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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 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...
Hendrick went back to the original Coat-of-Arms (pictured above) instead of adopting the one modified by his father. After the Spanish took control of The Netherlands, Hendrick left North Brabant for Asperen, where he became 'drossaert' (head-magistrate)of Asperen. About 1555, Philip suceeded his father as King of Spain, Prince of all The Netherland, and Duke of North Brabant. Then, most probably, the King of Spain appointed the Lord of Deursen. In 1559 the jurisdiction became a high criminal...
The last male decendant of Govert Van Doorsen to hold the ancestral seat, the land and castle of Duersen. His Mother and wife were both from the renowned 'house of Heusden', and so he took the 'wheel of Heusden' into his Coat-of-Arms.
The area which was the home of the Van Deursen family is a small village called Deurne in The Netherlands, a province of Brabant commonly called North Brabant. The area was named by the Romans for the large moor as Palus (moor) from which the name "Peel land" is derived. After the Roman Empire fell apart, the Franks conquered the country in the fifth century. The nobility in this region (family Deursen included) had pure Germanic, Frankish roots. In the Carolingian times (800 A.D.), this...
Josephine Hicks was born in New York City in June, 1835. She died on Christmas Eve 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1873 she graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia, in which city she practiced successfully for many years. She was the daughter of Catherine Van Norden, and Charles Hicks, who was the inventor of the first percussion caps, the machine for making them, and the powder with which they were charged. Also, at the time of his death, he had practically...
Johannes Van Duesen was baptized at Claverack, New York on May 30 1728. He died at Coxsackie, to which town he moved after the Revolutionary War, Oct. 14 1803.He married (1)In Claverack on May 29, 1750, Christina De La Matre, daughter of Gloude de la Matre, and Christina Leggett. She died or was buried Oct. 14 1767He married (2)On Feb 3 1770, Maritie Bronck born Feb 20, 1740.He served in the Eight Regt., Albany County Militia under Col. Robt. Van Renssalaer and was by testimony to his son...
Quackenbush is a Dutch name. The first recorded use of the Quackenbush coat of arms was in 1529 by Dirk Aelbertszoon van Quackenbosch, registered in the Leiden Armorial (1785). The motto "Vrede in Rykdom" (Peace in Wealth) was first used by his grandson Gerrit Aelbertszoon van Quackenbosch in 1578.Under the rules of heraldry, the right to bear a coat of arms passes only to the direct descendants of the bearer. Because some crucial links in the family history have been lost over the...