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Claes Frederickse van Petten (1641 - 1728)

Claes Frederickse (Claas) "Nicholas" van Petten aka van Patten, VanPetten, VanPatten
Born in Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederlandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1670 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 87 in Schenectady, Albany County, New Yorkmap
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Biography

According to authorities on the Netherland Project, Van Petten was the area of Netherlands where the family lived.

Claas Frederickse Van Patten, born May 30, 1641, died October 3, 1728, married Aeffie Bratt, daughter of Arent and Catalyntje (De Vos) Bratt. He arrived in Schenectady in 1664 and was appointed a Justice of the Peace by Gov. Leisler.[1]

Niclaes Van Petten (of various spellings) is the immigrant ancestor of most Van Pettens and Van Pattens in the United States. He is listed in the Vale Cemetery register as Claes Van Pette because the final "N" in his name has broken off the stone. Buried first at Green St. Cemetery in the stockade, his stone was moved to Vale Cemetery in Schenectady, NY in 1879.

Nicholas was born 30 May 1641 (recorded 2 Jun 1641) at Petten (pronounced Patten in Dutch), Noord, Netherlands, to Frederick Van Petten and wife Deborah. Nicholas immigrated from the Netherlands to America, settling near Schenectady, New York by 1664. Rented land there until he purchased 22 acres for 220 beaver. Owned a yacht named "Royal Oak," which he sold in 1679. In 1683 moved his family from Schenectady to a farm at Papsknee, just south of Albany, New York, and remained there until 1694. Subsequently resided at Albany, but in 1703 was among the Deacons of Schenectady's Dutch Reformed Church [2] Died 3 October 1728 at Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York.

Father of Aeffie: Arent .Anderies Bradt of Norway and Holland
Mother of Aeffie: Catalyntje De Vos (d/o Andrew, Deputy -Dir. of Rensselaerwyck)

Aeffie's father, Arent Bradt, sailed from Texal on the coast of Holland in the vessel"Rensselaerwyck", built at Manhattan. He arrived at New . Amsterdam 4 Mar 1637; was one of the original proprietors of Schenectady. Arent died in 1662.

Birth

His great-grandfather was Albert (abt 1550)
His grandfather, Albert Albertse (abt 1580)
His father was Frederick Albertse van Petten (abt 1610).
ABT 1641 [3]
30 MAY 1641 Holland [4]
30 May 1641. Petten, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. [5][6]

Arrival

1664 New York, New York [7][8][9]
Information below from Olive Tree Genealogy (with sources): [10]
Surname of Immigrant: Van Petten/Van Patten
Given name(s) of Immigrant: Claes Fredrickse
Name of Ship: ?
Arrival Date: before 1664
Origin of Immigrant: Petten, North Holland, Netherlands
Immigrant's Date & Place of Birth: 30 May 1641 Petten, Netherlands
Immigrant's Date & Place of Death: 3 Oct 1728 Schenectady, NY
Immigrant's Spouse: Aeffie Arentse Bratt [11][12][13]

Marriage

Husband: Nicholas aka Claas Frederickse Van Patten
Wife: Aeffie Arentse Bradt
ABT 1670 [3]
ABT 1672 [14][4][15]
Married ca 1672 Aeffie Arentse Bradt (1649 Albany JMY - 23 Jan 1728 Albany NY [16]

Children

Claes had at least 5 children. Descendants of Claas Frederickse Van Petten and Aeffie Arentse Bradt:

Verified children:
  1. Arent: [17][18] [10]
  2. Dewer (Deborah): m. Cornelis Viele [17][19][18][10]
  3. Andries, Sept. 10, 1684 [17][19][18][10]
  4. Cathlyntje, m. Teunis Van Vechten of Loonenburgh [17][19][18][10]
  5. Geertruy, April 17, 1687 m. Lourens C. Van der Volgen [17][19][10]
  6. Claas, April 6, 1690; [17][19][2]
  7. Geertruy, July 28, 1692. [17][19][10]
  8. Nicholas :December 16, 1716,married to Sarah Clement [2]
  9. Annatje b. 1676 Schenectady, NY m.1. Nicholas Siverson 26 July 1699 Albany, NY m.2. Cornelius Van Wurmdick [10][18]

Alt Ch: Cathlyntje. Maretje. Annatie, Arent. Diewer, Andries. Geertruy (1687). Nicholas. Geertruy and Frederick Van Petten (1694) Note: Anna & Arent birth order in family uncertain

