New Netherland Settler Sketches

Name

Jan Roelofsen Suebering. Roelofsen, also spelled as Roelofs or Roelofszen, is a patronymic meaning “son of Roelof.” In some records, he went by Jan Roelofsen without a last name.[1] His last name was spelled in various ways, including Suebering, Sueberingh, Zuebering, Seubering, Sebring, Seabring, Subering, Sebering, Seubanick, and van Severingen. Descendants often used the English variation Sebring.[2]

He was not the same person as Jan Roelofs, the son of Roeloff Jansen van Maesterland and Annetje Jans,[3] whose father was from Maesterland [present-day Marstrand in Sweden] rather than Drenthe.[4] He may have been the same person as the Jan Roelofsen who was involved in several court cases in Gravesend that were appealed before the governor of New York,[5] though the common name and gaps in Gravesend court records complicate identification.

Origin

Jan Roelofsen Suebering was from Zwiggelte, a hamlet in the parish of Beilen in Drenthe, the Netherlands. On 15 April 1660, Suebering was from “Bijle in Drent” [Beilen in Drenthe], according to a list of passage fees that documents his return to New Netherland.[6] On 10 October 1679, Jan gave a deposition with his sister and brothers-in-law about Jan Elten or Elting, whom they identified as the son of Roelof Elten and Aeltjen Elten, born in the village of “Swigtel” [Zwiggelte] in Drenthe.[7] In 1630 Zwiggelte counted 17 households, two of which were headed by Roelof Seubering (Jan’s father) and Roelof Elten,[8] confirming they lived in the same small hamlet.

Migration

Jan Roelofsen Suebering was in New Netherland by 14 June 1656, when the deacons of the Dutch Reformed Church of Midwout [present-day Flatbush] paid him 8 guilders on account of the minister, perhaps for carpentry.[9] In 1659/1660, Jan returned to the Netherlands and went to Amsterdam, Holland, where he paid a debt and transported a bond on behalf of his father-in-law, minister Johannes Theodorus Polhemius.[10] He sailed back to New Netherland on the Bonte Koe [Spotted Cow] with skipper Pieter Lucasz on 15 April 1660.[11]

Settlement

Jan was living in Midwout by 14 June 1656.[12] In 1666, he owed the town 11 guilders and 5 stivers for the rates, and 7 guilders and 10 stivers for town expenses.[13] In 1675, he was assessed in Flatbush on two heads [people], livestock, and land, yielding 170 pounds in taxes.[14] He does not appear in the 1676 assessment of Flatbush, but that record is damaged and incomplete.[15] He later moved to Bergen, New Jersey, where he and his wife joined the church in 1682.[16] He probably lived in Minkachquee, New Jersey, where he purchased a farm in 1690.[17]

Biographical Details

Jan Roelofsen Suebering was born, probably in Zwiggelte, Beilen, Drenthe, about 1631. He claimed to be 48 years old when he gave a deposition about Jan Eltinge from Zwiggelte on 10 October 1679.[18] Jan Roelofsen Suebering died after 23 March 1703, when “Jan Roelfsen” and his wife witnessed the baptism of Jaentien, daughter of Johannes Sebrege at the First Reformed Church of Raritan, New Jersey.[19] Jaentien was Jan’s granddaughter.

Jan Roelofsen Suebering was the son of Roelof Seubering and an unknown mother. Drenthe records provide more information about Jan Roelofsen Suebering’s father, who does not appear with a patronymic. In 1630, probably shortly before Jan was born, Roelof Seubering headed a household of eight people.[20] In 1645, Roelof Seubering’s property consisted of a house of 9 gebinten [bents, timber frames] 25 feet wide, a barn of 6 bents 15.5 feet wide, a small room built of ash timber, and a peat shed of 3 bents, 14 feet wide.[21] In 1654, around the time of Jan’s migration to New Netherland, Roelof Seubering owned several plots of land, rights in the commons, and a house in Zwiggelte worth 3,852 guilders.[22] This indicates that Jan grew up as the son of a prosperous farmer.

Marriage and Children

Jan Roelofsen Suebering married before 12 September 1659 Adriana Polhemius. On that date, her father Johannes Theodorus Polhemius gave a power-of-attorney at Brooklyn to his son-in-law Jan Roelofsen Suebering to handle a payment.[23] Adriana Polhemius was born, probably in Brazil, between say 1642 (last known child in 1687)[24] and 1645 (married by 1659). She was the daughter of the Rev. Johannes Theodorus Polhemius, the minister of Midwout/Flatbush, and Catharina van Werven.[25]

Children of Jan Roelofsen Suebering and Adriana Polhemius, birth order mostly unknown:

