SCHENCK, Rev Garret Conover^[1]

• Name	SCHENCK, Garret Conover
  Prefix	Rev
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I2428	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	SCHENCK, Lafayette
  Mother	COUWENHOVEN, Eleanor,   b. 13 Dec 1787, New Jersey
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  Family ID	F744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] George C. Beekman, Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth County, NJ, (1901, Moreau Brothers Publishers, Freehold, NJ), Mr. Schenck at one time represented Monmouth Countyin the New Jersey Assembly. He lived and died on the farm now (1898) owned and occupied by his youngest son Lafayete Schenck, in the the township of Atlantic. He was also the father of the late Garet Conover Schenck, the well known clergyman of the Dutch church, and who died only a few years ago. As Eleanor Conover was, on her mother's side, a descendant of Jan Schenck, and her husband, Lafayette Schenck, the descendant of Garret Sc. [S47] George C. Beekman, Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth County, NJ, (1901, Moreau Brothers Publishers, Freehold, NJ), Garrett, Jan Couwenhoven's youngest son, as supposed, was born on the old homestead in Marlboro township April 27th, 1726, and lived there until his death, November 1st, 1812. He was buried in the yard of the Marlboro Brick church, and his age, inscribed on his tombstone, was 86 years and 6 months. He married first Neeltje, daughter of Benjamin VanMater and Elizabeth Laen, his wife, and had by her five children. His second wife was Antje, daughter of Peter Janse Schenck and Jannetj.