Geertruyd Jacobse

From the description below it is completely unclear if Gertrude, her husband and/or children are born in

1. Gelderland, The Netherlands; or
2. Corlears Hook, New Amsterdam (=New York), USA

References to North Holland seem to be based on (Old) Amsterdam is in that province of The Netherlands.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jacobs-4801

Gerrit was married to Geertruy Jacobs and they had a son named Jan, perhaps pre-record, and then had a son named Jacob.

1642 03 Jul Jacob, Gerrit Janszen. Wit.: Mr. Joost Van de Bogardt, Annetje Loockermans. [1]

Gerrit is then thought to have been killed in a drunken dare. [2]

"A certain savage chief named Hacquinsacq, who was considered as heedless even by the savages themselves, having been intoxicated with brandy by our men, being asked whether he was able to make a good use of his bow and arrow when in that state, in reply pointed his arrow at a certain man called Gerrit Yansz, a servant of the deceased Mr. van Nederhorsts, whom he actually killed, asking whether he was able to or not." [3]

Geertruy Jacobs, widow of Gerrit van Vorst, then goes to court on 16 Apr 1643 to assure the future of her children, Jan Gerritsen and Jacob Gerritsen van Vorst, before she marries Rouloff Jansen (de Haes?) [4]

1643 19 Apr Roelof Janszen, j.m. Uyt Noordwegen, en Geertruyd Jacobs, Van Emmenes, Wede. Van Gerrt. Jaszen. [5]

Garrit and Geertruy's son Jan is believed to have married Sara Waldron.

Gertrude Jacobs was born Abt. 1618 in Corlears Hook, New Amsterdam, USA.She married Garrit Jansen Van Vorst on Abt. 1638 in Corlears Hook, New Amsterdam, USA, son of Cornelius Van Vorst and Beatrix Var Der Laen.

Children of Gertrude Jacobs and Garrit Jansen Van Vorst are:

• +John Garretson, b. Abt. 1638, Gilderland, Holland, d. 05 Mar 1695, Duck Creek, Kent, Delaware, USA.
• Henry Garretson, b. Abt. 1640, Corlears Hook, New Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands.
• John Garretson, b. 16 Aug 1642, Gilderland, Holland, d. 1700, New Castle, Delaware, USA.

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Marriage 1 Geertruyd Jacobse b: in Eemnes, Utrecht, Netherlands Married: BEF 1640 in , New York

widow Geertruyd Jacobs or Jacobuse, who had come from Emmenes, near Amersfoort, Holland, subsequently married Roeloff Jansen Haes. (Dutch Settlers of Albany Year Book.) Jacobus Gerritse was baptized at New Amsterdam 3 July 1642. (Albany Collections, Vol. IV.)

New York Historical Manuscripts:Dutch; 51C, Vol. II, pp115-116: Settlement by Geertruyt Jacobs, widow of Gerrit van Vorst, on her children of their portion of their father's estate, April 16, 1643, at New Netherland, Fort Amsterdam. Geertruyt Jacobs from Emmenes [a village in the province of Utrecht, near Amersfoort] declared that she intended to marry Rouloff Jansen, from Norway, that she promised to pay each of her minor children, Jan Gerritsen & Jacob Gerritsen van Vorst, their patrimonial estate, when they reached the age of majority, to each 75 guilders.

Widow Gertruyd Crabbe (#143) had been a resident of New Castle since its founding as Fort Casimir in 1651. On 19 April 1643 at New Amsterdam, Gertruyd Jacobs of Emmenes, widow of Gerrit Jansen of Emmenes, married Roelof Jansen de Haes of Norway. They resided in Manhattan until 1651 when Roelof de Haes joined with Stuyvesant to acquire land from the Indians and to help establish Fort Casimir. He made this his home until his death, prior to 5 July 1654, when Roelof de Haes' widow made a purchase from the New Sweden commissary. On 27 July 1656 she married, a third time, Dr. Jacob Crabbe, and on 58 October 1656 Governor Stuyvesant belatedly issued to Geertruydt Jacobs, widow of Roelof de Haes, patents for two lots near Fort Casimir. In 1671 she was living on a small lot southeast of Carr's "great house" at the corner of Hart Street and the Strand with her son Johannes Roelofsen de Haes, baptized in New Amsterdam 4 December 1644. Her daughter Marritje de Haes, baptized 13 May 1646, was then married to Edmund Cantwell living next door
~• source: http://nc-chap.org/cranehook/1671census.php

• 1649 Mar 14; Roelof Janszen de Haes; Arnoldus; Marten Jacobszen, Marie Gerardi

1644 Dec 04; Roelof Janszen; Johannes; Olof Stephenszen Van Courtlant, Sara Roelofs wife of Hans Kierstede

• 1646 May 13; Roelof Janszen; Maryken; Willem Kieft, Anneken Loockermans

References

• history of Delaware : 1609-1888: Local history By John Thomas Scharf Page 856 link “1 The widow was " authorized to enter legally into matrimony" with Jacob Crabbe, of Brickmaker's Point August 5, 1656. She had three children,—Joannes de Haes, 10 years ; Marrietze, 9 years ; and Annetze, 3 years. Joannes de Haes became, in later years, a leading man in the county.”

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