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Nicholas 3ª (s. of Nicholas 2ª and Cathe Morgan), b. Apl. 25, 1673; m. 1703 Elizabeth dau. of Richard Cornell of Flushing; d. prior to 1735. Settled at Ja, L. I., on land his father bought Mar. 6, 1681, of John Skidmore. Issue :- Marian, m. Charles Marsh; Esther, m. John Sayres; Mary, m. Samuel Southward of Hempstead, as per p. 283 of Me- moirs of the Stillwell family; Elizabeth, m. James Millard; and probably others, from whom are descended the Queens Co. branch of the family. Signed his name " Nicholas Stil- well Jun"" in 1692.
Nicholas 4th (s. of Richard ist and Mary), b. June 11, 1664; m. Mary dau. of Gersham Moore of Br"; d. 1725. Left Gd and settled on S. I. Issue :- Gersham, b. Aug. 17, 1685, d. June 24, 1752; Richard, b. Sept. 16, 1688; John, b. May 9, 1690, d. Aug. 9, 1750; Mary; and Elizabeth. Signed his name "Nich": Stilwell" in 1692.
Nicholas 5th (s. of Daniel and Mary Mott), b. in Gd in 1678, and settled at Shrewsbury, N. J., where he d. in 1759. Will pro. May 15, 1769; rec. p. 193, Lib. G, sec. off. Trenton. Issue :- Obadiah; Elias; William; Joseph; Martha; Mary; Rebecca; Lydia; and Priscilla-as per p. 288 of Memoirs of Stillwell Family.
Capt. Richard Ist (s. of Nicholas the emigrant), emigrated with his father, and b. in 1634 in Holland; m. Ist, May 1655 Mary dau. of Obadiah Holmes; m. 2ª Freelove or Mary dau. of John Cooke; d. about 1688 at Dover, S. I., intestate. Nov. 9, 1663, he bought of Wm Lawrence plantation-lot No. 4. Resided on a plantation in Gd, of which town he was a mag. in 1670, '73, and '74, and capt. of militia in 1673, as per p. 646 of Vol. II. of Doc. of Col. His. Sold Mar. 31, 1681, to Wm Osborne plantation-lot No. 4 of Gd, at which date he resided on S. I., as per Gd rec., and where he obtained grants for about 237 A. of land, and in Jan. 1683 was ap- pointed justice of the peace, as per Cal. of Eng. Man. Oct.
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29, 1691, Wilhelmus de Meyer applied for letters of admin- istration on his estate, as per p. 219 of Cal. of Eng. Man. Issue :- John, b. May 18, 1660; Nicholas 4th, b. Jan. 11, 1664; Thomas, b. Dec. 4, 1666; Mary, b. July 13, 1668, m. 18t Na- thaniel Brittan Jun of S. I., m. 2ª, Feb. 1703-4, Valentine Dushan, d. about 1703; Richard 2ª, b. June 25, 1671; and Jeremiah, b. Oct. 26, 1678. Signed his name "Richard Still- well."
Richard 2ª (s. of Richard Ist and Mary), b. June 25, 1671; m. Ist, Sept. 3, 1705, Deborah Reed or Cowne of N. J .; m. 2ª, - 1722, Mercy or Mary Sands; d. Apl. 16, 1743, at Shrewsbury, N. J. Removed from Gd to the city of N. Y. and engaged in mercantile business, and from thence to Shrewsbury. Will da. Nov. 17, 1742; pro. Mar. 31, 1747; rec. p. 89, Lib. 16, N. Y. surr. off. Of Shrewsbury, N. J., at date of will. In 1747 the plantation of Mary his wid. at Shrewsbury, between the Neversink and Shrewsbury rivers, as lately bought, was offered for sale by Catharine and Elizabeth Stillwell, her executors. Issue :- Richard; Mary, m. Col. Thomas Clark of the British army; Deborah, m. Lieut. Richard Smith of the British army; Catharine, m. Rev. Richard Pemberton; Ann, m. Ist Theodosius Bartow of Shrewsbury, 2ª Pierre de Vismes; Samuel, m. Hannah Van Pelt; Elizabeth, m. Ist Peter Wrexall, 2ª Maj .- Gen. Maunsell of the British army; and Lydia, m. Dr. John Watkins of N. Y., as per p. 281 of Memoirs of the Stillwell Family.
