Luykas Gerritsz (abt. 1650 - aft. 1709)

Descendants

Died after Oct 1709 after about age 59 in Kinderhoeck, Albany, Province of New York

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Biography

From History of the Mohawk Valley:^[1]

• "Jan Luykase Wyngaard settled above present Hoffmans Ferry on the south river shore in 1686. He fled from this at the time of the Schenectady massacre [1690], and bought a town lot which included the later Givens Hotel in Schenectady."

Luykas Gerritse was a resident of the city of Albany. He married Anna van Hoesen. They had at least nine children.^[2] Lucas and Anna had several children before records begin in Albany, but two were baptized in the Albany Dutch church.

He was a baker by profession, but Albany historian Stefan Bielinski suggests that "he probably used that talent to have tradeable commodities with which to barter for furs."^[2]

He was elected assistant alderman for the second ward of Albany, initially in 1686, and sat on the city council for portions of three decades.^[2]

He and Anna made a joint will on 30 October 1709,, providing legacies to youngest son Luycas, eldest son Gerrit, Gerrit's son Luycas Gerrits, and youngest daughter Marya.^[2]

Church Records

Children's baptisms

• 1685. Feb 15. Maria, of Lucas Gerritsz. Wit.: father. By Magteltje Jacobs. ^[3]
• 1686. Nov 21, Lucas, of Lucas Gerritsz. Wit.: father. By Lysbeth Lansing. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Vol. I, pp. 326-351 of History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925, edited by Nelson Greene (Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1925)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Bielinski, Stefan. Luykas Gerritse Wyngaert. "The People of Colonial Albany." Albany: New York State Museum. Accessed March 8, 2016.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Secretary Henry L. Bogert Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. (New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1904.)

• Van Laer, Arnold J. F., and Jonathan Pearson. Early Records of the City and County of Albany and Colony of Resselaerswyck. Vol. II. Albany, New York: University of the State of New York, 1916. p. 400-402.
• Van Laer, A. J. F., and Jonathan Pearson. Early Records of the City and County of Albany and Colony of Rensselaerswyck. Vol. IV. Albany, New York: University of the State of New York, 1919. p. 153-154.
• Pratt, Daniel Johnson. Annals of Public Education in the State of New York, from 1626 to 1746. Albany, New York: Argus Company, 1872. 62.