1733 MOHAWK INDIANS Deed SCHENECTADY Albany NY FOUNDERS Handwritten COLONIAL
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[ 1733 (286 Year Old )AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT; FOUNDING OF SCHENECTADY/ALBANY, NEW YORK- DEED OF MORTGAGE OF LAND ADJOINING MOHAWK INDIAN LAND FROM CORNELIUS VAN SLYK TO JAN WEMP; WEMP TRACT AS WELL AS CUYLER'S FLATS, MENTIONS OF INDIAN MONUMENTS/TREES].
Original and extremely rare early 18th century American deed, penned in 1733; a 286 year-old American original Colonial treasure stewing with important Schenectady and Albany history! Includes notable ...references to Indian land using Native words, with additional mentions of involvement of Indian traders, frontiersman, and early members of the Schuyler, Wemp and Van Slyck family, all sons and grandsons of the founders of Albany and Schenectady!THE MOST NOTABLE IS THE PURCHASED OF THE TRACT OF LAND IN THIS DOCUMENTCORNELIUS VAN SLYCK, WHO IN FACT IS THE GRANDSON OF THE HALF-BREED DUTCH/MOHAWK INDIANIT-SY-CHO-SA-QUASH-KA or AKES GAUTSCH
or known under his birth name JACQUES CORNELISSEN VAN SLYCKJacques, son of Cornelis Van Slyck, was born in 1640 in Canajoharie; his Indian name was Itsychosaquacha; he was also sometimes called Agues [Aques?] Comllyssen Gautsch. The Mohawks gave him half of the island lying immediately west of the city, also land five miles above the city, on the south side of the Mohawk. This would seem to give color to the tradition that his father married a woman of the Mohawk tribe. In 1671 Jacques Van Slyck was one of the two licensed tapsters of the village, being known as owning and running the first taverns in New York state. Jacques was also an interpreter and one of the first settlers of Schenectady.
Mentioned within are two Indian monuments and one village: the first being ESTARAGOHA (LATER CALLED ETAGRAGON), OR 'THE BIG ROCK' IN MOHEGAN. the second being the large white oak tree bearing the symbols of the three clans of the Mohawk, the wolf, bear and turtleand the third being the Mohawk village of TIONODAROQUEIN MOHEGAN ' THE MEETING OF THE WATERS'
This early 18th Century American document is a rarely seen commodity on the open market, not to mention with Indian content, and with legendary early figures in Schenectady and Albany history, such as Jan Wemp Jr, the son of another early founder of the same name, Joseph Clement, an Indian trader, envoy and frontiersman, and two members of the prominent Schuyler family, namely Nicholas Schuyler and his wife Elsie (nee Wendell). Nicholas was himself an Indian trader and surveyor of Schenectady; Elsie's father Jeronimus was one of the earliest and prosperous fur traders of his time; his father was a founder of then New Netherlands colony itself, which later became New York. Please refer to the pics for details and transcription. More can be read of the genealogy below.
Dated April of 1733, the deed contains an additional strip of continuation sealed by wax and an addended continuation of manuscript as well, as shown. Piece remains in worn shape for age; with some nicks and light losses, as well as light splitting at some of the folds, the upper piece nearly separated but holding, as shown. Mortgage deed measutres 13" x 12", but again folded at the foot to create two parts, sealed with wax, as shown. Penned in period ink on vellum with beautiful flourished early American-Dutch/English penmanship; the ink remains bold and completely legible. It is signed by Cornelius Van Slyck (his mark), as well as both Elsie and Nicholas Schuyler as witnesses.
Please see a detailed genealogy below.
A rare and important piece of American Indian, New York, Mohegan and Schenectady/Albany history. Good luck!
PROVENANCE
Cornelius Cornelise Van Slyck Birthdate: March 06, 1710 Birthplace: Albany, New York, USA, Death: May 30, 1753 (43)
Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, USA Immediate Family: Son of Cornelis Jacquese Van Slyck and Clara Van Slyck (Bradt)
Husband of Jannetje Van Slyck
Father of Christina Cornelise Tice; Gertrude Van Slyck; Abraham Van Slyck; Clarissa Jean Bastedo and Susanna Van Slyck
Brother of Maria Cornelise Van Slyck; Adriaan Cornelise Van Slyck; Harmanus Cornelise van Slyck; Helena Van Slyck; Geertruy Van Slyck; Petrus Cornelise Van Slyck; Jannetje Van Slyck; Catharina Van Slyck; Anthony Cornelise Van Slyck; Harmanus Van Slyck; Margriet Van Slyck; Albert Cornelise Van Slyck; Akers (Jacques) Van Slyck; Hendrik Cornelise Van Slyck; Engeltje Van Slyck; Jacobus Van Slyck; Susanna Cornelise Van Slyck; Samuel Van Slyck; Johannes Van Slyck; Gerrit Van Slyck and Jacques Cornelise Van Slyck « less
Half brother of Andreas Arentse Bradt; Catharina Arentse Bratt (Bradt); Gezena Bratt (Bradt); Margrietje Bradt; Magdalena (1) Bratt (Bradt); Susanna Bratt (Bradt); Harmanus Bratt (Bradt); Simon Petrus Bradt; Jannetie Bratt (Bradt); Johannes Bratt (Bradt) and Ariaantje Bratt (Bradt) « less Cornelius Cornelise Van Slyck's Timeline 1710 March 6, 1710Birth of Cornelius Albany, New York, USA, 1739 1739Age 28Birth of Christina Cornelise Tice Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, USA 1743 1743Age 32Birth of Gertrude Van Slyck Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, USA 1745 1745Age 34Birth of Abraham Van Slyck Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, USA 1749 August 27, 1749Age 39Birth of Clarissa Jean Bastedo Schenectady, New York, USA 1751 1751Age 40Birth of Susanna Van Slyck 1753 May 30, 1753Age 43Death of Cornelius at Schenectady, Schenectady, New ... Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, USA
the grandson of Jacques Cornelissen Van Slyck, "Itsychosaquacha" Also Known As: "Mohawk name-Itsychosaquachka", "/Itsychosaquachka/", "Jacques", "Itsychosaquacha (Mohawk name)", "Itsychosaquacha", "Akes Gautsch" Birthdate: circa 1640 Birthplace: Canajoharie, New Netherland Colony Death: May 11, 1690 (46-54)
Schenectady, Albany County, Province of New York Place of Burial: Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, United States Immediate Family: Son of Cornelius Antonissen van Slyck; Cornelius Antonieson Van Slyck; Cornelius Antoniesen Van Slyck; Ots-Toch Hartell; Ots Toch Hertel and 1 other
Husband of Margarita Grietje Ryckman and Margaret (Grietje) Ryckman
Father of Marten Vanslyck; Susanna Cornelese Van Slyck; Captain Harmen Jacquesz van Slyke; Geertruy Jacquese Van Slyck; Margareta Jacquese Jacquese Van Slyck and 5 others
Brother of Martin Mouris (Maurice) Van Slyck; Beartie Nieffens van Slyck; Elisabeth van Slyck; HIlletje Cornelise Van Olinda; Gijsbert Gerritse (Bertisse) Van Slyck and 4 others
Occupation: Tapster (Tavern Keeper), Trader, 1st liscensed "tapster"
Immediate Family
Margarita Grietje Ryckmanwife Marten Vanslyckson Margaret (Grietje) Ryckmanwife Susanna Cornelese Van Slyckdaughter Captain Harmen Jacquesz van Slykeson Geertruy Jacquese Van Slyckdaughter Margareta Jacquese Jacquese Van ...daughter Cornelis Jacquese Van Slyckson Helena Jacquese Van Slyckdaughter Marten Jacquese Van Slyck, IIson Lydia Jacquese Van Slykedaughter Acus Jacquese Van SlykesonAbout Jacques Cornelius "Itsychosaquacha"Sources:Mohawk Frontier, The Dutch Community of Schenectady, New York, 1661-1710 by Thomas E Burke, Jr.pg. 23 " Van Slyck, who was described in contemporary records as "formerly an Indian", was clearly trusted by the Mohawks. " also "Of all the seventeenth-century interpreters, van Slyck may have been the best, and his services were in demand as far away as"pg 24 " New York City, where in August 1687 he helped to examine "a Christian Maquase brought a Prisonner from Cannada" Jacques, son of Cornelis Van Slyck, was born in 1640 in Canajoharie; his Indian name was Itsychosaquacha; he was also sometimes called Agues [Aques?] Comllyssen Gautsch. The Mohawks gave him half of the island lying immediately west of the city, also land five miles above the city, on the south side of the Mohawk. This would seem to give color to the tradition that his father married a woman of the Mohawk tribe. In 1671 Jacques Van Slyck was one of the two licensed tapsters of the village. He married Grietje, daughter of Harmen Janse Ryckman, of Albany; after his death in 1690 she married Adam Vrooman. His will was made May 8, 1690. The following children were living in 1697;1.Harmen. 2.Susanna, married Samuel Arentse Bratt. 3.Grietje, married (first) Andries Arentse Bratt; (second) Harmen Vedder. 4.Cornelis. 5.Geertruy, married Johannes Myndertse. 6.Marten. 7.Helena. 8.Lytje. 9.Lida, married Isaac Van Valkenburg. Of these children, Marten and Cornelis, lived upon the first flat, on land left them by their father, which is still owned by the family.From: "A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times, " 7: Adult Freeholders — Jacques Cornelise Van Slyck by Prof. Jonathan Pearson"Jacques was born in 1640, at Canajoharie; his Indian name was Itsychosaquachka; he was also sometimes called Jacques Cornelise Gautsh. He married Grietje, daughter of Harmen Janse Ryckman of Albany and had nine children living in 1697. He died probably about 1690, as his widow made an antenuptial contract 21 Feb., 1691/2, being then about to marry Adam Vrooman. His will was made 8th May, 1690. In 1671, he was one of the two licensed tapsters in the village.He seems to have had the regard both of the natives and the Dutch and to have had considerable influence with both peoples between whom he acted as interpreter.At one time he had a house lot in the village probably on the west corner of Washington street and Cucumber Alley, having a front on the former street of about 166 feet and extending back to the Binnè kil. The alley on the north side — 16 feet wide wood measure, — was the passage to the Binnè kil which was crossed by a scow to his farm on the Great island.This lot passed to his son Capt. Harmen Van Slyck; in 1778, it was owned by Harmanus and Samuel sons of the latter, and still later by James Van Slyck Ryley their nephew, his mother being a daughter of Col. Jacobus Van Slyck.The first patent for land at Schenectady was made Nov. 12, 1662, by Governor Stuyvesant and confirmed by Governor Nicolls April 13, 1667, — to Sweer Theunissen [Van Velsen] and Jacques Cornelyssen [Van Slyck] to each of them severally the moiety of "a certain Island, — Marten's island — near Schenectady over against the town, etc., containing [82] acres first taking out six acres or three morgens on said island the title to which was vested in said Theunissen, who married the widow of Jan Barentse Wemp to whom and to the said Jacques Cornelise said island was granted Nov. 12, 1662." After Van Slyck's death, Grietje Vrooman his widow, received a confirmatory patent April 2, 1695 for his moiety of said island in trust for the use of their four sons, — Harmen, Cornelis, Marten and Acus. This island originally belonged to Marten Maurits, Van Slyck's brother, who dying in 1662, it fell to Jacques by inheritance; hence at first it was called Marten's island, afterwards Van Slyck's and sometimes Sweer Theunise's and Wemp's island, all of whom had an interest in the same.Besides the half island above mentioned, Van Slyck also received a grant of land on the First flat on the south side of the Mohawk river to the west of the village, described in the confirmatory patent of Oct. 30, 1684, as "situate between two creeks, one called Stone creek to the eastward, the other the Platte creek to the westward; — the low land lying along the river side to the south of the Mohawk river and on the north of the land belonging to the inhabitants of Schenectady of which said Jacques is to have forty morgens or eighty acres of the best clearest land lying between said creeks, and also forty morgens or eighty acres of woodland on the west side of the Platte creek adjoining to his arable land along the river side.The land confirmed by this grant to Jacques Cornelise, is stated to have come to him in right of his mother who was a Mohawk woman. His sons Marten and Cornelis inherited and lived upon this farm which is still in possession and occupancy of the family."There were two early settlers of Beverwyck of this name: Willena [Willem?], whose descendants settled below Albany in Columbia county and elsewhere, and Cornelis Antonesses, alias "Broer Carnelis, " so called by the natives. He married and had several children: Jacques, Marten Mouris, Hilletje and perhaps Lea. Marten Mouris was in Beverwyck in 1661 and gave name to the island (later Van Slyck) lying in the Mohawk west of Schenectady, and died early in 1662. Hilletje married Pieter Danielse Van Olinda, who was often employed as the provincial interpreter for the five nations. Lea married (first) Claas Willemse Van Cappernol; (second) Jonathan Stevens. "Broer Carnelis" died in 1676. By reason of his eminent services, rendered in bringing about peace with the natives, he received a patent for a large tract of land at Catskill and also owned land near Cohoes.(II) Jacques, son of Cornelis Van Slyck, was born in 1640 in Canajoharie; his Indian name was Itsychosaquacha; he was also sometimes called Agues [Aques?] Comllyssen Gautsch. The Mohawks gave him half of the island lying immediately west of the city, also land five miles above the city, on the south side of the Mohawk. This would seem to give color to the tradition that his father married a woman of the Mohawk tribe. In 1671 Jacques Van Slyck was one of the two licensed tapsters of the village. He married Grietje, daughter of Harmen Janse Ryckman, of Albany; after his death in 1690 she married Adam Vrooman. His will was made May 8, 1690. The following children were living in 1697;Harmen. Susanna, married Samuel Arentse Bratt. Grietje, married (first) Andries Arentse Bratt; (second) Harmen Vedder. Cornelis. Geertruy, married Johannes Myndertse. Marten. Helena. Lytje. Lida, married Isaac Van Valkenburg. Of these children, Marten and Cornelis, lived upon the first flat, on land left them by their father, which is still owned by the family.https://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/surnames/vslyke.shtmlThe Van Slyke Family in America The Van Slyke Family in America: A Genealogy of Cornelise Antonissen Van Slyke, 1604-1676 and his Mohawk Wife Ots-Toch, including the story of Jacques Hertel, 1603-1651, Father of Ots-Toch and Interpreter to Samuel de Champlain REVISED EDITION published May 2010. Read the description of this book However my latest book is available as of May 2010! The Van Slyke Family in America: A Genealogy of Cornelise Antonissen Van Slyke, 1604-1676 and his Mohawk Wife Ots-Toch , including the story of Jacques Hertel, 1603-1651, Father of Ots-Toch and Interpreter to Samuel de Champlain REVISED EDITION published 2010. 287 pages 8.5x11, coil bound. Cornelis Van Slyke's story is of a Dutchman who came to the New World as a carpenter at the age of 30, who became an interpreter for the Mohawk nation, was adopted into the tribe, and who met and married a French-Mohawk woman (Ots-Toch)who never left her native village. Their children, all raised at Canajoharie, one of the Mohawk castles or villages, became well-known and respected in the Dutch community. All except one left the village and married Dutch settlers. One of their children was my 8th great grandfather, Jacques Cornelissen Van Slyke who was known as Akes Gautsch, and whose Mohawk name was It-sy-cho-sa-quash-ka. Jacques was also an interpreter and one of the first settlers of Schenectady. Ever since the publication of the first Van Slyke Family in America book in 1996, I have been continuing my research on this family. A few years ago I found a court record in New Netherland where Cornelis Van Slyke wrote about the death of a man in Breuckelen Netherlands. Cornelis referred to the deceased man as his brother and asked if he was in the will. This exciting discovery spurred me to hire a Dutch researcher to search the Breuckelen and Nijenrode archives for more details. His findings are presented in this Revised Edition. The Van Slyke Family in America, Revised Edition, discusses Cornelise Antonissen Van Slyke born in Brueckelen, Netherlands in 1604 and his Mohawk-French wife Ots-Toch born ca 1620 at Canajoharie, New York. Cornelis came to the New World in May of 1634, settling at Beverwyck and then Schenectady, New York. Cornelis was known by several names, making research on him somewhat complicated, but not impossible.He can be found in the various records of the time as Cornelis Teunissen, Cornelis Antonissen, Cornelis Van Slicht (as he himself signed his contract with Kilean Van Rensellaer in 1634), Cornelis van Breuckelen (from Breuckelen) as he was called by van Rensellaer, Broer (brother) Cornelis as called by the Mohawks and Brodeur (brother) by the Dutch.My first book on the family was published in 1996. I found the story of Cornelis and Ots-Toch so compelling that in 1993 I decided to write a book on them. I wanted to trace Ots-Toch's lineage as far as possible, and try to prove which, if either, of the two stories of her parentage was correct. I wanted to know my ancestors as real people - the times they lived in, the neighbours they had, their friends and other relatives, events in their lives, what they wore, and any details I could find to put flesh on the bones. My first book is now out of print but my revised edition is now available! In the Revised Edition, new findings on the Van Slyke family in Breuckelen are revealed. New facts are added to the descendant genealogies and a few errors from the first book are corrected. More sources have been added and there is more detail about individuals included. There are 1, 342 footnoted sources for the facts contained in this 287 page book. See the Cornelis Van Slyke book List of Contentsview all 17Jacques Cornelius "Itsychosaquacha"'s Timeline 1640 1640Birth of Jacques Canajoharie, New Netherland Colony 1662 1662Age 22Birth of Susanna Cornelese Van Slyck Canajoharie, , Montgomery, New York, USA, 1664 1664Age 24Birth of Captain Harmen Jacquesz van Slyke Schenectady, New Netherland Colony 1666 1666Age 26Birth of Geertruy Jacquese Van Slyck 1668 1668Age 28Birth of Margareta Jacquese Jacquese Van Slyck Schenectady, NY, United States 1670 1670Age 30Birth of Helena Jacquese Van Slyck 1670Age 30Birth of Cornelis Jacquese Van Slyck Albany, New York 1674 1674Age 34Birth of Marten Vanslyck New York, New York, United States 1675 October 2, 1675Age 35Birth of Marten Jacquese Van Slyck, II Schenectady, Schenectady, NY, United States