Richard 3ª of Gd (s. of Nicholas 2ª and Catharine Morgan, and the ancestor of the Stillwell family of Gd), b. May II, 1677; m. Ist Maria -; m. 2ª, Oct. 22, 1733, Altie Ditmars; d. Feb. 11, 1758. Suppose he resided on and owned the Sellers Neck farm, late of his descendant Richard Stillwell, and now (1880) of Cornelius Stryker, his descendant on the female side. In 1702 he was high sheriff of the county, as per p. 298 of Cal. of Eng. Man .; in 1715 col. of the mi- litia; and in 1725 and '27 mem. of the Colonial Assembly, as per p. III of N. Y. civil list. Issue :- Daniel of S. I., b. July 7, 1702, m. Oct. 14, 1736, Catharine Johnson, d. May 19, 1760; Katharine, b. Feb. 16, 1703, m. Apl. 22, 1727, Jeronemus Rapalje, d. Jan. 14, 1732; Nicholas of Gd, b. Dec. 2, 1709, m. Dec. 22, 1733, Altie Van Brunt, d. Oct. I, 1776; Mary, b. June 10, 1712, m. Ist, Sept. 11, 1731, Wm Van Voorhies, m. 2ª, Feb. 2, 1734, Jacobus Debevoise, d. Sept. 22, 1768; and Richard of Gª, b. Oct. 3, 1720, m. Jan. 14, 1760, Ann Cortelyou, and owned and resided on the Sellers Neck farm. Signed his name "Richard Stillwell."
Richard 4th (s. of William and Hanna), removed with his
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father to Cape May, N. J., and d. in 1793. Issue :- Elijah; Phebe; Zeniah, m. Richard Stiles; Elizabeth; and Mary, m. Daniel Foster. Signed his name "Richd Stillwell."
Samuel (s. of Daniel and Mary), b. 1680; d. 1753. Sup- pose removed with his father from Gd to S. I., and finally settled at Upper Freehold, N. J. A Samuel Stillwell ap- pears to have been engaged in mercantile business in N. Y. in 1751, per p. 653 of Cal. of Eng. Man. Issue :- Daniel of N. J., b. Jan. 8, 1747.
Thomas Ist (s. of Nicholas the emigrant), bp. July 9, 1651 ; m. June 8, 1670, by Justice James Hubbard, as per Gd rec., Martha Baleiu of S. I., of which place he was also a resident at date of marriage. Martha after his death m. 2ª the Rev. David Du Vonrepos. Left Gd and settled on S. I., and in 1686 was high sheriff of Richmond Co. He appears, how- ever, to have retained an interest in Gd lands, for May 16, 1671, Matthew Force on his behalf recorded on the town-book an earmark for his cattle. Oct. 28, 1677, he obtained a grant for 73 A. under the hills on the S.E. side of S. I .; and Apl. 4, 1685, one for 145 A. at the old town on said island, as per p. 144 of Vol. I. and p. 45 of Vol. II. of Land Papers in off. of Sec. of State at Albany. Will da. May 21, 1704; pro. May 9, 1705; rec. p. 148, Lib. 7, N. Y. surr. off. Issue :- Thomas Jun' of S. I., b. 1671; Nicholas of S. I .; John of S. I .; Ann of S. I., b. 1675, m. Jacobus Billop of S. I .; Rachel of S. I., b. 1677, m. Wm Brittan; and Frances, bp. Aug. 31, 1679, m. Nicholas Brittan of S. I. Signed his name " Thomas Stillwell."
