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     Cornelius Jansen Decker was born in 1670 at Ulster, New York, USA.¹ He was the son of Jan Broersen Decker and Heyltje Jacobs.¹ Cornelius Jansen Decker married an unknown person on 22 December 1695 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 He died on 4 March 1701/2 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹

     Gerard Janz Decker was baptized on 14 February 1664/65 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 He was the son of Jan Gerritsen Decker and Grietjen Hendricks Westercamp.¹ Gerard Janz Decker married Margaret Decker, daughter of Jan Broersen Decker and Heyltje Jacobs, in 1685 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1

     Gerrit Janse Decker was baptized on 26 February 1662 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 He was the son of Jan Broersen Decker and Heyltje Jacobs.¹ Gerrit Janse Decker married an unknown person in 1684 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1 Marriage banns for Gerrit Janse Decker were published on 2 April 1684 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^4,1 He died in 1740 at Minisink Valley, Orange, New York, USA.¹

     Hendrick Janse Decker was baptized on 9 October 1667 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 He was the son of Jan Gerritsen Decker and Grietjen Hendricks Westercamp.¹ Hendrick Janse Decker married an unknown person on 18 December 1696 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1 He died in 1717.¹ He was buried after 1717 at Minisink Valley, Orange, New York, USA.¹

     Hermanus Janse Decker was the son of Jan Gerritsen Decker and Grietjen Hendricks Westercamp.¹ Hermanus Janse Decker married an unknown person on 2 September 1695 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1

     Heyltje Gerritse Decker was baptized on 10 January 1685/86 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 She was the daughter of Gerard Janz Decker and Margaret Decker.¹ Marriage banns for Heyltje Gerritse Decker and Hendrick Schoonmaker were published on 25 November 1704 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1

     Jacob Janse Decker was born between 1670 and 1675.¹ He was the son of Jan Gerritsen Decker and Grietjen Hendricks Westercamp.¹

     Jacob Janse Decker was born on 17 November 1658 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ He was the son of Jan Broersen Decker and Heyltje Jacobs.¹ Jacob Janse Decker married an unknown person on 8 December 1678 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 He married an unknown person on 6 September 1702 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA; Jacob Decker, widower of Beeltje Cortregt, and Sara Menteren,
widow of Jaems Pinnick, both residing in the Co. of Ulster.^3,1 He died after 29 May 1720 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹

     Jan Broersen Decker was baptized at Machackemack (Deer Park), Orange, New York, USA.³ He He apparently went by Jan Broersen but later took the surname Decker which was used by all of his children.^1,2 He was born on 23 April 1640 at Husum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.³ He was the son of Jan Broorsen Decker and Jeyltje Jacobs.³ Jan Broersen Decker married Heyltje Jacobs, daughter of Rutger Jacobs and (?) (?), circa 1657 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1 Jan Broersen Decker married Wiiemitje Jacobs on 24 December 1679 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^4,3 Jan Broersen Decker died in 1717 at Port Jervis, Orange, New York, USA.³

     Jan Broorsen Decker Arrived in New York in 1644 on the ship The Blue Cock.¹ He was born circa 1604 at Husom, Copenhagen, Denmark.¹ He married Jeyltje Jacobs in 1629 at Of Husom, Copenhagen, Denmark.¹

     Jan Garretson Decker was baptized on 28 July 1688 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 He was the son of Gerard Janz Decker and Margaret Decker.¹

     Jan Gerritsen Decker was born circa 1640 at Heerden, Holland.¹ He married Grietjen Hendricks Westercamp, daughter of Hendrick Jansen Westercamp and Femmetje Alberts, on 23 March 1663/64 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 Jan Gerritsen Decker died after 5 April 1706 at probably Ulster Co., New York, USA.¹

     Jan Janse Decker was the son of Jan Gerritsen Decker and Grietjen Hendricks Westercamp.¹

      Magdalena Decker was also known as Magdalena Decker.¹ She was baptized on 3 October 1666 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 She was the daughter of Jan Broersen Decker and Heyltje Jacobs.¹ Magdalena Decker married Johannes Westbrook, son of Antoni Jansen Westbrook and Orseltie Dyrcks, on 12 May 1687 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1

