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Hendrick Gerritsz (Van Wie) van Wie (1646 - 1690)

Hendrick Gerritsz (Hendrick Gerritse) van Wie formerly Van Wie aka van Wyen, Verwey
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Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1675 in Albany, Province of New Yorkmap
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Died at about age 43 in Albany, Province of New Yorkmap
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Biography

Hendrick Gerritsz (or Gerritse), later known by the last name Van Wie, was a resident of the Albany, New York, area in the New Netherland years and the male progenitor of the Van Wie family of early Albany.

His origins are uncertain. There were multiple men with the name of Hendrick Gerritsz in the region, making it difficult to determine which life details are his. Bielinski said of him: "Hendrick Gerritse may have been a resident of Beverwyck in the mid-1650s. Or, he may have been the 'Hendrick Geritse Van Wie' who was transported to Rensselaerswyck in 1664."[1]

He was married to Eytie Ariaans.[1]

Hendrick van Wie made his will in 1690 and died in 1692. His widow remarried.[1]

Will

Will of Hendrick Gerritse van Wie - 1690:
"God be praised in the highest. Hendrick van Wie, being quite infirm, but in full possession of his mind, walking and standing, has declared to us his last will and desire as follows:

First, Hendrick van Wie wills that his wife shall remain in full possession of his estate so long as she lives, on condition that she bring up the children to the best of her poor ability, and after her death the lawful heirs begotten of them shall share alike, except that the eldest son shall first of all have a horse. But whenever his wife shall marry again, an inventory should be made of all there is in order that the estate be not diminished.
In witness hereof he has signed this with his own hand.
This is the X mark of Hendrick van Wie This is the X mark of Gerrit Gysbertse H I by me, Pieter Winne
Albany y 3d of June 1701; Then appeared before me Johannis Cuyler & Peter van Burgh Esq. Justices of y Peace Gerrit Gysbertse & helmer Janse of y County of Albany aforesaid witnesses as above written who declare upon y holy Evangelist that some time about y year of our Lord 1690 they saw signing of y abovementioned instrument by hendrik van wie of y said County as his last will or Testament who Dyed in y year 1690 as aforesaid.
Johannis Cuyler Justice Peter van Brugh Justice
Recorded y 8th of octob. 1701" [2]

Church Records

Children's baptisms[3]
  1. 1686 18 Aug. Jan, of Henderik Gerritsz. By Catelyn Van Elslandt.
  2. 1689 17 Mar Henderik, of Henderik Gerritsz Verwey. By Rykje Staats. [4]

Research Notes

The following information is not attributed to a source or is sourced only to a Gedcom file or an unidentified online family tree. Some of the details don't appear to agree with other information in this profile.

Birth:

BEF 1654 Neth [5]

Immigration:

1663/4 'De Eendracht', to New York, NY [5]

Hendrick was born 18 Aug 1646.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bielinski, Stefan. "Hendrick Gerritse Van Wie" The People of Colonial Albany (online exhibition, New York State Museum, Albany. First posted Sept 30, 2003. Accessed July 09, 2015.
  2. Early Records of Albany volume 4,Albany Wills, p. 139 provided by Herman Overmars, 11 April 2018
  3. Secretary Henry L. Bogert. Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1904.
  4. Secretary Henry L. Bogert. Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1904.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Source: S185 Reference: 1584: Reference: HOWK. Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

Acknowledgments

  • This person was created through the import of family.ged on 21 September 2010.
  • WikiTree profile Van Wie-7 created through the import of My Family File.ged on Nov 16, 2011 by Lance Foster.
  • Wilfred Vasile, Entered by Wilfred Vasile, Sep 17, 2012.
  • WikiTree profile Van Wie-18 created through the import of davisfamilytree-1.ged on Sep 1, 2012 by Rich Davis.
  • WikiTree profile Van Wie-5 created through the import of Lynch tree.ged on Aug 11, 2011 by Jim Lynch.
  • WikiTree profile Van Wie-8 created through the import of donnamarshall.GED on Mar 1, 2012 by Donna Marshall.




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Part 2

Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Van Wie Index to All Families | Index to Families by County: Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, Washington

Go to previous family: Baker | next family: Conover

[This information is from Vol. II, pp. 870-871 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911). It is in the Reference collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at R 929.1 R45. Some of the formatting of the original, especially in lists of descendants, may have been altered slightly for ease of reading.]

Hendrick Gerritse Van Wie was in Beverwyck, 1659-91; made his will in 1690, wherein he spoke of a wife and eldest son Gerrit. In 1681 Pieter Schuyler petitioned the governor for the relief of Hendrick Gerritse, "a volunteer in the late expedition to Canada, who was desperately wounded at Paray in Canada and was cared for at the house of the widow of Jacob Tys Van Der Heyden." He died soon after.

(II) Hendrick, son of Hendrick Gerritse Van Wie, married Hilletje Becker, March 11, 1715. She was buried December 23, 1744. Children: Hendrick Hendrickse, see forward, Antje, Ariantje, Ariantje (2), Johannes, Eytje, Elizabeth, Maria, Catharyna.

