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Charles De Witt

The New Netherland Ancestors of

CHARLES DE WITT



Continental Congress Delegate, Provisional Congress Delegate, State Assembly




		      __Claes De Witt
		     |
		 __Tjerck Claeszen De Witt2
		|    |
		|    |__(__)
		|
	    __Andries De Witt2,5
	   |    |
	   |    |     __Andries Luycaszen4
	   |    |    |
	   |    |__Barbara Andriessen2
	   |         |
	   |         |__Jannetje Sebyns4
	   |
       __Johannes De Witt1,2
      |    |
      |    |     __Egbert Meyndertszen2,5
      |    |    |
      |    |__Jannetje Egbertsen2,5
      |         |
      |         |__Jacobje Jans2,5
      |
CHARLES DE WITT1,2
      |
      |          __Daniel Brodhead6,7
      |         |
      |     __Charles Brodhead1,2,6,7
      |    |    |
      |    |    |__Ann Tye6
      |    |
      |__Mary Brodhead1,2,6
	   |
	   |          __Wessel Ten Broeck7
	   |         |
	   |     __Wessel Wesselszen Ten Broeck3,6,7
	   |    |    |
	   |    |    |__(__)
	   |    |
	   |__Maria Ten Broeck1,2,6,7
		|
		|     __Coenraet Ten Eyck3,7
		|    |
		|__Maria Ten Eyck3,7
		     |
		     |__Maria Boel3



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Biography of CHARLES DE WITT

 
DE WITT, Charles, a Delegate from New York; born in Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y., in 1727; pursued classical studies; colonel of militia; member of the colonel assembly 1768-1776; delegate to the provisional convention in 1775; member of the Provisional Congress which approved the Declaration of Independence 1775-1777; served on the constitutional committee in 1776, and on the committee of safety in 1777; Member of the Continental Congress from February to October 1784; editor of the Ulster Sentinel for several years; member of the State assembly in 1781, 1785, and 1786; member of the committee to draft the State constitution; died in Kingston, N.Y., August 27, 1787; interment in Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Hurley, N.Y.
 

 


Notes and Sources


   1.  Heidgard, William.  The American Descendants of Chrétien Du Bois of
       Wicres, France, Part 1.  New Paltz:  Huguenot Historical Society of
       New Paltz, 1968.  79.
   2.  Evans, Thomas G., "The De Witt Family, of Ulster County, New York," The
       New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 17 (1886):  251-259; 18
       (1887):  13-21; 21 [1890):  185-190.
   3.  George, Henry Waterman, "The Ten Eyck Family in New York," The New York
       Genealogical and Biographical Record, 63 (1932):  152-165, 269-285,
       321-334.
   4.  Riker, David M., Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons
       in New Netherland from 1613 to 1674.  CD-ROM. Cambridge: The
       Learning Company, 1999.  40.  Barbara is not listed as a daughter of this
       couple, but Jannetje Sebyns and her son Lucas Andrieszen acted as
       sponsors for several of Barbara's children.  Also, Barbara named her
       first first and third-born child Andries and Jannetje lending support
       to this identification.
   5.  Ibid., p. 1006.
   6.  Ibid., p. 193.
   7.  Ibid., p. 1400.

 

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