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- [S16] Findagrave.com.
Tjerck Claessen DeWitt
Birth: 1620
Esens
Wittmunder Landkreis
Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Death: Feb. 17, 1700
Kingston
Ulster County
New York, USA
Tjerck Claessen DeWitt was born in 1620 in Groatland, Holland to Nicholas C. DeWitt and Tjaatje (VanLeuven) Dewitt Tjerck married Barbara Andriessen on April 24, 1656 in the Reformed Collegiate Dutch Church in New Amsterdam. Tjerck died on February 17, 1700 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York.
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Their suggestion:
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Although Tjerck Claessen DeWitt (1630-1700) is almost certainly buried in the Old Dutch Reformed Church churchyard, the headstone shown on Find A Grave is that of his grandson. The oldest existing headstone for the cemetery is that of Tjerck's oldest son, Andries, who died tragically in a building accident in 1710. This stone has been removed to the safety of the church museum, and may be viewed there.
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According to all of my sources and the memorial itself, the birthdate s/be 1620 rather than 1630. Kim Hoffman Wilson (KsCityKim) Thanks!!
Tjerck and Barbarba DeWitt had a son named Bastiaan DeWitt, born in 1682.
Diane
Spouse:
Barbara Andreissen De Witt (1636 - 1714)*
Children:
Andries DeWitt (1657 - 1710)*
Aagje De Witt Pawling (1684 - 1726)*
Burial:
Old Dutch Churchyard
Kingston
Ulster County
New York, USA
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