Alida Marselis Van Hoesen

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Alida Marselis was born in May 1715. She was the first daughter born to the marriage of Myndert and Feytie Oothout Marselis. They raised a large family in the countryside around Albany. In 1720 and in 1742 (and perhaps into the 1760s), her father was listed among the freeholders living in Rensselaerswyck.

In April 1738, Alida married Volkert Van Hoesen at the Albany Dutch church. By the mid-1750s, the marriage had produced nine children. She was a pewholder at the Albany church into the 1790s.

Although Volkert occasionally performed contract chores for the city government, these Van Hoesens probably raised their family in the Albany hinterland.

Perhaps Alida became a widow in July 1762 when a Volkert Van Hoesen was buried from the church.

Alida Marselis Van Hoesen had died by 1793, when a notation in the church pew roster marked her as "deceased." Beyond that reference from the 1790s, the name of Alida Van Hoesen has not yet been encountered in the coummunity-based record. Perhaps she lived out her days in the Albany-area homes of her many surviving offspring.


biography in-progress


notes

the people of colonial Albany Sources: The life of Alida Marselis Van Hoesen is CAP biography number 625. This sketch is derived chiefly from family and community-based resources.




first posted 1/10/16