Auke Jansen Van Nuyse

AUKE JANSEN VAN NUYSE / Auke Jansen Van Nuys / Auke Jans born about 1618 Netherlands immigrated to New Amsterdam in 1651 from Amsterdam Holland. He married (1) MAGDALENA PIETERSE born about 1620; married (2) about Dec 1666 Elizabeth Janse, widow of Christopher Schaets and Jan Claesen; married (3) Geertje Gysberts, widow of Jan Jacobse. He was a carpenter moving in 1661 to the Brooklyn Ferry; in 1665 to Flatlands; and Flatbush in 1669. Before 1675 he appears in the records of New Utrecht. He built the first church in Flatbush NY. He left will dated 15 May 1694; proved 1698.

Auke Jans VAN_NUYS

• BIRTH: ABT 1621, Holland,Netherlands
• DEATH: ABT 1698, Flatbush,Kings Co,,N.Y.
• Father: Jan GOOSENS
• Mother: Ebelken HERMANS
• Family 1: Magdalena PIETERS
• Family 2: Geertie GYSBRECHTS
• DIVORCE: N
• MARRIAGE: BEF 17 JUL 1681, Probably,Long Island,,N.Y.

Forefathers of Aucke Janse Van Nuys fled from France to Holland at the time of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew in 1572.

His name appears in numerous records in the New Amsterdam, Brooklyn and Flatbush area.

Aucke Jansen Van Nuyse, the common ancestor of the Van Nuyse family, emigrated in 1651 from Amsterdam, and probably came originally from a village named Nuis in Groningen with his first wife, and four children, Annetje, Geertruyd, Janneke, and Jan Van Nuyse

Residing at first in New Amsterdam, on 12 Jan., 1653 Aucke Jans was listed as a carpenter in New Amsterdam, where he bought from Hendrick Gerritsen, tailor, a house, and lot on the west side of the great highway

Aucke was involved in a number of court cases, and on 10 Feb., 1653 he sued the wife of Juryaen Andriessen for wages; she claimed that he had damaged the work and the building more than he had earned; two carpenters appointed to inspect. One of the two carpenters to inspect a house by Hendrick Gerritsen.

where on 6 May 1653 he sold his house and lot to Hendrick Hendrick sen./Hendrick Henddricksen, the drummer from Middleborch, but sued the purchaser on 14 July of that year for the rest of the purchase money; the defendant demanding a proper deed, and claiming that the wall of the city diminished the size of the lot, which is described as "a certain lot through which the city wall is made".

On 15 Sept., 1653 he was again busy in court (New Amsterdam Court Records--Fernow), being sued by Poul Van Beeck for failure to start work on a house. Aucke pleaded that he lacked material, and he agreed to complete the house in three weeks. In fact throughout 1653 Aucke was time and again sued for breech of contracts in building houses. This was not a good year for him, and the true reason why he was tardy in his work is still not clear.

After this Aucke then rented a house from Sybout Claesens.

In 1654 he was employed as master carpenter in the erection of the first church on Long Island, in Flatbush, near New Amsterdam.

Aucke also did work for the city: "The sheet-piling which was constructed at the Graft or Can (Broad street) was done by Aucke Jansen, and Christiaen Barentsen, carpenters, having again fallen down due to the heavy rain, and water, the Burgomeisters, and Schepens contract with them for reconstructing it, and bringing it again into good condition for the sum of 32 guilders, and agree to furnish them two good diggers" (24 August, 1654 RNA 1:231). When Governor Stuyvesant went to the Burghers for financial aid in the reconstruction of the fortifications on 12 Oct., 1655, "Auks Jansen, being aged, offers 1 or 2 days work for the city". By Feb., 1657 Aucke was living at the Ferry in Brooklyn where he was employed as a house carpenter. One of his jobs was to enclose the Brooklyn Churchyard because hogs were rooting up the graves, including that of his first wife. From 1654-1660 Aucke constructed the Dutch Church in Flatbush.

On 11 May, 1660 he brought a complaint; "Shows with due respect Auke Janse, carpenter, on Long Island, that he agreed with D. Polhemius, and Jan Strycker to build pursuant to the accompanying plan a church at Midwout on Long Island, which work he has not only completed in accordance with the said plan, but by order of the aforesaid he has done some other outside work, not covered by the plan---(they) now fail to pay to petitioner his well-earned wages under various frivolous pretexts, whereby they excessively wrong your petitioner, burdened with a large family..." and asks for arbitrators, who were appointed (CDNY 14:473-74). Records show that he was never paid for this work.

