Aeltien Alders

Name

Aeltien Alders, also known as Allerts or Auckes.[1] Aeltien was the daughter of Aucke Allerts (a spelling variation of Alders),[2] and apparently used Allerts/Alders as a surname, but sometimes used the patronymic Auckes derived from her father’s first name.

Origin

Aeltien Alders was from Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands.[3] Growing up, she probably lived in the Gravenstraat, where her father lived when he married[4] and where she also lived at the time of her own marriage.[5] This was a narrow street behind the New Church, in the center of Amsterdam. In 1647, she and her husband lived in the Nauwe Kerkstraat.[6]

In 1652, Aeltien Alders and her husband Evert Marischal were banished from Amsterdam for four years. On 5 September 1652 Evert confessed to having appropriated materials from the city of Amsterdam for his glazier business without authorization. One of his apprentices said his master [Evert Marischal] had ordered him to sell peat from the town’s supplies, and give the money to his mistress. Aeltien testified that she only ever received 32 stivers, to buy some lace. She admitted that she had told a man at the Reguliersbreestraat that the items the apprentice brought him were hers, and not stolen, and that the apprentice had given her some of the city’s peat. The confessions show they were guilty of fraud and theft. The court ordered Evert and Aeltien banned from Amsterdam for a period of four years, and condemned them to pay the costs of the trial.[7] It is unknown where they lived during their banishment.

As no record has been found of Aeltien’s death or of her husband’s remarriage between 1652 and 1659, it is hereafter assumed that she was the wife of Evert Marschal who accompanied him to New Netherland in 1659.[8] However, while records of 1659 and 1660 mention Evert’s wife, they do not provide her name.[9] An Aeltje Marsael served as a baptismal sponsor in the Dutch Reformed church of New Amsterdam on 16 January 1661, but the record contains no indication of her marital status or of a relationship to any of the other persons present.[10] Absent other candidates, this was probably Aeltje Alders, the wife of Evert Marischal.

Migration

Aeltien Alders sailed to New Netherland on 12 February 1659 on the ship Trouw, with skipper Jan Jansen Bestevaer. Her husband Evert Marschal, glazier from Amsterdam, owed 72 guilders in passage fees for himself, his unnamed wife, and 12-year-old daughter. [11] Their marriage record identified his wife.[12]

Settlement

Aeltien Alders settled in New Amsterdam, where her husband obtained the small burgher right on 16 May 1659.[13] They also appeared before the New Amsterdam court. In 1660, her husband Evert Mareschal rented a house from Hendrick Janzen Smitt. When Mareschal failed to provide security for the rent, Smitt called him to the court of Burgomasters and Schepens of New Amsterdam. On 5 October 1660, the wife of Evert Mareschal answered the summons on her husband’s behalf, explaining that the time to post a security had not yet expired. The court agreed and told Smitt to abide his time.[14] On 27 September 1661, Smitt sued Evert Mareschal for non-payment of rent, and the court ordered Marechall to pay the 99 guilders and 10 stivers he owed.[15]

Biographical Details

Aeltien Alders was baptized in the Dutch Reformed Nieuwe Kerk (New Church ) of Amsterdam on 7 October 1625 (witness: Maria Coxdr). She was the daughter of Aucke Allertsz and Maritje Roelofs.[16] She died at an unknown date after 5 October 1660, when Evert Mareschal’s wife appeared in court on his behalf;[17] after 16 January 1661, if she was the Aeltje Marschal who acted as baptismal witness.[18]

Marriage and Children

Aeltien Allerts from Amsterdam, age twenty, registered her intentions to marry Evert Janss Marschal from Amsterdam on 1 July 1645 in the Dutch Reformed Church of Amsterdam. He was twenty-four years old and a glazier. His mother Aefgie Gerrijts and her father Aucke Allerts accompanied them.[19] 

Children of Aeltien Alders and Evert Mareschal:

1. Maijken Marichal, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Oude Kerk [Old Church] of Amsterdam on 15 April 1646 (witnesses: Dirckjen Allers, Aefjen Gerrits, Baertjen Marijchal, Brachten […]).[20] She was probably the twelve-year-old child who accompanied her parents to New Netherland in 1659.[21]
2. Efje Marichael, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Oude Kerk of Amsterdam on 17 September 1647 (witnesses: Effje Gerrits, Marritje Roelofs, Claes Jansen Marichael).[22] She was probably the child of Evert Marisael who was buried in the Oude Kerk [Old Church] cemetery in Amsterdam on 2 October 1647.[23]

