Tuesday, June 24, 2014

The Sixties! 1660s that is!

DuBois:
1660: Louis DuBois, his wife, two infant sons & niece [Marie Billiou] arrive in New Amsterdam & join Louis' in-laws & others at Esopus on the Hudson River.
1660: DuBois & others remove to Wildwyck, New Netherland. [Louis' sister, Francoise Billiou & her family arrive at Staten Island.]
1662: DuBois & others establish the village of Nieu Dorp [Hurley] about a mile west of Wildwyck. Louis establishes a trading post at the village.
7 Jun 1663: Indians raid & burn settlement, taking 34 captives, including Catherine DuBois & 3 of her children.
Sep 1663: The captives are rescued.
1667: Louis draws lots 16 & 24 in Nieu Dorp/Hurley.
1670: Louis gives permission for his niece, Marie Billiou to marry wheelwright Arent Jansen [Prall].
13 Oct 1676: Louis & Catherine sign an agreement providing for their children's education & inheritance.
26 May 1677: DuBois & others purchase land from the Indians for the village of New Paltz.
1686-88: Louis is granted a meadow north of Kingston.
1689: Louis is granted a tract north of Kingston on the Great Bennewater.
23 Jun 1693: Louis DuBois dies at Kingston, Ulster Co., NY.
Dac 1713: Catherine Blanchon DuBois dies at Kingston.

Allen:
1660: William Allen arrives in New England & settles at Warwick, RI.
c1663: Willam marries Elizabeth _______ at Warwick. The couple moves to Portsmouth.
1664: Daughter Mary is born at Portsmouth, RI.
c1679: Mary marries Thomas Remington at Portsmouth.
Jun 1685: William Allen dies at Portsmouth.

Billiou:
1660: Marie Billiou arrives in New Amsterdam with her uncle's family.
6 Aug 1661: Pierre Billiou, wife Francoise, four daughters & newborn son arrive at New Amsterdam aboard the St. Jean Baptiste.
22 Aug 1661: Billiou & 18 others petition the government to allow them to settle Staten Island.
22 Aug 1663: Billious settle on Staten Island & begin construction of house that still stands today.
14 May 1669: Pierre is made commander of the local militia.
1670-90: Pierre acquires tracts of land on Long Island & in New Jersey.
c1675: Daughter Marie, husband Arent Jansen Prall & 2 children move to Staten Island.
c1690: Marie Billiou Prall dies on Staten Island.
c1695: Francoise DuBois Billiou dies on Staten Island.
19 Jan 1696: Pierre marries Geertje Spiegelaer on Staten Island.
cDec 1701: Pierre dies on Staten Island.

Christoffels/Christopher:
1661: A Johannes Christoffels was among the Staten Island patentees, he may be the immigrant of the family.
c1669: Hans Christoffels marries Tryntje Barents Blom on Long Island, NY.
c1674: Maria Christoffels is born on Long Island.
1675-76: Has appears on the assessment rolls for Brooklyn & Middlewout.
22 Feb 1678/9: Hans purchases a farm at Ould Dorp on Staten Island next to the Billious.
c1690: Hans dies on Staten Island.
1690-93: Tryntje Blom Christoffels marries Arent Jansen Prall on Staten Island. [She dies sometime before 1721.]
c1693: Maria Christoffels marries Pieter Prall on Staten Island.

Whittaker:
Sep 1664: Edward Whittaker arrives in New Amsterdam as a soldier in Captain Broadhead's Company in the Duke of York's Regiment to take control of the colony from the Dutch..
1664: Whittaker is stationed at Wildwyck.
Nov 1667: While in New York City, Edward meets Hannah Wakeman Hackleton & hires her as a servant.
1669: Whittaker receives a grant of land at Kingston from the governor after the regiment is disbanded & resides at Hussey's Hill.
4 Jun 1670: Hannah appears before the Kingston court to relate her problems in Hartford, CT & a similar situation with Whittaker [an illegitimate child who dies shortly after birth]. Edward is ordered to care for Hannah.
1670-72: Whittaker appears in court several times over altercations with other Kingstonites, including Hannah & her daughter.
cMay 1673: Edward Whittaker marries Hannah Hackleton at Kingston.
24 Apr 1675: Son James is baptized at the Kingston Dutch Church.
23 May 1685: Edward has 200 acres syrveyed on the north side of Esopus Kill.
1 Sep 1689: Edward gives the oath of allegiance when Willam & Mary take the throne in England.
Jan 1694/5: Edward Whittaker dies at his home in the Valley of Esopus Creek.
6 Dec 1696: James marries Lysbet Titsoort at Kingston. [Lysbet dies prior to 1745.]
1699/1700: Mary [James & Lysbet] is born at Kingston.
1 Jun 1728: Mary Whittaker marries Aaron Prall at Kingston.
1745: James purchases 150 acres in Hunterdon Co., NJ.
1751: James sells his Hunterdon Co. land to son-in-law Aaron Prall.
aft Nov 1751: James Whittaker dies in Hunterdon Co., NJ. [A James Whittaker is recorded back in Kingston as late as 1763.]


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