The Descendants of Jan Ter Bosch and Rachel Vermilye
Jan (Johannes) Ter Bosch came to New Amsterdam (Manhattan) in 1662. Jan married Rachel Vermilye on May 4, 1663 at New Amsterdam. He died before May 25, 1679 when his widow, Rachel Vermilye, remarried Dirk Wesselszen. The name Ter Bosch was shortened to Bosch (Busch / Bos). The name was later altered to Bush.
Jan Bosch and "Rachel Farnelje" (Vermilye) baptized their son, Johannes, on October 18, 1665 at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam (Manhattan, NY) (Dirck J. Van Cleeft and Annetje Lisco witnessed).
On April 6, 1688, "Johannes ter Bos," who was not previously married, married "Lysbeth Henderixen," a young, unmarried woman who was born in Kingston, NY. They were married at the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, NY. Johannes died in 1694.
The children of Johannes Ter Bosch and Elisabeth (Lysbeth) Hendricksen are:
(all baptized at the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, NY except Jacobus)
1. Jacobus, born about 1690 (his baptism record has not been found); he married
Eyke Van der Marke
2. Jan, baptized on September 27, 1691(witnesses were Jan Leger and Rachel Bosch)
3. Aaltje, baptized on November 13, 1692 (witnesses were Walra du Mont, junior and Catryn Ter Bosch)
4. Rachel, baptized on September 8, 1695 (witnesses were Dirick Janssen Schepmoes and Marytje Schepmoes)
5. Jacobus, baptized on May 19, 1700 (witnesses were Teunis Tappen and Grietje v� Bossen)
6. Anna, baptized on July 12, 1702 (witnesses were Frederick Knoet and Sara Tappen)
Other possible children of Johannes and Lysbeth are:
- Johannes and "Lysbeth Aertsen" (the person who wrote this record probably meant Hendricksen instead of Aertsen) baptized Rachel on March 17, 1689 (witnesses were Seyman Kool and Rachel Bos)
- Johannes Ter Bosch baptized Abraham on November 8, 1691 (his wife and the witnesses were not named)
Jacobus Bos (Bush/Bosch) and Eyke (Eycke) Van der Merke registered their marriage Banns at the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, NY on November 11, 1711. They got married on December 6, 1711. Neither of them had been married before, and they both resided in Marbletown, NY. Their children are:
1. Marytjen, baptized on October 26, 1712 at the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, NY (Witnesses and Sponsors: Klaas and Jannetjen Keetel).
2. Thomas, baptized on February 28, 1714 at the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, NY (Witnesses and Sponsors: Ariaan Van der Merke and Zara Bond).
3. Jacomyntjen, baptized on May 27, 1716 at the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, NY (Witnesses and Sponsors: Jacob Van der Merke and Jannetjen Sluyter).
4. Pieternella, baptized on June 29, 1718 at the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, NY (Witnesses and Sponsors: Niclaas and Eva Schoonhoven).
5. Jacobus, baptized on March 10, 1723 at the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, NY. (He was baptized on the same day as his cousin, Barbara Van der Merken.) (Witnesses and Sponsors: Jacobus and Zusanna de Pue) He married in 1745 to Annatje Merkel (born in 1726), a daughter of Frederick Merkel and Barbara Allman. Jacobus' daughter, Elizabeth, was baptized on August 23, 1757 at Marbletown, NY. She married Benjamin Jansen (1752 - 1832).
� 1998 by David R. Jansen