Reynier Sebastiaenzsen van Giesen

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Information supplied by LaRue R. Lutkins: Rynier Van Giesen (Giesan, Guisen?) was born in Holland. He was living in Flatbush, Long Island in June 1660. Hhe moved to northern New Jersey a few years later.

information from: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com:

|Reynier <Bastien> Van Giesen (Rn=8409)

• Born 1640 at Giessen, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Died 15 May 1707
• Religion Reformed Dutch Church, Bergen, Bergen (Hudson) County, New Jersey in 1664

| Residence 1 Giessen, North Brabant, Netherlands

| Residence 2 Bergen, Bergen (Hudson) County, New Jersey

marriages

1. Married to Dirckje <Cornelis> Van Groenlinde Van Giesen (Rn=28420) at Utrecht, Netherlands
2. Remarried to Hendrickje <Jan> Buys Verwey/Van Giesen (Rn=8401) 17 October 1699 at New Netherlands

| 8 children

| Note 1 Emigrant before 1659 from Giessen, North Brabant, Netherlands to New Netherlands with wife.

| Source 1 Descendants of Roelof Van Houten by Herbert S Ackerman 1945 page 2

| Source 2 The Van Gieson Family in America by Thomas Boslooper 1997 page 3

| Source 3 History of the City of Paterson and the County of Passaic by William Nelson 1901 page 264

information from: History of Paterson and Its Environs by William Nelson and Charles

A. Shriner. NY & Chicago: Lewis Historical Publishing Co. 1920. Volume II,

pp. 61-65:

VAN GIESEN—The common ancestor of the New Jersey families was Reiner Van

Giesen. He was generally called Reynier Bastiaensen, indicating that his

father's baptismal name was Bastiaen. Reynier is a Teutonic name signifying

a warrior of judgment. The appellation assumed by Renier justifies the

inference that he came from a village in North Brabant, Holland, named

Giessen. There is no record of his arrival in America, and his name first

appears in an agreement dated June 6, 1660, between him and the magistrates

of Flatbush, Long Island, where he agrees to teach school besides

performing other duties. He was without doubt the first schoolmaster of

Flatbush. He removed to Bergen, N. J., in 1663, and took the oath of

allegiance to the English in Nov., 1665. He married (first) Dircktie

Cornelese Van Groenland (Dircktie, daughter of Cornelis from Greenland);

(second) Hendrickje Janse Buys, widow of Cornelis Verwey. He died at

Bergen, May 15, 1707. His children were all by his first wife: Bastiaen,

Anna Maria, married Johannes Janszen Van Tilburg, from New Utrecht;

Magdalena, married (first) Cornelis Roelofse (Van Houten), (second) Sander

Egberse, Abraham; Isaac; Johannes, was a shopkeeper or merchant in New York

City; Jacob and Gysbertje.

Descendants of Bastiaen Van Geisen—Bastiaen Van Giesen married Aeltje

Hendrickse, June 25, 1668. He bought a large tract of land in the present

Montclair township, adjacent to Third river, in the last decade of the

seventeenth century. He also owned a tract extending from Redwoods avenue

nearly to North Twelfth street, in the present city of Paterson, and from

the river to the mountain, embracing about 300 acres. He was one of the

deacons of the Acquackanonk church in 1694-97, and elder in

1700-06-12-19-21-30. Of his probably eight children little is known,

excepting his son Hendrick who was baptized in Oct., 1690; he lived near

Belleville, and in his will dated June 16, 1764, he is called a farmer. He

married Hendrickje Van Dyke, to whom he devised all his property which she

afterwards willed to her nephews and nieces; Rynier, the second son,

baptized in Oct., 1692, married Catharyntje Maiselisze, daughter of

Marselis Pietersze. He was a large landholder in Totowa but left no

children; Joris was a member of the Acquackanonk church in 1726; Johannes,

married (first) Annatje Westervelt, (second) Susanna Vincent. The issue of

his first marriage was: Aeltje, married Michael D. VREELAND, and Roelof,

born Dec. 31, 1729; and Dirck.

