_Johann Peter BACHOFFEN ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1734 - 1814) m 1759| | |_Maria Elisabetha GSELL ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1786 - 1874) m 1808| | | _Blakert (Eliakim) WHITENACK _+ | | | (1698 - ....) | |_Mary WHITENACK _____| | (1740 - 1806) m 1759| | |_Anna _____ __________________ | | |--James Smith BOCKOVEN | (1813 - ....) | ______________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |______________________________ | | |_Mary SMITH _________| (1788 - 1813) m 1808| | ______________________________ | | |_____________________| | |______________________________
Family record says she married _____ Day and they went to Panama. However, her father's will dated 1813 clearly identifies her as the wife of Nathaniel Doty. The notation that says Day was added later, apparently in pencil, and most likely by a child of one of George's sons. Once we realized we were looking for Nathaniel Doty, the source of the confusion became clear: very likely a notation about "Doty, moved to Penna." was misread as "Day, moved to Panama"!
[4452] Date from the internet, not verified. Another internet date, in 1808, can be ruled out immediately, because Jane was still alived in 1813 when her father wrote his will.
_Johann Georg BACHOFFEN _____+ | (.... - 1709) m 1702 _Johann Peter BACHOFFEN ______| | (.... - 1765) m 1732 | | |_Anna Maria HEUSCH __________+ | (1681 - ....) m 1702 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1734 - 1814) m 1759| | | _Johann Conrad GSELL ________+ | | | (1677 - 1752) m 1707 | |_Maria Elisabetha GSELL ______| | (.... - 1765) m 1732 | | |_Maria Esther PRÉVÔT ________+ | (1677 - 1714) m 1707 | |--Jane BOCKOVEN | (1767 - 1850) | _Michael Andreas WEIDKNECHT _+ | | (1672 - ....) m 1697 | _Blakert (Eliakim) WHITENACK _| | | (1698 - ....) | | | |_Margaretha Barbara ERICH ___+ | | (.... - 1726) m 1697 |_Mary WHITENACK _____| (1740 - 1806) m 1759| | _____________________________ | | |_Anna _____ __________________| | |_____________________________
_Johann Peter BACHOFFEN ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1734 - 1814) m 1759| | |_Maria Elisabetha GSELL ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _Abraham BOCKOVEN ___| | (1763 - 1851) m 1785| | | _Blakert (Eliakim) WHITENACK _+ | | | (1698 - ....) | |_Mary WHITENACK _____| | (1740 - 1806) m 1759| | |_Anna _____ __________________ | | |--Jane BOCKOVEN | (1810 - ....) | ______________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |______________________________ | | |_Elizabeth THOMAS ___| (1765 - 1845) m 1785| | ______________________________ | | |_____________________| | |______________________________
_Johann Peter BACHOFFEN ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1734 - 1814) m 1759| | |_Maria Elisabetha GSELL ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1786 - 1874) m 1815| | | _Blakert (Eliakim) WHITENACK _+ | | | (1698 - ....) | |_Mary WHITENACK _____| | (1740 - 1806) m 1759| | |_Anna _____ __________________ | | |--Jane Doty BOCKOVEN | (1833 - ....) | ______________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |______________________________ | | |_Margaret SMITH _____| (1795 - 1853) m 1815| | ______________________________ | | |_____________________| | |______________________________
Information on descendants was forwarded by Nancy Sato, based on material from Gertrude Vanderhoff, "in the 1950's and 60's".
