Annetje van Etten

Annetje ARIENS was born in 1645 in Amsterdam and died 1717 in Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co. New York.

She was said to have been the daughter of Dr. Aerjan Jansz [DE CRAM] and Grietjen (Geertjen) [JANS]. (Adriaen Jans Aerjan & Grietjen Jans )

The baptism of Annet, daughter of Aerjan Jansz and Geertjen Jans, was recorded in Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Nederland on 29 August 1645. https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/27d4a3d7-2b3c-4447-9917-753...

She married

1. Aert Pietersen TACK, son of Peter Petersz TACK and Maijke (Maria) de Jonge QUIRIJNEN. He was born c 1626 in Etten, Barony of Breda, Brabant, Netherlands, and died 1705 in Harlem or Kingston,NY.
2. Jacob Jansen VAN ETTEN.

Biography

• Annetjes name is variously spelled Ariaens, Adriaens, Gelvins, Adriaandr, Ariaans, Adriaanz, and Kam.
• genealogieonline.nl... ;

Grietjen Jansen* was born in 1612 or 1621 and the only child we know of whom she had by Aerjan/Adriaen was Annetje, who was born in Amsterdam in 1645.

New Amsterdam Immigrant

Annetje Arians Gelvins Kam Van Amsterdam Tach Van Etten* was born in 1645 in Amsterdam. “Arians” indicates her father's first name and the name “Van Amsterdam” simply means “from Amsterdam”; it is usually used in the records to identify her. Maybe there were a lot of Annetje Arians in Kingston, where she lived. Sometimes her name appears on records with Gelvins, probably her father's patronymic. A few times, the last name Kam is added. It might have been the grandfather's last name, or the name of his father. Annetje's first husband's last name was Tach/Tack.

Annetje was christened on August 29, 1645 in Oudekerk (Old Church, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. [ “Holland” is a province of the country; English speakers have erroneously given a provincial name to the whole county, which is, of course, the Netherlands.] She came to New Amsterdam as a child with her mother and either her father or her stepfather. (Annetje's father died in or before 1652).

In 1660, when Annetje was but 15, she married Aert Pietersen Tach/Tack, who had arrived in New Netherlands in 1652 or 1653 as a servant to Adriaen Van der Donk (like Jacob Van Etten (9-7)) and wound up in Fort Orange, Albany. He was involved in a number of lawsuits there. By 1661, free of his indenture, he went to Kingston (then Wiltwyck, Dutch for Wildwood, later renamed Kingston by the British), where he was a tenant farmer. New Dorp (“New Village”) was laid out and settled in 1662 (Tach built a house there), and a palisade was planned in March 1663. But due to negotiation problems with the Indians and lack of financial appropriation, the palisade was not built, and the village was doomed.......

There had been increasing tension with the Indians (as always, land and livestock squabbles fueled by alcohol and individual fights which blew up into raids on both sides). There had been an attack on some Indians and on June 7th, 1663 the Indians retaliated in a surprise attack of the main village of Wiltwyck [Dutch for Wildwood, later renamed Kingston by the British] and Nieuw Dorp. Here follows a description of the tension leading up to the attack and of the attack itself, which together with ensuing violence later became known as the Second Esopus War (the emphases are mine):

“From this time until June 1663 the settlement increased, Wiltwyck became too confined, and a new village [Nieuw Dorp] was laid out to accommodate the increasing population. This rapid increase of the settlers boded no good to the Indians, who began to threaten vengeance on the intruders. To avert the storm already approaching, the Director-general instructed the magistrates to announce to the Sachems [chiefs] his intention to visit them in a few days. They replied that if the renewal of peace was his object, they would meet him and his unarmed attendants outside the gate, in the open air, according to their custom. This friendly reply threw the settlers entirely off their guard. The male portion of the population left the village to pursue their field labors on the 7th of June, when between eleven and twelve o'clock, large numbers of savages sauntered carelessly into the place and were soon scattered through the village, some offering for sale a little maize [corn] or a few beans. Soon after several horsemen came riding “through the millgate” and announced that the Indians had burnt the new village. This was the signal for a general assault. The fearful warwhoop was raised, shots were fire, and tomahawks and battleaxes gleamed in the sunlight. Neither age nor sex was exempt. The houses were plundered, then set on fire, but a change in the wind saved a part of the village. The villagers rallied and after a desperate struggle succeeded in routing their savage foe. The description of the scene is too horrid for repetition. The total number of missing was seventy, forty-five of whom, mostly women and children, were taken into captivity. Twelve dwellings in Wiltwyck were destroyed, and not a house was left standing in the new village except the mill. The most intense excitement prevailed throughout the county from New Amsterdam to Beverwyck (New York to Albany). A force was immediately raised and the Indians pursued to their retreats among the mountains; some of the prisoners were recaptured [about 25 were recovered near what is now Brunswick, where Raymond grew up], and the Indians nearly exterminated.”

