Dear Diane, I believe that Col. Jacob Mersereau and Fytje Ral are the parents of Mary Mersvall. Name: Colonel Jacob MERSEREAU ---------------------------------------- Birth: 23 Apr 1730 Staten Island, Richmond, NY Baptism: 24 May 1730 Port Richmond, Richmond, NY Death: 7 Sep 1804 Willow Brook, Richmond, NY Occupation: Colonel Father: Joshua MERSEREAU Jr. (1696-1769) Mother: Marytje CORSSEN (1704-1763) Other Spouses: Charity DE GROOT Marriage: 17 Oct 1755 Staten Island, Richmond, NY ---------------------------------------- Spouse: Fytje RAL ---------------------------------------- Birth: bef 26 May 1740 Bergen, Hudson, NJ Baptism: 26 May 1740 Staten Island, Richmond, NY Death: bef 1779 Father: Johannes ROLL Jr. (~1715-1761) Mother: Fytje VAN BUSKIRK (1715-1801) Children: ---------------------------------------- 1 F: Mareja MERSEREAU Birth: bef 31 Oct 1756 Staten Island, Richmond, NY Baptism: 31 Oct 1756 Staten Island, Richmond, NY. See NOTES about why the 31 Oct 1750 date in Wright is wrong. Spouse: Thomas CUBBERLY Marriage: 16 Jun 1778 -, -, NY ---------------------------------------- 2 F: Elizabeth MERSEREAU Birth: abt 1757 Staten Island, Richmond, NY Spouse: Daniel DE HART Marriage: 7 Nov 1799 New Dorp, Richmond, NY ---------------------------------------- 3 M: John MERSEREAU Birth: 1758 Staten Island, Richmond, NY Death: 1826 Spouse: Lanah CRUSER Marriage: abt 1775 ---------------------------------------- 4 F: Sophia MERSEREAU Birth: 28 Nov 1761 Staten Island, Richmond, NY Death: 20 Feb 1858 Northfield, Richmond, NY Burial: Feb 1858 Staten Island, Richmond, NY Spouse: Captain John CROCHERON Marriage: 7 Nov 1779 >Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 22:13:57 -0500 >From: Diane Ward Sives <njlady@optonline.net> >To: NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com > >Who are Mary Mersvall's parents?? > >>From History of the Land Titles of Hudson County, NJ by Charles >Winfield, pages 60 and 61 > >Lawrence Van Buskirk died and all his property went to his son Cornelius >Van Buskirk who died intestate and without issue. His 4 sisters >inherited the tract in question in common. >One of his sisters was Fitje Van Buskirk wife of John Roll > >John Roll died and Fitje m. Andries Segaerd, a mariner. By will dated 14 >July 1784, proved April 7, 1801, Fitje Segaerd gave this property to her >grand daughter, Mary, wife of Thomas Cubberly, for life and after the >testatrix's death to Cubberly's children. > >Who were Mary's parents. > >children of Mary Mersvall (from Ackerman records) and Thomas Cubberly: > >1. Jacob >2. Elizabeth , wife of Paul Salter >3. Gitty, wife of Jacob Ackerman >4. Ann, wife of Joseph Van Winkle >5. Maria > >Diane Ward Sives Sincerely, William Henry Roll 12643 Hickory Road Blythe, CA 92225-2007, USA Telephone: 760.922.7181 Email address <william.roll@gte.net> The Roll Family Genealogy Windmill <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill/> The Roll Family Genealogy Database <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~windmill> The Sonora Genealogy Windmill <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill/sonora/> The Chihuahua Genealogy Windmill <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill/chihuahu/>