The Obee Family

The Obee Family:

First Generation 

1.  Hendrick Obee¹ was born (date unknown).

 

Hendrick Obee had the following child:

 

              2              i.   Hendrick Hendricks Obee, born ca 1625, Orby, Denmark; married Aeltjie Claes, ca 1650, New Amsterdam, New Netherland; married Marritje Jans, 13 Jan 1692, New York City, New York, British America; died aft Jan 1692, New York City, New York, British America.

 

Second Generation

 

2.  Hendrick Hendricks Obee^2–3 (Hendrick-1) was born circa 1625 in Orby, Denmark.^1,3 He died after Jan 1692 at the age of 67 in New York City, New York, British America.³ Hendrick Obee was probably born about 1625 in Orby, Denmark. He arrived in New Netherland during the mid-1640s. Obee resided in Brooklyn and New Amsterdam. He married Aeltjie Claes about 1650. Their children were baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church in New Amsterdam between 1651 and 1661.
Obee first appeared in the New Amsterdam court records in 1655. Hendrick was listed as a soldier in a 5 July 1655 court case. In December he was referred to as drummer.

Hendrick's name was on a list of catechumens of the Brooklyn Church in 1662. He took the Oath of Allegiance to England in 1664. Obee served as a city constable [1665], excise collector [1667] and juryman [1667]. He appeared in court as an attorney in 1668.

Aeltjie died before December 1691. Hendrick then married Marritje Jans, widow of Willem Janszen on 13 January 1692. [The date of marriage is frequently shown as his death date.]

Hendrick Hendricks Obee and Aeltjie Claes were married circa 1650 in New Amsterdam, New Netherland.^1,3 Aeltjie Claes² was born circa 1628.¹ She died before Dec 1691 at the age of 63 in New York City, New York, British America.² Aeltjie may have been the daughter of Claes Pietersen Sybrantsen and Marritje Pieters. If this is the case, Marritje married, as her second husband, widower Brent Peelen in New Netherland on 3 July 1643. At this time, Aeltjie was Marritje's youngest child. There was an older brother, Sybrant Claesen. According to the marriage contract, Peelen was to provide for the care and education of young Aeltjie out of her paternal inheritance and estate. This suggests that Aeltjie was well under the age of majority.
Considering that Aeltjie's first child was born in 1651, her birth would have fallen between 1630 [21] and 1635 [16]. Several Ancestral File entries suggest a birth as early as 1628. That would have made her about 15 in 1643. That does not fit the profile of a minor whose "care and education" was to be provided for.

 

Hendrick Hendricks Obee and Aeltjie Claes had the following child:

 

              3              i.   Elizabeth / Lysbeth Obee, born bef 28 Jul 1652, New Amsterdam, New Netherland; married John / Jean / Jan Dally, 11 Aug 1668, New York City, New York, British America; died ca 1700, New York City, New York, British America.

 

Hendrick Hendricks Obee and Marritje Jans were married on 13 Jan 1692 in New York City, New York, British America.^1,4 The couple registered the marriage on 26 December 1691. Marritje Jans was born (date unknown).

 

Third Generation

 

3.  Elizabeth / Lysbeth Obee² (Hendrick Hendricks-2, Hendrick-1) was born before 28 Jul 1652 in New Amsterdam, New Netherland.² She was baptized on 28 Jul 1652 in Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherland.² She died circa 1700 at the age of 48 in New York City, New York, British America.⁵ Lysbeth was the second child born to Hendrick Obee and Aeltjie Claes in 1652. She married John Dally in the Dutch Reformed Church in New York at the age of 16 in 1668. Lysbeth died prior to 2 March 1700, the date of her widowed husband's second marriage.

Elizabeth / Lysbeth Obee and John / Jean / Jan Dally were married on 11 Aug 1668 in New York City, New York, British America.^6–7 John / Jean / Jan Dally^6–7, son of Jean / John Dally and Marguerite Madou, was born circa 1650 in New Amsterdam, New Netherland.^6–7 He died circa 1708 at the age of 58 in New York City, New York, British America.^6–7 John Dally was a farmer and carpenter by trade. He probably spent time in Northampton Co., Virginia with his father, who paid a tax on John, Jr. there in 1666. John would have been at least 16 at that time.

John / Jean / Jan Dally and Elizabeth / Lysbeth Obee had the following child:

 

              4              i.   Nicholas Dally, born bef 16 Oct 1680, Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands; married Elizabeth Creiger, 30 Aug 1702, Reformed Dutch Church, New York, New York, British America; died 28 Aug 1722, New York City, New York, British America.

 

Sources:

        1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [LDS], "Ancestral File," database, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M47B-4M7 : accessed 6 January 2015), Hendrick Obee; submission several; no date given.

        2. Isaac Horner, "Hendrick Hendricks Obee & Aeltjie Claes," Isaac Horner, unknown, 27 June 2008 (http://hendrickobee.blogspot.com/ : accessed 3 January 2015), Obee Family.

        3. Stuyvesant Fish, Anthon Genealogy (New York: unknown, 1988), 107; digital images, Ancestry.com, Anthon Genealgy (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 January 2015.

        4. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, "New Amsterdam Dutch Reformed Church Marriages 1691," database, The Olive Tree Genealogy (http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/rdcmarr1691.shtml : accessed 6 January 2015), Marriage: Hendrick Obee & Marritje Jans; NYGB Record.

        5. David N. Orth, Rootsweb World Connect, The Orth, Wauters & Stewart Families of Pennsylvania, New Jersey & Tennessee (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=david%5Fn%5Forth&id=I02149 : accessed 3 January 2015), Elizabeth Obee Dally's death.

        6. Richard A. Daley, Rootsweb, Ancestors of the Hudson Valley: Links to the Past (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rad1003&id=I39723 : accessed 3 January 2015), Dally family.

        7. Orth, The Orth, Wauters & Stewart Families of Pennsylvania, New Jersey & Tennessee, Dally Family.