Excerpts from the book:

TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE HISTORY RESEARCH
SOCIETY OF THE TAPPAN ZEE:

The committee appointed for the purpose of preserving the records of the old churchyard, has completed the work within the limits set by your instructions and submit herewith a map of the churchyard, on which the principal graves are located and numbered.

. . . Although the original object of the study was the preparation of the map and the record of the data upon the stones; as the work progressed, the task of collecting widely scattered and ofter conflicting data, suggested the propriety of expanding the bare record to include as far as possible, family relationships and pertinent biographical data.

. . . The forebears of the community were simple, pious folk content to baptize their progeny with old fashioned names drawn from the good book. As a consequence such names as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rachel and the like appear with confusing frequency with the same family name and the committee offers this fact as an apology for whatever errors may be discovered in the following pages.

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX TO MAP

Reference number 88 Abraham Devoe: d. 6/4/1805. 81st yr.

Son of Johannis and Hester See. Married first, Lea Storm by whom he had Anna, bpt. 1754; Esther, bpt. 1759; Abraham, bpt. 1763, who married Catrina de Revere.

His second wife was Maritie Davids, by whom he had John (235) and Lena, bpt. 1778.

Abraham's name is on the muster roll of Minute Men, 1778-80, Capt. Gabriel Requa.

89 Jacob Devoe: d. 3/13/1824. 37th years. Probably son of (88).

234 William Landrine: b. New Rochelle, 8/9/1755. d. 8/29/1825.

Mary Devoe, wife, d. 2/13/1826. 80th yr.

235 John Devoe: d. 9/19/1827. 57th yr. Son of (88).

Wife, Elizabeth Landrine, d. 9/10/1872. 84th yr. Daughter of (234).

256 Abraham Devoe: b. 8/29/1807. d. 12/21/1889. His wife, Mary Clarissa See, d. 11/14/1871. 60th yr.