Letters 9/1/2019

See who’s registered already!

SENT BY: Carolyn Leonard
Deadline for DUTCH COUSINS 2019 registration (Sept 12-16 in Kentucky) with tee-shirt and FREE matching bag is past! You can still register and come. Go here to download a registration blank and send it in today! https://dutchcousins.org/2019-2/Thursday through Saturday we will be at the Kentucky State University, Harold R. Benson Ag building, 1525 Mills Ln, Frankfort, KY 40601. 

Sunday and Monday we will be at Harrodsburg KY for the Old Mud Meetinghouse worship and dedication and the Harrodsburg Historical Research Library to study the only repository for the Low Dutch history Archives. IF YOU CAN ONLY COME ONE DAY – JUST FILL OUT THE REGISTRATION AND COME! It will be a day you won’t forget.  We will make you mighty welcome! We average 125-150 attendance – and can accommodate more! This will be our EIGHTH gathering of descendants of the many Dutch families who came from New Amsterdam to NJ, to Conewago Colony in Pennsylvania, and then either on flatboats down the Ohio or on the Wilderness Trail in the 1780s to settle the Low Dutch Tract in Kentucky.  

Our Dutch Cousins MISSION STATEMENT We are descendants of the Low Dutch who settled New Amsterdam, moved to New Jersey, migrated to near Gettysburg, and made history when they later populated the frontier.  Our Dutch Kentucky Cousins goal is to research, share, and preserve the genealogy and history of our common Low Dutch heritage, including but not limited to, the restoration and preservation of the old Mud Meetinghouse built by our ancestors in the early 1800s near Harrodsburg, KY.  We meet every two years to renew our love for each other.  Our mission is to honor the memory of these ancestors and enjoy the friendship of cousins, both newly- discovered and long-loved.—————————————————————— 

SENT BY:  CAROLYN (herself):
I’ve had computer problems this month which makes me crazier than usual!  So if your Dutch Letter has not made it into the mailings quickly I apologize. jThank you for your patience. We have bought three or four new router/modems and I think I finally have one that works!  Highly recommend the Motorola MG7550 combo (unless it suddenly quits on me!) Also bought a new MacBook Pro laptop to add to the two desktops on my desk that seem to be non-working.  One is just 3 years old (5 months out of warranty of course).  It’s been frustrating experience so thank you for hanging in here with me.—————————————————————— 

SENT BY: Beverly DeMotte Santella 
I may make an impromptu visit in September, if that’s okay? I am 6 generations removed form Lawrence DeMotte making him my 4x great-grandfather. I have some responsibilities that I haven’t quite figured out yet in terms of coverage in September. If an “impromptu registration” is acceptable, I’ll pay any daily fee(s).  Please let me know ASAP. Also, I am unclear about what the family table display(?) for the the Dutch Cousins reunion is all about. Are there any photos of past displays or simply a list of suggestions and/or do’s and don’ts?  On another matter, I have been reading with great interest about the DeMotte/Banta cemetery dilemma.  Did I miss the manner in which we’re to make donations for the repair and upkeep of the cemetery? I have quite a few DeMotte cousins here in Pennsylvania that I might convince to donate but I need specifics on to whom and how funds are to be sent. For example, is there a specific bank account or do these funds funnel through Dutch Cousins? Apologies if I glossed over these details, and if so for the inconvenience of the repetition.  Looking forward to someday meeting the Cousins, Beverly DeMotte Santella——————————————————————

SENT BY: Lilly Martin
Here is a Brouwer/Brewer family chart if anyone would care to enlarge it, or copy it out to a poster board, to be on display for the 2019 meeting.  I won’t be there, but this might inspire someone from the BREWER families lineage to share this with the group. Adam Brouwer, the immigrant ancestor, is the man who built the FIRST tide-water Flour Mill in North American history.  He built that on Gowanus Creek, in Brooklyn (the creek is still there).  That Flour Mill remained in the family until 1798, when it was sold to John C. Freeke.   Best regards,Lilly Martin #1. Daniel Brouwer (later Brewer)
b. July 05, 1719 Hackensack, NJ
d. January 15, 1791 Mercer Co, KY
Married on : October 10, 1743 to  Maritje Koning b. January 17, 1721/22 NY d. Bef. 1791 KY. #2. Abraham Brouwer 
b. 1675 at Schenectady, Albany, NY
d. Bef. May 15, 1731 Hackensack, NJ
Married on March 29, 1700 to Leah Demarest b. April 18, 1682 Hackesack, NJ d. April 1736 Hackensack, NJ #3.  Pieter Brouwer 
b. September 23, 1646 New Amsterdam (Manhattan, NY)
d. Aft. October 10, 1700 New Jersey
Married before 1673 to Petronella Kleyn b. about 1655 #4. Adam Brouwer 
b. about 1620 Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, now Germany
d. 1692 Gowanus, Brookyn, Kings Co, NY
Married on March 19, 1644/45 at The Tavern on Battery street, New Amsterdam (Manhattan) to Magdalena Verdon, marriage performed by Rev. Everardus Bogardus. ——————————————————————

