Register in alphabetical order, of the early settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y., Part 18

Author: Bergen, Teunis G., 1806-1881. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: New York, S. W. Green's sons, printer
Number of Pages: 464


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Pieter (Engelbertse) of Flh, bp. Nov. 16, 1682, in N. Y .; m. Nishe -; d. 1721. Settled at Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., N. J. Will da. Dec. 11, 1710; pro. Apl. 17, 1721. Issue :- Theophilus; Richard of Hopewell; Hannah ; Jane; Peter of South Amboy ; John; and Philip.


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Pieter (Hendrickse), b. Mar. 1, 1691; m. Nov. 12, 1709, (sup.) Femmetje Remsen. In 1722 he and his w. joined the R. D. ch. of N. Y. on certificate from L. I. Issue :- Hendrick of Bedford and Flds, b. June 28, 1716; Mouris of N. L., b. Feb. 26, 1718; Cattrina, b. Aug. 28, 1720, m. Jacob Rapalje of Hurlgate; Antje or Agnietje, b. Oct. 18, 1721, m. Isaac Lef- ferts; Maria, b. Mar 7, 1723, m. Johannes Cornell; Pieter (sup.) of Bushwick, b. May 7, 1725; and John, b. Sept. 2, 1730. Signed his name "Pieter Lott."


Pieter (Pieterse), m. Sarah -. No further trace.


LOURENS, CHRISTOFFEL, obtained July 3, 1643, a patent for 20 morgens in Br".


LOURESSE, see Duyts.


LOUWER, JOHANNES, one of the applicants for a canal be- tween Red Hoek and the mainland of Br" in 1664, as per p. 68 of Vol. I. of Stiles's Br". There were Louws or Lous who settled on the Raritan at an early date.


LOUWERENSE, see Duyts.


LOUWERSE, PETER, of Gd in 1660. Signed his name "Peter Louwerse."


LOUWSEN or LOUWEN, see Van Schoonderwoert.


LOWE, JOHN. A suit was commenced against him in the court of sessions at Gª in 1671 by Thomas Lambertsen and w. for defamation of character, on which he plead guilty, and was condemned to pay the costs of court and admonished to keep a civil tongue in his head.


LOWYE, JOHN, allotted a plot in the North woods of Gd in 1684, as per town rec.


LOY, CORNELIS JANSEN, on ass. roll of Buk of 1683. Jan Cornelise, on ass. roll of Buk of 1683. Pieter Jansen, on ass. roll of Buk of 1683. A Pieter Loys or Loyise took the oath of allegiance in Buk in 1687 as a native, who was probably this Pieter Jansen.


LOYSE, see Looyse.


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LOZIER, PIETER JANSEN, m. Mar. 14, 1680, Sarah Colfs. Issue :- Simon, bp. Jan. 30, 1681, in Br". There are Losiers residing in the vicinity of Hackensack, N. J.


LUBBERTSE, ELDERT, on ass. roll of Fl1 of 1675.


Frederick, (or " Frerick Lubbertsen," as written by himself,) b. 1609; m. 1* Styntje -; m. 24, Aug. 17, 1657, Tryntje Hendricks wid. of Cornelis Pietersen (Vroom). He emigrated at an early period to this country, residing at first in N. A. as early as 1639, where in 1641 he was one of the 12 men to whom the trouble with the Indians was referred. May 23, 1640, he obtained a patent for a large tract covering most of South Br"; Sept. 4, 1645, he obtained a patent for another plantation in Br", to which place he removed; and was a mag. of said town from 1653 to 1655, and in 1673. Issue :- Rebecca (by Ist w.), who m. Jacob Leendertse Van der Grift; Elsje (by 2ª w.), bp. July 7, 1658, in N. Y., who m. Jacob Hansen Bergen; and Aeltje, bp. July 25, 1660, who m. Cornelis Sebringh. Will da. Nov. 22, 1679, and rec. on p. 215 of Lib. I (of the original) of Con. Signed his name "Frerick Lubbertsen."


