Lodewijck Jongh

Name

He was called Lodewijck Jongh in land records.[1] The earliest known record mentioning him, for the baptism of a child in the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Amsterdam in 1640, called him Lodewijck Junge,[2] suggesting that was his original name. “Junge” is German for the Dutch “Jong” or “Jonge” meaning “Young.” Two New Amsterdam Dutch Reformed Church records referred to him as “De Jong” and “De Jonge,” meaning “The Young.”[3]

Origin

Lodewijck Jongh lived in Amsterdam in 1640.[4] His Lutheran religion suggests he was of German or Scandinavian origin.

Migration

Lodewijck Jongh arrived in New Netherland before 2 January 1651, when he bought land.[5] He may have come with his wife and stepchildren around 1647. In 1647, his stepdaughter Lijsbeth Janszen married in New Amsterdam.[6] In 1687, his stepson Dirck Janse Woertman declared himself to have been in the country for forty years when he pledged his oath of allegiance.[7] 

Settlement

Lodewijck Jongh lived on Long Island, where he owned land since 1651.[8] In 1663, he signed a petition as a resident of Breuckelen (Brooklyn).[9]

Biographical Details

The father of a child baptized in 1640, Lodewijck Jongh was probably born between say 1590 and 1620. If he was the same person as Lodewijck Pastoul (see “Marriage and Children,” below), he was born about 1603 in Arheiligen in modern-day Hessen-Kassel, Germany.[10] 

Lodewijck Jongh died between 29 July 1657, when he sponsored his granddaughter’s baptism,[11] and 19 July 1676, when Harmtie Janse was called his widow.[12] He probably died on Long Island, where he lived.

Marriage and Children

Lodewijck Jongh was married to Harmtie Jans, the widow of Jan Woertman and mother of Dirck Jans Woertman and Lijsbeth Jansen who married Joost Cockuyt. Harmtie Janse was mentioned as the widow of Lodewijck Jongh in two land transactions in 1676 and 1679/80.[13] Her identification as the widow of Jan Woertman is based on the will of Simon Claeszen (husband of Annetje Lodewijcks), who called Dirck Jans Woertman and Joost Cockuyt his brothers-in-law.[14] 

Lodewijck Jongh had one known child, perhaps by Harmtie Jans:

1. Annitje, daughter of Lodewijck Junge, baptized in the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Amsterdam on 15 April 1640. Sponsor: Geesje Jans.[15] On 7 August 1655 Anneken Lodewijcx from Amsterdam and Simon Claeszen from Groningen registered their intention to marry at the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam.[16]

In her article about The Family of Dirck Janszen Woertman of Brooklyn Ferry, Barbara A. Barth called Annetje Lodewijcks the daughter of a prior wife of Lodewijck Jongh. She concluded Annetje was not the daughter of Harmtje Jans, because Annetje named none of her five daughters Harmtje.[17] However, some parents chose to name children only after deceased family members. Harmtje Jans was still living in February 1679/80;[18] after Annetje Lodewijcks had her last known child in 1674.[19] The provision for Annetje Lodewijck’s children in the 1688 will of Joost and Lijsbeth Cockuyt[20] suggests Annetje was Lijsbeth’s half-sister rather than a stepsister, and the daughter of Harmtie Jans.

If Harmtie Jans was Annetje Lodewijck’s mother, she probably married Lodewijck Jongh by 1640, in Amsterdam. The only pre-1640 marriage in Amsterdam between a Harmtie Jans and a Lodewijck was for a groom named Lodewijck Pastoul, registered on 25 June 1639.[21] His last name does not match Lodewijck Jongh’s, and he signed with a plus-sign rather than Lodewijck Jongh’s known mark (see education, below).[22] That marriage registration did not mention a previous husband for the bride, suggesting she was single and not the widow of Jan Woertman. The orphan chamber did not record an agreement between Harmtje Jans and the children of her first husband—a requirement for a widow with minor children to marry again.[23] These inconsistencies make it unlikely that Lodewijck Pastoul was Lodewijck Jongh.

