Individual Details
Benjamin VAN KEUREN
(10 Nov 1713 - 30 May 1788)
Events
| Birth | 10 Nov 1713 | Kingston, Ulster, New York, British America |  | ||
| Baptism | 15 Nov 1713 | Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster, New York, British America | | ||
| Marriage | 13 Jul 1735 | Kingston, Ulster, New York, British America - Sarah SWART | | ||
| Civil | May 1741 | called to serve on a grand jury - Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, British America | | ||
| Property | 1742 | (and his sister Sarah) inherited from his father the land he had bought from Thomas Saunders in Dutchess County, on the south side of son Mathew's land "as they have it now" - Dutchess, New York, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1742 | was the "overseer" of the road southward from Poughkeepsie - Dutchess, New York, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 27 May 1742 | mentioned in father's will | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1750 | established the Milton Ferry - Dutchess, New York, British America | | ||
| Death | 30 May 1788 | Shawangunk, Ulster, New York, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah SWART (1709 - 1750) |
| Child | Hendricus VAN KEUREN (1738 - 1802) |
| Spouse | Mary VAN BUNSCHOTEN ( - ) |
| Father | Tirck MATTHYSSEN (1682 - 1742) |
| Mother | Maria TEN EYCK (1682 - 1760) |
| Sibling | Sara VAN KEUREN (1702 - 1768) |
| Sibling | Jenneke VAN KEUREN (1704 - 1757) |
| Sibling | Mattheus VAN KEUREN (1706 - 1781) |
| Sibling | Tjatje VAN KEUREN (1707 - 1791) |
| Sibling | Catharina VAN KEUREN (1709 - 1776) |
| Sibling | Abraham VAN KEUREN (1711 - 1776) |
| Sibling | Marytjen VAN KEUREN (1715 - 1716) |
| Sibling | Maria VAN KEUREN (1717 - 1748) |
| Sibling | Jacobus VAN KEUREN (1719 - 1803) |
| Sibling | Rachel VAN KEUREN (1720 - 1721) |
| Sibling | Rachel VAN KEUREN (1722 - 1787) |
| Sibling | Elisabeth VAN KEUREN (1726 - 1812) |
| Sibling | Lidea VAN KEUREN (1729 - 1795) |
| Sibling | Neeltje VAN KEUREN (1730 - 1770) |
Endnotes
1. D. G. Van Curen, Descendants of Mathijs Jansen van Ceulen, RTF file on CD accompanying book, "Van Keulen/Van Keuren, Van Kuren/Van Curen," (Baltimore : Gateway Press, 1998), entry 27vii/120; supplied by D. G. Van Curen, , Boise, ID 83709, 1998 [presumably]. This is an extensive descendancy with informal citations to sources and brief proof arguments. The CD is informally labelled.
2. D. G. Van Curen, The Descendants of Mathijs Jansen van Ceulen: A history of the Van Steenberghs, Peersens, Jansens, Van Keurens and related families, from their beginnings in Kingston, Ulster County, New York (Chesterfield, MO: Mira Digital Publishing, 2016), p.109.
3. Chester /Van Keuren/ Family Bible Records, 1682-1788, (n.p.: n.p., n.d.), list of children with birth/death dates and names of spouses; privately held by James W. Moore (JamesWMooreUNC69 AT gmail DOT com), , Potomac, MD 20854; image of transcription and translation of unknown origin, given to me by Fran Bates.
4. Roswell Randall Hoes, compiler, Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (formerly named Wiltwyck, or often familiarly called Esopus or 'Sopus), for One Hundred and Fifty Years from their commencement in 1660||Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston (New York: De Vinne Press, 1891), p. 104, entry 2178, 15 Nov 1713, Benjamin, son of TJerk Mathysz and Marytjen de Nyk; digital images of pages, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/baptismalmarriag00king : viewed 27 February 2019). Witness/sponsors were Thomas Matthysz and Zara de Nyk.
5. D. G. Van Curen, The Descendants of Mathijs Jansen van Ceulen: A history of the Van Steenberghs, Peersens, Jansens, Van Keurens and related families, from their beginnings in Kingston, Ulster County, New York (Chesterfield, MO: Mira Digital Publishing, 2016), p. 138.
6. Dutchess County, New York || Dutchess Co., NY, Court of Common Pleas and Court of General Sessions, 1721-1889 "Ancient document 239", jury list, May 1741, "To our Sheriff of our said County of Dutchess...," May 1740; digital images, Dutchess County (NY) Clerk, Dutchess County Government (https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/County-Clerk/Ancient-Document-Search.htm : downloaded, 9 November 2019).
7. /New York Historical Society/, abstractor, Collections: Abstracts of Wills 1665-1800, on File in the Surrogates's Office, County of New York, 41 volumes (New York: New York Historical Society, 1892), vol. III (1730-1744), pp. 371-372, will of Dirck Van Keuren, referencing liber 14, page 300.
8. Frank Hasbrouck, The History of Dutchess County, New York (Poughkeepsie, NY: Samuel A. Matthieu, 1909), p. 205; digital page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028853327#page/n9/mode/2up : viewed 4 July 2018).
9. /New York Historical Society/, abstractor, Collections: Abstracts of Wills 1665-1800, on File in the Surrogates's Office, County of New York, 41 volumes (New York: New York Historical Society, 1892), vol. III (1730-1744), pp. 371-372, will of Dirck Van Keuren, referencing liber 14, page 300.
10. Frank Hasbrouck, The History of Dutchess County, New York (Poughkeepsie, NY: Samuel A. Matthieu, 1909), pp. 206-207, 216, 659-661; digital page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028853327#page/n9/mode/2up : viewed 4 July 2018).
11. D. G. Van Curen, Descendants of Mathijs Jansen van Ceulen, RTF file on CD accompanying book, "Van Keulen/Van Keuren, Van Kuren/Van Curen," (Baltimore : Gateway Press, 1998), entry 27vii/120; supplied by D. G. Van Curen, , Boise, ID 83709, 1998 [presumably]. This is an extensive descendancy with informal citations to sources and brief proof arguments. The CD is informally labelled.
12. Chester /Van Keuren/ Family Bible Records, 1682-1788, (n.p.: n.p., n.d.), list of children with birth/death dates and names of spouses; privately held by James W. Moore (JamesWMooreUNC69 AT gmail DOT com), , Potomac, MD 20854; image of transcription and translation of unknown origin, given to me by Fran Bates.