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9. iii. SARA,3 bap. June 10, 1688 ; m., at Hackensack, N. J., April 30, 1709, Hendrick Janse Spier, of "Pommerpogg," N. J. ; she died before 1730, and had issue her surviving : Theunis, Maritie, Hannah, Janneke, and Leah.
BREVOORT.
(FIRST FOUR GENERATIONS.)
The head of this family was probably HENDRICK JANSZEN VAN BRE- VOORT,' "aged about 60 years" on the 8th of June, 1690, on which day his deposition was taken before the Mayor of New York respecting an as- sault upon Lieut .- Gov. Jacob Leisler.' It is said that he came from the town of Bredevoort, in Guelderland, to New Amsterdam about 1700.2 He was here earlier than this, and purchased, Feb. 24, 1679-80, of Egbert Wouterse, lands lying west of the New Streets, north of lands of Conradus Van der Beeck, and west of lands belonging to Hendrick Janse Van der Veen, and confirmed to him by Wouterse's heirs May 20, 1683. It is prob- able that he first settled in the vicinity of Mespath Kill (Newtown Creek,
ten, bap. Sept. 17, 1693 ; Johannes, bap. Aug. 8, 1694 ; Marritje, bap. July 29, 1596 ; Marten, bap. Oct. 9, 1698 ; Helena, bap. Feb. 2, 1701 ; all of whom were baptized as the children of foris Martenszen and Anna Schouten ; they also had Jores, bap. Jan. 5, 1703 ; Luykas, bap. April 9. 1704 ; and Blandina, bap. May 8, 1706, who were baptized as the children of foris Reyerse and Antje Schoute.
I Doc. Rel. to Col. Hist. of N. Y., Vol. 3, p. 740, and Cal. N. Y. Hist. MSS., English, p. 179.
2 Todd Genealogy, p. 28.
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L. I.), and may have been the Hendrick Jansen who was a resident, 1656, of Middleburg, afterwards Newtown.1 He probably had three children who lived to maturity, viz. :
I. i. JAN HENDRICKSZEN,2 (4).
2. ii. FRANS HENDRICKSZEN,2 (10).
3, iii. MARRITJE HENDRICKS,2 j. d., Van Brevoort, in't Sticht Van Uytrecht, op Stuyvesants bouwereye, who married Irst, July 2, 1673, Hendrick Bastiaenszen, j. m., Van Cuylenburg. He was prob. a son of Bastiaen Ellisen. Their children took the surname of Ellessen and Elles (Ellis ?). She became a widow and married 2ª Jacob Corneliszen Stille. Issue, by Irst husband : Hendrickje, bap. Aug. 23, 1673; m., Dec. 9, 1691, Dirck Zlyck (Slyck, Slyk, Slyke) ; Marritie, bap. Sept. 29, 1675 ; m., Sept. 26, 1706, Johannes Claesen Van Hey- ningen ; Hendrick, bap. Nov. 14, 1677 ; Jan, bap. Jan. 28, 1680 ; and Elias, bap. Jan. 14, 1682.
4. JAN HENDRICKSZEN2 [BREVOORT], (1) j. m., Van Amersfoort, op Mispat, married, Jan. 29, 1668, Annetje Bastiaens, j. d., from Werckhoven. She was prob. the dau. of Bastiaen Ellisen, Wheelwright, afterwards a farmer, who purchased, May 20, 1683, from the heirs of Egbert Wouterse, a lot of land lying near Stuyvesant's Bowery. This, with several other parcels, comprising the greater portion of the city bounded by 14th and roth Streets, Bowery and 6th Avenue, was conveyed Nov. 13, 1701, by Bastiaen Ellisen to Jan Hendrickse Brevoort.2
Jan (Hendrickse) Brevoort was tutor (Guardian) of the children of Hen- drick Bastiaense, whose widow, prob. his sister, married Jacob Cornelise Stille. He began to use the surname of Brevoort about 1696 ; was a far- mer and Assistant Alderman from the outward in 1702-3, and from 1707-8 to 1713-14, inclusive. His will is dated Oct. 28, 1714 ; proven Dec. 21, 1714 ; names late wife Annetie, deceased ; eldest son Henry, of the out- ward, Weaver ; son Elias, of the city of New York, Carpenter; daughters, Jannetie, wife of Thomas Seikelson, of the outward, Yeoman ; and Maria, wife of Zacharias Seikelson, of New Harlem, Blacksmith. Appoints his sons Henry and Elias Executors. Witnesses, Peter Arbell, Jan Willemse Rome (Romeyn ?), and John Conrad Codwise. Issue :
5. i. HENDRICKJE,3 bap. Jan. 13, 1669 ; d. young.
