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Abraham Jacobse Truax was the son of Jacob Truax and Lysbet de la Grange.
Abraham Jacobse Truax was born on 4 April 1737 at Schenectady, NY.
He was baptized on 8 July 1737 at Schenectady, NY.2
He married Elizabeth Van Antwerp, daughter of Harmanus Janse Van Antwerp and Neeltje Van Antwerp, on 27 March 1761 at Schenectady, NY.
Abraham Jacobse Truax served as a Pvt. 2nd Regiment, Albany Co. Militia (or may have been a different Abraham J. Truax). He 'prayed for land' in Whitton Township, QC in July 1795. The D.A.R., most genealogies, and several histories of the area claim that Abraham Jacobse Truax served in the Second Regiment of the Albany County Militia, and participated in several battles. This seems odd given that he moved to Quebec just a couple of years behind his brother Elias, and that several of his children married into prominent Loyalist families. There was an Abraham J. Truax who appears in the rolls of the 2nd Regiment, but there were a lot Abraham Truaxs in the area, even a few with the middle initial J or I. Abraham Jellis Truax (Volume I, #276) was closely related (brother or first cousin) to all of the other Truaxs who served in the 2nd Regiment of the Albany County Militia - much more closely than Abraham Jacobse Truax was - and I believe that it was he, and not Abraham Jacobse, who served in the Albany County Militia. The main piece of evidence in all this is a pension application made by Elizabeth Truax, widow of Abraham (National Archives #R.10718). It has always been assumed that this was Elizabeth Van Antwerp; however, Abraham Jellis Truax lived in the same area at the same time and was married to Elizabeth Van Slice. The application was made in 1834, which, if it were made by Elizabeth Van Antwerp, would have made her 93 years old at the time (Elizabeth Van Slice would only have been 81). Also, the application was made from Watervliet, New York, even though Abraham Jacobse and Elizabeth Van Antwerp had moved to Quebec many years before. She may have moved back after his death, but it seems unlikely. Whichever side he was on, some time around 1795 Abraham moved most of his family north into Missisquoi County in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, an area heavily populated with United Empire Loyalists. He would have been about 58 years old by then, and most of his children (except for Abraham Jr.) would have been adults. |
Agnieta Vedder was the daughter of Harmen Albertse Vedder and Anna ?.
Agnieta Vedder was born circa 1672 at Schenectady, NY.
She married Jan Danielse Van Antwerp, son of Daniel Janse Van Antwerpen and Maria De Groot, on 24 November 1700 at Schenectady, NY.1
Agnieta Vedder died circa 1756.
Agnieta Vedder was also known as Angenietje Vedder. |
Maria Van Antwerp was the daughter of Jan Danielse Van Antwerp and Agnieta Vedder. Maria Van Antwerp was born on 2 March 1700/1 at Schenectady, NY. |
Anna Janse Van Antwerp was the daughter of Jan Danielse Van Antwerp and Agnieta Vedder. Anna Janse Van Antwerp was born on 29 April 1705 at Schenectady, NY. |
Daniel Janse Van Antwerp was the son of Jan Danielse Van Antwerp and Agnieta Vedder. Daniel Janse Van Antwerp was born on 16 October 1707 at Schenectady, NY. |
Neeltje Janse Van Antwerp was the daughter of Jan Danielse Van Antwerp and Agnieta Vedder. Neeltje Janse Van Antwerp was born on 28 March 1710 at Albany, NY. |
Sara Janse Van Antwerp was the daughter of Jan Danielse Van Antwerp and Agnieta Vedder. Sara Janse Van Antwerp was born on 21 June 1712 at Schenectady, NY. |
Rebecca Janse Van Antwerp was the daughter of Jan Danielse Van Antwerp and Agnieta Vedder. Rebecca Janse Van Antwerp was born on 2 March 1714/15. |
Abraham Janse Van Antwerp was the son of Jan Danielse Van Antwerp and Agnieta Vedder. Abraham Janse Van Antwerp was born on 10 April 1717 at Schenectady, NY. He died on 7 March 1792 at Glenville, Montgomery Co., NY. |
Arent Janse Van Antwerp was the son of Jan Danielse Van Antwerp and Agnieta Vedder. Arent Janse Van Antwerp was born on 7 May 1719 at Schenectady, NY. |
Arent Janse Van Antwerp was the son of Jan Danielse Van Antwerp and Agnieta Vedder. Arent Janse Van Antwerp was born on 9 June 1722 at Schenectady, NY. |
Anna Van Antwerp was the daughter of Jan Danielse Van Antwerp and Agnieta Vedder. Anna Van Antwerp was born on 20 December 1724. |
Arent Danielse Van Antwerp was the son of Daniel Janse Van Antwerpen and Maria De Groot. Arent Danielse Van Antwerp was born in 1674 at Schenectady, NY.1 He married Sara Van Eps, daughter of Johannes Jan Van Eps and Elisabeth Douw, in 1705 at Albany, NY.1 |
Maria Van Antwerp was the daughter of Arent Danielse Van Antwerp and Sara Van Eps. Maria Van Antwerp was born on 25 December 1706. |
