Family register
Christiana Duncan DeKay
née Duncan
Christiana Duncan DeKay (née Duncan) (1707 – 6 September 1784) was born in Scotland / colonial New York. She married Col. Thomas DeKay. Her child was Capt. Thomas DeKay. She died in 1784, in DeKay family burying ground, Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
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- Burial identity: Ron Dupont, Past Matters (2009) — Colonel's widow Christiana buried 1784 beside husband in DeKay family burying ground, Vernon NJ; also One of the Colonel's sons, Capt. Thomas DeKay (1731-1810).
Surviving gravestones testify to no further burials here for another twenty-six years, until 1784, when the Colonel's seventy-seven year old widow, Christiana, was put to rest next to her husband. … One of the Colonel's sons, Capt. Thomas DeKay (1731-1810), settled and was buried just over the line in New Milford, New York.
- LOCK as father of Capt. Nathaniel Wheeler Baird: Baird family centennial lists Nathaniel Wheeler among the ten children of William Eagles Baird and Sarah DeKay, and states William left real estate to his two sons Nathaniel Wheeler and Abia Francis.
Thomas DeKay … married Christiana Duncan, daughter of George Duncan, of Scotland. … Colonel DeKay died January 1, 1758. … One of his sons was Thomas, who served with the rank of Captain in his father's regiment.
- Will abstract (TAG 33:230 McCracken citing NY Wills 5:243 / Fernow Calendar 108 no. 457): will dated 15 Dec 1757, proved 22 May 1758, names wife Christiana and sons including Thomas (also executor).
He mentions wife Christiana; … sons Jacobus, Thomas, William Willett, Michael, Charles; … executors: sons Jacobus, Thomas, William Willett