Hi Barb, Phyllis, Dorothy, Larry, Liz, et al, Thanks to all for their contributions to this thread. I do think we are entering more uncharted territory with intriguing possibilities. Barb Pumyea wrote: > Pam If I am reading the will of Maurits Lott correctly then his > mother Sarah must have remarried after the death of Peter Lott in > 1730 and had a few more children as Maurits leaves bequests to the > children of his BROTHERS, Tunis and Johannes Polhemus. > > > Is there a record of the marriage of Sara to a Polhemus? Or am I reading > the will incorectly? > > Barbara > Before I included the will of Mauritz Lott in my previous, I checked for corrections, but there were none. I too wondered about the Polhemus connection, and have spent time this morning revisiting the Polhemus article "The Rev. Johannes Theodorus Polhemus and Some of His Descendants" by I. Heyward Peck that appeared serially in the NYG&B Record, beginning in Vol. 90 (Apr 1959) and concluding in Vol. 92 (Oct 1961). Mr. Peck mentioned the will of Mauritz Lott, but struggled with the relationship, and I believe he missed the true connection. Going out on the proverbial limb, I think it is quite likely that Sarah Covert (daughter of Mauritz Teunis Covert and Antje Fonteyn, and widow of Pieter Lott), married as her second husband to Abraham Polhemus (as his second wife), the son of Theodorus Polhemus and Aertje Teunis Bogaert and widower of Geertruy Remsen. On page 231 (Oct 1959) of Vol. 90 of the NYG&B Record, Mr. Peck discussed the family of Abraham Polhemus, who was baptized at the Brooklyn Dutch Church on 19 Mar 1697, and still living in Jul 1772 when he deeded land in Jamaica to his son Johannes. Abraham Polhemus, according to Mr. Peck, married (1st) to Geertruy Remsem about 1718, and they had 5 children; he married (2nd) to Sarah __(?)__ about 1733 (no marriage record has survived). He shows 2 children as issue of the second marriage (Johannes and Teunis), both baptized at the Jamaica Dutch Church, PLUS an unknown daughter who he surmised married Mauritz Lott (of the will) and died before 1784, the date of probate of that will. I suspect that the Jamaica Dutch Church records only give the wife's name as Sarah, and do not show a surname for her in the records, and the sponsors (or lack thereof) were no help for a more positive identification. Abraham Polhemus left no will and last appeared in the records of Jamaica on 8 Jul 1772, when "Abraham Polhemus, yeoman, of Jamaica, conveyed to Johannes Polhemus, yeoman of Jamaica, his son," the property he bought from William Creed by deed dated 12 Feb 1732 (recorded 29 Jul 1772 [QC-D:E:137]). According to Mr. Peck, Abraham Polhemus and Sarah (?) had issue, the first two baptized at Jamaica: 1. Johannes, baptized 1 Feb 1734; sponsor, Johannes Polhemus 2. Teunis, baptized 4 May, 1735; no sponsors given 3. (daughter, name unknown) b. _?_, d. before 1784. She mar. Mourice Lott, b Feb. 26, 1718; will proved Sept. 9, 1785, a son of Peter & Femmetje (Remsen) Lott. In that instrument, dated Oct. 11, 1784, he bequeathed fifty pounds to his nephew John Polhemus, son of my brother [in-law] Teunis Polhemus, deceased, and fifty pounds to nephew Peter Polhemus, son of my brother Johannes Polhemus. The rest of his estate was distributed to his brothers and sisters or their heirs, none of whom married a Polhemus (NYC-W 38:156). Mr. Peck is correct when he said that none of the siblings of Mauritz Lott married a Polhemus, but his identification of the wife of Peter Lott (Femmetje Remsen) is incorrect. If he had known (as do we) that the wife of Peter Lott was Sarah Teunis Covert, he might have had a better chance to make the appropriate connection. Furthermore, we know that Peter Lott died before 4 Jun 1730 (from his will), leaving a widow named Sarah, who was not yet 40 years of age, with numerous children (who needed a step father). Therefore, I believe it was Sarah Teunis Covert, the widow of Peter Lott, who married Abraham Polhemus as his 2nd wife. The wife of Johannes Polhemus (bpt 1 Feb 1734) has never been identified, but it was he who had the son Peter (mentioned in the will of Mauritz Lott). Teunis Polhemus (bpt 4 May 1735) married by NY License dated 7 Oct 1763 to Helena Betts and they had a son named John, b 1764 (also named in the will of Mauritz Lott). Teunis Polhemus was buried at the Jamaica Dutch Church on 15 Sep 15 Sep 1782, from Grace Church in Jamaica (which fits with the will of Mauritz Lott, for he was said to be deceased by 11 Oct 1784). According to Mr. Peck, the records from Grace Church in Jamaica are missing between 1732 and 1780, which may account for the lack of records for these particular Polhemus families. I would welcome further input and comments from one and all. Regards, Pam Sears

Dear Pam, In your definitive summary you said, "Going out on the proverbial limb, I think it is quite likely that Sarah Covert (daughter of Mauritz Teunis Covert and Antje Fonteyn, and widow of Pieter Lott), married as her second husband to Abraham Polhemus (as his second wife), the son of Theodorus Polhemus and Aertje Teunis Bogaert and widower of Geertruy Remsen." Remember that Phyllis Miller gave us the 6 children of Sarah Covert's first marriage to Pieter Lott: Hendrick b 1716 (for his father?) Mourice b 1718 (for her father?) Cattrina b 1720 (for his mother?) Antje or Agnietje b 1721 (Was that Maurice Covert's wife's name??) Maria 1723 Pieter b 1725 I looked at later baptismal records of the Dutch Reformed Church in Jamaica, Long Island. Unfortunately the recording clerk followed the English custom of listing married women by their husband's surname. On 17 Nov 1746 Hendrick Lot and his wife Artyi Lot had their daughter Sara baptized. The sponsors were "Abraham Polhemus and Sara Polhemus". In the same church on 10 Feb 1751 "Hendreck Lot and Artyei Lot" had their son, Hendrick, baptized. There were no witnesses' names recorded. It looks to me that Sarah (Covert) Lott Polhemus -- along with her second husband -- was standing as godparent to her namesake granddaughter, the child of Sarah's eldest son, Hendrick, born in 1716. Another fact to confirm your logic! Dorothy