Early New Netherlands Settlers


Jan <?> De Vries

01 June 2013

Generation 1 1. Jan <?> De Vries (Rn=72110) and died before March 1651. He married Hillarie <?> Criolyo (Creole) Angola/Van Kampen Swartinne "a black woman" (Rn=72109). Occupation 1 - - Dutch West India Company, Captain of a Company of Soldiers. First Residence - - Netherland. Second Residence - - Brazil. Third Residence - - New Amsterdam. Source [The American Genealogist July/October 1997 page 347] Child of Jan <?> De Vries and Hillarie <?> Criolyo (Creole) was as follows: + 2. i. Jan <Jan> De Vries illegitimate (Rn=72108), who was born August 1647 and married Adriaentje <Dirck> Hendricksen De Vries (Rn=72107). Generation 2 2. Jan <Jan> De Vries illegitimate (Rn=72108), who was born August 1647 and was baptized at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City and died after 30 April 1708 at 61 years of age. He married 10 December 1679 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City Adriaentje <Dirck> Hendricksen De Vries (Rn=72107) and died after 14 April 1728, a daughter of Dirck <?> Hendricksen (Rn=72112) and ? <?> ? Hendricksen (Rn=72113). Baptized on 24 August 1647. Religion 1 - - Reformed Dutch Church, New York City. Religion 2 - - Reformed Dutch Church, Tappan, Orange County, New York in 1695. Occupation 1 - - Tappan patentee in 1687. First Residence - - New York City. Second Residence - - Tappan Patent in 1687. Note [Jan De Vries was an illegitimate mulatto]. Children of Jan <Jan> De Vries and Adriaentje <Dirck> Hendricksen were as follows: 3. i. Maria <Jan> De Vries Pieterse was baptized 14 January 1682) (married 3 September 1721) {Willem <Pieter> was born about 1693)}. 4. ii. Helena <Jan> De Vries Van Salee was baptized 30 April 1684) (married 1 February 1708) {Abraham Frans}. + 5. iii. Johannes <Jan> De Vries (Rn=72106), who was born November 1686 and married Anna Maria <?> Becker Mengel/De Vries (Rn=72105). 6. iv. Dirck <Jan> De Vries was baptized 26 June 1689 and died before 1702). 7. v. Jacobus <Jan> De Vries was born about 1692) was baptized 6 March 1693) (His will was dated 12 June 1772 and was proved 17 May 1774). Generation 3 5. Johannes <Jan> De Vries (Rn=72106), who was born November 1686 at New York City and was baptized at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City and died after 23 March 1740 at 54 years of age. He married 10 January 1719 at Reformed Dutch Church, Tappan, Rockland County, New York Anna Maria <?> Becker Mengel/De Vries (Rn=72105), who was born about 1683 at Stadecken, Palatinate, Germany and died after 1 January 1750 at Rockland County, New York at 67 years of age. Baptized on 28 November 1686. Religion 1 - - Reformed Dutch Church, New York City. Source [The American Genealogist July/October 1997 page 350] Child of Johannes <Jan> De Vries and Anna Maria <?> Becker was as follows: + 8. i. Johannes <Johannes> De Vries (Rn=36938), who was born 31 December 1719 and married Tryntje <Benjamin> Giraud De Vries (Rn=60435). Generation 4 8. Johannes <Johannes> De Vries (Rn=36938), who was born 31 December 1719 at Tappan, Rockland County, New York and was baptized at Reformed Dutch Church, Tappan, Rockland County, New York and died before 2 November 1802 at 82 years of age. He married 19 July 1750 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City Tryntje <Benjamin> Giraud De Vries (Rn=60435), who was born 10 June 1728 at Tappan, Rockland County, New York and was baptized at Reformed Dutch Church, Tappan, Rockland County, New York, a daughter of Benjamin <Daniel> Giraud (Rn=72104) and Annatje <Jan> Kuyper Giraud (Rn=72103). Baptized on 13 January 1720. Religion 1 - - Reformed Dutch Church, Tappan, Rockland County, New York. Religion 2 - - Reformed Dutch Church, Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York. Occupation 1 - - Yeoman. Will - - His will was dated 9 September 1797 and proved 2 November 1802. Source [Descendants of Reverend Johannes Theodorus Polhemius] Children of Johannes <Johannes> De Vries and Tryntje <Benjamin> Giraud were as follows: 9. i. Maria <Johannes> De Vries Dowe was born 6 September 1751) (married 20 October 1773) {Joseph}. + 10. ii. Annatje <Johannes> De Vries Polhemus (Rn=36937), who was born 01 March 1754 and married Abraham <Jacob> Polhemus (Rn=36936). 