Van Woert, Pieter (b. 23 OCT 1692, d. ?)

Note: Pearson's "First Settlers of Albany", p. 139

Note: Albany DRC Records, p. 59
Wit: Hendrick hansz, Catrina Renselaer

Note: Pieter's will was dated March 1763 and proved November 1766. In it he described himself as being of Rensselaersyck and mentions Jacob and Lewis, sons of his brother Jacob Van Woert, and Cornelis C. Van den Bergh, son of his brother-in-law Claas Van den Bergh, and was witnessed by Theunis Van Woert.
Email Dated: Mon, 18 Jun 2001
From: "John H. Camp [Dept. 56 /Ext. 3007]"
To: Dutch-Colonies-L@rootsweb.com

Change: Date: 08 APR 2008

Note: Albany DRC Records, p. 63
Wit: Hendrick V. Renselaer, Marritje Lookerman

Change: Date: 06 JUN 2006

Note: Albany DRC Records, p. 67
Wit: Gerrit Van Esch, Hilletje Loockerman

Change: Date: 06 JUN 2006

Note: Albany DRC Records, p. 71
Wit: Kiliaan Van Renselaer, Mareitje Van Es

Change: Date: 24 APR 2008

Note: 2 children
See Ouderkerk file.

Note: Albany DRC Records, p. 75
Wit: Jan Fonda, Debora V. Dam

Change: Date: 13 AUG 2008

Note: Albany DRC Records, p. 18
Wit: Jan Jansz Bleyker, Gietje Bleyker

Change: Date: 06 DEC 2006

Note: 1 child
Pearson's "First Settlers of Albany", p. 97

Note: Albany DRC Records, p. 23
Wit: Aryen Oothout, Lammertje Loockermans

Change: Date: 08 APR 2008

Note: 8 children
First Settlers of Albany, p. 139, 143
"Viele Records", p. 159, #786
2 additional children in
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Note: Albany DRC Records, p. 34
Wit: Cornelis Teeuwisse Muller & Hilletje Muller

Change: Date: 27 SEP 2008

Note: Pearson's "First Settlers of Albany County", p. 84
Pearson's "First Settlers of Schenectady County", p. 130-1 Brewer

Email Dated: Wed, 25 Oct 2000
From: "Protzman, RL (Robert)"
To: Dutch-Colonies-L@rootsweb.com
At1y. Lambertje LOOCKERMANS, m. Nov 3, 1700, Ariaen
Oothout (O# 7) (b, 1676, d. bur Feb 26, 1752), son of Jan Jans Oothout (O#
1) and Hendrickie Van Nes.

At1y1. Johannes Arien OOTHOUT (O# 36), bp.
Nov 29, 1702; d. bur. Sep 27, 1756.
At1y2. Pieter Loockermans OOTHOUT, bp. Dec
17, 1704; dy.
At1y3. Hendrickie OOTHOUT, bp. Dec 15, 1706;
m. Oct 17, 1723, Jacob Van Woert
At1y4. Maria OOTHOUT (O# 39), bp. Dec 8,
1708
At1y5. Catryna OOTHOUT, bp. Mar 4, 1711
At1y6. Pieter Loockermans OOTHOUT, bp. Mar
1, 1713
At1y7. Anna OOTHOUT, bp. Jan 1, 1716
At1y8. Catryna OOTHOUT, bp. Jan 11, 1718
At5y9, bp. Mayeke OOTHOUT, bp. Feb 10, 1723

Change: Date: 14 OCT 2007

Note: Pearson's "First Settlers of Albany", p. 117
Illegitimate son. First superintendent of the colony of New Amsterdam Benoni = "child of sorrows"
Glazier
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 12:38:00 -0700
To: Dutch-Colonies List
Subject: Re: [D-Col] Arendt Van Corlaer and his "wives"...some confusion

The two children were:
1. "Tall Eagle Correlar's Daughter"
The NYG&BR had an article called "Arendt Van Corlaer Children" +which stated: "...we know from Albany court record, that he had a half-Indian daughter. At court held in Albany on 4 April 1676, the sherriff, as plaintiff, accused the defendant, Gerrit Teunisse (Van Vechten) of having "taken away three guns from the Indians", upon which the defendant denied this and requested "that a squaw, Correlaer's Daughter, may appear personally to be heard".
(Van Laer, A.J.F. "Court Minutes of Albany, Rensselaerswyck and Schenectady" vol.II, page 86)
This the court ordered, but there is nothing further in the
record concerning this case. The use of the word 'squaw' suggests that the daughter was at this time a grown woman, and, since Van Corlaer did not arrive in America until 1638, she was probably between the ages of 30 and 40 at the time of the trial."
2. Benoni Van Corlaer, born about 1662, who married Alida Elizabeth Vander Poel, widow of Sybrant Goosen Van Schaick.