6. ii. HENDRICK BREVOORT,3 bap. Dec. 17, 1670 ; m. Irst, Aug. 26, 1699, Maryken [Van] Couwenhoven, j. d., from Noortwyck,3 dau. of Johannes Van Couwenhoven and Sara Frans ; she bap. April 2, 1679 ; m. 2ª, Oct. 5, 1705, Jaquemyntje Boke, dau. of Abraham Boke and Tannekin Andries, alias Tan- neke Van Driese. Issue : Johannes, bap. June 2, 1700 ; Maria, bap. Oct. 5, 1701 ; Abraham, bap. June 23, 1706 ; Abraham, bap. Sept. 24, 1707 ; Anneke, bap. Oct. 16, 1709 ; Hendrikus, bap. Dec. 9, 1711 ; Elias, bap. July 8, 1713; Elias, bap. May 1, 1715 ; and Jacob, bap. Oct. 2, 1717.
I Riker's Annals of Newtown, p. 43.
2 Hoffmann's Estate and Rights of the Corp. of N. Y., Vol. 2, p. 191.
3 A settlement on the North River side of the Island, called the Bengoe Bowery, also by the Indian name of Sapponikan, otherwise North Wycke or North Witts, and afterwards Greenwich .- Old Deed.
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He died about 1719, and his widow married, Oct. 21, 1721, Jacob Has- sing, and had Tanneke, bap. Aug. 19, 1722.
7. iii. MARRITJE JANS BREVOORT,3 bap. Nov. 12, 1673 ; m., Aug. 23, 1693, Zacharias Sickelszen (Sickels), j. m., from New Albany. Issue : Johannes, bap. July 29, 1694 ; Jacobus, bap. Nov. 17, 1695 ; Sacharias, bap. Sept. 4, 1698; Sacharias, bap. June 12, 1700 ; and Thomas, bap. March 28, 1703.
8. iv. ELIAS BREVOORT, 3 bap. June 21, 1676 ; m., May 16, 1701, Margri- etje Jans, alias Sammans, dau. of Jan Thomaszen and Aefje Jacobs ; she bap. Aug. 17, 1678. Issue : Aefje, bap. Aug. 27, 1701 ; Anneke, bap. Oct. 24, 1703; Hendrickje, bap. Nov. 21, 1705 ; Margrietje, bap. Feb. 18, 1708; Aegje [Aefje], bap. Jan. 17, 1711; Grietje, bap. Oct. 28, 1713 ; Johannes, bap. Sept. 18, 1715, and Elias, bap. March 30, 1718.
9. v. JANNETJE JANS BREVOORT,3 bap. April 9, 1679; m., April 5, 1702, Thomas Sickels. Issue : Sacharias, bap. Aug. 30, 1702; Sacharias, bap. Feb. 23, 1704; Hendrickje, bap. Oct. 7, 1705 ; Johannes, bap. March 16, 1707 ; Thomas, bap. March 6, 1709 ; Thomas, bap. Sept. 24, 1710 ; Wilhelmus, bap. April. 13, 1712; Marretje, bap. Sept. 13, 1713; Ro- berdt, bap. Nov. 2, 1715 ; Annetje, bap. June 2, 1717 ; Jan- netje, bap. Nov. 30, 1718; Jannetje, bap. Sept. 18, 1720 ; and Elizabeth, bap. Oct. 10, 1725.
