Maijken Hendricks van den Oever

New Amsterdam - Immigrants

"His wife Maeyken Hendricksen was from Meppelen, Province of Drenth, The Netherlands. She was the daughter of Hendricks of Laeckervelt and Anne Jan Jans." 1704. [not true - see below]

Mayke Hendrick, the bride's mother, 'lived at Opynen in the Tielerwaard in Gelderland with her first husband, Willem Crom, and in the same neighborhood with her second husband Jan Joosten.' . . . 'An index card at the Centraal Bureau points to the marriage of Elisabeth Willemse Crom's parents: Willem Gijsbertsen Crom, young man, and Maeyken Hendricx van en Oever, married on 7 April 1645 in Waardenburg.' Waardenburg is very near to Opijnen. This Maeyken Henricx van den Oever married second Jan Joosten van Meteren about 1658." 1720

"Jan Joost Van Meteren of Thierlewoodt, with his wife and five children, whose ages ranged from two and a half to fifteen years, arrived in the ship 'Fox', at New Amsterdam in New Netherlands on the 12th of April, 1662. He married in 1646 Macyke Hendricksen or (Hendrygksen) of Mappelen, in the province of Dreuth in Holland, the daughter of Hendricks of Laeckervelt and his wife Anne Jan Jans. She is supposed to have been the sister of Femmetjen Hendricksen, who married Jooste Adriensen, of Pynnaker Holland, on the 20th of March, 1663-4. Upon the death of Jooste Ariencesen of 'Bostwick', upon Long Island circa 1685, Jan Joosten Van Meteren was appointed administrator, tutor of decedent's children, and arbitrator in the proceedings regarding the sale of some land in Hurley which had been sold to Derick Schepmos by Arience during his life time." 1707

"Maycken, wife of Jan Joosten" is listed as a sponsor for Jannetie, daughter of Joost Adriansen (KgB:No. 119). 630

"On April 23, 1705, he [Gysbert Crom] conveyed to Jan Joosten van Meteren of the City of New York his interest 'in the estate of Jan Joosten which was bequeathed unto him, the said Gysbert either by words or writing.' . . . The grantee, by the way, was not the original Jan Joosten, but his grandson of the same name. This is indicated by the following record: on April 24, 1705, Gysbert Crom, at his house 'in the Limits of Marbletown,' witnessed an agreement between 'Jon Joosten van Meteren, son of Joost Janse van Meteren, son of Jan Joosten van Meteren, in his life time living at East Jarsey,' and 'Maycke Jooste, widow of Jan Joosten van Meteren,' wherein Maycke conveyed to her grandson 'her right of inheritance in her husband's estate,' for '45 pieces of eight of 15 penny weight to be paid her annually, the child of a negress about 5 years old named Lea, to be delivered to her order in the Jerseys . . . with condition that the aforesaid Maycken may dispose of the . . . child as she pleases.' Maycke was also to receive 'honourable burial' (Ulster County Land Deeds AA, pp. 340-41)." 630

"Macyken, wife of Jan Joosten is named as a beneficiary in the will of Everdt Pary; dated 26th March, 1675." 1707, 1668, 1679

His [Jan Joosten's] will was found filed, with an inventory of his personal property, in the Burlington County Surogate's office. This instrument is endorsed 'Will of Jan Joosten of . . . June 13th, 1706,' and is further marked 'Dutch.' His personal estate included six slaves, a negro man, woman and four children. The appraisers were Joris van Neste and Hendrix Reinersen; it was sworn to by 'John Van Mator.' Antedating this document is a 'testamentary disposition' signed jointly by Jan Joosten and his wife, Maycke Hendricksen, and dated 16th December, 1681, which reads: 'Macyke Hendricksen shall retain full possession of the estate. She consents that the survivor shall possess everything, lands, houses, pesonal property, money, gold, silver - coined or uncoined. After their decease the property is to be inherited by their children - Jooste to have one-hald the entire estate first. Jooste and Gysbert to to have the land at Marbletown - Jooste one-half and then the other half to be divided between them. Gertje to have the land at Wassemaker's land. Children of Lysbeth, deceased, to have their portion in money from the other children." 1679

"Macyke HENDRICKSE was born in 1624 at Mappelen, Dreuth, Holland, the daughter of Hendricks of Laeckervelt and Anne Jan Jans.