1. Roelof Sebring, born between say 1659 (parents’ marriage) and 1685 (married by 1703), married before 7 October 1703 (baptism of child) Christijntje Volckerts.[26] They had two children baptized in the First Reformed Church of Raritan, New Jersey in 1709 and 1711for whom the baptismal witnesses include Jan Roelofsen Suebering’s known children.[27] He was apparently named after his paternal grandfather, which suggests he was the oldest son.
2. Johannes Sebring, born between say 1659 (estimated marriage of parents) and 1682 (married by 1700), married before 11 August 1700 (baptism of child) Aaltje [––?––].[28] Appearances as baptismal witness for his siblings identify him as the son of Jan Roelofsen Seubering and Adriana Polhemius. He named a daughter Jaentien, a diminutive of Adriana, after his mother.[29] He was apparently named after his maternal grandfather Johannes Theodorus Polhemius, which suggests he was the second son.
3. Cornelis Suebering, born in Midwout between say 1659 (parents’ estimated marriage) and 1664 (at least 18 at marriage), died between 23 May 1721 (will) and 25 March 1723 (probate).[30] He registered his intentions on 6 August 1682 in the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush to marry Aaltje van de Kreest, from New York. They married in Breukelen [Brooklyn] on 3 September 1682.[31] She was also known as Aaltje Frederiks Lubbertse, and baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam on 25 July 1660, the daughter of Frederik Lubbertszen and Trijntie Hendricks.[32] Daniel Polhemus, the brother of Adriana Polhemius, called Cornelius Seabring his kinsman when he appointed him as one of the executors of his will in 1705,[33] which confirms that Cornelis was the son of Jan Roelofsen Suebering and Adriana Polhemius.
4. Unidentified child of Jan Suebering, buried in the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush, 7 May 1663.[34]
5. Probably: unidentified child, buried in the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush around 19 January 1665, when Jan paid 8 guilders for a burial. The entry in the account book for the fee for the child’s burial does not explicitly state that the child was Jan’s.[35]
6. Ida Sueberingh, born between say 1659 (parents’ estimated marriage) and 1668 (at least 16 at time of marriage), died after 25 November 1684 (marriage certificate).[36] She registered her intentions to marry in the Dutch Reformed Church of Bergen on 2 November 1684 Isaac Billau, received certificate to Staten Island on 25 November 1684.[37] Her identity as a daughter of Jan Roelofsen is confirmed because Daniel Sebering left bequests to nephews Daniel and Peter “Belew” [Billau or Billiou].[38]
7. Probably: Lucas Suberingh, born between say 1659 (estimated marriage of parents) and 1672 (married in 1690), registered intentions to marry in the Dutch Reformed Church of Bergen on 6 April 1690,[39] married in the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush 1 May 1690 Marretje Dorlant.[40] He became a member of the Dutch Reformed Church in Bergen on 2 April 1683, a few months after Jan Roelofsen Suebering and his wife.[41] He lived at Minkachquee in New Jersey when he registered his intentions to marry in Bergen,[42] the same place where Jan Roelofsen Suebering purchased a farm.[43]
8. Marietje Sebring, born between say 1659 (parents’ estimated marriage) and 1679 (twenty years after parents’ marriage). She married before 1714 Mordechai McKinney.[44] She had a son Mordechai, called “nephew” in Daniel Seubering’s will.[45]
9. Daniel, son of Jan Roelofsz Seubering and Adriana Polhemius, baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church of Midwoud [Flatbush], 2 July 1682 (witnesses: Theodorus Polhemius, Daniel Polhemius, Aardje Polhemius),[46] died between 19 November 1763 (last will) and 28 January 1764 (inventory).[47] This may have been a delayed baptism, as it took place more than 22 years after his parents’ marriage. He married before 19 November 1763 Catherine (—?—). They lived in Reading Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, when he wrote his will.[48]
10. Elisabeth, daughter of Jan Roelofsen Seubering and Ariaentje Polemius, baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn 8 June 1687 (witnesses: Cornelis Barentsen, Margriet Polhemius).[49] This may have been a delayed baptism, as it took place more than 28 years after her parents’ marriage. Elisabeth married before 25 April 1711 (baptism of child) Jacob Bodine.[50] Daniel Seubering named his nephew Peter Bodine in his will.[51]

Education

Born and raised in Drenthe, Jan Roelofsen Suebering would have spoken a Low Saxon dialect that was close to Dutch. He signed his name as “Jan Sueberingh”[52] or “J R Sueberingh.”[53]

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Occupation

Jan Roelofsen Suebering was a farmer in Flatbush. In 1675, he was assessed for £170 for two heads [adults], four horses, one ox, six cows, two two-year-old cows, two one-year-old cows, four hogs, and nineteen morgens of land and meadow.[54]

Jan also provided labor for the church, probably as a carpenter or builder. On 14 June 1656, he received 8 guilders on account of the minister.[55] On 15 February 1657 he received 10 guilders as wages for work on the minister’s house.[56] A year later, he received 5 guilders for 1.75 days of work at the minister’s place and for making a bench.[57] The church paid him another 18 guilders on 28 January 1659, without specifying the reason.[58] Later that year, he worked on the blockhouse. On 25 March 1659 he received 14 guilders for three days work and three shovels.[59]

Several transactions imply that Jan was a builder or a carpenter. In 1660, he was building his own house when the purchaser of his old house sued him for failing to convey the property.[60] In 1662, he promised to build a new barn.[61] In 1679, he served as a building inspector.[62]

Offices

Jan Roelofsen Suebering served as schepen [alderman] of the town of Midwout [Flatbush] in 1659.[63] The position combined town government and court duties. The town nominated candidates, and the director-general and council of New Netherland would then appoint schepenen from that list. In 1662 the town nominated Suebering for another term as schepen.[64] He was not selected, and got nominated again the following year.[65]

Iin 1678, Jan Roelofsen Suebering served as constable of Flatbush.[66] In 1679, Jan Roelofsen Suebering and Auke Jans served as building inspectors for the court of Midwout in a dispute between the towns of Midwout and Breukelen [Brooklyn] about Breukelen’s contribution to the minister’s house.[67]

Holdings and Estate

Jan Suebering owned a house in Flatbush before 1660, and built a new house around that time. On 3 December 1660, Pieter Jansen Schoemacker sued Jan Suebering for failing to deliver a house in accordance with their contract. Jan argued that they had not specified a time for the conveyance, and he had not finished building his own house yet. The court ordered them to come to an agreement or cancel the contract.[68] It appears that Jan sold his old house before he finished building his new house.

