Rebecca van Cleef

1672 - 1755  (83 years)

• Name	Rebecca van Cleef  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1672	Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States   [4, 5]
  Baptism	23 Oct 1681	Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States   [2, 3]
  	Dutch Reformed Church
  Gender	Female
  Christening	23 Oct 1681	Flatbush, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
  	Event Description: Dutch Reformed Church
  FSID	MB5K-XZV  [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Burial	1734	New Ultrecht, Kings, New York, United States   [5]
  Death	15 Nov 1755	Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I45497	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Jan Cornelissen Van Cleef,   b. 1627, Netherlands d. 1699, New Ultrecht, Kings, New York, United States (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Engeltje Laurens Pieterszen,   b. Jul 1646, New York, New York, United States d. Aug 1714, Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Family ID	F25065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Andries Emans,   b. Abt 1667, Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States d. 1 Sep 1729, Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	24 Nov 1693	New Utrecht, Kings, New York, United States
  Children	+ 1. Annatje Emmans,   b. Abt 1695, New York, New York, United States d. 1759, Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F25067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 07 March 2025, 19:56), entry for John Smith V (PID https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G72P-5H4 ); contributed by various users. https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G72P-5H4 [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, !CHR: 1678 Jul 14; Nicholas Stillwell, Catharina; Rebecca; Annetie, Martha, and Maria Stillwell. Source: homepages.rootsweb.com/~rbillard/flatbush_baptisms.htm. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, DeWitt Stilwel, History and Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Stillwell Family (STI HIS 008) The Martin Press, 1914., P. 46. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Bonnie Greenwood, Descendants of Nicholas Stillwell, Lt. electronic, P. 13. [S288] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DK-KHJX : Wed Apr 02 07:02:00 UTC 2025), Entry for Rebecca Van Cleef Emans. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DK-KHJX [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Ancestry.com. American Marriages Before 1699 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data: Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926. Researched and compiled by William M Clemens in the 1920's, this volume of marriage records contains over ten thousand entries. Although primarily listing Massachusetts marriages, there are thousands of entries from other states, including New York and Pennsylvania. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Owner: kathyannaccarat. Public family tree [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Jan Van Cleef: A Partial Genealogy of his Descendants in America. Jan Van Cleef: A Partial Genealogy of His Descendants in America (Manuscript, 1931), digitized by FamilySearch.org. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV2K-VKM6 : 13 December 2015), Isabrandt Van Cleef, 1728; Burial, , , ,, ; citing record ID 75686169, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. He was born July 17, 1678, at New Utrecht, New Netherlands, the son of Jan Cornelisse Van Cleef/Cleve and Engelje Laurens Pietersen. He died in 1728. The date of January 13, 1729 is the date his estate was inventoried. He married Jannetje Aertse Vanderbilt, the daughter of Aris/Aert Janse Vanderbilt and Hillitje Remse Vanderbeek. Father: Jan Van Cleef, 1627-28, likely born in Amsterdam, Holland. Mother: Engeltje Laurens Pietersen Van Cleef , born Jul 1646 in Germany, baptized on July 15, 1646, d 1715 (aged 68–69) [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Reason: Lists Jane Van Cleef as a child or Isbrandt Van Cleef and Jannetje Vanderbilt, but no other information is given about Jane Van Cleef. . [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Reason: Says, "Aaron [Van Cleave] married Rachel Schenck, daughter of Jan Roelofse Schenck and Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven, in September 1734 at Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey." (From "The Van Cleef Family" by Wilson V. Ledley, Library of Congress #75-7491). Furthur it states that from a manuscript by R.S. Harvey, Aaron and Rachel were married on September 24, 1734. . [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, BYU FHL, Microfiche #CS4S. G46x G 2018.