Family/Spouse: Maria DELANGE. Maria was born in 1735 in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, USA; died on 22 Jan 1812 in Minden, Montgomery, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jacob CRONKHITE was born on 9 Jan 1768 in Dutchess County, NY State; died in 1813 in Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

Notes:

In the Netherlands, the Dutch did not use surnames until the time of Napoleon, or 1664 in New Amsterdam [New York] when England took control. The first known ancestor to New Amsterdam, New Netherlands, Herck Sybouts, used "Sybouts" as a person identifier, meaning "Herck, son of Sybout". Herck Sybouts children used the patronymic Hercx, Hercks, Herckse, Herckszen and his grandchildren adopted the surname Cranckheit, sometimes later shortened to Crank, Cronk & other variations. In the old Dutch language, the letter "C" was not used and so spelling on early records are seen spelled with "k", & "i' & 'j" are interchangeable and pronounced with same force. All this being explained, 1708 born and baptized Theunis [Hendrick-Theunis-Herck], born in Phillipsburgh, married Annetje Van Tassel, and resided in Phillipsburgh until he moved to Hopewell, Dutchess, New York sometime between 1741 & 1745. Theunis was living in 1758 but probably died before 1767 when his wife, Annatje, alone was sponsor at the baptism of their grand-daughter, Aeltje. Less

Theunis married Annatje VAN TASSEL on 2 Nov 1728 in Tarrytown, Westchester, New York, USA. Annatje was born on 21 Mar 1711 in Tarrytown, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 10 Jan 1830 in New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]