     Margaret Decker married an unknown person.¹ She was baptized on 1 December 1695 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 She was the daughter of Gerard Janz Decker and Margaret Decker.¹

     Margaret Decker was baptized on 31 August 1664 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 She was the daughter of Jan Broersen Decker and Heyltje Jacobs.¹ Margaret Decker married Gerard Janz Decker, son of Jan Gerritsen Decker and Grietjen Hendricks Westercamp, in 1685 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1

      Tietje Jans Decker was also known as VanCampen.¹ Tietje Jans Decker was also known as Tietje Boersen.¹ She was born in 1671 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Jan Broersen Decker and Heyltje Jacobs.¹ Tietje Jans Decker was baptized on 18 June 1671 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 She married an unknown person on 23 July 1687 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1

     Pieternella DePre was born circa 1664 at Holland.¹ She married Martinus Van Aken on 11 April 1683 at Gadzand, Holland.² Pieternella DePre married Moses De Puy, son of Nicholas Du Puy and Cathrina de Vos Renard, on 17 October 1724 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1

     Aaron Depue was baptized on 27 February 1714/15 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 He was the son of Nicholas Depuy and Wentjen Roosa.¹ Aaron Depue married an unknown person circa 1747.¹ He married an unknown person circa 1755.¹

     Anna Depue was born in 1768.¹ She was the daughter of Nicholas Moses DePue and Elizabeth Schoonmaker.¹ Anna Depue married an unknown person on 31 May 1787 at Minisink, Orange, New York, USA.^2,1

     Benjamin Depue was buried at Middlesmithfield Twp., Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He was born on 28 May 1771 at Wyoming, Pennsylvania, USA.^2,3,1 He was the son of Nicholas Moses DePue and Elizabeth Schoonmaker.¹ Benjamin Depue married an unknown person in 1791.¹ He died on 2 November 1831 at Lower Smithfield, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA, at age 60.^3,1

     Cathrina Depue was born in 1710 at Marbletown, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 She was the daughter of Nicholas Depuy and Wentjen Roosa.¹ Cathrina Depue was baptized on 12 November 1710 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ She married an unknown person on 1 February 1729/30 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1 She married Gerrit Schoonmaker, son of Hendrick Schoonmaker and Heyltje Gerritse Decker, circa 1734.¹ Cathrina Depue died before 1745.¹

     Daniel Depue was baptized on 25 December 1723 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 He was the son of Nicholas Depuy and Wentjen Roosa.¹ Daniel Depue married an unknown person in 1744 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ He died circa 1793.¹

