Grietje

From http://njgsbc.org/files/BCFamilies/BCFam-VanDoesburg.pdf

Grietie, his [Adriaen Hendrickse Aten's] first wife, who he married on a trip back to the Netherlands, was a widow with a daughter named Annetje Warnarts. He returned to New Netherland in 1662 on the ship" Faith" with his family. One of their sons had been born in the Netherlands and twin boys were baptized on board the ship during the passage. Two more sons were born in America prior to the death of the first wife.

The children of Adrian and Grietie were Hendrick, twins Johannes [John] and Jacob, Pieterye, and Thomas.2

From "NOTES ON THE ATEN (AUTEN) FAMILY" Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Volume 7 By New Jersey Historical Society

The loss of the early Flatbush records is undoubtedly the reason why we cannot find dates of baptisms of any of the children of Adriaen by his first marriage, but we know them to have been (order, however, not certain):

Children Of Adrian Hendrickse Aten

• 1. Hendrick Aten ; m. Maria De Mott (dau. of Michael De Mott and Annetje Westbrook, of Kingston, N. Y.), who was bapt. at Kingston, Dec. 22, 1678. As Hendrick took the oath of allegiance in 1687, it is evident she was much his junior. No date of the marriage is found, but it was probably not later than 1694. On May 22, 1698, there is a record at Flatbush that "Hendrick Aten and Antie Aten" were witnesses to a baptism, this Antie being probably his sister, or a niece. On Oct. 7, 1707, "Hendrick Aten and Pietertie Aten" were witnesses to a baptism, she being certainly a sister. Hendrick resided at Foster's Meadow, near Jamaica, L. I., where he owned much land, as various records there show. He died there July 19, 1750, as we know from an ancient Bible record, so that he probably lived to be about 90 years of age. He made his will Feb. 10, 1749, probated Feb. 4, 1751. In it he names his wife, Mary, and children: Aderayon (Adriaen), Powel (Paul), Elizabeth Rainer and Mary Alburtis, and "sonsin-law Anthony De Mott" (a slip for brother-in-law), "John Alburtis and Aaron Place."
• 2. Pieterje Aten, who m. at Flatbush, Apr. 25, 1689, Christian Snedeker; he died 1715.
• 3. Annetje Aten, who m. Thomas Skillman, of Newtown, L. I.; he d. 1740. (For him and their ch., see "N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, "Vol. 37, pp. 25, 26. He was the son of Capt. Thomas Skillman and Sara (Scofield) Pettit, who were m. in 1669.)
• 4. Thomas Aten, a weaver, who m. Elsje Skillman, sister of Thomas Skillman, supra. He at first was at Newtown, L. I., but on Apr. 26, 1709, with his brother John (5), purchased of Thomas Purcell 400 acres of land in Piscataway township, Middlesex county, near New Brunswick. Their children, mostly baptized in New York or Brooklyn, were: Adriaen, Thomas, Jr., Jan, Jannetje, and perhaps others. Thomas, Jr. (wife Sytie, or Hilletje) had ch. bapt. at Raritan, N. J. (Somerville), Powel, Helena, Powel (2nd), Dirck, Thomas, Feyte, Yaen and Aaron, between 1732 and 1761. Jan, who m. Elizabeth Sutphen, had ch. bapt. at Somerville and at Readington, N. J., between 1730 and 1746, Koosie, Antje, Jacob, Jan, Elsje, Thomas, Lisabet and Maria. Powell (2nd), if same above, had wife Maria, and had ch. bapt. at Raritan, between 1762 and 1775, Thomas, Voelkert, Jaen, Myra and Roelf. Of Adriaen we know nothing.
• 5. Jan Aten, who m. Elizabeth Skillman, another sister of Thomas Skillman. He and his brother Thomas Aten, and their wives, were charter members of "The River and Lawrence Brook Dutch Church," at Three-Mile-Run, near New Brunswick, in 1717. He lived on 230 acres in Franklin township, Somerset county, in 1735, and died in 1744, when his will was probated (Trenton Wills, Book D, p. 136). His children named in will were: John, Jr., Thomas, and Elizabeth (Smith). A child, Martha, was also bapt. at Jamaica, L. I., in 1705. Of Thomas we know nothing, but John, Jr., with wife Jannetje (Nevius?) had ch. bapt at Raritan and New Brunswick, between 1735 and 1742, viz., Jan, Catlyne, Roleph, and Thomas.
• 6. Child, who died 1688, name unknown; father paid "for use of shroud."
• 7. Helena Aten (supposed), as she was witness to a baptism at Jamaica, June 27, 1704.