Frans (Pietersen) Clauw (abt. 1623 - abt. 1700)

Born about 1623 in Dutch Colony, Brazil [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1700 at about age 77 in Kinderhook, Albany, New York

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Biography

Frans Pietersz Clauw was born between about 1623 and 1632, probably at the Dutch colony in Recife, Brazil. His father was named Pieter, but there is no other information about his parents.

He emigrated to New Netherland by 1654, when his name first appears in New Netherland records. Brazil was transferred from Dutch to Portuguese control in 1654, causing Dutch settlers to leave Brazil, so his arrival in New Netherland in that year would be consistent with an origin in Brazil.

Mentions in New Netherland records:^[1]

• 1654 He testified in a land court case that he was present in Esopus for the harvest of 1654.^[2]
• 1656 Frans Pietersz fined for drinking in a Tavern on Sunday. (Minutes of Ft. Orange v 1:260).
• 1659 Suit brought by Van Breman demanding wages; attacked Frans Pietersen at Ft. Orange, before many witnesses, slashing his hat and clothing with a knife. Van Breman fined 100 fl. and to pay for damage to clothing. (Court Minutes of Albany v. 2: 175m188; v. 3:163).
• 1660 By this time he was at his mill site on the Upper Hudson near Kindeerhook. (See: American Genealogist, Oct. 1971, p. 195).
• 1662 'Frans Pietersz Claw' made agreement with Van Breman to deliver logs to his mill. (Early Albany Records, v3: 158).
• 1664 He purchased a copper kettle and a horse of Peter Bronck, for whom he had surveyed land on the west side of the Hudson. The kettle had belonged to Jantie, the Irishman, who was found murdered by the Indians and his house burned.
• 1670 First mention of wife of Frans Clauw, Elsje (surname not given).
• 1673 Frans Clauw purchased a lot in Albany from Peter Winne.
• 1680 Sluyter's and Danker's Tour or as given by Dr. Clough, Jasper Danckaerts 'Journal' pub Scribner's 1913 (see Pearson p. 31) mentions a visit to Kinderhook where there was a creek on which was established a sawmill where a man lived who was usually called, 'Kind Van Weelde' (Child of Luxury or Wealth), for he had formerly been such a one but now was not far from being a Child of Poverty. This man showed them the mill, located on a Creek, on a waterfall. They also saw wonderful crystals in the water, embedded in layers in the rock. (Soft calcite & of no value). Though not mentioned by name this man was Frans Pietersz Clauw. (Pearson -- "1st Settlers of Albany, N.Y., p. 31).
• 1683 or later - Frans Pietersz Clauw and his wife Elsje Franse Clauw were listed among the members of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, "at the End of the Year 1683, and Afterward."^[3]
• 1684 Elsje, wife of Frans Pieterse -- subject of a suit because she declared a colt did not belong to the defendant. The case was dismissed without damages but with a warning to Elsje to hereafter mind her own business. (Carl Carmer -- 'The Hudson').
• 1684 Land case between Peter Bronck/Marte Gerritse van Bergen. Land purchased from the Indians about 1666. 'Frans Pieterse,' age 61, testified that he surveyed the flat land of Cochachky in the presence of Gerrit Schlichtenhorst (deceased), Jan Verbeek, commissary, and Johannes Provost, secretary. Measuring first 60 morgens (over 120 acres) for Jantie, the Irishman, and the rest of the flat land to the trees for Pieter Bronck. The Commissary paid for the 60 morgens and the rest by Bronck.
• 1686 In the redistribution of Land, Frans Klauw was assigned a fair plot between Kinderhook and the Hudson. This was in addition to the land he already held.
• 1699 - Freeholder in Kinderhook.
• 1699 - Frans and son Jurraien Clauw sign oath of Allegiance to King William of England.

Arrival

Frans Pieterse /Klauw/ arrived in New Netherland in 1654.^[4]

Death

BET 1700 AND 1703 Kinderhook, Albany, New York

Church records

• 1686 Nov 07 Frans, of Henderik Franse Clauw. Wit.: Frans Pietersz Clauw, Jan Cornelisz Van der Hoeven. By Neeltje Van der Hoeve. ^[5]

Notes

father of Jannetje per V V Family in America, vol I., Gateway Press, 1981, p.215

Sources

1. ↑ Except where explicitly footnoted, these are derived from a compilation by Jan Saunders, jsaunders1@comcast.net, and posted at http://mv.ancestry.com/viewer/d6225e7f-bccf-4510-9b51-162321b79869/55618683/13922071062 and have not yet been rechecked by WikiTree volunteers.
2. ↑ Early Records of Albany V. 3:54.
3. ↑ Year Book of the Holland Society of New York, 1904, page 7. [1]
4. ↑ Source: #S50 Page: Place: New York, New York; Year: 1654; Page Number: . Data: Text: Arrival date: 1654 Arrival place: New York, New York
5. ↑ Secretary Henry L. Bogert. "Albany Records, Baptisms" in Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1904.

• Van Laer, A. J. F., and Jonathan Pearson. Early Records of the City and County of Albany and Colony of Rensselaerswyck. Vol. III. Albany, New York: University of the State of New York, 1918. p. 54.

• NJGS. "C: Clauw, Frans Pietersz." njgsbc.org. Accessed 10 Oct 2016. http://njgsbc.org/files/BCFamilies/BCFam-C.pdf PDF

• Ancestral File (R) Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998). Ancestral File Number: KF6D-M1

• Source: S50 Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010. Repository: #R1

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Clauw-19 created through the import of EED1.ged on Sep 15, 2011 by Richard Draper. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Richard and others.

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