Jannetje Freer
Born at New Paltz, New York, in 1706, probably the eldest child of Jacob Freer of Bontecoe and Antje Van Weyen, and a granddaughter of Hugo Freer the patentee. She married Jacobus Deyo at Kingston in 1724 and bore him at least seven children, probably among them Peter, the ancestor of the Saratoga Deyoes; as his widow she married Richard Gryn at Poughkeepsie in 1754. Great-great- grandmother of Jane Maria (Deyoe) Adams.
Life
- 1706Born20 Oct 1706, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York
LeFevre lists her first among the children of Jacob Frere and Antje Van Weyen; WikiTree has her baptism at Kingston on 20 Oct 1706 (Hoes no. 1592). The Poughkeepsie record of 1754 calls her "born at New Paltz."
- 1724Married Jacobus Deyo28 Oct 1724, Kingston, Ulster County, New York
Both "residing at New Paltz" (LeFevre); Hoes's Kingston registers no. 535, as the research cites it.
- 1754Married Richard Gryn22 Apr 1754, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New Yorkdocumentedproven
Family
- Father
- Mother
- Spouse 1
- Jacobus Deyo
"Janitje Freer, widow of Jacobus Dejoo" (Poughkeepsie church, 1754).
1 child
- Spouse 2
- Richard Gryn
Of Oswego, in Dutchess County; her second husband.
documentedproven
Pedigree
Notes
Great-great-grandmother of Jane Maria (Deyoe) Adams, and a granddaughter of Hugo Freer the patentee. The eldest child of Jacob Freer of Bontecoe and Antje Van Weyen, she married Jacobus Deyo at Kingston in 1724, and bore him at least seven children between 1726 and about 1740, among them Peter, the ancestor of the Saratoga Deyoes. As a widow she remarried in Dutchess County: “Janitje Freer, widow of Jacobus Dejoo, born at New Paltz, married April 22, 1754, to Richard Gryn, born at Oswego” (source).
Research: research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Wives_Families.md.