10. FRANS HENDRICKSZEN,2 (2) j. m., Van Brevoort, married, Nov. 4, 1670, Beelitie Jacobs (Joris?), j. d., Van Brugge in Vlaenderen, Wonende in Mitpats Kill. At the baptism of her children she is called Belitie Joris, and probably was the dau. of Joris Stephenszen Van Alst and Geesie Har- mans ; bap. May 2, 1655. She became a widow, and m. 2ª, Dec. 5, 1684, George Atkins, j. m., from Virginia. Issue :
II. i. HENDRICK,3 bap. March 16, 1672.
12. ii. HENDRICK,3 bap. June 12, 1673.
13. iii. GEESIE FRANS BREVOORT, bap. Nov. 10, 1675 ; m., about 1694, Benjamin Bill. At the baptism of her children she is called Geesie Frans, Geesie Van Alst, Geesie Brevoort and Geesje Atkins. Issue : Abigail, bap. Nov. 13, 1695 ; Benjamin, born Oct. 14, 1698, bap. June 27, 1705 ; Susanna, bap. Oct. 31, 1705 ; Marytje, bap. Jan. 3, 1711 ; Penelope, bap. May 25, 1712 ; Penelope, bap. April 17, 1715, and John, bap. Jan. 1, 1718.
GREVENRAET.
(FIRST THREE GENERATIONS.)
ISAAC GREVENRAET™ (Greveraad, Greefraadt) came from Amsterdam and settled in New Amsterdam prior to 1652. Mr. Valentine says he was the son of Metje Grevenraet, from whom he inherited considerable real estate in this city. The earliest notice of him is found in the record of his first marriage, March 24th, 1652, to Elizabeth Jeuriaens j. d., also from
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Amsterdam. He was a Schepen in 1662 and 1664, and enrolled a small Burgher, April 26, 1657.1 On the 25th of October, 1673, he was appointed by Gov. Colve, Schont or Sheriff of the towns of Swaenburgh, Hurly, and Marbletown, in Esopus.2 He married 2ª, June 2, 1663, Marritje Jans. j. d., from Amsterdam. Issue : Henricus, bap. Aug. 5, 1657 ; Andries, bap. July 16, 1659 ; Hendrick, bap. June 28, 1662 ; By 2ª wife : Lysbeth, bap. Feb. 27, 1664 ; Abraham, bap. March 22, 1665 ; Lysbeth, bap. May 26, 1666; Lysbeth, bap. Dec. 11, 1667 ; Anna Elizabeth, bap. June 9, 1669 ; Margariet, bap. July 11, 1670 ; and Johannes, bap. Aug. 28, 1678.
ANDRIES GREVENRAETª (s. of Isaac1), bap. July 16, 1659 ; m., July 2, 1684, Anna, dau. of Johannes Van Brug and Tryntie Roelofs ; she bap. Sept. 10, 1662. He was captain and owner of a vessel, and engaged for many years in the coast trade between New York and Virginia. Will dated May 15, 1709 ; styled of the City of New York, mariner ; proven June 17, 1710 ; names wife Anne ; eldest son Isaac ; appoints his cousin Abraham Gouverneur, Nicholas Rosevelt, and his cousin, Isaac Gouverneur, guard- ians of his children. Issue : Elizabeth, bap. Dec. 4, 1685 ; Isaac, bap. Nov. 16, 1687 ; Catharine, bap. Oct. 30, 1689; Elizabeth, bap. March 29, 1691 ; Lucretie, bap. Oct. 23, 1692; Johannes, bap. Jan. 21, 1694 ; Hen- ricus, bap. April 26, 1696, and Lucretia, bap. Aug. 1, 1697.
