Krom Family 7/17/02

1. i. GIJSBERT WILLEMSZ KROM, b. about 1595, d. aft January 2, 1644.
2. ii. WILLEM WILLEMSZ KROM, b. 1600-1605, d. before January 30, 1660.
iii. GERIT WILLEMSZ KROM.
iv. AERTGEN WILLEMS KROM. He m. JAN WILLEMSEN VAN HAREN before June 20, 1645, Opijnen, Tielerwaard, Gelderland, Netherlands.
 

2nd generation
1. GIJSBERT WILLEMSZ KROM, b. about 1595, d. aft January 2, 1644. He m. LYSBETH CORNELISDR about 1619. She died before December 16, 1681. They had;

3. i. WILLEMKEN GIJSBERTS KROM. She m. Gerit JASPERSZ before January 23, 1668, Opijnen, Tielerwaard, Gelderland, NT.
ii. WILLEM GIJSBERTSZ KROM, b. about 1612, d about 1653. See below.
iii. CORNELIS GIJSBERTSZ KROM. He m. MERICKEN DIRCKS before December 24, 1638. She died before July 16, 1648.
iv. GIJSBERT GIJSBERTSZ KROM.
v. HEYLKEN GIJSBERTS KROM. She m. JAN JASPERSZ October 10, 1647, Opijnen, Tielerwaard, Gelderland, Netherlands.
 

2. WILLEM WILLEMSZ KROM, b. 1600-1605, d. before January 30, 1660. He had;

i. WILLEM WILLEMSZ KROM, b. before 1635.
ii. DIRCK WILLEMSZ KROM. He had a son WILLEM DIRCKSZ KROM.
iii. ARIEN WILLEMSZ KROM, d. after January 31, 1660.
iv. FLORIS WILLEMSZ KROM, b. before 1635, d. before June 29, 1706. He m. HELENA ADRIEANS about March 29, 1670, Flatbush, Long Island, New York. She was born about 1645/6, Haaften near Tuil, Gelderland, Netherlands and died after 1716.
 

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM1 KROM1,2,3 was born Abt. 1612 Opijnen, Tielerwaard, Gelderland, Netherlands4,5,6, and died Abt. 16537,8,9.  He married MAYCKE HENDRICKS VAN DER OEVER 10,11,12 April 07, 164513,14,15 Waardenburg, Gelderland, Netherlands.  She was born Abt. 1614 in Mepple, Drenth, Netherlands16,17,18; d. 1681, New Jersey. MAYCKE VAN DER OEVER: Emigration: August 31, 1662, Arrived America with 2nd husband JAN JOOSTEN VAN METEREN on DE VOS from Tielderweert with 5 children19,20,21. Before December 1662, this family was in Wiltwyck then a tiny, stockaded village where they became members of the Wiltwyck Dutch Church on Dec. 16, 1662. They were among the first settlers of the New Village known today as Hurley.  Hurley and when the Indians attacked on June 7, 1663, Jan Van Meteren and the oldest boy, Gysbert Krom, were in the fields and hearing the shooting rushed home, to find their house in flames. Maycke and 2 of the children were taken by the Indians. Capt. Martin Cregier led an expedition against the Indian forts in September of that year and all the captives were returned to their homes. On November 18, 1664 there was a court proceeding in which Director-General Peter Stuyvesant sued Jan Joosten for "pasage money for taking him, wife, children and baggage in schepels of oats, 51/2 schepes of summer barley, 4 schepels of summer wheat, and for the loss of horses," and for "butter from two cows for two years," all part of Jan's contract with the West India Company to assist his setlement at Kinston." They later migrated to New Jersey.