After the raid, Annetje was alone with one small child, and pregnant with her second and drowning in debt. “During the raid, Tach's house was burned and Tach disappeared. It is thought that he was killed by the savages. At least he was never heard of afterwards.” This is what the conservative, respectable members of the Van Etten descendants like to say. But a distant relative of ours, a descendant of Jacob and Annetje, like we, Raymond's descendants, are, told me that Tach turned up in Amsterdam married to another woman and Annetje petitioned and obtained a divorce from him in 1664! It was granted on August 21 of that year. In 1665, Annetje married Jacob (9-6h).

Remember, Jacob was Tach's “head farmer”, whatever that means. Probably he was a sort of overseer of Tach's rented land. He and Tach were both Catholics from Etten and they had been recruited by the same person to come and work in New Netherland, so they must have known each other before even coming to the colony. Jacob was also a creditor of Tach's. Who knows – Annetje and Jacob could have had a “thing” going for a long time (Tach left his wife pregnant and with a small son, and Jacob was said to have raised Tach's two kids as his own......hmm), or Jacob had his eye on her and she reluctantly agreed to marry him because her husband's estate owed him a fair amount of money for back wages – Annetje was so deeply in debt that she had to sell off everything, and I mean everything: court records mention spoons, a butter churn which was missing a bottom, an old wood axe, and a pair of tongs among the items sold at public auction to pay off some of her husband's debts. Perhaps Tach up and left because he had heavily mortgaged his crops just before the Indian raid. Annetje herself harvested the wheat left in the field after the attach, but the court ordered her to sell it all to pay debts left by her husband, and she could only keep enough of the crop to pay herself for her labor in the harvest. Or maybe Jacob felt sorry for her – she was absolutely destitute. In February 1664 Annetje reported to the court that she "lacks bread, pork, meat, etc. in her household". Or just perhaps they simply fell in love after Tach disappeared. Who knows??

At any rate, Annetje and Jacob married on January 11, in 1665, a year and a half after Tach split. In addition to her two children who carried Tach's name, Annetje and Jacob had ten children from 1666 to 1688.

It seems that Annetje had a bit of a temper. Read this from the court records:

Vol. I, Page 365-366, 15/25 Oct 1667

Madaleen Dircx, Plaintiff vs. Annetie Adriaens, Defendant

Plaintiff complains that defendant yesterday came to her house with the intention of making trouble, whereupon she was told to leave the house. She not being willing to do so, plaintiff took hold of her sleeve, and said to her that she should go outside, whereupon defendant [that is, our Annetje] attacked her [Madaleen], and beat her so that her flesh became discolored in her house. Defendant says that she came to her house for the purpose of paying Jannetie Pels for a sch.[sic – I don't know what that is, a measurement of some sort] of apples, and that then a few words were said which caused the trouble. Jannetie Pels and Henry Palingh declare, at the request of plaintiff, that they were at the house and that they saw and heard that plaintiff did not treat defendant badly, or give her cause for the assault. The hon. court recommends parties to keep the peace, or else it will be obliged to punish according to law.

Think of what Annetje lived through – leaving her home as a child on a long and treacherous journey in a cramped ship, coming to a new raw town, marrying at a young age, traveling to the edge of the wilderness and creating a home from nothing, living through Indian attacks, seeing her home destroyed, suffering early English occupation under abusive soldiers, being abandoned and then learning that her husband had married another woman, experiencing dire financial straits and raising twelve children (the last one alone is terrifying enough!)..........If I had been through all that, I think I would be in a bad mood most of the time, and smack someone I thought had been rude to me, like Annetje did to the hapless above-mentioned Madaleen!

By the way, the number of lawsuits and petty court cases in the records are amazing for a little village. Those people were in court all the time, constantly suing each other. I guess we get our American penchant for litigation over every little thing from those combative and stubborn New Netherlands ancestors!!

Annetje died in 1717 in Rhinebeck, NY and is buried in the Hurley Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery in Ulster County.

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From Eva Alice Scott "Jacobus Jansen Van Etten", 1952 we learn that Annetje Arians was deserted wife of Aaert Pietersen Tach.