HENDRICK GREVENRAET2 (s. of Isaac"), bap. June 28, 1662 ; m., May 5, 1686, Sarah Sanders dau. of Robert Sanders and Elsje Barents of Albany. Like his brother Andries, he was a sea-faring man. Will dated March 11, 1699, at " Blewfield, Jamaica," prob. Bluefields Bay, on the southwest coast of Jamaica, near Savannah la mar ; proven in 1699, the day and month not given ; names wife Sarah ; speaks of children, but names only his son Isaac, to whom he gives "a seal ring with a black stone in it marked H. G. M." Issue : Lysbeth, bap. in Albany, Dec. 25, 1686 ;3 Elsje, bap. Feb. 16, 1690 ; Lysbeth, bap. July 11, 1692 ; Isaac, bap. July 29, 1694. Marytje, bap. July 25, 1697, and Henricus, bap. July 30, 1699.
DE RIEMER.
(FIRST FOUR GENERATIONS.)
LYSBETH GREVENRAET, probably an elder sister of Isaac Grevenraet", and the ancestress of the DE RIEMER family, of New York, was an early resident of New Amsterdam. She was thrice married, Irst to [Isaac ?] de Riemer1, prob. in Amsterdam, where some of her children (all by him) were born. She m. 2ª, Elbert Elbertszen, Glasem (Glasier). Elbert Eldertse, prob. the same as the agent of Isaac Grevenraet, conveyed May 21, 1655, lot 27, in the village of Gravesend, L. I., to Peter Ebel.4 She m. 3rd, Feb. 14, 1659, Dominie Samuel Drisius, who was called to the church in New Amsterdam in 1652, as colleague pastor with Johannes Megapolensis, having previously been settled in the Dutch Church in London. He died in 1671.5 She died Dec. 25, 1687, leaving issue named in her will as fol- lows : Mrs. Margaret Steenwick ; Machtelt Gouverneur, widow of Nicholas
I O'Callaghan's Register of New Netherland, pp. 63-4, 184. 2 Doc. Rel. to Col. Hist. N. Y., vol. 2, p. 644.
3 Pearson's First Settlers of Albany, p. 56.
4 Cal. N. Y. Hist., MSS. Dutch, p. 59.
5 De Witt's Hist. Discourse, Aug., 1876.
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Gouverneur, dec'd ; Mr. Peter de Riemer and her deceased son, Hubart de Riemer. She also names Isaac and Elizabeth de Riemer, children of her deceased son, Hubart, gotten by Catharine - Issue :
2. i. MARGARET DE RIEMER2, from Amsterdam, m. Irst, June 5, 1658, Cornelis Steenwyck, from Haerlem. He was a Burgomaster in 1662, and Mayor of New York, 1682-3, an eminent mer- chant, and one of the most influential citizens of his time. A sketch of his life and character will be found in Valentine's Manual for 1864. He died in 1684. She m. 2ª, Oct. 20, 1686, Dominie Henricus Selyns,' widower of Machtelt Specht, by whom had no issue. She d. about 1712. Issue by Irst hus- band : Margariet, bap. Sept. 17, 1659 ; Jacob, bap. Nov. 13, 1661 ; Jacob, bap. Feb. 24, 1664 ; Isaacq, bap. Dec. 28, 1666 ; Cornelis, bap. April 7, 1669 ; Cornelis, bap. July 20, 1671 ; and Jacobus, bap. May 25, 1676.
3. ii. PIETER DE RIEMER?, born in Amsterdam about 1643. In his deposition, June 8, 1690, respecting the riot at New York, he says he was "aged about 47 yeares."? He was a Glasier-a trade he probably learned with his step-father, Elbert Elberts- zen. He m., Jan. 3, 1665, Susanna, dau. of Isaac de Foreest and Sara du Trieux. She bap. Jan. 22, 1645. His will is dated January 29, 1697 ; proven Oct. 5, 1702 ; names son Isaac and wife Susanna, who had deceased before Oct. 5, 1702. Their son Isaac bap. Jan. 10, 1666, m., Jan 10, 1689, Aeltje Wessels of New York, was a prominent merchant and an active partisan of Leisler. His brother-in-law, Jacob Teller, who was a sea-captain, was connected with him in various commercial enterprises. He was Mayor of the city in 1700, and was sometimes called Isaac de Riemer, sr., in contradistinction to his cousin, Isaac de Riemer, jr., son of Hubart2. Issue : Petrus, bap. Feb. 22, 1690; Isaac, bap. Sept. 6, 1691 ; Anna Elizabeth, bap. Sept. 10, 1693; Susanna, bap. July 21, 1695 ; Elizabeth, bap. Aug. 25, 1700 ; Margarita, bap. April 2, 1704; Isaac, bap. Jan. 25, 1708 ; and Steenwyck, bap. April 23, 1710.
