Geertje Hendricks (1629 - aft. 1695)

Born 1629 in Arnhem, Gelderland (Nederland) [uncertain]

Wife of Andries Willemszen (Hoppe) Hoppen — married 1650 in Netherlands

Wife of Dirck Gerritszen — married 1660 in New York City, New York, New York

Descendants

Died after 2 Mar 1695 after age 66 in Bergen, Province of New Jersey

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Biography

Geertje Hendricks was born in the Netherlands. She was possibly the daughter of Hendrick Rijcksen and Hendricken Van Reemst.

Geertje married her first husband, Andries Willemszen Hoppe (born circa 1622 in Holland), around 1650. They immigrated to New Netherland by 1651, when one of their daughters was baptized 10 Sep 1651 in New Amsterdam, New Netherland.

Children of Geertje and Andries are:

1. Tryntje (Catharina) Hoppe, baptized 10 Sep 1651; died 08 May 1716. Her baptism record does not name the mother.
2. Willem Hop, baptized 29 Mar 1654. His baptism record does not name his mother.
3. Hendrick Hoppe (born circa Jan 1656)
4. Mattheus Adolphus Hoppe (baptized 03 Mar 1658)

Andries Hoppen and Jacob Stol agreed to the purchase of Bronck's land and, having made a payment on it, they both died before the deed passed. The two widows, Geertruyd Andries and Geertje Hendricks, completed the transfer. Geertje eventually acquired it then sold it the next day to Captain Richard Morris who named it Morrisania.

In view of her marriage with Dirck Gerritszen in May 1660, the widow Mrs Hopper secured to each of her four children the sum of 200 Gilders. These were Catharine, born 1652, who married Frederick Thomasz of New York; William, born 1654, who married Minne, daughter of Jurck Paulus; Henry, born 1656, who married Maria, daughter of John Van Blarkum; and Matthew-Adolphus who married Anna, daughter of Jurck Paulus. ^{[1] [2]}

Andries died in 1658.

In 1660, Geertje Hendricks, the widow of Andries Willemsen Hoppe(r) of the Netherlands, married Dirck Van Dien (born circa 1639) as her second husband. They had a son, Gerrit Van Dien (born Oct 1661, and died before Nov 1733).

The family moved from New Amsterdam to Bergen about 1662.

1660 08 May; Dirck Gerritszen van Tricht, in't Graefschap van Buuren; Geertje Hendricks, wid Andries Hoppe. ^[3] "Dirck (Derrick) Gerritszen (Van Dyne) Van Dien was born in Tricht in the "Grafschaf" of Buren in Utrecht, Holland. He came to New Amsterdam from Tricht, Holland in March 1660 on a ship named De Liefde "The Love". He was an agriculturist (farmer) when in Holland. He met and married Geertje Hendricks in New Amsterdam 08 May 1660 in New Amsterdam, at the Reformed Dutch Church. Dirck and Geertje had a son Gerrit who had been born and baptised in Jan 1661." ^[4]

According to Helen D Phelan's website:

Court records show that Geertje was the sister of Beletje Hendricks, wife of Cornelius Aertsen (whose descendants later used the name Van Schaick). Geertje Hendricks Hoppe(r) was probably the mother of Andries' four children who were baptized in New Amsterdam, though there is a slight possibility she was not the mother of the eldest child. The Orphan master records state, "Geertje Hendricks, coming again with the guardians, is ordered to agree with them and promises to do so. The guardians are reminded, that the oldest child must remain with the mother. This may indicate that Tryntje (Catrina), the first child baptized, was a step-daughter and the courts wanted assurance that she would remain with Geertje. However, the records of the Orphan masters also stated Geertje would give to her children, Catrina, Wilhelmus, Hendrick, Matthys and Adollf Hoppe, as their share of their father's estate the sum of 1,000 fl. or 200 fl. to each child at once and not more." However, Matthys Adolphus, baptized as Mattheus Abbertus, was known in adulthood as Matthys Adolphus Hoppe(n) and was therefore one child and not two. It is possible Andries and/or Geertje had an older child who was not baptized in New Amsterdam. Perhaps the reference to "the oldest child" was referring to Hendircktje Aerts with whom the Hoppe's had a close relationship. She may have been a step-child (possibly Geertje's daughter from an earlier Marriage) or an adopted daughter, as she seemed to fill the role of the eldest sister at family baptisms. ^[4]

Church Records

Marriage

• 1660 May 08 Dirck Gerritszen Van Tricht, in't Graefschap Van Buuren, en Geertje Hendricks, Wede. Van Andries Hoppe. ^[5]

Chidren's baptisms

1. 1658. den 3 Mart. Andries Hoppe, Geertie Hendricks. Mattheus Abbertus. Witnesses: Lambert Huybertszen Mol, Arie Corneliszen. Christina Harmens, and Engeltje Wouters. ^[6]
2. 1661 Jan 10 Gerrit - Dirck Gerritszen, Geertie Hoppe. Witnesses: Jan Jilleszen Cock, Aefje Laurens. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Riker, James “Harlem” : privately printed, New York 1881 p 432 https://archive.org/details/harlemcitynewyo02rikegoog/page/432 /mode/1up?view=theater
2. ↑ Reynolds, Cuyler “Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and Hudson River Valley” : Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York 1914 Vol I p 997 https://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami01reyn/page/997/mode/1up?view=theater
3. ↑ http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rbillard/na_marriages_1639-1801.htm
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Quote from Source: Helen D Phelan Book
5. ↑ Collections NY Gen. & Biog. Soc.: 1890, Vol I p 134
6. ↑ Evans, Thomas Grier. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York. Baptisms from 25 Dec 1639 to 27 Dec 1730." Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society Vol II New York: Printed for the Society, 1901 p 48.
7. ↑ Collections NY Gen. & Biog. Soc.: 1901, Vol II P 59

• Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society (New York)

• The Hopper Family Genealogy: Descendants of Andries Willemszen Hoppe(n) of New Amsterdam, 1651-1658, by Maria Jean Prat Hopper, Lulu Press, 2005.