Random Notes
Concerning Settlers of Dutch Descent:
Part III.
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RANDOM NOTES CONCERNING SETTLERS OF DUTCH DESCENT
By William J. Hoffman, M.Mech. Eng., Laplume, Pa.
(Concluded from Vol. 29, p. 152)
| Year | Name of Servant | Age | Place or Origin | Employ | Employer |
| 1640 | Cornelis Arissen | 30 | Houten | houseman | Kil. Van Rensselaer |
| mar. | | | | |
| Bellitje Henrix | 28 | Arnhem | | |
| 1663 | Evert Albers | -- | Groningen | farmer | Pieter Alrichs |
| 1639 | Hendrik Alberts | -- | | had been a baker in New Neth. | Kil. Van Rensselaer |
| 1651 | Hendrik Arents (mentioned in Kingston) | -- | Almelo (Overyssel) | farm hand | Jan Everts Bout |
| 1658 | Jan Aerts (Apparently on St.Is.:Col. Ms. XIII:74) | -- | Heerde | | Claes Hendriksz van Schoonhoven, Ft. Orange |
| 1641 | Wouter Aerts (Possibly the same as Wouter Aertsz from Nykerk wheelwright, E.R.A. IV:56, Du. Settl. Soc. Alb. 1934/5:2, Min. Ft. Orange p. 20. Possibly a son of Aert Theunissen from Putten murdered by Indians 1643) | 21 | Putten | to sow, to mow, to dig ditches and to do farming in the Gelderland manner | Wouter Van Twiller |
| 1651 | Dirck Adriaensz | -- | Dreumel(en) | | Adr. Van der Donck |
| 1651 | Gerrit Bancken (r) | -- | Wessem | merchant's clerk | Gerrit Jansz |
| 1663 | Cornelis Barents (Son of Barent Joostz. Du. Settl. Soc. Alb. 1929/30, p. 30/1) | 20 | Vreeland | | |
| 1651 | Lubbert Bessels | 26 | Nykerk | | Jan Van Rensselaer |
| 1657 | Joannes Blenck | -- | | farm hand | Joannes Lucasz Schouten |
| 1663 | Christoffel Breukman | -- | | farm hand | Pieter Alrichs |
| 1653 | Hendrik Cornelis Broeck | -- | | carpenter | Adr. Van der Donck |
| 1655 | Stoffel Jansz Broer | -- | Amsterdam | | Gerbert Cruyff |
SETTLERS OF DUTCH DESCENT 39
| Year | Name of Servant | Age | Place or Origin | Employ | Employer |
| 1663 | Claes Matthys Brouwer | -- | Leiden | | South River |
| 1653 | Adam Burgheret | -- | Hemert | | Francois Fyn |
| 1659 | Carsten Carsten | 17 | Huyr | | J. B. Van Rensselaer |
| 1651 | Bartel Nicolaes van de Broeck (Claes) | -- | | | Adriaen Van der Donck |
| 1651 | Ryck Claes | 16 | Nykerk | | Jan Van Rensselaer |
| 1652 | Gerrit Claes | -- | Flensburg | | Francois Fyn |
| 1653 | Hendrick Claesz | -- | Rotterdam | tilemaker, to make ash and potash according to the new invention @ 250 gl. | A. Van der Donck |
| 1663 | Pieter Claesz | 19 | Suyderstapel | | J. B. Van Rensselaer |
| 1653 | Symon Claes | -- | Graft | skipper | Wouter v. Twiller |
| 1652 | Marretje Cornelis | -- | Flensburg | house maid | Jan Jansz de Jonge |
| 1651 | Jan Cornelis | -- | Vechten | farm hand | Ide van Voorst |
| 1663 | Pieter Cornelis (Ancestor Breyant family, mar. Brkl. 1670, N.Y.Wills IX:50) | -- | Steenwyck | farm hand | Pieter Alrichs |