4. iii. MR. HUYBERT DE RIEMER?, so named in the list of church mem- bers, joined the Dutch Church in New York, Aug. 24, 1671. Opposite his name is written "Gestorven op Meeuwis." The place of his death here referred to was probably the town of Meaux or Meuse, in France, on the river of that name, and where his daughter Elizabeth was born. Mr. Valentine says he followed the profession of a Naval Surgeon, and married a respectable lady of this city.3 He was probably married abroad, as there is no record of that event in the Dutch Church here. By wife Catharine he had issue : Isaac and Elizabeth. His son, Isaac, m., April 28, 1705, Antje Woert- man, dau. of Dirck Janse, of the Ferry, alias Dirk Janse Woertman and Maritje Teunis ; she was bap. in Brooklyn,
I Dom. Henricus Selyns, m. July 25, 1662, Machtilda Specht, j. d., from Uytrecht. They had one daughter, Agneta, bap. in New Amsterdam, July 1, 1663. Machtilda Specht d. Feb., 1686 ; Dom. Selyns d. July, 1701.
2 Doc. Rel. to Col. Hist. of N. Y. vol. 3. p. 741.
3 Valentine's Manual, 1853, P. 397.
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June 15, 1684. They had issue : Isaac, bap. June 20, 1708 ; Hubertus, bap. Dec. 13, 1710 ; Marritje, bap. Jan. 27, 1714 ; Catharina, bap. Aug. 1, 1716 ; Elizabeth, bap. Feb. 11, 1719; Antje, bap. Oct. 4, 1721 ; Abraham, bap. June 17, 1724 ; and Dirk, bap. Oct. 5, 1726.
His daughter Elizabeth, j. d., Van Meeuwis, m., May 23, 1701, Henricus, son of Barent Hendrickse Courten (Coerten) and Styntie Wessels ; he bap. Dec. 22, 1675. His will is dated Nov. 4, 1741 ; proven April 30, 1748. Issue : Margreta, bap. Dec. 13, 1704; m., Dec. 13, 1732, William Kingsland ; Christina, bap. Feb. 10, 1708 ; Catharina, bap. June 21, 1710; Catharina, bap. Jan. 27, 1712 ; Elizabeth, bap. Oct. 7, 1713 ; Anna, bap. Jan. 25, 1716 ; Hendrikus, bap. Oct. 6, 1717 ; Barent, bap. Dec. 25, 1718, and Elizabeth, bap. Feb. 15, 1721. His wife was living at the date of his will, and only the following named children : Barent, Margareta, Christina, and Anna.
5. iv. MACHTELT DE RIEMER?, the widow of Nicholas Gouverneur, joined the Dutch Church in New York, Nov. 29, 1682. He joined July 9, 1663. He was a prominent merchant in Amsterdam, engaged in trading to New Netherland. Though residing some time in New Amsterdam, it is believed that the greater portion of his life was spent in France and Holland, the former being his native country. He was living in Am- sterdam, July 12, 1677,' and probably died there. His widow m. 2ª, Oct. 14, 1685, Jasper Nissepadt, Baker, of New York, and widower of Janneken Legende. She survived her 2ª husband, and died about 1713 ; by him she had issue . Elizabeth, bap. Sept. 5, 1686 ; Elizabeth, bap. Jan. 1, 1688 ; and Margarietje, bap. Nov. 17, 1689. By her Irst husband she had two sons : Abraham and Isaac.