Lysbeth Van Antwerp was the daughter of Arent Danielse Van Antwerp and Sara Van Eps. Lysbeth Van Antwerp was born on 10 October 1708. |
Anna Van Antwerp was the daughter of Arent Danielse Van Antwerp and Sara Van Eps. Anna Van Antwerp was born on 21 October 1711. |
Daniel Van Antwerp was the son of Arent Danielse Van Antwerp and Sara Van Eps. Daniel Van Antwerp was born on 14 November 1713. |
Maria Van Antwerp was the daughter of Arent Danielse Van Antwerp and Sara Van Eps. Maria Van Antwerp was born on 22 April 1716. |
Johannes Van Antwerp was the son of Arent Danielse Van Antwerp and Sara Van Eps. Johannes Van Antwerp was baptized on 8 February 1718. He married Lena Helena Wendell, daughter of Anna Van Eps, on 5 November 1743. Johannes Van Antwerp married Maria Viele, daughter of Jan Viele. |
Rebecca Van Antwerp was the daughter of Arent Danielse Van Antwerp and Sara Van Eps. Rebecca Van Antwerp was born on 18 August 1721. |
Sara Van Antwerp was the daughter of Arent Danielse Van Antwerp and Sara Van Eps. Sara Van Antwerp was born on 29 September 1723. |
Maria De Groot was the daughter of Symon Symonse De Groot and Rebecca du Trieux. Maria De Groot was born at Beverwyck (Albany), NY. She married Daniel Janse Van Antwerpen, son of Jan of Antwerp and Neeltje , in 1669 at Schenectady, NY.2 |
John Truax was the son of Jacob Truax and Martha Oliver. John Truax was born on 8 May 1791 at Guilderland, Albany Co., NY. |
Harmen Albertse Vedder married Anna ?. |
Anna ? married Harmen Albertse Vedder. |
Jan of Antwerp was born circa 1609 at Antwerp, Netherlands. He married Neeltje . |
Neeltje was born. She married Jan of Antwerp. |
David Truax was the son of John Truax and Margaret Mount.
David Truax was born on 19 February 1755 at Morris Co., NJ.3
He married Mary ?.
David Truax died on 11 February 1855 at Disen Twp., Preble Co., OH.3
He was buried at Friendship Cemetery, Morrow Co., OH.
He served in Am. Revolution.3 He moved to Washington Co., PA after 1783. He moved to Fayette Co., KY in 1792. He moved to Preble Co., OH in 1809. From the Eaton Register: "An Hundred Years Old" Departed this life, on the 11the of February, 1855 at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Lydia Larsh, in Dixon Twp., Preble Co., Ohio, DAVID TRUAX, Sen., at the advanced age of one hundred years, less eight days. The deceased was born February 19, 1755, in Morris County, New Jersey. At the age of 14 years, his parents moved to Louden County, Virginia, where he continued to reside till the close of the War of the Revolution in which he served his oppressed country in the "tented fileds and battle's storm". Thence he emigrated to Washington Co., Penn. Again in 1792, he penetrated the wilds of the West and located first in Fayette and then Adair County, Kentucky, where he remained until the year 1809, when he removed to what is now Dixon Twp. (then not organized) in this county, where he "pitched his tent" for the residue of his long and eventful life. When the War of 1812 broke out he was "anxious and willing" again to do service in the defence of his own and his neighbors' hearthstones, whose quiet was often assailed by the cruelties of the Indian warfare. But by previous exposure, having partially lost his hearing, he had to remain at home, yet took great interest in arming and equipping three of his four sons (two of them in their "teens") for the Army of the Northwest commanded by the lamented Gen. Harrison. The writer of this note recollects with pleasure the enthusiasm manifested by this Revolutionary Patriot, in consoling the weeping wife and wailing mothers, when taking leave of their loved ones and cheering the "beardless braves" as they were deployed into line by their Captain (D.E. Hendricks). The deceased voted at every Presidential election, since the organization of the Government to the present - voted for Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Clay, Harrison, Taylor, and Scott; was the father of six children, only four of whom survive him; and died as he had lived, at peace with the world and its Creator. Eternal peace to his remains. H. |
Symon de Groot was born in 1602. |
Magdalen Marselis was the daughter of Johannes T. Marselis and Anna Van Antwerp.
Magdalen Marselis was born on 24 April 1774.
She married Isaac Truax, son of Abraham Jacobse Truax and Elizabeth Van Antwerp, on 11 February 1793 at Schenectady, NY.
Magdalen Marselis died on 9 April 1830 at Dunham, QC.
Magdalen Marselis was also known as Lena Marselius.2 Magdalen Marselis was also known as Magdalen Williams. |
Anna Van Antwerp was the daughter of Johannes Van Antwerp and Lena Helena Wendell.
Anna Van Antwerp was born on 11 June 1751.
She married Johannes T. Marselis, son of Takel Marselis, on 6 December 1767.
