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- Notes from Shirley Hornbeck.
Margreit was christened Oct 22, 1658 or 1659 in New Amsterdam, Ulster Co., NY and died after 1710 probably in New York. "Ten Eyck" means in, near, or by (ten) an oak (Eyck). "Dent Kruis" is the description of where they were from, i.e. "Mathys ten Eyck Dent Kruis.
Margreit and Warnaar married about 1690-92 in Kingston, Ulster Co., NY. Her name appears on the baptism records of her children as: Grietje Tyson - Grietje Tysse - Grietje Thysse - and Grietje Dent Kruis.
Using the standard system of Dutch naming, it would indicate that she was the daughter of one Mathys "Thys" Dent Kruis.
Some researchers state she was a daughter of Mathys ten Eyck and his wife Janneken Roosa. An examination of the records reveal that this Mathys was baptized Mar 20, 1658. Clearly Mathys cannot be the father of Margreit who married Warnaar Hornbeck. Mathys and Janneken married in 1679 and they did have a daughter named Greitjen Ten Eyck who was baptized Feb 10, 1689, however she was too young to have been the mother of Mathys Hornbeck baptized 1693.
I refer you to Baptism Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam (1639-1730 )for baptisms from 1639-1730. It lists only one child of Mathys ten Eyck and his wife Jannetie Roos (Janneken Roosa); a son named Allard was baptized Oct 23, 1680. Witnesses were Conraed ten Eyck and Aefje Boelen. There were two Conraed ten Eycks, a Sr. and a Jr., although the record don't always contain the Sr./Jr. designation, so it is not known which one was the witness.
The grandchildren of Conraed ten Eyck, Sr. and Maria Boele were baptized from 1676-1686 making most, if not all of them, too young to bear children in 1693. In any event, none of the grandchildren were named Margriet. I did not find a baptism for Mathys ten Eyck in the cited web site however I don't doubt that he is the son of Conraed ten Eyck, Sr. and Marie Boele, given the family names at the Oct 13, 1680 baptism of the son Allard. I did not see a
baptism for any other children of Mathys ten Eyck.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 18, Number 1, p125, Jan 1987, claims that the birthplace of Conraed ten Eyck was Moers, Germany - based on baptism records of the Moers Reformed Church. Conraed was baptized Mar 3, 1617, son of Wilheim an gen Eyck and Michel Puiitzen, married Jun 1614 in Moers Reformed Church. Maria Boele was a daughter of Tobias Boeleand Margrieta van Apperlo
There is a Dutch Marriage Intention for Conraed ten Eyck and Maria Boele dated May 12, 1645 identifying Conraed as a shoemaker from Meurs (Moers), age 27 (in fair agreement with 1617 baptism). The marriage intention shows that Conraed had lived in Amsterdam for 11 years. The marriage took place Jun 4, 1645 in Amstelveen, about 5 mi south of Amsterdam. Three children were baptized in Holland: Marija, Apr 6, 1646; Jacob, Aug 8 1647; Deryck,
Oct 27, 1648. These children accompanied Conraed and Maria to New Amsterdam
about 1651, probably earlier, since a daughter, Margreit was baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam on Aug 20, 1651. Conraed ten Eyck and Marie Boele had a second daughter named Margreit and she was baptized Oct 22, 1659. Could the second Margriet be the wife of Warnaar? One thing to consider is that since Margreit did not name a child Conraed, that may be a strong argument that she was not his daughter.
Whether Warnaar's wife was a daughter of Conraed ten Eyck, or not, is not known but the baptism records confirm that she is the mother of the children given to her here and in my book, except for Cartrina listed as a "possible child".
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