ABRAHAM GOUVERNEUR, son of Nicholas Gouverneur and Machtelt de Riemer,? born 1671. In 1689, then a youth of eighteen, he was made Clerk of Leisler's Committee of Safety and Town Clerk of New York.2 He was attainted of high treason, April, 1691, with Leisler and Milborne, condemned to death, and his property confiscated. This judgment was reversed in 1695, and his estate restored.3 He was elected to the Assembly in 1699, served until 1702, was Speaker in 1701, " and was regarded in his time as among the ablest and best of the Leislerian party." He married Mary Milborne, widow of Jacob Milborne, and dau. of Jacob Leisler, m. 1., dated May 16, 1699. She was bap. Dec. 12, 1669, and died 1751. His will is dated Sept. 12, 1739 ; proven Oct. 8, 1470. Issue :
I. NICOLAAS GOUVERNEUR, bap. Feb. 25, 1700 ; m., about 1723, Geer- truyt Reinders [Rynders], dau. of Barent Reinders and Hester Leisler. He died before Sept. 1739, leaving issue : Abraham, Esther, Barent, and Nicholas. His widow m. 2d,
I Doc. Rel. to Col. Hist. N. Y., Vol. 2, pp. 542-752.
2 Valentine's Manual, 1864, pp. 582.
3/Doc. Hist. N. Y., Vol. 2, pp. 542 -- 752.
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Oct. 14, 1741, David, son of William Provoost and Aefje Van Exveen, and removed to Hackensack, N. J.
2. JACOBA GOUVERNEUR, bap. Dec. 5, 1701.
3. ELIZABETH GOUVERNEUR, bap. July 9, 1704 ; died 1751, unmarried.
4. JACOB GOUVERNEUR, bap. May 7, 1710 ; died young.
5. MARIA GOUVERNEUR, bap. July 13, 1712 ; m. Irst, Sep. 23, 1735, Henry Myer, Jr., son of Hendrick Myer and Wyntje Rhee. He was bap. July 26, 1713. She m. 2ª, Dec. 31, 1742, Jasper Farmer, merchant, of New York.
ISAAC GOUVERNEUR, son of Nicholas Gouverneur and Machtelt de Riemer,2 was a merchant, in New York. He m., June 24, 1704, Sara, daughter of Dr. Samuel Staats and Johanna Reynders [Rynders]. His will is dated May 16, 1728 ; date of probate not given. He probably died in 1728 ; Issue.
I. JOHANNA GOUVERNEUR, bap. April [15, 1705; m., May 10, 1729, Cornelis, son of Cornelis and Margaret (Van Borsum) Low. He was bap. March 31, 1700.
2. MAGDALENA GOUVERNEUR, bap. Aug. 18, 1706 ; m. John Hall.
3. SAMUEL GOUVERNEUR, bap. Feb. 29, 1708; died young.
4. MARGARETA GOUVERNEUR, bap. Sept. 2, 1709 ; died Nov., 1758, unmarried.
5. ALIDA GOUVERNEUR, bap. April 8, 1711 ; m., May 12, 1737, John Broughton, and had issue : Shelton, John, Sara, and Mary.
6. NICOLAAS GOUVERNEUR, bap. April 19, 1713.
7. SARA GOUVERNEUR, bap. Oct. 17, 1714 ; m., Nov. 3, 1746, Lewis Morris, jr. She was his second wife, and died at Morrisania, Jan. 14, 1786. He died same place, July 3, 1762.1
8. GEERTRUY GOUVERNEUR, bap. March 9, 1716.
9. SAMUEL GOUVERNEUR, bap. Feb. 20, 1720.
IO. ISAAC GOUVERNEUR, bap. Oct. 8, 1721.
II. ABRAHAM GOUVERNEUR, bap. Sept. 29, 1723.
ZYPERUS.
