Individual Details

Tebina DELAMEETER

(21 Jul 1706 - Say 1707)

Occasionally, one comes across a claim that Zeletie's full name was "Tebina" Zeletie La Metre but I've found no records to support that claim. Riker writes this:

"Cornelius (11), (son of Jan), had issue:
45. Tebina, baptized July 21, 1706.
46. Zeletie, baptized August 4, 1706 ..."

Because it was the Dutch custom to baptize children within the first month or so, it would seem clear that Tebina and Zeletie were twins. One could explain the early baptism of Tebina on the grounds that she was sickly and not expected to survive. The absence of further records supports her early death.

However, an examination of the Kingston Church baptism records do not reveal a baptism of Tebina, although another child was baptized that day. My tentative conclusion is that Riker wrote "baptized" when he should have written "born," leading me to conclude that both girls were born on 21 July and the only survivor, Zeletie, was baptized on August 4.

Events

Birth21 Jul 1706Kingston, Ulster, New York, British America
Baptism21 Jul 1706
DeathSay 1707young

Families

FatherCornelis DELAMEETER (1683 - 1760)
MotherMargriet VAN STEENBERGH ( - 1760)
SiblingZeletie LA METRE (1706 - 1777)
SiblingAnna Catharine DELAMEETER (1708 - 1709)
SiblingAnna Catrina DELAMEETER (1709 - )
SiblingMary Salmi DELAMEETER (1711 - )
SiblingAbraham DELAMEETER (1713 - 1714)
SiblingJohannes DELAMEETER (1715 - )
SiblingAbraham DELAMEETER (1718 - )
SiblingCornelius DELAMEETER (1719 - )
SiblingThomas DELAMEETER (1722 - )
SiblingBenjamin DELAMEETER (1725 - )
FatherCornelis DELAMEETER (1683 - 1760)
MotherMargriet VAN STEENBERGH ( - 1760)
SiblingCornelius DELAMEETER (1719 - )
SiblingJohannes DELAMEETER (1715 - )
SiblingThomas DELAMEETER (1722 - )
SiblingMary Salmi DELAMEETER (1711 - )
SiblingAnna Catharine DELAMEETER (1708 - 1709)
SiblingAbraham DELAMEETER (1713 - 1714)
SiblingBenjamin DELAMEETER (1725 - )
SiblingAbraham DELAMEETER (1718 - )
SiblingAnna Catrina DELAMEETER (1709 - )
SiblingZeletie LA METRE (1706 - 1777)
MotherMargriet VAN STEENBERGH ( - 1760)
SiblingCornelius DELAMEETER (1719 - )
SiblingJohannes DELAMEETER (1715 - )
SiblingThomas DELAMEETER (1722 - )
SiblingMary Salmi DELAMEETER (1711 - )
SiblingAnna Catharine DELAMEETER (1708 - 1709)
SiblingAbraham DELAMEETER (1713 - 1714)
SiblingBenjamin DELAMEETER (1725 - )
SiblingAbraham DELAMEETER (1718 - )
SiblingAnna Catrina DELAMEETER (1709 - )
SiblingZeletie LA METRE (1706 - 1777)

Endnotes

1. James Riker, Revised History of Harlem (City of New York.): Its origin and early annals prefaced by home scenes in the fatherlands; or notices of its founders before emigration. Also sketches of numerous families and the recovered history of the land-titles. With illustrations and maps, Revised from the author's notes and enlarged by Henry Pennington Toler and edited by Sterling Potter, genealogist (New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904), images 526 of p. 498; online page images, MyHeritage.com (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-90100-97234527/revised-history-of-harlem-ny?s=273564081 : viewed 27 January 2019).

2. James Riker, Revised History of Harlem (City of New York.): Its origin and early annals prefaced by home scenes in the fatherlands; or notices of its founders before emigration. Also sketches of numerous families and the recovered history of the land-titles. With illustrations and maps, Revised from the author's notes and enlarged by Henry Pennington Toler and edited by Sterling Potter, genealogist (New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904), images 526 of p. 498; online page images, MyHeritage.com (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-90100-97234527/revised-history-of-harlem-ny?s=273564081 : viewed 27 January 2019).

3. James Riker, Revised History of Harlem (City of New York.): Its origin and early annals prefaced by home scenes in the fatherlands; or notices of its founders before emigration. Also sketches of numerous families and the recovered history of the land-titles. With illustrations and maps, Revised from the author's notes and enlarged by Henry Pennington Toler and edited by Sterling Potter, genealogist (New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904), images 526 of p. 498; online page images, MyHeritage.com (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-90100-97234527/revised-history-of-harlem-ny?s=273564081 : viewed 27 January 2019).