Thomas 2ª (s. of Richard ist and Mary), b. Dec. 4, 1666; (sup.) m. Ist Ann Hubbard; (sup.) m. 2ª, 1703, Alice Throck- morton. Left Gd and settled on S. I., where he held the office of capt. of militia, and represented Richmond Co. from 1691 to 1698 in the Assembly, as per N. Y. civil list. Among those who in 1701 petitioned King William III. for relief from the power and influence of the friends of the dec. Gov. Leisler, as per p. 942 of Vol. IV. of Doc. of Col. His. Issue :- Daniel of S. I., b. 1696, m. Mary Poillion; John, b. 1709; Thomas; and Elizabeth, bp. May 23, 1718. (There may be errors in this issue.) Signed his name "Thomas Stillwell."
Thomas 3ª (s. of Nicholas 2ª and Catharine), b. May 16, 1688; m. Catharine Day. Owned a farm at Yellow Hoek (Bay Ridge) covering the premises (1880) of T. G. Bergen, J. R. Bennett, Wm H. and Sam1 Thomas, and those of B. C. Townsend, on which he obtained a grant about 1739 from Gov. Clarke (see p. 537 of Cal. of Eng. Man.) for a ferry to S. I., at that period one of the routes of travel from the city of N. Y. to Philadelphia. In 1715 was capt. of Gd militia,
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as per p. 184 of Vol. III. of Doc. His. of N. Y. This Thomas is supposed to be the ancestor of the N. U. branch of the family. - Resided in 1753 in Flds. Issue :- John, b. 1709, d. 1794; Thomas; Nicholas; and Christopher or Stoffel of N. U., b. Jan. 17, 1716, d. Apl. 15, 1780-as per p. 284 of Memoirs of the Stillwell Family. Signed his name "Thomus Stilwell."
Thomas 4th (s. of Thomas Ist and Martha), b. 1671; m. Martha dau. of Jaques Poillion; d. 1703, intestate. Left Gd . and settled on S. I., and was among the opponents of the Leisler faction in 1701. In 1686 he was commissioned sheriff of Richmond Co., as per p. 147 of Cal. of Eng. Man .; and 1700 capt. of militia in said county, as per p. 809 of Lib. 4 of Doc. of Col. His. Issue :- Nicholas of S. I., m. Mary -, d. 1756; Mary, m. John Hopper; and Anne of S. I., m. Ist Paul Michard, and 2ª Sam' Van Pelt, both of the same place, as per p. 287 of Stillwell Memoirs.
William (s. of Nicholas the emigrant), bp. May 11, 1648, in Gd; m. Ist Hannah -; m. 2ª Mary -, who was living in 1694; d. about 1720. On ass. roll of Gd of 1883 and cen. of 1698. Left Gd and removed to S. I., where he obtained Oct. 28, 1677, a grant for 75 A. of upland on the hills and salt-meadows, as per p. 145 of Vol. I. of Land Papers. From S. I. he removed in 1691 to the vicinity of Cape May, N. J., as per p. 276 of Memoirs of the Stillwell Family. Issue :- William Jun' of S. I., b. May 11, 1678 or '79; John of Gd and Cape May, b. 1681, m. Elizabeth Perrine; Nicholas of Cape May; Richard of Cape May; Daniel of Cape May, who d. 1793; and Mary, who m. Feb. 20, 1698, Dr. Thomas Walton of N. Y. Made his mark to documents.
William Jun', b. May 11, 1678 or '79; m. Sarah Perrine of S. I .; d. 1719. Suppose he removed with his father from Gd to S. I. Issue :- William, bp. Sept. 6, 1719, on S. I .; and Daniel (twin), bp. Sept. 6, 1719, on S. I.
STOCK, STOOK, or HOOCK, HUBERT JANSEN, cooper, among the first settlers of N. U. in 1657, and on ass. rolls of said town of 1675 and '76. His name also appears on the ass. roll of Flds of. 1675.
STOCKHOLM, ARENT, m. Magdalena -, and resided in Buk, where he died. Will da. Oct. 27, 1727; pro. Apl. I, 1736; rec. p. 449, Lib. 12, N. Y. surr. off. Issue :- Andrew; Magdaline; Mary; Catrin; Hanna; Aleida; and John.
