1948–1949. Hendrick Jochemsen Schoonmaker was born in Hamburgh, Germany, about 1618, and died in 1681. Elsje Jansen Van Breestede was born in Breestede, Schleswig, Denmark, about 1622. They were married in 1657. She took the name Elsje Jansen Schoonmaker. She is the daughter of Jan Jansen and Engeltje (Jans) Van Breestede. They had eight children:
| i. | [child]: born November 4, 1653, in Albany, New York; died January 17, 1654. | |
| ii. | [child]: born about 1654 in Albany, New York; died January 23, 1655. | |
| iii. | Jochem Hendrick Schoonmaker: He was born in about 1659 in Albany, New York, and died in 1713. He married more than once, including Petronella Slecht on August 16, 1679. | |
| iv. | Egbert H. Schoonmaker: He was born in about 1661 in Kingston, New York. He married Annatje Berry on 13 OCt 1683. | |
| v. | Engeltje Schoonmaker: She was christened on March 18, 1663, in Kingston, New York. She married Nicholas Anthony. | |
| vi. | Hendrick Hendricksen Schoonmaker [#974]: He was baptized probably in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, on May 17, 1665, and died in 1718. | |
| vii. | Volkert Schoonmaker: He was christened on May 17, 1665, in Kingston, New York, a twin of Hendrick. | |
| viii. | Hilletje Schoonmaker: she was christened on October 20, 1669, in Kingston, New York. |
The first husband of Elsje Jansen Van Breestede was Adriaen Pieterszen Van Alcmaer, her second was Hendrick Schoonmaker, and her third was Cornelius Barentsen Slecht (September 26, 1684, in Old Dutch Church in Kingston, New York).
The author questions the validity of some of the information: the source
document contained several irregularities and points of confusion.