Education

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Occupation

Lodewijck Jonck or Jonge was a farmer on the deacons’ farm in Breuckelen (Brooklyn) on 16 November 1654. On that date, an Amsterdam orphan named Hendrick Claesz was indentured to Lodewijck for three and a half years, later changed to four years. The contract allowed the sixteen-year-old boy to attend church on Sundays and learn to read and write. Lodewijck Jongh had to provide board and clothing, and pay the boy sixty guilders at the end of his service.[26]

Lodewijck Jongh was still living on that farm in 1657, when “Loodewijck” was ordered to contribute ten guilders for the support of minister Polhemus. Contributions varied from six to fifteen guilders, suggesting Lodewijck Jongh’s wealth was about average for that town.[27] 

Holdings and Estate

On 2 January 1651, Lodewijck Jongh received land previously owned by Andries Hudde.[28] Hudde’s 1645 patent described the location of the land on Long Island, across from the fort, lying to the southwest to[ward] Jan Manje and to the south or behind the maize land of Frederick Lubbertse, to the east against Claas Cornelissen Meutelaer, stretching from the riverside at the land of Meutelaar to the land of Manje, 37 morgens and 247 rods in extent.[29] To pay the purchase price, Lodewijck Jongh borrowed two hundred guilders from Anna Jans, the widow of Everhardus Bogardus. On 22 March 1651, he put up the land as security for the loan.[30]

On 19 July 1676, Harmtie Janse, widow of Lodewijck Jong, transported 8 morgens and 536 rods of this land to Jeronimus de Rapale.[31] On 12 February 1679/80, she transported a further 12 morgens to Dirck Janse Woertman (her son).[32]

Church Membership

Lodewijck Jongh was Lutheran. In Amsterdam, he had his daughter Annitje baptized in the Evangelical-Lutheran church.[33] On 20 May 1659, he was among the New Netherland Lutherans who petitioned the Directors of the West India Company for the freedom to exercise their religion and a place of worship.[34]

The 1659 petition described the situations of the Lutherans in the colony. In 1656, the Directors of the West India Company had decreed that Lutherans would be tolerated in New Netherland as they were in the Netherlands. A Lutheran minister came to the colony in 1657. However, Director-General Petrus Stuyvesant fiercely opposed the Lutheran church. He had the minister arrested and sent back to the Netherlands, and threatened to fine Lutherans who held meetings or helped the minister. Meanwhile, the promise of free religion had attracted many Lutherans to the colony, but by 1659 some of them were leaving again. The petition asked for the return of their minister and a place to practice their religion, perhaps two or three miles from Manhattan, or at the ferry, at Long Island, or at Paulus Hoeck. The petitioners warned that more farmers would leave if they could not worship in peace. At least 68 Lutherans signed the petition, including Lodewijck Jonge.[35] The proposed locations for the Lutheran church suggests there was a larger Lutheran community on Long Island, where Lodewijck Jonge lived.

On 7 February 1657, “Loodewijck” was assessed to contribute ten guilders to the salary of the Dutch Reformed minister Polhemus.[36] However, the next year he refused to pay. On 26 March 1658, sheriff Tonneman complained to the New Netherland council that Lodewijck Jong, Jan Martijn, Nicolaes de Fransman, Abraham de Molaat, and Gerrit de Rademaker had harassed him while collecting the salary of Reverend Polhemus.[37] On 2 April, Jan Martijn, Nicolas de Fransman, and Abraham Jansen appeared before the council. They had failed to pay the six guilders for the support of minister Polhemius on Long Island. They were condemned to pay twelve guilders. Lodewijck Jong and Gerrit de Raademaecker did not appear and were summoned for the next court date.[38] The outcome of the case against Lodewijck Jong has not been preserved, but he likely received a similar fine.