Gerret, allotted a farm of 27 morgens with plain and meadow land in Flb Jan. 11, 1671, in pursuance of the patent of said town, where he resided probably as early as 1663. Resided in the N. L. portion of the town, and on the ass. rolls of 1675 and '83 ; a mem. of the R. D. ch. in 1677; on patent of 1685 ; and took the oath of allegiance in said town in 1687. See p. 13 of Lib. A of Flb rec. A Gerret Lubbertsen of N. Y. m. Mar. 12, 1684, Alida Evertsen of Albany, and had issue :- Grietje, bp. Jan. 4, 1685 ; Grietje, bp. Aug. 15, 1686; and Rebecca, bp. Mar. 4, 1688, as per p. 76 of Pierson's Early Settlers of Albany. Gysbert, m. Elizabeth , who after his death m. Adriaan Hendrickse Aten of Flh. Issue :- Lubbert Gysbertse.


Hendrick, a representative of Br" in the Hempstead conven- tion of 1665.


Lubbert (probably Westervelt), was granted Dec. 15, 1662, on an application to the schout and schepens of Flh, a building-plot on W. side of the village and S. side of the road, as per p. 114 of Lib. B of Flh rec. Bought Aug. 20, 1670, of Jan Miserol a house at "Rustenburch " (the local name of the southerly side of the village) in Flh, as per p. 10 of Lib. A of Fla rec. In 1678 he resided at Hackensack, N. J., where the Westervelts are numerous. There was a Jan, s. of Lubbert Lubbertse of N. Y., who d. at Bergen, N. J., Aug. 23, 1674. Signed his name "Lubbert Lubberts.'


Simon, on ass. roll of Fih of 1675.


Thys from Ryp, a town in North Holland, m. Oct. 10, 1655, in N. A., Tryntje Jans from Amsterdam. In 1661 he


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resided in Flb, where he bought a farm of 15₺ morgens of " John Leek;" and in 1676 his name appears on the ass. roll of N. U., where he bought June 1, 1682, of Anthony Du Ceen a plantation on N. U. Lane lying on the S. side of land of Anthony Van Pelt. From N. U. he appears to have re- moved to Brn, where he took the oath of allegiance in 1687. Issue :- , bp. Sept. 7, 1656, in N. Y .; and Pieter, bp. Dec. 26, 1657. Made his mark to documents.


William of N. U .; d. prior to Apl. 16, 1695.


LUCAS, AELBERT, paid towards the preacher's salary in Flb in 1681.


LUCASSE, see Voorhees.


LUER, AUTIEN, paid towards the preacher's salary in Flb in 1681.


LUINS, NATHANIEL, m. Nov. 13, 1679, at Gª, Damris Bay- lies.


LUNDE, PETER, of Bra Jan. 23, 1651, as per Col. Man. Probably intended for Peter Linde.


LUPARDUS, CHRISTIANUS, b. Mar. 10, 1695; m. Ist Antye - -; m. 2ª Lammetje da. of Jan Strycker, wid. of Johannes Lott. Resided in Flh in 1744. Issue :- Wilhelmus, bp. Aug. 27, 1721; (by 2ª w.) Annetje, bp. Jan. 5, 1734-5; Chris- tianus, bp. Aug. 27, 1737; and Antje, bp. Apl. 22, 1739. Signed his name "Christianus Lupardus."


Rev. Gulielmus, m. Cornelia Van Wessel or Wesselen. Was minister of the Dutch Reformed congregations of Kings Co. from 1695 to 1702. Will da. Feb. 9, 1701-2; pro. Nov. 9, 1705; rec. p. 219, Lib. 7, N. Y. surr. off. Issue :- Anna or Johanna, b. July 29, 1694, in Dordrecht, South Hol- land, and m. Elbert Stoothoff; Christian, b. Mar. 10, 1695; and Adrianna, b. Dec. 29, 1697, and m. John Wyckoff. Signed his name "WV Lupardus."


LUQUIER or LESQUIER, ABRAHAM (Janse), of Buk.


