Children
With no confirmed baptism records or other indications of birth years, known children are listed below in the order in which they married.
It is possible that some of this couple’s children were born and baptized in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands; an Andries Lucaszen and Jannetje (or Annetje) Jans baptize several children, some with the same names (Jan and Barbara) as the children listed below, in the Old and New Churches (Reformed) in Amsterdam, 1633-1641, and there is an indication that the Andries from Amsterdam traveled at least to the West Indies. See notes below.
Andries, the father of these children in New Netherland and New York, is often missing from records; at least one of his sons is a sailor; it makes sense that Andries might be a seaman of some stripe as well. Old lore said he was the same Andries Lucassen who translated for Minuit in 1638 at the establishment of New Sweden on the Delaware; nothing here contradicts that possibility.
On the other hand, the children listed below (born maybe 1629-1638) below gravitate toward Lutherans (mostly Germans from areas with Frisian influence) in their marriage choices. Lucas Andriessen in 1664 signs a petition as a Lutheran, requesting freedom of worship from newly installed Governor Richard Nicolls and asking for permission for the Lutheran congregation in the colony to hire a minister. Geertruy Andriessen marries Jan Thomase from Wittbeck (near Husum in Schleswig); Marritje marries Jan Janssen van Breestede (in the same area). Barbara Andriessen marries Tjerck Claessen [de Wit], from Esens in Ostfriesland, also a Lutheran. With a Lutheran church available in Amsterdam from 1633 forward (and an active Lutheran congregation there even before that), it seems odd, if Andries Lucaszen’s children are all Lutherans, that he would have chosen Reformed churches for their baptisms.
Without knowing more, we should not discount the possibility that Andries Lucassen and Jannetje Sebyns here are the same people as we find listed in Amsterdam Reformed records, nor should we consider it confirmed.
Marritje Andriessen: Married 1647, says she is from New Amsterdam
Geertruy Andriessen: Married 1648, says she was born in New York
Lucas Andriessen: Married 1655, says he is from New Amsterdam
Barbara Andriessen: Married 1656, says she is from Amsterdam
Jan Andriessen: still examining records. New Amsterdam marriage records mostly complete from 1639; earliest Jan Andriessen marriage recorded is 1692. There is a Jan Andriessen married to Grietje Jans [Dorn?], who baptizes children in New Amsterdam 1671-1682 (see Manhattan Baptisms, pp. 102, 111, 123, 142, 156, possibly 164 with a different wife), but he appears to be unrelated; none of the above family members appear as sponsors at any of his children’s baptisms, as they do with each other’s. This Jan does sometimes appear as sponsor at baptisms for his siblings’ children, in New Amsterdam (1654) and in Wildwyck (1666, 1668), but he may live abroad and have a family elsewhere (perhaps he is a sailor too), or he may live in the Fort Orange area, where records have been lost.
Possible Amsterdam baptisms from (possibly) the same family, all in Reformed faith; see more complete discussion below:
27 January 1633 Andries Luicasz and Jannetjen Jans baptize Annetjen in the Oude Kerk
7 January 1635 Andries Luijcasz and “Annetje Jans” (which may be a flub for “Jannetje”) baptize Jan in the Nieuwe Kerk
10 September 1637 Andris Luicasz and Jannetjen Jans baptize Pieter in the Oude Kerk. Note with record (partly obscured by ink blot) suggests that Andris is in West Indies or going there.
8 September 1641 Andries Luijcasz and Jannetje Jans baptize Berber [Barbara] in the Nieuwe Kerk
1 November 1647, New Amsterdam: banns posted for Jan Janszen, j.m. Van Breestede, and Marritje Lúcas, j.d. Van N. Amsterd. (Manhattan Marriages, p. 14)
19 July 1648, New Amsterdam: Jan Janszen Van Breestede (husband of Marritje Andriessen) baptizes Jannetje (named for her mother, Jannetje Sebÿns); witnesses are Andries Lucaszen (her father), Engeltie Jans Van Breestede (Jan’s sister), Elsje Ariaens (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 24).
25 December 1650, New Amsterdam: Jan Janszen Van Breestede (husband of Marritje Andriessen) baptizes Wouter; sponsors are Adriaen Peterszen, Lucas Andrieszen (her brother), Trÿntie Jans (could be Marritje’s mother’s sister? or Jan’s sister?)(Manhattan Baptisms, p. 28)
29 November 1654, New Amsterdam (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 38): Jan Janszen Breestede (husband of Marritje Andriessen) baptizes Engel; sponsors are Volckert Janszen, Jan Andrieszen (her brother), Engeltje Jans (namesake, possibly a Breestede, or Marritje’s mother’s sister?)
