Notes:

Birth:
Born between 4 and 31 Jan 1762

Notes:

"Durie Family PC 929.2 Public Library, Rockville, Parke County,Indiana; Published 1985 By Howard I. Durie, Pomona, New York. Bookreference: Durie, H.I., THE DIRIE FAMILY, Pomona, New York 1985.Proof of maternal descendents of William H. Elkins dating from 1630 tothe present time. Pages from the beginning of the book to p. 197 havebeen copied and are in the ELKINS HISTORY VOLUME, Farner, Tyler, andDuree Families. Pages 1-410."
"THE DURIER/DURIE/DUREE FAMILY FROM UTRECHT, HOLLAND." EXCERPTS:
"Page 24: Para.5; During the Spring of 1778 Samuel and his family,including married children and their families, moved to theShepherdstown vicinity of Berkely County, Virginia, lying west of thePotomac River in what is now Jefferson County, West Virginia. ... theriver was crossed at Harpers Ferry. There they joined cousin SamuelDemaree and some of his family... While living in Berkely county andearlier in Conewago, reports had circulated about the vast lands inKentucky, then the name for the western wilderness of Virginia.
Page 25, Para. 3; Samuel thus became involved with the land prospectand in his position as one of the elders and leaders for bothsettlements, consented to make the trip to Kentucky. Para. 4 ... theonly representative from the Low Dutch communities and had thedistinction of being the first from these groups to visit Kentucky.Fort Boonesborough. Para 5, The party arrived after two fortunateescapes from Indians, ... some of his group went out to enter claimsfor land along the Muddy Creek in what was later Madison County, some18 miles south ...
Page 26, Para 1, ...Samuel claimed a site near the west side of thetrace a short distance northwest of present Moberly, ... Para. 4,... 400 acres of land along the Muddy Creek including the mill siteand "improvement" made to establish his claim of settlement. (Thelarger Banta group from Conewago took flat boats down the Ohio River,some 600 miles, and--) The smaller group from Berkely county headedby Samuel traveled the southerly route by way of the Wilderness Roador path which he had used on his initial trip.
Page 27, Para. 1, It was planned that the two parties would meet inKentucky early in 1781 after the Bantas raised a crop of corn whereverthey could locate temporarily after reaching Louisville. this wasarranged at a settlement on Beargrass Creek ... Para 2., Traveling inSamuel's immediate family were his married sons Peter and Henry,married daughter Maria Cossart, her husband Peter, and unmarriedchildren Wyntie, Albert and Daniel, besides grandchildren.Accompanying them were Frederick Ripperdan, Albert and John Voris,Daniel and Peter Banta, and Cornelius Bogart; also George M. Bedingerwho possibly went along as a guide. Daughters Agnes and CharityDebaun remained in Berkeley County. It was reported in Kentucky that"the first emigrants brought Gold, because it was easier carried, anda great deal was brought thus." The season picked to travel toKentucky, however, turned out to be the worst in a century because ofthe intensity of the cold and volume of snow and ice. It thus becameknown as the "Hard Winter." Para. 3, Traveling the Wilderness Roadto Kentucky, then only a pack-horse trail, was much different than hadbeen the move to Conewago from New Jersey when wagons carriedpossessions and some passengers, and cattle could be driven along aswell. Little in the furniture line could be taken this time, exceptthe smaller type of spinning wheels and chests. tools and certainfarming utensils were packed, as well as clothing, bedding, kitchenutensils, the family Bible, corn meal and other food stuffs, and seedfor the first plantings. the trip of several hundred miles includedcrossing a number of streams by rafts or fords. They arrived at theWhite Oak Spring Station in Mar 1780, a hurried trip due to the coldand lack of forage.
(Three more tracts of land were entered at Boonesborough by Samuel for600 acres, 50 acres, and the 400 acres on Muddy Creek.)
Page 28, Para. 3, The continual Indian trouble kept the occupants ofthe station confined to the fort during the remainder of 1780,... InFeb. 1781 a group party of 20 men went out into the acreage and builtcabins for the families. Para. 5, During the time the improvementswere being made at the claim sites and the stay at White Oak SpringStation in 1871, Samuel lost sons Peter, Henry and Daniel; daughterand son-in-law, Wyntie and John Bullock; and son-in-law Peter Cossart,all killed by the Indians ... "It was composed principally offamilies from York County, Pennsylvania, orderly, respectable people,and the men good soldiers. But they were unaccustomed to Indianwarfare, and the consequence was that of some ten or twelve men, allwere killed but two or three." Kentucky was to earn the label "thedark and bloody ground" given to it.
Page 32-33: The colony was in meshed in land controversy and laterpetitioned the new government of the United States on behalf of theland they had claimed. However, Samuel never returned to the 400acres, and he left no recorded estate. He died before his wife, andshe never made a claim on the deeds made in 1797 for portions of theDoran tract. 'It is possible that he and his wife were buried in thecemetery of the Mud Meeting House," no markers are present. "Althoughhis name is spelled Duree in the Kentucky records, he always wrote itDurie."

