New Netherland Settler Sketches

Name

Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch, also known as Bont or Bontentas. His first name was often shortened to Piet, suggesting that was his given name in everyday use.[1] Some of his descendants go by Quackenbush.[2]

Pieter was called Bontetas in various records in the Netherlands, including a 1623 poll tax that listed him with his parents and four siblings.[3] The same parents and siblings, now called Quackenbosch, minus a brother Wouter who died in 1648,[4] sold a house in 1656.[5] In 1649, he went by Bonten.[6] In New Netherland, he went by Bont or Bout and Quackenbosch. On 10 June 1669 Pieter was called Quackenbos and Bont in the same record,[7] and on 4 January 1686/7, he was called Pieter Bout “anders genaamt” [also called] Quackenbosch.[8]

Origin

Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch was from Valkenburg in the province of Holland, the Netherlands. In a 1664 letter from Rensselaerswijck to an uncle in Valkenburg, Pieter Jacobsen Borsboom passed along greetings from his good friend “Pieter Pieterszen Quackenbos van [from] Valckenburch.”[9] Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch lived in Valkenburg with his parents and siblings in 1623.[10]

Some prior researchers assumed Pieter was from Oegstgeest, the place of origin his son Reijnier indicated when he married in 1674.[11] Oegstgeest is just two miles from Valkenburg, but no known records show Pieter living there.

Migration

Pieter Pieterszen Quackenbosch migrated to New Netherland between 6 April 1653, when his son Reinier was baptized in Valkenburg,[12] and 1 December 1654, when a surgeon gave a deposition about “Piet Bont” before the Fort Orange court.[13] He was not among the able-bodied men in Valkenburg on 3 July 1653, suggesting he left in May or June 1653.[14]

Pieter was probably among the freedmen that Johan de Hulter brought to New Netherland on the Graft in 1653.[15] That ship left shortly after 10 May 1653, when the skipper was in Amsterdam and about to leave for New Netherland.[16] It is the only known ship to leave for New Netherland during the inferred time of Pieter’s departure.[17] Pieter had a connection to the De Hulter family and their kiln. In 1657, the widow of Johan de Hulter sold the brick kiln and the house where “Piet Bout” was living.[18] As Pieter Quackebosch, he later purchased that kiln.[19]

Pieter may have been the “extraordinarie steenback[er]” [extraordinary brickmaker] that was part of the group that sailed on the Graft.[20] In her book on Beverwijck, Janny Venema suggested that the brickmaker was Jan Andriesz de Graef,[21] but Adriana Suydam Quackenbush, William J. Hoffman, and Arthur D. Quackenbush suggested the brickmaker was Pieter Quackenbosch.[22] Valkenburg had an important brickmaking industry, where Pieter could have learned the trade.[23] Pieter’s connection to the De Hulter family and operation of the kiln suggests he was the brickmaker in the 1653 letter.

Settlement

On 7 November 1657, “Piet Bout” lived in a house in Beverwijck that Johanna de Hulter sold at auction. The house sold for 740 guilders.[24]

Pieter Quackenbosch settled in the colony of Rensselaerswijck, where he operated a brick kiln outside Albany.[25] In 1683, he lived in Albany, beyond the North Gate.[26] He probably moved to Albany proper in March 1687, when he purchased a house there.[27]

Biographical Details

Pieter Quackenbosch was probably born in Valckenburg, his place of origin according to his marriage record,[28] where he lived as a child in 1623.[29] Married in 1640,[30] he was probably born between say 1605 and 1620.

In his book about the Quackenbush family, Arthur D. Quackenbush suggests the settler may have been the Pieter, son of Pieter Janszoon who was baptized in Katwijk-on-the-Rhine, Holland on 28 August 1616. At that time, Katwijk-on-the-Rhine and Valkenburg formed a single parish.[31] The baptism only lists the first name and patronymic of the father and the child,[32] which are too common to prove this child was the New Netherland settler.

Pieter Quackenbosch died after 4 January 1686/7, when he sold a house and kiln in exchange for a house in Albany.[33]

Pieter Quackenbosch was the son of Pieter Jans Bontetas, also known as Quackenbosch, and Neeltgen Pieters, also known as Van Starrevelt. In 1623, Pieter lived in Valkenburg with his parents Pieter Jansz Bontetas and Nelletgen Pietersdr, and siblings Wouter, Haesgen, Anna, and Marritgen.[34] His father served as alderman of the court of Valkenburg[35] and was an innkeeper in the “Wapen van de Wel Ed. Heere van Valckenburch” [Arms of the Noble Lord of Valkenburg].[36] On 5 February 1638, Nelletgen Pieters, widow and estate holder of Pieter Jans Bontetas, sold the inn.[37] Neeltge Pietersdr. van Starrevelt, widow of Pieter Jans van Quackenbosch, owned a house and yard in Valkenburg on 26 November 1650, which she used as collateral for an annuity.[38] That house was located next to the inn.[39]

Marriage and Children

Pieter Pieters Quackenbosch, a single man from Valkenburg, registered his intentions to marry Maritgen Ariens, a single woman from Koudekerk, in the Dutch Reformed Church of Valkenburg on 23 September 1640.[40] Both were living in Valkenburg at that time. They were married in the Dutch Reformed Church of Koudekerk, Holland, the Netherlands on 29 September 1640.[41] Maritgen Ariens was also called Van Venetien. She was the daughter of Arjen [—?—] and Maritgen Jansdr. van Venetien.[42]

Children of Pieter Pieters Quackenbosch and Maritgen Ariens (birth order of several children unknown):

