Rachel Evertson was born in November 1710. She was christened on February 4, 1711 at the Albany Lutheran church. She was the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Hallenbeck Everts. She grew up in a modest home located in the third ward.

In January 1731, she married Albany native Richard or Jellis De Garmo at the Albany Dutch church. By 1749, five children had been christened at the church where she was an occasional baptism sponsor.

These De Garmos lived without much notice over several decades. In 1779, Jellis filed a will that named Rachel as sole executrix. By 1788, she was called the widow and the owner of a first ward property. In 1790, she was named on the census as the head of her household. In 1800, she was accounted for on the census in the household of her son, Gerrit.

Widow Rachel Everts De Garmo died in April 1801 and was buried by the Dutch church. She had lived almost ninety-one years.

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Jacob Evertsen was born about 1671. He was the son of Evert Janse and Maria Everts. Later, he was called a native of Albany.

He married Elizabeth Jans Hallenbeck at the Loonenburg Lutheran church in June 1705. At that time, he was called a "bachelor" - alluding to the fact that he was more than a decade past the average marriage age. Over the next two decades, several children were christened in the Lutheran church at Albany.

These Evertsens lived in the third ward where Jacob served as firemaster in 1712 and was elected assistant alderman that same October. His modest holdings were assessed on the city tax list in 1709. In 1720 and two decades later, in 1742, he was counted among the freeholders of the third ward. He also served on juries and as a member of an Albany militia company.

Jacob Evertsen died in 1755 and was buried from the Albany Dutch church on January 11.