Lodewijck Jongh witnessed the following baptisms in the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam:

• Grietie, daughter of Hendrick Willemsz, baptized 16 June 1652. Witnesses: Lodovijck de Jonge, Hester ter Neuf.[39]
• Grietje, daughter of Simon Claeszen and Annetje Lodowijx, baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam on 29 July 1657. Witnesses: Lodowijck de Jong, Pieter Janszen, Lijsbeth Jans.[40] Grietje was Lodewijck’s granddaughter.

Associations

Lodewijck Jongh borrowed money from Anna Jans, widow of Everhardus Bogardus, in 1651.[41] He was the employer of Hendrick Claesz, an indentured orphan from Amsterdam, in 1654.[42]

Lodewijck Jongh was the stepfather of the children of Harmtie Jans by her first husband, Jan Woertman:

1. Lijsbeth Janszen, born say 1610–1629 (first marriage in 1647), registered her marriage intentions at the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam on 7 July 1647 to marry Pieter Janszen from Norway,[43] and on 6 October 1662 to marry Joost Janzen Cocquit, from Brugues (Bruges), soldier.[44]
2. Dirck Woertman, son of Jan Woertman, baptized in the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Amsterdam on 7 December 1631. Witnesses: Harman Weijsert, Hans Nicolaesz, Annetje Pieters, Trijntje Jonas.[45] Married around 7 March 1660 (payment of marriage fees) in Flatbush to Marritje Teunis.[46]
3. Anneken Woertman, daughter of Jan Woertman, baptized in the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Amsterdam on 7 December 1631. Witnesses: Harman Weijsert, Hans Nicolaesz, Annetje Pieters, Trijntje Jonas.[47] She may have died young since no further records have been found for her.

Additional Details

In 1653 Lodewijck Jongh was mentioned in a court case regarding shoes he had bought. On 18 August 1653, Symon Joosten stated he had purchased fifty pairs of shoes from Pieter Smith, and sold one pair to Lodewijck Jongh. However, Meuwe Jansen claimed those shoes were his, bought at the New Market at Amsterdam, and called Symon Joosten a thief. Since Jansen could not prove ownership, the court ordered him to stop bothering Joosten about it.[48]

On 1 March 1663, Lodewijck Jongh was one of the inhabitants of Breuckelen (Brooklyn) who petitioned the Director-General and Council of the Netherlands for land to establish a new village. They had found a location in the woods, near valleys that provided hay, that would be suitable for twenty or thirty persons.[49] The residents of Midwout (Flatbush) also petitioned for the land, but the Breuckelen petitioners prevailed.[50] 

Literature

Anderson, Thelma Chidester. Workman Family History. Salt Lake City, Utah: Publishers Press, 1962. Page 17. Includes speculation about Annetje Lodewijckse being a half-sister of Dirck and Elisabeth Woertman, and the theory that their mother first married John William Workman (Woertman) and then Lodowycke de Jong. The author was apparently unaware of the land records mentioning Harmtie Jans as widow of Lodewijck Jongh, since she wrote “in all land transactions she is known merely as Harmitje Jans with Lodowicke never appearing in the picture.”

Barth, Barbara A. “The Family of Dirck Janszen Woertman of Brooklyn Ferry.” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 132 (January 2001): 28–36, (April 2001): 137–46, (July 2001): 195–202, (October 2001): 259–67; 133 (April 2002): 137–46, (July 2002): 191–200. Lodewijck Jongh is mentioned as the second husband of Harmtje Jans, the mother of Dirck Janszen Woertman, in the first installment, which also includes a discussion of Lodewijck’s daughter Annetje.

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. Page 169. Short entry mentioning Lodewijck’s purchase of the Hudde patent in Brooklyn.

Fernow, Berthold and Edmund Bailey O’Callaghan. Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens, 1653-1655. Vol. 1. The Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini. New York City, New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1897. Page 99.

Gehring, Charles T., and Janny Venema, eds. Council Minutes, 1656–1658. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 2018. Pages 238–39, 423–24, 432.

Hoff, Henry B., ed. Long Island Source Records: From the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1987. Pages 85–86.

