Pieter Pieterszen Staats (1663 - 1745)

Born 8 Jul 1663 in Breuckelen, New Netherland

Ancestors

Husband of Lysbeth Aertsen (Middagh) Staats — married 16 Feb 1690 in New York

Descendants

Died 28 May 1745 at age 81 in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania

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Biography

Pieter Pietersen Staats (Peter Janszen2, Jan Pieterszen1)

Pieter, recorded as the child of Pieter Janszen and Annetie Jans, was baptized on 8 July 1663 in Brooklyn Dutch Church, Kings NY, Witnesses were Dirck Stillewil and Anneken Booms.^[1]

He died before 8 Aug 1748 in Bensalem, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and was buried in (possibly) Old Feasterville Graveyard, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Peter married Lysbet Aerentsen about 1685 in Brooklyn, Kings NY. Lysbet died before 1745 and was buried in (possibly) Old Feasterville Graveyard, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Teunis Bergen and most subsequent genealogists have identified her as a daughter of Aert Middagh and Breekje Hansen Bergen, but this is disputed. In the article "Who was Lysbeth Aersen, Wife of Pieter Pietersen Staats?", Margery Freas states that Teunis Bergen erred when he identified Lysbeth Aer(t)sen as a child of Aert Middagh and Breekje Hansen Bergen (an identification that was repeated in subsequent genealogies). She points out that Lysbeth's name does not appear on any lists of Middagh family children and that neither Pieter Pietersen Staats, Lysbeth Aersen, nor their children participated in any recorded baptisms for Middagh family members.^[2]

Pieter Jansen Staats was listed as forty years old in the Staten Island census taken approximately 1706 but probably over a span of several years. It is not known when he moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, sometime after 1714, but his will was filed there and it is the identification for his daughter Lucretia.

As of 12 December 1694 Pieter Pieterse Staats of the County of Richmond was paying rent to his parents, Pieter Janse Staats and Annetie, of Brooklyn, for use of land in Gowanus, Brooklyn (land lying the lands of Gerbrand Claasen and Cornelius Van Duyn0. ^[3]

Marriage

Pieter Pietersen Staats married Elizabeth Or Lysbeth Aertsen Middagh, b. Abt 1671, Brooklyn, Kings, NY, on 16 Feb 1689/90.^[4] She d. Bef 28 May 1745 (Age ~ 74 years); at Bensalem Twp, Bucks, Pennsylvania.

Children

Pieter Pietersen Statts and Lysbeth Middagh had the following known children:

1. Elizabeth Staats, b. Abt 1686, Brooklyn, Kings, NY; m. Mark Overholt, b. Abt 1691, at Brooklyn, Kings, New York.
2. Ann or Anna or Hanna Staats, b. Abt 1686, Brooklyn, Kings, NY; m. Aaron or Arent Prall, on 30 Mar 1713 at Brooklyn, Kings, New York. Marriage was recorded at the new Amsterdam Reformed Dutch Church. ^[5]
3. Susannah Staats, b. Abt 1688, Brooklyn, Kings, NY; m. Jan or John Lewis, b. Abt 1684, Brooklyn, Kings, NY on Abt 1709 at Brooklyn, Kings, NY.
4. Pieter Pietersen Statts (1), (b. Feb 16, 1690, d. ca. 1714, m. Lummatje Veghte, b. Abt 1694, Flatbush, Kings, New York, d. Abt 1714, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.
5. Magdalen Staats, b. Abt 1692, Brooklyn, Kings, NY; m. Thomas Morgan, b. Abt 1688, Brooklyn, Kings, New York on Abt 1713 at Brooklyn, Kings, New York.
6. Abraham Staats, b. Abt 1692, Brooklyn, Kings, New York , d. 17 Apr 1774 (Age ~ 82 years); m. Elizabeth Jaudon, b. Abt 1696, Of Brooklyn, Kings, NY on 17 Feb 1724/25 Brooklyn, Kings, New York .
7. Lucretia Staats, b. 10 Jul 1693, Brooklyn &, Staten Island, New York, d. 31 Mar 1785, Of, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 91 years); m. Jacob Stricklaer, b. 1699, Bucks, Pennsylvania, d. 3 Mar 1787, North or Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 88 years) on Abt 1714 at Brooklyn, Kings, New York
8. Agnes Or Agnietje Staats, b. Abt 1696, Brooklyn, Kings, NY; m. Michael Or Michel Weesley Wesel, b. Abt 1692, Brooklyn, Kings, New York on Abt 1717 Of Brooklyn, Kings, New York.
9. Edmond Staats, c. 20 Apr 1708, Port Richmond, Richmond, New York
10. Peter Staats, c. 4 May 1714, Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond, New York , d. 16 May 1777 (Age ~ 63 years)

Death

Pieter died Aft 28 May 1745, Bensalem Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 82 years); burial on 8 Aug 1748

Burial

Old Feasterville, Bucks Co., PA

Church Records

Baptism

• 1663. July 8. Pieter Janszen, Annetie Jans. Pieter. Witnesses: Dirck Stillewil, Anneken Booms. [Brooklyn].^[1]

Children's baptisms

• 1708. April 20. Pieter Staats. Edmond. Witnesses: Harmen Jorissen, Annaatie Staats. ^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Brooklyn and Flatbush NY, Book 72. Image of handwritten transcript of baptism register. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6961/42037_2421401696_0511-00013
2. ↑ Freas, Margery Huston. "Who was Lysbeth Aersen, Wife of Pieter Pietersen Staats?" New Netherland Connections. Berkeley, CA: Dorothy A. Koenig, 1996-2010. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Vol 3, Number 4 (1998), pages 87-89.
3. ↑ Frost, Josephine C. "Genealogical Gleanings from Book No. 2 of Conveyances, Brooklyn, Kings Co., N.Y." Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48331/LongIslandSrcRec-001895-40/295639, citing Henry B. Hoff. Long Island Source Records. From The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1987.
4. ↑ Conover, David Conover's Famous Cousins website.
5. ↑ NARDC Marriage Record: 1713 30 Mar; [Arent] Aaron Prall; [Anna] Hanna Staats
6. ↑ Wright, Tobias Alexander. Baptisms, Dutch Reformed Church of Port Richmond, Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Volume VI, Staten Island Church Records, 1909. page 22. Accessed on https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org in Richmond County Religious Records collection.
7. ↑ Transcript of Port Richmond baptisms at www.ancestralcurios.com/port_richmond_baptisms.htm, archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20210606054953/http://www.ancestralcurios.com/port_richmond_baptisms.htm on 6 June 2021.

• Webpage: Long Island Surnames--Pieter Pietersen Staats, 1663 - Aft 1745 (~ 82 years)

• Stillwell, John Edwin • “Historical and Genealogical Miscellany - Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey” : self published, New York 1903 Vol I pp 49, 50 • https://archive.org/details/historicalgeneal01stil/page/49/mode/1up?view=theater

• 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.) p 83

• Bailey, Rosalie Fellows • “Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses in Southern New York and New Jersey” : Dover Publications Inc, New York 1968 pp 154, 171 (plate #40) • https://archive.org/details/pre-revolutionary-dutch-houses-nj-southern-ny/page/154/mode/1up?view=theater
• Conover, David Kipp. David Conover's Famous Cousins website. Person Page 2284: Pieter Pietersen Staats and Elizabeth Aertsen Middagh. Archived on 1 September 2016 at https://web.archive.org/web/20160901223156/http://www.conovergenealogy.com/famous-p/p2284.htm
• Staats, Harold • “Genealogy of the Staats Family” : National Staats Reunion Association, Ripley, West Virginia 1921 pp 160, 194, 207 • https://archive.org/details/genealogyofstaat00instaa/page/n332/mode/1up?view=theater

Acknowledgements

• Staats-49 was created through the import of grant2.ged on 07 February 2011

• This person was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 14 September 2010.

• Staats-340 was created by Michael Devine through the import of Devine Family Tree.ged on Sep 28, 2014.