Timeline

  • 1664: Claas Frederickse, from the fishing village of Petten, North Holland, the Netherlands, was the first of his family to come to America (1664). Claas arrived in New Netherlands in 1664 and, with Isaac Swits, leased the bowery of Willem Teller. [17]
  • 1668: Claas bought his first farm ( in company with Cornelis Viele in 1668 paying a total of 330 beaver skins. The property, owned by Marten Van Yssclsteyn, was situated on the west of Claass brother-in-law Reyer Schermerhom at Schenectady. This farm remained in the family for several generations. Schermerhorn was his brother-in-law.
  • 1683: Claas moved to Papsne (Papsknee) and bought a farm near Albany in 1683. There is a story that he was removed from the Schenectady Stockade, perhaps in 1683, for doing illegal business with the Indians. This may be one reason he survived the massacre of 1690 by the French and Indians coming down from Canada. Claas owned a boat at one time that moved grain along the Hudson River and also owned a slave as did many of the following generations.
  • 1690 was appointed Justice of the Peace by Governor Leisler. He evidently moved back to Schenectady as he was deacon there in 1703 and is also buried there.

Property Owned

BILL OF SALE: 21 Jan 1678-9, Bill of Sale from Meus Hoogeboom to Claes van Petten of a half-interest in the sloop "The Royal Oak". This sloop was used to transport wheat and other goods along the Hudson River. Claes sold his interest in the boat a year or so later ......
BILL OF SALE: 27 May 1682; Bill of Sale for a negro from Amadoor Vopie to Claes van Petten for 50 good, whole, deliverable beaver skins or marketable winter wheat - - -

Farm Lease

Lease of farm #5 at Schenectady from Willem Teller to Claas F. Van Petten and Isaack Swits:

This day, the 16th of June 1664. Mr. Willem Tailler acknowledged that he had lei land to the above men: joint I v...consisting of a dwelling house, barn, rick and arable land in two parcels...for a term of six years...on the following conditions: The lessor delivers now to the lessees for use on the farm six draft horses, namely, three geldings and three mares with a one-year old stallion colt and another of this year, five milch cows, two heifers and two bull calves of this year, one heifer in her 3rd year, two sows with 5 pigs four months old .and a hog one year old: which said horses and cattle, the lessees during this lease shall have for the use of the farm for half the increase, the risk according to the usage in the colony of Renselaerwyck. aud the increase to be divided every three years, but with respect to said hogs, the lessees are to be holden to deliver for the first time in the autumn of the year 1665 a hog fit for slaughter, and so on every year during the lease, and at the end of the lease to deliver over again to the owner the same number of hogs and of the same age as at present.
The lessor has also delivered to the lessees two plows with their appurtenences and a wagon, while another wagon shall be delivered next harvest lime: also a pot kettles, chum, milk tubs* two sleds, three Flemish scythes with two scythe blades, and a grain winnow.
Moreover the land is now sown with 22 skipples of winter wheat. 4 skipples of summer wheat 3 skipples of white peas, 3 skipples of buckwheat and also 49 skipples of oats, which said quantity of sowed grain the lessees promise to leave sowed upon said land at the end of the lease, for the behoof of the lessor, and also said delivered agricultural implements with housc.barn. rick and garden with fence to deliver over again at the end of this lease in good condition.

Residence

1720 Albany County, NY [20][21]
1720 Schenectady, Albany County, New York, United States. [22][23]

Death

Claas and his wife Aeffie both died in the same year - 1728 and were buried in the old Green St. Cemetery, Schenectady and later re-interned in Vale Cemetery, Schenectady.[24]

3 October 1728. Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA. [3] New York (formerly New Amsterdam) [14][25][6]

Burial

Find A Grave:

Inscription: OBIT NICLAES VAN PETTE
Vale Cemetery Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA, DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH formerly in the Schenectady Stockade. [26]

Church records

  1. 1684 Sep 10 Andries - Claes Van Petten. Wit.: father. [27]
  2. 1687 Apr 17 Geertruy - Claas Van Petten. Wit.: father, Jacob Staats. By Antje Staats. [28]
  3. 1690 Apr 06 Claas - Claas Van Petten. Wit.: father, Jochum Staats. By Catelyn Van Petten. [29]
  4. 1692 Aug 28 Geertruy - Claas Frederiksz and Ifje Arents. Wit.: Antje Staats. [30]

