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* He was a grandson of Ruth Jacobszen, alias Rut Van Woert, of Rensselaerswyck, and his wife, Tryntje Janse Van Breestede, and the son of Harmen Rutgers, of Albany, and his wife, Catharina, dau. of Anthony de Hooges. His father and mother removed from Albany to New York, and joined the Dutch Church in the latter place, Sept. 3, 1696. Pearson says Harmen, the elder, was still living in 1720. HARMANUS RUT- GERS and CATHARINA MEYER3 had issue :
I. HARMANUS RUTGERS, bap. May 2, 1 08 ; m. June 7, 1729, ELIZABETH, dau. of Robert and Cornelia (Roos) BENSON. She was bap. Nov. 24, 1708. They had the following named children baptized in the Dutch Church, in New York : 1. Harmanus, bap. April 5, 1730 ; 2. Robert, bap. July 4, 1731 ; 3. Harmanus bap. Oct. 8, 1732 ; 4. Antony, bap. Jan. 20, 1734 ; 5. Cornelia, bap. Oct. 31, 1736 ; 6. Catharina, bap. June 2, 1738 ; 7. Margarita, bap. Feb. 13, 1740 ; 8. Maria, bap. Sept. 13, 1741 ; and 9. Hendrick, bap. May, 23, 1743.
2. ELSJE RUTGERS, bap. Feb. 1, 1710 ; m. Jan. 27, 1731, JOHN MARSHALL, and had baptized in the Dutch Church, in New York : 1. Anna Maria, bap. Oct. 6, 1731 ; 2. Harmanus, bap. March 14, 1739 ; 3. Edward, bap. April 29, 1741 ; and 4. John, bap. June 22, 1743.
3. HENDRIK RUTGERS, bap. Feb. 24, 1712; m. Jan. 29, 1732, CATHARINA, dau. of Capt. Johannes and Anna (Bancker) DE PEYSTER. She was bap. July 22, 1711. They had the following named children bap- tized in the Dutch Church, in New York : 1. Catharina, bap. Oct. 8, 1732; 2. Johannes, bap. Jan. 1, 1735 ; 3. Anna, bap. Jan. 9. 1737 ; 4. Harmanus, bap. Oct. 22, 1738 ; 5. Elizabeth, bap. Jan. 17, 1742 ; 6. Har- manus, bap. Nov. 27, 1743 ; 7. Hendrik, bap. Oct. 20, 1745 ; 8. Maria, bap. Nov. 1, 1747 ; and 9. Har- manus, bap. Oct. 4, 1749.
4. CATHARINA RUTGERS, bap. Feb. 21, 1714 ; m. Dec. 27, 1729, ABRAHAM, son of John and Catharina (Meyer) VAN HORNE. He was bap. Oct. 31, 1708. They had the following named children baptized in the Dutch Church, in New York : 1. Catharina, bap. May 14, 1732; 2. Abraham, bap. Jan. 9, 1737 ; 4. Margareta, bap. Oct. 3, 1739 ; 4. Elizabeth, bap. April 28, 1742 ; 5. Jacobus, bap. April 21, 1745 ; 6. Her- man, bap. Sept. 27, 1747 ; and 7. Eva, bap. March 4. 1750.
5. MARIA RUTGERS, bap. April 11, 1716; died young.
6. ANTHONY RUTGERS, bap. June 8, 1718 ; died young.
7. EVA RUTGERS, bap. Aug. 30, 1719 : m. about 1741, JOHN, son of Samuel and Maria (Spratt) PROVOOST. See N. Y. G. AND B. RECORD, vol. VI., p. 17.