Guilliam (Janse), bp. Sept. 27, 1667. Name on rec. of court of sessions of 1693.


Isaack of Buk, m. Mar. 29, 1711, Annetje Cortelyou of N. U.


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Jan or Jean, the common ancestor of the family, emigra- ted from Paris in 1657 and settled in Buk, where he took the oath of allegiance in 1687. He m. Nov. 11, 1663, in N. A., Rachel Dirks, and d. in 1713. Feb. 28, 1663, he and Alex- ander Cochiveer petitioned each for a plantation in Buk (which he obtained a patent for), of which town he was a mag. in 1664 and '67; on patent of 1687 and cen. of 1698. In 1686 (John Lessurier) was commissioned ensign, as per p. 147 of Cal. of Eng. Man. Issue :- Jan or Johannes Jun'; Pieter; Abraham; Isaac; Mary, who m. Dec. 5, 1693, in N. Y., John Seavenhoven from Rochelle; Rachel, b. 1679, who m. Dec. 13, 1694, in N. Y., David Sprong of Flushing, a resi- dent of Buk; and Ghilliam, bp. Sept. 27, 1677.


Jan or Johannes Jun" of Buk, m. Rachel -. Their names appear on the records of the court of sessions of 1693, and his on those of 1695.


Pieter Janse of Buk, m. (Sup.) Issue :- Maria, bp. Jan. 25, 1718; and Geertje, bp. June.29, 1720-both bp. in N. Y. Luquiers reside in Brn, Queens Co., and E. N. J. An Abraham Luquier m. Maria Sebring, through whom he probably obtained the property in Br", on which his (Lu- queer's) mill was located, and whose s. Nicholas m. Sarah da. of Jan Middagh.


LUYCASZ, see Voorhies.


LUYSTER, CORNELIS (Pieterse), b. 1662; m. Ist Aaltje Wil- lems; m. 2ª, May 2, 1686, Sarah Catharine Nevius. In 1677 he and his w. Aaltje mem. of Flb R. D. ch., where he took the oath of allegiance in 1687 and resided as late as 1696, but finally removed to the Poor Bouwery in Newtown. By a deed recorded in Lib. 1 of Con. in 1687, his wife's name at that date appears to have been " Jannetje," from which it may be inferred that he had 3 wives. Issue :- Peter of Newtown, b. Mar. 10, 1687; Johannes of N. J., b. Mar. 22, 1691; Elbert of Flh, b. Mar. 21, 1693; Cornelis, who d. single; Mary, who m. Dan1 Rapalje; Hannah, who m. Barent Smith; Gertrude, m. Tunis Swart; Adrianna, m. Cor8 Wyckoff; Aletta, m. Joris Cowenhoven; and Sara, m. Ist Roelof Bragaw, m. 2ª Rev. Reinhart Ericksen. Made his mark to documents.


Elbert (Cornelise), b. Mar. 21, 1693, m. Oct. 6 or Sept. 27, 1720, Jacomina dau. of Gerret Cowenhoven.' From Flb re- moved to the Poor Bouwery, Newtown. Issue :- Elizabeth, b. Aug. 30, 1721; Cornelius, b. Aug. 10, 1723; Gerret, b.


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Dec. 24, 1725; Sarah, b. Apl. 25, 1728, m. Stephen Ryder; Jacomina, b."Sept. 4, 1730, m. John Swart; Aletta, b. May 30, 1733, m. Cors Schenck; Jane, b. Apl. 9, 1736, m. Abm Rapalje; and Peter, b. Jan. 9, 1739, d. young.


