Phillip Symonse Groot
1668 - 1716 (48 years)-
Name Phillip Symonse Groot [1] - son of Symon Symonse Groot and Rebecca du Trieux [1]
Birth 1668 Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York 
[1] Gender Male Death 1716 Cranes Village, Albany County, New York [1] Person ID I5909 Hedges Last Modified 27 Jun 2025
Father Symon Symonse Groot, b. Abt 1620, Neth d. 1699 (Age 79 years) Mother Rebecca Philippe du Trieux, b. Abt 1637, New Amsterdam d. Abt 1695, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York (Age 58 years) Family ID F2558 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sara Jacobs Peek, b. 1682, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York Marriage 1701 Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York [1] Family ID F2587 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 Jun 2025
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Birth - 1668 - Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York 
Marriage - 1701 - Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - On the sad night of Feb. 8th, 1690, his Symon Groot's sons, Symon, Abraham, Philip, Dirk and Claas were taken captive by the French and Indians and carried to Canada; the following year they were redeemed. (Pearson, First Settlers of Schenectady.)
House of Truax, page 13.
[2] - PHILLIP SYMONSE3 GROOT (Rebecca2 du Trieux, Philippe1 du Trieux) was born about 1668 in Schenectady, Albany, New York. He died in 1716 in Cranes Village, Albany Co. New York. He married Sara Jacobs Peek, daughter of Jacobus Peake and Elisabeth Teunise Van Woert, in 1701 in Schenectady, Albany, New York. She was born in 1682 in Schenectady, Albany, New York.
Notes for Phillip Symonse Groot:
Death Notes: drowned
Phillip Symonse Groot and Sara Jacobs Peek had the following child:
83. i. LODOVICUS (LEWIS)4 GROOT was born on 17 Dec 1712 in Crane's Village, Albany, New York. He died on 27 Nov 1794 in
Crane's Village, Albany, New York, USA.
https://www.philippedutrieux.com/downloads/Descendants-of-Philippe-du-Trieux--5-generations.pdf
[3] - Philip Groot of Schenectady early settled on this land and after his death in 1716 was succeeded by his son Ludovicus (Lewis), who gave name to the creek forming the easterly bounds of this patent.
Adriucha is still in possession of the Groot family at what is now called Crane's Village.
A history of the Schenectady patent in the Dutch and English times.
page 76.
[4] - Philip Groot.
He settled on the north side of the river at or near Crane's Village, then called Claas Graven's hoek, or by the natives Adriucka. His land — a portion of the original Cuyler's patent extended down the river, to Lewis' creek. He married Sarah, daughter of Jacobus Peek of the Second flat ; and was drowned in the river in 1717.
A history of the Schenectady patent in the Dutch and English times.
page 121.
[5] - 8 Feb 1690 - Schenectady
Five brothers Symon, Abraham, Philip, Dirk and Claas were taken captive and redeemed a year later.
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- On the sad night of Feb. 8th, 1690, his Symon Groot's sons, Symon, Abraham, Philip, Dirk and Claas were taken captive by the French and Indians and carried to Canada; the following year they were redeemed. (Pearson, First Settlers of Schenectady.)
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Sources - [S147] Association of Descendants of Philippe du Trieux, https://www.philippedutrieux.com/downloads/Descendants-of-Philippe-du-Trieux--5-generations.pdf, https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~truax/dutrieux.html.
- [S151] Allen L. Truax, House of Truax: from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, page 13, https://archive.org/details/houseoftruaxfrom00trua/page/n51/mode/2up.
- [S147] Association of Descendants of Philippe du Trieux, https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~truax/dutrieux.html.
- [S154] Johnathan Pearson, A history of the Schenectady patent in the Dutch and English times, page 76, https://archive.org/details/historyofschenec00pe/page/158/mode/2up.
- [S154] Johnathan Pearson, A history of the Schenectady patent in the Dutch and English times, page 121, https://archive.org/details/historyofschenec00pe/page/158/mode/2up.
- [S154] Johnathan Pearson, A history of the Schenectady patent in the Dutch and English times, page 244-270, https://archive.org/details/historyofschenec00pe/page/158/mode/2up.
- [S155] Schenectady County Historical Society, The story of the Schenectady massacre, https://archive.org/details/storyofschenecta00unse_0/page/n1/mode/2up.
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