Augustine Van Dunk

• a free black living by the Fresh Water pond in 1670s

The beginning of a Dynasty

Origins near the "Fresh Water Pond", Chatham Square or Out Ward, Manhattan

Cohen p. 26: Three of the colored* landowners living near the Fresh Water in the 1670s were John De Vries {aka Jan de Vries (II) - a half brother}, Claes Emmanuels , and Augustine Van Donck .

It is significant the surnames {with variant spellings} Vries, Mann, and Donck became mainstays of the future NY/NJ border area. To this day (2016) , there is a large population of people living in the ares with these surnames in their trees.

marriage banns in the DRC

1666 25 Apr; Augustyn Pens, Neger; Anna Maria Negrinne

children

1668 Mar 28; Augustyn Manuels, Anna Marie; Anna; Manuel Pieters, Sara Roelofs

death

after 1670 (birth of last known son) but before his widow bore Emanuel to Francoys d'Angola.

baptism of Augustyn's child Anna

1668 Mar 28; Augustyn Manuels, Anna Marie; Anna ; Manuel Pieters, Sara Roelofs

Discussion of Birth name (patronymic)

"Manuels" means his father was known as Manuel, by his captors.

There are three DWIC slaves who went by the name Manuel:

1) Big Manuel
2) Manuel Pietersen Minuit
3) Manuel de Gerrit de Reus, "swager van Angola"

• Now, as to the Van Donck epithet: Might this man that the Van Donck mane arose from being a slave who labored for a Van der Donck/van Donck family? Which of those were candidate families?

1) Adriaen van der Donck
2) Daniel van Donck < appears in the baptism records as early as Nov. 7, 1657

• in The Freedman of New Amsterdam ; page 165, left column, bottom we see Augustine Fordonck, clearly a variant of Ver Donck. Take a look at the [ text]