Andrew or Anderies (s. of Arent) of Buk, m. Ist Aeltje Na- :gel; (sup.) m. 2ª Margrietje - Issue :- (sup.) Jannetje, m. Jan Bragaw of Newtown; (sup.) Lena or Magdalena, m. Jacob Cassouw; (sup.) Aaron, m. Dec. 14, 1746, Heiltje
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Van Alst; (sup.) Margrietje, m. Magiel Vandervoort of Bedford; and Martin, bp. May 18, 1729, in N. U. Signed his name "Anderies Stockholm."
STOFFELSZ, DERICK, see Langestraet.
Gerret, emigrated in 1651, and took the oath of allegiance in N. U. in 1687; m. Ist Lysbeth Gerrets; m. 2ª Lysbeth Cornelis. Aug. 18, 1678, he sold 25 morgens of land in Br" to Barent Egbertse. In 1685 he occupied as a tenant Rut- ger Joesten Van Brunt's farm at Yellow Hoek (Bay Ridge), now (1880) of Rtilef and Dan1 Van Brunt. Bought Feb. I, 1691-2, of Denys Teunissen (Denyse) for 4300 gl., 2 lots at Yellow Hoek, lying S.W. of the lane and land of the wid. of Swaen Janse, and N.E. of that of Dirk Janse Zutven, to whom July 31, 1695, he sold his purchase, as per town rec. These 2 lots cover a considerable tract, extending from the Bay to 3ª Ave., lying on the S. side of Bay Ridge Ave. His name appears on the ass. rolls of N. U. of 1683 and '93, Dongan's patent of 1686, and as a mag. of said town in 1691. Issue (by Ist w.) :- Herman Gerretse, bp. June 10, 1674, in N. Y .; Josias Gerretse, bp. Oct. 29, 1676, in N. Y .; Albert Gerretse; (by 2ª w.) Jacobus Gerretse, bp. Jan. 15, 1685; Jores Gerretse, bp. Apl. 24, 1687; Tryntje Gerretse, bp. Oct. 20, 1689; and Josyntje Gerretse, bp. Oct. 20, 1690. Signed his name "Gert. Stoffelsen."
Jacob, b. 1601; m. in 1639 the wid. of Cornelis Van Voorst; d. 1677. He came over from Zierikzee in Zeeland at an early period. In 1645 he was a member of the Coun- cil, and held land in Br", as per patent of Jan Evertse Bout of July 18, 1645. In 1656 he hired the Company's bouwery at Ahasimus, and in 1663 he was commissary of stores and overseer of the West India Company's negroes. For a further account see pp. 46 and 426 of Winfield's Hudson .Co., N. J.
Pieter, of Fld8 in 1688, as per town rec. Made his mark to documents.
STOLL, ROBERT, of Boston, sold Feb. 3, 1654, to Wm Bell, through John Tilton, plantation-lot No. 21 in Gd, as per town rec.
STOMMATIE, alias WILLEM BRUYNE, see Wm Bruyne.
STOOTHOFF, CORNELIUS (Gerretse), b. 1698; m. - - .; d. Mar. 1781. Left Flds and settled in Six Mile Run, Somerset Co., N. J. Issue :- Annetje or Johanna, m. Ab™ Demarest of North Bend; Cornelius, m. - Cornell; Altie;
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(sup.) Maria; and probably others. Signed his name "Cornelius Stoothof" in 1765.
