Jan Foshay

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• Reference Number: 9157

Notes:

Jan was likely born in abt 1674 in France or England. His parents, Jean Le Fauchuer and Judith Enrion, are known to have been living in England and part of the ThreadNeedle Huguenot Church in London in 1682 at the birth of his brother, Pierre.[1][2]

Jan and Eva (his wife) Fouseer are 18th and 19th on the member list of the The Old Dutch Sleepy Hollow Reformed Church, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York.[3][4]

Disputed Death information
Jan's death date is uncertain. A "Jan Forseur" is buried in Harringtown, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, but no date is given. Some unverified family trees show a date of 1732, others show a date of 1783 (which seems unlikely). A Find-a-grave entry is connected to this Jan, but some of the information is incorrect or can not be verified (For example Jan's father is shown married to Jan's wife and the children are not correct).[5] Further, Jan's father (of the same name) is given the same death date and location by some researchers.

A "Jan Vosie" is a baptism witness for Jan's son Isaac's child in baptism in 1757. It is possible that Jan was still living at this time or this Jan may be a relative.[6]

Marriage & Children
He married Eva Matthys in abt 1696 in New York.[citation needed] He was 22 and Eva was 21 when they wed.

Children
Matthis Foshay or De Maijer (abt 1697-aft 1756) bp 10 Mar 1697 son of Jan de Mayer & Eva, m. Magdalentje Ecker[7]
Elisabeth Foseur or Fauce) bp. 2 Aug 1698, dau of Jan & Eva Fauce, m. Paulus Rutan[8]
Judith/Judich Foshay or Fouseer (1704-aft-1767) bp. 10 Mar 1704, daughter of Jan & Eva Fouseer, m. Hendrik Kierse[9]
David Foshay (1706-) bp. 25 Mar 1706 David, son of Jan & Evatje Fausee, m. Jenneke Crankheyt[10]
Abraham Foshay (1708-) bp. 10 Aug 1708 son of Jan & Eva Fousee[11]
Isaac Foshay (1710-) bp. 8 Nov 1710 Isaac, son of Jan & Eva Fouseur, m. Abigail Perrigo and Jaomyntje Springer[12]
Jacob Foshay (1714-bef Nov 1746) bp. 25 Jul 1714 Jacob, son of Jan Forseur & Eva Franse, m. Sophia Jacobse[13][14]
Baptisms for all except the first and last children, in order #16, #79, #111, #173, #207[15]

Alternate Surnames
David Cole, 1822-1903, who researched this family and several others for his 1876 book about the Cole Family, had this to say:

"The original name we think was 'Forsieur.' On the Reformed Church records it is most frequently written 'Forseur.' Other orthographies, which abound, as Fosjeur, Forsheur, Faseur, Fashaw, etc., are blunders of copyists. These are found in almost endless variety. Some of them so disguise the name that none but those familiar with the family connections could possibly detect it. The numerous descendants now write it Vorseur, Forseur, Forshee, Forshay, etc. One, a physician residing in Philadelphia, Pa., writes his name William W. Fouche. But the original, we think, was 'Forsieur.' In pronunciation, it followed the analogy of the familiar French term of address-'Monsieur.' The proverbial difticulty of this combination of letters to one not born to the French is sufficient to account for all the corruptions in spelling and pronunciation which, among a Holland people, grew in back centuries upon the word 'Forsieur.'
[16]
Theodore Melvin Banta 1834-1910, author of The Banta Genealogy notes:

:"Magdalena Banta married Jonathan Forseur, who was born January 15, 1733. She died 1776-7, and was buried in the old churchyard at Kakiat, Rockland County, N.Y. The names of their descendants are variously spent Forshay, Foshay, etc."
[17]
Variations: Jan, or Jean, Fauce, Fouseer, Fausee, Fousee, Fouseur, or De Maijer[18]

1697 Jan De Maijer at christening of son Mathjis
1698 Jan Fauce at christening of daughter Elisabeth
1704 Jan Fouseer at christening of daughter Judich
1708 Jan Fousee at christening of son Abraham
1710 Jan Fouseur at christening of son Isaac[19]
abt. 1710 Jan Fouseer in listing of church membership
1714 Jan Forseur at christening of son Jacob
1727 Jan Voushier witness at christening of daughter Judith's son Jan Kierse [20]
1757 Jan Vosie - witness at christening of son Isaac's son Abraham. (assuming this Jan is father of Isaac)[21]

