Do you have ancestors that helped settle New Netherland?

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Happy 400th Anniversary! New Netherland is celebrating its 400th anniversary, and a multi-year program named Future 400, an initiative of the Netherlands Consulate General of New York, has been set up to honor this history. Just look at the very long list of partners to this! This sounds exciting. I wish I lived in New York.

https://www.dutchcultureusa.com/future400/

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The WikiTree New Netherland Project isn't a partner in this commemoration, but for more than a decade we've been busy working to document some of the history and genealogy of New Netherland, with some important contributions from "cousins" in the Netherland Project who have helped locate and translate Dutch records.

WikiTreers whose ancestors helped to settle New Netherland -- and anyone else with an interest in this important colony -- are invited to join us and contribute to our collaborative efforts.

Thanks to Geoff for sharing this news!

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Could we partner with them?

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I think that’s an excellent idea! We could get hundreds and hundreds of extra people to join WikiTree. We might even get a slew of unknown source materials.

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We won't be staging any concerts or gallery shows in Manhattan.  But maybe we could hook up with  organizations like https://ny400th.org/ to showcase our genealogy. I've not been through the complete lists of 400th anniversary events and sponsors, so that's just one example.

If the Netherlands Project gets interested in collaborating, they might be able to help us connect with the Dutch entities that sponsored the page that Geoff linked to.

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This 400th anniversary initiative may already be helping to make research materials more accessible. I looked at the Holland Society link and discovered that the Holland Society of New York has opened many online records to the public, including most issues of their journal De Halve Maen and many of their books of church records (some of which have been online behind the paywall at Ancestry.com, but are not behind a paywall at the HSNY). Go to https://hsny.localarchives.net/ and click on "Browse by Record Group" to see what records are online.

Answer 1

Dear Geoff,

   Yes I do!  There was a large family of Quackenbosch (spelled any way you want) people early in the New York Colony.  This includes an ancestor of mine - [[Quakkenbos-4|Abraham Quakkenbos (bef.1705-1769)]].

    I no longer live in New York, but planning for the 400th does sound interesting. Enslaved people were living there very early. St Mark's Church in the Bowery [Bouwrie = farm, I've been told] has a group of historians and activist who are working to reclaim history for black and indigenous people. The church is located on property which belonged to Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherlands governor.  -NGP

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One of my lines helped found the New Netherland community in the new world with surnames such as Bouts, Bratd,Ketelhuyn, and more

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Yes, the following Dutch family names appear in our tree:

Bogardus, Jans, Pieter Quackenbosch, Stille, and Waldron

My Quackenbush Family moved to Albany and the surrounding area; and some continued westward migration into Iowa into the late 1800s. My grandfather, my father (William R. Quackenbush) and his children were all born in Iowa.

Linda Ann Quackenbush

Answer 2

Yes, Nevius-12, Johannes Nevius.

Answer 3

I have quite a few New Netherlands ancestors:

Jan (Janse) Ryckman and his wife, Trijinte Jans

Pieter Pieterse Quackenbosch and his wife, Maritje Ariens

Hendrik (Hendrickssen) Kyp and his wife, Tryntie (Lubberts) Kipp

Jan (Mousnier) de la Montagne Sr. and his wife, Rachel de Forest

Cornelis Antonissen (van Schlick) van Slyke

Harman Jansz Ryckman and his wife, Grietje Heemstraat

Albert (Andriessen) Bradt  and his wife, Annetje Barents

Adriaen Crijnen Post and his wife, Clara Moockers

Answer 4

Yes, lots of them including:

Pieter Claesen Wyckoff

Cornelis Van Nes

Pieter Monfoort

Jan Martense Schenck

Steven Van Vorhees

Ferdinand Van Sicklen

Mathys Van Pelt

Anthony Van Salee

Conrad Lamberts

Laurens Jensen Low

and many more

Answer 5

My ancestor, Wijnant Gerritsz. van der Poel (Van_Der_Poel 153) and his wife Trijntje Melgers (Melgerts 1) also arrived in New Netherland likely on the ship "Graft" in July 1653 with Quackenbosch and Johan de Hulter.  Correspondence states that the ship carried "...a goodly number of free people, among them some artisans..."  Wijnant was a "kistmaeker" (maker of finely-crafted storage boxes and trunks for linens and china), and later registered in Beverwijck/Albany as a "master cabinet-maker and carpenter", and later (1674) purchased part ownership of a sawmill located on the east side of the Hudson near the mouth of what is still known as "Wynant's Kill" which he later purchased full ownership from the widow of his partner Abraham Vosburg..  Wijnant's wife Trijntje was the first midwife registered/licensed to practice in Beverwijck, and was tasked with training other women in this skill.

Answer 6

My maternal 11th great grandparents are Joris Rapalje and Catarina Trico.  Their daughter, Sarah Rapalje Bergan Boegart (my 10th GGM) was the first white female child born in Niew Amsterdam.

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Joris Rapalje (Rapalje-19 in WikiTree) and Catharina Trico (Trico-5) were among the earliest arrivals in New Amsterdam. They have numerous descendants -- they are also 11G grandparents for me. (Hi, cousin!) A fascinating history.

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Yes, there are many descendants of the Rapalje family.  Especially considering that Sarah herself had 15 children!  I enjoy the history as well.

Pleased to meet you, cousin!!