SENT BY: Charlotte Olson
I would be very spportive of taking the DeMott/Banta Cove Springs Cemetery on as a Dutch Cousinsproject. Looked through by merger Dutch notes, and like you, can’t find a Banta among those families who werelaid to rest at that site.My family conncection to this Cemetery is through the Grittons, John and his son Jesse. We are relatedto Jesse’s first wife, Sarah Brumfield. After her death Jesse married the widow Anna Cozine DeMotte.John/Johnannes DeMott, her husband, died 1812 – 1813, leaving his widow with seven children.The marriage bond, dated 1 Nov 1819, lists on the bond Jesse Gritton and Lawrence DeMott. Lawrence ismost likely Anna’s father-in-law and the Patriot also buried at this Cemetery. Could you please check to see if prehaps the following is a typo–?”Anna (Cozine, DeMotte) Gritton d 1854 (Wife of John DeMott and Jesse Terhune).” I think this is probablyJesse Gritton not Terhune. (says the lady that doesn’t know how to return the script back to …whatever it was!) Thanks for all you do…. really enjoy receiving the updates and all the new information.
charlotte ——————————————————————

SENT BY: Judy Cassidy
You have permission to publish the fact that my book, The History of Low Dutch Slavery from New Netherland to Kentucky and Beyond is now available both in Kindle and Paper back form on Ancestry.  I have also donated copies to the Library at the Harrodsburg His. Society, Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort, Henry County Historical Society, The Filson Club and Camp Nelson Historical Monument Libraries. Wish I was was able to join the Cousins at the reunion but am unable to travel that distance.
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SENT BY: Janice Cozine
Hello Cousins!!Our deadline has passed for ordering t-shirts but I will order a few extras to have on hand and hopefully have your size.But….It’s not too late for you to ‘REGISTER’!!One day or 4 days, we would love for you to be a part of this exciting weekend, to learn and share YOUR family stories, photos & history.If you were at past gatherings you know how much fun we have.If you haven’t been in a while or have never been in the past,  we would love to see you. Still time to catch the bus excursion , but we  only have  4 seats left !!Remember……first come first serve. Listed below is an updated list of Cousins that have already registered..Is ‘YOUR’ name on the list?
Looking forward to seeing you, Janice Cozine
DC Treasurer &Registration Chair——————————————————

SENT BY: Charlotte Olson
Wow… that piece read quite well! Thanks Editor-in-Chief!and thanks for the plug for the Banta/Demott Cemetery.Greg and I have been in contact since I was looking for Jesse Gritton. I have an older picture of his marker and thedeterioration is “remarkable.” That’s better than saying “bad.” I emailed Greg to tell him that I would pull together information onthe families buried there, if he would like. No…. didn’t. I just told him I would.So next email will be to “ask” him. I was planning on a visit to the Cemetery probably Monday afternoon.We are staying in Harrodsburg through Tuesday and returning homeWed. That will give us more time with family there. Cousin Wendellis still hanging on but not eating. I talked with his wife Joyce yesterday. any word on the schedule? Husband Dave and my brother Mike are planning a “side trip” to Memphis to see some art display. Are you smiling?They are leaving me in Kentucky…. with a car! I my just head out to Stamping Ground and sit under a tree. Or to the Church on non-Dutchfamily built in Mayo. The cousins we visit live within walking distance onthe original family farm. Their children still farm the land. have a blessed day Carolyn. Thanks again for all you do!
char ———————————————————

SENT BY: Pat Settles
Hi Jance, It was meeting you by phone this morning!  I greatly appreciate the information re Dutch Cousins that you provided me and am looking forward to meeting the group!As I mentioned to you, I am related on both sides to surnames listed on the Old Mud Meetinghouse group of Dutch settlers.  My 4th great-grandmother was Maria Lammerts Dorlandt, and my 4th great-grandfather was Jacob Sortore/Sartore. Thank you very much again for the information and look forward to meeting you at the Old Mud Meetinghouse on Sunday, September 15. 
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SENT BY: Janice cozine, registration chair
Hello Cousins!!Our deadline has passed for ordering t-shirts but I will order a few extras to have on hand and hopefully have your size.But….It’s not too late for you to ‘REGISTER’!!One day or 4 days, we would love for you to be a part of this exciting weekend, to learn and share YOUR family stories, photos & history.If you were at past gatherings you know how much fun we have.If you haven’t been in a while or have never been in the past,  we would love to see you.  Listed below is an updated list of Cousins that have already registered..Is ‘YOUR’ name on the list?

Looking forward to seeing you, Janice Cozine
DC Treasurer &Registration Chair

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SENT BY: Carolyn
Not registered for Dutch Cousins Gathering yet? What are you waiting for? Here’s a small sample of what we offer:A chance to get to know your Dutch Cousins community, learn more about your Dutch ancestors and their lives on the frontier, Find your Dutch roots, A narrated bus tour to see the area and be proud of your family connection,  from and enjoy the great speakers we have lined up, network with others, make new friends.   Encouragement. It’s worth its weight in gold,Friendliness! Hey, that’s a thing. Who wants to come to a snobby conference?

Now’s the time to invest in your dream. Register here:  https://dutchcousins.org/2019-2

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