Hi, I'm searching the DECKERs that resided in Franklin Co., VT. (Highgate area) in the early 1800s. Jacob Decker d. 1814 m. Hannah Smith or John Decker m. Olive Karley (Carley). Or, any DECKER-PROPER marriages. Anyone have these DECKERs in their databases? Don Please visit my revamped web page at http://pages.cthome.net/smitty On Friday, October 09, 1998 1:47 AM, Scott & Jennifer Pierce [SMTP:[email protected]] wrote: > Karen, > I see some simularities here in the family line I'm researching for > my > mother-in-law. Here's what I have > This starts with two immigrants: Jan BROERSEN from Denmark and Jan > GERRITSEN from Holland. They both reached America by way of New York. > > After marrying and starting families, the children of each family took > the > name of DECKER. The families were unrelated. The son of GERRITSEN > married > the daughter of BROERSEN, and that is how all descendents became known > as > DECKERS. > Jan GERRITSEN, b. 1640 in Holland md. 23 Mar 1664 in NY > to Gretzen WESTERCOUP, b. 1642. > They had 3 sons who changed last name to DECKER. Their first > son was > Gerritt Jansen DECKER b. 1665 NY > THE OTHER FAMILY... > Jan BROERSEN b. 1620 in Denmark md. Heyltje JACOBS. They had7 > children who > took the name DECKER. > Their 3rd child was Margrietje Janse DECKER b. 1664 who married > > 1st) Gerritt Jansen DECKER (first son of Jan Gerritsen and Gretzen > Westercoup) b. Feb 1665 > married 10 Jan 1685 to: > Margrietje Janse DECKER (third child of Jan Broersen and > Heyltje > Jacobs) b. Aug 1664 > They had 5 children > ***this marriage started the DECKER family > line...... > 2nd) Jan Gerritsen DECKER b. Jul 1688 in NY was 2nd child of Gerrit > and > Margrietje > married 1711 in Kingston NY to: > Barbara DeWITT, b. Apr 1692 in Kingston, NY > They had 7 children > > 3rd) John (baptized Jan) DECKER, b. Jun 1719 in Mombaccus, NY (was Jan > and > Barbara's first son) > married in 1740 Deer Park, NY to: > Diana (baptized Dina) KUYKENDALL, b. Jan 1719 of Deer Park, > NY > They had 10 children and moved to Knox Co., IN abt. 1784 > > 4th) Moses DECKER I, b. 1758 , d. 30 Jul 1814 (was John and Diana's > 9th > child) > married in ???? to: > Christine ??? > They had 8 children > > 5th) Moses DECKER, Jr. b. 6 Mar 1780 in Pennsylvania, d. 1864 (was > 1st > child of Moses I and Christine) > married 31 Mar 1801 to: > Christina HARNESS b. 20 Feb 1781 in W. VA > They had 8 children > > 6th) Moses DECKER III b. 16 Dec 1806 in IN, d. 25 Feb 1884 (was > second > child of Moses Jr. and Christina) > married ???? to: > Melinda BOREN b. 2 Sep 1808 in TN, d. 25 May 1877 > They had 11 children > > I have more. What caught my attention were the names DECKER and > KUYKENDALL. > Also these DECKERS were in IL except for the last son of Moses III. > This > was William who was born and married in Pike Co., IL but moved > shortly > thereafter to the Gallatin Valley area of Montana. > What do you think? Any connection? > > > > ---------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DECKER-L] Isiac DECKER > Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:35:35 EDT > > I have Isaac Decker the first, b. 1745 in Va.Son of Dina (Balinda > Kuykendall and Jan decker . Isaac Decker the 3rd B. 1784 , m. 1810 to > Babrbara > Kuykendall in Knox co Indiana. I have Adam and Aaron Deckers , no > Andrew as > of > right now. > Isaac Decker in Knox co mariage index 1821, One Isaac T.(Tobias) > Decker > married to Hannah Dunham 7/13/1810 the other m. Barbary Kuykendall > 10/25/1810. > 1850 Knox co cansus lists Isaac age 21 farmer son of John and Diana. > Also > an > Isaac 41 yrs. old in 1850 .1805 and 1807 Knox co. tax list has Isaac > (alias > ?) > Ok ! Andrew decker b. 22/10/1866 d. 19/4/1944 Bokes cemetary Delaware > Co. > (?ohio) An Isaac Decker son of Luke Decker and Sarah Harness no > birthdate, > Luke b. va. 1760. Another listing has Isaac as son of John and Hannah > Kuykendall Decker. Father b. 1767, mother 1799. > Isaac Decker mentioned in Chancery article 1829-1834 lists page etc. > lists > Isaac as deceased and his widow Margret both of Illinois. Many > Deckers mine > inckluded moved into SE Illinois from Knox Co. Isaacs are mentioned > several > times in this listing. This is from Pickway Ohio article. > I think that is about all I have on Isaacs. Do you have any Asa > Decker > material with sons Asa, John and Jobe or Job? > Happy hunting > karen > >