     Elijah Depue THE DE PUI FAMILY.--Elijah De Pui, it is said, came to Tioga
subsequent to the birth of his two eldest children, Betsey and
Vine, and previous to that of his son Thomas, who was born
April 14th 1806. He settled next north of Nicholas Prutsman,
purchasing an interest in the latter's claim. He was born in
the same county and township as were the Prutsmans, and it was
his acquaintance with this family that induced him to settle
near them on the Tioga River. The family tradition of the De
Puis (De Puy, as he spelled it) is that their ancestor, one
Nicholas, a French Huguenot, came to America subsequent to the
revocation of the Edict of Nantes, which exposed so many of the
French citizens of Protestant faith to the renewal of those
persecutions by the Catholics of their country that had existed
previous to the establishment of the edict, by Henry IV.,
nearly ninety years before. This ancestor, fleeing, as did the
great body of Protestant citizens who had the means and were
able to get out of France--to the extent of at least 250,000
people--came to Pennsylvania, and settled in Northampton
County, near the Delaware Water Gap, probably as early as 1686
or 1687. It is certain that several families of the De Puis
were in existence in that section of the State, lying between
the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers, as early as 1749, when a treaty
was made with twenty-four Indian chiefs for the purchase of the
lands lying between the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers; and a
map of the said purchase, made at the time, locates 'Depui's'
residence near the Delaware Gap, and within the present limits
of South Smithfield, Monroe County. A Samuel and an Aaron
'Depew' were among the ten Pennsylvanians who were included in
the 684 persons constituting the Susquehanna Land Company, who
purchased of the Indians at Albany and Mohawk Castle, July 11th
1754, what is generally known as writing to Governor Morris,
dates his letter at 'Depui's, Leha Gap, December 10th 1754;'
and three commissioners appointed to visit and examine the
various forts erected between the Schuylkill, Lehigh and
Delaware rivers, to guard the settlers against the approach of
French and Indians, during the old French and Indian war, speak
of coming 'at 7 p.m. to Samuel Depui's; around the house is a
large but very slight and ill-constructed stockade, with a
swivel gun mounted at each corner.' The name of Aaron Depui
appears in several communications addressed to the council, at
Philadelphia, in 1760, 1761, and 1776; and an act of the
Assembly, passed the 13th day of September 1785, establishes
the voting place of the fourth election district of Northampton
County (comprising the townships of Hamilton, Lower Smithfield,
Delaware and Upper Smithfield) at the house of Nicholas De Pui,
in Lower Smithfield. Nicholas De Pui, as one of the justices of
Northampton County, was appointed by the supreme executive
council of the State, November 18th 1780, to preside in the
common pleas, quarter sessions, and orphans' courts. Nicholas
Jr. and Moses De Pui were joined in a proclamation of 65
persons, under date of October 6th 1787, claiming themselves to
be 'proprietors, purchasers and settlers of a tract of land
known by the name of Susquehanna purchase, and are in
consequence of a royal chartered right, together with that of
an absolute purchase from the aboriginal proprietors (with our
associates, to with the Susquehanna Company), in possession of
the whole of the aforesaid purchase,' etc.
It will be seen by the foregoing references that the father and
grandfather of Elijah De Pui, respectively Nicholas Sr. and
Samuel, were connected with the Connecticut title, as was also
Nicholas Jr., and possibly Elijah De Pui. The old homestead
house f the De Pui family, in the original Northampton County,
and below the Delaware Water Gap, on one of two islands, called
De Pui Island, is a large, old-fashioned stone building, with
four large, square rooms, a wide hall, a wide staircase, and
high, old-fashioned fireplaces and mantel pieces, and
overlooking the Jersey lands upon the opposite side; and is the
same building that was stockaded and guarded by four swivel
guns during the old French war, as previously described
Elijah De Pui was born in 1774, and came to Newtown not far
from the year 1800, about the same time that his old
acquaintance and fellow townsman Nicholas Prutsman came to
Tioga. As the oldest grist-mill in Northampton County was said
to have been built by a De Pui, and had been owned and
conducted as a branch of business in the family from one
generation to another, it was natural that Elijah De Pui should
have had an intimate knowledge of the construction of such a
mill, and with proper mechanical skill could readily build one.
Hence it is found he was by occupation a millwright, and was
engaged in the construction of the old McCoy gristmill, below
Corning, assisted by Timothy and James Goodrich, about the year
1805. His daughter Eliza (Mrs. Jabin S. Bush) thinks her father
and family moved to Tioga as early as the spring of 1806, the
father and mother each on horseback, carrying a child, and
preceded by a team and wagon with the household effects. He
occupied first a small log house on the north side of the race,
close to the foot of the hill, that was built and for a time
occupied by Nicholas Prutsman. He subsequently built a plank
and frame building, of moderate size, on the south side of the
race, farther to the west; and in later years a still larger
frame and clapboard house, generally known as the 'De Pui
homestead,' in which Mr. De Pui resided until about the year
1839, when he removed into the house in the village built by
'Chris Charles.' About 1810 he built the 'De Pui grist-mill,'
which continued to be one of the most important gristmills on
the upper Tioga up to the time of its destruction. He build a
saw-mill adjoining the grist-mill, and carried on an extensive
lumbering business many years; also a fine and well cultivated
farm. His farm consisted of flat and hill land, purchased from
the Robert Crozier tract, and his own entry of a vacant tract
of 147 acres and 123 perches, in May 1832--in all 384 acres;
besides which he acquired the old Lyman Adams farm, 100 acres,
on the river south of Berry's, and also the Ambrose Millard
farm of about 70 acres. In 1819, 1820 and 1821 he was one of
the county commissioners; and December 16th 1819 was appointed
by Governor William Findley a justice of the peace for part of
Tioga and Lawrence Townships.
On his removal to the village, in 1839, his son Vine succeeded
him in the occupancy of the old farm, and in the flouring and
lumbering business, and so continued up to the time of his
death, in 1866. Vine also acquired possession of a part of the
Ambrose Millard farm, of about 25 acres on the east side of the
Williamson road, in Tioga Borough, and built first the house
now owned and occupied by Miss Anna Maria Wickham, which he
sold to the Tioga County Bank; and secondly a large, fine house
on the site of the present O.B. Lowell residence, which was
destroyed by fire in 1863 or 1864.
Elijah De Pui married Ency Baldwin, daughter of Morgan Baldwin,
about the year 1801, and had children: Betsey, born June 9th
1802; Vine, in 1804; Thomas, in 1806; Benjamin, in 1809;
Almira, December 13th 1813; Mary, in 1815; Ency A., in 1817;
Eliza, about 1820; Anna, in 1824; Jerusha B., about 1825. Of
this family Vine married a Miss McGrath, of York, Pa; Thomas
married Mary Millard, of Tioga; Almira, John W. Maynard, of
Williamsport; Mary, William H. Wisner, of Elmira; Ency, E.B.
Campbell, of Williamsport; Eliza, Jabin S. Bush, Tioga; Anna,
W.W. Willard, Williamsport; Jerusha B., Tomas L. Baldwin,
Tioga.
Elijah De Pui died March 17th 1853, in his 80th year; his wife,
Ency, August 8th 1838, in her 56th year. Of the children Betsey
and Benjamin both died young, and are buried near the apple
grove close by the old place of residence of Nicholas Prutsman,
'De Pui farm'; Thomas B. died June 10th 1840, aged 34; Mary
died in August 1840; Ency B., June 2nd 1854, aged 37 years;
Anna, May 18th 1851; Jerusha B., in April 1877.
Mrs. Eliza Bush, of Tioga, the only survivor of Elijah De Pui's
family, had children: Mrs. Henrietta Caldwell, Omaha, and Mrs.
Anna Miller, Shippensburg, Pa; and Alva, who died aged about
19 years. Four sons and one daughter and the widow of Vine De
Pui are living in the western States and Territories. Thomas De
Pui, who was a very promising lawyer at Tioga at the time of
his death, left two daughters and one son, now dead. The writer
regrets his inability to procure more definite dates than
above.
History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania. (W.W. Munsell & Co.,
N.Y. : 1883.¹ He was born on 17 September 1775 at Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA.^2,1 He was the son of Nicholas Moses DePue and Elizabeth Schoonmaker.¹ Elijah Depue married an unknown person circa 1800.¹ He died on 17 March 1853 at Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA, at age 77.^3,1 He was buried at Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     Elizabeth DePue was born in 1721 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Nicholas Depuy and Wentjen Roosa.¹ Elizabeth DePue was baptized on 6 August 1721 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ She married Benjamin Schoonmaker, son of Hendrick Schoonmaker and Heyltje Gerritse Decker, circa 1740.¹

