Grietje Dircks (abt. 1631 - 1671)

Born about 13 May 1631 in New Netherland

Ancestors

Wife of Jan Harmenszen Schut — married 26 Dec 1649 in New Amsterdam,New York

Wife of Jan Nagel — married 22 Sep 1652 in NY

Wife of Barent (Gerritszen) Flaesbeek — married 11 Mar 1658 in NY

Descendants

Died 1 Apr 1671 at about age 39 in Bushwick, Kings County, Long Island, New York colony

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Biography

Grietje Dircks was born in 1632 in New Amsterdam, New York.

Grietje or Margarietje first married Jan Harmenszen Schut: New Amsterdam marriage listing for 1649 shows: 26 Decemb. Jan Harmenszen Schut, Adelborst, j. m. Van Lubeck, en Margarietje Denys, j. d. Van N. Nederlt. ^[1][2]
Jan Hermansen Schut died before Sept 22,1652 ^[3] Jan and Grietje had one daughter:

1. Fytie Jans Schutt, bp. 1651 Apr 23^[4], at the Reformed Dutch church of New Amsterdam.

Grietje then married Jan Nagel Von Limberg on 27 Sep 1652: 22 September 1652 : Jan Nagel Van Limburg, en Grietje Dircx, Wede. Van Jan Schut ^[5] In 1653, they moved into a house sold to them by one of her father's Scandinavian friends, Claes Carstensen Jan in 1657, leaving her with two children, Jurian and Styntje.

Grietje then married Barent Gerritszen Van Swol/Van Flaesbeck on 11 May 1658 : 11 May, Barent Gerritszen, Van Swol in Overyssel, en Grietje Dircks, Wede. Van Jan Nagel.^[6] They had a daughter Margrietje in December 1658.A city map of 1660 shows them living on Hoogh Straet (High Street). By the following year the family had moved across the river to Brooklyn, a small settlement on the Long Island shore.

Grietje became very feeble in her last years and died by April 1671 in Ulster, New York. Barent, left with the children, remarried 11 April 1671.

Margaret (Grietje) Dircks, almost invariably recorded as Grietje, was born ca. 1632 at New Amsterdam, Kings, NY to Dirck Volkertszen and Christina Vigne (Vinge). Grietje married first Dec 26,1649, Jan Harmenszen Schut who died about 1652; married second, September 22, 1652, Jan Nagel, from Limberg, a soldier in the employ of the West Indies Company, who, March 11, 1644 first appears in the records of the New Amsterdam Church as a baptismal sponsor. In another record of that church, he is referred to as 'Oosterling,' i.e. a man from the East. He died in 1657. She married, third, Barent Gerritszen Van Swol in Overyssel on 11 May 1658 in New Amsterdam^[7]. Marriage was recorded at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam.

Daughter of Dirck de Noorman Volckertszen and Christina Vigne ^[8]

Birth

13 May 1631 Needs citation.

Marriages and Children

Grietje married:

1. Jan Harmenszen Schut New Amsterdam marriage listing for Dec. 26 1649 shows: 26 Decemb. Jan Harmenszen Schut, Adelborst, j. m. Van Lubeck, en Margarietje Denys, j. d. Van N. Nederlt. So Margarietje Denys marrying Jan Harmenszen Schut from Lubeck.^[9] Jan Hermansen Schut died about 1652 Jan and Grietje had one daughter:
   1. Fytie Jans Schutt, bp. 1651 Apr 23^[10], at the Reformed Dutch church of New Amsterdam.
2. Jan Nagel, van Limburg on 1652 22 Sept ^[11] at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam. The marriage listing for Sept. 22 1652 shows Grietje Dircks, widow of Jan Schut, marrying Jan Nagel from Limburg. Jan Nagel, from Limberg, was said to be a soldier in the employ of the West Indies Company, who, March 11, 1644 first appears in the records of the New Amsterdam Church as a baptismal sponsor. In another record of that church, he is referred to as 'Oosterling,' i.e. a man from the East. He died ca. 1657. Grietje and Jan Nagel had two children [May 28, 1658 Orphan's Court]:
   1. Jurriaen Jansen Nagel, [b. est 1652/1653], then five years old
   2.Styntje Jansen Nagel [b. est. 1655], then two and one-half years old
3. Barent Gerritszen Van Swol in Overyssel on 11 May 1658 in New Amsterdam^[12]. Marriage was recorded at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam.

She as widow of Jan Nagel and about to marry Barent Gerretszen, appeared before the Orphan's Court in New Amsterdam, May 28, 1658 to satisfy the court regarding the disposition of property to be made to her three children by two prior marriages, viz: Fytie Jans Schutt, bp. 1651 Apr 23^[13], then seven years old; Jurriaen Jansen Nagel, [b. est 1652/1653], then five years old; Styntje Jansen Nagel [b. est. 1655], then two and one-half years old; all living with her on the north side of Hoogh Street 'opposite the hall.' Margaret, in the presence of her future husband, bonded herself to mortgage the house and lot, and confirmed the agreement to be stated by the guardians. After Grietje’s death, ca. 1671, at age 38, Barent married Marritje Hendricks on April 1, 1671 at the Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam.

