Petrus <?> Van Driessen
30 August 2013
Generation 1
1. Petrus <?> Van Driessen (Rn=11281).
He married ? <?> ? Van Driessen (Rn=63521).
First Residence - Belgium.
Children of Petrus <?> Van Driessen and ? <?> ? were as follows:
+ 2. i. Petrus <Petrus> Van Driessen Dominee (Rn=13298) and married Eva <Hendrick> Cuyler Van Driessen (Rn=13292).
+ 3. ii. Johannes <Petrus> Van Driessen Dominee (Rn=13029) and married Maria <?> Van Stryer Ten Broeck/Van Driesen (Rn=13028).
Generation 2
2. Petrus <Petrus> Van Driessen Dominee (Rn=13298), who was born at Belgium and died 01 February 1738 at Albany, Albany County, New York.
He married 26 August 1712 Eva <Hendrick> Cuyler Van Driessen (Rn=13292) and died August 1756, a daughter of Hendrick <Isebrant> Cuyler (Rn=9462) and Annatje <Jan> Schepmoes Cuyler (Rn=13289).
Buried at 03 February 1738. Religion 1 - Reformed Dutch Church, Albany, Albany County, New York. Education 1 - Groningen University, Groningen, Friesland, Netherland in 1705. First Residence - Belgium. Second Residence - Albany,
Albany County, New York in 1712. Emigration - Emigrant about 1712 from Belgium to Albany County, New York.
Children of Petrus <Petrus> Van Driessen and Eva <Hendrick> Cuyler were as follows:
+ 4. i. Petrus <Petrus> Van Driessen (Rn=11282), who was born January 1713 and married Engeltje <Hendrick> Vrooman Van Driessen (Rn=11287).
5. ii. Hendrick <Petrus> Van Driessen was born 1715).
6. iii. Johannes <Petrus> Van Driessen was born 1717).
7. iv. Anna <Petrus> Van Driessen was born 1719).
8. v. Maria <Petrus> Van Driessen was born 1722 and died before 1738).
3. Johannes <Petrus> Van Driessen Dominee (Rn=13029).
He married first, 09 August 1727 at Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York Maria <?> Van Stryer Ten Broeck/Van Driesen (Rn=13028), who was born about 1691 and died 31 December 1739 at 48 years of age, a daughter of ? <?> Van
Stryer (Rn=30017) and ? <?> ? Van Stryer (Rn=64625) and married second, 23 October 1736 Margariet <Hendrick> Oothout Van Driessen (Rn=11285), who was born July 1701, a daughter of Hendrick <Jan> Oothout (Rn=9654) and Caatje
<Volckert> Douw Oothout (Rn=9658).
Religion 1 - Reformed Dutch Church, Acquackanonck, Passaic County, New Jersey. Occupation 1 - Minister at Reformed Dutch Church, Acquackanonck, Passaic County, New Jersey. First Residence - Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York.
Second Residence - Acquackanonck, Passaic County, New Jersey. Source [History of the City of Paterson and the County of Passaic by William Nelson 1901 page 302]
Johannes <Petrus> Van Driessen and Maria <?> Van Stryer did not have any children by this marriage.
Children of Johannes <Petrus> Van Driessen and Margariet <Hendrick> Oothout were as follows:
9. i. Catharina <Johannes> Van Driessen Lansing was born 1738) {Abraham}.
10. ii. Rachel <Johannes> Van Driessen Salisbury {?}.
+ 11. iii. Maria <Johannes> Van Driessen Ellis/Grevenraedt (Rn=11284) and married Thomas <?> Ellis.
+ 12. iv. Antje <Johannes> Van Driessen Wessels (Rn=28075) and married Lucas <Evert> Wessels (Rn=28076).
Generation 3
4. Petrus <Petrus> Van Driessen (Rn=11282), who was born January 1713 at Albany, Albany County, New York and was baptized at Reformed Dutch Church, Albany, Albany County, New York.
He married June 1738 Engeltje <Hendrick> Vrooman Van Driessen (Rn=11287), who was born 27 September 1713, a daughter of Hendrick <Adam> Vrooman (Rn=11286) and Marritje <Barent> Wemple Vrooman (Rn=14711).