| 1639 | Jan Cornelis | 50 | Nieuwe Nierop near Schagen | | Kil Van Rensselaer |
| 1652 | Thomas Cornelis (father Cornelis Thomas) | -- | Flensburg | farm hand | Ant. Jansz van Salee |
| 1658 | Jan Corsse | -- | Haarlem | master house carpenter | Jacob Backer |
| 1658 | Hendrik Coster | -- | | tailor and other "negotie" | Gossen Gerrits van Schaick |
| 1641 | Gerrit Courten (N.J.Wills 1671; mar. N.Y.D.R. 1647; R.N.A.II:277, Brother of Harmen Courten.) | 21 | Voorthuysen | to sow, to mow, to plow, to dig ditches and to do farm work acc. to Gelderland manner | W. van Twiller |
| 1657 | Mathys Crynen Cuyper | -- | | tailor | Jan Hendr. van Bael |
| 1655 | Thomas Davidsz | -- | Westryse, Norway | farm hand | Blommaert |
| 1656 | Metgen Davids | -- | poorhouse, Amsterdam | maid | Jan de la Montagne |
| 1663 | Jeuriaen Deutsch | -- | Ditmars | farm hand | Pieter Alrichs |
| 1651 | Roelof Dirks | 19 | Bunschoten | | J. van Rensselaer |
40 THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST
| Year | Name of Servant | Age | Place or Origin | Employ | Employer |
| 1651 | Adriaen Dirks | 40 | v. Bil | | J. van Rensselaer |
| 1653 | Pieter Dirks | -- | de Ryp | | Abraham Staets |
| 1655 | Jacob Dowesz Smid | -- | Amsterdam | | Gerbert Cruyff |
| 1663 | Jacob Elberts (Du. Settl. Soc. Alb. 1929/30 p. 30/1) | 18 | Huizen | | J. B. van Rensselaer |
| 1651 | Elbert Elbertsz | 14 | Nykerk (not Stoothoff) | | J. van Rensselaer |
| 1655 | Barent Egberts, tailor | -- | Schutterop (Schuttorf) | | Sal. la Chair |
| 1639 | Jan Fransz | 31 | Hoesem | had been a sailor in the service of the W.I.C. | Kil. van Rensselaer |
| 1651 | Frans Gabriels | 18 | Amersfoort | | J. van Rensselaer |
| 1663 | Barent Gerrits | -- | Fernsum, Embderland | | South River |
| 1653 | Adriaentje Gerrits (Possibly the same who mar. N.Y.D.R. 1653) | -- | Amsterdam | house maid | Pieter Lefebure |
| 1651 | Jacob Gerrits | -- | Ruinen | tailor's apprentice | Jacob Strycker |
| 1657 | Theunis Gerritsz | -- | Cuylemburg | farm work | Arent van Curler |
| 1653 | Jan Gerrits | -- | Steenwyk | carpenter | Adr. van der Donck |
| 1649 | Lubbert Gerrits | -- | Putten | farm hand | Stuyvesant |
| 1652 | Jannetje Gerrits (mar. N.Y.D.R.1652) | -- | Loon (op Zand) | | Adr. van der Donck |
| 1652 | Gerrit Gerritsz | -- | Dokkum | cooper's apprentice | Jan Jansz Kuiper |
| 1653 | Allard Govertsz (soldier, mar. Kingston 1654) | -- | Steenwyk | | Rutger Jacobs & Goossen Gerrits |
| 1651 | Cornelis Alberts van der Gouw | -- | | farm hand | Ide van Voorst |
| 1657 | Fytje Gommels | -- | | house maid | Joannes Willems South River |
| 1659 | Thobias Groen | -- | Middelburg | shoemaker | Reynout Reynoutsz |
| 1658 | Gerrit Gysberts | -- | Heerden | | Claes Hendriks van Schoonhoven at Ft. Orange |
| 1659 | Jan Hans | 29 | Grandicap, Jutland | | J. B. van Rensselaer |
