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Heynderick Cornelissen Sleght (abt. 1642 - 1690)

Heynderick Cornelissen "Hendrick" Sleght aka Slecht
Born about in Woerden, Utrecht, Nederlandmap [uncertain]
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Husband of — married 8 Aug 1666 in Kingston, Ulster, New Yorkmap
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Died at about age 48 in Flatbush, Kings, New Yorkmap
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Biography

Heynderick Cornelissen Sleght was born in 1642 in Woerden,Zuid- Holland. He married Elsje Barentsdochter Lieveling on 8 Aug 1666 in Dutch Reformed Church,Kingston,Ulster County,New York. He died after 23 Sep 1690 in Flatbush,Kings County,New York.
Hendrick was born in 1642 in his parent's home in the district of Snell, which consists of farmland adjoining the town of Woerden, extending from the town wall. He sailed with his parents to New Amsterdam, most likely about May, 1653. The family stayed in Flatbush for a short time.
Flatbush was first settled by Jan Snedeker, Jan Stryker, and Tomy Swartwout, who asked Director General Stuyvesant for the right to settle together on the level reach of wild wooded land (de vlacke (vlacke was used in the Dutch colonies to refer to geographic plains, flats, etc.) bosch or bos (Dutch for "woods" or "forest", meaning "flat wooded area" or "flat bush") adjacent to the outlying farms at Beukelen and Amersfoort. Evidenly, the settlement was given the name of the Dutch village of Midwout or Midwolde ("middle forest"), which lay about 25 miles east of the city of Groningen, at the suggestion of Tomy Swartwout as some of his his ancestors had long resided. The name also described the terrain, so Flatbush could also have been a forest in the middle of two places.
They cleared the land of trees, thickets, and vines. They felled large forest trees for timber for houses, barns, and fences. As mentioned in his father's biographical notes herein, Hendrick was actively involved in defending the town from Indian attacks.
The family then settled up the Hudson River in Esopus, as Kingston was then called. As mentioned inhis father's biographical notes hereing, Hendrick was actively involved in defending the town from Indian attacks and, with his father, bravely helped drive the Indians from the town though vastly outnumbered.
On November 1, 1660, he appeared as a witness in a probate action in Beverwijk, in the colony of Renselarswyck, now Albany, New York. On the 4th of August, 1663, the court in Esopus issued a decree that no one was supposed to work outside the stockade without an armed guard. Hendrick was brought into court for working outside the stockade without a guard on the 9th of October . His father tried to defend him on the grounds that the court did not have the authority to enforce the decree and asked permission to appeal to a higher court. The court ordered Cornelis to pay his son's fine. On the same day, the schout charged nine of the farm hands employed by Cornelis with the same offence as Hendrick. Again, Cornelis was ordered to pay and when he did not, the men were jailed. They were set free on the 1st of November when Cornelis paid their fines [1]
Hendrick married Elsjen Barens Lieveling on August 8, 1666. They settled at the new village of Nieu Dorp (Hurley), but soon moved to Flatbush, where he became a member of the Dutch Reformed Church and was so listed in 1677. His father bought land in Flatbush in 1669, and they may have rented it until they bought a house in Flatbush in 1675. Hendrick worked as a wheel-wright. In 1675, The Brooklyn Assessments of Personal Property listed Hendrick as a yeoman in Flatbush, owner of 22 morgens of land (about 50 acres), two horses, and four cows, with a total value of 86 pounds. Hendrick and Elsjen witnessed the baptism of Roelef Elting, a son of Hendrick's sister Jacomyntje.[2]
In 1685, Hendrick was listed as the presenter of the Reformed Dutch Church of Brooklyn. The function of the presenter was not only to lead the singing during church services, but he recorded weddings, baptisms, witnessed legal documents and transactions, and carried on many duties that were later assigned to a Justice of the Peace. Hendrick was clerk of the church for one year and eight months before his death. As such, he was entitled to payment and his widow appeared before the council at a Brooklyn town meeting on February 1, 1796 to ask for payment for his services.
On September 26, 1687, Hendrick and his son, Barent, took the oath of allegiance at Breuklyjn (Brooklyn), when Barent was recorded as native born in America. 1687 Oath of Allegiance Kings County New York[3] Roll of Those Who have taken the oath of Allegiance the 26, 27, 28 , 29 and 30th day of Sept. 1687. Sleght ; Hendrick ; 35 yrs In 1687 or 1688. [4]
Hendrick bought the estate of Susanna Dubbles, the deceased widow of ferryman Joris Dircksen, located on Fulton Avenue at Raymond Street, which was described as 18 morgens, 510 rods "at the ferry". According to Lamb and Harrison' s "A History of New York", "...a ferry to Long Island had been established before 1638 from the vicinity of Peck's slip to a point a little below the present Fulton ferry. Cornelis Dircksen, who had a farm in the vicinity, came at the sound of a horn that hung against a tree and ferried waiting passengers across the river...for three Stuivers of wampum." The property was sold in 1705 to settle Hendrick's estate. Hendrick made his will on September 23, 1690, with a list of his children appended. He was listed as Hendrick Slaght in a King's County land conveyance, in 1694, the first record of that spelling of Slecht.[5]
His will was dated 9-23-1690 and is recorded in the Flatbush Records A-156. [6]

