New Netherland Settler Sketches

Name

Gerritjen Lambers,[1] also known as Geertien Lamberts[2] and Gerritjen Spiegelaers.[3] Lambers or Lamberts is a patronymic that indicates her father’s first name was Lambert. Spiegelaers was the name of Gerritjen’s first husband, Jan Spiegelaers.[4]

She is sometimes confused with Gerritje, daughter of Jan Aertszen van der Bilt and Anneken Hendricks, who was baptized on 4 December 1650.[5] However, Gerritjen van der Bilt was much too young to be the wife of Jan Spiegelaer. Gerritjen Lambers married Jan Spiegelaer in 1656,[6] when Gerritje van der Bilt was just five or six years old. The patronymic of Jan Spiegelaer’s wife Gerritjen was Lambers and not Jans (daughter of Jan Aertszen van der Bilt), as shown in New Netherland church membership records, which mention Jan Spiegelaer and his wife Gerritjen Lambers as new members in April 1663.[7]

Origin

Gerritjen Lambers was from Amersfoort, her place of origin when she married in 1656.[8] Her husband had obtained the burgher right of Amersfoort earlier that year,[9] so they likely resided in Amersfoort before they departed to New Netherland.

Migration

Jan Spiegelaer and his wife sailed to New Netherland on the Hoop, with skipper Pieter Emilius. They departed on 8 April 1662 and owed the West India Company 72 guilders in passage fees.[10] Geertjen or Gerritjen Lambers must have been the wife who came over with Jan in 1662.

Settlement

After their arrival in New Netherland, Jan Spiegelaer and Gerritjen Lambers first lived in New Amsterdam, where they owned two houses.[11] In 1674, the value of this property was assessed at 500 guilders.[12] They moved to Flatbush by 9 January 1680, when they became members of the Dutch Reformed church there.[13]

Biographical Details

Gerritjen Lambers was born, probably in Amersfoort, between say 1616 and 1640 (first marriage in 1656).[14] She may have been the Gerritgen, daughter of Lambert Berntsen, who was baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Amersfoort on 9 October 1629.[15] In that case, her mother was probably Gerritgen Jans, who married Lambert Berntsen from Amersfoort in Hoevelaken on 14 November 1627.[16]

Gerritjen Lamberts died after 3 February 1701/02, when she was mentioned as one of the people with rights to a forest in a dispute between Brooklyn and Newtown.[17]

Marriage and Children

On 11 September 1656 Jan Spiegelaer, a single man from Flanders, registered his intentions to marry Geertien Lamberts, a single woman from Amersfoort, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Amersfoort, Netherlands.[18]

Gerritjen Lamberts and Jan Spiegelaers probably did not have any children. No baptisms of children were found in Amersfoort, New Amsterdam, or Brooklyn.[19] In Gerritjen’s prenuptial agreement with her second husband, she named her second husband as her heir, and specified bequests to her godchildren. He mentioned his children, but she did not mention any of hers.[20]

Gerritje Lambers married second Peter Biliou of Staten Island, the widower of Francoise du Bois. On 9 April 1649 Pieter Biljouw, a textile worker, registered his intentions to marry Francoise du Bois in the Dutch Reformed Church of Leiden. They were both originally from Rijssel [now Lille in France].[21] “Gerretije Spiegelaers” entered into a prenuptial agreement with Pieter Biliou on 17 January 1695/6. Peter promised her that after his death, she would receive fifteen pounds from his estate plus fifteen pounds per year for the rest of her life. If Gerritjen died first, Peter would receive her entire estate, minus some bequests to her godchildren.[22] In his will of 11 September 1699, Peter Biliou limited Gerritjen’s portion from his estate to ten pounds, in addition to the fifteen pounds annually. He also allowed her the use of his household items and furniture after his death.[23] Peter Biljou died between 3 February 1701/02 (mentioned in dispute between Brooklyn and Newtown)[24] and 6 January 1702/03, when his will was proved.[25]