There are records of purchases of several tracts of land in this region.

In 1660 the Brooklyn Dutch church took money from the poor fund to advance to the court to pay Aucke for the fencing job, and also pay him, and Frans Bloetgoet (Bloodgood) for building the ministers house

In 1661 he resided at Brooklyn Ferry; amd based on the Brooklyn Dutch Reformed records, Aucke was a Ferryman of Brooklyn in 1662

On 19 July, 1661 the Schepen Pieter Van Couwenhoven sued Aucke for the purchase of a beast, which was denied, with the counter claim that the plaintiff owed him, and that he bought the beast of Gerrit Gysbergen, not knowing to whom it belonged, and paid the latter's wife.

He was a witness to his daughter Aneken Auckens on 04 Dec., 1661 in the Brooklyn DRC

He witnessed the baptism of Pieter Wynants , son of Wynand Pieterszen and Annetje Auckes Van Nuys, on 9 September 1663 at Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, Breuckelen, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (sponsors Auke Jans, Gaertie Gysberts).

He resided in 1665 in FlatlandsBrooklyn, and in 1669 in Flatbush, where he had built the church in 1654 and 1660

Sybout Claesen, who sued him on 25 November, 1665 for "the hire of pits house which deft occupies". He was condemned to pay after defaulting three times.

On 20 Jan., 1670 Aucke purchased land in Midwout from Jan Cornelesz Van Tassel. He also purchased land at this time from Minne Johannis which he transferred to Jan Gerrittsz.

In 1673 he was appointed Schepen (Sheriff) of Flatbush or magistrate, by Governor Clove. 

on 26 March,1674 he was one of the representatives to the "Convention of Delegate" called by the governor to meet in New Orange after the capture of the Netherlands from the British.

In 1675 he moved from Flatlands to New Utrecht, Brooklyn, and where his name appears on the assessment roll for that year being was assessed on 24 acres of land in that town

On 20 August, 1675 he was taxed in Brooklyn for 1 cow, and also on 22 August, 1675 while in Middelwout, Brooklyn, he was taxed again for 2 oxen, 4 cows, 5 sheep, and 40 acres of farmland. He was also taxed on 24 August, 1675 in New Utrecht for more land.

On 20 Sept., 1676 he was taxed in Middelwout for 4 horses, 4 cows, 6 sheep, and 18 morgens of land.

On 19 June, 1678 Aucke was again sued, this time by Cornelis Jansen in the court of sessions, West Riding of Yorkshire, for damages caused by not setting up his fence. Another case shows that Asser Levy had hired Auke Jansen's daughter till the following May, but She had gone to work for the wife of Balthazar Bayard. Aucke not being present when the case was presented, nor the following court day, on the third court day Levy stated that he had sent a legal letter to the court at Amssersfoort to notify Aucke that he must obey the order of 17 Jan., 1678, and declared Asser had told him he might take his daughter with him, and look for another place for her, whereupon Aucke had asked that she be kept 14 days more, and as he was not housekeeping, and meanwhile he should look out for a place. This was not denied by Ley. Asser said, "the maid was instigated by mishcief-makers, and produces a letter written to him by Aucke Jansen wherein he states that he understood from several that his daughter suffered much from him." The daughter was released from her contract by the court, Levy to release her clothes and to pay her wages for the time she had worked. Levy was given permission to institute defamation proceedings when, and where he might wish (RNA 5:176,183,188,191 "Records of New Amsterdam"). 

On 15 October 1681, he bought of Bartel Claesen his house and farm in Flat bush of 19 morgens; also Claesen's share of the land lying at the Paerde Gat, patented by Governor Andro on 17 March 1677 to said Claesen and Louis Jansen. He also purchase d 10 morgens on the plains of "Amersfoort," which Claesen b ought of Samuel Spicer; and also 2 morgens on the "Midwoute " plains known as No. 10, with salt-meadows
Aucke was one of the master builders of the parsonage erected by the town for the Domine: "New Utrecht, on 16 Feb., 1680 was paid 600 guilders, for which Aucken Janse Van Nuyss, one of the master builders, in a receipt, gave thanks".

The last tax records we find for Aucke is in 1683 in Midwout for 3 horses, 5 cows, and 48 acres of land.