8. JOHANNES RUTGERS, bap. Feb. 11, 1722 ; died young.
+ METJE GREVENRAET, a widow as early as 1664, and who then occupied a small house on the east side of Whitehall, north of Stone Street, is said by Mr. Valentine to have been the mother of Isaac Grevenraet, named in the text, to whom she bequeathed considerable real estate in this city. There is reason to doubt this rela- tionship. In the list of Old Members of the Dutch Church her name is entered Metje Andries, which seems
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ancestress of the De Riemer family of New York, but perhaps better known in her day as "Mother Drisius." Gestorven is written opposite Tryntje Grevenraet's name in the Church Members' book, but no clue is given to the time of her decease. The last notice found of her is on Dec. 31, 1664, at which date she was sponsor at the baptism of Dirckje, dau. of Jan Dircks- zen (Van Aernam). He married second, Dec. 12, 1677, Baertje, dau. of Hendrick Kip, Sen., and widow of Jan Wanshaer, by whom he had no issue. He was living Feb. 24, 1689, but had deceased before June 12, 1700. He had 3 sons and 3 daughters ; the eldest son and daughter were born in Amsterdam, of which city both parents were probably natives. Issue :
2. i. ANDRIES,2 born in Amsterdam; joined the Dutch Church in New York Aug. 4, 1669. His name appears sometimes in the records Andries Janszen. In 1674 he resided near his father in Bridge Street, and followed the trade of house-carpenter. He married, Nov. 5, 1671, VROUWTJE IDEN VAN DER VORST or VAN VORST, dau. of Ide Corneliszen Van Vorst and Hilletje Jans. She was bap. Aug. 24, 1653, and joined the Dutch Church in New York July 28, 1670. Her father resided at Ahasimus, now within the corporate limits of Jersey City, and is said to have been the first white male child born and married in New Netherland .* They had issue bap. in the Dutch Church in New York: 1. Catryntie,3 bap. Sept. 8, 1672 ; m. March 20, 1693, JOHANNES, son of Cornelis Janszen and Anna Maria (Jans), VAN HORNE. 2. Annetie,3 bap. Feb. 21, 1677 ; m. July 29, 1702, JAMES SEBREN [CEBRA ?]. 3. Aefje,3 bap. June 4, 1679. 4. Johannes,3 bap. May 14, 1681 ; m. Sept. 22, 1704, SARA, dau. of Isaac and Lysbeth (Van der Spiegel, DE FOREEST; she was bap. March 10, 1686. They had 12 children bap. in the Dutch Church in New York. 5. Andries,3 bap. Nov. 24, 1686 ; m. Feb. 23, 1708, GEERTIE WESSELS, dau. of Laurens Wessels and Aeltje Jans Hendrickse Van Bommel, alias Aeltje Splinters. ANDRIES MEYER 3 was a Cordwainer in New York, and died early in the spring of 1767, leaving his wife Geertie surviving, and naming in his will only beside her his eldest son Andries. They had 10 children bap. in the Dutch Church in New York. 6. Cornelis,5 bap. April 12, 1689, of whom we have no further account. It is probable that ANDRIES MEYER? and his wife Vroutje Van Vorst had beside the children above named the follow- ing, viz .: 1. Hillegond,3 who m. July 12, 1696, JOHANNES HARDENBURG, who settled in New York from Albany ; 2. Elsje,3 who m. Feb. 3, 1704, EVERT DUYCKINCK ; and 3. Ide,3 born about 1674 ; m. Oct. 25, 1704, ANNATJE, dau. of Claes Gerritszen RAVESTEYN or RAVENSTEIN and Maria Jans Van Rollegom ; she was bap. June 3, 1687. They had 10 children bap. in the Dutch Church in New York.
to have been one of the family names of the Grevenraets. In Dominie Selyn's list of the Members of the Church in 1686 her name appears as Metje Grevenraet, the widow of Anthony Jansen. Their children, if any they had, would, according to the Dutch rule, have borne the family name of Antonissen. A Dutch woman usually retained after marriage, and even in her widowhood, her maiden name, which, of course, dif- fered from that of her children. Hence, in the absence of proof, we deem it more likely that Metje Greven- raet was the sister rather than that she was the mother of Isaac Grevenraet.
* Valentine's Manual, 1862, p. 768. A correction of this statement, as well as the one that Sara Rapalje was the first child of European parents born in the Colony of New Netherland, will be found in Dankers and Sluyter's Journal in the Memoirs of the Long Island Historical Society, Vol. I., p. 114. From the state- ment there made it appears that to Jean Vigne (also written Vinge) belongs the honor, so long accorded to Sara Rapalje, of being the first white child born in New Netherland, and claimed by Mr. Valentine for Ide Corneliszen Van Vorst as the first white male child born and married in the Colony. The marriage of Jean Vigne to his first wife. Emmerentia Van Nieuwerzluys, antedates the earliest records of the Dutch Church of New Amsterdam. He married his second wife, Weiske Huytes (Niesje Huytes), widow of Andries Andries- zen. in Brooklyn, in the spring of 1682 (date of betrothal in New York Feb. 15, 1682), and died, it is supposed, without issue, in 1691, aged 77 years. Gosen Vinge joined the Dutch Church in New York Sept. 4, 1673. What relation, if any, he was to Jean Vinge is unknown.