Research Notes

NOTE: Resolved most of children and siblings. Not sure where Jan Arentsen fits in. Can find no references confirming he was a child of Claas & Aeffie. [Unsigned]

Sources

  1. The Van Benthuysen Genealogy by A. S. Van Benthuysen and Edith McIntosh Hall (1953) p463
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Whiteside
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  5. U.S. FindAGrave Index
  6. 6.0 6.1 Sons of the American Revolution: Volume: 140
  7. U. S. Immigration Record
  8. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index
  9. U.S. and Canada Passenger and Immigration Lists Index Place: New York, New York; Year: 1664; Page Number: 60
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  21. Jackson
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  23. New York Census and Substitutes
  24. Details in the new Y2K book Van Patten by Fran (Van Patter) Hindmarsh
  25. U.S. FindAGrave Index
  26. FindAGrave
  27. Year Book Holland Soc. NY: Page 34
  28. Year Book Holland Soc. NY: Page 42
  29. Year Book Holland Soc. NY: Page 50
  30. Year Book Holland Soc. NY: Page 58
  • History of Whiteside County, Illinois from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908: Illustrated, with Biographical Sketches of Some Prominent Citizens of the County, Volume 2. William W. Davis Pioneer Publishing Company, p. 1357.
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  • Manuscript of William A. Brinkman of Dunnsville, N.Y., Guilderland Town Historian, Van Wormer Family, 1927, page 1
  • Reynolds, Cuyler, editor. Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York Sate, Included within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1911. Accessed at https:www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/ (Nicholas Van Petten)
  • Descendants of Claas Frederickse Van Petten (1641-1728) and His Wife, Aeffie Arentse Bradt (1649-1728), a Family History Project, Claas Frederickse Van Petten Publication: 30 Jun 1997
  • Pearson, Jonathan. Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady, from 1662 to 1800. Biography of Claas Frederickse Van Petten. Text available at Schenectady Public Library website.
  • Thornton, Linda V.P. Dutchmen Don't Die, 1977.
  • U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Arrival date: 1664 Arrival place: New York, New York Ancestry Record pili354 #1716823 Timm, June. Ancestry of Charles Edward Van Patten of NE.
  • Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
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  • Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Author: Gale Research Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger
  • Sources- CHR-;NJiol#5I6a..B^-M-D. M. Polacek 4.406..B-M-D: JPS 27..JPA . IGI-NY
  • Ancestry Residence date: 1720 Residence place: Albany County, NY Ancestry Record nycen #19942495 New York Census, 1790-1890 Author: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data - Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
  • Document: The Documentary History of the State of New York [Albany, NY:, 1849]; Volume Number: Vol 1; Page Number: 371; Family Number: 133
  • Find A Grave Memorial# 20654471 Maintained by: Dave Peck Originally Created by: Thomas Dunne. Record added: Jul 27, 2007
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See also:

  • Guilderland Historic Society, Box 282, Guilderland Center, New York
  • Schenectady Historical Society, 32 Washington Avenue, Schenectady, New York 12305, 518-374-0263
  • Family History Library , Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Dana VanWormer-Schreder, 7332 Balsam Court, Toledo, Ohio, 43615, 419-866-1805, Dana's Digs
  • New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
  • North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
  • U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile Van Patten-10 created through the import of DirectAncs_GM.ged on Oct 5, 2012 by Dana Schreder.
  • WikiTree profile VanPetten-11 created through the import of Vicki Norman family tree v2 (3).ged on Aug 1, 2012 by Vicki Norman.
  • Van Petten-35 was created by Ryan Van Patten through the import of Van Patten Family Tree.ged on Apr 29, 2014.
  • This person was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.




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Removing Arentsen-4 as a son; he was a Van Putten of no known relation.
posted by Carrie Quackenbush
Van Petten-35 and Van Petten-5 appear to represent the same person because: This is the oldest paternal ancestor in this chain in need of a merge. No tree conflicts. These matches have been reviewed by the New Netherland Settlers Merge Approval System, and the "Green" destination NNS profile is protected as PPP, and the "Merge Pending" profile is now ready and able to be merged into it. I saved the data to the bios. This is the same man. Claas is diminutive for Nicholas. We should adjust after to keep that Claas as an aka and the patronymic Frederickse, and full birth from this match Born May 30, 1641. Thanks!
posted by Steven Mix
Nice profile Vicki!
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett