1749
August 27
Jorge
Kimber, young man, born at Long Eylant and
dwelling
on the verdroncken lant (Drowned Lands),
to
Sara Westfael, young woman, born at Machackemech
and dwelling
there, married the 5th of October
My
6th Great Grandparents’ marriage first banns were published August
27, 1749. [i] Joh. Casparus Fryenmuth
married George and Sara Sunday, Oct. 5, 1749.
George
was the son of Casper Kimber and Femmetje Willliamse possibly born around
1725-1730 in Long Island, New York.
Jacob
Westfael and Margriete de Duytcher were Sara’s parents. ‘Zara Westvaal’ was
baptized according to the Old Dutch Church of Kingston records (Ulster Co., New
York) Oct. 6, 1728 in Rochester. [ii] Her godparents were Jacob
Kuykendaal and Zara Westvaal.
The
Kimber and Westfael families knew each other before their children married. Jacob
Westfael and Margriete de Duytcher sponsored Casper and Femmetje’s child’s baptism
(Petrus) April 14, 1743. [iii]
George
and Sara remained members of the Machackemeck Church. Their children were also baptized
in the Reformed Dutch Church.
Currier & Ives
Print
“Marriage Evening”
Library of Congress
Prints & Photograph Division
[i] Minisink
Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records, Collections of the N.Y. G. & B.S.,
Vol. 5, Minisink Machackemeck Church Record, Marriages 1738-1797, pg. 267
[ii]
Batpismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster
County, New York, transcribed and edited by Roswell Randall Hoes, page 177
[iii]
Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records, Collections of the N.Y.G.&
B.S., Vol. 5,, Minisink Machackemeck Church Record, Baptisms and Births, 1737
to 1803, page 107
My Ancestry
6th Great Grandfather George Kimber and wife Sara Westfael
5th Great Grandfather Samuel Kimber and wife Maria Bennett
4th Great Grandfather Benjamin Kimber and wife Keziah Bennett
3rd Great Grandmother Charity Kimber and husband William P. Clark
2nd Great Grandfather Jeremiah B. Clark and wife Harriet C. Ogden
Great Grandmother Grace Lee Clark and husband Jerome W. Wilson
Grandmother Viola Lillian Wilson and husband Frank Leroy Doty
My Mother
Myself