_Johann Georg BACHOFFEN _____+ | (.... - 1709) m 1702 _Johann Peter BACHOFFEN ______| | (.... - 1765) m 1732 | | |_Anna Maria HEUSCH __________+ | (1681 - ....) m 1702 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1734 - 1814) m 1759| | | _Johann Conrad GSELL ________+ | | | (1677 - 1752) m 1707 | |_Maria Elisabetha GSELL ______| | (.... - 1765) m 1732 | | |_Maria Esther PRÉVÔT ________+ | (1677 - 1714) m 1707 | |--John BOCKOVEN | (1774 - 1824) | _Michael Andreas WEIDKNECHT _+ | | (1672 - ....) m 1697 | _Blakert (Eliakim) WHITENACK _| | | (1698 - ....) | | | |_Margaretha Barbara ERICH ___+ | | (.... - 1726) m 1697 |_Mary WHITENACK _____| (1740 - 1806) m 1759| | _____________________________ | | |_Anna _____ __________________| | |_____________________________
_Johann Peter BACHOFFEN ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1734 - 1814) m 1759| | |_Maria Elisabetha GSELL ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1786 - 1874) m 1808| | | _Blakert (Eliakim) WHITENACK _+ | | | (1698 - ....) | |_Mary WHITENACK _____| | (1740 - 1806) m 1759| | |_Anna _____ __________________ | | |--John BOCKOVEN | (1812 - 1891) | ______________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |______________________________ | | |_Mary SMITH _________| (1788 - 1813) m 1808| | ______________________________ | | |_____________________| | |______________________________
_George BOCKOVEN ____+ | (1734 - 1814) m 1759 _John BOCKOVEN ______| | (1774 - 1824) m 1800| | |_Mary WHITENACK _____+ | (1740 - 1806) m 1759 _Samuel Vanderbilt BOCKOVEN _| | (1800 - 1876) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Helenah VANDERBILT _| | (1779 - 1848) m 1800| | |_____________________ | | |--John BOCKOVEN | (1827 - 1831) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Polly CARR _________________| (1805 - 1866) | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_Johann Peter BACHOFFEN ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1734 - 1814) m 1759| | |_Maria Elisabetha GSELL ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _John BOCKOVEN ______| | (1774 - 1824) m 1800| | | _Blakert (Eliakim) WHITENACK _+ | | | (1698 - ....) | |_Mary WHITENACK _____| | (1740 - 1806) m 1759| | |_Anna _____ __________________ | | |--John Vanderbilt BOCKOVEN | (1806 - 1883) | ______________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |______________________________ | | |_Helenah VANDERBILT _| (1779 - 1848) m 1800| | ______________________________ | | |_____________________| | |______________________________
_George BOCKOVEN ____+ | (1734 - 1814) m 1759 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1786 - 1874) m 1815| | |_Mary WHITENACK _____+ | (1740 - 1806) m 1759 _Abraham B. BOCKOVEN _| | (1822 - 1899) m 1842 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Margaret SMITH _____| | (1795 - 1853) m 1815| | |_____________________ | | |--Joseph DeCoster BOCKOVEN | (1843 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Nancy DECOSTER ______| (1823 - 1898) m 1842 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
still living - details excluded
_________________________ | _________________________| | | | |_________________________ | _Steven WHITE ___________| | | | | _________________________ | | | | |_________________________| | | | |_________________________ | | |--Julian David BOCKOVEN | | _William Henry BOCKOVEN _+ | | (1885 - 1954) m 1915 | _William Henry BOCKOVEN _| | | (1920 - 1983) m 1946 | | | |_Clara Maria EXLINE _____ | | m 1915 |_Rebecca Clare BOCKOVEN _| | | _________________________ | | |_Mary Ann KENNEALLEY ____| m 1946 | |_________________________
_Johann Peter BACHOFFEN ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1734 - 1814) m 1759| | |_Maria Elisabetha GSELL ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _John BOCKOVEN ______| | (1774 - 1824) m 1800| | | _Blakert (Eliakim) WHITENACK _+ | | | (1698 - ....) | |_Mary WHITENACK _____| | (1740 - 1806) m 1759| | |_Anna _____ __________________ | | |--Julinetta BOCKOVEN | (1815 - 1917) | ______________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |______________________________ | | |_Helenah VANDERBILT _| (1779 - 1848) m 1800| | ______________________________ | | |_____________________| | |______________________________
