The De Clercq family in America
First generation:
Hendrick de Clercq (1776-1850) x Mary Ledyard
Son of Pieter de Clercq Jacobsz and Agatha Stockelaer.
Hendrik de Clercq, born Amsterdam (The Netherlands) 30 Nov. 1776, settled in Cazenovia, NY (U.S.A.) in the spring of 1794, where he bought land from the Holland Land Company (Road Township, lots nrs. 2 and 3; totaling 300 acres) and became farmer; built the ‘Holland House’ on Rippleton Road (1798), later a new one nearby (1840); member of the First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia 1817-, died Cazenovia 7 Nov. 1850, buried South Cemetary Cazenovia, married Cazenovia 10 Febr. 1799 Mary (Polly) Ledyard, born Groton, CT 17 Sept. 1780, member of the First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia 1806-, died Cazenovia 2 Febr. 1869, buried South Cemetary Cazenovia, dr. of Captain Youngs and Elizabeth Billings.
In 1851, a few months after Hendricks death, his oldest son Peter de Clercq visited his Dutch relatives in Holland. He took with him some photographs (daguerreotypes), including this one of his fathers house. It's the second one Hendrik built on Rippleton Road in Cazenovia, in 1840, nearby his first home. In front of the house is a large familygroup.
Detail of the picture above.
Tombstones of Hendrik de Clercq and Mary Ledyard. And of their children Mary (died 1843), Elizabeth (died 1844) and Louisa (died 1845). Both on the South Cemetery in Cazenovia
Issue:
- Peter de Clercq, born Cazenovia, NY 19 July 1800, farmer, built the ‘Bonnie Brook Farm’ and a number of other homes in and near Cazenovia, grist-mill owner, managing-director of a banking firm, co-founder and deacon of the Union Church, Cazenovia, died there 16 June 1873, buried South Cemetary Cazenovia, married Whitestown, NY 21 March 1826 Laura Mason, born New Hartford, Oneida County, NY 23 Nov. 1806, died Cazenovia 21 June 1872, buried South Cemetary Cazenovia, dr. of Arnold Mason and Mercy Coman.
Issue from this marriage - Youngs Ledyard de Clercq, born Cazenovia, Madison County, NY 22 July 1802, farmer, died Cazenovia 4 Nov. 1871, married ..... 8 Oct. 1835 Hannah M..... Thorp, born ..... .. April 1809, died [Cazenovia] 27 Sept. 1864, [dr. of Orrin Thorp and Lucretia Partidge].
Issue from this marriage - Charles Augustus de Clercq, born Cazenovia, Madison County, NY 7 June 1804, baptized First Presbyterian Church, Cazenovia 3 Aug. 1806, farmer, died Georgetown, Madison County, NY 5 July 1862, married Georgetown, NY 24 Nov. 1830 Fanny Sexton, born ....., VT 8 May 1806, died Georgetown, NY 28 March 1887.
Issue from this marriage - Mary Forman de Clercq, born Cazenovia 3 June 1806, baptized First Presbyterian Church, Cazenovia 26 Febr. 1809, died Cazenovia 26 May 1843, buried South Cemetary Cazenovia.
- Jonathan Forman de Clercq, born Cazenovia 13 Sept. 1808, baptized First Presbyterian Church, Cazenovia 26 Febr. 1809, died Cazenovia 14 Nov. 1810.
- Elizabeth de Clercq, born Cazenovia 18 Aug. 1811, baptized First Presbyterian Church, Cazenovia 18 Aug. 1811, died Cazenovia 19 April 1844, buried South Cemetary Cazenovia.
- Hendrik de Clercq, born Cazenovia, Madison County, NY 24 June 1813, baptized First Presbyterian Church, Cazenovia 1816, farmer in Cazenovia, on the old farm of his father (1860, 1869), but sold it and went west, eventually to DeSoto, Dallas County, IA, died Des Moines, Polk County, IA 4 Dec. 1885, buried Oakland Cemetery, DeSoto, married ...... 8 Febr. 1841 Asenath Kingsbury, born Cazenovia, NY 8 May 1815, died Des Moines, IA 30 July 1909, buried Oakland Cemetery, DeSoto, dr. of Allen Kingsbury and Elizabeth Coleman.
Issue from this marriage - Julia de Clercq, born Cazenovia 11 Oct. 1815, baptized First Presbyterian Church, Cazenovia 1816, died Cazenovia 28 July 1906, married there 25 May 1843 John Flavel Kingsbury, born Cazenovia 25 Dec. 1817, farmer, proprietor Cazenovia Cheese Factory (1869), co-founder of the Free (Union?) Church in Cazenovia, died there 18 March 1913, son of Allen Kingsbury and Elizabeth Coleman (brother of Asenath Kingsbury, who maried Julia’s brother Hendrick).
- Rebecca de Clercq, born Cazenovia 30 Dec. 1817, died there 17 June 1881, buried South Cemetary Cazenovia.
- Louisa de Clercq, born Cazenovia 12 Aug. 1820, died there 22 July 1845, buried South Cemetary Cazenovia.
