FATHER

Hendricus (Hendrick) Deforest

MOTHER

Femmetje Phoebe Van Flaesbeck

HUSBAND

Abraham Koning

CHILDREN

1. Hendrikus Koning
    bap. 9 Apr 1718

2. Hendrikus Koning
    bap. 7 Oct 1719

3. Maria Koning
    bap. 17 Jan 1722

4. Maria Koning
    bap. 22 Mar 1724
    m. 10 Oct 1743 Daniel Brouwer
    d. 1791 Mercer County, KY

5. Fametje Koning
    b. Abt. 1725
   
6. Johannes Koning
    Bap 10 Aug 1729
    m. 14 Dec 1751 Rebecca Ryckman

7. Arent Schuyler Koning
    bap. 29 May 1732

8. Hendricus Koning
    bap 13 Nov 1734
    m. 1759 Marytie Caerby

Susanna De Forest
by Susan Brooke
Mar 2021

Susanna De Forest was baptized 19 Aug 1694 in the New Amsterdam Dutch Reform Church.  Her parents, Henricus de Forest and Femmetje Flaesbeeck, had David and Susanna de Forest, siblings of Henricus, as the witnesses.  (1) Her mother, Phoebe Flaesbeeck, must have died when Susanna was under 10. On 6  Feb 1709  her older brother, Barent de Forest, had his daughter Femmetje baptized, named after their mother, yet only his father was there as witness. (2)  Her father remarried to Barbara Spong and by 1706 had moved to Hempstead, Long Island. He died in 1715 when Susanna was 21 years old. (3) The next year Susanna married Abraham Koning on 4 Nov 1716. (4) She was admitted to the Dutch Reform Church on 26 Nov 1717. (5)
Susanna and Abraham Koning had 5 children baptized in New York, with her brothers Barent and Gerrit as witnesses. (6) In 1720 she was a witness for the children baptized to her brothers Barent and Jesse. (7)  Then around 1626 they moved from New York City to Second River (Belleville), Essex County, New Jersey, and were admitted by letter to the Second River Dutch Reformed Church on March 1, 1728. (8) Their last 3 children were baptized in New Jersey. 
Her husband, Abraham Koning, died sometime before 17 Aug 1737 when she was appointed administrator. (9) She had at least three young children: Maria would have been about 13, Johannes 8 and Henricus 3 years old.  She remarried to Joris Ryerson sometime after the death of his first wife who died 17 May 1743. In 1747 Joris Reyersen and Susanna, his wife, were witnesses to the baptism of Susanna, daughter of her daughter Maria.  Joris only lived a few short years after their marriage, dying in 1749. (8) She was 54 years old and widowed for the second time.
The last known record for Susanna De Forest was on 2 Oct 1755 when she was a witness to Abraham, son of her son John Koning. (10)

Sources

(1) 1694 19 Aug; Henricus de Foreest, Femmetje Flaesbeeck; Susanna; David & Susanna de Foreest

(2) 1709 6 Feb; Barent de Freest, Catlyntje Cerley; Femmetje; Hendikus de Freest, Elizabeth Pels

(3) Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogates office, City of New York. Vol II 1708-1728
 Liber 8 pg 384
Henricus De Friest.  In the name of God, Amen, this 25 January, 1714.  I, Henricus De Friest, of Madmans neck, in the bounds of Hempstead in Queens County, yeoman.  I leave to my four sons, Barent, Geritt, Henricus, and Jesse, all my lands, messuages, and tenements.  My wife Barbara is to remain in possession of the same during her widowhood.  My wife is to have 1/2 of the moveables, and the rest to my four daughters, Sarah, Susanah, Phebe, and Mary.  My son Geritt is to be left harmless from any suits, owing to my being bound with him for £5.  My son Henricus is to have a three-year old gray horse; my wife Barbara is to have a feather bed, that she brought with her at the time of her marriage, and a pair of hand irons, 3 cows and 6 sheep.  I made my son Barent, and Richard Mott, and Theodorns Van Wyck, executors.
Witnesses, John Haviland, Henry Underwood, Benjamin De Witt.  Proved, April 27, 1715

(4) Marriage of Abraham Koning and Susanna Du Foreest
Ingeschreven: 1716 Octob. 19 Abraham Koning j. m. V. N. York, met Susanna Du Foreest, j. d. V. N: York
Getrouwt: Novemb: 4
NYG&B Record Vol XI, pg 191

