WESTBROOK: TUENISEN, WESTBROOK, DECKER
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REFERENCES AND MATERIALS
[AECR] Early Records of the City and County of Albany-Westbrook, Teunissen
[AlHx] History of Albany-Westbrook, Tuenisen
[ARSC] Minutes of Court of Albany, Rensselaerwyck and Schenectady 1668-73
[EASc] Jacobus Jansen Van Etten by Eva Alice Scott
[FOMC] Minutes of Court of Fort Orange and Beverwyck-Westbrook and others
[KBMR] Baptismal and Marriage Registers of Kingston-Westbrook, others
[KiHx] History of Kingston-Westbrook, Van Etten, Roosa, Pels
[MNSK] The Minisink
[NYNo] Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York-Westbrook
[OU06] Olde Ulster: Lineage of the Decker Family
[SCHx] History of Sussex Coumty, NJ-Westbrook, Van Etten, Westfael, Decker
[UCBR] Biographical Record of Ulster Co NY-Westbrook, Van Etten, Roosa
[UCHx] History of Ulster County NY-Westbrook, Roosa, Van Etten, Decker, Pels
[UCNY] History of Ulster County NY-Westbrook, Roosa, Van Etten, Decker
[UCPR] Ulster County Probate Records-Westbrook, Roosa
[WeFH] Westbrook Family History
[We64] The Record and Family of Nehemiah Westbrook
[We66] The Westbrook Family of New York, an earlier edition of [WE71]
[We71] The Westbrook Family of New York
TO DO:
[OU06] need pages 246-
[MNSK] get entire book
Books
History of the Westbrook Family, Ernest R Rowe, Heritage Books 8/97 on CD Rom-probably not direct relatives
Source Name for Westbrook from New York State Library
Betty Montgomery, 7000 ?By Brook Dr., Charleston WV 25312
WESTBROOK (WESTBROCK, WESTBROECK, WESTBROUCK)
RESIDENCES:
Netherlands -900 1593-aft.1618
NY 1800-225 bef. 1641-
RESIDENCE
1800 JanTuenisen 1593 Holland;NY
900 AnthonyJansen 1618 1727 Orseltie Dyrcks Holland;NY-Ulster
450 Johannes 1662 1725 Magdelena Decker NY
225 Anna 1700 1779 Jacob Van Eaton NY;NJ
Map Locations
Westbroeck, Utrecht, Holland
NAME ORIGIN see HISTORY below
Name from residence in Westbroek, Utrecht, Netherlands
HISTORY
[We71] Persons from the village of Westbroek contracted with Kiliaen van Rensselaer for employment in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, now Albany, NY, one of whom was Jan Teunisen, a carpenter, and that Jan Teunisen may properly name his son Anthony Jansen in keeping with the Dutch custom of family naming. Anthony Jansen was the only person who adopted the surname “Westbroek” when he was required to distinguish himself from other contemporary Anthony Jansens when the British controlled the colonies. {In various records he is referred to as only Anthony Jansen in Albany but as Anthony Jansen Westbroeck in Kingston}
3600-Theunis REYERSZOON [WE64]
?Son of 7200-Reyer (based on name)
m. 3601-Jannichje JANSDOCHTER [WE64]
dau. of 7202-Jan (based on name)
ch. m *Jan
3 others [WE64]
NOTE 3600-Theunis Reyerszoon
[WE64] resided with wife at Westbroek, Holland, parents of 4 children
1800-Jan TUENISEN [We71, VEAL]/THEUNISZOON [PCHS]
Son of 3600-Theunis REYERSZOON and 3601-Jannichje JANSDOCHTER
b. est. 1593 in Westbroek, Utrecht, Netherlands [LDSC]
m. 1801-Eychgan BOSCH [WE64]
d. in New York [LDSC]
ch. m *Anthony Jansen
1 other [WE64]
NOTE 1800-Jan Tuenisen
[FOMC] Court of Fort Orange
p 91-93, 95-96 accused in in 1658 of selling brandy to the savages on 30 December 1657, found guilty on 15 January 1658
p 121 sued in Court 19 June 1658 for debt
p 123 sued in court 2 July 1658 for rent owed
p 130 sued in court 9 July 1658 for rent owed
p 142 acussed on 23 July 1658 of selling brandy to the Indians
p 177 sued in court 18 March 1659 for debt
p 236 condemed to pay fine of fl. 500 on 9 December 1659
[ACER] I: 288 Jan Teunissen, alius de Paep (the priest)
I: 247 21 June Jacob Teunise De Looper, schout, see below
III: 83 Jan Theunise 18 February 1659
IV: 57 inventory of property of Jan Teunissen 25 July 1658:
one blue and one red jug of large size
nine earthern mugs and small jugs
a pewter pint
a copper kettle and an iron pan
eleven wine galsses, a 1/2 mutsjen [a small gin measute,
containing about 1/16 of a pint] and a pewter plate
two earthern dishes, three chairs
the remainder of a box of sugar, about 50 pounds
two round boxes, a gun a horn, a rapier
