PLAQUE COMMEMORATING the FOUNDERS of SCHENECTADY, NY, Located at the Northwest Comer of Union and Church Streets Note: As the Result of the Removal of Pages in Volume

PLAQUE COMMEMORATING THE FOUNDERS OF SCHENECTADY, NY, located at the northwest comer of Union and Church Streets Note: As the result of the removal of pages in Volume. 2, Part. 1, because of possible copyright infringement, page numbering is not continuous. Volume 2, Part 2, begins on page 2-137a.

Volume 2, Part 2 BRADT Allied Families (New York)

Borsboom De Vos Du Chesne Du Trieux Groot MebieNan Naerden Myndertse Schermerhorn Van Antwerpen Van Norden Van Voorhout/Egmont Veeder Vrooman Wemp/Wemple Wendell

NOTE: This volume contains information on the families who intermarried with the Bradts while they were living in New Netherland and later in New York, i.e., from the time of the Bradt immigration to America in 1636 until the American Revolution when their Tory allegiance forced them to flee to Canada. Names of direct line ancestors found in most articles and extracts are underlined.

THE MEREDITH COLLECTION Elizabeth V. Meredith, 2009 l2-137al

PeqJgree Chart- BRADT Allie~_~_?mil!~s (New York) chart no. No. 1 on this chart is the same as no. on chart no. --"------~L------~~~~ 16 Andries BRADT An asterisk following a name indicates that ----~-· ancestor has not been proven by this compiler. B: abt 1653 Consult the appropriate family section or the a Capt. Arent BRADT ___ __, o 9 Feb 1690 ahnentafel chart for the continuation of lines I B: abt 1682 ending with a plus sign. P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY 17 Mar2arita Van SLYCK - --- M: 14 Oct 1704 B: abt 1667 cont. .±_ 4 Andries BRAD_T______--1 P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY D: 7 Mar 1731 B: (bpt) 4 Mar 1705 D (w.p.) 19 Nov 1770 P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY P: Schenectady, Albany/ Schenectady, NY 18 Jan Hendrickse VROOMA."-N__ _ M: 28 Nov 1728 B: (bpt) 15 Feb 1653 cont. + P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY '--g_J_a_n_ne_t....._i·e _VR.c...:.:..:cc:0'-0"-M::.;.:::.:.A-=N-'------_jo (w.d.) 24 Apr 1732 D (w.d.) 6 Apr 1748 B: 23 Jul 1682 P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY 19 Geesie VEEDER cont..±._ D: B: abt 1660 2 Arent/Aaron BRADT P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY D: aft 1733 B: (bpt) 3 Sep 1732 20 M ndert WEMP/WEMPLE P Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY --cont-. r M: 9 Feb 1755 B 1649 P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY 10 Johannes WEMP/WEMPLE D 9 Feb 1690 D: 29 Nov 1796 B: abt 1675 P: Niagar~ Lincoln, ON, CAN P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectdy, NY 21 Dieverf e WENDELL cont. + M: 15 Jun 1701 B: abt 1653 5 Ariaantje WEMPL~ ------1 P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY D: 10 Apr 1724 B: (bpt) 9 Nov 1707 D 14 Oct 1749 P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenecady, NY 22 Reyer SCHERMERHORN · cont.+ D: 5Apr1739 B: (bpt) 23 Jun 1652 P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY 11 Catalina SCHERMERHO_RN__ _, o 19 Feb 1719 B: abt 1682 P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY 23 Ariaanf e BRADT B: abt 1651 ----- c-orit. D: bet 1707 and 1709 r 1 Peter BRADT P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY D: 1717 B: 8 Nov 1767 P: Albaby now Schenectady, NY M: 23 Jun 1792 to Mercy BURTCH P: Lincoln Co, ON, CAN i :':l~~~:~w::WERP(E _N)~-----;can Van ANTWERP(E~ oom - D: 25 Nov 1842 P: Louth Twp, Lincoln, ON, CAN cont. M: B: 6 Pieter Van ANTWERPEN P:NNTH D: B: abt 1688 Daft 1715 P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY 26 S mon Symonse GROOT cont. M: abt 1717 B: abt 1626 P Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY 13M°aria GROOT ------1 D: aft 1690 D: B: P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY P: New Amsterdam or Beverwyck, N NTH 27 Rebecca du TRI_E_U_X__ _ cont. + D: B: abt 1635 3 Acbien/Eva Van ANTWERPEN P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY D: B: 1730 P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY 2a Pieter Van NAERDEN cont. D: aft Jan 1797 B: 14 Jan Pieterse MEBIE p , Uncoil Co,ON D: bet 1662 and 1665 : : bpt) 4 Oct 1654 New Amsterdam, N NTH 29A atha "Aecbtie" Van NORDEN cont. r abt 1684 B: 7 En~~!ie MEBIE - ----1 P: Fort Orange, Albany, NY D: aft 1689 B: (bpt) 10 Nov 1697 D: 8 Apr 1725 P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY 30 Pieter Jacobse BORSBOOM - cont.+ D: B: P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY 1s Anna Pieterse BORSBOOM D: (w.p.) 1 Mar 1686 B: abt 1663 Prepared February 2008 by: (Mrs. Sam) Elizabeth Meredith P: Schenectady? Albany/Schenectady, NY 31 Grietie_ (part Mohawk lnd~- 1720 South Gessner Road D: bet 1697 and 1704 B: cont. Houston, Texas 77063-1118 P: Schenectady, Albany/Schenectady, NY D: bet 1681 and 1684 Vrooman Veeder I 2-13a I

