Tjerck Claeszen de Witt

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Tjerck Claessen DE WITT

• b. abt 1619/1620, Saterland, Hesephalia, Netherlands,
• m. 24-Apr-1656, in Ref. Collegiate Dut. Ch., New Amsterda, Barbara ANDRIESZEN, b. abt 1630, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands, (daughter of Andries LUYCAZSEN and Jannetje SEBYNS) d. 6-Jul-1714, Kingston, Ulster Co., NY.
• Tjerck died 17-Feb-1700, Kingston, Ulster Co., NY.

Tjerck Claessen DeWitt was born at "Groatholdt" in Zunderland, Westphalia, about 1620. He had two sisters, Taatje and Emmeretie and a brother, Jan Claessen DeWitt.

• 1. Andries DEWITT b: 1657 in New Amsterdam, NY
• 2. Taatje DEWITT
• 3. Jannetje DEWITT
• 4. Klaes DEWITT
• 5. Jan DEWITT
• 6. Gertruy DEWITT
• 7. Jacob DEWITT
• 8. Rachel DEWITT
• 9. Peek DEWITT
• 10. Tjerck DEWITT
• 11. Marritje DEWITT
• 12. Aagje DEWITT b: in Albany, N.Y.
• 13. Has Children Lucas DEWITT b: 1674 in Kingston, Ulster Co, N.Y.
  

baptisms DRC New Amsterdam

~• Appears:
1665 Mar 01; Marten Hofman, Emerensje Hofman; Annetie; Jerck Claeszen de Wit, Annetje Croesvelt

Pronounciation of the name is as if written Cherrick; The form "Claeszen" used in the Dutch Record was the formal spelling. That as well as Classen, signifies that Tierck was the son of Claes or Nicholas.

"Groatholdt" signifies Great Wood; Zunderland is probably Saterland, a district of Westphalia on the southern border of East Friesland.

Tierck is a Frisian form of Theodoric. In the New York Dutch record of the baptism of at least two of his children, the form Tierck is used. In Dutch, the letters i and j, at least when preceding a vowel, are interchangeable.

Tierck Classen himself wrote id Tierck as appears from signatures in Albany County Clerk's Office; the parties themselves signed the early records of conveyance and other instruments. A signature of Tierck Claessen, in a firm hand, in which some of the characters resemble German script, appears in Book of Deeds No. 2, Page 263, Albany County Clerk's Office.

The first mention in this country, of Tjerck Claessen DeWitt, the ancestor of the DeWitt family, is found in the "Trouw Boeck" or Register of Marriages of the Reformed (Collegiate) Dutch Church, of New York City, where it is recorded that on the 24th day of April, 1656, "Tjerck Claessen DeWitt van Grootholdt' en Zunderlandt," married "Barbara Andriessen van Amsterdam." Zunderlandt has not been definately located, but is probably Saterland, a district of Westphalia, on the southern border of East Friesland.

It seems, from the records, that he was connected with the distinguished DeWitt family of Dordrecht, Holland, but the line of connections doesn't appear yet. He had a wax seal engraved with the coat of arms borne by Jan (John or Johan) DeWitt, the Grand Pensionary of Holland. Undoubtedly, he brought this seal over with him, and it may have belonged to some forefather.

For a short time after his marriage he lived in New York (his first child, Andries, was born there), but in the spring of 1657 he moved to Albany, where he had purchased a house and lot. In accordance with Dutch custom, the first son was named Andries, baptized in New York 1657, for Barbara's father; the second son was Klaes, baptized 1664, for Tjerck's father; a younger son Lucas, for her brother.

In September, 1660, he exchanged his Albany property with Madame de Hutter, for land in Wiltwyck (now Kingston), "possession to be given May 1, 1661." He probably took possession at that time, as in September, 1661, he appears as plaintiff in an action at law before the Schepens Court of Wiltwyck, and on October 11th the same court ordered the Sheriff (Roeleff Swartwout) to pay him three and a half schepels of wheat in eight days and seven more in one month.

From this time until his death, he resided in Kingston and Hurley, and some of the land which he purchased is still in the hands of his descendants.

That he was a man of considerable means is shown by the fact that in 1661 he was taxed 125 guilders (about $50) to pay for building a church in Esopus.

In 1662 he owned No. 28 of the "new lots."

June 7, 1663, when Kingston and Hurley were almost entirely destroyed by the Indians, his eldest daughter, Taatje, was taken prisoner, but was soon rescued. She afterward married Captain Matthys Matthyssen.

During the winter of 1664 there was much sickness in Esopus [Kingston]. Fever took hold of the people and prostrated half the place. But this did not prevent men from gathering their money. Roeloff Swartwout sold a horse to Tjerck Claessen DeWitt, which was taken to the latter's barn, but the ex-sheriff, becoming dissatisfied, took it away secretly. He was sued for the property."

In 1667, when the British sent Capt. Broadhead and 13 soldiers to take possession of Kingston, he was one of those who opposed British occupation and among the complaints made afterward by the burghers was the following: "Capt. Braodhead has beaten Tjerck Claezen DeWitt without reason and brought him to prison. Ye reason why Capy. Broadhead abused Tjerick DeWitt was because he would keep Christmas day on ye day according to the Dutch and not on ye day according to ye English observation."

He refused to take the Oath of Allegiance required of heads of families by the English in 1668. He appears to have been well to do; he brought servants to Kingston. The records of Ulster Co., NY, show that he owned negro slaves and possessed two sloops which sailed the Hudson and along the Atlantic coast, carrying on trade at various places, and that he left about $8,000 in personal property.

On 8 Apr 1669 he was given permission to build a house, barn and stables on land between Kingston and Hurley.

Because he refused to pay an Indian wages due, the court banished him and fined him 600 guilders; but the banishment was rescinded, the fine remitted and he was ordered to pay a reasonable sum to the complaining Indian - about 80 cents.

June 25, 1672, Governor Lovelace deeded him "a parcel of bush-land, together with a house, lot, orchard, and calves' pasture, lying near Kingston, in Esopus."

October 8, 1677, Governor Andros deeded him a piece of woodland, containing about fifty acres, at Kingston in Esopus, "to y' west of y' towne."

February 11, 1679, he was one of the signers of a renewal of the Nichols treaty with the Esopus Indians.

In 1684 he signed "the humble petition of the inhabitants of Esopus in the County of Ulster," praying that there might be "liberty by charter to this county to choose our owne officers to every towne court by the major vote of the freeholders." This petition was addressed to Col. Thomas Dongan, Governor-General.

It greatly offended the authorities, and the signers were arrested and fined. Thus early in the history of the country arose the questions of local self-government and the right of suffrage. They were easily answered then.

February 13, 1685, 189 acres of land were conveyed to DeWitt by the Trustees of Kingston.

June 6, 1685, he claimed 290 acres of land lying upon the north side of Rondout Kill, and known by the name of "Momboccus" (in the town of Rochester) in Ulster County. This was laid out for him by Phillip Welles, a surveyor, and was granted to him by patent, May 14, 1694.

March 4, 1689, he was chosen one of the magistrates of Ulster County, having previously held other offices.

Tjerck Claessen DeWitt died at Kingston, February 17, 1700. By his will, which bears date the 4th day of March, 1698, and which is written in the Dutch language, he leaves his property to his wife for life; at her death one-half to go to his oldest son, Andries, and one-half to his youngest son, Tjerck, in trust, "provided that the same shall be appraised by impartial persons on oath," and divided into 12 equal shares, one share to be given to each of his children, their heirs or assigns. In addition to the equal share he gave to Andries some lands at Koksinck and Kleine Esopus, to Jan and Jacob each five hundred bushels of wheat, and to Lucas the one-half of a sloop which he had built the year previous. The legacy to his daughter Rachel is subject to the condition "that my said daughter's share shall be decreased 100 pounds for the benefit of my heirs, which is what my daughter's husband, Cornelious Bogardus, owes me for the one-eighth of a brigantine, desiring, however, that the child of the said Bogardus, named Barbara, shall receive, out of the foresaid 100 pounds, 50 pieces of eight." The legacy to his daughter Jannetje, the wife of Cornelius Swits, is "with these conditions, that if my aforesaid daughter shall die without leaving any children, then all the said part shall be the property of my heirs, to be equally divided between them."