*Samuel married *Weyntie Banta on 5 Aug 1744 in Hackensack, New Milford In Bergen County, New Jersey. *Weyntie (daughter of *Hendrick Banta and Gertrude Terhune) was born on 15 Aug 1721 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA; died about 1800 in Mercer County, Kentucky; was buried about 1800 in In The Cemetery Of The Mud Meeting House A Few Miles East, (Of The Doran Tract, In Mercer County, 2 1/2 Miles Southwest Of Harrodsburg, Kentucky) Near The Dry Fork Of Salt River.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Page 16-17: PIERRE (PETER) DURIER.DURIE b about 1690 was bp in theFrench Church. By his father's will in 1698 he was bequeathed "onegold stone ring, one sillver ear royer, and one pyd mare," togetherwith a share of the real estate. In 1702 Peter joined the householdof his step-father, Roelof Vanderlinda, at Teaneck, and probably wasliving there when he mar 21 July 1711 at Hack, Judith Demarest, widowof Christian Debaun. She was b about 1690 and bp in the FrenchChurch, dau of Samuel Demarest and Maria DeRuine. Her dau ChristinaDebaun bp 29 Oct 1710 at Hack, mar Hillebrant Lozier and inheritedfrom Joost Debaun, her grandfather, the southeast quarter of his farmat river Edge and Paramus which adjoined the Durie land on thenortheast. Peter was a farmer and acquired his father's homesteadtract at river Edge and Paramus in a settlement of the estate with hissister and bro. He no doubt went there to live after his marriage.He also acquired Demarest land on the east side of the river at the"Vlakte" (the plain), in present New Milford and Oradell, conveyed tohim by his father-in-law and mentioned in the latter's will dated 10May 1727, as "some parcells of land according to his Deeds thereof forthe sum of 70 pounds." In 1712 he and his father-in-law sold certainland in that area to Johannis Cossen of Dutchess County, N.Y., whodied before making payment in full. Peter subsequently acquired titleto 68 acres of this land by 1721. On 6 Mar 1754, Peter sold 100 acresat the "Vlakte" (where his son John then lived), less the westerly 191/2 acres thereof, together with a lot of 37 acres at the "gore" toJacobus Peek (John's father-in-law), for 300 pounds. Peek releasedthe same lands to John Durie "Junr." on 23 Mar, following, for thesame consideration. On 15 Feb 1755, Peter sold his homestead and thatpart of his farm at River Edge lying between the Kinderkamack road andthe river, to Daniel Christie who subsequently sold the same to AertCuyper 12 Aug 1758 for 250 pounds. Cuyper had mar Trintie, dau ofHillebrant and Christina (Debaun) Lozier, and owned adjoining Debaunland at that location. [There were multiple land deals between thefamilies and willed land to sons and daughters.] Peter joined theHack Church 8 Apr 1711, and was elected Deacon in 1720. He and hiswife were among the original members at the formation of the Sch(Schraalenburgh, Bergen County, New Jersey, the South Church atBergenfield and the North Church at Dumont) Church 1723/24 and hecontributed the sum of 11 pounds, 16 shillings toward the new buildingin 1725. He was elected Elder there in 1731. In 1736 he was electeda Freeholder for Bergen County. Peter apparently d prior to 1767,on 5 June of which year John, as the oldest son, was one of thegrantors conveying a gore of land in Haworth formerly of SamuelDemarest. He left no recorded estate and no reference to a will hasbeen found. He sold some of his lands and apparently deeded theremainder to certain of his heirs prior to death."
"Durie Family PC 929.2 Public Library, Rockville, Parke County,Indiana; Published 1985 By Howard I. Durie, Pomona, New York. Bookreference: Durie, H.I., THE DIRIE FAMILY, Pomona, New York 1985.Proof of maternal descendents of William H. Elkins dating from 1630 tothe present time. Pages from the beginning of the book to p. 197 havebeen copied and are in the ELKINS HISTORY VOLUME, Farner, Tyler, andDuree Families. Pages 1-410."
"THE DURIER/DURIE/DUREE FAMILY FROM UTRECHT, HOLLAND." Transcribedby, SLJuhl, 25 Aug 2005]

