A history of the NYC Brevoorts exists at an unlikely place: The story of a street park THE BREVOORT PLAYGROUND:
"This playground and the adjacent housing development were built at the same time and...
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A history of the NYC Brevoorts exists at an unlikely place: The story of a street park THE BREVOORT PLAYGROUND:
"This playground and the adjacent housing development were built at the same time and...
5/8/2023
see page 160 of Freedmen of New Netherland
" Family responsibility was not only dictated by law. After the death of the parents of Jochem anthony Robberts, his sister and guardian Susanna a free Negr...
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see page 160 of Freedmen of New Netherland
" Family responsibility was not only dictated by law. After the death of the parents of Jochem anthony Robberts, his sister and guardian Susanna a free Negr...
1/15/2022
Augustine Van Dunk
(b. - bef.1673)
"Augustine Pens", "Augustine Manuels", "Auguistine Anthony", "Augustine de Angola", "Austine Fordonck"
a free black living by the Fresh Water pond in 1670s===The beginning of a Dynasty======Origins near the "Fresh Water Pond", Chatham Square or Out Ward, Manhattan=== Cohen p. 26: Three of the colored* l...
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Augustine Van Dunk
(b. - bef.1673)
"Augustine Pens", "Augustine Manuels", "Auguistine Anthony", "Augustine de Angola", "Austine Fordonck"
a free black living by the Fresh Water pond in 1670s===The beginning of a Dynasty======Origins near the "Fresh Water Pond", Chatham Square or Out Ward, Manhattan=== Cohen p. 26: Three of the colored* l...
1/14/2022
(also search under Attleboro Pa., Langhorne's prior name)Samuel is shown as "Mulatto" in the 1850 censusMount Olive was established when the cemetery behind the Bethlehem AME Church became full. Please...
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(also search under Attleboro Pa., Langhorne's prior name)Samuel is shown as "Mulatto" in the 1850 censusMount Olive was established when the cemetery behind the Bethlehem AME Church became full. Please...
7/15/2020
baptism record===1706 May 12; Samuel Dey, Celia Salomons; Salomon ; Barnardus Janse, Elizabeth Dee• • (Billard baptism list)===marriage===In the marriage record (banns entered at Paramus), they are "Sa...
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baptism record===1706 May 12; Samuel Dey, Celia Salomons; Salomon ; Barnardus Janse, Elizabeth Dee• • (Billard baptism list)===marriage===In the marriage record (banns entered at Paramus), they are "Sa...
10/9/2017
possible parents ?=== (Note: this was a white family... but the names and dates match for Solomon and Susanna see also: ---children of Solomon Dee & Susannah Hammond:• William Dee (twin), bp. 13 Aug 17...
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possible parents ?=== (Note: this was a white family... but the names and dates match for Solomon and Susanna see also: ---children of Solomon Dee & Susannah Hammond:• William Dee (twin), bp. 13 Aug 17...
10/9/2017
1645 Feb 18; Emanuel Trompetter ; Christina; Claes Van Elslandt, Bastayen, Captyn van de Negers, Geertruyd Roelofs, Mayken Van Angola "A more ambiguous, but nevertheless intriguing case revolved around...
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1645 Feb 18; Emanuel Trompetter ; Christina; Claes Van Elslandt, Bastayen, Captyn van de Negers, Geertruyd Roelofs, Mayken Van Angola "A more ambiguous, but nevertheless intriguing case revolved around...
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One of the seminal figures of freed slaves in early New York and New Jersey, Aree (of Guinea) provided the land for the Zion Evangelic Lutheran Church. (see below)
van Genee is a variant of van Guinea...
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One of the seminal figures of freed slaves in early New York and New Jersey, Aree (of Guinea) provided the land for the Zion Evangelic Lutheran Church. (see below)
van Genee is a variant of van Guinea...
12/11/2015
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This profile holds together all the Company Slaves of New Amsterdam, all in one pseudo-tree, in order to look at their descendants as a group.* Please do not break this arrangement by splitting the tre...
