The ancestor of all who inherit the name De Lamater in the United States is Claude Le Maitre (De Lamater), a native of Richebourg in Artois, France, a scion of an ancient family in Picardy. He was a Huguenot who, like the Puritan of England, found in Holland a temporary home as well as a safe refuge from the storm of persecution that swept over both countries and drove thousands of the best families into exile. He located in Amsterdam, Holland, where, April 24, 1652, he married Hester,...

Claude bought two allotments of land at Harlem (northeast part of Manhattan Island) from Daniel Tourneur, lots 14 and 15. This purchase later became a part of what was known as the Dongan Patent, for which he took out a patent on June 25, 1668. That patent read, " to the north of John Le Roy, to the south of Daniel Tourneur, an east line being run from the hills to the kill; it's breadth 48, and in length 100 rod, and making in all about 16 acres or 6 morgen." After Claude moved to New...

 "In the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 1670, the 15th of April, appeared before me Jan La Montagne, Jr., admitted Secretary of this Town, by the Honorable Mayor's Court, residing within the jurisdiction of New Haerlem, Glaude Le Maistre and Hester du Bois, husband and wife, of sound memory and understanding as externally appears; and of mind to make a disposition of their temporal estate. First, on resting in the Lord, they commit their souls into the hands of the Most High God,...

Claude Delamater (or LeMaistre), the progenitor of the American Delamater family, was born in about 1611 in Richebourg, Artois, France. He was a Huguenot and fled religious persecution in France by moving to England and then the Netherlands. He married Louise Quenell in 1638 in Canterbury, Kent, England and the couple had two daughters who both died young. Claude married Jeanne DeLannoy in 1648 in Middleburg, Zeeland, Netherlands.Apparently a two-time widower, Claude married Hester DuBois in...

Claude Guillaume Delamater (le Maitre) Claude was born in 1611 in Richebourg, Artois, France. Claude's father was Guillaume le Maitre and his mother was Mary.  He was an only child.  He died at the age of 72 in 1683 in New Harlem, New York.Birth: 1611 in, Richebourg, Artois, FranceDeath: 1683 in New Harlem, New York, New York, USASOURCE: Original spelling Le Maistre, also Le Maitre. Ancestor of all Delamater families in this country. Family structure from the book Harlem (City of New York)...