Benjamin Schoonhoven/Schoonover
5x great grandfather
1771: Born 2 Aug in Walpack, Sussex, New Jersey to Jacobus "James" Schoonhoven and Hendrickje "Hanna" Anna Brink Schoonhoven
1771: baptized 4 Aug in Walpack, Sussex, New Jersey.
1780: No census and he was 9 years old.
1790: age 19
1793: Living in Walpack, Sussex, New Jersey (Source: NJ Tax List). age 23
1799: married Catherine Clendenning in Tioga Center, Tioga, New York. age 28
1800 Census: Living in Newtown, Tioga, New York with wife and 8 children. age 29
1810 Census: Living in Spencer, Tioga, New York with wife, and 4 children. age 39
1820 Census: Living in Tioga, Tioga, New York with wife and 4 children. age 49
1830 Census: Living in Tioga, Tioga, New York with wife. age 59
1840 Census: Living in Tioga, Tioga, New York with wife. age 69
1850 Census: Living in Tioga, Tioga, New York with wife. age 79
1860 Census: Living in Tioga, Tioga, New York with wife, son Peter, Daughter-in- law Lorena, and several grandchildren. age 89
1865 died on 16 Apr in Tioga, Tioga, New York. age 93
Tina, this is a good chronological outline of 'your' Benjamin Schoonover. There were enough Benjamins in the vicinity to require sorting them out with as much in the way of tax lists, land, estate and sundry record as may be found.
ReplyDeleteI think you have attributed the 1790 US Census enumeration for Lower Smithfield to the wrong Benjamin. I and a cousin have attributed this enumeration to a Benjamin b. 1741 to Nicholas and Peternella (Westfall) Schoonover. This Benjamin is documented as buying Lower Smithfield land, and enumerated next to him for 1790 is his son-in-law.
See documentation of this Benjamin's life-path here:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Part::schoonover::1641.html
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Part::schoonover::1642.html
Given a chance, many Schoonovers left pretty good records!
Thanks. I am grateful to the Schoonover's for leaving us great records for back in these times. I, myself, being a Schoonover by blood and a Chase by marriage so maybe we can leave our mark just like they did.
ReplyDeleteTina:
ReplyDeleteI am a 4th-great grandson of Benjamin Schoonover and Catherine Clendenning.
Would you be willing to share your source for the information regarding the 1799 marriage of Benjamin Schoonover to Catherine Clendenning?
[1799: married Catherine Clendenning in Tioga Center, Tioga, New York. age 28]
My family has spent years trying to track down Catherine's parents and ancestors, but keep hitting brick walls.
I can be reached via email at cef22664@gmail.com
Thanks.
Chris French