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Dorothea Schenck

Female Abt 1750 -

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  • Name Dorothea Schenck
    Birth Abt 1750  of, Albany (now Montgomery), New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female
    Person ID I3813  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2026

    Family Barent or Bernhard Frederick,   c. 15 Jul 1739, Fort Hunter, Albany (now Montgomery), New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. of Matilda, Dundas, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 6 Jan 1771  Reformed Dutch Church of Stone Arabia, Palatine, Albany (now Montgomery), New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F732  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2026

  • Notes 
    • MARRIAGE:
      1. From the book "Compendium of Early Mohawk Valley Families," by Maryly B. Penrose, v. 1, p. 281: Marriages:
      A. Frederick, Bernhard m. Dorothea Schenck, 6 Jan 1771 (RDSA:190).
      B. Frederick, Frans m. Susanna Cosaadt, 30 Dec 1774 (DRC:160).
      C. Frederick, Lodewyk m. Alida Miller, 31 Mar 1774 (DRC:160).
      D. Frederick, Peter m. Elizabeth Marlat, no date but follows 21 Oct 1779 (DRC:162).

      2. Listed as sponsors with other children's baptisms. Generally, the practice at the time was that one of the sponsors was usually a sibling to one of the parents or they were grandparents if the child was receiving the name of a grandparent:
      A. Listed with wife as sponsors in per "Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Caughnawaga, now the Reformed Church of Fonda, in the village of Fonda, Montgomery County, N.Y.," New York, unknown, 1917, 748 pp.: Barent, offspring of Peter and Salle Miller, baptized 13 Sep 1772 with sponsors Barent and Doreta Frederick.
      B. Listed with wife as sponsors in per "Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Caughnawaga, now the Reformed Church of Fonda, in the village of Fonda, Montgomery County, N.Y.," New York, unknown, 1917, 748 pp.: Hendrik, b. Feb. 3, offspring of Adam Dogsteter and Eva Barlet, baptized 9 Mar 1777 with sponsors Barent and Doretha Frederick.
      C. Listed with wife as sponsors in per "Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Caughnawaga, now the Reformed Church of Fonda, in the village of Fonda, Montgomery County, N.Y.," New York, unknown, 1917, 748 pp.: Barent, offspring of Conrad and Barber Rees, baptized 25 Jul 1779 with sponsors Barent and Dorothea Frederick.
      D. Listed with wife as sponsors in per "Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Caughnawaga, now the Reformed Church of Fonda, in the village of Fonda, Montgomery County, N.Y.," New York, unknown, 1917, 748 pp.: Elizabeth, b. 2 Jan, offspring of William Fraser and Jenny Camroon, baptized 28 Jan 1780 with sponsors Barent and Dorothea Frederick.

      3. LDS IGI name extraction per FHL film 0533497, batch M510931, printout 1205005: Bernhard Friedrich m. Dorothea Schenck 6 Jan 1771 at the Reformed Dutch Church Stone Arabia, Palatine, Montgomery, New York.

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Henry Z. Jones is the author of three series of books on the Palatines: "The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who arrived in New York in 1710," (1985); "More Palatine Families," (1991); and "Even More Palatine Families, 18th Century Immigrants to the American Colonies and their German, Swiss and Austrian Origins," 2002. I have reviewed all three and there is nothing on this person.