Orphan lines, by assigned definition here, can be any lines with ancestral OR descendancy connection problems. They will invariably lack hard evidentiary documentation like bibles, church or probate records, to specifically identify parentage.
1. JAN BARKELOO, is born in New Utrecht, Kings Co.,NY., probably late 1662 or early in 1663, the first son of Harmen Jans Lubberdinck van Borculo born after his arrival in New Amsterdam in June,1662.
2. HARMEN JANSE VAN BORCULO, in his mid-40's, dies suddenly in late 1671 or early 1672, leaving a wife, and five children ranging in age from a daughter just under 16 to four young sons, still juveniles, ages six to twelve. Such an untimely loss of the family breadwinner in those days would have required intervention of relatives, in this case most likely either or both Harmen's brother, Willem's family, or Willemken's family, the Elderincks, if any had emigrated. Willemken, probably only about 40 or 41 years old, would have had little time to mourn before finding another source of support. Her marriage to Hans Harmensen on 12 May 1672 was, no doubt, but a short few months from her first husband's passing.
3. JAN HARMENSE BARKELOO, in his early 20's, marries a woman named Margaret circa 1685. Jan Barkeloo and wife, "Grittie", move across the bay and establish residence in or near Northfield, Staten Island.
4. JAN HARMENSE BARKELOO, as ascertained from the meager available records and early research of Mrs. John Spell, has at least four children, all daughters, by 1702. Baptismal records were never found to aid Mrs. Spell in determining more accurate birthyears, but the marriages of the daughters and Dutch naming protocol help to put an order to their names. Willempje, likely the eldest, was born in the late 1680's, probably about 1688/89. She married Joris Nevius on 23 Sep 1709 in Richmond Co.,NY and sometime between 1725-1732 begins appearing with husband, Joris, in the DR church records of Churchville, Bucks Co.,PA.
5. JAN HARMENSE BARKELOO, dies in Northfield, Richmond Co.,NY without a will or documented administration between 1702-1707.
The poverty of early records makes it difficult to pinpoint Jan's death, even within a five-year window. The most significant item of note among those records uncovered by Mrs. Spell's research and corroborated by the Nevius family researchers, is his eldest daughters removal to Bucks Co.,Pennsylvania. It's highly probable other descendants of this line made their way to Bucks County, whose church and probate records are fairly extant, suggesting Jan Harmense Barkeloo, himself, did not emigrate to Bucks County before his death.
The sudden disappearance of Barkeloo baptisms and marriages in Richmond County from 1719 to 1747 could have led to a mass exodus conclusion, or even an eventual return to old stamping grounds conclusion after 25 years. Unfortunately, that missing generation without surname-bearing males has produced a stunning and frustrating dearth of connective documentation to those Richmond County Barkuloos who appear in Northfield DR Church records beginning in 1747. At least two of the daughters remained in Richmond County,New York through the birth and baptisms of most of their children(up to 1740). This alone should have kept Jan Harmense Barkeloo and his wife near their grandchildren, if either were still among the living. Neither as witnesses nor sponsors do they appear again.
With the equally sudden appearance of Buckalows(determined to be Barkeloos) in Bucks County,Pennsylvania records around 1800, the question arises as to whether the arrival of Buckelews to New Jersey in the mid-18th century didn't have a surname degrading effect among clerks trying to establish some phonetic consistency and relativity in areas where these two families coexisted for decades, the example being Middlesex County,New Jersey, where Buckelews and Barricklows(seldom spelled as Barricklow) appear often in deed and marriage books.
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