Heidi and Richard, Pearson's Genealogies of the First Settlers of Albany and his Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady show Teunis W. Slingerland as the son of Wouter Slingerland and and Elisabeth Van Der Zee. The family lline according to Pearson is as follows: Antoni (Teunis) Cornelisse Slingerland (the emigrant) mrd. 1) Engeltje Albertsz Bradt. son; Arent Teunis Slingerland mrd. Geertruy Cobus Van Vorst. son; Teunis Arents Slingerland mrd. 1) Elisabeth Van Der Zee. son; Wouter Teunis Slingerland mrd (his cousin) Hester Johannes Slingerland. son; Teunis Wouters Slingerland bp. November 04, 1750 mrd. Rachel Bogart May 31, 1777. son; Douwe Teunis Slingerland bp. April 28, 1782 Albany RDC, b. 4 Apr. Heidi, You say below that Douwe was mrd. to Rachel Bogart......unless there was another gal of the same name, Rachel Bogart was his mother. Best, Cynthia Z. In a message dated 11/8/2004 5:50:27 AM Mountain Standard Time, rahayes@chartermi.net writes: Hi Cathy, The first Slingerland family was Teunis Cornelise and Engeltje Albertse Bratt. They were married in 1662. Teunis was born in the Netherlands in 1631. I have a Rachel Bogaart married to Teunis W. Slingerland on 31 May 1777. Rachel died before 1792. They had a son Douwe who was born 4 April 1782. I do not have any other information about him. You might find more information on the Dutch-Colonies List. Richard From the Shores of Grand Traverse Bay And.................... << Although my particular interest is in DOUW SLINGERLAND and his wife RACHEL (nee BOGART), the Slingerlands may have been in New York state before 1800. She was born in 1809, so that fits, but.... Need some advice, please. Heidi iamhydee@aol.com >>