1. Maritje Quackenbosch, born between say 1641 (year after parents’ 1640 marriage) and 1665 (no more than 25 years after parents’ marriage), died before 7 May 1693 when Marten Cornelisse, widower of Marretje Quakkelbosch, married Tanneke Adams.[43]
   She married before 1683 Marten Cornelisz van Buren. In 1683, Marten Cornelisz and Marretje Martensz [Marten’s wife] were members of the Dutch Reformed Church of Albany.[44]
2. Pieter, son of Pieter Pieters, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Valkenburg on 17 December 1645 (witnesses: his mother Nellitgen, his sister [blank]).[45] “His mother Nellitgen” was Neeltgen Pieters, the mother of Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch. This child was not found in later records and probably died young; perhaps in 1646, 1648, or 1649, when his father had children buried in Valkenburg (see children 3–5).
3. Wouter, son of Pieter Pieters, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Valkenburg on 17 December 1645 (witnesses: his mother Nellitgen, his sister [blank]).[46] Known as Wouter Pietersz Quackenbosch in Albany,[47] he married before 1683 (start of Albany marriage records) Neeltje Gijsbertse. The baptismal registrations of their older children (beginning in 1684) do not mention the mother, but she was listed on 13 September 1691, when their daughter Marretje was baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church of Albany.[48]
4. Child of P. Bontez, buried in Valkenburg on 3 April 1646.[49]
5. Child of Pieter Bontentas, buried in Valkenburg on 4 November 1648.[50]
6. Child of Pijt Bonten, buried in Valkenburg 14 October 1649.[51]
7. Reijn, son of Pieter Pieters Bontentas, in the Dutch Reformed Church of Valkenburg, Holland on 6 April 1653 (witnesses: Meumering Reijnen and Maritgen Reijnen his “neef en nicht” [male and female cousin]).[52] Meumering and Maritgen Reijnen were the children of Reijn Pieters Starrevelt, the maternal uncle of Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch.[53] As Reijnier Pieterszen van Quackenbosch, single man from “Oestgeest” [Oegstgeest, near Valkenburg] in Holland, he married in the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam on 2 March 1674 Lijsbeth Jans.[54]
8. Johannes Quakelbosch, born perhaps at Fort Orange between say 1654 (baptism not found in Valkenburg) and 1665 (no more than 25 years after parents’ marriage in 1640). Johannes married before 1683 Machtelt Post. Jan and Machtelt Quackelbosch were church members in Albany in 1683.[55] She was mentioned with her maiden name in 1695, when their son Jacob was baptized.[56]
9. Magdalena Pietersz Quackelbosch, born at New Albany between say 1654 (arrival) and 1665 (married in 1683), died before 24 April 1696, when Jonas Douw, the widower of Magdalena Quackelbosch, married Catrina van Witbeek.[57] She married at the Dutch Reformed Church of Albany on 14 November 1683 Jonas Volkersz Douw from New Albany.[58]
10. Antje (or Annetje) Pieters Quackenbosch, born between say 1654 (baptism not found in Valkenburg) and 1665 (birth no more than 25 years after parents’ marriage in 1640). She married, probably before 1683 (start of Albany marriage records) Hendrick Maartensen Beeckman. The baptismal registrations of their oldest children (beginning in 1686) do not mention the mother, but she was listed on 5 June 1692, when their son Henderik was baptized.[59] She must have been the Antje Beekman who witnessed the baptism of Jacobus, son of Johannes Beekman, on 2 August 1685.[60] For Annetje, see Arthur D. Quackenbush’s article on “The Family of Hendrick Beekman of Somerset County, New Jersey, son of Marten Beekman of Albany.”[61]
11. Neeltje Quackenbosch, born between say 1654 (baptism not found in Valkenburg) and 1665 (birth no more than 25 years after parents’ marriage). She married before 1683 Albert Janse Ryckman. In 1683, Aalbert Ryckman and Nelletje Ryckman were members of the Dutch Reformed Church at Albany.[62] The baptismal registrations of their oldest children (beginning in 1683) do not mention the mother, but she was identified when their daughter Rachel was baptized on 18 December 1692.[63]
12. Jannetje Kwackenbosch, born about 1663, died 5 January 1734. She married January 1679 Jacob Bogart.[64]

Previous authors attributed other children to Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch, partially because they were unaware of his 1640 marriage and thought he married later. In his “Genealogical Notes on the Quackenbos Family” (1893), Richard Wynkoop had Pieter Quackenbos as the father of Adriaan (married 1699 Catharine Van Schaick), Geertrui (married about 1693 Johannes Groesbeek), Martje (married 1700 Jacob Lucas Wyngart), Pieter (married 1701 Neeltje Marinus), and Claasje (married 1694 or 1700 Dirk Todebow).[65] Adriana Suydam Quackenbush similarly thought that Adrian (married 1699 Catrina Van Schayk), Pieter (married 1701 Neeltje Marinus), and Claasje or Catharina (married 1700 Dirk Heemstrate) were Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch’s children.[66] These marriages seem late for children of a couple that married in 1640, since few women have children more than 25 years after their marriage. They may be grandchildren rather than children of Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch and Maritgen Ariens. In her work on the Quackenbush Family in America, Gail Richard Quackenbush considered it “far more likely that Pieter and Adriaan were her [Maritgen’s] grandsons through her son Jan.”[67]

Education

Born and raised in Holland, Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch would have spoken Dutch. In 1640, he signed with a cross when he witnessed a notarial record.[68] In 1687, he signed his name, “Pieter Bout,” in an unpracticed hand. The notary who wrote the contract clarified that he was also called Quackenbosch, the name used in the record.[69]

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Occupation

Pieter Quackenbosch was a brick and tilemaker. He operated a brick kiln in Beverwijck in 1657.[70] He owned that kiln from 1668[71] to 1687.[72] In 1669, he supplied 25 pantiles for the house of minister Schaets, for which the deacons at Albany paid him 3 guilders and 15 stivers.[73]

Holdings and Estate

Pieter Pieterszen Quackenbosch and his siblings inherited their parents’ house in Valckenburg. On 22 May 1656, Annetgen Pietersdr Quackenbosch (with power of attorney from her husband Cornelis Jans van Berendrecht), Jan Dirckxsz van Verbaen, as husband of Maertgen Pietersdr Quackenbosch and also on behalf of Pieter Pieters Quackenbosch, and Jochem Pieters, husband of Haesge Pietersdr Quackenbosch, all children of Pieter Jansz Quackenbosch and Nelletgen Pietersdr, sold the house in Valkenburg left to them by their late mother. The house had a mortgage of 650 guilders, and was in a dilapidated state. They only received 124 guilders.[74] Their father, called Pieter Janssen Bontetas at the time, had purchased the house in 1625.[75]

