Daniel De Voe
1688 - 1774 (86 years)-
Name Daniel De Voe Born 1688 Morrisania, Westchester County, New York 
Gender Male Died 8 Nov 1774 Westchester, Westchester County, New York Person ID I1965 Multer Last Modified 16 Mar 2006
Father Frederick De Voe, b. Abt 1645, Artois, France (Near New Rochelle, Annis, France) , d. 1743, Morrisanna, Westchester County, New York (Age 98 years) Married 24 Jan 1676/77 Dutch Church, Harlem, New York Family ID F0237 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margaret Colyer, b. 1690, d. 27 Oct 1773 (Age 83 years) Married 24 Aug 1714 Bushwick, Kings County, New York Children 1. Elizabeth De Voe, b. 1715 + 2. Hester De Voe, b. 1717 3. Daniel De Voe, b. 1720 4. Cornelius De Voe, b. 1722, Westchester County, New York , d. 1794 (Age 72 years)5. Lena De Voe, b. 1724 6. Mary De Voe, b. 1726 7. Maria De Voe, b. 1728, Fordham Manor, Westchester County, New York 8. Lavina De Voe, b. 1730, Fordham, Westchester County, New York 9. Magdalena De Voe, b. 1732 + 10. John (Johannes) De Voe, b. 1734, Westchester County, New York , d. 1809, Westchester County, New York (Age 75 years)+ 11. Margaret De Voe, b. 1736, Fordham, Westchester County, New York 12. Abigail De Voe, b. 1738, d. 1809 (Age 71 years) 13. David De Voe, b. 1739 14. Levi De Voe, b. 1740 Family ID F0918 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Will of Daniel De Voe, yeoman, dated October 27, 1773, proved November 8, 1774, Borough Town of Westchester, Westchester County, New York. Daniel named his eldest son Daniel, who already had a considerable share of his father's estate, was devised 5 pounds and his father's large chair. The mortgage, on the lands of his son Levi, was canceled and Levi was given 20 shillings. "To my son John, all my real estate, two houses, a cow, 2/3 of all grain, and the whole of grain sowed on a little lot by Charles Doughtys, and 1/2 of all leather in my vats. To my daughter, Mary " De Voo", wife of my son Johannes, and to her daughter, Elizabeth, a cow and my small psalm book and two Negroes. To my son John, my share in the Periauger." (Corruption of the word Pirogue, the Indian word adopted by the French and Spanish, as well as the English, which is a large canoe carrying a mast and sail.) "Daughter Mapes to have a room in my house while unmarried. To my granddaughter, Margaret Mapes, a bed and teakettle. To Rev. Mr. Shoemaker, my large Psalm Book. All apparel to four sons, Daniel, Cornelius, Levi and John. All the rest to son Cornelius, and my daughters, MAGDALENA ODELL, Mary Vanderburgh and Abigail Odell, and to my granddaughters, Margaret Rudder and Margaret Mapes" Sons Levi and John, and son-in-law, Richard Odell were appointed executors. Witnessed by Henry Oblenus, Edward Harris and Robert Gilmore, Schoolmaster. "Abstracts of Wills" Vol VII, p 358-9, published by New York Historical Society.
Wife not named. The clue that this may be the correct Daniel De Voe, is that he named his daughter, Magdalena Odell.
- Will of Daniel De Voe, yeoman, dated October 27, 1773, proved November 8, 1774, Borough Town of Westchester, Westchester County, New York. Daniel named his eldest son Daniel, who already had a considerable share of his father's estate, was devised 5 pounds and his father's large chair. The mortgage, on the lands of his son Levi, was canceled and Levi was given 20 shillings. "To my son John, all my real estate, two houses, a cow, 2/3 of all grain, and the whole of grain sowed on a little lot by Charles Doughtys, and 1/2 of all leather in my vats. To my daughter, Mary " De Voo", wife of my son Johannes, and to her daughter, Elizabeth, a cow and my small psalm book and two Negroes. To my son John, my share in the Periauger." (Corruption of the word Pirogue, the Indian word adopted by the French and Spanish, as well as the English, which is a large canoe carrying a mast and sail.) "Daughter Mapes to have a room in my house while unmarried. To my granddaughter, Margaret Mapes, a bed and teakettle. To Rev. Mr. Shoemaker, my large Psalm Book. All apparel to four sons, Daniel, Cornelius, Levi and John. All the rest to son Cornelius, and my daughters, MAGDALENA ODELL, Mary Vanderburgh and Abigail Odell, and to my granddaughters, Margaret Rudder and Margaret Mapes" Sons Levi and John, and son-in-law, Richard Odell were appointed executors. Witnessed by Henry Oblenus, Edward Harris and Robert Gilmore, Schoolmaster. "Abstracts of Wills" Vol VII, p 358-9, published by New York Historical Society.