Hendrick Lambertzen (Lambertsz) Bont (abt. 1621 - abt. 1695)

Born about 1621 in Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1695 at about age 74 in Schenectady, Albany County, Province of New York

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Hendrick Lambertse Bont (Bout, Bint, Bent, Bond) alias Sassian

From Pearson's First Settlers of Albany we have Henrick Lambertse who was of Schenectady then Claverack. From Pearson's First Settlers of Schenectady pg. 16 : Bont, Beny, Bint alias Sassian. Hendrick Lambertse, before 1690 owned a bouwery above Schenectady, on the south bank of the Mohawk River called Poverson's Landeryen, which he sold to Douwe Aukes and removed to Claverack. This land, together with the Island called Sassian's, afterward came into the possession of the Viele family. He had a dau. Catalyntje, bp. in Albany. Ap. 28, 1686, and a son Jan.

Hendrick Lambertse Bout settled early in Schenectady upon land called Poversens Landeryen lying on the Mohawk River, mainly above the first lock west of the city; he also owned the island obliquely below, which was then called Sassian's island. He purchased these lands from Benjamin Roberts, who owned lands on the north side of the river called Maalwyck. He sold the southerly half of his farm to Barent Janse Van Ditmars and the northerly half to Douwe Aukes for his (adopted) son Cornelis Vielè, and removed to Claverack. ^[1](90-3)

In the confirmatory patent granted to Vielè Sept. 29, 1677, this land is described as, "a parcel of land at Schenectady, — said land stretching from the stone kil or creek to the point of the planted land of Barent Johnson [Barent Jansen Van Ditmars] S. S. W., somewhat Easterly, and from the point of the said land to a black oak tree without the fence of the said land, striking S. E. by E. in length together 352 rods and from the black tree to the hills in breadth 80 rods and from the common planting land to the stone creek along the hills in length 400 rods and by the stone kil from the hills to the river in breadth 8 rods containing in all 16 morens, 240 rods or about 34 acres." ^[2] (90-4)

Notwithstanding the above patent Bont still seems to have been accounted to have some right or title to the land, for on the 27 Sept., 1692, he conveyed it together with the island opposite, to Douwe Aukes for 60 beavers at 8 guilders each; and Aukes on the 14 Feb., 1713/4 transferred the same to Cornelis Vielè. On the same day Jan Bont, son and heir of Hendrick Lambertse Bont, confirmed the same to Aukes, describing the farms as a parcel of land called Poversens above Schenectady on the south side of the river over against Maalwyck, also an island, Sassian's, now in the occupation of Cornelis, — the description of said farm being substantially that above written in the patent. ^[3] (91-1)

This land long remained in the Vielè family and the ancient house was standing between the two locks within the memory of many persons now living.

Flats or plains on the south side of the river --Poversen^[4][5].

Going west this is the first arable land lying on the south side of the river (Maalwyck or Mohawk) above the Great Flat. It commenced at the road running west from the first lock^[6], and extended up the river to the stone kil, a dry creek, next above the second lock. It was first purchased from the natives by Benjamin Roberts who sold the same to Henderick Lambertse Bont. The latter sold the easterly portion to Barent Janse Van Ditmars, and the westerly portion to Douwe Aukes, who conveyed the same to his adopted son Cornelis Viele In 1713. Viele was then residing on this land between the two locks^[7].

It should be remembered that no land was considered arable except the river bottoms and islands. There was not enough of this to meet the demand hence it was parcelled out sparingly and in small allotments with much larger quantities of upland for wood and pasture.

Name

Henrick Lambertse aka Bont /Bout^[8][9]

Birth

Henrick was possibly baptized Aug 21, 1621, in the Walloon Church of Leyden, Netherlands^[10]

Lambert, Henri, son of Henri Lambert, baptized August 1, 1621; Witnesses: Jaques de Lechielles, Jesse and Rachel De Forest.

Possible parents from this Leyden marriage record, were:
Lambert - Digan Marriage: Lambet was received to the Holy Communion at Pentecost, 1620, upon confession of his faith. Henri Lambert, born near Limbourg, and Anne Digan, of Noyelles in Hainault, were married November 1, 1620. The location, father's name and timing are right, Quick-803 16:10, 26 January 2016 (EST).