Since Gerritjen’s second marriage took place forty years after her first, she would not have had any children with Peter Biljou either. She became the stepmother of Peter Biljou’s adult children Isaac, Francoyse (widow of Nicolas Largilliere, wife of John Morgan), Martha (wife of Thomas Stillwell), and Chretenne (wife of Abraham Marlet).[26]

Education

Born and raised in the Netherlands, Gerritjen Lambers would have spoken Dutch. She was probably illiterate since she signed her prenuptial agreement with a cross.[27]

Holdings and Estate

As the wife of Jan Spiegelaer, Gerritjen Lambers co-owned property in New York and Flatbush.

In 1675, Jan Spiegelaer owned two houses and lots in “Maert Straet” [probably Market Street], New York, located between the houses of Jan de Maree and Dirrick de Woolspinner. On 26 March 1675 he mortgaged these houses for a debt of 1700 guilders in wampum to Frederick Phillips, which he promised to pay within a year.[28]

Jan Spiegelaer owned a house and lot in Flatbush before 4 March 1683/4, when his neighbor Antonij Wansaer sold property west of Jan Spiegelaer to Jan Ritcherson.[29] In 1687, Spiegelaer initially planned to mortgage his property for a debt of 5 pounds and 4 shillings to Balthasar Baijard. The property was located in the village of Midwoud, with the church lot to the south and west, north of the Lord’s road, and in use by Piter Strijker. Spiegelaer was behind on repaying his debt, but his creditor allowed him to postpone payment because of Spiegelaer’s age and infirmity. The debt would be repaid after his demise. However, the mortgage record was unfinished and unsigned.[30] Instead of mortgaging the property, Spiegelaer sold that property to Balthasaer Bayard of New York City on 4 March 1687 for 438 guilders. The property was described as located between the lots of the church and John Richardson. The contract had a clause that would cancel the sale if Spiegelaer or his heirs paid 10 pounds and 19 shillings by 1 May 1688.[31]

On 3 June 1680, Jan Spiegelaer was mentioned as the neighbor on the east side of the house and lot in Midwout that Jan van de Bilt sold to Minne Joannes.[32] It is unclear whether this is the same property as the house and lot sold in 1687.

Church Membership

Jan Spiegelaer and his wife Gerritje Lambers became members of the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam on 1 April 1663.[33] On 9 January 1680, Jan Spiegelaar and his wife Gerritje Spiegelaars became members of the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush.[34]

Gerritjen Lambers witnessed the baptisms of several children:

• Probably: Theunis, son of Jan Teunissen and Marie Jans, baptized Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam 1 March 1664 (witnesses: Jan Spiegelsaen, Gerrit Lambertszen).[35] When the New Amsterdam baptismal records mention two witnesses, the first is typically male and the second typically female.
• Anna Marie, daughter of Barthel Loth and Harmentie Barents, baptized Dutch Reformed Church of New York 4 January 1668 (witnesses: Pieter Loth, Isaac van Vleck, Gerritje Lamberts).[36]
• Rutgert, son of Jan Wouterszen and Wijntie Rutgers, baptized Dutch Reformed Church of New York 16 November 1669 (witnesses: Pieter Janszen, Gerritje Spiegellaen).[37]
• Probably: Trijntie, daughter of Hans Jacobszen and Geertie Lamberts, baptized Dutch Reformed Church of New York 10 March 1670 (witnesses: Lambert Mol, Gerritje Spiegeltas).[38] In “Maternal ancestry of the Sperling family of New Jersey,” Patricia Law Hatcher, identifies the mother in this entry, Geertie Lamberts, as a daughter of the first witness, Lambert Mol.[39] The Mol family lived in Amersfoort in 1646.[40] Gerritje Lamberts may have known the family from when she lived in Amersfoort. “Spiegeltas” may have been a copy error by rev. Selijns, whose copy of the New Amsterdam/New York baptismal register is the earliest surviving version.
• Lambertus, son of Gerrit Hendrickszen and Tietie Lievens, baptized Dutch Reformed Church of New York 5 May 1672 (witnesses: Jan Spiegelaer and his wife).[41]
• Ariaentje, daughter of Gerrit Hendrickszen and Zijtken Lieuvens, baptized Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam 24 September 1673 (witnesses: Jan Spiegel, Dirck Evertszen, Gerritje Spiegel).[42]
• Jannitje, daughter of Wouter Jansen and Rijntje Hendriks, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, 16 May 1692 (witnesses: Jan Woutersen, Gerritje Spiegelaers).[43]
• Meindert, son of Andries Jansen and Hendrikje Meinders, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn on [2]6 April 1696 (witnesses: Meindert Coerten, Gerritje Spiegelaers).[44]