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3. ii. DIRCKJE,2 born in Amsterdam ; sometimes called DIRCKJE JANS ; joined the Dutch Church in New York January, 1660 ; m. June 3, 1670 (the Bergen Church record says June 20, 1670), ENOCH MICHIELSZEN [VREELAND], son of Michiel Janszen * and Fytie Hermans. His name appears indifferently in the records as Enoch Michielszen and Enoch Vreeland. He was probably that child of Michiel Janszen whose name at the baptism, Oct. 24, 1649, has been omitted from the record. They lived in Bergen, N. J. She died Oct. 5, 1688 ; he m. second, Sept. 16, 1691, GRIETIE WESSELS, { widow of Jan Janszen Langedyck, by whom he had no issue ; she died Nov. 20, 1697 ; he m. third, Jan. 13, 1704, AEFJE, dau. of Joris Janszen and Maria (Rutgers) VAN HORNE ; she was bap. March 16, 1680. He died Aug. 17, 1714. He had issue by his first wife five sons and three daughters, bap. in New York, as follows :
I. ELSJE VREELAND, bap. Nov. 12, 1671 ; m. Feb. 13, 1688, EDWARD EARLE, young man from Maryland, who settled at Secaucus, N. J., in 1676. Will dated May 16, 1709, proved May 8, 1717.§ They had bap. in the First Ref. (Dutch) Church in Hackensack, N. J .: 1. Marmeduke, bap. -
- - , 1696 ; m. - De Maree ; 2. Willem, bap. Oct. 13, 1700 ; m. at Hack- ensack, June 14, 1723, Maria Frans (French) ; 3. Elsje, bap. Dec. 7, 1701 ; m. at Hackensack, May 24, 1728, George Simmons, from Philadelphia ; 4. Philippus, bap. June' 10, 1703 ; 5. Jammesyn (?), bap. March 18, 1705 ; 6. Silvester, bap. Aug. 1Q, 1707 ; m. Magtel Zabriskie ; 7. Tiodora, bap. April 10, 1709 ; 8. Nataniel, bap. Nov. 26, 1710; m. at Hackensack, Aug. 19, 1737, Fransintje Banta. The record of the Ref. Church in Ber- gen, N. J., gives the name and date of birth of some of Edward and Elsje (Vreeland) Earle's children as follows: 1. Edward, bap. April 22, 1690 ; m. Elizabeth Frans, and had bap. at Hackensack Edward, April 11, 1720, and Jan, June 15, 1723 ; 2. (Son), born May 28, 1692. (This was proba- bly Enoch Earle, who m. a De Maree, by whom he had Anna and Mary, bap. at Hackensack, June 15, 1723) ; 3. Hannah, born March 26, 1695 ; 4. Maanedirck (Marmaduke), born Oct. 6, 1696 ; 5. Johannis, born Sept. 8, 1698 ; 6. (Son), born May 1, 1703 (prob. Philip) ; 7. (Daughter), born Oct. - , 1704.
2. CATHARINA VREELAND, bap. May 15, 1673; m. May 27, 1692, AERT ELBERTSZEN. (In the Bergen Church record this name is Aert Albertse, and the date of marriage June 26, 1692.) They had bap. in the Dutch Church in New York : 1. Dirckje, bap. Nov. 5, 1692 ; 2. Elbert, bap. Dec. 17, 1693 ; 3. Enoch, bap. July 14, 1695 ; 4. Johannes, bap. March 27, 1698 ; 5. Abraham, bap. April 28, 1700; 6. Wessel, bap. Jan. 28, 1702 ; 7. Benjamin, bap. Sept. 12, 1703 ; and 8. Benjamin, bap. June 2, 1705.
