Geertruid Willems Van Boerum

1645 - 1721  (~ 75 years)

• Name	Geertruid Willems Van Boerum  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	Abt. 26 Dec 1645	Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Gertruid Willems  [2]
  Death	Abt. 1721	Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA   [1]
  Burial	Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I272	Ryer Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Willem Jacobsen Van Boerum,   b. 1617, Burum, Kollumerland C.A., Friesland, Netherlands d. 3 Apr 1688, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Geertje Hendricks,   b. 1620, Goch, Kleve, Nordrhein- Westfalen, Germany d. 1694, New York, USA (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F92	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gerrit Lubbertsen,   b. Abt. 1639, Fort Orange, Albany, New York, USA d. Bet. 1704-1709, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA (Age ~ 70 years)
  Children	1. Tryntje Gerritsen,   b. Abt. 1666, Flatbush, Kings, New York, USA d. Abt. 1722, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA (Age ~ 56 years) + 2. Grietje Gerritsen,   b. Abt. 1673, Flatbush, Kings, New York, USA d. 1722, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA (Age ~ 49 years) + 3. Diertie Gerritsen,   b. Abt. 1675, Flatbush, Kings, New York, USA d. Abt. 1737, Newtown, Queens, New York, USA (Age ~ 62 years) + 4. Willem Gerritsen,   b. Bef. 1679, Flatbush, Kings, New York, USA d. 1704 (Age ~ 25 years) + 5. Geertje Gerritsen,   b. Abt. 1680, Flatbush, Kings, New York, USA   6. Cornelia Gerritsen,   b. Abt. 30 Jan 1681, Flatbush, Kings, New York, USA   7. Jacob Gerritsen,   b. Abt. 30 Mar 1683, Flatbush, Kings, New York, USA   8. Gerrit Gerritsen,   b. Abt. 8 Mar 1685, Flatbush, Kings, New York, USA   9. Peter Gerritsen,   b. Abt. 1687, Flatbush, Kings, New York, USA d. Bef. 1741, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA (Age ~ 53 years) + 10. Jan Gerritsen,   b. Abt. 1690, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA d. Bet. 1760–1771, Tarrytown, Westchester, New York, USA (Age ~ 81 years)   11. Abraham Gerritsen,   b. Abt. 1692, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA   12. Theunis Gerritsen,   b. Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA
  Family ID	F88	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2025

  
  

• Notes

  27 Oct 1704 - She and her son Pieter Gerritsen were witnesses to her granddaughter Jannette Laforse’s baptism at this time source: First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica. Jannetie Laforse, Baptismal Record, 27 Oct 1704, First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Jamaica, Queens County, New York. 2 Jan 1715 - She and her son Pieter Gerritse were witnesses to her grandson Gerrit Gerritsen’s baptism at this time source: First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica. Gerrit Gerritse, Baptismal Record, 2 Jan 1715, First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Find a Grave, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]., (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012). [S11] Holland Society of New York, U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 [database on-line]., (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014). [S129] Henry B. Hoff, Genealogies of Long Island Families from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 1, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987). [S377] The New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Volume 138, (New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2007). [S124] The New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Volume 116, (New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1985). [S381] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 47, (New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1916). [S385] Will of William Jacobse Van Boerum, 1 Oct 1687, Flatbush, Kings County, New York.