Parents Marriage

Husband: Cornelius Barentsen Slecht
Wife: Tryntje Tysse Bosch
  1. Child: Chieltje Cornelissen Slecht
  2. Child: Jacomyntje Slecht
  3. Child: Heynderick Cornelissen Sleght
  4. Child: Mattys Slecht
  5. Child: Petronella Slecht
Marriage: Date: 1642 Place: Woerdon, , Zeeland, Netherlands[7]
Marriage: Date: 1641 Place: Woerden, Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands [8]

Name

Name: Heynderick Cornelissen /Sleght/[9][10]
Name: Hendrick /Sleght/[11][12]
Name: Heynderick Cornelissen /Sleght/
Name: Hendrick Cornelius /Sleght/[13]
Name: Hendrick Cornelius /Slecht/ [14][15][16]
Name: Hendrick /Slecht/[17]

Birth

Birth: Date: 1641 Place: Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands[18][19]
Birth: Date: 1641 Place: Woerden, Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands[20][21]
Birth: Date: 1642 Place: Woerden, Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands[22]
Birth: Date: 1647 Place: Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands[23]
Birth: Date: 1647 Place: Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA [24][25][26]
Birth: Date: ABT 1650 Place: Woerden,Utrecht,The Netherlands[27]
Birth: Date: 1655 Place: Netherlands[28]

Marriage

Hendrick married Elsjen Barens Lieveling on August 8, 1666. They settled at the new village of Nieu Dorp (Hurley), but soon moved to Flatbush, where he became a member of the Dutch Reformed Church and was so listed in 1677.
He took the Oath of Allegiance on Sept. 26,1687 and declared he had been a resident of America for 35 years. He was in Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY by 1675, a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn in 1677 and held the office of Presentor 1685 . He was listed as a wheelwright from Woerden, Holland.

Event

Event: Type: Arrival Date: Bet 1652 and 1672 Place: New York, New York, USA[29] [30][31][32]

Children

Children from this marriage:

  1. Infant Sleght was born in 1672. She died in 1672
  2. Barent Hendricksen Sleght
  3. Cornelius Hendricksen Sleght
  4. Johannes Hendricksen Sleght
  5. Abraham Hendricksen Sleght
  6. Kind: Anna Cathrijn Geslacht: Vrouw Vader: Hendrick SlechtMoeder: Elsjens Barents Getuige: Daniel Rappalje Getuige: Marten Klock Getuige: Lijsbeth Abrahams Gebeurtenis: Doop Datum: donderdag 12 juli 1685 Gebeurtenisplaats: NDG [33]

Residence

Residence: Date: Bet. 1700-1908 Place: New York, USA[34]

Death

Death: Date: 23 Sep 1690 Place: Flatbush, Kings, New York, USA[35][36]
Death: Date: 23 SEP 1690 Place: Flatbush, Richmond, New York, USA [37]
Death: Date: 23 SEP 1690 Place: Flatbush, Richmond, New York, USA[38][39]
Death: Date: 23 Sep 1690 Place: Flatbush, Kings, New York, United States[40]