Pedigree Chart - VROOMAN - VEEDER Chart no. No. 1 on this chart is the same as no. on chart no. Compiled bv: 16 cont. (Mrs. Sam ) Elizabeth Meredith B: - 1720 So uth Gessner Road 8 Bartolomeus VROOMAN 0 : Houston , Texas 77063-1118 B: August, 2006 P: Holland 17 cont. M: B: - 4 Hendrick Meese VROOMAN P: Holland 0: B: 0: P: Holland P: prob Holland 18 cont. M: abt 1647 B: - P: Holland 9 O:· 0 : 9 Feb 1690 B: P: Schenectady, Albany/Schtdy Co, NY P: 19 cont. 0 . B. - 2 Jan Hendrickse VROOMAN P: 0: B: 15 Feb 1653 P: Leiden, Holland 20 cont. M: 4 Jul 1680 B: P: Schenectady, Albany/Schtdy Co, NY _1_0 ______~ 0 : O: aft Apr 1732 B: P: schenr:ady, Aibany/Schtdy co, NY P: 21 cont. M: B: ------< P: 0: B: O: P: P: 22 cont. 0 : B: P: ~1 _1 ______~ 0: s: P: 23 cont. 0 : B: 1 Jannetie VROOMAN P: 0 : B: 23 Jul 1682 P: Schenectady, Albany/Schtdy Co, NY 24 cont.· M: 14 Oct 1704 to Arent BRADT B: P: Schenectady, Albany/Schtdy Co, NY _12_V_ ol_k_ert_ VE_ E_D_E_R______, o: 0 : B: P: Schenectady, Albany/Schtdy Co, NY P: Holland 25 cont. M: B: s Symon Volkertse VEEDER ------< P: Holland 0 : B: 1624 0 : P: Holland P: prob Holland 26 cont. M: B: P: New Amsterdam? NY ~1_3 ______~ 0 O: abt 1700 B: P: Schenectady, Albany/Schtdy Co, NY P: 27 cont. 0 : B: 3 Geesie VEEDER P: 0 : B: abt 1660 P: Beverwyck? Rensselaerswyck , NY 28 cont. 0 : aft 173 3 B: - P: Schenec tady, Albany/Schtdy Co, NY 14 0 : B: P: 29 cont. M: B: - 7 En2eltie P: 0 : B: D: P: P: 30 cont. D afi 1697 B: - P Schenectady, Schtdy Co, NY 15 D: B: P: 31 cont. D: B: P: D: 2-139