Marriage

Henrick Lambertse Bont married Geesje Jans

Children

Children of Hendrick Lamberts Bont (Sassian) and Geesje Jans ? were as follows:

1. Antje Hendricks Bont.
2. Marritje Hendricks Bont Constapel (Rn=13629), who was born about 1676 and married Egbert Gerrits Constapel (Rn=72243). She married about 1692 at Ulster County, New York Egbert Gerrits Constapel (Rn=72243), who was born about 1674.
3. Grietje Hendricks Bont Roosa (Rn=13624), who was born about 1676 and married Gysbert Jans Roosa (Rn=22753). She married 13 October 1695 at Ulster County, New York Gysbert Jans Roosa (Rn=22753), who was born 17 October 1676 at Hurley, Ulster County, New York and died after 6 August 1738 at 61 years of age, a son of Jan Aelderts Roosa (Rn=965) and Hillegond Willems Van Boerum Roosa ^[11][12][13]
4. Saartje Hendricks Bont Van De Marck (Rn=13627), who was born about 1679 and married Arie Thomas Van Der Marck (Rn=72247). She married 27 August 1699 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York Arie Thomas Van Der Marck (Rn=72247), who was born about 1677 at Marbletown, Ulster County, New York and died about 1742 at Ulster County, New York at 65 years of age, a son of Thomas Aries Van Der Marck (Rn=61878) and Jacomyntje Jacobs Van Kuykendaal Van Der Marck (Rn=61879).
5. Jannetje Hendricks Bont De Duytscher (Rn=13621), who was born about 1677 and married Dirck Jans De Duytscher (Rn=13539). She married 19 November 1699 at Hurley, Ulster County, New York Dirck Jans De Duytscher (Rn=13539), who was born 03 January 1674 at Hurley, Ulster County, New York, a son of Jan Willems De Duytscher (Rn=13529) and Grietje Cornelis ? De Duytscher (Rn=13536).
6. Jan Hendricks Bont, who was born about 1682 at Schenectady, Albany County, New York^[14]
7. Jan Hendrikse m. Jannetje Scharp, in Albany County on Jan. 20, 1704. Marriage was recorded in Schenectady Church records.^[15]He removed to Kinderhook. Children: Henderick, bp. in Schenectady, June 18, 1704; Matthys in Albany, Jan. 13, 1706; Geesie, in Albany, Jan. 18, 1708.^[16]
   Jan Hendrikse married on February 01, 1704 at Claverack, Columbia County, New York Jannetje Matthys Scherp (Scharp) , who was born about 1684, a daughter of Matthys Jans Scherp .
   First Residence Claverack, Columbia County, New York. Source [RootsWeb: WorldConnect: db=3206623] This is a bit wild as Claverack is about 60 miles from Schenectady...however was in Albany county at the time.
8. Geesje Hendricks Bont was born about 1684).
9. Catalyntje Hendricks Bont Bressie (Rn=13628), who was born 28 April 1686 and married Nicholas Christoffels Bressie (Rn=13631).
10. Catalyntje Bont was bp on apr 28, 1686 at Schenectady, Albany County, New York^[17]
11. Hendrick Hendricks Bont (Rn=13626) and married Jannetje Everts ? Bont (Rn=72239).
12. Helena Hendricks Bont Witbeck (Rn=13625). She married 1707 Hendrick Jans Witbeck
13. Rachel Hendricks Bont Kool was born about 1690) {Johannes}.

Suster Bont b. ca. 1650 in Schenectady, Albany County, New York  ?????

Marritje, Grietje, Jan, Jannitjie, Sarah, Catelyntje, Hendrick, and Helen

Residence

Maalwyck (on the north side of the Mohawk River), New Netherland. ^[18]

A History of Schenectady Patent

A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times^[19]

Adult Freeholders - Hendrick Lambertse Bont (Bint, Bent) alias Sassian^[19]
Prof. Jonathan Pearson

He settled early in Schenectady upon land called Poversens Landeryen lying mainly above the first lock west of the city;
he also owned the island obliquely below, which was then called Sassian's island.
He purchased these lands from Benjamin Roberts, who owned lands on the north side of the river called Maalwyck.
He sold the southerly half of his farm to Barent Janse Van Ditmars and the northerly half to Douwe Aukes for his (adopted) son Cornelis Vielè, and removed to Claverack. ^[20][19]

In the confirmatory patent granted to Vielè Sept. 29, 1677, this land is described as, "a parcel of land at Schenectady, - said land stretching from the stone kil or creek to the point of the planted land of Barent Johnson [Barent Jansen Van Ditmars] S. S. W., somewhat Easterly, and from the point of the said land to a black oak tree without the fence of the said land, striking S. E. by E. in length together 352 rods and from the black tree to the hills in breadth 80 rods and from the common planting land to the stone creek along the hills in length 400 rods and by the stone kil from the hills to the river in breadth 8 rods containing in all 16 morens, 240 rods or about 34 acres." ^[21]
Notwithstanding the above patent Bont still seems to have been accounted to have some right or title to the land, for on the 27 Sept., 1692, he conveyed it together with the island opposite, to Douwe Aukes for 60 beavers at 8 guilders each; and Aukes on the 14 Feb., 1713/4 transferred the same to Cornelis Vielè.
On the same day Jan Bont, son and heir of Hendrick Lambertse Bont, confirmed the same to Aukes, describing the farms as a parcel of land called Poversens above Schenectady on the south side of the river over against Maalwyck, also an island, Sassian's, now in the occupation of Cornelis, - the description of said farm being substantially that above written in the patent.^[19][22]