_Johann Peter BACHOFFEN ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1734 - 1814) m 1759| | |_Maria Elisabetha GSELL ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1786 - 1874) m 1815| | | _Blakert (Eliakim) WHITENACK _+ | | | (1698 - ....) | |_Mary WHITENACK _____| | (1740 - 1806) m 1759| | |_Anna _____ __________________ | | |--Lemuel BOCKOVEN | (1822 - ....) | ______________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |______________________________ | | |_Margaret SMITH _____| (1795 - 1853) m 1815| | ______________________________ | | |_____________________| | |______________________________
_George BOCKOVEN ____+ | (1734 - 1814) m 1759 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1786 - 1874) m 1815| | |_Mary WHITENACK _____+ | (1740 - 1806) m 1759 _Abraham B. BOCKOVEN _| | (1822 - 1899) m 1842 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Margaret SMITH _____| | (1795 - 1853) m 1815| | |_____________________ | | |--Lemuel F. BOCKOVEN | (1844 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Nancy DECOSTER ______| (1823 - 1898) m 1842 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_George BOCKOVEN ____+ | (1734 - 1814) m 1759 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1786 - 1874) m 1815| | |_Mary WHITENACK _____+ | (1740 - 1806) m 1759 _George K. BOCKOVEN _| | (1821 - 1889) m 1852| | | _____________________ | | | | |_Margaret SMITH _____| | (1795 - 1853) m 1815| | |_____________________ | | |--Louis C. BOCKOVEN | (1857 - 1885) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Margaret TALMADGE __| (1823 - 1892) m 1852| | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_John BOCKOVEN ______+ | (1774 - 1824) m 1800 _Cornelius Vanderbilt BOCKOVEN _| | (1818 - 1897) m 1840 | | |_Helenah VANDERBILT _ | (1779 - 1848) m 1800 _George Edward BOCKOVEN _| | (1856 - 1933) m 1883 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth LAMBRIGHT ___________| | m 1840 | | |_____________________ | | |--Mabel Agnes BOCKOVEN | (1893 - 1973) | _____________________ | | | ________________________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Fanny Editha LAWRENCE __| m 1883 | | _____________________ | | |________________________________| | |_____________________
_Johann Peter BACHOFFEN ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1734 - 1814) m 1759| | |_Maria Elisabetha GSELL ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1786 - 1874) m 1815| | | _Blakert (Eliakim) WHITENACK _+ | | | (1698 - ....) | |_Mary WHITENACK _____| | (1740 - 1806) m 1759| | |_Anna _____ __________________ | | |--Margaret BOCKOVEN | (1821 - 1861) | ______________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |______________________________ | | |_Margaret SMITH _____| (1795 - 1853) m 1815| | ______________________________ | | |_____________________| | |______________________________
_George BOCKOVEN ____+ | (1734 - 1814) m 1759 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1786 - 1874) m 1815| | |_Mary WHITENACK _____+ | (1740 - 1806) m 1759 _Peter Smith BOCKOVEN _| | (1828 - 1890) m 1852 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Margaret SMITH _____| | (1795 - 1853) m 1815| | |_____________________ | | |--Margaret Ann BOCKOVEN | (1853 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Marvina Merrett DOTY _| (1834 - 1908) m 1852 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_Johann Peter BACHOFFEN ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1734 - 1814) m 1759| | |_Maria Elisabetha GSELL ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _John BOCKOVEN ______| | (1774 - 1824) m 1800| | | _Blakert (Eliakim) WHITENACK _+ | | | (1698 - ....) | |_Mary WHITENACK _____| | (1740 - 1806) m 1759| | |_Anna _____ __________________ | | |--Maria BOCKOVEN | (1802 - 1899) | ______________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |______________________________ | | |_Helenah VANDERBILT _| (1779 - 1848) m 1800| | ______________________________ | | |_____________________| | |______________________________
_John BOCKOVEN ______+ | (1774 - 1824) m 1800 _Cornelius Vanderbilt BOCKOVEN _| | (1818 - 1897) m 1840 | | |_Helenah VANDERBILT _ | (1779 - 1848) m 1800 _George Edward BOCKOVEN _| | (1856 - 1933) m 1883 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth LAMBRIGHT ___________| | m 1840 | | |_____________________ | | |--Martha Ada BOCKOVEN | (1897 - 1974) | _____________________ | | | ________________________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Fanny Editha LAWRENCE __| m 1883 | | _____________________ | | |________________________________| | |_____________________
She testified several times to obtain a widow's pension for her husband's service in the Revolutionary War.