15 June 1656 (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 42): Jan Janszen Van Breestede and Marritje Andries baptize Pieter; witnesses Olof Stephenszen van Courtlt., Aechte Laurens (Aefje Laurens is the wife of Marritje’s brother Lucas Andriessen)
27 March 1661 (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 60): Jan Janszen V. Breestede and Marritje Andries baptize Simon
14 May 1663, New Amsterdam (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 69): Jan Janszen Van Breedstee and Marritie Andries baptize Geertruÿd
17 May 1665, Wildwyck: Marretje Andriessen, Jan Jansen van Breestee, Volchert Jansen, Rut Jacobsen, Sytje Ariaensen witness baptism of Hendrick and Volckert (apparently twins), sons of Hendrick Jochemsen and Elsje Jans (could this be a sister of Jan Jansen van Breestede?)
16 September 1665 Lucas Andrieszen and Aefje Laurens baptize Tietje (named for his father’s sister-in-law killed in June 1663 Esopus attack on Wildwyck?); witness is his sister Marritie Andries (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 80).
21 February 1666 (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 82): Johan Van Breester and Marritie Andries baptize Trÿntie
18 April 1668 (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 90): Jan Van Breedstede, Marritie Andries baptize Maria
15 October 1668, Wildwyck: Jan Anderiesen, Luyckas Anderies, Martie Anderiesen witness baptism of Geertruy, daughter of Tierck Claesen de Wit, Barber Anderiesen
9 June 1669, New York: Lucas Andrieszen and Aechtie Laurens baptize Laúrens (named for her father, presumably Skipper Laurens Corneliszen; he is not here for the baptism, so he may be deceased); witnesses Jan Joosten (his business partner), Marritie Andries (his sister) (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 95)
4 October 1670, New York: Lúcas Andrieszen and Aefje Laúrens baptize Hillegond (this daughter must have died in infancy; see notes on Lucas’s page); witnesses: Jan Joosten (his business partner), Marritie Andries (his sister) (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 99).
She may be named for her mother’s sister; note that a Geertruy Jans sponsors baptisms of (for example) Marritje Andriessen’s firstborn, Jannetje.
We find Geertruyd frequently in records of both Fort Orange and Wiltwyck/Kingston, also across the Hudson River from Fort Orange on Papscanee Kil. Records of marriages with conflicting dates, along with varying indications of when she died, suggest there was likely more than one Geertruyd Andriessen in this part of the colony, possibly with one, married three times, living in the Esopus (Wildwyck [Kingston] and Nieuw Dorp [Hurley]) and the other, sister to Barbara, Lucas, et al., married in 1658 and then living at Papscanee, across the river from Fort Orange, until at least 1695, coming to Wildwyck for baptisms and other events.
Geertruy’s sister Barbara lives in Wildwyck, and is raising a family there. Geertruy appears to live partly in Fort Orange or Beverwyck (today Albany), and partly across the Hudson from Albany, in Papscanee (the name of both a creek and an island on the Hudson), with her husband Jan Thomase, from Witbeck, which is in Schleswig.
10 June 1648, in Manhattan (New Amsterdam Marriages, p. 15), Jan Thomaszen van Oostenvelt posts banns to marry “Geertúrÿd Andries.” Van Laer (ERA Vol 3, p. 483 footnote) explains that “van Oostenvelt” in this 1648 marriage record “undoubtedly refers to Ostenfeld, a village in the former duchy of Sleswick, a few miles east of Husum, and in the immediate vicinity of Wittbek” (“in spite of the reference to Holsteyn”).
11 Jan 1652, Robbert Vastrick is “bail for Lucas, the brother in law of Jan Thomasz, and his partner Arijen” (Ship Passenger Lists, p. 79; this is from A[rnold] J[ohan] F[erdinand] van Laer, “Settlers of Rensselaerswyck, 1630-1658,” in Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts, Being the Letters of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 1630-1643, and Other Documents Relating to the Colony of Rensselaerswyck. Albany: University of the State of New York, 1908 (805-846)[Lancour No. 76]). Geertruy Andriessen, sister of Lucas Andriessen, is married to Jan Thomasz. For more on this, see also Rensselaerswyck Court Minutes 1648-1652, p. 180; it had to do with Willem Albertsz, and a fight. Janny Venema mentions Jan Thomasz several times in Beverwyck; she notes (p. 442) that he was a magistrate and deacon there on a fairly steady basis from 1653-1663. Acknowledging his land ownership in Papscanee, she discusses (pp. 250-254) his relationship with Volckert Jansen Douw and their partnership in farming and running a brewery.
