Pieter (Pietersen) Ostrander (bef. 1657 - 1706)

Born before 3 Jul 1657 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Traphagen) Ostrander — married 19 Jan 1679 in Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster County, New York

Descendants

Died 1706 after age 48 in Kingston, Ulster County, Province of New York

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Biography

Pieter Pietersen was the male immigrant ancestor of the New York family that adopted the Ostrander surname in the early 18th century. Pieter Petersen was the son of Pieter Carstensen and Geesje Jans, born in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1657. Formerly, he (or possibly his father) was mistakenly identified with a Pieter Pietersen who married Tryntje Van De Lande in Holland. This mistaken identity is reported in published sources including the book Ostrander: A Genealogical Record 1660-1985. More recent research, first published in 1999,^[1] has determined that Pieter Carstensen and Geesje Jans were the parents of the Pieter Pietersen who married Rebecca Traphagen and became the progenitor of the Ostrander family in America.^[2]

Pieter Pietersen was baptized on July 3, 1657 in the Amsterdam Lutheran Church in Amsterdam, Holland. His parents were recorded as Pieter Carstens and Gesije Jans. Witness was Annetje Jans.^[3][4][5]

Pieter's father died in the East Indies circa 1659 and his widowed mother remarried, to Arent Teunissen (Pier). Pieter, his mother, his stepfather Arent Teunissen (Pier), and older sister Tryntje Pieters immigrated to New Netherland aboard the Dutch ship De St. Jan Baptist, which sailed from Amsterdam after 9 May 1661, under the command of Captain Jan Bergen, and arrived in New Amsterdam 6 August 1661.^[4]

Pieter's stepfather was contracted to select a site near Gravesende [Brooklyn] on Long Island to build and operate a salt kettle. Initially the family settled on Coney Island near the village of Gravesende, where Arent Teunissen proceeded to build a salt refinery. English villagers opposed the salt kettle venture, and after about two years of difficulties, the family removed to Wiltwyck (Kingston, Ulster County). ^[4]

Pieter married Rebecca Traphagen in the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, New York, on 19 January 1679. ^[6]

Their children were:

1. Pieter Ostrander, born about 1680.;
2. Willem Ostrander, baptized September 24, 1682; ^[7]
3. Arent Ostrander, b. October 5, 1684, d. June 27, 1742;
4. Catrina Ostrander, b. September 04, 1686;
5. Johannes Ostrander, b. September 23, 1688;
6. Theunis Ostrander, b. January 16, 1689/90;
7. Henry Ostrander, b. September 18, 1693;
8. Hermanns Ostrander, b. November 10, 1695.
9. Leah (twin), b. May 1, 1698;
10. Rachel (twin), b. May 1, 1698;
11. Geertie Ostrander, b. May 18, 1700;
12. Rebekka Ostrander, b. 1702; and
13. Jacob Ostrander, b. January 13, 1705/06.

Some time after their marriage, Pieter and Rebecca Traphagen removed southwest to the nearby village of Hurley, where on 1 September 1687 he was one of several villagers to take an Oath of Allegiance.^[4]

He died in 1706 in Kingston (Ulster County), New York. ^{[citation needed]}

Church Records

Marriage

• 1679 Jan 19 Pieter Pietersse, j.m., of Amsterdam, and Rebecca Traphaghe, j.d. of Boswyck, both resid. in Westquansengh. Banns published three times in the church, but dates not given. ^[8]

