Annetje Pieters Pra

Name

Annetje Pieters Pra, also called Prae or Prat. Some records refer to her by her last name, others by her patronymic.

Another woman named Annetje Pieters lived on Long Island. She was the wife of Roelof Martense and died by 1688.[1] Where not mentioned with a husband, the two women can be hard to distinguish.

Origin

Annetje Pieters Pra was from Leiden, Holland, where her family attended the Walloon church.[2] She was the daughter of a French father and Walloon mother.[3]

Migration

Annetje migrated to New Netherland with her father, stepmother, and siblings in 1659. The family probably left Leiden shortly after 12 March 1659, when her father Pierre Praet and his wife received proof of membership of the Walloon church upon their departure.[4] The family was in New Netherland by 26 August 1659, when Pieter Pradt bought a bowery in Gowanus on Long Island.[5] 

She is probably not the daughter of Pieter Pietersen, also known as Pia, who departed for New Netherland on the Moesman on 25 April 1659 with his wife and (unnamed) sixteen-year-old daughter.[6] Annetje was only seven years old in 1659, not sixteen. The Moesman passenger was probably Pieter Pia, a New Netherland settler who had been in the colony since before 1639,[7] and who apparently returned to the Netherlands in 1644.[8] Pieter Pia was in New Netherland while Annetje’s family was living in Leiden, proving he was not the same man as Annetje’s father Pierre Prat.

Settlement

Annetje Pieters Pra lived in various places on Long Island. After her arrival in New Netherland, Annetje lived in Gowanus, where her father owned a farm.[9] In 1663, she was indentured to Jan Martijn van Campen in Breukelen (Brooklyn).[10] She later lived in Flatbush.[11] In 1698, her third husband Jan Jansen Staats lived in Brookland. His household consisted of one man, one woman (presumably Annetje Pieters Pra), eight children, and no apprentices or slaves.[12]

Biographical Details

Annetje was baptized as Anne Prat in the Vrouwekerk Walloon church of Leiden on 4 February 1652, the daughter of Pierre Pra and Maria Philippe (witnesses: Henri Matthieu, Jean Potion, Cateline Philippe, Marie Bonaventure).[13] Annetje died after 30 October 1692, when her daughter Aeltje was baptized in Brooklyn,[14] and was probably the adult woman enumerated in Jan Jansen Staats’s household in 1698.[15] Unless she was Jan Jansen Staats’s widow “Jonica,” she died before 30 November 1710.[16] 

Marriage and Children

Annetje Pieters Pra first married Jan Evertsen Bout around 20 January 1669/70 (prenuptial agreement).[17] Decades later, her neighbors recounted (with some exaggeration) that the sixteen-year-old girl had married a man aged 75.[18] Based on her baptismal date, Annetje was seventeen or eighteen years old when she married Bout, who would have been in his late sixties.[19] Jan Evertsen Bout was born in Barneveld, Gelderland, about 1600–1601, and was the widower of Trijntje Sijmons de Witt.[20] By 1 August 1671, Annetje was pregnant and her husband was terminally ill. He provided for his young wife in his will, dividing his estate between her and their unborn child. If she were to remarry, she first had to arrange for the child to receive his half of the estate. Jan Evertsen Bout died by 27 September 1671 (probate).[21]

Child of Annetje Pieters and Jan Evertsen Bout:

1. Jan Evertsen Bout, born late 1671 or early 1672.[22] 

Annetje Pieters Pra married say 1672 as her second husband Andries Jurriaans, probably in Flatbush. Flatbush records start in 1677, too late to contain their marriage. They were married by 1677, when Andries Jurriaansz and his wife Annetje Pieters were listed as members of the Dutch Reformed Church in Flatbush. They were again registered there on 19 November 1679, as living in the village.[23] Andries Jurriaansz died probably on 19 March 1681.[24]

Children with Andries Jurriaansz:

2. Juriaen, born say 1673 (name suggests he was the eldest son).[25] He was still alive on 30 March 1701, when as Jurje Andriese he served as a witness at the baptism of Andries, son of [his sister] Jannetje and Cornelis Paulisse.[26]
3. Anna Maria, born say 1675. On 17 January 1691, Anna Marrija Andries, born under the jurisdiction of Breukelen, had banns published to marry Jan Dircksen Woertman, also born under the jurisdiction of Breukelen. His father Dirck Jansen Woertman, her stepfather, and Annitje Prara [sic], her mother, consented to the marriage.[27]
4. Perhaps: Lambert Andriesse, in Brookland census of 1698.[28] Jan Staats witnessed the baptism of Lambert Andriessen’s daughter Rachel in the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush on 22 May 1698.[29]
5. Jannetje, daughter of Andries Jurriaansz and Annetje Pieters, baptized Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush 26 January 1679 (witnesses: Thomas Lambertsz, Jannetje his wife).[30] On 11 October 1696 Jannetje Andries, of Breuckelen, had banns published in the Dutch Reformed Church of New York to marry Cornelis Pauluszen, of N[ieuw] Albanien, and the marriage occurred at Brooklyn.[31] That the wife of Cornelis Pauluszen was this Jannetje is indicated by the record of the baptism on 26 December 1697 of their first child, Annitje, for which the witnesses were Jan Pietersen Staets and Anne Marija Andrissen.[32]
6. Andries, son of Andries Jurriaansz and Annetje, baptized Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush 3 October 1680 (witnesses: Thomas Lambrechts and wife Jannetje, Jacob Jorisz).[33] He perhaps died young, as he is not seen as a witness at family baptisms.

More than a year after the death of her second husband, Annetje Pieters married again. On 11 June 1682 she married Jan Jansz [Staats], a single man from Gowanus, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush.[34] He died before 30 November 1710, when his brother Pieter Jansen Staats made an agreement with Jan Jansen Staats’s widow and children regarding the inheritance of their father John Peterse. Jan Jansen Staats had bought Peter Jansen Staats’s half of the lands their father had left them at Gowanus, which they had failed to register. On 30 November 1710, Peter Jansen Staats formally conveyed the land to his nephew, Peter Janse Staats junior, the eldest son and heir of the late Jan Jansen Staats.[35]

Children with Jan Jansz [Staets]:

7. Peter, born say 1683 (eldest son). In an agreement for his paternal grandfather’s estate, he was called “Peter Janse Staats junr, the Eldest son and heyre of said John [Janse Staats], deceased.”[36]  For a discussion of him see Margery Huston Freas’s article, “Who was Peter Staats of Gowanus?”.[37]
8. Jan, son of Jan Jansen and Annitje Pieters, baptized Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, 16 March 1684 (witnesses: Pieter Jansen, Annitje Jans van Dijck).[38]
9. Elsjen, daughter of Jan Janszen and Annetje Pieters, baptized Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam, 7 February 1686 (witnesses: Jan Vincent, Annetje Jans).[39]
10. Neeltje, born 15 April 1687,[40] daughter of Jan Jansen and Annitje Pieters, baptized Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, 17 April 1687 (witnesses: Pieter Pra, Neeltje Jans).[41] She died in October 1736.[42] Married before February 1706 (baptism of eldest known child) Paulus van der Voort.[43] Neeltje’s son-in-law wrote the following entry in a family record: “Myn wyf’s moeder Neeltje Stats is geboren den 15 April, 1687, en is gestorven in October 1736” [My wife’s mother Neeltje Stats was born 15 April 1687 and died in October 1736].[44]
11. Anneke, daughter of Jan Jansen and Anneke Pieters, baptized Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush, 9 September 1688 (witnesses: Volkert Henderickse, Lijsbet Aersen).[45]
12. Aeltje, daughter of Jan Jansen and Annitje Pra, baptized Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, 30 October 1692 (witnesses: Jan Dircksen, Aeltje Jans).[46] She may be the Aaltje Staats, born and residing under the jurisdiction of Breukelen, who had banns published on 12 September 1719 to marry Hendrik Blaauw, likewise born and residing under the jurisdiction of Breukelen.[47] 