17 February 1664: Geertruy Andriessen, “from Fort Orange,” and Luycas Andriessen, residing at the Manathans, and Jan Claessen, and Tryntje Tyssen witness baptism of Claes, son of TCDW and Barbara Andriessen.
In October 1664 (Kingston Papers, p. 163), Tjerck calls Jan Tomassen in Fort Orange his brother-in-law; Jan Tomassen is married to Geertruyd Andriessen.
On October 15, 1668, Geertruy’s sister Barbara has a daughter named Geertruyd, and the baptism is witnessed by her brothers Jan and Luyckas and sister Mar[i]tie. Where is Geertruy? We might think she has perished. But later records show she is still in Papscanee (across from modern Albany), the wife of Jan Thomase, from Witbeck (near Husum, in Schleswig). Odd.
In 1679 (ERA Vol 3 pp. 483-485), Geertruyt Andries and husband Jan Thomaesz write a joint will, in Paepsackane, “about an hour’s journey from New Albany”; it is witnessed by her brother Jan and Volckart Douw, a fellow Lutheran. The will describes Geertruyt as “born at New York.” There are at least two Jan Thomassens in Van Laer’s Early Records of Albany; see various mentions of Jan Thomassen Witbeck and Johannes Thomassen Mingael; Geertruy Andries is wife of the Jan Thomassen from Witbeeck, near Husum, who is connected to Lutheran Volckert Janssen Douw, from Frederickstadt (“or Stapelholm”) nearby; see ERA Vol. III, p. 483.
On 5 August 1695, “Van Rensselaer gave a deed to Gertruy Andries, widow of Jan Thomas Witbeck,” at the center of Papscanee Island (Dunn article in Halve Maen, p. 67, footnote refers to VRBM, 384, 826; Victor Hugo Paltsis, ed. Inventory of the Rensselaerswyck Manuscripts [New York, 1856], 19). Gertruy Andries is still alive.
1630 [?] - September 6, 1714
Amsterdam [?]
m. Tjerck Claessen DeWitt 24 April 1656
first child, Andries, has no baptism record, but probably born ca. 1657, likely in Beverwijck
continues having children (12) through 14 January 1684 (Aagie, baptized in Kingston, NY)
Andries Lucassen is not present for any baptisms on record
Jannetje Sebÿns is present for baptism of daughter in Kingston in 1662 (Jannetje)
xx August 1663: Barber Andries, with Jacob Jansen, witnesses baptism of Grietjen, daughter of Aart Pieterson Tack and Grietjen Vooght
21 July 1674: Barbara Claesen, Aerdt Martensen, and Willem Jacobsen witness baptism of Fransina, daughter of Walleran du [Mond] and Grietie [surname not given]. This could be a different person; another set of Claesens seems to have moved into town around this time or shortly thereafter.
11 May 1679: Barber Andriesse and Joris Davidts witness baptism of Lea, daughter of Tiatie De Wit and Matys Matysse (Barbara’s second granddaughter)
20 July 1679: Barbar Andries and Jochem Hendrixs witness baptism of Focke, son of Jan Focke and Engeltie Brestee. (Barbara’s sister Maritie is married to Jan Janssen van Breestede; probably that is the family connection to Engeltie.)
19 October 1684: Claas Claasz Sluyter and Cornelia Willems baptize Noclaes; witnesses: Niclaas Antoni, Thomas Quick, Barber Andries
If Barbara is born 1641, that makes her 15 (really 14) when she marries Tjerck in April 1656. That would be legal; she was of age under current rules. (See New Amsterdam Marriages, p. vii, where Purple cites “the eminent Dutch historian, Van Leuwen, ‘that the persons who may contract a marriage must be young men above the age of fourteen years, and young women above the age of twelve.’”) But it’s pretty unusual in these records. More typical would be to marry in early 20s. If her father had recently died, perhaps the family was under stress. More research is needed.
