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Lysbeth Aertsen (Middagh) Staats (1671 - 1745)

Lysbeth Aertsen "Elizabeth" Staats formerly Middagh aka Middach, Aerentsen
Born in Brooklyn, Province of New Yorkmap
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Wife of — married 16 Feb 1690 in New Yorkmap
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Died at about age 74 in Staten Island, Richmond County, Province of New Yorkmap
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Disputed Name and Origins

In the article "Who was Lysbeth Aersen, Wife of Pieter Pietersen Staats?", Margery Freas states that Teunis Bergen erred when (in his The Bergen Family genealogy, page 83) he identified Lysbeth Aer(t)sen as a child of Aert Middagh and Breekje Hansen Bergen (an identification that was repeated in subsequent genealogies). She points out that Lysbeth's name does not appear on any lists of Middagh family children and that neither Pieter Pietersen Staats, Lysbeth Aersen, nor their children participated in any recorded baptisms for Middagh family members.[1]

Freas suggests that Lysbeth Aertsen may have been a child of "Jan of the Ferry" Aertsen by an unknown first wife whom he married (and who died) sometime after his arrival in New Netherland in 1661 and before 1673, when he married Ariaentje Bleijk, the widow of Johannes Nevius, the ferrymaster. She cites an article by Joseph R. Klein[2] indicating that Jan Aertsen had married an unknown woman during that period, and that she was the mother of the son named John (known as John Harrison) who is named in Jan's will (1707) as his eldest son. Freas notes that Lysbeth is not named in Jan's will, but further states that after the 1690 birth of Pieter, the only known child of Pieter Pietersen Staats and Lysbeth Aertsen, there is no further record of either Lysbeth or the child, making it likely that she had died without living issue before 1707. Additionally, Freas notes evidence for relations between the Staats family and the family of Jan Aersen, including that members of the Staats family were witnesses to baptisms of some Aertsen family members. Freas acknowledged having only circumstantial evidence for the inferred origins of Lysbeth Aersen, but she was firm in her conclusion that Lysbeth was not a Middagh.[1]

Biography

Elizabeth Aertsen Middagh Elizabeth Aertsen Middagh was also known as Lysbeth Aertsen Middagh.

Birth

Elizabeth Aertsen Middagh was born circa 1671[3] at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. She was the daughter of Aert Anthonize Middagh and Brechte Hanse Bergen.

Marriage

Elizabeth Aertsen Middagh married Pieter Pietersen Staats, son of Peter Jansen Staats and Annetje Van Dyke, on 16 February 1690 at Of, Bensalem Twp., Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [4]

Children

Pieter Pietersen Staats and Lysbeth Middagh had the following known children:

  1. Elizabeth Staats, b. Abt 1686, Brooklyn, Kings, NY; m. Mark Overholt, b. Abt 1691, at Brooklyn, Kings, New York.
  2. Ann Or Anna Staats, b. Abt 1686, Brooklyn, Kings, NY; m. Aaron or Arent Prall, on 30 Mar 1713 at Brooklyn, Kings, New York
  3. Susannah Staats, b. Abt 1688, Brooklyn, Kings, NY; m. Jan or John Lewis, b. Abt 1684, Brooklyn, Kings, NY on Abt 1709 at Brooklyn, Kings, NY.
  4. Magdalen Staats, b. Abt 1692, Brooklyn, Kings, NY; m. Thomas Morgan, b. Abt 1688, Brooklyn, Kings, New York on Abt 1713 at Brooklyn, Kings, New York.
  5. Abraham Staats, b. Abt 1692, Brooklyn, Kings, New York , d. 17 Apr 1774 (Age ~ 82 years); m. Elizabeth Jaudon, b. Abt 1696, Of Brooklyn, Kings, NY on 17 Feb 1724/25 Brooklyn, Kings, New York .
  6. Lucretia Staats, b. 10 Jul 1693, Brooklyn &, Staten Island, New York, d. 31 Mar 1785, Of, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 91 years); m. Jacob Stricklaer, b. 1699, Bucks, Pennsylvania, d. 3 Mar 1787, North or Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 88 years) on Abt 1714 at Brooklyn, Kings, New York
  7. Agnes Or Agnietje Staats, b. Abt 1696, Brooklyn, Kings, NY; m. Michael Or Michel Weesley Wesel, b. Abt 1692, Brooklyn, Kings, New York on Abt 1717 Of Brooklyn, Kings, New York.
  8. Edmond Staats, c. 20 Apr 1708, Port Richmond, Richmond, New York
  9. Pieter Pietersen Statts (1), (b. Feb 16, 1690, d. ca. 1714, m. Lummatje Veghte, b. Abt 1694, Flatbush, Kings, New York, d. Abt 1714, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.
  10. Peter Staats, c. 4 May 1714, Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond, New York , d. 16 May 1777 (Age ~ 63 years)

