Henry Asher IV Applegate
My (MK Yarbrough) 2nd great grandfather
Birth 28 Dec 1828 in Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, United States Death 7 Sep 1898 in Holcomb, Dunklin, Missouri, United States
He married twice and both are named Mary Ellen Patton:
1) Margaretta Etta McMurry 1st wife MARRIED 31 OCT 1854, Union City, Obion County, Tennessee to Henry Asher IV Applegate.
2) Mary Ellen Patton married 1867 or 1868 2nd wife.
Margaretta Mary Etta McMurry 1st wife, great grandmother
Birth 3 Jun 1831 in Obion, Obion, Tennessee, United States
Death 19 OCT 1874 in Holcomb, Dunklin, Missouri, United States
Spouse & Children:
Margareta Etta Applegate (Twin) with Samuel Applegate ancestry was Dutch, English and German, grandmother Margareta spoke Dutch and her father Henry taught her.
I know my Applegate grandmother had Dutch roots like her father Henry, was English and Dutch, and German and his father Asher like the rest of the family changed his faith, Asher became a Baptist because his wife Higbee that was her faith.
My Applegate family came from Holland and settled in England, married English, then went to the New World: New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Later, one branch immigrated to Kentucky and, from there, Benjamin Applegate moved to a farm there.
I know my Applegate grandmother spoke Dutch and belonged, like Thomas, to the Reform Dutch Church. Thomas left England to go to Holland to get away when trouble started. He went back to his English roots, changed his direction and his faith. After my long study, I found out Applegates had Baptist, Quaker, Reform Dutch Church. And like grandmother, she became Methodist our father's family were Methodist and Baptist. I am going by the history told to me about grandmother's life. So can you help me on this. I do not want to be disrespectable to anyone's faith or roots, but I need to bring up the subject of my Dutch roots.
As New Netherland prospered, the British set their sights on the province, stating they had a claim to the land as part of John Cabot's discoveries. In May of 1498, the Genoese born Cabot, working for Britain, had explored the coast of the new world from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New England down to Delaware. As this trip predated Hudson's voyage by over a century, the British felt they had prior claim to the land.
There are many differences of opinion as to where Thomas was before he and his family came over to the New World. Most people agree the family's English roots were in Norfolkshire, England, and his roots were deep with the Dutch but many sources think Thomas, and possibly his father, spent several years in Holland. In 1578, the Dutch opened negotiations with English merchants in Antwerp to bring over English settlers to Holland and Zeeland (southwestern part of Holland) to work in the trading houses and expedite goods flowing between England and Holland. By 1617, English manufacturers had sites all over the Dutch Republic and Thomas spoke Dutch. It is a good possibility our Applegates spent time in Holland and had roots there, and Thomas Sr. may have learned and worked the rag trade in Holland. It may be no coincidence the Applegates were one of several early English families allowed to settle New Netherlands in the 1640s. Although the Dutch were desperate for settlers, and willing to take Englishmen, they preferred people who spoke Dutch, had lived in Holland, or were married into Dutch families. Several of Thomas's early English neighbors fit this description and it is possible Thomas did as well.
Thomas married Elizabeth Mary Wall circa 1620. She was also born about 1604 - most likely at Norfolkshire, England. Some sources claim that Thomas met and married Elizabeth in Holland, and at least some of their children were born there. The Wall family was of English origin and were in the earliest colonial records along side the Applegates.
Another important element in the New Netherland province that differed from the British colonies was demographics. It has been estimated that probably one half of the population was not Dutch. The size of the province has been estimated at between 2,000 to 3,500 in 1655 growing to a total of about 9,000 by 1664. A significant number of the inhabitants were Germans, Swedes and Finns that emigrated in the period after 1639. This number was increased by 300 to 500 with the capture of New Sweden on September 24, 1655. The impact of these German and Scandinavian Lutheran immigrants is brought out in a controversy that arose because the Lutherans in Middleburg, Long Island were holding church services without an approved preacher. The New Amsterdam pastors brought this situation to the attention of the Director General, Pieter Stuyvesant at the end of 1655, requesting the services be halted. The dispute dragged on for years until a resolution was formulated by the West India Company directors in Amsterdam. It was decided to permit the Lutherans the right to worship by slightly adjusting the catechism. In order not to offend the Lutherans, the Company bluntly stated the complaining New Amsterdam Calvinist pastors would be replaced by younger ministers who were more liberal, unless the dispute was put aside Thomas and Elizabeth had the following children:
In 1602 the States General of the United Provinces, known as the Netherlands, chartered the United East India Company (the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, called the VOC) with the mission of exploring for a passage to the Indies and claiming any unchartered territories for the United Provinces. On September 3, 1609 the English explorer Henry Hudson, on behalf of the United East India Company, entered the area now known as New York in an attempt to find a northwest passage to the Indies. He searched every costal inlet and on the 12th took his ship, the Halve Maen (Half Moon), up the river which now bears his name, as far as Albany and claimed the land for his employer. Although no passage was discovered the area turned out to be one of the best fur trading regions in North America.
