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About Laurens Andriessen van Buskirk
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Laurens Andriessen1 Van Buskirk was born in Holstein, Denmark, and died July 13, 1694 in Bergen Co., NJ. He married Jannetje Jans December 12, 1658 in Old Dutch Church, Staten Is., New Amsterdam, daughter of Tuman Jans and Neeltje Weber. She was born Unknown in Holland, and died March 19, 1691/92 in Hackensack, Bergen Co., NJ..
Notes for Laurens Andriessen Van Buskirk:
Laurens Andriessen Van Buskirk, was the first of all Van Buskirks, he came to North America from Holstein, Denmark via Holland prior to 1654. His name was originally Andriessen or Andresen as it appears in several records. He could have come to New Amsterdam prior to 1642 as there are records of a Laurens Andriessen as early as 1642. Under the common practice at the time his name was Laurens, son of Andries. It is known that the first recorded use of the Van Buskirk name was June 29, 1656 when a lot was purchased on Broad St. in the name of Laurens Andriessen van Buskerk. It is a matter of conjecture that Laurens decided that if he was living with the Dutch he might as well be Dutch. The etymology of the Dutch name Van Buskirk, indicates a reference to a church (Kirche) in the bush or woods (Busch). It is possible that the name refers to a location in the then Danish Duchy of Holstein but it is probable that the name is derived from living on premises by a church near the woods. He seems to have obtained these premises in 1656, and added to them in 1659 and 1660 when he purchased land from a church in what was then known as the church yard between Morris and Rector Streets on the west side of what was to become Broadway in New York City. In 1660 he is listed at building 14, in Block A of New Amsterdam. The surname is not known in Europe. His marriage is in the records of the Old Dutch Church, Staten Island, NY. On Tuesday July 25, 1656 his name appears in the Court records of new Amsterdam as follows: "Laurens And van Boskerk, turner here, appeared in Court complaining, that Frederick Andryaensen, his man, ran away from him last Sunday morning without either words or reason and he hired him in Amsterdam for three years and he is bound yet for more than a year; requests that he be constrained by order of the Court to serve out his time. The petitioner was ordered by the Court to cause the above named Aryaensen to be summoned before the Court by next Thursday, then to institute his action against him and exhibit his contract, when further disposition shall be made therein." A later record in November 1656 reflects that Laurens lost the case of complaint. Official records show that he took an important part in the business life of New Amsterdam. He purchased property and took a leading part in government affairs under the Dutch and the English. He was the first coroner of Bergen Co. NJ, A justice of the peace for Bergen Co. and commissioned as a judge of the Court of Common Right. He was also selected as a member of Council by Governor Carteret. On February 21, 1664 he was on a committee that sent a petition requesting construction of a blockhouse at each gate to the village of Bergen. He took the oath of allegiance on November 2, 1665. He was involved in business interests in New Amsterdam, later New York and still later in New Jersey. The will of Laurens Andriessen Van Buskirk and Jannetje Jans was prepared on August 29, 1679 in Bergen, NJ. In that will their four sons are named in addition to her three sons, Barent, Cornelis and Johannis by her previous marriage to Cristiaen Barents. It should be noted that the location of events is sometimes misleading in New York and New Jersey. There were no counties prior to 1683 and the government of both States was under the Governor of New York until 1702. Until 1664 The records reflect the location as New Amsterdam. After 1664 and up to 1702 there was New York and East Jersey Province. Most of the basic information on the VanBuskirk and Buskirk families down to the early 1800's has been obtained from the "Van Buskirk Genealogy", researched and prepared by Irene English Shoemaker, 1990. Information from the "Van Buskirk News" and other sources has been added when it is available. Many of the more recent dates and names have been obtained from other Buskirk and Van Buskirk family histories. There are references to sources of information on individuals under their names.
An explanation for name variations can be found at: Calnek's History of the County of Annapolis (Nova Scotia) page 617
VAN BUSKIRK - The common ancestor of the Van Buskirk family in this country was Laurens Andriessen, who came over in 1655. His name appears as an owner of a lot on Broad Street, New Amsterdam, June 29, 1656. Shortly after he purchased land in Minkakwa, later Greenville. In 1668, he was appointed "Recorder and Marker" for Minkakwa, and in 1676 was appointed "Marker General" for the Town of Bergen. He was commissioned a member of the Court of Bergen in 1677 and was made president of the same in 1681. He married Jannetje Jans, widow of Christian Barentsen in 1658. He died in 1694. His son, Pieter, born in 1666, married Trintje Harmanse of Constable Hook, and went there to live in the house which was torn down only last year. He was the ancestor of the Van Buskirks of Bergen, later Hudson County. — Posted online January 1998 by Myra E. Vreeland Lane <103412.3450@compuserve.com>, citing Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Bergen in New Jersey 1666-1788 edited and translated by Dingman Versteeg and Thomas E. Vermilye, Jr.With contributions by Nicholas G. Vreeland, et al. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.,
1658 12 Dec; Laurens Andries, Uyt Holsteyn; Jannetje Jans, wid Christaen Barents
aka Andries Laurens van Buskirk
owned house (on the site of No. 37 Broadway)
Laurens (Louwerens) Andriessen, Drayer (Turner), from Holsteyn, on December 12,
1658, married Jannetje Jans, widow of Christian Barentsen (Marriages in Ref. Dutch Ch., 23), who died at the South River, June 26, 1658.-Min. of Orph. Court, I; 44. By January 30, 1660, he had realized 574 florins by the sale of Barentsen's estate.-Ibid., I: 129. Subsequently, as shown, he purchased this property. There remained still 200 guilders unpaid in May, 1661, "according to the tenor of the Church book."-Rec. N.Am., III: 290. If, as the above record states, Andriessen built upon the lot, it must have been on its Broadway front. "Lawrence Andries" took the oath of allegiance at Bergen, November 22, 1665. He was still living there in June, 1674.-N. J. Archives, 1st series, I; 49, 146.
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Laurens Andriessen van Buskirk's Timeline
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1625
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Duchy of Schleswig or Duchy of Holstein, Holy Roman Empire or Kingdom of Denmark
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1640
Age 15
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"The Kalmar Nyckel" record found that states: Those known to have arrived on the Kalmar Nyckel" Laurens Andriessen, a dutch "cuyper"
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March 3, 1659
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Dutch Church, Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA
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1662
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New Amsterdam, New Netherland
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January 1, 1666
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Bergen County, East Jersey
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1668
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Bergen, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, British Colonial America
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July 1, 1694
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Bergen, New Jersey, United States
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July 13, 1694
Age 69
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Pemropough, Hackensack, Bergen County, Province of New Jersey, British America, Kingdom of England
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July 13, 1694
Age 69
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Constable's Hook, Hudson Co., New Jersey, Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States
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