Grietje (Brants) Van Slichtenhorst (bef. 1614 - 1711)

Born before 17 Nov 1614 in Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland

Ancestors

Wife of Philip Pieterse Schuyler — married Dec 1650 in Albany, New York

Descendants

Died 22 Jan 1711 after age 96 in Rensselaerswyck, Albany County, Province of New York

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Biography

Grijt (Margarita) Brants (Van Slichtenhorst) was baptized 17 November 1614 in Nijkerk.

Baptism Grijt Brants, 17 November 1614 Nijkerk[1][2]

She married Philip Pieterse Schuyler in December 1650, and they had twelve children. When her husband died she took over the business.

She died on January 11, 1711 and was buried at Rensselaerswyck, Albany, NY

"This seventy-nine-year-old widow had the presence of mind to circumvent English inheritance laws when she divided the Schuyler estate equally among her eight surviving children and their heirs." ^[3]

Baptism

Her baptism record shows Grijt, daughter of Brant Artz and Altgen Giseberts van Wenckum was baptized on 17 November, 1614 in Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland

• Doopdatum: 17-11-1614 Doopplaats: Nijkerk
  Dopeling: Grijt Brants
  Moeder: Altgen Wenkum, van Vader: Brant Artz
  Kerkelijke gemeente: Nijkerk^[2][1]

Family

Philip Pietersz Schuyler and Margareta van Slichtenhorst, daughter of the director of Rensselaerswyck, were married on Dec. 22, 1650. ^[4]

poem by Margarita (Gritje) for her father Brant

Margarita's Poem for her Father, Brant Arantse van Slichtenhorst

I'm young Margarita van Slichtenhorst, My father's the Master, we call him Baas, Of de Heer van Renssalaer's Bouwerie, This brought us here from the Zuider Zee. My mother is dead, and I'm all alone To care for my father's simple home, But I try to do it as well as may be, Though I long for my home by the Zuider Zee. My father's a man who knows so much, Though you'd not understand his Holland Dutch. He is not handsome, and yet, you know, He's brave and kind, and I love him so.

Homesick for the Motherland and her mother

From this marriage:

1. Alida Schuyler, b. 1657, marr. church. (1) Albany (VS) 10 February,1675 Ds. Nicolaes van Rensselaer, bapt. Amsterdam (Nieuwe Kerk) 14 Sepember 1636, (predikant) minister Rensselaerwyck, director of the colony 1676-1678, died Nov. 1678, son of Killiaen van Rensselaer, bewindhebber v/d West-Indische Compagnie, stichter v/d kolonie Rensselaerwick and Anna van Wely, marr. (2) 09-07-1679 Robert Livingstone. Alida Schuyler, 17 years of age at her first marriage ^[5]remarried 9 July, 1679 to Robert Livingstone ^[6]

Death

January 11, 1711 Rensselaerswyck, when she was almost 97 years of age.

Burial

Albany Rural Cemetery, New York

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Netherlands, Gelderland Province, Church Records, 1405-1966," images, FamilySearch (: 22 August 2014 Baptism Grijt 1614 right page), Nederlands Hervormde > Nijkerk > Dopen 1593-1628, 1634-1812 Trouwen 1593-1620, 1634-1666, 1669-1731 > image 17 of 1017; Gelders Archives, Arnhem.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Source: Geldersch archief Toegangsnummer: 0176 Inventarisnummer: 1135 Pagina: 19 Baptism 1614 Volgnummer op pagina: 16
3. ↑ Bielinski, Margarita Van Slichtenhorst
4. ↑ Van Rensselaer Bowier manuscripts, page 841, citing O'Callaghan, History of New Netherland, 2:177.
5. ↑ K. van Rensselaer, The Van Rensselaer Manor (1929), blz. 22
6. ↑ NL kol. 201 (1949) S. G. Nissenson, The Patroon Domain (New-York, 1937), blz. 333

• Bielinski, Stefan. "The People of Colonial Albany." nysm.nysed.gov/albany. Accessed 21 Mar 2017. http://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov//albany/bios/vs/mvslicht.html

• Pearson, Jonathan. Schuyler: The First Three Generations, "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record" (New York City, 1871) Vol. 2 , Page 190

• Find A Grave Memorial# 28557893 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28557893

• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/32905041/family

Acknowledgments

• Van Slichtenhorst-2 was created by Roger Heward through the import of 2014_01_26_Heward.ged on Jan 26, 2014.