That Annetje Pieters, the wife of Jan Evertsen Bout, was also the wife of Andries Jurriaens and Jan Jansen Staats is documented in an indenture of 17 March 1696/7, when “Annitie Para [sic], relict of John Evertse Bout and Andries Janse Jurianse, deceased, now the wife of John Janse Staats of Broocklyn in Kings County,” sold a lot in Broockland to Jurian Andriessen.[48]

Education

Annetje was supposed to be sent to evening-school in Breukelen from 1663 onward.[49] However, in 1671, Annetje signed the codicil to her husband’s will with a mark (preserved as a copy),[50] suggesting she could not even write her name. She signed with a slightly different mark in 1697 (preserved as a copy).[51] 

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Occupation

Annetje Pieters Pra lived in Leiden for the first few years of her life. She lost her mother by the time she was five years old. In 1657, her father remarried Catharina Lettie.[52] In 1663, when Annetje was ten years old, she lost her father too. The deacons of the Dutch Reformed Church of Breukelen (Brooklyn) provided for her after her stepmother quickly remarried. On 1 July 1663 they found a place for Annetje in the household of Jan Martijn van Campen, a church member who lived in Breukelen. She was indentured to him for a period of six years. She was to have board and clothing and sent to evening-school in winter.[53] It is unclear how long Annetje remained in the household, since Jan Martijn died by 16 September 1663, when his widow Fijtie Dircks remarried.[54] The deacons continued to oversee Annetje’s care, and gave her a pastry on New Year’s Eve 1663/4.[55] They did not find her a new place, suggesting Annetje may have continued to serve the widow and her new husband, Pieter Lambertsen de Heest; perhaps until the end of the contract in 1669.

Holdings and Estate

Annetje Pieters inherited half of the estate of her first husband, Jan Evertsen Bout. This land must have included a lot in the town of Brookland, bounded on the north side by the King’s Highway, on the east side Machiell Hansen, on the west Joras Hansen and Lambert Andrisse, including the meadows, with all the houses, barns, barrows, tenements, orchards, fences, etc., which she sold to her son Jurriaan Andriessen on 17 March 1696/7 for 150 pounds. [56] This may have been the meadow in “Broockland . . . within the limits of Gawanos Mill” that had formerly belonged to Jan Evertse Bout, which her son Jurian Andrisse sold on 14 October 1703.[57] 

Church Membership

Annetje Pieters and her husband Andries Jurriaans were members of the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush in 1677 and 19 November 1679.[58]

The baptismal records of Flatbush and Brooklyn mention several appearances of an Annetje Pieters as witness.[59] Since none of these records mention Annetje Pieters Pra’s known family members or associates, these may refer to the same-named wife of Roelof Martense.

Annetje Pra witnessed the baptisms of two children in the Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn:

• Maria, daughter of Pieter Pra and Marike Heij, baptized 30 September 1688 (witnesses: Kasper Joosten, Annitje Pra).[60]
• Neeltje, daughter of Dirck Kroesen and Elisabeth Cregiers, baptized 13 March 1692 (witnesses: Folkert Hendricksen, Annitje Para).[61]

Associations

Annetje Pieters Pra was indentured to Jan Martijn van Campen.[62] She must have been a close friend of Dirck Kroesen and Elisabeth Cregiers, whose child’s baptism she witnessed.[63]

Literature

“Additions and Corrections.” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 69 (October 1938): 394–97. Correction “Praa” supplied by William J. Hoffman, who identified Annetje Pieters Pra as the child baptized in Leiden on 4 February 1652 to Pierre Prat and Marie Philippe. Hoffman concluded Annetje Pieters Pra was not married to Jan Evertsen Bout because of their age difference, and must not have been aware of the 1696/7 indenture that explicitly mentions Annetje Pra as his widow.

