DECKER ANNEX
Solomon Decker Pedigree
(Start at generation 6, below.)
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Origin of
the surname “Decker:”
Generation
10
9 Gerrit Janse Decker
1. Biographical notes:
Born. Died .
2. Wife: Magdelena
Decker
Born . Died .
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Jan Gerretsen Decker:
See generation 8, below.
8 Jan Gerretsen
Decker
1. Biographical notes:
Born 23 April 1640 at Husum, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany. Died 5 April 1706, age 76, at
Kingston, Ulster County, New York (also seen: d. 1717 at Port Jervis, Orange
Co., NY). Emigrated
to North America from Heerden, Gelderland, Holland.
2. Wife #1: Margaret Westercamp
Born October 1642 at New Amsterdam, New Netherlands; daughter of Hendrick Janse and Femmeje (Albertse) Westercamp. Married (1st) Pieter Jacobsen. Married (2nd) Jan Gerretsen Decker.
3. Wife #2: Grietjen
(Hendricks) Westercamp
By one account born at New Amsterdam, New
Netherlands. Baptized 19 October 1642 at
Kingston, Ulster County, New York.
Married Jan Gerretsen Decker
on 23 March 1664 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York.
4. Children: (order uncertain; perhaps others)
a. Gerrit Janse Decker: Born 14 February 1665 at Esopus
(later Kingston), Ulster County, New York.
Baptized there 26 February 1665 in the Dutch Reformed
Church. Died 1740 at Minisink Ford, Sussex County, New Jersey (also seen: d.
Ulster Co., NY). Married
Margrietje Janse (Decker)
Decker.
b. Hendrick Janse Decker: Born Kingston, Ulster County, New
Jersey. Baptized there
9 October 1667 in the Dutch Reformed Church. Married (1st) Jannetjen Kortreght. Died 1717 at Deer Park, Suffolk County, New
York; interred Minisink Ford, Sussex County, New
Jersey. Married (2nd) Grietje Antje/Annetje Quick
"Antje" on 18 December 1696 in the Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston,
Ulster County, New York.
c. Jacob Janse
Decker: See generation 7, below.
d. Hermanus Janse Janse Decker: Born 1673 at Esopus (later Kingston), Ulster County, New York. Died at Wallpack
Center, Sussex County, New Jersey.
Married (1st) Anje Kapan. Married (2nd) Rachel Decker.
e. Jan "Johannes" Janson
Decker: Born about 1675 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York. Baptized there in 1675. Died after 1754 while
residing at Deer Park, Suffolk County, New Jersey. Married Helletje
Quick in 1722 in the Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster County. In 1713 purchased 2 parcels of land (totaling
about 28 acres) from William Tietsoort of Vollenderdam and Jacob Tietsoort;
the Minsi Indians had transferred ownership of that
land to William Tietsoort in exchange for black smith
services rendered. Jan Decker purchased
one of these parcels for himself and his cousin's son, Jans
Decker. The other parcel, called "Shackkeet on De Caetsbean,"
was purchased for his older brother, Hendrick Decker.
f. Jannetje Decker: Born
1685 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York.
Baptized 1685 at New York City, New York.
7 Jacob Janse Decker
1. Biographical notes:
Born at New York City, New York (also seen: b. Kingston, Ulster Co.,
NY); baptized there 22 May 1671 in the Dutch Reformed Church. Died 1761 at Minisink
Ford, Sussex County, New Jersey (also seen: d. Minisink
region of Orange Co., NY).
2. Wife: Antje/Annetje Hendricks Kortrecht/Kortreght
Born about 1676 in what became Rochester Township, Ulster County, New
York; daughter of Hendrick Jansen
and Catherine (Hansen) Kortrecht. Died 1722 in Ulster County, New York. Perhaps married (1st) Jacob Jansen Decker,
perhaps son of Lieutenant Jan Broersen and Heyltje (Jacobse) Decker, on 2
September 1695 in the Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster County, New York and had the following children:
a. Femmetje Decker #1:
Baptized 4 October 1696 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York. Died before 1714 in Ulster
County, New York.
b. Hendrick/Henrick Janse Decker: Born 19
June 1698 in Ulster County, New York.
Married Annatje/Anna Titsoort/Titsworth/Tietsoort (Bapt. 10 Sep
1704 in the Kingston Reformed Dutch Church), daughter of Stephanus
Willemse and Sara (Hornbeck) Tietsoort,
in 1722 in the Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster County, New York.
c. Margriet "Grietje" Decker: Born 31 March 1700 in Ulster County,
New York.
d. Catharine Decker.
e. Geertje Decker.
f. Jacobus Decker.
g. Johannes Decker: Born 1708 in Ulster County, New
York.
h. Sara Decker: Born 6 May 1711 in Ulster County, New
York.
i. Benjamin Decker: Born 26 October 1712 in Ulster
County, New York.
j. Femmetjen Decker #2:
Baptized 29 September 1714 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York (also seen:
Bapt. in the Minisink region of Ulster Co., NY).
Perhaps Antje Hendricks (Kortrecht) Decker
married (2nd) Jacob Janse Decker (subtly different
than (1st) husband, Jacob Jansen Decker, or are they the same man?) on 23 March
1664 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York.
3. Children:
a. Lea/Leah Decker: Born about 1717 at Port Jervis,
Orange County, New York. Married Solomon
Davis (also seen: m. Jan Jansen Van Vliet, Jr.).
b. Elizabeth Decker: Born 25 October 1719 in Ulster
County, New York.
c. Solomon Decker: See generation 6, below.
6 Solomon Decker
Born 28 January 1722 "on the Caeetsbaen/Katsbaan," most likely located near modern day Port
Jervis, Orange County, New York (but could also be the Caeetsbaen
at modern-day Saugerties, Ulster Co., NY).
Baptized Machakemeck (Port
Jervis) or Deer Park, Orange County, New York. Died 1778 in Orange County,
New York. Married Magdalena “Lena” Quick, paragraph 3.d.
of generation 6 of the Quick Annex on 8
June 1745.
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