Elbert Elbertse, the common ancestor of the family, b. 1620; m. 1st, Aug. 27, 1645, Altje Cornelise Cool wid. of Gerret Wolfersen Van Couwenhoven; m. 2ª, July 21, 1683,. Sarah Roelofse wid. of Cornelis Van Rossum of N. Y .; d. about 1688. Emigrated from Nieuw Kercken in Zeeland, or Nieuw Kerken in North Brabant, about 1637. At first in the employment of Gov. Van Twiller and the Patroon Van Rensselaer, and finally settled in Flds, where he took the oath of allegiance in 1687, of which town he was for many years a mag. and largest land-holder, having pur- chased Van Twiller's and Van Cowenhoven's interests in their patent for the flats or plains; was a member of commit- tees appointed by the colonists to vindicate and protect their rights, and one of the representatives in the Hempstead convention of 1665. On the conquest of the colony by the Dutch in 1673, he was appointed by Gov. Colve capt. of militia .* Among the premises he owned was Bergen's Island, which he bought in 1665 of Martel or Michael Spicer, and Bearen, now Barren Island, which he bought of Spicer and Tilton. He also owned what was lately known as Crooke's Mill in said town, which mill was in operation as. early as 1674. His will, not recorded, is da. Dec. 18, 1686, in which he devised Bergen's Island to his s. Gerret and
* The following is a copy, from p. 269 of Lib. D of Flh rec., of the oath taken by the military appointees of Kings Co. at "Middlewout" on the 30th of October, 1673, in presence of the schout, Jacob Strycker, and Francois De Bruynne, secretary:
"We promise and swear in the presence of Almighty God to be bound and true to their High Mightynesses, the Lords States General of the United Netherlands and his Highness the Lord Prince of Orange, and his Governor already here placed, or who may be hereafter placed, our companies in good order to maintain, and to perform the duties of our . respective offices, in truth of which so help us God.
For Amesfoort:
Capt. Elbert Elbertse, Lieut. Roelof Martense, Ensign Derick Janse.
For Middlewout:
Capt. Jan Strycker, Lieut. Titus Sirix, Ensign Pieter Gilyamse.
For Breuckelen:
· Capt. Jores Rapalje, Lieut. Michal Hanse, Ensign Daniel Rapalje.
For N. Uytrecht and Boswyck:
Capt. Jacob Cortelyou, Lieut. Joost Kockout, Ensign Cryn Janse.
For Grouesandt:
Capt. Richard Stillwell, Lieut. -
Ensign Wil. Goldingh."
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entailed it to his descendants. Issue :- Gerret Elbertse; Elbert Elbertse, bp. Jan. 26, 1648, and d. young; Helen or Heiltie Elbertse, m. Thomas Willet of Flushing; and Achye or Aegge Elbertse, m. Jan Van Duyckhuys. Signed his name "Elbert Elbertsen."
Elbert Gerretse of Flds, m. Mar. 28. 1714, Johanna or An- natje Lupardius of Dortrecht; d. Sept. 19, 1756. Removed to N. J. and resided in Somerset Co. from 1717 to 1730, and then returned to Flds. Issue :- Gerret Elbertse of Flds, b. Aug. 13, 1715, O. S., m. 1739 Lammetje Stryker, d. Aug. I, 1746, O. S .; and Wilhelmus of Flds, m. Nov. 9, 1728, Altie Coerten Voorhies, d. Feb. 14, 1783.
Gerret Elbertse of Flds, m. Ist Willemtje Pieterse Mon- foort; m. 2ª, Aug. 10, 1684, Johanna Nevius; d. Mar. 30, 1730. Commissioned major by Gov. Slaughter; was a mem. of the D. ch. in 1677; took the oath of allegiance in Flds in 1687; on ass. roll of Flds of 1683 and cen. of 1698, and signed an anti-Leislerian petition to the king in 1701. Will da. Feb. 25, 1729, but not recorded. Issue :- Elbert Gerretse; Arinthe or Adrianna, b. Aug. 6, 1686, d. prior to 1735; Altie; Johannis Gerritse of New Brunswick, N. J .; Sara, m. Mar. 29, 1711, Laurens Williamsen of Flds; Petrus Gerretse of Somerset Co., N. J., m. Margaret -, d. 1728; Helena, m. Apl. 26, 1714, Ruluf Lucasse Van Voorhies; Cornelius Gerretse of Somerset Co., b. 1698, d. 1781; Ger- ret Gerretse of Somerset Co .; and Wilhelmus Gerretse of Somerset Co., b. May 30, 1705, m. Sara -, d. Feb. 14, 1783. Signed his name "Gerret Stoothoff."