(III) Hendrick Hendrickse, son of Hendrick and Hilletje (Becker) Van Wie, was, baptized January 20, 1717. He was a resident of Van Wie's Point, on the Hudson, about eighty miles below Albany, and in 1774 removed to Palatine, Montgomery county, where he purchased land of Jellis Fonda. The deed for this land is a choice heirloom in the family, who jealously guard it. He did not remain in Palatine, but returned to Van Wie's Point, where he died an old man. He married Johanna Gardinier. Children:

Hilletje (1), Hilletje (2), baptized September 16, 1750; Andries, baptized February 23, 1752; Johannes, see forward; Annig, baptized December 11, 1760; Elizabeth, born December 19, 1763. (IV) Johannes, son of Hendrick H. and Johanna (Gardinier) Van Wie, was baptized January 5, 1755. He settled on the lands purchased in the town of Palatine, Montgomery county, New York, by his father. He improved the property and continued his residence there until his death, January 29, 1821. He is buried in the family lot on the Palatine homestead. He married Agnes Winne, born in March, 1763, died in Palatine, December 11, 1839. Children:

Henry, married ———— Cook; he was a hotel proprietor in Sharon, New York, where he died. Andrew, married Nancy Van Wie, his cousin, no issue. Daniel, married Nancy Dillenback; children: John, Andrew, Henry, George, Jerome and Phoebe. Arie, see forward. John, married Susanna Nare, and settled after marriage in Steuben county, where he died, leaving: Joseph, James, Henry, Alonzo, Gertrude and Nancy. Agnes, married George Shimmel; children: George, Daniel, John and others. Catherine, no record of her marriage. (V) Arie, fourth son of John (Johannes) and Agnes (Winne) Van Wie, was born in Palatine, Montgomery county, New York, January 16, 1798, died in Root, February 6, 1877. He grew up on the farm in Palatine, where he remained until 1852, when he moved into the town of Root and purchased a farm in the northeastern part of the town, near Randall, where he was a prosperous farmer until his death. He married, in Palatine, Margaret Nare, born in Montgomery county, January 20, 1800, died in that town March 28, 1869. Children:

John, married Lucinda Snell, and at the age of thirty-two settled in Steuben county; his widow married a second husband. Henry, married Nancy Williams and settled in Greensburg, Ohio, where he died, leaving a family. Benjamin, married Nancy Nellis, no issue. Catherine, married Josiah Strayer and left issue. Agnes, married Yates Dillenbeck; they reside in Root; children: George A. and Arie V. Dillenbeck, both married and the heads of families. Martha, married Reuben Klock; they left sons: Albert, Edwin, Arie and William. Luther, married Margaret Colyer; left living children: Peter, Minerva, Cora, Arthur and Roy. Mary, married Elias J. Ellithorpe, of Palatine Bridge, where they now reside; no issue. Fletcher, see forward. (VI) Fletcher, youngest child of Arie and Margaret (Nare) Van Wie, was born March 17, 1841, in Palatine, Montgomery county, New York. He came with his parents to Root in 1852, and on his father's death succeeded to the homestead farm in Root, where he has since lived. He is a prosperous, progressive farmer, highly respected by all. He is a member of the Reformed church, and in politics a Republican. He married, in Canajoharie, in 1862, Anna M. Edwards, born in Glen, December 14, 1845. She is a woman of superior endowments, interested in all good works, to which she cheerfully contributes her talents and substance. She is a daughter of William H. and Eleanor S. (Mount) Edwards, who were the parents of eleven children. Children of Fletcher and Anna M. (Edwards) Van Wie:

Arie G., born December 6, 1863; a farmer of Root; married Adele Babbitt; children: Marian B., born November 20, 1890; Annie E., January 25, 1894. William H., born March 18, 1865; a civil engineer of Fultonville, New York; married Eva Fox; no issue. Margaret, born August 6, 1866; married, May 16, 1889, John R. Blood, vice-president of the Blood Knitting Mills Company, of Amsterdam; children: Fletcher Van Wie, born March 21, 1890; Jane F., born May 16, 1892; Margaret, born August 29, 1910. John E., born November 25, 1873; resides in New Jersey; marine superintendent for Burwin, White & Company, of New York City; married Leila M. Smith; children: Evaline S., born January 10, 1898; Margaret E., May 20, 1899; Dorothy M., May 1, 1901. Ellen M., born 1875, died in infancy. Go to top of page | previous family: Baker | next family: Conover

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posted by Herman Overmars
Here's another bit of info :). Part 1

Van Wie by Stefan Bielinski

The story of the Van Wie family of early Albany begins with the arrival of New Netherland pioneer called Hendrick Gerritse during the mid-seventeenth century. His farm along the river south of Albany in Rensselaerswyck became the focal point for family activities that before 1800 included a number of residents of the city of Albany.

In 1697, only the Rensselaerswyck household of sole surviving son "Gerrit Van Wey" was configured on the countywide census of households.