She married Jan Joosten Vanmetern (or Van Meteren) in 1646 at Gelderland or at Meppelen, Dreuth, Holland. "1698

"Jan Joosten's wife is remembered today by a wide variety of names, all of which may be translated as "little Mary, Henry's daughter." Out of this myriad I have selected Maycken Hendricks as a compromise with the closest resemblance to (a) apparent accuracy, and (b) all the other variants. Many webgens use "Macyke" or "Macyken," which look like a transposition or misreading of "Maeyke(n)." Only in connection with Jan Joosten's wife does "Macyken" appear on the Internet; ditto "Macyke" (as a first name).

As mentioned in Chapter 3, Maycke and Maycken—and Maaicke(n), Maaike(n), Maeijke(n), Maejke(n), Maeyke(n), Maike(n), and Marike(n)—are "endearing diminutives" of Maria.

Åú Her Birthplace and Parents

Maycken's estimated birthyear ranges from "about 1614" to "about 1629"; some webgens confidently give an exact birthdate of December 12, 1624. Most sources agree she was born in Meppel, the port and market center of Drenthe, a sparsely-populated region in the northeastern Netherlands. Meppel is less than fifteen miles east of the Zuider Zee (as it was then), but almost seventy miles northeast of Meteren.

Several webgens name her parents as Hendricks of Laeckervelt and Anne Jan Jans; but this is the result of confusion between our Maycken Hendricks and a Maycke Hendrieux, whose parents were Hendrick Adriense van de/der/den Burchgraef(f) and Annetje Janse of Laeckervelt. Maycke Hendrieux was born as early as 1602; married Cornelis Hendrik van Ness in 1625; had six (or as many as eleven) children; and died circa 1663—in the future Fairfield, Essex County, New York, according to one source. (As a side effect of this mix-up, three webgens say our Maycken Hendricks died in Wyltwick, Ulster County, New York in 1653—nine years before she emigrated there!)

Likelier candidates for Maycken's parents are Hendrick Hendricksen van den Oever and Lysbet Voet. This is supported by Maycken herself appearing (even when no parents are mentioned) with the place-surname van den Oever, which means "of the seashore" or "riverbank." Although this could apply to a large percentage of 17th Century Netherlanders, ~jabberwocky's Peter van Maanen reminds us there was a wealthy Van (den) Oever clan who intermarried with the Houses of Van Haeften, Van Naeldwijk, and Van Cuijck van Meteren—as illustrated in the Van Haeften / Van Oever Tree.

Åú Possible Siblings

Two other Hendrickses from Meppel preceded Maycken to New Amsterdam: Roeloft, a farmhand, and Femmetje, a "maiden," came circa 1659-61 on De Trouw (the Faith). At the New Amsterdam Reformed Dutch Church in the Spring of 1663, Femmetje Hendricks van Meppel married Joost Adriaenszen van Pynacker, who had been a fellow passenger aboard De Trouw. Then in October 1668, widower Joost married Lysbet Willems Krom, the eldest daughter of Maycken Hendricks. From these correlations, Maycken "is supposed to have been the sister of Femmetjen Hendricksen"—though this would indicate that Joost Adriaenszen married his late wife's teenaged niece.

But others dissent, convincingly. Femmetje's sister, they say, was named Hilletje, and their brother's name was Roeloff. Hilletje, widow of the soldier Andries Barentsen, married Albert Jansen of Steenwyck in 1664. Later that year, Roeloff (now a carpenter) married Aeltje Lubberse of Elburgh. Also in 1664, Femmetje and Joost's daughter Maertje was baptized; the witnesses were Roeloff, Hilletje, and Albert Jansen. Not till Joost married Lysbet four years later was there any authenticated tie between these siblings and Maycken—other than their all hailing from Meppel, and having fathers named Hendrick.

