Arent Jansen Moesman

from The Mahicans, the Dutch, and the Schodack Islands in the 17th and 18th Centuries Paul R. Huey

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Douw's attention had also turned to the next island farther south, which was Lower Schodack, or Moesmans, Island. The origin of the name for Moesmans Island remains unclear. · There was a ship called the Moesman that traded between the Netherlands and New Netherland as early as 1658 (O'Callaghan 1850: 52; Van Laer 1932a: 110). In the Netherlands, Arent Jansen Moesman was the partner of Jan Baptist van Rensselaer, older brother of Jeremias, and Jan Baptist described him as "a pious, honest man." In 1663 Moesman came to Rensselaerswyck with plans to manufacture potash and to purchase a thousand schepels of wheat. His attempt to make potash may have occurred on Moesmans Island, since on November 6, 1663, two soldiers from Wildwyck were ordered to accompany Moesman to Beeren Island, on the west side of the river directly opposite. In 1664, Governor Nicholls gave Moesman permission to return to Holland. Before leaving, Moesman arranged for the purchase and shipment of lumber including oak logs for wainscoting (Van Laer 1932a: 317, 333-334, 363; O'Callaghan 1851: 89; Christoph and Christoph 1982: 70).

marriage?

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inschrijvingsdatum: 04-02-1668 naam bruidegom: Moesman, Arent Janse naam bruid: Teunis, Marretje bronverwijzing: DTB 491, p.323 opmerkingen: Huwelijksintekeningen van de KERK. Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) Ondertrouwregister: NL-SAA-26496666

seems to give his age as 57 and place of origin as "A", presumably =Amsterdam