Johannes (Cornelise), b. Mar. 22, 1691, in Flds; m. Apl. 10, 1716, Lucretia Brower; d. Jan. 29, 1756. Left Flds and settled on a farm near the village of Middletown, Mon- mouth Co., N. J., in 1717. Issue :- Sarah, b. Mar. 8, 1717, m. Ist Ryck Suydam, m. 2ª Wm Conover, d. Sept. 7, 1764; Peter of N. J., b. May 1, 1719, m. May 25, 1756, Anna Luy- ster, d. Feb. 12, 1810; Cornelius of N. J., b. Dec. 13, 1720, m. rst Arinthe Conover, m. 2ª Margt Vanderbilt, d. Oct. 7, 1792; Johannes of N. J., b. May 25, 1723, m. Sarah Sweet, d. Sept. 7, 1769; Anna, b. Apl. 8, 1725, m. Oct. 17, 1744, Dan1 Barkeloo of Freehold; and Lucretia, b. Aug. 30, 1727, d. Mar. 26, 1792, single.


John (Pieterse), m. Wyntje dau. of Harck Siboutsen. June 1, 1697, 26 gl. were paid to the church in Flds for a grave and the use of the pall for John Luyster, who was probably this John. Issue :- Pieter, b. Mar. 10, 1687.


Matthyas or Tys (Pieterse), b. in Europe, and came over with his father; m. Cornelia -. From his being a mem. of the R. D. ch. of Bra in 1677 and '85, hailing from Go- wanus, it is evident that he resided there at that date. It is said he owned the farm in FIh late of John Neefus, where he probably finally resided. Issue :- Peter of Flh. Signed his name "Matys Lyyster."


Peter (Cornelise), carpenter, the ancestor of the Luyster family, emigrated in 1656 as per Riker; m. 18+ Aeltje Tyssen; m. 2ª, about 1670, Jannetje dau. of Jan Snediker and wid. of Reynier Wizzelpennenk; d. 1695. Resided at first in Flds, then in Flh, and afterwards in Newtown. Mag. of Flds in 1660, '61, '62, and '64; mem. of Flh ch. in 1677; and on ass. roll of Flh of 1683. His FIh farm was in what is now known as N. L. Issue :- Tys or Matthias Pieterse; Gertien Pieterse, (sup.) m. Jan Monfoort; Mertien or Marretje Pieterse, m. Pieter Monfoort; John Pieterse; Cornelis Pieterse; and Wilmien Pieterse. Made his mark to docu- ments.


Peter (s. of Cornelis Pieterse and Aaltje), b. Mar. 10, 1687; m. Apl. 30, 1712-13, Sarah dau. of Dan1 Rapalje; d. Dec. 17 1759. Left Fih and settled at the Poor Bouwery, Newtown' Issue :- Sarah, b. Jan. 31, 1714, m. Isaac Lent; Catharine* b. Aug. 7, 1716, m. Johannes De Witt; Adrianna, b. Mar, 11, 1718, m. Garret Van Nostrand; Cornelius of Fishkill, b Aug. 26, 1720; Daniel, b. Sept. 26, 1722; Peter, b. May 6 1724; and John, b. Jan. 14, 17.30. ,


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Pieter (Matthyse), m. May 23 or 27, 1719, Anne Barkeloo of N. U. Resided in Flh, of which place he was constable in 1724 and '25, as per Strong's Flb. Issue :- Cornelia, bp. Feb. 11, 1722; Margaret, bp. Nov. 3, 1723, m. Johannes Wil- liamsen; Matthias of Fishkill, bp. Nov. 28, 1725; John of Fishkill, bp. Apl. 7, 1728; Ann, bp. May 24, 1730, m. John Nevius; Peter of Pa., bp. Oct. 29, 1732; Cornelius, bp. Mar. 9, 1735; Maria, bp. Feb. 27, 1737, m. Cors Ostrander; and Willemtje, bp. May 15, 1740, m. Peter Luyster. Signed his name "Pieter Luyster." Luysters reside in Queens Co., and in Bucks Co., Pa.


