Notes for Esther VANDER VEER

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Notes for Esther VANDER VEER

Said to have had five children with Mr. Craig:
Marcia B. Craig, Janet, Ada, Marion Mead, Margaret.
http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/vanderveer-1.html [accessed 3/21/12]:
(VI) Abraham Harris, eighth son of Garret and Rachel (Couwenhoven) Vander Veer, was born in the town of Root, Montgomery county, New York, June 18, 1804, died August 19, 1888. He was one of the founders of the village of Leatherville (Rural Grove),
where in partnership with Henry Stowitts he established and operated a large tannery. He was reared in the Dutch church, but his wife was a member of the Christian church. He married, September 27, 1826, Sarah Martin, daughter of Barent P. Martin and
first wife, Hester McGraw, of Fort Hunter. Sarah Martin was of an early English Martin family who first located in New Hampshire; later a branch settled in the Piscataway Valley, New Jersey, and at Albany and Fort Hunter. Children:
Rachel, born September 27, 1827, died young.
Esther, born January 14, 1830, died May 30, 1909; married, June 10, 1852, John Craig; children:
Janet, died young;
Ada, married William J. Walker, five children;
Marcia, died October 4, 1899, married Martin Van Buren, two sons;
Stuart, died young
Marion Mead;
Margaret, died November 1, 1895; married Robert P. Thorn, Jr., three sons.
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