Geertje Denton

1658–July 1706 (Age 48)
Jamaica, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America

The Life Summary of Geertje

When Geertje Denton was born in 1658, in Jamaica, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Richard Denton, was 38 and her mother, Ruth Tileston, was 17. She married Cornelius Losee Jr on 14 March 1680, in Flatbush, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 8 daughters. She died in July 1706, in Livingston, New York, United States, at the age of 48.

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Family Time Line

Cornelius Losee Jr
1644–
Geertje Denton
1658–1706
Marriage: 14 March 1680
Jacobus Loyse
1680–1724
Elizabeth Losee
1680–
Hannah Losee
1680–
Issac Losee
1680–
James Denton
1680–
Elisabeth Losee
1692–
James Losee
1692–
Hannah Losee
1696–
Abraham Losee
1698–
Isaac LOSEE
1700–
Cornelius Losee
1702–
Elisabeth Losee
1704–1713
Jane Losee
1706–1715
Simon Losee
1681–1760
Daniel Losee
1685–
Jane Losee
1689–
Cornelius Losee
1691–
Matthew Huntington
1694–1756
Jane Losee
1704–1794

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 March 1680Flatbush, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America
    • Children

    (19)

    +14 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    World Events (2)

    1664
    Age 6
    After the English took over in the 1660s, the colony was renamed New York, after the Duke of York
    1670
    Age 12
    Historic Charleston, founded in 1670, is one of the oldest cities in the whole country.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of numerous places so called. The vast majority, including those in Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Dumfries, Durham, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Sussex, and Yorkshire are named from Old English denu ‘valley’ (see Dean 1) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. An isolated example in Northamptonshire appears in the Domesday Book as Dodintone meaning ‘enclosure, settlement associated with Dodda or Dudda’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Dean

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