Hendrik (Albertse) Ploeg (abt. 1651 - 1725)

Born about 1651 in Nederland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1725 at about age 74 in Kingston, Ulster, New York

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Biography

Hendrick (Hendrik) Albertse(n) married Tryntje Pieters in about 1672 in New Netherland (modern New York state), probably in or near Kingston.^[1][2] There is no record of their marriage. They settled in Westquansengh (a.k.a. Foxhall Manor, located about 6 to 7 miles northeast of Hurley and 2 to 3 miles north of Wiltwyck)^[3] and had thirteen children, several of whom are listed in the baptism registry of the Old Dutch Church in Kingston, Ulster County, New York.^[4]

Church Records

Children's baptisms

1. 1675 [24 Apr?]: Jacob, Hendrick Albertsen, Tryntie Pieters. Wit.: Jan Borhans and his wife. ^[5]
2. 1679 06 Apr: Geesje, Hendrick Albertse, Tryntie Pieters. Wit.: Jacob Rutse, Rebecca Traphaghe. ^[5]
3. 1681 05 May: Jan, Hendrick Albertsen, Trintyen Pietersen. Wit.: Jan Hendricksen, Annetyen Mattysen. ^[5]
4. 1683 22 Jul: Geesie, Hr. Albetse, Tryntie Pieters. Wit.: Rebecca Willems, Harman Pier. ^[5]
5. 1686 28 Feb: Maria, Hendric Albertz, Tryntie Pieterz. Wit.: Hendric Adriaantz, Gepie Pier. ^[5]
6. 1689 03 Feb: Rebecca, Henderick Aldersen, Trentje Pieters. Wit.: Teunis Pier, Annetje Henderixen. ^[5]
7. 1692 28 Jan: Arent, Henderik Albertsen, Tryntje Pietersen. Wit.: Jan Oosterhout, senior, Annetje Oosterhout. ^[5]
8. 1694 08 Jun: Hendrik Albertsen, Tryntje Pieters. Wit.: Paulus Paulusen, Lysbeth Paulusen. ^[5]
9. 1696 25 Dec: Willem, Hendrick Alderssen, Tryntje Pieters. Wit.: Willem de Meyer, Catharina Bayard. ^[5]
10. 1699 09 Apr: Abraam, Hendrick Albertsen, Tryntje Pieters. Wit.: Abraam Gaasbeeck, Lydia de Meyer. ^[5]

Baptismal witness

• 1688. 23 Sep. Goetje. Pieter Weynen, Jannetje Harents. Wit.: Henderick Alders, Wilhelmus de Mayer, Gepje Aarents.
• 1697. 7 Mar. Cathryntje. Pieter Winnen, Jannetje Piers. Wit.: Hendrick Alderssen, Tryntje Alderssen, Willia de Meyer.

Unknown Origins

Little is known about Hendrik Albertse Ploeg. The records of Ulster County mention a Hendrick Albertsen who died before 1661; another Hendrick Albertse[n], apparently a farm laborer and later a farmer, first appears in the Kingston Papers in 1664.^[6] DeGeer suggests that Hendrik Albertse Ploeg might have been the Hendrick Albertsen listed as a farm laborer on the 1662 passenger list of the Dutch ship D’Vos (The Fox) that arrived in New Amsterdam on 14 November 1662. The listing suggests that he was a single, young man, perhaps born between 1640 and 1645, making him about 10 to 15 years older than Tryntje Pieters.^[7] DeGeer notes that a researcher named Henk Watjer, based in Holland, had identified Hendrik Ploeg as the son of an Albert Jans Ploeg and Eelke Harms, and stated that he was born in Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands, but no evidence has been presented or found to support these claims.^[8]

Hendrick is recorded in most of his children's baptism records with the patronym of Albertse, and variations thereof. In later years he was known as Hendrick Ploeg (or Ploegh), a name that was first recorded around 1700.^[9]

In a submitted correction published in The New York Genealogical Biographical Record, Vol. 137 (2006), page 308, C. Walter Ruckel suggests that Hendrick's patronym should be Allerts or Alderts. Evidence for this is that (1) several Kingston church records give his name as Alders, Alderssen, or Aldersen; (2) the marriage record and two baptism records for his eldest son give that son's name as Allert, and (3) Aldert is a given name that repeats among the descendants of Hendrick for generations, until at least the 19th century. Ruckel suggested that clerks or the abstractor who recorded the records might have confused the names Aldert and Albert. Hendrick was recorded with the patronym of Allert/Aldert in the baptisms of his children Rebecca and Willem, and when he witnessed the baptisms of two children of Pieter Winne in 1688 and 1697.

Death

Records of his death are not known. Some online genealogies say he died in 1725 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, but do not give a basis for this information.

Grandson William's will

The codicil on the will of her son William Legg dated 11 Oct 1744 refers to land Geesje and Gessie inherited from their father (and William Legg's grandfather) Hendrick Ploegh. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ DeGeer, Kent. The Verified Account of the First Two Generations of the Ostrander Family Ostrander Family Association, November 6, 2008 DeGeer, p. 15
2. ↑ Ostrander, Emmett and Vinton P. Ostrander: A Genealogical Record 1660-1995. Ostrander Family Assn., Walsworth Publishing Co., Marceline, MO, 1999: Brochure.
3. ↑ DeGeer, Kent. The Verified Account of the First Two Generations of the Ostrander Family Ostrander Family Association, November 6, 2008 DeGeer, pp. 16 and 22
4. ↑ DeGeer, Kent. The Verified Account of the First Two Generations of the Ostrander Family Ostrander Family Association, November 6, 2008. DeGeer, p. 24
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9} Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York]: (formerly Named Wiltwyck, and Often Familiarly Called Esopus or 'Sopus), for One Hundred and Fifty Years from Their Commencement in 1660. New York: De Vinne Press, 1891. page 27
6. ↑ DeGeer, Kent. The Verified Account of the First Two Generations of the Ostrander Family Ostrander Family Association, November 6, 2008 DeGeer, p. 31
7. ↑ DeGeer, Kent. The Verified Account of the First Two Generations of the Ostrander Family Ostrander Family Association, November 6, 2008 DeGeer, p. 33
8. ↑ DeGeer, Kent. The Verified Account of the First Two Generations of the Ostrander Family Ostrander Family Association, November 6, 2008 DeGeer, pp. 29-31
9. ↑ DeGeer, Kent. The Verified Account of the First Two Generations of the Ostrander Family Ostrander Family Association, November 6, 2008 DeGeer, p. 28
10. ↑ Calendar of New York wills page 240 https://ia802703.us.archive.org/27/items/calendarofwillso01fern/calendarofwillso01fern.pdf

• Brooks, Chris. Parentage of Pieter Pietersen Ostrander and His Sister Tryntje Pieters. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, v. 130 (1999), p. 166 ff.
• The Ostrander Family Traditional History The origin and Evolution of the traditional oral record of the 1st and 2nd generations of the Pietersen/Ostrander Family of Colonial America A Review and Analysis of the History of the Hypothetical First Family Branch Featured in the OFA Big Book, Prepared by Kent DeGeer, CMC (OFA Member #704) on behalf of the Ostrander Family Association Research Committee. November 2, 2008 (latest update)
• Schulze, Lorine McGinnis, and Chris Brooks. Origins of the Pier Family in the Netherlands and an Update of their Connection to the Ostrander Family. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, v. 131 (2000), p. 169 ff.
• Family member personal genealogy: Author: Helen Graves -

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011.
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