Amy appears in documentation as Emma (in the 1850 census) and as Amy (in her will)
Amy was likely born in 1790.
Amy may have been married to a Van Voorhees. I've hypothesized about this earlier marriage because:
- Amy's will (1854) lists Nelly Ann Voorhes and Amy Voorhes as next of kin.
- Later, in 1856, her daughter, Lavinia's will notes the existence of two Voorhees brothers (presumed to be Amy's sons), Garrett and one unnamed - deceased - of Florida, Montgomery County, New York.
- Amy's first son was deceased by the time her daughter, Lavina passed, and he is not mentioned by name in Lavina's will. I suspect that he was the father of the two girls listed as Amy's next of kin in her will.
- Amy's second son, Garrett, moved to Oswego New York where he and his wife, Emma, raised their family. I find them in US Federal Census records; the family included: Warren (1840-1905), Daniel (1843-unknown), Emily (1846-unknown), Elisa )(1847-unknown), and Mary (1852-unknown). Garrett may have had a second wife, Fanny, with whom he had one son - John (1856-1920). Garret passed away in 1882 and is buried in Nutting Cemetery, in Oswego.
At some point before 1815, Amy married Isaac DeGroff Sr. She and Isaac had five children:
- Eliza (1815)married Peter Hover, and had children, Isaac D. (b: 1837-d before 1850), Maria (b; 1840) and William (b: 1845). Eliza is buried in Green Hill Cemetery with the name Anna Eliza De Graff Hover. Eliza died on 17 May 1906.
- Lavina (1817) who I find living with her parents in 1850 and then found married to Isaac N. Stillwell in Kings County, New York.
- Rebecca (1817) married John Fuller 29 December 1836) and had perhaps eight children: William (***), Amy Maria (b:1837-1880); James Leslie (1839-1911); Annie H. (b:1842-1913); George Henry (b:1844-****); Amos D( 1846-1925); Harriet (1850-***) Mary M married to Garrett Staley (1854-1892). Rebecca died in 1890.
- Margaret (1818-1850) married David Servoss; son DeGroff Servoss
- Mary (1821) married Culver Patterson. Mary died 3 November 1875.
Amy died in 1854; her will was probated in July of that year. Her executors were Culver Patterson and Peter Hover - her sons in law. Her will was witnessed by William Blair of Florida.
Decrees and Orders related to Amy's will speak to three heirs and next of kin: DeGroff Servoss or Serviss, Nelly Ann Voorhes and Amy Voorhes. Gerry U Hagelton was named guardian of the Voorhes girls and DeGroff Servoss.
Later research turned up a Letter of Administration, for Lavinia DeGroff Stillwell of Kings County, New York. This letter references Lavinia's siblings - all those listed above - and also notes that she had two half brothers Garrett Voorhees (of Parish, Oswego County) and another Voorhees brother, of Florida, Montgomery County, New York - who was deceased - with two surviving daughters - Nelly and Emma. This Letter explains why the Voorhees girls are noted as Amy's heirs- and suggests that perhaps Amy had been married to a Voorhees prior to her marriage to Isaac.
Decrees and Orders related to Amy's will speak to three heirs and next of kin: DeGroff Servoss or Serviss, Nelly Ann Voorhes and Amy Voorhes. Gerry U Hagelton was named guardian of the Voorhes girls and DeGroff Servoss.
Later research turned up a Letter of Administration, for Lavinia DeGroff Stillwell of Kings County, New York. This letter references Lavinia's siblings - all those listed above - and also notes that she had two half brothers Garrett Voorhees (of Parish, Oswego County) and another Voorhees brother, of Florida, Montgomery County, New York - who was deceased - with two surviving daughters - Nelly and Emma. This Letter explains why the Voorhees girls are noted as Amy's heirs- and suggests that perhaps Amy had been married to a Voorhees prior to her marriage to Isaac.
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