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Bogardus Family Ancestors of Louise Eveyln Chollet

Compiled by Sean Furniss
Updated 12 January 1997

This information was compiled in order to provide information about the ancestors of Louise Eveyln Chollet. Everadus Bogardus and his wife Anneke Jans were selected as a starting point because they are the most well documented part of her ancestral lineage. Only those lines which are directly related to Louise Eveyln Chollet are presented in detail. For additional information about other related family groups the reader should check the references noted in the footnotes.

1. Evardus2 Bogardus (Willem1 Corneliz.) He was born about 1607 or 1608 in Woerden, Holland. His father is believed to be Willem Cornelisz. and his mother is likely to have been Niesgen Pietersdr. Both of his parents died while he was young and he was placed in the Woerden orphanage. He had two brothers - Pieter Bogaert and Cornelis Bogaert.

He was a tailor's apprentice until September 1622. He entered Leiden University on 17 July 1627 and was awarded theWoerden Scholarship to attend the States Theological College at Leiden University. On 9 September 1630 he was sent to the Coast of Guinea (Ghana, Africa) to serve as a Comforter of the Sick by the Amsterdam Consistory on behalf of the West India Company. He returned to Amerstadam in 1632 to seek admission into the ministry. He was sent to New Amsterdam as a minister and arrived on the ship de Soutberg in April 1633. He died in a ship wreck near Swansea, Wales, on 29 September 1647.

He married the widow Anneke Jans in March 1638. She was born at Vleckere (Flekkeroy, Flekkeroy Island, Vest Agder in 1997), Norway, about 1605. She was the daughter of Trijn Roeloffs. Her father's name is unknown. In 1623, she married Roeloff Jansoon (born about 1602 in Bohulsan, Norway, died in 1636 in New Amsterdam). She died at Beverwyck (Albany, NY) and was buried 23 February 1663. She had six children from her first marriage and four from her second marriage. [1]

2. i Willem3 born about 1639, died 1711 New York City, NY, married 1659 to Wyntje Sybrandts, married 1669 to Walburga Kregier.

3. ii Cornelis baptized 9 September 1640, died before 6 May 1666 at Beverwyck (Albany), New York, married 1663/1664 to Helena Teller.

4. iii Jonas baptized 4 January 1643, died after 11 May 1689.

+ 5. iv Pieter

5. Pieter3 Bogardus (Evardus2, Willem1) He was baptized on 2 April 1645 at New Amsterdam Dutch Reformed Church. He died between 3 February 1702 and 20 September 1703 at Kingston, New York. He married Wyntje Cornelise Bosch on 10 February 1665. She was buried 28 January 1712. [2]

+ 6. i Evert4

7. ii Anna born 22 January 1677/1679, married 2 December 1705 to Peter Bronck.

8. iii Maria born 14 September 1678, married 19 March 1699 to Johannes Van Vechten.

9. iv Shibboleth buried 26 September 1747, married 1710 to Anna De Garmo.

10. v Anthony born 7 January 1682, died 15 April 1744, married 6 March 1709 to Jannetje Lansing.

11. vi Rachel born 2 February 1684.

12. vii Ephraim born 14 August 1687, died 12 October 1770 Coxsackie, NY, married 23 September 1720 to Agnietie De Garmo.

13. viii Cornelis died between 2 May 1711 and 8 June 1719.

14. ix Petrus born 19 March 1691, died about 1770, married 13 September 1718 to Sarah Schoonmaker.

6. Evert4 Bogardus (Pieter3, Evardus2, Willem1) He was born about 1666 or 1667, and was baptized in 1672. He died on 14 April 1717 at Kingston, NY. He married Tjaatje Hoffman on 9 May 1697 at the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, NY. She was born in New York City. [3]

15. i Petrus5 born 28 April 1698, died 12 January 1699.

+ 16. ii Petrus

17. iii Everardus born 24 April 1702, died between 10 May 1746 and 31 May 1758, married Geertruy Crooke on 20 May 1731.

18. iv Nicholas born 24 April 1702, married Rachel Smedes on 20 December 1730.

19. v Marytje born 13 April 1709, buried 16 October 1787, married Johannes Wynkoop, Jr., on 19 December 1728.

20. vi Annetjen born 23 June 1713, married 19 June 1735 to Juriaan Tappen, married 1742 to Isaac Decker.

16. Petrus5 Bogardus (Evert4, Pieter3, Evardus2, Willem1) He was born 24 November 1699 at Kingston, NY, and was baptized on 3 December 1699 at the Old Dutch Church, Kingston, NY. He died on 8 August 1775. He married Rebecca Du Bois on 15 September 1726. She was baptized on 31 October 1708 at the Reformed Dutch Church at Albany, NY. She died 3 August 1775. She was the daughter of Jacob Du Bois and Gerritje Gerritis. [4]

21. i Gerritjen6 born 11 February 1728, died 28 November 1805 at Kingston, NY, married 5 October 1749 to Coenrad Cornelis Elmendorf, Jr.

22. ii Evert born 20 July 1730, died 13 June 1810 at Kingston, NY, married about 1754 to Catherine Du Bois, married 9 December 1782 to Arriantje Kierstede, married 21 July 1796 to Elisabeth Hasbrouck.

23. iii Tjaatjen born 5 December 1734.

24. iv Maria born 2 July 1736, died 10 September 1796 at Kingston, NY, married 23 November 1759 to Benjamin Louw.

+ 25. v Jacob

26. vi Petrus born 24 December 1742, died young.

27. vii Petrus born 26 December 1748, died 20 December 1820, married 24 September 1775 to Annatje De Witt.

28. viii Catherine born 10 December 1753, married 9 February 1774 to John Sleght.

25. Jacob6 Bogardus (Petrus5, Evert4, Pieter3, Evardus2, Willem1) He was born 11 August 1740 and baptized on 17 August 1740 at the Old Dutch Church, Kingston, NY. He died 21 September 1829 and is buried at the Locust Grove Cemetery, Greenville, Greene Co., NY. He was married about 26 March 1764 to Patience Harvey of Sharon, CT. She was born in 1743 and died on 17 October 1828. [5]

+ 29. i Rebecca7

29. Rebecca7 Bogardus (Jacob6, Petrus5, Evert4, Pieter3, Evardus2, Willem1) She was born on 27 January 1779. She died 19 April 1853 and is buried at Catskill, NY. She married Frederick Chollet. He was born on 12 November 1764. He died on 2 September 1848 and is buried at Catskill, NY.[6]

+ 30. i William8

30. William8 Chollet (Rebecca7, Jacob6, Petrus5, Evert4, Pieter3, Evardus2, Willem1) He married Caroline McKean. She was the daughter of Barnabas Henry McKean (born about 1785 at Guilford, CT, buried Catskill, NY) and Susan Townsend (born 10 October 1788 at Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY, died 29 November 1864 at Philadelphia, PA, buried at Catskill, NY). Barnabas McKean was the son of Barnabas McKean (born about 1754 at Guilford, CT, buried at Durham, Green Co., NY) and Mabel Hill (born about 1755, died about 1819). Susan Townsend was the daughter of John Townsend and Sarah Tappen (daughter of Teunis Tappen), who were married at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY, on 4 April 1775.[7]

31. i Louise Eveyln9

31. Louise Eveyln9 Chollet (William8, Rebecca7, Jacob6, Petrus5, Evert4, Pieter3, Evardus2, Willem1) She was born before 1840 at New Bedford, MA. She died 25 December 1904 at the Hotel Carlton, New York City, NY, and was buried at the Vallhala Cemetery, Westchester Co., NY, on 29 December 1904. She was married on 13 May 1857 to William Furniss. He was born on 23 June 1821 at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and died on 14 April 1882 at New York City, NY. (See the Furniss Family of Portsmouth and Durham, New Hampshire for additional information on this family). [8]

32. i William Ponsonby10 baptized 2 October 1858, St. Thomas Church, New York City, NY, buried 13 July 1929.

