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Anna
Vanderzee Becker
Anna
Vanderzee was born during the 1660s. She was the
daughter of New Netherland pioneers and Albany residents
Storm and Hilletie Lansing Vanderzee.
Losing
her father in 1679, she grew up in the Albany home
of her stepfather, William Ketelhuyn.
In
December 1684, this tavernkeeper's daughter married
Johannes Becker, Jr. at the Albany Dutch church.
By 1708, the marriage had produced ten children.
These
Beckers lived in Albany in one of Becker's father's
houses. However, Anna's family dropped from Albany
rolls after the last baptism!
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Sources: The life of Anna Vanderzee Becker is CAP biography
number 5582. This sketch is derived chiefly from
family and community-based resources. We seek defining
information on her life after 1708!
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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