Maritie Myndertse

Family

JAN BARENTSEN WEMPLE, b. about 1620, this being as near as can now be ascertained. He came to America about 1645, and was then living in Rensselaerswyck Colony, his name appearing in the Van Rensselaer Manor account books for that year. A reference in that account to one in a prior ledger, which cannot now be found, indicates that he was in the Colony before 1645, but his arrival cannot be exactly determined. The accounts between him and the Van Rensselaers run continuously from 1645 down to the time of his death in 1663, and after that with his widow until 1675, those after 1664 showing his widow to be the wife of Sweer Teunise Van Velsen.

June 12, 1664, Maritie Mynderts, widow of Jan Barentsen Wemple, was about to marry Sweer Theunisse Van Westbroeck (also known as Van Velsen), and before the ceremony was performed she entered into an agreement with the guardians of the children brought forth between herself and husband, Jan Barentsen Wemple, settling upon them a portion of their father's estate. This valuable genealogical document proves the names and ages of the children and is attested by the original signatures of the interested parties. This settlement shows him to have been of considerable means for the time. About 1669, Van Westbroeck removed with his wife and her children from Albany to Schenectady, where he operated a mill and became one of the trustees of the Schenectady patent. Van Westbroeck and his wife were both killed in the massacre of Schenectady by the French and Indians, Feb. 9, 1690.

Children: . . .

1. [i] Aeltie, b. about 1647, in Albany; m. Jan. Cornelise Van der Heyden of Beverwyck. They made a joint will, Sept. 1, 1663. No children. . . .
2. [ii] Myndert, b. 1649. . . .
3. [iii] Grietje, b. 1651; d. 1665. . . .
4. [iv] Anna, b. 1653; m. (1) Capt. Sander Glen who d. in 1695; m. (2) Abraham Groot, April 15, 1696. . . .
5. [v] Barent, b. 1656.

SWEER TEUNISE, one of the five patentees of the town of Schenectady in
1684. In 1664 he m. Maritie Myndertse, wid. of Jan Barentse Wemp, by which marriage he became possessed of the Poesten mill at Lubberde's land (Troy), and a lot of land in Albany. About this time he removed to Schenectady and built a grist mill on Mill Lane; this was carried away by a flood, and rebuilt in 1673, In consideration of his loss, he was allowed to take an eighth instead of a tenth, as toll. In 1676 he was made magistrate of the village. In the massacre of 1690 he was slain, with his wife and four negro slaves, leaving no heirs.

From “Forty-second Cousins” by Joyce Brown:

References

• (2) Pearson, Jonathan, Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady, from 1662 to 1800, Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1873 <http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/firstsettlers/vro_wem.html >:
• *“Forty-second Cousins” by Joyce Brown. The Amherst Island Beacon, Issue 340, July 2006. Page 18. < PDF >
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