From IGI: Aart was born 1636 in Etten, Brada (Breda), Brabant, Neth., and died 1705 in Kingston, Ulster Co, NY. His parents were: Cornelius Tack and ? Crynen. From Family Group Record Annetje Adriansen and Aart Pietersen Tach, this couple ha d two listed children, (1) Cornelis, (2) Grietje Artze Tack. It is known that these two children were brought up with the family of Jacobus Jansen and Annetje Arians. KEB has copy of the article "The Divorce of Annetje Arians" from Olde Ulste r Vol 7, 1911 (Reel #897082, pp 207-212--article refers to Aert T. Tach being accused of bigamy, having a wife in Amsterdam, Holland and Annetje Arians, his first wife in New York. "On which ground Annenken Arians, his first wife, has petitione d your honours for a decree of divorce and permission to marry someone else...." Aert deserted his wife between Dec 12, 1662 and Jan 23, 1663. His wife, Annetje was carrying her second child at the that time. Aert possibly returned to Holland , where he married another woman. Annetje was granted a divorce from Aert Tack Aug 21, 1664 at Fort Amsterdam.

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Note: (Adriaens). Annetje is also known as Annetje Krom/Cram Gelvins. She remarried 11 Jan. 1665 to Jacob Jansen (van Etten),one of her first husband Aert's farm hands,and had 10 more children. With husband Aert,Annetje is an ancestor of John Hasbrouck van Vleck (1899-1980),1977 Nobel Prize winner for Physics (along with winners Philip W. Anderson and Sir Nevill Mott); Augustus Schoonmaker. With her other husband,Jacob van Etten,Annetje is an ancestor of George Westinghouse (Jr.),(1846-1914),inventor and businessman,Edison's chief rival; "Cissy" Patterson (1884-1948); Richard Wetherill (1858-1910); Frank Earle Schoonover; Vance Brand; Cornelia Adele Strong; Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; John Westbrook Hornbeck (1804-48); Katherine Garrison Chapin (1890-1977); Cornelia Van Auken Chapin (1893-1972); John Griswold Chapin; Schyler Chapin; Paul Dexter Chapin; Frederick Stephen Upton; Col. Stuart Allen Roosa; Mabel van Buren.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:992326&i...

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Divorced before 1662, deserted by her 1st husband, Aert Pieterszen Tack.

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• Emigration: 1659 -  Amersfoort, (Flatlands), Kings County, New York
• Updated from MyHeritage Match via son Samuel Garretson by SmartCopy: Sep 15 2014, 22:58:07 UTC
• Updated from MyHeritage Match by SmartCopy: Sep 15 2014, 23:10:17 UTC

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On June 7, 1663, Indians raided the villages of Esopus and nearby Hurley. At Esopus, Aert Pietersen Tack's home was destroyed by fire, along with 12 other houses and the church. Fifteen men, four women, and two children were killed and scalped, and 1 man, 12 women, and 30 children were carried away by the Indians. Aert Tack disappeared. He apparently deserted his wife Annetje and their two children (a son Cornelius and an unborn daughter) and returned to Holland, where he reportedly took another wife. Annetje Arians was granted a divorce from Aert Pietersen Tack on August 21, 1664, at Fort Amsterdam.

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On June 7, 1663, Indians raided the villages of Esopus and nearby Hurley. At Esopus, Aert Pietersen Tack's home was destroyed by fire, along with 12 other houses and the church. Fifteen men, four women, and two children were killed and scalped, and 1 man, 12 women, and 30 children were carried away by the Indians. Aert Tack disappeared. He apparently deserted his wife Annetje and their two children (a son Cornelius and an unborn daughter) and returned to Holland, where he reportedly took another wife. Annetje Arians was granted a divorce from Aert Pietersen Tack on August 21, 1664, at Fort Amsterdam.

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Please, see attached sources for her name and history. Annetjes name is variously spelled Ariaens, Adriaens, Gelvins, Adriaandr, Ariaans, Adriaanz, and Kam.

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There are several variations on the spelling of her maiden name.