Sources
See also: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rclarke/page1/lefauche.htm Jean Le Faucheur on Early New Netherland Settlers on RootsWeb

↑ Christening of Pierre Lefaucheurs, Father: Jean Lefaucheurs, Mother: Judic Enrion, 30 Apr 1682, Threadneedle Street French Huguenot, London, London, England, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", , FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5LK-P2F, Pierre Lefaucheurs, 1682.
↑ Christening of Pierre Fauchrues, 30 Apr 1682, Spitalfields, London, Father: Jean Fauchrues, Mother: Judith Fauchrues, "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWG5-B52, citing p. 186, Spitalfields, London, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London.
↑ The Minute-Book of the Christian Church of the Manor of Philipsburgh. The Second Book member list
↑ First record book of the "Old Dutch church of Sleepy Hollow," orgainized in 1697 and now the First Reformed church of Tarrytown, N.Y. ... by Rev. David Cole ..., p. 9, Jan and Eva Fouseer - members 18 and 19, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu54304792&view=1up&seq=36
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104549074/jan-forseur: accessed 30 December 2023), memorial page for Jan Forseur (unknown-unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104549074, citing Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA; Maintained by Searching Days Gone By † ღ©1990-2023 (contributor 47144938).
↑ Baptism of Abraham Vosie, Father: Isaac Vosie, Mother: Abigael Perrigo, Witness: Jan Vosie (unmarried), Witness: Maria Vosie (unmarried), Event: Doop, 08-05-1757, New York, Wie Was Wie, Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York (Baptisms 1731-1800, https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/20692044
↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HB-K2F , Jan De Maijer in entry for Mathijs De Maijer, 1697.
↑ "First Record Book of the 'Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow' Organized in 1697 and now The First Reformed Church of Tarrytown, N. Y.," An original translation of its brief historical matter, and a copy, faithful to the letter, of every personal and local name, of its four registers of members, consistorymen, baptisms, and marriages, from its organization to 1791, by Rev. David Cole, D.D., Yonkers, N. Y., Published by The Yonkers Historical and Library Association, 1901, entry 16. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~vantasselfamilyhistoryhomepage/genealogy/Dutchchurchfourthdivisionoftherecorda.html
↑ Jan Fouseer, Eva his wife / Judich / David Storm, Esther his wife, Entry 79 First Record Book of Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow
↑ Genealogical Society of Bergen County, GSBC Family Files, July 2017, p. 326, https://www.njgsbc.org/files/familyfiles/g0/p326.htm#i41751
↑ entry 173 Baptisms of New Amsterdam Reformed Dutch Church 1639-1730
↑ "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954", FamilySearch(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG54-5K23 , Entry for Isaac Fouseur and Jan Fouseur.
↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York- Baptisms. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. v. 17, 1886. p. 231, 25 July 1714, Jan Forseur, Eva Franse, son Jacob, https://archive.org/details/newyorkgenealog17newy/page/230/mode/2up?view=theater
↑ Wie Was Wie, baptism of Jacob Forseur, Father: Jan Forseur; Witnesses: Gidion Kastang, Catharina Buijls, 25-07-1714, New York, https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/20685265
↑ Sleepy hollow baptisms
↑ Isaac Kool (Cool or Cole) and Catherine Severn : married Oct. 15, 1764, at Tappan, Rockland (then part of Orange) Co., N.Y. ; their descendants complete to May 1, 1876 ; also their American ancestors from the settlement of New York City, by Cole, David, 1822-1903, Published 1876, p. 86, Isaac Kool book link
↑ A Frisian family, the Banta genealogy : descendants of Epke Jacobse, who came from Friesland, Netherlands, to New Amsterdam, February, 1659 by Banta, Theodore Melvin, 1834-1910, Published 1893, New York, p. 47, Banta book link
↑ https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr03/rr03_459.html#P5436 name variants
↑ U.S., Selected States Dutch Reformed Church Membership Records, 1701-1995, Ancestry.com
↑ Child Jan Kierse: Father: Hendrik Kierse, Mother: Judith Voushier, Witnesses: Jan Voushier & Eva Voushier, Doop, 19-03-1727, New York - wie was wie, Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York (Baptisms 1639-1730), https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/20687321
↑ Baptism of Abraham Vosie, Father: Isaac Vosie, Mother: Abigael Perrigo, Witness: Jan Vosie (unmarried), Witness: Maria Vosie (unmarried), Event: Doop, 08-05-1757, New York, Wie Was Wie, Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York (Baptisms 1731-1800, https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/20692044
Sleepy Hollow Dutch Reformed Church baptism records, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York.

