Juriaen
"Jurian, Juergen, George, Jeuriaen"
Van Westphalen
aka Westfall, Westvaal, Westvael, Bestval
Born in Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Jochim Westphalen
and Elizabeth Utech
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Marytje Jansen (Hansen) Westfall
— married
1652 in Ulster County, New York
Descendants 
Father of
Rymerick Jurriaensen, Claes (Westphale) Westvaal, Johannes Juriaanz (Westvael) Westvaal, Abel Westfall, Symen (Westvall) Westfall and Elsjen (Westvaal) Westfall
Died
at age 46
in Kingston, Ulster County, New York
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Timeline
This profile is part of the Westfall Name Study.
- June 3, 1642 - Left Leiderdorp on the ship DeHoutwyn to America.
- Aug. 13, 1642
- July 1644 - referred to as a servant of Michiel Jansz
- Jan. 14, 1649 - took over a lease from Evert Pels Jan. 14, 1649 - May 1, 1653 on a farm.
- 8 October 1650 -
- May 1, 1653 - Juriaen Bestval became solely responsible for the farm.
- Jochem Kettelheijm released his interest, making Jeuriaen Bestval the sole lessor.
- 1653 - Juriaen wed Marretje Hansen at Fort Orange in 1653.
- 17 August 1659 - petitioned the Director-General and Council of New Netherland requesting establishment of a church at Esopus.
- 1661 - moved to the Esopus Creek area
- 1662 - Survey of the village of Wiltwyck lists Juriaen Westphael as proprietor of a property designated as lot 25.
- 29 May 1667 - granted a land patent in Ulster County, New York
- 1 OCT 1667 - Juriean's death
Biography
Juriaen from Luyderdorp [Leiderdorp, near Leyden] came by den Houttuyn and drew wages in the colony from Aug. 13, 1642. [citation needed] In July 1644, he is referred to as a servant of Michiel Jansz. Jan. 14, 1649, Juriaen Bestval and Jochem Kettelheym took over from Evert Pels the remaining term of the lease, till May 1, 1653, of the farm formerly occupied by Symon Walichsz; Oct. 8, 1651, Jochem Ketteleheym was released from his obligations and Juriaen Bestval became solely responsible. This farm was on Papscanee Island and was leased from May 1, 1653, to May 1, 1658, by Pieter Hartgers, and in 1658 sold to Volckert Jansz and Jan Thomasz.[1][2][3][4] Juriaen was born in the Westphalia area of present Germany. He was living in Leiderdorp when he left the Netherlands on the ship DeHoutwyn on June 6, 1642 and was one of twenty-four passengers bought to America by Killian Van Rensselaer to work his lands at Fort Orange (Albany, New York). Juriaen worked one of the three farms Killiaen had on Papscanee Island in the Hudson River, a short distance south of Fort Orange. Juriaen wed Marretje Hansen at Fort Orange in 1653. In 1654, Juriaen and others moved to the Esopus Creek area to establish a settlement. This was chartered by the Dutch as the city of Wiltwick in 1661. [citation needed]
The Kingston Dutch Church was established in 1660 and two of Jurian's children were baptized there.
In 1664, Britain took over Dutch lands in America but the Dutch people could retain their land if they swore allegiance to Britain's king. The Dutch church was allowed to operate as Britain promoted the protestant faith as a force against the Catholic Church. Wiltwick was renamed Kingston by the British.
Spelling Variations
- Bestval
- Bestvall
- Bestivall
- Westval
- Westvael
- Westvaelt
- van Westvaele
Name
Following info was copied from find a grave
Nicholas' father Juriaen was born in the Westphalia area of present Germany. [citation needed] He left the Netherlands on the ship DeHoutwyn on June 6, 1642 and was one of twenty-four passengers bought to America by Killian Van Rensselaer to work his lands at Fort Orange (Albany, New York). Juriaen worked one of the three farms Killiaen had on Papscanee Island in the Hudson River, a short distance south of Fort Orange. Juriaen wed Marretje Hansen at Fort Orange in 1653. In 1654, Juriaen and others moved to the Esopus Creek area to establish a settlement. This was chartered by the Dutch as the city of Wiltwick in 1661. There he and Marretje had six children: 1) Rymerick in 1654 2) Nicholas in 1657 3) Johannes in 1659
The Kingston Dutch Church was established in 1660 and Jurian's following children were christened there. 4) Abel, C: 25 Sep 1661. (Died 1689-96) 5) Symon (Simon), C: 30 Sep 1663
In 1664, Britain took over Dutch lands in America. The Dutch people retained their land if swore allegiance to Britain's king. The Dutch church was allowed to operate as Britain promoted the protestant faith as a force against the Catholic Church. Then was born: 6) Elsje (Elsie), C: 27 Jun 1666. (Died ~1687)
Jurian died in 1667 and left six children of ages one to thirteen. Marretje later married Jacob Jansen and her children raised in Kingston. Note: There is no proof Juriaen is buried at the Kingston Dutch Church but his house was next to the church and the minister lived on the second floor of his house. Family links:
Children left at death: Rymerick Westfall Quick (1654 - 1716)* Nicholas Westfall (1657 - 1741) Johannes Westfall (1659 - 1725)* Simon Westfall (1663 - 1733)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Old Dutch Churchyard Kingston Ulster County New York, USA [9]
Baptism
- Germany Baptism gives his name as Juergen Westfal christened on 12 Mar 1621 at Sankt Jakobikirche, Stettin, Pommern, Preußen, Germany. His parent's names are listed as Jochim Westpfal & Elisabeth Utechen. [8]
- Schermerhorn stated that Juriaen Westfall or Bestval was from Leiderdorp, near Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands.[10]
- LEYDEN,NETHERLANDS[citation needed]
- 12 MAR 1620/1 Lynderrap, Holland[citation needed]
- 1621 Westphalia, Germany[5]
- 1629 Westfalen, Prussia, Germany. [citation needed]
- 1629 LEYDEN, NETHERLANDS[citation needed]
Marriage
- Wife Marretjen (Marritje) Hansen After Juriean's death Marretje married Jacob Jansen and raised her children in Kingston.
- 1 JUL 1652 [citation needed]
- About 1653 Fort Orange at the time Albany, Albany, New York[5]
- 28 JAN 1653 Kingston, Ulster, New York[citation needed]
Children
- Rymerick Westvaal Quick (1654 - 1719)
- Nicolaus Westfall (1657 - 1743)
- Johannes Juriaen Westfall (1659 - 1725)
- Abell Westvael C: 25 Sep 1661 (Died 1689-96)
- Symen Westfall C: 30 Sep 1663-1733
- Elsje (Elsie) C: 27 Jun 1666. (Died ~1687)
Church
- 17 August 1659, Juriaen Westvael was one of 13 inhabitants of Esopus in New Netherland who petitioned the Director-General and Council of New Netherland requesting establishment of a church at Esopus and asking that Rev. Harmanus Bloem be appointed its pastor.[11] After the church was established and the minister appointed as requested, Juriaen Westvael subscribed 50 florens for support of the minister.[12]
Land Records
- A 1662 survey of the village of Wiltwyck lists Juriaen Westphael as proprietor of a property designated as lot 25.[13] Jurian Westfall was granted a land patent in Ulster County, New York, on 29 May 1667. The property later became "Whitaker's Land."[14]
Death
- 1 OCT 1667
- Kingston, New York
- Juriaen Westvael is estimated to have died in about 1667 and left six children of ages one to thirteen. [15] presumably in or near Wiltwyck (Kingston), in Ulster County, New York.
Burial
- Kingston, Ulster County, New York.[5]
- Note - There is no proof Juriaen is buried at the Kingston Dutch Church but his house was next to the church and the minister lived on the second floor of his house.
Departure
- 3 Jun 1642
- Texel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands[citation needed]
Arrival
- Arrived on the ship "den Houttuyn", Skipper, Adriaen Dircksen
- New Netherland
- 6 JUN 1642. Westphalia to Fort Orange on the ship DeHoutwyn. [citation needed]
- 4 Aug 1642 New Amsterdam
- Jurian was aboard the ship den Houttuyn sent by Kiliaen van Rensselaer to New Netherland.[citation needed]
Residence
- Rensselaerswyck, New York[citation needed]
Jurian is the Dutch name for George.
Notes from Merge
- Hoes, Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston : Ulster County, New York, 1660-1809 by Anonymous Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1980, 806 pgs. Baptism - December 16, 1660; page 1 of 806 pages.
- Baptism No. 5
- Jurian Westvaal and his wife Marretjen Hansen were Witness/Sponsers
- Baptism of Jan Jansen van Campen son of Gerrit Jansen van Campen and Machtelt Stoffels
- Date of Baptism: on April 18, 1660;
- Place of Baptism: the Kingston Dutch Reformed Church of New York.
- Other witnesses were: Jacob Jansen va Campen, Tryntje Tyssen Bos.
- See uploaded page
- Hoes, page 1
Sources
- ↑ New York State Library
- ↑ Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts Being the Letters of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 1630-1643, and Other Documents Relating to the Colony of Rensselaerswyck. Transl. and Ed. by A. J. F. Van Laer.. Albany, 1908. p. 827.
- ↑ The Memorandum Book of Anthony de Hooges translated by Dirk Mouw. New Netherland Research Center and the New Netherland Institute, 2012. Accessed online at newnetherlandinstitute.org. Page B22 (pages 108-109 of the translated document).
- ↑ The Memorandum Book recorded a deed executed on 14 January 1649 in which Evert Pels "with the consent of the Lord Director and the deputies" (of Rensselaerswyck), conveyed and signed his farm over to Jeuriaen Bestvall and Jochem Kettelheijm. On 8 October 1650, Jochem Kettelheijm released his interest, making Jeuriaen Bestval the sole lessor.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Source: #S-1019029400 Find A Grave Memorial 67448140 (Juriaen Westfall) Find a Grave
- ↑ The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly-1911) - Extracts; Publication Place: New York; Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; Page Number: 387
- ↑ The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly-1871) - Extracts; Publication Place: New York; Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; Page Number: 143
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 (familysearch), family search.org, Name: Juergen Westpfal,Gender: Male,Christening Date: 12 Mar 1621,Christening Place: Sankt Jakobikirche, Stettin, Pommern, Preußen, Germany,Father's Name:Jochim Westpfal,Mother's Name: Elisabeth Utechen,Reference ID: 76,System Origin:Germany-EASy,GS Film Number: 501746,Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I02549-5 Mother Elisabeth Utechen Father Jochim Westpfal : in entry for Juergen Westpfal, 12 Mar 1621; citing ; FHL microfilm 501,746. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NZSP-NHB.
- ↑ Created by: Dennis Peterson Record added: Mar 25, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 67448140
- ↑ Schermerhorn, page 9; citing the Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts.
- ↑ Collins, page 87
- ↑ Collins, pages 87-88
- ↑ Collins, page 88
- ↑ "Ulster County Papers," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record vol. 2, July 1871, page 143. Entry in "A lyst of patents Granted from ye 5th of December 1666 to the 8th December 1709 to Sundry persons In the County of Ulster, In the Province of New York." Accessed at pageName=143&volumeId=12403&rId=138535359 AmericanAncestors.org on 24 April 2016.
- ↑ Collins, page 89
- Pamplet No. 8 "A Documentary History of the Dutch Congregation of Oyster Bay Queens County Island of Nassau (Now Long Island)" by Henry A. Stoutenburg, p. 672 Jurian Westphael of Espous m. Marretje Hansen - See Uploaded page
- New York Historical Manuscripts, Dutch, Kingston Papers: Kingston court records, 1668-1675, and secretary's papers, 1664-1675, by Dingman Versteeg, p. 563, p. 596, p.610, p.783 - Jurian Westvaal
- Collins, Holdridge Ozro. "The Westfall Family." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 33 (1902), pages 10-14 and 87 ff.
- Juriaen Westfall Memorial #67448140] (no gravestone image)
- Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (De Vinne Press, New York, 1891)
- Quick, Arthur Craig A Genealogy of the Quick Family in America (1625 - 1942) 317 years. South Haven, Michigan: A.C. Quick, 1942 (privately published).