33. ii Grace Livingston born 15 March 1868 at Bayonne, NJ, died 20 April 1938, Rye NY


References

[1] William Brower Bogardus and Peter D. Béla Mérey, Dear Cousins: A Charted Genealogy of the Descendents of Anneke Jans Bogardus (1605-1663) to the 5th Generation (Camden, Maine: Penobscot Press, 1996), p. 24-29, 32-35.

[2] William Brower Bogardus and Peter D. Béla Mérey, Dear Cousins: A Charted Genealogy of the Descendents of Anneke Jans Bogardus (1605-1663) to the 5th Generation (Camden, Maine: Penobscot Press, 1996), Chart 9, information about births, deaths, children, marriages; Howard S. F. Randolph, The Domimie Bogardus Bible: The Family of Evert Bogardus and his wife Tjattje Hoffman, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 59, p. 255-58, records information about marriage.

[3] William Brower Bogardus and Peter D. Béla Mérey, Dear Cousins: A Charted Genealogy of the Descendents of Anneke Jans Bogardus (1605-1663) to the 5th Generation (Camden, Maine: Penobscot Press, 1996), Chart 9, information about births, deaths, children, marriages; Howard S. F. Randolph, The Domimie Bogardus Bible: The Family of Evert Bogardus and his wife Tjattje Hoffman, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 59, p. 255-58, records information about marriage.

[4] William Brower Bogardus and Peter D. Béla Mérey, Dear Cousins: A Charted Genealogy of the Descendents of Anneke Jans Bogardus (1605-1663) to the 5th Generation (Camden, Maine: Penobscot Press, 1996), Chart 9A, information about births, deaths, children, marriages; Howard S. F. Randolph, The Domimie Bogardus Bible: The Family of Evert Bogardus and his wife Tjattje Hoffman, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 59, p. 255-58, 396, records information about baptism, marriage.

[5] William Brower Bogardus and Peter D. Béla Mérey, Dear Cousins: A Charted Genealogy of the Descendents of Anneke Jans Bogardus (1605-1663) to the 5th Generation (Camden, Maine: Penobscot Press, 1996), Chart 9A, information about births, deaths, children, marriages; Notes of Lewis D. Cook written in 1962, seen in the Furniss Family folder at the New York Genealogical and Biorgraphical Society, New York, NY.

[6] Notes of Lewis D. Cook written in 1962, seen in the Furniss Family folder at the New York Genealogical and Biorgraphical Society, New York, NY.

[7] Grace Livingston Furniss to Lewis D. Cook, letter of 19 Feb. 1930, seen in the Furniss Family folder at the New York Genealogical and Biorgraphical Society, New York, NY; The Townsend-Peckham-Pratt-Bowerman Family Record, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 89, p. 150-56, information about Susan Townsend; The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 73, p. 242, marriage of John Townsend and Sarah Tappen; The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 76, p. 168-69, identifies Teunis Tappen as the father of Sarah Tappen.

[8] Marie Peters, Parish Secretary, Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue and Fifty-third St., New York, NY, to Mr. [Lewis D.] Cook, dated 11 April 1962, marriage record reported, seen in the Furniss Family folder at the New York Genealogical and Biorgraphical Society, New York, NY; Death Certificate for Louise E. Furniss, 25 Dec. 1904, Certificate of Death 41792, Department of Records and Information Services, Municipal Archives, 31 Chambers St., New York, NY; Eugene V. Gedney, Vice President, The Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, NY, to Lewis D. Cook, dated 17 April 1962, indformation about death and burial of Louise Eveyln Chollet Furniss, William Ponsonby Furniss and Grace Livingston Furniss, letter seen in the Furniss Family folder at the New York Genealogical and Biorgraphical Society, New York, NY; Alumni biography records for William Furniss, Record B 341, Quinquennial Collection, Harvard University Archives, Nathan Marsh Pusey Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, information about birth of William Furniss; Death Certificate for William Furniss, 14 April 1882, Certificate of Death 419206/12496, Department of Records and Information Services, Municipal Archives, 31 Chambers St., New York, NY; Information about birth listed in Death Certificate for Grace Livingston Furniss, 20 April 1938, Certificate of Death 27026, Division of Vital Records, Department of Health, Albany, NY 12237.


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