NICHOLAS SCHUYLER AND WIFE ELSIE (NEE WENDELL)
Nicholas Schuyler
Nicholas Schuyler was born in September 1691 and christened at the Dutch church in New York City. He was the only susrviving son of Philip and Elizabeth De Meyer Schuyler of New York City.In 1711, he accompanied his uncle, Pieter Schuyler, on an expedition to the Onondaga country. His mother died in 1712.In December 1714, he married Albany native Elsie Wendell at the Albany Dutch church. By, 1733, the marriage had produced eight children. His wife died in 1744 and he is said to have married Mary, the sister of upwardly mobile Albany newcomer James Stevenson. In his fifties, the marriage would have been childless. Following his first marriage, he settled in Schenectady where he was known as a surveyor. However, he returned to the Indian country to trade but found himself in trouble with provincial authorities for trading to Canada. Later, he would be called Doctor. In 1727, he was chosen to represent Schenectady in the provincial Assembly. He later was employed as an engineer and was involved with the building of Fort Clinton at Old Saratoga. Nicholas Schuyler filed a will in May 1746. He called himself a "gentleman of Schenectady" and named his second wife and seven living children as his heirs. He died in July 1748 and was buried from his church. His family bible contains a wealth of information. Jeronimus Wendell (ELSIE'S FATHER)
Jeronimus Wendell was born in Beverwyck about 1655. He was the son of New Netherland pioneers Evert Janse and Susanna Truax Wendell. Losing his mother as a child, he was described as eight years old at the time of his father's re-marriage in 1663. Coming of age in Albany, by the mid 1670s he had married his neighbor, Ariantie Visscher - daughter of an Albany carpenter. By 1689, they had six children.Jeronimus was an Albany shoemaker-turned-furtrader whose State Street home was listed on a census of householders in 1679. In 1684 his Albany taxes were in arrears. His second ward property was assessed on a levy made in 1689. He employed apprentices and prospered by using his trade to produce leather products to be bartered to Native American hunters. Later, his sons would represent that initiative in the Indian country.Jeronimus Wendell made a will in 1690. It left most of his estate to his wife during her widowhood. Each of his living children was left personal bequests of silver, books, and other small items. The will went unfiled and Jeronimus was dead by 1697 when his widow was identified as the head of their household.
Jan Barentse Wemp (likely a reference to his tract of land)
Jan Barentse Wemp was said to have been born in Drenthe or Dodrecht in the Netherlands about 1620. He most likely emigrated to New Netherland as a young man.
He was living in Rensselaerswyck by 1643 when he was identified as the one-time servant of Cornelis Teunisz.
In 1645-46, he is said to have been operating the Patroon's farm on the "Vlackte." The wages allowed for Wemp and his wife were 300 florins a year. However, he left the farm over some "trouble with the Indians." He worked other farms and later ran sawmills on the creeks north and south of the settlement that later became Albany. In 1654, he took over a farm located across the river on the Poestenkil.
His wife was Maria Mynders. He probably married during the mid-1640s. The marriage produced at least six children. The eldest living child was fifteen in 1664.
In 1652 or 1653, he began to hold land near the north end of the stockade that enclosed what soon would become the village of Beverwyck. In 1658, he was among those who obtained a lot in Beverwyck. However, his name is not on either of the lists of fur traders considered by the Beverwyck magistrates in 1660.
In November 1662, Governor Stuyvesant made Jan Barentse one of the first patentees to receive land at Schenectady when he was granted the island called Van Slyck's or Wemp's Island. That 82-acre parcel was said to have been some of the "best land in the valley." He also held a lot in what became the village of Schenectady.
Jan Barentse Wemp died during the spring of 1663. His widow re-married in 1664. Her second husband is said to have been the one-time farm hand of Jan Barentse Wemp. Wemp's five living children were named in the will filed by his widow just before her re-marriage in June of that year.
This relatively short-lived pioneer settler who died in 1663 was the first of several individuals called "Jan Barentse Wemp" who lived in greater Albany County before the American Revolution. He probably was not an actual resident of what became the city of Albany.
Jan Barentse Wemp, alias Poert, arrived in Beverwyck in 1643-45, where he owned several lots; received a contract from Madam Johanna De Last for a bouwery at Lubberde's Land (Troy). This bouwery was on the Poertenkit [Poertenkil?], which was probably named from his alias. He received a patent in 1662, in company with Jacques Cornelise Van Slyck, for the great island lying immediately west of Schenectady and a house lot in the village. His wife was Maritie Myndertse, who survived him and married Sweer Teunise Van Velsen, the village miller, both of whom were killed at the massacre, February 9, 1690. Children:
Myndert, born 1649, killed in massacre, February 9, 1690;
Grietje Anna, married Sander Glen;
Barent; Johannes;
Altje, married Cornelise Van Der Heyden, of Beverwyck.
From Wemp the name soon became Wemple, and the Mohawk Valley families descend from this man, Jan Barentse Wemp.
(II) Barent, son of Jan Barentse Wemp, was born 1656. He was captain of the company of foot, appointed by Leslie [Leisler?] in 1690. He made his will, January 1, 1690-91. He married Folkje, daughter of Symon Volkertse Veeder; children: Johannes, Symon, Marytje, Myndert, Engeltje, Engeltje (2), Grieltje, Hendrick, Susanna, Barnhardus.
(III) Myndert, son of Barent and Folkje (Veeder) Wemple, was born August 24, 1691. He was sent by Sir William Johnson to the Senecas, to stay until their corn was a foot high, and keep their arms and working utensils in repair; returning with his sons, he made report. The Indians requested that he, "being good and charitable to the poor, " or some of his sons may reside among them as they are smiths and acquainted with them and know their language. He married Alida, daughter of Johannes De Wandelaar, of Albany, June 29, 1718. Children: Volkie, Johannes, Anna, Barent and Myndert (2), twins, Abraham, Hendrick, Barent, Maria, Myndert (3).
(IV) Barent (2), son of Myndert and Alida (De Wandelaar) Wemple, was baptized April 2, 1732. He was a fur dealer and met his death at the hands of the Indians. His widow Margaret kept a public house at Caughnawaga. Her house was burned by Johnson's Indians, May 22, 1780, and her son Mina (Myndert) was made prisoner, but released at Johnstown. Barent married Margaret Fonda. Children:
Myndert, baptized November 16, 1755;
Douw, baptized December 11, 1757.
Douw Fonda, her father, was a son of Jillis and Rachel (Winne) Fonda, grandson of Douw Jillise and Rebecca Fonda, and great-grandson of Jellis Douwese Fonda, who was in Beverwyck as early as 1654 with his wife Hester.HIS GRANDSON JOHN WEMP:Johannes Myndert Wemple1M, #13091, b. circa 1675, d. 14 October 1749Father*Myndert Janse Wemple2 b. 1649, d. 9 Feb 1689/90Mother*Dievertje Wendel1 b. 27 Nov 1650, d. 10 Apr 1724Name Variation Johannes Myndert Wemple was also known as Jan.2 Birth*circa 1675 He was born circa 1675 at Albany, Albany County, New York.1, 2 Memo*9 February 1690 He was taken prisoner during the French and Ibdian war at the massacre of Schenectady, and was taken to Canada on 9 February 1690 at Schenectady, Albany County, New York.2 Marriage*15 June 1700 He married Catalina Schermerhorn, daughter of Reyer Schermerhorn, on 15 June 1700 at Schenectady, New York.2 Marriage*6 October 1709 Johannes Myndert Wemple married Arejaentje Swits on 6 October 1709.2 Will*5 March 1747/48 In the name of God, Amen, I, Jan Wemple, of the Mohawk Country, on the Mohawk River, in the County of Albany, being of perfect, sound mind and memory, blessed be God, wherefore but considering the frailty of this life, and certainty of death, and the uncertain time and hour thereof, do therefore this fifth day of March, in the 21 year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, and the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and forty seven and eight, make ordain and publish this my last will and testament.
