Rijkie Roseboom

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Source: Records of Reformed Dutch Church of Albany

Batch #: 7519807, Sheet #: 41, Source Call #: 884589

Rijkie married Robert Gerrits Roseboom on 17 Dec 1743 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA. Robert (son of Gerrit Hendricks Roseboom and Maria Sanders) was born on 20 May 1693 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA; was christened on 21 May 1693 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA; died in Apr 1764. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source: Records of Reformed Dutch Church of Albany

Collections on History of Albany, p. 158
ROSEBOOM, Henderick, Jr., m. Debora Staats, Nov. 1, 1694; she was buried
Oct. 2, 1749. Ch: bp.; Jacob, July 14, 1695; Elisabeth, June 6, 1697;
Rykje, Oct. 13, 1700; Hendrik, March 3, 1703; Catharina, June 16, 1706;
Margarieta, Oct. 19, 1712; Abraham, Jan. 9, 1715.

Hendrick married Deborah Staats on 1 Nov 1694 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA. Deborah died before 2 Oct 1749 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA; was buried on 20 Oct 1749 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source: Records of Reformed Dutch Church of Albany

Abstracts of Wills Vol III 1730-1744

Page 337.--In the name of God, Amen. I, JACOB STAATS, of the city of
Albany, Chirurgeon, being very sick. I leave to my wife Isabella, my
house and lot where we do now live, together with the lot near the creek,
during her life or widowhood, and then to my daughter Deborah; and she is
to pay to my grand-son, Jacobus van Schaick, o25. I leave to my 2
daughters, Deborah, wife of Hendrick Roseboom, and Catharine, widow of
Goesen van Schaick, all that certain meadow or pasture, in the city of
Albany, near the Old Fort, joining to the road that leads from the city
to the said Old Fort. Also another pasture near the same and adjoining
the pasture of Warner van Juren and Bastian Hermense. My wife is to have
one wagon load of hay yearly from said meadow. "The north end of the
first pasture shall be set with a good fence from east to west bounds, so
far as to include the graves which now are. Which part being fenced shall
forever remain for a Burying Place for such persons for whom my daughters
and their heirs shall give liberty." I leave to my said daughters all my
right to the estate of my father, Major Abraham Staats, viz., Lot No. 6,
and whatsoever shall fall to me by division. To my wife and daughters all
personal property, and to my grandson Jacobus van Schaick, all my
apparell. And whereas I made a contract with my wife before marriage,
dated January 3, 17 10/11, the same is to be kept.

Dated September 14, 1734. Witnesses, Ryer Gerrittse, Joseph Yates,
William Hopkins. Proved, April 28, 1735.

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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:

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."

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"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