Jacob (Caspersz) Casparsz (1650)

Born 1650 in Beverwyck, New Netherland

Ancestors

Husband of Hendrikje Hansz Dreeper — married about 1678 in Klinkenberg, Green Co, NY

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Klinkenberg, Greene, NY [uncertain]

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Biography

The earliest record of this man is a 14 September 1677 deed transferring land on the Noormans Kill from Jan Albertsz Brat to Jacob Caspertsz or Caspersz.^[1][2]

JACOB CASPERESE (HALLENBECK), son of Casper Jacobse Hallenbeck, was bom about 1654, in Loonenburg Settlement in New York Territory. He appears never to have used the family name of Hallenbeck, under any spelling.

He married Hendrickje Hanz Dreeper, the daughter of Hans and Maritie (Pieters) Dreeper. They had ten children: the first two, names unknown were born in 1680 and 1681, and were murdered by a Negro slave;* Elizabeth, bom in 1685; Johannes, bom in 1686; Maria, born in 1690; Casper, born in 1691; Jacob, baptized in 1692; Casper Lawsen, born in 1693; Johanna, baptized in 1694; and Isaac, baptized in 1697.

(*) The following is taken from Greene County. New York History: "28, July, 1682, murder committed at house of Jacob Casperese on the Normans Kills by a Negro of the said Jacob Casperese, who cut two of his children's throats and also cut Hans Dreeper's throat ^[3]

Birth

1650 Beverwyck, Albany, N.y.

Church Records

Jacob was born and married before the inception of records in Albany. Some of his younger children were baptized in Albany.

1. 1691. May 31. Caspar, of Jacob Casparsz and Henderikje Dreeper. Wit.: Gerrit Lansing, Marietje Lansing.^[4]
2. 1694. Jan. 17. Johanna, of Jacob Casparsz and Hendrikje Hansz. Wit.: Huybert Gertsz, Maria Lansing. ^[5]
3. 1697. May 23. Isak, of Jacob Casparsz and Hendrikje Hansz. Wit.: Benoni V. Corlar, Ariaantje Wendell. ^[6]

Research Notes

LNAB should be a patronymic, as he apparently never use the family name. Of the name variants quoted from the 1677 record, Caspersz is the spelling most consistent with Dutch usage.

Note: This man does not appear in Pearson's First Settlers of Albany. On page 58, Pearson names only two sons of Caspar Jacobse Halenbeck: Isaac Casperse and Jan Casparse. It stands to reason that the first son would have been named Jacob.

Note: In the Encyclopedia of Albany History, Stefan Bielinski identifies Isaac Casperse (born about 1660) as the third son of Caspar Jacobse.

Note: The following is from Jacob Casperse Hallenbeck Bio Posted 04 Jan 2015 by Roxie_Girl1 at https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/58276762/person/34334154187/media/e90bfae6-ad17-424d-8cc3-1c67c3132145

JACOB CASPERSE, an adult by 1677, must have been born in the early 1650s as the oldest son of Casper Jacobse. Probably in the late 1670s he married Hendrickje Hans Dreeper, daughter of Hans Dreeper and Marytie Pieters - who while still living at New Amsterdam - had a child Hendrick baptized 29 August 1654; this may have been a clerical error for Hendrickje. Han Dreeper and two of Jacob's children were murdered 29 Jul 1682 by Jacob's negro, who cut their throats. (7) Hendrickje may have been the Dirkie, widow Hallenbeck, of Albany in 1726. (2)

On 14 September 1677 Jacob exchanged the island bought of Woulter Aertsz Rademaker (van Nieukirk) for Jan Albertse Brat's land on the Normankill (1), and on 2 November 1682 exchanged the Normankill farm with Symon Volkertse Veeder for a lot called De Hoeck and half a lot at Schenectady, signing his name. (1) Jacob sold De Hoeck 8 June 1687 to Jan Jansen Bleeker. (10) On 16 December 1682 he bought half a boat from Barnet Harmensz Vischer, (1) the other half being owned by Jan Andriesz Douw. They each made four trips to New York with it in 1684. (11) Jacob apparently contracted to buy the other half of this "open boat," and Jan sued him 2 December 1684 for payment. The debt was adjusted 27 January 1685. (7) In 1685 he held a barn raising. (7) In 1687 Maria Van Rensselaer wrote of Casper Jacobse: "the pasture rents for 3 beavers and the old man cannot manage it, so his son desires to take it over." (8) In 1688 Jacob Kasperse renewed his request to buy the pasture. (8)