Dirck youngest son of Bastiaen and Aeltje (Hendrickse) Van Giesen, was born

Aug. 3, 1705. He lived in a stone house on the northwestern corner of

Totowa and Preakness avenues, which is now occupied by the Old Ladies'

Home. He was chosen freeholder of Bergen county, appointed a justice of the

peace, and was judge of the Common Pleas Court in 1768-70. His will was

proved April 11, 1787. He married Helena Marcellus. They had four children:

Johannes; Merseilles, married Caty Van Rypen, April 3, 1768. He died before

the date of his father's will, May 16, 1782, leaving one child, Merseilles

M. Van Giesen, a merchant in New York City, where he died of smallpox,

without issue; Marretje, married Cornelis Van Houten; Aeltje, married

Cornelius Neafie.

Johannes, eldest child mentioned above, born Sept. 23, 1731, married Metje,

daughter of Dirck Van Houten. He lived in Totowa, he deeded in 1793 to the

Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, one acre on the north bank of

the river. In dividing up his property by will the Falls were left (it

being considered good for nothing except for fishing) to all his children

to be enjoyed equally by them. His children were: Dirk; Halmagh; Antje,

married Robert Van Houten; Leena, died an infant; Helena, married Robert

Van Houten; Merseilles (Marcelus); Johannes; Elisabeth, married Simon Van

Ness, called Simon V. Van Ness; Marretje, married Jacob Mourusse;

Cornelius, born Oct. 7, 1788, married Rachel Snyder, they had one child,

Henry, born May 7, 1836; Cornelius, went to the Genessee country, where he

died when about ninety years old; Andreyaen, a twin of Cornelius, married

Elisabeth Kip, June 10, 1810; he removed to Romulus, N. Y. His children

were Martha, Isaac, Harriet and John.

Dirk, eldest of the family of Johannes and Metje (Van Houten) Van Giesen,

born Jan. 14, 1763, married Yannetje, daughter of Johannes Van Houten. The

issue of this marriage was: Metje, married Halmagh Dirck Van Houten;

Leybetje (Elisabeth), married Henry George Doremus; and Feytje, died

unmarried.

Halmagh, second son of Johannes and Metje (Van Houten) Van Giesen, married

Sarah Van Noorstrand. He kept a tavern from 1813 to 1816 in a stone house

on the northwest corner of Totowa and Paterson avenues. His children were:

Elizabeth, married (first) John G. Gerritse, (second) John Holland; Metje,

married Henry John Doremus; Johannes, married a daughter of John Brower, of

Little Falls, Crisstufel, died in infancy; Annaatje, married John F.

Ryerson; Antje, died in infancy; Antje, married William A. Hopson; Jane,

died aged twenty four; Christopher, died aged eighteen; Cornelius, born

Oct. 20, 1810, married Rachel Snyder. He emigrated to the south during the

Mexican War, was at Buena Vista, afterwards in New Mexico, at the time of

the Civil War he was a resident of Lexington, Kentucky, but finally died at

Savannah, Georgia.

The third son of Johannes and Metje Houten) Van Giesen was Marcelus, who

married Jannetje Doremus, Jan. 29, 1797. He built a stone house on the

Hamburgh turnpike, north of the line of Doremus street, where he kept a

tavern for several years. His children were: Johannes, born Aug. 19, 1797,

married Ellen Van Riper and they had one child, Merselis, born Aug. 1,

1821; Tomes, died in infancy; Tomes, died aged seven; Matje; Selley;

Cornelius; Aaron, born Oct. 31, 1809, married Mary Sears; Richard, born May

7, 1811; Eliza, and Jane.

Johannes, seventh child of Johannes and Metje (Van Houten) Van Giesen, born

Sept. 8, 1776, married Catharina (Tyne) Van Alen, Jan. 16, 1803. Issue:

John, born Dec. 5, 1803; Maria; and John Van Aalen, born Aug. 31, 1806.

Descendants of Abraham Van Giesen) - Abraham. fourth child of Reynier Van

Giesen and Dircktie Cornelese Van Groenland, was born Nov. 13, 1666. He

married Fitje Andriesse, Oct. 4, 1691. He was commissioned judge of the

Essex County Courts, Aug. 26, 1715. In his will dated June 23, 1753, he is

styled "gentleman." He lived in the present Montclair township. His

children were: Dirkje, married Jacobus Akkerman; Rynier, born Aug. 7, 1694,

married Metje VREELAND; their children were: Metje, married Anthony Bruyn;

Abraham; Isaac, married Marytje Van Sent; and Cornelius, married Jennike

Doremus. Abraham, mentioned above, took an active part in the Revolution,

and was known as Captain Abraham Van Giesen, of Newark. He married (first)

