There are several mixed up genealogies about this family! Be careful. According to "Register of the Early Settlers of Kings County" by Teunis G. Bergen (NY 1881), p229-30, Christoffel Probasko, Jr. and Jan Probasco (brothers) both settled in NJ. Christoffel Jr. m. Catalina Schenck and settled on the Raritan (NJ) and Jan settled at Millstone NJ and signed his name Probasco. But, keep in mind this is just Bergen's account. You may want to reference this work for clues but also take it with a grain of salt... :) There has been considerable debate about the accuracy of this lineage. In NJ, I find: Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. III 1751-1760 Calendar of New Jersey Wills Name: Jan Probasco Date: 21 Oct 1749 Location: Middlebush, Somerset Co. Name: Frederick Probasco Date: 15 Mar 1757 Location: Amwell Township, Hunterdon Co. (Bergen states this is the son of Jacob, below) Name: Jacob Probasco Date: 22 Dec 1752 Location: Somerset Co. (Another brother of Jan & Christoffel according to Bergen) I also find: PROBASCO, STOFFEL State: NJ Year: 1753 County: Somerset County Record Type: Township: Freeholder Page: 048 Database: NJ Early Census Index (According to Bergen, Christoffel Jeurianse Probasko (Sr., the father), signed his name "Stoffel Probasko." If this is his son, he may have signed the same way. But, there are other references that this could be the son of Jacob Probasco and Maria van Liew of Middlebush, NJ. He supposedly died 1776 or thereabouts (b. 1709). To confuse matters even further... there was a John Probasco who died in 1744 in Jamaica, will dated 27 Nov 1744. So, you have at least two John/Jan Probascos (one in NY and one in NJ) who were alive about the same time. So, you need to be careful as to who is who. :) If you feel you descend from the NJ Jan Probasco (d. 1749) you should probably pull the will to confirm any issue named. You could do the same for the John above who died in NY. There was also a second Christoffel during the period who remained on Long Island. This may be your Christoffel as well. I haven't found any date of death for this one. Hope this helps. Best regards. Nancy. Nancy Coleman [email protected] Professional NYC & LI Research Services www.GenealogyPro.com/ncoleman.html [email protected] Coordinator, Nassau County GenExchange http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ny&county=nassau List Administrator, LI-Rooters http://www.genexchange.org/MailListForm.cfm?cat=NY ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 8:06 AM Subject: [NYNAS ] probasco graves > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: probasco > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lRB.2ACE/448 > > Message Board Post: > > Looking for gravesite of Christoffel Probasco and Jan Probasco in Jamaica area. Christoffel died in 1778 and Jan in 1749 > > > ==== NYNASSAU Mailing List ==== > For some online databases, search > www.usgenweb.org > www.nygenweb.org > www.rootsweb.com/~nynassau > www.familysearch.org > www.gencircles.com > www.rootsweb.com > www.ellisislandrecords.org > www.genealogy.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >