Robbert (Mateuisz) Teuwisz (abt. 1665 - 1718)

Born about 1665 in Claverack, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Cornelia (Martensz) van Buren — married 22 Sep 1689 in Albany, Albany, New York

Husband of Geertruy (Van Benthuysen) Van Deusen — married 21 Aug 1718 in Albany, Albany, New York

Descendants

Died 1718 at about age 53 in Claverack, New York

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Biography

Robert was born in 1665, the son of Matthew Van Deusen and Helena Roberts.^[1]

"ROBBERT (TEUWISSE) VAN DEUSEN, son of (2) Teuwis (Mattheus) Abrahamsen Van Deursen and Helena Robberts; b a[bout] 1665; m (1st) Sept 22, 1689, CORNELIA MARTENS VAN BUREN, dau of Marten Cornelissen Van Buren and Araantje Gerretse (Vanden Bergh), of Rensselaerwyck Colony, who mentions her in his will dated April 10, 1703...; [he] m (2d) Aug. 21, 1718, GEERTRUY VAN BENTHUYSEN. On Jan. 20, 1695, he was accepted as a member of the church at Kinderhook (Holland Society Year Book, 1904, p. 10). There is recored in Albany the transfer of two tracks of land in Claverack from Hendrick Van Renselaer to said Robert Teuwis, in Sept. 1718 (Book E p. 422, 424). Res: In June, 1720, Claverack, according to a list of Freeholders of that town."^[2]

1699: Oath of Allegiance to King William of Orange, Kinderhook^[3][4][5]

Birth

ABT 1665 Albany, Albany Co, NY

Family

MAR: 1689. Sept. 22. Robbert Mateuisz, y.m., and Cornelia Martensz, y.d., both l. near N.A.^[6]

His children were baptized in Albany, all born from his first wife:^[7]

1. Johannes, bp 13 Jul 1690 (sponsors: Marretje Martens, Marten Cornelis and Teuis Abrahams); m 26 Aug 1712, Christiana Van Alen
2. Matheus, bp 1 Nov 1691 (sponsors Pieter Martens, Caatelyntje Jacobs); living 1748/9.
3. Marten, bp 21 Feb 1694 (sponsors Rut Melcherts (Van Deusen), Catelyntje Martens); m1 25 Dec 1719 Elbertje Vander Poel; m2 19 Feb 1744 Zara Gardinier at Kinderhook.
4. Tobias, bp 16 Aug 1696 (sponsors Antoni Bries, Tryntje Bries); m 21 Mar 1725 Ariantje Muller (miller)
5. Robbert, bp 1 Sep 1700 (sponsors Marten and Marrytje van Bueren); m 22 Nov 1724 Christiana Roorpagh (Roorbach).

His third marriage was to Geertruy Van Benthuysen, at Albany on 21 August 1718. ^[8] No trace of children from this marriage has been found. Robert had m. 1st, Cornelia Martense Van Buren.

Church records

• 1689 Sep 22 Robbert Mateuisz, y.m., and Cornelia Martensz, y.d., both l. near N. A.

1. 1690 Jul 13 Johannes, of Robbert Teuisz. Wit.: father, Marte Cornelisz, Teunis Abrahamsz. By Marritie Martensz.
2. 1691 Nov 01 Mattheus, of Robbert Teuwisz and Cornelia Martensz. Wit.: Pieter Martensz, Catelyntje Jacobsz.
3. 1694 Feb 21 Marten, of Robbert Teuwisz and Cornelia Martensz. Wit.: Rut Melcheltsz, Catelyntje Martensz.
4. 1696 Aug 16 Tobias, of Robbert Teuwisz and Cornelia Martensz. Wit.: Antoni Bries, Tryntje Bries. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Albert Harrison Van Deursen, The Van Deurssen Family, Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1912, pp 7-9
2. ↑ Albert Harrison Van Deursen, The Van Deurssen Family, Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1912, p 22
3. ↑ Collier, Edward Augustus. A History of Old Kinderhook from Aboriginal Days to the Present Time. Kinderhook, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914
4. ↑ Columbia County NY GenWeb
5. ↑ Collections on History of Albany, p 184: "VAN DEUSEN, Robert Teuwise, of Claverac, 1720, m. Cornelia Martense [Van Buren]. Ch: bp.; Johannes, July 13, 1690; Mattheus, Nov. 1, 1691; Marten, Feb. 21, 1694; Tobias, Aug. 16, 1696; Robert, Sept. 1, 1700. [Robert Teuwise, m. Geertruy Van Benthuysen, Aug. 21, 1718.
6. ↑ Excerpted from "Year Books of the Holland Society of New York", Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany 1683-1809, Part 1, page 24.
7. ↑ Cherry Laura Van Deusen Pratt, Genealogy of Rev. W. H. Van Deusen, Rockford Press, Rockford, Ohio, P. 17.
8. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683–1809, Excerpted from Year Books of the Holland Society of New York. Part 2, page 13: 1718. Aug. 21. With L. Robbert Tewezen and Geertruy Van Benthuysen.
9. ↑ Secretary Henry L. Bogert. Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1904.

See also:

• Aldon Hynes, Family Ancestors
• The Alan S. Deusen Family Home Page,
• Ancestors of John Michael Stevens, C.D., citing Van Deursen Family History (Beverwyck, abt 1665)
• Charles B. Benson, Abraham Van Deusen and many of his descendants with Biographical Notes 1635-1901, New York: De Vinne Press, 1901, p 7.
• The Van Benthuysen Genealogy by A. S. Van Benthuysen and Edith McIntosh Hall (1953) p 17
• person 11 from the Van Deusen family pg. 22-23
• vandeursenfamily
• Conklin, Frank J., "Martin van Buren, With A Sketch of The Van Buren Family in America", The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (NYGBS, New York, 1897) Vol. 28, Page 208