Facts

More About Heynderick Cornelissen Sleght: Aka (Facts Pg): Hendricke Cornelisen Slecht 353,354
  • Mentioned here as: living in the village, Hendrick Slecht and Elsje Barends Lieveling his wife [41]
  • Document: September 26, 1687, took oath of allegiance, declaring residency for 35 years. 355,356
  • Emigrated: Bet. 1652 - 1653, left Holland with his parents to live in New Amsterdam 357
  • Land transaction 1: Bet. 1687 - 1688, bought estate of Susanna Dubbles, located on Fulton Ave. at Raymond St., described as 28 morges, 510 rods "at the ferry." 358,359
  • Land transaction 2: 1705, property at Fulton Ave. and Raymond St. sold to settle Hendrick's estate 360,361
  • Occupation: wheelwright from Woerdon, Holland, signed name "Hendrick Cornelisse Slecht" 362,363,364
  • Position 1: 1694, called Hendrick Slaght, Kings County Land Conveyance - 1st use of spelling "Slaght" in Kings County, New York 365,366
  • Position 2: 1685, held office as Presentor 367
  • Property 1: 1672, bought land and recorded in 1675 & 1677, as residents of Flatbush (Brooklyn), New York, on ass. rolls of Brooklyn of 1683 368,369,370,371
  • Property 2: 1672, bought a house in Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY 372 Religion 1: 1677, member of Dutch Reformed Church in Brooklyn, New York 373,374
  • Religion 2: member of Reverend Consistory of Reformed Dutch Church in Kingston 375
  • Religion 3: 1685, listed as the presenter of the Reformed Dutch Church in Brooklyn 376
  • Residence: 1685, living in New York City, New York 377
  • Tax list: November 1661, tax roll shows that Hendrick Cornelisse (Slecht) paid 20 gl. tax on their house lots, not being farmers. 378
  • Will 1: September 23, 1690, will dated, Kings County, New York; in Flatbush record in 1694, A-156379,
  • 380,381,382 Will 2: September 23, 1690, will dated; recorded in Flatbush, NY 383
  • Witness 1: November 01, 1660, probate witness in Beverwijk in Renselarswyck, now Albany, NY 384
  • Witness 2: 1681, he and Elsje stood as sponsors for Roelof Elting, had witnessed his baptism in the Reformed Dutch chuch in Kingston on Oct. 27, 1678. 385,386
  • More About Elsje Barentsdochter Lieveling: AKA (Facts Page): name as Elsie Barent Lusling in "6,474 Slack Relatives" by R. Keeney. 387
  • Individual Note: February 01, 1796, Elsje, as widow of Hendrick, appeared before the council at a Brooklyn town meeting to request payment for her late husband's sevices as clerk of the church for 1 year and 8 months. 388
  • Land transaction: 1705, property at Fulton Ave. and Raymond St. sold to settle Hendrick's estate. 389 [42]

Sources

  • Source S2 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;Repository: #R1 Repository R1Name: www.ancestry.com
  • Source S3Author: Ancestry.com Title: OneWorldTree Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Repository: #R1
  • Source S43Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2006; Repository: #R1
  • Source: S-2050775417 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Name: Name: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004
  • Source: S-2050775427 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Name: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.Note: Ancestry Family Trees (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA:
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  • Note DWNLNOTE Genealogy by Marla F. Kirby marlakirby@@hotmail.com Source: S20 Title: Internet Italicized: Y

