"John G. Van Schaick married Anna, born 1756, only daughter of Anthony Van Schaick, son of Goosen, son of Anthony (1), son of Captain Goosen Gerritse Van Schaick and his wife, Christena, daughter of Anthony (2), son of Anthony (1), son of Captain Goosen. They were cousins. Her father, Anthony, was made a captain of Indians and woodmen in 1755, and of Rangers in 1756. A letter from Sir William Johnson, colonial superintendent of the Six Nations, written in 1750, is still preserved. In his will, dated August 18, 1781, he bequeathed all his estate to wife, Christena, during her widowhood, and after death or remarriage to his only daughter Anna, wife of John G. Van Schaick, except his farm on 'Isle Cohoes, or Van Schaick Island, where I now live, together with Hanver Island, and the Island called Plate,' which land he devised to his grandson Anthony. The executor of his will was his son-in-law, John G. Van Schaick. Mrs. Anna Van Schaick was the hostess of the revolutionary officers who visited the Van Schaick home on the island, and charmingly seconded her husband in his patriotic hospitality. Children:
"Wessel, born 1776, died 1836;
"Anthony, born 1779, died 1822; was the law partner of Abraham Van Vechten in Albany;
"Maria, see forward;
"Augustus, died May 16, 1810;
"John G. (2), born 1789;
"Christina, born 1790;
"Gerard, married Araminta Platt, who married (second) William L. Adams, who in 1852 came into possession of the lower portion of the island, in later years it has been called 'Adams Island' after him;
"Henry, born 1795, died 1829.
"Of these children Augustus and John are buried in the island family burial plot, as is Anna, the mother, who died September 26, 1815, and John Gerritse, the father, husband, and patriot, who died July 7, 1828, in his eightieth year."
http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/vanschaick.html
A plot list inside the Van Schaick Mansion indicates that for this Anna Van Schaick the headstone was missing or they were unable to locate it after the initial cleanup of the cemetery.
"Wessel, born 1776, died 1836;
"Anthony, born 1779, died 1822; was the law partner of Abraham Van Vechten in Albany;
"Maria, see forward;
"Augustus, died May 16, 1810;
"John G. (2), born 1789;
"Christina, born 1790;
"Gerard, married Araminta Platt, who married (second) William L. Adams, who in 1852 came into possession of the lower portion of the island, in later years it has been called 'Adams Island' after him;
"Henry, born 1795, died 1829.
"Of these children Augustus and John are buried in the island family burial plot, as is Anna, the mother, who died September 26, 1815, and John Gerritse, the father, husband, and patriot, who died July 7, 1828, in his eightieth year."
http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/vanschaick.html
A plot list inside the Van Schaick Mansion indicates that for this Anna Van Schaick the headstone was missing or they were unable to locate it after the initial cleanup of the cemetery.
"John G. Van Schaick married Anna, born 1756, only daughter of Anthony Van Schaick, son of Goosen, son of Anthony (1), son of Captain Goosen Gerritse Van Schaick and his wife, Christena, daughter of Anthony (2), son of Anthony (1), son of Captain Goosen. They were cousins. Her father, Anthony, was made a captain of Indians and woodmen in 1755, and of Rangers in 1756. A letter from Sir William Johnson, colonial superintendent of the Six Nations, written in 1750, is still preserved. In his will, dated August 18, 1781, he bequeathed all his estate to wife, Christena, during her widowhood, and after death or remarriage to his only daughter Anna, wife of John G. Van Schaick, except his farm on 'Isle Cohoes, or Van Schaick Island, where I now live, together with Hanver Island, and the Island called Plate,' which land he devised to his grandson Anthony. The executor of his will was his son-in-law, John G. Van Schaick. Mrs. Anna Van Schaick was the hostess of the revolutionary officers who visited the Van Schaick home on the island, and charmingly seconded her husband in his patriotic hospitality. Children:
"Wessel, born 1776, died 1836;
"Anthony, born 1779, died 1822; was the law partner of Abraham Van Vechten in Albany;
"Maria, see forward;
"Augustus, died May 16, 1810;
"John G. (2), born 1789;
"Christina, born 1790;
"Gerard, married Araminta Platt, who married (second) William L. Adams, who in 1852 came into possession of the lower portion of the island, in later years it has been called 'Adams Island' after him;
"Henry, born 1795, died 1829.
"Of these children Augustus and John are buried in the island family burial plot, as is Anna, the mother, who died September 26, 1815, and John Gerritse, the father, husband, and patriot, who died July 7, 1828, in his eightieth year."
http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/vanschaick.html
A plot list inside the Van Schaick Mansion indicates that for this Anna Van Schaick the headstone was missing or they were unable to locate it after the initial cleanup of the cemetery.
"Wessel, born 1776, died 1836;
"Anthony, born 1779, died 1822; was the law partner of Abraham Van Vechten in Albany;
"Maria, see forward;
"Augustus, died May 16, 1810;
"John G. (2), born 1789;
"Christina, born 1790;
"Gerard, married Araminta Platt, who married (second) William L. Adams, who in 1852 came into possession of the lower portion of the island, in later years it has been called 'Adams Island' after him;
"Henry, born 1795, died 1829.
"Of these children Augustus and John are buried in the island family burial plot, as is Anna, the mother, who died September 26, 1815, and John Gerritse, the father, husband, and patriot, who died July 7, 1828, in his eightieth year."
http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/vanschaick.html
A plot list inside the Van Schaick Mansion indicates that for this Anna Van Schaick the headstone was missing or they were unable to locate it after the initial cleanup of the cemetery.
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