Geertje Hendricks

F iii Geertje Hendrickse was born in 1624 in Doesburg Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands. She died in 1686 in Bergen, New Jersey, USA.

marriage

1660 08 May; Dirck Gerritszen van Tricht, in't Graefschap van Buuren; Geertje Hendricks, wid Andries Hoppe

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Geertje HENDRICKS. Born after 1610 in Arnhem in Gelderland, the Netherlands. Geertje died after 1686 likely in Hackensack, Colonial Bergen County, New Jersey. Married 1) about 1650 or before she married Andries Willemszen Hoppe (Hoppen)

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From http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/Dutch-Colonies/1999-1...

1)From Minutes of the Orphanmaster of New Amsterdam we know that Geertje Hendricks (who married first Andreis Hoppe (Hoppen) and second Dirck Gerritsen Van Dien) was the sister of Belitje Hendricks, first wife of Cornelis Aarszen (Van Schaick). November 7, 1660 - Cornelius Aarzen is asked, what shall be done to collect from his wifes sister the money, due the estate of Jacob Coppe and whether execution shall be ordered. He asks for delay until the next session, so he may speak with Jan Van der Bilt. (MO of NA Vol. I:pp.157-158) [Note: Cornelis Aarszens wife, Belitje Hendricks, was therefore the sister of Geertje Hendricks, as prior records show it was Geertje who owed money to Jacob Coppe's estate.]
2) George Olin Zabriskie stated, According to Dr. Simon Hart, Archivist of the City of Amsterdam, and an eminent authority on the records of New Netherlands recently furnished the following information concerning Cornelis Arentsen and Beletje Hendricks. They entered the employ of the Van Rensselaers, for service in Rennselaerwijk in New Netherlands, in June 1640. They declared intention in Amsterdam to marry, and were married 1 Jul 1640 at Sloterdijk, near Amsterdam. In the marriage intention [banns] they gave their birthplaces as Woerden (in South Holland) for Cornelis an as Arnhem (capital of Gelderland) for Beletje. In their employment papers they gave their places of residence as Houten (in Utrecht) for Cornelis and Arnhem again for Beletje.(GMNJ 41:.2-3) Cornelius and Belitje (Beeltitie) immigrated to New Amsterdam prior to 7 Jul 1641, when their dau. Hendrickje was baptized there.(NY RDCh Bap. I. p. 12)
3) Since Geertje Hendricks was Beletje's sister she too probably came from Arnhem in Gelderland.
4) On 8 May 1660, banns had been recorded for the marriage of "Dirck Gerritszen Van Tricht, in't Graefschap Van Buuren, en Geertje Hendricks, Wede Van Andries Hoppe" [Dirck Gerritszen, born at Tricht, in the County of Buuren and Geertje Hendricks, widow of Andries Hoppe] in the NY RDCh.
He was Dirck Gerritszen Van Dien, farmer from Tricht who had arrived in New Amsterdam, two months before, on 4 Mar of 1660, on the ship "De Liefde [The Love]" (Yearbook of the Holland Society of New York 1902 p.12 "Passengers to New Netherlands 1654-1664"). They apparently married soon, for on 10 Jan 1661(N.S.), Gerrit Van Dien, the only known child of Dirk and Geertje, was baptized at the NY RDCh. in New Amsterdam.

Notes for GEERTJE HENDRICKS

Geertje Hendricks was the daughter of Aert Hendricks (?).She was the widow of Andries Willemsen Hoppe(n) of The Netherlands.They came to New Amsterdam, NY before 1651 when one of their daughters ( Tryntje Andriesdr Hoppe ) was baptized 10 Sept 1651 in New Amsterdam, NY. Andries has been granted the right of "small burgher" of New Amsterdam in 1653 or 1656, which meant he was a citizen entitled to certain privileges, such as the right to trade, operate a business or practice a profession. The Court Minutes of New Amsterdam and the Minutes of the Orphanmasters reveal he was a merchant, trader and freighter. Mention was made of trips to the North [north on the Hudson River to Fort Orange].

Andries died in 1658, sometime after 25 March 1658, when he appeared in court and before 18 Dec 1658 when Geertje Hendricks Hoppe appeared before the Orphans Court as a widow. After is death in 1658 the "yacht" he held in partnership with Jacob Coppe was sold.Jacob, Andries, and after Andries' death, Geertje Hendricks Hoppe(r) often traded in beavers, and zeewan [Indian wampum], as well as in florins and guilders (the Dutch coins). Records indicated they sold or traded a variety of goods, including tobacco, pottery, boards, deerskin, elk hides, linnen (sic), brandy, stones and grindstones (the latter two had probably been used a ballast on ships).From mortgage records we know he had a house on the "Heer Weech" (Long Highway now known as Broadway) north of Beaver Street and owned a lot in the warehouse area on the north side of Bridge Street between Broadway and Whitehall, near the East River(see Plan of New Amsterdam, p. xviii-xix).Shortly before his death he contracted to buy a large tract of land known as Broncks Land (later known as Morissania). After a complicated and long legal battle the property was finally purchased by Andries' widow, but it was sold again the next day and acquired by Capt. Richard Morris, for whom it was named.

