Posted By:	Barbara Terhune
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	Subject:	Re: Geertje Dircks Denyce
	Post Date:	September 30, 2005 at 14:10:49
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	Forum:	Terhune Family Genealogy Forum
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GOOD for you, Barbara, I have been trying (it seems FOREVER) to debunk the "Denyce" and other invalid surnames for Geerjte Dircks, wife of Albert Albertse TerHeunen. As you so clearly state - there is NO documentation as to her parents. Our ONLY documentation as to her identity are as follows: [1684 baptisms] pg. 132 [Onderdonk]: April 13. Albert, child of Jan Albertz, Anetje Roelofs Schenk.        Wtnesses: Albert de Lintaerer, Gertie, w. Flatbush DRC (edited by David William Voorhees) substantiates the above: page 429 shows        child "Albert" baptized on 13 April 1684 at [New] Amersfoort. His parents were Jan Albertsz and Annetje Rulofs. The witnesses were "Albert De Lintwever, and his wife, Geertje". === Calendar of Historical Manuscripts...by E. B. O'Callaghan On pages 314-315 in Volume 4, Albert's wife is referred to in a Court action as "Geertje Dircks, Albert Albertsen the ribbon weaver's wife". === Geertje was either daughter of a Dirck or perhaps even a widow of a Dircks. We simply don't know. To the best of my knowledge - no other documentation exists to identify Albert's wife with any certainty.