CX
  Reference Number	2s1
  Notes	(1) Additions and Corrections to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 66, No. 1 (January 1935), p. 89: Engeltie Blom, the first wife of Adam Vrooman, was a daughter of Barent Jansz (Blom) from Stockholm (not Ockholm, in Schleswig, as given in Riker's History of Harlem), who married on Sept. 15, 1641, Styntie Pieters, of the same place. (2) Wickersham, Grace Vrooman and Comstock, Ernest Bernard, The Vrooman Family in America: 1949, p. 14: Adam Vrooman was married three times. His first wife, Engeltie Blom, bp May 12, 1652, dau of Barent Janszen Blom and Styntie Pieters. (3) www.findagrave.com: Engeltje Barentse Blom Vrooman Birth: May 12, 1652, New York, USA Death: Feb. 8, 1690, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA Killed with her young child in The Schenectady Massacre. It was an attack against the village of Schenectady in the colony of New York on 1690-02-08. It was carried out by a party of over 200 French and Sault and Algonquin Indian raiders that set out from Montreal to attack English outposts to the south, and was intended as retaliation for a series of devastating Iroquois raids for which the English had provided weapons and ammunition. Isolated northern and western settlements were the targets. Late on February 8, when a scouting party reported that no one was guarding the stockade at Schenectady, a decision was made to attack at once, despite the bitter cold. The original target was Fort Orange (present day Albany), but when Schenectady was discovered to be defenseless the raiding party decided to attack here instead. In the bloody midnight massacre which followed, houses and barns were torched and men, women and children were slaughtered. Many were in night clothing and had no time to arm themselves. By the morning of February 9, the thriving community lay in ruins - more than 60 buildings were burned and residents were dead, taken prisoner, or fled as refugees to the safety of the fort at Albany. Family links: Spouse: Adam Hendricksz Meese Vrooman (1649 - 1730) Burial: vrooman family land, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA Created by: sandra potter Record added: Jul 20, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 73662062
  Person ID	I119	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Barent Janszen BLOM
  Mother	Styntie PIETERS
  Marriage	15 Sep 1641	Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherland [now New York City, New York County, NY]   [1]
  Family ID	F764	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adam Hendrickse VROOMAN,   b. 1649, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland d. 25 Feb 1730, Schoharie, Albany [now Schoharie] County, NY (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1678	Schenectady, Albany [now Schenectady] County, NY
  Children	1. Barent VROOMAN,   b. 1679, Schenectady, Albany [now Schenectady] County, NY d. 14 Aug 1746, Albany, Albany County, NY (Age 67 years)   2. Wouter VROOMAN,   b. 9 Sep 1680, Schenectady, Albany [now Schenectady] County, NY d. 26 Oct 1756, Schenectady, Albany [now Schenectady] County, NY (Age 76 years)   3. Pieter VROOMAN,   b. 4 May 1684, Schenectady, Albany [now Schenectady] County, NY d. 20 Dec 1771, Vrooman's Land, Schoharie, Albany [now Schoharie] County, NY (Age 87 years)   4. Christiana VROOMAN,   b. 18 Oct 1685, Schenectady, Albany [now Schenectady] County, NY d. Bef 1748 (Age < 62 years)   5. Capt. Hendrick Adamse VROOMAN,   b. 1687, Schenectady, Albany [now Schenectady] County, NY d. 12 Oct 1739, Schenectady, Albany [now Schenectady] County, NY (Age 52 years)   6. --- VROOMAN,   b. Abt 1689, Schenectady, Albany [now Schenectady] County, NY d. Between 8 and 9 Feb 1690, Schenectady, Albany [now Schenectady] County, NY
  Family ID	F760	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) Records of the Reformed Dutch Church inNew York, New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1875), pp. 33-34: Ao 1641. . . . Sept. . . . den 15 dicto. Barent Janszen, j. m. Van Stockholm, en Styntie Pieters j. d. als voren [from the same place].