Jacobs, Jaap. New Netherland: A Dutch Colony in Seventeenth-Century America. Leiden, Netherlands and Boston, Massachusetts: Brill, 2005. Page 86.

Scott, Kenneth, and Kenn Stryker-Rodda, eds. Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1648–1660. Translated by Arnold J. F. Van Laer. Vol. 3. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974. Pages 219–20.

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). Pages 59, 92.

Van Laer, A.J.F., trans. The Lutheran Church in New York, 1649–1772: Records in the Lutheran Church Archives at Amsterdam, Holland. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Page 40.

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] Conveyance by Pieter Cornelissen as procurator of Andries Hudde to Lodewijck Jongh, beginning of 1651, in Kings County, New York, conveyances, vol. 1: deeds, 1679–1694, p. 251–252; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_01_33_001_001, images 267–68 of 377; citing Kings County records, Brooklyn Old Town Records, New York City Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[2] Baptism of Annitje Lodewijck, 15 April 1640, in Evangelical-Lutheran Church (Amsterdam), baptismal register 1632–1641, p. 385; imaged, Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/cbeb4578-70a8-48ef-82da-b5a37a4b2cf1); citing call no. 140, Record Group (RG) 5001: Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) [Archives of the Civil Registration: baptismal, marriage, and burial books of Amsterdam (predecessors of the civil registration)], Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

[3] Baptism of Grietie, daughter of Hendrick Willemsz, 16 june 1652, in Dutch Reformed Church (New Amsterdam), Liber A, baptismal register, 1639–1697, p. 282; 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 183 of 1410; citing The Archives of the Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Also, baptism of Grietie, daughter of Simon Claeszen and Annetje Lodewijx, 29 July 1657, in Dutch Reformed Church (New Amsterdam), Liber A, baptismal register, 1639–1697, p. 300; image 202 of 1410.

[4] Baptism of Annitje Lodewijck, 15 April 1640.

[5] Conveyance by Pieter Cornelissen as procurator of Andries Hudde to Lodewijck Jongh, 2 January 1651, in Kings County, New York, conveyances, vol. 1: deeds, 1679–1694, p. 250; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_01_33_001_001, image 264 of 377.

[6] Marriage intentions of Pieter Janszen and Lijsbeth Janszen, 7 July 1647, in Dutch Reformed Church (New Amsterdam), Liber A, marriage register, 1639–1701, p. 579; 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 472 of 1410; citing The Archives of the Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

[7] : E.B. O’Callaghan, The Documentary History of the State of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1850), p. 429–432 (p. 430).

[8] Conveyance by Pieter Cornelissen as procurator of Andries Hudde to Lodewijck Jongh, 2 January 1651.

[9] Lodewijck’s name does not survive on the original petition, which was damaged in the 1911 fire in Albany. Petition by Brooklyn inhabitants for new village, 1 March 1663, in New Netherland Council, Dutch colonial council minutes, vol. 10, 1661–1665, part 2, p. 37; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/55245), identifier NYSA_A1809-78_V10_pt2_0037; citing series A1809, New York State Archives, Albany, New York. A translation with a full list of petitioners including “Lodewy(ck) Jongs” was preserved in 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, vol. 1, 2 vols. (Brooklyn, New York, 1867), 119–20.

[10] Marriage intentions of Lodewijck Pastoul and Harmpje Jans, 25 June 1639, in Amsterdam, marriage intentions of the church, 1639, p. 168; imaged, “Indexen,” Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/d7d8adf3-0628-4c69-8547-2870d1d84962); citing call no. 451, RG 5001, Stadsarchief Amsterdam.

[11] Baptism of Grietie, daughter of Simon Claeszen and Annetje Lodewijx, 29 July 1657.

[12] Conveyance by Harmtie Janse to Jeronimus de Rapale, 19 July 1676, in Kings County, New York, conveyances, vol. 1: deeds, 1679–1694, p. 250; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0004_2_01_33_001_001, image 264 of 377. Also, conveyance by Harmtie Jans to Dirck Jansen Woertman, 12 February 1679[/80], in Kings County, New York, conveyances, vol. 1: deeds, 1679–1694, p. 250.

