Pierre Gumaer
Privacy Level: Open (White)

Pierre Gumaer (abt. 1666 - aft. 1726)

Pierre "Peter" Gumaer aka Guimar
Born about in Moize, St. Onge, Francemap
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 18 Apr 1692 in New Paltz, Westchester Co., NYmap
Descendants descendants
Died after after about age 60 in Wagachemeckin, Peenpack Patent, Deerpark, Ulster County, now Orange County, NYmap
Profile last modified | Created 13 Sep 2010
This page has been accessed 1,317 times.
The Huguenot symbol
Pierre Gumaer was a Huguenot emigrant.
Join: Huguenot Migration Project
Discuss: huguenot
{{{image-caption}}}
Pierre Gumaer belonged to the New Netherland Community 1614-1700.
Join: New Netherland Settlers Project
Discuss: new_netherland

Contents

Biography

Name: Pierre Gumaer

Birth

Born about 1666 in Moize, St. Onge, France

Marriage

Husband of Esther (or Hester) Hasbrouck — married April 18, 1692 in New Paltz, Ulster County, New York.

Death

Pierre (Peter) Guimar died between Sep 24, 1726 and Oct 4, 1732. at Wagachemeckin, Peenpack Patent, Deerpark, (then Ulster County, now Orange County,) New York

Will dated September 24, 1726 in Deerpark, Orange, New York.
Will proved October 4, 1732 at Peenpack, Deerpark, Orange County, New York[1]

Gravestone inscription:

Inscription: Far from his native land he fled And here was made his earthly bed Sweets of Life Our natures crave From France He fled his life to save When Persecution stained the land under Louis XIV's command He and companion Caudebec Escaped that Horrid cruel wreck PEG 1856

Will

The will of Pierre Guimard of Wagachemeckin, County Ulster, was dated Sept. 24, 1726 and proved Oct. 4, 1732. Transcript:[2]

To my only son Pierre all my lands and tenements at Wagachkemeckin, according to Patent to me granted. Also my two negro man Sambo and Tom and my negro boy Jack. All my ploughs, waggons, harrows, sleds, farmer’s utensils, and furniture, also my horses, mares, colts, my Bran kittle now in my use and 1/3 of my moveables and household goods. And whereas I have advanced unto Philip DuBois husband of my daughter Hester £220, for her promotion, I bequeath the same as their portion of my estate. To my daughter Anna wife of Jacobus Swartwout, Jr., £200; to my daughter Mary £200, and my Negro Child Whereof my Negro woman Nan goes bigg with, and 1/3 of my moveables. To my daughter Elizabeth £200 and my negro woman Susan and 1/3 of my moveables. If the son should die under age or without issue, his share to go to my four daughters.
Son Pierre, and sons-in-law Jacobus Swartwout Jr. and Philip Dubois appointed executors.
Witnesses: Louis Bevier, Stephen Nottingham, W. Nottingham

[Note found here in this profile but not found in the source: 674 (G 9) 1726 Septbr. 24 1732 Octbr. 4. This is apparently a citation to a published abstract of the will.]

Church Records

Children's baptisms
  1. 1694 Jun 03 Anna, Pieter Gimair, Hester Haasbroek. Wit.: Maria Haasbroek. Recorded at Kingston.[3]
  2. 1697 May 16 Esther, Pieter Gimma, Esther Hasebroeck. Wit.: Isack Hasebroeck, Anna Hasebroek. Recorded at Kingston.[3]
  3. 1699. Mar 24. Rachel, Pieter Gemaar, Hester Hasebroeck. Wit.: Andries le Feever, Rachel Hasebroeck. Recorded at Kingston.[3]
  4. 1703. Jan 24. Mary, Pieter Gemaar, Hester Haasebrook. Recorded at Kingston.[3]
Baptismal witness
  • 1693. May 21. Moyse Quentin and Lisbette D'Oyaux, his wife, had a son baptized named _______. Godfather, Pierre Guimar ; Godmother, Rachel Hasbroucq.[4]