Åú Willem Krom (Crom)

A number of webgens say Maycken married Jan Joosten in or around 1646; but as ~vm/profiles remarks, "It appears possible that Macyken Henderson [sic] was the widow of Willem Crom." There is in fact substantial documentation that Maycken's first husband was Willem Gijsbertsz Krom of Opijnen in the Tielerwaard; that they married on April 7, 1645 in nearby Waardenburg; and that Willem was the father of most of Maycken's children (of which/whom more in Chapter 6).

Willem—as per the Krom Tree—was one of five children of Gijsbert Willemsz Krom and Lysbet Cornelisdr. If Maycken's mother was indeed Lysbet Voet, then Maycken and Willem's daughter Lysbet Willems Krom was named after both her grandmothers.

What brought Maycken from Meppel down to Opijnen on the bank of the Waal, and how she and Willem became acquainted, and what Willem did for a living, remain unanswered questions. Also unsettled is when Willem died, since its timing "depends" on how many of Maycken's five kids you claim to be Willem's, and how many Jan Joosten's. More easily guessed is that Jan must have been a friend and neighbor (Meteren is less than three miles north of Opijnen), and that Maycken did not undergo a lengthy widowhood before Jan married her and adopted Willem's children—to a greater or lesser extent: they retained the surname Krom, which in America tended more often to be spelled Crom."1721

"Maeyken, wife of Jan Joosten, was named a beneficiary in the Will of Evardt Pary dated 26 March 1675. (Ulster County Probate Records)." 1704

"Kingston Baptisms 1683: Parents: Joost Janz Sara du Bois Child: Jan Date: 14 Oct Witnesses and Sponsors: Jan Joosten. Gysbert Crom. Mayken Hendricx." 1706

Kingston Baptisms 1683: Parents: Gysbert Crom, Geertie van Vlied Child & Date: Henric, 9 Dec. Witnesses and Sponsors: Johannes Weecksteen. Mayken Hendrix." 1706 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbpretz/PS05/PS05_064.HTM

Name: Mayken Hendrickse

_AKAN: Maycken Hendricks Van der Oever

Sex: F

Birth: C 1629 in Meppel, Province of Drenth, The Netherlands 1

Emigration: 1662 Tielerwaard (region), Gelderland, The Netherlands 2

Immigration: 14 NOV 1662 New Amsterdam, the Dutch Colony (colony renamed in 1664 to New York) 2

Event: 1663 Taken hostage in the Esopus War by local Indians

Death: aft ER 1704 in probably Ulster County, New York

ANCI: 9th great ancestor - 2 branches

Ancestry Hints for Mayken Hendrickse

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Father: Hendrickse

Marriage 1 Willem Gijsbertsz b: C 1622 in Opijnen, Province of Gelderland, The Netherlands

Married: in Tielerwaard (region), Gelderland, The Netherlands

Children

Elizabeth (Lysbet) Willemsen Crom b: C 1650 - 1653 in Opijnen, Province of Gelderland, The Netherlands

Gysbert Willems Krom b: C 1653 in Drenthe, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Geertje Crom b: C 1656 in Opijnen, Province of Gelderland, The Netherlands
Marriage 2 Jan Joosten b: C 1626 in Tielerwaard (region), Gelderland, The Netherlands

Married: C 1650 in Gelderland, The Netherlands

Children

Catherine Van Meteren b: 1650 in Meppel, Province of Drenth, The Netherlands

Joost Janse Van Meteren b: 1656 in Gelderland, The Netherlands
Sources:

Author: Buckley, Paul

Abbrev: Buckley, Paul

Publication: 2000

Text: Krom Family Researcher and Descendent

Note:

Email address: [pb141] at [columbia.edu] Address: 100 Warren Street, #1006 in Jersey City, New Jersey 07302.

Author: West India Company

Title: Account Book in New Netherland Colonial Mss, vol. 14, Book KK.