*Pierre married Judith Demarest on 21 Mar 1711 in New Jersey. Judith (daughter of Samuel Demarest and Marie De Ruine) was born in 1690 in Kinderkamack, Hackensack, New Milford, Bergen County, New Jersey; was christened in 1690 in Kinderkamack, Hackensack, New Milford, Bergen County, New Jersey; died in New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(1). Source:
"Durie Family PC 929.2 Public Library, Rockville, Parke County,Indiana; Published 1985 By Howard I. Durie, Pomona, New York. Bookreference: Durie, H.I., THE DIRIE FAMILY, Pomona, New York 1985.Proof of maternal descendents of William H. Elkins dating from 1630 tothe present time. Pages from the beginning of the book to p. 197 havebeen copied and are in the ELKINS HISTORY VOLUME, Farner, Tyler, andDuree Families. Pages 1-410."
"THE DURIER/DURIE/DUREE FAMILY FROM UTRECHT, HOLLAND."

(2). Source:
EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK BY: Demarest, Voorhis David,
The Demarest family : a record of the desMarets family in France, theHoly Land in the Crusades, again in France, Holland, the Palatinate(Germany), again in Holland, and the migration to America, 1663 ...
Hackensack, N.J.?: unknown, 1964, 1322 pgs.
http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/
[Obtained 10 October 2006, SLJuhl, family genealogist-compiler]

NOTE: Birth date used is baptism date. Actual birth date is notavailable at present.

*Hendrick + Gertrude Terhune. Gertrude and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