This land long remained in the Vielè family and the ancient house was standing between the two locks within the memory of many persons now living.^[19]

Church Records

Children's baptisms

1. 1686 28 Apr Catelyntje, of Henderik Lambertsz. Wit.: Henderik Roosenboom. By Willemje Schermerhoorn. ^[23]

Research Notes

Bouts-31 (which had birthdate of 1652) was connected to Hendrick Lambertse Bouts (Bouts-30), b. 1621 d. Sep 1692, and Anna Rosina Debora Van Petten (Van Petten-106), b. 1623 d. 22 Jan 1688, as parents. I disconnected them while merging due to a complete absence of evidence. Smith-62120 23:59, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Albany Com. Coun. Records, III, 75.
2. ↑ Patents No. 1038.
3. ↑ Deeds, V, 198.
4. ↑ This is the ancient name of this farm the meaning of which is now lost. It is never overflowed by the river and can hardly be oalled a flat as the term was commonly used.
5. ↑ A history of the Schenectady patent in the Dutch and English times, by J ...edited by Junius Wilson MacMurray
6. ↑ Erie Canal.
7. ↑ See Roberts, Bont, Van Ditmars, Aukes and C Viele, Patents 1038; Albany Com. Coun. Min., iii, 75; Schermerhorn Papers; Deeds, v. 198
8. ↑ Records of the Schenectady, Albany County, New York, Reformed Dutch church and A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times; being contributions toward a history of the lower Mohawk Valley by Jonathan Pearson
9. ↑ Found multiple versions of Name. Using Hendrick Lambertse /Bont/.
10. ↑ History of the Huguenot Emigration to America, Charles W. Baird, 1885, pg 353-4.
11. ↑ (Rn=966). Source [The Ancestors and Descendants of Frederick Van Norstrand and Elizabeth Harris by Jacqueline Van Nostrand 1995 929.273 V338vj page 76]
12. ↑ Source [Record: October 1990 page 237]
13. ↑ Source [The Freer Family by Ruth P Heidgerd 1968 929.273F877hr page 10]. She died after 6 August 1738 at 62 years of age.
14. ↑ SchRDC Baptism Record: 168? ??? ??; Hendrik Lambertse Bont; Jan;
15. ↑ Sch Marriage Record: 1704 20 Jan; Jan Hendrikse Bont; Jannetje Scharp, in Albany
16. ↑ Source: [http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/firstsettlers/a_bo.html Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of Schenectady: Abeel to Boyd]
17. ↑ SchRDC Baptism Record: 1686 Apr 28; Hendrik Lambertse Bont; Catalyntje;
18. ↑ Source [The Ancestors and Descendants of Frederick Van Norstrand and Elizabeth Harris by Jacqueline Van Nostrand 1995 929.273 V338vj page 78] Source [RootsWeb: WorldConnect: db=3206623]
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4} This information is from pp. 90-91 of A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times; being contributions toward a history of the lower Mohawk Valley by Jonathan Pearson, A. M. and others, edited by J. W. MacMurray, A. M., U. S. A. (Albany, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, Printers, 1883). It is in the Schenectady Collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at Schdy R 974.744 P36, Copies of this book are available from the Schenectady County Historical Society.
20. ↑ (90-3)Patents No. 1038
21. ↑ (90-4)Albany Com. Coun. Records, III, 75
22. ↑ (91-1) Deeds, V, 198.
23. ↑ Secretary Henry L. Bogert. Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1904.

• Wardell, Patricia A. Early Bergen County Families. File: BCFam-Bandt.pdf. "Bond, Hendrick Lambertszen." Accessed 06 Jul 2016. Genealogical Society of Bergen County, New Jersey. http://njgsbc.org/
• Church Records: International Research---Leyden Church Records, Leyden, Netherlands: Notes from Walloon Records1 1597-1633 . Contains baptisms/witnesses and marriages.
• RootsWeb--Hendrick <Lambert> Bont http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rclarke/page1/bont.htm
• A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times; being contributions toward a history of the lower Mohawk Valley by Jonathan Pearson, A. M. and others, edited by J. W. MacMurray, A. M., U. S. A. (Albany, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, Printers, 1883). It is in the Schenectady Collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at Schdy R 974.744 P36. pp. 90-91
• A history of the Schenectady patent in the Dutch and English times, by J ...edited by Junius Wilson MacMurray; (pages 123-4).
• Viele, Kathlyne Knickerbacker. Sketches of Allied Families, Knickerbacker-Viele. New York: T.A. Wright, 1916.
• GENI--Hendrick Lambertse Bout Sassian http://www.geni.com/people/Hendrick-Lambertse-Bout-Sassian/6000000003506117407

Acknowledgements

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