VROOMAN

For possible explanations of the Vrooman ancestry in Europe, consult Josiah B. Vrooman: His Ancestors and Descendants by Lora Vrooman Randall and Florence Vrooman Houghton. El Paso, TX: Carl Hertzog, Printer, 1946. Josiah B. Vrooman, subject of this book, was a distant collateral relative of our ancestor Hendrick Meese Vrooman.* "Tradition says that the Vrooman family traces back to Count Lamoral van Egmont, Prince of Gavre." Thus far there appears to be nothing factual to support this tradition.

For another possible explanation of our Vrooman family's relationship to the Egmonts and the history of the Vrooman coat of arms, see Grace Elizabeth Vrooman Wickersham and Earnest Bernard Comstock, The Vrooman Family in America: Descendants of Hendrick Meese Vrooman Who Came from Holland to America in 1664. Dallas, TX: Authors, 1949, p. 9. William J. Hoffman in "An Armory of American Families of Dutch Descent" has information on the Vrooman background and a somewhat technical analysis of the Vrooman coat of arms. 1

The Vroomans are not our only ancestral family with possible connections to the Egmont family of Holland. In the original contract between the Patroon Van Rensselaer and Corne/is Segerse van Voorhout, executed in Holland previous to Corne/is 's departure for America, the latter signed his name "Corne/is Segerse van Egmont. "2 There were other branches of the Egmont family than those which descended from the Count.

Baptismal records were found in various churches in Leiden, Holland, relating to the Vrooman family of the Hendrick Meese Vroomam who immigrated to New Netherland.3 Two of Hendrick 's brothers, first Pieter Meese Vrooman and then Jacob Meese Vrooman, had preceded him to the Dutch colony.4 As per Dutch naming patterns, the three men were the sons of one Bartholomeus Vrooman. From the Leiden church baptisms it appears that Bartholomeus also had at least one daughter, Maritje Bartholomeus Vrooman.5 This is the extent of what is known of Bartholomeus Vrooman and he does not appear to have come to America. 6

Reconstruction of the family of Hendrick Meese Vrooman from information gleaned from the Leiden church records and other sources is as follows:

Adam Vrooman, born 14 September 18497 in Holland. [This agrees with his age as it appeared on the ship's list.]8 Eva Vrooman, born about 1651.9 Johannes [Jan] Vrooman, baptized 15 February 1653 in Mare Kerk, Leiden. Sponsors: Peter Meus Vrooman and Catharine Johannes. 10 Kathlyntje, baptized 5 August 1657 in Hooglandsche Kerk, Leiden. Sponsors: Josyntje Rebauts and Maritje Bartholomeus Vrooman. 11 Bartholomeus, baptized 4 June 1659 in Pieters Kerk, Leiden. Sponsor: Maritje Bartholomeus Vrooman.12 Hendrickje, baptized 20 March 1661. Sponsors: Margarita Kannemaus and Geertruyd Mentius. 13

*Note: Names of our direct line ancestors appear in italics.

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Hendrick Meese Vrooman may have been born about 1618, and probably married about 1648. Although not noted in the baptismal records, his wife was purported to have been Geertruy Johannis, whose death preceded the family's coming to America. 14

Hendrick and his children were passengers on the ship De Eendracht from Holland arriving on 19 July 1664. The children's ages were noted as 15, 13, 11, 7 and 5. Daughter Hendrickje appears not to have survived as there is no child on the ship's list of corresponding age. 15

As early as 15 March 1665 Hendrick is mentioned in the accounts of Jeremias Van Rensselaer "for pruning the trees in the colony's garden." 16 After initially coming to Albany, Hendrick moved to Kinderhook, then Stone Arabia and in 1677 settled in Schenectady, his village lot being on the north side of State Street. 17

