FAMILY HISTORIES

MY EARLIEST FAMILY

I have found that I have 12 English ancestors who were on the Mayflower in 1620. Some of them are James Chilton and his daughter Isabella and the parents of Priscilla Alden and Miles Standish. Much additional work needs to be done on these

families.

My earliest Dutch ancestor to come to America was that of Philippe du Trieux and Jacquemyne Noirett and their daughter Maria Du Trieux. Maria was baptized in the Walloon Church in Leiden, Holland on 5 Apr 1617. The family came to New Amsterdam about 1624 on the Eendracht.

A 1644 map of New Amsterdam is marked "The Tavern of Marie du Trieux". Marie was eventually banished from New Amsterdam for her constant trouble with the law. She kept a disorderly tavern, sold spirits to the Indians and also sold liquor during prayers and after 9 PM . The charges were specifically for "tapping after hours".

Maria was married twice, first, to Cornelis Volckersten Viele and later to Jan Peek. Cornelis Viele was born in Hoorn, Holland in 1613. Maria and Cornelis were married 9 Jun 1641 in New Amsterdam. They had 4 children. Their first child Aernout Cornelis was born before their marriage. I am descended from their 4^th child, Pieter Cornelis. Pieter was baptized in the New Amsterdam Dutch Reformed Church on 9 Feb 1648. Cornelis Viele died on 16 Mar 1648 in New Amsterdam, NY. Maria married Jan Peek on 20 Feb 1650. They had 4 children. After Jan Peek’s death, Maria lived with Pieter in Schenectady where she died before 1684.

Jan Peek was born in Holland about 1625. He married Maria on 20 Feb 1650 at the New Amsterdam Reformed Dutch Church. Jan went into the tavern business with his wife. He also traveled up the Hudson River to Albany. The Town of Peek's Kil (Peekskill, NY) was named for him. He spoke Dutch & English. He acquired land in Beverwyck (Albany) in 1655. The last record of him was in Albany in Jan 1663.

Another early family is that of John Sanford who came to America in 1631 as a part of the Winthrop Fleet. His second wife was Bridget Hutchison, the daughter of William Hutchison and Anne Marbury. Shortly after John Sanford's marriage to Bridget, the Hutchison family was banished from Boston for Anne Marbury's speaking out against the Church in Massachusetts Bay. The Sanforn and Hutchison families moved to Portsmouth, Rhode Iseland. John Sanford later beame President of the Rhode Island Colony. My grandmother, Maude Sanford, is a descendent of this family.

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DUTCH LANGUAGE

At this point I think that it is necessary to provide some background material. You will see that many given names use Dutch spelling. Female names end in “tie”, “tje” or “ian”. It is usually fairly easy to determine the English name. Surnames were not required until the English took over New Amsterdam in 1664. Up until that time a patronymic system was used. Both males and females had their father’s given name as their surname with an “se” suffix. The Dutch “van” or “from” was used with many names. An example would be Pieter Hermanse Van Antwerp. Women’s family names were used in vital records for almost 100 years.

 Here is a cross reference for Dutch and American Names:

 http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3374/dutchname1.htm

 There are many other names that are not included in this list.

Cliff Lamere has examples of patronymic names at:

 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Aid/AID-Dutch-Naming.htm

The example Cliff uses is for persons in my family.

Dutch & English Names

  Nicknames and English Equivalents
  Anthony=Teunis, Annetje=Annetje, Cornelia=Neeltje? The Dutch often used shortened names and other          nicknames.   

Also, during the course of the 18th century, the descendants of Dutch settlers began to slowly appropriate English customs, including the use of the English equivalents of their first names. Annetje   may be in records as Anna , Jan as John, and so on. Need some help? Try these sources:

 http://www.hopefarm.com/dutchnam.htm

 The pronunciation of Dutch names is at:

 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Misc/PronunciationDutch.htm

 Cliff Lemere has quite a bit of other information on his website at:

 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/

 Traditions of the Dutch Colonists and Other Important Information
  http://www.boydhouse.com/michelle/newneth_guide/index.html

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HOW AND WHEN THEY ARRIVED

Ship Lists

The most comprehensive list of ships that brought family members to America is found at:

http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/index.shtml Ships are listed by name by year.

End      Endracht http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_029900_eendracht2.htm

     English-America Ships http://english-america.com/ships/index.html#top

               Marriages at Sea 1854-1972 http://www.theshipslist.com/Forms/marriagesatsea.html

Th         The Ships List http://www.theshipslist.com/index.html

Pass      Passenger Lists and Emigrant Ships from Norway Heritage http://www.norwayheritage.com/ships/

P            Pictures of Early Ships http://www.modelsailingships.com/update/index.html

Im          Immigrant Ship Passenger Lists http://khuish.tripod.com/ships.htm

Sai         Sailing Warships from 17^th Century http://www.sailingwarships.com/

Ships   List Online http://shipslists-online.rootschat.net/

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NEW YORK STATE WEBSITES

New York Cemetery Addresses http://www.dos.state.ny.us/cmty/CemeteryList.HTM

     Rootsweb Cemetery Records http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/

Feral         Funeral Homes On-Line http://www.us-funerals.com/funeral-homes.html

