Willem (Gijsbertszen) Gysbertsze (1655 - bef. 1728)

Born 1655 in Beverwyck, New Netherland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before Aug 1728 before age 73 in Albany, Albany, New York

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Biography

Willem was a son of Gijsbert Cornelisz van der Bergh and Lysbeth Cornelis, probably born in the early part of the 1650s in Beverwyck (later Albany), New Netherland.

The list of men invited to the funeral of Jeremias van Rensselaer in Albany in 1674 includes the names Gysbert Cor. van der Bergh (this man's father), Gerrit Gysbertse (this man's brother), and Willem gysbertse (this man).^[1]

He worked as a licensed cartman in Albany and also earned income from pastureland he owned.^[1]

He married Catharina van der Poel by the late 1670s. Their older children were born before the earliest surviving records of the Albany Church were started. These include:

1. Cornelis Willemse, described in his father's will as the eldest son, estimated birth date of about 1679, son of Willem Gysbertsze and Catryn Wynants Van der Poel. Married Maria Winne. ^[2]
2. Wynand Willemse van den Berg, married in Albany in 1700.

Although later generations of his family used the surname van den Berg (or variant spellings of that name), most records for Willem call him only by his patronymic surname. He was, however, called William van der Bergh in the will of his wife's father, dated 1695 Febry. 29. ...van der POEL, Wynant, late of Albany City, now of New York. Son Malegardt (Melchior) and son-in-law William van der Bergh. Real and personal estate. Executor Wm. van der Bergh. Witnesses Heyman Coninck of N. Y., bricklayer, Peter Bogart and William Huddleston of N. Y. City, gentleman. Albany Co. Records, Wills, L, p. 81. Calendar of NY Wills page 446 ^[3]

He made his will on 25 March 1714. Heirs listed in the will were wife Catharina; William, son of his eldest son Cornelius deceased; additional sons Wynant; Wilhelmus; Gysbert; and Gerrit; and daughters Cathrintie, wife of Livinus Lievesen; and Geertie. The will was probated on 23 May 1732. However, Bielinski states that Willem was dead by August 1728 when his pasture land on Foxes Creek in Albany was mentioned at a common council meeting.^[1] An image of his will is online in the New York Probate records on Family Search.^[4]

Church Records

Children's baptisms

1. 1685 Jul 12 Willem, of Willem Gysbertsze. Wit.: Cornelis Gysbertsz, Johannes Van Sandt. By Margriet Wynandsz. ^[5]
2. 1687 May 16 Willem, of Willem Gysbertsz. Wit.: Gerrit Wynandsz. By Catarina Van Santen. ^[5]
3. 1689 Oct 13 Catarina, of Willem Gysbertsz. Wit.: Jan Van Sant, Gerrit Wynandsz. By Catarina Van Sant. ^[5]
4. 1692 Jun 12 Wilhelmus, of Willem Gysbertsz and Catryn V. d. Poel. Wit.: Johannes V. Santen, Margriet Van Santen. ^[5]
5. 1696 Mar 08 Gerrit, Willem Gijsbertszen, Catharina Wijnants. Wit.: Gerrit Wijnantszen, Anna Maria Van Schayck, h. v. Joh. Cortlt. ^[6]
6. 1698 Apr 10 Geertje, of Willem Gysbertsz and Catryn Wynandsz. Wit.: Wouter Quakelbosch, Geertruy Gysbertsz. ^[5]

Research notes

LNAB

Gijsbertszen is the full patronymic as it appears in church records for Willem. Quackenbush-118 23:40, 9 January 2017 (EST)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Bielinski, Stefan. Willem Gysbertse Vandenbergh. The People of Colonial Albany. New York State Museum, Albany. Revised 18 February 2014, and List of those who are invited to the interment . . . of Mr. Jeremiah Van Rensselaer on the same website.
2. ↑ Bielinski, Stefan. Cornelis Willemse Vandenbergh. The People of Ancient Albany Lived Here. New York State Museum, Albany. Posted 25 October 2005.
3. ↑ https://ia802703.us.archive.org/27/items/calendarofwillso01fern/calendarofwillso01fern.pdf
4. ↑ "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YC9-RN8?cc=1920234&wc=Q7P7-W38%3A213301001%2C215021601 : 28 May 2014), Albany > Wills 1629-1802 vol AV > image 48 of 716; county courthouses, New York.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Secretary Henry L. Bogert. "Albany Records, Baptisms" in Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1904.
6. ↑ 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.

• J. Camp, email jcamp at cas.org, Gysbet Cornelise Van Den Bergh http://users.crocker.com/~jcamp/gcvb.html#1.
• Stockman, D. Wasde, Robet L. Grunwell, and Betsy S. Grunwell, compilers. The van den Berghs in America. Robert L. Grunwell, Lynchburg, Virginia, P. 12.
• Wardell, Patricia A. Early Bergen County Families. File: BCFam-Vandenberg.pdf: "Vandenbergh, Willem Gysberts". Accessed 22 Dec 2016. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/
• Ancestry Family Trees. Ancestry Family Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.) Page: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/7547870/person/-912281204/facts

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Reba Family Tree_2011-03-12.ged on 13 March 2011.
• VanDerBergh-6 was created by Robert Bradshaw through the import of bradshaw-wiki-9012014.ged on Aug 30, 2014.
• Thanks to Living Large for starting this profile.