five blue earthern saucers and a white one
in the cellar were found a remnant of mead, a remnant of
alsemwijn [either absinth or vermuth], four half aams of Spanish
wine and a small keg of pipes
IV: 60-61 Conditions of public sale of house and lot of Jan
Teunissen, alias de paep (the papist, not the priest)
IV: 94-95 Conditions of public sale of garden in Beverwyck of Jan Teunissen
IV: 95-96 acknowledgement of payment 4 January 1659
IV p 95-96 Deed to Willem Fredericksen Bout for garden at Beverwyck
[AlHx] III: 91 Key to names of Persons in Early Albany Records:
Jan Teunise De Paep 1660
Cornelis Teunise Van Westbroeck or Bos 1663-1666
III: 247 Albany County Records 21 June:
Jacob Teunise [De Looper] ,schout, saw an Indian by night go in and out at Thomas Paulus (Powell’s); he said he had in the house of said Thomas wine, beer or brandy in presence of Wynter, Jan Teunise and Bastiaen Pieterse
III: 288 Cornelis Teunissen Bosch conveyed a lot being taken for public use for a street adjoining to the south of the house of Jan Teunissen, alias de Paep (the priest) on 10 December 1660, recorded by clerk at Fort Orange
[UCHx] I: 192 Conveyances 1688-1700 Kingston
6 February 1688-trustees to children of Hendrick Aertse, a lot in Kingston west of Jurian Teunisse
[EASC] first found Albany, Colony of New York 1659
NOTE 1800-Jan Theuniszoon
[WE64] and 1801-Eychgan Bosch probable parents of 900-Anthony Jansen resided at Westbroek, Holland, parents of 2 children
900-Anthony Jansen [OTGe, We64, We71, EASC] WESTBROOK (Anthony Janz VAN WESTBROOK [EASc])
Possible [VEAL] son of 1800-Jan and Eychgan (BOSCH) TUENISEN
b. 1618 in probably [VEAL] Westbroek, Utrecht, Netherlands [LDSC, VEAL]
m. ca. [We71, VEAL] 1658 [VEAL]/1658-1659 [LDSC, We71] in Albany [LDSC] or
Flatbush NY [LDSC] 901-Orrseltie [We71, WeFH, WE64, EASC, VEAL] “Ursal”
[VEAL] DIRCKS [OTGe, We71, WE64, EASC] from Holstein [We71, VEAL]
(dates and places of m. listed for 901-Orselter,
not for 900-Anthony Jansen, as m1. and m4. [LDSC])
b. 1620 in Holland [LDSC]
m1. 25 October 1653 [We71, VEAL] in Hillegersberg [We71, LDSC, VEAL], near Rotterdam [We71, VEAL], Zuid [LDSC], Holland (first publication of intended marriage 21 September 1653 [We71, VEAL]) Jan HENDRICKSEN, young man (d. bef. 1655 [We71]) (chm1. f Anna (sometimes indicated as Anna WESTBROECK/WESTBROOK-apparently came to America with mother and considered step daughter of 900-Anthony Jansen, m. Michael DE MODT)
m2. September 1655 [LDSC] in Netherlands [LDSC] Tuenis JACOBS [WE71, VEAL] of Beeckum [WE71, VEAL] living at the Pannekoestratt [VEAL] (publication of intended marriage 29 August 1655 [We71, VEAL]) ([VEAL Orsul DIRCKS living at Nieuwe Gogelsang attime of m2.)
(chm2. ? age 10 months on 1 May 1658 [We71]/on disembarking for NY
[VEAL]; ? age 2 years on 1 May 1658 [We71]/on disembarking for NY
[VEAL)
m3. Anthony Jansen above
d. prob. in Kingston NY [LDSC, WeFH]
d. 1727 in New York [LDSC]
ch. f Ante [LDSC]/Ann [WeFH], b. 1656 in Kingston, Ulster Co, NY [LDSC],
m. 1676 [LDSC]/1678 [WeFH] in Kingston, Ulster Co, NY [LDSC] Michael DE
MOTTE (came from Holland in 1665 or earlier [WeFH]) (probably same as
chm1. of
901-Orselter DIRCKS and Jan HENDRICKSEN) (see [We71, WeFH] for details)
m Dirch [LDSC]/Dirck [We71, WeFH]/Dirrick [We71]/Kirch [LDSC], b. ca. 1660 [LDSC] in Albany, Albany Co, NY [LDSC], m. 25 August 1693
[LDSC]/1695 [We71] in Kingston NY [LDSC] Catherine [LDSC]/ Cathatina
[We71] OSTERHOUST [LDSC]/OOSTERHOUT [We71]/OSTERHOUT [WeFH]
(see [We71 page 4 for details of life and children)
m *Johannes [We71, WeFH]
[WE64] 3 children
NOTE 900-Anthony Jansen
Name is often listed as only Anthony Jansen in early records, took name Westbrook/Westbroeck later, perhaps after moving to Ulster Co, NY
[We64] resided at Albany, and at Flatbush, New York, parents of 3 children; with wife appear in over 125 colonial records between 3 April 1652 and 22 December 1678, many never published
[We71] m. Orrseltie Dircks, had a tavern and resided in Flatbush, Long Island, and at Albany NY, names appear in over 125 colonial records during period from 23 April 1658 and 22 December 1678.