Barbara says, when she marries, that she is from Amsterdam. Sometimes “Amsterdam” is used to refer to New Amsterdam. (See, just for one example, 21 July 1663 record of a debt in ERA I, p. 328: “Jeronimus Ebbinck, merchant of Amsterdam in New Netherland” and “Antony DeMilt, also dwelling at Amsterdam in New Netherland.” It is also sometimes called New Amsterdam.) She could have been born somewhere else, but people seemed to be careful about stating where they were from for these records, so the most obvious place to start is to take her words at face value. Worth noting: In Van Laer’s Early Records of Albany, Vol. III, p. 483, on 21 October 1679 Geertruyt Andries is described as “born at New York” in her joint will with Jan Thomassen Witbeeck.
25 Dec 1650, New Amsterdam: Lucas Andrieszen (with Adriaen Pieterszen, Trÿntie Jans) sponsors baptism of Wouter, second child of his sister Marritje Andries (only the father is listed: Jan Janszen Van Breestede); she and her husband, Jan Janszen van Breestede, sponsor several of Lucas’s kids (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 28).
20 November 1655, New Amsterdam: banns posted for Lúcas Andrieszen, Van N. Amsterdam, en Aefje Laurens Van Amsterdam (Manhattan Marriages, p. 20).
30 August 1656, New Amsterdam: Lucas Andrieszen and Aefje Laurens baptize Lÿsbeth, with sponsors Schipper Laurens en sÿn huis vr. (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 43). Seems a good bet that her mother, wife of Schipper Laurens [Corneliszen], is named Lÿsbeth.
17 October 1657, New Amsterdam: Lucas Andrieszen and Aefje Laurens baptize Jannetje (named for his mother), witnesses Laurens Corneliszen (her father?) and Jannetje Sebÿns (the baby girl’s grandmother and namesake) (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 47)
14 July 1660, New Amsterdam: Lúcas Andrieszen and Aefje Laúrens baptize Geertrúÿd (named for his sister), witnesses Jan Janszen Van Breestede (his brother-in-law), Trÿntie Jans (see also 12 October 1667, below)(Manhattan Baptisms, p. 57). See 13 September 1676 below, when they baptize a second daughter of the same name; this daughter must have died in her mid teens.
1 November 1662, New Amsterdam: Lucas Andrieszen and Aefje Laurens baptize Andries (named for his father, who may have died by now if he is not there to sponsor the baptism; sponsors are Jan Joosten [business partner of Lucas] and “Wyntie”) (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 67; see below, 12 October 1667, when they baptize another son Andries; this infant must have died young).
17 October 1663, New Amsterdam: Lucase Andrieszen (with Marritie Cornelis [possibly sister of her father, Schipper Laurens Corneliszen, but maybe not at all] and Annetie Joosten) sponsors baptism of Annetie, daughter of Jan Joosten (his business partner) and Trÿntie Jans (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 71).
7 November 1663, New Amsterdam: Lucas Adrieszen and Aefje Laurens baptize Hillegond (named for ???; see 4 October 1670, below, when they baptize their second Hillegond; this daughter must have died young); witnesses are Claes Thÿszen and “Jannetje” (possibly his mother, Jannetje Sebÿns) (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 71).
17 February 1664, Wildwyck: Geertruy Andriessen, from Fort Orange, and Luycas Andriessen, residing at the Manathans, and Jan Claessen, and Tryntje Tyssen witness baptism of Claes, son of TCDW and Barbara Andriessen.
15 July 1665 Lucas Andries (and Jacobus Van Luchtenburg, Marritie Cornelis, Annetje Joosten) sponsor baptism of Annetje, daughter of Jan Joosten and Trÿntje Jans (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 79). Is Trÿntje Jans one of his mother’s sisters?
16 September 1665 Lucas Andrieszen and Aefje Laurens baptize Tietje (named for his father’s sister-in-law killed in June 1663 Esopus attack on Wildwyck?); witness is his sister Marritie Andries (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 80).
12 October 1667, New York: Lucas Andrieszen and Aefje Laurens baptize Andries; witnesses are Jan Janszen Breedstede (his brother-in-law) and Trÿn Jans (see also 14 July 1660, above)(Manhattan Baptisms, p. 88; see above, 1 November 1662, when they baptized their first Andries).