[13] Conveyance by Harmtie Janse to Jeronimus de Rapale, 19 July 1676.  

[14] Will of Simon Claeszen, 8 July 1684, recorded 9 October 1684, in Kings County, deeds (clerk’s copies), 1:5; digital film 007186845, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WT-4KCS), image 9.

[15] Baptism of Annitje Lodewijck, 15 April 1640.

[16]Marriage intentions of Simon Claeszen and Anneken Lodewijx, 7 August 1655, in Dutch Reformed Church (New Amsterdam), Liber A, marriage register, 1639–1701, p. 592; image 481 of 1410. .

[17] Barbara A. Barth, “The Family of Dirck Janszen Woertman of Brooklyn Ferry,” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 132, no. 1 (January 2001): 28–36 (pp. 34–35).

[18] Conveyance of land by Harmtie Janse to Jeronimus de Rapale, 19 July 1676. conveyance by Harmtie Jans to Dirck Jansen Woertman, 12 February 1679[/80].

[19] A.P.G. Jos van der Linde and Howard G. Hageman, eds., Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1983), 116.

[20] Will of Joost Cockuyt and Lijsbeth Cockuyt, 15 June 1688, in New York, will book 5: 81-82,; “New York, Wills and Probate Records, 159-1999,” database and images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8800) > New York > Wills, Vol 0005-0006, 1693-1707 > image 78-79; citing New York County Surrogates Office, Surrogates Office Court Building, State of New York.

[21] Marriage intentions of Lodewijck Pastoul and Harmpje Jans, 25 June 1639.

[22] Bond of Lodewyck Jongh to Anna Jans, 22 March 1651, in New Netherland, register of the secretary of the province, vol. 3, 1648–1660, p. 76; imaged, New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/…), identifier NYSA_A0270-78_V3_076a; citing Series A0270-78, New Netherland Provincial Secretary Register of the Provincial Secretary, New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

[23] Orphan Chamber (Amsterdam), index on first names of parties in the registers, 1611–1643; finding aid and images, Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/file/18c6bac1-63eb-7860-4de5-2d8a40f522fb); citing call no. 3970, RG 5073, Archief van de Weeskamer en Commissie van Liquidatie der Zaken van de Voormalige Weeskamer [Records of the Orphan Chamber and the Committee to Liquidate the Affairs of the Former Orphan Chamber].

[24] Bond of Lodewyck Jongh to Anna Jans, 22 March 1651.

[25] Petition from the Lutherans in New Netherland to the Directors of the West India Company, 20 May 1659, in Lutheran Church (Amsterdam), incoming correspondence from New York, including Albany and Loonenburg, 1653–1771; finding aid and images, Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/file/5c766f73-e6ef-fdcf-42c2-a6cc9817ee68); citing call no. 232, RG 213: Archief van de Evangelisch-Lutherse Gemeente te Amsterdam; Kerkenraad en Ouderlingen [Records of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Amsterdam; Consistory and Elders], Stadsarchief Amsterdam.

[26] The original document is in a private collection, as noted in Charles Gehring, ed., A Guide to Dutch Manuscripts Relating to New Netherland in United States Repositories, updated version, 2012, p. 125 (https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/research/online-publications/guide-to-dutch-manuscripts-in-united-states-repositories-relating-to-new-netherland). The guide's reversal of the roles of Lodewijck Jongh and Hendrick Claeszen is corrected in Barbara A. Barth’s article on the Woertman family, crediting Jaap Jacobs. Barbara A. Barth, “The Family of Dirck Janszen Woertman of Brooklyn Ferry,” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 132, no. 1 (January 2001): 28–36 (p. 29). Details of the contract are included in Jaap Jacobs, New Netherland: A Dutch Colony in Seventeenth-Century America (Leiden, Netherlands and Boston, Massachusetts: Brill, 2005), 86.

