While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Gerrit Abeel son of David and Neiltje (Van Bergen) Abeel, was born
in Catskill, March 27, 1757. About 1785 he moved to Catskill Landing, and
built for himself a stone house. He was for many years a judge of the
Court of Common Pleas for Greene County. Though not a lawyer by
profession, he was endowed with strong common sense and an innate love of
justice which was administered impartially, and his rulings seldom
appealed from. He died Oct. 23, 1829. He married Elizabeth Cantine.
Their
Children were:
David Gerrit, born April 1, 1783; Anthony, Eleanor, Charles Cantine,
Betsy, Ann, Catharine, Mary, John, Moses.
David Gerrit Abeel, eldest child of Gerrit and Elizabeth (Cantine)
Abeel, was born April 1, 1783; died April 29, 1868. He married April 28,
1804, Nellie Goetschius, daughter of Jacob and Catharine Schuneman.
Their children were: Eliza Catharine, born Oct. 18, 1805; unmarried.
Amelia Emeline, born Feb. 23, 1807; married May 8, 1839, Jeremiah
Romeyn.
Gerrit Nelson, born Oct. 15, 1809; married Dec. 6, 1836, Alida
Wynkoop; died 1874.
Eleanor, born Feb. 1, 1812; married, 1st, George Phillips; 2d, Frank
Parsons.
Jane, born Dec. 23, 1815; died March 27, 1862; unmarried.
Charles Cantine, born Aug. 5. 1817. John, born June 30, 1821.
Christine C., born Sept. 1, 1825; married Henry Seelye.
Frances Mary, born Jan. 8, 1828; married June.25, 1850, Abram Winne. They had issue: Emily Winne
Webster, Frank N. and Lida Winne Dakin.
Charles Cantine Abeel, son of David Gerrit and
Nellie Goetschins (Schuneman) Abeel, was born Aug. 5, 1817; died Aug. 18,
1890. He married
Jennie Foland, daughter of Jacob Foland and Annie Gardner.
They had issue: F. Romeyn, Charles C., Annie S., Emily E., Nellie B. and
David G.