Sometime before Christmas 1662, Jan Suebering sold a house and lot in Midwout to Bartelt Klaessen. The property was located on the east side of the road, to the south of Jan Strijcker and to the north of Jacop Strijcker, 16 rods in length and 6 rods in width. The sale included a house, barn, and haystack. At the time the sale was arranged, there was no barn yet, but Jan promised to build one that was 50 feet long and 28 feet wide with two exits, similar to the design of his own barn. The purchaser would provide the timber and planks and promised to feed Jan while he worked on the barn. Jan would also make the cover for the haystack, for which the purchaser would provide the wood and iron. They agreed on a sum of 1000 guilders, to be paid when the work on the barn was completed, apart from the last 200 guilders which would be paid at Christmas 1662. The seller would also pay five guilders to the hired hand.[69]

On 20 January 1667/68, Jan Suebering bought a bowery in the village of Midwout from Jan Cornelisz Buijs. The farm was located on the east side of the road, on the north side of Adriaen Hegeman and the south side of Cornelis Jansen Bongert. It came with meadows and flatlands. The purchase also included two house lots with a house and barn also in the village of Midwout, on the south side of the road, to the east of Lowijs Jansen and to the west of a crossroad. These lots were 16 rods wide and 12 rods long and came with some planks in the attic and half the fruit trees. The seller kept the other half of the fruit trees and some young trees. They would share the crops. In total, Jan owed 2700 guilders in sewant, to be paid in three terms. The seller could remain in the house until May 1668.[70] On 28 April 1670, Jan came to an agreement to exchange the farm he had purchased from Jan Cornelissen Buijs with a farm belonging to Balthasar Vosch. Each would keep the land he already owned. Jan Sueberinck promised to pay 1600 guilders in addition to his old farm. His new farm consisted of a house, shed, and haystack, and was located next to the farm of Cornelis Jansen Bongert.[71] However, it is uncertain whether that transaction was effectuated, since Jan Suebering transferred the farm he bought from Jan Cornelisz Buijs to Catrina Hegemans on 6 March 1674.[72]

Jan Suebering also owned a farm on the west side of the road in Midwout. He initially owned land south of Cornelis Swartwout, and then acquired Swartwout’s land, sometime between 1662 and 1674. That land was located south of Rev. Polhemius’s land, running west-southwest 600 rods, 24 rods 7 feet wide, containing 24 morgen and 420 rods.[73] He put up that property as security when he borrowed 525 guilders from Nicolaes Demaeijer. On 18 April 1668 Jan Suebering acknowledged the debt, which he promised to repay with interest in winter wheat. He put up his farm in Midwout, located on the south side of the Rev. Polhemius and on the west side of Robbert Stoerij.[74] On 6 March 1674, Jan conveyed the property to the Rev. Polhemius.[75]

Jan Roelofsen Suebering obtained several pieces of land in Midwout on 24 January 1662. On 7 May 1675 Jan Roelofsen Suebering conveyed most of these lots to Pieter Lot. The first lot was located on the west side of the town, south of Cornelis Swartwout and north of Bartel Lot, 600 rods long and 26 rods 8 feet wide, amounting to 26 morgen 480 rods in total. He also conveyed a meadow marked no. 21 of two morgens, a piece of flat land marked no. 6, 2 morgens and 300 rods in extent, and one and a half lots of meadow in the Canarise meadow. He kept a meadow of three morgens, marked no. 1, for himself.[76] On 25 October 1683 he sold his share in meadow no. 1 to his mother-in-law, “Moeder Polhemius” [Mother Polhemius, Catharina van Werven], who already owned the remainder.[77] He sold another meadow near the second kill to Laurents Cornelissen on 21 February 1683/4, which he only recorded on 19 February 1684/5 after Cornelissen sold that land to Hendrick Rijcken.[78] On 25 July 1687 he sold several of these plots to Piter Guilliams.[79] On 30 November 1688 he sold several pieces of land including meadows nos. 3 and 11, and flat land nos. 42 and 43 to Roelof Verkerck.[80]

On 13 August 1671, Jan purchased land in Gravesend from John Tilton. On 21 August 1677 he sold that land, of which James Huijbaertt [Hubbard] owned the other half, to Jan Clement of New Utrecht for 3300 guilders in sewant. The land was located between Jan Jansen’s land and the town of Gravesend and measured about 30 acres. Jan Jansen had the right to graze his animals on the land in the Fall of 1677.[81]

On 25 March 1677 Jan Roelofsen Suebering was one of several Flatbush landowners who received a grant of land to the east of Flatbush, west of Jamaica, from Governor Edmond Andros.[82] On 19 February 1684/5 he sold two of these new lots, marked nos. 11 and 12, plus a meadow on the third kill marked no. 3, and a share in a meadow across from the second kill, to Pieter Lot.[83]

On 30 April 1684, Jan Roelofsen Suebering, who was by then living across from New York on the west side [in New Jersey], sold three house lots with a house in Midwout to Gerardus Beeckman. The land was located west of the highway, between the land of minister Van Zueren and Anna de Bruijne, and measured 18 rods in width, with another lot behind Anna de Bruijne’s land measuring 23 rods and 3 feet. Suebering had obtained the land from Cornelis Barents van der Wijck.[84]

Jan Roelofsen Suebering later attempted to buy a farm in New Jersey. On 20 September 1690 he bought a farm at Minkacque in Bergen County and paid the first installment of 12,000 guilders. On 1 April 1691, the seller’s son, Andreisse Lawrensen, turned him out of the farm. On 6 December 1694 Suebering sued Lawrensen and demanded to receive the title of the farm or his money back. The court of Perth Amboy found in Suebering’s favor, but Lawrensen appealed the case in England. The outcome is unknown.[85]

On 19 December 1702, “John Seabring” [Jan Roelofsen Suebering] appeared before the Flatbush court with his wife’s siblings as coheirs of “father Polhemus and mother, deceased.”[86]

Church Membership

Jan Roelofsen Suebering and his wife Adrianna Polhemius were members of the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush. They appear on the membership lists in 1677 and 1679.[87] In 1663, the town of Midwout nominated Jan and three others for the position of churchwarden, someone who administered the property of the church. The Director-General and Council would appoint two of the four nominees.[88] Jan was indeed appointed, since the church accounts show that he and Pieter Lot submitted several expenses later that year, including for purchases for the Lord’s Supper, poor relief, and advancements for the school.[89] In 1680 and 1681, Jan contributed 8 guilders and 14 stivers per quarter for the minister’s salary.[90]

On 2 October 1682, Jan Suebering and his wife became members of the Dutch Reformed Church of Bergen. They had received a certificate from Midwout.[91]

