Generation Two

ADAM HENDRIKSE VROOMAN² was born 14 Sep 1649 in Holland. He was the eldest son of Hendrick Meese VROOMAN. His mother is unknown. At about the age of fifteen he came to America with his father and four siblings. He became a Millwright, and moved to Schenectady, New York in 1677. He married about 1678 to Engletje BLOM. Adam and Engletje had six children: 1) Barent b 1679; 2) Wouter b 9 Sep 1680; 3) Peiter b 4 May 1864; 4) Christiana b 18 Oct 1865; 5) Hendrick b 1687; and 6) an unnamed child b before Sep 1690. On 9 Sep 1690 his home was invaded by French and their Indians. His father Hendrick, brother Bartholomeus, wife Engletje, and infant child were all murdered, and his sons Wouter and Barent were carried off and held in captivity in Canada until 1697. Adam married again on 18 Nov 1691 to Grietje (Ryckman) VanSlyck and she must have died because on 13 Jan 1697 he married once more to Greitje Margrietje Takelse Hemmstraat. The remaining children were: 7) Jan bapt 30 May 1697; 8) Maria b 1 Sep 1699; 9) Bartholomew b 22 Dec 1700; 10) Tiemothy b 8 Nov 1702; 11) Seth b 7 Jan 1705; 12) Jacob Meese b 3 Jul 1707; 13) Eva Mae b 7 Sep 1706; and 14) Janneltie b 13 Sep 1712. Adam was naturalized in the Province of New York in 1715. He wrote his will 12 Sep 1729 and it was proved 13 Jun 1730. His death occured on 25 Feb 1730.

Generation Three

WOUTER ADAMSE VROOMAN³ was born 9 Sep 1680 in Schenectady, New York. He was son of Adam Hendrikse VROOMAN & Engletje BLOM. When he was ten years old, the French and Indians attacked Schenectady and his parents home. He was taken captive and taken to Canada, along with his brother Barent, and it took seven years before his father could get them released. His mother and a baby sister were murdered in that raid, and so was his grandfather and an uncle. On 24 Sep 1707 he was married to Marytje HALLENBECK. Their family consisted of fifteen children: 1) Adam b 1708 dy; 2) Engltje batp 12 Jun 1709; 3) Isaac b 20 Oct 1710; 4) Dorothea bapt 5 Oct 1714; 5) Adam b 3 Feb 1716; 6) Jacob bapt 24 Aug 1717; 7) Christiana b 19 Jan 1719 dy; 8) Isaac bapt 8 Apr 1721; 9) Christyntje bapt 19 Jan 1723; 10) Rachel bapt 31 May 1724; Barent b 24 Dec 1725; 12) Elizabeth b 1727 dy; 13) Angelica b 1729; 14) Nicholas b 16 May 1730; and 15) Elizabeth b 7 May 1732. Marytje died 19 Jan 1748 and Wouter died at the age of 76 on 26 Oct 1756 and is buried in the Vale Cemetery at Schenectady, New York.

Generation Four

JACOB WOUTER VROOMAN⁴ was baptised on 24 Aug 1717 (exact birthdate unknown) He was son of Wauter Adamse VROOMAN & Marytje HALLENBECK. He married 29 May 1743 to Rachel VAN WOERT. Jacob and Rachel had nine children: 1) Wouter bapt 4 Nov 1744; 2) Nicholas bapt 31 Aug 1746; 3) Maria b Mar 1749; 4) Catherine b 3 Feb 1751; 5) Adam b 16 Aug 1753; 6) Isaac bapt 17 Apr 1758; 7) Dirckje b 21 Oct 1755; 8) Jacob b 29 Dec 1760; and 9) Jannetje b 31 Jan 1767. In 1750 Jacob VROOMAN was one of the deacons of the Dutch Reformed Church at Schoharie. The death date of either Jacob or Rachel is unknown.

Generation Five

WOUTER JACOB VROOMAN⁵ was baptised 4 Nov 1744 (exact birthdate unknown). He was the son of Jacob Wouter VROOMAN & Rachel VAN WOERT. He was a Captain during the Revolutionary War, and on 23 ocat 1780 at Kanasaroga he was taken prisoner and held a captive until 29 Jul 1783. He married in 1767 at Schenectady, New York to Jacomyntje BARHEYT. At the time Wouter was taken captive they had several of their children, and the family had to struggle while he was gone. Walter and Rachel were the parents of ten children: 1) Rachel bapt 6 Dec 1767; 2) Cornelia b 1 Oct 1769; 3) Jacob b 29 May 1771; 4) Isaac b 3 Jan 1773 dy; 5) Johannes b 7 Aug 1774; 6) Alida b 12 May 1776; 7) Margrita bapt 10 May 1778; 8) Isaac bapt 25 Sep 1779; 9) Maria bapt 19 Oct 1784; and 10) Styntje b 23 Apr 1786. Walter died 17 Feb 1817 at Altamont, New York.

