LUTHERAN LAY LEADER WHO CONDUCTED THE FIRST KNOWN WORSHIP SERVICE FOR “ADHERENTS OF THE UNALTERED AUGSBURG CONFESSION” IN BEVERWYCK, NEW NETHERLAND (ALBANY, NEW YORK) ON JANUARY 30, 1656
Tjerck Claessen De Witt (1620-1700), m. 1656 Barbara Andriessen (1630-1714); parents of
Geertruy De Witt (born 1668), m. 1688 Hendrick Hendricksz Schoonmaker (1665-1712); parents of
Jacob Schoonmaker (born 1700), m. 1742 Elisabeth Richtmeyer; parents of
Hannah Schoonmaker (born 1746), m. Thomas Musier (born 1738); parents of
Elisabeth Musier (born 1776), m. John P. Clum (born 1770); parents of
Catharine Jane Moore (1839-1911), m. 1862 Lafayette Howard (1842-1911); parents of
Franklin Elmer Howard (1876-1966), m. 1900 Adeline Denegar (1873-1953); parents of
Catherine Margaret Howard (1908-2003), m. Paul Weeks Balint (1911-1989); parents of
Joy Ann Balint, m. David Milton Webber; parents of
David Jay Webber, m. Carol Ruth Wimble; parents of
Paul Morgan Edward Webber, Sarah Christina Webber, and Catharine Helen Webber.
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