     Hannah Depue was born in 1766.¹ She was the daughter of Nicholas Moses DePue and Elizabeth Schoonmaker.¹ Hannah Depue married an unknown person in 1786 at Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA.¹

      Hannah Depue was also known as McDowell.¹ She was born in 1719 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Nicholas Depuy and Wentjen Roosa.¹ Hannah Depue was baptized on 31 May 1719 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ She married an unknown person in 1739.¹

     John De Puy den 15 dicto(May) Jan Depuy, wed. van Elisabeth Thyszen, en
Geertruytje Jans, j.d. Van Kingstoune de Eerste woonende
aihier, en twede tot Kingstoune(the marriage of the parties was
not solemized).^2,1 He was born in 1656.³ He was baptized on 5 September 1657 at Leiden, Netherlands.^4,1 He was the son of Nicholas Du Puy and Cathrina de Vos Renard.¹ John De Puy married an unknown person circa 1677 at Dutch Church, New York, USA.¹ He died circa 1732 at Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA.¹

     Joseph De Puy was baptized on 5 March 1663 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York, New York, USA.^2,1 He was the son of Nicholas Du Puy and Cathrina de Vos Renard.¹

     Magdalena Depue was born in 1726 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Nicholas Depuy and Wentjen Roosa.¹ Magdalena Depue was baptized on 26 June 1726 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