Baptized on 17 January 1713. Religion 1 - Reformed Dutch Church, Albany, Albany County, New York. First Residence - Albany, Albany County, New York. Source [Our Dutch Ancestors The Vroomans by Wanda Worthington 1997 page 19] Source [The
Ancestry of William Vrooman by Richard Brenneman 1979 page 53]
Children of Petrus <Petrus> Van Driessen and Engeltje <Hendrick> Vrooman were as follows:
+ 13. i. Johannes <Petrus> Van Driessen (Rn=11283), who was born March 1744 and married Margrietje <Isaac> Truax Van Driessen (Rn=59539).
14. ii. Petrus <Petrus> Van Driessen was born 1746) [Hanna Johnson].
15. iii. Mary <Petrus> Van Driessen.
16. iv. Anna <Petrus> Van Driessen was born 1750).
17. v. Eva <Petrus> Van Driessen De Graaf was born 1754) {Johannes}.
+ 18. vi. Hendrick <Petrus> Van Driessen (Rn=11288) and married ? <?> ? Van Driessen (Rn=66786).
11. Maria <Johannes> Van Driessen Ellis/Grevenraedt (Rn=11284).
She married first, 26 March 1764 Thomas <?> Ellis and married second, 24 February 1773 Hendrick <?> Grevenraedt (Rn=29383).
Thomas <?> Ellis and Maria <Johannes> Van Driessen did not have any children by this marriage.
Children of Hendrick <?> Grevenraedt and Maria <Johannes> Van Driessen were as follows:
19. i. Alida <Hendrick> Grevenraedt Dunbar was born 1773) {Robert; General}.
20. ii. Henry <Hendrick> Grevenraedt [Mary Laughton].
12. Antje <Johannes> Van Driessen Wessels (Rn=28075).
She married 19 November 1752 Lucas <Evert> Wessels (Rn=28076), who was born 21 October 1727 and died after August 1811 at 83 years of age, a son of Evert <Wessel> Wessels (Rn=15125) and Annatje <Joris> Ryersen Wessels (Rn=15123).
Source [The Genealogy of The Ryerson Family by L J Ryerson 1902] Source [History of the City of Paterson and the County of Passaic by William Nelson 1901 page 302] Source [The Ryerson Genealogy by Albert W Ryerson 1916 929.273 R981ra page 5]
Children of Lucas <Evert> Wessels and Antje <Johannes> Van Driessen were as follows:
21. i. Johannes <Lucas> Wessels was born 6 September 1754 and died young).
22. ii. Annatje <Lucas> Wessels Stagg (Rn=57531).
She married 24 February 1776 Dirck <?> Stagg (Rn=57530). Source [The Hopper Family Genealogy by Maria J P Hopper 2005 page 143]
Generation 4
13. Johannes <Petrus> Van Driessen (Rn=11283), who was born March 1744.
He married 22 June 1770 Margrietje <Isaac> Truax Van Driessen (Rn=59539), who was born November 1740, a daughter of Isaac <Isaac> Truax (Rn=12671) and Catalina <Martin> Van Benthuysen Truax (Rn=12712).
Baptized on 11 March 1744. Source [The Truax/Truex Genealogy Project by Jennifer Smith and Anita B Bradford 929.273 T761sj page 23] Source [The Van Benthuysen Genealogy by Alvin S Van Benthuysen 1953 929.273 V272va page 18, 25]
Children of Johannes <Petrus> Van Driessen and Margrietje <Isaac> Truax were as follows:
23. i. Catalyntje <Johannes> Van Driessen was born 20 January 1771).
24. ii. Hendrick <Johannes> Van Driessen was born 21 March 1773).
25. iii. Annatje <Johannes> Van Driessen was born 10 September 1775).
26. iv. Sarah <Johannes> Van Driessen was born 4 July 1778).
18. Hendrick <Petrus> Van Driessen (Rn=11288).
He married ? <?> ? Van Driessen (Rn=66786).
Children of Hendrick <Petrus> Van Driessen and ? <?> ? were as follows:
27. i. Petrus <Hendrick> Van Driessen was born 1773).
28. ii. Willem <Hendrick> Van Driessen was born 1776).
29. iii. Hendrick <Hendrick> Van Driessen was born 1779).