Catherine Beckstead |
Catherine Broeffle (born Beckstead)<br>Birth name: Catharine Beckstead<br>Gender: Female<br>Birth: 1765 - Schoharie, New York, United States<br>Christening: June 20 1773 - Schoharie, Albany, New York, United States<br>Marriage: 1789 - Schoharie, New York, United States<br>Death: Sep 11 1852 - Williamsburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada<br>Burial: 1852<br>Parents: John Volkman Beckstadt, Elizabeth Beckstadt (born McDonald)<br>Husband: Rev John Conrad Ludwig Broeffle<br>Children: Johan Diederich Broeffle, Maria Helena Bassler (born Broeffle), Anna Dorothea Broeffle, John Jacob Ludwig Broeffle, Catarina Utman (born Broeffle), Peter Henry Broeffle, Maria Elizabeth Broeffle;, William Broeffle, Abraham N L Broeffle, Daniel T Broeffle<br>Siblings: Elizabeth Zimmer (born Beckstead), <a>Helena Schoonmaker (born Beckstead), Dorothea Matthews (born Beckstead), Alexander Beckstead, John L Beckstead, Francis Beckstead Sr, Jacob Beckstead, William Beckstead, Maurice Moritz Beckstead, Joseph Beckstead, Henry Beckstead<br> Additional information:
LifeSketch: On her father's life story, it states that Catherine was married to an Egbert Schumacher....probably a misprint.ork. She and the Rev. JOHN LUDWIG BROEFFLE, who was a Dutch Reformed Church Pastor in New York State. In 1795 he and his wife moved to Williamsburg, Dundas, Canada, where he served for 20 years, amongst Dutch Reformed people scattered in small groups in the Townships of Williamsburg and Osnabruck. The Dutch Reformed Congregations served by Rev. Broeffle eventually merged with the Presbyterians in a general union about 1840. s supported by his faithful wife, Catharine. " In 1795, the Presbyterians being less numerous than the Lutherans, had as yet built no Church, but simultaneously with these, they had received the Westhalf of the Centre Commons in Williamsburg, in the First, Second and third Concessions, amounting to about 70 acres of land. That year (1795), they secured the services of Rev. John Ludwig Broeffle, to be their Minister, and living on terms of good fellowship the Lutherans, were permitted by them, to occupy their pulpits alternately. The first Presbyterians in Dundas, were all U. E. Loyalists, chiefly Germans, and Mr. Broeffle officiated to them in the German language exclusively. had to depend upon the liberality of his people, who seemed to entertain very primitive ideas indeed, in regard to the support of their minister -- He was esteemed a kind and faithful Minister of the Gospel, and was universally beloved, yet, strange to say, his actual stipend never exceeded $100 per annum, and he was destitute of private means. — The following original document beautifully penned, was recently discovered, amongst other old papers in possession of one of his elders. ' To All to Whom these presents may come -- We hereby certify, that the Rev. John Ludwig Broeffle, has ministered unto us for these ten years past, and that he has conducted himself in that charge, and every other trust, as a good and faithful Pastor, in testimony thereof, we the Elders of the Congregation of Williamsburg and Osnabruck, in the Province of Upper Canada, have subscribed our names, the 22nd day of January 1805. istance of 15 miles) to preach there, but from the effects of his over exertion, he never recovered. He died in Williamsburg in 1815, having labored unremittingly, and endured all manner of privations and hardships, during 20 years."
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