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One of the fourteen signers of this protest, "settlers of Schanechstede," was "Marten Cornelisse [Van Isselsteyn]." The document was considered by the Director-General and Council on June 18, 1663, but they found further pretext for delay. Nearly a year later they were bombarded by another petition from "the settlement named Schaneghstede," dated April 17, 1664, in which it was skillfully urged that "to prevent further dispute the surveyor might be sent up to lay out and parcel the land and...
Mayke Cornelise Barnavelt (Maeycke Cornelis) was born in 1640 in Barneveld, Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands. Her parents were Cornelius Van BARNAVELT and Adraen Inges Van Der JACHT. Alternatively, her name was Zarrevelt. Mayke died in 1699 in Claverack, Columbia, New York.Martin and Mayke made a joint will on 12 Jan 1676/77 when they were both then living in Claverack.
Martin Cornelisz Ysselsteyn was born in 1634 in Ysselsteyn, Utrecht, Netherlands. His parents were Cornelisse Van YSSELSTEYN and [__?__]. He married Mayke Cornelise BARNAVELT in 1659 in Holland. They emigrated to New York in 1675/76. He was one of the first settlers of Schenectady; after residing here about six years he sold his farms and removed to Claverack. He and Mayke made a joint will on 12 Jan 1676/77 when they were both then living in Claverack. Martin died in 1705 in Claverack,...
Pierre DuBois Jr. was born in 1599 at Herseaux, West Flanders, Belgium. He was the son of Pierre DuBois and Jeanne Desmullie. A contract for the marriage of Pierre DuBois Jr. and Catherine Wibaut Clarisse was signed on 25 August 1622 at Walloon Church, Cantebrury, Kent, England. Pierre DuBois Jr. and Catherine Wibaut Clarisse were received by the Wallon Church in Leyden from the Walloon Church in Canterbury, England at Walloon Church, Leyden, Netherlands, between August 1623 and February...
Catherine was born on March 17th, 1602 in Canterbury, Kent, England. Catherine's father was Jean Clarisse and her mother was Sara le Conte. Her paternal grandparents were Matthieu Clarisse and Jeanne Freleux; her maternal grandparents were Antoine le Conte and Jeanne Freleux. She was an only child. She died at the age of 31 on September 17th, 1633 in Canterbury, Kent, England. General Notes Children Michee DU BOIS b: 13 Jul 1623 in, Canterbury, Kent, England Hester DU...
Jacobus Delamater, Claude's youngest son, was b. at Harlem and m. at Kingston, in 1688, Gertrude, b. 1666, daughter of Martin Cornelisz Ysselsteyn, of Claverack. He was a trustee of Kingston, and a firm supporter of the church there for some years, till he settled in Marbletown upon land, (296 acres), bought in 1715, and where he died in 1741, leaving this property to his sons Isaac and Martin and a farm at Claverack to his eldest son, Claude. The children of Jacobus were Glaude born 1692,...
"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 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, France Death: 1683 in New Harlem, New York, New York, USA SOURCE: Original spelling Le Maistre, also Le Maitre. Ancestor of all Delamater families in this country. Family structure from the book Harlem (City of New...