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See "Life Sketch"

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father's surname

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Married firstly Aaert Pitersen Tack (de

Married firstly Aaert Pitersen Tack (deserted) of Kingston, Ulster Co., New York other forms of surname: de Cam, Gelvins other spellings of patronymic: Adreantje, Arianse

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!Jacob Jansen, j.m. of Etten in Brabant

!Jacob Jansen, j.m. of Etten in Brabant and Annetje Arians of

deserted wife of Aaert Pietersen Tack, both resid. here [in Wiltwyck,

Kingston]. First publication of banns, 28 Dec 1664; second 4 Jan; 11

1665. Married 11 Jan 1665. Etten, in providence of North Branbant, Holland, 6 miles W.S.W of Breda. The name of the village of Wiltwyck,is usually said to have changed to Kingston shortly after the surrender of the New Netherlands to the English in 1664. The change was not made, however, until 25 Sep

!For the baptism of Grietjen the mother is listed as Grietjen Vooght.

guess it is the same person as the mother of Cornelis. With the

of her second family she is listed as

Adriaentse Kam/Gelvins. Always the same first name

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Annetje Arians Annetje Arians Gelvins Kam Van Amsterdam Tach was born in 1645 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. “Arians” indicates her father's first name and the name “Van Amsterdam” simply means “from Amsterdam”; it

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1. Ancestral File.

1. Ancestral File.

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Line in Record @I06801@ (RIN 5618) from

Line in Record @I06801@ (RIN 5618) from GEDCOM file not recognized: FATH Jans Aerjan Line in Record @I06801@ (RIN 5618) from GEDCOM file not recognized: MOTH Grietjen Jansen Line in Record @I06801@ (RIN 5618) from GEDCOM file not recognized: _FA1 Line in Record @I06801@ (RIN 5618) from GEDCOM file not recognized: _FA2 Line in Record @I06801@ (RIN 5618) from GEDCOM file not recognized: _FA3 (Notes from Robert B. Van Atta in Van Etten Beginnings and Endings) Annetje Adriansen (Anna Arians) died in Rhinebeck NY. Her first marriage was to Aert Peterse Tack, married 1660 in New Amsterdam, NY, NY. He deserted her and returned to Holland. Jacob Jansen Van Etten's wife was Annetje Gelvins, daughter of Adrian or Ari Gelvins, interpretation of old Dutch records by experts reveals. Her name was written in several ways, including Annetje Adrianstse Gelvins and Annetje Adrianse Kam. Genealogists say her father's name, therefore was Adrian and his last name Gelvins or Kam. LDS Ancestral File: first marriage: Aert Peterse Tack and one other. Marriage 1660 in New Amsterdam, NY, NY. Father of Annetje is Adrian Onder Donk born about 1617 Brenda N. Brabant, Netherlands. Died 1655 in Kingston, Ulster, NY. Married about May 1, 1641 in Kingston, Ulster, NY. Father of Adrian is Cornelius Onder Donk and mother of Annetje is Gretjan Doughty born about 1625-26 and died 1684 in Kingston, Ulster NY. Parents of Gretjan are Francis Doughty and Mrs., other husband Jan Lamberson, married about 1655 in Kingston, Ulster, NY. From Leslie J. Van Etten notes: Aert Pietersen Tack married Annetje Adriaensen (Arians) probably in Albany, New York. Later they moved to Wiltwyck (Kingston) where they had a son, Cornelius, baptized on August 14, 1661. Aert deserted his wife some time between December 12, 1662 and January 23, 1663. His wife was carrying her second child at that time. Aert probably returned to Holland, where he married another woman. The child, named Grietjen, was baptized in K ingston Dutch Church in August of 1663. Annetje was granted a divorce from Aert Tack August 21, 1664 at Fort Amsterdam. Jacob Jansen of Etten, in Brabant, Holland and Annetje Arians of Amsterdam, deserted wife of Aert Pietersen Tack, both residing in Wiltwyck, were married January 11, 1665. They had several children. Ten are recorded in this genealogy.

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!to log,early records of van etten fami

!to log,early records of van etten family !REF #KB024, "Reformed Church at Machackemack (Deerpark), Orange County, NY" page 240

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!FM GENEALOGIST GERALDINE KITTLE LETTER

!FM GENEALOGIST GERALDINE KITTLE LETTER OF MARIA FRUMS BENSON LISTS AS ANNETJE ARIENS GELVINS VAN WEYENAN

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children; came to America

children; came to America

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Annetje's first spouse, Aert, abandoned

Annetje's first spouse, Aert, abandoned her in Holland. She had one son by him, Cornelius. She was able to obtain a divorce from Aert. By May 13, 1664 Annetje petitioned the Wiltlyck Court to auction off Aert's belongings stating that he had "absented himself". See the Ulster County Genealogical Society newsletter, "genie', July 1997 for a genealogy Alt Birth: WFT Est 1623-1649 Amsterdam, Holland !NAME:Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0270, Date of Import: 8 Sep 1997, Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0270, Date of Import: 8 Sep 1997 !BIRTH:Dave Embry file.FTW, Dave Embry file.FTW !BIRTH:Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0270, Date of Import: 8 Sep 1997, Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0270, Date of Import: 8 Sep 1997 !DEATH:Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0270, Date of Import: 8 Sep 1997, Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0270, Date of Import: 8 Sep 1997 !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998