Jannetje Sandford, by whom he had seven children: Rynier; Maria, married

Pieter Egbertse; Pieter, married Sarah Spier, by whom he had two daughters:

Polly and Grietje; Isaac, born Feb. 13, 1767, married Lea Spier; the issue

of this marriage was Cartharina and Gerret, born Sept. 24, 1797; Cornelius,

born April 2, 1769, married Charity, daughter of Isaac Collyer, of

Horseneck; their two daughters were Jinny and Jamyma; Thomas, born Nov. 12,

1770; John, born Oct. 17, 1772, married Maragrietje Mackness, he lived in

Acquackanonk near Speer town. His children were Maria, Nelltje, and Isaac.

Isaac, third child of Rynier and Metje (VREELAND) Van Giesen, married

Marytje Van Sent. His will was proved June 2, 1804. His children were:

Ephraim, born Feb. 24, 1768, married Abigail Sigler, of Stone House Plains;

they were both living in Bloomfield township in 1833. The issue of their

marriage was: Joseph, born March 13, 1791; Maria; Maragrietje; and Thomas,

born Jan. 20, 1796. The other male children of Isaac Van Giesen and Marytje

Van Sent left no male issue; they were: Lidea, died in infancy; Reynier,

born July 20, 1774, married Sarah Kent; Abraham, married Abigail Sigler;

Lidea, married Robert Van Giesen; Elizabeth, married Joseph Sigler; and

Maria.

Prientje, third child of Abraham and Fitje (Andriesse) Van Giesen, married

Simeon Van Winkle; the fourth child, Andries, married Martje Dirkje, May26,

1727. Their only son, Abraham, born May 18, 11728, married Maria Van Vorst.

The issue of this marriage was: Andries, born Oct. 20, 1752; Gerrit, born

Feb. 20, 1755; Sarah; Fitje; Hillegont, married Cornelius Van Derbeek; and

William, married Elisabeth Spier, and had two children: Fytje, and Abraham,

born Nov. 27, 1795.

Isaac, fifth child of Abraham and Fitje (Andriesse) Van Giesen, married Lea

Spier, both of Second river. Their children were: Abraham, born Jan. 17,

1747; Lea, married Johannes Koningh (King); Metje, married Abraham Spier;

and Rynier, married Aaltje Van Rypen, and they had the following daughters:

Catharina; Rachel; Aaltje; and Maria.

The other children of Abraham and Fitje (Andriesse) Van Giesen were:

Abraham, married Antje Dirckse, Sept. 25, 1733, both of Acquackanonk, Anna

Maria, married Jan Willts; Catharina, married Helmigh Van Houten; and

Johannes, married Catrintje Echtbersse, April 12, 1739, both of

Acquackanonk.

Descendants of Isaac Van Giesen—Isaac, fifth child of Reynier and Dircktie

Cornelese (Van Groenland) Van Giesen, probably lived at either Bergen or

Sacaucus. He was elected to the Aseembly in 1721 and 1739, was judge of the

Bergen County Common Pleas Court, and a lieutenant colonel in the county

militia. His first wife was Cornelia Hendricks Blinkerhoff; his second,

Hillegond Claasje Kulper; his third, Anna Brevand, widow of Nicasis Kip. He

was the father of seven children by his first wife, the eldest two died in

infancy, by his second wife there was one child, Hillegondt, married

Johannes Bruin. The other children of Isaac Van Giesen and Cornelia

Hendricks Blinkerhoff were: Hendrick, Joris, Dirckje, born Aug. 15, 1699,

of whom there is no further record; Clasje, married Richard Blanch; and

Rynier.

Hendrick, mentioned above, was a lieutenant in a company of foot militia

for Bergen county. He occupied his father's farm in the village of

Hackensack extending from the Hackensack river westerly to the Red Hill.

The Hackensack Library building stands on land which he gave for that

purpose. He married Sara Romeyn. Their family consisted of one son and four

daughters: Cornelia, married Albert Van Voorhese; Christina, married Jan

Bardan; Claes, Derkje, married Jacob Ackerman. Their only son, Isack,

baptized March 13, 172l, married Marytjen Hoppe, Aug. 16, 1744, both born

and living at Hackensack. Their children were: Hendrik; Gerria; and Sara,

married Peter Wilson, Professor of Greek and Latin in Columbia College.