Jan Roelofsen Suebering witnessed the baptisms of several children in the Dutch Reformed Church:

• Elisabeth, daughter of Theodorus Polhemius and Aardje Boogaard, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of New Utrecht 20 December 1681 (witnesses: Jan Seubering, Elisabeth Polhemius).[92]
• Adriana, daughter of Cornelis Seubering and Aaltje Vrederijks, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Midwout on 22 July 1683 (witnesses: Jan Seubering, Catharina Polhemius).[93]
• Jaentien, daughter of Johannes Sebrege and wife, baptized in the First Reformed Church of Raritan, New Jersey, 23 March 1703 (witnesses: Jan Roelfsen and wife).[94]

Associations

Based on their shared patronymic and surname, Jan Roelofsen Suebering must have been the brother of two other Flatbush settlers: Lammertje Roelofs Suebering (wife of Jan Gerrits Strijcker) and Willemtje Roelofs Suebering (wife of Steven Coerts van Voorhees).[95] On 3 April 1679 Jan Roelofsen Suebering witnessed the agreement that Jan Strijcker made with his adult children regarding the inheritance from their mother, his late wife Lammertje Suebering.[96] When Jan returned to New Netherland in 1660, he sailed on the same ship as Steven Coerts [van Voorhees] and his family (Jan’s sister and seven nieces and nephews).[97]

Jan also had an apparent sister Jannetje Roelofs Suebering, who had a child out of wedlock in 1648. Jan Gerrits Strijcker, gunmaker in Ruinen, called five witnesses who had heard her name apothecary Hendrick van Vleuten as the father while in labor.[98] Dutch law attached special weight to declarations given while in labor. Strijcker was Jannetje’s brother-in-law and later settled in New Netherland. Three years after she bore Van Vleuten’s child, Jannetje married him in the Dutch Reformed Church of Diemen, Holland, Netherlands, on 23 July 1651.[99]

In 1660, Jan sailed on the Bonte Koe with a large group from Drenthe: Albert Jansz, Cornelis Bartelsz, Steven Koorts [Coerts van Voorhees] with his wife and seven children, Jan Keirs and his wife, Focke Jansz with his wife and seven children, Claes Arentsz with wife and three children and a boy (servant), Gerrit Egbertsz, Beertien Dircx, Egbertje Dircx, Pieter Jansz with wife and four children, and Coert Cartensz. Several others on the ship did not indicate their place of origin, so there may have been even more people from Drenthe.[100]

In 1666, Hans Christoffels worked for Suebering as a servant.[101]

Jan Suebering served as guardian of the children of two deceased men. Guardians were often appointed after the death of one or both parents to administer the children’s shares of the estate and ensure they would receive their due inheritance. On 13 October 1662, Jan Suebering and Pieter Lot became the legal guardians of Leffert Pietersen and Pieter Pietersen, sons of the late Pieter Jansen and Femmetien Hermens. Their mother had remarried Pieter Jacobs van Noortbrock.[102] Together with Teunis Helbrants van Dickhuijsen, Jan Suebering was also the guardian of Claes Jansen and Stoffel Jansen, children of the late Jan Claesen, whose widow had remarried Auke Jans van Nuijs. On 16 December 1666 Van Nuijs reached an agreement with the guardians of his stepsons. The children would each receive 500 guilders when they came of age or married. Jan Suebering was still guarding the children’s interests in 1671 and 1672, when he required Van Nuijs to put up various properties as security for the agreement.[103] In 1678, Auke Jansen had drank too much when he insulted Jan Suebering. Suebering agreed to forgive him if Auke would donate 12 guilders to the poor.[104]

Additional Details

On 18 February 1660, Jan Roelofszn Suebering, who lived on Long Island at the time, was in Amsterdam, Holland, the Netherlands. With power of attorney from Johannes Theodorus Polhemius, his father-in-law, he conveyed a bond of 700 guilders to Hendrick van Vleuten, apothecary. The bond was to be paid by the West India Company from the wages owed to Polhemius.[105] Van Vleuten was Suebering’s brother-in-law.

On 13 January 1662, Jan Suebering attached money in the hands of Dirck Jansen, cooper, that belonged to Engelbert Steenhuijsen. Steenhuijsen owed Suebering 55 guilders. The court allowed Suebering to recoup the money from Jansen.[106]

In November 1663, Jan Suebering had a dispute with a neighbor, Frans Barentsen Pastoor. Frans accused Jan of harvesting hay from a meadow that did not belong to him and had the disputed hay attached. He also alleged that Jan had assaulted him when he confronted Jan about the boundary issue.[107] The court ordered Jan to have the land measured by Jacques Corteljou, the surveyor, to determine the rightful owner of the hay.[108] When Jan failed to comply, they repeated their order to measure the land or forfeit the hay.[109]

On 14 July 1670, another neighbor filed a dispute against Jan Suebering. Baerent Engbers complained that Jan Suebering mowed ripe wheat from the land Engbers had recently purchased together with Gerrit van Campen. Since it was unclear whether the purchase included the crops in the field, the Flatbush court ordered Suebering to secure the grain until the matter could be resolved.[110]

In October 1672, Egidius Luycke brought a case against Minno Johannes and Jan Roelofzen Suebering before the governor. The case apparently settled out of court.[111]

In 1673, Jan Suebering was involved in a dispute about a horse. Jan had sold a horse to Jan Hendrie, who owed him 360 guilders. When Jan Elten appeared before the Swaenenburgh [present-day Kingston] court on Suebering’s behalf to receive the money, Hendrie said he had been deceived since the horse had a testicle and was not the roan he had thought to buy. The contract had been blown overboard, making it hard for Elten to prove the terms of the agreement. The court allowed Suebering to come to court and take an oath instead. The case was apparently settled out of court.[112]

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Bergen, Teunis G. Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y. New York City, New York: S.W. Green’s Son, 1881. Short biographical sketch of Jan Roelofse Seubring (pp. 259–60). Mentions a second wife, Aeltye, for Jan without indicating the source. It is likely that Bergen conflated Jan Roelofsen Suebering with his son Johannes, who had a wife Aaltje. Bergen only listed four children (Cornelis, Daniel, Elizabeth and possibly Roelof).