Purportedly Hendrick Vrooman was a miller by trade. 18 He was married at least twice. By 1671 Hendrick is known to have married a widow, name unknown, whose husband had been a mason. 19 Harman Janse Ryckman, a mason, died in Albany in 1667 leaving a widow, also name unknown.20 About 1691, Grietie Ryckman, daughter of Harman Janse and widow of Jacques Corne/isz Van Slyck became the second wife of Adam Vrooman, son of Hendrick Meese Vrooman. 21 This Ryckman/Vrooman family association begs the question: Could the mason's widow Hendrick Meese Vrooman married in 1671 have been the widow of Harman Janse Ryckman? At the Ordinary Session held in the Court at Albany, 12 June 1677, Geertruy Barentse, plaintiff, sued the wife ofHend . Meuse, defendant. The plaintiff demands of the defendant 31;2 beavers for clothes which she bought for her daughter. The defendant's husband, Hend. Meuse, appearing, says that the agreement was that payment could be made in any currency The honorable court, having heard the pleading on both sides, condemn the defendants to pay the plaintiff the 31/i beavers, or the value thereof, within the space of 14 . 22 d ays, cum expenszs.

Hendrick Meuse Vrooman and his son Bartholomeus, and sons Jan and Adam and their families were living in Schenectady in February of 1690, the time of the infamous Schenectady Massacre by the French and their Indian allies. This Vrooman family suffered mightily. Murdered were Hendrick Meuse, Bartholomeus, and Adam's wife Engeltje Blom and their baby, along with two negroes belonging to Hendrick. Adam's sons, Barent and Wouter and a negro belonging to him were carried off to Canada, the sons later to be redeemed.23

Jan Hendrickse Vrooman and his family must also have endured the massacre as Jan 's and Adam's names appeared on a March 1690 list of Schenectady survivors receiving provisions.24 On 4 July 1680 Jan had married Geesie Veeder, daughter of Symon Volkertse Veeder. 25

Jan and Geesie 's daughter Jannetje, who was born 23 July 1682,26 also a massacre survivor, grew up to marry Arent Bradt on 14 October 1704.27 Jan Vrooman made his will on 24 April 1732, however, the dates of his or Geesie 's or Jannetje 's deaths are not known. 28

1 William J. Hoffman, "An Armory of American Families of Dutch Descent," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record [hereafter NYG&BR] 62 (April 1936): 145-147.