Change: Date: 12 SEP 2008

Note: Name also seen as Arent Van Curler Secretary of Rensselaerwyck
Email from Sharilyn Whitaker dated 28 May 2000 on Dutch-Colonies-List
Arendt Van Corlaer had no legitimate children by either of his marriages.
I am descended from his son Benoni by his liason with Anneke Schaets, daughter of Domine Gideon Schaets.

The problem arises with which of the actual wives of Arendt Van Corlaer was the widow of Jonas Bronck.

Antonia Slaghboom was the widow of record when Arendt Van Corlaer died.
Believe that to be Jacob van Corlear, frequently recorded in and around the Islands in the mid 1600s. Arent van Corlear(aka van Curler), from the story you mentioned, was an official at Rennsalaerwyck, a cousin of Killaen van Rennsalaer, and spent most of his time around the Albany area. He was reported to have spent as much time with the Indians as he did with the settlers. Although Arent married a Dutch girl, his only son, Benoni, was
noted to be half Indian in a court case not long after his father's death.
From email dated 11 Dec 2001 from Van on the D-Col List


"1Antonia Slaghboom was the widow of Jonas Bronck in 1643, when
she was betrothed to Arent Van Curler. She resided in Schenectady from the first settlement of that place in 1662 till her death in 1681. In 1672 she was licensed to trade at Schenectady in consideration of the loss of her husband in 1667 in public service, and of her house, barns, and corn by fire. It was thought also that her license would stop the quarrels of the other two tapsters, Cornelis Corn. Viele and Akes Corn. Guatsh [Van Slyck] the Indian--Order in Council, p. 127."
Collections on History of Albany, page 444
The wife of Arendt Van Corlaer also appears as "Teuntje Jurians", who is, unfortunately also given as the widow of Jonas Bronck.

Scandinavian Immigrants in New York 1630-1674 (excerpts)

Teunte Jeurians married Van Curler, probably in 1643 (1646 according to Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography). He was a gifted person, and only eighteen years old when he sailed from Holland to New Netherland, at the end of December 1637. He was a cousin of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, became secretary and bookkeeper of the Colony of Rensselaerswyck. In 1644 he sailed for Holland, but returned to New Netherland, probably in 1647. He was now appointed Gecommitteerde. For a while he was trustee of voluntary contributions for the erection of a school. He learned to speak early (p. 227) the tongue of the Iroquois Indians. In 1650 he was chosen to go on an embassy to the Maquas.

Van Curler and his wife, after returning from the Netherlands, lived on their farm near West Troy, NY. Here he worked for peace with the Indians and for checking the sale of "fire water". He may be considered the "real founder of that Dutch policy of peace with the Indians that was afterward followed by the English..."

His uncle, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, sent him many a word of admonition and censure, and asked him to follow the advice of older people. In 1643 he wanted to know to what extent Van Curler was intemperate, as he had heard rumors about his drinking, and participating in attendant evils. In the same year he was displeased at his having contributed to the erection of a church.

After the death of (her first husband Jonas) Bronck, his widow married Arent Van Curler who sold the Bronck property to Jacob Jans Stoll...the Bronx thus remained for some time in the hnds of a person of Danish blood."

"[p.171] Returning to the subject of our article, the wife of Jonas Bronck, Teuntje Jeurians, seems to have been a relative of Marritje Pieters of Copenhagen, who appointed, on August 15, 1639, "Teuntje Jeurians of [New] Amsterdam or Jacob Bronck, her present husband, as heirs" (See article "Marritje Pieters." Part II.)