Christoph, Peter R. “Documents Concerning Jan Eltinge’s Disputed Patrimony; Sources for Biographical Data on his Family and Friends.” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 113 (October 1982): 193–97. Discusses the case of Jan Eltinge, which includes a deposition by “Jan Subringh, aged 48 years.”

Justice, Alfred Rudulph. Wilson and Allied Families: Billew, Britton, duBois, Longshore, Polhemus, Stillwell, Suebering. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1929. Partially undocumented genealogy of Roelof Lukassen Sebring, with biographical details about Jan Roelofszen Suebering and his children. The author did not indicate a source for the patronymic of Jan Roelofszen’s father. See below (Walter Wilson Sebring).

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 Roelofszen Suebering under “Sebring.”

Sebring, James Leroy. “Sebring Family: Roelof Sebring, of the province of Drenthe, in the Netherlands, his son, Jan Roelofse Sebring, of Flatbush, Long Island, N. Y., his grandson, Roelof Sebring, and great-grandson, Volkert Sebring, of Bridgewater, Somerset County, New Jersey, their children and a line of descendants of Volkert Sebring . . .” Typescript. 1913. Imaged. FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/koha:330289. Partially documented genealogy.

Sebring, Walter Wilson and John Cletus Sebring. Sebring Collections: The Genealogy and History of the Family. Ed. by N. Vincent Parsons and Margaret P. Parsons. Kansas City, Missouri: Yearbook House, 1975. Detailed compilation about the Suebering family based on earlier works, including a discussion of the apparent inconsistency between Suebering’s arrival in 1660 and him acting as a schepen in 1659. The authors correctly suggested that Jan may have made a return trip to the Netherlands. The authors speculated that his father’s name was Roelof Lukassen Sebring. They inferred Roelof’s patronymic based on Jan naming a son Lukas. However, the birth order of Jan’s children is uncertain, and there is no guaranteed order in which children are named after their great-grandparents. Zwiggelte tax records list Roelof Seubering without a patronymic.[113]

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Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc. 13 volumes. Trenton, New Jersey: McCrellish and Quigley, 1901–1949. Will of son Daniel (4: 378).

Christoph, Peter R., ed. Administrative Papers of Governors Richard Nicolls and Francis Lovelace, 1664–1673. Genealogical Publishing, 1980. Egidius Luycke vs. Minno Johannes and Jan Roeloffs Sybrinck (p. 205).

Christoph, Peter R. and Florence A. Christoph, eds. The Andros Papers: Files of the Provincial Secretary of New York During the Administration of Governor Sir Edmund Andros, 1674–1680. Trans. Charles T. Gehring. 3 Volumes. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University, 1989–1991. 1675 assessment (1: 508). Deposition by several people originally from Drenthe about the identity of Jan Eltinge, 10 October 1679 (3: 146).

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Voorhees, David William, ed. Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York. 2 volumes. Holland Society of New York, 1998–2009. Baptism of Daniel (p. 1: 417), membership (pp. 1: 345, 359, 417), baptismal witness (pp. 1: 412, 423), expenses for church (pp. 2: 61, 71, 123, 151, 295, 319, 331).

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[1] See for example conveyance from Jan Roelofsen to Piter Guilliams, 25 July 1687, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber A: deeds, wills, and conveyances, 1670–1708, p. 92; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_04_01_001_001, image 108 of 295; citing series 4: Town of Flatbush records, subgroup 2: Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York Municipal Archives, New York City, New York. The conveyance calls him Jan Roelofsen but he signed as “J R Sueberingh.”

[2] Walter Wilson Sebring and John Cletus Sebring, Sebring Collections: The Genealogy and History of the Family, ed. by N. Vincent Parsons and Margaret P. Parsons (Kansas City, Missouri: Yearbook House, 1975).

[3] Settlement by Annetje Jans for her children with Roelof Jansen of Masterland, 21 June 1642, in New Netherland, register of the secretary of the province, vol. 2, 1642–1647, p. 20; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/10926), identifier NYSA_A0270-78_V2_020b; citing series A0270-78, New Netherland Provincial Secretary Register of the Provincial Secretary, New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

[4] List of passage fees from Holland to New Netherland from 1654 to 1664, folio 33, Jan Seubanick, 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 68–69 of 180; citing series A1810-78, New York State Archives.

[5] Peter R. Christoph and Florence A. Christoph, eds., The Andros Papers: Files of the Provincial Secretary of New York During the Administration of Governor Sir Edmund Andros, 1674–1680, trans. Charles T. Gehring, 3 volumes (Syracuse University Press, 1989–1991), volume 1, 1674–1676 (1989), 162, 169, 397, 398.

[6] List of passage fees from Holland to New Netherland from 1654 to 1664, folio 33, Jan Seubanick.

[7] Deposition by several people originally from Drenthe as to the identity of Jan Eltinge, 10 October 1679, translated in Peter R. Christoph and Florence A. Christoph, eds., The Andros Papers: Files of the Provincial Secretary of New York During the Administration of Governor Sir Edmund Andros, 1674–1680, trans. Charles T. Gehring, 3 volumes (Syracuse University Press, 1989–1991), volume 3, 1679–1680 (1991), 146.

[8] Household of Roelof Sobringe, 1630, in Drenthe, Netherlands, register of land tax in Beilen, 1630; imaged, Drents Archief (https://proxy.archieven.nl/34/DC89097ED2734742BD09FF24B1D9698C), image 217 of 229; citing call no. 841.1, Record Group [RG] 0001: Oude Staten Archieven [Old Archives of the States], Drents Archief, Assen, Netherlands.

[9] David William Voorhees, ed., Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, 2 volumes (Holland Society of New York, 1998–2009), volume 2, Midwood Deacons' Accounts, 1654–1709 (2009), 313.