* MICHIEL JANSZEN, the common ancestor of the VREELAND family in this country, came from Broeckhuy- sen, and left Holland Oct. 1, 1636, in the ship Rensselaerwyck, with his wife and two children. He was a boereknecht, or farm servant, and settled at first at Greenbush, opposite Albany. He became a resident of New Amsterdam about 1644. His own and wife's name appear in the list of Old Members of the Dutch Church there. In 1646 they removed to Communipaw (N. J.). He died in 1663. His wife died Sept. 21, 1697. For a further account of them and their children see Winfield's History of Hudson County, N. J., P. 439.
t GRIETIE WESSELS was probably the dau. of Wessel Evertszen and Geertie Boute, bap. March 28, 1644, her father's name being entered at the baptism Wessel Kever (?). She married first, Aug. 15, 1666, Elbert Aertsen, and joined with him the Dutch Church in New York Nov. 4, 1670. They had two sons, Arent, bap. June 19, 1667, and Wessel, bap. April 7, 1669. She m. second, April 28, 1672, Jan Janszen [Lange- dyck], from St. Martin, in Holland, by whom she had no issue bap. in the Dutch Church in New York.
# For a fuller account of him and his descendants, particularly of his son Joris Vreeland, born Sept. 25, 1710, and bap. in the Church at Bergen, see Winfield's History of Hudson Co., N. J., pp. 443-45.
§ Winfield's Land Titles in Hudson Co., N. J., pp. 130-31.
I Winfield's Land Titles in Hudson Co., N. J., p. 366.
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3. MICHIEL VREELAND, bap. Jan. 27, 1675 ; died unmarried. He was non compos mentis .*
4. JOHANNES VREELAND, bap. April 7, 1677 ; m. June 8, 1701, Maria Beger, so says the marriage record. The right name, however, is MARIA CREGIER ; she was the dau. of Ma tin Cregier, Jr., of Albany, and his wife Jannetje Hendrickse Van Doesburgh.t They had bap. in the Dutch Church in New York. I. Maria, bap. Nov. 29, 1702 ; 2. Catharina, bap. Nov. 19, 1704; 3. Enoch, bap. Jan. 22, 1707 ; and 4. Martinus, bap. April 3, 1709.
5. ABRAHAM VREELAND, bap. June 22, 1678 ; m. at Bergen, Oct. 28, 1699, MARGRIETJE JACOBSE VAN WINCKEL.
6. FYTIE VREELAND, bap. Feb. 28, 1680 ; m. PERIGRINE SANDFORD, son of Capt. William and Sarah (Whartman) Sandford, of New Barbadoes, N. J.
7. ISAAC VREELAND, bap. Jan. 14, 1683 ; m. at Hackensack, March 23, 1706, TRINTIE SIMESE VAN WINCKEL. Mr. Winfield gives this name Tryntje Newkirk, with date of marriage as above. Isaac and Trintie Simese (Van Winckel) Vreeland had two children bap. in the Church at Hackensack, viz., Simon, bap. June 5, 1709, and Annetie, bap. March 18, 1712.
8. ENOCH VREELAND, bap. Aug. 4, 1687 ; m. Oct. 22, 1709, MARIA ST. LEGER, widow, nee Van Horne. She was probably the dau. of Cornelis Janszen and Anna Maria (Jans) VAN HORNE ; she was bap. July 23, 1681. Enoch and Maria (Van Horne) Vreeland had issue bap. in the Dutch Church in New York : I. Enoch, bap. Oct. 4, 1710 ; 2. Cornelus, bap. Jan. 28, 1713 ; and 3. Efje, bap. Aug. 12, 1722.
ENOCH MICHIELSE VREELAND and AEFJE JORIS VAN HORNE, his third wife, had four children bap. in the Dutch Church in New York, as given below, his name appearing in the baptismal record as Enoch Michielse, Enoch Michielse Vrelant, and Enoch Vrelant, Sen. The youngest son, Benjamin, must have been over three years old at the time of his baptism, as that event took place long after the death of his father.
9. JACOB VREELAND, bap. March 28, 1705.
IO. HELENA VREELAND, bap. Jan. 14, 1713.
