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    Maria S. Van Vorst (Boyd)

    Birth: 4-14-1815

    Death: 5-17-1855

    Alternate First Name: Mary

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Van Vorst, Hooper | Marriage Date: 9-14-1848

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Mrs. Maria Van Vorst was mentioned in Frances Adeline Seward's January 23, 1855 letter to Augustus Henry Seward as one of Mr. Thomas Boyd's sisters. The letter says that Thomas Boyd lived in Albany with his sister Mrs. Van Vorst and her husband Hooper Van Vorst, an unmarried sister Rachel, and their mother Margaret McMurray Boyd until he died on January 4, 1855.

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Biography: 
Mrs. Maria Van Vorst was mentioned in Frances Adeline Seward's January 23, 1855 letter to Augustus Henry Seward as one of Mr. Thomas Boyd's sisters. The letter says that Thomas Boyd lived in Albany with his sister Mrs. Van Vorst and her husband Hooper Van Vorst, an unmarried sister Rachel, and their mother Margaret McMurray Boyd until he died on January 4, 1855.
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Source Citation Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Accession Number: 02-0213b 59A Description Year: 1785 - 1841 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Church Registers. Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Source Description This collection includes baptism, marriage, death, burial, and other records from Presbyterian churches in 48 states and the District of Columbia.
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https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/interactive/2226/32229_420302988_0087-00077?pid=308175&backurl=https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DDzS2172%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26qh%3DmzVPzMNnWHv35S/I1FZBPA%253D%253D%26gss%3Dangs-g%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3DMaria%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3DVan%2520Vorst%26gsln_x%3D0%26msypn__ftp%3DAlbany,%2520Albany,%2520New%2520York,%2520USA%26msypn%3D10034%26msbdy%3D1815%26msgdy%3D1848%26msgpn__ftp%3DAlbany,%2520Albany,%2520New%2520York,%2520USA%26msgpn%3D10034%26msdpn__ftp%3DAlbany,%2520Albany,%2520New%2520York,%2520USA%26msdpn%3D10034%26msfng%3DPeter%26msfns%3DBoyd%26msmng%3DMargaret%26msmns%3DBoyd%26msbng%3DThomas%2520%26msbns%3DBoyd%26msbng1%3DRachel%26msbns1%3DBoyd%26mssng%3DHooper%26mssns%3DVan%2520Vorst%26_83004003-n_xcl%3Dm%26catbucket%3Drstp%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dif4%26msypn__ftp_x%3D1%26msypn_x%3DPS%26msdpn__ftp_x%3D1%26msdpn_x%3DPS%26pcat%3DROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3D308175%26dbid%3D2226%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D5&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=DzS2172&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=32229_420302988_0087-00076 Source Citation Description Surname Range: Van Vlack - Vrozlowske Source Information Ancestry.com. Menands, New York, Albany Rural Cemetery Burial Cards, 1791-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Albany Rural Cemetery Internment Cards. Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York. Source Description Many burial records for the Albany Rural Cemetery predate its 1841 founding because some record re-interments from an earlier municipal cemetery that had problems with flooding. Some cards also provide birth and other family information as well as death details.