Abram Staes and Trijntgen Jochemse were married for close to fifty-one years, from 1642 to 1694.³⁴ During that period, they had seven children, four boys and three girls, all of whom reached adulthood:

1. Sarah, born 1645, died 1693. She married Johannes Provoost in 1690.
2. Catharina, born 1647, died unknown. She married [?] Bruyn in November 1683.
3. Jacob, born 1650, died September 1709. He married Ryckie Van Derts.
4. Jochem, born April 4, 1654, died January 12, 1712. He married first Annetje Barentse Reijnders (1660–1707) in April 1678 and second Francina Leisler.
5. Abraham II, born 1665, died 1740. He married Elsie Wendell on April 9, 1696 (twelve children, including Abraham III, born 1700).
6. Samuel, born May 1657, died 1715. He married first Johanna Reijnders on November 28, 1684, and second Catharina (Howarden) Bedlo on May 7, 1709.
7. Elisabeth, born 1660, died June 5, 1737. She married first Johannes Wendell on June 5, 1657, and second Johannis Schuyler on April 2, 1655.³⁵

34 The Will of Abram Staes, filed in 1683 and proved by his wife, Trijntgen Jochemse, October 23, 1694, Abstract of Wills, Liber 14A.
35 Albany Protocol, 564n. Henry N. Staats III, Staats Family Tree, circa 1960.