As early as 1611 the Dutch merchant Arnout Vogels set sail in the ship St. Pieter for what was probably the first Dutch trading expedition to the Hudson Bay. This secretive mission was so successful in 1612 Vogels chartered the ship Fortuyn which made two, back to back trips to the area. The initial trip of the Fortuyn was under the command of Captain Adriaen Block.
Margaretta Etta "Ettie" McMurry, 1831 – 1874
Henrietta Applegate
Birth 31 Oct 1855 in Obion, Obion, Tennessee, United States Death in Holcomb, Dunklin, Missouri, United States
1854 –
Sarah Cornelia Applegate, 1857 – 1863
Mary Margarette Applegate, 1859 – 1937
Samuel (Twin) Applegate, 1860 – 1860
Mary Etta Margaretta Applegate, 1863 – 1927
Samuel F Applegate, 1863 – 1864
Mary Ellan Patton 2nd wife
Birth Aug 1848 in Obion, Obion, Tennessee, United States
Death 21 Apr 1887 in Missouri, Dunklin,Missouri, United States
Rosealie Applegate, 1874 – 1874
Florence Applegate, 1869 – 1930
Maud Applegate
Bio by: MK Yarbrough
Henry Asher IV Applegate
My (MK Yarbrough) 2nd great grandfather
Birth 28 Dec 1828 in Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, United States Death 7 Sep 1898 in Holcomb, Dunklin, Missouri, United States
He married twice and both are named Mary Ellen Patton:
1) Margaretta Etta McMurry 1st wife MARRIED 31 OCT 1854, Union City, Obion County, Tennessee to Henry Asher IV Applegate.
2) Mary Ellen Patton married 1867 or 1868 2nd wife.
Margaretta Mary Etta McMurry 1st wife, great grandmother
Birth 3 Jun 1831 in Obion, Obion, Tennessee, United States
Death 19 OCT 1874 in Holcomb, Dunklin, Missouri, United States
Spouse & Children:
Margareta Etta Applegate (Twin) with Samuel Applegate ancestry was Dutch, English and German, grandmother Margareta spoke Dutch and her father Henry taught her.
I know my Applegate grandmother had Dutch roots like her father Henry, was English and Dutch, and German and his father Asher like the rest of the family changed his faith, Asher became a Baptist because his wife Higbee that was her faith.
My Applegate family came from Holland and settled in England, married English, then went to the New World: New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Later, one branch immigrated to Kentucky and, from there, Benjamin Applegate moved to a farm there.
I know my Applegate grandmother spoke Dutch and belonged, like Thomas, to the Reform Dutch Church. Thomas left England to go to Holland to get away when trouble started. He went back to his English roots, changed his direction and his faith. After my long study, I found out Applegates had Baptist, Quaker, Reform Dutch Church. And like grandmother, she became Methodist our father's family were Methodist and Baptist. I am going by the history told to me about grandmother's life. So can you help me on this. I do not want to be disrespectable to anyone's faith or roots, but I need to bring up the subject of my Dutch roots.
As New Netherland prospered, the British set their sights on the province, stating they had a claim to the land as part of John Cabot's discoveries. In May of 1498, the Genoese born Cabot, working for Britain, had explored the coast of the new world from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New England down to Delaware. As this trip predated Hudson's voyage by over a century, the British felt they had prior claim to the land.