Children's baptisms

1. 1682 Sep 24 Willem - Pieter Pieterz, Rebecca Traphagen. Witnesses: Johannes Traphagen, Geesje Pieterz. ^[9]
2. 1684 Oct 05 Arent - Pieter Pieterz, Rebecca Traphagen. Witnesses: Hendric Albertz, Tryntie Pieters. ^[10]
3. 1686 Sep 05 Catrina - Pieter Pieterz, Rebecca Traphage. Witnesses: Hans Buurhans, Lena Traphage. ^[11]
4. 1688 Sep 23 Johannes - Pieter Pieterse, Rebecka Traphagen. Witnesses: Antony Cruepel, Caterina Post. ^[12]
5. 1695 Nov 10 Hermanus - Pieter Pietersen, Rebecca Trephag. Witnesses: Herman Pier, Jannetje Pier. ^[13]
6. 1698 May 01 Lea and Rachel - Pieter Pieterssen, Rebecca Trephagen. Witnesses: Hendrick Trephagen, Willem Trephagen, Hilletje Burhans, Sara Kierstede. ^[14]
7. 1700 May 19 Geesje - Pieter Pieterssen, Rebecca Trephag. Witnesses: Pieter du Boys, Jannetje Burhans. ^[15]
8. 1706 Jan 13 Jacob - of Pieter Van Oostrande, Sr., and Rebecca Trophagen. Witnesses Pieter and Geesje Ploeg. ^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ Brooks; also see DeGeer
2. ↑ Note that this information is different from what is reported in the book, Ostrander: A Genealogical Record 1660-1985. This is due to the new research and findings uncovered since that book was published.
3. ↑ Baptism record from the archives of Amsterdam: child/kind: Pieter. baptism date/ doopdatum: 03-07-1657. church/kerk: Lutherse Kerk. religion/godsdienst: Evangelisch-Luthers. father/vader: Carstens, Pieter. mother/moeder: Jans, Gesije. Source: bronverwijzing: DTB 144, p.50. Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) Doopregister: NL-SAA-24727970.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} A Tree of Many Branches], Ostrander Family Association website, archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20170102093322/http://www.ostrander.org/Genealogy.htm
5. ↑ Record as reported by Brooks: Baptismal register of the Amsterdam Oude Lutheran Kerke: Den dage der 3 Julius (1657 bij0 do Paulus Cordes. Pieter, Va. Pieter Carstense, moeder, gesije Jans, : getu(ijgen) Annetje Jans.) Translation: (Baptized) this day July 3 (1657 by) Domine Paulus Cordes: Pieter, father: Pieter Carstensen, mother: : Geesje Jans, witness: Annetje Jans). Brooks observes: "This would confirm that Geesje Jans gave birth to a child named Pieter Pietersen who would have been nearly four years old when the family emigrated to New Netherlands. Coupled with the origin of Pieter Carstensen at 'Nortstrant' and that sons of Pieter Ostrander were at times designated Van Noortstrant, there is little doubt that this is Pieter Pietersen Ostrander."
6. ↑ Hoes, p. 504, #36 "Pieter Pieterse, j.m. of Amsterdam and Rebecca Traphaghe, j.d. of Boswyck [Bushwyck, L.I.], both reside Westquansengh. Banns published three times in the church."
7. ↑ Hoes, p. 17, #279
8. ↑ Hoes: Page 504
9. ↑ Hoes: Page 17
10. ↑ Hoes: Page 22
11. ↑ Hoes: Page 27
12. ↑ Hoes: Page 32
13. ↑ Hoes: Page 46
14. ↑ Hoes: Page 52
15. ↑ Hoes: Page 59
16. ↑ Year Book Holland Soc. NY: 1905, Page 39

• Brooks, Christopher A. Parentage of Pieter Pietersen Ostrander and his Sister Tryntje Pieters. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, July 1999. Text published online: archived at archive.org
• DeGeer, Kent. The Verified Account of the First Two Generations of the Ostrander Family. Ostrander Family Association, November 6, 2008. Published online by Ostrander Family Association, archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20171209095849/https://ostrander.org/OFAgen1and2V2nov6.pdf on 9 Dec 2017.
• Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (De Vinne Press, 1891)
• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Page: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/12167402/person/1087362316/facts
• Year Book of the Holland Society of New York

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011.
• WikiTree profile Ostrander-243 created through the import of Harris.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Wade Lippman.
• WikiTree profile Ostrander-228 created through the import of Timerson Family Tree May162011.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Brad Timerson.
• WikiTree profile Oostrander-4 created through the import of ReevesFamilyMaster_2012_2012-09-25.ged on Sep 25, 2012 by Keith Reeves.