LYDECKER, RYCK, m. Claere Voorniere, and d. prior to Nov. 28, 1666. Was among the first settlers of Buk in 1661, where he obtained a grant of land in 1660, as per p. 54 of Cal. of Eng. Man. Mag. of the town in 1662, '63, and '65, and ap- pointed capt. of militia June 14, 1663, as per town rec. The muster-roll contained 40 names, including officers, who were divided in 4 watches, of whom one fourth, or 10 men, were on duty every night to guard against an expected at- tack by the Indians. On the 22d of June of that year Stuyvesant, the Director-Gen., visited the village and ordered the cutting and setting of palisades to fortify the. place. His s. Ryck appears to have settled at Hackensack, for in 1716 a Ryck and Elizabeth Leydecker joined the R. D. ch. of that place, whose descendants abound in that locality. Suppose he had issue :- Garret, b. 1650; Ryck; Cornelis; and Abraham.


Gerrit, b. 1650; owned lands in Buk in 1667, as per p. 54 of Cal. of Eng. Man.


LYNDELL, THOMAS, sold Aug. 2, 1693, to Richard Hawkins of N. Y., mariner, his interest in the farm of Jan Janse Staats at Gowanus, Brn, as per p. 79 of Con.


MABELSON, JOHANNES, a suit commenced against by Fran- coise De Bruynne in the court of sessions at Gª for debt, as per Gª rec.


MABS, THOMAS, made an affidavit July 6, 1644, relating to the killing of a man at the flats (Flds), as per p. 89 of Cal. of Dutch Man.


MACHIELSE or MACHIELSEN, ADAM, see Messcher. Hans, see Bergen.


Johannes, took the oath of allegiance in Gª in 1687 as a native.


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Paulus, see Vandervoort. Richard, had a s. Lucas bp. July 14, 1678, in N. U.


MACKELYCK, JAN PIETERSE, from Amstead or Amsterdam, m. Ist, Feb. 10, 1664, Styntje Jans fromOstmarsuns or Oost- myzen in North Holland; m. 2ª, Oct. 21, 1685, Hendrica Strokles wid. of Michiel Hainelle. Overseer of Br in 1675, as per p. 62 of Furman's Notes of Br"; on ass. roll of Bra in 1675, and mem. of the R. D. ch. of said place in 1677. Sept. 10, 1687, he and his wife bought of Jan Gerretse Van Cowen- hoven 12 morgens of land in Brī, as per p. 120 of Lib. I of Con. Issue :- Vintitie, bp. Oct. 30, 1667; Pieter, bp. Oct. 30, 1667; and Adriaen, bp. Mar. 20, 1681.


MAENHOUT, BOUDEWYN, see Van Crimpen.


MALET, see Marlet.


MALJEART Or MALIERT, JEAN or JAN, a Frenchman, had a controversy with the magistrates of Buk in 1663, as per p. 244 of Cal. of Dutch Man .; on the muster-roll of said town- of that year; and in 1664 an inventory of his estate taken, as per Buk rec.


MALLEMACQUE, PETER, occupied land in Bra Jan. 1, 1667, as per p. 132 of Vol. I of Stiles's Br".


MANGUY, JONAS, was defendant in a suit of Jan Pietersen, and also of Davit Nyssen of Jan. 21, 1660, as per Lib. B of Flb rec.


MANJE, JAN, obtained a patent for 20 morgens in Br", Sept. 11, 1642. Mar. 11, 1664, Councillor Montague made a declaration respecting the testamentary disposition of his property as made by Jan Manje, lying wounded at Stam- ford, of which wounds he died, as per p. 26 of Cal. of Dutch Man. Mar. 31, 1664, Cicero Alburtus (Pieter Cæser Al- burtus) receipts for his wife's (da. of Jan Manje) share of her father's estate; and Sept. 11, 1644, his wid. Martha Chambers m. Peter Linde or van der Linde.


MANOUT or MAENHOUT, BOUDEWYN, from Krimpen on the river Lek in South Holland, was appointed in 1662 “ voor- leeser" (precentor) of Buk, and on the 17th of Dec. of said year, in consequence of his services proving satisfactory, the mag. of the town were sent to the authorities at the Manhattans, where an arrangement was made that in addi-


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tion to his services as precentor he should keep the school and perform the duties of secretary of the town, for the sum of 400 gl. annually, and to be furnished in addition with a dwelling-house and firewood. Apl. 16, 1663, he was appointed sexton and speaker at funerals. See p. 243 of Cal. of Dutch Man. and Buk rec.