A copy of his will appears in Volume 8 (1912), pg 18 of "Olde Ulster" (10 volumes) in library of Holland Society, 90 Wall Street, New York, NY.

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per DeWitt-Peltz, A Supplement to Peltz-DeWitt (1948), p. 346: Mr. A.J.F.van Laer, a native of Holland, for many years State Archivist, recently retired, supplies the following valued information-

"When I revised Jonathan Pearson's translations of the two volumes of Notarial Papers in the Albany County Clerk's Office (published in 1918 by the State Library under the title 'Early Records of the City and County of Albany, Vol. 3 - History Bulletin 10'), I made an effort to locate the birthplace of Tjerck Claessen De Witt, which in the marriage records of the Dutch Reformed Church of New York is given under date April 24, 1656, as 'Grootholt in Zunderlandt', and which according to Schoonmaker's History of Kingston, p. 477, is 'supposed to be Saterland, a district of Westphalia, on the southern border of East Friesland.'

"I conclude this is a mistake and the Zunderlandt has nothing to do with Saterland, but is a misreading of Emberland. In the first place, Tjerck Classen had a sister Emmerentje De Witt, who in the record of her intended marriage in 1664, at New Amsterdam to Marten Hofman is given as 'from Esens in Embderlt', and secondly, in a power of attorney, dated June 9, 1661, given to his brother-in-law Jan Albertsen, Tjerck Claessen speaks of land inherited by him at 'Oosterbemus in Oost Vriesland.'

The latter is a small place on the coast of East Friesland, opposite the island of Baltrum, which on the map of 'Emden & Olderborch, Comit,' in Mercator's Atlas of 1619, is given as 'Oosterbeus'. This place is situated near Esens, only a few miles N.E. of Emden, and accounts for all the places mentioned in the various documents and also accounts for the fact that the first known ancestor of the DeWitt family had the Frisian name 'Tjerck,' which is equivalent to the Dutch name Dirck, or Diederick.

"It would be interesting to see whether the original marriage record of 1656 in the Dutch Church at New York actually has the name 'Zunderlandt,' or whether this mistake was made by the clerk who transcribed the record for the printer.

"Emden, the seaport in East Friesland which was heavily bombed in the last war, was in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries a place of refuge for Dutch Protestants, who fled there from Spanish inquisition. The place was under the protection of the States General of the Netherlands, who maintained a Dutch garrison there. The place looks like a Dutch city and has a large Dutch Reformed Church, where some of my own ancestors, the immediate descendants of Hohan van Laer, who in 1533 fled from Oldenzaal, in the province of Overyssel, Netherlands, are buried. I visited their tombs in 1910, but fear that they were destroyed in the last war.

"The Frisians early in the Middle Ages settled all along the Dutch coast. They were predominant in the northern part of the present province of Noord, Holland, which for a long time retained semi-independence and became known as West Friesland, in contradistinction to the province of Friesland on the east side of the Zuider Zee, of which Leewarden is the capital, and the territory in Germany, which is known as East Friesland. In the 17th century West Friesland was combined with the northern part of the province of Holland, but still retained administrative independence and became officially know as 'Holland and West Friesland'.

When the Netherlands became a kingdom, in 1813, the name West Friesland was dropped and the territory of 'Holland and West Friesland' was named 'Noord Hooland', the remainder of the ancient county or province of Holland, in which the cities The Hague, Rotterdam, Leiden and Delft are located, being named 'Zuid Holland'.

"West Friesland, therefore, was never a separate province of the present Kingdom of the Netherlands."

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He probably emigrated from near Esens in Ostfriesland (northern coast of Germany) in the early or mid-1650s. (See related page of discussion on his origins.) He married Barbara Andriessen in Manhattan on April 24, 1656. Apparently, though, they never baptized any children there. (Some say Tjerck and Barbara baptized their first son, Andries, in New York, and lived there until spring 1657, but no record exists of Andries’ baptism in Manhattan. When Andries posts wedding banns in Kingston, on March 4, 1682, he’s listed as born in New York.)

We know that as early as February 1656 Tjerck was in court in Albany (Fort Orange) for fighting and for keeping company with Lutherans; we also know he lived there after he was married. (On June 25, 1657, he declares in court there that he’s made a payment in relation to the sale of a stallion.)

It seems likely that Tjerck and Barbara baptized their first children in Albany. Marriage and baptism records from Albany before 1683 have been lost.

On November 20, 1658, Tjerck arranged to lease his house in Beverwyck (Albany) to Arent Isacksz from May 1, 1659, to May 1, 1660. In September 1660 he traded his Albany property with a Madame de Hutter (or Madame Johanna De Laldt and her husband, Hon. Jeronimus Ebbink?), in exchange for land in Wiltwyck (Kingston), “possession to be given May 1, 1661” (or for two pieces of land in the Esopus?).

In 1661 Tjerck was taxed for the erection of a church in Hurley, not far from Kingston. By September 1661 Tjerck had already appeared in court in Wiltwyck (this time as a plaintiff; he won his case).

On February 12, 1662, Tjerck and Barbara baptized a daughter, Jannetjen, in the Kingston Dutch Reform Church (they already had Andries and another daughter, Taatje, born in 1659). By 1662 they owned No. 28 of the “New Lots” at Kingston.

On May 28, 1663, Tjerck also bought a lot in Beverwyck from Harman Tomassen, though he doesn’t seem to have moved there (it sounds like it was very near the property he’d traded away in 1660). On June 7, 1663, Kingston and Hurley were almost entirely destroyed by the Indians; Tjerck fought valiantly in their defense, and his daughter Taatje was kidnapped, along with three other children. She was soon rescued.

Between then and 1668, Tjerck and Barbara baptized three more children in Kingston, where they apparently continued to live in town.

In September 1664 the British took control of New Amsterdam and renamed it after the Duke of York; Colonel Richard Nicolls took over as Governor. In 1667 Tjerck opposed the British occupation of Kingston and “refused to keep Christmas on the day according to the English observation, but according to the Dutch.” (The Dutch used the modern Gregorian calendar [adopted in 1582], which was about two weeks off from the old Julian calendar used by the British. [Brittish adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752]) For his recalcitrance he was beaten.

In 1668 (?) Tjerck refused to sign the oath of allegiance administered by the British, though a “John” DeWitt (perhaps his brother Jan?) and Andries DeWitt (probably Tjerck’s 10-year-old son) did sign it.

On January 24, 1669-70 (or on April 8, 1669?), the new British Governor, Colonel Francis Lovelace, issued a permit to Tjerck to let him “erect a house and barne with convenient outhouses for his cattle upon his own land at Esopus, lying betwixt Hurley and Kingston,” noting that Tjerck previously had permission from Governor Nicolls to do this and on that promise had provided all the materials to get started. This land was on the Kingston-Hurley road; the house still stands today, with a beautiful view of the valley of the Esopus Creek.

On June 25, 1672, Governor Lovelace officially deeded Tjerck the “parcel of bush land, together with a house, lot, orchard and calves’ pasture, lying near Kingston in Esopus.” The deed was a confirmation of Tjerck’s title to the land, now that he had built on it.

New Amsterdam was recaptured by the Dutch on August 7, 1673, but in February 1674 the Dutch agreed to give the colony back, and on October 11, 1674, Captain Antony Colve officially handed over control to the new English Governor, Major Edmond Andros.

On October 8, 1677, Governor Andros deeded Tjerck a piece of woodland, containing about 50 acres, at Kingston in Esopus, “to the west of the towne.” He had other property too.

Tjerck and Barbara had six other children whose baptisms were not recorded in Manhattan or Kingston. It seems likely they were baptized in Hurley, in the church he had helped pay to build—not too far from the house and farm he built around 1670. Their last daughter, Aefje, was baptized in Kingston on January 14, 1684.