Only person to adopt surname of Westbroeck
Site of Tavern in Albany described as a house, lot and garden located on the South side of State Street, East of Broadway
[FOMC] appeared as plaintiff in Court of Fort Orange 21 December 1660 owes a tavern bill of 31 guilders, ordered to pay fl. 2.5
[ACER]
I: 86 Goods of Stoffel Janse sold on behalf of the poor:
Antony Janse, a black coat (toerse, coarse cloth f 127.00
Antony Janse, a ditto cloak f 34.00
f 161.00
I: 273 public sale 15 August 1659:
Anthony Janse, 3 ditto plates and 1 ditto pan f 6.00
I: 393 Anthony Janse burgher and inhabitant here (Albany Co) accepted house, lot and garden of Jariaen Theunisse 26/6 September/October 1665
I: 397 Anthony Janse accepted lot in Beverwyck (now Albany) 11/21 November 1665
I: 403 Anthony Janse agrees he is indepted to Jan Van Aecken on 9/16 August 1666
I: 442 Sold house, lot and garden on 5/15 July 1668
NOTE 900-Anthony Jansen (c0ntinued)
[ACER]III: 131 lease of house 26 October 1661 previously occupied by Anthony Jansz incolony of Rensselaerswyck
III: 148 Anthony Jansen/Jansz, court messenger of colony of
Rensselaerswyck as witness
III: 87 lease of house, lot and garden in Beverwyck from Hendrick Jockemsen to Anthony Jansen/Jancz, court messenger of colony of Rensselaerswyck, on 16 August 1661 (Anthony Jensen, who was an innkeeper at beverwyck, is occasionly referred to as Anthony Jansen Westbroeck; his descendents appear under the name of Westbroeck in the records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Kingston)
III: 140 Contract of sale of a house, lot and garden from Juriaen Teunissen to Anthony Jansen/Jancz in village of Beverwyck, bounded on the north and east by the streets, south by the kill and west by Jochem Wessels the baker on 14 January 1662
III: 171 Bond of Dirck Jansen, smith, to Anthony Jansen/Jancz (Anthony Jansen Westbroeck) on 7 August 1662 in court of Fort Orange and Beverwyck
III 177-178 power of attorney on 18 August 1662 from Anthony
Jansen/Janssz, court messenger of colony of rensselaerswyck, husband and guardian of Orsseltie Dircks, his wife, to collect items from Holland from Freedericxsz van Gordingh, her cousin, and Myndert Dircxsz, her brother
III: 185 Power of Attorney from Anthony Jansen/Jancz, court messenger of colony of Rensselaerswyck, to Hans Steyn on 2 September 1662
III: 200 Bond of Anthony Jansen/Jancz, court messenger of colony of Rensselaerswyck, to Philip Pietersen Schuyler 19 December 1662
III: 302 Bond of Anthony Jansen/Jancz, court messenger of colony of Rensselaerswyck, to Gerrit Hendricksen van Rys 3/13 October 1664
III: 304-305 List of debts:
Anthony Jancz, per obligation in seawan gl. 430
[AlHx] same as [AECR]
III: 84-91-Key to Names in Early Albany Records:
No Anthony Janse/Janz/Jansen/Jensen/Westbroeck
III: 136 Genealogies of First settlers of Albany:
Janse, Anthony 1662 court messenger of colony Rensselaerswyck; 1662-68 an innkeeper in Beverwyck; his house and lot on south side of State Street east of Broadway; wife Orseltie Dirkse, probably from Rotterdam
III: 196 patented 1653 to Jochem Wesselse; 1658 Wouter Albertse Van Den Uythoff; 1660-1 Juriaen Theunise, the glazier; 1665 Anthony Janse;
1668 Jan Hendrickse Bruyns; 1769 Wessel Van Schaick -east side of Broadway, State to Hudson to River (Patents 412, 446; Albany County Records 262, 308, 370, 393, 442)
III: 273 sale at public auction on 15 August 1659:
Anthony Janse bought 3 peuter plates and 1 peuter pans
III: 365-366 auction held at house of Anthony Janse, innkeeper on 24 October 1664
III: 393 On 26 September/6 October 1665 Juriaen Theunisse
[Glassmaker] and Anthony Janse burghers and inhabitants here appeared before the commissaries of Albny, colony Rensselaerwyck and Schanectede and the former grants and transfers to the latter the former’s garden, lot and house lying in Albany (formerly Beverwyck) currently occupied by the latter. Identified as that conveyed on 2 February 1660 from Wouter Albertse Vander Uythoff and a little piece of a lot purchased from the commissaries 1659 or 1660
III: 397 On 11/21 November 1665 Anthony Janse accepted lot from trustees of estate of AndriesHerbertse (part of a larger lot granted to him 25 October 1653) for a garden, allotment No. 18 adjoining to the south Pieter Hartgers, breadth 4 rods and a half rods, length seven lying in fence in the village of Beverwyck now called Albany
III: 403 On 9/19 August 1666 Anthony Janse, innkeeper, appeared before the commissaries and acknowledged debt of 100 beavers due for money lent to him on 2 September 1662 which he used for first payment for the house he occupied and which was transferred to him by Jurriaen Theunisse
NOTE 900-Anthony Jansen (continued)
[ALHx]
IV p 7 Disbursements to poor March 1665:
6 small measures of brandy which was used when the old captain was laid out
IV p 20 Receipts by the Deaconry in December 1665:
Antonni Jannsen 4 12
IV p 24 Anthony debet for a coat and petticoat 158 15 from Karsten Norman’s wife, deceased
IV p 27 September. Receipts Antony Janssen paid 158:15
[ARSC] Court of Albany, Rensselaerswyck Schencectady
I: 35 on 12 November 1668 Mr Jan appeared as attorney for Anthony Jansz requesting D. v. Shelluyne be ordered to render an account of what he claims
I: 216 on 19 January 1670/1671 Jan Becker, attorney for Anthony Jansz, appeared to demand payment from Juffrouw Curler of fl. 232:10 in seawan for wine and beer received by her husband, deceased
NOTE 901-Orrseltie Dircks
[We71] from Holstein, with two children (ages 2 years and 10 months), was a passenger to New Netherland in De Moesman (The Market Gardener) arriving 1 May 1658. Widow for second time
[ARSC] I: 25 Ursel, wife of Anthony Jansz defaulted in Court of Albany 29 October 1668
I: 26 Urseltie, wife of Anthony Jansz, sued Jacob Jansz Flodder in Court of Albany 29 October 1668 for fl. 537:9 in seawain (Anthony Jansen Westbroeck, tavern keeper. In 1661 and 1662 he was court messenger in Rensselaerwyck-see Early Records of Albany 3: 87, 140)
[AlHx] there are a number of Dirkse’ in III:86 several with name Van Vechten
[UCHx] p 62 24 June 1661-members received witness
Maddeleen Dircks Hilletje Hendricks
450-Johannes, Sr. [EASc, KBVR]] WESTBROOK [EASc]/WESTBROEK [VINK, WE64] of
Knightsfield (Warwarsing) near Kingston [EASc, KBVR]
Son of 900-Anthony Jansen and Orrseltie (DIRCKS) WESTBROOK
b. ca. 1658/ca. 1662 [We71]/1662-1667 [LDSC, WeFH]/1667 [EASc]/bef. [VEAL]
1668 [FBLM, EASc] in Albany, Albany Co, NY [LDSC, FBLM, WeFH, KBMR,
EASc, VEAL], chr. 3 October 1666 [LDSC, VEAL] in Kingston, Ulster Co, NY
[LDSC, VEAL]
m. 12 May [FBLM, LDSC, We71, WeFH, EASc] 1687 [KBMR] in Kingston, Ulster Co, NY [FBLM, LDSC, EASc] 451-Magdalena [VEAL]/Lena Jans DECKER
[We71, EASc, WE64, KMBR] (Banns recorded 12 May [EASc, VEAL])-see
DECKER
dau. of Jan Broersen and Heyltie (JACOBS) DEKKER [VEAL]
d. betw. 25 January 1725 and 10 April 1727 [WeFH] or in 1727 [EASc] in Knightsfield [WeFH] (now Warwarsing [WeFH]) NY [WeFH], will dated 25 January 1725/26 [EASc, NYGB 2/202-3, VEAL], probated 10 April 1727 [We71, WeFH, EASc, NYGB, VEAL](farmer [KBVR])
ch. f Orseltjen [LDSC, KBMR]/Osseltje [We71, KMBR, VEAL] “Ursulla” [VEAL],
b. 6 November 1687 [LDSC, KMBR] in Kingston NY [LDSC, KBMR], chr. 6
November 1687 [LDSC, We71, VEAL] in Kingston NY [LDSC], m. [KBMR]
j.d.[KBMR] or m1. [LDSC] 1716 [KBMR] Johannes HOORENBECK
[LDSC]/HOORNBEEK [KBMR]/MOORENBECK [LDSC]
(b. in Horley/Hurley NY [KBMR], j.m. [KBMR]) (Banns registered 12 August [KBMR]), d. 25 January 1725 [LDSC] or bef. 1726 [VEAL] (ch. Benjamin [VEAL], bap. 28 June1724 [We71]) ([KBMR] resid. with husband in Raysester/Rochester)
f Heyltjen [LDSC]/Heyltie [We71]/Heyltje [KBMR, VEAL], b. 1690 [LDSC] in Kingston NY [LDSC], chr. 25 May 1690 [LDSC, KBMR, VEAL] in Old Dutch Church [KBMR], Kingston NY [LDSC, We71], m. 30 May 1718 [LDSC] in Kingston, Ulster Co, NY [LDSC] Enock VREELAND [We71] ([VEAL] not mentioned in father’s will)
m Anthony [LDSC, WeFH, WE64, VEAL]/Antoni [We71, KBMR], b. ca. 1692 [LDSC, WeFH] in Kingston, Ulster Co, NY [LDSC, WeFH], chr. 17 April 1692 [LDSC, We71, WeFH, KBMR, EASc, VEAL] in Old Dutch Church [KBMR], Kingston, Ulster Co, NY [LDSC], m. 30 April 1714 [LDSC, We71, WeFH, EASc, VEAL] in Kingston NY [LDSC] Aaltie LDSC]/Aaltjen [We64, We71, EASc]/Alice [WeFH, EASc]/Aeltie [WeFH] VAN EATON [LDSC]/ VAN ETTEN [We64, WeFH, We71] (chr. 11 November 1694, dau. of Jan VAN ETTEN and Jannetje ROOSA [EASc, VEAL]), d. 1579 [VEAL] in Minisink [EASc], Sussex Co [LDSC, EASc, VEAL], NJ, will dated 25 June 1755 [EASc], probated 24 February 1757 at Trenton NJ [EASc] (see [We71 page 5] for details) (ch. Johannes, chr. 24 February 1717 [KBMR] in Old Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster Co, NY [KBMR], m. Magdelena WESTBROECK [WE64] {see [WE64] for details}) ([WE64] resided at Minisink, Sussex Co, NJ; 8 children) ([EASc] justice and elder in Dutch Reformed Church; court messenger and inn keeper in Albany; officer in Cromwell’s army; took oath of allegiance in 1689)
f Sarah [LDSC]/Sara [We71, KBMR, VEAL], b. 10 June 1694 in Kingston NY [LDSC], chr. 10 June 1694 [LDSC, We71, KBMR, EASc, VEAL] in Old Dutch Church [KBMR], Kingston NY [LDSC], m. 30 April 1714 [LDSC, EASc, VEAL] in Kingston NY [LDSC] Cornelius VAN AKEN, d. 20 December 1766 [LDSC, VEAL] in Port Jervis, Orange Co, NY [LDSC] (see [We71 page 5] for details)
m Johannes, b. 1696 [LDSC], chr. 19 July 1696 [LDSC, We71, KBMR, VEAL, EASc] in Old Dutch Church [KBMR], Kingston NY [LDSC] (probably younger brother of other Johannes, probably died early bef. 1698/ in infancy
[VEAL])
m Johannes (5th ch. [EASc]), b. ca. 1695 [LDSC] in Kingston [LDSC,
KBMR]/Kingstowne [KMBR] NY, chr. 9 January 1698 [LDSC, We71, KBMR,
VEAL, EASc] in Old Dutch Church [KBMR], Kingston NY [LDSC], m. (j.m.