Hendrik, eldest child of Isack and Marytjen (Hoppe) Van Geisen, was

baptized Dec. 25, 1745; married (first) Agnes Huysman, (second) Hendricke,

daughter of Jacob Banta. His children who reached maturity were all by his

second wife, namely: Zara, married John D. Romeyn; Rachel, married David

Banta; Maria, married a Ludlum; and John, born June 6, 1791, was married

twice, his first wife Maria Vanderbeek. He lived at Hackensack. His

children were all by his first wife, namely: Henry, born Nov. 1, 1812,

married Jane Williams. He came from Hackensack to Paterson in 1830 and kept

a grocery store on Main street. He was alderman of the city from the East

Ward in 1854-56. He and his family wrote their names Van Gieson. His

children were: Jane Owens, died aged about forty-five; Henry Clay, born

Oct. 18, 1839, was an assistant surgeon in the navy during the Civil War;

on being mustered out of service he settled in Paterson, but finally

removed to Omaha, Neb.; Ellen, married (first) James C Palis, (second) Col.

Abraham G. Demarost; the three next children died in infancy; Augustus,

born Dec. 24, 1848, served as a hospital steward in the navy during the

Civil War, returning to Paterson he engaged in the wholesale grocery

business and was for a number of years a member of the firm of Ackerman &

Van Giesen. The other children of John and Maria (Vanderbeek) Van Giesen

were: Augustus Abraham, born in 1815, married Elizabeth Harvey (their

children were: Henry, married Anna Lammers, and Sylvester, married Alice

Hall, they had one child, Frank). Ann Maria, married John Van Saun, and

John Romaine, born Dec. 1, 1820, married Ellen Van Waggener, daughter of

John W. Banta. The issue of this marriage was: Isaac, died aged

twenty-three; Anna J. W., killed at the age of seven years, in the

Greenwich avenue school disaster; Mary E., married Josiah A. Zabriskie: and

John Banta. born Dec. 1, 1851, married Mary C. Hardenburgh.

Joris, fourth child of Isaac and Cornelia Hendricks (Blinkerhoff) Van

Giesen, born Sept. 22, 1696, married Rachel Romine. Children: Isaac;

Lammetje, married Jacobus Van Blerkum; Jan; and Rachel, married Egbert

Egbertse. Jan, mentioned above, was baptized April 27, 1772, and married

Jannetje Niewkerck; children: Rachel, married PieterEgbertse; Paulus,

married Christina Terhune, they had one child, Jan, born Oct. 16, 1796.

Rynier, youngest child of Isaac and Cornelia Hendricks (Blinkerhoff) Van

Giesen, was born Nov. 17, 1704. He lived at Secaucus, where he owned an

extensive tract of land including Snake Hill. He was a justice of the peace

of Bergen county, was twice member of the Assembly, and in 1762 was

appointed one of the judges of the Bergen County Court of Common Pleas. He

married (first) Hendrickje Van Dien; children: Cornelia; Antje, married

Dirck Banta; Gerrit, baptized Aug. 27, 1732, was a miller at Secaucus; his

will proved Aug. 31, 1812, names the following children: Penelope; Mary;

Isack, baptized Sept. 18, 1737, married Pryntuje Cadmus (their children

were Harriet, married Elias Earl; Polly and Rynier); Hendrik, baptized Dec.

2, 1739, married Rachei Grum (their children were: Reynier; Jores; Gerrit,

and Isaac; Willem; Cornelius, married Sophia Sigler (their children were:

Rynier, born Feb. 28, 1785; Jacobus, born Oct. 23, 1787; Cornelius, born

March 31, 1797; Isaac, born March 28, 1793; and Daniel. Rynier Van Giesen

by his second wife, Hester Couenhoven, had five children: Joannes, baptized

Nov. 15, 1744; Joris (George) baptized Oct. 19, 1746, lived near Three

Pigeons, in the present county of Hudson, N. J. He removed to Polifly,

occupying a stone house on the Polifly road near where it turns to

Hackensack. He married Elizabeth Smit. Issue: Hester, married Isaac Van

Winkle; Jannetje, married (first) Jacobus Post, (second) Abraham Ackerman;

Reynier, died young; Joris; Daniel; and Rachel, married (first) Adrien

Post, (second) Abraham Van Houten.

The other children of Rynier and Hester (Couenhoven) Van Giesen were:

Hendrickje, married Isaac Kip; Samuel; and Rachel, married Jan Akkerman.