Johan Wilhelm Bouck

1712 - 1785

• Name	Johan Wilhelm Bouck
  Born	04 Jan 1711/12	New York   [1]
  	"One of the first four children born in Schoharie." (Simm's History of Schoharie, p. 51)
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Sep 1785	Schoharie, Albany Co, New York   [2, 3]
  Buried	Middleburgh Cemetery, Middleburgh, Schoharie Co, New York   [1]
  Notes	Shortly after Johannes Bouck, Sr. aquired his land in 1755 he built his home along the Schoharie River on Bouck Island in the town of Fulton. The original 1000 acres was divided between his sons, Johannes Jr., Christian and William. Johannes Jr., being the eldest, received the house and surrounding 350 acres after his father's death in 1799. He in turn sold the home and moved to Schoharie to become Assistant Judge of Schoharie County. Christian built his own home about a half mile away, raising his family there. His son William C. Bouck who was born in his grandfather's home became the governor of New York in 1842. William settled to the south of the family estate and remained there with his family until his death. Between 1816-1830 the original homestead became the residence of President Martin Van Buren , who purchased it from Peter Hoes, his father-in-law. Peter Hoes had bought the home in 1816 from Johannes Lawyer who had purchased it from Johannes Jr in 1799. Over the past 250 years the home has been occupied by 16 families who have contributed to it's history and care. It stands today as magnificent as it was when my 6th great grandfather built it. "William was an aged yet robust man during the Revolution and was taken prisoner by a party of Indians in July, 1780. After the fact became known at the upper fort, Capt. Hagar sent a squad in pursuit, and overtook the party in the present town of Jefferson the following day. The Indians, finding the patriots were in greater numbers than their own, fled precipitately, leaving their prisoners together with their booty in the hands of their pursuers. Those taken by Mr. Bouck were negro servants who had accompanied him from the Fort to the farm. The old gentleman was then a widower, his wife having died in 1770. Upon the hill near William Mitchell's residence stands an ancient tombstone, marking her resting place, and from it we learn that she was born in Amsterdam, but the date being so crumbled we are not able to decipher it." !Ancestors of Hanry Montgomery Smith and Catherine Forshee; Annie Morrill Smith
  Person ID	I47262	Bryant
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2004

  
  

  Father	Christian Bouck,   b. Abt 1680, Germany ,   d. 17 Dec 1752, Schoharie, Albany Co, New York
  Mother	Anna Dorothea,   b. Abt 1681, Germany ,   d. 19 Jan 1747, Schoharie, Albany Co, New York
  Married	Abt 1700	Germany
  Family ID	F3228	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Anna Elisabeth Krèausler,   b. 1716, West Camp, Ulster Co, New York ,   d. 07 Feb 1780, Albany Co, New York
  Married	14 Sep 1742	Schoharie, Albany Co, New York   [4]
  	They lived on Bouck Island, across the Schoharie River from Anna's brother, Hieronymous (Jeronimus) , in Fultonham about ten miles south of the Village of Schoharie. Her grandson, William Christian Bouck, became Governor of the State of NY between 1842 and 1844.
  Children	1. Anna Dorothea Bouck,   b. 25 Feb 1744, Albany Co, New York ,   d. 26 May 1746, Schoharie, Albany Co, New York   2. Maria Margaret Bouck,   b. 28 Sep 1745, Albany Co, New York ,   d. 20 Jul 1746, Schoharie, Albany Co, New York   3. Johannes Wilhelm Bouck,   b. 03 Jun 1747, Albany Co, New York ,   d. 31 Dec 1830, Schoharie, Schoharie Co, New York   4. Maria Bouck,   b. 18 Jun 1749, Albany Co, New York   5. Dorothea Bouck,   b. 18 Aug 1751, Albany Co, New York ,   d. 07 Nov 1836, Cobleskill, Schoharie Co, New York   6. Christian Bouck,   b. 18 Oct 1753, Albany Co, New York ,   d. 1836, Middleburgh, Schoharie Co, New York   7. Elisabeth Bouck,   b. 23 Jan 1756, Albany Co, New York   8. John Wilhelm Bouck,   b. 28 Jul 1758, Breakabeen, Albany Co, New York ,   d. 06 Oct 1760, Schoharie, Albany Co, New York   9. Wilhelm Bouck,   b. 29 Jul 1762, Breakabeen, Albany Co, New York
  Family ID	F3224	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 04 Jan 1711/12 - New York Married - 14 Sep 1742 - Schoharie, Albany Co, New York Died - 24 Sep 1785 - Schoharie, Albany Co, New York Buried - - Middleburgh Cemetery, Middleburgh, Schoharie Co, New York  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S79] Palatine Families of New York, Henry Z Jones, Jr., (Author, Universal City, CA, 1985), 1:31-35. [S274] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "23 Sep 1784", but tomstone reads 1711-1799 [JONES p.33]. [S338] Chrysler Family, (Chrysler, C. Donald, 2000), p.31 "Sept. 24, 1785". [S338] Chrysler Family, (Chrysler, C. Donald, 2000), p.31.