II. ELIAS VREELAND, bap. March 4, 1715.
12. BENJAMIN VREELAND, bap. December 11, 1717.
4. iii. JOHANNES2, bap. Feb. 25, 1652 ; frequently called Jan Janszen Meyer, and by trade a carpenter ; joined the Church in New York, Au- gust 4, 1669 ; m. June 13, 1677, ANNETJE VAN VORST, sister of his brother Andrie's wife. In 1686, they were living in Smit Straat, now William, below Wall Street. About 1694, he removed to Tappan, where his two youngest children were born and baptized.į They had issue bap. in New York. 1. Jan,3 bap. March 27, 1678; 2. Catharina,3 bap. Feb. 4, 1680 ; 3. Iden,3 bap. Jan. 27, 1682 ; 4 and 5, Johannes3 and Judith,3 twins, bap. May 11, 1684 ; 6. Ide,3 bap. Jan. 16, 1687 ; 7 and 8. Hillegond3 and · Dirckje,3 twins, bap. Aug. 30, 1689 ; 9 and 10. Cornelis3 and Annetje,3 twins, bap. June 12, 1692 ; II. Elizabeth,3 bap. at Tappan, June 1, 1695 ; 12. Andries,3 bap. at T., Oct. 14, 1697.§ For a further account of this
* Winfield's History of Hudson Co., p. 445.
+ Pearson's First Settlers of Albany, p. 35.
+ Cole, Genealogy, pp. 32-33. § Idem.
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family, see Cole, Genealogy, or " Isaac Kool (Cool or Cole) and Catharine Serven, &c., their descendants, &c., by Rev. David Cole, D.D.," New York, 1876, pp. 32-33.
5. iv. LYSBETH,2 bap. Jan. 31, 1655 ; m. Dec. 29, 1678, ELIAS CORNE- LISZEN, from New Castle on the Delaware, then living in New York. They had two sons baptized in New York, viz., Cornelis, bap. Sep. 3, 1679, and Johannes, bap. Jan. 14, 1682, of whom and their parents we have no further account.
6. v. PIETER,2 bap. March 25, 1657 ; m. Jan. 16, 1678, BATJE [Betty, or Elizabeth] JANS, Van Haert in Gelderland. She joined the Dutch Church in New York, Feb. 26, 1673, while it appears he was never a member. In 1686 they were living in Marketfield Street. In 1703, his family consisted of one male, one female, and five children .* He had issue bap. in the Dutch Church in New York : I. Catharina,3 bap. Nov. 8, 1678 ; m. August 9, 1696, ZACHARIAS WEEKS, from New England. 2. Marritie,3 bap. Jan. 20, 1680 ; died young. 3. Cornelia,3 bap. Oct. 6, 1681 ; died young. 4. Cornelia,3 bap. Dec. 10, 1682 ; she is probably the Cornelia Meyer who m. April 23, 1704, CORNELUS TIMMER or TIMBER, who was prob. son of Wydt Cornelis Timmer and Jannetje Joris Van Alst. She became a widow, and married second, Jan. 17, 1718, MICHIEL BAS- SETT, and was again a widow the same year. She had no children by either husband bap. in the Dutch Church in New York. 5. Maryken,3 [Maria] bap. Feb. 13, 1687; m. June 15, 1707, DR. JOHANNES VAN BUREN, { from Amsterdam. 6. Lysbeth,3 bap. Sept. 28, 1690 ; m. 1711,
* Valentine's History of New York, p. 356.
+ DR. JAN or JOHANNES VAN BEUREN, said to have been born about 1678 (N. Y. G. & B. RECORD, vol. vii., p. 46), was a native of Amsterdam, a graduate of the University of Leyden, and came to New York in 1700. About 1724, he removed with his family from New York to Flatbush, L. I. In 1728-9, he returned to New York, where he probably continued to reside until his death. He was living July 31, 1751, but deceased prior to Oct. 16, 1757, leaving his wife and at least five of his children surviving him. His name appears in the records of the Ref. Dutch Church in New York, indifferently as Van Buren, Van Beuren, Van Bueren, and Van Buuren. His descendants, we believe, now spell the name VAN BEUREN, in contradistinction to the VAN BUREN family of the Upper Hudson, of whom Cornelis Maas Van Buren was the ancestor. It is to be questioned, however, whether this orthography obtains among all his descendants. He had issue bap. in the Dutch Church in New York as follows :
I. PIETER VAN BEUREN, bap. Sept. 18, 1709 ; died young.
2. CHRISTINA VAN BEUREN, bap. March 2, 1711 ; died young.
3. PIETER VAN BEUREN, twins, bap. Jan. 21, 1713.
4. MARIA VAN BEUREN,
5. MICHIEL VAN BEUREN, bap. Jan. 26, 1715 ; died young.
6. CORNELIA VAN BEUREN,
7. ELIZABETH VAN BEUREN, S twins, bap. Jan. 30, 1717.
8. CATHARINA VAN BEUREN, bap. Aug. 31, 1718 ; m. at Flatbush, Aug. 3, 1743, GERRIT DE GRAUW, and had bap. in the Dutch Church in New York. I. Johannes, bap. June 21, 1747 , 2. Walter, bap. June 22, 1749, and 3. Maria, bap. July 31, 1751.
9. ELIZABETH VAN BEUREN, bap. Feb. 1, 1721 ; m. August 6, 1746, DR. ENGELBERT KEMMENA, some- times written Kammega and Cammena. There were several of this name at Hackensack, N. J., in the early part of the last century, probably descendants of Hendrick Janszen Cammega, of Flatbush, 1686-8, but I have been unable to trace any connection between them and the Doctor, and probably there was none. These were Henry Kammega, who m. at H. Feb. 9, 1717, Margariet Mattyse ; Johannes Kammega, of New Utrecht, L. I., who m. at H., Jan. 19, 1723, Vroutie Jonkbloet, widow ; Daniel Cammena, from Long Island, who m. at H., Aug. 29, 1735, Geesje Loots ; and Abraham Cammega and wife, Lija Maris, who had dau. Maria bap. at H., April 10, 1726. DR. ENGELBERT KEMMENA, was naturalized in 1750, and ad- mitted a Freeman of the city of New York in 1765, being then engaged and for some years previously in practice there as a Surgeon. On the 3d of July. 1775, he endorsed the application of John Hammell for appointment as Surgeon in the Provincial Army, certifying that said Hammell had studied Physic and Sur- gery with him "full seven years," and recommending him as a proper person capable of practising the heal- ing art. (Val. Manuel, 1856, Hist. MSS. Rev. Papers 1-109.) He sold a lot of ground in " Market Street, formerly called Maiden Lane," on the 9th Sept. 1794, to Wm. Wilmerding, merchant, and was then a "Practitioner of Physic" in the city. This is the last notice found of him, and he probably died soon after, having survived his wife some years. He had no children bap. in the Dutch Church in New York.
IO. MICHIEL VAN BEUREN, bap. Jan. 1, 1723. He was a Cordwainer in the city of New York, and ad- mitted a Freeman of the city in 1765. His wife's name was JANNETJE HENDRICKS. They had bap. in the Dutch Church in New York : I. Johannes, bap. May 19, 1757 ; 2. Elizabeth, bap. Jan. 31, 1759; 3. Jo- hannes, bap. Dec. 17, 1760 ; 4. Daniel, bap. Nov. 10, 1762 ; 5. Elizabeth, bap. Sept. 16, 1764; 6. Beek- man, bap. Aug. 31, 1766 ; 7. Michiel, bap. Sept. 15, 1770 ; and 8. Elizabeth, bap. Sept. 22, 1772.
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ANTHONY HAM, of New York. They had 10 children bap. in the Dutch Church in New York. 7. Barentje,3 bap. Oct. 26, 1692. 8. Johannes,3 bap. Feb 4, 1694; m. May 27, 1719, ELIZABETH, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Van Thuyl) PELL ; she was bap. Sept. 1, 1700. They had 11 children bap. in the Dutch Church in New York.
7. vi. ELSJE, bap. Feb. 25, 1663 ; no further account.
I. MARTIN JANSZEN MEYER,' Van Elsvliet, married in New Amsterdam. Oct. 28, 1662, HENDRICKJE HERMANS from Amsterdam. Their marriage is also recorded in the Brooklyn Church Records under date of Nov. 19, 1662. It is not improbable that he is identical with the Martin Janszen, also called Martin Janszen Van Breuckelen, who was a resident of Amers- fort, L. I., as early as 1653, and a magistrate there in 1656-7, and 1658. He followed the occupation of Blacksmith, and his name frequently appears in the records as Martin Janszen Smit, and sometimes Martin Meyer Smith ; at the baptism of his youngest dau., Helena, it is recorded Martin Smidt. It appears that neither he nor his wife were members of the Dutch Church of New Amsterdam .* On the 17th July, 1664, he obtained a patent for a lot, garden, and orchard in Smith's valley, then without the city limits, and in the vicinity of the present Pearl, north of Wall Street. This was in ex- change for his former premises, situated under the city fortifications, which, with a number of others was-in order to strengthen the city defenses- ordered to be demolished, by an ordinance passed Oct. 16, 1673. On the 22ª November, 1683, he and his wife conveyed a portion of this prop- erty to George Heathcote,t and December 17, 1685, a city commission of four persons was ordered to examine the grounds and report "what incon-