| 1662 | Harmen Harmensz | -- | Deutecom | farming | Stuyvesant |
| 1660 | Margaretha Hendriks | -- | Aurich | house maid | Gabriel de Haes |
| 1652 | Bessel Hendriks | -- | Bunschoten | | Kil van Rensselaer |
| Elisabeth Hendriks | -- | Kampen | | Frans Barentsz Pastoor |
SETTLERS OF DUTCH DESCENT 41
| Year | Name of Servant | Age | Place or Origin | Employ | Employer |
| 1663 | Hendrik Hendriksz | -- | Stift Munster | | South River |
| 1654 | Marretje Hendriks | -- | Norden | | Francoys Fyn |
| 1662 | Thyman Hendriks | 18 | Bunschoten | | J. B. van Rensselaer |
| 1651 | Jan Hendriks | 21 | Horst | | J. van Rensselaer |
| 1652 | Jacob Hendriks | -- | van den Toleck | | Kil. van Rensselaer |
| 1663 | Mense Herbertsz | -- | Lier | farm hand | Pieter Alrichs |
| 1663 | Hans Hermansz | -- | Bremen | farm hand | Pieter Alrichs |
| 1653 | Jan Hofman | -- | Bremen | | Adr. van der Donck |
| 1655 | Christopher Hooglant | -- | | no farmwork | Govert Loockermans |
| 1643 | Jan Huyberts | -- | Kampen | | Kil. van Rensselaer |
| 1643 | Jan Huysters | -- | Kampen | | Ft. Orange |
| 1652 | Mayken Huyberts (same as "van Geertruidenberg"; mar. N.Y.D.R.1653) | -- | Raemsdonck | | Adr. van der Donck |
| 1652 | Jacob Jansz (ancestor of Van Etten family) | -- | Etten | | Adr. van der Donck |
| 1639 | Susanna Jans (sister wife of Reynier Stoffels) | -- | Borcken near Wesel | | Kil. van Rensselaer |
| 1662 | Willem Jans (mar. N.Y.D.R. 1654) | -- | Heerde | farming | Stuyvesant |
| 1654 | Willem Jansz | -- | Amsterdam | gunsmith | Dirk Jansz Croon |
| 1654 | Jan Jansz | -- | Hofquarden | | Francois Fyn |
| 1663 | Jan Jansz | -- | Oldenburg | farm hand | Pieter Alrichs |
| 1662 | Jan Jansz | -- | Gladbeeck | farm hand at Leendert Cornelissen | J. B. van Rensselaer |
| 1663 | Claes Jansz | -- | Groningen | farm hand | Pieter Alrichs |
| 1651 | Sweer Jans | 19 | Amersfoort | | J. van Rensselaer |
| 1639 | Geertje Jans (wife of Reyer Stoffels) | -- | Borcken near Wesel | | Ft. Orange |
| 1659 | Arent Jans | -- | Groningen | shoemaker's apprentice | Reynout Reynoutsz |
| 1653 | Christiaen Jans | -- | Friedrichstatdt | farm hand and to work with the ax as he used to do | Adr. van der Donck |
| 1651 | Cornelis Jans | 16 | Bunschoten | | j. van Rensselaer |
| 1651 | Hendrik Jansz (Van Oosteroom family; Burgher, N.A.; mar. N.Y.D.R.1652) | -- | Schalkwyk | farm hand | Jan Jansz Damen |
42 THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST
| Year | Name of Servant | Age | Place or Origin | Employ | Employer |
| 1652 | Styntje Jans | -- | | housemaid & farmwork | Jac. Steendam |
| 1653 | Hendrik Jansz | -- | Oldenburg | farm hand | Pieter Lefebure |
| 1653 | Evert Jansz | -- | Steenwyk | carpenter | Adr. van der Donck |
| 1653 | Jacob Jansz | -- | Overyssel | house servant | Jan Evertsz Bout |