[KBMR])19 December 1715 [LDSC, We71, KMBR, EASc, VEAL] in Old Dutch Church, Kingston NY [LDSC, KMBR] Annetje [LDSC]/Antgen [LDSC]/Annetie [LDSC]/Antjen[KBMR, We71, EASc, VEAL] ROOSA (b. in Horly [KBMR]/Horley [KBMR]/Hurley [KBMR], j.d. [KBMR], dau. of Capt. Arie ROOSA and Maria PELS [EASc])
([KBMR] Banns registered 11 December), d. 21 January 1769 in Sandyston, Sussex Co, NY [LDSC] (4th child [EASc] ch. Benjamin, bap. 10 March 1723
[EASc], m. Catherine WESTBROOK [EASc]) (see [We71 page 6] for details)([EASc] settled in Minisink, Sussex Co, NJ ca. 1726)
f *Anna
m Cornelius [LDSC, EASc]/Cornelis [We71, KBMR] (8th ch. [EASc], b. 1703 in Kingston, Ulster Co, NY [LDSC], chr. 14 March 1703 [LDSC, We71, KBMR, EASc, VEAL] in Old Dutch Church [KBMR], Kingston, Ulster Co, NY
[LDSC], m. 10 [We71, EASc, VEAL]/17 [LDSC] April 1724 in Kingston NY
[LDSC] Antje/Annetje/Annatjen [EASc, Veal]/Antjen [EASc] ROOSA
[EASc]/ROOS, d. aft.1772 [LDSC] (2nd [EASc]
ch. Catrina/Catharine, bap. 25 September 1726 [EASc], m. Benjamin WESTBROOK [EASc] {bap. 1723 [EASc}) ([EASc] killed by Indians 8/9 June 1758 [VEAL], res. opposite Namenoch Island in Sussex Co, NJ)
m Dirk [LDSC, EASc, VEAL]/Dirck [KBMR] (Richard [EASc, VEAL], b. 15 December 1706 in Kingston NY [LDSC], chr. 15 December 1706 [LDSC, We71, KBMR, EASc, VEAL] in Old Dutch Church [KBMR], Kingston NY
[LDSC], m. 12 May 1728[LDSC, EASc, VEAL] in Kingston NY [LDSC]
Jannetje [LDSC]/ Janneken [EASc, VEAL] VAN
KUREN [LDSC]/KEUREN [EASc, VEAL], d. 8 December 1757 [LDSC]
[WE64, VEAL] 9 children
NOTE 450-Johannes
[OTNC, EASc] Farmer
[We64] m. Magdelena Janse Dekker, resided at Kingston NY, 9 children
[We71] Served as trustee at Kingston NY 1694; one of 6 white founders of Minisink Village; took oath of allegience in Ulster Co, NY 1 September 1689; member of the Company of Fott in Kingston 1686 or 1687; taxed 1 schilling in 1709-1710 and 1718-1719 for one fyre place
[KBMR] Johannes Westbroeck, born in Albany, resided here in Kingston,
m. [date not given] Magdalena Dekker, born and resid in Kingstoun. Banns recorded 12 May
[BWMe] an “Associator” and Captain in Militia in Revolutionary War
[WeFH] Trustee in Kingston 1690-1700 period;owner of Tan vats; moved prob. ca. 1715 or later to Kinghtsfield (now Warwarsing) NY where he died
[EASc] Will names “my eldest son Anthony”
[UCPR] Will dated 25 January 1725/26 Johannes Westbrook of Knightfield written in Dutch, translated: “My dear wife shall remain in possession of my whole estate during her natural life. To my youngest son Dirck when he marries a good horse and a cow similiar to what my other children has received. To my eldest son Anthony three schillings, in advance, as his right of primeogeniture. To my youngest son after his mother’s death a good horse, and a good mare, and a ?grazing cow. To my six children by name:
Anthony, Johanes, Cornelius, Dirck, Sarah, wife of Cornelius Van Aken and
Antie, wife of Jacob Van Etten my whole estate each one of my children shall pay equally to the little son of my deceased daughter Ursulla, called Benjamin. Wife and sons Anthony and Johanis appointed executors.
Witnessed by Jacob Rutsen, Jr. Nicholas Roosa, Jan Hardenbergh William
Nottingham. Probated 10 April 1727
[NYBG 2/201-202] Abstract of will of Johannes Westbroeck, of Knightsfield, Ulster Co, dated 20 January 1725-1726. Proved 10 April 1727 (New York Wills, Lib. 10, p 314) Gives his wife Magdelene the usufruct of his estate during her life. After her deathit is to be divided equally among his six living children, viz., Anthony, Johannes, Cornelius, Dirck, Sarah, wife if Cornelius Van Aken, and Antie, wife od Jacob Van Eaton,and Benjamin, son of his disceased daughter Ursala.