MARCKEN, see Van Marcken.


MARCUS or MARCUSE, JOHANNES, m. Elsje Hendricks; was assessed at Gowanus Feb. 7, 1657, 4 gl. towards Do. Polhe- mius's salary; mem. of the R. D. ch. of Bra in 1660, and on ass. roll of said town of 1675. See p. 134 of Vol. I. of Stiles's Brn.


MAREL, JONATHAN, m. Judith Issue :- Jonathan, bp. Aug. 15, 1697, in Br".


MARIS, on ass. roll of Flh of 1683.


MARLET or MALET, ABRAHAM, m. Christine Pieters. Is- sue :- Margaret, bp. Mar. 31, 1678, in Flb; and Abraham, bp. May 16, 1680, in N. U. There was an Abraham Malet who settled on the Raritan, and had a s. Dirck bp. there Oct. 27, 1708, in which locality families of Marlets reside.


Paulus, m. Lysbeth Bunwyck, and appears to have settled on S. I. Jan. 19, 1678, he and Francis Vesselton, Hans Lawrens, Dan1 Stillwell, Ed. Marshall, and Peter Jansen were arrested by the constable of S. I. and imprisoned for abducting a servant-girl of Christopher Billop, and dis- charged from prison on bail on the 24th inst., as per p. 64 of Cal. of Eng. Man. Issue :- Jannetje, bp. May 18, 1679, in F1h.


MARSH, JOHN, (sup. English,) made an agreement, Aug. 19, 1698, with Pieter Corsen and Cornelis Sebringh to build a water-mill for grinding corn in Bra, on the S.E. side of the Gowanus Kil, as per p. 105 of Lib. I of Con. Oct. 19, 1696, a John Marsh of Buk bought of John Miserole Jun" the one half of the grist-mill in Buk, as per p. 104 of Lib. 2 of Con. Dec. 26, 1696, John Marsh of Br" made an agreement with Elyas Stillwell of Gd to repair the running-gear of the water- mill in said town, so as to make the mill grind faster, as per Gd rec.


MARSHALL, THOMAS, (sup. English,) of Gd in 1656, as per Thompson's L. I. A Thomas Marshall, ag. 22, transported


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to New England in 1635, as per p. 107 of Hotten's Emi- grants.


MARTEN, TONIS, on muster-roll of Buk militia of 1663, as per town rec.


MARTENS, PIETER, was plaintiff in a suit against Egbert Sanders Feb. 1, 1661, as per Lib. B of Flh rec.


Sara of the Walabocht, m. Aug. 6, 1692, in N. Y., Gerrit Burger of said city, where both resided at date of the mar- riage, as per N. Y. D. ch. rec.


MARTENSE, GARRET (s. of Marten Adrianse, the ancestor of the Martense family of Kings Co.), of Flh, b. Oct. 24, 1698; m. Lena or Magdalena da. of Leffert Pieterse; d. 1732. Will da. Mar. 21, 1732; pro. Oct. 24, 1733; rec. p. 90, Lib. 12, N. Y. surr. off. Issue :- Leffert, b. June 4, 1720, d. young; Marten of Flh, b. Jan. 21, 1722; Leffert, b. Jan. 16, 1725, m. May 4, 1745, Hilletje da. of Aert Vanderbilt, d. Sept. 26, 1802; and Sarah, b. Nov. 23, 1727, m. Apl. 29, 1746, John Lefferts of Flh, d. Dec. 30, 1762.


Jan and Roelof, see Schenck.


Johannes, on ass. roll of Br" of 1675.


Joris, took the oath of allegiance in Bra in 1687 as a na- tive.