Birth:
estimate based on children

Family/Spouse: Eva Matthyse Franse. Eva was born in 1674 in France; died before 1732. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth Foseur was born on 2 Aug 1698 in Phillipsburg, Warren, New Jersey, USA; died in Sep 1738.

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• Reference Number: 18219

Notes:

Birth
Jean Le Faucheur was born about 1648 (based on 1st known child) in France.

Marriage & Children
He married Judith abt 1673 (based on 1st known child) probably in France. The two known children of Jean Le Faucheur and Judith are:

Jean (Le Faucheur) Fauce (abt.1674-bef.1732) m. Eva Matthyse Franse
Pierre Le Faucheur (1683-) m. Abigail DePew
[1] [2]

Sources
↑ additional info from Pane-Joyce Genealogy.
↑ Glenna See Hill, “The Foshay family of Philipse Manor,” New York Gen. Biog. Reg., 118 (1987): 76-81, 156-161, 222-228.

Jean married Judith Enrion. Judith was born about 1652 in France; died in 1694 in New York City, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 18220

Notes:

Birth
Judith (Unknown) was born about 1652 (based on 1st known child born abt 1674), most-likely in Brittany, France.[1]

Surname
Judith's name was listed as "Judic Enrion" in the baptismal record for her son Pierre, christened 30 April, 1682 at the Threadneedle Huguenot Church in London.[2]

Marriage & Children
She married Jan/Jean Le Faucheur abt 1673 (based on birth of 1st known child) in France. The surname Le Faucheur [means "the Reaper" or "the Mower" as in harvesting wheat] still exists in France and is primarily found in Brittany (Cotes du Nord departement). The couple had 2 known sons,

Jean (Le Faucheur) Fauce (abt.1674-bef.1732)
Pierre Le Faucheur (1683-abt. 1751)[3][4]

Burial
There is a record of the French Church du Saint Esprit, New York City, that the funeral expenses, £1.1.9, for Judith Le Faucheur were paid 12 Nov 1694.[5] This means that Judith and her children were French Reformed Protestants, otherwise known as "Huguenots," who had to flee France after Roman Catholic King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes that guaranteed Protestants religious tolerance. [1] Judith Le Faucheur can be assumed to be for the mother of Jan (AKA Jean) and Pieter (AKA Pierre) Le Faucheur. Others say Judith Le Faucheur arrived in New York City with her 2 sons (no husband mentioned) from France around 1695; if this is true, then they most-likely arrived in 1694 and she died soon after their arrival.

Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 Glenna See Hill, “The Foshay family of Philipse Manor,” New York Gen. Biog. Reg., 118 (1987): 76-81, 156-161, 222-228.
↑ Christening of Pierre Lefaucheurs, Father: Jean Lefaucheurs, Mother: Judic Enrion, 30 Apr 1682, Threadneedle Street French Huguenot, London, London, England, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", , FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5LK-P2F
↑ Christening of Pierre Lefaucheurs, Father: Jean Lefaucheurs, Mother: Judic Enrion, 30 Apr 1682, Threadneedle Street French Huguenot, London, London, England, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", , FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5LK-P2F
↑ Christening of Pierre Fauchrues, 30 Apr 1682, Spitalfields, London, Father: Jean Fauchrues, Mother: Judith Fauchrues, "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWG5-B52, citing p. 186, Spitalfields, London, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London.
↑ The Huguenot Church of New York : a history of the French Church of Saint Esprit by John A. F. Maynard. New York, 1938. p. 79, "Mme Faucheur received one pound, four shillings on October 22nd, then on Nov. 12, Monsieur Chevallier was given one pound, one shilling and nine pence for the funeral expenses of Judith Le Faucheur." http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b463089;view=1up;seq=83
additional info from Pane-Joyce Genealogy.

Birth:
based on birth of child in 1674