Kier Wouterse

[Kiers]Woulters, Kiers (Woulters;Wouterse), Kier Wolters

Kier Woulters m. (1) Jannetje Jans

Kiers was the son of

dau. of

he d. before 16 May 1670 Fordham, NY2 d. 16671

he m. (2) 29 Jan 1668 Lysbeth Bellier
NYC Dutch Reformed Church (widow of David Ackerman)
dau. of Jean Bellier & Catharine Herque

born 24 Jan 1616
bp. 24 Jan 1616 Dordrecht, Walloon Church
d. about 1668

In the (2) marriage record, they were: “KierWouters,Wedr. Van Jannetje Jans, en Lysbeth Davids Ackerman.”

Kier Wolters, the ancestor of the Kiersen and Kiers (Kees) family, arrived here in 1657...from the Dutch county of Drenthe;
coming via Amsterdam to New Amstel on the Delaware, where he was reputed to be one of the ablest and best farmers.

Listed as a passenger on the ship "Purmerlander Kerck" (Church of Purmerland) Kier Wolters from Drendt, with wife and six children. "Three Lists of Passengers To New Amstel" by A. R. Dunlap. pg. 310

Two years later, flattering offers being made him, he came to New Amsterdam, and had the charge of Governor Stuyvesant’s
bouwery.

He took De Meyer’s farm at Harlem, in the fall of 1667...and worked it for two seasons.
He moved about 1669 to Fordham. (Fordham Manor, NY)

In May 1670 Michiel Bastiensen [Kortrycht], residing at Fordham, was appointed curator of the estate of Kier Woltersen,
dec’d.2

---children of Kier Wouterse & (1) Jannetje Jans:
•Walter Kierszen (Wouter), b. Drenthe; m. (poss?) Annetje Claes.
• Hendrick Kiersen, b. 1648 Giest, Drenthe; m. 1673 Metje Michiels, dau. of Michiel Bastiaensen [Kortrycht]. He settled
in Fordham.
• Jan Kiersen, b. about 1655 Arnhout, Drenthe; m. 8 Sep 1685 NYC Ref Ch, Gerritje Jans Van Dalsen, dau. of
Early Bergen County Families, compiled by PatWardell, 130 Crestview Drive, Englewood, FL 34223 • the.wardells@gte.net
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Capt. Jan van Dalsen.
• Grietie Kierszen, b. Drenthe; m. 30 Oct 1680 NYC Ref Ch,Willem Peers[en] (Person) of New York
• Jannetie [Kiers], b. New York; m. 8 Sep 1672 NYC Ref Ch, Claes Jansen Van Heyningen, widower of Geesje (dau. of
Focken Jansz & Margriet Hendricks).
• Tjerck Kiers ---

Sources:
[1] Briggs, Harry Tallmadge and John Greene Briggs, The Colonial Ancestry of the Family of John Greene Briggs and Isabell Gibbs de Groff, N.p., n.d.;
[2] Fernow, Berthold, ed., Records of New Amsterdam, 1653-1674, 7 Vols., 1897 (on CD), Vol. VI -- Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens, May 8, 1666 to
September 5, 1673, inclusive, p. 234, 235;
Riker, James, Revised History of Harlem...New York, 1904, p. 263 footnote; Marriages from 1639 to 1801 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam-New York City, 1940
(Vol. IX of Collections of the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society), reprinted 1997 by Heritage Books

extract from Early Bergen (county, NJ )Families compiled by
Patricia Wardell