Daughter of Johannes Van Antwerp & Lena Helena Wendell. |
Takerius Marselis was the daughter of Johannes T. Marselis and Anna Van Antwerp. Takerius Marselis was born on 1 May 1770. |
Jacomyntje Marselis was the daughter of Johannes T. Marselis and Anna Van Antwerp. Jacomyntje Marselis was born on 22 December 1771. |
Sarah Marselis was the daughter of Johannes T. Marselis and Anna Van Antwerp. Sarah Marselis was born on 26 April 1776. |
Arent Marselis was the son of Johannes T. Marselis and Anna Van Antwerp. Arent Marselis was born on 7 June 1778. |
Susanna Marselis was the daughter of Johannes T. Marselis and Anna Van Antwerp. Susanna Marselis was born on 16 August 1782. |
George Washington Marselis was the son of Johannes T. Marselis and Anna Van Antwerp. George Washington Marselis was born on 12 July 1784. |
Ahasuerus Marselis was the son of Johannes T. Marselis and Anna Van Antwerp. Ahasuerus Marselis was born on 30 April 1786. |
Elisabeth Marselis was the daughter of Johannes T. Marselis and Anna Van Antwerp. Elisabeth Marselis was born on 3 September 1788. |
Isaac Truax was the son of Abraham Jacobse Truax and Elizabeth Van Antwerp.
Isaac Truax was born on 1 December 1765 at Schenectady, NY.
He was baptized on 14 December 1766 at Schenectady, NY.1
He married Magdalen Marselis, daughter of Johannes T. Marselis and Anna Van Antwerp, on 11 February 1793 at Schenectady, NY.
Isaac Truax married Elizabeth Van Antwerp on 8 September 1833 at Anglican Church, Dunham, QC.2
Isaac Truax died on 8 April 1850 at Dunham, Missisquoi Cty, QC.
He was buried on 10 April 1850 at Anglican Church, Dunham, Missisquoi Cty, QC.
He lived at Norman's Creek (New Princeton), NY, before 1805. He moved to Dunham Flats, QC circa 1805. He lived at in Dunham, QC, in 1833. |
Maritje Marselis was the daughter of Johannes T. Marselis and Anna Van Antwerp. Maritje Marselis was born on 23 December 1790. |
Alida Marselis was the daughter of Johannes T. Marselis and Anna Van Antwerp. Alida Marselis was born on 13 February 1795. |
Adam Van Slyck married Catherine Van Eps, daughter of Jan Baptist Van Eps and Helena Glen. |
Jacomyntje Van Eps was the daughter of Jan Baptist Van Eps and Helena Glen. Jacomyntje Van Eps was born on 29 March 1718. She married Takel Marselis. |
Lena Helena Wendell was the daughter of Anna Van Eps. Lena Helena Wendell was born on 29 June 1723. She married Johannes Van Antwerp, son of Arent Danielse Van Antwerp and Sara Van Eps, on 5 November 1743. |
Leander Williams Truax was the son of Isaac Truax and Magdalen Marselis.
Leander Williams Truax was born on 7 August 1820 at Quebec.
He married Mary Wallace in 1869.1
Leander Williams Truax was also known as Lewis W. Truax.2 He was a grocer.3 He lived at Detroit, Wayne Co., MI, in 1880.3 From an unknown Quebec newspaper: 30 May 1837: NOTICE - "This may certify that I have relinquished to my son Leander TRUAX, a minor, his time from this date, in consequence of his slothfulness and disobedience. He is authorised to trade and act for himself, and I shall demand none of his earnings, nor pay any debts of his contracting after this date. Isaac TRUAX. Dunham, May 29th, 1837." 20 Jun 1837: NOTICE - "An advertisement has been handed in for publication, signed Leander TRUAX, in reply to that of Isaac TRUAX (his father) which we promised to insert. On looking it over, we find that we ought not soil our paper by such a production. We suggest to the parties that a newspaper is not the place for settling family quarrels."4 |
Ahasuerus Wendell was the son of Evert Wendell and Elisabeth Glen. Ahasuerus Wendell was born on 1 May 1695. He married Anna Van Eps, daughter of Jan Baptist Van Eps and Helena Glen. Ahasuerus Wendell married Maria ?. |
Elizabeth Truax was the daughter of Jacob Truax and Martha Oliver. Elizabeth Truax was born on 24 March 1790 at Guilderland, Albany Co., NY; Jelles Truax and Elizabeth Kelder, baptism sponsors.1 |
Johannes T. Marselis was the son of Takel Marselis. Johannes T. Marselis was born on 16 December 1738. He married Anna Van Antwerp, daughter of Johannes Van Antwerp and Lena Helena Wendell, on 6 December 1767. |
Jacob Truax was the son of Abraham Jacobse Truax and Elizabeth Van Antwerp.
Jacob Truax was born on 10 April 1762 at Schenectady, NY.
He married Mary Archer.
Jacob Truax enlisted on 1 April 1781 with Col. Willett's NY Regiment. Assisted in destroying Fort Stanwix, and was discharged Jan. 5, 1782. |
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