- Schermerhorn, Richard Jr. "Representative Pioneer Settlers of New Netherland and Their Original Home Places." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 65 (1), Jan. 1934. pp. 2-12.
- WESTFALL GENEALOGY, Walter Westfall
- Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Gale Research. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2009.
- Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
- Ancestry.com Rensselaerswyck, New York Settlers, 1630-58 Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
- Arnold Hill Cemetery Association
- Westfall's
- Note - above info was copied from another website found here Juriean Westfall
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Can we please start cleaning Jurian's early biography?
To my knowledge (please correct me, if wrong) there is absolutely no proof concerning the identities of Jurian's parents and geographical origins.
There are two theories:
1) He/his family originally came from the geographical area of Westfalen. I have seen no proof for this theory and can only conclude that it is rooted in Jurian's family name and has been passed down through time and has been treated as a fact. Not one researcher I have asked to confirm this has actually been able to provide a reliable source for this. And it doesn't really make much sense to me either.
2) He was the son Jochim Westpfal and Elisabeth Utech and was baptised at St. Jakob in Stettin (modern Szeczin) on March 12, 1621. This baptism is actually recorded in the parish registers of said church, where I found the entry about 25 years ago (https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=westfall&thread=26765876).
The reasons I find this theory more plausible are:
- the frequency of the name Westphal in the area at the time - Jurian arrived in America on the same ship as Evert Pels, who was also from Stettin - the fact that the Jurgen Westpfal who was baptized at St Jakobi seems to disappear from the records of Stettin
The above is no more than a theory and should not be treated as a fact until proven!
Now I find more and more that both of the above theories have been conflated, and things are getting more and more confusing.
Can we clean that up please?
(Note: Jurian Westfall arrived in America aboard a ship named Den Houttuyn that left Texel Holland 6 June 1642, and arrived in New Amsterdam 11 August 1642. I found the the following information about Texel Holland - From - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texel ---- Texel is a municipality and an island in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the biggest and most populated of the Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea, and also the westernmost of this archipelago, which extends to Denmark. The next island in the archipelago, to the north of Texel, is Vlieland. The name Texel is Frisian, but because of historical sound-changes in Dutch, where all -x- sounds have been replaced with -s- sounds (compare for instance English Fox, Frisian Fokse, German Fuchs with Dutch Vos), the name is typically pronounced Tessel in Dutch. The island includes the seven villages De Cocksdorp, De Koog, De Waal, Den Burg, Den Hoorn, Oosterend, and Oudeschild, and the small townships of Bargen, De Nes, Dijkmanshuizen, Driehuizen, Harkebuurt, 't Horntje, Midden-Eierland, Molenbuurt, Nieuweschild, Noorderbuurt, Ongeren, Oost, Spang, Spijkdorp, Tienhoven, Westermient, Zevenhuizen, and Zuid-Eierland. The municipality also includes the uninhabited sand bar of Noorderhaaks. The island of Texel, which received city rights in 1415, originally was made up of two islands, Texel proper to the south and Eierland to the northwest, which were connected by shoals. In the seventeenth century, the islands were poldered together. Today, Texel forms the largest natural barrier between the North Sea and the Wadden Sea. The dune landscape on Texel is a unique habitat for wildlife. Texel is known for its wildlife, particularly in winter, when birds of prey and geese take up residence. About one third of Texel is a protected nature reserve. Transport around the island is typically by bicycle, bus or car. Texel has an extensive cycle path network. Transport to Texel is usually by ferry (Royal TESO), from Den Helder, or by air via Texel International Airport. Texel is the largest Dutch island and measures 16.328 acres. The population Jan. 01, 2007 was 13,617. It is situated between the Waddenzee and the North Sea across from the city Den Helder. The island shows a variety of landscapes. For instance, on its North Sea side there are dunes and sand beaches. Right behind these dunes, there are woods and in the north, a large wetland called The Slufter. The central and east parts are mainly used for agricultural purposes, such a sheep- and cattle-farming and the culture of flower bulbs. In the east, a dike forms the border between the island itself and the Waddenzee. The harbour of Oudeschild is located at the south-east of the Isle. Of special interest is Ecomare, a centre for nature education as well as a seal care centre.)
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