Groot Ancestry

Sarah GROOT

Born: 12 Jul 1786 Glenville, Albany (now Schenectady) Co., NY
Died: 22 Dec 1841 Osseo, Hillsdale Co., MI
Father: Simon Cornelius GROOT
Mother: Annatie TRUAX

Married: 1805 Schenectady, Albany (now Schenectady) Co., NY to William DURYEE Sr.

Children: Eliza DURYEE, Rev. Isaac Groot DURYEE, Frederick DURYEE, John M. DURYEE, *George W. DURYEE, Simon DURYEE, William Henry DURYEE, and Cornelius Groot DURYEE.

Simon Cornelius GROOT

Born: about 17 Nov 1745 Schenectady, Albany (now Schenectady) Co., NY
Died: 10 Feb 1832 West Glenville, Schenectady Co., NY
Father: Cornelis Symonse GROOT
Mother: Elisabeth POOTMAN

Married: 3 Sep 1769 NY to Annatie TRUAX

Children: Elisabeth GROOT, Engeltie GROOT, Eva GROOT, Isaac GROOT, Cornelis GROOT, *Sarah GROOT, Jacomyntje GROOT, and Abram GROOT.

Military: Served as a sergeant under Capt. Thomas Brower Banker in the 2nd Albany Militia, Albany, NY during the American Revolution.

Cornelis Symonse GROOT

Born: about 1708 NY
Died: NY
Father: Symon Symonse GROOT Jr.
Mother: Geertruy Janse RINCKHOUT

Married: 7 Sep 1739 Albany, Albany Co., NY to Elisabeth POOTMAN

Children: Abraham Cornelius GROOT, Jacomyntje GROOT, *Simon Cornelius GROOT, Hester GROOT, Eva GROOT, and Cornelis Cornelise GROOT.

Symon Symonse GROOT Jr.

Born: about 1662 NY
Died: after 1715 Schenectady, Albany (now Schenetady) Co., NY
Father: Symon Symonse GROOT Sr.
Mother: Rebecca TRUAX

Married: NY to Geertruy Janse RINCKHOUT

Children: Rebecca GROOT, Eve GROOT, Susanna GROOT, Simon GROOT, Johannes GROOT, Nicholaas GROOT, Lysbeth GROOT, and *Cornelis Symonse GROOT.

     Carried prisoner with his father and four brothers to Canada by the French & Indians after the massacre of Schenectady on 9 Feb 1690. They were redeemed the next year through the exchange of prisoners.

Military: He was a private in first militia company in Schenectady, 1715.

Symon Symonse GROOT Sr.

Born: Netherlands
Died: after 1699 Schenectady, Albany (now Schenetady) Co., NY
Father: unknown, probably Symon GROOT
Mother: unknown

Married: NY to Rebecca TRUAX

Children: *Symon Symonse GROOT Jr., Abraham GROOT, Philip GROOT, Dirk GROOT, Cornelis GROOT, Claas GROOT, Susanna GROOT, Maria GROOT, Rebecca GROOT, and Sara GROOT.

     Came early to New Netherland in the service of the Dutch West India Company as a boatswain on the ship "Prince Maurice." In 1645 he bought a house & lot of Jacob Roy, in New Amsterdam. Soon after he came to Beverwyck where he purchased or built a house, which in 1654 he offered for sale. He had lately withdrawn from the service of the West India Company, against whom he then held a claim for service of 834 guilders.

     In 1662, being about to remove to the Esopus, he empowered Johannes Withart to sell his house and lot, but it is evident that he changed his purpose, for in 1663 he hired a bouwery of 25 or 30 morgens, of Gerrit Bancker and Harmen Vedderen, at Schenectady, and still retained possession of his house in Albany as late as 1667. He also owned an island in the Mohawk River, 1667.

     His house and lot in Schenectady were on the north side of Union Street, 100 Amsterdam feet westerly from Church Street, running through to Front Street, and remained in the family more than a hundred years.

     At the massacre of Schenectady on 9 Feb 1690 he was captured with his five sons and carried prisoner to Canada by the French and Indians. They were redeemed the next year through prisoner exchange. He signed the oath of allegiance in 1699.