Femmetje Snedeker

Brief Life History of Femmetje

Femmetje Snedeker was born as the daughter of Isaac Gerrits Snedeker and Catryntje Janse Dorland. She married Johannes Eldert about 1732, in New Utrecht, Kings, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died after 1763, in Flatbush, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

Johannes Eldert
1720–1781
Femmetje Snedeker
–1763
Marriage: about 1732
Margaret "Grietje" Eldert
1747–1825
Hendrick Eldert
1749–1793
Isaac Eldert
1752–1795
Cornelius Eldert
1753–1777

Sources (3)

  • Vermont. Religious Histories | Maryland. Census, Religious Records, Land Records, Military Records, Public Records, Vital Records
  • United States. Genealogies | New York. Genealogies
  • New York City. Wills 1780–1782 for will of Johannes Eldert written 15 Feb 1777 and probated 8 June 1781

Name Meaning

Altered form, under American Dutch influence in New Netherland, of North German Schnitker or Schnittker ‘joiner, woodcarver’, or perhaps of its Danish cognate Snedker ‘carpenter’.

History: Jan Gerritsz Snedeker, born in Oldenburg, Germany, arrived in New Netherland from Sloten, Amsterdam, around 1639.

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

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