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2 Richard Schermerhorn, Jr., "Genealogical Notes on a Very Old New York Family and Some of Its Branches," N YG&BR 46 (October 1915): 344. 3 Dutch Reformed parish registers of Marekerk, Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, Baptisms 1650-1684. Family History Center, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT [hereafter FHL], Film No. 118953; Dutch Reformed parish registers of the Pieterskerk, Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, Baptisms 1621- 1664, FHL Film No. 1188906; and Dutch Reformed parish registers of Hooglandsche Kerk, Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, Baptisms 1652-1666. FHL Film No. 118929. 4Lora Vrooman Randall and Florence Vrooman Houghton, Josiah B. Vrooman: His Ancestors and Descendants (El Paso, TX: Carl Hertzog, Printer, 1946), p. 15. 5Dutch Reformed parish registers of the Pieterskerk, Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, Baptisms 1621- 1664. FHL Film No. 1188906. 6 "The Bond's Genealogy" at http: //homepages.rootsweb . com/~radbud/gedpages / fam01532.htm offers the undocumented information that the wife of Bartholomeus Vrooman was Ariaantgen Hendrix. 7Grace Elizabeth V. Wickersham and Earnest B. Comstock, The Vrooman Family in America: Descendants of Hendrick Meese Vrooman Who Came from Holland to America in 1664 (Dallas, TX: Authors, 1949), p. 7. 8Michael Tepper, editor, New World Immigrants: a Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature, 2 vols. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979.), 1: 193 9Ibid. 10Dutch Reformed parish registers ofMarekerk, Leiden. 11 Dutch Reformed parish registers of Hooglandsche Kerk, Leiden. 12 Dutch Reformed parish registers of the Pieterskerk, Leiden, 13 Dutch Reformed parish registers of Hooglandsche Kerk, Leiden. 14Grace Elizabeth V. Wickersham and Earnest B. Comstock, The Vrooman Family in America: Descendants of Hendrick Meese Vrooman Who Came from Holland to America in 1664 (Dallas, TX: Authors, 1949), p. 6. [referenced to Historical Journal of the More Family, Seattle: 1910, in which no authority is cited]. 15New World Immigrants: a Consolidation ofShip Passenger Lists, 1:193. 16Early Records of the City and County of Albany and Colony of Rensselaerswyck, 4 vols., trans. Jonathan Person, rev. and ed. Arnold J. F. van Laer, New York State Library Bulletin 10 (Albany: University of the State of New York, 1869-1919), vol 3: Notarial Papers 1-2, 1660-1696, p. 144. 17Jonathan Pearson et al., History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times: A History of the Lower Mohawk Valley, ed. J. W. MacMurray (Albany: Joel Munsell, 1883), p. 212 . 18"An Armory of American Families of Dutch Descent," NYG&BR 62 (April 1936):145. 19 Minutes of the Court of Albany, Rensselaerswyck and Schenectady, 3 vols., trans. and ed., Arnold J. F. van Laer, (Albany: University ofthe State ofNew York, 1926-1930), vol. 1: 1668-1673, p. 250. 20Early Records of the City and County of Albany and the Colony of Rensselaerswyck, 3: 111-112; also William V. Hannay, comp., "Burial Records First Dutch Church, Albany, New York, 1665-1676, "Dutch Settlers Society of Albany 8-9 (1932-34):7. Deacons' Accounts 1665-1676, widow of Harman de Metselaer paid for an adult pall. 21 Andros Papers: Files of the Provincial Secretary of New York During the Administration of Governor Sir Edmund Andros, 2 vols., ed. Peter R. Christopher and Florence A. Christopher, trans. Charles T. Gearing (New York: Syracuse University Press, 1989-1990), vol. 1, pp. 204-207; also "Marriages: [Reformed Dutch! Church of Jesus Christ at New Albany," Part 1, "1683-1700," Yearbook of the Holland Society of New York (1904):29. Marriage January, 1697 of Adam Vrooman, "widower of Grietje Ryckman," whom Grietje married after Jacques Van Slyck's death. 22 Minutes of the Court of Albany, Rensse/aerswyck and Schenectady, 3 vols. trans. and ed. Arnold J. F. van Laer (Albany: University of the State ofNew York, 1926-1930), vol. 2 1675-1680, p. 238.

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23 Jonathan Pearson, Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City ofSchenectady from 1662 to 1800 (Albany: 1873; reprint ed., Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1982), pp. 276-277. 24 History ofth e Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times, p. 268. 25Jonathan Pearson, Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady (Albany: J. Munsell, 1873), p. 277; and "Albany County, NY, Will of Symon Volkertse [Veeder], 8 Jan 1697." Calendar of Wills on File and Recorded in the Offices of the Clerk ofthe Court ofAppeals, of the County Clerk at Albany, and of the Secretary of State, 1624-1836, comp. and ed. Berthold Fernow (New York: Colonial Dames of the State ofNew York, 1896), p. 403 . 26 The Vrooman Family in America, p. 16. "Extracts from Jan Vrooman's Bible now in possession of Simon Jacob Vrooman, a descendant of Jan Vrooman. The Bible was always bequeathed to the eldest son." 27 Marriage Record of Schenectady Reformed Church, Schenectady, New York, 1694-1 726, ed. Arthur C. M. Kelly, trans. Donald A. Keefer (Rhinebeck, NY Arthur C. M. Kelly, 1988), p. 2. 28 A History ofth e Schenectady Patent, p. 217.

Compiler: (Mrs. Sam) Eliz.abeth Meredith 1720 South Gessner Road Houston, Texas 77063-1118 April, 2008 4