That is to say principally and first of all I give and commend my immortal soul after its departure our this frail body, into the merciful hands of God that gave it me. Hoping and trusting for the pardon of my sins and transgressions, in and thru the meritorious death and passion of the Blessed Son of God, Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Redeemer.
As my body, I recommend it to the earth to be interred in a Christian like and decent manner, at the discretion of my wife and children.
And, as for such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with in this life, after my just debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
Imprimis - I give to my son Myndert Wemple, deceased, his oldest son John Wemple, my small Island containing about 1 acre of land, situate, lying and being in the Township of Schenectady in the Mohawk River, on the south side of the foremost island as also my full, true and just Eighth part in the saw mill, Dam, Saws, Utensils and grounds and privileges to said mill belonging, situate, standing and being with the limits and bounds of the Township of Schenectady, on the east side of the Mohawk river, about 4 miles from Schenectady, north east on a certain creek called 'The Mill Creek.' To hold for him, the said John Wemple and his heirs an assigns forever, wherewith he must be satisfied and make no further pretense to any part of my estate for being my heir at law.
Item - I give my son Reyer Wemple and to his heirs and assigns I do give and devise all that my messsuge of tenement with Appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate, lying and being on the south side of the Mohawk River, in the limits and bounds of the town of Schenectady, in the County of Albany where he, the said Reyer, lived on so as it now belongs to me, commonly called Damhauer and Warmoes Gadt 'at a place called Woestine.' To hold to him and my said son Reyer Wemple, his heirs and assigns forever.
Item - To my sons Isaac Wemple and Ephraim Wemple and to their heirs and assigns forever I do give and devise my westerly part of my Low arable land, being my great flats situate, lying and being on the south side of the Mohawk river, in the Mohawks country, lying to the west of my house and homestead where I now live and beginning by the cross fence which stands a little to the west of a small creek about 200 yards westerly up the river and so taking in all my arable land which lies to the west of the cross fence, being my great flats aforesaid. To hold them my said sons, Isaac Wemple and Ephraim Wemple, their heirs and assigns forever, to be equally divided and shared by them and among them share and share alike, to the one no more nor better thereof than to the other.
Item - To my son John Wemple, Jr. and to his heirs and assigns forever, I do give and devise my easterly part of arable low land, situate, lying and being on the south side of the Mohawk River, in the Mohawks country, lying to the east of my dwelling house and homestead beginning at the cross fence about 200 yards to the west of my said dwelling house, and so taking in my houses, barns, orchard, homestead, together with my arable land lying to the east of my said house called Robert En Haihge as also my island lying in the Mohawk river just opposite my house in the Mohawks country called '"island" to hold to him, my son John Wempel his heirs and assigns forever.
To my three sons Isaac Wempel, Epharim Wempel and John Wempel, and to their heirs and assigns forever, I do give and devise all my woodland, pastures ground, and premises and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate, lying and being in the Mohawks country, adjoining to the south of the low land and homestead herein about devised to them, to hold to them their heirs and assigns forever, all to be equally shared and divided by them, and among them, share and share alike to the one no more nor better than to the other.
To my loving wife Arejaentje Wempel, I do give and bequeath all the rest and residue of real estate all my Negro slaves young and old, all my household goods and furniture, linen and woolen bedding, palte, cattle, etc, during her widowhood for her maintenance and livelihood and immediately after my said wife Arejaentje decease, if she remains unmarried or immediately after her remarriage which shall happen first,
I do then devise and dispose of the same in manner and form following, to wit: To my daughter Arejaentje, deceased her son Arent Bradt and her daughter Catollientje Bradt, children of Captain Andries Bradt, and to their heirs and assigns forever, I do give and devise two morgans of arable lowland, situate lying and being on an island which lies near the town of Schenectady to the bounds of said township to the west of side of the town, in the Mohawk river, on the southerly half of said island, is bounded west by two morgans of land, which I some time past conveyed to Widow van Driesen and north by the northerly half of the said island now belonging to Captain Jacobus Van Sleyck and south by the creek and so running along the said creek and partition of fence of Captain Jacobus Van Sleyck, easterly till it takes in the full quantity of two morgans (about 4 acres) of arable land to hold to them their heirs and assigns forever, all to be equally shared and divided by them and among them, share and share alike, to the one no more or better thereof than to the other.
Item. To my daughter, Maria Butler, the wife of Lieutenant Walter Butler, Jr. and to her heirs and assigns forever, I do give and devise two morgans of arable lowland situate lying and being in the bounds of the town of Schenectady on the above named island, on the south side thereof, bounded west by the two morgans of arable land herein above given and devised to my grandchildren Arent Brandt and Catolintje Brandt, children of my daughter Anjentje late deceased; as above state north by Captain Jacobus Van Sleyck above named and south by the creek and running so along the creek and the partition fence of Captain Jacobus Van Sleyck till it takes in the full quantity of two morgans of arable land, to have to her, my said daughter Maria, and to her heirs and assigns forever.
Item. To my daughter, Rebecca Coneyn, the wife of Peter Coneyn and to her heirs and assigns forever, I do devise two morgans of arable lowland situate, lying and being in the bounds of the town of Schenectady on the above island on the south thereto bounded west by two morgans of arable land herein above given and devised to my daughter, Maria, south by the creek, north by Captain Jacobus Van Sleyck as above named an so running along the creek and the partition fence of Captain Jacobus Van Sleyck till it takes in full quantity of two morgans of arable land, to hold to her my said daughter, Rebecca, and to her heirs and assigns forever.
Item. To my son Myndert Wempel deceased, his two sons, John Wempel and Myndert Wempel and to their heirs and assigns forever, I do give devise all the rest and residue of said island situate, lying and being in the bounds of the township of Schenectady just southwesterly of the said town, called the first or foremost island, bounded west by the two morgans of land herein last above given and devised to my daughter, Rebecca, south and east by the creek, north by Captain Jacobus Van Sleyck, as also my house and lot of ground lying in the town of Schenectady bounded east by the street, south by Daniel DeGraaf, north by the lot of Seymons Johan Veeder and west by the creek to held to them, their heirs & assigns forever, all to be equally shared and divided by them and among them, share and share alike, to the one no more nor better thereof than to the other.
Item. It is my will and I do order and direct my four sons to wit; Reyer Wempel, Isaac Wempel, Ephraim Wempel and John Wempel, or their heirs or assigns to pay or cause to be paid all my just debts and funeral charges, which I shall have paid at the time of my decease.
Item. It is my will and express order that if my two grandchildren herein above named John Wempel, and Myndert Wempel , sons of my son Myndert Wempel deceased, as above named do or shall happen to die without lawful issue of their body or bodies, Then what I have herein above given and devised him or them, so died as aforesaid with out lawful issue, shall descend and devolve on all my sons and daughters herein named equally and share and share and divide by them and among them, and share and share alike, to the one no more nor better thereof than to the others, anything herein contained to the contrary thereof not withstanding.
Item. It is my will if one or more of my three sons it wit; Isaac Wempel, Ephraim Wempel, or John Wempel shall die without lawful issue of his or their bodies that the survivor or survivors of my said three sons last named shall then have what I herein above have given & devised him or them so deceased as aforesaid, paying thereof in my just debts he or they so died without lawful issue was herein above directed and obliged to pay and perform.
I give and bequeath unto my son Isaac Wempel, my Negro boy named Caspel. I give and bequeath unto my son Ephraim Wempel, my Negro named Charles. I give and bequeath unto my son John Wemple, my Negro boy named Tobie. I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter, the daughter of my daughter, Arrantie wife of Captain Andries Bradt late deceased Catalientje, my Negro wench called Rood. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Deborah, the wife of Barent Wemple, my Negro wench named Hen. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Maria the wife of Lieutenant Walter Butler, my Negro wench named Saar. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Rebecca my Negro girl named Mary. I give and bequeath unto my son John Wempel, my Negro man named Ned and my Negro wench named Gin, he to pay therefor to my grandson Myndert Wempel, above named the sum of twenty pounds, current money of New York, seven years after my wife's decease. I give and bequeath unto my son Ephramim Wemple, my Negro man named Prince, he paying therefor my grandson, John Wempel about named the sum of twenty pounds current money of New York seven years after my wife's decease.