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Notes from Eva Alice Scott: In the recor

Notes from Eva Alice Scott: In the record of Annetjhe Arian's baptism of her children by Jacob Van Etten, the name is variously spelled Arianns, Adriaens, Adriaander, Ariaans, Adrianense Kam and Gebruis, Gelvins. Note: Annetje (Anna)'s first marriage was to Aert Peterse Tack, m. 1660 New Amsterdam, NY, NY. He deserted her and returned to Holland. • Annetje ADRIAENSEN (Annetje Arians) b: 8-29-1645 Oude Kern, Amsterdam, Holland or 22 Oct 1632 Amsterdam, Holland d: unknown Rhinebeck, Dutchess Cty, NY m: 11 Jan 1664 Kingston, New York (par: Johannes Marinessen ADRIAENSEN (1597-) & Wilhelmina HOANNES Notes: Annetje Adriansen (Anna Arians) died in Rhinebeck NY. Her first marriage was to Aert Peterse Tack, married 1660 in New Amsterdam, NY, NY. He deserted her and returned to Holland. Jacob Jansen Van Etten's wife was Annetje Gelvins, daughter of Adrian or Ari Gelvins, interpretation of old Dutch records by experts reveals. Her name was written in several ways, including Annetje Adrianstse Gelvins and Annetje Adrianse Kam. Genealogists say her father's name, therefore was Adrian and his last name Gelvins or Kam. LDS Ancestral File: first marriage: Aert Peterse Tack and one other. Marriage 1660 in New Amsterdam, NY, NY. Father of Annetje is Adrian Onder Donk born about 1617 Brenda N. Brabant, Netherlands. Died 1655 in Kingston, Ulster, NY. Married about May 1, 1641 in Kingston, Ulster, NY. Father of Adrian is Cornelius Onder Donk and mother of Annetje is Gretjan Doughty born about 1625-26 and died 1684 in Kingston, Ulster NY. Parents of Gretjan are Francis Doughty and Mrs., other husband Jan Lamberson, married about 1655 in Kingston, Ulster, NY.

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!Ancestral File.

!Ancestral File.

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Notes from Eva Alice Scott: In the recor

Notes from Eva Alice Scott: In the record of Annetjhe Arian's baptism of her children by Jacob Van Etten, the name is variously spelled Arianns, Adriaens, Adriaander, Ariaans, Adrianense Kam and Gebruis, Gelvins. Note: Annetje (Anna)'s first marriage was to Aert Peterse Tack, m. 1660 New Amsterdam, NY, NY. He deserted her and returned to Holland. Annetje ADRIAENSEN (Annetje Arians) b: 8-29-1645 Oude Kern, Amsterdam, Holland or 22 Oct 1632 Amsterdam, Holland d: unknown Rhinebeck, Dutchess Cty, NY m: 11 Jan 1664 Kingston, New York (par: Johannes Marinessen ADRIAENSEN (1597-) & Wilhelmina HOANNES Notes: Annetje Adriansen (Anna Arians) died in Rhinebeck NY. Her first marriage was to Aert Peterse Tack, married 1660 in New Amsterdam, NY, NY. He deserted her and returned to Holland. Jacob Jansen Van Etten's wife was Annetje Gelvins, daughter of Adrian or Ari Gelvins, interpretation of old Dutch records by experts reveals. Her name was written in several ways, including Annetje Adrianstse Gelvins and Annetje Adrianse Kam. Genealogists say her father's name, therefore was Adrian and his last name Gelvins or Kam. LDS Ancestral File: first marriage: Aert Peterse Tack and one other. Marriage 1660 in New Amsterdam, NY, NY. Father of Annetje is Adrian Onder Donk born about 1617 Brenda N. Brabant, Netherlands. Died 1655 in Kingston, Ulster, NY. Married about May 1, 1641 in Kingston, Ulster, NY. Father of Adrian is Cornelius Onder Donk and mother of Annetje is Gretjan Doughty born about 1625-26 and died 1684 in Kingston, Ulster NY. Parents of Gretjan are Francis Doughty and Mrs., other husband Jan Lamberson, married about 1655 in Kingston, Ulster, NY.

