Ahasuerus Gerrits Roseboom

Notes:

Source: Records of Reformed Dutch Church of Albany

Abstracts of Wills Vol VIII 1771-1776
Page 218.--In the name of God, Amen. "Be it known and manifest to all
people that I, ASHUERUS ROSEBOON, of Albany, merchant, being in good
health, December 5, 1770." I leave to my son Dirck all my personal
estate, goods, ready money, slaves, and stocks in trade. Also my dwelling
house in which I live and the lot situate in Albany, having the house of
John Beekman on the north, and the house of Thunis Breat on the south;
Also my bolting house. I leave to my son Gerritt the house and lot
formerly of Robert Roseboom, deceased, in Albany, bounded north by the
house of Wynant van Denberg, and south by the house of William Rogers. I
leave to my sons, Dirck and Gerritt, the house and lot formerly of John
G. Roseboom, deceased, in Albany, bounded north by Thomas H. Fischer,
south by Egbert Egbertse. I leave all the rest to my two sons, and make
them executors.
Witnesses, Dirck B. van Schoonhoven, Rogel Viser, Nanning Harmense
Vischer. Proved, March 28, 1774.

Collections on History of Albany, p. 158
ROSEBOOM, Ahasuerus, m. Maritie Bratt, Nov. 25, 1725. She was buried Nov.
30, 1745. Ch: bp.; Maria, Sept. 25, 1726; Gerrit, Jan. 9, 1732, d. July
7, 1787, a. 54 y. 5 m.; Hendrik, June 3, 1734.

Ahasuerus married Maria Bratt on 25 Nov 1725 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA. Maria died before 30 Nov 1745; was buried on 30 Nov 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Maria Roseboom was born before 25 Sep 1726 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA; was christened on 25 Sep 1726 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA.
2. Gerrit Roseboom was born before 9 Jan 1731/32 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA; was christened on 9 Jan 1731/32 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA; died on 7 Jul 1787 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA.
3. Hendrick Roseboom was born before 3 Jun 1734; was christened on 3 Jun 1734 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA; died in INFANT.
4. Dirck Roseboom was born about 1728.

Notes:

Collections on History of Albany, p. 158
ROSEBOOM, Gerrit, trader, m. Maria, dau. of Robert Sanders, Nov. 24, 1689. He was buried Dec. 21, 1739. Ch: bp.; Robert, May 21, 1693; Elsje, Sept. 15, 1695; Gysbert, Dec. 15, 1697; Ahasuerus, April 28, 1700; Johannes, March 22, 1702: Elizabeth, July 23, 1704.

Gerrit married Maria Sanders on 24 Nov 1689 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA. Maria (daughter of Robert Sanders and Elsie Barentse Van Kleeck) was born in 1667 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA; died after 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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SUMMARY OF DATA ON ROSEBOOM ANCESTORS OF EUGENE H. ROSEBOOM

The best source of information on the first Roseboom family in North America is: A Brief History of the Ancestors and Descendants of John Roseboom (1739-1805) and Jesse Johnson (1745-1832) compiled by Catherine Roseboom, Dr. J. Livingston Roseboom, Rev. Harry U. Swinnerton and Joseph H. White, Cherry Valley, New York. This covers the period from 1630 to 1897, apparently the date of publication. I have a copy.

The above is vague about the arrival of the first Roseboom, Hendrick Janse Roseboom, "He appears to have come from Holland about 1655". The Ship Passenger Lists, New York and New Jersey (1600-1825) edited and complied by Carl Boyer, 3rd and published by him - Newhall, California 1978 clarifies this on p.82. Hendrick Jansz Rooseboom, a tailor's apprentice, arrived at Fort Orange, now Albany in 1657. He had been hired on 8 April, 1657 by Jan Hendrick van Baelen, a tailor along with two others later the same year.

