Hi Chris, You wrote: > Hello, all: > > Does anyone know of an adult record of Johannes Kerfbyl b-1718? He was the > son of Johannes Kerfbyl and Margrietje Provoost; ward of Catharina Kerfbyl > Van Alstyne; and possibly later the ward of Egbert Van Borsum. He was also > the grandson of Dr. Johannes Kerfbyl of NYC? > > Dr. Kerfbyl, a graduate of Leyden University, was in NY by 23 Apr 1681, when > he witnessed a baptism. He performed the high-profile autopsy of NY Governor > Henry Slaughter, who died suspiciously in Jul 1691. Kerfbyl was a founding > elder of Trinity Church, and died about 1704. > > The doctor's son, Johannes Kerfbyl ("Jr.") married Margrietje Provoost > (recorded at the NY RDC on 23 Jan 1704). He was a merchant, lived on the > north corner of Broad Street and Mill Street, and was active in Trinity Chu > rch. He died in 1728 (a will abstract is at > http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/Dutch-Colonies/1999-11/0942523887). He > baptized three sons at the NY RDC, but the only one mentioned in the will > was Johannes, (probably baptized 28 Dec 1718; a Johannes b-1712 presumably > dy). > > Johannes ("III") was directed to the custody of Catharina Kerfbyl Van > Alstyne (his sister) and Egbert Van Borsum (whose relationship I don't > know). Catharina likely died between 1729 (when she baptized a son) and 1735 > (when her husband, Matthew Van Alstyne, a merchant in NY, remarried). I > think Egbert Borsum was the husband of Elizabeth Benson, but find nothing > about him that indicates what happened to Johannes Kerfbyl. > > I have never seen an original record with the name Kerfbyl, so I can't say > for sure that the "f" wasn't really an old-style "s", etc. Some church > records show the name as Kerfbyle and Karbile. > > Any thoughts on the life or death of Johannes Kerfbyl "III" would be > appreciated! > > Chris Interesting to note that the English version of the marriage license granted by Lord Cornbury for Johannes Kerfbyl and Margaret Provoost bears the date of 18 Jan 1703, as per Abstracts of Wills Vol I 1665-1707 Liber 7, page 386. The published records of the New York Reformed Dutch Church [page 101] indicates the license was dated 18 Jan 1704, and they married on 23 Jan 1704. Johanes Kerfbyl, medicine doctor, and his wife Catharina Rugh made a joint will bearing the date of 1 Feb 1688; which was proved before Lord Cornbury on 4 Nov 1704, when Letters of Administration were granted to the widow Catharine Kerfbyl [see Abstracts of Wills Vol I 1665-1707 , Liber 7, Page 400]. Oddly enough, at the time, no mention was made of the son Johannes, although he must have been with them at the time. I have not found any further evidence of Johannes^3 Kerfbyl. Egbert Van Borsum (the husband of Elizabeth Bensen), and guardian of said Johannes Kerfbyl, made no mention of him in his will dated 12 Aug 1736; proved 26 Oct 1737 [See Abstracts of Wills Vol III 1730-1744, Liber 13, page 228]. Technically, there was no blood relationship between Egbert Van Borsum and Johannes^3 Kerfbyl, although Elizabeth Bensen's brother Mattheus Bensen had married Catharina Provoost, the sister of Margriet Provoost, who was the wife of Johannes^2 Kerfbyl. In the 'for what its worth' category, the name Kerfbyl was indexed and transcribed by the Amsterdam Municipal Archives (from the doopregister) primarily as "Kerfbijl." Johannes^2 Kerfbyl had 2 siblings baptized in Amsterdam: Cornelis, baptized 9 Sep 1665 at the Zuider kerk [DTB 95/191]; and, Catharina, baptized 9 Dec 1667 at the Nieuwe Zijds Kapel [DTB 66/108], but neither appear to have survived infancy. Regards, Pam Sears