Annetje Lodowycks

Annetje Lodewijks was married in 1655 in New Amsterdam Dutch church.

Source: “The Family of Dirck Janszen Woertman of Brooklyn Ferry,” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 132: 34.

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4H. ANNETJE, known most commonly as Annetje Lodowycke, may have been a half-sister to Dirck and Elizabeth, inasmuch as Lodowycke de Jong appeared as sponsor to the baptism of Annetje's first child. Proponents of this theory point out that the mother of the family, Harmitje, widow of Jans, probably married Lodowycke de Jong in Holland and he probably sponsored the family, Elizabeth and Dirck, children of the first marriage, and Annetje, his own daughter', in the move to America. It is fairly certain that the mother came to America, but in all land transactions she is known merely as Harmitje Jans, with L6,dowicke never appearing in the picture.. She lived to a ripe old age and owned considerable property in Long Island and Brooklyn and died after 1685. This would make Annetje born probably in 1636, half sister to the other two children. At her marriage in 1655, she names herself as "Annetje Loderwycks Van Amsterdam" (Annetje Loderwycks of Amsterdam) - It is also conceivable, and there is indication in the records, that she was a little older than assumed and she came to America as the widow or wife of Lodowyck de Jong. This would then make the Lodowyck. de Jong, sponsor of her first child, a nephew or other relative; or this could have been an attempt to name the father of the child of a previous marriage.

Annetje married 7 Aug. 1655 in New Amsterdam Dutch Church, SIMON CLAUSE (Claeszen Van (or of) Groeningen; his will, made 8 July 1684 and probated 7 Oct. 1684, indicated that Annetje had died before that time). They were residents of Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York. Their children, all christened in Brooklyn, Kings, N. Y. were: Grietje Clause chr 29 July 1657; Engeltye Clause chr 15 Sept. 1658; Janneken Clause chr 5 Dec. 1660; Clause Clause chr 27 Nov. 1661; Elizabeth Clause chr 22 May 1664; Lodewyck Clause chr 25 April 1666; Peter Clause chr 12 Jan. 1671; Margaret Clause chr 14 Jan. 1674; and Jan Clause. In the will of Simon Clause, he requests that the children he left in the guardianship of his wife's brother and brother-in-law, Derick Jans Woertman and Joost Kokhuyt; the estate to be divided between the children of "Annetje Derickson DeJong (Widow) that have the name of Clause." This is a strong indication that Annetje was married previously and had children by that tirst marriage with their christening taking place later, or they could have been omitted because of death or marriage. Only the last six are named in the will.

References

• Source: Long Island Source Records: From the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record by Henry Bainbridge Hoff Genealogical Publishing Com, 1987 - 737 pagina's pg.99 <GoogleBooks>