Teuntje Jeurians page 226
Teuntje Jeurians (Sofia, Antonia), who came to New Netherland in 1639 or before, was the wife of the Dane, Jonas Bronck, [p.226] who died in 1643. Bronck married her in Europe, perhaps in Denmark. She was probably Danish, as Marritje Pieters of Copenhagen mentions Teuntje in her marriage contract, as an heir. The fact that she mentions Teuntje first and Bronck second, would indicate that the relationship existed between the women."

I have never been able to interpret why the (Sofia, Antonia) is given after the name Teuntje Jeurians. Could these two rather dissimilar names refer to the same woman?

The "Corlaer" after whom the fort was to be named was Arendt Van Corlaer, First Superintendent of the Colony at New Netherland. His title is given in several versions, but essentially, that is what he was.

There were several Van Corlaers/Van Curlers in the area, but he was by far the most influential and highly esteemed, and, as your material states, was drowned on Lake Champlain about 1667.

He was born about 1612 to Henrich/Hendrick Van Corlaer and Nellie Willemsz in Nijkerk, the Province of Gelderland, the Netherlands, and was from a wealthy and very influential family.

His mother Nellie Willemsz was the daughter of Engeltie Van Rensselaer, and Engeltie the daughter of "The Patroon" Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, who chose Arendt, who was only eighteen at the time, to come here and supervise the colony.
His mother was Nelle Willemsz, daughter of Engeltie Van Rensselaer, who WAS the daughter of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, but this was not "The Patroon".

That was Kilian Van Rensselaer the son of Engeltie Van Rensselaer's brother Hendrick and Maria Pafraet.

From Sharilyn Whitaker [sharilyn@northcoast.com]
D-Col List Dated 12 Dec 2001

Note: He drowned in a canoe accident on Lake Champlain, in 1667 (or 1669).

Change: Date: 23 DEC 2004

Note: She was banished from her father's church after this incident, but her father sued members of the
congregation for slander and won the suit, but the magistrates banned her from Albany. In 1670, her father sent her to NYC, with her son, to start a new life. There she met and married David Kikebell.
Email Dated: Tue, 14 May 2002
From: "Protzman, RL (Robert)"
To: Dutch-Colonies-L@rootsweb.com

Change: Date: 16 JAN 2005

Note: Pearson's "First Settlers of Albany", p. 95
Became 2nd Dominie of Albany DRC in 1652-1683

Emigration: Date: 24 JUL 1652
Place: Netherlands
Note: Shortly after his ordination (May 6), He emmigrated on "de Blom van Gelderland" (“The Flower of Gelder”) to serve Rensselarswyck, under a 3 year contract, arriving Jul 24, 1652, with his w, 2 sons and a dau.
Email dated 14 Jan 2005 from Bob Protzman Protzy41@aol.com on the D-C List.

Change: Date: 10 JUL 2009

Note: Pearson's "First Settlers of Albany", p. 122
11 Feb 1999 e-mail from Bob Protzman. A merchant of Watervliet.
[Van der Poel means from the lake, or marsh.] Family was originally from Gorichem (Groningen?), on the Rhine, but moved to Amsterdam about 1600.

Note: Abstracts of Wills Vol II 1708-1728, page 45: Copy of Abstract in file

Change: Date: 28 DEC 2004

Note: From: Protzman, RL (Robert)
To:
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001
Catrina Janse CROON, b. ca. 1640; d. Dec 11, 1694-Jul 6, 1710, of Watervliet, Rensselaerswyck; m. Teunis/Anthony Cornelis van der Poel (alias Spitzbergen) (b. Gorichen on the Rhine, d. Jun 17, 1687). He was in Beverwyck (Albany) from 1660-1687. Magistrate, 1671. Owned one half of Constapel's Island. in the Hudson River, opposite Paerde Hoeck. At his
death, he still owned a house in Amsterdam. As a widow, she l Albany

Note: Abstracts of Wills Vol II 1708-1728, page 45: Page 590 Copy of will in file

Change: Date: 05 OCT 2010

Note: Pearson's "First Settlers of Albany County", p. 131
Capt. In Beverwyck by 1649, a Brewer and Magistrate In 1664, he and Philip Peterse Schuyler bought Halve Maen from the Indians, to prevent persons from CT purchasing it. Owned land in Esopus in 1663 Bought land at Columbia St and Broadway in 1664 Returned to Holland for a visit in 1668 Bought Harmen Rutger's brewery and Exchange block with Pieter Lansing in 1675. His widow moved to NYC in 1691 with dau Margreta Owned Nachtenack, Indina name for later village of Waterford in Saratoga Cty. Pioneer New Netherland Settler, NYGBS, Vol 65, p. 8 From Westerbroeck, family prominent in Ammersfoort, Utrecht