Abbrev: Ship Passengers

Publication: Holland Society of New Netherland 1902

Text: All "passenger lists" for travel from The Netherlands to New Netherland 1654-1664 came from information on the debit side of the West India Company Account Book in New Netherland Colonial Mss, vol. 14, Book KK. This account book is the source fo r the lists of Passengers to New Netherland in the Year Book of the Holland Society of New Netherland 1902:1-37 FN 1,2.

Additional resources cited:

[1]. Abstracts from Notarial Documents in the Amsterdam Archives by Pim Nieuwenhuis published in New Netherland Connections in series Vol. 4:3,4; Vol. 5:1-3

[2]. Early Immigrants to New Netherland 1657-1664 from The Documentary History of New York

[3]. Settlers of Rensselaerswyck 1630-1658 in Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts

[4]. E. B. O'Callaghan's Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany NY

[5]. New World Immigrants: List of Passengers 1654 to 1664 edited by Michael Tepper

[6]. Emigrants to New Netherland by Rosalie Fellows Bailey, , NYGBR; vol 94 no 4 pp 193-200

[7]. De Scheepvaart en handel van de Nederlandse Republiek op Nieuw-Nederland 1609-1675 unpublished thesis by Jaap Jacobs

Note:

Typical fare was 36 florins; half that for young children; and nothing for nursing infants. FN 1

These accounts that they were made up from the records of the West India Company, by order of the English rulers after the confiscation of the Company's property in New Netherland, and as assets of or debts due the Company, and to be collecte d by the English. The list seems to stop with the Eendracht which arrived on 19 July 1664. (The English took over in Sept 1664 so that may have been the last passenger ship to arrive before that date.)

• Birth: Doopinschrijving Maijke, 12 December-1624 Gemeente: Zaltbommel
• Diversen: Den 12 December,1624 Infans-Child: Maijke,
• pater-father: Hendrick Hendricx, mater-mother: Lijsbeth Voet.
• Place of baptism- Plaats dopen: Zaltbommel[1]

1. Source: Archieven.nl: Vindplaats: Regionaal Archief Rivierenland Toegangsnummer: 3198 Doop-, trouw-, begraaf- en lidmatenregisters van de Bommelerwaard, (1303) 1590 - 1810 (1949) Inventarisnummer: 1913 Register: NH Doop 1623-1627, 1634-1636; Trouw 1619-1647; Lidmaten 1630; Diversen 1619-1636 benoeming ouderlingen en diakenen (DTB-1913) Periode register: 1619-1647 Bladzijde: 59vz Baptism Maijke Hendricks 12 December, 1624 Zaltbommel

• http://wgscroggins.kueber.us/Vanmeter3_Jan_Joosten.pdf
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Dec 4 2016, 2:28:32 UTC
• page 91 of LEAVES OF A STUNTED SHRUB Vol Two
• http://www.skeeterkitefly.com/finelineage_V3.htm

Managers of Hendrick Hendrickse van den Oever,

I am contacting you about this profile: Daniel Gittinger.... This profile was brought to my attn this morning re: his parentage which I have never researched but would like you to add a daughter, Femmetjen Hendricksee who married Joast Molenauer aka Joost Adriaensen van Pynacker who had a daughter Marritje b. 1664. A year after her mother was captured w/ ~49 others in the June 7, 1663 Minnisink Indian raid along w/ many of my other ancestors. Her family ret'd to Holland where she died. Her husband ret'd to New Amsterdam where he married his wife's niece, Lysbet Krom b. 1647-d. before 7/9/1681, my 9GGP's. Their children, Jannetje, Adrian, Willem m. Gertrud Springsteen, Hendrick bapt. 4/24/1681 will proved 3/1/1718-19 m. Lysbet Catherine VanMeteren d/o Joast and Sarah DuBois who had: Joast, b.c. 1707, Maryken, 1709, Jan 1711, and Elizabeth b.1712. My 7th Grandparents Joast m. Christianna Vandergrift d/o Jacobus, 3/4/1735 in Churchville MM, PA. but lived on the land he inherited from grandparents, Joast & Sarah DuBois VanMeteren