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Jurrian
Hogan
Jurrian Hogan was born in 1693. He was the first child of soldier-turned-innkeeper William Hogan and his wife, Albany native Martina Becker Hogan.
He
married Maria Beekman in 1714. Between 1718 and 1740,
nine of their children were baptized in the Albany
Dutch church. In 1732, six of those children were
identified in the will of his parents. Later, Jurrian
was identified as a communicant at St. Peter's Anglican
church.
Following
his marriage, Jurrian, or John as he sometimes was
called, set up a home on Pearl Street in Albany's
second ward. He also held land along Foxes Creek.
In 1715, he was a member of an Albany militia company.
In 1718, he served for a year as firemaster. His
name also appeared on Albany voter lists in 1720
and 1742. In 1756, he was listed on the city census
as Mr. Hogan and identified as a merchant.
An
Albany mainstay for more than fifty years, Jurrian
and Maria Hogan filed a joint will in May 1764. It
named their seven children - six of whom were then
living. The will passed probate two years later.
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Sources: The life of Jurrian/Jurian/George/John is CAP biography
number 4372. This profile is derived chiefly from
family and community-based resources.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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