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#1. On 7 Jun 1663 Indians raided Esopus,

1. 1. On 7 Jun 1663 Indians raided Esopus, New York (Where the Tack family lived) Aert Tack deserted his wife and family and returned to Holland. Wife Annetje was granted a divorce from him on 21 aug 1664. #2. AFN:9NOK-RO. name listed Van Amsterdam.

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! Documentation: Information from Darrel

! Documentation: Information from Darrell T. Williams Genealogical Dictionary of New England, by Savage, Vol.1,Pg. 130-131 Book "Settlers of the Beekman Patent"Dutchess Co., New York. Genealogical stuty ot the 18th Century settlers in the patent. by Frank J. Doherty Pleasant Valley, NY. 12569 1993. Johannes Buys brother to Neeltje( Buys) Bartley and Benjamin Bartley were one of the first settlers in Oswego, Oneida,New York .

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[pams main file.FBK.FTW] LUER JACOBSEN

[pams main file.FBK.FTW] LUER JACOBSEN VAN KUYKENDALL was baptized on 29 May 1650 in New York City.(7) Luer grew up from early youth in the Esophus Country around Kingston, New York, and in 1680, was married there to Grietje Artze Tack,(7) daughter of Aert Pieterson Tack and his wife, Annetje Ariens. Collins Genealogy

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Last name may be Van Amsterdam 6/18/1988

Last name may be Van Amsterdam 6/18/1988 instead of Arians.

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Wife of Evert Roosa. 1st Marriage: Aae

Wife of Evert Roosa. 1st Marriage: Aaert Pietersen Tack,Children: Cornelis and Grietje Artze Tack. 2nd marriage to: Jacob Sansen Van Etten of Holland on Jan 11, 1665 Kinston, Ulster Cty., NY, USA. Children: Jan Jacobszen, Sytie Jacobz, Arien, Petrus Jacobszen, Pieternella, Heiltje, Emanuel, *Tryntic, Jaacobus Jacobszen, and Geestje Gertrude Van Etten. All born in N.Y. Tack Children: Cornelis and Grietje Artze Tack. Source: 1. Marriage Records of Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster Co., NY, 1660-1809.

Source: Title: Marriage Records of Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster Co., New York, 1660-1809. s&sdevine@tznet.com.

(Notes from Robert B. Van Atta in Van Etten Beginnings and Endings) Annetje Adriansen (Anna Arians) died in Rhinebeck NY. Her first marriage was to Aert Peterse Tack, married 1660 in New Amsterdam, NY, NY. He deserted her and returned to Holland. Jacob Jansen Van Etten's wife was Annetje Gelvins, daughter of Adrian or Ari Gelvins, interpretation of old Dutch records by experts reveals. Her name was written in several ways, including Annetje Adrianstse Gelvins and Annetje Adrianse Kam. Genealogists say her father's name, therefore was Adrian and his last name Gelvins or Kam. LDS Ancestral File: first marriage: Aert Peterse Tack and one other. Marriage 1660 in New Amsterdam, NY, NY. Father of Annetje is Adrian Onder Donk born about 1617 Brenda N. Brabant, Netherlands. Died 1655 in Kingston, Ulster, NY. Married about May 1, 1641 in Kingston, Ulster, NY. Father of Adrian is Cornelius Onder Donk and mother of Annetje is Gretjan Doughty born about 1625-26 and died 1684 in Kingston, Ulster NY. Parents of Gretjan are Francis Doughty and Mrs., other husband Jan Lamberson, married about 1655 in Kingston, Ulster, NY.

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her father was a very rich man; high off

her father was a very rich man; high official appointed by Gov. Peter Stuyvesant; also elder in Old Dutch church in Kingston CEMETERY: Hurley Dutch Reformed Church

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Last name may be Adnanse, she was from Amsterdam

According to Old Dutch records of the Machackemech and Menissinck churches: Port Jervis, N.Y. and Montague, N.J. her name was Annetje Adnanse.

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Annetje Arians Gelvins Kan Van Amsterdam Tach

Her first husband's name was Tach; Van Amsterdam simply means she was from Amsterdam; it is thought that Gelvins is probably her father's patronymic name and that Kam might have also been a grandfather's name. See Ancestry.com for full story.

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[SarahBrink.ged.FTW] !information found

[SarahBrink.ged.FTW] !information found in Kuykendall Family record.

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From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 J

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.

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"The Divorce of Annetje Arians" As printed in the "Olde Ulster" [magazine] v.7 (1911) pg. 207-212.

