GARDENIER (alias Flodder), Jacob janse, a carpenter in Beverwyck as early as 1638; in 1656, he owned the north side of Wall street from William street to Pearl street, which he divided into lots and sold by his agent Sander Leendertse Glen; he early bought land in Kinderhook together with the Goyer’s kil opposite or near Apje’s island or Schotack. His immediate descendants very generally settled in that vicinity. His first wife was Josyna . . . ., who died Feb. 1669; he afterwards married Barentje Stratsmans, widow of Hans Coenraatse; in 1688, she was again a widow with ten children by her first husband and five by her second, all living. The estates of the two fathers were then divided among these 15 children. The following children of Jacob Janse Gardenier arrived to mature age and had families: Jan; Samuel; Andries; Hendrick; Albert; Aeltie, who married Adam Dingman.193