Rem (s. of Marten Adrianse) of Flh, farmer, b. Dec. 12, 1695; m. Susanna -; d. June 14, 1760. Issue :- Joris of Flh, bp. May 29, 1724, O. S., in Br", m. 1765 Jannetje Van- derbilt, d. May 23, 1791, and was the grandfather of Margaret Caton, who m. the Hon. P. S. Crooke of Flh; and Rem, (sup.) m. Nov. 30, 1755, Jannetje Van Cleef. Signed his name "Rem Martense."


Ryer (s. of Marten Adrianse), b. at the Wallabout; m. May 22, 1696, in N. Y., Rebecca Van der Schuren, and both resi- dents of the city of N. Y. at date of marriage.


MARTINO, DANIEL, on ass. roll of Flh of 1693, where he owned land in 1712.


Francis, m. Teuntje Martenooy of Flds. Issue :- Stephen, bp. May 25, 1679.


Stoffel, one of the arbitrators selected by Dirck Janse Hooglandt and Pieter Lott to settle a dispute about the boundary between their farms in Flh, who notified Gov. Andros of their decision, as per p. 53 of Lib. AA of Flh rec.


MARTYN, MERTYN, or MARTIN, JAN, from Harfleur, m.


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Fytje Dircks. Was assessed in 1657 at Brn ferry 6 gl. and at the Wallabout, where he owned land, 8 gl. towards the payment of the salary of Do. Polhemius, which in 1658 he refused to pay. Obtained Oct. 19, 1660, a patent for a lot at Br" ferry. See pp. 193, 194, and 386 of Cal. of Dutch Man. Was among those of Br" who in 1663 applied for leave to form a village, and for salt-meadows. Martyn's Hoek, the westernmost cape or point of the Wallabout Bay, was named after him. Issue :- Petrus, bp. Jan. 26, 1662, in Br". Signed his name "Jan Martyn."


Jan from Kampen, mag. of Br" in 1686, as per Col. Man.


MASGROVE, WILLIAM, see Musgrove.


MASH, JOHN, (English,) on ass. roll of Gd of 1693 and cen. of 1698.


MATTHYSE, HENDRICK, mem. of R. D. ch. of Br" in 1677. Hendrick, see Van Pelt and Smock.


Loutweyns, m. Jannetje Hendricks, as per p. 224 of Lib. C of Flb rec.


Louwrens, of Flh in 1681, as per town rec. Made his mark to documents.


Peter, see Luyster.


MAURITS, WILLEM, see Willem Morris.


MAUVERYCK, CAPT. RETPERT, on Stoothoff's and Hege- man's books of 1670.


MAYERSE, LUCAS, see De Mayer.


MEDDAGH, see Middagh.


MEET, JAN (s. of Pieter Janse), from Amersfoort in the province of Utrecht, m. May 11, 1687, in N. Y., Grietje Man- devel of Flds, both residents of N. Y. at date of marriage. Feb. 25, 1692-3, he conveyed to Ruth Albertsen a house and lot in Flh on the E. side of the highway, and N. side of land of Pieter Strycker, as per p. 171 of Lib. A of Flh rec. A Jan Meet and Grietje Mandeville his w. were mem. of the R. D. ch. of Hackensack in 1700, who was probably this Jan, where they had children baptized. Signed his name "Jan Meet."


Peter Jansen, obtained a patent for 2 lots at Br" ferry July 8, 1667. His name appears on the ass. roll of Buk of 1683, where he bought land of Albert Hendricksen about


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1680, as per town rec. There was a Peter Meet residing at Hackensack in 1700, and a Pieter Meet who took the oath of allegiance to the English in N. Y. in 1664. Issue :- Jan; Kniertje, who m. July 5, 1676, in N. Y., Lawrence Jeuriansen from Brazil; and probably others. Signed his name "Peter Jansen Meet."


