Garret Gerrit Wolferse Vankouenhoven 
Garret Gerrit Wolferse was born in 1610 in Amersfoort, Utrecht, Holland and his baptism took place in 1610.1 Garret Gerrit Wolferse's father was Wolfert Garretse Van Couwenhoven and his mother was Neeltgen Jacobsdr. His paternal grandparents are Gerritt Jansz Van Couwenhoven and Styne Roberts; his maternal grandparents were Jacob Peterz and Metgen Jacobsdr. He had three brothers named Gerrit Wolfersen, Jacob Wolphertse and Pieter Wolphertse. He had four half-brothers named Derick Wolfertsen, Pieter Wolfertsen, Jacob Wolfertsen and Jan Wolfertsen. He died at the age of 25 on January 24th, 1635 in Flatlands, Long Island, Ny. He was buried in 1645 in ,,New York.1 1 General Notes
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 8VPS-2V
David K. Conover:
" 'This day, date underwritten, before me Cornelis Van Tienhoven, sec
retary, in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, appeared Wolphert Ge
rritsen and Gerrit Wolphertsen, as guardians of Lambert Cornelissen Coo
l, and at the request of said Lambert Cool, have permitted him to go wi
th his cattle to his brother-in-law Claes Jansen, in order to take up toge
ther some plantation or farm, and we the principals in the capacity afores
aid have consented hereto as we are bound in the place of father and moth
er to promote the above named Lambert Cool's interest and we cannot percei
ve that he will earn anything, much less prosper so long as he remains wi
th his father, Cornelis Lambertsen. We have therefore considered it advisa
ble to permit him to do something for himself in company aforesaid. Do
ne at Fort Amsterdam the 22 of August 1639.
This is the mark x of Wolphert Gerritsen
This is the mark x of Gerrit Wolphertsen
Maurits Jan and Frerick Lubbertsen ; witnesses'
'Consent of the guardians of Lambert Cornelissen Cool to let Cool rem
ove his cattle and take up a farm with his brother-in-law Claes Jansen' 'C
opied with slight variations from E.B. O'Callaghan's manuscript translati
on of the original in the New York Colonial MSS., Vol. I, p. 155, which w
as destroyed in the Capitol fire of March 29, 1911, Albany, October 4, 19
33 ;signed A.J.F. van Laer' on Aug 22, 1639.
On March 11, 1647, Gerrit Wolphertson (Van Kouwenhoven) received a pa
tent for "a certain piece of land, gouat the (Ma) Rechawieck, both the mai
ze and woodland, on the marsh of the Gouwanus Kil, between the land of Jac
ob Stoffelsen and Frederick Lubbertsen, extending from the aforsaid mar
sh till into the woods, till to the land of said Frederick, till to the la
nd of Andries Huddle,
northeast by north, a little northerly, 148 rods: behind through the wood
s, till to the land of the aforesaid Jacob Stoffelsen, southeast by ea
st 80 rods next to the land of Jacob Stoffelsen aforesaid, till to the afo
rsaid marsh, southwest a little westerly 165 rods, along the marsh to t
he place of beginning 60 rods, with an oblique outpoint: amounting in a
ll to 29 morgens, 341 rods." Patents, GG, 172
This plot evidently fronted on the main road leading from Flatbush, t
hrough the village of Breuckelen, which was located at this point, to "t
he Ferry," and is inchluded in lands marked as G. Martense's on Butt's ma
p. Wolphertsen sold this property to Nicholas Jans, baker, of New Yo
rk on Mar 11, 1647.
Gerret, oldest of the three sons, settled in Midwout (Flatbush) ne
ar Achterveldt on 50 morgens of land, deeds for which are dated January 2
6, 1638 and September 16, 1641. In 1643, Gerret was one of a group se
nt to the Staats General in Holland to present the forlorn and defensele
ss condition of New Netherlands settlers due to Director Wilhelmus Kief
's inciting war amongst the Indians. Grandsons of Gerret; Cornelius, Albe
rt, Peter, and Jacob--settled in Monmouth County, New Jersey about 1700. A
nother grandson, William, remained in Flatlands."
[Copyright 1999 by David Kipp Conover - All Rights Reserved]
Garret Gerrit Wolferse and Aeltje Cornelius were married in a religious ceremony in 1635 in Flatlands, Or Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York.2 They had a daughter named Marretje Gerritse Van.
Family Notes
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Children
Marretje Gerritse Van van Couwenhoven
Marretje Gerritse Van was born on September 10th, 1644 in Flatlands, Kings, Ny and her baptism took place on April 10th, 1644 in Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York. She died at the age of 64 in 1708 in Probably, New York.
Garret Gerrit Wolferse and Aeltje "Albie" Cornelis were married in a religious ceremony on January 24th, 1635 in Nieuw Amersfoort, t Lange Eylandt, Nieuw Nederland.3 They had two sons and a daughter, named Wolfert Gerretse van Couwenhoven, Jan Gerretsen and Neeltje Gerretsen.
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Children
Wolfert Gerretse van Couwenhoven Willem
Wolfert Gerretse van Couwenhoven was born in 1636 in Nieuw Amersfoort, t Lange Eylandt, Nieuw Nederland.4 He died at the age of 92 in 1728 in Hopewell, Monmouth, New Jersey. He was buried in Flatlands, Kings, New York.4
Jan Gerretsen van Couwenhoven
Jan Gerretsen was born in 1639 in <Nieuw Amersfoort/Flatlands, Breukelen/Kings, Nieuw Nederland/New York>. He died in Brooklyn, Kings, New York.
Neeltje Gerretsen van Couwenhoven
Neeltje Gerretsen was born before September 20th, 1641 in Nieuw Amersfoort, t Lange Eylandt, Nieuw Nederland.5 She died in 1672 in Flatlands, Kings, New York.6
1 Links
2 GEDCOM File : debevoise.ged
3 GEDCOM File : cool.ged
4 v10t1751.FTW
5 Baptisms Dutch Church, New York, Vol I
6 Genealogies of Long Island Families, from the New York Genealogical andBiographical Record
Further source/citation:
Genealogies of Long Island Families, from the New York Genealogical andBiographical Record @ vol.2, Pg 511
2 GEDCOM File : debevoise.ged
3 GEDCOM File : cool.ged
4 v10t1751.FTW
5 Baptisms Dutch Church, New York, Vol I
6 Genealogies of Long Island Families, from the New York Genealogical andBiographical Record
Further source/citation:
Genealogies of Long Island Families, from the New York Genealogical andBiographical Record @ vol.2, Pg 511
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