As Pieter Bout, he purchased a small corner of a pantile kiln from the estate of Andries Herbersen in 1661. It was located next to his brickyard.[76] On 11/21 July 1668, Pieter Quackebos purchased a brick kiln in Albany from Adriaen van Ilpendam. The kiln had previously belonged to the widow of Johan de Hulter,[77] and must have been the kiln he had used since 1655. Pieter sold a house, pantile shed, and land to Jacob van Vorst on 4 January 1686/7, in exchange for a house in Albany and twenty beavers. Pieter would transfer the property in March 1687, and would get to keep the fired bricks.[78] Archaeologists excavated the kiln in 2000 and 2001.[79]

Church Membership

Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch married and had his children baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church.[80] He was not a confessed member of the Dutch Reformed church in Valkenburg, where three of his children were baptized.[81]

In 1683, Pieter Quackenboss contributed two guilders toward the salary of minister Godefridus Dellius at the Dutch Reformed Church of Albany,[82] although he was not among the confessed members of that church.[83]

Associations

Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch was well acquainted with Pieter Jacobsen Borsboom, who called him his good friend in a 1664 letter. Both men were from Valkenburg, and would have known each other before their arrival in New Netherland.[84] Despite their friendship, the men often had legal disputes (see Additional Details).

Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch operated the brick kiln for Johan de Hulter, and later his widow Johanna Ebbingh, also known as Johanna de Hulter.[85] Pieter Quackenbosch and Johanna Ebbingh had several legal disputes that were settled in court (see additional details).

Additional Details

On 21 October 1655, Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch appeared in a Rotterdam notarial record as the husband of Maritgen Arjensdr. van Venetien relating to an inheritance from her distant cousin Crijn Janssen Blanckert. Pieter and Maritgen were not present in person but had authorized Jan Gijsen, the husband of her sister Trijntgen Arjensdr. van Venetien, to act on their behalf. The inheritance consisted of 4100 guilders, to be divided among many heirs.[86]

In New Netherland, Piet Bout or Bont was involved in at least three physical altercations. On 1 December 1654, Jacob, a surgeon, declared to the Fort Orange court that Jan Gouw had cut Piet Bont across the hand.[87] On 25 March 1656, Piet Bout got into a fight at the tavern of Herman Bamboes. Bout argued with Juriaen Jansz Glasemaker over an old dispute, drew a knife and cut him. When bystander Jan Roelofsz tried to interfere, Bout attacked him as well.[88] In his defense, Piet explained he was being harrassed and taunted, which the court took as a confession.[89] On 29 June 1656, the Fort Orange magistrate condemned him to pay a fine of four beavers.[90] On 4 September 1677, the Albany court fined Piet Bont 25 guilders for fighting with Hendrick Rooseboom while drunk.[91]

On 10 June 1669, the Albany court ordered Pieter Quackenbos to repay 122 guilders in beavers, 64 guilders in sewant, and 10,000 “sleen” [perhaps some type of tile?] he owed to miss Ebbingh for German merchandise. Pieter’s wife, called the “huijsvrouw van Piter Bont” [housewife of Piter Bont], represented him in court.[92]

On several occasions, Pieter sued Pieter Borsboom. On 29 May 1657, “Piet Bout” called Pieter Borsboom before the Fort Orange court to force him to work as a brickmaker for ten months, as agreed with Mr. De Hulter. However, Pieter Borsboom produced a release from De Hulter’s widow, and the court released him from his contract.[93] In two cases, when Pieter Bout sued Pieter Jacobsen Borsboom, Borsboom produced a counterclaim and the court ordered them to settle their accounts and come back if they disagreed about the balance. The first time was on 19 June 1657, when Pieter Bout sued Pieter Jacobsen, probably Pieter Jacobsen Borsboom, for a payment of 35 guilders en 18 stivers.[94] The second time was on 8 February 1658, when Pieter Bout’s wife sued Pieter Jacobsen Bosboom for payment of an undisclosed sum of money.[95]

Pieter Boudt sued Abaham Carpeyn on 2 March 1660. Abraham Carpeyn wanted Pieter Boudt to pay fourteen guilders, but Boudt said he had already given him half a barrel of beer that he had won in a wager. The court did not accept a wager in payment, and ordered Boudt to pay his debt.[96]

On 8 February 1675/6, Pieter Quackebosse lost a court case against Harme Gansevoort. Gansevoort demanded 97 guilders in seawan. Pieter’s wife said she would pay in brick but could not promise that it would be sufficient. The court ordered her to pay the full amount within two weeks.[97]

Pieter Quackebossch sued Jacob Tijse van der Heijden on 6 June 1676. He claimed Van der Heijden failed to convey a piece of land to him and demanded ten beavers in compensation. Van der Heijden said he had shown the land on several occasions and Quackebosch was free to take it. The court ruled that Quackebosch should be content with the land and ordered him to pay the court costs.[98]

On 7 December 1680, Jan van Loon sued Pieter Quackeboss for a debt of 86 in sewan. Pieter’s wife submitted a counterclaim of 24 guilders for the hire of a horse. She tried to pay the balance in brick, but Jan van Loon refused to accept that since she did not offer enough to finish his gable. The court reduced Pieter’s counterclaim to 18 guilders and ordered him to pay the balance in seawan.[99]

Pieter Quackeboss won a case against Teunis Cornelise van der Poel on 2 September 1684. His wife appeared in court on his behalf, demanding 7.5 beavers for delivered brick. Despite protestations by the defendant that he had received soft brick among the gable brick, the court ordered him to pay the debt.[100]

Literature

Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc. “Beyond the North Gate: Archeology on the Outskirts of Colonial Albany, Archeological Data Retrieval, Quackenbush Square Parking Facility, Broadway, Albany, New York. 2005.” Doi:10.6067/XCV8513XXH. Discusses the archeological excavation of the site of the Quackenbosch kiln, including details about the owners.

Hoffman, William J. “Notes on Arms of Families of Dutch Descent.” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 106 (January 1952): 4–14. Concludes that settler Pieter Bont alias Quackenbosch cannot be identified as a member of the Leiden family who had a coat of arms. The author’s supposition that the name Bont may have come through the female line lacks corroboration (pages 13–14). The author probably was not aware that the settler’s mother was Neeltje Pieters van Starrevelt.

