Paulus (Dirksen) Dircksen (abt. 1620 - bef. 1692)

Born about 1620 in Luttenberg, Overijssel, Netherlands [uncertain]

Husband of Geertie Willemse — married 1648 in New Netherland

Husband of Jannetie Janse — married 1655 in NY

Descendants

Died before 24 May 1692 before about age 72 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York

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Paulus (Dirksen) Dircksen was a New Netherland settler. Join: New Netherland Settlers Project Discuss: new_netherland

*PLEASE NOTE: Paulus DID NOT have the surname HOFF. It was his son, Derrick, who adopted the HOFF surname. All actual records thus far show Paulus as Paulus Dirkse or Dirksen (with variant spellings always possible). If any primary source(s) is found that shows otherwise, please bring it forward!

Biography

Immigration

"Paulus Dirckse 1651" appears in Bergen's "List of Early Immigrants to New Netherland", citing "Names taken from the Roll of Oaths of Allegiance in Kings Co., N. Y." -- See Documentary History of the State of New York, Quarto, Vol. I, pp. 429-432.^[1]

Pauel Dercks 1655/57, transcript of document listing surviving settlers of Indian attacks on Staten Island. "List of the farmers, men women, children, male and female servants sent to Staten Island in New Netherland...since 1650, who are still alive after the wanton and bloody destruction carried out by the Indians in September 1655...Pauel Dercks with his wife, one child and one male servant are living at Fort Orange..." This shows that there was only one child in 1657 and brings into question when Elizabeth was born. Fort Orange was later Albany, NY where Paulus lived before moving to Brooklyn. ^[2] List of Surviving settlers sent to Staten Island by Hendrick van der Capellen Toe Rijssel

Paulus DIRKSEN (c 1620 Lutenburg, Holland - will proved 24 May 1692, New York) is said to have emigrated from Lutenburg, Holland, via Amsterdam on 30 June 1650 on the "New Netherland Fortune," arriving in New Amsterdam on 19 Aug 1650^[3].

He is said to have married (1) Geertje WILLEMSE, but it is not clear she emigrated.

In 1663, he joined others in petitioning for a new concentration (village) back of the Wallabout.^[4]

He was on the assembly rolls for Brooklyn in 1675, 1676, and 1683, and a member of the Reformed Dutch Church of Brooklyn in 1677, residing in Bedford. He was entered as moving to Jamaica.

Paulus Dirckse took the Oath of Allegiance (to England) in Brooklyn in 1687^[5]. He made his mark to documents:

• Roll of those who have taken oath of allegiance: Paulus Dirckse, Gender: M; Remarks: [In this country] "36 Jeare"., State: New York; County: Kings County; Town: Brooklyn; Residence Year: 1690; Household Remarks: The roll of those who have taken the oath of allegiance in Kings County in the Province of New York, 26-30 September 1687-"off Breucklijn".

Paulus Dirckse made a joint will with his wife Jannetie Janse (c 1630 - before 1692 Brooklyn, NY) of Bedford in Breucklyn on 29 March 1688. It was proved on 24 May 1692. According to an abstract, the will left to "eldest son by former wife Geertje Willemse, one Piece of Eight (Spanish Gold Dollar) for his birth-right." It also provided "to Dirck Paulusson and also to children of Lysbeth Paylyssen ₤25."^[6]

Children included:

With Geertje WILLEMSE:

1. Derrick (c 1640 Holland - will of 19 Nov 1722, proved 22 Dec 1730 Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, NJ) is believed to be Derrick PAULUSZEN who in 1663 joined his father and others in the petition to form a new village back of Wallabout. He was later of Flushing, Long Island, NY, where he md (1) Alghie COVERT, dau of Tunis COVERT. Later he moved to Laurenceville, NJ, where he added a surname, HOFF, to comply with English law. He and Alghie had Pieter who md Catalina BROUCARD; Johannes; Powell; Teunis; and Wilhelmus. He md (2) Sarah YEATS, dau of William YEATS, and they had William; Dirk; Sarah; Jannetje; Thomas; Charles; Joseph; Benjamin; and Mary. Janis was also mentioned, but this may have been Jannetje. His will showed heirs as William; Richard; Thomas; Powell; John; Charles; Joseph; Benjamin; Sarah ANDERSON; Mary GARY; and Sarah (prob. the wife, but possibly some other relative.) His will as Derrick HOFF mentioned Pieter, but not as a direct heir. His executors were his sons Powell and John.

