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Anna
Willems Ketelhuyn
Anna Willems Ketelhuyn was the matriarch of the Ketelhuyn family of early Albany.
She
married Beverwyck resident Jochem Ketelhuyn. The
marriage produced eight children before her husband's
death during the 1680s. In 1683, she was identified
as a member of the Albany Dutch church.
Previously,
she had represented her husband before the Albany
court and had been named in legal proceedings herself.
She continued to live in their home on Market Street.
Along
with three of her sons, widow Anna Ketelhuyn was
identified as the head of an Albany household on
the census of 1697 - the last reference to her!
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Sources: The life of Anna Willems Ketelhuyn is CAP biography
4626. This profile is derived chiefly from family
and community-based resources. At this point, we
seek defining information on her birth and background!
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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