[27] Ordinance of the magistrates of Breuckelen imposing an assessment to pay Rev. Polhemus, 7 February 1657, in New Netherland Council, Dutch colonial council minutes, vol. 8, 1656–1658, pp. 463–464; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/…), identifier NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0463; citing series A1809, New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

[28] Conveyance by Pieter Cornelissen as procurator of Andries Hudde to Lodewijck Jongh, beginning of 1651.

[29] Patent by Willem Kieft to Andries Hudde, 2 September 1645, in Kings County, conveyances, copy book, 1:93 no. 249; digital film 007186845, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WT-4VB4), image 70.

[30] Bond of Lodewyck Jongh to Anna Jans, 22 March 1651.

[31] Conveyance of land by Harmtie Janse to Jeronimus de Rapale, 19 July 1676.

[32] Transport from Harmtje Janse to Dirck Janse Woertman, 12 February 1679.

[33] Baptism of Annitje Lodewijck, 15 April 1640.

[34] Petition from the Lutherans in New Netherland to the Directors of the West India Company, 20 May 1659.

[35] Petition from the Lutherans in New Netherland to the Directors of the West India Company, 20 May 1659.

[36] Ordinance of the magistrates of Breuckelen imposing an assessment to pay Rev. Polhemus, 7 February 1657.

[37] Summons of Lodewijck Jong and others regarding complaint by sheriff Tonneman, 26 March 1658, New Netherland council, minutes, vol. 8, 1656–1658, p. 804; imaged, New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/56373), identifier NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0804; citing series A1809, Dutch colonial council minutes, New York State Archives, Albany, New York.
The top part of the record, which would have included Lodewijck’s last name, is illegible due to fire damage, but was captured in an 1867 publication. Stiles, A History of the City of Brooklyn, 1:119–120.

[38] Judgment against Nicolas the Frenchman and others, 2 April 1658, in New Netherland Council, Dutch colonial council minutes, vol. 8, p. 804; imaged, “Digital Collections,” New York State Archives (https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/56362), identifier NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0789b; citing series A1809, Dutch colonial council minutes, New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

[39] Baptism of Grietie, daughter of Hendrick Willemsz, 16 june 1652.

[40] Baptism of Grietie, daughter of Simon Claeszen and Annetje Lodewijx, 29 July 1657.

[41] Bond of Lodewyck Jongh to Anna Jans, 22 March 1651.

[42] Barth, “The Family of Dirck Janszen Woertman of Brooklyn Ferry,” NYGBR 132, no. 1 (January 2001): 29.

[43] Marriage intentions of Pieter Janszen and Lijsbeth Janszen, 7 July 1647.

[44] Marriage intentions of Joost Janszen Cocquijt and Lijsbeth Jans, 6 October 1662, in Dutch Reformed Church (New Amsterdam), Liber A, marriage register, 1639–1701, p. 608; image 497 of 1410.

[45] Baptism of Dirck and Anneken Woertman, 7 December 1631, in Evangelical-Lutheran Church (Amsterdam), baptismal register 1623–1631, p. 435; imaged, Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief (https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/04dede4a-dd54-425a-b3a1-70a401ff5294); citing call no. 139, RG 5001, Stadsarchief Amsterdam.

[46] Voorhees, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, 2:28–9.

[47] Baptism of Dirck and Anneken Woertman, 7 December 1631.

[48] Sijmon Joosten vs. Meuwe Jansz, 18 August 1653, in Court of Burgomasters and Schepens (New Amsterdam), minutes, vol. 1, 1653–1656, p. 133; imaged, “Digital Collections,” NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/), identifier MSS0040_1_2_01; citing Minutes of Burgomasters and Schepens of New Amsterdam, series 1: Original Dutch records of New Amsterdam, New Amsterdam records, New York City Municipal Archives, New York City, New York.

[49] Stiles, A History of the City of Brooklyn, 1:119–20.

[50] Stiles, A History of the City of Brooklyn, 1:120–21.

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