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From: "Lorine McGinnis Schulze" <>
Subject: [D-Col] Re: Harmon ABell b abt 1811 in New York
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 06:35:41 -0400
In-Reply-To: <20020521.103613.-145047.6.mary.mccashland@juno.com>


On 21 May 2002 at 10:36, mary k mccashland wrote:

> everyone,
> I am looking for birth, siblings, etc. information about Harmon
> ABELL who was born abt 1811 somewhere in New York. Several of
> us have always thought that he was of Dutch ancestry, but *all
> of his children* said that he was born in New York when they
> replied to the 1880 census. There was an adult
> baptism/christening of Harmon ABELL in Schagticoke, New York,
> into the Dutch reformed church. But I don't know if he was
> 'my' Harmon ABELL or not.
>
> 1st - does this sound like a Dutch name to any of you ??

Dear Mary,

You may wish to take a close look at the Albany settler,
Stoffel Janse ABEEL who came to Beverwyck as early as 1653. In
1670 he made his will, mentioning 4 children - 3 daughters and
a son Johannes.

You can read more about Johannes Stoffel Abeel at

http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/jabeel124.html

Johannes and his wife, Catalina Schuyler, had several children
baptised in both Albany and New Amsterdam/NY Dutch Reformed
Church.

You can search the Albany DRC records at David Joyce's site at
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/refchurch.html

You can search the New Amsterdam/NYC church records online at
my site, Olive Tree Genealogy

Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam/New York -- Baptisms
1639 to 1801
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/rdcbapt.shtml

Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam/New York -- Marriages
1639 to 1801
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/rdcmarr1639.shtml

Membership Lists of the Reformed Dutch Church of New
Amsterdam/New York 1649-1701
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/rdcmembers.shtml



I have several links to online records for various churches on
my site at
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/

You can search both bpt and marriages at the Schaghticoke
Dutch Reformed Church from this page.

According to Jonathan Pearson in his Contributions to the
Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Ancient County of
Albany from
1630 to 1800, the surname evolved to ABEL

Do you have any clues such as the names of your Harmen's
children which might assist in determining possibilities for
his parents? Perhaps traditional naming patterns were followed -
if you have his wife's name, and her parents' names, you can
see if their children are named in honour of grandparents.

Lorine
Lorine McGinnis Schulze
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