Hendrick Jansen Spier (1619 - 1679)

Born 1619 in Aschwarden, Bremen-Verden, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Husband of Maddeleentje Hanse (Hanse) VanDerBilt — married about 14 Sep 1652 in New Amsterdam, New Netherland

Descendants

Died 12 May 1679 at about age 60 in Pemmerpough, New Jersey

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Biography

Hendrick was born in "Aschwaerde in't Stift Bremen" -- a locality within the Diocese of Bremen which at that time was the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, a principality within the Holy Roman Empire, located to the north of the city of Bremen. Aschwaerde does not appear to now exist. He married Magdaleen van Swol (Zwoll) in 1652 in New Amsterdam, New Netherlands.^[1][2]

Scott, History of Passaic, says he arrived in New Netherlands on 23 Dec. 1650 though without source.^[3] The earliest record of him is his marriage in 1652.^[4] A passenger entry in the accounts of the Dutch West India Company shows embarkation from Netherlands by "Wife of Hendrick Jansen Spier, and two children, 4 and 5 years old" on the ship Faith, "Dec. 23, 166(0)".^[5] The reference is probably to someone else of that not-uncommon name.^[6] The entry has been misread as listing passage for Hendrick himself.^[7]

He probably died in 1674 when some of his property was transferred on 4 Sep. to his sons Jans and Hans Spieringh. Certainly by 1679 when his wife is mentioned as a widow.^[6]

Spier History

NOTES: Magdalena married as her second husband HARMEN EDWARDS, of Bergen, the widower of Jannetje Hendricks. Harmen was buried at Bergen on 30 April 1681. She was identified as his widow in the Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church record of her betrothal to her third husband. On 11 December 1681 (with banns published 13 November 1681 at the Reformed Dutch Church of Bergen) at the Reformed Dutch Church in Flatbush she married as her second husband and as his third wife JAN AERTSEN VAN DER BILT. They are said to have had 1 child - JAN JANSZEN VAN DER BILT, JR., who had no birth or baptismal record. Abt. 1733 Jan Jr., married HELENA (or MAGDALENA) LEFFERTS, the widow of Gerret Martense, who had no birth or baptismal record, a dau. of Leffert Pieterse.

His marriage record states that he was "van Aschwaerde in't stift Bremen." On 18 November 1659, he petitioned for payment of 30 gl. balance of rent due from Aafie Leenders. On 14 February 1660, he purchased from Pieter Pietersen Menist a lot on Heere Graf (Broad Street) which the latter had just purchased from Fredrick Lubbersen. Apparently he visited Holland shortly thereafter as he, his wife, and two children, aged four and five years, returned to New Amsterdam on "De Trouw"on 23 December 1660. In 1661 Hendrick Jansen Spiering and Johan de Decker were in disagreement concerning repairs made to a house in New Amsterdam. The case was referred to arbitrators who reported on 9 September 1662. Their findings were not given. Hendrick sold the Heere Graf lot, with a house on it, to Christoffel van Laer, a shoemaker, on 9 May 1662. Disputes concerning this sale were recorded in the town records on 29 May 1663. Hendrick's name appears in the records again when, on 2 October 1668, he acknowledged a debt of 360 florins to Nathaniel Jans Backer and requested a delay in repaying. Spier was granted one month to pay the debt plus costs. His arrival in what is now New Jersey occurred following his purchase of twenty-five morgans of land near Gemenoepa in July 1662 from Annatien Dircksen, widow of Pieter Kock. This land was one-half of that originally granted to Klaes Karstensen Noorman on 25 March 1647. Hendrick's purchase was confirmed by a patent from Governot Carteret on 1 May 1668. The patent stated that the land was at Minqackqua. It remained in the Spier family until 1 May 1768 when it was sold to Jacob Van Wagenen. Hendrick Spier evidently moved to New Jersey and was living at Mingackqua in 1662 as he was one of the three men who signed a petition refusing support of a Clergyman at Bergen. He extended his holdings by purchasing from Severyn Laurensen about seventy acres of land adjoining that which he already owned. This tract was sold on 10 April 1694 to Gerrit Gerritse Van Wagenen, Jr., by Hendrick's widow and children to pay his debts. On 15 June 1674 Hendrick petitioned, with Joost van der Linde, Hendrick De Backer, and Harmen Edewartse, for land on Staten Island. On 7 July 1674 Hendrick was granted twenty-five morgens "beginning opposite Schutter's Island and further westerly along the Kill van Kull". It appears that Hendrick died prior to 4 September 1674, as a patent for land on Staten Island was granted to Jans and Hans Spieringh, two of his sons, on that date. It is certain that he died prior to May 1679 when a son of Magdalen Hansen, widow of Henrick Jansen Spier, was buried at Bergen.

Church records

• 1652 14 Sep Hendrick Janszen, Van Aschwaertde in't Stift Bremen, en Magdaleen Jans Van Swol. ^[8]

1. 1663 Apr 08 Hans, Hendrick Janszen Spiering, Helena Hans. Wit.: Cornelis Eenduijm, Marritie Frans. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Wedding Book, Collegiate Church of New York (Center for Family History, The Hague, Netherlands), WieWasWie.
2. ↑ "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, v. 6 (1875), p. 81, AmericanAncestors.org.
3. ↑ William W. Scott, History of Passaic and Its Environs (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1922), v. 2, p. 34 (renumbered after 915, section omitted on Archive.org), Ancestry.com.
4. ↑ Joseph R. Klett, Genealogies of New Jersey families : from the Genealogical magazine of New Jersey (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co.), v. 1, p. 791. "Jennifer Dean's Family Tree" has reproduced excerpts, Ancestry.com
5. ↑ Rosalie Fellows Bailey, "Emigrants to New Netherland: Account Book 1654 to 1664", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record v. 94 (1963), no. 4, p. 196.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Howard S.F. Randolph, "Ancestors and Descendants of Barent Hendrickse Spier...", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, v. 55 (Oct. 1924), no. 4, pp. 314-15.
7. ↑ Michael Tepper, New World Immigrants: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979), v. 1, p. 181, Ancestry.com.
8. ↑ Samuel S. Purple. "Marriages from 1639 to 1801 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York" In Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. I. New York: Printed for the Society, 1890.
9. ↑ Thomas Grier Evans. "Baptisms from 1639 to 1730 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York." In Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. II. New York: Printed for the Society, 1890.

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