Lastly, I make and ordain my brother Jacob Glen and my good friend Robert Sanders Executers of this my last will and testament, and do desire them to execute the same for me according to my true intention and meaning. Lastly I do hereby disannul and revoke all former wills by before this time made, willing that this and no other heretofore made to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I the said Jan Wempel have to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. Death*14 October 1749 Johannes Myndert Wemple died on 14 October 1749 at Fort Hunter, New York.1, 2 Family 1Catalina Schermerhorn b. 1681, d. c 1708ChildrenMyndert Wemple3 b. c 9 Nov 1701, d. Nov 1739Reyer Wemple+2 b. 17 Oct 1703, d. 1796Johannes Wemple3 b. c 28 Oct 1705Ariaantje Wemple3 b. c 9 Nov 1707, d. bt 1737 - 1738Family 2Arejaentje Swits b. s 1680ChildrenDebora Wemple+3 b. c 30 Oct 1710Barent Wemp1 b. c 13 Nov 1712, d. b 1748Isaac Wemple3 b. 28 Aug 1715, d. 1810Maria Wemp3 b. c 5 Dec 1718Rebecca Wemp3 b. c 29 Sep 1721Ephraim Wemple+3 b. c 16 Feb 1723/24, d. b Aug 1814Cornelis Wemp1 b. 19 Apr 1726, d. b 1748
JOSEPH CLEMENT
(HIS SON BELOW, MENTIONS HIM)Jacobus Clement
Jacobus Clement was born in Schenectady in 1718. He was the eldest son of the five children born to Joseph and Anna Peek Clement. His father was a Mohawk Valley farmer and frontier trader.In 1743, Jacobus married Jannetje Van Woert in the Albany Dutch church. Their marriage produced at least three children between 1747 and 1750. However, only one son lived past childhood. During the 1750s, he was an interpreter of some note - serving at a number of conferences with the Iroquois and informing Sir William Johnson of the proceedings and other matters. A British army census of Albany householders in 1756 identified him as an "Indian Trader." He also may have served as a ranger during the Seven Years War. Jacobus Clement died between 1759 and 1766. His widow lived in their Southside home until her death in 1796.
INDIAN REFERENCES AND GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS/LOCALESTIONONDEROGETiononderoge and Fort HunterLocated at the south east corner of the confluence of the Mohawk River and Schoharie Creek was the Native American fortified village of Tiononderoge. The name is Mohawk meaning "the meeting of the waters". The settlement was occupied from around 1710 to the beginning of the American Revolutionary War in 1776. It has been estimated that approximately 360 people lived in the village in 1713, declining to 204 by 1750.[3] Europeans called the village the Lower Castle from its position as the major eastern settlement (furthest downstream) of the Mohawk. Fort Hunter and Queen Anne's ChapelIn 1710, Peter Schuyler, mayor of Albany, invited three Mohawk chiefs and one Mahican chief (of the Algonquian-speaking peoples) to travel to England and visit Queen Anne to solidify their trading alliance. The Mohawk chiefs asked for help in defense against the French, including Anglican missionaries to offset French Catholic influence among their people. Numerous Catholic Mohawk had moved up to the St. Lawrence River valley, where they settled south of Montreal at a village they named Kahnawake, after their former Caughnawaga in the Mohawk Valley.The Mohawk offered help in settling Palatine German refugees in New York, who had arrived that year and were working in English camps along the Hudson River. Hendrick Tejonihokarawa offered Mohawk land near the Schoharie. Later it was offered to the Germans through Governor Hunter, and some settled in the Schoharie Valley.As a result of the Mohawk request for aid, Queen Anne authorized Schuyler to build Fort Hunter, named after Colonial Governor Robert Hunter; the complex was completed in 1712, located near where Schoharie Creek entered the Mohawk River. The fort was 150-foot square with a blockhouse at each corner. The main gate faced north. A wooden chapel was built at the center. The chapel was named after Queen Anne, who sent communion silver and other items to furnish it.In 1741, Queen Anne's Chapel was rebuilt using limestone blocks that were quarried locally. By 1775, colonists estimated 600 "praying Indians" (Christians) lived at Fort Hunter.Shortly thereafter, fighting broke out in the Mohawk Valley and across the colonies as part of the American Revolution. The Mohawks sided with England, as they had for the previous century in conflicts with the French. Fighting alongside the British at the Battle of Oriskany and the Battle of Freeman's Farm, the many of the Mohawk soon became disgusted with the British management of the conflicts and left to join their cousins, the Turtle clan, in the Saint Lawrence Valley.In 1780, Mohawk warriors joined Sir John Johnson and Joseph Brant in fighting against the rebellious colonists in the Mohawk Valley. They participated in raids known as the "Burning of the Valleys." During one of the raids, a group of men retrieved Queen Anne's gifts, which had been buried at Fort Hunter. Today they are displayed at Brantford and Tyendinaga, Ontario, Canada.After the American Revolutionary War, Queen Anne's Chapel was used for a time as a tavern and stable, to house the many migrants at Fort Hunter, which had developed into a village. They were moving west along the valley into areas of New York state newly opened for European-American settlement since the Iroquois, as allies of the British were forced to cede their lands after the British defeat. The chapel was torn down during the construction of the Erie Canal, which was completed in 1825.
'THE BIG ROCK'Etagragon, now so written, the name of a boundmark on the Mohawk, is of record "Estaragoha, a certain rock." The locative is on the south side of the river about twenty-four miles above Schenectady. (Cal. N. Y. Land Papers, 121.) The name is an equivalent of Astenra-kowa, "A large rock." Modern Otsteara-kowa, Elliot.
Original and extremely rare early 18th century American deed, penned in 1733; a 286 year-old American original Colonial treasure stewing with important Schenectady and Albany history! Includes notable ...references to Indian land using Native words, with additional mentions of involvement of Indian traders, frontiersman, and early members of the Schuyler, Wemp and Van Slyck family, all sons and grandsons of the founders of Albany and Schenectady!THE MOST NOTABLE IS THE PURCHASED OF THE TRACT OF LAND IN THIS DOCUMENTCORNELIUS VAN SLYCK, WHO IN FACT IS THE GRANDSON OF THE HALF-BREED DUTCH/MOHAWK INDIANIT-SY-CHO-SA-QUASH-KA or AKES GAUTSCH
or known under his birth name JACQUES CORNELISSEN VAN SLYCKJacques, son of Cornelis Van Slyck, was born in 1640 in Canajoharie; his Indian name was Itsychosaquacha; he was also sometimes called Agues [Aques?] Comllyssen Gautsch. The Mohawks gave him half of the island lying immediately west of the city, also land five miles above the city, on the south side of the Mohawk. This would seem to give color to the tradition that his father married a woman of the Mohawk tribe. In 1671 Jacques Van Slyck was one of the two licensed tapsters of the village, being known as owning and running the first taverns in New York state. Jacques was also an interpreter and one of the first settlers of Schenectady.
Mentioned within are two Indian monuments and one village: the first being ESTARAGOHA (LATER CALLED ETAGRAGON), OR 'THE BIG ROCK' IN MOHEGAN. the second being the large white oak tree bearing the symbols of the three clans of the Mohawk, the wolf, bear and turtleand the third being the Mohawk village of TIONODAROQUEIN MOHEGAN ' THE MEETING OF THE WATERS'
This early 18th Century American document is a rarely seen commodity on the open market, not to mention with Indian content, and with legendary early figures in Schenectady and Albany history, such as Jan Wemp Jr, the son of another early founder of the same name, Joseph Clement, an Indian trader, envoy and frontiersman, and two members of the prominent Schuyler family, namely Nicholas Schuyler and his wife Elsie (nee Wendell). Nicholas was himself an Indian trader and surveyor of Schenectady; Elsie's father Jeronimus was one of the earliest and prosperous fur traders of his time; his father was a founder of then New Netherlands colony itself, which later became New York. Please refer to the pics for details and transcription. More can be read of the genealogy below.
Dated April of 1733, the deed contains an additional strip of continuation sealed by wax and an addended continuation of manuscript as well, as shown. Piece remains in worn shape for age; with some nicks and light losses, as well as light splitting at some of the folds, the upper piece nearly separated but holding, as shown. Mortgage deed measutres 13" x 12", but again folded at the foot to create two parts, sealed with wax, as shown. Penned in period ink on vellum with beautiful flourished early American-Dutch/English penmanship; the ink remains bold and completely legible. It is signed by Cornelius Van Slyck (his mark), as well as both Elsie and Nicholas Schuyler as witnesses.
Please see a detailed genealogy below.
A rare and important piece of American Indian, New York, Mohegan and Schenectady/Albany history. Good luck!