<h5 align="left">Sources</h5>

<p align="left">I’m just beginning to list sources here. Apologies for not

being more complete. I will continue to add to this list as I have time. There

are many sources of information on Tjerck Claessen DeWitt, some better than

others.</p>

<p align="left"><i>Printed sources:</i></p>

<p align="left">Record of baptisms and marriages from Kingston, New York.</p>

<p align="left"><i>Online sources:</i></p>

<p align="left"><a href="http://members.tripod.com/MAMasse/courttjerck.htm" target="_blank">Tjerck

Claessen DeWitt in Court</a></p>

<p align="left">Record of early marriages in the Dutch Reform Church in

Manhattan, available in printed form or <a href="http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/rdcmarr1639.shtml" target="_blank">online</a></p>

<p align="left">Record of early baptisms in the Dutch Reform Church in

Manhattan, available <a href="http://www.altlaw.com/edball/dutchbap.htm">online</a></p>

<p align="left"><i>Reproduced herein:</i></p>

<p align="left">Wills of<a href="http://www.mrjumbo.com/contents/genealogy/dewitt/tjerck/wills.anjou...">

Tjerck Claessen DeWitt</a> and his <a href="http://www.mrjumbo.com/contents/genealogy/dewitt/tjerck/wills.anjou...">brother

Jan</a>, who died unmarried in Kingston, 1699 (1906 Anjou edition)</p>

<p align="left">Very cursory look at <a href="http://www.mrjumbo.com/contents/genealogy/pearson.early.sum.html">public

records from Albany, NY,</a> regarding Tjerck Claessen DeWitt and possible

relatives.</p>

<p align="left"><a href="http://www.mrjumbo.com/contents/genealogy/dewitt/tjerck/peltz.html">The

Peltz Record</a> (1948)</p>

<p align="left"><a href="http://www.mrjumbo.com/contents/genealogy/dewitt/tjerck/histulstco....">The

History of Ulster County, New York</a></p>

<p align="left"><a href="http://www.mrjumbo.com/contents/genealogy/dewitt/tjerck/oberholtzer...">The

Oberholtzer Genealogy</a></p>

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C.Tjerck Claeszen DeWitt (Claes) (1620-2/17/1700) came from Holland in 1650, probably first of his family to come to New Amsterdam, and soon settled in Kingston, NY. Earliest information in “Trouw Boeck” or the register of marriages of the DRC in city of New Amsterdam where recorded his m. 4/24/1656, Barbara Andrieszen, from Amsterdam, d. 7/6/1714. Res. in New Amsterdam til b. of eldest son, Andries, 1657, when he moved to Miltwyck, remaining there til his d. The place was well fortified, and he helped defend the village at the time of the Indian attack in 1663. His daughter was taken captive (Jannetje) & recovered. He was one of the magistrates. In 1669 obtained liberty to erect house and barn on his land outside of Wiltwyck. He was a navigator & owned a sloop of 50 ft. keel. Both a trader and farmer with some rank among the original settlers. In 1689 he refused to take the oath of allegiance to the British crown, as did many others, because the British authorities had not fulfilled their treaty stipulations on the country being surrendered to them, and he did not acknowledge that power during his lifetime.

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In 1639 Tjerck and brother Jan emigrated to America

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http://www.mrjumbo.com/contents/genealogy/dewitt/tjerck/ .... < an excellent reference guide

also:

http://www.our-genealogy.com/bettes/ancestry-de-witt/tjerck-claesse...

Tjerck came from a farm near Esens, in Ostfriesland, which today is part of Germany. (Other) mistaken information came from an erroneous transcription of the original handwritten record from 1656. The transcription, which everyone cites, is also handwritten, but it is not the original. The original is lost today. The erroneous transcription still exists and is being lovingly cared for by able archivists. For pictures of the erroneous transcription, and more detailed discussion of the errors and misperceptions that have arisen from this church record, see here.] Presumed buried in Kingston, New York

"Tjerck is first recorded in Beverwyck (near Albany) in 1655... by the 1650's the population of that area was larger than that of Manhattan."

From find-a-grave:

Tjerck married Barbara Andriessen on April 24, 1656 in the Reformed Collegiate Dutch Church in New Amsterdam.

Tjerck died on February 17, 1700 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York.

• Note dicknlissa@comcast.net Their suggestion:

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Although Tjerck Claessen DeWitt (1630-1700) is almost certainly buried in the Old Dutch Reformed Church churchyard, the headstone shown on Find A Grave is that of his grandson. The oldest existing headstone for the cemetery is that of Tjerck's oldest son, Andries, who died tragically in a building accident in 1710. This stone has been removed to the safety of the church museum, and may be viewed there.

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In September, 1660, he exchanged his Albany property with Madame de Hutter for land in Wiltwyck (now Kingston), "possession to be given May 1, 1661." He probably took possession at that time, as in September, 1661, he appears as plaintiff in an action at law before the Schepens Court of Wiltwyck, and on October 11th the same court ordered the Sheriff (Roeleff Swartwout) to pay him three and a half schepels of wheat in eight days and seven more in one month. From this time until death, he resided in Kingston and Hurley, and some of the land which he purchased is still in the hands of his descendants.

Commissary of village of Wildwyck (Kingston area) New Netherland

source: an account drawn form various sources:

"In this attack on the two villages fifteen men, four women and two children were killed. Most of the women and children killed were burned to death. Of the prisoners taken by the Indians at this outbreak there were thirteen women, thirty children, and one man. At Kingston twelve houses were burned, while the New Village was entirely destroyed.

Soldiers including PEER Jan Hendricks were now sent up from New York, and the Indians were hunted from mountain to mountain. The rescued children included Tjerck Claessen en de Witt’s oldest daughter. (Mathijs Jansen Van KEULEN’s future daughter-in-law) Peer Jan Hendrick married Mathijs’ daughter Annetje.

Peer was a Sargent in the Dutch West India Company’s troops sent to Esopus Jun 1663 under Capt. Martin Krieger in Colonel Cragier’s regiment. He took part in the rescue of the women and children captured in the Esopus raid on Wiltwyck (Kingston), June, 1663. Two months after the raid, the Indians were engaged at the Esopus and the captives freed, including Tjaatje and Jannetje DeWitt, and Jannaken Van Vliet. Tjaatje Dewitt would be Peer’s future sister-in-law by later marrying Matthys Matthyssen, Annetje’s brother and progenitor of the Van Keuren family."

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THE WILL OF TJERCK CLAESZEN DE WITT

IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, AMEN

Be it known to every one by these, that on this fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and seven and eight and ninety, I, the undersigned, Tjerck Clase De Witt of Kings- tovvne in the county of Ulster, being sick of body but my mind remaining completely sound, the Lord be praised therefor, considering the shortness and frailty of man's life, the certainty of death, and the uncer- tainty of the hour of it, and being desirous to put all things in order, do make this, my last will and testa- ment, in the form and manner hereafter written, now by these revoking, annulling and making naught all such testament or testaments, will or wills heretofore made or attempted to be made, byword or writing, and this alone shall be taken to be my last will and testa- ment and otherwise none.

Imprimis. I commit my soul to God Almighty, my Maker, and to Jesus Christ my Redeemer, and to the Holy One my Sanctifier, and my body to the earth from whence it came to be buried in a christian

Note. The above will of the ancestor of the Ulster county De Witt family is contributed by George G. De Witt, who had the same translated from the Dutch. Tjerck Claeszen DeWitt was born in Grootholt in Zunderlant in Westphalia about 1620. He married in Nieuw Amster- dam, April 24th, 1656 Barbara Andrieszen of Amsterdam in Holland. He died at Kingston, New York, February 17th, 1700.

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like manner, and there to lie till that my soul and body shall be raised at the last day to enjoy the bles- sings of immortality which God in His mercy, through the sole merits of our Saviour, has promised and made known to all that sincerely, from the heart, believe in Him. And touchingsuch temporal estate of land, houses, negroes, goods, horses, beasts, debts, gold, silver coined and uncoined, etc., as it has pleased the Lord heretofore to lend me for my use, I order, bequeath and dispose of it as follows: It is my will and desire that my wife Barbara remain in pos- session of the whole of my estate during her life, to have the same for her own use, and on the death < f my said wife, the remainder of my estate, together with that which may be gained thereon and at that time accumulated, shall be distributed among my heirs as hereafter written.