REFERENCE: "Durie Family PC 929.2 Public Library, Rockville, ParkeCounty, Indiana; Published 1985 By Howard I. Durie, Pomona, New York. Book reference: Durie, H.I., THE DIRIE FAMILY, Pomona, New York1985. Proof of maternal descendents of William H. Elkins dating from1630 to the present time. Pages from the beginning of the book to p.197 have been copied and are in the ELKINS HISTORY VOLUME, Farner,Tyler, and Duree Families. Pages 1-410."
"THE DURIER/DURIE/DUREE FAMILY FROM UTRECHT, HOLLAND."
"FIRST GENERATION" Page 15
"JEAN DURIER, the first of the family in America, was born 12 Nov 1654in the Walloon Church, Utrecht, Holland, son of Pierre Durier andMarguerite Charoy. Jean came to America shortly before 1686 andjoined the Huguenot Colony founded by the Demarest Family on landalong the east side of the Hackensack River in what is now New Milfordin Bergen County, New Jersey. On 27 July 1686, Jean received a Patentfrom the Proprietors of East Jersey for a tract of 261 acres of landwest of the river in what was then Essex County, later made a part ofBergen County in 1710; lying partly in present River Edge and Paramus. He established his home on the easterly part in present River Edge,at a site between the early "Kinderkamack" Road and the river. JeanMar (1) either prior to his arrival or shortly afterward, Jeanne(family name not confirmed but which may have been Hersulier). Shedied about 1691 after the birth of their second child, and was buriedin the French cemetery in New Milford. Jean mar (2) in 1692, RachelCresson, widow of David Demarest, Junior. She was born about 1656 inDelft, Holland, daughter of Pierre Cresson and Rachel Close. Afterthe second marriage Jean lived on the Demarest land on the east sideof the river in present New Milford, where he resided until his death. According to church entries at the time of their marriage, the fourchildren were all born in "Hackensack," intended to mean within thejurisdiction of the Dutch Church at that place. Jean and his wiveswere members of the French Protestant Church established on theDemarest Colony about 1682 and which existed until 1695. At itsdissolution, he and his second wife joined the Dutch Church atHackensack by letter 10 July 1696. He was elected a Deacon there on22 May 1698, but died before he was ordained. Jean acted in a legalcapacity for his Demarest step-children, as their guardian and trusteein the management of the large amount of land they inherited fromtheir grandfather, David Demarest, Senior in 1693. Because of hiseducational background and status in the community, he was appointed aJustice of the Bergen County court on 05 Feb 1693. Jean died in June1698 shortly after making his last will and testament on 10 Jun, whichwas proved 02 Sept at Perth Amboy. In it he mentioned his second wifeand the four children. He was buried in the French cemetery with hisfirst wife. Rachel mar (3) 25 Apr 1702 at Hack, Roelof Vanderlinda,widower of Susanna Brinkerhoff, of Teaneck, where she and her familysubsequently lived. She is believed to have died prior to 1719."
Pages 7-8; Para. 4-8:
"After the dissolution of the French Congregation, Jean and his secondwife joined the Dutch Church at Hackensack, the entry reading: "1696July 10 - Came to us, with letters from the French Church, Jan Dury,with his wife, Rachel Querson." When the first church building wasstarted in Hackensack that year, he contributed his services and hisinitials "JDR" were carved on a stone, together with those of somedutch members, still preserved in the east wall of the presentbuilding. On 22 May 1698 he was elected a Deacon at Hackensack, butdied before he was installed. Jean died soon after making his Will on10 June 1698, which was obviously a death bed document. It was proved2 September 1698, at Perth Amboy, and reads:
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN
I hereunder written John Dury of the Township of Hakingsak in yecounty of Bergen and province of East New Jersey being indisposed ofbody though of perfect memorie and understanding do make this my LastWill and Testament: that is after bequeathing my Imortal soul unto yehands of Almighty god, and threw the suffering of my Lord and SaviourJesus Christ hope to have pardon for all my sins I desire after mydeparting this life that my body be buried in christian burying placeat the descretion of my Executrix, and my temporal Estate to bedisposed of as followeth (Viz) That my four children (that is to saymy daughter Janeken Dury, my son Pieter Dury, my other daughterMarragret Dury and my youngest son John Dury) shall after andimmediately after that my daughter Janeken shall come to the age oftwenty and one years, or if God should please to call her out of thisworld before that time, that then when any of the other three shallcome to the above said years of twenty and one, all and every part andparcell of my real Estate shall be exposed to sale amongst my saidchildren and if so be none of them shall see cause to purchase thesame that then any one that will may have liberty to purchase the samealthough strangers, and the value to be equally distributed amongstthem mys aid children after my decease are and shall remain under yeGardianship of my well beloved friends Andriss Tebou and SamuellDemarest until they be of age in law to receive their patrimoney. Itis my further desier that from the time of my decease until such timethat one of my said children shall come to the age above said, my wellbeloved and dear wife Rachell Dury shall hold posses and enjoy my saidestate, and every part and parcell thereof and keep all the benefitsthat shall or may arise therefrom, she the said Rachel sing such meansas shall be suitable for the bringing up and educating my saidchildren, and it is my will that my said wife shall have all andsingular my moveable estate to disposs of the same at her own goodwill and pleasure without any let or hindrance of my said children,she my said wife paying my just debts (except such legacies as shallhereaafter follow, that is to say, my said daughter Janeken to haveher own mothers clothing, to witt, one Red, one blue and one blackgown, as also one black apron with another gown, one gold ring and asilver bodkin, with one siver ear royer, And to my son Pieter I doegive and bequeath one gold stone ring, one silver ear royer and onepyd mare. I also doe give and bequeath unto my four children abovenamed all my books, to each as I have already set their names on saidbooks. This I do acknowledge to be my Last Will and Testaments by meheretofore made whatsoever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set myhand and fixed my seal this tenth day of June in the year of our Lordone thousand six hundred ninety and eight and in the tenth year ofthe Raigne of our Soveraign Lord, William the Third over EnglandScotland France and Ireland King Defender of the faith. Signed andsealed in the presence of us Jan Desmarest, John Edsall, Edw. EarleJunr. Signed--Jan Dury or Durie"
"Perth Amboy 2nd Septr 1698
Jan Desmarest one of ye subscribing wittnesses to ye within writtenWill came before me Commissionated for taking ye probate of last wills& Testaments & did solemnly depose upon ye holy Evangelist of AlmightyGod that he did see ye within written Jan Durie sign seal publish &declair ye within written testament to be his last will & testamentand that at ye same time he was of sound mind & perfect memorie to yebest of his knowledge & understanding. Jurat Coram me James Dundas."
"On 2 October 1698, Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed,were issued to the widow "Rachel Dury." The Will was prepared byEdward Earle, Junior, and is in his handwriting. By that time evenJohn Demarest, one of the witnesses, was leaning toward the transitionto Dutch, because he signed his first name "Jan". Jean's signature isshown as it was actually written including the probable ink blots,together with the seal on the original. The given name is Jan and theother looks more like Dury, but could be Durie." [Transcribed by,SLJuhl, 30 Jul 2005] NOTE: There was much added lettering to manywords, but in order to make the Will easier to read I took the libertyto leave off some of the extra lettering such as in these threeexamples: chilldren or sillver or doe -- to children and silver anddo.