15 October 1668, Kingston: Jan Anderiesen, Luyckas Anderies, Martie Anderiesen witness baptism of Geertruy, daughter of Tierck Claesen de Wit, Barber Anderiesen
9 June 1669, New York: Lucas Andrieszen and Aechtie Laurens baptize Laúrens (named for her father, presumably Skipper Laurens Corneliszen; he is not here for the baptism, so he may be deceased); witnesses Jan Joosten (his business partner), Marritie Andries (his sister) (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 95)
25 May 1670 Lúca Andrieszen (with Mr. Evert Pietersen Keteltas and Hillegond Joris) sponsors baptism of Johanna, daughter of Johannes deWit, Jannetje Gerrits (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 98)
4 October 1670, New York: Lúcas Andrieszen and Aefje Laúrens baptize Hillegond (named for ???; see 7 November 1663, above, when they baptized their first Hillegond, and 1 October 1671, below, their third try; this daughter must have died in infancy); witnesses: Jan Joosten (his business partner), Marritie Andries (his sister) (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 99).
1 October 1671, New York: Lúcas Andrieszen and Aefje Laúrens baptize Hillegond (see 4 October 1670, above); witnesses Jan Joosten (his business partner), Jannetje de Wit (possibly his niece, via his sister Barbara Andries, m. Tjerck Claessen DeWitt; there is also an unrelated Pieternella DeWitt in the colony, who is related to a Jannetje de Wit; see baptism 20 September 1676, p. 124)(Manhattan Baptisms, p. 103).
23 July 1673, New York: Lucas Andrieszen and Aefje Laúrens baptize Trÿntie; witnesses are Lÿsbeth Lucas (likely their eldest child, born August 1656, so now old enough to be confirmed) and Jan Stephenszen (her intended; they post banns 10 September 1673, N.S., in New Amsterdam; see p. 37, Manhattan Marriages. This means she has just turned 16 when she is engaged; she has her first child, 10 March 1675 below, at 18 years of age). (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 110). Trÿntje Jans is wife of his business partner Jan Joosten and was godmother to several of Lucas and Aefje’s children, and she and Lucas together were godparents to other kids, even before she married Jan Joosten; she may be family some way or other (see also 13 September 1676, below; she is still around).
10 February 1675, New York: Lúcas Andrieszen and Aefje Laúrens baptize Aefje; witnesses Jan Stephenszen, Lÿsbeth Lúcas (see 23 July 1673 above) (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 117).
10 March 1675, New York: Lúcas Andrieszen and Aefje Laúrens sponsor baptism of Lÿsbeth, daughter of (their daughter) Lÿsbeth Lúcas and Jan Stephenszen (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 118).
26 April 1676, New York: Aefje Laúrens (typo: Befje), húÿsvr. Van Lúcas Andrieszen, by herself sponsors baptism of Jacob, son of Fredrick de draÿer and Grietie Pieters (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 123).
13 September 1676, New York: Lúcas Andrieszen and Aefje Laúrens baptize Geertrúÿd (named for his sister; see 14 July 1660 above when they baptize another daughter of the same name, who must have died); witnesses are Balthús Baÿard (possibly related to Nicholas Bayard, Mayor of New York City 1685-86, nephew of Peter Stuyvesant? This could be Nicholas’s brother Balthazar?) and Trÿn Jans (wife of his business partner; see numerous instances above) (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 124).
19 February 1679, New York: Lúcas Andrieszen and Aefje Laúrens sponsor baptism of Marritie, daughter of their daughter Lÿsbeth Lucas and Jan Stephenszen (named for Lucas’s sister, as well as other family members).
15 October 1679, New York: Lúcas Andrieszen and Aefje Laúrens baptize Lúcas; witnesses Hendrick Janzen Van der Vin, er Sÿn húÿsvrouw (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 138; see next entry, 23 December 1682, when they name another son Lucas; this baby must have died in infancy).
21 February 1680, New York: Lúcas Andrieszen and Aefje Laúrens sponsor the baptism of Lúcas, son of their daughter Jannetie Lúcas and her fella Jacob Van Sauen (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 141).