His name appears in the inventory of legal papers of notary Jan Becker taken in 1698. (1) On 28 November 1677 at Albany he witnessed the will of Hendrick Williamse, the second husband of Gysseltie Alberts Brat. The will mentions Jacob's brother-in-law Hendrick Lansing, whose sister Hilletie married Gysseltie Brat's brother Storm van der Zee.

From Teunis Tappen he bought Klinkenberg 6 September 1694. (2) He was resident there 22 August 1699 when he was cited for nonappearance before the justices in Albany on a warrant issued to him as constable and collector of the Coxsackie-Catskill area. (2) The 1697 census places him in Rensselaerwyck with five children. (9)

Children of Jacob Casperse and Hendrickje Hanz Dreeper, the last three baptised Albany Dutch Church:

1. (child), murdered 29 July 1682.
2. (child), murdered 29 July 1682.
3. Elizabeth Casperse of Klinkenberg, m. bans Albany Dutch Church, 10 Feb. 1705, Jeremias Muller, son of Cornelis; m. at bride's father's house 21 Feb.; his will dated Claverack 20 June 1763, prob. 23 Aug 1763; (12) bapt. Of seven chil. Registered Albany Dutch Church.
4. Maria Casperse, made first communion, Klinkenberg, 27 Jan 1708/9; m. Loonenberg Lutheran Church, 12 Apr. 1709, Albert Van Loon; nine chil. Registered Loonenberg.
5. Hans Jacobse (Halenbeck), m. 1712.
6. Jacob Jacobse (Halenbeck), m. 1715
7. Casper Jacobse (Halenbek), bp. 31 May 1691, witn. Gerrit and Marietje Lansing.
8. Johanna (Annetje) Casperse, bp. 17 Jan 1694, witn. Huybert Gerts, Maria Lansing; d. Klinkenberg, 25 Feb. 1711.
9. Isaac Jacobse (Halenbeck), bp. 23 May 1697, witn. Benoni Van Corlar, Ariaantje Wendell.

Sources

1. ↑ Contract for the exchange of land between Jacob Caspersen and Jan Albertsen Brat, citing Early Records of the City and County of Albany Colony of Rensselaerswyck. Volume 3 (Notarial Papers 1 and 2, 1660-1696) translated from the original Dutch by Jonathan Pearson.
2. ↑ Pearson, Jonathan, and A. J. F. Van Laer, Early records of the city and county of Albany, and colony of Rensselaerswyck, 1916. Deed from Jan Albertsen Bratt to Jacob Caspersen for his half interest in the land on the Normans kill. pages 186-187.
3. ↑ The Hollenbeck family in America, compiled by Lawrence Hollenbeck; assisted by Helen M. Hollenbeck Pawlowski, by Hollenbeck, Lawrence, 1892- (Main Author) and Pawlowski, Helen M. Hollenbeck (Added Author), West Union, Illinois : [s.n.], 1973, Microfilm of originals in the Clark County Genealogical Society Library in Marshall, Illinois. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE185062
4. ↑ Albany, Part 1, page 53.
5. ↑ Albany, Part 1, page 63.
6. ↑ Albany, Part 1, page 75.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998). Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA. Ancestral File Numbers: PWBG-32; 1B79-6P
• Anderson, Robert Vincent. HALENBECK FAMILY OF NEW YORK. National Genealogical Society Quarterly. Volume 65, June 1977, Number 2

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Hallenbeck-12 created through the import of EED1.ged on Sep 15, 2011 by Richard Draper.

• WikiTree profile Casperse Halenbek-1 created through the import of EED1.ged on Sep 15, 2011 by Richard Draper.