Collections on the History of Albany. p. 158
Roseboom, Hendrick Janse, trader, was the Voorlezer and sexton of the church; in 1674, he brought a suit to recover his fees from a man who had employed the grave-digger of the Lutheran church, styled an interloper; judgment for the plaintiff 18 guilders. His house and lot originally Pieter Bronck's was on the east side of North Pearl street, 162 Rynlandft. north of Maiden Lane, and in 1677, the stockades passed through it and the gate (called Roseboom's gate) and the burgher blockhouse were situated there; this was one of the best business places in the village because the Indians entered chiefly through this gate. He was for many years farmer of the slaughter excise. His first wife was Gysbertje Lansing; in his old age he married Tryntje Janse van Breestede, widow of Rutger Jacobsen; d. Nov. 4, 1703. Ch: Johannes; Gerrit (?); Henderik; Myndert(?); Margarita, w. of Pieter Thomase Mingael.

van Deusen Genealogy, p. 63
In 1700, Johannes Cuyler and Evert Bancker were deacons of the Church at Albany. The collections taken up in the church on the first Sunday in January amounted to 218 g. 14 s. John Kidnie paid 54 g. for half a year's rent of the east end of the poor house, which seems to have been vacant by the decrease in the number of the poor; the old names having all disappeared from the list. It appears that Hendrick Roseboom received 400g. from the city and county besides his salary from the church; and he was voted 50 guilders extra pay for services as voorlezer during the time the church was without a pastor before the arrival of Dom. Uncella, which seems to have been on the 16th of April, 1699. On the 15th of February, Ryseck, widow of Gerrit Swart, the last of the church poor, died, and was buried on the 17th, the onkosten of which was as follows: 3 dry boards for the coffin, 7:10; 3/4 lb. nails, 1:10; making the coffin, 249.; cartage, 103.; a half vat and an anker of good beer, 27 g.; 1 gal. rum, 21 g.; 6 gall. Madeira for women and men, 84 g.; Sugar and cruyery, 5 g.;150 sugar cakes, 15 g.; tobacco and pipes, 4:10; Hendrick Roseboom, doodgraver, 30 g.; use of the pall, 12 g.; total, 232 g. A claim of Roseboom of 12 g. for inviting to the funeral (prelendeerde voor'taenspreken buyten d' stad) was paid; but it was regarded as an extortionate charge, and the consistory ordered that the doodgraver should thereafter have from the deacons 30 guilders and no more, for like services. Mary, wife of Jacob Lookermans, was paid 6 g. for assistance (handry kingh) at the burial, and Marritje, widow of Harme Lievertse, who had long received a monthly stipend for nursing and board, was paid the same as for a full month, as was the custom, 36 g. A statement of the Ryseck Swart during four years is given, amounting to 2229 g. 10 s., and she is credited with effects, consisting of silver ware, jewelry, etc., and a lot on the plain (tuyn erffop de plyn) which were appraised by the patroon and Jacob Turck at 644 g. 10 s., which in seawant was 1585 g. On the 20th of July Dom. Johannes Lydius and Dom. Bernardus Freerman arrived (the latter the second pastor at Schenectady). On Sunday the 21st they both assisted in the services (elck eens gepredikt), and on the following Sunday Dom. Lydius preached his introductory sermon. New improvements were made on the domine's house, and a new turned bedstead was purchased for Dom. Lydius at 40 g. A payment of 160 g. was made by Nanningh and Frederick Harmense towards their saw mill on the Bevers kil. A payment of 506 g. was made upon the expenses of Dom. Lydius from Antwerp. The receipts were nearly 4000 guilders, and although there were many extraordinary expenses, there remained 853:12 in the treasury. The signatures to this year's business are those of

JOHANNES LYDIUS
V. D. M.
DIRCK WESSELS ANTHONY VAN SCHAICK
HENDRICK VAN RENSSELAER JOHANNES ABEEL
WILLEM GROESBECK (51) HAERPERT JACOBSE
GERRET VAN NESS JOHANNES SCHUYLER

Hendrick married Gijsbertje Gerritse Lansing in 1679 in New York. Gijsbertje (daughter of Gerrit Gerritse Lansing and Elizabeth Hendricks ten Cate) was born about 1639 in Hasselt, Overijssel, Netherlands; was buried in Dec 1695 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Sep 1855, New York

Notes:

Colonial Governor of the area now known as Dutchess County.