Residence

New York,^[14]

1653-1674 New York^[15]

See the following entry in the 1686 membership list for the Brooklyn NY DRC: Jan Adamszen Metselaer, en syn h. Geertje Dircks.

Death

1 APR 1671 Kings, New York

17 Jan 1726 Kings, New York

Church Records

Marriage

• 1649 Dec 26 Jan Harmenszen Schut, Adelborst, j.m. Van Lubeck, en Margarietje Denijs [sic], j.d. Van N. Nederlt. ^[16]
• 1652 Sep 22 Jan Nagel Van Limburg, en Greitje Dircx, Wede. Van Jan Schut. ^[16]
• 1658 May 11 Barent Gerritszen, Van Swol in Overijssel, en Grietje Dircks, Wede. Van Jan Nagel. ^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: New Amsterdam (New York City) Reformed Dutch Church Marriages 1649 Contributor Liz DuBois , Olivetree genealogy Olivetree Marriages 1649 it says Jan Jarmenszen the J probably is a typo
2. ↑ Source: Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society; Vol. 01 Marriages
3. ↑ His wife remarried Sept 22, 1652
4. ↑ NARDC Bapt. Record: 1651 Apr 23; Jan Hermanszen Schut; Fytie; Dirck Volckertszen, Ariaentje Damens, Rachel Van Tienhoven
5. ↑ Source: Olivetree genealogy New Amsterdam (New York City) Reformed Dutch Church Marriages 1652 Contributor Liz DuBois marriages 1652
6. ↑ SOurce: Olivetree genealogy New Amsterdam (New York City) Reformed Dutch Church Marriages 1658 Contributor Liz Du Bois marriages 1658
7. ↑ NARDC Marriage Record (Banns): 1658 11 May; Barent Gerritszen, van Swol in Overyssel; Grietje Dircks, wid Jan Nagel
8. ↑ Source: GEDCOM import - no sources attached
9. ↑ Source: New Amsterdam (New York City) Reformed Dutch Church Marriages 1649 Contributor Liz DuBois , Olivetree genealogy Olivetree Marriages 1649 it says Jan Jarmenszen the J probably is a typo
10. ↑ NARDC Bapt. Record: 1651 Apr 23; Jan Hermanszen Schut; Fytie; Dirck Volckertszen, Ariaentje Damens, Rachel Van Tienhoven
11. ↑ NARDC Marriage Record (banns): Page 17---1652 22 Sept; Jan Nagel, van Limburg; Grietje Dircx, wid Jan Schut
12. ↑ NARDC Marriage Record (Banns): 1658 11 May; Barent Gerritszen, van Swol in Overyssel; Grietje Dircks, wid Jan Nagel
13. ↑ NARDC Bapt. Record: 1651 Apr 23; Jan Hermanszen Schut; Fytie; Dirck Volckertszen, Ariaentje Damens, Rachel Van Tienhoven
14. ↑ Source: #S-2095134260 Note: Ancestry Text: Residence date: Residence place: New York, APID: 19028::113
15. ↑ Source: #S-2095134389 Note: Ancestry Text: Residence date: 1653-1674 Residence place: New York APID: 12896::820
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2} Samuel S. Purple. "Marriages from 1639 to 1801 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York" In Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. I. New York: Printed for the Society, 1890.

• Chester, Chris. "The Brouwer Genealogy Database." Accessed May 23, 2016. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/index.htm Grietje Dirckse Citing:
  • David Vernooy Bennett, "The First American Mrs. Rosecrans", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record Vol.90, pp.2-14, 92-102, 149-165 (1959): p.164.
  • Andrew J. Provost, Early Settlers of Bushwick, Long Island, New York and their Descendants (Darien, CT: A.J. Provost, 1949-1963), 1:93.

• Church Records: Samuel S. Purple's 'Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York, Marriages from 11 December 1639 to 26 August 1801.' The beginning records show the date the Banns were registered, NOT the date of marriage. Starting on 9/20/1673 marriage dates are given.

• SCOTT, KENNETH. "Early New Yorkers and Their Ages." In National Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 57:4 (Dec. 1969), pp. 274-297.Page: 291

• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network and Ancestry.com. Pages: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/7179083/person/-854039506/facts and https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/7179083/person/-1147854862/facts and https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/9639887/person/587104365/facts and https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/12167402/person/1310279611/facts

• Jim Bate Familytree http://www.jimbate.com/familytree/website/wc01/wc01_135.htm

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