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12/6/2015
This profile holds together all the Company Slaves of New Amsterdam, all in one pseudo-tree, in order to look at their descendants as a group.* Please do not break this arrangement by splitting the tre...
12/6/2015
Possible wife=1642 28 Sep; Andries van Angola, Neger; Anna van Angola , wid Francisco van Capo Verde=Possible child= * based on baptism• 1645 Feb 05; Andries Van Angola; Tryntie; Pieter Van Camp, Marie...
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Possible wife=1642 28 Sep; Andries van Angola, Neger; Anna van Angola , wid Francisco van Capo Verde=Possible child= * based on baptism• 1645 Feb 05; Andries Van Angola; Tryntie; Pieter Van Camp, Marie...
12/3/2015
• characterized as "negro" in an un-sourced reference to her husband's will; possibly name = Fortuyn ^ see Abraham's profile for this account
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• characterized as "negro" in an un-sourced reference to her husband's will; possibly name = Fortuyn ^ see Abraham's profile for this account
11/30/2015
This woman's child Lucretia, whom we might label a half "concubine", married the issue of another couple of mixed race > the van Salee couple.• * This Anna Maria, after the death of her (1) {'first hus...
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This woman's child Lucretia, whom we might label a half "concubine", married the issue of another couple of mixed race > the van Salee couple.• * This Anna Maria, after the death of her (1) {'first hus...
11/30/2015
death ascertained by the subsequent marriage of his widow:d. before 5 May 1641Lucie, widow of Laurens d'Angola, m. (2) 5 May 1641 NYC Ref Ch, Anthony Van Angola. ---Sources: Dickenson, Richard, "Abstra...
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death ascertained by the subsequent marriage of his widow:d. before 5 May 1641Lucie, widow of Laurens d'Angola, m. (2) 5 May 1641 NYC Ref Ch, Anthony Van Angola. ---Sources: Dickenson, Richard, "Abstra...
11/29/2015
May 5, 1641, Anthony van Angola, the patentee, who was then the widower of Catalina van Angola , married Lucie D'Angola, widow of Laurens D'Angola. — Marr. in Re/. Dutch Church, 10. ===note===Don't hes...
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May 5, 1641, Anthony van Angola, the patentee, who was then the widower of Catalina van Angola , married Lucie D'Angola, widow of Laurens D'Angola. — Marr. in Re/. Dutch Church, 10. ===note===Don't hes...
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possible marriage in Dutch Reformed Church===1654 01 Feb; Anthony Mattheuszen; Maria Anthony, Negres
Slaves had many names assigned to them. I do not have total conviction about this reference {~• MM...
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possible marriage in Dutch Reformed Church===1654 01 Feb; Anthony Mattheuszen; Maria Anthony, Negres
Slaves had many names assigned to them. I do not have total conviction about this reference {~• MM...
11/29/2015
If we read between the line in the New Amsterdam African Immigrants project, we see that black women started arriving in New Amsterdam in 1628. We don't seem to have sources that confirm which came on ...
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If we read between the line in the New Amsterdam African Immigrants project, we see that black women started arriving in New Amsterdam in 1628. We don't seem to have sources that confirm which came on ...
11/29/2015
• Marriage: 1644 27 Nov; Emanuel de Angola; Christina de Angola ~• child born the next spring • Governor Richard Nicolls in 1667 confirmed all the house-and-garden patents (previously granted) to the (...
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• Marriage: 1644 27 Nov; Emanuel de Angola; Christina de Angola ~• child born the next spring • Governor Richard Nicolls in 1667 confirmed all the house-and-garden patents (previously granted) to the (...
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WiLLEM Kieft, Director, etc., to Cleyn Antonio, a free negro. Ground-brief dated Dec. 30, 1644. Not found of record: recited below in confirmation made to Cleyn Antonio, his son. This negro has been id...
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WiLLEM Kieft, Director, etc., to Cleyn Antonio, a free negro. Ground-brief dated Dec. 30, 1644. Not found of record: recited below in confirmation made to Cleyn Antonio, his son. This negro has been id...
11/29/2015