*Moses de Graaf (le Conte)
born about 1658 Haarlem, New York (Dieppe,
France or Belgium?)
father:
*Jean le Conte (Comte?)
born
about 1629 Dieppe, France
(end of information).
mother:
*Marye
Laurens
born about 1633 (Belgium?)
(end of information)
siblings:
unknown
spouse:
*Hester
de le Maistre (Delamater)
born about 1662 Haarlem, New York
died Kingston,
Ulster County, New York
married before 6 March 1687
children:
*Susannah
de Graef (de Graaf) born 7 January 1691 New York
*Abram
de Graaf born 9 June 1695 Kingston, Ulster County, New York
died Poughkeepsie,
Dutchess County, New York
biographical or anecdotal information:
In all
records Moses is listed as the Count or le Conte or de Graaf.
Graaf is Dutch and
German for "Count".
His father may have been a Comte (French for Count)
and it was Flemisized to Graaf.
Best guess is they were fleeing Hugenots.
source:
LDS
ancestry.com