Quackenbush, Adriana Suydam. The Quackenbush Family in Holland and America. Paterson, New Jersey: Quackenbush & Co., 1909. The genealogy starts with Pieter Quackenbosch and his wife Maritje, but estimates their immigration date as 1660. Apparently unaware that Pieter Pietersen Quackenbush married in 1640, the author erroneously identifies him as Pieter van Quackenbosch, who enrolled in the University of Leiden in 1651 at the age of 12 years and later studied theology in Groningen. The theology student must have been the Dutch Reformed minister Petrus Quackenbosch who married in Leiden in 1665[101] and served as minister in Haastrecht from 1666 until his retirement in 1683.[102] The incorrect estimation of settler Pieter Quackenbosch’s birth date also caused the author to suppose that Maritje Quackenbosch, the wife of Marten Cornelisz van Buren, was his sister rather than his daughter. The initial chapters of the book discuss the ancestors in the fifteenth century and coat of arms for the family, without evidence that this relates to the family that settled in New Netherland. The book traces the descendants of Pieter Quackenbosch through eleven generations. Lack of documentation prevents assessment of the quality of the underlying research.

Quackenbush, Arthur D. Our Family, Our Line of Quackenbush and Related Families: Stille, Helling, van Norden, Demerest, Schuyler, Westervelt, Sartwell, Tonsmeire. North Plainfield, New Jersey: 1980. This book is based on extensive research in the Netherlands and the United States. The author commissioned the Central Bureau for Genealogy (CBG) in The Hague, Netherlands, to do research in original sources. While the book does not cite these sources, the Quackenbosch research file at the CBG includes the correspondence with Arthur D. Quackenbush, which documents the consulted records. consulted records. The author indicated that Pieter Quackenbosch’s son Wouter was the “Wouter Bontentas” who was buried in Valkenburg on 21 January 1648.[103] However, in this time and place, burials of children were not registered with their first own names, but as a child of their fathers. This was a burial for an adult, and must have been for the settler’s brother Wouter rather than his son.[104] The settler’s son came to New Netherland, and married and had children in Albany.

Quackenbush, Gail Richard. The Quackenbush Family in America. Wolfe City, Texas: Henington Publishing, 1987.

Riker, David M. Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons in New Netherland, from 1613 to 1674. 4 vols. Higginson Book Company, 1999. Vol. 3 has an entry for Pieter Quackenbosh, alias Bont, under the name “Quackenbush.”

Wynkoop, Richard. “Genealogical Notes on the Quackenbos Family.” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 24 (October 1893): 173–79 and 25 (January 1894): 17–23.

Source Editions

Gehring Charles T. and Janny Venema, eds. Fort Orange Records, 1654–1679. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 2009. Kiln purchase (p. 458).

Gehring, Charles T., ed. Fort Orange Court Minutes, 1652–1660. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1990. 1654 cutting incident (p. 165), 230, 238–39, 246 (violence at Herman Bamboes’ inn), 297–98, 298, 205, 326, 338, 353, 477, 478, 480, 482 (various lawsuits about debts).

Gehring, Charles T., ed. Fort Orange Records, 1656–1678. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 2000. Sale of house belonging to Johanna de Hulter p. 98).

Hoogerbrugge, P. transcriber. “Transportregisters van Valkenburg ZH, 1617–1681 ORA inv.nr. 1–12.” PDF. Ons Voorgeslacht. https://www.onsvoorgeslacht.nl/genealogische-databank/bronbewerkingen/transportregisters-van-valkenburg-1617-1684/3003/. Includes several references to the Quackenbosch and Bontetas family in Valkenburg.

Van Laer, Arnold J. F. “Albany Wills and Other Documents, 1665–1695.” Dutch Settlers Society of Albany Yearbook 6 (1930–1931): 13–26. 1686/7 sale of house and pantile kiln in exchange for house in Albany (p. 23).

Van Laer, Arnold J. F., ed. Minutes of the Court of Albany, Rensselaerswyck and Schenectady, 1668–1673. Vol. 1. University of the State of New York, 1926. Disputes with Johanna Ebbingh (pp. 76, 77, 81, 83, 86, 88, 112), Lowies Cobes (p. 127), Willem Abramsz (pp. 202, 208).

Van Laer, Arnold J. F., ed. Minutes of the Court of Albany, Rensselaerswyck and Schenectady, 1675-1680. Vol. 2. University of the State of New York, 1928. Debt to Harme Gansevoort (p. 65), dispute with Jacob Tyse van der Heyden (p. 112), fight with Hend. Rooseboom (p. 265).

Van Laer, Arnold J. F., ed. Minutes of the Court of Albany, Rensselaerswyck and Schenectady, 1680–1685. Vol. 3. University of the State of New York, 1932. Jan van Loon vs. Pieter Quackeboss (pp. 45–46), salary of minister (p. 373), Pieter Quackeboss vs. Teunis Cornelis van der Poel (p. 478).

Acknowledgments

The research for this sketch was partially commissioned from Yvette Hoitink by Donna and Bill Quackenbush, Benjamin Hoover, and Anna Ross, who have made the results available to the New Netherland Settlers project.

Citations

[1] Johan de Deckere as officer vs. Piet Bont, 4 April 1656, in Fort Orange, court minutes, vol. 1, 1652–1656, p. 261; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSL5-WSXZ-F), IGN 008201155, image 141 of 667.

[2] Gail Richard Quackenbush, The Quackenbush Family in America (Wolfe City, Texas: Henington Publishing, 1987), 6.

[3] Poll tax enumeration of Pieter Jansz Bontetas and Nelletgen Pietersdr, in Rijnland, poll tax, 1623, section Valkenburg, fol. 333–47; call no. 4023, RG 0501A: “Stadsarchief van Leiden” [Archives of the City of Leiden], Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken, Leiden, Netherlands.

[4] Burial of Wouter Bontentas, 21 January 1648, in Dutch Reformed Church (Valkenburg), deacon’s accounts, circa 1640s, p. 150; image 42 of 81.

[5] Sale of house by heirs of Pieter Jans Quackenbosch and Nelletgen Pietersdr, 22 May 1656, in Aldermen’s Court (Valkenburg), conveyance records, 1653–1658, fol. 62r-64v; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F389-WFNM), IGN 8691242, images 288–291; citing Rechterlijk Archief Valkenburg, Den Haag [Court Records of Valkenburg, The Hague]. These records have since been turned over to Erfgoedcentrum Leiden in Leiden, where they can now be found in RG 0431: “Inventaris van het Rechterlijk archief van Valkenburg” [Court records of Valkenburg].

