Jan Dircksen (Straatmaker) Straetmaker (1642 - 1707)

Born 1642 in Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 2 Jan 1707 at about age 65 in Communipaw, Hudson, New Jersey

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Biography

Family 1 Wife: Geesje Gerritse VANSTEENWYCK, b. 1646, Zutphen, Holland d. Feb 1700, Bergen, Hudson, NJ Married 14 Jan 1666 Bergen, NJ

Children

1. 1. Annetje STRAATMAKER, b. 1669, Bergen, Hudson, NJ F
2. 2. Jannetje STRAATMAKER, b. Abt 1670, Bergen, Hudson, NJ
3. 3. Dirck Jansen STRAATMAKER, b. 1671, Bergen, Hudson, NJ d. 1732, Tappan, Rockland, NY
4. 4. Tryntje STRAATMAKER, b. 1674, New York Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 10 Aug 1744
5. 5. Gerrit STRAATMAKER, b. 1676, Bergen, Hudson, NJ d. 1686
6. 6. Infant STRAATMAKER, b. 1678, Bergen, Hudson, NJ d. 9 Dec 1678, Bergen, Hudson, NJ
7. 7. Grietje STRAATMAKER, b. 1680, New York
8. 8. Rachel STRAATMAKER, b. 1683, New York d. 1707, Bergen, Hudson, NJ
9. 9. Lea STRAATMAKER, b. 1685

Second Wife: Neeltje BUYS

The first settlement of Jersey City was at Communipaw, which stretched roughly from what is now Johnston Avenue on the north to Caven Point on the south, where an indentation of New York Bay called South Cove or Communipaw Bay reached up to what became Phillips Street, just east of Central Railroad of New Jersey tracks, along the waterfront. The Massacre at Communipaw, refers to a violent massacre of 80 natives by the Dutch in retribution for a single murder of a colonist by a member of the local tribe, for which the tribe had already paid atonement, but would not bring forward the perpetrator. It is here that one of the original progenitors of our family nearly met with death. William Kieft, a notoriously cruel, and vicious tyrant, who at the time was Director General, on the night of 24 Feb 1643 hatched a plan to attack a peaceful gathering of Indians who had sought refuge in Pavonia from attacks by the Mohawks. .

Dirck Straatmaker lived on the bluff near where the old Central Railroad crossed the Morris Canal. The morning after the Indian massacre of Feb.25, 1643, Dirck and his wife went to the scene, along with an English settler to plunder what they could. She was carrying her son Jan, who was less than a year old. The fact that there is no record of his baptism at New Amsterdam suggests that they might have been new arrivals. The soldiers, who accompanied them there, had to leave and warned Dirck of the Indians, but he replied, ”There is no danger. If there were a hundred savages, none of them would hurt us.” As the soldiers were leaving they heard a shriek, and upon returning found Dirck mortally wounded, his wife dead, and the Englishman alive with the only weapon among them. Although this was the beginning of a period of unrest that cost the Dutch many more lives well into 1645, the child was saved and was raised by Classie Teunis in New Amsterdam. Ref: 1. N.Y. Genealogical and Biographical Record,Vol.56, pg.262 2.FHL Book #-974.7/B2N

Jan was raised by Classie Teunis, the widow of Romein Teunis, in New Amsterdam after his parents' death. On 19 Feb 1659 Classie Teunis asked the Orphanmasters for money owing to her for boarding him for 16 years .

Jan joined the Bergen church 30 Dec 1665 and seems thereafter to be a resident of Bergen, till he moved to Tappan, on 14 Jan 1666. He married Geesje Gerrits the sister of Guert Gerrits. This was the second marriage recorded at Bergen.

On 24 Mar 1686 he was one of the Tappan Patentees and built a house there in 1700. On 18 Mar 1698 he gave a quit-claim to the tract at Communipaw owned by his father.

His wife having died 11 Feb 1700, he married again in Feb 1707 . His second wife was Neeltje Buys, widow of Jan Harmens Coerten and Jacob Vigoor. On 12 Oct 1708 he and his wife were received by letter at the church in Tappan.

