Barent Jacobsen Kool

    Barent Jacobsen, son of Jacob Arentsen Kool and Aeltje Dircks, was baptised on 18 May 1610 at Saint Catherine's Church, called The New Church (De Nieuwe Kerk) in Amsterdam, Netherlands,[1][2][3] the same church where the royal inthronisations and weddings take place.

In later years in New Netherland he used the family name of Kool (also Cool or Coell).[4] He died about 1676 in Kingston (Ulster County), New York.

Barent Jacobsen Kool went to America in the services of the Dutch West-India Company. It is possible that he first went to New Netherland with Peter Minuit in 1625. However, beginning with 1633, he can be traced through civil records, and, beginning with 1640, he can be traced through church and civil records down to 1665. Barent Jacobsen Cool sailed to New Amsterdam, on one of his sailings possibly from Amsterdam as a sailor in late 1632 on the ship Soutberg, which arrived in April 1633 with 140 soldiers. On June 8, 1633, he and six others signed a treaty with the Sickename Indians for purchasing land on the Connecticut River. Barent's group also built a trading house called "The House of Good Hope" and fortified it with several cannons. This was done to halt English exploration of the land. From 1638 to 1644 he was skipper of the yacht Amsterdam. On 13 Apr 1654 Barent was sworn as a wine and beer carrier. On 5 May 1654 he was appointed one of the two excisemen whose offical duty was to guard the wine and beer trade against fraude.[5] At that time he was recorded as officer/yacht master with Dutch West India Company under Governor Minuit. 5 May 1654[6]

Barent was enrolled as a burgher of New Amsterdam on the first list made on 14 April 1657 and took an oath to the States-General of the United Netherlands, to the Dutch West India Company, and to its Director-General.

Barrent Jacobzen Kool was among the men who in 1664 "took the oath to the King 21-26 Oct 1664 after the conquest of New Netherland."[7] On 17 July 1665 he was called Elder of the Beer Porters to whom all shall be bound to show obedience.

Barent and Marretje were both sponsors (godparents) at a baptism in New Amsterdam on 4 Nov 1668, the last record there is of Marretje. The last record for Barent is his being listed as sponsor in Nieuw-Amsterdam on 21 Oct 1671 at the baptism of his grandson Johannes Willems van Vreedenberg.

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Note: Capt. Barent J. Kool came to New Netherland colony prior to 1632,probably aboard the ship "Den Dolphin". He was a member of the Old Dutch Church and an employee of the Dutch West India Company. Capt.Barent Kool and 5-6 other Dutch W.India Co. members signed a treaty with the Sachem Tatoepam,Chief of the Sickemanes(Sickename?)Indians on 8 June 1633 for land bordering on the Connecticut River.The tract was called Sicajook,and the site was obtained by the company in exchange for 27 ells of cloth,6 axes,6 kettles,18 knives,and miscellaneous items. A trading fort was erected on the tract called "The House of Good Hope". The treaty also provided that the Sachem Altabacuhote was to dwell on the purchased land with the assent of Chief Margaratin of the Sloops Bay Indians. Barent was said to have been christened 10 May 1610, at Nieuwe Kerk,Amsterdam. Barent was a Master (Captain) of the yacht "Amsterdam" 1638-45,with which he patrolled the Hudson River to Fort Orange(now Albany,NY) as well as the waterways around New Amsterdam to curtail rampant smuggling. On 5 May 1654 Barent was made Exciseman to help control fraud in the wine and beer trade with two others. It is said that Barent was listed as a "Burgher" of New Amsterdam on 14 April 1657. See also the paper "The Netherlands Ancestry of Paulus Turck: 1500-1660 (with loose notes 1300-15__),and that of his wife,Aeltje Cool 1450-1660", published in NY between 1896-1934, written by the late Louis Piers de Boer,one of the founders of the Huguenot Society of California and it's first president. The paper was written in Dutch,English,and French after extensive traveling and research around Europe. His research along this line may be incorrect according to some researchers,in regards to Barent's father,Jacob,being son of the Adriaen shown in this line.

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Barent Jacobszen Kool was born May 10, 1610 in NiewKirk, Amsterdam, Hoord-Holland, and died 1676 in Kingston, Ulster Co., New York156. He married Marritie Leenderts.

Children of Barent Jacobszen Kool and Marritie Leenderts are:

  1. +Appolonia Barents Kool, d. date unknown.

Source:

156. Data from Steve Cole (scolepdx@netscape.net.

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From Boydhouse.com Barent Jacobsen married Marritje Leenderts De Grauw. Barent was a laborer "in the Weigh-house" and a porter "in the Public Store". He was appointed a Wine and Beer Carrier in New Amsterdam in the Colony of New Netherland on 4 May, 1654. Barent was granted the small burgher right on 14 April 1657. In 1665, he was listed as living on Bridge Street in New Amsterdam.

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76 in Kingston, Ulster, New York.

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Barent Jacobsen Kool was born in Holland about 1610. He died about 1676 in Kingston, Ulster Co., New York. The Kool surname was also sometimes spelled Cool or Cole. The last name is often spelled Kool in the church records. Barent Jacobsen Kool was the son of Jacob Arendsen Kool and Aeltje Dirckse. Jacob Arendsen Kool was born 1580 in Vyfretch, Holland. His son Barent Jacobsen Kool came to America in the services of the West-India Company. He was married in 1637 in Holland to Marretje Leendertse De Graeuw, the daughter of Leendert Arentzen and Leuntie Alberts (Lydecker) De Graeuw. The De Graeuws came to America in 1638 in the ship Dolphin.

It is possible. that Barent Jacobsen Cool came over with Peter Minuit in 1625. But, beginning with 1633, we can trace him through civil records, and, beginning with 1640, we can trace him through church and civil records down to 1665. Barent Jacobsen Cool sailed to New Amsterdam, on one of his sailings possibly from Amsterdam as a sailor in late 1632 on the ship Soutberg, which arrived in April 1633 with 140 soldiers. At that time, New Amsterdam, now New York City, had a population of only 400 to 500 people. On June 8, 1633, he and six others signed a treaty with the Sickename Indians for purchasing land on the Connecticut River. Barent's group also built a trading house called "The House of Good Hope" and fortified it with several cannons. This was done. to halt English exploration of the land.

Barent Jacobse Cool was among the very early Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam, although the precise date of his coming to America is not known. In 1633 he was already a person of some consideration in the colony. About 1637 Barent Jacobse Cool married Marrietje de Grauw, daughter of Leendert de Grauw, a member of one of the Walloon families who were the first settlers of New Amsterdam. The baptism of their nine children all appear on the records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, except that of his eldest son, Jacob Barentsen Cool, who was born in 1639. (from Benson's "Barent Jacobsen Cool Family"). Barent later was Captain of the yacht Amsterdam between 1638 and 1644. He sailed on the Hudson River and was a river pilot for other boats. On April 13, 1654, Barent became a wine and beer carrier for the Dutch West India Company. He watched the company warehouse and was appointed by the New Amsterdam burgomasters as an exciseman. He, along with Joost Goderus, boarded ships in New Amsterdam, searched their contents, and levied duty on the goods they found. On September 21, 1663, Barent was appointed as a public porter and was elected foreman (Elder of the Beer Porters) on July 17, 1665. From - "St. Nicholas Society Genealogical Records, Vol. 2 (1905): --- Officer/yacht master with Dutch West India Company under Governor Minuit. 5 May 1654". Removed to Esopus (Kingston) with marriage of eldest son, Jacob, to Marretje Simons 1 Sep 1689--Took oath of allegiance at Ulster (Kingston) Cole, William. Barent Jacobse Cool was enrolled as a "Burgher" of New Amsterdamon the 14th of April, 1657, and took the usual oath of obedience to the city authorities and of fidelity to the States-General of the United Netherlands, to the Dutch West Indian Company and to its Director-General. He died in 1676 in Kingston, Ulster, New York.

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(Note: Barent Jacobsen Kool's great grandparents were Jacob Adriense Kool and Petronella DeWitt. Their son, Barent Jacobsen Kool's grandfather, Adrein Jacobsen Kool born 1556, married Margaretta Rosendal. Child of Adrein Jacobsen Kool and Margaretta Rosendal was Jacob Arendsen Kool born abt. 1580 who married Marretje Leendertse De Graeuw, parents of Barent Jacobsen Kool. The DeWitt and Cool family histories includes the family Roosevelts. It is also interesting to note that my Kool Ancestors descend from Adriaen Jacobz Kool and Margaretha Van Rosendaal (a Jewish Dutch name) Adriaen's parents were Jacob Adriansz Kool and Petronella Pietersn De Witt. She was born in 1534. They all lived in Dordrecht, Holland. Johannes Juriaen Westfall's wife Marretje Kool's father was Jacob Barentsen Kool and her grandfather was Barent Jacobsen Kool father of Jacob. Johannes Cool (Kool) father was Leendert Barent Kool. Johannes grandfather was Barent Jacobsen Kool. Marritje Kool and Johannes Kool were cousins. Johannes Kool married Neeltje Roosa. Neeltje's parents were Anna Margariet Roosevelt. Heyman Alderson Roosa, Anna Margariet Roosevelt's brother was Nicholas Roosevelt. He was a goldsmith by trade. Their father was Claus Martenszen Van Rosenvelt. Both FDR and his wife Eleanor descend from Nicholas Roosevelt. FDR descends from Nicholas' son Jacobus and Eleanor descends from Nicholas' son Johannes. The Roosevelts, Roosa's and Kortwrights were Spanish Jews. They fled the Spanish Inquisition and their names got changed. Roosa is Dutch for Rosa. There is another Roosevelt family in Holland, but they are a different family. The above Roosevelts descend from the Spanish Rossacampos family who settled in North Holland. Their name got changed to Rosenvelt and then to Roosevelt.The Roosa's were from Rosas, Gerona and Catalonia, Spain. Roosa is Dutch for Rosa. They fled to Flanders, then Gerlderland, Holland. This area and Amsterdam near Haarlem were Sephardic Marrano enclaves. Anna Margariet Roosevelt was born in 1643 Gelderland, Holland. The Kortwrights and other similar name spellings were from Navarro, Spain. They fled to Flanders, then to Gelderland, Holland. The name Arie is also a common Jewish line (from the Hebrew for"lion", symbolic of the tribe of Judah) Johannes Kool and Neeltje Roosa's daughter Elizabeth married Arie Kortwright.} From Westfall55.com Westfall Family Genealogy

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GEDCOM Note

Barent Jacobse Cool was among the very early Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam, although the precise date of his coming to America is not known. In 1633 he was already a person of some consideration in the colony, and on the 8th day of June of that year he, with Com missary Jacob Van Curler and five others, signed a treaty with the Sachem Tatoepam, Chief of the Sickemanes Indians, owners of the river of New Netherland, called “ Connetticuck," by which, in consider ation of their receiving twenty-seven ells of cloth, six axes, six kettles, eighteen knives, and various other articles, the aforesaid Indians sold a tract of land called “ Sicajook," being the flat extending about one league along the river and one-third of a league in width to the high land, on condition that all tribes might freely and in safety resort to the purchased land for trade purposes. The treaty also provided that the Sachem Altabacuhote was to dwell on the purchased land with the assent of Chief Margaratin of the Sloops Bay Indians. About 1637 Jacobse Cool married Marietje de Grauw, daughter of Leendert de Grauw, a member of one of the Walloon families who were the first settlers of New Amsterdam. The baptism of their nine children all appear on the records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, except that of his eldest son, Jacob Barentse Cool, who was born in 1638. Barent Jacobse Cool was enrolled as a “ Bur gher " of New Amsterdam on the 14th of April, 1657, and took the usual oath of obedience to the city authorities and of fidelity to the States General of the United Netherlands, to the Dutch West India Company and to its Director-General. In October, 1664, after the surrender of New Amsterdam to the English, he took the oath of allegiance to the King of England. He was living on the 21st October, 1671, when he acted as sponsor at the baptism of his grandson, Johannes Willems Van Vreedenberg. The exact date of his death and that of his wife is not known, but the latter was still living in 1668.