Freas, Margery Huston. “Who was Peter Staats of Gowanus?” New Netherland Connections 5 (October–December 2000): 107–12. Discusses Annetje Pieters Pra’s third marriage to Jan Jansen Staats.

Hatcher, Patricia Law. “Peter Praa and Catharina Lettie of Leiden and New Netherland, their Spouses and Their Children.” The American Genealogist 86 (2012–2013): 267–77.

Provost, Andrew J., Jr. Early Settlers of Bushwick, Long Island, New York and Their Descendants. 4 vols. 1949–1963. Vol. 1 has an entry for the “Ancestry of and Descent from Captain Pieter Praa (1655–1740) of Bushwick, Kings County, New York,” which includes a short discussion about the captain’s parents and siblings, including Annetje Pieters Pra.

Totten, John Reynolds. “Praa-Bennet Family Notes.” New York Genealogical & Biographical Record 65 (October 1934): 308–19, 66 (January 1935): 58–67, 65 (October 1934), 308–19; (January 1935): 58–67, 92; (April 1935), 190–93; 67 (January 1936): 82–83; 69 (October 1938): 394–97; 84 (April 1953): 112. Totten was apparently unaware of the Leiden church records, and estimated the birth date of Annetje Pra as 1643, based on the erroneous identification of her with the sixteen-year-old daughter of Pieter Pia on the passage fee list. He only mentioned one husband for her, Jan Jansen.

Source Editions

Linde, A.P.G. Jos van der, ed. Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660–1752. New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1983. Pp. 69, 196–98 (indenture), 123, 126, 131 (baptisms of children), 128, 130 (baptismal witness), 181 (pastry from deacons), 217 (witness for daughter’s marriage).

Sypher, Francis J., ed. Liber A of the Collegiate Churches of New York, Part 2: Baptisms 1639 to 1697, Members 1649 to 1701, Marriages 1639 to 1701. Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015. P. 311 (baptism of daughter).

Voorhees, David William. Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York. Vol. 1: 1677-1720. New York: Holland Society of New York, 2009. Pp. 235 (marriage to Jan Jansz), 335, 353 (membership), 389, 400, 428, 444 (baptisms of children).

Acknowledgments

The research for this sketch was partially commissioned from Yvette Hoitink by Roberta Estes, who has made the results available to the New Netherland Settlers project.

Citations

[1] David William Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, vol. 1, 1677–1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998), 263.

[2] Baptism of Anne Prat, 4 February 1652, in Vrouwekerk Walloon Church (Leiden, Netherlands), baptismal register, 1647–1655, unpaginated but chronologically arranged; imaged, “Personen,” Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken (https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/collecties/personen/zoek-op-personen/deeds/1c5e5e9f-2c04-10bb-be68-d90cb5ab2bf7); citing call no. 272, Record Group (RG) 1004: Doop-, trouw- begraaf- en geboorteboeken Leiden [Baptismal, marriage, burial, and birth books Leiden], Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken, Leiden, Netherlands.

[3] Marriage intentions of Pierre Prat and Marie Philip, 13 July 1642, in Dutch Reformed Church (Leiden), marriage banns register, 1642–1647, fol. 1v, Pra–Philip, 27 June 1642; imaged, “Personen,” Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken (https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/collecties/personen/zoek-op-personen/deeds/8a03d6b5-766a-271b-c0fa-b946d0827548); citing call no. 13, RG 1004, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken. Pierre Prat was from Marenne (probably: Marennes-Hiers-Brouage, Charente-Maritime, France), and Marie Phillip was from Liège.