Associations

Gerritjen Lambers must have been close friends with the parents who asked her to witness the baptisms of their children: Jan Teunissen and Marie Jans (probably), Barthel Loth and Harmentie Barents, Hans Jacobszen and Geertie Lamberts (probably), Jan Wouterszen and Wijntie Rutgers, Gerrit Hendrickszen and Tietie Lievens (two times), Wouter Jansen and Rijntje Hendriks, and Andries Jansen and Hendrikje Meinders.[45]

Gerritjen Lambers was molested by Jan Thibaud, the schoolteacher at Flatbush (see Additional Details).[46]

Additional Details

On 30 October 1674, Isacq van Vlecq [Isaac van Vleeck] sued Gerrittie Spiegelaers for an unknown reason.[47]

On 16 June 1682, the consistory of the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush investigated allegations against the schoolmaster, Jan Thibaud, of unseemly behavior. They heard three women, all of whom gave similar testimony. Gerritje Spiegelaars, the wife of Jan Spiegelaars, said that the teacher had behaved immodestly toward her. On one occasion, he had touched her indecently while he was working in the garden, and she struck him to defend herself. Thibaut tried to downplay the incident and said that he called her a “piss-hole” and slapped her on the behind. He knew that she was displeased because she slapped him back. The consistory suspended Thibaud and gave him a month to present new evidence to prove his innocence. When he failed to do so, they dismissed him on 30 July 1682. When Thibaud asked for a letter of recommendation, the consistory wrote that they were unaware of any misconduct in his teaching, but that he had been accused of several serious and indecent deeds by various women in the church.[48]

Literature

Bergen, Teunis G. Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y. S.W. Green’s Son, 1881. Short biography (p. 270) that mentions wife as Geertje —— but later identifies her as Gerretje Janse, daughter of Jan Aertsen Vanderbilt.

Heidgerd, William, compiler. The American Descendants of Chrétien du Bois of Wicres, France, pt. 1. New Paltz, New York: Huguenot Historical Society, 1968. The biographical sketch for Francoise du Bois (pp. 1–4) includes information about her son Peter Billiou and his second wife Gerritje (Lambers) Spiegelaer, including their prenuptial agreement and his will.

Riker, David M. Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons in New Netherland, from 1613 to 1674. Vol. 3. Higginson Book Company, 1999. Entry for Jan Spiegelaer (first husband).

Riker, David M. Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons in New Netherland, from 1613 to 1674. Vol. 1. Higginson Book Company, 1999. Entry for Pierre Billiou (second husband).

Stone, Frederick Doren and Laura M. Stone, with Harry Macy Jr. “Jan Aertsen Vanderbilt, His Children and Grandchildren,” pt. 1. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 144 (October 2013): 245–260. Discusses the identity of the wife of Jan Spiegelaer and explains why she could not have been Gerritje Jans Vanderbilt (p. 253 fn. 53).

Source Editions

Fernow, Berthold, and 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. Knickerbocker, 1897. Isacq van Vlecq vs. Gerrittie Spiegelaers (p. 136).