Fermine Baird Catchings has abstracted her will:
File 3508N: Mary Bockoven Baird, widow of John Baird, late of Morris Co., N J, leaves her son William six cents and no more. Mentions daughters Margaret Chamberlain, Mary Pruden, Elizabeth Hayden, Hannah Gable, and Sarah Eddy, and sons George and Elisha. Mentions widow and children of deceased son John. Executors, her sons George and Elisha, dated 1842. Witnesses John V. Abraham and Henry Stevens.
Additional data on her family comes from a 1950 compilation of Bockoven family records by Gertrude Vanderhoff, of Basking Ridge, NJ. She did not have the exact birthdates of the children of John Baird and Mary Bockoven, because that record had been removed from the family bible and sent to Washington, DC with Mary Bockoven Baird's pension application!
[4268] Birthdate given in attachments to her pension application #W-27877 Rev. tombstone gives month and year only for birthdate.
[14532] Pension app. #W-27877 Rev. indicates marriage took place at Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church, by Rev. Kennedy, who at that time was not keeping records of marriages. (and there are no early records except pewholders)
_Johann Georg BACHOFFEN _____+ | (.... - 1709) m 1702 _Johann Peter BACHOFFEN ______| | (.... - 1765) m 1732 | | |_Anna Maria HEUSCH __________+ | (1681 - ....) m 1702 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1734 - 1814) m 1759| | | _Johann Conrad GSELL ________+ | | | (1677 - 1752) m 1707 | |_Maria Elisabetha GSELL ______| | (.... - 1765) m 1732 | | |_Maria Esther PRÉVÔT ________+ | (1677 - 1714) m 1707 | |--Mary BOCKOVEN | (1765 - 1853) | _Michael Andreas WEIDKNECHT _+ | | (1672 - ....) m 1697 | _Blakert (Eliakim) WHITENACK _| | | (1698 - ....) | | | |_Margaretha Barbara ERICH ___+ | | (.... - 1726) m 1697 |_Mary WHITENACK _____| (1740 - 1806) m 1759| | _____________________________ | | |_Anna _____ __________________| | |_____________________________
_Johann Peter BACHOFFEN ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _George BOCKOVEN ____| | (1734 - 1814) m 1759| | |_Maria Elisabetha GSELL ______+ | (.... - 1765) m 1732 _Abraham BOCKOVEN ___| | (1763 - 1851) m 1785| | | _Blakert (Eliakim) WHITENACK _+ | | | (1698 - ....) | |_Mary WHITENACK _____| | (1740 - 1806) m 1759| | |_Anna _____ __________________ | | |--Mary BOCKOVEN | (1795 - ....) | ______________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |______________________________ | | |_Elizabeth THOMAS ___| (1765 - 1845) m 1785| | ______________________________ | | |_____________________| | |______________________________
_George BOCKOVEN ____+ | (1734 - 1814) m 1759 _John BOCKOVEN ______| | (1774 - 1824) m 1800| | |_Mary WHITENACK _____+ | (1740 - 1806) m 1759 _Samuel Vanderbilt BOCKOVEN _| | (1800 - 1876) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Helenah VANDERBILT _| | (1779 - 1848) m 1800| | |_____________________ | | |--Mary BOCKOVEN | (1836 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Polly CARR _________________| (1805 - 1866) | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_George BOCKOVEN ____+ | (1734 - 1814) m 1759 _John BOCKOVEN ______| | (1774 - 1824) m 1800| | |_Mary WHITENACK _____+ | (1740 - 1806) m 1759 _Samuel Vanderbilt BOCKOVEN _| | (1800 - 1876) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Helenah VANDERBILT _| | (1779 - 1848) m 1800| | |_____________________ | | |--Mary BOCKOVEN | (1847 - 1853) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Polly CARR _________________| (1805 - 1866) | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_George BOCKOVEN ____+ | (1734 - 1814) m 1759 _John BOCKOVEN ______| | (1774 - 1824) m 1800| | |_Mary WHITENACK _____+ | (1740 - 1806) m 1759 _Cornelius Vanderbilt BOCKOVEN _| | (1818 - 1897) m 1840 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Helenah VANDERBILT _| | (1779 - 1848) m 1800| | |_____________________ | | |--Mary A. BOCKOVEN | (1844 - 1902) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Elizabeth LAMBRIGHT ___________| m 1840 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________