Claes (Arents) van Vechten (1628 - 1698)

Born 1628 in Norg, Noordenveld, Drenthe, Nederland

Husband of Lummetien Hendricks — married 22 Aug 1647 in Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland

Descendants

Died 1698 at about age 70 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

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Biography

Claes Arents was born in Dwinglo, Drenthe, Netherland or possibly in Norg, Noordenveld, Drenthe, Netherlands (family was probably at one period from Vechten, a hamlet on the Utrechtse Vecht river near Utrecht, or the river Vecht in the southern border of the Drenthe Province of the Netherlands).

Name

Claes /Arents/ Aug 22, 1647, marriage record^[1]

Claes Arentsz April 16, 1660, passenger list, ship de Bonte Koe

Claes Arentszen Mar 02, 1662 NYRDC Baptism record for son Arent ^[2]

Klaas Arendsz van Vechten Mar 14, 1680 Baptism sponsor Flatbush DRC

Nicklaes Arentse VAN VECHTEN

Klaes Arents /Vecht/ Signed his name "Klaes Arents Vecht."^[3]

Surname origin Vecht, Van der Vecht or VAN VECHTEN from the river Vecht, in Holland.

Birth

Claes Arents is estimated to have been born ca. 1625-1628, considering that he married in 1647, and emigrated to America in 1660 with his wife and children. His place of birth was most likely in Drenthe Province, Netherland and probably in Dwinglo, Drenthe, Netherland where he lived at the time of his marriage at age 19 or 20.

Siblings

None found yet.

Marriage

Claes Arents, living in Dwinglo, Drenthe, Netherland, married Lummetien Henricks, b. Abt 1628, at Drenthe, Netherlands, living in Meppel^[4] on Aug 22, 1647 at Dwinglo, Drenthe, Netherland^[5].

Dwinglo (now Dwingloo) is municipality and a city in the northeast of the Netherlands, in the south-west of the province of Drenthe, it is located 30 Km south of Norg, and 25 Km north of Meppel.

Meppel Trouwen 22-08-1647 Claes Arents Bruidegom Henricks
Huwelijkdatum: 22-8-1647;
Bruidegom: Claes Arents, Jongeman; woonplaats: Dwinglo
Bruid: Lummetien Henricks, Jongedochter; woonplaats: Meppel NB: getrouwd te Dwinglo. ^[6]

Translation: Meppel Wedding 22-08-1647 Claes Arents Groom Henricks
Date of marriage: 22-8-1647;
Groom: Claes Arents, Young man; residence: Dwinglo
Bride: Lummetien Henricks, Young daughter; residence: Meppel NB: married in Dwinglo. ^[7]

Immigration

Claes Arentsz as he is called in the list of emigrants; with his wife (Lummetien Henricks), 3 children: 6, 4, 3/4 yrs old, and a boy 14 emigrated from the province of Drenthe in Holland in the ship De Bonti Koe, or Spotted Cow; that sailed from Amsterdam on April 16, 1660 and arrived at New Amsterdam, where he settled in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York^[8][9]

Children

Ships passenger list, de Bonte Koe that sailed from Amsterdam on April 16, 1660 with Claes Arentsz from Drenthe, wife (Lummetien Henricks) and 3 children: 6, 4, 3/4 yrs old and a boy aged 14 [NWI] . Calendar differences make difficult calculating accurate birth years from stated ages at sailing. Accompanying children by calculated birth year were:

• Child b. ca. 1646 aged about 14 years. This child was probably first born after parents marriage on Aug 22, 1647 at Mepple, Drenth (13 years prior to sailing.) Naming conventions might suggest that the first born son was named Claes Claeson for his father. No record of this child found yet.
• Child b, ca. 1654 aged about 6 years, probably son Hendrick Claeson
• Child b. ca. 1656 aged about 4 years, probably son Gerrett Claeson
• Child b. ca. july, 1659 aged about 9 months. No record of this child found yet, may have died during the voyage or soon after arrival.

• Hendrick Klaeson VAN VECHTEN|Veghten, b. ca 1653-1654 at Drenthe, Netherlands; m. ca. Oct 10, 1680, Grietje Reiniers Wizzelpenning, and who purchased land near Millstone, New Jersey about 1702.

• Gerrett Claeson VAN VECHTEN, b. Abt 1655 at Drenthe, Netherlands; m. Sept. 25, 1682, Jannetje Crocheron from "Walsh Vlanderin" and of S. I..

• Arent Arentse. A Claes Arentse and Lammetje Hendricks had a son Arent bp. Mar. 2, 1662, in New. Amsterdam ^[10][11].

Other Church Events

• Flatbush DRC Bapt. Record: 1680 Mar 14; Jan Frederiksz, Aaltje Jans; Margriet; Klaas Arendsz van Vechten, Lammetje, w.

• Flatbush DRC Bapt. Record: 1684 Mar 09; Hendrik Claasz Vechten, Gerritie Reiniers; Hilletje; Klaas Arends Vechten, Jannitie Snedeker.

Residences

Klaas Arendsz Van Vechten settled in Brn, where he owned a farm in Gowanus as early as 1672, on which he resided and on which the old stone and brick house near present Fifth Ave., erected in 1699, now (1880) about disappearing, was probably built by him. On ass. rolls of Brn of 167 and '83; took the oath of allegiance there in 1687; on cenus of 1698; member in 1677, and an elder in the R. D. ch. of Brn in 1681.^[12]

Death

Claes Arensen Van Vechten died some time after 1698 (he was on the 1698 census of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York)

Church records

• Marriage date-Huwelijkdatum: 22-8-1647; Groom-Bruidegom: Claes Arents, Jongeman; woonplaats: Dwinglo, Bride-Bruid: Lummetien Henricks, Jongedochter; woonplaats: Meppel NB: getrouwd te Dwinglo. ^[13]

1. 1662 Mar 02 Arent, Claes Arentszen, Lommetje Hendricks. Wit.: Coeert Stephenszen, Geersje Claes. ^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Meppel, 22-8-1647, Collectie Xerokopieen DTOB, boek 90 (ondertrouw- en trouwboek, 1625-1681), pagina 112
2. ↑ NYRDC Bapt. Record: 1662 Mar 02; Claes Arentszen, Lommetje Hendricks; Arent; Coert Stephenszen, Geersje Claes
3. ↑ Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N Y
4. ↑ FamilyCentral--Nicklaes Arentse VAN VECHTEN
5. ↑ Meppel, 22-8-1647, Collectie Xerokopieen DTOB, boek 90 (ondertrouw- en trouwboek, 1625-1681), pagina 112
6. ↑ Meppel, 22-8-1647, Collectie Xerokopieen DTOB, boek 90 (ondertrouw- en trouwboek, 1625-1681), pagina 112
7. ↑ Meppel, 22-8-1647, Collection Xerokopieen DTOB, book 90 (marriage and marriage book, 1625-1681), page 112
8. ↑ New World Immigrants: List of Passengers 1654 to 1664 edited by Michael Tepper--"Claes Arentsz from Drenthe, wife and 3 children: 6, 4, 3/4 yrs old and a boy aged 14" sailed on DE BONTE KOE (THE SPOTTED COW); on 16 April 1660 from Amsterdam, arriving New Amsterdam, Captain Pieter Lucasz
9. ↑ Olive Tree genealogy; Ships lists Ships to New Netherland 'de Bonte Koe' Sailed 16 April 1660 from Amsterdam, arriving New Amsterdam Captain Pieter Lucasz
10. ↑ Early Settlers of Kings County, LONG ISLAND, N Y. p. 15
11. ↑ NYRDC Bapt. Record: 1662 Mar 02; Claes Arentszen, Lommetje Hendricks; Arent; Coert Stephenszen, Geersje Claes
12. ↑ Early Settlers of Kings County, LONG ISLAND, N Y., FROM ITS First Settlement by Europeans to 1700, p. 363
13. ↑ Alle Drenten Instituut Drents Archief Locatie Assen Archief Collectie Xerokopieen DTOB Inventarisnummer 90 Boek ondertrouw- en trouwboek, 1625-1681 Folio/Pagina 112 Soort DTB Trouwen Opmerking getrouwd te Dwinglo Akte soort Trouwregister Datum 22-08-1647 Marriage 22 August 1647 provided by Jan Terink 30 May 2018
14. ↑ 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.

• Source: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volumes 9-10; edited by Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, George Austin Morrison, Melatiah Everett Dwight, Hopper Striker Mott, John Reynolds Totten, Louis Effingham De Forest, Harold Minot Pitman, Charles Andrew Ditmas, Conklin Mann, Arthur S. Maynard, The Veghte Family, p. 180

• Flatbush Church Records: FLATBUSH, New York marriages 1677-1757, and baptisms 1677-1754. From:'Flatbush Dutch Church Marriages and Baptisms', Holland Society Yearbook, 1898.

• Source: Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, LONG ISLAND, N Y., From its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700; With contributions to their biographies and genealogies, compiled drom various sources. By TEUNIS G. BERGEN, Author of Bergen, Van Brunt, and Lefferts Genealogies. NEW YORK: S. W. Green's Son, Printer, Electrotyper and binder. 1881.

• Church Record: Kerkregisters 1600-1811-- Meppel, 22-8-1647, Collectie Xerokopieen DTOB, boek 90 (ondertrouw- en trouwboek, 1625-1681), pagina 112

• NJGS. "A: Arentszen, Claes" njgsbc.org. Accessed 19 Oct 2016. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/

Acknowledgements

• Van Vechten-103 was created by Tom Quick, Quick-803 22:29, 15 June 2017 (EDT).
• Paul Lee, firsthand knowledge.