[10] Abraham Cohen, declaration that Polhemius repaid his debt through his son-in-law Jan Roeloffs Severing, 21 March 1660, in Hendrick Rosa, notary (Amsterdam), minutes, 1660, p. 71; imaged, Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/file/ea4ea5a0-eb23-1eec-cf15-ac23dd2e06a2), image 42 of 332; citing call no. 3098A, RG 5075: Archief van de Notarissen ter Standplaats Amsterdam [Records of the Notaries Residing in Amsterdam], Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Jan Roelofs van Seuberinghen on behalf of Johannes Theodori Polhemius bond to Hendrick van Vleuten, 18 February 1660, in Johannes Hellerus, notary (Amsterdam), copies in protocol, 1 January–31 December 1660, fol. 147; imaged, Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/file/ee4b9d71-b167-de12-55a1-eb4c7b8551e1https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/file/0d845020-bcee-2a77-3751-e5…), image 155 of 386; citing call no. 2487A, RG 5075, Stadsarchief Amsterdam.

[11] List of passage fees from Holland to New Netherland from 1654 to 1664, folio 33, Jan Seubanick.

[12] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 2: 313.

[13] List of persons who owe money from the rates and village expenses, 1666, in Flatbush, Kings County, town records, papers taken from libers B, C, and D, vol. 1, 1652–1708, pp. 247–48; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_04_01_010_001, image 249–50 of 298; citing series 4: Town of Flatbush records, subgroup 2: Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[14] Christoph and Christoph, The Andros Papers 1: 508.

[15] Christoph and Christoph, The Andros Papers 1: 551–57.

[16] “Register of the Members Belonging to the Church of Bergen,” Year Book of the Holland Society of New York, 1915, p. 64.

[17] George J. Miller, The Courts of Chancery in New Jersey 1684–1696 (Perth Amboy, New Jersey: H. E. Pickersgill, 1934), 86, 92, 97, 107.

[18] Deposition by several people originally from Drenthe as to the identity of Jan Eltinge, 10 October 1679.

[19] A. Van Doren Honeyman, “First Reformed Church, Raritan (Somerville) Baptisms,” Somerset County Historical Quarterly 2 (January 1913): 38–46 (p. 41).

[20] Household of Roelof Sobringe, 1630, in Drenthe, Netherlands, register of land tax in Beilen, 1630.

[21] Beilen, Drenthe, Netherlands, property tax, 1645, Roeloff Seuberinge property; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-R32B-Q9G8-Y), IGN 008880942, image 308 of 387; citing call no. 845, Oude Staten-Archieven van Drente [Old Archives of the States], Rijksarchief in Drenthe [now: Drents Archief], Assen, Netherlands.

[22] Beilen, Drenthe, Netherlands, property tax, 1654, section “Swichteler,” entry for Roeloff Seubringe; imaged, Drents Archief (https://proxy.archieven.nl/34/44FD12F035AE4778B088E9BB7F6D0461), image 127 of 136; citing call no. 845.32, RG 0001, Drents Archief.

[23] Abraham Cohen, declaration that Polhemius repaid his debt through his son-in-law Jan Roeloffs Severing, 21 March 1660.

[24] David William Voorhees, ed., Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, 2 volumes (Holland Society of New York, 1998–2009), volume 1, 1677–1720 (1998), 417.

[25] For Catharina van Werven as wife of Johannes Theodorus Polhemius, see power of attorney by Johannes Theodorus Polhemius to Catharina van Werven, 15 October 1654, in New Netherland, register of the secretary of the province, vol. 3, 1648–1660, p. 124; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/19283), identifier NYSA_A0270-78_V3_124b; citing series A0270-78: New Netherland Provincial Secretary Register of the Provincial Secretary, New York State Archives.

[26] 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), 147.

[27] “First Reformed Church, Raritan (Sommerville), Baptism, Somerset County Historical Quarterly 2 (1913): 45 (Derck, 27 April 1709), 139 (Annetien, 2 November 1711).

[28] Van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, 143.

[29] Honeyman, “First Reformed Church, Raritan (Somerville) Baptisms,” 2: 41.

[30] Last will of Cornelis Sebering, 23 May 1721, proved 25 March 1723, in Surrogate’s Court (New York), Record of Wills, Liber 9, 1718–1724, pp. 434–36; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899P-BDY4), IGN 005518048, images 258–59; citing Old Liber pp. 371–74.

[31] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1: 236.

[32] Baptism of Aeltie, daughter of Fredrick Lubbertszen and Trijntie Hendricks, 25 July 1660, in Dutch Reformed Church (New Amsterdam), Liber A, baptismal register, 1639–1697, p. 310; 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 212 of 1410; citing The Archives of the Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

[33] Will of Daniel Polhemus of Flatbush, 14 December 1705, in Kings County, New York, conveyances, vol. 3: deeds, 1704–1710, pp. 57–60; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_01_33_004_001, images 57, 58, 61, 62 of 237; citing series 1: Kings County records, subgroup 2: Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York City Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[34] Burials in the church, in Flatbush, Kings County, town meeting minutes, 1701–1762, town accounts, 1663–1680, p. 246; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_04_01_008_001, image 249 of 307; citing series 4: Town of Flatbush records, subgroup 2: Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[35] Receipts from burials in the church, in Flatbush, Kings County, town meeting minutes, 1701–1762, town accounts, 1663–1680, p. 247; image 250 of 307.

[36] “Marriages in the Village of Bergen in New Jersey Beginning 1665,” Year Book of the Holland Society of New York, 1914, p. 63.

[37] “Marriages in the Village of Bergen in New Jersey Beginning 1665,” 63.

[38] Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc., 13 volumes (Somerville, New Jersey: Unionist-Gazette Association; Trenton, New Jersey: McCrellish and Quigley, 1901–1949), volume 4, 1761–1770 (1928), 378.

[39] “Marriages in the Village of Bergen in New Jersey Beginning 1665,” 65.

