Re: Opdyke/Op Den Dyck - NY, OH, Randolph Co., IN
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Re: Opdyke/Op Den Dyck - NY, OH, Randolph Co., IN
Jane Curci 3/27/07
I have a file on the family of Johans Opdycke who died 1729 in Hopewell, NJ. He is an ancestor of mine. I also have some information on the Andriesen connection to this family as well as Vannoy descendants. Please e-mail me directly if interested.
Here is an excerpt from my document:
3. Johannes Louwrensen Op Dyck (See previous page.) Johannes was a planter "at Dutch Kills, Long Island, also in Maidenhead and Hopewell , New Jersey, removing to that state in 1697 and purchasing two hundred and fifty acres of land above the falls of the Delaware. In May or June of that year he moved his family in carts and wagons with furniture and farming utensils and settled in Lawrence township, near Lawrenceville. Their route lay through Flatbush to a ferry at the Narrows, across Staten Island, and up the Raritan to its lowest fording place, Indian's Ferry. Thence they followed the old Indian trail, then called 'the Kings highway', after which they crossed Millstone river and Stony brook to the Eight Mile Run of the Assanpink, six miles east of the Delaware river. On July 12, 1697 Johannes purchased thirteen hundred acres, extending one and three-eighths miles north and south and two miles east and west including the present site of the borough of Pennington, New Jersey. He was one of the founders of the Baptist Church in Hopewell". He left a great number of records in the New Jersey courts and many records of real estate transactions in Rhode Island, all with several different spellings of his name. Johannes lived in Newtown, Long Island, New York and then at Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey. Johannes usually signed his name Johannes Lourense [meaning Johannes, son of Lowrens, in the Dutch fashion], but he signed his will on 12 Feb 1729 as JOHANNES OP DYCK. See copy of his will later in this document, which was witnessed by Francis Vannoy, husband of his granddaughter. The will is now preserved in the vaults of the State House at Trenton.Francis was the great x 8 grandfather of Brian Todd Cockerham b. 13 Dec 1982 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.
m. Tryntie Catherine 1674 surname unknown, lived in Maspeth Kills, L.I.
1. Laurence Op Dyck b. 1675 d. 1748 Maidenhead, New Jersey.
2. Albert Op Dyck b. 1685 d. 1752 Maidenhead, New Jersey. See later.
3. Tryntie Op Dyck "Tayntie" d. 1744
m. Enoch Anderson (Andrus), lived Trenton, NJ. Enoch gave on April 10, 1727 one hundred and fifty square feet of land for the first Presbyterian church of Trenton, long called Anderson Meeting House.
4. Engeltie Op Dyck d. 1741
m. Joshua Anderson 23 Jun 1695 in New York City Dutch Church, lived in Maidenhead, NJ
5. Annetje [Annah] Op Dyck b. ca 1675 in Dutch Kills, Long Island, New York. d. after 1746 in Hopewell, Hunterdon County, NJ.
m. Cornelius Anderson ca 1690 (b. 26 Sep 1670 baptismal record] d. 1724 [will dated 30 May 1724 in Hopewell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey). He was the son of Jochem Andrieszen and Emmetje Jansen. SEE ANDRIES OUTLINE. Cornelius had a mill near a school house in Hopewell in 1722, was taxcollector in 1721 and was one of the founders of the first Presbyterian church at Ewing, New Jersey. See children next page.
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Re: Opdyke/Op Den Dyck - NY, OH, Randolph Co., IN
Marjorie Barnette 4/23/08