[UCPR] Notes: Johannes W., b. Albany (son of Johannes W. an army officer in Cromwell’s army, and later on, a resident of Rochester, whose sons Johannis and Derek took the oath of allegience in 1689), m. after 12 May 1687 Magdelena Jansen (Lena Dekker) and had:
Anthony, bap. 17 April 1691, m. 30 April 1714 Aaltjen Van Etten, b. Hurley
Sarah, bap. 10 June 1694, m. 30 April 1714 Cornelius Van Aken
Johannes, bap. 19 July 1696,
Johannes, bap. 9 January 1698, m. 19 December 1715
Antjen Roosa Ante, bap. 28 July 1700, m. 22 April 1719 Jacob Van Etten,
b. Hurley Cornelius, bap. 14 March 1703, m. 10 April 1724
Annatjen Roosa Dirk, bap. 15 December 1706, m. 12 May 1728 Janneken Van Keuren
NOTE 450/451:
Anthony m. Van Eaton, Johannes and Cornelius m. Roosa Anthony and brothers and sisters arrived at Minisink about 1730
[KMBR] Baptisms
29/532 Osseltje 6 November 1687
35/647 Heyltje 25 May 1690
37/706 Antoni 17 April 1692
43/810 Sara 10 June 1694
47/914 Johannes 19 July 1696
52/1013 Johannes 9 January 1698
59/1184 Ante 28 July 1700
68/1387 Cornelis 14 March 1703
78/1607 Dirck 15 December 1706
[OTMS] Westbrook house survives; Opposite Minisink Island; Marker on Old Mine Road near Milford NJ; Reportedly built in 1650’s; Sometimes called “Bell House”; Occupied by family for at least 9 generations. In the French and Indian wars these stone houses were also called “Forts” and served as such
225-Anna [OTGe, EASc]/Ante [We71, KBMR]/Antjen [We71, KBMR, VEAL]/Antje [BWMe]/”Anna” [VEAL] WESTBROOK Dau. of 450-Johannes and Madellina (DEKKER) WESTBROOK b. 28 July [KBVR] 1700 [VINK, MH, LDSC] in Namenock NJ [KBVR] or in Kingston, Ulster Co, NY [LDSC, KBMR, NYSo], chr. 28 [VEAL] or 25/28 [FBLM, LDSC, We71, KBMR, EASc] July 1700 in Old Dutch Church [KBMR], Kingston, Ulster Co NY [FBLM, LDSC]
m. 224-Jacob/Jacobus/Jacob James VAN EATON/ETTEN-See VAN EATON son of Jan and Jannetje (ROOSA) VAN ETTEN
d. 1779 [LDSC]/1783 [EASc, KBVR, VEAL]/1787 [MH] in Hurley NY [EASc, KBVR, VEAL] or in Namenook NJ [LDSC]
ch. See 224-Jacobus Van Eaton
A&E
1800 Jan Tuenisen n. Theunissen [We71], Teunissen [FOMC], Theuiszoon [WE64]
900 Anthony Jansen n. Jenson [MH, LDSC], Janz [WeFH, EASC]; von Westbrook [EASC]
m. late 1650’s [LDSC]
901 Orrseltie Dircks n. Orreltie [MH], Orsel [We71], Orseltie,
Orselter [LDSC], Orsul [OTGe, We71], Ursel
[We71], Ursul; Diecks [MH], Dircxs [WeFH],
Dirxs [EASC], Dyrck [LDSC], Dyrcks
m1. 20 October 1653 [LDSC]
900/901-Eva (b. 1641 in Albany, Albany Co, NY [LDSC])
b. 15 years before m. of 900-901
450 Johannes d. 25 January 1725 [LDSC] in Nytesfield [LDSC]
(now Waroarsing [LDSC]) NY
451 Magdelena Dekker b. 28 July 1700 [OTGe]
d. 1783 [OTGe]
225 Anna Westbrook b. est. 1696 [LDSC]
Other Westbrook
[UCBR] p 451-452 bibliography of: Jacob Louis Westbrook
Jonathan Westbrook, officer in Cromwells Army, to America 1660 settled in Rochester township, Ulster Co, NY
ch. Derek
ch. Jonathan, m. 24 July 1748 Jannatje, dau. of Frederick Vandemark (4 ch.) [UCBR] continues descendents to 1885
Johannis
Wessel B Westbrook 1785-1864
Jacob Hoornbeek Westbrook 1820-1885
[NYNo] Jonathan Westbrook, immigrant ancestor, was an officer in the army of the protector, Oliver Cromwell, and on the restoration of Charles II in 1660 he came to this country. He was one of the early settlers of Rochester, Ulster County, New York, and is the ancestor of the Westbroeck or Westbrook family of Kingston and vicinity. He probably married a Dutch wife, for the names of his children were Dutch, and his decendents continued for generations to attend the Dutch churches, speaking the language and using the Dutch baptismal names. Many of them were baptized in the Dutch church in Mackackemeck (Deer Park), near Kingston.
Jonathan may have had Dutch ancestry, but it is likely that he sought a Dutch rather than an English settlement for fear of the avenging hand of King Charles. He took the oath of allegiance to the King with the other settlers in 1689.
Children: 1. Derek, mentioned below; 2. Johannes, married Magdalena
Jansen(Lena Dekker). (His will with names of children is filed in Ulster County Records).
Derek, son of Jonathan Westbroeck, born about 1675-1680, lived in Ulster County, NY. The records reveal very little about him.- see pp 544-545 for details of descendents
Westbrookville NY, on Old Mine Road (NY 209), about 13 miles North of Port Jervis, was founded by Tjerck Van Keuren Westbrook. Pictures of signs and “Stone Fort”. Historical marker:
Westbrook Fort and house built about 1750-1760 by Tjerck Van Keuren Westbrook, village of Westbrookville named in his honor.
WESTBROOK
[UCNY] Freeholders, Inhabitants, Residents on tax roll 20 January 1714/15
Rochester
Johannes Westbroeck 35 00-4-4+
Dirck Westbroeck 30 00-3-9
[UCHx] p 69-70 names of Male Inhabitants of Ulster Co in 1689
Westbrock Johannas
p 73-75 Signers in Troop of Horse at Kingston 9 June 1775
Mamaking (now in Sullivan Co, formerly spelled Mamacoting)
Westbrook T.K.
