Johannes Westfall
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1657-1660 - Kingston, Ulster, NY
Christening:
Death: in , Orange, NY
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jurian Westfall (1625-1667) 5
Mother: Marritje Hansen (Abt 1633- ) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *Marritje Jacobs Cool Twin (7 Mar 1666 - ) 5
Marriage: 26 Jan 1683 - Kingston, Ulster, NY
Children:
1. Jurian Westfall (Abt 1684-Abt 1731) 5
2. Maritie Westfall (1685- ) 5
3. Rebecca Westfall (1687- ) 5
4. Janet Westfall (1689- ) 5
5. Sara Westfall (1691- ) 5
6. Jacob Westfall (1693-Abt 1784) 5
7. Abel Westfall (1696- ) 5
8. Niclaes Westfall (1698- ) 5
9. Claertje Westfall (1700- ) 5
10. Rymerick Westfall (1703- ) 5
11. Lena Westfall (1705- ) 5
12. Rachel Westfall (1709- ) 5
Notes
General:
BIRTH: William Coulter, MINISINK AND WALLKILL PRECINCT HISTORICAL CHRONICLES, PART 2; Goshen NY, self-published; 1956-1958; p. 428; Orange Co. Genealogical Society, Goshen. (Coulter did not give the date of Johannes' birth)
MARRIAGE: "The Old Mine Road," no. 26, WANTAGE RECORDER; 14 Jul 1911 through 19 Jan 1912; articles written by Charles E. Stickney and gathered by Leonard R. Peck, Sparta NJ; p. 65; Port Jervis NY Library, R974.73 old.
NAME: First name is sometimes listed as George.
BIOGRAPHY: Johannes was born at Fox Hall, the manor of Thomas Chambers in Kingston,NY. He moved from Kingston to the Minisink country between the years 1689, when his son Niclaes was born, and 1700 when his daughter was born in Menissing NY.
In 1696 he and his brothers Symen and Niclaes were among the names mentioned in the deed of conveyance by the "Indian proprietors of lands lying in the bounds of Menissing and Waggackemeck" (now Deerpark) NY. (See Stickney reference above.)
On 22 Feb 1733 both Johannes and his son Jacob lived at Meghaghkemeck (Deerpark in Orange Co NY) when he conveyed by deed lands in Ulster Co. to Jacob. (From Coulter, William J., Minisink and Wallkill Precinct Historical Chronicles, part 2 pub. 1956-1958, p. 428; Orange Co. Genealogical Society, Goshen, NY.)