Gerrit Jansen Roos

• Married in New Amsterdam, New Netherlands at the Dutch Reformed Church
• 1651 31 Dec; Gerrit Janszen, jm van Haerlem; Aeltje Lamberts, jd van Uytrecht

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500's 1900's

Name: Gerrit Jansen Roos Year: 1657 Place: New Netherland Source: 6324.10 Primary Immigrant: Roos, Gerrit Jansen Annotation: Date and place in the New World. Occupation provided for some persons. Source: O'CALLAGHAN, E.B. The Register of New Netherland, 1626 to 1674. Albany, NY: E.B. O' Callaghan, 1865. Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1995, 1996, 1998. Page: 179

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Name: Gerrit Roos Gender: Male Spouse Name: Aeltje Lamberts Number Pages: 1

Source Citation: Source number: 3403.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CCC.

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Will of Gerrit Jansen Roos

1698 , New York City

The will of Gerrit Jansen Roos, of the city of New York, carpenter, was written 3 Sept. 1697, and in it he left his eldest son, Peter Roos, living at Utrecht, in Holland, £100, and a silver tumbler each to Peter Gerritse Roos, the eldest son of his son, Peter Roos, and to Gerritt Jansen Roos, the eldest son of Johannes Roos. He bequeathed a silver tumbler to Gerrit Provost, the eldest son of his eldest daughter, Cornelia, wife of Elias Provost.

He also providedfor the maintainance of Gerritt Jacobus Roos and Aeltie Roos, children of his deceased son Johanes Roos, "until they are able to maintain themselves, and they are to be put to school until such time as they shall have learned to read and write, and they are to have £78 which I have of their father's estate." The remainder ofthe estate was divided into five parts, and given to his son Peter, the children of his son Johannes, deceased, to his daughter Cornelia, wife of Jacob De Maree, to his daughter Affie, wife of Johannes Van Gelder, and "to Annatie Elswaert, daughter of my daughter Aeltie procured by John Elswaert." The children ofJohannes Roos, deceased, were to have the proceeds from the sale of Johannes' house in Albany as well as a lot in the same county amounting to £78. The executors were Jacob De Maree, Johannes Van Gelder and Jacob Boelen. No witnesses were given. Gerrit died bef. 15 Sept. 1698 when an inventory of his estate was taken. The will was proved 12 Oct. 1698.

Gerrit Janszen Roos Background, New Amsterdam

The Roos Family, 72 NYG&BR 290 says he was a carpenter

From Ruth Piwonka, "Old Pewter/Bright Brass: A Suggested Explanation for Conservativism in Dutch Colonial Culture," De Halve-Maen 68 (Summer 1995): 34-43.

p. 41 . . . Gerrit Janszen Roos, carpenter. . . Of the oldest New Netherland stock, Gerrit's maternal grandparents were among the French who first settled at New Amsterdam. Gerrit himself was the only child of Maria Vigne and Jan Roos. Gerrit was employed as a carpenter and was a member of the Dutch church; in September 1659, he married Tryntje Arents, a native of Amsterdam. Gerrit's will, dated 3 September 1697 (New York Historical Society. Collections. 1892. Wills I:297-98.] mentions his eldest son, Peter, living at Utrecht, Netherlands; Gerritt Jansen and Aeltie, children of his deceased son, Johannes; Gerrit Provost, eldest son of his eldest daughter, Cornelia, the widow of Elias Provost (she widowed by 1686, when she is listed as Dutch church member living on Smith Street next to Jan Vigne; by the time [p. 42] of the will she had married secondly Jacob deMoree); and daughter Affie (1665-1728), wife of Johannes Van Gelder, carpenter and cabinetmaker. Jacob deMoree, Johannes van Gelder, and Jacob Boelen (70 pounds 1695] were named executors. Gerrit's wife, Tryntje, had come to America with her sister Bayken, Bayken's husband, Boele Roelofszen, and their three children, including Aefje (c.1656-1708/10 and Jacob (1657-1729). Boele, once a Frisian farmer and tailor, found himself by the close of the 1680s with then five children ranging from infancy to fourteen years, while their older children had left home: daughter Aefje had married (in 1675) Dirck Ten Eyck (? -after 1710), corrdwainer and Leislerian. Jacob (ca. 1657-1729), today known as 'the outstanding silversmith of his time,' had married in 1679 Catharina Clock (1654-1730). Between 1680 and 1690 six of his eight children were born.