Westfork Joseph
II: 186 Land Purchases Marbletown 1686: John Westbrook
I: 187 Trustees of Kingston: 1694-95 Johannes Westbrook
I: 192 Conveyances 1688-1700 Kingston
14 February 1694 Trustees to Johannis Westbrook, Johannis Terbush and Gerit Wynkoop, a small tract lying near Mill Creek, west of Kingtowne, to set Tann-Pits on. This indicates an early tannery
I: 194 General Notes Kingston: Trustee Meeting 16 February 1706
Land adjacent to Johannis Westbrook & Co sold
p 494 Jonathan Westbrook was an officer in the army of Oliver Cromwell, and came over to this country at the restoration and upon the accession, in 1660, of Charles the Second to the British Throne. He was one of the early residents of the town of Rochester, Ulster County.
He had two sons Derek Westbrook and Johannis Westbrook. They took the oath of Allegiance in 1689. see p494 for details of Derek’s family:
Derek->Jonathan->Derek (->Wessel, Helena), Jonathan (->Jonathan, Frederick, Jacob, Derek), Frederick (->Rev. Cornelius->12 ch.)
The Westbrook Family of NY: Minisink Town Meeting in (can’t be read)
Westbroek Abraham 216,224
Westbrook Anthony 196,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,210,211,213,
215,216,217,222,223,224
Antie 280
Aron 285
BenjaminVernoy 230,231,232
EvertRoosa 226,231,234,237,239,243,244,245,246,247,248,
261,290
Jacob 209,210,211,216,222,226,227,228,229,237,243,
244,245,246,247,248,261,290
Johannes 198,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,2,09,210,
211,215,216,222,224,225,227,234,235,290
Johannes, Jr 205,206,237
Joseph 224
Solomon 211,223,281
References from Westbrook Family Book
That American Trail 1942/52 Amelia Stickney Decker
50 Years on the Frontier with the Dutch Congregation of Maghaghtamil 1937
Paulinen Cengill
Before the Water:The Upper Delaware V , 1966 Elizabeth Menzies
NY Colonial Manuscripts V 14 p83 folio 8
Burial Records of First Dutch Reformed Church in Albany 1654-1862 pp 4,5
Early Records of the City and County of Albany and the Colony of
Rensselaerswyck III 1918 p 140
Doc History of NY I 281, 1849
NYGBR 1931:280-281, 1966: 215
Kingston Marriages 84, 404
Kingston Baptisms 72, 532, 647, 702, 810, 914, 1013, 1084, 1387, 1607,
1939, 2763, 2939, 3184, 3480, 3873, 4614
pp 5,29,35,37,43,47,52,68, 78, 130, 138, 149, 163, 180, 217, 509, 536
Church Life 2/1892,2/1896,6/1899,2/1903,10/1840,8/1894,10-11/1899,4/1902
Olde Ulster II:244, 1906
Minisink Church p100
DAR Patriot Index 1966 p 700
DAR 7: 157, 17: 957, 127: 840
Daughters of Founders and Patriots 453
Van Etten Family of America 19?9 p5
DECKER/DEKKER
902-Lieutenant [WeFH] Jan Broersen [We71, OU06, VEAL]/Broersse [KBMR] DECKER [KBMR, VEAL]/
DEKKER [LDSC, We71, WeFH]
b. ca. [EASc, VEAL] 1630 [We71]
m1. [OU06] Miss [WeFH] Heiltie [KBMR, VEAL]/Heyltie [LDSC, We71]/Heyltje
[OU06, EASc] JACOBS
m1. Albert GERRETSEN [EASc] (Heyltje was a widow [EASc])
d. bef. 24 December 1679 [KBMR, VEAL]
m2. 24 December 1678 [EASc]/1679 [OU06, KBMR, VEAL] in Old Dutch Church
[KMBR],Kingston NY [KBMR, VEAL] 903-Willemtie JACOBS [EASc] ([KBMR] first publication of Banns 29 November; resided in Kingston) ([KMBR] 505/45)
m1. [VEAL] Albert GERRETSEN [VEAL]
m2. [VEAL] or m1. [OU06, KBMR, EASc] Jan CORNELISSE [OU06, KBMR, VEAL]/CORNELISSEN [EASc] of Gottenburgh, Sweden [OU06, KBMR, EASc, VEAL] (d. bef 24 December 1679, i.e. widow when m2. [EASc])
d. betw. 1709 and 1712 [VEAL
chm1 m Broer Jansen, b. ca. 1655 [VEAL, m. Cornelia TAPPEN [VEAL]
m Gaerliff/Gerrit Jansen [VEAL], b. in Kingston NY [OU06], bap. 26 February 1662 [VEAL, OUO6] in Kingston NY [OU06], m. 1684 [OU06, VEAL] (j.m. [OU06], first publication of Banns 2 April 1684 [QU06])
Magdalena Willemz SCHUT [VEAL, OUO6] (j.d. [OU06], b. in N. Albanien, i.e. Albany NY [OU06], dau. of Willem Jansen SCHUTT [VEAL] of Shawangunk, Ulster Co, NY [VEAL] who d. 1722 [VEAL]), m2. 12 January 1696 [OU06] Rutsert WINVELD, i.e. Richard WINFELD, j.m.,
b. in Derby, England) ([OU06] residing in Marmur, i.e. Marbletown, at time of m.