Hoff, Henry B., ed. Long Island Source Records: From the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1987. Conveyance (p. 78), prenuptial agreement (identified as will) of Petter Billiou mentioning intended wife Gerretye Spiegelaers (p. 97).

Sypher, Francis J., ed. Liber A of the Collegiate Churches of New York, Part 2: Baptisms 1639 to 1697, Members 1649 to 1701, Marriages 1639 to 1701. Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015. Baptismal witness (pp. 137, 167, 178, 195, 205), church member (p. 423).

Van der Linde, A. P. G. Jos, ed. Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660–1752. New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch. Genealogical Publishing, 1983. Baptismal witness (pp. 131, 163).

Voorhees, David William. Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York. Vols. 1, 1677–1720. Holland Society of New York, 1998. Church membership (pp. 345, 367).

Citations

[1] Church membership registration of Jan Spiegelaer and Gerritje Lambers, 1 April 1663, in Dutch Reformed Church (New Amsterdam), Liber A, membership register, 1649–1701, p. 515; 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 418 of 1410; citing The Archives of the Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

[2] Marriage intentions of Jan Spiegelaer and Geertien Lamberts, 11 September 1656, in Dutch Reformed Church (Amersfoort), register of marriage intentions, 1647–1670, p. 133; imaged, Het Utrechts Archief (https://hetutrechtsarchief.nl/collectie/067EBF414B749D33E0534701000A7459); citing call no. 38f, RG DTB_Archief_Eemland_13, Archief Eemland, Amersfoort, Netherlands.

[3] Prenuptial agreement between Petter Biljou to Gerretije Spiegelaers, 17 January 1695[/6], in Gravesend, Kings County, Town Records, book 6: patents, deeds, 1646–1701, p. 21; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_06_01_006_001, image 24 of 273; citing Town of Gravesend records, Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[4] Marriage intentions of Jan Spiegelaer and Geertien Lamberts, 11 September 1656.

[5] See for example, Teunis G. Bergen, Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y. (S.W. Green’s Son, 1881), 321. Also, John Oluf Evjen, Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630–1674 (K. C. Holter, 1916), 60. Also, David M. Riker, Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons in New Netherland, from 1613 to 1674, vol. 4 (Higginson Book Company, 1999), entry for Jan Aertszen van der Bilt.

[6] Marriage intentions of Jan Spiegelaer and Geertien Lamberts, 11 September 1656.

[7] Church membership registration of Jan Spiegelaer and Gerritje Lambers, 1 April 1663.

[8] Marriage intentions of Jan Spiegelaer and Geertien Lamberts, 11 September 1656.

[9] Jan Spiegelaer as burgher of Amersfoort, 8 April 1656, in “Personen,” index, Archieven.nl (https://www.archieven.nl) > Personen > Search for Spiegelaer Sommergen; citing call no. 1847, RG 0001.01: Stadsbestuur Amersfoort [Amersfoort City Administration], Archief Eemland, Amersfoort, Netherlands.

[10] List of passage fees from Holland to New Netherland from 1654 to 1664, folio 63, Jan Spiegelaer, in New Netherland Council, Dutch colonial administrative correspondence, vol. 14, 1661–1662; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/54615), identifier NYSA_A1810-78_V14_0083, images 126–27 of 180; citing series A1810-78, New York State Archives, Albany, New York. The register of passage fees does not name the wife.

[11] Jan Spiegelaer debt to Frederick Philipsen, 26 March 1675, in Court of Mayors (New York, New York), deeds and mortgages of lots and tracts, 1664–1675, p. 211; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSL5-QYR4), IGN 008201185, image 730 of 1200.

[12] James Grant Wilson, ed., The Memorial History of the City of New York, from Its First Settlement to the Year 1892, vol. 1 (New York City, New York: New-York History Company, 1892), 362.

[13] David William Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, vols. 1, 1677–1720 (Holland Society of New York, 1998), 345, 367.

[14] Marriage intentions of Jan Spiegelaer and Geertien Lamberts, 11 September 1656.