[4] Attestation to Pierre Praet and his wife, 12 March 1659, in Vrouwekerk Walloon Church (Leiden), register of attestations given to departing members, 1629–1667, unpaginated but chronologically arranged; imaged, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken (https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/collecties/archieven/archievenoverzicht/file/32f3af0b-224f-3276-bd82-45590e9ce4db), image 89 of 129; citing call no. 26, RG 0535: Waalse Gemeente te Leiden [Walloon Congregation of Leiden], Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken.

[5] Conveyance by Derck Jansen to Pieter Pradt, 26 August 1659, in Flatbush, town records, liber B: deeds, 1659–1664, fol. 6–6a; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_04_01_004_001, images 12–13 of 189; citing Town of Flatbush records, Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[6] List of emigrants from Holland to New Netherland, 1654–1664, p. 26, entry for Pieter Pietersen, 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, image 54 of 180; citing series A1810-78, New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

[7] Peter Pia vs. Arent van Landen and Hendrick Cornelissen, 11 August 1639, in New Netherland Council, Dutch colonial council minutes, vol. 4, 1638–1649, p. 47; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/11444), identifier NYSA_A1809-78_V04_p047; citing series A1809, New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

[8] Power of attorney from Jan Jansen to Pierre Pra, in New Netherland, register of the secretary of the province, vol. 2, 1642–1647, p. 122; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/11131), identifier NYSA_A0270-78_V2_122a; citing series A0270-78, New Netherland Provincial Secretary Register of the Provincial Secretary, New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

[9] Conveyance by Derck Jansen to Pieter Pradt, 26 August 1659, in Flatbush, town records, liber B: deeds, 1659–1664, fol. 6–6a; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_04_01_004_001, images 12–13 of 189; citing Town of Flatbush records, Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[10] Indenture of Annetie Prae, 18 April 1663, in Dutch Reformed Church (Brooklyn), Protocol book, 1660–1664, p. 67–68; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Brooklyn > First Church, Protocolle Book,  1660-1664 > image 37 of 162.

[11] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1:335.

[12] Kory L. Meyerink, New York in 1698: A Comprehensive List of Residents Based on Census, Tax, and Other Lists (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 2004), 20.

[13] Baptism of Anne Prat, 4 February 1652.

[14] Baptism of Aeltje, daughter of Jan Jansen and Annitje Pra, 30 October 1692, in Dutch Reformed Church (Brooklyn), baptismal register, 1660–1699, p. 188; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Brooklyn > First Church, Protocolle Book,  1660-1664 > image 110 of 162.

[15] Meyerink, New York in 1698, 20.

[16] Agreement between Peter Janse Staats and Peter Janse Staats jr, 30 November 1710, in Kings County, conveyances, vol. 4: Deeds, 1711–1724, p. 8–9; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_01_33_007_001, image 10–11 of 322; citing Kings County records, Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York City Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[17] Will of Jan Everts Bout, 1 August 1671, in Surrogate’s Court (New York County), will 036; imaged, “New York County, New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1658-1880 (NYSA),” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60387) > J0038-92: Probated Wills, 1662-1827 > Wills, 0001-0180, (1662-1761) > images 154–60; citing New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

[18] Henry Reed Stiles, A History of the City of Brooklyn: Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh (Brooklyn, New York, 1867), 421.

[19] Jan Evertsen Bout was 44 years old in 1645: Declaration by Jan Evertsen Bout and Claes Jansen, March 1645, in New Netherland, register of the secretary of the province, vol. 2, 1642–1647, p. 142; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/11194), identifier NYSA_A0270-78_V2_142d; citing series A0270-78, New Netherland Provincial Secretary Register of the Provincial Secretary, New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

[20] In his last will with his first wife, he identified his place of origin as “Barrevelt.” Will of Jan Evertsen Bout and wife Trijntje Sijmons de Witt, 19 August 1649; in New Netherland, register of the secretary of the province, vol. 3, 1648–1660, p. 58; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/19128), identifier NYSA_A0270-78_V3_058a; citing series A0270-78, New Netherland Provincial Secretary Register of the Provincial Secretary, New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

[21] Will of Jan Everts Bout, 1 August 1671.