Collections on History of Albany, p. 160
SANDERS, Robert, son of Thomas and Sarah van Gorcum, smith, 1667, merchant, 1692, settled in Albany as early as 1665. In 1691, he and Harmanus Myndertse van der Bogart, received a patent for a mile square of land in Dutchess county, including the site of the city of Poughkeepsie. His first w. was Elsie Barentse; the second was Alida .... Ch: Helena, wife of Johannes Lansing; Barent; Maria, w. of Gerrit Roseboom; Sara (?), w. of Hendrik Greefraadt; Elsje, bp. July 13, 1683, buried, Dec. 31, 1732.

New York Wills, Liber 7, Page 103
In the name of God, Amen, this 21 day of September, 1702. I, Robert Sanders, of New York, merchant, being in health. I leave to me eldest son Thomas Sanders 50 shillings in full of ye pretence he might have as being my eldest son and heir at law. I leave to my wife Elsie all houses, lands, and Plantations, with full power to sell the same, and to give to the children as she may think best.
Witnesses, Abraham Vandewater, Direk Ten Eyck.
Proved, May 1, 1703.

Robert married Elsie Barentse Van Kleeck about 1665 in New York. Elsie (daughter of Barent Baltus and Maijken Laurens de Guijter) was born on 10 Aug 1641 in Haarlem, Noord Holland, Netherlands; was christened on 11 Aug 1641 in Haarlem, Noord Holland, Netherlands; died on 28 Dec 1734 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Lansing Family, Preface

"The descendants of Gerrit Frederickse Lansing, son of Frederick Lansing, a citizen of Hasselt, Province of Overijssel, Holland, comprise one of America's oldest and most distinguished families.

"The family is closely associated with the founding of the first European settlements in the valley of the Upper Hudson, at what is now Albany, Gerrit Frederickse Lansing having arrived in America during the period when the manorial grants were in their early stages of development. The first manorial grant in this region was issued under authority from the Lords States-General of the Netherlands to Killian van Rensselaer, a wealthy merchant of Amsterdam, who in 1630 purchased from the Indians the lands in the vicinity of Fort Orange (Albany) and founded the Manor of Rensselaerwyck. This tract contained some seven hundred thousand acres, measured twenty-four miles along the Hudson river with a breadth on either bank of twenty-four miles, and included the lands now comprising the counties of Albany, Columbia and Rensselaer. The first settlers for the new colony sailed from Trexel, Holland, in the ship Unity in command of Jan Brower, and arrived off the mouth of the River Mauretius (Hudson River) on May 24, 1630. Others settlers soon followed and the Manor of Rensselaerwyck rapidly increased in population and importance, the largest settlement being on the lands lying near Fort Orange and comprising the village of Beverwyck (Albany).

"Gerrit Frederickse Lansing, son of Frederick Lansing, the ancestor of the Lansing Family in America, arrived at New Amsterdam (New York) with his family about 1640, and a few years later was established at Rensselaerwyck. His descendants took a most active part in the affairs of the new colony, the name appearing with great frequency throughout the civil and military records.

"Killian van Rensselaer, Patroon and Lord of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck, died in 1647, and the estate descended to his son, Johannes, then a minor. Brandt Arentse van Slectenhorst was appointed Director to represent the young Patroon. His son, Sieur Gerrit van Slectenhorst married Altje Lansing, daughter of Gerrit Frederickse Lansing.