Research Notes

"Swartwout Chronicles": Sailed from Holland in the same ship with Jacques Caudebecq, and had also settled in Kingston where on 1 Sept 1689, he attested his loyalty to King William and Queen Mary by taking the oath of allegiance.204
Pierre Guimar, a native of Moize, in Saintonge, France, also a Huguenot refugee, son of Pierre and Anne D’Amour Guimar, had sailed from Holland in the same ship with Jacques Caudebecq, and had also settled at Kingston, where, on September 1, 1689, he attested his loyalty to King William and Queen Mary by taking the oath of allegiance. On April 18, 1692, he was united in marriage, at New Paltz, to Hester, daughter of Jean and Anne D’Oyaux Hasbroucq.* [*The children of Pierre and Hester Hasbroucq Guimar were: Anna, baptized in Kingston, June 3, 1694, married,May 30, 1721, Jacobus Swartwout; Hester, born May 5, and baptized in Kingston, May 16, 1697, married Philip Du Bois; Rachel, baptized in Kingston, March 24, 1700; Mary, baptized in Kingston, January 24, 1703; Elizabeth, born March 22, 1705, baptized in Kingston, March 24, 1706; Pierre, born November 15, 1708. The will of Pierre Guimar, senior, is dated September 24, 1726.]2051
Pierre Guimar was a resident of the little hamlet of Moise, in the province of Saintonge, near the Atlantic coast of France in the vicinity of LaRochelle, a Huguenot stronghold and major port. He was the son of Pierre Guimar and Anne D’Amour of Moise.
The French Protestants (Huguenots) were being pressured and hounded by the French government to give up their religion or face confiscation of property. The result was that somewhere between one and two million Huguenots fled to Germany, England, America, or the Canary Islands. Young Pierre Guimar, age 20, chose to flee to England and hence to America.
The usual escape route for Huguenots from Saintonge was to go down at night to the beach near the swamps and dunes at the mouth of the Charente River and be ferried by fishermen out to the Ile d’Oleron. From there they could obtain secret passage to England on one of the British fishing boats which frequented the area.
In England, the French refugees could obtain support from a large refugee charity fund in London. This might be in the form of a five pound note to pay for passage to the American Colonies.1
Pierre Guimar, in company with Jacques Caudebec of Caudebec, near the Siene River, took passage to Maryland, one of the British colonies which offered religious freedom. From Maryland they travelled to New Rochelle, New York, a Huguenot settlement in the Dutch countryside now under English control.
In the central part of the flats they wished to occupy was a small rise, elevation about 20 feet, on which they began to build houses. This hill, called Peenpack, had on it a spring and brook for fresh water. Surrounding the spring, house lots were laid out. Pierre Guimar located himself at the southwest end of the hill. Of the type of house architecture there is no record, but it may be guessed that it took the Flemish rather than the more ornate Dutch style, perhaps similar to that of his father-in-law Jean Hasbrouck, whose house still stands in New Paltz.
Guimar’s occupation in France is not known, but the tradition says it was not manual labor and that the tasks of the American wilderness were hard on his hands and physique. He did know how to grow and process flax, however. His livelihood in Peenpack depended on farming and making flax into cloth. He planted apple trees, and the cider he made replaced for him the wines of France.
The union of Pierre Guimar and Hester Hasbrouck brought forth six children. The first, Anna, born in 1693 in the wilderness, was named after both grandmothers. Four more daughters followed: Hester, Rachel, Mary, and Elizabeth. The children were perhaps carefully spaced three years apart. In 1708 the last child and only son was born, christened Pierre but called Pieter in the Dutch fashion.
The children grew up without formal education. The small wilderness community could not afford to support a tutor or minister. Father and mother taught them their religious obligations. Pierre Guimar also earned the reputation of working his children and slaves equally hard. He started out with two slaves, probably purchased from the New York pirate market, to help with the farm work.
The Dutch language, the common tongue in the New York and New Jersey colonies at the time, began to have an impact in the Peenpack settlement. The French Huguenots wished to keep their native language, but it was necessary to communicate and do business in Dutch.
There was another reason for blending in with the Dutch. The first of the old French and Indian Wars was just beginning, and if you were a betting person in 1690, the odds would be that France would win out in North America. After all, Louis XIV had the largest army and navy in Europe, and France had the largest population and richest treasury of any kingdom in Europe. If France should capture the New York Colony, from the St. Lawrence River down to Manhattan, the considerable French Huguenot refugee population might be again in danger. If they were to assimilate into the general population and live on the frontier, perhaps French forces wouldn’t bother with them if they captured the colony.206

