Thursday, September 25, 2008

Jacobus Colyer

When lived
1769-1860

How related to Kieran
Great-great-great-great-great grandfather [father of Celina Eve Colyer (Hopkins)]

Parents
NA

Birth
Aug. 19, 1769, in New York state

Employment
NA

Marriage
Susannah Rebecca Wood (b.  Oct. 9, 1802, in United States; d. July 31, 1839, in New York state)

Children
g Nathaniel James Colyer (b. April 29, 1821, in New York state; m. Hannah; their children include Martha Colyer and Benjamin F. Colyer; d. after spring 1910 at earliest)
g Rebecca Ann Colyer (b. Aug. 18, 1823, in New York state)
g Susannah Colyer (b. Nov. 1, 1825, in New York state)
g Benjamin B. Colyer (b. April 30, 1828, in New York state)
g Celina Eve Colyer (b. 1830; m. Richard Hopkins; m. Adam Shaeffer; b. 1900)
g Jacobus A. Colyer (b. July 30, 1832, in New York state; m. Allette; their children include Etta Colyer, b. 1873; m. Elizabeth in 1895; sometimes first name appears as "Jobus")
g Charles Henry Colyer (b. April 26, 1839, in New York state)

Interesting facts
g Living in Bushwick, Kings County, N.Y., in 1800 and 1810
g Living in Newton Township, Queens County, N.Y., in 1860
g Sometimes his last name is spelled "Kolyer"; Celina's maiden name appears in records as "Calyear"

Died
March 5, 1860, in New York, N.Y.

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