11. iii. Leah <Johannes> De Vries De Grauw (Rn=72102), who was born 10 August 1756 at Reformed Dutch Church, Tappan, Rockland County, New York and was baptized at Reformed Dutch Church, Tappan, Rockland County, New York. She married 01 August 1775 Johannes <Johannes> De Grauw (Rn=48115), who was born 25 November 1753 at Tappan, Rockland County, New York and was baptized at Reformed Dutch Church, Tappan, Rockland County, New York, a son of Johannes <Willem> De Grauw (Rn=27848) and Rachel <Cornelis> Van Horn De Grauw (Rn=27846). Baptized on 26 September 1756. Religion 1 - - Reformed Dutch Church, Tappan, Rockland County, New York. First Residence - - Tappan, Rockland County, New York. + 12. iv. Johannes <Johannes> De Vries (Rn=60432) and married Hannah (Henny) <?> Van Horn De Vries (Rn=60434). 13. v. Catharina <Johannes> De Vries Sunecker was born 8 July 1764) {Lodewyck}. 14. vi. Rachel <Johannes> De Vries Yeomans was born 6 July 1767) (married 2 April 1786) {Samuel}. 15. vii. Elizabeth <Johannes> De Vries Shuart was born 10 July 1770) (married 6 November 1793) {John}. 16. viii. Grietje <Johannes> De Vries was born 15 May 1773 and died young). Generation 5 10. Annatje <Johannes> De Vries Polhemus (Rn=36937), who was born 01 March 1754. She married 30 March 1771 at New York City Abraham <Jacob> Polhemus (Rn=36936), who was born 21 July 1748 at Tappan, Rockland County, New York and was baptized at Reformed Dutch Church, Tappan, Rockland County, New York, a son of Jacob <Abraham> Polhemius (Rn=8444) and Lammetje <Joris> Remsen Polhemius (Rn=7152). Baptized on 31 March 1754. First Residence - - New York City. Source [Descendants of Reverend Johannes Theodorus Polhemius] Children of Abraham <Jacob> Polhemus and Annatje <Johannes> De Vries were as follows: 17. i. Jacob <Abraham> Polhemus was baptized 9 February 1772 at Reformed Dutch Church, Tappan, Rockland County, New York and died young?). 18. ii. Johannes <Abraham> Polhemus was baptized 11 July 1773 at Reformed Dutch Church, Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York and died 1774). 19. iii. Abraham <Abraham> Polhemus (Rn=65628), who was born 23 April 1775 at Tappan, Rockland County, New York and was baptized at Irregular Reformed Dutch Church, Tappan, Rockland County, New York and died before 20 April 1803 at 27 years of age. He married 24 January 1802 at Reformed Dutch Church, Tappan, Rockland County, New York Antje <Jan> Smith Polhemus (Rn=65627), who was born 09 October 1771 at Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York and was baptized at Reformed Dutch Church, Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York and died after April 1803 at 31 years of age, a daughter of Jan <Abraham> Smith Major (Rn=47419) and Jemima <Johannes> De Windt Smith (Rn=47415). Baptized on 14 May 1775. Religion 1 - - Irregular Reformed Dutch Church, Tappan, Rockland County, New York. First Residence - - Tappan, Rockland County, New York. Source [Blauvelt Family Genealogy Supplement by Dorothy Moos page 8] + 20. iv. Benjamin <Abraham> Polhemus (Rn=36940), who was born 07 September 1778 and married Lucretia <John> Hegeman Polhemus/Hegeman (Rn=36939). 21. v. Caatje <Abraham> Polhemus was baptized 19 October 1788 at Reformed Dutch Church, Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York). 22. vi. Antje <Abraham> Polhemus was baptized 9 May 1791 at Reformed Dutch Church, Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York). 12. Johannes <Johannes> De Vries (Rn=60432). He married Hannah (Henny) <?> Van Horn De Vries (Rn=60434). Source [Descendants of Reverend Johannes Theodorus Polhemius] Children of Johannes <Johannes> De Vries and Hannah (Henny) <?> Van Horn were as follows: 23. i. Catharina <Johannes> De Vries was born 10 April 1790). 24. ii. Ambrose <Johannes> De Vries was born 2 June 1791). 25. iii. Margrietje <Johannes> De Vries was born 26 March 1794). 26. iv. Benjamin <Johannes> De Vries was born 19 April 1796). 27. v. Kenneth Mackenzie <Johannes> De Vries was born 13 November 1800). 28. vi. Joseph Arnet <Johannes> De Vries was born 21 April 1803). Generation 6 20. Benjamin <Abraham> Polhemus (Rn=36940), who was born 07 September 1778 at Rockland County, New York and died before 1818 at 39 years of age. He married 1809 at Somerset County, New Jersey Lucretia <John> Hegeman Polhemus/Hegeman (Rn=36939), who was born 20 August 1791 at Harlingen, Somerset County, New Jersey and died 04 April 1839 at 47 years of age, a daughter of John <Joseph> Hegeman (Rn=36941) and Maria <?> Hegeman Hegeman (Rn=60873). First Residence - - Rockland County, New York. Source [Descendants of Reverend Johannes Theodorus Polhemius] Children of Benjamin <Abraham> Polhemus and Lucretia <John> Hegeman were as follows: 29. i. John <Benjamin> Polhemus. 30. ii. Theodore <Benjamin> Polhemus was baptized 17 October 1813 at Reformed Dutch Church, Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York.