[15] Baptism of Gerritgen, daughter of Lambert Berntsen, 9 October 1629, in Dutch Reformed Church (Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands), baptismal register, 1629–1631, fol. 7v; imaged, Het Utrechts Archief (https://hetutrechtsarchief.nl/collectie/067EBF42431E9D33E0534701000A7459); citing call no. 29d, RG DTB_Archief_Eemland_13, Archief Eemland, Amersfoort, Netherlands.

[16] Marriage banns of Lambert Beerntsen and Gerritgen Jans, 13 October 1627, with note about marriage on “A^o 1627 dom: 24 Trinitatis” [14 November 1627], in Dutch Reformed Church (Amersfoort), marriage register, 1617–1627, p. 183; imaged, Het Utrechts Archief (https://hetutrechtsarchief.nl/collectie/067EBF41438A9D33E0534701000A7459); citing call no. 38d, RG DTB_Archief_Eemland_13, Archief Eemland, Amersfoort, Netherlands.

[17] Dispute between Brooklyn and Newtown about a forest, 3 February 1701[/02], in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber A: deeds, wills, and conveyances, 1670–1708, p. 127; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_04_01_001_001, image 159 of 295; citing Town of Flatbush records, Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[18] Marriage intentions of Jan Spiegelaer and Geertien Lamberts, 11 September 1656.

[19] “Personen,” index, Archieven.nl (https://www.archieven.nl) > Personen, search for achternaam=spi*gela*, rol= vader. Francis J. Sypher, ed., Liber A of the Collegiate Churches of New York, Part 2: Baptisms 1639 to 1697, Members 1649 to 1701, Marriages 1639 to 1701, Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015). A. P. G. Jos van der Linde, ed., Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660–1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Genealogical Publishing, 1983).

[20] Prenuptial agreement between Petter Biljou and Gerretije Spiegelaers, 17 January 1695[/6].

[21] Marriage intentions of Pieter Biljouw and Françoise du Boys, 9 April 1649, in Dutch Reformed Church, register of marriage intentions, July 1647–June 1653, fol. 95; imaged, “Zoek op Personen,” Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken (https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/collecties/personen/zoek-op-personen/deeds/43a7018f-7a11-bd4c-3260-98110086b58c); citing call no. 14, RG 1004: Doop-, trouw-, begraaf- en geboorteboeken Leiden [Baptismal, marriage, burial, and birth registers Leiden], Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken, Leiden, Netherlands.

[22] Prenuptial agreement between Petter Biljou to Gerretije Spiegelaers, 17 January 1695[/6].

[23] Will of Peter Biyon, 11 September 1699, in Surrogate’s Court (New York county, New York), liber 7: Record of Wills, 1702–1704, pp. 79–81; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99P-Y9M9-C), IGN 005518046, images 79–80 of 374.

[24] Dispute between Brooklyn and Newtown about a forest, 3 February 1701[/02].

[25] Will of Peter Biyon, 11 September 1699 (proved 6 January 1702/03).

[26] Will of Peter Biyon, 11 September 1699 (proved 6 January 1702/03).

[27] Prenuptial agreement between Petter Biljou to Gerretije Spiegelaers, 17 January 1695[/6].

[28] Jan Spiegelaer debt to Frederick Philipsen, 26 March 1675.

[29] Conveyance from Antonij Wansaer to Jan Ritcherson, 4 March 1683/4, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber C: deeds, 1666–1686, p. 125; image 130 of 169.

[30] Mortgage by Jan Spiegelaer to Balthasar Baijard, 1687 [between records of 24 February 1686/7 and 3 May 1687], in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber A: deeds, wills, and conveyances, 1670–1708, p. 85; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_04_01_001_001, image 100 of 295; citing Town of Flatbush records, Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[31] Conveyance from John Spiegelaer to Balthasaer Baijard, 4 March 1687, in Kings County, New York, conveyances, vol. 1: deeds, 1679–1694, pp. 116–18; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_01_33_001_001, image 131–32 of 377; citing Kings County records, Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York City Municipal Archives, New York City, New York. The final page of the record (118) was not imaged.

