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[Chapman.FTW]

oachim Anderson (Andrieszen) was probably born in Amsterdam, Holland and
came to America as a child. In Feb, 1659, he and his parents are
mentioned as sponsors at the baptisim of a daughter of his his sister,
"Francyntie" (sic).

In July 1660, he and three others were fined for boarding a ship just in
from Holland, despite a notice forbidding it. In October 1663, he and
his mother were witnesses in a court action started by his father.

His marriage was not performed in the New York Dutch church, and the
parentage of his wife is unknown. Soon after his marriage he moved to
Elizabethtown, whee he took the oath of allegiance to the British Crown
on 19 Feb 1665/6 and was one of the first generation of "Elizabethtown
Associates".

The names and number of Joachim's children have been a matter of
controversy. His will, a 56 word unsigned document, dated Oct. 15, 1674,
and penned by Humphrey Spening (Spinning), was proved by the latter in
open court March 1, 1675. It leaves the disposal of his property to his
wife, should she "kepe unmaiered", but if she were to remarry, half of
the estate was to go to her, and the balance equally divided "amongst
they children".

Following the practice of other Elizabethtown residents of Dutch origin,
he had five of his children baptized in the Dutch church at New York.
One or both of the grandparents were sponsors at four of the five
baptisms. That the first of these, Elias, was in fact his eldest son, is
indicated by a quitclaim that Elias executed in 1724, for land formerly
laid out on Joachim's right. The youngest child was Benjamin, baptized
in 1674, a few months before the father's death. In addition to the
five, it has been claimed that another son was Enoch Andrus
(Andrieszen), who was repeatedly associated with Joshua and Cornelius in
various ways, and who married a sister of their wives, and moved with
them from Newtown, L. I., to New Jersey. Enoch must have been born well
before 1675, as he had a daughter born about 1690. Accordingly, if he
was a son of Joachim, he must have been born during the 3 1/ 2-year
period between sons Joshua and Cornelius, or about 1668-9. Despite lack
of proof, however, it seems likely that Enoch was Joachim's son, and his
name has been so entered, provisionally, in this compilation.