23 December 1682, New York: Lúcas Andrieszen and Aefje Laurens baptize Lúcas (see 15 October 1679, their previous baby, also named Lucas); witnesses are Balthús Baÿard, Jannetie Lúcas (their daughter)
6 April 1683, Kingston: Lucas Andriez, Jannetie Breestee witness baptism of Grietie, daughter of Jan Focke, Engeltie Breestee
14 January 1684, Kingston: with Jannetie de Wit, Cornelis Switz, witnesses baptism of Aefje de Wit, daughter of TCDW and Barbara Andries
12 February 1701 Lúÿkas Anderiessen (and Hillegont Lúÿkas s. súster) sponsor baptism of Aefje, daughter of Jasper Hoed and Trÿntie Lúÿkas (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 273; Tryntje Lucasz is his daughter, and her daughter Aefje is named for Lucas’s longtime wife)
11 Jan 1652, Robbert Vastrick is “bail for Lucas, the brother in law of Jan Thomasz, and his partner Arijen” (Ship Passenger Lists, p. 79; this is from A[rnold] J[ohan] F[erdinand] van Laer, “Settlers of Rensselaerswyck, 1630-1658,” in Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts, Being the Letters of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 1630-1643, and Other Documents Relating to the Colony of Rensselaerswyck. Albany: University of the State of New York, 1908 (805-846)[Lancour No. 76]). Geertruy Andriessen is married to Jan Thomasz; in 1679 they write a joint will at their farm in Papscanee (across the Hudson from Albany), where it is witnessed by (among others) Jan Andriessen, brother of Lucas and Geertruyd. For more on the 11 Jan 1652 court appearance, see Rensselaerswyck Court Minutes 1648-1652, p. 180; it had to do with [Captain] Willem Albertsz [Blaeuvelt] and a fight; see pp. 178-181, and 202. Lucas and Aryen, “the servant of Cornelis Vos,” on the Captain’s yacht “have beaten said Willem over the head till he bled, knocking off some pieces of skin. . . . Willem Albertsz says that he was beaten by Lucas first, before he took the sword from its place.” The court sides with Willem.
We find him noted in Van Laer’s Early Records of Albany Vol. I, p. 244, in the records of Jannes Dyckman, as having carried 1,500 beavers (pelts) from Fort Orange to Manhattan on 2 July 1657, 3,000 more on 18 July, 250 more on 6 August.
On 9 November 1661 (ERA Vol. 3, pp. 136-137), Lucas Andriessen and Jan Joosten buy the sloop Eendracht from Jacob Jansen Flodder, in Beverwyck, for 2800 guilders. This is the same Jacob Jansz Flodder whose lot was taken over by Lucas’s brother-in-law Tjerck Claessen DeWitt on 18 April 1656 (FOCM, p. 232). There are likely multiple ships named Eendracht (which can be translated as “Concord” or “Unity”) over the years. In 1664 (Ship Passenger Lists, p. 134) we find a vessel by that name sailing under Captain Jan Bergen, crossing the Atlantic from the Netherlands. But in 1630 (Ship Passenger Lists, p. 45), 1631 (p. 46), and 1634 (p. 48, 91) we find records of probably a different ship by the same name, plying the same route.
Van Laer in ERA Vol. 3, p. 96, says in a footnote: “The name of Jan Joosten appears frequently in the Records of New Amsterdam in connection with a yacht called The Flower of Gelder, which he and his partner Lucas Andriessen sold in or before 1663 to Thomas Jansen Mingael.” See Ship Passenger Lists, p. 80, where de Gelderse Blom carries Jeremias van Rensselaer from Holland on 4 August 1654; on the same voyage (p. 117) we find Jacob Stevensen Kuyper and wife. Curiously, with regard to Jan Joosten: in the same ship that carries Tjerck Claessen DeWitt's two sisters and a brother back from Europe in 1662 (The Fox), we find (Ship Passenger Lists, p. 130) Jan Joosten [van Meteren], from the Tielderweert [in Gelderland], wife and five children, 15, 12, 9, 6, and 2 1/2 years old. Is this the same Jan Joosten who is the partner of Lucas Andriessen, a brother-in-law of Tjerck Claessen? If it is Jan Joosten, partner in a shipping venture, it must seem odd to be paying for passage on a vessel with someone else in charge. (Note too that another passenger on the same voyage is Hendrick Albertsen, farm-hand, listed in the same clump of names with Tjerck’s relatives; he may be a brother of Jan Albertsen van Steenwyck, Tjerck’s brother-in-law.)
We find Lucas mentioned in records of Second Esopus War when he helps take troops or supplies back from Wiltwyck to Manhattan, leaving promptly because of weather or tide [I forget: look up source again. Kregier’s journal, I’m pretty sure].