Email Dated: Mon, 9 Apr 2001

To: D-C List
Capt Goosen Gerritse Van SCHAICK (VS# 1), b. ca. 1629; d. ca. 1676; m1. 1649, Geertie Brantse/Barents Peelen Van Nieuwkerk (d. ca. 1656), dau of Brant Peelen; m2. July 30, 1657, Annatie Lievens/Lievense (d. 1702).
IMMIGRANT, in Beverwyck, by 1649, Brewer, Magistrate. 1664, he and Philip Pieterse Schuyler granted permission to purchase Halve Maen from the Indians, to prevent those from CT from purchasing it. In Esopus, owned land, 1663. 1664, bought lot from step-father, Columbia St and Broadway. 1668 - visited Holland. He bought Harmen Rutger's brewery and Exchange block, with Pieter Lansing, 1675. Land at Esopus, 1663. His wid moved to NYC, 1691, with dau Margareta. Owned Nachtenack, Indian name for later village of Waterford, Saratoga Co, NY.

As Goosen arrrived in March 1637, and was employed in Rensselaerwyck on 8 April 1637, I would guess his birthdate to be around 1612-1617, possibly earlier. Did Gerrit Goosense die in 1630 as I have seen mentioned? When did Marritje marry her second husband, Ryer Elbertse?
Email dated 10 Jun 2004 from
PATRICIA D HARRISON [PattyVWH@Heffcomm.net] on the D-C list.

Note: Reserved 6,000 guilders for 4 children of 1st wife.

Note: Joint will

Immigration: Date: 08 OCT 1636
Place: Texel, North Holland, Netherlands
Note: On the Rensselaerswyck that
arrived at New Amsterdam March 4, 1637

Change: Date: 20 SEP 2008

Note: 4 children
Pearson's "First Settlers of Albany", p. 131

Change: Date: 10 OCT 2007

Note: Pearson's "First Settlers of Albany", p. 87
Came to Fort Orange in 1630

Change: Date: 29 FEB 2008

Note: 12 children
See Albany Families, p. 123
This source indicates that she was w/o Goosen Gerritse Van Schaick. This does not agree with Van Schaick listing.
Her surname also spelled Lievens
Gerrit Vanderwerken b: ABT 1675 in Albany, NY
Maritje Vanderwerken b: 1677 in Holland
Albert Roeleffe Vanderwerken b: ABT 1679 in Kinderhook, Holland
Hendrick Vanderwerken b: ABT 1681 in Holland
Alltje Vanderwerken b: ABT 1683 in Holland
Jannetje Vanderwerken b: 21 JAN 1684/85 in Holland
Catherina Vanderwerken b: 12 JAN 1686/87 in Holland
Johannes Vanderwerken b: 30 SEP 1688 in Holland
Nicholas Vanderwerken b: ABT 1690 in Holland
Elizabeth Vanderwerken b: 1 JAN 1691/92 in Holland
Jacob Vanderwerken b: 6 AUG 1693 in Holland
Barbara Vanderwerken b: AFT 1693 in Holland
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Change: Date: 17 SEP 2008

Note: Email Dated: Mon, 9 Apr 2001

To: Dutch-Colonies-L@rootsweb.com

Gerrit Gooszens Van SCHAICK, b. ca. 1590-1605, from Achttienhoven, Utrecht, Holland; d. < 1643; m1. Maritie Barentse. She m2. Ryer Elbertse Gerritse, from Breuckelen, Utrecht.

4 children with unknown mother
Gerrit van Schaick b: Abt 1629 in , , Nederland
Maria Goosense van Schaick b: Abt 1633 in , Utrecht, Nederland
Genetje van Schaick b: 1646 in Albany, Fort Orangien, Nieuw Nederland
Engeletie van Schaick b: 1648 in Albany, Fort Orangien, Nieuw Nederland
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Change: Date: 01 MAR 2009