Aucke Janse witnessed the baptism of Jacob Sutphen , son of Dirck Janse Van Sutphen and Lysbeth Janse, on 20 January 1684 at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (sponsors Auke Jans, Geertje Aukes [also recorded at Breuckelen]).7

In 1687 both Aucke, and his son Jan took the oath of allegiance in Flatbush, Brooklyn to Great Britian after New Netherlands had been re-taken by the British.

He was three times married. His second marriage was to Lysbert Clausen and the third to Gurtruyd Jacabse Children of AUKE JANSEN VAN NUYSE and MAGDALENA PIETERSE: Named in will of Auke dated 15 May 1694; (*) He leaves money to  his eldest son "John procured by his [then] lawful wife Magdalena Auke."

* 1. (*) Annetie/Anneken bp 28 Jan 1646 Amsterdam Netherlands; married (1) 1661 Winant Pieterse Van Eck; married (2) 9 Apr 1691 (*) Derick Janse Wortman born about 1630 Amsterdam Netherlands; died after 1708; son of Workman and Hannah (unknown).

• 2. (* decd) Geertruyd bp 9 June 1647 Amsterdam Netherlands; married (*) Frans Joosten.
• 3. (*) Janneke married 28 Apr 1666 (*) Reinier Arendsz who died 17 Sep 1721; son of Arent Teunissen and Tryntje Reynders.
• +4. (*) Jan born Amsterdam Holland; married (1) 29 July 1673 Barbara Provoost bp 30 Nov 1653 RDC NY; daughter of David Provoost; and Maragretta Gillise Verbrugge; married (2) 4 Apr 1680 Eva Janse; daughter of Jan Jacobse. By 1699 he was residing in Jamaica LI NY.
• 5. (*) Abagail died 19 Jan 1748; married (*) Leffert Pieterse.
• 6. (* Pontus) Pieter bp 13 Oct 1652 RDC NY.
• +7. (*) Jacobus died about 1710; married 26 Apr 1685 Mary/Maria Willemse Cornel; daughter of William Cornell and Margareta Polhemus. About 1699 settled near New Brunswick NJ and afterwards in New Utrecht.
• 8. (*) FEMMETJE bp 12 Mar 1662 RDC Brooklyn; married 8 Oct 1680 JAN STEVENSE VAN VOORHEES born 1652 Netherlands; died about 1735 Flatlands NY; son of Stephen Coerte Van Voorhees and Willempie Roelofse Sebring.
• 9. Yda married Auke Rynierse

6th son was Pieter Auckers Van Nuyse b. Oct 22, 1652 in New Amsterdam according to a number of records.

>  The 1881 "Early Settlers of Kings County" by Bergen notes he is son #6 but > says there is no further information about him. but, per p. 353, he was  baptized Oct 27, 1652 and a suit was brought against him Feb. 4, 1680-81 in  Flatbush by Cornelis Verway for twenty guilders, the price of a gun, per  Flatbush records. Then again the cryptic note: "No further trace." (But at  least we know he lived from 1652-80, making him old enough to have married  and had children.) Versteeg (a genealogist who worked at the Holland Society  around 1900 and the source of my family record) says that Aucke Janse and  Pieter Auckers are related, and LDS records tie them together directly,  (though this an IGI record which not confirmed with documentation.)

Children of STEVEN VAN VOORHEES and WILLEMPIE SEBRING:

6. JAN born 1652 Netherlands; married (1) 17 Mar 1678 Cornelia Reiniers Wizzelpenning 17 Mar 1678, daughter of Reiner Wizzelpenning and Jannetje Snedeker; Cornelia died about 1680; married (2) 8 Oct 1680 FEMMETJE AUKES VAN NUYS bp 12 Mar 1662 Brooklyn; died after 1772; daughter of Auke Jans Van Nuys and Magdalene Peters. They resided Flatlands NY and Jan made his will there 3 Jan 1723; probated 20 Nov 1735.

