Helena Teller

1645 - 1706  (61 years)

• Name	Helena Teller  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	13 Oct 1645	New York, New York, United States
  	Fort Orange
  Gender	Female
  FSID	LHZK-W2J  [11, 12, 13]
  Death	20 Nov 1706	Albany, Albany, New York, United States
  Burial	23 Nov 1706	Berne, Albany, New York, United States
  Person ID	I45274	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Teller,   b. 1620, Netherlands d. 27 May 1701, New York, New York, United States (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Duncanson,   b. Abt 1620, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland d. Apr 1664, Albany, New York, United States (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F24953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Francis Rombouts, 12th Mayor of New York City, New York land baron ,   b. 22 Jun 1631, Hasselt, Meise, Brabant, Belgium d. 1691, New York, New York, United States (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	26 Sep 1683	New York, New York, United States
  Children	+ 1. Catharyna Rombout,   b. 1687, New York, New York, United States bur. 1764, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States (Age ~ 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F24955	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Helena Teller is d/o Willem TELLER and Margaret DONCKESEN, born in Fort Orange in 1645. She married thrice. Her first husband was Cornelis Bogardus, son the Rev. Everardus Bogardus. After his death, she married Jan Hendrickse VanBaal. After his death, she married Francois Rombout, mayor of New York City in 1679-80. He purchased a large tract of land from the Wappingers Indians, known as the Rombout Patent, in what is now part of Dutchess County, NY. Legend has it that Francois bargained for "all the land he could see" for the agreed price, and then climbed to the top of Mount Beacon to claim his property. Helena had children by all three husbands. Widowed in 1682. 08 Apr 1682 Living on the Princegracht near Elandstraat at Amsterdam preparing to return to New Netherland. She died in 1707.

  
  

• Sources

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