Item. I give to my eldest son, Andries De Witt, his assigns, heirs or administrators, the lawful twelfth part of my whole estate, and that my aforesaid son, on the death of my said wife, shall have and possess for him his assigns or heirs forever, the lawful half part of the land, houses, etc. belonging to me, provided th it the a ne s'lall be appraised by impartial persons, on oath, an 1 that he pay to my other heirs thereout according to that which they shall be entitled to. Also, as I have the land of Kocksinck paid for, and since then a grant of the Government and Council of this province for a great part authorized, also, with a piece of land, near the little Esopus, acquired in com- pany with William De Meyer, which land, near the little Esopus, acquired in company with William De

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Meyer, which land of Kocksinck and Little Esopus, I have given to my aforesaid son and confirm, even without his being obliged to pay any money to my other heirs.

Item. I give to my youngest son, Tierck De Witt, or his assigns, heirs or administrators, the lawful twelfth part of my whole estate, and that my aforesaid son, on the death of my wife, shall have and possess for himself, his assigns or heirs, forever, the lawful half of the lands, houses, etc. belonging to me, upon the condition to bind himself to pay to my other heirs according to that which they shall be entitled to be paid thereout, to be appraised by impartial persons, on oath.

Item. I give to my son, John De Witt, or his assigns, heirs or administrators, the one lawful twelfth part of my whole estate, in manner as above men- tioned ; Also that my said son, out of the money belonging to me, shall receive, for the purchase of land, five hundred bushels of wheat, without returning anything for it to my other heirs.

Item. I give to my son, Lucas De Witt, or his assigns, heirs or administrators, the lawful twelfth part of my whole estate, in manner aforesaid. Also I built, during the last year, the half of a sloop, which sloop is and shall be the property of my said son or his assigns without his being obliged to return or pay anything for himself to my other heirs.

Item. I give to my son, Peek De Witt, or his as- signs, heirs or administrators, the lawful twelfth part of my whole estate, in manner aforesaid.

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Item. I give to my daughter Tjaatje, the wife of Mattys Mattysen, or her assigns, heirs or administra- tors, the lawful twelfth part of my whole estate, in manner aforesaid.

Item. I give to my daughter, Jan net je, wife of Cornelius Switz, the lawful twelfth part of my whole estate, with these conditions, that if my aforesaid daughter shall die without leaving any children, then all the said part shall be the property of my heirs, to be equally divided between them.

Item. I give to my daughter Gertruy, or her as- signs, the lawful twelfth part of my whole estate in manner aforesaid, to be held by my said daughter without paying anything for it to my heirs.

Item. I give to my daughter Rachel, or her as. signs or heirs, the lawful twelfth part of my whole estate in manner aforesaid, with the condition, that my said daughter's share shall be decreased one hun- dred pounds for the benefit of my heirs, which is what my daughter's husband, Cornelius Bogardus, owes me for the one-eighth of a brigantine, desiring however that the child of the said Bogardus, named Barbara shall receive, out of the aforesaid hundred pounds fifty pieces of eight.

Item. I give to my daughter Marritje, her assigns or heirs, the lawful twelfth part of my whole estate in manner aforesaid.

Itew. I give to my daughter Aaghe, or her assigns or heirs, the lawful twelfth part of my whole estate in manner aforesaid.

Item. It is my will and desire, that if any of my

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heirs shall die before coming of age, then that those shares shall be equally divided among my heirs.

Ite?n. I appoint as executrix of this my last will and testament, my aforesaid wife, Barbara De Witt.

Item. I desire that this my last will and testament shall be completely fulfilled and executed as thus made, at my house, the day and year above noted.

Tjerck Claeszen De Witt. l. s.

Signed, sealed, and declared by Tjerck De Witt this to be his last will and testament, in presence of

Jacob Rutsen Abraham Lameter William de Meyer

The certificate of Robert Hunter, Esqr., " Captain General and Governor in Chief of ye Provinces of New York, New Jersey, and Territories depending thereon, in America, and Vice Admiral of the same, &c, sets forth, that on the 26th day of December, be- fore William Nottingham, Gent'n, by me thereunto authorized, the last will and testament of Tjerck De Witt, was proved, approve, and allowed by me, hav- ing, while he lived, and att ye time of his death* goods, chattels and creditts, in divers places, within this Province, . . . and the administration of all and singular, ye goods, chattels and creditts of ye s'd Dec'd, & his will and testament, in any manner or way concerning the same, was granted unto Barbara De Witt, ye executrix in ye s'd last will and test'm't named."

In test. Jany. 26th, 1710.

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Tjerck Claeszen De Witt (1610-1700), “of Grootholdt en Zun derlandt," came to New Amsterdam previous to 1656, where, on April 24th of that year he married Barbara Andries of Amsterdam. The following year he removed to Albany, where he had purchased a house and lot which, in 1660, he exchanged with Madame de Hutter for land in Wiltwyck (now Kingston). Here he lived until his death, February 17th, 1700. He was active in the government of the village, occupying various offices of honor and trust. In the Indian massacre of 1663 he was severely wounded, and his daughter Taatje, then about four years old, was carried into captivity, but was rescued by the expedition under Captain Martin Cregier. She afterward married Captain Mattys Mattysen (Van Keuren.)

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!"Among the many old families who, about the middle of the century, sought the
shores of the New World, none had been more in political and social life, none had numbered in its ranks more noted than the De Wits. Natives of Dordrecht, one of the oldest burgher towns of Holland, and later years dear to art as the birthplace of Cuyp and Ary Scheffer, and theology as the meeting-place of the Synod of Dort, the 'Geschlacten Dordrecht,' in the Royal Library at the Hague, gives the descent of the Witt family in an unbroken line from the year 1295 to Sept. 8, 1639. Some the names served under William the Silent, and were zealous supporters of revolted provinces against Spanish oppression. After the death of John Barneveldt, Jacob De Witt succeeded to the high honors of Land Advocate Holland.' His son Cornelius, the burgomaster of Dordrecht, 'at the head a Dutch fleet, with a stout Dutch admiral to do his bidding,' sailed up

Thames, burning the English ships and sending consternation into the heart of London. Another son, John De Witt, one of the most men in the history of the Netherlands, became Grand Pensionary of during the period between the separtion from Spain and the opening of Thirty Years' War. The family emigration to the colony of 'New Amsterdam' began about the 1639. Andries and Tjerck Claus De Witt located at Esopus [Kingston], in Ulster Co., N.Y. about 1648, and became the progenitors of the Ulster branch of family." History of Sussex County, New Jersey, page

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Marriages from 1639 - 1801 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New

Page 20: 24 April 1656 Tjerck Claeszen de With, Van Grootholt

Zunderlandt, en Barber Andrieszen, Van

!Saint Nicholas Society 974.71 D2s page 134-135 "Tjerck Claeszen De Witt (1620-1700) son of Claes De Witt, of Groothalt in Zunderlandt, first appears in the records of New Amsterdam, April 24, 1656, when he married, according to the records of the old Dutch Reformed Church, Barber Andrieszen who came from Amsterdam, Holland. He resided in New Amsterdam until 1657, when he removed to Albany, and finally located, in 1661, at Wiltwyck (now Kingston), Ulster County, New York, where he resided until he died, February 17, 1700. His widow, Barber, died July 6, 1714. In the Indian massacre of 1663 he was severely wounded, and his daughter Tattje then about four years old, was carried into captivity, but was rescured by the expedition under Captain Martin Cregier. She after married Captain Mattys Mattysen (Van Keuren). In 1667, when the British sent Captain Brodhead and thirteen soldiers to take possession of Kingston, De Witt was one of those who opposed British occupation, and among the complaints made afterwards by the burghers was the following: 'Captain Brodhead has beaten Tjerck Claezen De Witt without reason and brought him to prison. Ye reason why Captain Brodhead abused Tjerck De Witt was because he would keep Christmas day on ye day according to ye English observation.' The remonstrance of the burghers sent to the governor against the imprisonment of Barentson Slight, was signed, among others, by De Witt. Authority: Genealogy, Southern New York, Reynolds, 1914, Vol. III, p. 1240. Index of Ancestors and Honor Roll, Society of Colonial Wars, 1922, p. 144. St. Nicholas Society Genealogical Record (1905), pp. 19, 32, 49, 57, 130, 152, 217; (1916) pp. 43, 66; (1923) p. 31."