PROVENANCE
Cornelius Cornelise Van Slyck Birthdate: March 06, 1710 Birthplace: Albany, New York, USA, Death: May 30, 1753 (43)
Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, USA Immediate Family: Son of Cornelis Jacquese Van Slyck and Clara Van Slyck (Bradt)
Husband of Jannetje Van Slyck
Father of Christina Cornelise Tice; Gertrude Van Slyck; Abraham Van Slyck; Clarissa Jean Bastedo and Susanna Van Slyck
Brother of Maria Cornelise Van Slyck; Adriaan Cornelise Van Slyck; Harmanus Cornelise van Slyck; Helena Van Slyck; Geertruy Van Slyck; Petrus Cornelise Van Slyck; Jannetje Van Slyck; Catharina Van Slyck; Anthony Cornelise Van Slyck; Harmanus Van Slyck; Margriet Van Slyck; Albert Cornelise Van Slyck; Akers (Jacques) Van Slyck; Hendrik Cornelise Van Slyck; Engeltje Van Slyck; Jacobus Van Slyck; Susanna Cornelise Van Slyck; Samuel Van Slyck; Johannes Van Slyck; Gerrit Van Slyck and Jacques Cornelise Van Slyck « less
Half brother of Andreas Arentse Bradt; Catharina Arentse Bratt (Bradt); Gezena Bratt (Bradt); Margrietje Bradt; Magdalena (1) Bratt (Bradt); Susanna Bratt (Bradt); Harmanus Bratt (Bradt); Simon Petrus Bradt; Jannetie Bratt (Bradt); Johannes Bratt (Bradt) and Ariaantje Bratt (Bradt) « less Cornelius Cornelise Van Slyck's Timeline 1710 March 6, 1710Birth of Cornelius Albany, New York, USA, 1739 1739Age 28Birth of Christina Cornelise Tice Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, USA 1743 1743Age 32Birth of Gertrude Van Slyck Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, USA 1745 1745Age 34Birth of Abraham Van Slyck Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, USA 1749 August 27, 1749Age 39Birth of Clarissa Jean Bastedo Schenectady, New York, USA 1751 1751Age 40Birth of Susanna Van Slyck 1753 May 30, 1753Age 43Death of Cornelius at Schenectady, Schenectady, New ... Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, USA
the grandson of Jacques Cornelissen Van Slyck, "Itsychosaquacha" Also Known As: "Mohawk name-Itsychosaquachka", "/Itsychosaquachka/", "Jacques", "Itsychosaquacha (Mohawk name)", "Itsychosaquacha", "Akes Gautsch" Birthdate: circa 1640 Birthplace: Canajoharie, New Netherland Colony Death: May 11, 1690 (46-54)
Schenectady, Albany County, Province of New York Place of Burial: Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, United States Immediate Family: Son of Cornelius Antonissen van Slyck; Cornelius Antonieson Van Slyck; Cornelius Antoniesen Van Slyck; Ots-Toch Hartell; Ots Toch Hertel and 1 other
Husband of Margarita Grietje Ryckman and Margaret (Grietje) Ryckman
Father of Marten Vanslyck; Susanna Cornelese Van Slyck; Captain Harmen Jacquesz van Slyke; Geertruy Jacquese Van Slyck; Margareta Jacquese Jacquese Van Slyck and 5 others
Brother of Martin Mouris (Maurice) Van Slyck; Beartie Nieffens van Slyck; Elisabeth van Slyck; HIlletje Cornelise Van Olinda; Gijsbert Gerritse (Bertisse) Van Slyck and 4 others
Occupation: Tapster (Tavern Keeper), Trader, 1st liscensed "tapster"
Immediate Family
Margarita Grietje Ryckmanwife Marten Vanslyckson Margaret (Grietje) Ryckmanwife Susanna Cornelese Van Slyckdaughter Captain Harmen Jacquesz van Slykeson Geertruy Jacquese Van Slyckdaughter Margareta Jacquese Jacquese Van ...daughter Cornelis Jacquese Van Slyckson Helena Jacquese Van Slyckdaughter Marten Jacquese Van Slyck, IIson Lydia Jacquese Van Slykedaughter Acus Jacquese Van SlykesonAbout Jacques Cornelius "Itsychosaquacha"Sources:Mohawk Frontier, The Dutch Community of Schenectady, New York, 1661-1710 by Thomas E Burke, Jr.pg. 23 " Van Slyck, who was described in contemporary records as "formerly an Indian", was clearly trusted by the Mohawks. " also "Of all the seventeenth-century interpreters, van Slyck may have been the best, and his services were in demand as far away as"pg 24 " New York City, where in August 1687 he helped to examine "a Christian Maquase brought a Prisonner from Cannada" Jacques, son of Cornelis Van Slyck, was born in 1640 in Canajoharie; his Indian name was Itsychosaquacha; he was also sometimes called Agues [Aques?] Comllyssen Gautsch. The Mohawks gave him half of the island lying immediately west of the city, also land five miles above the city, on the south side of the Mohawk. This would seem to give color to the tradition that his father married a woman of the Mohawk tribe. In 1671 Jacques Van Slyck was one of the two licensed tapsters of the village. He married Grietje, daughter of Harmen Janse Ryckman, of Albany; after his death in 1690 she married Adam Vrooman. His will was made May 8, 1690. The following children were living in 1697;1.Harmen. 2.Susanna, married Samuel Arentse Bratt. 3.Grietje, married (first) Andries Arentse Bratt; (second) Harmen Vedder. 4.Cornelis. 5.Geertruy, married Johannes Myndertse. 6.Marten. 7.Helena. 8.Lytje. 9.Lida, married Isaac Van Valkenburg. Of these children, Marten and Cornelis, lived upon the first flat, on land left them by their father, which is still owned by the family.From: "A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times, " 7: Adult Freeholders — Jacques Cornelise Van Slyck by Prof. Jonathan Pearson"Jacques was born in 1640, at Canajoharie; his Indian name was Itsychosaquachka; he was also sometimes called Jacques Cornelise Gautsh. He married Grietje, daughter of Harmen Janse Ryckman of Albany and had nine children living in 1697. He died probably about 1690, as his widow made an antenuptial contract 21 Feb., 1691/2, being then about to marry Adam Vrooman. His will was made 8th May, 1690. In 1671, he was one of the two licensed tapsters in the village.He seems to have had the regard both of the natives and the Dutch and to have had considerable influence with both peoples between whom he acted as interpreter.At one time he had a house lot in the village probably on the west corner of Washington street and Cucumber Alley, having a front on the former street of about 166 feet and extending back to the Binnè kil. The alley on the north side — 16 feet wide wood measure, — was the passage to the Binnè kil which was crossed by a scow to his farm on the Great island.This lot passed to his son Capt. Harmen Van Slyck; in 1778, it was owned by Harmanus and Samuel sons of the latter, and still later by James Van Slyck Ryley their nephew, his mother being a daughter of Col. Jacobus Van Slyck.The first patent for land at Schenectady was made Nov. 12, 1662, by Governor Stuyvesant and confirmed by Governor Nicolls April 13, 1667, — to Sweer Theunissen [Van Velsen] and Jacques Cornelyssen [Van Slyck] to each of them severally the moiety of "a certain Island, — Marten's island — near Schenectady over against the town, etc., containing [82] acres first taking out six acres or three morgens on said island the title to which was vested in said Theunissen, who married the widow of Jan Barentse Wemp to whom and to the said Jacques Cornelise said island was granted Nov. 12, 1662." After Van Slyck's death, Grietje Vrooman his widow, received a confirmatory patent April 2, 1695 for his moiety of said island in trust for the use of their four sons, — Harmen, Cornelis, Marten and Acus. This island originally belonged to Marten Maurits, Van Slyck's brother, who dying in 1662, it fell to Jacques by inheritance; hence at first it was called Marten's island, afterwards Van Slyck's and sometimes Sweer Theunise's and Wemp's island, all of whom had an interest in the same.Besides the half island above mentioned, Van Slyck also received a grant of land on the First flat on the south side of the Mohawk river to the west of the village, described in the confirmatory patent of Oct. 30, 1684, as "situate between two creeks, one called Stone creek to the eastward, the other the Platte creek to the westward; — the low land lying along the river side to the south of the Mohawk river and on the north of the land belonging to the inhabitants of Schenectady of which said Jacques is to have forty morgens or eighty acres of the best clearest land lying between said creeks, and also forty morgens or eighty acres of woodland on the west side of the Platte creek adjoining to his arable land along the river side.The land confirmed by this grant to Jacques Cornelise, is stated to have come to him in right of his mother who was a Mohawk woman. His sons Marten and Cornelis inherited and lived upon this farm which is still in possession and occupancy of the family."There were two early settlers of Beverwyck of this name: Willena [Willem?], whose descendants settled below Albany in Columbia county and elsewhere, and Cornelis Antonesses, alias "Broer Carnelis, " so called by the natives. He married and had several children: Jacques, Marten Mouris, Hilletje and perhaps Lea. Marten Mouris was in Beverwyck in 1661 and gave name to the island (later Van Slyck) lying in the Mohawk west of Schenectady, and died early in 1662. Hilletje married Pieter Danielse Van Olinda, who was often employed as the provincial interpreter for the five nations. Lea married (first) Claas Willemse Van Cappernol; (second) Jonathan Stevens. "Broer Carnelis" died in 1676. By reason of his eminent services, rendered in bringing about peace with the natives, he received a patent for a large tract of land at Catskill and also owned land near Cohoes.(II) Jacques, son of Cornelis Van Slyck, was born in 1640 in Canajoharie; his Indian name was Itsychosaquacha; he was also sometimes called Agues [Aques?] Comllyssen Gautsch. The Mohawks gave him half of the island lying immediately west of the city, also land five miles above the city, on the south side of the Mohawk. This would seem to give color to the tradition that his father married a woman of the Mohawk tribe. In 1671 Jacques Van Slyck was one of the two licensed tapsters of the village. He married Grietje, daughter of Harmen Janse Ryckman, of Albany; after his death in 1690 she married Adam Vrooman. His will was made May 8, 1690. The following children were living in 1697;Harmen. Susanna, married Samuel Arentse Bratt. Grietje, married (first) Andries Arentse Bratt; (second) Harmen Vedder. Cornelis. Geertruy, married Johannes Myndertse. Marten. Helena. Lytje. Lida, married Isaac Van Valkenburg. Of these children, Marten and Cornelis, lived upon the first flat, on land left them by their father, which is still owned by the family.https://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/surnames/vslyke.shtmlThe Van Slyke Family in America The Van Slyke Family in America: A Genealogy of Cornelise Antonissen Van Slyke, 1604-1676 and his Mohawk Wife Ots-Toch, including the story of Jacques Hertel, 1603-1651, Father of Ots-Toch and Interpreter to Samuel de Champlain REVISED EDITION published May 2010. Read the description of this book However my latest book is available as of May 2010! The Van Slyke Family in America: A Genealogy of Cornelise Antonissen Van Slyke, 1604-1676 and his Mohawk Wife Ots-Toch , including the story of Jacques Hertel, 1603-1651, Father of Ots-Toch and Interpreter to Samuel de Champlain REVISED EDITION published 2010. 287 pages 8.5x11, coil bound. Cornelis Van Slyke's story is of a Dutchman who came to the New World as a carpenter at the age of 30, who became an interpreter for the Mohawk nation, was adopted into the tribe, and who met and married a French-Mohawk woman (Ots-Toch)who never left her native village. Their children, all raised at Canajoharie, one of the Mohawk castles or villages, became well-known and respected in the Dutch community. All except one left the village and married Dutch settlers. One of their children was my 8th great grandfather, Jacques Cornelissen Van Slyke who was known as Akes Gautsch, and whose Mohawk name was It-sy-cho-sa-quash-ka. Jacques was also an interpreter and one of the first settlers of Schenectady. Ever since the publication of the first Van Slyke Family in America book in 1996, I have been continuing my research on this family. A few years ago I found a court record in New Netherland where Cornelis Van Slyke wrote about the death of a man in Breuckelen Netherlands. Cornelis referred to the deceased man as his brother and asked if he was in the will. This exciting discovery spurred me to hire a Dutch researcher to search the Breuckelen and Nijenrode archives for more details. His findings are presented in this Revised Edition. The Van Slyke Family in America, Revised Edition, discusses Cornelise Antonissen Van Slyke born in Brueckelen, Netherlands in 1604 and his Mohawk-French wife Ots-Toch born ca 1620 at Canajoharie, New York. Cornelis came to the New World in May of 1634, settling at Beverwyck and then Schenectady, New York. Cornelis was known by several names, making research on him somewhat complicated, but not impossible.He can be found in the various records of the time as Cornelis Teunissen, Cornelis Antonissen, Cornelis Van Slicht (as he himself signed his contract with Kilean Van Rensellaer in 1634), Cornelis van Breuckelen (from Breuckelen) as he was called by van Rensellaer, Broer (brother) Cornelis as called by the Mohawks and Brodeur (brother) by the Dutch.My first book on the family was published in 1996. I found the story of Cornelis and Ots-Toch so compelling that in 1993 I decided to write a book on them. I wanted to trace Ots-Toch's lineage as far as possible, and try to prove which, if either, of the two stories of her parentage was correct. I wanted to know my ancestors as real people - the times they lived in, the neighbours they had, their friends and other relatives, events in their lives, what they wore, and any details I could find to put flesh on the bones. My first book is now out of print but my revised edition is now available! In the Revised Edition, new findings on the Van Slyke family in Breuckelen are revealed. New facts are added to the descendant genealogies and a few errors from the first book are corrected. More sources have been added and there is more detail about individuals included. There are 1, 342 footnoted sources for the facts contained in this 287 page book. See the Cornelis Van Slyke book List of Contentsview all 17Jacques Cornelius "Itsychosaquacha"'s Timeline 1640 1640Birth of Jacques Canajoharie, New Netherland Colony 1662 1662Age 22Birth of Susanna Cornelese Van Slyck Canajoharie, , Montgomery, New York, USA, 1664 1664Age 24Birth of Captain Harmen Jacquesz van Slyke Schenectady, New Netherland Colony 1666 1666Age 26Birth of Geertruy Jacquese Van Slyck 1668 1668Age 28Birth of Margareta Jacquese Jacquese Van Slyck Schenectady, NY, United States 1670 1670Age 30Birth of Helena Jacquese Van Slyck 1670Age 30Birth of Cornelis Jacquese Van Slyck Albany, New York 1674 1674Age 34Birth of Marten Vanslyck New York, New York, United States 1675 October 2, 1675Age 35Birth of Marten Jacquese Van Slyck, II Schenectady, Schenectady, NY, United States
NICHOLAS SCHUYLER AND WIFE ELSIE (NEE WENDELL)
Nicholas Schuyler
Nicholas Schuyler was born in September 1691 and christened at the Dutch church in New York City. He was the only susrviving son of Philip and Elizabeth De Meyer Schuyler of New York City.In 1711, he accompanied his uncle, Pieter Schuyler, on an expedition to the Onondaga country. His mother died in 1712.In December 1714, he married Albany native Elsie Wendell at the Albany Dutch church. By, 1733, the marriage had produced eight children. His wife died in 1744 and he is said to have married Mary, the sister of upwardly mobile Albany newcomer James Stevenson. In his fifties, the marriage would have been childless. Following his first marriage, he settled in Schenectady where he was known as a surveyor. However, he returned to the Indian country to trade but found himself in trouble with provincial authorities for trading to Canada. Later, he would be called Doctor. In 1727, he was chosen to represent Schenectady in the provincial Assembly. He later was employed as an engineer and was involved with the building of Fort Clinton at Old Saratoga. Nicholas Schuyler filed a will in May 1746. He called himself a "gentleman of Schenectady" and named his second wife and seven living children as his heirs. He died in July 1748 and was buried from his church. His family bible contains a wealth of information. Jeronimus Wendell (ELSIE'S FATHER)
Jeronimus Wendell was born in Beverwyck about 1655. He was the son of New Netherland pioneers Evert Janse and Susanna Truax Wendell. Losing his mother as a child, he was described as eight years old at the time of his father's re-marriage in 1663. Coming of age in Albany, by the mid 1670s he had married his neighbor, Ariantie Visscher - daughter of an Albany carpenter. By 1689, they had six children.Jeronimus was an Albany shoemaker-turned-furtrader whose State Street home was listed on a census of householders in 1679. In 1684 his Albany taxes were in arrears. His second ward property was assessed on a levy made in 1689. He employed apprentices and prospered by using his trade to produce leather products to be bartered to Native American hunters. Later, his sons would represent that initiative in the Indian country.Jeronimus Wendell made a will in 1690. It left most of his estate to his wife during her widowhood. Each of his living children was left personal bequests of silver, books, and other small items. The will went unfiled and Jeronimus was dead by 1697 when his widow was identified as the head of their household.
Jan Barentse Wemp (likely a reference to his tract of land)
Jan Barentse Wemp was said to have been born in Drenthe or Dodrecht in the Netherlands about 1620. He most likely emigrated to New Netherland as a young man.
He was living in Rensselaerswyck by 1643 when he was identified as the one-time servant of Cornelis Teunisz.
