Thank u Sylvia, you have just given me the parents of ''Gitty'' Gertrude Decker( 7 Dec 1809- 4 Nov 1882). She married James Judson and both were ''deaf mutes'' according to the census and their gravestones. I couldnt find her father , thank u so much ! Lorna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <[email protected]> To: "Greene County List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 8:25 PM Subject: [NYGREENE] More Deckers up the mountain >I have now determined that Cornelius, John and Isaac had two other brothers > who also came over to Greene Co. It appears that 5 brothers - John (b. > 1768 > and married Maria Brandow), Isaac (b. 1781 and married Elizabeth Deyo), > Cornelius (b. 1778 and married Elizabeth Fowler), Derick (b. 1765 and > married Elizabeth Sesson) and Laurens (b. 1761 and married Cornelia > Brisee) > came to Greene Co - Prattsville/Lexington area abt 1800. I see Gysbert and > wife Catlyntje being sponsors for Laurens' son Andrew in 1800 in the > Prattsville RDC. I have the baptisms for all these sons. There is one > other > son of this family, Nicholas, b. 1772 that I do not see here in Greene Co. > > There is also the family of Leendert (Leonard) Decker and Elizabeth > Randall. > This couple was married in the Linlithgo RDC in Columbia Co on July 2 1780 > and removed to Greene county in the early 1800's. They had 5 children that > I > have found: Elisabeth, b. 1788, Jannetje, b. 1781, William b. 1783, John, > b. > 1786 (never married) and Nancy b. 1791 (never married). Leendert is the > son > of Cornelius Decker and Jannetje Conine, bap. 11.11.1752 in Germantown > RDC. > > I believe these are all the old Decker families from up the mountain. Can > anyone elaborate on any of the children of Derick and Laurens? What I > have > to date is: > Derick: married Elizabeth Sesson > John, b. 1786 married Christine McFall > Catalyntje, b. 1788 > Sybil, b. 1789 > Christina b. 1797 > Rebecca b. 1801 > James, b. 1803 > Dolly, b. 1805 > Dolly b. 1808 > Polly, b. 1810 > James Lawrence, b. 1813 > > Laurens: married Cornelia Brisee > Catalyntje, b. 1785 > Cornelius, b. 1786 married Cornelia Laraway > Geisbert, b. 1788 > Peter, b. 1790 married Cornelia Swart > Andrew, b. 1800 married ?? > Christina, b. 1801 > Anna, b. 1803 > Harriet, b. 1804 > Gitty, b. 1809 married James Judson > Possibly a John L. b. 1795 but can't find a baptism married Margaret > (Peggy) ? > > For the other three brothers: > John: married Maria Brandow > Mary, b. 1800 > Gilbert, b. 1802 > Catalina, b. 1803 > Isaac, b. 1810 > > Isaac: married Elizabeth Deyoe > Solama, b. 1809 > James Gilbert, b. 1811 married Caroline S. Huggans > > Cornelius: married Elizabeth Fowler > Louise, b. 1802 married Lucas D. Schermerhorn > Isaac C., b. 1804, married Polly Lament > Abner H., b. 1810, married Maria Lasher > Lucinda, b. 1818, married Corydon Kipp > > Anyone know who Giilbert Decker(b. 1808 and married to Christina Scheffer) > parent's were? > > > Thanks all > Sylvia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message