[6] Burial of Pieter Bonten’s child, 14 October 1649, Dutch Reformed Church (Valkenburg), deacon’s accounts, circa 1640s, p. 159; imaged, Nationaal Archief (https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/3.04.16.143/invnr/1.II/), image 51 of 81; citing call no. 1.II, Record Group (RG) 3.04.16.143: “DTB Kopie Zuid-Holland; Valkenburg” [Baptismal, marriage, and burial record copies South Holland; Valkenburg], Nationaal Archief, The Hague, the Netherlands.

[7] Ebbingh vs. Quackebos, 10 June 1669, in Albany, court minutes, 1668–1672, p. 61; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSL5-WS6L-J), IGN 8201155, image 408 of 667.

[8] Contract between Pieter Quackenbosch and Jacob van Vorst, 4 January 1686/7, in Jan Bekker, notary (Albany), miscellaneous papers; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-B3P2-2P69), IGN 008923814, image 521–22 of 867; citing Livingston Family Papers, Miscellaneous papers in Dutch, 1637–1771, at National Archives and Records Service, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York.

[9] Letter from Peter Jacopsen Borsboom to Hendrick Pieterszen Thol, 10/20 October 1664; imaged, Nationaal Archief (https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/2.22.24/invnr/HCA30-1053/), image 139–40 of 224; citing HCA30-1053, ship Hoop van Middelburg under Jan de Meyer, 1665, High Court of Admiralty, National Archives, Kew, London, England.

[10] Poll tax enumeration of Pieter Jansz Bontetas and Nelletgen Pietersdr, in Rijnland, poll tax, 1623, section Valkenburg, fol. 333–47; call no. 4023, RG 0501A: “Stadsarchief van Leiden” [Archives of the City of Leiden], Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken, Leiden, Netherlands.

[11] Marriage intentions of Reijnier Pieterszen Quackenbosch and Lijsbeth Jans, registered 11 February 1674, in Dutch Reformed Church (New Amsterdam), Liber A, marriage register, 1639–1701, p. 628; 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 517 of 1410; citing The Archives of the Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick, New Jersey. For references to Pieter Quackenbosch being from Oegstgeest, see for example Joel N. Emo, “New York ‘Knickerbocker’ Families; Origin and Settlement,” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 45 (October 1914): 387–391 (p. 389) and William J. Hoffman, “An Armory of American Families of Dutch Descent,” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 69 (1938): 339–46 (p. 345).

[12] Burial of Pieter Bonten’s child, 14 October 1649, Dutch Reformed Church (Valkenburg), deacons’ accounts, circa 1640s, p. 159; image 51 of 81.

[13] Declaration by Jacob, surgeon, about Piet Bont’s cut, 1 December 1654, in Fort Orange, court minutes, 1652–1656, p. 176; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSL5-WSXH-F), IGN 008201155, image 99 of 667; citing County Albany, New York. The name is hard to read and could also be “Bout,” the spelling found in Charles T. Gehring, ed., Fort Orange Court Minutes, 1652–1660 (Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1990), 165.

[14] Muster roll of able-bodied men, Valkenburg, 1653; call no. 1355, Record Group 3.01.04.01: Staten van Holland en West-Friesland [States of Holland and West-Friesland], Nationaal Archief, The Hague.

[15] Letter from the Chamber Amsterdam of the West India Company to director-general Stuyvesant recommending Johan de Hulter, 7 May 1653, in New Netherland Council, Dutch colonial administrative correspondence, vol. 11, 1647–1653, p. 78; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/45166), identifier NYSA_A1810-78_V11_78; citing series A1810-78, New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

[16] Transfer of power of attorney by Willem Thomassen to Barent Leeffrinck, 10 May 1653, in Hendrik Schaef, notary (Amsterdam), minutes, 1653, fol. 122; imaged, Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/file/2f648c0b-506d-d7df-98d2-fded6692f337), image 124 of 286; citing call no. 1303, Record Group 5075: Archief van de Notarissen ter Standplaats Amsterdam [Records of the Notaries Residing in Amsterdam], Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

[17] Julie van den Hout, “Voyages of New Netherland,” New Netherland Institute (https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/digital-exhibitions/voyages-of-new-netherland), database.

[18] Conditions for the sale of Johanna de Hulter’s brick kiln, 7 November 1657, in Fort Orange and Beverwijck, deeds and wills, vol. 1, 1656–1678, pp. 149–50; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89W7-FNM5), IGN 007121133, image 82–83 of 229; citing County Albany, New York. Also, conditions or the sale of a house belonging to Johanna de Hulter, 7 November 1657, in in Fort Orange and Beverwijck, deeds and wills, vol. 1, 1656–1678, p. 154; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99W7-FNH4), IGN 007121133, image 85 of 229.

[19] Sale from Ilpendam to Quackebos, 11/21 July 1668, in Fort Orange and Beverwijck, deeds and wills, vol. 2, 1654–1680, p. 731; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9W7-L5J2), IGN 007121132, image 384 of 458; citing County Albany, New York.

[20] Letter from the Chamber Amsterdam of the West India Company to director-general Stuyvesant recommending Johan de Hulter, 7 May 1653, in New Netherland Council, Dutch colonial administrative correspondence, vol. 11, 1647–1653, p. 78; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/45166), identifier NYSA_A1810-78_V11_78; citing series A1810-78, New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

[21] Janny Venema, Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652-1664 (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 2003), 90.

[22] Adriana Suydam Quackenbush, The Quackenbush Family in Holland and America (Paterson, New Jersey: Quackenbush & Co, 1909), 10–11. Hoffman, “An Armory of American Families of Dutch Descent.” Arthur D. Quackenbush, Our Family, Our Line of Quackenbush and Related Families: Stille, Helling, van Norden, Demerest, Schuyler, Westervelt, Sartwell, Tonsmeire (North Plainfield, New Jersey: 1980), 3.

[23] The conveyance records of Valkenburg include several instances of bricklayers and brick kilns. P. Hoogerbrugge, transcriber, “Transportregisters van Valkenburg ZH, 1617–1681 ORA inv.nr. 1–12,” PDF, Ons Voorgeslacht (https://www.onsvoorgeslacht.nl/genealogische-databank/bronbewerkingen/transportregisters-van-valkenburg-1617-1684/3003/). 