He witnessed the Baptism of Joanna Steynmets, daughter of Caspar Steynmets and Jannetje Gerrits 29 Dec 1667.^[1]

Name

Jan Dircksen Straatmaker ^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Jan /Straetmaker/^[8]

Jan Dirckse /Stratenmaker/^[9]

Birth

1642 Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, USA^{[10][11][12][13]}

Arrival

1659 New York, New York, USA^[14]

Residence

1666 Bergen, New Jersey, USA^[15]

Marriage

Husband: Jan Dircksen Straatmaker

Wife: Geesje Gerrits

1666^[16]

Children

1. Child: Tryntje Straatmaker

Church Records

Marriage

• 1666 Jan 14 Straetmaker, Jan Dirckse, and Geesje Gerritse. ^[17]
• 1707 Jan 12 Straetmaker, Jan. w. of Geesje Van Steenwyck, and Neeltje Buys, w. of Jacob Vygoor, received certificate Jan 27, m. by Do. Bertholf. ^[17]

Children's baptisms

1. 1666 Dec 26 Jannetje, Jan Straetmaker, Geesje Gerrits. Wit.: Casperus Stynmets with his wife. ^[18]
2. 1669 Feb 17 Annetje, Jan Straetmaker, Geesje Gerrits. Wit.: Guert Gerrits, Janneke Edsall. ^[18]
3. 1671 Sep 10 Dirck, Jan Dirckszen, Geesie Gerrits. Wit.: Lijsbeth Cornelis. ^[19]
4. 1674 Mar 04 Trijntie, Jan Dircksz. Stratemaecker, Geesje Gerrits. Wit.: Pieter Jacobszen Marius, Trijntie Walings. ^[19]
5. 1676 Oct 02 Gerrit, Jan Straetmaker, Geesje Gerrits. Wit.: Jacob Cornelis, Annetje Steynmets, Y.W. ^[18]
6. 1680 May 19 Grietie, Jan Dirckszen Sratenmaecker, Geesje Gerrits. ^[19]
7. 1683 Feb 24 Rachel, Jan Dirckszen Straetenmaecker, Geesje Gerrits. Wit.: Nocolaes Baijard, Judith Verlet. ^[19]
8. 1685 Aug 19 ??? Jan Dirxen, Geesje Gerrits. Wit.: Hendrick Wessels, Susanna Verleth. ^[19]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Douglas Lockwood.
2. ↑ Source: #S118 Page: Place: New York, New York; Year: 1659; Page Number: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1643 Birth place: Arrival date: 1659 Arrival place: New York, New York
3. ↑ Source: #S79 Data: Text: Residence date: 1666 Residence place: Bergen County, NJ
4. ↑ Source: #S84 Page: Birth year: 1642; Birth city: of Hoboken; Birth state: NJ. Data: Text: Birth date: 1642 Birth place: of Hoboken, Bergen County, NJ
5. ↑ Source: #S118 Page: Place: New York, New York; Year: 1659; Page Number: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1643 Birth place: Arrival date: 1659 Arrival place: New York, New York
6. ↑ Source: #S79 Data: Text: Residence date: 1666 Residence place: Bergen County, NJ
7. ↑ Source: #S84 Page: Birth year: 1642; Birth city: of Hoboken; Birth state: NJ. Data: Text: Birth date: 1642 Birth place: of Hoboken, Bergen County, NJ
8. ↑ Source: #S89 Data: Text: Birth date: 1640 Birth place: New Jersey
9. ↑ Source: #S74 Page: Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1642 Birth place: Marriage date: 1666 Marriage place:
10. ↑ Source: #S118 Page: Place: New York, New York; Year: 1659; Page Number: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1643 Birth place: Arrival date: 1659 Arrival place: New York, New York
11. ↑ Source: #S89 Data: Text: Birth date: 1640 Birth place: New Jersey
12. ↑ Source: #S84 Page: Birth year: 1642; Birth city: of Hoboken; Birth state: NJ. Data: Text: Birth date: 1642 Birth place: of Hoboken, Bergen County, NJ
13. ↑ Source: #S74 Page: Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1642 Birth place: Marriage date: 1666 Marriage place:
14. ↑ Source: #S118 Page: Place: New York, New York; Year: 1659; Page Number: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1643 Birth place: Arrival date: 1659 Arrival place: New York, New York
15. ↑ Source: #S79 Data: Text: Residence date: 1666 Residence place: Bergen County, NJ
16. ↑ Source: #S74 Page: Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1642 Birth place: Marriage date: 1666 Marriage place:
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} William Nelson. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey; Marriage Records, 1665-1800. Vol. XXII. Paterson, New Jersey: Press Print. and Pub., 1900.
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1 18.2} Edward Van Winkle. Baptismal Register of the Bergen Reformed Church 1666-1788. New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York.
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4} Thomas Grier Evans. "Baptisms from 1639 to 1730 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York." In Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. II. New York: Printed for the Society, 1890.

• Research of E. James Turse, Jr - Turse.Org
• Source: S118 Author: Gale Research Title: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: 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.
• Source: S29 Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
• Source: S74 Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
• Source: S79 Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Title: New Jersey Census, 1643-1890 Publication: Name: 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.
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Acknowledgments

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