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Johannes Martin Schenck

Johannes Martin Schenck

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  • Name Johannes Martin Schenck  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Birth 19 Sep 1656  Kessel, Limburg, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    FSID LZZ4-LXP  [9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Immigration 1683 
    Netherlands to New Amsterdam, New Netherlands 
    Death Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Burial Bushwick, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5] 
    Person ID I45315  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father Martin Schenck, Baliff of Wish Kissel ,   b. 10 Jul 1633, Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Maria Margaretha de Boeckhorst,   b. Abt 1634   d. 12 Apr 1688, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Family ID F24976  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maddelena de Haes,   b. 7 Oct 1660, Walcheren, Zeeland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1729, Bushwick, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 21 Sep 1677  Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Johannes Schenk,   b. 30 Apr 1691, Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1729, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F24977  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 


    • Johannes Schenk of Bushwick Long Island and his Descendants - a Geneology:
      Came to America in 1683 He spent his first 2 years in New York, then in 1685 went to Esopus (now Kingston), New York. Later, from 1691 to 1694 Johannes appears as Town Clerk in the records of the town of Flatbush. In 1698 he returned to New York where he taught school until 1700 when he was appointed Flatbush Town Clerk and also teacher in the village school until 1711.

      Came to America in 1683 He spent his first 2 years in New York, then in 1685 went to Esopus (now Kingston), New York. Later, from 1691 to 1694 Johannes appears as Town Clerk in the records of the town of Flatbush. In 1698 he returned to New York w here he taught school until 1700 when he was appointed Flatbush Town Clerk and also teacher in the village school until 1711

    • Johannes Schenk, founder of the line of 'Bushwick' Schencks
      Johannes Schenk came to America in 1683 from Holland. He was twenty-seven years old and already married to Maria Magdalena de Haes. They spent two years in New York, then in 1685 went to Esopus (now Kingston), New York. Later, from 1691 to 1694 Johannes Schenk appears as Town Clerk in the records of the town of Flatbush, L. I. (now a part of Brooklyn). In 1698 he returned to New York where he taught school until 1700 when he was again appointed Flatbush Town Clerk and also teacher in the village school there, positions which he held until 1711. There are extant many records of Church and Town, the latter in his own hand, which show him to have been a man of considerable prestige in the community. His position as teacher carried with it certain important duties in the church such as leader of the singing and lay reader. The association of the Schenck family with the Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush, thus started by the first Johannes in 1700, has been continued by each succeeding generation of the family throughout the ensuing 250 years.

  • Sources 
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      I have a digital copy of this so if the link goes dead just message me and I can send it to you.

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      This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.

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