Baptismal Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Flatlands, L.I. 1747-1802

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   The following is a transcription by Peter Divine, July 2001, from
   LDS Microfilm #17637. This is a microfilm of a handwritten transcript
   in possession of the Holland Society of New York, New York City. The
   transcription of original records (and translation from Dutch to English)
   was done by Dingman Versteeg into a ledger book. Only the front-side
   of each leaf was used (only the odd-numbered pages), except for the
   frontispiece on page 152. The microfilming was done in reverse order,
   beginning with page 231 and ending with page 152. Flatlands is now a
   part of the Borough of Brooklyn in the city of New York.

Notes from Peter Divine:

    1. "do" means "ditto", used in place of re-writing the surname of the
       previously mentioned individual.
    2. Notes and question marks that I inserted are enclosed in brackets [?].
    3. All other notes and question marks, including those in parentheses
       (), were inserted by Dingman Versteeg.
    4. In Dingman Versteeg's handwriting, the capital "L" is virtually
       indistinguishable from the capital "S", and the small "h" is
       indistinguishable from the small "k". Thus, what I have transcribed
       as "Sytje" may in some cases really be "Lytje", and what I have
       transcribed as "Fish" may really be "Fisk".
    5. I have carefully used commas as placeholders. For example, "Jacobus,
       Aug 17, 1748, Jacobus Wyckhof,, Sara Amerman wife of Pieter Wyckhof"
       indicates that Sara Amerman was listed under the "Witnesses" column
       [Lorine's note: meaning that the mother of baby Jacobus is not given,
       which you can see by the two commas and a blank space where the
       mother's name should be], while "Nicholas, April 6, Nicholas Schenk,
       Willempje Wyckoff" indicates that Willempje Wyckoff was listed under
       the "Parents" column.


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     * Richard, Feb 15 1789, Richard Stillwell, Maria Lake, Martha Stillwell

Page 217

     * Maria, bo Dec 14 1794 Feb 8 1795, Cornelius Stryker, Maria Lake

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"Genealogical Record of the Stryker Family", William S. Stryker, 1887

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CORNELIS STRYCKER, (35) and Rebecca Hubbard had five children:

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Cornelius, born May 2, 1739; married Maria Lake, and died February 6,
1829. She was born July 2, 1748; died July 3, 1837. They resided at Gravesend,
Long Island.
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from "The 300th Anniversary of the Gravesend Reformed Church", Rev. Kenneth 
Howard Kerr, 1955

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Mr. Hansen continued in this pastorate until 1871, when he resigned, and
shortly afterward accepted a call to Coxsackie, New York, where he did
good service for many years, and only relinquished the work of successful
pastorates at Grace Chapel at Flatbush, and Hegeman's Mills, New York, the
work to which he had consecrated his life, when failing health and declining
years summoned him to stop. The last recorded acts of these twelve years
of faithful ministry are still extant in the fair handwriting of their
chief actor. His last baptism of record was: "Richard Davis, the child 
of Dr. R. L. Van Kleek and Ellen S. Lawrence, his wife, on October 21st,
1871." His latest marriage ceremony was that of Cornelius S. Stryker and
Elizabeth Lake, on June 13th, 1871. And his last right hand of fellowship
extended to welcome new members into the Church was that which welcomed
Ellen Jane Cornell (Mrs. John S. Ryder) and Richard Henry Van Cleef into
full communion, June 2nd, 1871. (Servant of God, well done. Rest from thy
loved employ. The battle fought, the victory won; enter thy Master's joy.)

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