Children of WILLIAM KROM and MAYCKE HENDRICKS VAN DER OEVER are:
 i. HENDRICK2 WILLEMS KROM, b. about 1647.
 ii. LYSBET WILLMSE KROM22,23,24, b. Abt. 1650, Opijnen, Tielerwaard, Gelderland, Netherlands25,26,27. She m. JOOST ADIANENSZEN MOLENAER 1668.
2. iii. GYSBERT WILLEMS KROM, b. Abt. 1653, Opijnen, Tielerwaard, Gelderland, Netherlands.
iv. GEERTJE KROM, b. about 1656, Opijnen, Tielerwaard, Gelderland, Netherlands. She m. JAN HAMEL 1682/83.
 
 

Generation No. 2

2. LIEUTENANT GYSBERT WILLEMS2 KROM (WILLIAM1)28,29,30 was born Abt. 1650 in Pynacker, Holland31,32,33;  October 24, 1724, the coroner of Ulster County, William Hopkins, claimed expense money for his "enquiry of the body of Gysbert Crom".  He married
(1) CORNELIA BOGART34,35,36.  She was born Abt. 165037,38,39.  He married (2) GEERIE ARRENTS40,41,42.  She was born Abt. 165043,44,45.  He married (3) GEERTIE VAN VLIET46,47,48 Abt. 167249,50,51 in Marbletown, Ulster Co., New York.  She was born Abt. 165452,53,54.  1686, Gysbert Krom along with John Westbrook and Col. Henry Pawling received 144 acres at Coxsink. He was a
foot soldier in 1670. In an Indian treaty made by Indians and Colonel Richard Nicolls, the first English governor of the Province of New York, dated Feb. 23, 1681, his name appears as a witness. In 1700, he was a lieutenant of foot soldiers in the Militia. About 1703; Gysbert Krom desires a conveyance for 8 acres of fly and upland lying on the east side or end of the fifth Binnewater; granted. Lieut. Gysbert Crom Trustee 1705, Marbletown.  On April 23, 1705 he conveyed to Jan Joosten van Meteren of the City of New York his interest in the estate of Jan Joosten which was bequethed unto him. The grantee was the grandson of Jan Joosten, his stepfather. April 12, 1709 Gysbert Krom desired a conveyance for a fly on the end of the burt Crepelbush, and a parcel of fly lying by the fourth Binnewater.  1707-1709; Lieut. Gysbert Crom Assistant Trustee. He  was listed as an old man and officer on the military roll of Marbletown in 1709.  Took the oath required of the foreign born at Kingston in 1715. He was a large landholder in Marbletown, inheriting some of his property from his stepfather.

Children of GYSBERT KROM and GEERTIE VAN VLIET are:
3. i. CATHERINE3 KROM, b. 1673, Kingston, Ulster Co., New York.
 ii. WILLEM KROM55,56,57, b. 1675.
 iii. MAYKEN KROM61,62,63, b. 1677.
 iv. GYSBERT KROM67,68,69, b. 1679.
 v. DIRCK KROM73,74,75, b. 1681.
4. vi. HENDRICK KROM, b. December 09, 1683, Marbletown, Ulster Co., New York.
 
 

Generation No. 3

3.  CATHERINE3 KROM (GYSBERT WILLEMS2, WILLIAM1)79,80,81 was born 1673 in Kingston, Ulster Co., New York82,83,84.  She married ARIE VAN ETTEN.  He was born January 16, 1669/70 in Kingston, Ulster Co., New York. See Van Etten page for more information on this family.

Child of CATHERINE KROM and ARIE VAN ETTEN is:
5. i. JACOBUS4 VAN ETTEN, b. 1698, Marbletown, Ulster Co., New York; d. Bef. 1749, Marbletown, Ulster Co., New York.
 

4.  HENDRICK3 KROM (GYSBERT WILLEMS2, WILLIAM1)85,86,87 was born December 09, 168388,89,90, Marbletown, Ulster Co., New York.  He married DINA BIGGS91,92,93 August 22, 1713 in Kingston, Ulster Co., New York94,95,96.  She was born Abt. 169097,98,99. His will dated March 23, 1764 and proved December 2, 1764, indicates he had extensive property and land holdings. He was a Marbletown freeholder in 1728. He was part of the building committee appointed on December 1, 1743 for the construction of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in Marbletown.