MEGAPOLENSIS, DOMINIE JOANNES, b. in 1603 in Koedyk, North Holland, came to Beverwyck (Albany) in 1642 from the fatherland with his w. Machtelt Willemse da. of Willem Steenge, and served as clergyman of that place. Removed to N. A. in 1649, and officiated in the R. D. ch. of that place, and also assisted Do. Polhemius in Kings Co. in 1664 and '70. His name appears on the patent of Flh of 1652 and '67. In 1657 he obtained a patent for 25 morgens in Flh lying between the lands of Abm Jorise (Brinckerhoff and those of Cor Van Ruyven, and in addition plain land and salt-meadows, as per p. 29 of Lib. A of Flh rec. In 1664 he and his s. Samuel took the oath of allegiance to the English in N. Y. Issue :- Hillegonde, b. 1628, m. Cor- nelis Van Ruyven; Derick, b. 1630; Samuel, b. 1630, who was a clergyman in N. Y. in 1664 and '68; and Jan, b. 1632, a surgeon in Albany. Signed his name "Joannes Mega- polenss" in 1663.


MEIGES, KAREL, appointed by Capt. Scott constable of Gd in his raid on the Dutch towns of L. I. in 1664, as per p. 401 of Vol. II. of Doc. of Col. His. of N. Y.


MEINST, PIETER, of the Walabocht. Assessed for salary of Do. Polhemius Feb. 7, 1657, as per p. 134 of Stiles's Br".


MELLESEN, CLAINE, see Metlaere.


MELONAER or MOLENAER, Mr. ARENT, of FI- in 1665, per town rec. (See Arent Evertsen.) Signed his name "Mr. Arent Molenaer."


MENJER Or MINGE, SAMUEL, bought about 1651 of Pieter Ceser (Alburtus) a part of his plantation at the Walabocht. His lot at the ferry referred to in the patent of Pieter Jan- sen of July 8, 1667.


MENNIST, ISAAC, on ass. roll of Br" of 1693 and cen. of 1698.


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MENTELAER, CLAES CORNELISE. His land in Br" re- ferred to in patent of Andries Hudden of Sept. 13, 1645. Suppose this to have been intended for Claes Cornelise Van Schouw. May 14, 1646, Capt. John Underhill obtained a patent for "Meutelaer's I." (Bergen's I. in Flds). Perhaps Claes Cornelise Mentelaer was the previous owner.


MERLET, see Marlet.


MERTYN, see Martyn.


MESSCHER, ADAM MACHIELSE, emigrated in 1647, and took the oath of allegiance in Gª in 1687.


MESSELAER, ABRAHAM. May 7, 1695, he and others con- veyed land in Buk, as heirs of Pieter Janse Noorman, to Jan Cornelise Zeeuw, as per p. 81 of Lib. 2 of Con.


MESSEROLE or MESUROL, JEAN or JOHN, from Margien or Manheim in the Paltz, or from Picardy in France, emigrated Apl. 16, 1663, joined the R. D. ch. of Br" on the 28th of Oct. of the same year with his w. Jenne Carten, and d. in 1695. About 1667 he bought a farm of Jan Clement in N. U., as per N. U. town rec., and resided on the same as late as 1676. Aug. 18, 1670, he sold to Lubbert Lubbertsen a house and lot in the village of Flh, as per p. 84 of Lib. C of Flh rec. He finally removed to Buk, where he took the oath of allegiance in 1687. His name appears on the ass. roll of N. U. of 1675, of Buk of 1693, and on Buk patent of 1687. Issue :- Jean Junt, and probably others. Signed his name " Yean Mesurole."


Jean or John Jun", m. Nov. 24, 1682, Marretje Teunis Coevert; d. about 1712. Owned the Kijkuit (lookout) farm; and on patent of Buk of 1687. Issue :- John 3ª; Cornelius; Margaret, who m. - Durje; Deborah, m. - Van Cott; and Jane.


John 3ª of Buk, (sup.) had issue :- Peter, m. Saartje -; John, m. Helen Vandervoort; Jacob, m. Oct. 5, 1745, Jan- netje Stryker; Abraham, m. June 20, 1749, Maretje Simonse of Buk; Isaac; Sarah, m. Joost Skillman; and Marytje, m. Mar. 5, 1752, David Devoe.




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