Dirck (Volkertsen) Volkertson (1667 - 1754)

Born 1667 in Bushwick, Province of New York

Ancestors

Husband of Maria de Wit — married 25 Sep 1691 in Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush

Husband of Jenneke (Schouwten) Volkertson — married 27 Sep 1710 in New York

Descendants

Died 22 Jun 1754 at about age 87 in Milstone River, Somerset, New Jersey

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Biography

Derrick/Dirck D. Volkertson was born in 1667 in Bushwyck, New York to his parents, Volkert and Annetje (Phillips) Dircks. Historically, his birth may be referenced as either New Amsterdam or New York, as it was in this year that the Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the English, who promptly renamed the city to New York. He and his siblings were second generation born in the New World. Derrick/Dirck was the oldest of 11 children, and grew up in and around the Bushwyck area.

In 1689, Derrick/Dirck was given a position as ensign of the town of Bushwyck militia. He appeared to be doing reasonably well financially, as there are records of him loaning money to his Uncle Jacob Dircksen/Dircks. He married the widow Marie Dewitt at the Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush on 25 September 1691. By 1692 his firstborn, Volkert Volkertson/Derrickson was born in Bushwyck. Derrick/Dirck is also recorded as serving in the grand jury that same year.

By the 1698 Census, Derrick/Dirck had a wife, three children, and two slaves in his household. Records show his sons Volkert (1692) and Peter (1695) would have been counted in this number, but the third child on the census remains a mystery. There does appear to be some indication of a Sarah Volkertsen born circa 1700, but little evidence of her exists and she would have been born too late to be counted on the 1698 Census. However, a few sources show her as being born 1698, so it is possible.

By 1700, Derrick/Dirck and his family moved from the Bushwyck area across the bay to New Jersey, and purchased land on the Millstone River (Millstone, Somerset County, New Jersey - west of New Brunswick). Derrick/Dirck's daughter Annetje was born in 1705 in New Jersey. His wife Marie/Maria then died around 1710 at the young age of 39. Her grave location is not known.

Around the time of his first wife's death, Derrick/Dirck had begun a business venture with brothers Phillip and Nicholas, opening a mill on the Millstone River. Derrick/Dirck soon thereafter met and married Jenneke Schouiwten on September 27, 1710, returning to New York City to be married in the Reformed Dutch Church in Flatbush. Derrick/Dirck and Jenneke were married through around 1723/1724, when she passed away around the age of 28/29. They had no children together.

Derrick/Dirck then married Geertje Zynieltse around 1723/1724. Together, they had four more children - Deborah (birth date unknown), Hannah (birth date unknown), Mary/Marie (b:19 November 1722), and Dirck (b:19 November 1727). Dirck was his last child to be born to his family.

Derrick/Dirck wrote his will on 4 November 1752, and indicated at the time that at the age of 85, he was "weak in body, but of sound and perfect mind and memory", so he appears to have aged well even though old age was taking its toll on his physical body. He passed away on June 22, 1754 in Millstone, New Jersey, and his will was proved on 5 August 1754. He was buried at the Weston Burying Grounds.^[1]

Birth

1667 Bushwick, Kings, New York, United States

Marriage

25 September 1691 Flatbush, Kings County, NY

Death

22 Jun 1754 Milstone River, Somerset, New Jersey, United States

"1752, Nov. 4. Volckers (Folkerson), Dirck, of "Milston" River, Somerset Co., farmer; will of.^[2]

Wife, Gerttie.

Children—Volker Derrickson (oldest son, who has children Derrick, Frederick, Mary, Volkert, Dinah, Peter, Johannis, Deborah, Jacobus and Abraham); Deborah (wife of Hendrick Rosaboome, who has son Garret Rosaboome); Hannah Dally (who has children, Mary, Elezabeth, Annatje and Gertje); Mary (wife of Peter Schenk).

Real and personal estate, incl. negro slaves.

Executors—the wife, son-in-law, Peter Schenk, and John Brokaw, of Somerset Co.

Witnesses—Hendrick Schenk, Yoseph Folkersen, Sarah Folkerson.

Proved August 5, 1754. Lib. F, p. 199."

Church records

• 1691 Sep 25 Dirck Volkerse, young man, and Maria De Wit, young lady, both residing at Bushwick. ^[3]

• 1710 Sep 16 Dirk Valk & Jenneke Schouwten. Getrouwt September 27. ^[4]

• 1718 Mar 22 at Raritan - Dirck, Folkert Dirckz and Dyna. Wit.: Dirck Volkertze and Grietje Zynielse (p. 145).

• 1724 Aug 30 at Raritan - Maria, Dirck Volkersen and Geertje. No witnesses (p. 212).

• 1727 Nov 19 at Raritan - Dirck, Dirck Volckersen and Geertje. No witnesses (p. 214).

Land Records

On 3 March 1740, Derick Volkerson of Somerset County, New Jersey sold 300 acres in Mappletown, in the Corporation of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey to Frederick Doolhagen.^[5]

Derick Folkerson had purchased this land from Volkert Dirickson of Somerset County on 17 May 1736.^[6]

Folkert Dirikson had purchased it from John Harrison on 1 April 1719.^[7]

Sources

Somerset County Historical Quarterly II (1913)

1. ↑ Entered by Matthew Stidham, Dec 8, 2012
2. ↑ A. Van Doren Honeyman, Archives of the State of New Jersey, Volume 32 (Volume III of Calendar of Wills), page 342.
3. ↑ David William Voorhees, editor, Records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol.1, 1677-1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998). via Chris Chester, "The Brouwer Genealogy Database"
4. ↑ Collections NY Gen. & Biog. Soc.: 1890, Vol. 1, Page 113
5. ↑ Middlesex County, New Jersey Deeds, Volume 6, page 85: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGD-NDQZ?i=48&cat=219248

   Beginning on the east side of Millstone River at the upper corner of the land that was formerly David Lee's, but it being now the corner of Dollies Heggeman's land on the said river, then running east southeast 130.5 chains, then running south by west 23 chains, then running west northwest to Millstone River, the running down said river to the place where it first began, being bounded on the north by land that was formerly David Lee's but it being now the land of Dollies Hegeman, on the east by the land of Nicholas Lake, on the south by land of John VanDikes, and on the west by Millstone River.

6. ↑ Middlesex County, New Jersey Deeds, Volume 6, page 84: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGD-NDQZ?cat=219248
7. ↑ Middlesex County, New Jersey Deeds, Volume 6, page 83: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGD-ND7C?i=47&cat=219248

   At the time of Dirikson's purchase, the land was bounded on the north by land of David Lee, and on the east and south by land of John Harrison.

• Chester, Chris. "The Brouwer Genealogy Database." freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata. Accessed 30 Sep 2017. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/index.htm Dirk Volkerse

• Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society (New York)

• http://www.angelfire.com/ny/chickened/volkertsefamily.html

• http://www.fulkerson.org/jersey.html

• Find A Grave: Memorial #107286594

• #S-269701049 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/9639887/person/545536233/facts

• #S-269701049 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/9639887/person/545582069/facts

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Newman Family Tree.ged on 12 March 2011.

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

• This person was created through the import of Newman Family Tree.ged on 12 March 2011.

• Matthew Stidham, firsthand knowledge.