Gerret Gerretse, m. Catharine Roelofsen, left Flds, settled on the Raritan, and living as late as 1763. No further trace.
Johannes Gerretse, m. Mar. 28, 1714, Neeltje Schenck; d. about 1730. Left Flds and settled at New Brunswick, N. J. Issue :- Elizabeth, bp. Aug. 14, 1717, d. young; Elizabeth, bp. 1720, at Six Mile Run; Gerret; Johanna; and Neeltje.
Petrus Gerretse, m. Margaret -; d. 1728. Left Flds and settled in Somerset Co., N. J. Will da. Apl. 20, 1727; pro. Mar. 30, 1728; rec. p. 109, Lib. B, in off. of Sec. State of N. J. Issue :- Sarah; and Johannes.
STORM, DIRCK, emigrated in 1662 from the " Maiery of Bos" with his w. Maria Pieters and 3 children, settling at first in N. Y., where in 1665 he kept a taphouse. Was appointed by the court of sessions Dec. 15, 1669, town-clerk or secretary of Br", which office he held for several years. On ass. rolls of Br" of 1675 and '76; mem. of Flh ch., and residing in N. L.
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in 1677; schoolmaster of N. L. in 1680 and 'S1; town-clerk of Flh in 1681; and a resident of Bedford in 1694. Issue :- Pieternella, bp. June 1, 1673; Aaltje, bp. Oct. 20, 1678, d. young; Aaltje, bp. Oct. 31, 1680-all bp. at Br"; Joris; and Maria, m. Casper Springsteen. Signed his name "Dirck Storm." There was a Dirck Storm clerk of Orange Co. in 1691, as per p. 43 of Ruttenber's Orange Co .; and there was an Isaac Storm in Dutchess Co. prior to 1716, as per p. 207 of Smith's Dutchess Co.
Joris (Dirckse) of N. L., m. Engeltje Thomas. Issue :- Derick, bp. Oct. 20, 1695.
STORY, ROBERT, d. Dec. 28, 1683, as per p. 39 of Vol. VII, of the Genealogical Record. He bought Dec. 5, 1677, of John Jaffers a farm of 26 morgens with plain and meadow land in Flh, as per p. 29 of Lib. C of Flh rec. June 22, 1683, he petitioned for license to purchase any parcel or tract of unsold land on or near the Hudson River, as per p. 19 of Vol. II. of Land Papers. There was a Robert Story, a trader in 1676, who bought 2 houses and lots in Albany in said year, as per Pearson's First Settlers of Albany. Story sold his Fih farm Aug. 24, 1668, to Balthazer De Hart, as per p. 39 of said Lib. C. In 1676 he was taxed £6 5 sh. for a house in N. Y. Issue :- Robbert, bp. July 4, 1657, in N. A., m. Patience -, and had children Mary and Enoch. Signed his name "Robert Story."
STOUT or STOUCE, RICHARD, one of the first settlers of Gd in 1643, and allotted plantation-lot No. 18 in 1646, as per town rec .; d. about 1688. He also bought Apl. 5, 1661, plantation-lot No. 26 of Edward Griffen. With a number of his neighbors he left Gd and settled at Middle- town, Monmouth Co., N. J., of which place he was one of the patentees or original purchasers of the Indians, as per p. 73 of Vol. I. of Raum's N. J. There is a story, founded on tradition, on p. 76, etc., of said, Vol., of the shipwreck of a Dutch ship on Sandy Hook; of the crew and passengers leaving a sick young Dutchman and his wife there while they went for relief; of the Indians tomahawking the man, mangling the wife and leaving her for dead; of her recover- ing and crawling into a hollow log and subsisting for several days on berries, and then being discovered and taken pris- oner and her life preserved by an old Indian, ransomed by the Dutch of N. Y., where she married Richard Stout, being at the time in her 22d year and he in his 40th. They settled at Middletown, where the old Indian often visited her, and on one occasion, by informing her of a plot to massacre the
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whites, put them on their guard and saved the settlement from destruction. This woman, whose maiden name was Penelope Van Prince, lived to the age of 110 years, her pos- terity numbering 502 at the time of her death. The com- piler gives this tradition as he finds it, having little faith therein. Issue (per Rev. G. C. Schenck) :- John; Richard; Jonathan; Peter; James; Benjamin; David; De- liverance; Sarah; and Penelope, whose descendants are numerous in N. J. Made his mark to documents.