Sourcenotes

  1. ↑ Holland Society , 1897, p 131
  2. ↑ Note: #DWNLNOTE
  3. ↑ Source: The Documentary History of the State of New York Vol 1. Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan. Please note that the number of years does not refer to an individual's age, but the length of time he has been in the country.
  4. ↑ Note: #DWNLNOTE
  5. ↑ Note: #DWNLNOTE
  6. ↑ Note: #DWNLNOTE
  7. ↑ Source: #S-2050775417 Page: Source number: 674.001; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 7; Submitter Code: . Note: Ancestry Record worldmarr_ga #126701 Data: Text: Birth date: 1625Birth place: HlMarriage date: Marriage place: of NY
  8. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Cornelius Barentsen Slecht
  9. ↑ Source: #S-2050775428 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Cornelius Hendrickse Slack
  10. ↑ Source: #S-2050775428 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hendrick Sleght
  11. ↑ Source: #S-2050775428 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hendrick Sleght
  12. ↑ Source: #S-2050775427 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/13232476/person/-103570144/facts Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Heynderick Cornelissen /Sleght/.
  13. ↑ Source: #S-774831517 Page: Database online. Note: Data: Text: Record for Cornelius Barentsen Slecht https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/71607631/family
  14. ↑ Source: #S3Page: Database online.Data: Text: Record for Hendrick Cornelius Slecht
  15. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elsie Barentse Lieveling
  16. ↑ Source: #S43Page: Database online.Data: Text: Record for Tryntje Matthijsdocter Bosch
  17. ↑ Source: #S-774831517 Page: Database online. Note: Data: Text: Record for Cornelius Barentsen SLECHT* https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/71607631/family
  18. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Cornelius Barentsen Slecht
  19. ↑ Source: #S-2050775428 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hendrick Sleght
  20. ↑ Source: #S-2050775428 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hendrick Sleght Found multiple copies of Birth Date Using 1642
  21. ↑ Source: #S-774831517 Page: Database online. Note: Data: Text: Record for CORNELIUS Barentsen Slecht https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/71607631/family
  22. ↑ Source: #S-2050775428 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Cornelius Hendrickse Slack
  23. ↑ Source: #S-774831517 Page: Database online. Note: Data: Text: Record for Cornelius Barentsen Slecht https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/71607631/family
  24. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hendrick Cornelius Slecht
  25. ↑ Source: #S43 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Tryntje Matthijsdocter Bosch
  26. ↑ Source: #S-774831517 Page: Database online. Note: Data: Text: Record for Cornelius Barentsen Slecht https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/71607631/family
  27. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: Rootsweb file: by Lori Luke, data base: gemini
  28. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online.Data: Text: Record for Elsie Barentse Lieveling Found multiple copies of Birth Date. Using 1647
  29. ↑ Source: #S43 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Tryntje Tysse Bosch
  30. ↑ Source: #S-2050775428 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hendrick Sleght
  31. ↑ Source: #S-774831517 Page: Database online. Note: Data: Text: Record for Cornelius Barentsen Slecht https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/71607631/family
  32. ↑ Source: #S-774831517 Page: Database online. Note: Data: Text: Record for CORNELIUS Barentsen Slecht https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/71607631/family
  33. ↑ Documenttype: DTB Dopen Erfgoedinstelling: Nationaal Archief Plaats instelling: Den Haag Collectiegebied: Nieuw-Nederland Registratiedatum: 12 juli 1685 Akteplaats: Nieuw Amsterdam-New York Collectie: Collegiate Church of Baptism Child Anna Cathrijn 1685 New York Aktesoort: Doopboek
  34. ↑ Source: #S-774831517 Page: Database online. Note: Data: Text: Record for CORNELIUS Barentsen Slecht https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/71607631/family
  35. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hendrick Cornelius Slecht
  36. ↑ Source: #S43Page: Database online.Data: Text: Record for Tryntje Tysse Bosch
  37. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Cornelius Barentsen Slecht Found multiple copies of Death Date. Using 23 Sep 1690 Array
  38. ↑ Source: #S-2050775428 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Cornelius Hendrickse Slack
  39. ↑ Source: #S-2050775428 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hendrick Sleght
  40. ↑ Source: #S-774831517 Page: Database online. Note: Data: Text: Record for Cornelius Barentsen Slecht https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/71607631/family
  41. ↑ Source: A History of the City of Brooklyn Door Henry Stiles pg.428
  42. ↑ Note: #DWNLNOTE

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Timmerman-225 Bea (Timmerman) Wijma
Slecht-95 and Sleght-9 appear to represent the same person because:

Hi , These are the same and can be merged no conflicts thanks :)

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Timmerman-225 Bea (Timmerman) Wijma
Slecht-82 and Sleght-9 appear to represent the same person because: Hi ,

These are the same and can be merged now , no conflicts , thanks ! Preferred LNAB Sleght

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