New York Old Dutch Graves http://www.thepastwhispers.com/nyolddutchgraves.html

1840          US Census Records for Rev War Pensioners http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840/

       New York 1790 Census http://www.census-online.com/redirect.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sources2go.com%

       US Naturalization Records http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/naturalizationrecords.html

Blank         Blank Census Forms http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/census.aspx

  Quick, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/

      Census Data for the Year 1900  http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/censusbin/census/cen.pl?year=900

New York State Census and Research http://www.nyscensushunt.com/

Vital          Vital Records Information for New York Counties http://www.vitalrec.com/nycounties2.html

US C         Census Maps from 1790 http://www.mycensusmaps.com/all.htm

New York Genealogy Databases http://www.allvitalrecords.com/index.asp?state=NY

      Reformed Dutch Church in America http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12710a.htm

                 Birth and Marriage Records http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/vitalrecords.html

Dutch       Reformed Church Records http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy

Lut           Lutherans in New Netherland, 1656 and Later Years www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/lutheranheritage.newnetherlutherans.html

       F        Church Births, Marriages, & Deaths from 1688 to 1804 http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill/html/eglise%20toc.html

Hisorical and Genealogical Societies of the US http://hs.obitlinkspage.com/vt.htm

T               The American Revolution and Its Era http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armhome.html

      Original Colonies http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html

U             US 1895 Atlas http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/

An              Animated County Formation in New York 1683-1915 http://www.marist.edu/summerscholars/97/animated.htm

   Atlas of Canada http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/historical/territorialevolution

Ma             Map Collections http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

                  Palatine Settlements in New York http://www.fortklock.com/Psettlements.htm

Your         Maps Online http://www.yourmapsonline.org.uk/berkshire.htm

 d Ma        Railroad Maps  1828-1900 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html

Mapp        Mapping the Middle States from Colonial Times www.jonathansheppardbooks.com/JSBMaps/MiddleMaps.htm#newyork

Obitu        New York State Obituary Links http://www.obitlinkspage.com/obit/ny.htm

N              Norwegian Immigration http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mnstatehistory/norwegian_migration.html

     New York State Naturalization Indexes http://www.jgsny.org/nynats.htm

Jame       

    Inventory of the James Riker Papers, 1660-1989 http://digilib.nypl.org/dynaweb/ead/human/mssjasriker/

     Scandinavian Immigrants in New York – 1630-1674 http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycoloni/evjen/evjtitle.html

     Early America Digital Library http://www.earlyamericanimages.com/

     New York State Newspapers http://www.50states.com/news/newyork.htm

     New York State Newspaper Project http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/

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FAMILY HISTORIES

People of Albany County

http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/pcalhindex.html

Included on the above website is information about persons or families that lived in the city of Albany for more than two generations before 1800. These names and many others are being studied as a part of the Colonial Albany Social History Project. Many of them are included in my family.

 Robert Sanders

 Storm Van der Zee

 Rachel Van Valkenburg Radcliff

 Ariantie Visscher Wendell

 Jeroninmus Wendell

 Janet Glen Cuyler

 Hendrick Halenbeek

 Frans Janse Pruyn

Jacob Janse Schermerhorn

Catharina Van der Heyden De Garmo

Hendrick Gerritse Van Wie

Pieter Winne

Joseph Yates

Volkert Janse Douw

Jochem Ketelhuyn

Jacob Loockermans

Marselis Janse Van Bommel

Guert Hendrickse Van Schnhooven

Leendert Gansevoort

Albert Janse Ryckman

Joseph & Johannes Van Zandt

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Major Families

  Websites that provide information about the families of my ancestors:

  Schermerhorn Family http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/historical/southernnewyork/s_ny_25.htm

  Bratt Family: http://www.greencity.org/bradt.html

  Teller Family: http://www.ldorvdor.net/teller.html

  Brink Family: http://www.hopefarm.com/brink.htm

  Fonda Family: http://www.fonda.org/

  Freer Family: http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~sfreer/

  Gardenier Family: http://home.att.net/~jg245/kelly.htm

Page down the home page until you find the Gardenier family. The Hays family on this site Is not related.

  Knickerbocker Family: http://www.knic.com/

Information on Conyn, Dingeman, Goes/Hoes, Gardenier, Hoogeboom, Slingerland,

Vosburg, Van Alen, Van Alstyne, Van Buren, Van Buskirk, Van den Burgh, Van Vechten,

            Van Ness, Vosburg and Winnie Families: http://www.geocities.com/vanbus1/

Van     Alstyne Family: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ridge/7026/main/main.htm
Van     Van Valkenburg Family: http://vanvalkenburg.org/
Van     Van  Woert Family: http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/tulip/561/
F    Vosburgh Family: http://www.geocities.com/cwheatley2000/vosburghfam.html

 Wing Family: http://www.murrah.com/gen/wing.htm

 Darci’s Place: http://darcisplace.com/darci/vanwie.htm

Articles about various families are available on this site. There is a search capability that will help you

find various family names. A search for the NELLIS family will return 33 occurrences of this name.

 Dutch Notables

 There are several Noteable Persons in my family history. They include, Henry Fonda, Theodore

 Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and Herman Melville. Information about them and many other

 persons are found in this list: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nnnotables/

 My relationship to President Martin Van Buren is listed on the Columbia County page.

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