Teunis Dircksen Woertman (bef. 1669 - bef. 1729)

Born before 25 Feb 1669 in Brooklyn, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Sprong) Woertman — married 28 Dec 1694 in Brooklyn RDC, Queens, New York

Descendants

Died before 11 Dec 1729 at about age 60 in Bushwick, Kings County, New York

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Biography

Teunis Derrick aka Tunis Dircksen; Tunis Dircksen of Bushwick (now part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn), Kings County, Province of New York), farmer; m. Dec. 28, 1694, Cathanne Sprung. Resided on Noorman's Kil; on assessment roll of Bushwich of 1693 and cen. of 1698. In 1689 he was one of the soldiers sent to Albany, as per p. 216 of Vol. II. of Doc. His. of N. Y. ^[1]

Tunis Dircksen of Bushwick, farmer; married Cathanne Sprung on Dec. 28, 1694. at either Brooklyn or Flushing, RDC, Queens, New York to Catharine Sprong, a daughter of Johannes Sprong and his wife Annetje Sodelaars.

Teunis Dircksen Woertman, young man, born at Brooklyn, married / betrothed 29 Dec 1694 at Brooklyn, to Katyrna Sprong young L born at Flushing. with consent of groom's father Dirck Jansen Woertman. ^[2]

Teunis was named in his father's will dated May 15, 1694. ^[3]

Children

Children of Teunis Woertman and Catrijna Sprong, all probably born at Bushwick, were (according to Barth):^[4]

1. Jan Woertman Born about 1695 -1702 Bushwick, Kings, New York. ^[5]
2. Marritje baptism 27 Dec 1697 Teunis Woertman, Catharyna Sprong; Dirck Janse Woertman and Barber Coevors. ^[6]
3. Anneke - Baptism: 1698 Sep 07; Theunis Woertman, Catharina Sprong; Anneke; Gerret Sprong, Harmpje Woertmans. ^[7]
4. Lysbeth aka Elizabeth baptism 10 March 1700. Teunis Woertman, Catharyja Sprong, Joris Remze, Lysbeth Woertman. ^[8] She married Peter Schenck, whose will was proved December 12, 1738 in New York.
5. Catharine Woertman baptism 18 Apr 1704 Old First Dutch Reformed Church, Breuckelen (Brooklyn), Kings Co., Long Island, New York, witnesses: Abram Metzelaer, Harmtje his wife. She married Jacob Bennet before 29 October 1729
6. Derrick Woertman c 1705 m. married Anna Folkerts circa 1734.
7. Teunis Woertman c 1706, d. 16 Jan 1763 m. Marretje Ketelhuyn, daughter of David Keteluyn and Johanna Bratt, circa 1731.1
8. Harmety Wortman c. 1708, d. 9 Jun 1743 m. married Charles Duryea, son of Joost Duryea and Magdeleine le Fevre, circa 1727
9. Sarah Woertman c. 1712 m. 30 April 1737 Cornelius Hoogland (married by license dated on 30 April 1737 at New York Cornelius Hoogland, son of William Dirckszen Hoogland and Neeltie Adrianse Reyers)

Residence

Resided on Noorman's Kil, Kings County, Province of New York

Will

Tunis Wartman's will was dated on 29 October 1729 and proved 11 December 1729. In the will, he directed: ^[9]

I leave to my two sons, Derrick and Tunis, all my lands and meadows, to be divided in six weeks, and my son Derrick to have the first choice, and they are to pay £740, as follows: To my son John, £10, and £30 to my daughter Sarah, within one year. Of the remaining £700, they are to pay £60 a year to their brothers and sisters, viz.: John, Martha Simonsen, Hannah Jacobse, Elizabeth Schanck, Catharine Bennit, Harmety Duree (Duyee?), Sarah, Derrick and Tunis. I leave to my 3 sons, two negro men and one wench. To my daughter Sarah, a negro girl. To my daughter, Harmette Duree, 2 cows. The rest to all my children. I make three sons, executors. Witnesses: Hendrick Vandewater, Dirck Sprong, Josiah Furman.

Church Records

Marriage

• 1694. Dec. 29, betrothed. Teunis Dircksen Woertman Y.M. born at the Ferry to Katryna Sprong Y.L. bo. at Flushing (Vlissingen) with the consent of the groom's father: Dirck Jansen Woertman.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Brooklyn and Flatbush NY, Book 72. Marriage register of Brooklyn Reformed Dutch Church. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_2421401696_0511-00076
3. ↑ Abstracts of wills on file in the surrogate's Office, City of New York (Volume III. 1730-1744)
4. ↑ Barth, pages 200-202.
5. ↑ Brooklyn New Amsterdam baptisms 1639-1730
6. ↑ Holland Society of New York, Brooklyn and Flatbush NY, Book 72, Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6961/42037_2421401696_0511-00038/80357
7. ↑ Brooklyn New Amsterdam baptisms 1639-1730
8. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Brooklyn and Flatbush NY, Book 72. Handwritten transcription of church register, accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_2421401696_0511-00038
9. ↑ Surrogate's Court Abstract of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. XI, unrecorded wills prior to 1790), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1903), pages 231-232. Abstracting unrecorded wills, Tunis Wartman. Corrections to names of witnesses at v. 17, p. 378

• Barth, Barbara A. "The Family of Dirck Janszen Woertman of Brooklyn Ferry", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Vols. 132-133 (2001-2002). Vol. 132, pages 199-202. Also see Vol. 133, page 192.
• Bergen, Teunis G. Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y., from Its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700: With Contributions to Their Biographies and Genealogies, Compiled from Various Sources. (New York: S. W. Green's Son, 1881.) https://archive.org/stream/registerinalphab00berg/
• O'Callaghan, E. B. (Edmund Bailey), 1797-1880, ed.: Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York (15 volumes; Albany: Weed, Parsons, and Co., 1853-1887), also ed. by Berthold Fernow, contrib. by John Romeyn Brodhead Volume 2. Publisher Albany, N.Y. : Weed, Parsons and Co. Pages 818. NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT. Language English; Call number 31833011507743.

• http://www.workmanfamily.org/histories/AndersonBook/Americana.html WORKMAN FAMILY HISTORY pages 16-27]

• New York Church Records: Samuel S. Purple's and Thomas G. Evans 'Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York, Marriages from 11 December 1639 to 26 August 1801.'(1880) and Baptisms 25 December 1639 to 27 December 1730'(1901 and 1902); The beginning marriage records show the date the Banns were registered, NOT the date of marriage. Starting on 9/20/1673 marriage dates are given.

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/p732.htm#i167883

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Workman _ Bree(2).ged on 20 January 2011.
• Woertman-65 was created by Tom Quick, Quick-803 22:18, 30 January 2016 (EST).
• Inserted note on his will - by Beryl Meehan 27 August 2017.