Posted on: Columbia County NY. Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Columbia/11713 Surname: Van Buren, VanDenburgh, Rector, Witbeck, Brooks ------------------------- I thank you for you help, but that peter is taken. This info comes to me from Kari Skousen, an angel and a genious. Peter Witbeck born 1789 who married Engeltje/Anna Staats, was the son of Andries Witbeck and Dirkje Vosburgh. Peter and Anna's kids were John P., Alida, Andries, Cornelius Van Alen, Dorcas Ann, Maria and Dolly/Dorothy, but no Christina. Thank you Kari. I already have my Hannah Van Buren, daughter of Henry Van Buren and Hilletje Shutter. I hope that my Henry is son of Peter Van Buren and brother of AbrahamVB, or I am going to have to start over. My Vandenburgh, Van Buren, Rector and Witbecks are mixed together a lot, and yet I still cannot pinpoint my Witbeck, who may have been born in 1791 OR 1797, depending on whose transcription you read. I am going to Castleton this summer to work on this mystery. My Peter Witbeck named his sons William first, then Andrew, and his daughter may or may not have been Christina. His wife Dorothy's mother was Christina Pulver, so it stands to reason that her first daughter would be Christina also, and though I can find evidence of their other children, there is no record of Christina's baptism like there are the others, and she was born a good five to seven years before her alleged siblings, so I have to wonder if she's really theirs at all. I only say that she was because others have told me so. Her birthdate is in question, her death date is anecdotal, and her grave is AWOL. Can you maybe tell me how, if My Henry Van Buren and Abraham Van Buren were really sons of Peter,( and there is a will that lists two sons of that name), how are these VB's related to the prez? All my life I was told that we were related to him, but then almost all VB's in the capital district were!! Thanks for your time,, aloha Eve