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Like I prom. the following historical data comes from the following sources. ( this would be a lot easier if I was a better typist:) but here I go.
"the Documentary History of New York State"; "The De Witt Family of Ulster County, N.Y."; The Year Books of the Holland Society of New York; Schoonmaker's History of Kingston, N.Y.; "The Harvey Book"; Dutch Church records in N.Y.C. and Ulster Co.; Olde Ulster Magazine; family bibles and records kept by Gasherie and Jennie De Witt; William C. De Witt City Historisn of Kingston; F. Farris, Librarian of the Genealogical Dept. of the Syracuse Public LIbrary... and o ton of other resources I may list as needed.
Extract from records of Louis Hasbrouck Van Schaler, Van Dusen Lodge-- searching the Ulster Co. Clerk's Office, I found the was impression of a seal, on pg.397, of bookAA, the first volume of the so called English records (in Dutch). These records are the settlement of Tjerck's estate dated 2/30/1716-17 was stamped with the engraved seal which bares the Coat of arms of Jan De Witt, the Grand Pensionary of Holland, which was reported to have been brought over with him and used on several of his documents.
Jan and Cornelius fathers brother was
Dr. Nicholas De Witt who accompanied Hendrick Hudson to America on the "Half Moon" in 1609.
Documents show that this man was marr. to no other than Tjerck Corneliz.
Three of their children emigrated to New Amsterdam now New York, these three children;
Tjerck Classen De Witt
Jan Claessen " "
Emmerentie De Witt
Jan died unmarried in 1699
Tjerck married:
Barbara Andriessen Von Amaterdam
According to the "TROUW BOECK" or Register of Marriages of the Reformed Collegiate Dutch Church of N.Y.C., where his parents are listed as above.
Emmerentie married Martinus Hoffman (the Roosevelt family traces their line through this line)
Tjerck's will in the book of Deeds, pg. 252
lists his property value at "1475 pounds, curant monny of New Yorke", a considerable fortune back then.
All so just to note that there are several varriations on the spelling of Nicholas wife's from records here and Holland, where it is spelled Tjaatjek Kornelis and was reported to be a cousen.
Now as far as we can make out from the Dutch records
Nicholas's father was Andries De Witt
marr. to ????????
Andries' father was Cornelius De Witt
marr. to Johanna Heymans
Cornelius's father was Franz De Wittt
marr. to Lidaut Van Severen
Franz's Father was ..... I'm tired, if you want more info. e-mail me:)
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