[22] His mother was pregnant on 1 August 1671 according to his father’s will. Will of Jan Everts Bout, 1 August 1671. For the name of the son, see Stiles, A History of the City of Brooklyn, 421; citing “copy of an original paper in the archives of the New York Historical Society.” Includes a deposition by Benjamin Van Dewater, aged 71 (in 1741), who said “he knew Jan Evertse Bout, the son of the patentee . . . who made a will and died before his son was born.”

[23] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1:335.

[24] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1:335, 353. His death date was written as 19 March 1680 (p. 335) and March 1681 (p. 353). The most likely explanation is that he died on 19 March 1681, which was 1680 in the Julian calendar.

[25] Conveyance by Annitje Para to Jurian Andriessen, 17 March 1696[/7], in Kings County, conveyances, vol. 3: Deeds, 1704–1710, p. 252; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_01_33_004_001, image 155 of 238; citing Kings County records, Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York City Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[26] Baptism of Andries, son of Cornelis Paulisse and Jannetje, 30 March 1701, in Dutch Reformed Church (Brooklyn), baptismal register, 1699–1710, p. 116; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Brooklyn > First Church, Protocolle Book,  1660-1664 > image 69 of 162.

[27] Marriage of Jan Dircksen Woertman and Anna Marrija Andries, 17 January 1691, in Dutch Reformed Church (Brooklyn), marriage register, 1660–1695, illegible page number; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Brooklyn > First Church, Protocolle Book,  1660-1664 > image 148 of 162.

[28] Kory L. Meyerink, New York in 1698: A Comprehensive List of Residents, Based on Census, Tax, and Other Lists (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 2024), 20.

[29] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1:453.

[30] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1:389.

[31]  Marriage intentions of Cornelis Pauluszen and Jannetje Andries, 11 October 1697, in Dutch Reformed Church (New York), Liber A, marriage register, 1639–1701, p. 682; 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 572 of 1410; citing The Archives of the Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

[32] Baptism of Annitje, daughter of Cornelis Pauelsen and Jannitje Andriesen, 26 December 1697 in Dutch Reformed Church (Brooklyn), baptismal register, 1660–1699, p. 199; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Brooklyn > First Church, Protocolle Book,  1660-1664 > image 117 of 162.

[33] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1:400.

[34] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1:235.

[35] Agreement between Peter Janse Staats and Peter Janse Staats jr., 30 November 1710.

[36] Agreement between Peter Janse Staats and Peter Janse Staats jr., 30 November 1710.

[37] Margery Huston Freas, “Who was Peter Staats of Gowanus?,” New Netherland Connections 5 (October–December 2000): 107–12.

[38] Baptism of Jan, son of Jan Jansen and Annitje Pieters, 16 March 1683/4, in Dutch Reformed Church (Brooklyn), baptismal register, 1660–1699, p. 171; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Brooklyn > First Church, Protocolle Book,  1660-1664 > image 102 of 162. Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1:428.

[39] Baptism of Elsjen, daughter of Jan Jansen and Annetje Pieters, 7 February 1686, in Dutch Reformed Church (New Amsterdam), Liber A, baptismal register, 1639–1697, p. 432; 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 334 of 1410; citing The Archives of the Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

[40] Marguerite Schenck Maires and Gladys Marie Muller, Johannes Schenk of Bushwick, Long Island and His Descendants: A Genealogy (Brooklyn, New York: 1948), 77.

[41] Baptism of Neeltje, daughter of Jan Jansen and Annitje Pieters, 17 April 1687, in Dutch Reformed Church (Brooklyn), baptismal register, 1660–1699, p. 176; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Brooklyn > First Church, Protocolle Book,  1660-1664 > image 105 of 162.

