Edward Sinker, Hi Edward, From your post and several other sources, I have put together the ancestry of the Jacob S DECKER mentioned in the "History Of Mower County, MN" (published 1911). I thought this may interest you. Regards, John Decker [email protected] Direct Descendants of Jan Gerretsen Decker 1 Jan Gerritsen DECKER b: Abt. 1640 in Heerden, Gelderland, Holland (Netherlands) d: April 05, 1706 in Ulster Cty, NY. # chldn: 6 ..+Grietjen Hendricks WESTERCAMP b: Bef. October 19, 1642 in New Amsterdam, NY. m: March 23, 1663/64 in DRC Kingston, Ulster Cty, NY. Father: Hendrick Janse Westercamp Mother: Femmetje Albertse # chldn: 7 .........2 Margaret Janse DECKER b: Abt. 1663 in Ulster Cty, NY. .........2 Gerret Jansen DECKER b: Abt. 1665 in Esopus, Ulster Cty, NY. Baptised: February 14, 1664/65 Kingston, NY (KB # 51) # chldn: 4 .........2 Hendrick Janse DECKER b: Abt. 1667 in Kingston, Ulster Cty, NY. d: Abt. 1717 Baptised: October 09, 1667 Kingston, NY (KB # 88) # chldn: 11 .............+Antje Geertje QUICK b: Abt. 1676 in Kingston, Ulster Cty, NY. m: December 18, 1696 in Rochester (Mombaccuss), NY. d: Abt. 1716 Father: Thomas Theunissen Quick Mother: Rymerick Jurriaens Westvaal # chldn: 11 ....................3 Hendrick Decker JR. ....................3 Tjertje DECKER ....................3 Geertje DECKER b: Abt. 1697 in Rochester, Ulster Cty, NY. Baptised: September 11, 1697 Kingston, NY (KB #990) # chldn: 7 ....................3 Magdalena DECKER b: Abt. 1697 in Wenistingkong, Ulster Cty, NY. d: Abt. 1727 ....................3 Femmetjen DECKER b: Bef. October 29, 1699 in Ulster Cty, NY. d: in Port Jervis, Orange Cty, NY. Baptised: October 29, 1699 Kingston, NY (KB 1120 ) # chldn: 7 ....................3 Sarah DECKER b: Abt. 1702 in Ulster Cty, NY. # chldn: 5 ....................3 Thomas DECKER b: Bef. September 08, 1704 in Minisink, Ulster Cty, NY. d: Abt. 1780 Baptised: September 08, 1704 Minisink # chldn: 8 ........................+Janneke VAN INWEGEN b: June 09, 1706 in Minisink, Ulster Cty, NY. m: June 04, 1727 in Kingston, Ulster Cty, NY. Father: Geredus Van Inwigen Mother: Jane DeWitt # chldn: 8 ...............................4 Huldah (Alida) DECKER ...............................4 Hendrick DECKER Baptised: June 30, 1783 ...............................4 Hendrik DECKER b: Abt. 1728 in Ulster Cty, NY. ...............................4 Hannah DECKER b: Abt. 1730 d: Abt. 1817 # chldn: 11 ...............................4 Johannes DECKER b: Abt. 1735 in Ulster Cty, NY. Baptised: October 26, 1735 ...............................4 Daniel DECKER b: April 27, 1737 in Ulster Cty, NY. d: March 01, 1813 in Walpack Township, NJ Baptised: May 04, 1737 # chldn: 7 ...................................+Blandina VAN VREDENBURGH b: June 23, 1738 in Orange Cty, NY. m: December 04, 1756 in Deerpark, Orange Cty, NY. d: November 22, 1835 in Walpack Township, NJ # chldn: 7 ...........................................5 Sara DECKER b: Abt. 1758 in Orange Cty, NY. M-134 # chldn: 8 ...........................................5 Hendrick DECKER b: Abt. 1761 in Orange Cty, NY. d: July 26, 1826 # chldn: 8 ...........................................5 Jane Or Jenneke DECKER b: Abt. 1767 in Sussex Cty, NJ. ...........................................5 Hannah Or Hannatje DECKER b: Abt. 1772 in Port Jervis, NY Baptised: August 30, 1774 Walpack RDC, Sussex Co., NJ # chldn: 10 ...........................................5 Thomas DECKER b: November 12, 1775 in Sussex Cty, NJ. M-27 # chldn: 10 ............................................... +Sussanna SCHOONMAKER b: in M-32 # chldn: 10 ......................................................6 Aaron DECKER ......................................................6 Daniel D DECKER ......................................................6 Marion DECKER ......................................................6 Samuel DECKER ......................................................6 Elisabeth DECKER b: 1798 ......................................................6 Henry Shoemaker DECKER b: 1801 ......................................................6 Blandina DECKER b: 1803 ......................................................6 Margaret Marie DECKER b: 1807 ......................................................6 [1] Calvin DECKER b: 1809 in m-59 d: 1891 # chldn: 13 ..........................................................+Christina SMITH m: 1829 d: 1849 Father: Jacob Smith # chldn: 11 .................................................................7 Jacob S DECKER b: October 14, 1831 .................................................................7 Paul DECKER .................................................................7 Silas DECKER b: 1843 d: 1929 # chldn: 6 .................................................................7 Jonas S DECKER .................................................................7 Elisabeth DECKER .................................................................7 Cynthia J DECKER .................................................................7 Sara Ann DECKER : Abt. 1830 .................................................................7 Mary DECKER .................................................................7 Thomas DECKER .................................................................7 Susanna DECKER .................................................................7 Amzey DECKER ......................................................*2nd Wife of [1] Calvin Decker: ..........................................................+MARGARET m: Aft. 1849 # chldn: 2 .................................................................7 Margaret DECKER d: Bef. 1911 .................................................................7 Amanda DECKER ......................................................6 Sara Ann DECKER b: 1812 in m-79 ...........................................5 Aaron DECKER b: Abt. 1779 in Sussex Cty, NJ. m-30 d: Bef. 1842 # chldn: 12 ...........................................5 John DECKER b: Abt. 1780 in Sussex Cty, NJ. # chldn: 6 ...............................4 Joris DECKER b: Abt. 1740 ...............................4 Peter DECKER b: Bef. March 07, 1741/42 Baptised: March 07, 1741/42 # chldn: 4 ....................3 Margaret DECKER b: Abt. 1707 in New York, New York Cty, NY. # chldn: 10 ....................3 Sarah DECKER b: Abt. 1709 in Ulster Cty, NY. ....................3 Johannes DECKER b: Abt. 1735 in Kingston, Ulster Cty, NY. d: 1793 Baptised: March 09, 1711/12 Minisink # chldn: 11 ....................3 Petrus DECKER # chldn: 7 .........2 Jacob Janse DECKER b: Abt. 1671 in Kingston, Ulster Cty, NY. # chldn: 13 .........2 Hermanus DECKER b: Abt. 1673 in Ulster Cty, NY. # chldn: 12 .........2 Johannes Jan DECKER b: Abt. 1675 in Kingston, Ulster Cty, NY. d: Aft. 1754 in Port Jervis, NY # chldn: 2