In August, 1659, Rev. Michiel Zyperus (Superius) left the island of Curacao for New Netherland in the hope of receiving a call there to the ministry.2 He joined the church in New Amsterdam Jan., 1660, his name appearing in the list of members, " Michiel Ziperius, Propenent, " or Stu- dent in Divinity. His wife, Anna Claes Duurcoop became a member earlier, but in 1663 joined the church in Brooklyn.3. They removed to Virginia (Vertrocken na de Virginjes) probably in 1664. They had issue : Cornelis, bap. Dec. 21, 1659, and Hillegond, bap. at Stuyvesant's Bowery, Aug. 14, 1661.
I N. Y. G. and B. Record, Vol. 7, p. 18. 2 Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, p. 331. 3 Stiles' Hist. of Brooklyn, i. 426.
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WOUTERSZEN-BREESTEDE.
EGBERT WOUTERSZEN from Yselstein, a town in Holland, was residing June 20th, 1640, at Jan de Lachers Hook, (at present Mill Creek Point, Jersey City,) at which date he gave a receipt for three imported milch cows and three mares hired from the West India Company. He took the lease of a bouwery, Dec. 1, 1646, on Manhattan Island, and May 10, 1647, ob- tained a patent for a tract of land called in Indian Apopcalyck, lying across the North River, west of the Manhattans.1 He was enrolled a small burgher of New Amsterdam, April 17, 1657, and married, Sept. 1, 1641, Engel Jan Van Breestede, widow of Jan Janszen. He died about 1680, without issue. It appears that his wife had by her first husband the follow- ing named children, who are described in a deed dated May 20, 1683, as the children and co-heirs of Egbert Wouterse, late of the city of New York, deceased.º
I. JAN JANSZEN VAN BREESTEDE who m. Nov. 1, 1647, Marritje Lucas j. d. of New Amsterdam. In the New York D. C. Baptismal records she is called Marritje Andries. They had a large family of children who com- prised the third generation of the BREESTEDE family of New York.
2. TRYNTJE JANSZEN VAN BREESTEDE who m. June 3, 1646, Ruth Jacob- szer. of Renselaerswyck, (Rutger Jacobse Van Schoenderwoert or Van Woert), and whose descendants assumed the surname of RUTGERS.
3. DOROTHEA JANS VAN BREESTEDE who, m. April 19, 1650, Volckert Janszen from Fredrickstadt, and whose descendants comprise the Douw family of New York.3
4. ELSJE JANS VAN BREESTKDE, who m. Ist, May 17, 1643, Adriaen Peters- zen Van Alcmaer, widower of Grietje Pieters, of whom presently. She married 2d Hendrick Jochemse of Esopus.
ADRIAEN PIETERSZEN VAN ALCMAER.
On the 3d of Feb. 1640, Adriaen Petersen of Alcmaer, purchased of Hendrick Petersen of Wesel, a plantation near the reed valley, hard by Sappokanican (Greenwich) on the Island of Manhattan. This is the first notice found of him. On the 7th September, 1645, he obtained a patent for a lot of land north of the fort, and April 13, 1647, another for a tract near Sappokanican. He married May 17, 1643, ELSJE JANS VAN BREES- TEDE, dau. of Jan Janszen and Engel Jans Van Breestede, and the step- dau. of Egbert Wouterszen. At the time of his marriage he was the wid- ower of Grietje Pieters. Some incidents of the manner in which he wooed and won his second wife, have come down to us in the record of the Coun- cil Minutes of that period. It appears that Elsje was in the service of Cornelis Melyn, of Staten Island, who brought suit against Egbert Wou- terszen, husband and guardian of Engel Jans, her mother, for damages on account of Elsje's marriage engagement before her term of service to him had expired. On the trial of the case Sept. 11, 1642, she testified