[40] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1: 268.

[41] “Register of the Members Belonging to the Church of Bergen,” Year Book of the Holland Society of New York, 1915, p. 65.

[42] “Marriages in the Village of Bergen in New Jersey Beginning 1665,” 65.

[43] Miller, The Courts of Chancery in New Jersey 1684–1696, 86, 92, 97, 107.

[44] A. Van Doren Honeyman, “First Reformed Church, Raritan (Somerville) Baptisms,” Somerset County Historical Quarterly 2 (January 1913): 138–45 (p. 141).

[45] Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 4: 378.

[46] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1: 417.

[47] Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 4: 378.

[48] Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 4: 378.

[49] Van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, 126.

[50] Honeyman, “First Reformed Church, Raritan (Somerville) Baptisms,” 2: 139.

[51] Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 4: 378.

[52] See for example, sale from Jan Sebringh alias Roeleffse to Jan Clement, 21 August 1677, in Flatbush, Kings County, town records, papers taken from libers B, C, and D, vol. 1, 1652–1708, p. 19; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_04_01_010_001, image 21 of 298.

[53] Deed from Jan Roelofsen Zueberingh to Laurents Cornelissen (and Hendrick Rijcken), 19 February 1684/5, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber C: deeds, 1666–1686, p. 128; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_04_01_005_001, image 133 of 169; citing series 4: Town of Flatbush records, subgroup 2: Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[54] Christoph and Christoph, The Andros Papers, 1: 508.

[55] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1: 377.

[56] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1: 313.

[57] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1: 315.

[58] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1: 317.

[59] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1: 319.

[60] Pieter Jansen Schoemaker vs. Jan Sueberenck, 3 December 1660, and Jan Sueberijnck vs. Pieter Jansen Schoemaker, 3 December 1660, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber B: deeds, 1659–1664, p. 39; image 68 of 189.

[61] Jan Sueberingh sale of house, barn, and haystack to Bartelt Klaessen, undated agreement, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber B: deeds, 1659–1664, pp. 71–72; images 100–101 of 189.

[62] Request for payment to constable and supervisors of Brooklyn, 12 March 1678/9, in Flatbush, Kings County, town records, papers taken from libers B, C, and D, vol. 1, 1652–1708, p. 89; image 91 of 298.

[63] Court session, 2 July 1659, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber B: deeds, 1659–1664, p. 1; image 4 of 189.

[64] Nomination of schepenen, 17 March 1662, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber B: deeds, 1659–1664, p. 97; image 126 of 189.

[65] Nomination of schepenen, 9 March 1663, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber B: deeds, 1659–1664, p. 124; image 153 of 189.

[66] Mediation in dispute between Aucke Jansen vs. Jan Suebering, 15 February 1677/8, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber D: court minutes, vol. 2, 1670–1682, p. 321; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_04_01_007_001, image 149 of 180; citing series 4: Town of Flatbush records, subgroup 2: Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[67] Request for payment to constable and supervisors of Brooklyn, 12 March 1678/9, in Flatbush, Kings County, town records, papers taken from libers B, C, and D, vol. 1, 1652–1708, p. 89; image 91 of 298.

[68] Pieter Jansen Schoemaker vs. Jan Sueberenck, 3 December 1660, and Jan Sueberijnck vs. Pieter Jansen Schoemaker, 3 December 1660, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber B: deeds, 1659–1664, p. 39; image 68 of 189.

[69] Jan Sueberingh sale of house, barn, and haystack to Bartelt Klaessen, undated agreement, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber B: deeds, 1659–1664, pp. 71–72; images 100–101 of 189.

[70] Jan Cornelesz Buijs sale to Jan Sueberijnck, 20 January 1667[/8], in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber C: deeds, 1666–1686, pp. 7–8; images 10–11 of 169.

[71] Exchange of farms between Balthaesaer Vosch and Jan Sueberinck, 28 April 1670, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber C: deeds, 1666–1686, p. 71; image 76 of 169.

[72] Patent from Petrus Stuijvesant to Jan Cornelis Buijs, 24 January 1662, plus later changes, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber A: deeds, wills, and conveyances, 1670–1708, p. 31; image 41 of 295.

[73] Patent from Petrus Stuijvesant to Cornelis Swartwout, 24 January 1662, plus later changes, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber A: deeds, wills, and conveyances, 1670–1708, p. 29; image 39 of 295.

[74] Acknowledgement of debt by Jan Sueberinck to Niclaes Demaeijer, 18 April 1668, Flatbush, Kings County, Liber C: deeds, 1666–1686, p. 37; image 42 of 169.

[75] Patent from Petrus Stuijvesant to Cornelis Swartwout, 24 January 1662, plus later changes.

[76] Conveyance from Jan Roeleffsen Seubringh to Pietter Lott, 7 May 1675, in Flatbush, Kings County, town records, papers taken from libers B, C, and D, vol. 1, 1652–1708, p. 7; image 9 of 298.

[77] Conveyance from Jan Roelofse Zeberingh to Moeder Polhemius, 25 October 1683, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber C: deeds, 1666–1686, p. 126; image 131 of 169.

[78] Deed from Jan Roelofsen Zueberingh to Laurents Cornelissen (and Hendrick Rijcken), 19 February 1684/5, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber C: deeds, 1666–1686, p. 128; image 133 of 169.

[79] Conveyance from Jan Roelofsen to Piter Guiliams, 25 July 1687.

[80] Conveyance from Cornelis Barentse as attorney for Jan Roelofse Sebering to Roelof Verkerck, 30 November 1668, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber A: deeds, wills, and conveyances, 1670–1708, p. 119; image 147 of 295.

[81] Sale from Jan Sebringh alias Roeleffse to Jan Clement, 21 August 1677, in Flatbush, Kings County, town records, papers taken from libers B, C, and D, vol. 1, 1652–1708, p. 19; image 21 of 298.

