Fifth Generation
131 VERMILYEA GENEALOGY FIFTH GENERATION 97 AUSTIN Aeltie Vermilyea5, (Isaac4, John3, Isaac2, Johannes1) born November 24, 1756, married in 1773 at Yonkers, New York Thomas, son of Thomas and Abigail (Wilsea) Austin, who was born in 1752 at Yonkers, New York, died between 1792 and 1800 at Yonkers, New York. She died January 25, 1835 probably in or near New York City, and was buried in the Dyckman/Nagel Cemetery, Manhattan, New York. Source Codes #638 and #725. The Dutch girl's name "Aeltje" has no direct equivalent in English, but "Alice" is the most common translation. In Aeltje's case, it is clear that she was known by the sound-alike form Aleda or Eleda; her gravestone calls her Elida, and her grandson Isaac Vermilyea Austin named a daughter Elada. Thomas Austin is called "Thomas Austin, weaver," to distinguish him from his father, who is called "Thomas Austin, laborer. He died at Yonkers sometime between 1792 (their son Jacob M. was born 1793) and 1800, when his widow "Aulay" Austin appears as family head in that year's census; the listing (10000-01010) indicates that Aeltje was then living with only her son Jacob M. and her daughter, the older boys apparently boarding with other families. In the Yonkers tax lists for 1801 and 1802, she appears as "Alada" Austin, listed alongside her widowed mother Susannah (Meyer) Vermilyea. By 1807, Aeltje and her two youngest children had removed to New York City, where her older sons were already living. She appears in the New York City Directory for 1808 as "Alice Austin, widow," residing at Bowery, 2 mile stone; "William Austin, carpenter," Aeltje's son, is shown at the same address.
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