John was the son of Jacques DeNyse and Antje Schenck of New Utrecht (now in Brooklyn), New York. He was married on 24 October 1793 to Sarah Lott, the daughter of Simon Lott and Annester Van Nuyse. He was a captain in Lt Col Jeremiah Johnston's regiment from Kings County during the War of 1812. He and Sarah had the following known children:
*Antje (Ann), b. 1794, m. Peter Moore
*Simon, b. 1796, m. Margaret Bogart
*Jacques, b. ca 1799, m. Jannetje Cozine, b. 1802, daughter of Cornelius Cozine (b 1776); they had seven children. A Jacques DeNyse was a shipmaster in Manhattan in 1835. Also, this may be the Jacques DeNyse who died 28 February 1854 and is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Following the death of Jacques, Jane married John Degraff, b. 1801, and appears with him in New Utrecht in the 1865 census (aged 62), with several adult Degraff children, and also Simon Denyse, aged 23, likely a son from her first marriage.
*Jane, b. ca 1802, m. Garret Dorland Cozine, b. NY 30 Nov 1800, the son of Cornelius J. Cozine (b 1776) and Anna Snedeker (b 1780). They appear on the 1850 census in Gravesend, Kings Co., NY with their three youngest children. They had five known children, of whom the oldest, John G., fought in the Civil War.
*Catherine, b. 1804, m. Edward Titus
*DeNyse, called Nyse, b. ca 1812, m. Eliza Moore, b. 1817; he was aged 38 in 1850 when enumerated on census in New Utrecht with wife and nine children.
*Antje (Ann), b. 1794, m. Peter Moore
*Simon, b. 1796, m. Margaret Bogart
*Jacques, b. ca 1799, m. Jannetje Cozine, b. 1802, daughter of Cornelius Cozine (b 1776); they had seven children. A Jacques DeNyse was a shipmaster in Manhattan in 1835. Also, this may be the Jacques DeNyse who died 28 February 1854 and is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Following the death of Jacques, Jane married John Degraff, b. 1801, and appears with him in New Utrecht in the 1865 census (aged 62), with several adult Degraff children, and also Simon Denyse, aged 23, likely a son from her first marriage.
*Jane, b. ca 1802, m. Garret Dorland Cozine, b. NY 30 Nov 1800, the son of Cornelius J. Cozine (b 1776) and Anna Snedeker (b 1780). They appear on the 1850 census in Gravesend, Kings Co., NY with their three youngest children. They had five known children, of whom the oldest, John G., fought in the Civil War.
*Catherine, b. 1804, m. Edward Titus
*DeNyse, called Nyse, b. ca 1812, m. Eliza Moore, b. 1817; he was aged 38 in 1850 when enumerated on census in New Utrecht with wife and nine children.
John was the son of Jacques DeNyse and Antje Schenck of New Utrecht (now in Brooklyn), New York. He was married on 24 October 1793 to Sarah Lott, the daughter of Simon Lott and Annester Van Nuyse. He was a captain in Lt Col Jeremiah Johnston's regiment from Kings County during the War of 1812. He and Sarah had the following known children:
*Antje (Ann), b. 1794, m. Peter Moore
*Simon, b. 1796, m. Margaret Bogart
*Jacques, b. ca 1799, m. Jannetje Cozine, b. 1802, daughter of Cornelius Cozine (b 1776); they had seven children. A Jacques DeNyse was a shipmaster in Manhattan in 1835. Also, this may be the Jacques DeNyse who died 28 February 1854 and is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Following the death of Jacques, Jane married John Degraff, b. 1801, and appears with him in New Utrecht in the 1865 census (aged 62), with several adult Degraff children, and also Simon Denyse, aged 23, likely a son from her first marriage.
*Jane, b. ca 1802, m. Garret Dorland Cozine, b. NY 30 Nov 1800, the son of Cornelius J. Cozine (b 1776) and Anna Snedeker (b 1780). They appear on the 1850 census in Gravesend, Kings Co., NY with their three youngest children. They had five known children, of whom the oldest, John G., fought in the Civil War.
*Catherine, b. 1804, m. Edward Titus
*DeNyse, called Nyse, b. ca 1812, m. Eliza Moore, b. 1817; he was aged 38 in 1850 when enumerated on census in New Utrecht with wife and nine children.
*Antje (Ann), b. 1794, m. Peter Moore
*Simon, b. 1796, m. Margaret Bogart
*Jacques, b. ca 1799, m. Jannetje Cozine, b. 1802, daughter of Cornelius Cozine (b 1776); they had seven children. A Jacques DeNyse was a shipmaster in Manhattan in 1835. Also, this may be the Jacques DeNyse who died 28 February 1854 and is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Following the death of Jacques, Jane married John Degraff, b. 1801, and appears with him in New Utrecht in the 1865 census (aged 62), with several adult Degraff children, and also Simon Denyse, aged 23, likely a son from her first marriage.
*Jane, b. ca 1802, m. Garret Dorland Cozine, b. NY 30 Nov 1800, the son of Cornelius J. Cozine (b 1776) and Anna Snedeker (b 1780). They appear on the 1850 census in Gravesend, Kings Co., NY with their three youngest children. They had five known children, of whom the oldest, John G., fought in the Civil War.
*Catherine, b. 1804, m. Edward Titus
*DeNyse, called Nyse, b. ca 1812, m. Eliza Moore, b. 1817; he was aged 38 in 1850 when enumerated on census in New Utrecht with wife and nine children.
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