By the end of the seventeenth century, this family (at least with Albany) had adopted the surname "Van Wie" perhaps in an effort to distinguish them from the regional (and more amorphous) "Gerritse" family. Thus, we strive to not confuse them in the assignment of qualitative information.

In 1720, no Van Wies were listed among the freeholders in the city of Albany. At that time, Hendrick Wan Wye [Jr.] and the names of Gerrit and Jan Van Wie were included among the freeholders of Rensselaerswyck. In 1742, the three Van Wies were listed among the freeholders living in Rensselaerswyck.

By the mid-eighteenth century, the family would be in its third and fourth generations in America and was well established in greater Albany County. Although most descendants named "Van Wie" would cluster around the "Van Wie's Point" homestead, family members also were interwoven into the city's social fabric.

A published compilation of survey lists from Albany County covering the mid-1760s provided the names of almost two dozen different Van Wies - all of them connected to activities and/or holdings in the Manor. However, at virtually the same time (early in 1766), the consecutive signatures of brothers Pieter Van Wie, Willem Van Wie, and Casparus Van Wie were included among the 94 signers of a Constitution for the Albany Sons of Liberty. Virtually every name on that earliest counting of Albany dissidents identified a city resident.

In 1767, a map fixed the location of the residents of Rensselaerswyck living around Albany. Three Van Wie households were clustered along the river south of the city.

In 1790, two "Van Wee" named households were configured on the city census and ten more in surrounding Watervliet. a decade later, two Van Wie households remained in the city.

The first city directory published in 1813, identified four Van Wie households living in Albany's first ward. Two homes, including a roominghouse kept by Gerrit W. Van Wie, were located on Hudson Street. In 1820, six Van Wie addresses were listed in various settled locations in the city.

In March 1869, a newspaper obituary marked the passing of 93-year-old Catherine Van Wie Quackenbush - last of the Van Wie's Point family.

Located off of Western Avenue in Westmere, the suburban street named Van Wie Terrace also commemorates the family today.



notes

Sources: This access page on the Albany Van Wie family is derived chiefly from family and community-based resources. Chief among the printed resources are: Van Wie section of HMGFM; Online: linked and illustrated family-based website; also useful and online; 2015; Revolutionary War pension application for John Van Wie of Bethlehem.

Van Wie's Point: With family settlement dating to the first half of the eighteenth century, Van Wie's Point (use this spelling for online searches) is a well-known modern reference place. It's history has been loosely chronicled and would benefit from a focused study. Among the likely online resources are: former historian Allison P. Bennet; Miner; Glenmont Wikipedia; compilation;

    Follow this link to more information on the Van Wies on this website.         Van Wies in the biographical index.!

https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/vw/vwie.html

posted by Herman Overmars
Thank you so much Herman, I added the info to the profile now :)
posted by Bea (Timmerman) Wijma
Will of Hendrick Gerritse Van Wie - 1690

God be praised in the highest. Hendrick van Wie, being quite infirm, but in full possession of his mind, walking and standing, has declared to us his last will and desire as follows:


First, Hendrick van Wie wills that his wife shall remain in full possession of his estate so long as she lives, on condition that she bring up the children to the best of her poor ability, and after her death the lawful heirs begotten of them shall share alike, except that the eldest son shall first of all have a horse. But whenever his wife shall marry again, an inventory should be made of all there is in order that the estate be not diminished.

In witness hereof he has signed this with his own hand.

This is the X mark of Hendrick van Wie This is the X mark of Gerrit Gysbertse H I by me, Pieter Winne


Albany y 3d of June 1701

Then appeared before me Johannis Cuyler & Peter van Burgh Esq. Justices of y Peace Gerrit Gysbertse & helmer Janse of y County of Albany aforesaid witnesses as above written who declare upon y holy Evangelist that some time about y year of our Lord 1690 they saw signing of y abovementioned instrument by hendrik van wie of y said County as his last will or Testament who Dyed in y year 1690 as aforesaid.

Johannis Cuyler Justice Peter van Brugh Justice

Recorded y 8th of octob. 1701

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notes

Will dated 1690. Recorded October 8, 1701. Printed in Early Records of Albany volume 4, p. 139. Most spellings retained!

https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/wills/willhevwie.html

posted by Herman Overmars
Van Wie-8 and Van Wie-2 appear to represent the same person because: This is the oldest paternal ancestor in this chain in need of a merge into the NNS PPP. No tree conflicts. Thanks!
posted by Steven Mix
Van Wie-5 and Van Wie-2 appear to represent the same person because: This is the oldest paternal ancestor in this chain in need of a merge into the NNS PPP. No tree conflicts. Thanks!
posted by Steven Mix
Van Wie-18 and Van Wie-2 appear to represent the same person because: This is the oldest paternal ancestor in this chain in need of a merge into the NNS PPP. No tree conflicts. Thanks!
posted by Steven Mix
Van Wie-7 and Van Wie-5 appear to represent the same person because: Same vitals; same spouse (although with a different spelling variation). Thanks.
posted by Jillaine Smith