Hi Mike, Thank you for sharing with me...You make a very provocative case !!!! Unfortunately, I am not very familiar with the Van Nest family... I've often wondered whether they might have become "Van Ness" or "Van Nuys"; but given names don't seem to support that notion. more 'direct' comments below... mike wrote: > Barbara, > > /I am wondering if Susannah, wife of Jeronimus Van Nest, might be a > daughter of Jan Albertse Terhune and Margaret Van Sicklen. I have > little on which to make this assumption except the naming of Jeronimus > and Susannah's children:/ Personally, I find children's names MOST persuasive (especially when we have birth order). I think you could be right. There IS a "window of opportunity" between 1698 and 1705/8 for Jan Albertse Terhune and Margaret Van Sicklen to have additional children. The 1698 Census indicates he had 6 living children. Daughter Sarah (m. Harmanus Barkelow) was born about 1705-1708. In addition, we now know that Jan died after 1731, NOT in 1705 as previously recorded. Margaret Van Sicklen's paternal grandparents were Jan and __Susanna__ Van Schyellen, so it is entirely within reason that she would name one daughter Susanna. And, of course, as you note below, Margaret V.S. also had a sister named Susannah, whose will kindly provided the names of her siblings. > > > /*1.* JERONIMUS^3 VAN NEST (PETER^2 , PETER PIETERSEN^1 ) was born > Bef. 02 May 1697 in near NYC, NY. He married (1) SUSANNAH UNKNOWN. _ > __She was born Bef. 1710.__ _ He married (2) CATHERINE BROKAW, > daughter of ABRAHAM BROKAW and MARY DAVIDS. She was born Bef. 06 Aug > 1712 in near Raritan, NJ./ > If Susannah __was__ a Terhune, you can be reasonably sure she was born before 1710. None of the Terhune daughters married before the age of 18, ESPECIALLY in those early days. In fact, that is also the case with most of the early Dutch families. I would put her "projected" birth at or before 1705 to bear a child in 1725 (others may disagree). > > > /Notes for Susannah Unknown:/ > > /Some show Susanna as the daughter of Ferdinand & Eva Van Sicklen, b > 1681. However, their daughter left a will with no apparent > descendants, but does mention the children of her brothers, Ferdinand > and Reynier, the children of her sisters, Eva and Margaret, and her > sisters, Ann and Cornelia. Susannh, wife of Jeronimus, was not > mentioned in the will of Ferdinand Van Sicklen, h/o Geertje Minnes, > nor the will of Reynier Van Sicklen.. She could be a daughter of Eva > or Margaret. The children of Eva seem all accounted for. / > > / / > > /Children of JERONIMUS VAN NEST and SUSANNAH UNKNOWN are:/ > > / i. PETER^4 VAN NEST,bap. 14 Nov 1725, > Readington, NJ; d. Bef. 1737./ > > / ii. JOHN VAN NEST, bap. 22 Jan 1726/27, > Readington, NJ./ > > / iii. JORIS VAN NEST, bap. 26 Sep 1731, Raritan, NJ./ > > / iv. FERDINAND VAN NEST, bap. 25 Dec 1732, > Raritan, NJ./ > > / v. JACOB VAN NEST, bap. 02 Mar 1734/35, Raritan, > NJ./ > > / vi. PETER VAN NEST//, bap. 30 Jan > 1736/37, Raritan, NJ./ > > /Children of JERONIMUS VAN NEST and CATHERINE BROKAW are:/ > > / vii. MARY^4 VAN NEST, bap 27 May 1744, Raritan, NJ./ > > / viii. CATHERINE VAN NEST, bap. 01 Apr > 1748, Raritan, NJ./ > > / ix. ABRAHAM VAN NEST, bap. 24 May 1751, Raritan, NJ./ > > / x. DIANA VAN NEST, bap. 02 Feb 1755, Raritan, NJ./ > > / / > > /In the above listing, Peter and Catherine are named after their > paternal grandparents. Mary and Abraham, children of Catherine, are > named after their maternal grandparents. It seems likely John was > named after his maternal grandfather. The name of Susannah's son, > Ferdinand, is what points to the Van Sicklen family. I have not found > any other connection./ > I find "Ferdinand", in the company of "John" especially persuasive!!! > > > /Have you come across any evidence of a Susannah Terhune?/ > Sadly, no. My earliest Susannah Terhune was born in 1813 in Fleming Co., KY. But don't let that discourage you...keep digging. See if baptismal witnesses for grandchildren of Jeronimus might prove fruitful. I'm going to share your quest with the experts on the Dutch-Colonies mail list. I'll bet they can shed some light on your search as well. Warmest regards, Barb Terhune > / / > > /Thanks for your time./ > > / / > > /Mike Morrissey/ > > > >