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Canaday Hill Road, Berne, NY. While this cemetery has a number of headstones broken and unreadable, the oldest death that can be read was in 1850. The children of Jacob Weidman and Maria "Elisabeth" Dietz were: I. Wilhelm "William" Weidman - born around September 1, 1745 in the Catskill area of Green Co., NY, and baptized on December 12, 1745 at 14 weeks of age in the Zion Lutheran Church in Loonenburg, Greene Co., NY. He married Maria Chambers and had: A. Adam Weidman - born February 23, 1776 at Beaverdam, NY and married Hannah Fuller. B. Maria Weidman - born April 3, 1779 at Beaverdam, NY and married first to Cornelius TenEyck and second to Johann TenEyck. C. Jacob Weidman - born February 10, 1781 at Beaverdam, NY and married Elizabeth Daring. D. Johannes "John" Weidman - born October 29, 1783 and married Gertrude Whitegar (Whittaker). She is buried in the Weidman Farm Burying Ground in Berne with a headstone. E. Anna Eva Weidman - born June 8, 1786 and married John Allen. F. William Weidman - born December 10, 1788 and married Helena Bradt. II. Jacob Weidman, Jr. - born on October 8, 1747 in Catskill, Green Co., NY, and baptized on November 8, 1747 at Germantown, Columbia Co., NY. He died on February 18, 1813 at Berne and is buried in the Beaverdam Cemetery in Berne, NY. He married Mary Margaret Zimmer on August 11, 1771 at the High and Low Dutch Reformed Congregation in Schoharie, NY. He shows up in the 1790 census of Rensselaerville, NY and in the 1800 census of Berne. He was living in the same place but the census taker in 1790 simply used Rensselaerville as the "address" that year. His home was located on Tabor Road in Berne. Jacob Weidman, Jr. and Mary Margaret Zimmer had: A. Maria Elisabeth Weidman - born 1772 and married William Henry Ball. B. Catherine Weidman - born March 20, 1774 and married George Dominick. C. Annetje Weidman - born January 25, 1776 and married Jacob Saltsberger. D. Eva Weidman - born December 14, 1777 and married Peter Dominick. E. Jacob Joseph Weidman - born January 1, 1783. He married first to Mary Catherine Shultes and second to Elizabeth Engle. F. Johannes "Felix" Weidman - born April 15, 1785. He married Elizabeth Schell and following his death, she married Jacob W. Zimmer. G. Elisabeth "Betsey" Weidman - born May 4, 1787 and married Thomas Jewett Mann. 53
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