[24] Conditions or the sale of a house belonging to Johanna de Hulter, 7 November 1657.

[25] Conditions for the sale of Johanna de Hulter’s brick kiln, 7 November 1657, in Fort Orange and Beverwijck, deeds and wills, vol. 1, 1656–1678, pp. 149–50; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89W7-FNM5), IGN 007121133, image 82–83 of 229; citing County Albany, New York. Also, conditions or the sale of a house belonging to Johanna de Hulter, 7 November 1657, in in Fort Orange and Beverwijck, deeds and wills, vol. 1, 1656–1678, p. 154; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99W7-FNH4), IGN 007121133, image 85 of 229.

[26] Joel Munsell, The Annals of Albany, 10 vols, vol. 6 (Albany, New York: J. Munsell, 1855), 79.

[27] Contract between Pieter Quackenbosch and Jacob van Vorst, 4 January 1686/7.

[28] Marriage banns of Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch and Maritgen Ariens, 23 September 1640, in Dutch Reformed Church (Valkenburg), marriage banns register, 1640–1660, fol. 42v; imaged, Nationaal Archief (https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/3.04.16.143/invnr/1.I/), image 31 of 69; citing call no. 1.I, RG 3.04.16.143, Nationaal Archief.

[29] Poll tax enumeration of Pieter Jansz Bontetas and Nelletgen Pietersdr, in Rijnland, poll tax, 1623, section Valkenburg, fol. 333–47.

[30] Marriage record of Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch and Maritgen Ariens, 29 September 1640 in Dutch Reformed Church (Koudekerk), marriage register, 1624–1687, p. 12; imaged, Nationaal Archief (https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/3.04.16.065/invnr/1.II/ ), image 14 of 58; citing call no. 1.II, RG 3.04.16.165: “DTB Kopie Zuid-Holland; Koudekerk” [Baptismal, marriage, and burial record copies South Holland; Koudekerk], Nationaal Archief.

[31] Quackenbush, Our Family, Our Line of Quackenbush and Related Families, 2.

[32] Baptism of Pieter Pieters, son of Pieter Jansz, 28 August 1616, in Katwijk, Holland, Netherlands, baptismal register, 1613–1637, unpaginated but chronologically arranged; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QJ-C99J-P), IGN 005850127, image 12 of 454.

[33] Contract between Pieter Quackenbosch and Jacob van Vorst, 4 January 1686/7.

[34] Poll tax enumeration of Pieter Jansz Bontetas and Nelletgen Pietersdr, in Rijnland, poll tax, 1623, section Valkenburg, fol. 333–47; call no. 4023, RG 0501A: “Stadsarchief van Leiden” [Archives of the City of Leiden], Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken, Leiden, Netherlands.

[35] Jan Danielsvan Alphens execution sale, with mention of Pieter Jansz Bontetas as alderman 15 January 1630, in Aldermen’s Court (Valkenburg), protocol of transports, 1627–1630, fol. 102v–103v; imaged, FamilySeaarch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F389-49SJ-S), IGN 008691241, images 299–300 of 502; call no. 3, Rechterlijk Archief Valkenburg, Den Haag [Court Records of Valkenburg, The Hague].

[36] Sale of inn in Valkenburg by Dirck Cornelis Meeusz van Duijcker to Huijbrecht Phillips, 7 February 1630 in Aldermen’s Court (Valkenburg), protocol of transports, 1627–1630, fol. 104r–106v; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-N389-41D4), IGN 008691241, image 300–03 of 502.

[37] Sale of inn in Valkenburg by Nelletgen Pieters to Aernt Jans Pau, registered 22 June 1638, in Aldermen’s Court (Valkenburg), protocol of transports, 1635–1639, fol. 36r–37r; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F389-WN8K), IGN 008691242, images 45–47 of 662; citing call no. 5, Rechterlijk Archief Valkenburg.

[38] Neeltge Pietersddr. van Starrevelt annuity to Jan La Maere, 26 November 1650, in Aldermen’s Court (Valkenburg), protocol of transports, 1649–1652, fol. 15r–v; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F389-WNK7), IGN 008691242, images 192–93 of 662; citing call no. 8, Rechterlijk Archief Valkenburg.

[39] Sale of Lord of Valkenburg inn, 12 June 1651, in Aldermen’s Court (Valkenburg), protocol of transports, 1649–1652, fol. 20v–21v; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F389-WNSX), IGN 008691242, images 198–99 of 662; citing call no. 8, Rechterlijk Archief Valkenburg.

[40] Marriage banns of Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch and Maritgen Ariens, 23 September 1640, in Dutch Reformed Church (Valkenburg), marriage banns register, 1640–1660, fol. 42v; imaged, Nationaal Archief (https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/3.04.16.143/invnr/1.I/), image 31 of 69; citing call no. 1.I, RG 3.04.16.143, Nationaal Archief.

[41] Marriage record of Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch and Maritgen Ariens, 29 September 1640 in Dutch Reformed Church (Koudekerk), marriage register, 1624–1687, p. 12; imaged, Nationaal Archief (https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/3.04.16.065/invnr/1.II/ ), image 14 of 58; citing call no. 1.II, RG 3.04.16.165: “DTB Kopie Zuid-Holland; Koudekerk” [Baptismal, marriage, and burial record copies South Holland; Koudekerk], Nationaal Archief.

[42] Agreement between Cathalina Bonnecroij with the heirs of her husband Crijn Jansen Blanckert, 21 October 1655, in Leonard van Zijl, notary (Rotterdam), minutes, 3 January 1651–28 August 1669, p. 197–203; imaged, Archieven.nl (https://proxy.archieven.nl/0/43581E59A3644C4C8BA041EDCF881AFC), image 14 of 58; citing call no. 459, RG 18: “Notarissen te Rotterdam en daarin opgegane gemeenten” [Archives of notaries in Rotterdam and its incorporated municipalities], Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

[43] “Marriage Record, commenced in the year 1683,” 26.

[44] “Names of the Members of the Church of Jesus Christ at New Albany, at the end of the year 1683, and afterward,” Year Book of the Holland Society of New York (1904): 1–20 (p. 4).

[45] Baptism of Pieter and Wouter, sons of Pieter Pieters, 17 December 1645, in Dutch Reformed Church (Valkenburg), baptismal register, 1640–1660, fol. 77r; imaged, Nationaal Archief (https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/3.04.16.143/invnr/1.I/), image 64 of 69; citing call no. 1.I, RG 3.04.16.143, Nationaal Archief.

