Orseltie Dircks

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Orrseltie Dircks was born ca, 1635 in Hamburg, Holstein, West Prussia, Germany and died ca. 1678 in Albany (formerly Ft. Orange & Beverwyck of New Amsterdam), Albany Co., NY.

Parents: UNKNOWN

Married

1. on 25 October 1653 at Hillegersberg, near Rotterdam to Jan Hendricksen. He was born about Abt. 1637 in Hillegersberg, Netherlands and died 1654 in the Netherlands.
2. in 1655 to Teunis Jacobs
3. about 1658 in Flatbush on Long Island, Kings County, New Amsterdam to Antony Jansz Westbrook

Children of Jan Hendricksen and Orrseltie Dircks include

1. Annetie Jans Hendricksen (1656 – 1696). She married Michaiel DeMotte.

Children of Anthony Westbrook and Orrseltie Dircks include

1. Ann Westbrook 1656 – 1696
2. Johannes Westbrook (1663 – 1727). He married Magdalena Janse Dekker
3. Dirck Westbroek 1671 – 1728
4. Dirrick Westbroek1671 – 1671

Events

• Ursel Dircks, a young daughter from Hamburg, living at the "Luevenhaven, was first married to Jan Hendricksen, a young man at Hillegersberg, near Rotterdam, on October 25, 1653, after a publication of the intended marriage on September 21, 1653.
• On August 29th, 1655, publication was made of the intended marriage of the young widow to Teunis Jacobs, a young man from Beeckum, living at the Pannekoekstraat. At that time Orsel Dircks, widow of Jan Hendricksen, was listed as living at the Nieuwe Vogelsang.
• Ursel Dircks, from Holstein, with two children, was a passenger to New Netherlands in De Moesman, (the Market Gardener), and arrived May 1, 1658. She was a widow for the second time. The ages of her two children are unknown.
• While en route to join her new husband at Albany, Ursul Dircks ordered some new clothes from Anony De Lorme, corner of Goidweighers and Broad Streets, New York on April 23, 1658, and received an advance of money in silver and gold.
• at least two children of Ursel Dircks and Anthony Jansen van Westbrook survived. The couple were married about 1658 and operated a tavern and resided at Flatbush on Long Island and at Albany, New York. Their names appear in over 125 colonial records between 1658 and 1678.
• Marya / Maria's grandmother Orsseltie Jans (Orsseltie Dirxs) was sole sponser of the child Marya, of Michiel de Moth, Annetie Westbroek, baptized at Hurley (near Kingston) ALIAS: Wesbrouek. / Marya / Mariya

Links

• descendants of Michiel DeMOTT
• Westbrook Family
• Theodore Walker's Ancestry Tree
• Hinkle Lang Long Watson Family Tree Ancestry Tree

Sources

1. History of the Westbrook Family As prepared by William E. Westbrook, San Francisco California
2. Letter, Archivaris, Gemeentearchief, Rotterdam, Nov. 15, 1968.
3. New York Colonial Manuscripts, V. 14 p. 83, folio 8.
4. Flatbush Town Records, Miscellaneous Volume II, 1658-1799, Paper No. 6888
5. RECORDS: Childrens baptismal records.