Martin Hoffman

Revel, Sweden

Birth Notes

# ID: I2679
# Name: Martinus Hermanzen Hoffman 1
# Sex: M
# Name: Martin Hoffman 2
# Birth: ABT. 1625 in Revel, Sweden 2
# Birth: 1625 in Reval, Estonia 1
# Death: AFT. 1688 3
# Death: 1712 in Esopus, Ulster County NY 1

Father: Herman Hoffman b: ABT. 1600 in Revel, Sweden (Russia)

Marriage 1 Lysbeth Hermans

    * Married: 31 MAR 1663 in New Amsterdam NY 4

Marriage 2 Emmerertje Claesen DeWitt b: ABT. 1630 in Grootholdt, Westphalia, Prussia

    * Married: 16 MAY 1664 in New Amsterdam NY 3
    * Married: 26 MAY 1662 5

Children

   1. Has No Children Annetje Hoffman b: 1665
   2. Has No Children Marriatjen Hoffman b: BEF. 12 DEC 1666 in Kingston, Ulster County NY
   3. Has Children Zachariah Hoffman b: BET. 1672 - 1680 in Fort Orange NY
   4. Has No Children Tjaatje Hoffman b: ABT. 1677 in NY
   5. Has No Children Nicholas Hoffman b: ABT. 1680

Sources:

   1. Title: RootsWeb WorldConnect Website
      Publication: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
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      Media: Book
      Page: tommyexc database
   2. Title: RootsWeb WorldConnect Website
      Publication: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
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      Media: Book
      Page: gemini database
   3. Title: RootsWeb WorldConnect Website
      Publication: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
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      Media: Book
      Page: pavone database
   4. Title: RootsWeb WorldConnect Website
      Publication: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
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      Media: Book
      Page: merklee database
   5. Title: RootsWeb WorldConnect Website
      Publication: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
      Repository:
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      Media: Book
      Page: markfreeman database

General Notes

# ID: I2864
# Name: Martin HOFFMAN 1 2
# Sex: M
# Birth: 1625 in Reval, Estonia (Sweden) 3
# Note:

    HOFFMANS or ?HOPMANS? were very early arrivals in the State. There we re in New Sweden, in the year 1698, ANDERES Hoppman with 7 in his family ( his will, dated Piles Grove, 1715-28); FREDERIC with 7 in family and his b rother, JOHAN, with 7 in family, incinding the five children, Bridget. Joh n, Nicholas, Monce (Hermanes) and Michael; lastly NICHOLAS Hoppman wi th 5 in family [Acrelius' Hist. New Sweden, p. 190-4 and 440-4]. It see ms probable that MARTEN Hopman, who is found in N. Y. city, as early as 16 68, was a brother to Andrew, Frederick and the rest. He was given permissi on in 1672 to go to New Sweden (South Jersey and Delaware) and and solic it subscriptions for the building of a Lutheran church in New Yor k. It is said that Peter Stuyvesant brought with him from the Delawar e, as hostages, a number of Swedish families, among which were the Hoffman s. Martin came from Revel, a Swedish town in the gulf of Finland, in Esthi onia, which was taken from the Swedes by the Russians in 1710. He m. ( 1) in N. Y. city, 31 March, 1663, Lysbeth Harmens; (2) Emmerentie Dewitt ( sister to Tjerk Claessen); had only two sons and two daughters, who are kn own of:
    I. ANNETJE, bap. 1 March, 1665.
    II. MARRITJE. bap. 12 Dec., 1665.
    III. NICHOLAS, m. 30 Dec., 1704, Jannitie Crispell (dau. of Antond), b. Fe b. 1686, d. **** Feb., 1752.
    IV. ZACHARIAS, of Shawangunk, Ulster Co., N. Y., m. 19 Oct., 1707, Hest er [p.410] Bruyn, d. 1744

Marriage 1 Emmerentie DEWITT

Marriage 2 Lysbeth HARMENS

    * Married: 31 MAR 1663 in New York, New York

Children

   1. Has No Children Annetje HOFFMAN
   2. Has No Children Marritje HOFFMAN
   3. Has No Children Nicholas HOFFMAN
   4. Has No Children Zacharias HOFFMAN

Sources:

   1. Title: Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630-1674
      Author: Evjen, Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630-1674
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      Media: Book
      Page: Page 314-18.
      Text: There is a possibility that Hans Hopman/Hoffman was a brother of Martin Hoffman, born about 1625 at Reval in Estonia (then part of Sweden) who lived in New Amsterdam and Albany, 1657-1678, and visite d the Delaware River in 1672 to collect funds for a Lutheran church in Albany.
   2. Title: New Jersey Early Germans
      Author: Ancestry.com. New Jersey Early Germans [database online]. Orem, Utah: Ancestry, Inc., 1998
      Publication: Original data: Chambers, Theodore Frelinghuysen. The Early Germans of New Jersey; Their History, Churches and Genealogies. Dover, NJ: Dover Printing Co., 1895.
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      Media: Ancestry.com
      Text: HOFFMANS or ?HOPMANS? were very early arrivals in the State. There were in New Sweden, in the year 1698, ANDERES Hoppman with 7 in his family (his will, dated Piles Grove, 1715-28); FREDERIC with 7 i n family and his brother, JOHAN, with 7 in family, incinding the five children, Bridget. John, Nicholas, Monce (Hermanes) and Michael; lastly NICHOLAS Hoppman with 5 in family [Acrelius' Hist. New Swe den, p. 190-4 and 440-4]. It seems probable that MARTEN Hopman, who is found in N. Y. city, as early as 1668, was a brother to Andrew, Frederick and the rest. He was given permission in 1672 to go t o New Sweden (South Jersey and Delaware) and and solicit subscriptions for the building of a Lutheran church in New York. It is said that Peter Stuyvesant brought with him from the Delaware, as hostag es, a number of Swedish families, among which were the Hoffmans. Martin came from Revel, a Swedish town in the gulf of Finland, in Esthionia, which was taken from the Swedes by the Russians in 1710. H e m. (1) in N. Y. city, 31 March, 1663, Lysbeth Harmens; (2) Emmerentie Dewitt (sister to Tjerk Claessen); had only two sons and two daughters, who are known of:
      I. ANNETJE, bap. 1 March, 1665.
      II. MARRITJE. bap. 12 Dec., 1665.
      III. NICHOLAS, m. 30 Dec., 1704, Jannitie Crispell (dau. of Antond), b. Feb. 1686, d. **** Feb., 1752.
      IV. ZACHARIAS, of Shawangunk, Ulster Co., N. Y., m. 19 Oct., 1707, Hester [p.410] Bruyn, d. 1744
   3. Title: Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630-1674
      Author: Evjen, Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630-1674
      Repository:
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      Media: Book
      Text: There is a possibility that Hans Hopman/Hoffman was a brother of Martin Hoffman, born about 1625 at Reval in Estonia (then part of Sweden) who lived in New Amsterdam and Albany, 1657-1678, and visite d the Delaware River in 1672 to collect funds for a Lutheran church in Albany.

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