[46] Baptism of Pieter and Wouter, sons of Pieter Pieters, 17 December 1645, in Dutch Reformed Church (Valkenburg), baptismal register, 1640–1660, fol. 77r; imaged, Nationaal Archief (https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/3.04.16.143/invnr/1.I/), image 64 of 69; citing call no. 1.I, RG 3.04.16.143, Nationaal Archief.

[47] “Names of the Members of the Church of Jesus Christ at New Albany, at the end of the year 1683, and afterward,” 6.

[48] “Baptismal Record of Albany, begun in the year 1683,” Year Book of the Holland Society of New York (1904): 31–83 (p. 33, 54).

[49] Burial of P: Bontez child, 3 April 1646, in Dutch Reformed Church (Valkenburg), deacon’s accounts, circa 1640s, p. 134; imaged, Nationaal Archief (https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/3.04.16.143/invnr/1.II/), image 37 of 81; citing call no. 1.II, RG 3.04.16.143, Nationaal Archief.

[50] Burial of Pieter Bontentas’s child, 4 November 1641, Dutch Reformed Church (Valkenburg), deacon’s accounts, circa 1640s, p. 156; image 48 of 81.

[51] Burial of Pieter Bonten’s child, 14 October 1649, Dutch Reformed Church (Valkenburg), deacon’s accounts, circa 1640s, p. 159; image 51 of 81.

[52] Baptism of Reijn Bontentas, 6 April 1653, in Dutch Reformed Church (Valkenburg), baptismal register, 1640–1660, fol. 78v; imaged, Nationaal Archief (https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/3.04.16.143/invnr/1.I/), image 66 of 69; citing call no. 1.I, RG 3.04.16.143, Nationaal Archief.

[53] For Reijn Pieters Starrevelt, see Sale of inn in Valkenburg by Nelletgen Pieters to Aernt Jans Pau, registered 22 June 1638.

[54] Marriage intentions of Reijnier Pieterszen Quackenbosch and Lijsbeth Jans, registered 11 February 1674, in Dutch Reformed Church (New Amsterdam), Liber A, marriage register, 1639–1701, p. 628; 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 517 of 1410; citing The Archives of the Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

[55] “Names of the Members of the Church of Jesus Christ at New Albany, at the end of the year 1683, and afterward,” 3.

[56] “Baptismal Record of Albany, begun in the year 1683,” Year Book of the Holland Society of New York (1904): 31–83 (p. 69).

[57] “Marriage Record, commenced in the year 1683,” Year Book of the Holland Society of New York (1904): 21–83 (p. 28).

[58] “Marriage Record, commenced in the year 1683,” 21.

[59] “Baptismal Record of Albany, begun in the year 1683,” 39, 58.

[60] “Baptismal Record of Albany, begun in the year 1683,” 37.

[61] Arthur D. Quackenbush, “The Family of Hendrick Beekman of Somerset County, New Jersey, son of Marten Beekman of Albany,” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 133 (October 2002): 258–68.

[62] “Names of the Members of the Church of Jesus Christ at New Albany, at the end of the year 1683, and afterward,” 2.

[63] “Baptismal Record of Albany, begun in the year 1683,” 32, 59.

[64] The marriage and death (“in her 72nd year”) is documented in the bible of Isaac Bogart, as transcribed in Sebastian Visscher Talcott, Genealogical Notes of New York and New England Families (Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1883), 427.

[65] Richard Wynkoop, “Genealogical Notes on the Quackenbos Family,” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 24 (October 1893): 173–79, 25 (January 1894): 17–23 (24:174).

[66] Adriana Suydam Quackenbush, The Quackenbush Family in Holland and America (Paterson, New Jersey: Quackenbush & Co., 1909), 34–36.

[67] Gail Richard Quackenbush, The Quackenbush Family in America (Wolfe City, Texas: Henington Publishing, 1987), 6.

[68] Power of attorney from Adriaen Stalpaert to Vincent Stalpaert, 17 March 1640, in Willem Benninck, notary (Rijnsburg, Holland), minutes, 1618–1647, record no. 96; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-P3VN-P93D-9), IGN 008871960, images 151–52 of 537; citing call no. 7084, Notarieel Archief [Notarial archives] Rijnsburg.

[69] Contract between Pieter Quackenbosch and Jacob van Vorst, 4 January 1686/7.

[70] Conditions for the sale of Johanna de Hulter’s brick kiln, 7 November 1657.

[71] Sale from Ilpendam to Quackebos, 11/21 July 1668.

[72] Contract between Pieter Quackenbosch and Jacob van Vorst, 4 January 1686/7.

[73] Janny Venema, Deacons’ Accounts, 1652-1674, First Dutch Reformed Church of Beverwyck/Albany, New York (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1998), 209.

[74] Sale of house by heirs of Pieter Jans Quackenbosch and Nelletgen Pietersdr, 22 May 1656.

[75] Purchase of house by Pieter Janssen Bontetas, 3 August 1625, in Aldermen’s Court (Valkenburg), conveyance records, 1624–1625, fol. 47r–48r; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F389-49MX-X), IGN 008691241, image 178 of 502.

[76] Conditions for the sale of the pantile from the estate of Andries Herbersen, 16 November 1661, in Fort Orange and Beverwijck, deeds and wills, vol. 2, 1654–1680, p. 379; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99W7-L5PP), IGN 007121132, image 198 of 458; citing County Albany, New York.

[77] Sale from Ilpendam to Quackebos, 11/21 July 1668.

[78] Contract between Pieter Quackenbosch and Jacob van Vorst, 4 January 1686/7.

[79] Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc., “Beyond the North Gate: Archeology on the Outskirts of Colonial Albany, Archeological Data Retrieval, Quackenbush Square Parking Facility, Broadway, Albany, New York,” 2005, doi:10.6067/XCV8513XXH.

[80] Marriage banns of Pieter Pietersen Quackenbosch and Maritgen Ariens, 23 September 1640. Baptism of Pieter and Wouter, sons of Pieter Pieters, 17 December 1645. Baptism of Reijn Bontentas, 6 April 1653.

