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GIVN MOSES
SURN DEPUY
ONE ENTRY SAIS HE DIED 1728 IN NEW YORK
HE WAS IN ULSTER CO, NEW YORK IN 1 SEPT 1687
HE WAS REFORMED DUTCH
RESIDED AT KINGSTON AND ROCHESTER
ONE SOURCE SAYS HE LIVED AT ROCHESTER, ULSTER CO., N.Y.
MOSES IT IS SAID WAS BORN ON THE SEA, HENCE HIS NAME, STUDIED NAVIGATION AND
ENGAGED TO GO AS CAPT ON A MERCHANTMAN. HAD LEISURE TO GO TO KINGSTON, GOT
ACQUAINTED WITH MISS MARIA WYNKOOP - WENT DOWN AND THE SHIP NOT GOING, CAME
AGAIN AND MARRIED. HER LAND WAS TRADED FOR BEEKMAN'S HALF OF BEEKMAN'S AND
HERMAN HENDRICK ROSEKRANS' PATIENT IN ROCHESTER - SETTLED THOUGHT THEY WERE
GOING IN THE WILDERNESS. FRIENDS ALARMED FOR THEIR SAFETY. LIVED SOMETIME UNDER
A TREE. IN 1689 THE HIGHEST FLOOD KNOWN BEFORE OR AFTER IN THE TOWN, MADE HIM
GET WITH HIS FAMILY AND A FEW MOVABLES IN THE BARN, THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS
- GOT ON A SPOT OF GROUND AS SOON AS BARE, AND BARN WAS THROWN DOWN BY A SNOW
FLURRY 2 HOURS AFTER - ASSISTED BY ROSEKRANS LIVING ON THE OTHER SIDE (OF THE
RONDOUT) BY AN OLD CANOE OUT OF USE. WALKED AROUND AND PRAYED AFTER SUEING FOR
BLESSING. HIS HOUSE WAS AFTERWARDS BURNED DOWN, DIED IN 1752 - 94 YEARS OLD -
VERY HEALTHY, FLORID COUNTENANCE - AS ALL - COMMON SIZE AND BROAD, STRONG,
STRAIGHT, BROAD BREAST - PROSPEROUS, PIOUS, RESPECTABLE. HAD 6 SONS AND 3
DAUGHTERS. MOSES WAS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE WITH CAPT. JOCHEM SCHOONMAKER HELD
THE PATIENT OF THE TOWN OF ROCHESTER, GIVEN 1703 BY QUEEN ANNE. THERE WERE FOUR
INTERMARRIAGES AMONG THEIR CHILDREN.
BAPM
PLAC Long Island, Kings County, New York
Moses studied navigation and engaged to go as captain on a merchantman. He wentto Kingston, got acquainted with Miss Maria Wynkoop - went down & the ship no
going - came again & got married. At the age of 92 he was described as very h
althy, florid countenance, common size, broad, strong, straight. He was a Just
ce of the Peace. He married a second time to Peterneltje De Pree on 10/16/1724
Resources : UCGS DePuy Chart and Probate Records I by Anjou (page 182).