Harman Tallman

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• record of birth in the Netherlands
• 2 i. Harman Dowsen Talman (c.1655 in Friesland, Holland, -aft.1702), son of Douwe Harmensen Talma & Dirckje Theunisse, an Indian trader, is the acknowledged first settler on Nyack Tribal lands in the Rockland area in 1675, preceding the Tappan settlers. He established his trading post in what is now Nyack. He purchased in 1684 a good portion, if not all, of the Nyack lands from Claes Jansen (Van Purmarent) Cuyper.
• Harman married on 24 Jun 1707 at Tappan RDC Grietje Minneus/ Minnelay (c.17 Jan 1663 in New Amersfoort - 1715), daughter of Minne Johanes & Reneje Feddans of New Amersfoot (Canarsie). In 1681, Johannes Minne mortgaged lands on the DeHart patent in Haverstraw and became the first settler there with his wife and children (Johannes, Albertt, and Gsietje). Johannes and Albertt are listed in the 1702 Provincial census of Orange County.
• Harman & Grietje's daughter Dirckje was the first non-native child born in Rockland County, NY. The 1702 Provincial census of Orange County lists Harme Dowsen (Tallman) and his brother, Theunis Dowsen (Tallman). Children of Harman Dowensen Talman & Gsietje Misseus include:

1. i. Dirckje Taelman (1687-1768)
   
2. ii. Douwe Harmanse Tallman (1689-1779)
   

• Harme Taelman died in 1689 after his son Douwe Harmanson was born. Dirckje m2 on 8 Apr 1691 Abraham Gerritsen Blauvelt with whom she raised four more children.

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From "The Tallman/Taulman/Talma Family":

"Harman Dowsen Talman (c.1655 in Friesland, Holland, -aft.1702), son of Douwe Harmensen Talma & Dirckje Theunisse, an Indian trader, is the acknowledged first settler on Nyack Tribal lands in the Rockland area in 1675, preceding the Tappan settlers. He established his trading post in what is now Nyack. He purchased in 1684 a good portion, if not all, of the Nyack lands from Claes Jansen (Van Purmarent) Cuyper.

Harman married on 24 Jun 1707 at Tappan RDC Gsietje Minneus/ Minnelay (c.17 Jan 1663 in New Amersfoort - 1715), daughter of Minne Johanes & Reneje Feddans of New Amersfoot (Canarsie). In 1681, Johannes Minne mortgaged lands on the DeHart patent in Haverstraw and became the first settler there with his wife and children (Johannes, Albertt, and Gsietje). Johannes and Albertt are listed in the 1702 Provincial census of Orange County.

Harman & Grietje's daughter Dirckje was the first non-native child born in Rockland County, NY. The 1702 Provincial census of Orange County lists Harme Dowsen (Tallman) and his brother, Theunis Dowsen (Tallman). Children of Harman Dowensen Talman & Gsietje Misseus include: i. Dirckje Taelman (1687-1768) ii. Douwe Harmanse Tallman (1689-1779)

Harme Taelman died in 1689 after his son Douwe Harmanson was born. Dirckje m2 on 8 Apr 1691 Abraham Gerritsen Blauvelt with whom she raised four more children. "

"The 1702 Provincial census of Orange County lists Theunis Dowsen (Taelman) and his brother Harme Dowsen (Tallman).

Father: Douwe Harmanes Taelman b: 1624 in Friesland, Holland Mother: Dirckje Theunise b: 1624 in Friesland, Holland

Marriage 1 Gsietje Minneus b: Jan 1662 in Friesland, Holland c: 17 Jan 1663 in New York Reformed Church

   Married: 21 Jun 1686 in New York, USA 12 1 9

   Event: Alt. Marriage 1 Jun 1686 5 6

Children

   Has Children Dirckie Taelman b: 5 Aug 1687 in Nyack, Rockland County, New York, USA

   Has Children Douwe Harmanse Taelman b: 5 Aug 1689 in Tappan, Rockland County, New York, USA

WIKIPEDIA - NYACK, NY

Harman Douwenszen came to America as a toddler and grew up in Bergen, New Jersey. He settled his father's rough land that is today Nyack. The Tappan Register of 1707 claimed it was pronounced Nay-ack. Harman was thought to be the first white settler. In the State Archives in Albany there is a 1687 letter on file petitioning Governor Dongan to buy a strip of land in the west hills of Tappan (today Nyack), in which he had lived on for 12 years. His partition was granted and he bought the land from the native Americans. He called his farm New Orania (Oranje in Dutch). This section of Nyack became known as Orangetown in 1683. Nyack became part of Rockland County in 1798. Harman's younger brother Theius changed the family name from Douwse (Frisian dialect for first son) to Talma proper Dutch for first son. His children became Talman and eventually Tallmans. The New Orania farm became the Tallman homestead, at the northeast corner of what is now Broadway and Tallman Place. The building was demolished in 1914.

Letter dated 8/31/1687 on file at New York State Archives at Albany:

   The humble Peticon of Harman Dowse of Tappan Neare Ye River Side, Alias New Orania farm ... your peticonr is a farmer that hath nothing wot comes by his hard labour but by God's Blessing out ye Produce and ye ground, and hath a family to provide for.

On the north wall of the Midland Trust Building at South Broadway and Burd Street in Nyack is a plaque installed in 1938 that reads:

   The Tappan Indians, from time immemorial, occupied these lands fronting the river shore. Here, in summer they lived upon fish and oysters. In Algonkian dialect spoken by them they called this location NAY-ACK which means the fishing place. The first settlement of white people within the limits of the present Rockland County, New York, took place in 1675 when Harmen Dowesen (Tallman), a young Dutchman of Bergen, New Jersey relocated here.

The Tallmans erected a mill upon a stream which still is known as Mill Brook. Abraham Lydecker, purchased land from the Tallmans when there were but seven homes in Nyack in 1813. Nyack became an incorporated village in 1872 according to the same plaque on the Midland Trust Building.

GEDCOM Note

Birth date & place: from family records in possession of John Tallman, Jr. Marriage date & place: from family records in possession of John Tallman, Jr. Death date & place: from family records in possession of John Tallman, Jr.

GEDCOM Note

• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 11 2023, 18:03:53 UTC