Aletta De Voe

Aletta De Voe

• Father: Daniel De Vouw b. circa 1720, d. circa 1777

• Aletta De Voe was born circa 1746 in Westchester County, New York.
• She was known as Letty.
• She married Abel Buell, son of John Buell and Abigail Chatfield, in March 1771, by license issued by the Secretary of the Province of New York on 18 March 1771 to Abel Buell, Colony of Connecticut, jeweller, and Lettice De Voe, N.Y., spinster (Marriage Book Vol. XVII, page 36).
• The following appeared on 22 February 1775 in The Connecticut Journal and New-Haven Post-Boy:
       All persons indebted to Mr. Abel Buell, are hereby desired forthwith to settle their accounts with cash, as he has left strict orders with me to put those in suit that are not paid in six weeks after his departure, which orders I am determined to comply with literally and without regard to persons.
       And whereas Mr. Rivington of New-York, has proceeded to the extraordinary step of attaching our house and everything in it, without any previous request of me to pay him, which attachment has been followed by a few others, from uneasy persons, for paltry sums even of shillings. I therefore request all creditors, if any there be (though I know of none, and believe there are none of any note, besides the government) to suspend their apprehensions a little while, and set aside their fears.
       And as Mr. Buell has lately been blamed for carrying away some debtors of evil note, I request the favour of every one, not to be too hasty of belief; I hope it is not true; but as all men's characters that are calumniated, require some immediate proof in their favour, and perhaps Mr. Buell's on some accounts especially, I hereby notify to all his creditors, or even to any indifferent persons who choose to see it, that I can with very little trouble, (by stubborn facts, in the shape of Rivington's own figures, letters, invoices and receipts) prove that Mr. Buell owes him only £. 175 lawful, and tho' Mr. Buell has not left me cash, yet I am in possession of enough to pay that sum thrice over; and further I can shew, that Mr. Buell has done Rivington such services, as intitle the latter to the stile and title of an ingrate, and from me that of an inhuman varlet.
       Wanted, one or two Journemen Goldsmiths, and one Journeyman Jeweller, who will meet with good encouragement, as I intend to carry on the business as usual, of which our friends are requested to take notice. Such of Mr. Buell's creditors as he owes small sums to, and dare not stay till I get cash, may immediately be paid in work.
                      Aletta Buell
  New-Haven, Feb. 21, 1775.

• Last Edited: 13 Jun 2014