Reformed Dutch Church Baptisms:

5 Nov; Gerrit Janszen Roos, Aeltje Lamberts; Johannes; Abigail Planck (1656) 31 Oct; Gerrit Janszen Roos, Tryntie Arents; Gelyn; Boele Roelofszen, Bayken Are... (1660) 8 Apr; Gerrit Janszen Roos, Tryntie Arents; David; Boele Roelofszen, Marritie Geleyns (1663) 10 Apr; Gerrit Janszen Roos, Tryntie Arents; Aefje; Boelen Roelofszen, Emerensje Van Zluys, Bayken Arents (1665) 27 Feb; Gerrit Janszen Roos, Tryntie Arents; Aeltie; Jan Vinge, Tryntie Roelofs (1667) www.rootsweb.ancestry.com

ID: I01957 Name: Gerrit Jansen ROOS Sex: M Birth: 1632 in Haarlem, New Netherlands Death: 15 SEP 1698 Will: 3 SEP 1697 Note:

They had one son, Gerrit Jansen Roos . Franklin Roosevelt descended from this son [his great-great granddaughter married Isaac Roosevelt in 1726].

Children of Gerrit Roos :

Pieter ROOS....bpt 19 Jan 1653 in New Amsterdam (witnessed by Abraham Ver Planck, Jan Vigne and Maria Ver Planck ), m. Elizabeth van 't Horsken at Utrecht, Netherlands in 1676, and lived there 23 years as a tobacco buyer until her death. Returned to New York in 1699 and m. in 1704 to Willemptje Pieters Luyster. He died in 1713. Pieter had 8 children whom he named in his 1711 will: Aletta ROOS.....bpt 17 Dec 1676-, m. 1st cousin Gerrit PROVOOST in 1704 Mechteldjen ROOS.....bpt 18 Dec 1679-, Geurt Peterse ROOS.....bpt 10 Nov 1682-, m. 1st cousin Emmerentia Provoost in 1725 (she was the widow of Isaac Ver Planck) Cornelia ROOS.....bpt 3 May 1685-, m. (1st) Robert BENSON in 1708 and (2nd) Anthony RUTGERS in 1716. She was Franklin Delano ROOSEVELT's great-great grandmother. Tryntje BENSON....m. Martin HOFFMAN Cornelia HOFFMAN....m. Isaac ROOSEVELT James ROOSEVELT....m. Sara DELANO Franklin Delano ROOSEVELT Gerrit ROOS.....bpt 18 Dec 1687-, m. Urseltje Arents in 1719 Lambertus ROOS.....bpt 12 Dec 1689-, Johannes ROOS.....bpt 7 Jun 1691-, Emmerensje ROOS.....bpt 11 Jun 1693-, Cornelia ROOS.....bpt 1 Jan 1655 (witnessed by Emmetie VAN DE SLUIJS, prob. the wife of Jan VIGNE), m. (1st) Elias PROVOOST and (2nd) Jacob DE MOREE Gerrit PROVOOST...m. 1st cousin Aletta ROOS Johannes ROOS.....bpt 5 Nov 1656 (witnessed by Abigail Ver Planck); appointed to inventory Jan Vigne's estate in 1689, he was by then living in Albany Gerritt Johannes ROOS Aeltie ROOS Gelyn ROOS.....bpt 1660 David ROOS.....bpt 1663 Aefje ROOS.....bpt 1665, called Affie in her father's 1697 will, m. Johannes VAN GELDER Aeltie ROOS.....bpt 1667, called Aeltje in her father's 1697 will, m. John ELSWAERT (Elsworth or Ellsworth) Annatie ELSWAERT Abigail [1635] - m. Adriaen Van Laer about 1660, died before 1672

In the name of God, Amen, this 3rd day of September, 1697. I, Gerritt Jansen Roos of the city of New York, carpenter, being in sound mind and perfect health, I leave to my eldest son Peter Roos, living at Utrecht in Holland, £100. I leave to Peter Gerritse Roos, the eldest son of my son Peter Roos, on silver tumbler and the same to Gerritt Johannes Roos, the eldest son of Johannes Roos. Also a silver tumbler to Gerritt Provost, the eldest son of my eldest daughter Cornelia, wife of Elias Provost. I leave to Gerritt Johannes Roos and Aeltje Roos, children of my deceased son Johannes Roos, their maintenance out of my estate until they are able to maintain themselves and they are to be put to school until such time as they shall have learned to read and write, and they are to have £78 which I have of their father's estate. The rest of the estate to be divided into five parts and given to son Peter, the children of son Johannes, deceased, to daughter Cornelia, wife of Jacob De Moree, to daughter Affie, wife of Johannes Van Gelder, and to Annatie Elswort, daughter of my daughter Aeltie procured by John Elswort. And whereas I have sold a house and lot in Albany, which belonged to my son Johannes, and also a tract of land in said county for £78, the children of my son Johannes are to have the same. Executors: Jacob De Moree, Johannes Van Gelder and Jacob Boden.www.findagrave.com

Johannes Gerritsz Roos BIRTH 5 Nov 1656 Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA DEATH unknown Albany County, New York, USA BURIAL Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery Albany, Albany County, New York, USA MEMORIAL ID 195579998