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John LOW

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  • Name John LOW 
    Christening 25 Apr 1685  Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth Bef 29 Apr 1685  New York City, New York County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Name Jan LOW 
    Will 9 Mar 1729  Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Bef 30 May 1729  Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate 30 May 1729  Hunterdon County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (1) http://www.altlaw.com/edball/dutchbap.htm:

      Baptisms at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam (1639-1730)
      Manually Entered by Theodore Brassard

      [Note: The baptisms are laid out in order as follows: The date of the baptism; the parents; the child; and the witnesses. Note the separation of each item by semicolons.]

      BAPTISMS OF 1685 . . .

      29 Apr; Laurens Janszen, Maria Aldricx; Jan; Cornelis Janszen, Aeltie Waldron

      (2) Riker, James, Revised History of Harlem (City of New York), New York, NY: New Harlem Publishing Co., 1904, pp. 579-580:

      Jan (John) (6), (son of Laurens Jansen), was deacon of the Reformed Church at North Branch, N. J., in 1721.

      6. Jan (John), baptized April 29, 1685, married Jannetie Corsen. June 20, 1707. had eight children. Resided in Somerset County, N. J. . . .

      JAN (JOHN) (6) HAD ISSUE:

      16. Gysbert, baptized October 9, 1714, married Persila _____, had one child.

      17. Lawrence, born about 1711, married Geertje Rosa, had seven children.

      18. Benjamin, baptized October 17, 1716, married Neeltje Van Nest, had eight children.

      19. Cornelius, born about 1718, married Johanna Jansen, had two children.

      20. Marytje, baptized April 4, 1719, married Jan Kool, March 19, 1749, had five children.

      21. Wenitje (Lavinia), baptized April 4, 1721.

      22. Metje (Mary), baptized August 18, 1723.

      23. Yeunis (Tunis). baptized April 3, 1728, married Maayke (Mary) Hall, had three children.

      (3) Lowe, Houston, "The Readington Lowe (Low) Family, Somerset County Historical Quarterly, vol. 6 (1917), p. 204:

      Jan, bapt. . . . Apr. 29, 1685; m., 1707, Jannetie Corssen. He removed to near Readington, N. J. in Amwell township, Hunterdon co., where he was a deacon of the Reformed church at Readington. His will of Mar. 9, 1728, probat. May 30, 1729, mentions his wife, "Yannaca;" sons Lawrence, Gysbert, Benjamin, Tunis; and daus. Maria, Ibinca and Maica. (Trenton Wills, Book 3, p. 48). The son Lawrence also lived in Readington twsp., Hunterdon co., he and wife joining Readington ch. in 1749. His will of May 6, 1764, probat. Nov. 19 of that year, mentions his mother "Yannica," his wife Charity, and his sons John, Guisbert and Henry. (Trenton Wills, Vol. 12, p. 141).

      (4) Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 1670-1760, [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000

      Page: 298
      Name: John Low
      Date: 09 Mar 1728-9
      Location: Amwell Township, Hunterdon Co.
      will of. Wife Yanaca. Children - Lawrence, Gysbert, Benjamin, Cornelius, Tunis, Marica, Minar and Winca. Real and personal estate. Executors - brothers Albert and Cornelius Low. Witnesses - Adrian Oten (Aten), Peter van Este, John Reading. Proved May 30, 1729.
      Lib. 3, p. 48
      1729 May 31. Inventory of the personal estate, ??87.5.6; made by Adriyan Aten and Peter van Este.
      Hunterdon Wills
    Person ID I11333  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 

    Father Laurens Jansen KORTRIGHT,   b. 1651, Beest, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1727 (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Mary ROOSA,   b. Abt 1652, Herwijnen, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1 Nov 1672  Kingston, Ulster County, NY [originally named Wiltwyck, later Esopus] Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (1) Source: Courtright, Dudley Vattier, History of the Van Kortryks or Courtrights, Columbus, OH: F.J. Heer Printing Co., 1924, p. 64.
    Family ID F5236  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jannetie CORSEN,   b. Bef 22 May 1687, New York City, New York County, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 9 Mar 1729 (Age > 42 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jun 1707  New York City, New York County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lawrence LOW,   b. Abt 1711   d. Bef 19 Nov 1764, Hunterdon County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 53 years)
     2. Gysbert LOW,   b. Bef 9 Oct 1714, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Benjamin LOW,   b. Bef 17 Oct 1716, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Cornelius LOW,   b. Abt 1718
     5. Marytje LOW,   b. Bef 4 Apr 1719, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Wenitje LOW,   b. Bef 14 Apr 1721
     7. Metje LOW,   b. Bef 18 Aug 1723, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Tunis LOW,   b. Bef 3 Apr 1728, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5235  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024