The families covered on today's post are all Staten Island or Hudson Valley settlers: Blom, Christopher, Swart, Titsoort, van der Linde, Wakeman and Whittaker.
Blom: Barent Jansen Blom was of Swedish extraction and settled in New Amsterdam by 1638. He later moved his family to Brooklyn on Long Island. Daughter Tryntje married Hans Christopher and settled on Staten Island. She may have been the second wife of Arent Jansen Prall. Sweden, New Netherland/New York
Christopher/Christoffels: Immigrant Hans Christoffels came from the Netherlands to settle on Long Island during the 1660s, possibly earlier. The Christoffels later moved to Staten Island [late 1670s]. Maria, daughter of Hans, married Pieter Prall. The Netherlands, New Netherland/New York
Swart: Dutchman Teunis Cornelis Swart settled at Fort Orange [Albany], New Netherland during the late 1640s. The Swarts later settled 15 miles north of Schenectady and eventually moved to Schenectady about 1664. Daughter Neeltje married William Tisoort and later resided in Kingston and Poughkeepsie. The Netherlands, New Netherland/New York
Titsoort: William Tisoort was of Dutch parentage and was born in New Amsterdam. He moved to Schenectady about 1670. Indian raids forced the Titsoorts to leave Schenectady and settle near Port Jervis. They later moved to Kingston, Minisink and Poughkeepsie. Daughter Lysbet married James Whittaker in Schenectady and relocated to Kingston. The Netherlands, New Netherland/New York
van der Linde/deLindt: Mayken Daames Vissenburg, widow of Esias van der Linde, and her second husband Jan Verbeek, left Amsterdam for New Amsterdam in 1641. The Verbeeks wintered at Manhattan before moving to Rennselearwyck in 1642. Mayken's daughter Lijsbetjen/Elizabeth married Teunis Swart. The Netherlands, New Netherland/New York
Wakeman: Samuel Wakeman sailed for America aboard the Lyon in 1631. The family first resided at Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony. They moved to Cambridge before Samuel became one of the proprietors of Hartford, Connecticut in 1636. Wakeman died in the Bahamas on a relief mission to aide English settlers under Spanish control. Daughter Hannah was an adventure unto herself. Hannah was imprisoned following her trial for murder, blasphemy and adultery. Upon her release, she went to New York City where she was banished for not having a "resident's license." Hannah removed to Hussey's Hill and went to work for Edward Whittaker, whom she later married. Theirs was a life or turmoil. England, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York
Whittaker: 1664 marked the arrival of Edward Whittaker, a soldier in the Duke of York's Brigade, in New Amsterdam/New York City. He was assigned to Wildwyck/Kingston. In 1667 he moved to Hussey's Hill, but was back in Kingston by 1669. He later established himself at Marbletown. Edward and wife, Hannah [Wakeman Hackleton] were frequently in court over marital and other difficulties. Son James lived in Kingston until after the death of his wife and brother, Edward. He moved to Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, where daughter Mary [Whittaker] Prall resided. England, New York, New Jersey
Terry, my book on the Swarts, Tietsoorts, and Whittakers (2012) has newer information. A digital copy can be found at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2547310 for anyone interested.
ReplyDeleteTeunis Cornelis Swart actually moved 15 miles NW of present-day Albany, when in 1660 he helped found the town of Schenectady. Also, he arrived from Amsterdam as a teenager in 1637, thus in the decade of the 1630s-June 21, 2014 blog. He was a servant of Kiliaen van Rensselaer and settled on the east side of the Hudson River on Rensselaer’s manor at Greenbos (Rensselaer) where he was living when he married Lysbeth van der Lindt. In 1650 they moved across the Hudson to where the new village, Beverwyck (Albany) would soon be laid off just north of the fort. In 1660 he moved to Schenectady.
William Tietsoort’s daughter Lysbet married James Whittaker in Kingston not Schenectady. The story of his parents is interesting. In 1647, Abraham Willemsz van Amsterdam and Aechtje Jans sailed on the same ship from Curacao. They disembarked in New Amsterdam and married soon after. Abraham was killed in a duel a few years later.
Edward Whittaker’s main residence was Kingston. He settled at Hussey Hill much later, in 1680, when he restructured his business and went into partnership with Frederick Hussey. (You probably used Louise Hasbrouck Zimm as your source; she misinterpreted a deed, which is easy to do.) Ed chose not to join the other disbanded soldiers in the new village of Marbletown, preferring Kingston.
These are really interesting people.