THE ROOSEVELT GENEALOGY 1649-1902
COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY (} CHARLES BARNEY WHITTELSEY, HARTFORD, CONN.
COMPILER OF
THE WHITfELSEY GENEALOGY AND THE DESCENDANTS OF
JOHN PRATI OF HARTFORD, CONN.
CorvRIGHTED 1902.
PRESS OF J. B. BURR & CO., HARTFORD, CoNN.
ROOSEVELT GENEALOGY.
1. CLAES lvIARTENSZEN VAN ROSENVELrf arrived in New Netherland, now New York, in one of the most memorable years in the history of his time, for it was about 1649, when the Dutch government was seriously embarrassed. A contest had been waged between the people and the Sovereign of England, as it had long be£ ore been carried on in the Netherlands. Oppo sition had been succeeded by revolt and civil war. Charles the First was beheaded in front of his own banqueting hall, anManhattan. War was declared be tween the English and the Dutch nations. The Dutch built forti fications across New Amsterdam. In 1652-1653 all business was at a standstill, and the people were under arms, not knowing when an attempt would be made against the Colony. The next year the Dutch found danger still greater, as Cromwell had dis patched a fleet to America, and as the fleet was leaving New England for New Amsterdan1 it was met by a vessel bringing news of peace between England and Holland. Later, in 1655, the Colony awoke one morning to find itself in possession of the Indians, but Stuyvesant established quiet by presents instead of by arms. Claes Martenszen van Rosenvel t was among the numerous Holland colonists who came over to New Amsterdam in 1649 or 1650, undoubtedly bringing with him his wife, Jannetje Samuel Thomas. In M unsill's American Ancestry, Vol. VI., p. 19, we 4 ROOSEVELT GENEALOGY. find the statement that he emigrated to New Amsterdam, with his wife, in August, 1649. No record of their marriage in New. Amsterdam has been found, but it is a matter of record in the "Court Minutes of New Amsterdam, August 6, 1655," that "Jan netie Hamel, ,vife of Nicholas Martensen, declares," etc. The baptismal records of their children in the Reformed Dutch church of New York City are signed by their parents as Claes Martenszen van Rosevelt-Jannetje Samuels-Jannetje Thomas, as shown by the records herein given, Styntie Claes Rosevelt was admitted member of the church November 28, 1678. Claes Rosevelt was admitted December 4, 1679, to the Reformed Dutch church of New York, where they and their descendants have attended for 250 years. Their children were:
2 CHRISTIAEN, bap. in Reformed Dutch Church of N. Y., Oct. 23, 1650; par.Claes Martenszen; wit. He,.-man Smetman, Beckje en Fytie. This child died in infancy. 3+ELSJE. _baD. in £Reformed Dutch ChuTch of N. Y., Feb. 11, 1652; par. ,Claes MartenszeQ Van Rosewelt; wit. Thomas Hall, LYs beth Dircks, Alfje Van Tienhoven; m.. Hendrick Jillish l\lieyert. 4+ANNA MARGARIET, bap. Aug. 29, 1654; par. Claes Martenzen Van Rosenvelt; wit•. Hendrick Hendrickszen, l\largriet Lou mans; m. Heyn, ans Alderste Roosa. 5+CHiRISTINA, bap. in !Reformed !Dutch Church, N. Y., July 30, 1656; par. Claes Martenszen, Jannetje Samuels; wit. Garret Co erton, Christina Grevenrats; m. 1st, Nicalsie de la Montague; 2d., John Hammel. e+NrcHOLAES, ba