Education

Having grown up in Amsterdam, Aeltien would have spoken Dutch. She signed her name when she married.[24]

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Church Membership

Aeltje was married and had her children baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church.[25] She was probably the Aeltje Marsael who witnessed the baptism of Pieter, son of Meijndert Courten and Maria Pieters in the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam on 16 January 1661.[26]

Associations

Aeltien Alders would have known the skipper of the Trouw, Jan Jansen Bestevaer. The ship carried over ninety passengers, some of whom she would have gotten to know as well.[27]

Aeltien Alders knew Hendrick Janzen Smitt, their landlord in New Amsterdam.[28]

Source Editions

Fernow, Berthold, and E. B. (Edmund Bailey) O’Callaghan. The Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini. Vol. 3, Minutes of the court of burgomasters and schepens, Sept. 3, 1658 to Dec. 30, 1661, inclusive. New York City, New York, Knickerbocker, 1897. Court case involving rent (pp. 224, 363).

Fernow, Berthold, and E. B. (Edmund Bailey) O’Callaghan. The Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini. Vol. 7, Minutes of the court of burgomasters and schepens, Sept. 11, 1673 to Nov. 10, 1674, inclusive. Administrative minutes, March 8, 1657, to Jan. 28, 1661, inclusive. New York City, New York, Knickerbocker, 1897. Burgher right (p. 223).

O’Callaghan, E.B. The Documentary History of the State Of New York. Vol. 3. pp. 33–42 has a list of “Early Immigrants to New Netherland; 1657–1664,” which includes the entry for Evert Marschal (p. 34).  

Sypher, Frances J., ed. and trans. Liber A of the Collegiate Churches of New York, part 2, Baptisms 1639 to 1697, Members 1649 to 1701, Marriages 1639 to 1701 (Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015). Baptismal witness (p. 115).

Citations

[1] Marriage intentions of Evert Janss Marschal and Aeltie Allerts, 1 July 1645, in Amsterdam, marriage intentions of the church, 1645, p. 172; imaged, “Indexen,” Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/21331676-6d82-4dfa-825a-344c90e9380a); citing call no. 462, Record Group [RG] 5001: Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) [Archives of the Civil Registration: baptismal, marriage, and burial books of Amsterdam (predecessors of the civil registration)], Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Confession by Evert Marischal and Aeltje Aukes, 5 September 1652, in  Aldermen’s court (Amsterdam), confession book, 5 September 1652–24 January 1654, fol. 85r–85v; imaged, “Indexen,” Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/3fc47ed8-8cc1-4505-a1e1-6217116ba926); citing call no. 309, RG 5061: Archieven van de Schout en Schepenen, van de Schepenen en van de Subalterne Rechtbanken [Records of the Magistrate and Aldermen, of the Aldermen, and of the Subordinate Courts], Stadsarchief Amsterdam.

[2] Marriage intentions of Evert Janss Marschal and Aeltie Allerts, 1 July 1645.

[3] Marriage intentions of Evert Janss Marschal and Aeltie Allerts, 1 July 1645.

[4] Marriage intentions of Aucke Allertsoon and Marritgen Roeloffs, 31 March 1623, in Amsterdam, marriage intentions of the church, 1622–1623, p. 461; imaged, “Indexen,” Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (URL); citing call no. 427, RG 5001, Stadsarchief Amsterdam.

[5] Marriage intentions of Evert Janss Marschal and Aeltie Allerts, 1 July 1645.

[6] Burial of child of Evert Marisael, 2 October 1647, in Oude Kerk (Amsterdam), burial register 1641–1654, fol. 71v; imaged, “Indexen,” Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/d8225f15-5477-4502-a4b5-5d4997f6dae4); citing call no. 1046, RG 5001, Stadsarchief Amsterdam.

[7] Confession by Evert Marischal and Aeltje Aukes, 5 September 1652.