STRAETMAN, TEUNTJE, bought land of Claes Bartel in F1h prior to 1660, as per Br" D. ch. rec.
STROCKLES, Madam HENDRICKA, and Dirck Janse Woert- man conveyed Sept. 20, 1686, to Jeronemus Rapalje land and meadows at the Wallabout, as per p. 75 of Lib A. of Fib rec. Signed her name "Hendrica Strockels."
STRYKER Or STRYCKER, BARENT or BARNT (Pieterse), b. Sept. 14, 1690; m. Feb. 16, 1717, Libertje Hegeman; d. June 1758. Left Flb and settled on the Raritan, N. J. Issue :- Peter; John, m. Grietje Van Liew; Jacob; and Barent, m. Elizabeth Bennet-all of N. J. Signed his name "Barnt Stryker " in 1712.
Cornelis (Gerretse) of Gd, b. 1691; m. Rebecca Hubbard; d. Oct. 23, 1769. Owned and occupied the farm his father bought of Wm Goulding, which is yet held by his descend- ants. Will da. Feb. 21, 1769; pro. Apl. 12, 1781; rec. p. 145, Lib. 34, N. Y. surr. off. Issue :- Gerret of Flds, b. Mar. 27, 1729, m. Ida Van Deventer; Hanna, b. Feb. 13, 1733, m. Michael Stryker of Flh; Samuel of Gª, b. Oct. 22, 1737, m. Marretje Schenck, and owned and occupied a part of the homestead farm; Cornelius of Gd, b. May 2, 1739, m. Maria Lake, and owned and occupied the balance of the home- stead farm devised to him and his brother Samuel by his father's will; and Elizabeth, b. Sept. 28, 1741, who probably d. young. Signed his name "Corneles Stryker."
Gerrit (Jacobse) of Flds, m. Dec. 1673 Wyntje Cornelise Boomgard; d. in 1694 or 1700. On ass. rolls of Flds of 1675 and '83, and mem. of the R. D. ch. of said town in 1677. Mar. 17, 1691-2, he bought of Reinier Van Sickelen 15 A. " lot No. 7" in Gd, and on the same date he bought a 4 A. lot of John Barentse (Van Driest), as per Gª rec. Jan. 21, 1692-3, he bought of William Goulding of Gd his house with all the. lands and meadows he owned in Gd for £297 Io sh., as per Gd rec., the main farm cong. 108§ A., as sur- veyed by Roger Strong in 1788, on which his s. Cornelis
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settled. His will is da. May 24, 1693; rec. p. 351, Lib. 7, N. Y. surr. off. Issue :- Eyda; Gezina, bp. Dec. 9, 1677, in Flh, (sup.) d. young; Jannetje, bp. Dec. 26, 1679, in Flh, (sup.) m. Thomas Lake of S. I .; Jacob, bp. Aug. 27, 1682, in Flh; Gerrit, b. Nov. 23, 1684, (sup.) d. young; Geesje, bp. Jan. 11, 1685, in Fld8; Maria; Catharine; Cornelis; and Gerretje, bp. Nov. 14, 1694, (sup.) m. Jan Wyckoff. Signed his name "Gerrit Strycker.'
Gerrit (Janse) of Flh, emigrated with his father in 1652; m. Dec. 25, 1683, Styntje Gerretse Dorland. Mem. of R. D. ch. of Flh in 1677, where he took the oath of allegiance in 1687; on ass. roll of said town of 1683 and cen. of 1698. High sheriff of Kings Co. in 1686, as per p. 148 of Cal. of Eng. Man. Issue :- Lammetje, bp. Nov. 23, 1684, in Flh, m. Ist John Wyckoff of Six Mile Run, N. J., m. 2ª Minne Van Voorhees of New Brunswick; John of N. J., m. Grietje or Margaret Van Liew; Aulche; and Gaertje. Signed his name "Gerrit Strycker."