THIS magazine in the issue for November, 1906 (Vol II page 345), spoke of the disappearance of Aert Piertersen Tack and that it had

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Non-standard gedcom data: 1 AFN C530-5

Non-standard gedcom data: 1 AFN C530-5V 1 AFN 15JL-ZJS 1 AFN 1HRN-QQJ

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!No more info. She was the 1st wife of

!No more info. She was the 1st wife of Aaert Pieterson Tack and they were divorced according to the FGS sub by Florence Grose Brian.

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Life Sketch

About Annetje van Etten Annetje ARIENS was born in 1645 in Amsterdam and died 1717 in Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co. New York.

She was said to have been the daughter of Dr. Aerjan Jansz [DE CRAM] and Grietjen (Geertjen) [JANS]. (Adriaen Jans Aerjan & Grietjen Jans )

The baptism of Annet, daughter of Aerjan Jansz and Geertjen Jans, was recorded in Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Nederland on 29 August 1645. https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/27d4a3d7-2b3c-4447-9917-753...

She married

Aert Pietersen TACK, son of Peter Petersz TACK and Maijke (Maria) de Jonge QUIRIJNEN. He was born c 1626 in Etten, Barony of Breda, Brabant, Netherlands, and died 1705 in Harlem or Kingston,NY. Jacob Jansen VAN ETTEN. Biography Annetjes name is variously spelled Ariaens, Adriaens, Gelvins, Adriaandr, Ariaans, Adriaanz, and Kam. genealogieonline.nl... ; Grietjen Jansen* was born in 1612 or 1621 and the only child we know of whom she had by Aerjan/Adriaen was Annetje, who was born in Amsterdam in 1645.

New Amsterdam Immigrant Annetje Arians Gelvins Kam Van Amsterdam Tach Van Etten* was born in 1645 in Amsterdam. “Arians” indicates her father's first name and the name “Van Amsterdam” simply means “from Amsterdam”; it is usually used in the records to identify her. Maybe there were a lot of Annetje Arians in Kingston, where she lived. Sometimes her name appears on records with Gelvins, probably her father's patronymic. A few times, the last name Kam is added. It might have been the grandfather's last name, or the name of his father. Annetje's first husband's last name was Tach/Tack.

Annetje was christened on August 29, 1645 in Oudekerk (Old Church, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. [ “Holland” is a province of the country; English speakers have erroneously given a provincial name to the whole county, which is, of course, the Netherlands.] She came to New Amsterdam as a child with her mother and either her father or her stepfather. (Annetje's father died in or before 1652).

In 1660, when Annetje was but 15, she married Aert Pietersen Tach/Tack, who had arrived in New Netherlands in 1652 or 1653 as a servant to Adriaen Van der Donk (like Jacob Van Etten (9-7)) and wound up in Fort Orange, Albany. He was involved in a number of lawsuits there. By 1661, free of his indenture, he went to Kingston (then Wiltwyck, Dutch for Wildwood, later renamed Kingston by the British), where he was a tenant farmer. New Dorp (“New Village”) was laid out and settled in 1662 (Tach built a house there), and a palisade was planned in March 1663. But due to negotiation problems with the Indians and lack of financial appropriation, the palisade was not built, and the village was doomed.......

There had been increasing tension with the Indians (as always, land and livestock squabbles fueled by alcohol and individual fights which blew up into raids on both sides). There had been an attack on some Indians and on June 7th, 1663 the Indians retaliated in a surprise attack of the main village of Wiltwyck [Dutch for Wildwood, later renamed Kingston by the British] and Nieuw Dorp. Here follows a description of the tension leading up to the attack and of the attack itself, which together with ensuing violence later became known as the Second Esopus War (the emphases are mine):

“From this time until June 1663 the settlement increased, Wiltwyck became too confined, and a new village [Nieuw Dorp] was laid out to accommodate the increasing population. This rapid increase of the settlers boded no good to the Indians, who began to threaten vengeance on the intruders. To avert the storm already approaching, the Director-general instructed the magistrates to announce to the Sachems [chiefs] his intention to visit them in a few days. They replied that if the renewal of peace was his object, they would meet him and his unarmed attendants outside the gate, in the open air, according to their custom. This friendly reply threw the settlers entirely off their guard. The male portion of the population left the village to pursue their field labors on the 7th of June, when between eleven and twelve o'clock, large numbers of savages sauntered carelessly into the place and were soon scattered through the village, some offering for sale a little maize [corn] or a few beans. Soon after several horsemen came riding “through the millgate” and announced that the Indians had burnt the new village. This was the signal for a general assault. The fearful warwhoop was raised, shots were fire, and tomahawks and battleaxes gleamed in the sunlight. Neither age nor sex was exempt. The houses were plundered, then set on fire, but a change in the wind saved a part of the village. The villagers rallied and after a desperate struggle succeeded in routing their savage foe. The description of the scene is too horrid for repetition. The total number of missing was seventy, forty-five of whom, mostly women and children, were taken into captivity. Twelve dwellings in Wiltwyck were destroyed, and not a house was left standing in the new village except the mill. The most intense excitement prevailed throughout the county from New Amsterdam to Beverwyck (New York to Albany). A force was immediately raised and the Indians pursued to their retreats among the mountains; some of the prisoners were recaptured [about 25 were recovered near what is now Brunswick, where Raymond grew up], and the Indians nearly exterminated.”