From the baptismal records of his sons Hendrick and Matthys, Andries was married to Geertje Hendricks. Court records show that Geertje was the sister of Beletje Hendricks, wife of Cornelius Aertsen (whose descendants later used the name Van Schaick). Geertje Hendricks Hoppe(r) was probably the mother of Andries' four children who were baptized in New Amsterdam, though there is a slight possibility she was not the mother of the eldest child.No mother's name was given at the baptism of Andries' first two children.The Orphan master records state, "Geertje Hendricks, coming again with the guardians, is ordered to agree with them and promises to do so.The guardians are reminded, that (ital) the oldest child must remain with the mother (ital)."This may indicate that Tryntje (Catrina), the first child baptized, was a step-daughter and the courts wanted assurance that she would remain with Geertje.However, the records of the Orphan masters also stated "[Geertje] would give to (ital) her children (ital), Catrina, Wilhelmus, Hendrick, Matthys and Adollf Hoppe, as their share of their father's estate the sum of 1,000 fl. or 200 fl. to each child at once and not more."However, Matthys Adolphus, baptized as Mattheus Abbertus, was know in adulthood as Matthys Adolphus Hoppe(n) and was therefor one child and not two.It is possible Andries and/or Geertje had an older child, not baptized in New Amsterdam.Perhaps the reference to "the oldest child" was referring to Hendircktje Aerts, with whom the Hoppe's had a close relationship.She may have been a step-child (possibly Geertje's daughter from an earlier Marriage) or an adopted daughter, as she seemed to fill the role of the eldest sister at family baptisms.

Children of Geertje and Andries Hoppe(r):

1. Tryntje (Catharina/Catrina) bap. 10 Sep 1651 (father:Andries Willemszen Soppe (sic), mother: not listed), wit. Jan Van de Bildt, Wyntie Elberts, Arentje Gerrits (p. 30); Tryntje m. Fredrick Thomasen (Cadmus).[Note:as stated in text their is a slight possibility that Geertje Hendricks was not Tryntje's mother.]
2. Willem (Wilhelmus) bap. 29 Mar 1654 (father:Andries Hoppe, mother:not listed, wit: Joris Stephenszen, Stoffel Andrieszen, Cornelis Arentszen, Beelitie Hendricks) Ip. 37); Willem m. Meynou Paulus Jurckse.[Later on Maynou m. Abraham Devoe (Vouw) and moved with her two Hopper daughters to Tarrytown.]
3. Hendrick bap. 9 Jan 1656 at NY RDCh. (parents:Andries Hoppe and Geertje Hendricks, wit:Cornelis Aertszen, Belitje Hendricks) (p. 41); m. Marritje Jans Van Blarcom.
4. Matthys Adolphus bap. 3 Mar 1658.Name transcribed as "Mattheus (ital) Abbertus" (parentws:Andries Hoppe and Geertje Hendricks, wit:Lambert Huybertszen Mol, Arie Corneliszen, Christina Harmens, Engeltje Wouters) (p. 48); m. Anna (Antje) Paulus Jurckse.

In 1660 in the NY Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam, NY banns were read that "Dirck Gerritszen (ital) Van Tricht, in't Graefschap Van Buuren, en (ital) Geertje Hendricks, (ital) Wede Van (ital) Andries Hoppe," [Dirck Gerritszen, born at Tricht, in the County of Burren (Holland), and Geertje Hendricks, widow of Andries Hoppe], announced their intention to marry.They must have married soon after the banns were read, for in Jan 1661 their only son Gerrit was baptized.Geertje Hendricks married Dirck (Derrick) Gerritszen(Van Dyne) vanDien on May 8, 1660 in New Amsterdam, New York, USA.They settled in Westchester, NY, USA before 1666.

My question is are/were Arnhem in Gelderland anywhere near Tricht, in the County of Buuren? Could it relate to "DIDAM > a village in the province of Gelderland, about 8 miles wsw of Arnhem. On older maps it is written as 'DIEM'." mentioned by Willem?

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• George Olin Zabriskie's article Geertje Hendricks, mother of the Hooper and Van Dien Families; page 264 of Genealogies of New Jersey Families: Families A-Z, pre-American notes on old New Netherland families link
• Wilson V. Ledley's article The Van Dien Family; page 952 of Genealogies of New Jersey Families: Families A-Z, pre-American notes on old New Netherland families link
• Douglas Family Ties
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Dec 1 2016, 5:41:59 UTC