The following were children with Jannetje JANS:

1. Geertruyd (bp 2 Sep 1654 New Amsterdam - ) may have been the Geertje POULUS who was sponsor to birth of Sara, dau of Derrick and Sarah. Her own sponsor had been Gabriel SPRONG.
2. Paulus (bp 3 Nov 1655 New Amsterdam, Ytie STRYKERS as sponsor - ) may be Paulus PAULUSZEN who md Lysbeth ???? and resided in Bedford. He was a member of the Brooklyn Ch in 1677 and 1685. Ch incl Paulus (bp 8 Jul 1681).
3. Lysbeth ( - ) may be the person who on 4 June 1695 md Volkert Hendricke BRIES. (This is questionable as she had heirs at the time of her father's will as Lysbeth Pauluszen).

There may have been other children from the two marriages, but the above are the only ones now known. Only Derrick is known to have adopted HOFF as a surname. Why he chose that name was not recorded.

Church Records

Children's baptisms

1. 1654. den 2 Sept. Paulus Dirckszen. Geertruyd. Wit: Barbel Gysberts, Elsje Wessels. ^[7]

Research Notes

DNA

Descendants enrolled in the Hough Project on Family Tree DNA are in the Q-M242 Haplogroup.

Sources

1. ↑ Bergen, Van Brunt (comp). "A List of Early Immigrants to New Netherland: Alphabetically Arranged, with Additions and Corrections, from Manuscripts of the Late Teunis G. Bergen." Reprinted in Michael Tepper (ed). Immigrants to the Middle Colonies: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from "The New York Genealogical Biographical Record. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978), page 36
2. ↑ Dutch Colonial Administrative Correspondence, New York State Archives
3. ↑ Michael Tepper, editor. Immigrants to the Middle Colonies: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from "The New York Genealogical Biographical Record." Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978.
4. ↑ A history of the city of Brooklyn : including the old town and village of Brooklyn, the town of Bushwick, and the village and city of Williamsburgh, by Henry Reed Stiles. Brooklyn : Pub. by subscription, 1867-1870 in 3 volumes. v, 1, p. 120
5. ↑ The Documentary History of the State of New York [Albany, NY: 1849]. vol. 1, p. 660, Family Number: 27
6. ↑ "Kings County, N.Y. Wills" in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1870-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) Vol. 47 (1916), page 165. Citing Liber 1 of Conveyances, page 278.
7. ↑ Evans, Thomas Grier. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York. Baptisms from 25 December, 1639 to 27 December, 1730." Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol 2., Part 1. New York: Printed for the Society, 1901. Page 37.

See Also:

• Granville Hough, Hough and Huff Families of the United States, 1620-1820: The East

• Granville Hough, Volume II, Hough and Huff Families of the U.S., 1620-1880 Northeastern States, 1974

• Max Huff, PAULUS DIRKSEN & 2 WIVES OF HOLLAND AND NY, 9 Mar 1995

• Bergen, Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, Polyanthos, 1973. pp 98, 222

• Research by Edwin Walter Huff, Jr, a descendant who lived in NJ and Saint George, UT.

• Articles published in the NYGBR.

• Holland Society Year Books

• Documentary History of State of New York (Assessment Lists & Lists of Those who took Oath of Allegiance in 1689 & Census of Flushing, Long Island, 1698).

• U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 for Paulus Dirkse, New York Brooklyn and Flatbush NY, Book 72

Acknowledgments

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https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1XD-82J?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=LKSC-N24 "Netherlands Births and Baptisms, 1564-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1XD-82J : 3 January 2020), Poulus Dircksen in entry for Dirck Dircksen, 1662.

https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=60541&h=4677540&indiv=try Ancestry.com. Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7836&h=586224&indiv=try Citation Source number: 1272.065; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1