"In 1664 the Province of New Amsterdam passed into the hands of the English. The village of Beverwyck was renamed Albany in honor of the Duke of York and Albany, but in 1673 the Province reverted to the Dutch and the name Albany was changed to Williamstadt. In 1674 the English again securing control the name Williamstadt was changed to Albany. In 1683 the Province was divided up into regular English shires or counties. The English Government, however, recognized the rights of the van Rensselaers to the Manor of Rensselaerwyck and Governor Donegan issued to the heirs of Killian van Rensselaer a Patent confirming the original grant, with the exception of those lands comprising the City of Albany. Stephen van Rensselaer, Patroon of Rensselaerwyck, married Elizabeth, daughter of Elizabeth Lansing and Stephanus Groesbeck.

"In 1686 the City of Albany was granted its charter, Peter Schuyler being the first Mayor. His daughter Geertruy Schuyler was the wife of Johannes Lansing."

Page 1 footnote
"Gerrit Frederickse Lansing was a citizen of Hasselt, Province of Overijssel, Holland. He came to New Amsterdam (New York) about 1640 and was on of the early settlers of Rensselaerwyck. He died and his widow married Wouter van Den Uythof of Albany. The heirs of Gerrit Frederickse Lansing executed a Power of Attorney in favor of Jan Barentse ten Kate of Zwolle and Gysbert Janse Vermeer of Hasselt, Holland, on October 3, 1697.(Albany County deed book No. 3, page 51.)"

It is now known that Gerrit never set foot in America. His widow remarried and came to Albany with her husband and children. Garrit's father was also named Gerrit, not Frederick.

Gerrit married Elizabeth Hendricks ten Cate about 1637 in Netherlands. Elizabeth (daughter of Hendrick ten Cate) was born about 1615 in Borne, Overijssel, Netherlands; died before 14 Oct 1691 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Sep 1655, New York

Notes:

Collections on History of Albany, p. 160
Sanders, Thomas, smith, of Amsterdam, m. Sarah Cornelise van Gorcum, in New Amsterdam, Sept. 16, 1640. She d. in Albany, in Dec. 1669. He received a patent from Gov. Kieft for a house and 25 morgens of land on Manhattan island. In 1654, he owned a house and lot in Beverwyck, which he sold to Jan van Aecken. He probably returned to New Amsterdam. Ch: bp. in New Amsterdam; Robert, Nov. 10, 1641: Cornelis, Nov. 25, 1643; Cornelis, Nov. 17, 1644; Thomas, July 14, 1647.

Thomas married Sarah Cornelise Van Gorcum on 16 Sep 1640 in New Amsterdam. Sarah died in Dec 1669 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barent Baltus was the progenitor of the van Kleeck family in America and Canada. As a young man from Lipstadt, in Westphalia, in the present Germany, he married in Haarlem, Province of North Holland, The Netherlands, Sara Pieters, a young woman of Haarlem. About 4 1/2 years later, 29 January 1636, Barent B., as a widower married Mayken Quiters, a young woman of Haarlem. During the period 1651 Barent brought his family to the Dutch colony of New Netherlands, Midwout/Flatbush on Western Long Island. That Barent died before 19 November 1659 is evidenced by the fact that on that date a suit was brought against his widow for payment of masters wages amounting to six guilders. From this it is inferred that Barent Baltus was in some way identified with a shipping or maritime business although no confirmation of this had been found. The origin of the name van Kleeck is unknown. While many of the old Dutch families derive their names from towns in Holland and from which the progenitor came, this does not hold true with respect to the name van Kleeck. The name is unknown in Holland and cannot be linked to any town, village, diocese or locality. van Kleeck as a surname first appears at the baptism of Peter, son of Baltus Barents, at Bergen, New Jersey, October 1685, and at the burial of a daughter in 1683, the father's name is shown as Baltus Barentse van Kleeck.

Barent married Maijken Laurens de Guijter on 29 Jan 1635/36 in Haarlem, Noord Holland, Netherlands. Maijken (daughter of Laurens de Zierikzee Guijter and Cathelyn Calawaert) was christened on 17 Aug 1611 in Haarlem, Noord Holland, Netherlands; died on 20 Oct 1647. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]