Geertruy Bleecker was born in November 1696. She was the eldest daughter in the large family of Albany mainstays Johannes and Anna Coster Bleecker. Her father was a prominent fur trader who was appointed mayor of Albany in 1701.

But for some reason, Geertruy began her adult life much later than most early Albany women. Just shy of her fortieth birthday, she married middle-aged Albany merchant Abraham Wendell in October 1736. Their marriage produced only one daughter who was baptized in September 1738.

The marriage was short-lived as Geertruy Bleecker Wendell was dead by September 1740 when Abraham Wendell may have re-married.

Sources: The life of Geertruy Bleecker Wendell is CAP biography number 170. This sketch is derived chiefly from family and community-based resources.