!Saint Nicholas Society 974.71 D2s, page 217 "Tjerck Claeszen De Witt (1620-1700), 'of Grootholdt en Zunderlandt,' came to New Amsterdam previous to 1656, where, on April 24th of that year he married Barbara Andries of Amsterdam. The following year he removed to Albany, where, he had purchased a house and lot which, in 1660, he exchanged with Madame de Hutter for land in Wiltwyck (now Kingston). Here he lived until his death, February 17th, 1700. He was active in the government of the village, occupying various offices of honor and trust. In the Indian massacre of 1663 he was serverly wounded, and his daughter Taatje, then about four years old was carried into captivity, but was rescued by the expedition under Captain Martin Cregier. She afterward married Captain Mattys Mattysen (Van Keuren.)"

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See pg. 56-58 of Probate Records by Anjou for will and other details . Additionl children listed in Probate Records. His sister, Petronella DeWitt, married H ndrick Ten Eyck. From the book Genealogies of the First Settlers of Albany by eerson, page 42-43 : Tjerck Claese DeWitt, from Zunderland, Holland. In 1661 h had one brother-in-law, Jan Albertse [Bratt?] in Beverwyck, and another named Pieter Janse, in Oosterbemus, in East Friesland, Holland. In 1661 he inherited land in Holland from his father of which he was receiving rents from. He owned land in Esopus where he became a permanent resident in 1660. In 1663 he was or ered to be punished at Esopus for opposing authority. He sold his house and lo in Albany in 1666.

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Source : History of Ulster County by Sylvester, page 169 : De Witt is one of the very few Dutch-American names w ich were illustrious in the Fatherland. The grand pensionary, John DeWitt, adm nistered the government of Holland from 1652-1672. He and his brother, Corneli s, who also held an important positions in civil and military life, were kille by a mob at The Hague after years of faithful services to their country. Tjer was their kinsman. He came to this country from Zunderland, Holland previous o April 24, 1656, when he married Barbara Andriese in New Amsterdam. He was se tled at Beverwyck, where he owned a house and lot, which he exchanged with Mad me de Hutter for 2 parcels of land in Esopus, containing 140 acres on Sept. 1, 1660. In 1661 he was still possessed of a portion of his patrimonial estate in Holland, from which he received rents. Tjerk was the ancestor of several promi ent Americans. Among his descendents were the Hon. Simeon De Witt, surveyor-ge eral of the State of N.Y. 1784-1835. Tjerk seems to have disposed of all his p operty in Albany, and taken up residence in Esopus in 1660. He was there in th Indian War of 1663 and bought one of Goosen Gerrit's horses from the soldiers at the beat of a drum. Little is known of his character, but it is fair to inf r from what little is known of him that he was a true republican. It is relate of him that in 1663 at Esopus he resisted what he believed to be some unjust nd oppresive requirements on the part of the military officers, and was subseq ently arrested and imprisoned. * page 298 : Natives of Dordrecht, one of the o dest burgher towns of Holland, the "Geslachten von Dondrecht" in the Royal Lib ary at the Hague gives the descent of the De Witt Family in an unbroken line f om the year 1295 to Sept. 8, 1639. Some of the name - which was variously spel ed Die Witte, De Witte, De With, De Wit, de Witt and finally De Witt, served u der William the Silent, and were zealous supporters of the revolted provinces gainst Spanish oppression. The family emigration to the colony of Nieu Amsterd m began about 1639. THe first of the name to penetrate the wild regions that l y along the shores of the Hudson were two brothers, Andries and Tjerk Claus de Witt, who left their native land about the year 1648 and settled on the banks f the Twaalskill, now Roundout Creek, within the limits of the present city of Kingston. Machackemack (Deerpark), Orange Co., NY by Worden RDC, page 204 : Th marriage was recorded in the "Trouw Book" of the Collegiate Dutch Church of N w York. Tjerk removed from New York to Albany in 1657, Kingston 1661, was a la ge landowner in Ulster County and prominent in public affairs. * From The Hist ry of Ulster County, New York by N. Sylvester Marbletown (page186) : Arian Ger etsen Van Vliet, Tjerck Classen Dewitt, Thomas Quick, Jan Oosterhout, ventured further into the wilderness, and took grants in the vicinity of the Rochester hurch.

B: Grootgolt, Westphalia, Zunderlamd, Holland D: Widewyck, Ulster County, NY

Immigrated From Holland to New Amsterdan NY Ca 1653; to Albany, 1657; settled at Kingston,1661; Magistrate, 1661, 62; sgt. Ulster Co. Militia;from COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY VOL.7 1942
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George Nicholson De Witt of Van Grootholdt, Zunderland Tjerck Claessen (Claes is a short form for Nicolas) de Witt van Grootholdt en Zunderlandt married in the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam(present day NY City) Barbara Andriessen van Amsterdam, on 24 april 1656. Visit THE OLIVE TREE GENEALOGY for more marriage records and to viewTjerck's marriage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/rdcmarr1656.htm Sep 1999

It is related that Tjerck and Barbara DeWitt started up the Hudson River in their sloop "of about fifty Dutch feet by the keele," a year aftertheir marriage. They settled at Kingston following a stay at Albany. Thesubstantial stone house he built in 1669 was still standing in 1922. The story of Tjerck DeWitt is intriguing and is else where recorded in some detail.£ As of interest there are appended an account of the "Massacreat Esopus," a translation of Tjerck's will, and a short commentary on the DeWitt relatives who were active in European politics in the mid-17 century. There is also appended information on the DeWitt Coat of Arms. It is claimed that all DeWitts in the Americas originated with Tjerck Claessen. However one reference mentions several DeWitts having come fromHolland about the same time. In any event, Tjerck Claessen prospered, and raised a family of thirteen, who, in turn, increased rapidly.

http://www.mrjumbo.com/contents/genealogy/dewitt/tjerck/index.html includes a great deal of info on this family.

http://www.en.com/users/drose/dewitt_family.htm also includes more on this family.
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Surname of Immigrant: De Witt van Groatholdt en Zunderlandt Given name(s) of Immigrant: Tjerck Claessen Origin of Immigrant: "Groatholdt", Zunderland, Westphalia, Netherlands Name of Ship: ? Arrival Date: before 1656

Immigrant's Date & Place of Birth: about 1620, at Groatholdt Immigrant's Date & Place of Death: 17 Feb 1700, Kingston, Ulster Co., NY Immigrant's Spouse: Barbara Andriessen Source of Information: The DeWitt Genealogy: Descendants of Tjerck Claessen De Witt of Ulster County, New York; De Witt, Mary V.; David Demarest Chapter, DAR, NJ Immigrant's Children: Andries De WITT, b. 1657, m. 9 Mar 1682 - Jannetje Egbertsen (bpt. 11 Jan 1664) Taatje De WITT, b. Beverwyck (Albany), NY a. 1659, m. 1677, Capt. Matthys Mathyssen van KUESEN. Jannetje de WITT, bpt. 12 Feb 1662, m. Cornelius SWITZ. Klaes (Nicholas)de WITT, bpt. 17 Feb 1664, d. before 1698. Jan de WITT, bpt. 14 Feb 1666, m. Wyntje KIERSTED. Geertruy de WITT, bpt. 15 Oct 1668, m. 24 Mar 1688 - Hendricks Hendricksen SCHOONMAKER. Jacob de WITT, m. Grietje VERNOOY. Rachel Sjircke de WITT, b. ?, m. Cornelius BOGARDUS (b. a. 1664). Lucas de WITT, b. ?, m. 22 Dec 1695 - Annatje DELVA. Peek de WITT, m. (1) 2 Jan 1698 Marytje Janse VANDERBERG, (2) 1723 Maria TEUNIS. Tjerck de WITT - no further info accept "youngest son". Marrietje (Mary) de WITT, m. (1) 3 Nov 1700, Hendricks Hendricksen KORTREGHT; (2) 6 Sept 1702, Jan MACKLIN. Aagje (Agnes) de WITT, bpt. 14 Jan 1684, m. 23 Aug 1712, Jan PAWLING.

