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Anna
Coster Bleecker
Anna Coster probably was born during the early 1670s. She was the daughter of Albany residents Hendrick and Geertje Van Schaick Coster.
In
1693, she wed Albany trader Johannes Bleecker Jr.
Probably in her teens at the time of her marriage,
Anna bore children over a twenty-five year period.
By 1718, nine of her children were baptized in the
Albany Dutch church where both parents were prominent
members.
These
Bleeckers lived on the west side of Pearl Street
at the corner of Maiden Lane. Anna's husband was
a leading businessman and city official.
Johannes
Bleecker died in 1738. Anna survived him and was
a fixture in their Pearl Street house. She outlived
several of her children as well - perhaps dying as
late as 1766.
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Notes: The
long life of Anna Coster Bleecker is CAP biography
number 5969. She was the last member of the Coster
family to live in Albany! This profile is derived
chiefly from community-based resources.
Church: Anna witnessed at least ten baptisms in the Albany Dutch church
between 1703 and 1746. In 1767, her seat in pew
#26 was transferred to her daughter.
Anna was name co-executor of her son Anthony's estate in 1762. Undocumented
Bleecker family resources have her dying in
1766. She would have been well over ninety at that
time.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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