Catryn (Helmertsz) Otten (abt. 1671 - bef. 1755)

Born about 1671 in Albany, Albany, New York

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Died before 8 Jul 1755 before about age 84 in Schenectady, Schenectady,New York

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Biography

Tryntje Helmerse Otten was the only child of Helmar Otten and Ariantje Bradt, and the step daughter of Reyer Jacobse Schermerhorn (1652-1719). She at Albany, New York, likely in about 1671. There are no Albany church records from before 1683, so there is no record of her baptism.

She married Gerrit Symonse Veeder. They were married in the Albany Reformed Church on 3 August 1690, recorded as Gerrit Symonsz and Catryn Helmertsz. Both were living at "N.A." (referring to "New Albany," later known as Albany).^[1]

Their children were:^[2]

1. Helmar, born October 1690; married Annatje Mabie.
2. Wilhelmus
3. Engeltje, born 22 July 1693 and baptized in Albany on 27 August 1693;^[3] married Johannes Vedder.
4. Arriantje, born 16 November 1695; married Daniel Van Antwerpen
5. Hendricus, born 3 August 1698; married Elizabeth Wemple
6. Simon, born 31 December 1700
7. Annatje, born 16 August 1703; married Willem Bancker
8. Cornelius, born 27 January 1706; married Elizabeth Visscher.
9. Magdalena, born 27 January 1710 and baptized in Albany on 28 April 1710;^[4] married Johannes Bancker.

In January 1695, Gerrit and Tryntje were witnesses to the baptism in Schenectady of Johannes Vrooman, son of Gerrit's sister Geesje Symense (Veeder) and her husband Jan Vrooman. When Gerrit and Tryntje's daughter Ariaantje was baptized in Schenectady on 8 January 1696, witnesses were Gerrit's brother Pieter Symonse (Veeder) and Jannetje Reyerse (Schermerhorn).^[5] She and her husband filed a joint will in Dutch.^[6]

Research Notes

A possible portrait of her:^[7]

LNAB is her patronymic name of Helmertsz, as seen on her marriage record. Smith-62120 18:23, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Records of the Albany Dutch Reformed Church 1683-1809, [http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/part1.html#marriage Part 1, page 24.}: Aug. 3. Gerrit Symonsz, y.m., and Catryn Helmertsz, y.d., both l. at N.A.
2. ↑ Clarke
3. ↑ Records of the Albany Dutch Reformed Church 1683-1809, part 1, page 62: 1693. Aug. 27. Engeltje, of Gerrit Symonsz and Tryntje Helmertsz. Wit.: Jan H. Vrooman, Ariaantje Barents.
4. ↑ Records of the Albany Dutch Reformed Church 1683-1809, part 2, page 57: 1710. Apr. 28. Magdalena, of Gerrit Simons and Tryntje Helmes. Wit.: Pieter Van Brugge, Jannetje Fromman.
5. ↑ Extracts from the Doop-Boek, or Baptismal Register of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Schenectady, N.Y., 1694-1704, p. 5. Text: Syn op den 3en Jann 1695 dese navolgende kinderen gedoopt. Kind: Johannes, Oud: Jan Vroman, Gerrit Symense [Veeder]. Getuigen: Geesje Symeuse [Veeder] tryntje Helmerse [Otten]. 1696 Iann : viii. Syn dese naevolgende kinderen gedoopt. Kind: Ariaanjte, Oud: Gerrit Symonse [Veeder] Pieter Symonse [Veeder]. Getuigen: tryntje Helmerse [Otten], Jannetje Reyerse [Schermerh’n]
6. ↑ "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YC9-9S4K?cc=1920234&wc=Q7P7-JWR%3A213301001%2C214984001 : 28 May 2014), Albany > Wills 1629-1802 vol AQ-AS 112 > image 443 of 764; county courthouses, New York.
7. ↑ Wikimedia Commons contributors, "File:Portrait of a Lady (possibly Tryntje Otten Veeder) MET DP227641.jpg," Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Portrait_of_a_Lady_(possibly_Tryntje_Otten_Veeder)_MET_DP227641.jpg&oldid=618751796 (accessed August 2, 2022).

• Susan Staffa, Schenectady Genesis: How a Dutch Colonial Village Became an American City. Many mentions, see index.
• Clarke, Robert Gordon. "Simon Veeder." Early New Netherland Settlers website.
• Jonathan Pearson's "First Settlers of Albany", p. 141
• Jonathan Pearson's "First Settlers of Schenectady", p. 264