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This profile represents the mother (name unknown) of Geesje Roelofs (van Houten) and her sister Dirkje Roelofs. She was not a wife of Roelof Cornelissen Van Houten. Based on the years they were having children baptized, Dirckje and Geesje were of about the same age as, and perhaps older than, Roelof Cornelissen and his wife Grietje Cornelis Van Ness so those people could not have been their parents.

Research Notes

The following text is premised on the discredited notion that this woman was the wife of Roelof Cornelissen Van Houten.

Husband Roelof Corneliszen.

Wife [Unknown] Unknown.

Child: Gessie Roelofse.

Child: Dirkje Roelofse. ^{[1] [2]}

Sources

1. ↑ Source: S176 viewed; 21 July 2018; Geesie Roelofse Van Houten Westervelt, Daughter of Roelof Corneliszen. More about her father: Son of Cornelis. John H. van Schaick, "Utrecht Farmers in New Netherland", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 127, no. 1, p. 1; no. 2, p. 92 (1996): 127:4. A.J.F. van Laer, Settlers of Rensselaerswyck 1630-1658 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965, 1980), page 11. Also known as Roelof Cornelisz van Houten. Howard S.F. Randolph, "Tryntje Jacobs and Her Four Husbands: Van Winkle, Stoffelsen, Tades and Steynmets", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record vol.56 (1925): 56:261. Descendants are found with the name Van Houten. Charles L. Demarest Washburn, "The Van Houten Family of Bergen, New Jersey", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols. 27-28 (1896-1897): 27:184. Roelof Corneliszen came to New Netherland in 1637 Sailed from Texel on 8 Oct 1636 on the Rensselaerswyck, arrived at New Amsterdam, 4 March 1637. A.J.F. van Laer, Settlers of Rensselaerswyck 1630-1658 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965, 1980), page 11. Roelof Cornelisz, from Houten, (near Utrecht); brother of Crijn Cornelisz, from Houten; is charged with supplies furnished to him in 1638 and may have arrived with Crijn Cornelisz in 1637. He was at various times employed in splitting wood and in thatching roofs of houses and in 1646 is charged with hire of horses and cows and rent of land. Ibid. Child by wife unknown: Geesie Roelofse van Houten Roelof Corneliszen married 2nd Geertie Cornelise Van Ness, daughter of Cornelis Hendrickse Van Ness and Mayken Hendrickse Van den Burchgraeff, in 1643. William J. Hoffman, "An Amory of American Families of Dutch Descent: Van Ness", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 72, no. 2, p. 148 (1941): 72:151. Children by Geertie Cornelise Van Ness b. ca. 1627: Helmigh Roelofse b. 25 Jun 1648, d. 7 Oct 1729 "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols.5- (1874-): 5:91. Teunis Roelofszen b. between 1650 and 1660, d. 27 Jul 1737 Charles L. Demarest Washburn, "The Van Houten Family of Bergen, New Jersey", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols. 27-28 (1896-1897): 27:184. Cornelis Roelofszen b. 7 May 1651, d. before Apr 1701 "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols.5- (1874-): 5:96. End. Geesie Roelofse van Houten married Lubbert Lubbertszen Westervelt, son of Lubbert, circa 1645. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T.A. Wright, 1905), page 16. Witnessed the baptism of Jan Banta , son of Hendrick Epke Banta and Maritje Lubbertse Westervelt, on 28 March 1681 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (witnesses: Lubbert Lubbertszen, Geesje Roelofs). Thomas Grier Evans, editor, Baptisms from 1639 to 1730 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York, Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol. 2 (New York: Printed for the Society, 1901), page 146. Jan; parents: Hendrick ____, Maria Louwens; witnesses: Lubbert Lubbertszen, Geesje Roelofs. Witnessed the baptism of Roelof Pouwelse , son of Marten Pauluszen and Margrietje Lubbertse Westervelt, on 27 December 1696 at Dutch Reformed Church, Hackensack, Bergen Co., New Jersey, (witnesses Roelof Westerveldt and mother Geesie Westerveldt). First Reformed Church (Hackensack N.J.), Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey (New York: Collections of the Holland Society, 1891), Hackensack Baptisms, p. 78. Roelof; parents: Maerten Pouwelse, Margritie Westerveldt. Children by Lubbert Lubbertszen Westervelt: Margrietje Lubbertse Westervelt b. 24 Jan 1647 Lubbert Lubbertsz Westervelt b. between 1650 and 1660 Maritje Lubbertse Westervelt b. 2 Jul 1654 Roelof Lubbertsz Westervelt b. 10 Mar 1659 Jurian Lubbertsz Westervelt b. ca. 1662 Jan Lubbertsz Westervelt b. ca. 1662 Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T.A. Wright, 1905), page 16. Died after 27 Dec 1696. Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
2. ↑ Source: S3803 viewed; 27 October 2018; p. 2, footnote, "Willem married Dirkje Roelofse and Lubbert married Geesie Roelofse, presumably sisters" Name: AccessType viewed Name: AccessDate 27 October 2018 Name: Page p. 2, footnote, "Willem married Dirkje Roelofse and Lubbert married Geesie Roelofse, presumably sisters" Name: Annotation