1 Cal. of N. Y. Hist. MSS. Dutch, p. 13,36, 375.
2 New York Conveyances.' Liber 12, p. 126.
3 Pearson's First Settlers of Albany.
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that her mother and another woman had brought a young man to Staten Island whom she had never seen before, and desired her to marry him ; she declined at first, as she did not know him, and had no' inclination to marry, but finally consented. She concluded her testimony by returning in court the pocket-handkerchief she had received as a marriage present. On the 16th October following, she made a declaration that she sent for Adrian Pietersen, and that on his coming to Staten Island she accompanied him on board his yawl. A week later, Melyn aud the Fiscal had Pietersen before the court charged with Elsje's abduction. Pietersen was ordered to bring her into court, deliver her to Melyn, and receive her again from him on giving security for the payment of any damages that Melyn may have suffered.
He died prior to July 3, 1664, on which day Jan Janse from Breeste, (Jan Janse Breestede) guardian of his orphan children, petitioned for com- pensation for part of a lot belonging to his estate at the Marketfield in New Amsterdam .* His widow married Hendrick Jochemse of the Esopus, prob. the Hendrick Jochemse of Beverwyck, 1654-1669. Adriaen Pieter- szen Van Alcmaer and Elsje Jans Van Breestede had issue :
I. i. JANNETJE bap. Aug. 5, 1643.
2. ii. SYTJE bap. April 17, 1645 ; m. Jan. 24, 1666, Jacob Abrahams (Santvoort).
3. iii. LYSBETH bap. March 24, 1647.
SANTVOORT.
(FIRST THREE GENERATIONS.)
I. JACOB ABRAHAMSEN SANTVOORT1 the head of the New York family of Santfort or Santvoort as it is written in the early records, embarked May, 1661, in the St. Jean Baptist for New Netherland. He came from Vianen, a town of Holland, and married Ist in New York, Jan. 24, 1666, Sytie Ariens (Adriaens) dau. of Adriaen Pieterszen Van Alcmaer, before men- tioned. He was a shoemaker, and when the forced loan was levied by Gov. Colve in 1674, on the inhabitants of New Orange, his property was valued at 2,500 guilders. He m. 2d, Dec. 26, 1677, Magdaleentje Van Vleck. j. d Van Bremen. On the 17th June, 1685, they conveyed land in New York to Enoch Michaelsen (Vreeland) of Pemripoe in East Jersey, which is the last notice found of him. His widow was living Aug. 13, 1699, at which date she was a sponsor at the bap. of Thomas son of William Walton. Issue :
2. i. ABRAHAM2 bap. Jan. 11, 1667 ; m. Ist, Feb. 27, 1679, Vrouwtje, dau. of Cornelis Janse Van Horn and Anna Maria Jansen ; she was bap. July 25, 1666. He was a mariner, and for some years captain of the sloop Sea Flower, engaged in trade with the West Indies, and the latter portion of his life a merchant in New York. For a further account of him and his children see N. Y. G. and B. Record, vol. vii. p. 23.
3. ii. ADRIAEN,2 bap. May 30, 1668 ; died young.
4. iii. ADRIAEN,2 bap. March 13, 1670.
5. iv. ISACQ,2 bap. Nov. 5, 1671 ; died young.
6. v. ISAAC," bap. Dec. 29, 1672.
* Cal. of N. Y. Hist. MSS. Dutch, p. 12, 82, 83,266, 369, 374.
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ECKERSON.
7. vi. AELTJE,2 bap. Oct. 7, 1674 ; m. Feb. 26, 1696, THOMAS SAND- ERS, Bolter, of New York, son of Robert Sanders and Elsje Barents, of Albany. Issue : Robert, bap. Oct. 4, 1696 ; Styntje, bap. Dec. 26, 1697; Robert, bap. Jan. 1, 1700 ; Jacob, bap. Oct. 19, 1701 ; Elsje, bap. Oct. 27, 1703 ; Anneke, bap. Jan. 30, 1706; Maritje, bap. May 13, 1708 ; Jacob, bap. June 9, 1712 ; and Beatrix, bap. Sept. 25, 1715. 8. vii. JACOBª, bap. Sept. 13, 1676.
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