Hendrick (Janse), m. Feb. 16, 1687, Catharine Hys of Flb. Mem. of the R. D. ch. of Flh in 1677; on patent for the land in N. L. of 1673; and on ass. roll of Flh of 1675. He sold June 12, 1680, to Jan Van der Vliet wood-lot No. 7 in the N. L. for 1000 gl., as per p. 125 of Lib. AA of Flh rec. Oct. 7, 1686, he bought of Cornelis Janse Berrien 2 lots of land, Nos. 46 and 47, in the N. L. of "Midwout," they being the 2 outside numbers on the Fresh Kil or Shoemaker's Bridge, as per p. 78 of Lib. A of Flh rec. From his will, da. Jan. 23, 1684, on p. 155 of Lib. C of Flh rec., it is inferred that he had no children. Signed his name "Hendrick Strycker."
Jacob Gerritse, the common ancestor of one branch of the family, emigrated in 1651, and settled in N. A. He m. Ida Huybrechts; and d. Oct. 1687. Was a tailor by trade, and schepen of N. A. from 1665 to 1674, and with his w. a mem. of the D. ch. of that place. Removed to Flds, where he took the oath of allegiance in 1687, but may have resided in Flh previous to his removal to Flds, for on p. 3 of Lib. A of Flh rec. he is entered as having obtained a patent for 25 mor- gens in said town lying on the E. side of the highway, S. of Jan Strycker, and N. of Symon Hansen (Van Noostrand), stretching W. and so southerly, in breadth 25 rods and length 600 rods. Was schout fiscaal of the Br" district in 1673, and mem. of the R. D. ch. of Flds in 1677. Issue :- Gerrit of Flds; and Ida, who m. Christoffel Probasco of Flh. Signed his name "Jacob Strycker."
Jacobus (s. of Gerrit and Wyntje), bp. Aug. 27, 1682; m. Martha -. Resided in Gd until 1722, when he removed to the Raritans, N. J., and joined the R. D. ch. of that lo-
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cality. Issue :- Wyntje, bp. July 13, 1718, in Gd. Signed his name " Jacobus Strycker" in 1763.
Jacob (Pieterse), b. Aug. 24, 1688; (sup.) m. Dec. 17, 1710. Annetje Vanderbeeck, and settled in Somerset Co. on the Raritan.
Jan, the common ancestor of the Fla branch of the fami- ly, and supposed to be a brother of Jacob Gerritse, emi- grated in 1652 from Ruinen in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands, settled in FIh as early as 1654, having probably previously resided in N. A .; was b. in 1615; m. Ist Lambertje Seubering, by whom all his children; m. 2ª, Apl. 30, 1679, Swantje Jans wid. of Cornelis de Potter of Br"; m. 3ª, Mar. 31, 1687, in N. Y., Teuntje Teunis of Flh, wid. of Jacob Hellekers, alias Swart or Swartcop, of N. Y .; d. prior to 1697. On a declaration he made in 1679 he is styled "armorer," as per p. 80 of Cal. of Eng. Man. Mag. of Flh for several years; one of its representatives in the Hempstead convention of 1665; name on its town patents, and took the oath of allegiance there in 1687. Issue :- Altje, b. in the Netherlands, m. Abm Jorise Brinckerhoff; Jannetje, also b. in the Netherlands, m. Cors Janse Ber- rian; Gerrit Janse; Angenietje, m. Ist Claas Tysen, m. 2ª Jan Cornelise Boomgaert or Bougaert; Eytie or Ida, m. Stoffel Probasco of N. L .; Pieter of Flh, b. Nov. 1, 1653; Sara, m. Joris Hansen Bergen; and Hendrick. Signed his name "Jan Strycker."
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