Jan Foshay

Abt 1672 -

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• Name	Jan Foshay
  Born	Abt 1672
  	estimate based on children
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	9157
  Person ID	I9157	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Jean (Jan) Le Faucheur,   b. Abt 1674
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Judith Enrion,   b. Abt 1652, France ,   d. 1694, New York City, New York  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F5873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eva Matthyse Franse,   b. 1674, France ,   d. Bef 1732  (Age < 57 years)
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Foseur,   b. 2 Aug 1698, Phillipsburg, Warren, New Jersey, USA ,   d. Sep 1738  (Age 40 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F2718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.