Wendy Freborg and all; In a message dated 4/27/00 9:52:03 AM, wfreborg@pacbell.net writes: >Dick, > >I agree with your identification of these families. Here's a question for >you. >Regarding this baptism: > >April 7, 1754, Rapelye , Cornelis and Maria, child: Saertie, witnesses: >Denis V.D.Byldt and wife Saertie > >I suspect that Denis V.D. Byldt is a grandson of Denis Van Duyn. Is he >in your >files? If so, who was his wife? > I would suggest that "Denis V.D. Byldt" is probably Denis Van Der Bildt or some such member of the Vanderbilt family. I can find no Vandebilt connected to Van Duyn in this general timeframe. Dick Van Duyne