| 1662 | Teunis Elias de Kaarl (Ancestor of Van Benschoten family; first mentioned in Kingston 1671; Du. Settl. Soc. Alb. 1929/30 p. 30/1) | 16 | Bunschoten | | Jan Poest |
| 1663 | Gerrit Lamberts | 18 | Bunschoten | | J. B. van Rensselaer |
| 1659 | Pieter Pietersz Lasse | 24 | Hoesen | | J. B. van Rensselaer |
| 1649 | Claes Laurensz | -- | Amersfoort | farm hand | Stuyvesant |
| 1639 | Sander Leenaerts | 34 | Duysert in Schotland | | Kil. van Rensselaer |
| mar. | | | | |
| Cathalina Jacobs | 24 | Alone in Schotland | | |
| 1657 | Coenraed Lucasz | 24 | Cologne | farm hand | Arent van Curler |
| 1653 | Arent Maitsz | -- | | | Adr. van der Donck |
| 1663 | Sander Mallstaen | -- | Delmenhorst | farm hand | Pieter Alrichs |
| 1660 | Dirk Martens | 20 | Maartensdyk | farm hand | v. Rensselaer |
| 1653 | Jan Meesz | -- | Steenwyk | carpenter and his tools | Adr. van der Donck |
| 1660 | Cornelis Stevens Mulder | 21 | Langbroek | | J. B van Rensselaer |
| 1641 | Geertje Nannings | 30 | | | Kil. van Rensselaer |
| wid. Tjerck Hendricks | -- | | | |
| Hendrick Tjercks | 13 | | | |
| Hester Tjercks | 11 | | | |
| Jannetje Theunis | -- | | | |
| 1653 | Gommert Paulus | -- | Antwerp | gardener | Adr. van der Donck |
| 1651 | Paulus Paulus (Muster roll Esopus 1660; Col. Ms. XIII:154) | 15 | Amersfoort | | Jan van Rensselaer |
| 1651 | Gysbert Phillips | 34 | Velthuysen | | J. van Rensselaer |
| 1651 | Andries Pietersz | -- | Putten | farm hand | Jan Jansz Damen |
| 1655 | Jan Pietersz | -- | Langesont, Norway | farm hand | Bloemaert |
| 1654 | Barent Reynders | 21 | | smith, gunsmith | Remmert Jansz |
| 1653 | Reinier Reiniersz (son of Reindert Jaspers, herring packer) | -- | | | Abraham Staats |
SETTLERS OF DUTCH DESCENT 43
| Year | Name of Servant | Age | Place or Origin | Employ | Employer |
| 1663 | Hendrik Richters | -- | Hamburg | | South River |
| 1657 | Hendrik Jansz Rooseboom | -- | Dingsterveen | tailor's apprentice | Jan Hendr. van Bael |
| 1663 | Jan Rutgers (Du. Settl. Soc. Alb. 1929/30 p. 30/1) | 16 | Huizen | | J. B. van Rensselaer |
| 1659 | Pieter Jansz Schell | -- | The Hague | shoemaker | Coenraet ten Eyck |
| 1663 | Ferdinandus van Sicheler (Ancestor of Van Sicklen family) | -- | at Amsterdam | | Gys Cornelis Oudenkerk |
| 1653 | Huybert Smit | -- | Hemert | | Francois Fyn |
| 1657 | Geesjen Staats (Stoets in N.Y.D.R. church member list) | -- | | | Johannes Lucasz Schouten |
| 1642 | Abraham Staats | -- | Amsterdam | surgeon | Kil. van Rensselaer |
| mar. (Anc. of Staats family) | | | | |
| Tryntje Jochems | 19 | | | |
| 1657 | Wilhemus Stilmenck | -- | | farm hand | Johannes Lucasz Schouten |
| 1639 | Reynier Stoffels | 39 | Essen | | Kil. van Rensselaer |
| mar. | -- | | | |
| Geertje Jans | 40 | Borcken near Wesel | | |
| 1650 | Gerrit Sybrands | -- | Norden | bakers apprentice | Joost Theunis van Norden |