m Jacob Janse/Jansen [VEAL], b. ca. 1654 [EASc], m. or m1. [VEAL]
Beltie [VEAL] Janse KORTRIGHT [EASc] or Belytie Bastiaansse [VEAL],
m2. {VEAL]Sara MINTHORNE [VEAL] (9th child was Broer DECKER [EASc], bap. 1 January 1701 [EASc], m. Annatje VAN ETTEN [EASc], d. 1777 [EASc])
f Grietje [OU06, VEAL]/Grietjen [EASc] Jansen [VEAL], bap. 31 August 1664
[OU06, EASc, VEAL],
m. Gerret [EASc]/Gerrit [VEAL] Janse [EASc]/Jansz [VEAL] DECKER
[EASc]
f *Maddelin
m Cornelis Jansen, m. 1695 [VEAL] Elsje TEN BROEK [VEAL], d. 4 March 1702
[VEAL]
f Titje Janse, m. 1687 [VEAL] Jan Gerritzen VAN CAMPEN [VEAL]
f Fietie [OUO6]/Fietje [VEAL], bap. 18 June 1671 [OU06, VEAL], d. young
[VEAL] ([VEAL] this may be Titje)
chm2 none [OU06, EASc, VEAL]
[EASc] lists 3 chm1. as Jacob Janse, Grietjen, Maddalen
NOTE 902-Jan Broersen
[KBMR] Jan Broersse DECKER, widower of Heiltie JACOBS, resid. in Marbleton [Marbletown] m. 24 December 1679 Willemtie JACOBS, widow of Jan CORNELISSE of Gottenburgh, resid. in Kingston. First publication of banns 29 November
[OU06] Among the earliest settlers of the Esopus was a man who is usually known as Jan Broersen. He was here as early as 1657 and in a complaint made by Thomas Chambers of a sale of brandy to the Indians, and of the first murderous attack of the savages, he appears as one of the signers [see Olde Ulster Vol. I p. 139-141]. When he immigrated from the Netherlands is not known; nor whether he was related to the Commissary, Johan DE DECKERE, but this is probable. The latter came to the Manhattans from Holland in 1655 and was immediately appointed Receiver-General. About this time Jan Broersen [DECKER] appeared in the Esopus. we find his name to the above protest on May 18, 1658; upon May 31, 1658, he signs the compact to remove into the stockade when it is built; on August 17, 1659, he signs the petition that Domine BLOM be sent as minister to the Esopus; in September of that year he joins with other citizens of the Esopus in a letter to Stuyvesant concerning the outrages by the savages in the First Esopus War; his name appears on the muster roll of the military company on March 28,1660; again on a like roll on June 15, 1661; he subscribed fifteen florins to the salary of Domine BLOM [Olde Ulster Vol. II: p. 17]; he had been in possession of lot #11 in Wiltwyck before the place was laid out and was one of the witnesses sworn in proceedings of inquiry into what is known as “The Esopus Mutiny” in 1667
NOTE 903-Heiltie Jacobs
[UCHx] p 62 24 June 1661-members received witness Heylje Jacobs Geertruy Andries
451-Maddelin [LDSC, OU06]/Magdelena [OTGe]/Magdalena [We64, We71, KBMR]/
Magdalina [LDSC]/Maddelen [OU06]/Maddalen [EASc]/Lena [WE71] Jans
[We71]/Janse [LDSC, We64] DECKER [We71]/DEKKER [We64, KBMR]
Dau. of Jan Broersen and Heiltie (JACOBS) DEKKER
b. 3 October 1666 [LDSC], chr. 3 October 1666 [LDSC, We71, OU06, EASc] in
Kingston NY [LDSC]
m. 450-Johannes WESTBROOK-see WESTBROOK
son of 900-Anthony Jansen and Orselter (DYRCK) WESTBROOK
d. in Hurley NY [OTGe]
NOTE 451-Magdelena
[KBMR] born and resided in Kingston
[WeFH] Came to Minisink with rest of her family
DEKKER
[UCHx] I: 184 Petition for Minister 1676 Kingston-Jacob Jansee Decker
p 54 Johan De Decker was witness to sherrif’s charge of being defamed on 29 July 1763
p 61-62 paid sums as free gifts or tax on household gl.
Jan Broersen (Decker) 10
p 69-70 names of Male Inhabitants of Ulster Co in 1689
Decker Gerrit Jansa
Jacob
John Broerson
p 71-73 Signers of Articles of Association 29 April 1775: New Paltz
Daeker John
James
p 73-75 Signers in Troop of Horse at Kingston 9 June 1775
Decker Daniel
[UCNY] Freeholders, Inhabitants, Residents on tax roll 20 January 1714/15
Rochester
Gerrit Decker 105 00-13-1+
Willem Decker 5 00-00-7+
Harmanus Decker 60 00-7-6
OTHER DECKER
[EASc] see pages 138-140
[KBMR] Jacob Dekker [wife’s name not given]
ch. Cornelis, chr. 25 May 1690 in Old Dutch Church, Kingston NY
“The Westbrook Family of NY”: Minisink Town Meeting in (can’t be read)
Decker Andres 209,210,215,225,229,230,232,254,255,278
Antje 196
Chrisofle 247,248,257
Daniel 227,234,259
Jacobus 197,202,204,205,206,218
Johannes 196,202,207,208,209,210,211,217,225,226.233,
234,235,239, 252,253, 267
Martynes 236,237,241,257
Peter 200, 203, 260
Stoffel 235
Thomas 204,208,224
[OTMS] Old Times, “The Van Eatons of The Minisink”-Lynn Beedle
Decker House-4th ancestral home, grave of Daniel Decker, b. 18xx in corner of field
Map of area enclosed in writings
There is a Decker Cemetery in Maybrook, Orange Co, NY (Half way between Newburgh and Middletown on Rte 208; about 20 miles west of Old Mine Road). We drove through Maybrook on our way from NYC to Oneonta in May 2000 and saw the cemetery on the road. In bad shape but has an Historical Marker.
(Pictures taken)
Decker Cemetery
of Cornelius Decker farm.
Deckers, of Dutch origin, arrived in Orange County from Ulster Co. in latter 1700’s.
Many family members held area farms and land.