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Margarita
Vanderpoel Van Zandt
Margarita Vanderpoel may have been born as early as 1647. She was the daughter of one-time Beverwyck and Albany residents Wynant G. and his Tryntje Melgerts Vanderpoel.
About
1681, she married Albany tradesman Johannes Van Zandt.
Their eleven children were born between 1682 and
1703. In 1683, she was a member of the Albany Dutch
church.
During
the 1690s, her family relocated to New York City.
Margarita
Vanderpoel Van Zandt was living in Newtown Queens
in 1724 when she was left personal property and an
annuity in her husband's will. Johannes Van Zandt
died later in 1724. Family sources state that Margarita
died in October 1724.
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Sources: The
life of Margarita Vanderpoel Van Zandt is CAP biography
number 6262. This profile is derived chiefly from
community-based resources.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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