Notes: Tjerck Claessen de Witt van Groatholdt en Zunderlandt is first mentioned in the "Trouw Boech" or Registry of marriages of the Reformed (Collegiate) Dutch Church in New York City where it is recorded that on 24 April 1656 he married Barbara Andriessen, van Amsterdam, Holland. He was probably the son of Claes or Nicholas de Witt and his mother's name was probably Taatje. He has a sister of the same name. His sister Emmerentie married Martin Hermanzen Hoffman, of New Amsterdam, on 16 May 1664.He lived at New Amsterdam, Beverwyck, Esopus, and Kingston

Grootholdt, Zunderlandt, Westphalia?

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!His place of b./d. furnished by Alberta

!His place of b./d. furnished by Alberta PAYTON, of Parachute, CO, who states in PC, (Doc #318) that he was m. in the Collegiate Dutch Church, NY. According to "Roots & Branches by Wardle", pg. 98 his father is Claes or Nicholas DEWITT & first reference to him appears in Trouw Boeck (Register) of RDC (Collegiate) of NY City where is recorded his m. to Barbara ANDRIESSEN van Amsterdam. He res. in NY for a short time after he was m. & his 1st child Andries was b. there. In 1657 he removed to Albany where he purch. a house & lot. In Sep. 1660, he exchanged his Albany property for land in Kingston & took possession 1661. From this time until his d. he res. in either Kingston or Hurley. Some of his land still remains in the hands his descendants. His will was written in Dutch 4 Mar 1698 & distributes his estate to his wife & 12 children. It appears in full on pg. 111 of "Roots & Branches" which says it was recorded in the Ulster Co. Clerks Office at Kingston, in Book AA of Deeds, pg. 252 and in the NY Surrogate's Office, Lib. 7 of Wills, pg. 601. Jacob RUTSEN, Abraham La METER and William de MEYER acting as witnesses (Doc. #1507). Family: His PC appears in Doc. #318. GS of Harold MONTGOMERY of Charleston, WVA says he is his 10 ggfather who m. Barbara ANDRIESSEN 24 Apr 1656 at NY. Harold's records says he was b. Kingston, NY abt 1620 & lists 11 of his 13 children (Doc. #1181)

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!"Roots & Branches of John Shafer" pg. 1

!"Roots & Branches of John Shafer" pg. 145 says he d. unmarried in 1699 at Kingston, NY. He is a bro. of Tjerck.

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!In March of 1677, Henry Pawling charged

!In March of 1677, Henry Pawling charged Magdalena (Dircks) Rosencrans and her son-in-law, Leendert Cool, with slandering him by referring to him as a "Knave" in the course of their gossiping. There followed a bitter court fight in which there were many accusations and recriminations on both sides, involving Pawling, the Rosencrans, Tjerck DeWitt, Louys DuBois, Sarah Roeloffs, and others. See NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RECORD, v. 90, pp. 94-102, 149-164.

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Emigration: From Holland to New Amsterda

Emigration: From Holland to New Amsterdan NY, abt 1653; to Albany, 1657;settled at Kingston, 1661; Source: COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY VOL.71942. Occupation: Magistrate, 1661-1662; sgt. Ulster Co. Militia; Source:COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY VOL.7 1942.

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!REFERENCE: Schoonmaker Family descenden

!REFERENCE: Schoonmaker Family descendents of Hendrick Jochemsz Schoonmaker book k

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DeWitt Family info from Wikitree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/De_Witt-43

Conflicting birth information

Ostbense, Esens, Ostfriesland or Erve Grootholt, Zunderlant, (Zenderen), Overijssel, Nederland (translated: The erve Groetholt

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Biografie

Tjerck Claessen DEWITT was born about 1619 in Grootholt, Saterland, Westphalia, Germany. He was buried in Feb 1698/99. He died on Feb 17, 1698/99 in New Dorp (Hurley), near Kingston, Ulster County, New York. Tjerck DeWitt emigated to New Amsterdam with his sister and brother about1662.

Court records at Fort Orange and Beverwyck 1652-1656: indicate asfollows:

"Johan de Deckere, ex officio plaintiff, against Tjerck Claesen,defendant. He demands that the defendant be fined sixteen guilders forhaving fought last Sunday with William Tellier and killed a goat ofSander Leendertsz. The court having heard the defendant's confession,condemns him to pay a fine of two and a half beavers.

"Idem, plaintiff, against the same defendant, for having been foundlast Sunday in the company of the Lutherans, performing divine service,contrary to the ordinance issued against it. Demands therefore that he befined fl. 6.

"The court, having heard the confession of the defendant, condemnshim to pay the fine demanded."

The date of the court appearance would have been before his marriage toBarbara.

From the early records of Albany, New York, come these items about TjerckDeWitt:

"Lease of a house by Tjerck DeWitt to Arent Jansen Appel.

"Appeared before me, Johannes La Montague, in the service of theGeneral Chartered West India Company commisary at Fort Orange and thevillage of Beverwyck, Tjerck Claesen, who declared that he had leased, ashe does hereby does lease, his house lying in the village of Beverwyck,for the term of one year beginning on the first of May 1659 and endingnext year 1660, to Arent Isacksz, burgher and in September of 1660 hetraded his Albany property with a Madame de Hutter (or Madame Johanna DeLaldt and her husband, Hon. Jorinimus Ebbink?), in exchange for land inWiltwyck (Kingston), "possession to be given May 1, 1661." (or for twopieces of land in the Esopus?).

Tjerck DeWitt was known to own a sailing ship named the "St. Barbara" andgiven that occupations were often the same among members of differentgenerations, it's likely that his father and grandfather were shipcaptains, too.

In 1661 Tjerck was taxed for the erection of a church in Hurley, not farfrom Kingston. By September 1661 Tjerck had already appeared in court inWiltwyck (this time as a plaintiff; he won his case). On February 12,1662, Tjerck and Babrbara had their daughter, Jannetjen, baptized in theKingston Dutch Reformed Church (they already had Andries and anotherdaughter, Taatje, born in 1659). By 1662 they owned No. 28 of the "NewLots" at Kingston. On May 28, 1663, Tjerck also bought a lot in Beverwyckfrom Harman Tomassen, though he doesn't seem to have moved there (itsounds like it was very near the property he'd traded away in 1660). OnJune 7, 1663, Kingston and Hurley were almost entirely destroyed by theIndians; Tjerck fought valiantly in their defense, and his daughter,Taatje, was kidnapped, along with three other children. She was soonrescued.

Between then and 1668, Tjerck and Barbara baptized three more children inKingston, where they apparently continued to live in town. In September1664 the British took control of New Amsterdam and renamed it after theDuke of York; Colonel Richard Nicolls took over as Governor. In 1667Tjerck opposed the British occupation of Kingston and "refused to keepChristmas on the day according to the English observation, but accordingto the Dutch." (The Dutche used the modern gregorian calendar [adopted 1582], which was about two weeks off from the old Julian calendar used by the British. [Brittish adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752]) For his recalcitrance he was beaten. In 1668 (?) Tjerck refused to signthe oath of allegiance administered by the British, though a "John"DeWitt (perhaps his brother, Jan?) and Andries DeWitt (probably Tjerck's10-year-old son) did sign it.

