5. Gerret Wynkoop (Gerard), (Cornelus 1,) born in Albany, or Kingston, N. Y.: married Hilletje (Hail ?) Fokker, 57 daughter of
Gerrit and Jakomijntje (Slecht or Slaght) Fokker. She was known in Pennsylvania as Helena Eltinge, from the name of her step-father. 58
Gerret was apprenticed, July 8, 1679, for five


57 The correct spelling is Fokker. In the baptismal record of his children at Kingston, the name appears usually as Gerretse (for
Gerretze, a patronymic), and once as Foocken, and as Foocke.
58 Jakomyntje Slecht m, 1st; Mch. 14, 1666, at Kingston, Jan Barendsen (Kunst); 2d, about Oct. 28, 1668, Gerrit Foocken; 3d, Jan
Eltinge.

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years, to Heyman Albert, to learn shoemaking. He took the oath of allegiance, in 1689, in Ulster County. He was an ensign, in 1700, in
the counties of Ulster and Duchess, under Conrad Elmendorf, Captain. 59 He was a magistrate of Kingston, in 1706, 1707 and 1708; and
one of the trustees and overseers, in 1706, 1707, 1708, and 1709. 60
Gerret, in 1712, was a deacon in the Dutch church, in Kingston, and, as such, joined in the petition for its incorporation. 59 The patent
was granted in 1719. 61
According to the tradition in Pennsylvania, reduced to writing, May 12, 1808, -- see Introduction --, this Gerret, called Gerardus, was
engaged in planting, in Ulster County, N. Y., until 1717, when he sold his land there, and removed to the township of Moreland, then in
the city of Philadelphia, now Montgomery, Pennsylvania. His family, at that time, consisted of his wife, "Helena Eltinge," and children,
Cornelius, Gerrit, Nicholas, Henry, Philip, Mary, Jemima, and Anne. 62 "Jemima" is Jakomijntje (Jacoba) in the baptismal record.
Gerret went into Northampton (a township in Bucks County), in 1727, in which year, Edward Weston and wife conveyed five hundred
acres of land, of the Tompkins tract, to Garret Winckoop of Philadelphia, gentleman. In 1738, Gerret conveyed two hundred and sixty
acres of the same, to Nicholas Wynkoop (his son), of Northampton. 63
Gerret was an elder of the church of Northampton and Southampton, January 1, 1744/45. His grandson, Judge Henry Wynkoop, was
an elder of the same church, in 1789; and his granddaughter's husband was its pastor. The descendants of this Gerret now own and
occupy land in Northampton, which passed from him to his son Gerrit.
G-e-r-r-e-t was given to the compiler, as the correct spelling of this name, by William H. Dederick, the veteran schoolmaster, of
Kingston, N. Y., who indicated G a r r e t as the right pronunciation. The compiler has found also the spelling G e e r t, which should
be pronounced Gart, like the a as in fate.


59 Doc. Hist. N. Y., vol. i., pp. 279, 363; vol. ii., p. 969.
60 Kingston town records, per Henry Brace.
61 Hist. of Ulster County, Hasbrouck, p. 168.
62 Family record of Judge Henry Wynkoop, of Penn. [157]
63 Hist. of Bucks Co., Penn., Davis, p. 358.

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Children of Gerret and Hilletje Wynkoop:
41. Maria: bp. Kingston, N. Y., June 3, 1694; the mother's name recorded Hillitje Gerrits. She married Abraham Vandegrift, of
Bensalem, Penn. [van der grift = from the canal]
42. Jacoba: bp. Kingston, N. Y., Mch. 22, 1696; her name recorded Jacomijntje, and her mother's Foocken. She married, June 27,
1718, Joseph Buskark, and her name is recorded Jacominea. 64 Judge Henry Wynkoop has her name as Jemima, and her husband's as
George Buskirk, of Moreland [Bosch-kerk = forest church].
43. Anne: bp. Kingston, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1698: m. Isaac Van Meter, of Salem, N. J., who removed to the South Branch of the Potomac,
Va.
44. Cornelius: bp. Jan. 1, 1701: m. Helena Vandegrift.
45. Gerrit: bp. Nov. 19, 1702: m. Susannah Van Vliet.
46. Nicholas: bp. Feb. 18, 1705: m. Anne Kuypers.
47. Henry: bp. Oct. 19, 1707. He is said to have died a bachelor, in Salem, N. J. 65 But there is a record of marriage, Sept. 12, 1737, of
Sarah Du Bois, to Henry Wynkoop, who, probably, was this Henry. 66 [Du Bois = of the forest].
48. Philip: bp. Sept., 11, 1709: m. Margaret Conover.
49. Tobias: bp. Kingston, N. Y., May 3, 1713.