Albert Terhune, Sr.

Albert Albertse, the immigrant ancestor, chose the name Ter Huinen (ter meaning "from that place," and Huinen being the name of the village in Holland where he had lived.) His second name “Albertse” indicates he was the son of Albert. There were many variations in spelling in early documents, but eventually the name has become Terhune.

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Albert Terhune1,2 M, #790, b. 1588, d. 1619 Charts Pedigree Chart (Box) Pedigree Chart (Indented)

    Albert Terhune was born in 1588 at Binnick, Utrecht, Netherlands.1 He died in 1619 at Huynen, Gelderland, Netherlands. Family 	Elizabeth Bertholf b. 26 Sep 1683, d. 1714 Child	

Albert Albertse Terhune+ b. 1618, d. 1685
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   [S5] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File.

   [S2] Unknown author, Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees.

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Huguenot family from France immigrated

Huguenot family from France immigrated to Holand from Paris . Ancestorprobably a John Terhune . May have been born i n Paris France in 1590

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History of the Terhune Family

HISTORY OF THE TERHUNE FAMILY In the Seventeenth Century it is reported a John Terhune and his wifewith two children left Paris, France and went to Holland. They aresaid to have fled from persecution. Their only baggage was onevalise. Albert Albertsen (or as then written Albertse. This form Albertsewould indicate the name of his father was also Albert.) immigrantHuguenot ancestor of the Terhunes of New Amsterdam, Flatlands LongIsland, and later Bergen County, East New Jersey. He came from Hunen(Huynen) in Holland. The place named Hunen was probably thefoundation for the name Terhune. The first record we have of the immigrant is in New Amsterdam, onFebruary 16, 1654, when Wolfret Webber brought a suit against AlbertAlbertse in the burgomasters and schepens court for services of hisson, hired by Albertse. He was recorded as a "lientwever" (ribbonweaver), when he first came to New Amsterdam, and attempted to carryon his trade in the Dutch city. He next appears in 1657 as havingrented and cultivated a farm on the Nyack (Najack) tract in NewUtrecht, Long Island, owned by Conelius Van Werckhoven and held forthe heirs of the estate of Jaques Cortelyou. He evidently built arude home. This home after the custom of the early Dutch farmers,consisted of a dugout cellar covered by a heavy thatch of rye straw. Anearby spring was the source of fresh water. From such a house thatthe Director General and Council of New Amsterdam forced the farmersto leave, after they had either destroyed or unroofed them. He movedhis family for safety from the Indians, into the village of NewUtrecht, where all isolated settlers were gathered for mutualprotection. This "Garrison Village", as they were called in New England was builtin 1660, but not until great opposition on the part of the disturbedfarmers, had been overcome by force of law. It is recorded of AlbertAlbertse that he was fined fifty guilders by the Director General andCouncil o f New Amsterdam for non- conformity with the orders of thegovernment. When he refused to pay he was imprisoned until he agreedto join in the erection of the village of New Utrecht. He became theowner of one of the first twelve houses built in the village, whichshows that he was not only a tardy or rebellious settler. The sameyear he became a land owner by purchasing fifty acres of land fromJacob Van Couwenhoven in the village of Flatlands. He was obliged toappear before the burgomasters and schepens court in New Amsterdam inorder to force Couwenhoven to give him a deed as provided in theagreement to purchase. The records of this court shows that AlbertAlbertse was a party in several suits in 1660-1-2, and we note oneagainst Wessel Garizen for a gun, sword and heavy belt, loaned toGerrizan at Christmas. On July 16, 1660 he obtained a deed for a piece of land in Flatlandsfrom Jacob Stendman, the deed being recorded in Dutch on page 214, of"Calendar of New York Historical Manuscript". He sold the lease of heNew Utrecht farm to Nathaniel Britton on April 3, 1664. In 1665purchased more of the Couwenhoven tract also a tract from ElbertElbertse Stoothoff, and on this land he erected a dwelling house. In1675 his property in Flatlands was assessed for L58 sterling. Hisname, with that of his wife Geertje, appears on the records of theDutch Reformed Church of Flatlands as members. About this time hejoined with Jaques Cortelyou and other residents of Flatlands,including the Gerretsons, Van Winkles and Speirs in the purchase ofthe Acquackanonck patent of five thousand acres of land on the PassaicRiver in Bergen County, East New Jersey. This purchase was thebeginning of the settlement that resulted in the town of Hackensack.The proprietors of the Acquackanonck patent received a confirmatorypatent from the governor general and council of East New Jersey in1685. Compiled by Herbert Stewart Ackerman, Ridgewood, N.J.

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Born either Binnick, Utrecht, Netherland

Born either Binnick, Utrecht, Netherlands or possibly Paris, France.