| 1651 | Marretje Symons | -- | | house maid | Bloemaert |
| 1652 | Aert Pietersz Tack | -- | | | Adr. van der Donck |
| 1639 | Cornelis Theunissen | 25 | Gorinchem | | Kil. van Rensselaer |
| mar. | -- | | | |
| Claesje Theunis | 24 | Norden | | |
| 1661 | Arent Theunisz (Pier) (N.Y.Rec. 1929:161, 222; 1935:193) | -- | Amsterdam | blacksmith | Dirk de Wolff |
| 1662 | Claes Theunisz (married, N.Y.D.R. 1662) | -- | Apeldoorn | farming | Stuyvesant |
| 1660 | Geurt Theunis | 21 | Westbroek near Utrecht | | J. B. van Rensselaer |
| 1642 | Jan Theunis | 36 | Leiden | carpenter | Kil. van Rensselaer |
| 1641 | Jannetje Theunis | -- | | house maid | Jan Verbeek |
| 1660 | Sweer Theunis | 20 | Westbroek near Utrecht | | Jan Barentsz Wemp |
| 1659 | Thomas Thomasz | -- | England | | Brian Newton |
| 1639 | Carsten Thomas | 28 | Huyr | | J. B. van Rensselaer |
| 1649 | Jan Thys | -- | Gorinchem | farm hand | Rensselaer |
44 THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST
| Year | Name of Servant | Age | Place or Origin | Employ | Employer |
| 1654 | Cornelis Vaandel | -- | | farm hand | Jan Evertsz Bout |
| 1641 | Jan Verbeek | -- | Breda | | Kil. van Rensselaer |
| mar. | | | | |
| Mayke Damen Vissenburg | -- | | | |
| Lysbet van der Linden, dau. by her first husband | -- | | | |
| 1663 | Gerrit Verbeek | -- | | tailor | Johannes Clouet |
| 1653 | Jan Dirksz Vinhagen | -- | Gemen | tailor's apprentice | Jan Hendriksz van Bael |
| 1650 | Symon Volckertsz | -- | Ysens (Esens) | baker's apprentice | Joost Theunis van Norden |
| 1653 | Jan Volckertszen | -- | Schermer | | Elbert Elbertsen |
| 1653 | Joris van Vorst | -- | | cooper | Adr. van der Donck |
| 1660 | Theunis Willemsz | 26 | Maartensdyk | farm hand | Rensselaer |
| 1651 | Dirk Willemsz (mark. Kingston 1662 (4); Col. Ms. XIII:154) | -- | Schalkwyk | house man, servant | Elbert Elbertsz |
| 1658 | Jan Willemsz | -- | Heerden | | Claes Hendriksz van Schoonhoven at Ft. Orange |
| 1650 | Hendrik Willems | -- | Ysens (Esens) | baker's apprentrice | Joost Theunis van Norden |
| 1663 | Claes Woortman | -- | Groningen | farm hand | Pieter Alrichs |
| 1660 | Geertruid Wyngaert (probably Geertruid (van) Wyngaerden from Cologne who mar. Brkl. 1662 Jan Alberts de Wit) | -- | | house maid | Gabriel de Haes |
| 1651 | Cornelis Evertsz Wynkoop | 24 | buurschap (neighborhood) Wyckerom near Eeden, Gelderland | | |
The foregoing list of SERVANTS AND EMPLOYEES HIRED IN NEW NETHERLAND is based on the DE ROEVER NOTES. Some few of these individuals have been discussed in the two previous installments of the present paper.
Source:
Hoffman, William J., "Random Notes Concerning Settlers of Dutch Descent," The American Genealogist, Whole Number 115, Volume 30, Number: 1 (January 1954), pp. 38-44.
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