[81] He does not appear in the transcribed membership records of Valkenburg for the 1640–1660 period, which include lists of current members as well as newly admitted members. J.B. Glasbergen, transcriber, “Lidmaten van de Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente te Valkenburg (Z.H) 1640–1660,” Ons Voorgeslacht (https://www.onsvoorgeslacht.nl/genealogische-databank/bronbewerkingen/lidmaten-van-de-nederduits-gereformeerde-gemeente-te-valkenburg-zh-1640-1660/3001/).

[82] Contributions to the salary of rev. Godefridus Delliius, 6 August 1683, in Albany, New York, proceedings of justices of the peace, 1665–1685, pp. 432–435 (p. 434); imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-J36M-46S8), image group no. 008729498, image 269 of 401; citing County Albany, New York.

[83] “Names of the Members of the Church of Jesus Christ at New Albany, at the end of the year 1683, and afterward,” 1–20.

[84] Letter from Peter Jacopsen Borsboom to Hendrick Pieterszen Thol, 10/20 October 1664.

[85] Conditions for the sale of Johanna de Hulter’s brick kiln, 7 November 1657.

[86] Agreement between Cathalina Bonnecroij with the heirs of her husband Crijn Jansen Blanckert, 21 October 1655, in Leonard van Zijl, notary (Rotterdam), minutes, 3 January 1651–28 August 1669, p. 197–203; imaged, Archieven.nl (https://proxy.archieven.nl/0/43581E59A3644C4C8BA041EDCF881AFC), image 14 of 58; citing call no. 459, RG 18: “Notarissen te Rotterdam en daarin opgegane gemeenten” [Archives of notaries in Rotterdam and its incorporated municipalities], Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

[87] Declaration by Jacob, surgeon, about Piet Bont’s cut, 1 December 1654.

[88] Interrogation of Juriaen Jans Glasemaker, 30 May 1656, in Fort Orange, court minutes, vol. 1, 1652–1656, p. 271–72; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSL5-WSXQ-N), IGN 008201155, images 145–46 of 667; citing County Albany, New York.

[89] Johan de Deckere as officer vs. Piet Bont, 4 April 1656, in Fort Orange, court minutes, vol. 1, 1652–1656, p. 261; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSL5-WSXZ-F), IGN 008201155, image 141 of 667.

[90] Johan de Deckere as officer vs. Pieter Bont, 29 June 1656, in Fort Orange, court minutes, vol. 1, 1652–1656, p. 282; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSL5-WSXC-Y), IGN 008201155, image 152 of 667.

[91] Sheriff vs. Hend. Rooseboom and Piet Bont, 4 September 1677, in Albany, New York, proceedings of commissioners, 1676–1680, p. 260; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-V36M-79WR-9), image group no. 008729496, image 140 of 591; citing County Albany, New York.

[92] Ebbingh vs. Quackebos, 10 June 1669, in Albany, court minutes, 1668–1672, p. 61.

[93] Pieter Bout vs. Pieter Bosboom, 27 May 1657, in New Netherland Council, vol. 16, part 2: Fort Orange, court minutes, 1656–1658, p. 69–70; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/54115), identifiers NYSA_A1876-78_V16_pt2_0067 and NYSA_A1876-78_V16_pt2_0070; citing series A1876-78, New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

[94] Pieter Bout vs. Pieter Jacobsen, 19 June 1657, in New Netherland Council, vol. 16, part 2: Fort Orange, court minutes, 1656–1658, p. 80; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/54123), identifier NYSA_A1876-78_V16_pt2_0080; citing series A1876-78, New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

[95] Charles T. Gehring, ed., Fort Orange Court Minutes, 1652–1660 (Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1990), 353.

[96] Charles T. Gehring, ed., Fort Orange Court Minutes, 1652–1660 (Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1990), 482.

[97] Harme Gansevoort vs. Pieter Quackebosse, 8 February 1676, in Albany, New York, proceedings of commissioners, 1676–1680, p. 6; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-J36M-797N-D), image group no. 008729496, image 13 of 591; citing County Albany, New York.

[98] Pieter Quackeboss vs. Jacob Tijse van der Heijden, 6 June 1676, in Albany, New York, proceedings of commissioners, 1676–1680, p. 62; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-V36M-794D-4), image group no. 008729496, image 41 of 591; citing County Albany, New York.

[99] Jan van Loon vs. Pieter Quackeboss, 7 December 1680, in Albany, New York, proceedings of justices of the peace, 1665–1685, p. 40; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-V36M-46KD), image group no. 008729498, image 10 of 401; citing County Albany, New York.

[100] Pieter Quackeboss vs. Teunis Cornelise van der Poell, 2 September 1684, in Albany, New York, proceedings of justices of the peace, 1665–1685, p. 539–40; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-J36M-4DXK), image group no. 008729498, images 346–47 of 401; citing County Albany, New York.

[101] Marriage intentions of rev. Petrus Quackenbosch and Marija Heijnsius, 4 September 1665, in Dutch Reformed Church (Leiden), marriage banns register, 1664–1667, p. 125; imaged, “Zoek op Personen,” Erfgoed Leiden (https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/collecties/personen/zoek-op-personen/deeds/ccf35661-ee53-0eb1-9821-ac80e98b7327); citing call no. 18, RG 1004: Doop-, trouw- begraaf- en geboorteboeken Leiden [Baptismal, marriage, burial, and birth books Leiden], Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken, Leiden, Netherlands.

[102] Martinus Soermans, Kerkelijk register van de plaatsen en namen der predikanten van alle de classes behoorende onder de Synodus van Zuyd-Holland . . . (Dordrecht, Netherlands: Dirck Goris, 1695), 51.

[103] Quackenbush, Our Family, Our Line of Quackenbush and Related Families, 8. He mistakenly lists the burial date as 21 January 1647, but a Wouter Bontentas was buried on 21 January 1648. Burial of Wouter Bontentas, 21 January 1648, in Dutch Reformed Church (Valkenburg), deacon’s accounts, circa 1640s, p. 150; image 42 of 81.

[104] Wouter was listed as a child of Pieter Jans Bontentas in 1623: Poll tax enumeration of Pieter Jansz Bontetas and Nelletgen Pietersdr, in Rijnland, poll tax, 1623. He was no longer listed when these children sold a house in 1656: Sale of house by heirs of Pieter Jans Quackenbosch and Nelletgen Pietersdr, 22 May 1656.