Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

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Rebecca; married Petrus Bogardus.
Gerrit, 1704; married Margeret Elmendorf.
Johannes, 1710; married Judith Wynkeep.
Sara; married Conrad Elmendorf.
With the marriage of Gerrit, and five of his brothers and sisters, the line merged into that of Anneke Jans, a character prominent in history in those days, and a name well known in later
years through its use in connection with the litigation carried on
by her heirs in an endeavor to prove their title to the Trinity
Church property in New York City.
Trynje Jansen or Tryn Jonas (both names being used) was a
professional mid-wife from Maesterlandt, employed by the West
India Company for the colony in the New Netherlands, and it is
claimed that in a way the family was connected with William
IX, Prince of Orange. Her daughter-Anne Ka Weblen-came
to America in 1630, after her marriage to Jans Roe-loffes and after
his death she married Everardus Bogardus, well known in the
history of New Amsterdam.
Gerrit Dubois married Margretge Elmendorf, one of the fourth
generation from Anneke Jans. Their children:
Conrad or Coenradt, and Tobias.
Coenradt served in the Revolutionary army in Capt. John
Hasbrouck's company, Col. John Cantine's regiment, the third
regiment in Ulster county troops, 1778.
He married Marie DeLameter and among their children are
found Jacob and Martin.
Martin was born Oct. 21, 1764, baptized Nov. 25, 1764, at
Kingston Dutch Reformed church. He served in Col. Wessenfels
regiment, under the levies of Ulster county from Wessenfels.
Levies were drafts from inside militia to go outside the state to do
service. That he was a bugler is shown by the fact that his granddaughter, Mrs. Julia Price, of Mason, has the conch shell which
he used for that purpose, and within her recollection it was adorned
with a metal plate with his name and the title of bugler. The
shell was stolen and out of the hands of the family for awhile, and
when recovered the plate with the inscription was gone and could
never be found.
Clarence Cook, of Cement City, Jackson county, has many
papers relating to the family history. The old family Bible was