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Our Dutch (and a few French and English) Ancestors in New Netherland (New York)
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New Year's Day 1636 in Nieuw Amsterdam (now New York) by George Boughton
THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS
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Although I have known for more than 25 years that I had Dutch, French, and Walloon ancestors who settled in New Netherland, specifically in and around the present-day city of Kingston, New York, I did not know until recently (early 2025) that I had many more Dutch and French ancestors who settled in the colony, at New Amsterdam--located on the tip of Manhattan Island--at New Utrecht in what is now the New York borough of Brooklyn, and also Staten Island, as well as what is now Albany, the capital of the State of New York, long before the English took over in 1664 and renamed the place.
What this means is that in addition to having ancestors who settled in Virginia during the earliest days of English colonization, I also have ancestors who were present during the earliest years of one of the world's greatest cities--New York--when it was in its infancy. |
Without exception (so far as I know), these hardy pioneers were all from my mother's side of the family. Two of them -- father and son -- settled in Kings County, Long Island, in what is now the borough of Brooklyn. Two other father-son pairs settled in New Amsterdam, at the tip of Manhattan Island. One other father-son set went to live upriver, about a hundred miles from Manhattan, at a village called Esopus or Wildwyck. So did a father-in-law-son-in-law pair. Another settled at Fort Orange (now Albany). Others ended up at Harlem, on the northern end of Manhattan Island, in what was then a small village surrounded by bouweries (farms).
MAPS
Manatus Gelegan op de Noot Rivier: A map showing the New York City region as it was in 1639.
Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae : nec non partis Virginiae tabula multis in locis emendata (1685), includes a drawing of New Amsterdam in lower right corner
The Castello Plan of New Amsterdam (1660) drawn by Surveyor-General Jacques Cortelyou
ANCESTRAL SITES TO VISIT
See NEW YORK GAZETTEER COMING SOON!
VIDEOS
YouTube video: New York, A Documentary Film: From 1624 to 1664
YouTube video: NBC LEARN: New Netherlands
YouTube video: What's Left of New Amsterdam
YouTube video: Why Doesn't the U.S. Know About its Own Dutch Origins?
YouTube video: How New Amsterdam influenced America
THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS
Our NEW NETHERLAND ANCESTORS in ORDER of ARRIVAL
Click on each link for more information about an individual or family.
NOTE: I may have many more early New York ancestors than those listed here, but these are the ones I can confirm through both documentary and DNA evidence.
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INFORMATION BELOW
Click on underlined names to read a biography of that individual |
Frederick Lubbertsen and wife, Trintje Hendricks 1633 New Amsterdam and New Utrecht, Kings County (Long Island)
Our earliest known adult ancestors in New Netherland.
See LUBBERTSEN Family Tree
Nicholas Stilwell 1639 New Amsterdam, Gravesend, Kings County (Long Island) and Richmond County (Staten Island)
Our earliest known English ancestor in New Netherland.
See STILWELL Family Tree
William Golding abt. 1640 Gravesend, Kings County (Long Island)
Our earliest known Irish ancestor in New Netherland.
See GOLDING Family Tree
Joseph Golding abt. 1640 Gravesend, Kings County (Long Island)
Son of the above
See GOLDING Family Tree
Christoffel Harmenzen and wife, Moederke Gerrits 1652 New Utrecht, Kings County (Long Island)
Killed by Indians in the Peach War, 1655
See VAN ZANDT Family Tree
Gerrit Stoffelse Vansand and wife, Lysbeth Cornelis Gerrits 1652 New Utrecht, Kings County (Long Island)
Son of the above
See VAN ZANDT Family Tree
Dirck Claessen and first wife, Trintje Roelofs 1653 New Amsterdam (Manhattan) and Harlem
Farmer and Pottery Maker
See CLAESSEN Family Tree
Christian Barentsen and wife, Jannetje Jans 1653 New Amsterdam (Manhattan)
See VAN HORN Family Tree
Barent Christiansen Van Horn and wife, Geertje Dircks 1653 New Amsterdam (Manhattan)
Son of the above and Son-in-Law of Dirck Claessen
See VAN HORN Family Tree
Jacob Leendersen Van de Grift and wife, Rebecca Frederickse 1657 New Amsterdam (Manhattan)
Son-in-law of Frederick Lubbertsen
See VAN DE GRIFT Family Tree
Philippe Casier and wife, Marie Taine Arrived 1660 on The Gilded Otter. Settled at Harlem.
See CASIER Family Tree
Mathese Blanchan and wife, Magdeline Jorrise Arrived 1660 on The Gilded Otter, Settled at Esopus/Wildwyck.
See BLANCHAN Family Tree
Louis Dubois and wife, Catherine Blanchan 1661 Esopus/Wildwyck
Son-in-Law of the above
See DUBOIS Family Tree
Jan Jooseten Van Meteren and wife, Macyken Hendrygksen 1662 Esopus/Wildwyck
See VAN METER Family Tree
Joost Jans Van Meteren and wife, Sarah Dubois 1662 Esopus/Wildwyck
Son of the above and son-in-law of Louis Dubois
See VAN METER Family Tree
Gabriel Thomson Strudles and wife, Jannetje Dircks circa 1662 Albany
No Biography or Family Tree Posted Yet
Jan Janse Verkerk and wife, Maycke Gisberts 1663 New Utrecht, Kings County (Long Island)
No Biography Posted Yet
See VERKERK Family Tree
Jean Jacques Guyon and wife, Sarah Casier 1664 Richmond County (Staten Island)
No Biography or Family Tree Posted Yet
Samuel Holmes Abt. 1665 Gravesend, Kings County (Long Island)
Son of the Reverend Obadiah Holmes of Newport, Rhode Island
No Biography Posted Yet
See HOLMES Family Tree
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