[32] Conveyance from Jan van de Bilt to Minne Johannes, 3 June 1680, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber A: deeds, wills, and conveyances, 1670–1708, p. 53; image 67 of 295.

[33] Church membership registration of Jan Spiegelaer and Gerritje Lambers, 1 April 1663.

[34] David William Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, vols. 1, 1677–1720 (Holland Society of New York, 1998), 345, 367.

[35] Baptism of Theunis, son of Jan Teunissen and Marie Jans, 1 March 1664, in Dutch Reformed Church (New Amsterdam), Liber A, baptismal register, 1639–1697, p. 326; 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 255 of 1410; citing The Archives of the Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

[36] Baptism of Anna Marie, daughter of Barthel Loth and Harmentie Barents, 4 January 1668. in Dutch Reformed Church (New York), Liber A, baptismal register, 1639–1697, p. 345; image 247 of 1410

[37] Baptism of Rutgert, son of Jan Wouterszen and Wijntie Rutgers, 16 November 1669, in Dutch Reformed Church (New York), Liber A, baptismal register, 1639–1697, p. 351; image 254 of 1410.

[38] Baptism of Trijntie, daughter of Hans Jacobszen and Geertie Lamberts, 10 March 1670, in Dutch Reformed Church (New York), Liber A, baptismal register, 1639–1697, p. 351; image 256 of 1410.

[39] Patricia Law Hatcher, “Maternal Ancestry of the Sperling Family of New Jersey,” The Genealogist 30 (Spring 2016): 24–49, (Fall 2016): 176–96 (p. 25).

[40] Hatcher, “Maternal Ancestry of the Sperling Family of New Jersey,” 30 (Fall 2016): 176–96 (p. 176).

[41] Baptism of Lambertus, son of Gerrit Hendrickszen and Tietie Lievens, 5 May 1672, in Dutch Reformed Church (New York), Liber A, baptismal register, 1639–1697, p. 363; image 267 of 1410.

[42] Baptism of Ariaentje, daughter of Gerrit Hendrickszen and Zijtken Lieuvens, 24 September 1673, in Dutch Reformed Church (New Amsterdam), Liber A, baptismal register, 1639–1697, p. 369; image 270 of 1410.

[43] Baptism of Jannitje, daughter of Wouter Jansen and Rijntje Hendriks, 16 May 1692, in A. P. G. Jos van der Linde, ed., Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660–1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1983), 131.

[44] Meindert, son of Andries Jansen and Hendrikje Meinders, [2]6 April 1696, in Van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York, 163.

[45] Baptisms of Theunis, son of Jan Teunissen and Marie Jans, 1 March 1664; Anna Marie, daughter of Barthel Loth and Harmentie Barents, 4 January 1668; Rutgert, son of Jan Wouterszen and Wijntie Rutgers, 16 November 1669; Trijntie, daughter of Hans Jacobszen and Geertie Lamberts, 10 March 1670; Lambertus, son of Gerrit Hendrickszen and Tietie Lievens, 5 May 1672; Ariaentje, daughter of Gerrit Hendrickszen and Zijtken Lieuvens, 24 September 1673; Jannitje, daughter of Wouter Jansen and Rijntje Hendriks, 16 May 1692; and Meindert, son of Andries Jansen and Hendrikje Meinders, [2]6 April 1696.

[46] David William Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, vols. 1, 1677–1720 (Holland Society of New York, 1998), 116–26.

[47] Isacq van Vlecq vs. Gerrittie Spiegelaers, 30 October 1674, in Court of Burgomasters and Schepens (New Amsterdam), minutes, vol. 6, 1670–1674, p. 513; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0040_1_2_06, image 513 of 540; citing subseries 2: 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.

[48] David William Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, vols. 1, 1677–1720 (Holland Society of New York, 1998), 116–26.