II. JACOBUS VAN BEUREN, twins, bap. August 3, 1729.
12. CHRISTINA VAN BEUREN
13. BEEKMAN VAN BEUREN, bap. Nov. 5, 1732. Adopting the profession of his father, he settled in New York, where he was engaged in the practice of Physic until the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Dr. Francis says that " strong opposition was met in those days to the adoption of inoculation for the small-pox, as pursued by Dr. Van Beuren in the Old Alms House, prior to 1770." He m. First, April 12, 1754, HYLTJE DE PEYSTER, dau. of William and Margaret (Roosevelt) de Peyster, by whom he had one dau., Margaret, bap. Sept. 12, 1755. He m. Second, Dec. 25, 1756, ELIZABET GILBERT, dau. of William and Maria (Van Zandt) Gilbert. They had bap. in the Dutch Church in New York : 2. Johannes, bap. Oct. 16, 1757 ; 3. William, bap. Nov. 22, 1758 ; died young ; 4. Maria, bap. Jan. 27, 1760 ; died young ; 5. Maria, bap. April 29, 1764 ; 6. Beekman, bap. Feb. 9, 1766, 7. William, bap. Nov. 15, 1767 ; 8. Hendrikus, bap. July 30, 1769 ; 9. Catharina, bap. Aug. 4, 1771 ; died young ; and 10. Catharina, bap. Feb. 14, 1773.
DR. JOHANNES VAN BEUREN, and his wife, Maria Meyer, 3 had besides the thirteen children above named, two sons, viz., JAN VAN BEUREN, JR., who m. Femetie - , and had bap. at New Utrecht, L. I., Maria, bap. May 18, 1729, and Jan, bap. Nov. 7, 1730, and probably others ; and DR. HENDRICK VAN BEUREN, born at Flatbush, Nov. 12, 1725 ; who m. First, at Flatbush, Nov. 28, 1747, Johanna Albertsen, dau. of Johannes Albertse, of Bushwick, L. I. He m. Second, Catryntie Van Voorhees, by whom he had son Johannes, bap. at Flatbush, July 21, 1754, and probably others. He was engaged in the practice of Physic and Surgery at Flatbush as early as 1754, and was a noted Loyalist in Kings County during the Revolution- ary War.
* The number of persons who were not church members, was always large in proportion to the number of the residents of the city. In 1686, the population of New York was about 3,800, the majority of whom were of course Dutch, or of Dutch descent, while there were only 354 men and women, and 702 children belong- ing to the Dutch Church at that time. (Olden Time in New York, &c. New York, 1833, p. 45.) The whole number of communicants received in the church from 1649, to Feb. 1701 inclusive, was 1812.
+ GEORGE HEATHCOTE came from the parish of Stepney, County of Middlesex, England. He was a Merchant and Shipmaster, in which latter capacity he was engaged in the English and West India trade from New York, as early as 1674-5. In August, 1676, he purchased a lot in Albany, which Professor Pear- son says was probably held by him for the purpose of occasional trade, till 1684, when he sold it to Robert Sanders. In Oct., 1676, he was fined and his liberty to trade restricted, for alleged seditious words, and declaring he had not the privileges of an Englishman, &c. This fine was afterwards returned, and he was allowed to trade freely, though he had much trouble with the authorities, who charged him with frequent violation of the revenue laws. After 1692, he removed to Fall's Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he died in Nov., 1710. In his will he speaks of his two grandchildren, " the children of John Barber, in London, which he had by my daughter, Deceased ; " also of his two sisters, Hannah Browne and Anna Lupton. Bequeaths a portion of his estate to his cousin, Caleb Heathcote, of the province of New York, who is appointed executor of the will.
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