Evert Van Eps

  Noted events in his life were:

• Escaped Massacre of Schenectady, 8 Feb 1690. I was one of the few who escaped death at the time. I ran barefooted through the snow towards Albany.

• Occupation. My sons and I were extensive fur traders.

Evert married Eva Toll on 8 Jul 1705.

Evert next married Lysbeth Du Trieux, daughter of Isaac Du Trieux and Maria Wilemse Brouwer, on 19 Jul 1729 in Schenectady, Albany, New York. (Lysbeth Du Trieux was born about 3 Jul 1692 in Albany, Albany County, New York and was christened on 3 Jul 1692.)

  Marriage Notes:

Evert's father was Jan Van eps who was the son of the original trustee of the town Schenectady, New York and one of its original land-owners. In the general massacre that occured there 8 of February 1690 when the French and Indians came down from Canada, Jan Van Eps fell a vicitm to the tomahawk. Among the few who escaped death at this time, running barefooted through the snow towards Albany, was Evert Van Eps son of Jan. With other refugees he returned some time later to the desolated settlement at Schenectady where there remained but one family, which had been spared by the marauders.

Evert Van Eps descendants became extensive fur traders, with headquarters at Schenectady, dealing with the Indians along the Mohawk River and north of it. It is tradtiion that Jacob Astor who came from Waldorf, Germany in 1763 handled some of his first furs when associated with the Van Epses at Schenectady.

Harvey, Oscar Jewell, [View Citation] [Table of Contents] The Harvey book : giving the genealogies of certain branches of the American families of Harvey, Nesbitt, Dixon, and Jameson, and notes on many other families, together with numerous biographical sketches Wilkesbarre, Pa.: E.B. Yordy, 1899, pg 977