Femmetje Aukes VAN_NUYS

• BIRTH: ABT MAR 1662
• CHRISTENING: 12 MAR 1662, Brooklyn,Kings,Dutch Ref. Ch,N.Y.
• DEATH: AFT 20 NOV 1735, Flatlands,Kings,,N.Y.
• Father: Auke Jans VAN_NUYS
• Mother: Magdalena PIETERS
• Family 1: Jans Stevense VAN_VOORHEES
• DIVORCE: N
• MARRIAGE: 8 OCT 1680, Flatbush,Kings,Dutch Ref. Ch,N.Y.
• Auke VAN_VOORHEES
• Willemptje VAN_VOORHEES
• Jan VAN_VOORHEES
• Roelof VAN_VOORHEES
• Magdalena VAN_VOORHEES
• Lucas VAN_VOORHEES
• Albert VAN_VOORHEES
• Abraham VAN_VOORHEES
• Femmetje VAN_VOORHEES
• Jacobus VAN_VOORHEES

Theodore W. Welles, of the N.Y. Genealogiclal & Bio graphical Soc. and N.J. Historical Society. , ANCESTRAL T ABLETS from COLONIAL DAYS to the PRESENT ERA, The Press Pri nting and Publishing Co., Paterson, N.J., page 318

Immigrated with several children and his wife about 16 51. Possibly born in the village of Nuis, in Groningen, Am sterdam, Holland. He settled in Flatbush, New York and wa s a carpenter. He built the first church in Flatbush, wa s a Magistrate of the town in 1673, and represented the tow n in convention at New Orange on March 20, 1764. His wife d ied prior to October 1662 and he married a second time to L ysbet Jans, widow of Jan Clausen. After she died, he marri ed a third time to Geertie Gysbrechtsz, the widow of Jan Ja cobse. Neither of the other two marriages produced issue.2 . P L van die Grift; P Stuyvesant; Will Beekman; Olof Stev enson, etal....., The records of New Amsterdam from 1653 t o 1674 anno domini, New York; Pub under the authority of th e City of New York by the Knickerbocker Press, 1895., vol 1 , several page notations Auke Jansen, carpenter, was note d on about 9 occasions as being in default at court for act ions by plaintiffs; he also offered as, being aged, servic e to the city as per wages and keep years of 1653 thru 1655.

Teunis G Bergen, Genealogy of the LEFFERTS FAMILY, 1650 -1718, 1878, Albany, N.Y. Joel Munsell., ±/iPage 15.

Accordng to the author, Teunis G. Bergen, Auke Janse Va n Nuyse emigrated from Amsterdam in 1651 to colonial America/New Amsterdam. He was a Carpenter or Builder who had hi s first house and lot in New Amsterdam which he sold in 1653.
He was residing at Brooklyn ferry in 1661, was in Flat bush in 1665 where he built the first church upon which the work commenced in 1664 and finished in 1660.
He is stated to have married : 1st : Magdalena Pieterse who was from Langdendyck 2nd : Elizabeth Janse, the widow of Jan Classes 3rd : Geertie Gysbrechts, widow of Jan,. Jacobse.
He named all the children by his first wife in h is will dated May 15, 1694.

1st wife Magdalena buried prior to Oct. 1662 in the burial plot of Brooklyn Ref. Dutch Church [Protestant]

Chidren named:

• Annatie or "Anneken" Aukerse who m. her first spouse , Winant Pieterse Van Eck on Dec. 4, 1661 and her 2nd spous e, Derick Janse Woertman on 2 April 1691.
• Gertruyd Aukerse who married Frans Jooste.
• Janncke Aukerse, who married 1666 to Reiner Arntz
• Jan Aukerse, born in amsterdam who married 1st spouse Barbara Provoost on July 29, 1673 and 2nd spouse Eva Jane s on 2 April 1680.
• Jacobus Aukerse, who married Leffert Pieterse.
• Pieter Aukerse, who was bapt. on Oct 27, 1652.
• Femmetie Aukerse, who was bapt. on March 12, 1662; and married to Jan Stevense Voorhies on Oct. 8, 1680.
• and assumed or supposed Yda Aukerse, who married Auke Reinierse .

AUCKE JANS VAN NUYS In the name of our Lord , Amen. Whereas I, Aucke Janse VanNuys, of the Town of Flatbush, in Kings County, considerin g the certainty of death and the uncextainty of the hour, A nd not willing to depart out of this world before he shoul d have disposed of his worldly estate. Leaves "to his eld est son, John Anke, procured by his lawful wife Magdalena A nke," £1, 4s. in money. Leaves to "all his children, procur ed by his first wife, Magdalena Anke, deceased, and to th e children of his present wife, Geetie Ankes, procured by h er first husband, John Jacobse, that are named and baptize d Anke," each 6 shillings. Leaves all estate, houses and la nds, to his Wife Geetie for life, and then to his childre n by his first wife Magdalena, viz., Anatie, wife of Dirck Janse Woertman, and the two children of Geetie Anke decea sed, procured by Joost Fransen, viz., Sara Joosten, and Mag dalena Joosten for one share. And Janettie Anke, wife of Ry ne Aertsen, Jan Anke, Peters Anke, Abigail, wife of Leffer t Peterse, Jacobus Anke, and Fainettie wife of Jan Stevense . And to the children of his present wife Geetie, procure d by her first husband Jan Jacobse, viz.. Lysbett Janse, wi fe of Direk Janse Van Sutplien, and Eva Janse, wife of Jan Anke. Dated May 15, 1694.