[8] List of passage fees from Holland to New Netherland from 1654 to 1664, folio 20, Evert Marschal, wife and child, 12 February 1659, in New Netherland Council, Dutch colonial administrative correspondence, vol. 14, 1661–1662; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (URL), identifier https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/54615), images 40–41 of 180; citing series A1810-78, New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

[9] List of passage fees from Holland to New Netherland from 1654 to 1664, folio 20, Evert Marschal, wife and child, 12 February 1659. Hendrick Janzen Smitt vs. Evert Mareschal, 5 October 1660, in Court of Burgomasters and Schepens (New Amsterdam), minutes, vol. 3, 1660–1662, p. 80; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0040_1_2_03, image 82 of 572; citing Minutes of Burgomasters and Schepens of New Amsterdam, series 1: Original Dutch records of New Amsterdam, New Amsterdam records, New York City Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[10] Baptism of Pieter, son of Meijndert Courten and Maria Pieters, 16 January 1661, in Dutch Reformed Church (New Amsterdam), Liber A, baptismal register, 1639–1697, p. 313; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Manhattan > Collegiate Church . . . > image 215 of 1410; citing The Archives of the Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

[11] List of passage fees from Holland to New Netherland from 1654 to 1664, folio 20, Evert Marschal, wife and child, 12 February 1659.

[12] Marriage intentions of Evert Janss Marschal and Aeltie Allerts, 1 July 1645.

[13] Petition for burgher right by Claes Jelis Mareschal, Isaacq Bedloo and others including Evert Mareschal for small burgher right, 16 May 1659, in Burgomasters (New Amsterdam), administrative minutes of resolutions, vol. 1, 1657–1661, p. 111; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0040_1_5_01, image 111 of 176; citing subseries 5: administrative minutes of burgomasters of New Amsterdam, series 1: Original Dutch records of New Amsterdam, New Amsterdam records, New York City Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[14] Hendrick Janzen Smitt vs. Evert Mareschal, 5 October 1660.

[15] Hendrick Janzen Smitt vs. Evert Mareschal, 27 September 1661, in Court of Burgomasters and Schepens (New Amsterdam), minutes, vol. 3, 1660–1662, p. 287; image 291 of 572.

[16] Baptism of Aeltje, daughter of Aucke Allertsz, 7 October 1625, in Nieuwe Kerk (Amsterdam), baptismal register 1618–1628, p. 316; imaged, “Indexen,” Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/cd6dc838-8f96-4356-b2fd-dda495b7a1b8); citing call no. 40, RG 5001, Stadsarchief Amsterdam.

[17] Hendrick Janzen Smitt vs. Evert Mareschal, 5 October 1660.

[18] Baptism of Pieter, son of Meijndert Courten and Maria Pieters, 16 January 1661.

[19] Marriage intentions of Evert Janss Marschal and Aeltie Allerts, 1 July 1645.

[20] Baptism of Maijken, daughter of Evert Marichal and Ael Allers, 15 April 1646, in Oude Kerk (Amsterdam), baptismal register 1644–1651, p. 87; imaged, “Indexen,” Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/c24839fe-3496-4a58-bdd6-e17e3b0b7121); citing call no. 8, RG 5001, Stadsarchief Amsterdam.

[21] List of passage fees from Holland to New Netherland from 1654 to 1664, folio 20, Evert Marschal, wife and child, 12 February 1659.

[22] Baptism of Efje, daughter of Evert Janssen Marichael and Aeltje Alders, 17 September 1647, in Oude Kerk (Amsterdam), baptismal register 1644–1651, p. 138; imaged, “Indexen,” Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/eeb5fdcb-813c-43fa-8435-59348e8d9fc7).

[23] Burial of child of Evert Marisael, 2 October 1647.

[24] Marriage intentions of Evert Janss Marschal and Aeltie Allerts, 1 July 1645.

[25] Marriage intentions of Evert Janss Marschal and Aeltie Allerts, 1 July 1645. Baptism of Maijken, daughter of Evert Marichal and Ael Allers, 15 April 1646. Baptism of Efje, daughter of Evert Janssen Marichael and Aeltje Alders, 17 September 1647.

[26] Baptism of Pieter, son of Meijndert Courten and Maria Pieters, 16 January 1661.

[27] List of passage fees from Holland to New Netherland from 1654 to 1664, folio 20, Evert Marschal, wife and child, 12 February 1659.

[28] Hendrick Janzen Smitt vs. Evert Mareschal, 5 October 1660.

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