Death

Elizabeth Aertsen Middagh died before 28 May 1745. Her husband Pieter Staats died after her death at Bensalem Twp., Bucks, PA

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Freas, Margery Huston. "Who was Lysbeth Aersen, Wife of Pieter Pietersen Staats?" New Netherland Connections. Berkeley, CA: Dorothy A. Koenig, 1996-2010. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Vol 3, Number 4 (1998), pages 87-89.
  2. ↑ Klein's article is identified by Freas as "Genealogies of New Jersey Families," Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, vol. 2 (ca. 1926), pages 87-91.
  3. ↑ Conover, David Conover's Famous Cousins website.
  4. ↑ Conover, David Conover's Famous Cousins website.
See also:
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Ancestral File Ancestral File Number: 38PD-LK; Ancestral File Number: 1HWG-7N4; Ancestral File Number: G5W1-M1
  • Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Page: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/7539891/family

Acknowledgments

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  • Middagh-9 was created through the import of grant2.ged on 07 February 2011.
  • Thank you to Donald Marlowe for creating WikiTree profile Middagh-27 through the import of Don_Direct.ged on May 29, 2013.
  • This person was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.




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Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
The claim of marriage on 16 February 1690 in Bensalem is at odds with the indications of children born as early as 1686, and also with the records or other indications of children born later than 1690 and in places like Brooklyn and Staten Island.
posted by Ellen Smith
John Smith MD
Margery Huston Freas questions Lysbeth Aersen‘s purported Middagh parentage, but her info is sparse and circumstantial. That Lysbeth was born a Middagh relies largely on Teunis Bergen’s 1881 book, also tenuous. Did he have info that never got into his book from old-timers who knew old-timers who knew old-timers? Let’s hope DNA sorts it out one day.
posted by John Smith MD
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Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
A major element of the Freas analysis is absence of records that suggest a familial connection between Middagh family members and Pieter Staats and wife Lysbeth Aersen. That does seem unusual. It is apparent, however, that there are very few records of any sort for Pieter and Lysbeth -- a fact that could help explain the lack of records showing them interacting with people named Middagh.

One premise of the Freas analysis is that Lysbeth had only one known child. (Freas uses this, for example, to explain why neither Lysbeth nor any of her issue were named in the will of Jan Aersen of the ferry.) It appears that Lysbeth is named as mother on only one child's baptism record, but she is indicated in this profile and elsewhere to be the presumptive mother of a rather long list of children of Pieter Staats -- and I don't see any other wife suggested to be the mother of those children. Is there evidence of some other mother for the rest of Pieter's children?

If Bergen is correct regarding Lysbeth's parents, it is most unusual that Pieter and Lysbeth were not recorded with a daughter named Brechje, nor with a son named Aert. Is this because most of Pieter's children had a different mother (not Lysbeth)?

posted by Ellen Smith
Kenneth Kinman
Is death place correct? Not sure that she died at Staten Island, New York. My information says that she died in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
posted by Kenneth Kinman

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