Will Abstract?

674 (G 9) 1726 Septbr. 24 1732 Octbr. 4
GUIMARD, Paiere, of Wagachkemeck, Ulster Co. Son Paiere (Pierre), daughters Hester, wife of Philipp du Bois, Anna, wife of Jacobus Swartwout, Elisabeth and Mary. Real and personal estate. Executors the son with sons-in-law Philipp du bois and Jacobus Swartwout. Witnesses Louis Bevier, Stephen Nottingham and W. Nottingham.190

Anjou's Summary of the Family

In a footnote to his transcript of Pierre's will, Anjou summarized the family as follows:[2]

Pieter Gimair (Gemaar, Gemaud, Gomaar, Guimard), of Moir, Saintonge (son of Pieter Guimar and Anne Damour), of Minesinck, now Deerpark, Orange co., married, April 18, 1692, Hester Hasbrouck, daughter of John Hasbrouck and Anne Doyeau, and had: i. Anna, baptized June 3, 1694, married, May 30, 1721, Jacobus Swartwout, born Hurley; ii. Esther, baptized May 16, 1697, married, June 20, 1717, Philip Du Bois, son of Isaac; iii. Rachel, baptized March 24, 1700; iv. Mary, baptized Jan. 24, 1703, married, April 24, 1728, John Elting; v. Elysabeth, baptized march 24,1706; vi. Pierre (Peter), married March 17, 1730, Tjaadje De Witt, daughter of Jacob De Witt and Grietje Vernooy.

This may be accurate, but serious errors have been found in some of Anjou's similar footnotes, which do not typically identify his information sources.

Sources

  1. Find A Grave Memorial# 134131794
  2. 2.0 2.1 Anjou, Gustave. Ulster County, N.Y. Probate Records, Vol. II. New York City, 1906. page 119, citing Liber 11, p. 390.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York. New York: De Vinne Press, 1891.
  4. Versteeg, Dingman. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Paltz, N.Y.," Collections of the Holland Society of New York, (New York, 1896). Page 63.
See also:
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM) June 1998, data as of 5 JAN 1998. Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street: Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA.

Acknowledgments

  • This person was created on 13 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
  • This person was created through the import of small2.ged on 30 November 2010.
  • Morgan Powell, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Morgan and others.
  • Gumaer-51 was created by Peter Wetherill through the import of Smaller.GED on Jun 26, 2014.




Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Pierre by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Pierre:

Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.



Comments: 2

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Profile pic is of the grave of Peter Gumaer Jr as it says. He is the only son of Pierre Guimard & Hester Hasbrouck. I am the Gumaer Family Historian- nationwide & I personality maintain the burial site in photo. Please fix.

Pierre Guimard 1664-1732. He is the sole progenitor of the Gumaer Family. His oath to the crown [still in existence] saus clearly "Pierre Guymard" one of his earliest documents. Please take off the unnecessary Roman numerals that have no evidence.

The stone in Profile picture & its mate were created by Peter E Gumaer in 1856.

Judy Gumaer Testa Gumaer Family Historian Gumaer Cemetery Project.

posted by Judy Testa
Gumaer-51 and Gumaer-5 appear to represent the same person because: Per the bio this is the same son and needs a merge into the NNS PPP. No tree conflicts. Thanks!
posted by Steven Mix