After the raid, Annetje was alone with one small child, and pregnant with her second and drowning in debt. “During the raid, Tach's house was burned and Tach disappeared. It is thought that he was killed by the savages. At least he was never heard of afterwards.” This is what the conservative, respectable members of the Van Etten descendants like to say. But a distant relative of ours, a descendant of Jacob and Annetje, like we, Raymond's descendants, are, told me that Tach turned up in Amsterdam married to another woman and Annetje petitioned and obtained a divorce from him in 1664! It was granted on August 21 of that year. In 1665, Annetje married Jacob (9-6h).

Remember, Jacob was Tach's “head farmer”, whatever that means. Probably he was a sort of overseer of Tach's rented land. He and Tach were both Catholics from Etten and they had been recruited by the same person to come and work in New Netherland, so they must have known each other before even coming to the colony. Jacob was also a creditor of Tach's. Who knows – Annetje and Jacob could have had a “thing” going for a long time (Tach left his wife pregnant and with a small son, and Jacob was said to have raised Tach's two kids as his own......hmm), or Jacob had his eye on her and she reluctantly agreed to marry him because her husband's estate owed him a fair amount of money for back wages – Annetje was so deeply in debt that she had to sell off everything, and I mean everything: court records mention spoons, a butter churn which was missing a bottom, an old wood axe, and a pair of tongs among the items sold at public auction to pay off some of her husband's debts. Perhaps Tach up and left because he had heavily mortgaged his crops just before the Indian raid. Annetje herself harvested the wheat left in the field after the attach, but the court ordered her to sell it all to pay debts left by her husband, and she could only keep enough of the crop to pay herself for her labor in the harvest. Or maybe Jacob felt sorry for her – she was absolutely destitute. In February 1664 Annetje reported to the court that she "lacks bread, pork, meat, etc. in her household". Or just perhaps they simply fell in love after Tach disappeared. Who knows??

At any rate, Annetje and Jacob married on January 11, in 1665, a year and a half after Tach split. In addition to her two children who carried Tach's name, Annetje and Jacob had ten children from 1666 to 1688.

It seems that Annetje had a bit of a temper. Read this from the court records:

Vol. I, Page 365-366, 15/25 Oct 1667

Madaleen Dircx, Plaintiff vs. Annetie Adriaens, Defendant

Plaintiff complains that defendant yesterday came to her house with the intention of making trouble, whereupon she was told to leave the house. She not being willing to do so, plaintiff took hold of her sleeve, and said to her that she should go outside, whereupon defendant [that is, our Annetje] attacked her [Madaleen], and beat her so that her flesh became discolored in her house. Defendant says that she came to her house for the purpose of paying Jannetie Pels for a sch.[sic – I don't know what that is, a measurement of some sort] of apples, and that then a few words were said which caused the trouble. Jannetie Pels and Henry Palingh declare, at the request of plaintiff, that they were at the house and that they saw and heard that plaintiff did not treat defendant badly, or give her cause for the assault. The hon. court recommends parties to keep the peace, or else it will be obliged to punish according to law.

Think of what Annetje lived through – leaving her home as a child on a long and treacherous journey in a cramped ship, coming to a new raw town, marrying at a young age, traveling to the edge of the wilderness and creating a home from nothing, living through Indian attacks, seeing her home destroyed, suffering early English occupation under abusive soldiers, being abandoned and then learning that her husband had married another woman, experiencing dire financial straits and raising twelve children (the last one alone is terrifying enough!)..........If I had been through all that, I think I would be in a bad mood most of the time, and smack someone I thought had been rude to me, like Annetje did to the hapless above-mentioned Madaleen!

By the way, the number of lawsuits and petty court cases in the records are amazing for a little village. Those people were in court all the time, constantly suing each other. I guess we get our American penchant for litigation over ever