Simon Volkers Veeder

• alias : de Bakker
• born : 1652, Netherlands
• died : Jan. 10, 1697
• source : Simon Volkeertse Veeder

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Simon Volkertse was born in the Netherlands in 1624.[1] Some accounts list his birthplace as Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Epperson cites a record that described Symon Volckerts (apparently Veeder) as a baker's apprentice from Esen, Holstein.[2]

The first mention of him in America is of Simon Volkertse Veeder, born in 1624, as a sailor belonging to the ship "Prince Maurice " in 1644, which ship plied between Amsterdam, Holland, and New Amsterdam (New York). In 1652 he bought a lot of land and settled in New Amsterdam. He sold that property in 1654 for thirty beaver skins; removed to Beverwyck and from thence to Schenectady in 1662. Symon Volkertsen Veeder was one of the original proprietors of Schenectady,[1] but later left the town to settle on land he owned on the Normals Kill (Normanskill Creek).[3]

In Schenectady he owned a tract on the great flat, numbered 9, containing twenty-four morgens, and a village lot on the north corner of State and Ferry streets.

In 1679, his Albany property was taxed to help maintain the stockade.[1]

In New Netherland he was known as a baker and was sometimes called "de bakker."

His wife was Engeltje. Some sources identify her as Engeltje Vrooman and state that they married in 1644 in New Amsterdam.