(5) Dutch Reform Membership Records

(6) New Amsterdam Baptisms for 1639-1730

1694 Sep 30; Heyman Koningk, Marritje Andries; Abraham; Huybert Andrieszen, Gerbertje Conincks

1718 Apr 09; Abraham Coning, Susanna de Foreest; Hendrikus; Barent de Foreest, Maria Coning (Susanna's brother and Abraham's Sister)

1719 Oct 07; Abraham Koning, Susanna de Foreest; Hendrikus; Arie Koning & wife Rachel [Peek] (Abraham's brother)

1722 Jan 17; Abraham Koning, Susanna de Foreest; Maria; Gerret de Foreest, Maria Koning (Susanna's brother and Abraham's sister)

1724 Mar 22; Abraham Coningk, Susanna de Foreest; Maria; Adam Coningk, Tietje Van Pelt (Abraham's brother and Abraham's aunt)

Second River Dutch Reformed Church Belleville, Essex, New Jersey fhl film  The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey. Vol. III, IV

1729 Aug 10 Johannes - Abraham Connick and Susanna De Foreest. Witnesses: Johannis Connick, Maria Walters. b. Aug 1

1732 May 29 Arent Schuyler - Abraham Koningh and Susanna De Foreest. Witnesses: John Schuyler, Sara Walters. b. May 1

1734 Nov 13 Henricus - Abraham Koningh and Suzanna De Foreest. Witnesses: Willem Van Dalsem, Johanna Buytenhoff. b. Nov 6

(7) Baptisms in 1720 in Dutch Reform Church New York

1720 3 Apr; Jesse de Foreest, Teuntje Tietsoort; Hendrikus; Barent de Foreest, Susanna Coning

1720 17 Jul; Barent De Foreest, Catlyntje Cerley; Catlyntje; Jesse de Foreest, Susanna Coning 

(8) Source: Michael K. Miller    [email protected]  
 

 “Abraham Koning/King, baptized September 30, 1694 in New York City, died before August 17, 1737 as a resident of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. He married in New York City November 4, 1716, Susannah de Foreest, baptized August 19, 1694 in New York City, daughter of Henricus de Foreest and Femmetje Van Flaesbeeck. She died sometime after October 2, 1755 when as the widow of Joris Reyerse she was a witness at the New York Reformed Dutch Church at the baptism of grandson Abraham, son of John Koning and Rebecca Ryckman. She married (2) after July 21, 1744 George Ryerson or Ryerse, who was Joris Martenszen Reyerse, born at the Wallabout, Brooklyn, baptized September 19, 1666 in New York City, the son of Marten Ryerson and Annetje Joris Rapalje, and widower of Anneken Schouten. He died before March 29, 1749 in Pequaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey. The Abraham Koning family moved from New York City to Second River (Belleville), Essex County, New Jersey, about 1726, and were admitted by letter to the Second River Dutch Reformed Church on March 1, 1728. Abraham ‘King’ died intestate. His widow, Susannah King, posted bond and was named administratrix August 17, 1737. John King (Abraham’s brother) was fellow bondsman and witnesses were John Foster and   Jacobus Bargan.” (George King Nichols, Ann Ward Freehafer Andersen, and Marcia Ward Richie, The Dutch Ancestors and American Descendants of Adriaen Jansen Koning; The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 136; Number 4, October 2005; page 227

(9) Death of Abraham

"He died intestate and letters of administration were issued 17 Aug 1737 (Essex co., NJ Administrations C:175, NJ, files 901-902 G) "

  Int. Adm'x, Susannah King, the widow. John King, yeoman, fellow bondsman. Witnesses--John Foster, Jacobus Bargan.; Int. Adm'x, Susannah King, the widow. John King, yeoman, fellow bondsman. Witnesses--John Foster, Jacobus Bargan.; Lib. C, p. 175.  page 282

(10) Records of the Reform Dutch Church of Hackensack and Schraalenburg, NJ  fhl film 874335
 Baptisms of some of the children of Daniel Brouwer and Maria Koning

1747 Mar 22, Daniel Brouwer, Marytjin Koning, Susanna, Witnesses: Joris Reyersen, Susanna, his wife

(10) Baptisms of New York
 1755 Oct 2; John Koning, Rebecca Ryckman; Abraham; Arent Koning & Zusanna de Foreest, Wed. Van Joris Reyerse.