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Johannes Becker, Jr.
Johannes Becker, Jr., son of Johannes
Becker and Anna van der Zee, was born in Rensselaerwyck and was baptized on
August 4, 1691 in the Albany Dutch Reformed Church. His first wife was
Cornelia Uziele, daughter of Peter Uziele and Cornelia Janse Damen.
Cornelia was born in 1693 in Poughkeepsie, NY and probably died some time
between 1760 and 1763.
Johannes and Cornelia came to Schoharie County in 1727 and
settled in Huntersland. It has been said that Cornelia died on September
17, 1748 and that Johannes then married Maritie Uziele on October 11, 1750, but
there is no extant record of such a marriage. Church baptism records
indicate Cornelia and Johannes were sponsors for several children up to 1760,
which suggests she lived at least that long. However, a Johannes and
Marejte Becker were sponsors in 1763 and 1765, suggesting that Johannes had
remarried by then. Slightly different spellings of the names are found in
each of the mentioned records, but we can pretty safely assume that they all
refer to the same individuals.
He is an ancestor of Raymond Merton Becker, whose family
tree is also available on this site.
Children:
Anna, baptized December 11, 1715, sponsored by her uncle Storm Becker and
Lybetie van Deusen (at the Albany Dutch Reformed Church).
Cornelia, baptized November 17, 1717, sponsored by Peiter Uzile and
Cornelia Uzile (at the Albany Dutch Reformed Church).
Johannes, baptized December 27, 1719, sponsored by uncle Gerrit Becker
and his aunt Maryke Becker (at the Albany Dutch Reformed Church).
Pieter, baptized December 31, 1721, sponsored by Pieter Uzile and
Maria Larway (at the Albany Dutch Reformed Church).
Johan Storm, baptized January 18, 1724, sponsored by uncle Albert
Becker and Lidia Beasley (at the Albany Dutch Reformed Church).
David, born about September 6, 1728.
Johan Albert, baptized April 28, 1731, sponsored by Cornelius Sexberry
and aunt Annatje Becker (at the Schoharie Dutch Reformed Church).
Abraham, baptized March 20, 1733, sponsored by Jonar LeRoy and Anatche
Uzile (at the Schoharie Dutch Reformed Church).
Isaac, baptized October 15, 1735, sponsored by Martinus van Aalstein
and Corn. Laruah (at the Schoharie Dutch Reformed Church).
Note: I am indebted
to Larry Rickard for this information. It is taken from his book, Beckers of Eastern New York,
which is published by Kinship Press.
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