Genealogical Notes And Extracts

Author : Edwin R. Purple
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332014156
Total Pages : 30 pages
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Download or read book Genealogical Notes Relating to Lieut.-Gov; Jacob Leisler written by Edwin R. Purple and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Genealogical Notes Relating to Lieut.-Gov; Jacob Leisler: And His Family Connections in New York The accounts heretofore published concerning the family of Lieutenant Governor Jacob Leisler, who has been justly styled the Proto-Martyr of American Independence, have been when attempted in detail, in all, or nearly all instances inexact. This was doubtless owing to the fact that until within the past three years the Baptismal and Marriage Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in the city of New York, which contained the data for a correct history of his family, were sealed books, or at least open only to a favored few. The publication of these records in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record has opened a wide field for genealogical inquiry respecting the early families of New York, into which, in the present instance, the writer has availed himself of the opportunity of entering, as a humble gleaner. By his marriage to Elsje (Anglicized Alice and Alida) Tymens, the widow of Pieter Cornelisen Van der Veen, Jacob Leisler became allied to some of the most prominent families in New Netherland, and we proceed, first, to notice his wife's family relations. Tymens - Van Der Veen. There is nothing more perplexing to one engaged in tracing the pedigrees of the early Dutch settlers, than the changes sometimes found in the name of the same individual. Among these will be noted those which occur in the children of a widow upon her remarriage, who frequently bear the name of their stepfather, as well as their proper Dutch patronymic. Thus the name of Elsje Elberts, daughter of Elbert Janszen and Elsje Jans, after her mother's second marriage to Otto Grim, is sometimes recorded Elsje Grim. So we find Elsje Tymens, after the third marriage of her widowed mother to Govert Loockermans, called Elsje Loockermans, as though she was his putative daughter instead of his step daughter. Elsje Tymens (Thymens) wife of Pieter Corn. Van der Veen and daughter of Thymen and Marritje Janszen, was born in New Amsterdam. Her father was a ship carpenter and must have come to New Netherland as early as 1633, perhaps with Director General Wouter Van Twiller in April of that year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.