On January 24, 1669-70 (or on April 8, 1669?) the new British Governor,Colonel Frances Lovelace, issued a permit to Tjerck to let him "erect ahouse and barne with convenient outhouses for his cattle upon his ownland at Esopus, lying betwixt Hurley and Kingston," noting that Tjerckpreviously had permission from Governor Nicolls to do this and on thatpromise had provided all the materials to get started. The land was onthe Kingston-Hurley Road; the house still stands today, with a beautifulview of the valley of the Esopus Creek.

On June 25, 1672, Governor Lovelace officially deeded Tjerck the "parcelof bush land, together with a house, lot, orchard and calves' pasturelying near Kingston in Esopus." The deed was confirmation of Tjerck'stitle to the land, now that he had already built on it. New Amersterdamwas recaptured by the Dutch on August 7, 1673, but in February 1674 theDutch agreed to give the colony back, and on October 11, 1674, CaptainAntony Colve officially handed over control to the new English Governor,Major Edmond Andros. October 8, 1677, Governor Andros deeded Tjerck apiece of woodland, containing about fifty acres at Kingston in Esopus,"to the west of the towne." Tjerck owned other property as well.

Tjerck and Barbara had six other children whose baptisms were notrecorded in Manhatten or Kingston. It seems likely they were baptized inHurley, in the church he had helped to build - not too far from the houseand barn he built about 1670. Their last daughter, Aeftje, was baptizedin Kingston on January 14, 1684. Parents: Nicholas Claussen\Cornelius (Dr.) DEWITT and Taatse (Taatje\TaAlte) VAN LEUVEN. Spouse: Barbara Andriessen VAN AMSTERDAM. Tjerck Claessen DEWITT and Barbara Andriessen VAN AMSTERDAM were married on Apr 24, 1656 in Reformed Dutch Collegiate, New Amsterdam, New Amster.. Children were: Jacob DEWITT, Marrietje DEWITT, Peek DEWITT, Rachel Sjircke DEWITT, Tjerck DEWITT, Andries (Captain) DEWITT, Taatje DEWITT, Jannetje DEWITT, Klaes DEWITT, Jan DEWITT, Geertruy DEWITT, Lucas DEWITT, Aagje (Angela) DEWITT, Egbert DEWITT, Jan DEWITT.

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TJERCK CLAESSEN DEWITT VON GROOTLAND EN

TJERCK CLAESSEN DEWITT VON GROOTLAND EN ZUNDERLAND SETTLED NEAR KINGSTON OR HURLY, NEW YORK. HE IMMIGRATED BEFORE1656.

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Origin, Meaning, Family History and Dewitt Coat of Arms and Family Crest From https://coadb.com/surnames/dewitt-arms.html

Origin, Meaning, Family History and Dewitt Coat of Arms and Family Crest

This popular surname is a surname of Dutch or Flemish origins, deriving fro

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Tjerck Claeszen de With - Sources Sources (from Wikitree) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/De_Witt-43

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Heerlijkheid Borculo Verpondingskohier Buurschap Holterhoek onder Eibergen 1646 erve Groetholt; in 1379 named ten Groten

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!N.Y. GEN AND BIO. VOL N 17-18; CENTRAL

!N.Y. GEN AND BIO. VOL N 17-18; CENTRAL N. Y. VOL 1; THERCK CLAESSEN DE WITT WILL VOL 1 ULSTER CO.

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Possible Arrived in USA from Holland 163

Possible Arrived in USA from Holland 1639

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Life in New Netherland New Netherland (from Wikitree)

February 1656, Tjerck was in court in Albany (Fort Orange) for fighting and for keeping company with Lutherans; we also know he lived there after he was married. [5][6]

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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500-1900s Record (DIRK CLAESSEN DeWITT) Year -1656, Place - NY, Page 46. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500-1900s Record (TJERCK CLAESSEN DeWITT) Year -1656, Place - NY, Page 89.

SECOND = Baptism - 27 September 1991, PROVO; Endowment - 23 November 1991, PROVO.

1661 he paid taxes of 125 Guilders ($50) to pay for building a church and Esopus

Feb 11th 1679 - he was one of the signers of a renewal of the Nichols Treaty with the Eospus Indians.

Came to USA from Holland in 1648 Tjerek Claese DEWITT (Nicholas Claes, Jan) was born about 1620 in Van Grootholdt, Zunderland, Holland. He died on 17 Feb 1700 in Kingston, Ulster County, NY.

The son of Nicholas DeWitt he came to America in 1648 and settled near Rondout Creek in Ulster County New York, coming from Zunderland, Holland with his brother Andries. He had brothers in law Jan Albertse in Beverwyck, and Pieter Janse in Oosterbemus, East Friesland, Holland. from his father from which he was receiving rents. He owned land in Esopus where he took up permanent residence in 1660. In 1663 he was ordered to be punished at Espus, for opposing authority. He sold his House and lot in Albany in 1666. Sources: "First Settlers of Albany" -by Peerson

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Life Sketch

Tjerck Claasen Nichols Dewitt
Born: Abt Mar 1630, Greetholdtz, Zunderland, Holland Marriage: * Barbara Andriessen on 24 Apr 1656 in Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam 340 Died: 17 Feb 1700, Kingston, Ulster County, New York about age 69 bullet

• Religion: Dutch Reformed.

• Owned: the family seal. 341 I used a wax seal engraved with the coat of arms borne by Johan DeWitt, the Grand Pensionary of Holland. I brought this seal over from my homeland.

• Immigration, 1639, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. 342,343 My brother, Jan Claessen and my sister Emmerentie and I emigrated to New Amsterdam. However, I continued to own property in the Netherlands from which I received rent. I used the DeWitt wax seal on my legal transactions in my native country as well as in New Amsterdam. I was proud of our family seal, as it was the same coat of arms borne by Jan DeWitt the Grand Pensionary of Netherlands. I was well educated and was particular about signing my name on documents in a firm German script.

• Court Case, 1 Feb 1656. 344 From Fort Orange and Beverwyck Court Minutes 1652-1656:

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Tuesday, February 1, 1656

Johan de Deckere, ex officio plaintiff, against Tierck Claesen, defendant. He demands that the defendant be fined sixteen guilders for having fought last Sunday with Willem Tellier and killed a goat of Sander Leendertsz. The court, having heard the defendant's confession, condemns him to pay a fine of two and a half beavers.

Idem, plaintiff, against the same defendant, for having been found last Sunday in the company of the Lutherans, performing divine service, contrary to the ordinance issued against it. Demands therefore that he be fined fl.6.

The court, having heard the confession of the defendant, condemns him to pay the fine demanded.

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From Early Records of Albany

Ø William Tellier:

William was an immigrant from Holland who worked for the Dutch West India Company. He lived in Albany, New York with his wife and children.

• Property. I was a navigator and owned a sloop of 50 feet keel (sloop) called the St. Barbara..

• Travel, Spring 1657. 345,346 Barbara and I started up the Hudson River in our sloop “of about fifty Dutch feet by the keele,” a year after our marriage. We settled at Kingston following a stay at Albany. I was a trader, farmer and bricklayer and a person of some rank among the original settlers.

• Court Case, 25 Jun 1657. I appeared before Johannes La Montagne, Deputy at Fort Orange, declaring that I had conveyed to Carsten Claessen and Jan Barensen Wemp 180 guilders to be paid in merchantable beavers, growing out of the sale of a stallion, at public sale, of which Jan Roeloffse remained the last bidder.

Ø Johannes La Montagne:

Johannes was the Vice-director of the Dutch West India Company. He was an apothecary and surgeon. The first doctors sent to New Netherland were those who ministered to the ills of the crews and passengers in the West Indies Company's ships, and those who were hired to stay and heal the sick among the Company's servants. The resident doctors appointed by the Company charged the independent settlers for their services. Sometimes they charged a lump sum for an accident case or an illness, but it was more usual to contract with a family or an individual for an annual payment. In 1652 the surgeons petitioned that nobody but they should be allowed to shave others. To this the director and Council replied, “that shaving was properly not in the province of surgeons, but only an appendix to their calling.” The names of the petitioning surgeons were Jan Croon, Van der Bogaert, Aldart Swartout, Hans Kierstede, Jacob Hendricksen, Varre Vanger, and Jacob Hughes. The following is a list of doctors appointed by the West Indies Company to practice in New Netherland: 1630 Herman Mynderts van den Bogaert Johannes La Montagne: Member of the Supreme Council and Vice Director of Fort Orange

Johannes La Montagne also advised Governor Kieft regarding the handling of the Indians, but he was ignored.