"On 16 Oct 1693, "some days after the decease of our late father," anagreement was entered into, written in French, by the heirs anddevisees of David Demarest, Senior, regarding the disposition of themills and lands of the deceased. this was recorded 4 Apr 1695,followed by an English translation. The preamble in French reads:
Nous Jean et Samuel Desmarets et notre Cousin Jean Durrier faisantpour les enfans de feu notre frere David nous etant assembles'quelques jours apre's le deces' de feu notre pere pour voir sespapiers et chercher de quelle maniere il a dispose' avant sa mort desbiens quil alaisses et ayant trouve' un testament...
(We John and Samuel Desmarets and our cousin John Durier for thechildren of our late brother David being assembled some days after thedecease of our late faather to visit his papers and to seek how he hasbefore his death disposes of the estates left by him...)
..."Although his name is written Jean Durier in French, and JohnDurier in the English translation, the signature is "Jan Dury" with aseal impression attached to the French document. this Dutch form ofthe name seems to have been used by Jean, and his signature as witnessto the will of Samuel Demarest on 28 Jan 1696, is "Jan Durye"

The author: Harold I. Durie, listed these references in his book--
1. Bibliotheque Wallonne of Leyden, now at Centraal Bureau voorGenealogie, the Hague,Netherlands
2. Ibid. Also Collection Mirondolle, Salt Lake City GenealogicalLibrary, 199.819; 199.967; 199.970
3. Passengers to New Netherland 1654-1664, Year Book of the HollandSociety of New York, 1902
4. L'Eglise de Wallonne, Norwich, Vol. 1 Publications of the HuguenotSociety of London
5. Canterbury Records, Vol. 5; Threadneedle Street, London, Records,Vol. 13, Publications of the Huguenot Society of London
Just to name a few references. Please contact compiler if more isneeded or check the book itself in the Rockville, Parke CountyLibrary, Indiana.

*Jean married Jeanne Hersulier about 1688 in New Milford In Bergen County, New Jersey; Either Prior To Arrival Or Shortly Afterward From Holland To America In The Demarest Family Colony.. Jeanne was born about 1654 in Probably Holland; died in 1691 in New Milford In Bergen County, New Jersey After The Birth Of Her Second Child.; was buried in 1691 in The French Cemetery; New Milford In Bergen County, New Jersey.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Her family name has not been confirmed, but may have been Hersulier", according to the book by, Howard I. Durie, THE DURIE FAMILY, c.1985A.D.

Notes:

Source:
EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK BY: Demarest, Voorhis David,
The Demarest family : a record of the desMarets family in France, theHoly Land in the Crusades, again in France, Holland, the Palatinate(Germany), again in Holland, and the migration to America, 1663 ...
Hackensack, N.J.?: unknown, 1964, 1322 pgs.
http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/
[Obtained 10 October 2006, SLJuhl, family genealogist-compiler]
NOTE: "Maria deRuine is the sister of his brother Jean's wife. Hiswill was dated May 10, 1727 probated October 19, 1728; his signature"Samuel desmarest." He was twice an Elder in the Hackensack DutchChurch, Master in 1706." Second Generation, pg. II-III-1.

Samuel married Marie De Ruine on 11 Aug 1678 in Kinderkamack, Hackensack, New Milford, Bergen County, New Jersey. Marie (daughter of Simon Druine and Magdalena Vanderstraaten) was born on 1 Jan 1662 in (1662) Hainault, France; died in Kinderkamack, Hackensack, New Milford, Bergen County, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sister To Jacomina Deruine