Abraham Williamz Tietsort

Death: 13 NOV 1649 in New Amsterdam,, now New York, New Netherland,, On 12 November 1649 he was seriously injured in a duel, and died the next day Burial: Trinity Church Cemetery, New Amsterdam,, now New York, New Netherland,, Baptism: 04 JUN 1628 Amsterdam,, Noord Holland, Netherlands,, 2 Occupation: Abraham Willemsz. van Amsterdam in 1643 sailed out as able seaman on the Company ship Swoll. In 1647 he asked director general and council in New Netherland for permission to leave the service of the WIC, since he had in the meantime married Aechtje Jans van Norden. He worked for a short period in NewAmsterdam as a carpenter 1643 3 Marriage 1 Aechtje Jans van Norden b: 17 AUG 1629 in Norden, Din Hooren, East Friesland, Germany,, Abraham Willemszen was baptized on June 4, 1628. His father's name was Willem Scheerberch (we believe one of manymis-spellings of 's Heerenberg ) and his mother's name was Tietje Agges. For roughly seven years (until 1647), he had been a seaman and bosshieter [gunner)]on the West Indies Company armed ship Swol, patrolling the coasts of Spanish America. Aechtje Jans had been in Curacao (the Swol's southern home port) with her father, Jan Albertszen, who had been contracted from Emden, East Frisia (17 miles south of Norden), as a master blacksmith, since 1642. When his contract with the West Indies Company was up, they left Curacao for Holland on the captured prize ship Tamerende, sailing first to New Amsterdam. Either in Curacao, or aboard the Tamerende, Aechtje met Abraham Willemszen, the 18 year old seaman and gunner then part of the ship's skeleton crew. The Tamerende left Curacao in March 1647 and arrived at New Amsterdam in April. Aechtje married Abraham in New Amsterdam the same month. Then on August 16, 1647 Jan Albertszen continued his journey alone to Holland, without his daughter; only to meet disaster when his transport the Princess Amelia sank September 27,1647 at the Bristol Channel. Aechtje and Abraham had a son, Willem, in August 1648. On November 12, 1649 Aechtje's husband Abraham was killed in a duel. Aechtje, who was pregnant with her second child at the time, was left without family, except for her uncle, Lambert Albertszen in Naarden. The next thing we know, Pieter Casparszen (from Naarden) is with Aechtje when she baptized her second child in April 1650.

Source:

• The VAN NORDEN FAMILY, Three Hundred Years In America 1 6 2 3 - 1 9 2 3, by Theodore Langdon Van Norden published 1923

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