Ø Carsten Claessen:

Carsten served the community as a carpenter

• Leased Home, 20 Nov 1658. I arranged to lease my house in Beverwyck (Albany) to Arent Isacksz from May 1, 1659, to May 1, 1660.

Appeared before me, Johannes La Montague, in the service of the General Chartered West India Company commissary at Fort Orange and the village of Beverwyck, Tierck Claesen, who declared that he had leased, as he hereby does lease, his house lying in the village of Beverwyck, for the term on one year beginning on the first of May 1659 and ending next year 1660, to Arent Isacksz, burgher and inhabitant of the city of Amsterdam in New Nethland, for the sum of two hundred guilders in good, merchantable beavers at eight guilders apiece; on condition that the lessor shall raise the ground behind the house and make a stoop in front on the house, the lessee being bound to pay each half year one-hald of the aforesaid sum; for which the parties bind their persons and estates, real and personal, present and future. Thus done in Fort Orange, in presence of Jan Willemsz and Corenilis Teunissen, witnesses, the 20th of November Ao. 1658

Tierck Claesse De Witt Arent Isackxen Van Den Huock This is the X mark of Jan Willemsz This is the X mark of Cornelis Teunesen

Acknowledged before me, La Montagne, Commissary at Fort Orange

• Traded, Sep 1660. I traded our Albany property to Madame de Hutter (also known as Madame Johanna De Laldt) and her husband Honorable Jeronimus Ebbink for land inWiltwyck (Kingston), New York that included 2 lots with 71 acres each. I was to receive possession on May 1, 1661. I brought my servants from Albany to Wiltwyck. I owned 4 male Negro slaves above the age of 14 and two female slaves above the age of fourteen that I took with me as well. I owned two sloops that sailed the Hudson and along the Atlantic Coast, carrying on trade at various places.

• Taxed, 1661. I was taxed, 125 guilders to pay for a new church building in Esopus.

• Court Case, Sep 1661. I appeared in court as a plaintiff in an action of law before the Schepens Court of Wiltwyck.

October 11, 1661 (age 30)

The court ordered Sheriff Roeloff Swartwout to pay me three and a half schepels of wheat in eight days and seven more in one month.

Roeloff Swartwout:

Roeloff Swartwout was a farmer who emigrated from the Netherlands. He was well connected with the Dutch West Indies Company, which commissioned him sheriff of Wiltwyck in Esopus at a very young age and against the advice of others. He was later commissioned Justice of Ulster County.

• appointed: magistrate, 1661-1663. I was appointed magistrate in 1661-1663 in Esopus and Kingston.

• Owned, 1662. I owned the house on lot number 28 in Kingston.

• purchase, 28 May 1663. I bought a lot in Beverwyck from Harman Tomassen.

Appeared before me, Johannes La Montague, in the service of the General Chartered West India Company commissary at Fort Orange and the village of Beverwyck, Tierck Claesen, who declared that he had leased, as he hereby does lease, his house lying in the village of Beverwyck, for the term on one year beginning on the first of May 1659 and ending next year 1660, to Arent Isacksz, burgher and inhabitant of the city of Amsterdam in New Nethland, for the sum of two hundred guilders in good, merchantable beavers at eight guilders apiece; on condition that the lessor shall

The first mention in this country of TJERCK CLAESEN DE WITT the ancestor of the DeWitt family is found in the register of marriages of the Reformed Dutch Church of New York City where it is recorded that on 24 April 1656 "TJERCK CLAESEN DE WITT van Groot-hold en Zunderland married BARBARA ANDRIESSEN VAN AMSTERDAM". Tjerck De Witt was a man of wealth owning considerable property in and near Wiltwyck and Esopus. Records show that he bought servants with him to Wiltwyck. He owned Negro slaves, he owned two sloops which sailed the Hudson and along the Atlantic coast, and he left about $8000 in personal property. In addition to overseeing all of this property, he was a brick layer. He was a proponent of the right of self government. He signed the petition of Col Thomas Dougan asking for liberty to the county. The authorities were incensed by the coldness of the men of Esopus and all the signers of the petition were arrested and fined. In 1667 he opposed the British occupation of Wiltwyck. He was beaten by Capt Brondhead and imprisoned on the charge that "he would not keep Christmas Day on ye day according to ye English observation but according to ye Dutch"

It seems, from the records, that he was connected with the distinguished DeWitt family of Dordrecht, Holland, but the live of connections doesn't appear yet. He had a wax seal engraved with the coat of arms borne by Jan (John or Johan) DeWitt, the Grand Pensionary of Holland. Undoubtedly, he brought this seal over with him, and it may have belonged to some forefather.

For a short time after his marriage he lived in New York (his first child, Andries, was born there), but in the spring of 1657 he moved to Albany, where he had purchased a house and lot. In accordance with Dutch custom, the first son was named Andries, baptized in New York , 1657, for Barbara's father, the second son was Klaes, baptized in 1664, for Tjerck's father'; a younger son Lucas for her brother.

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Tjerck Claeszen de Witt married Barbara Andrieszen — married April 24, 1656: Marriage, Children, Death and Will Marriage (From Wikitree)

Tjerck Claeszen de Witt married Barbara Andrieszen — married April 24, 1656 in New Amsterdam at the Reformed Dutch Church [18]. Children

Tjerck Claessen DeWitt's and Barbara

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DeWitt spelling variations Tjerck Claeszen (Tjerck Claessen) De Witt aka Claesen, Claasz, de Widt, de With, de Witt, de Wit

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Nicholaas (Claass) Janssen (de Witt was a family name), 1594 – 1663 Parents (from Wikitree)

Father: Nicholaas (Claass) Janssen (de Witt was a family name), 1594 – 1663 Many references to Nicholas used his patronomyc form "Janssen" Mother: Tiata Tjarks Bremer, b. ca.

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Tjerck Classen de Witt and The Esopus War of 1663 DeWitt’s oldest daughter, Tjaate, and Jannetje DeWitt, (who were later recovered) were among the many women and children taken prisoner by Esopus Indians. On 7 Jun 1663, war broke out at what is now Ulster County, New York, between the New Netherland settlers and the native Esopus tribe of Lenape Indians. This account refers to the second war which was

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English name is George Nicholas

English name is George Nicholas

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Tjerck Claessen DeWitt Conflicting birth information Biography from Wikitree:

Ostbense, Esens, Ostfriesland or Erve Grootholt, Zunderlant, (Zenderen), Overijssel, Nederland (translated: The erve Groetholt, was a spiritual erve. Before the Reformation t

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!The Ziegler and Related Families of Pen

!The Ziegler and Related Families of Pennsylvania by Gertrude Ziegler.

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The Dewitt family is descended from Clae

The Dewitt family is descended from Claes DeWitt of Grootholt, in Sunderlant, Holland. The Sunderlant, or as it was more frequently called 'the Sauerland or Surland", was the most southerly of the three natural divisions of the old Dutchy of Westphalia and is described as consisting of hills and vales and having fine woods and meadows suited for grazing and diary farming. Grootholt is situated a little east of the Rhine river between the Lippe and the Imster and not far from the manufacturing town of Essen. In the Royal Library at the Hague, in Holland,"The Geschlacten Von Dordrecht" gives the descent of the family in an unbroken line from the year 1295 to 1639. Ref: Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands; Genealogy of Central NY by Cutter; Baptism and Marriage Records of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster Co., NY 1660-1809. The records of Ulster County show that Tjerck Claeszn DeWitt owned negro slaves, and also possessed two sloops which plied upon the waters of the Hudson and along the Atlantic coast, carrying on trade at various points. When Tjerck died he left large bodies of real estate in and about the city of Kingston and had about $8,000 of personal property.

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