Roy Crego

Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 20:33:38 -0600

I have been researching the Crego family. My ancestor Stephen Crego (d. 1760) of Dutchess County married Margaret Dutcher, dau. of Ruloff Dutcher and Janet Bresie.

One of Stephen and Margaret Crego's grandsons, Abraham Crego, served in the Revolutionary War and is listed in a Vermont muster roll for Aug. 1-4, 1781 (John E. Goodrich, Vermont Revolutionary War Rolls, 1912). The name immediately above Abraham Crego is JOHN DUTCHER. Does anyone know who this John Dutcher was and how he may be related to Abraham Crego. From researching other names, I believe this company was raised from the area around Bennington, VT, and Hoosick and Cambridge, NY.

Any help will be appreciated.

Stephen KRIEGER was born about 1710.1 AKA Kreiger, Kruger, or Crigo. He was married to Margaret DUTCHER (daughter of Roelof DE DUYSTER and Jannetji BRESSIE). Margaret DUTCHER was christened on 7 MAY 1710.2 She was born about 7 MAY 1710 in Kingston, Albany Co., NY. AKA Margariet Duytser. Baptism witnesses David Duidser and Maria Wels. Stephen KRIEGER and Margaret DUTCHER had the following children:

Jannetje KRIEGER was born about 1734. She was christened on 20 SEP 1734.2 Baptism sponsors were Ruloff Duytscher and his wife Jannetje Bresie, the grandparents.

Jan KRIEGER was christened on 27 MAY 1739 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY.2 He was born about 27 MAY 1739. Baptism sponsors were Joris Elswaert and Jannetjen Miserol.

Margarietjen KRIEGER was born about 1741. She was christened on 27 MAY 1741 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY.2 Baptism witnesses: Jan Konstapel, Annetjen Elswaart.

SOURCES

LDS Ancestral File ver 4.15.
NY Genealogical & Biographical Record; Vol 40 # 4; Oct 1909.

Fran

There are already several books published detailing the many descendants of Stephen Crego and Margaret Dutcher.

The Crego Family of Baldwinsville, NY, by Paul Crego (1987).

I published The Selective History of the Crego Family (1993). See reviews in NYG&B Record, Vol. 124, No. 3 [July 1993] and TAG, Vol. 70, No.1 [Jan. 1995].

Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol . 3, (1997) by Frank Doherty, also contains a chapter on the family.

Roy