Hendrick Crankheyt

Abt 1682 -

• Name	Hendrick Crankheyt  [1]
  Birth	Abt Jun 1682	Long Island, New York   [2, 3]
  Baptism	21 Jun 1682	Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, New Amsterdam, New Netherland   [2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I3455	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Theunnis Herrickse Crankheyt,   b. Abt Jun 1655, Arme Bouwery, Hell Gate, Long Island, New Netherland d. 1709, Philipsburgh, Westchester, New York (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Sophia Hendricksen Wiltse,   b. Abt Dec 1660, Kingston, New Netherland d. Aft 4 Dec 1725 (Age ~ 65 years)
  Marriage	10 Sep 1679	Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, New Amsterdam, New Netherland   [2, 3, 5]
  Family ID	F2275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annetje Bankert,   b. Bef 28 Mar 1686
  Children	+ 1. Wyntje "Lavinia" Crankheyt,   b. Bef 25 May 1714 + 2. Hendrick Crankheyt,   b. Bef 11 Jun 1715
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Hendrick Crankheyt (b. 1682) = Annetje Bankert (b. 1686) Theunis Krankheyt (1708-1777) = Annetje Van Tassel (1704-1780) Jacob Cronk (1737-1791) = Anna Forgison (b. 1736) Phebe Crankheit (b. 1758) = Aury Cronkhite (1757-1815) Henry Cronkhite (1783-1823) = Sylvia Hannah Van Surdam (1786-1853) Tunis Chronkhite (b. 1806) = Caroline Curtis (b. 1810) Spencer Cronkite (1831-1913) = Ruth Pierce (1833-1919) Frederick Pierce Cronkite (1867-1938) = Anna Louise Prussia (1872-1955) Walter Leland Cronkite, Sr. (1893-1973) = Helen Lena Fritsche (1892-1993) Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (1916-2009) Making LDN an 8th cousin to Walter Cronkite, and TNH an 8th cousin twice removed.

  
  

• Sources

  [S208] First Record Book of the "Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow," Organized in 1697 and Now The First Reformed Church of Tarrytown, N.Y. ed. David Cole. Yonkers, New York: Yonkers Historical and Library Association, 1901. [S779] George Olin Zabriskie, "The Wiltsie Family of Early New York." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 106:129, July 1975; 106:208, October 1975. [S399] The Settlers of the Beekman Patent by Frank J. Doherty. Ongoing multivolume series begun in 1990. [S4155] A Partial History and Genealogical Record of the Bancker or Banker Families of America by Howard James Banker. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle, 1909. [S4155] A Partial History and Genealogical Record of the Bancker or Banker Families of America by Howard James Banker. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle, 1909., date only.