Lucas on 15 December 1664, together with Martin Hoffman and many others, signs a petition to newly installed Governor Richard Nicolls, right after the British take over the colony, asking for permission to hire a Lutheran pastor [see entry above].
In ERA I, p. 451, on 24 September 1668, Reynier van der Coele appears in Albany to acknowledge in writing that he owes “Skipper Lucas Andriesse and Jan Jooseter, dwelling at New York,” 341 guilders, “growing out of freight due, and goods received at various times since the year 1666”; he promises to pay by 1 November, “whenever they . . . shall come to Esopus,” and he pledges his distiller’s kettle as security.
For more on Lucas Andriessen in New Amsterdam, see The Iconography of Manhattan Island, Vol. II, pp. 218-219, in the De Sille List of people whose houses are depicted in the Castello Plan of Manhattan, where he is identified as skipper and part owner of the yacht Flower of Gelder, trading to Fort Orange, at Lot No. 6 in the list, “now known as No. 13 Broadway,” with further footnotes and references, including Records of New Amsterdam, Vol. III, 405; IV, 191, 203; V, 221. (The same record in Iconography (p. 221) describes Laurens Andriessen, a drayer, as from Holsteyn, who married Jannetje Jans, likely not a relative of Lucas and Barbara et al., but possible.)
Jan Andriessen
29 November 1654, New Amsterdam (Manhattan Baptisms, p. 38): Jan Janszen Breestede (husband of Marritje Andriessen) baptizes Engel; sponsors are Volckert Janszen, Jan Andrieszen (her brother), Engeltje Jans (namesake, possibly a Breestede, or Marritje’s mother’s sister?)
14 February 1666, Wildwyck: Jan Andriessen, Marten Hoffman, Amerens Claessen witness baptism of Jan, son of TCDW and Barber Andriesse (Kingston Baptisms and Marriages, p. 5)
15 October 1668: Jan Anderiesen, Luyckas Anderies, Martie Anderiesen witness baptism of Geertruy, daughter of Tierck Claesen de Wit, Barber Anderiesen (Kingston Baptisms and Marriages, p. 6)
Note that there are at least three other Jan Andriessens in the colony: The name is common, and records often leave questions about which Jan Andriessen is being discussed. “Our” Jan Andriessen may not have lived in the colony at all; it is possible he was a sailor, like his father and his brother, and he may show up in records only on his occasional visits.
One is from Dublin, named in Edmund Bailey O’Callaghan’s “Names of Settlers in Rensselaerswyck from 1630-1646,” in History of New Netherland; or, New York under the Dutch. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1846 (I:433-441)[Lancour No. 75] (Ship Passenger Lists, p. 44) as early as 1646, with a note that he leased a bouwerie (farm) in 1649, “north of Stoney Point, being the north half of the Flatt.” In A.J.F. Van Laer’s list of “Settlers of Rensselaerswyck 1630-1658” (Ship Passenger Lists, p. 72) we find Jan Andriessen the Irishman in 1648, deduced from his 20 Jan 1651 testimony that in 1648 and 1649 Indians had killed animals of Thomas Chambers. Van Laer dates his lease at De Steene hoeck to 1 September 1649, but notes by Dec. 21 of that year he had transferred the lease to Claes Teunisz, and in 1656 he lived at Catskill.
Another Jan Andriessen is “Jan Andries de Graef, who was a brickmaker” in Beverwijck around 1653 (Beverwijck, p. 90; Venema cites Pat Barbanell, “A Ceramic History of Colonial Albany” [New York: Columbia University, 1987], p. 110, FOCM, p. 297; ERA 4, p. 23, Munsell, Annals of Albany, Vol. 4, p. 85).
Another Jan Andriessen is Jan Andriesz de cuyper (the cooper, or barrel maker), who bought a house and lot from master mason Jan (Cornelisz) Gauw (Vijselaer) in Beverwijck on 20 June 1678 (Beverwijck, p. 467, which cites ERA I, p. 186) and a house and lot from Pieter Jansz Loockermans on 3 March 1679 (Beverwijck, p. 468, which cites ERA I, p. 509).
Jan Andriessen shows up in the baptism and marriage records of Wildwyck/Kingston only when he sponsors the baptisms of Jan and Geertruyd, two of the children of Tjerck Claessen DeWitt and Jan’s sister Barbara Andriessen. He does not appear to have married in Wildwyck, nor to have baptized any children there (nor witnessed any further baptisms).