[42] Maires and Muller, Johannes Schenk of Bushwick, Long Island and His Descendants, 77.

[43] Baptism of Elijsabet, daughter of Paulus van der Voort and Neeltjen, 10 February 1706, in Dutch Reformed Church (Brooklyn), baptismal register, 1660–1699, illegible page number ; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Brooklyn > First Church, Protocolle Book,  1660-1664 > image 79 of 162.

[44] Maires and Muller, Johannes Schenk of Bushwick, Long Island and His Descendants, 77.

[45] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1:444.

[46] Baptism of Aeltje, daughter of Jan Jansen and Annitje Pra, 30 October 1692.

[47] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1:324.

[48] Conveyance by Annitje Para to Jurian Andriessen, 17 March 1696[/7].

[49] Indenture of Annetie Prae, 18 April 1663.

[50] Codicil to will of Jan Everts Bout, 1 August 1671, in Surrogate’s Court (New York County), will 036; imaged, “New York County, New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1658-1880 (NYSA),” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60387) > J0038-92: Probated Wills, 1662-1827 > Wills, 0001-0180, (1662-1761) > images 159–60; citing New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

[51] Conveyance by Annitje Para to Jurian Andriessen, 17 March 1696[/7].

[52] Marriage banns of Pieter Prat and Catharijna Lettje, 1 March 1657, in Dutch Reformed Church (Leiden), vol. Q, banns register, 1657–1661, fol. 9v; imaged, “Personen,” Erfgoed Leiden (https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/collecties/personen/zoek-op-personen/deeds/89db74f5-c61b-30a3-604f-04bf60f1174d); citing call no. 16, RG 1004, Erfgoedcentrum Leiden en Omstreken.

[53] Indenture of Annetie Prae, 18 April 1663. Indenture contract for Annetie Prae, 18 April 1663, in in Dutch Reformed Church (Brooklyn), Protocol book, 1660–1664, provisions for orphan children, unnumbered page; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Brooklyn > First Church, Protocolle Book,  1660-1664 > image 133 of 162.

[54] Marriage intentions of Pieter Lambertsen de Hooft and Fijtie Dircks, 16 September 1663, in Dutch Reformed Church (Brooklyn), marriages, 1660–1695, illegible page number; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Brooklyn > First Church, Protocolle Book,  1660-1664 > image 145 of 162.

[55] Donation of a pastry to Annetie Prae, 1 January 1664, in Dutch Reformed Church (Brooklyn), Protocol book, 1660–1664, deacon’s accounts, fol. 113r; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Brooklyn > First Church, Protocolle Book,  1660-1664 > image 126 of 162.

[56] Conveyance by Annitje Para to Jurian Andriessen, 17 March 1696[/7].

[57] Conveyance by Jurian Andrisse to Margrett Dolsteyne, 14 October 1703, in Kings County, conveyances, vol. 2: Deeds, 1694–1698, fol. 273 in new numbering; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_01_33_002_001, image 276 of 369; citing Kings County records, Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York City Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[58] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1:353, 335.

[59] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1:389, 402, 421, 438, 443. Also, Van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, 1:121.

[60] Baptism of Maria, daughter of Pieter Prae and Marike Haeij, 30 September 1688, in Dutch Reformed Church (Brooklyn), baptismal register, 1660–1699, p. 180; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Brooklyn > First Church, Protocolle Book,  1660-1664 > image 106 of 162.

[61] Baptism of Neeltje, daughter of Dirck Kroesen and Elisabeth Cregier, 13 March 1691, in Dutch Reformed Church (Brooklyn), baptismal register, 1660–1699, p. 186; imaged, “U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639–1989,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961) > New York > Brooklyn > First Church, Protocolle Book,  1660-1664 > image 109 of 162.

[62] Indenture of Annetie Prae, 18 April 1663.

[63] Baptism of Neeltje, daughter of Dirck Kroesen and Elisabeth Cregier, 13 March 1691.

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