Johannes Martin Schenck

1656 -

• Name	Johannes Martin Schenck  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	19 Sep 1656	Netherlands   [1, 2, 4, 6]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LZZ4-LXP  [9, 10]
  Death	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States   [1, 2, 3, 4, 6]
  Burial	Bushwick, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States   [1, 2, 6]
  Person ID	I45555	footsteps | Bunker
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Martin Schenck,   b. 10 Jul 1633, Netherlands d. Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Maria Margaretha de Boeckhorst,   b. Abt 1634   d. 12 Apr 1688, Netherlands (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Family ID	F25137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maddelena de Haes,   b. 7 Oct 1660, Netherlands d. 10 Apr 1729, Bushwick, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States (Age 68 years)
  Children	+ 1. Johannes Schenk,   b. 30 Apr 1691, Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States d. 1 Apr 1729, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F25138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jun 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Memoir of Johannes Schenk The Progenitor of the Bushwick, L.I. Family of Schenck by P.L. Schenck, M.D. Flatbush, L.I. 1876. I have a digital copy of this so if the link goes dead just message me and I can send it to you. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Johannes Schenk of Bushwick, L.I. and his descendants : a genealogy ... Maires, Marguerite Schenck, 1895-. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89082548710 [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Genealogies of Long Island families : from the New York genealogical and biographical recordby Hoff, Henry B. (Henry Bainbridge); Genealogical Publishing Co Publication date 1987. https://archive.org/stream/genealogiesoflon00hoff_0#page/134/mode/2up [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 [S314] FamilySearch.org, New York, Church Records, 1660-1954, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGP6-61W2 : Tue Mar 12 22:17:51 UTC 2024), Entry for Johannes Schenk and Johannes Schenk. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGP6-61WL [S288] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-L8S8 : Mon Mar 17 19:45:44 UTC 2025), Entry for Johannes Martin Schenck. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-L8S8 [S322] FamilySearch.org, Nederland, Indexen van de Archieven, Primaire Archiefstukken (BS en DTB), 1600-2000, "Nederland, Indexen van de Archieven, Primaire Archiefstukken (BS en DTB), 1600-2000", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DR-PQZL : Mon Mar 24 19:06:29 UTC 2025), Entry for Johannes and Johannes Schenk, 26 Apr 1679. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DR-PQ8B [S323] FamilySearch.org, Netherlands, Marriages, 1565-1892, "Netherlands, Marriages, 1565-1892", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FNHK-6XQ : 7 February 2020), Johannes Schenk, 1677. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FNHK-6XQ [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HB-XL7 : 14 February 2020), Johannes Schenk in entry for Abraham Schenk, 1697. This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HB-9H5 : 14 February 2020), Johannes Schenck in entry for Johannes Schenck, 1684. This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.