Child of HENDRICK KROM and DINA BIGGS is:
6. i. JAN4 KROM, b. April 22, 1717, Kingston, Ulster Co., New York; d. November 15, 1799, Marbletown, Ulster Co., New York.
ii. GYSBERT KROM, m. SARAH BOGART, dau. of MARTHEN BOGART and TANNEKEN DELAMETER, b. 1719, Marbletown, Ulster Co., New York.
 
 

Generation No. 4

6. JAN4 KROM (HENDRICK3, GYSBERT WILLEMS2, WILLIAM1)108,109,110,111 was born April 22, 1717 in Kingston, Ulster Co., New York112,113,114, Baptised Old Dutch Church of Kingston by Domine Petrus Vas, April 28, 1717, sponsors were Albert Roosa and Aagen Krom; died November 15, 1799 in Marbletown, Ulster Co., New York115,116,117.  He married REBECCA BOGART118,119,120,121 March 29, 1741 in Kingston Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster Co., New York122,123,124, daughter of MARTHEN BOGART and TANNEKEN DELAMETER.  She was born March 21, 1720/21 in Kingston, Ulster Co., New York125,126,127. His name appears on the Articles of Association adopted by the citizens of the city of New York who were favorable to cause of liberty. He served during the American Revolution in the 3rd Regiment Ulster County Militia under Colonel Levi Pawling. He was a claimant for land bounty rights in that regiment.

Children of JAN KROM and REBECCA BOGART are:
8. i. TANNEKE5 KROM, b. 1742, baptism July 25, 1742, Kingston Dutch Reformed Church, Ulster Co. New York; d. Aft. 1783-bef 7/26/1793.
 ii. DINA KROM131,132,133,134, Baptism: October 07, 1744, Kingston/sponsors: Gysbert Krom & Zara Bogaard135,136,137,138; m. JAN MIDDAGH139,140,141.
iii. CORNELIUS S. KROM, b. March 26, 1754, Marbletown, Ulster Co., New York; d. September 05, 1842, Marbletown, Ulster Co., New York.
He married before to 1782 to BARBARA DAVIS, born 1763, dau. of JACOBUS SAMUEL DAVIS and ELIZABETH BUSH of Marbletown, Ulster Co., New York. In the fall of 1776 served one month in Captain Hendrick Schoonmaker's Company, immediately afterward he served one month in Captain Ransom's company from about the first of June 1777, served two months in Captain John Hasbrouck's company in Colonel Levi Paulding's regiment. He served six weeks in Captain John Hasbrouck's company in Colonel Hoornbeek's regiment. In the spring of 1778, he served two months in Captain Frederick Schoonmaker's company. In the fall of 1778 he served three and one half months in Captain Frederick Schoonmaker's company. He was allowed pension on his application executed December 11, 1832. September 10, 1812; marched in the half-century celebration at Kingston at the age of 58. In 1840, he was living with James C. Krom. Their children were; John
Krom b. 1782 d. 1843, m. Sally Morris. Elizabeth Krom, m. David Hogan. Jacobus C. Krom, m. Maria Roosa. Henry Krom. Rebecca Krom. Cornelius C. Krom.
 

Generation No. 5

8. TANNEKE5 KROM (JAN4, HENDRICK3, GYSBERT WILLEMS2, WILLIAM1)177,178,179,180,181 was born 1742182,183,184,185, and died Aft. 1783-bef 7/26/1793186,187,188,189,190.  She married FREDERICK BUSH191,192,193,194,195 Bef. 1783196,197,198,199,200, son of THOMAS BUSH and ELISABETHA MARKLE.  He was born May 28, 1743 in Kingston, Ulster Co., New York201,202,203, and died 1813 in of Ulster Co., New York204,205,206,207,208. See Bush page for more information on this family.