[82] Edmond Andross, warrant for land in Flatbush, 25 March 1677, in Flatbush, Kings County, town records, papers taken from libers B, C, and D, vol. 1, 1652–1708, pp. 151–52; images 153–54 of 298.

[83] Conveyance from Jan Roelofsen Zeberingh to Pieter Lot, 19 February 1684/5, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber C: deeds, 1666–1686, p. 152; image 157 of 169.

[84] Conveyance from Jan Roelofse Zueberingh to Gerardus Beeckman, 30 April 1684, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber C: deeds, 1666–1686, p. 136; image 141 of 169.

[85] Miller, The Courts of Chancery in New Jersey 1684–1696, 86, 92, 97, 107.

[86] Daniel Polhemus deed from co-heirs of father and mother Polhemus, 19 December 1702 (recorded 21 December 1702), in Kings County, conveyances, vol. 2: deeds, 1694–1698, p. 186; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_01_33_002_001, image 189 of 369; citing series 1: Kings County records, subgroup 2: Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York City Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[87] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1: 345, 359.

[88] Nomination of church masters, 2 February 1663, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber B: deeds, 1659–1664, p. 121; image 150 of 189.

[89] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 2: 330–31.

[90] Contributions to the minister’s salary, 1680–1681, in Flatbush, Kings County, town meeting minutes, 1701–1762, town accounts, 1663–1680, pp. 270, 274, 276; images 273, 277, 279 of 307.

[91] “Register of the Members Belonging to the Church of Bergen,” 64.

[92] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1: 412.

[93] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1: 423.

[94] Honeyman, “First Reformed Church, Raritan (Somerville) Baptisms,” 2: 41.

[95] Through a Dutch Door: The 17th Century Origins of the Van Voorhees Family (Van Voorhees Association: 1992), 64–66.

[96] Agreement between Jan Strijcker and his children regarding their maternal inheritance, 3 April 1679, in Flatbush, Kings County, town records, Liber AA: deeds, 1676–1682, pp. 69–70; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_04_01_002_001, images 74–75 of 179; citing series 4: Town of Flatbush records, subgroup 2: Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York Municipal Archives.

[97] List of passage fees from Holland to New Netherland from 1654 to 1664, folio 33, Jan Seubanick.

[98] Deposition about the father of the child born to Jannetje Roelofs Seubringe, 12 December 1648, in Johannes Hellerus, notary (Amsterdam), copies in protocol, 17 September 1648–3 March 1649, fol. 150r–151r; imaged, Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/file/ee4b9d71-b167-de12-55a1-eb4c7b8551e1), images 152–53 of 293; citing call no. 2041, RG 5075, Stadsarchief Amsterdam.

[99] Marriage intentions of Hendrick van Vleuten and Jannetje Soberingh, 6 July 1651, in Amsterdam, marriage intentions of the church, 1651–1652, p. 86; imaged, “Indexen,” Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/ec14de86-55a8-4820-9e85-5a6fd19c82b5); citing call no. 469, 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.

[100] List of passage fees from Holland to New Netherland from 1654 to 1664, folios 33–36.

[101] List of persons who owe money from the rates and village expenses, 1666, in Flatbush, Kings County, town records, papers taken from libers B, C, and D, vol. 1, 1652–1708, pp. 247–48; images 249–50 of 298.

[102] Appointment of guardians over Leffert and Pieter Pietersen, 13 October 1662, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber B: deeds, 1659–1664, p. 108; image 137 of 189.

[103] Tuenis Helbrants van Dickhuijsen and Jan Roelofsen Sueberinck request more collateral, 25 February 1670[/1], in Flatbush, Kings County, D: court minutes, vol. 2, 1670–1682, p. 186; image 9 of 180. Auke Jansen van Nuijs putting up collateral, 26 February 1670[/1], in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber C: deeds, 1666–1686, p. 62; image 67 of 169. Auke Jansen van Nuijs putting up collateral, 10 October 1672, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber C: deeds, 1666–1686, p. 97; image 102 of 169.

[104] Mediation in dispute between Aucke Jansen vs. Jan Suebering, 15 February 1677/8, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber D: court minutes, vol. 2, 1670–1682, p. 321; image 149 of 180.

[105] Jan Roelofs van Seuberinghen on behalf of Johannes Theodori Polhemius bond to Hendrick van Vleuten, 18 February 1660.

[106] Jan Sueberijnck attachment against Dirck Jansen for Eengelbrecht Steenhuijsen’s debt, 13 January 1662, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber B: deeds, 1659–1664, p. 95; image 124 of 189.

[107] Frans Baerensen Pastoer vs. Jan Sueberingh, 9 November 1663, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber B: deeds, 1659–1664, p. 147; image 181 of 189.

[108] Frans Barensen Pastoor vs. Jan Sueberinck, 22 November 1663, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber B: deeds, 1659–1664, p. 149; image 183 of 189.

[109] Frans Baerensen vs. Jan Suebrenghe, 18 January 1664, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber B: deeds, 1659–1664, p. 152; image 186 of 189.

[110] Barent Engbers vs. Jan Sueberinck, 14 July 1670, in Flatbush, Kings County, Liber D: court minutes, vol. 2, 1670–1682, pp. 196–98; images 19–21 of 180.

[111] Peter R. Christoph, ed., Administrative Papers of Governors Richard Nicolls and Francis Lovelace, 1664–1673 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1980), 205.

[112] Jan Elton on behalf of Jan Subberingh vs. Jan Hendrie, 15 November 1673, in Wiltwijck, court records, vol. 4, 1673–1675, p. 12; imaged, New York Heritage Digital Collections (https://nyheritage.org) > Organizations > Ulster County Archives > The Dutch Records of Kingston > Court Records Volume 4; citing Ancient Records of Wiltwyck, Kingston, and the County of Ulster, Ulster County Clerk’s Office, Kingston, New York.

[113] Household of Roelof Sobringe, 1630, in Drenthe, Netherlands, register of land tax in Beilen, 1630.