There are many differences of opinion as to where Thomas was before he and his family came over to the New World. Most people agree the family's English roots were in Norfolkshire, England, and his roots were deep with the Dutch but many sources think Thomas, and possibly his father, spent several years in Holland. In 1578, the Dutch opened negotiations with English merchants in Antwerp to bring over English settlers to Holland and Zeeland (southwestern part of Holland) to work in the trading houses and expedite goods flowing between England and Holland. By 1617, English manufacturers had sites all over the Dutch Republic and Thomas spoke Dutch. It is a good possibility our Applegates spent time in Holland and had roots there, and Thomas Sr. may have learned and worked the rag trade in Holland. It may be no coincidence the Applegates were one of several early English families allowed to settle New Netherlands in the 1640s. Although the Dutch were desperate for settlers, and willing to take Englishmen, they preferred people who spoke Dutch, had lived in Holland, or were married into Dutch families. Several of Thomas's early English neighbors fit this description and it is possible Thomas did as well.
Thomas married Elizabeth Mary Wall circa 1620. She was also born about 1604 - most likely at Norfolkshire, England. Some sources claim that Thomas met and married Elizabeth in Holland, and at least some of their children were born there. The Wall family was of English origin and were in the earliest colonial records along side the Applegates.
Another important element in the New Netherland province that differed from the British colonies was demographics. It has been estimated that probably one half of the population was not Dutch. The size of the province has been estimated at between 2,000 to 3,500 in 1655 growing to a total of about 9,000 by 1664. A significant number of the inhabitants were Germans, Swedes and Finns that emigrated in the period after 1639. This number was increased by 300 to 500 with the capture of New Sweden on September 24, 1655. The impact of these German and Scandinavian Lutheran immigrants is brought out in a controversy that arose because the Lutherans in Middleburg, Long Island were holding church services without an approved preacher. The New Amsterdam pastors brought this situation to the attention of the Director General, Pieter Stuyvesant at the end of 1655, requesting the services be halted. The dispute dragged on for years until a resolution was formulated by the West India Company directors in Amsterdam. It was decided to permit the Lutherans the right to worship by slightly adjusting the catechism. In order not to offend the Lutherans, the Company bluntly stated the complaining New Amsterdam Calvinist pastors would be replaced by younger ministers who were more liberal, unless the dispute was put aside Thomas and Elizabeth had the following children:
In 1602 the States General of the United Provinces, known as the Netherlands, chartered the United East India Company (the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, called the VOC) with the mission of exploring for a passage to the Indies and claiming any unchartered territories for the United Provinces. On September 3, 1609 the English explorer Henry Hudson, on behalf of the United East India Company, entered the area now known as New York in an attempt to find a northwest passage to the Indies. He searched every costal inlet and on the 12th took his ship, the Halve Maen (Half Moon), up the river which now bears his name, as far as Albany and claimed the land for his employer. Although no passage was discovered the area turned out to be one of the best fur trading regions in North America.
As early as 1611 the Dutch merchant Arnout Vogels set sail in the ship St. Pieter for what was probably the first Dutch trading expedition to the Hudson Bay. This secretive mission was so successful in 1612 Vogels chartered the ship Fortuyn which made two, back to back trips to the area. The initial trip of the Fortuyn was under the command of Captain Adriaen Block.
Margaretta Etta "Ettie" McMurry, 1831 – 1874
Henrietta Applegate
Birth 31 Oct 1855 in Obion, Obion, Tennessee, United States Death in Holcomb, Dunklin, Missouri, United States
1854 –
Sarah Cornelia Applegate, 1857 – 1863
Mary Margarette Applegate, 1859 – 1937
Samuel (Twin) Applegate, 1860 – 1860
Mary Etta Margaretta Applegate, 1863 – 1927
Samuel F Applegate, 1863 – 1864
Mary Ellan Patton 2nd wife
Birth Aug 1848 in Obion, Obion, Tennessee, United States
Death 21 Apr 1887 in Missouri, Dunklin,Missouri, United States
Rosealie Applegate, 1874 – 1874
Florence Applegate, 1869 – 1930
Maud Applegate
Bio by: MK Yarbrough
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Henry A.
Applegate
Born
Dec. 28, 1828
Died
Sept. 17, 1898
Beloved Father of
Florence & Ella
[illegible poem]
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