Born about in Groningen, Nederland
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of Sampson Bensingh
[uncertain]
and Tryntie (van Rechter) Bensingh
[uncertain]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Catelijn Berck
— married
after 11 Sep 1648 in Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
Descendants 
Died
at about age 35
in Albany, Albany County, New Netherland
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Biography
He was born about 1625 in Groningen, Sweden.
He was a Swede who moved to Amsterdam, Holland, [1]
He emigrated to New Amsterdam and is said to have been the progenitor of the Dutch family in America.
Dirk Bentsen married on 11 Sep 1648 in Amsterdam to Cathalijntje Berrick. [2]
in 1649 he purchased a lot and house near the fort in New Amsterdam (now New York City, New York, USA).
In 1654 he went to Fort Orange (now in Albany), where he built a house and assisted in the building of the new Church in 1656.
His three sons grew up in Albany County, New York and were prominent in the church.
- Sampson had a pottery.
- Johannes was an innkeeper.
- Dirk sailed a sloop between New York and Albany. [1]
Owing to the French and Indian hostilities they removed to New York shortly before 1700. [1]
He died on (12 or 28 ?) Feb 1658/59 in Albany County, New Netherland.
Spelling variations include Dirck or Derrick Benson/Bensungh/Bensing/Bentsen.
Children [1]
- Dirck, b: 1650
- Samson, b: 1652
- Johannes, b: 1656
- Catrina, b: 1658
- Maria, b: 1659.
Research Notes
The parents added to this profile look very very similar to his parents-in-law Sampson Dirx Berck and Trijntje Jansdr (also 'van Rechter' and many many variations of that name) the only difference is that this profiles father has a different last name and the dates are different, so unless sources show they really were named the same or very similar as the parents-in-law, they probably need to be removed as his parents and merged with the probably duplicate parents-in-law Timmerman-225 2019/Jan/20
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 HathiTrust Digital Library, "Jacob Benson, pioneer, and his descendants"; in the towns of Dover and Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, and elsewhere; together with some information of the early members of the Benson family in New England and New York state; compiled by Arthur Tompkins Benson in 1860 & published by A. V. Haight Company of Poughkeepsie, NY in 1915; p12-14
- ↑ Amsterdam archief, citing DTB 466, p118 (scan left page 3th entry) Huwelijksintekeningen van de KERK #A25651000062; m: 11 Sep 1648 Amsterdam for Dirk Bentsen @24 from Brefoort (now Bredevoort, Gelderland) & Cathalijntje Berrick @23 from Amsterdam (assisted by her mother Trijntje Jans)
- Genealogical notes of New York and New England families - Bible records - Benson Family Bible; transcriptions include ...
- - wife Cataleina Berex, b: Dec 1625
- - son Dirck, b: 09 Nov 1649
- - son Samson, b: 04 July 1652
- - Dirck Bensen, d: 06 Jan 1659 & buried in New Netherland
- 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 v2 printed for the Society in 1890 New York; Dirck Borsen, bpt: 1649/Nov/14 with witnesses, Pieter Stoutenburg & Marritje Pieters
- Genealogical Notes of New York and New England Families p8 for Benson
- Benson, Arthur T., Jacob Benson, Pioneer and His Descendants (A.V. Haight Co. of Poughkeepsie, NY in 1915) p12
- Bielinski, Stefan, "The People of Colonial Albany" at nysm.nysed.gov/albany; accessed 2015/July/09
- Bergen, Teunis G. The Bergen Family, or, The Descendants of Hans Hansen Bergen (Albany, NY : J. Munsell in 1876) p206, 212
- Mackenzie, George Norbury. Colonial Families of the United States of America (New York, Boston, The Grafton Press, 1907) v3 p36, 1444-1445
- Talcott, S. V. Genealogical Notes of New York and New England Families (Weed, Parsons and Co. of Albany, NY in 1883)
- Riker, James. Revised History of Harlem (New Harlem Publishing Company of New York in 1904) p426
- Evjen, John Oluf. Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630-1674 (K.C. Holter, Minneapolis, MN in 1916) p299-300
- Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society (New York, 1890) v2
- NJGS, "Bensen, Benson" on njgsbc.org accessed 2016/Jun/05 '
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Ellen Smith
Ellen Smith
Benson-5477 and Benson-230 appear to represent the same person because: Same person. These should be merged before the merge for his son is completed (otherwise we end up with an unconnected profile for the "extra" parent.
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