Leysebet Jans, possibly of the Flatlands, Long Island area. She married 1) Christoffel Schaets 2) Jan Claeszen (d. 1661 Flatlands, LI) and 3) Auke Jansen Van Nuys. Children by the second husband were Claes (bapt. 1652), Christoffel and Lysebet (md. Wm. J. Van Barkelo).

In 1666, Lesebet and her third husband, Aucke Janse Van Nuys, signed an agreement guaranteeing that her children by the second husband, Jan Claesen, would receive an inheritance. Evidently either her land or his was to be the guarantee. By 1672, Auke had sold at least some of the land and the guardians for the children required him to give a new mortgage on his remaining property to ensure that they would be paid. This document was dated 10 Oct 1672 and reads in part 10 Oct 1672. . "Appeared before me, Jacop Joosten, herein secretary in the Town of Midwout in the West Riding of Jorckshire in Amerika upon Long Island, licensed, and before the hereafter named witnesses, Auke Jans Van Nuyts, who, in presence of the undersigned witnesses, declares that he has agree with the guardians of the surviving children of (p. 225) Lisabet Jansen, dec.," Source: Town Records of Long Island. Translations Transliterations. Commission of Records of Kings Co, NY. Vol. 1005: Flatbush, Town Records, Liber D [p. 179-352], Court Minutes, vol. 2, 1670-1682. Transcribed and translated by Frank L. Van Cleef c. 1915. Microfilm Roll No. 119.

Long Island Source Records. From the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. ed. by Henry B. Hoff. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore:1987.

p. 98 Dec. 16, 1666. Lysebet Jans, widow of Jan Claesen, deceased, engaged to Auke Jans. The said Lysbet Jans has chilren which she bore to Jan Claessen, deceased, excepting a son named Johannes Cristoffels, whom she bore to Cristoffels Schaeten. The children of Jan Clessen are Leysebet Jans, Claes Jansen, and Cristoffel Jans. The said Leysebet Jans is married to Willem Jansen van Barkeloo. (Flatush Town Records, Liber D, page 85.)

vol. 3, p. 59-67--Van Barkelo Family]
Record Commission, Kings County NY, Flatbush Town Records, Liber D. Court Minutes, Vol. 1, 1665-1670, pg. 189. Translated abstract from the Dutch original.

Appeared before us, the undersigned Magistrates & Overseers of the Court of Midwout, Leysebet Jans, widow of Jan Claessen, dec. & at present married to Auke Jans. Leysebe Jans has some surviving children which she bore by Jan Claesz., dec'd., excepting a son she bore by Christoffels Schates. The children born by Jan Claes, dec'd. are Leysebet Jans, Claes Jansen & Christoffel Jansen. The aforesaid Leysebet has agreed to all love & frienship with the appointed guardians, viz., Tuenes Helbrant Van Dickhuys & Jan Sueberen, that the said children shall received for their father's patrimony or inheritance once & for all as follows: viz., Johannes Christoffel shall have 400 guilders, which he has already received. Lysbet now married to William Jansz Van Borkeloo, shall have 400 guilders. Claes & Christoffel Jans shall have 1000 guilders of 500 guilders each when they shall become of age or arive at the marriage day. They shall receive 1 heifer which they have received & which shall remain on shares with their step-father & mother as long as they live, provided that the said children shall receive the whole profit thereof except the butter & milk, provided also that Auke Jans and wife Elysebet Jans shall treat & rear said children Claes & Christoffel as a father & mother should their own children. Executed 12/16/1666. Signed Aucke Jans Van Nuys. Elysabet Jans[by mark], Tomus Hillabrant, Jan Suebering, Jane Aersen Vandebyldt [bby mark]. Jan Hansen, Willem Jansz. Van Barkeloo.