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ELEVENTH GENERATION

1140. Jacob DeWitt

1141. (Margriet/) Grietje Vernooy

1142. (1135iv) Lodewyck Hornbeck

1143. (2283v) Marytje Vernooy

REF: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck/hsrc/whornbeck/fam00006.htm

TWELFTH GENERATION

2280. Tjerck Claessen DeWitt

2281. Barbara Andriessen

REF: http://millennium.fortunecity.com/oldemill/220/d0000/f0000045.html#I1293

 
NOTES on Tjerck Claesen DeWitt
 

`Tierck' is a Frisian form of `Theodoric' [equivalent to the Dutch name Dirck, or Diederick]. In 1684, (2280) Tjerck Claesen DeWitt signed a "humble petition" seeking liberty 'to choose our owne officers to every towne court by the major vote of the freeholders". This so offended the authorities that he was arrested and sentenced to death, but got off with a small fine.

Tierck's will [written in the Dutch language] gave his wife - life use of the property. The land was divided equally between his six sons and six daughters. http://pages.prodigy.net/mike-sta4d/josiahst/d34.htm

"In September, 1660, he exchanged his Albany property with Madame de Hutter, for land in Wiltwyck... From this time until his death, he resided in Kingston and Hurley... That he was a man of considerable means is shown by the fact that in 1661 he was taxed 125 guilders (about $50) to pay for building a church in Esopus...

"In 1667, when the British sent Capt. Broadhead and 13 soldiers to take possession of Kingston, he was one of those who opposed British occupation and among the complaints made afterward by the burghers was the following: "Capt. Braodhead has beaten Tjerck Claezen DeWitt without reason and brought him to prison. Ye reason why Capt. Broadhead abused Tjerick DeWitt was because he would keep Christmas day on ye day according to the Dutch and not on ye day according to ye English observation." He refused to take the Oath of Allegiance required of heads of families by the English in 1668. He appears to have been well to do; he brought servants to Kingston. The records of Ulster Co., NY, show that he owned negro slaves and possessed two sloops which sailed the Hudson and along the Atlantic coast, carrying on trade at various places, and that he left about $8,000 in personal property.

"Because he refused to pay an Indian wages due, the court banished him and fined him 600 guilders; but the banishment was rescinded, the fine remitted and he was ordered to pay a reasonable sum to the complaining Indian - about 80 cents." -- http://www.en.com/users/drose/DeWitt/277.html "Tjerck Claessen DeWitt Genealogy Home Page"

"Court records at Fort Orange and Beverwyck 1652-1656: indicate asfollows:

"Johan de Deckere, ex officio plaintiff, against Tjerck Claesen, defendant. He demands that the defendant be fined sixteen guilders for having fought last Sunday with William Tellier and killed a goat of Sander Leendertsz. The court having heard the defendant's confession, condemns him to pay a fine of two and a half beavers.

"Idem, plaintiff, against the same defendant, for having been found last Sunday in the company of the Lutherans, performing divine service, contrary to the ordinance issued against it. Demands therefore that he be fined fl. 6.

"The court, having heard the confession of the defendant, condemns him to pay the fine demanded..."

From the early records of Albany, New York, come these items about Tjerck De Witt:

"On June 7, 1663, Kingston and Hurley were almost entirely destroyed by the Indians; Tjerck fought valiantly in their defense, and his daughter, (2281ii) Taatje, was kidnapped, along with three other children. She was soon rescued..."

-- http://www.angelfire.com/ak5/selepack/mcdonnell/b24.html
 

2282. Cornelis /Cornelius Cornelissen Vernooy

2283. Annetje Cornelis Van der Cuyl

REF: http://data.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=gedfam&f0=12229&f1=2025

"(2282) Cornelis took over the management of the family estate and grist mill built by his father in the present town of Wawarsing[, Ulster, NY] sometime after 1702. He is also listed as a Trustee of the corporation of Kingston from 1705-1706, and (his son?) as trustee of the town of Rochester in 1730, and from 1738 to 1740. Cornelis is also listed as deacon of the Reformed Dutch Church of Napanoch[, Ulster, NY] in 1745."

-- http://www.hhs-newpaltz.org/library_archives/collections/finding_aids/vernooy_family.html

"(...On a list of those of French birth who had resided in Olde Ulster before the close of the year 1700 is listed the name of Jean Baptiste du POTIER along with LeFEVRE, HASBROUCK, duBOIS, VERNOOY, de la MONTAGNE, duPUY, BAYARD, GUMAER, and others associated with the CORSSE CORSZEN families. OLDE ULSTER MAGAZINE, v. ,p. )"

-- http://www.teachout.org/du/decoursey.html

"In any case the name Vernooy (Vernoey - verdriet, meaning sorrow) is unusual enough so that we may safely assume that the settler belonged to a family of that name which resided at Wyk-by-Duurstede in the Province of Gelderland from an early date. The earliest mention of the name which I have noted was of Willem Vernoy who rented the manor of Natewisch, Utrecht, in 1547 (Navorscher, 1903:383). Cornelis Jacobsz Vernoy born in Sticht (the Bishopric) of Utrecht and twenty-one years old married in 1602 at Wyk-by-Duurstede Anna, the dau. of Capt. Marishall (Algemeen Geertruida van Kriekenbeek a name also found in New Netherland). She married as his widow in 1662 at Cothen near Wyk-by-Duurstede (the ancestral home of the van Cortlandt family), for on 8 March 1707, Johannes, a native of that town, married Catharina van Gramsbergen at Amersfoort where both of them were living at that time. While on 18 March 1739, there was baptised at Wyk-by-Duurstede Maria Vernoy, a daughter of Jan Vernoy and Emerentia Van Eyndhoven, these persons incidentally being ancestors of the writer. And finally Adriaen Vernoy of Wyk-by-Duurstede is mentioned on 18 Oct. 1715 as a tenant of a fief situated in Gelderland (Powers of Attorney (Volmachten) of the Court of Landtenure of Gelderland).

"During the seventeenth century there were several members of this family to be found in the Province of Gelderland in and around the town of Brakel (the place of origin of the van Brakelen family). In the third quarter of the seventeenth century Cornelis Vernoy was the Scholtus, a sheriff, of the manor of Brakel, and the Dike Reeve of the district and one of the tenants of land belonging to the manor. His wife was Elisabeth van den Burchgraeff mentioned as his widow in 1674 (Navorscher, 1915). Cornelis died 11 Jan. 1673 (Ned Leeuw, 1947:406). His will, dated 30 Sept. 1670, is in the Archives of the Court of Land Tenure of Gelre. At the time of making his will he was a schepen of Zuylichem, a town near Brakel.

""There is also mention of Dirck Vernoy, Gherard Vernoy, and Anthony Vernoy in these same archives during the second half of the seventeenth century (respectively 3 May 1648, 12 Nov. 1665, and 4 Aug 1698) and what is of importance their seals attached to these papers have been preserved. These all show: Or three chevrons Gules. As a crest we find a pair of wings and also a pair of wings charged as the arms. The colors have been taken from the Roll-of-arms of the Aalmoesenierskamer, Chamber of Alms, support of the Poor of Utrecht, of which Anthony Vernoy was a regent in 1699. "

-- http://www.familyorigins.com/users/b/r/o/Christine-E-Brodnax-1/FAMO1-0001/d1630.htm#P52159

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