Generation Six

JACOB VROOMAN/VROMAN⁶ was born 29 May 1771 at Schenectady, New York. He was the son of Walter Jacob VROOMAN & Jacomyntje BARHEYT. He was called "Jacob of Normanskill" It is about this time that his name began to appear in records as both VROOMAN & VROMAN and later generations used the VROMAN spelling. He married 12 Jun 1792 at Schenectady to Rebecca EWING. Jacob & Rebecca had two children: 1) Adam b 13 Sep 1792; and 2) John b 11 Sep 1794. It is not known where or when Jacob and Rebecca died.

Generation Seven

ADAM VROOMAN/VROMAN⁷ was born 13 Sep 1792 at Guilderland, New York. He was the son of Jacob VROMAN & Rebecca EWING. Adam was baptized 18 Sep 1796 at the Guilderland Center Dutch Reformed Church. Sometime between 1820-1822 he moved to Delaware County, Ohio and lived there until about 1851. He married before 1820 to Caroline ROBERTS who died in 1841. Adam & Caroline had these children, all born in Delaware County, Ohio: 1) Jane b ca 1829; 2) William George b 1822; 3) Dorrance b 1825; 4) Martha Delight b ca 1826; 5) Charlotte b ca 1828; 6) Henry b 30 Sep 1830; 7) David R. b ca 1831; 8) Horace Eugene b 16 Nov 1833; 9) Lucius Cissero b ca 1835; and 10) Mary Ellen b ca 1837. Caroline died 26 Mar 1845 in Delaware County, Ohio. He married again on 12 Feb 1846 in Delaware County, Ohio, and they had two more children: 11) James b ca 1847; and Crittenden B. b 21 Jan 1849. About 1851 they moved to Lee County, Illinois. Sarah died, and Adam married again sometime after 1853 to Mrs Catherine Powell. Adam died in Sep 1871 and is said to be buried in the Beam Cemetery in Lehigh, Webster County, Iowa cemetery. No tombstone or record has been found there. I have never been sure if he lived there or was traveling west to be near his children in Nebraska.

Generation Eight

WILLIAM GEORGE VROMAN⁸ was born about 1822 in Delaware County, Ohio. He was the son of Adam VROMAN and Caroline ROBERTS. William was first married to Lydia Thurston on 1 Jan 1845 in Delaware County, Ohio. They had two children: 1) Phoebe Caroline b ca 1842; and 2) Elizabeth ca 1843; Lydia died, and he married 6 Sep 1849 in Morrow County, Ohio to Elizabeth LONG. William and Elizabeth had ten more children: 3) Daniel A. b 19 Dec 1851; 4) Lovelet b 22 May 1853; 5) Norvil b 19 Jun 1856; 6) Edward B. b Sep 1858; 7) Thomas B. b ca 1859; 8) Ambrose b ca 1863; 9) Catherine b 7 Mar 1865; 10) Gustavus b ca 1867; 11) Stillman b ca 1872; and 12) Soloman b ca 1874. According to the census records, William was living in Allen County, Ohio in 1850; Lee County, Illinois in 1860; and Wayne County, Nebraska in 1870 & 1880. He was the first surveyor of Wayne County, Nebraska. William must have died about 1894 in Wayne County, Nebraska. No stone or record has been found there, and it could be that he went to Boyd County, Nebraska and died there. Elizabeth died in Boyd County, Nebraska.

Generation Nine

CATHERINE VROMAN⁹ was born 7 Mar 1865 in Lee County, Illinois. She was the daughter of William George VROMAN & Elizabeth LONG. She married on 31 Mar 1878 in Wayne County, Nebraska to Orrin Elias CHAFFEE. She was a bride at age thirteen. She was always known as "Kate". Orrin & Kate had four children: 1) Florence May born 1 Sep 1880 NE; 2) Dora Madaline b 8 Mar 1883; 3) Ralph Crawfore b 3 Jan 1888; and 4) Gladys Theo b Jul 1897. They lived in Smith County, Kansas for a couple of years, and then back to Wayne County, Nebraska. About 1890 they moved to Boyd County where they lived for a few years before moving to Goshen County, Wyoming. They homesteaded there and Orrin died there on 12 Dec 1933 and Kate died on 6 Oct 1939. They are both buried in the cemetery at Lusk, Wyoming.

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