In 1645-46, he is said to have been operating the Patroon's farm on the "Vlackte." The wages allowed for Wemp and his wife were 300 florins a year. However, he left the farm over some "trouble with the Indians." He worked other farms and later ran sawmills on the creeks north and south of the settlement that later became Albany. In 1654, he took over a farm located across the river on the Poestenkil.
His wife was Maria Mynders. He probably married during the mid-1640s. The marriage produced at least six children. The eldest living child was fifteen in 1664.
In 1652 or 1653, he began to hold land near the north end of the stockade that enclosed what soon would become the village of Beverwyck. In 1658, he was among those who obtained a lot in Beverwyck. However, his name is not on either of the lists of fur traders considered by the Beverwyck magistrates in 1660.
In November 1662, Governor Stuyvesant made Jan Barentse one of the first patentees to receive land at Schenectady when he was granted the island called Van Slyck's or Wemp's Island. That 82-acre parcel was said to have been some of the "best land in the valley." He also held a lot in what became the village of Schenectady.
Jan Barentse Wemp died during the spring of 1663. His widow re-married in 1664. Her second husband is said to have been the one-time farm hand of Jan Barentse Wemp. Wemp's five living children were named in the will filed by his widow just before her re-marriage in June of that year.
This relatively short-lived pioneer settler who died in 1663 was the first of several individuals called "Jan Barentse Wemp" who lived in greater Albany County before the American Revolution. He probably was not an actual resident of what became the city of Albany.
Jan Barentse Wemp, alias Poert, arrived in Beverwyck in 1643-45, where he owned several lots; received a contract from Madam Johanna De Last for a bouwery at Lubberde's Land (Troy). This bouwery was on the Poertenkit [Poertenkil?], which was probably named from his alias. He received a patent in 1662, in company with Jacques Cornelise Van Slyck, for the great island lying immediately west of Schenectady and a house lot in the village. His wife was Maritie Myndertse, who survived him and married Sweer Teunise Van Velsen, the village miller, both of whom were killed at the massacre, February 9, 1690. Children:
Myndert, born 1649, killed in massacre, February 9, 1690;
Grietje Anna, married Sander Glen;
Barent; Johannes;
Altje, married Cornelise Van Der Heyden, of Beverwyck.
From Wemp the name soon became Wemple, and the Mohawk Valley families descend from this man, Jan Barentse Wemp.
(II) Barent, son of Jan Barentse Wemp, was born 1656. He was captain of the company of foot, appointed by Leslie [Leisler?] in 1690. He made his will, January 1, 1690-91. He married Folkje, daughter of Symon Volkertse Veeder; children: Johannes, Symon, Marytje, Myndert, Engeltje, Engeltje (2), Grieltje, Hendrick, Susanna, Barnhardus.
(III) Myndert, son of Barent and Folkje (Veeder) Wemple, was born August 24, 1691. He was sent by Sir William Johnson to the Senecas, to stay until their corn was a foot high, and keep their arms and working utensils in repair; returning with his sons, he made report. The Indians requested that he, "being good and charitable to the poor, " or some of his sons may reside among them as they are smiths and acquainted with them and know their language. He married Alida, daughter of Johannes De Wandelaar, of Albany, June 29, 1718. Children: Volkie, Johannes, Anna, Barent and Myndert (2), twins, Abraham, Hendrick, Barent, Maria, Myndert (3).
(IV) Barent (2), son of Myndert and Alida (De Wandelaar) Wemple, was baptized April 2, 1732. He was a fur dealer and met his death at the hands of the Indians. His widow Margaret kept a public house at Caughnawaga. Her house was burned by Johnson's Indians, May 22, 1780, and her son Mina (Myndert) was made prisoner, but released at Johnstown. Barent married Margaret Fonda. Children:
Myndert, baptized November 16, 1755;
Douw, baptized December 11, 1757.
Douw Fonda, her father, was a son of Jillis and Rachel (Winne) Fonda, grandson of Douw Jillise and Rebecca Fonda, and great-grandson of Jellis Douwese Fonda, who was in Beverwyck as early as 1654 with his wife Hester.HIS GRANDSON JOHN WEMP:Johannes Myndert Wemple1M, #13091, b. circa 1675, d. 14 October 1749Father*Myndert Janse Wemple2 b. 1649, d. 9 Feb 1689/90Mother*Dievertje Wendel1 b. 27 Nov 1650, d. 10 Apr 1724Name Variation Johannes Myndert Wemple was also known as Jan.2 Birth*circa 1675 He was born circa 1675 at Albany, Albany County, New York.1, 2 Memo*9 February 1690 He was taken prisoner during the French and Ibdian war at the massacre of Schenectady, and was taken to Canada on 9 February 1690 at Schenectady, Albany County, New York.2 Marriage*15 June 1700 He married Catalina Schermerhorn, daughter of Reyer Schermerhorn, on 15 June 1700 at Schenectady, New York.2 Marriage*6 October 1709 Johannes Myndert Wemple married Arejaentje Swits on 6 October 1709.2 Will*5 March 1747/48 In the name of God, Amen, I, Jan Wemple, of the Mohawk Country, on the Mohawk River, in the County of Albany, being of perfect, sound mind and memory, blessed be God, wherefore but considering the frailty of this life, and certainty of death, and the uncertain time and hour thereof, do therefore this fifth day of March, in the 21 year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, and the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and forty seven and eight, make ordain and publish this my last will and testament.
That is to say principally and first of all I give and commend my immortal soul after its departure our this frail body, into the merciful hands of God that gave it me. Hoping and trusting for the pardon of my sins and transgressions, in and thru the meritorious death and passion of the Blessed Son of God, Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Redeemer.
As my body, I recommend it to the earth to be interred in a Christian like and decent manner, at the discretion of my wife and children.
And, as for such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with in this life, after my just debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
Imprimis - I give to my son Myndert Wemple, deceased, his oldest son John Wemple, my small Island containing about 1 acre of land, situate, lying and being in the Township of Schenectady in the Mohawk River, on the south side of the foremost island as also my full, true and just Eighth part in the saw mill, Dam, Saws, Utensils and grounds and privileges to said mill belonging, situate, standing and being with the limits and bounds of the Township of Schenectady, on the east side of the Mohawk river, about 4 miles from Schenectady, north east on a certain creek called 'The Mill Creek.' To hold for him, the said John Wemple and his heirs an assigns forever, wherewith he must be satisfied and make no further pretense to any part of my estate for being my heir at law.
Item - I give my son Reyer Wemple and to his heirs and assigns I do give and devise all that my messsuge of tenement with Appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate, lying and being on the south side of the Mohawk River, in the limits and bounds of the town of Schenectady, in the County of Albany where he, the said Reyer, lived on so as it now belongs to me, commonly called Damhauer and Warmoes Gadt 'at a place called Woestine.' To hold to him and my said son Reyer Wemple, his heirs and assigns forever.
Item - To my sons Isaac Wemple and Ephraim Wemple and to their heirs and assigns forever I do give and devise my westerly part of my Low arable land, being my great flats situate, lying and being on the south side of the Mohawk river, in the Mohawks country, lying to the west of my house and homestead where I now live and beginning by the cross fence which stands a little to the west of a small creek about 200 yards westerly up the river and so taking in all my arable land which lies to the west of the cross fence, being my great flats aforesaid. To hold them my said sons, Isaac Wemple and Ephraim Wemple, their heirs and assigns forever, to be equally divided and shared by them and among them share and share alike, to the one no more nor better thereof than to the other.
Item - To my son John Wemple, Jr. and to his heirs and assigns forever, I do give and devise my easterly part of arable low land, situate, lying and being on the south side of the Mohawk River, in the Mohawks country, lying to the east of my dwelling house and homestead beginning at the cross fence about 200 yards to the west of my said dwelling house, and so taking in my houses, barns, orchard, homestead, together with my arable land lying to the east of my said house called Robert En Haihge as also my island lying in the Mohawk river just opposite my house in the Mohawks country called '"island" to hold to him, my son John Wempel his heirs and assigns forever.
To my three sons Isaac Wempel, Epharim Wempel and John Wempel, and to their heirs and assigns forever, I do give and devise all my woodland, pastures ground, and premises and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate, lying and being in the Mohawks country, adjoining to the south of the low land and homestead herein about devised to them, to hold to them their heirs and assigns forever, all to be equally shared and divided by them, and among them, share and share alike to the one no more nor better than to the other.
To my loving wife Arejaentje Wempel, I do give and bequeath all the rest and residue of real estate all my Negro slaves young and old, all my household goods and furniture, linen and woolen bedding, palte, cattle, etc, during her widowhood for her maintenance and livelihood and immediately after my said wife Arejaentje decease, if she remains unmarried or immediately after her remarriage which shall happen first,
I do then devise and dispose of the same in manner and form following, to wit: To my daughter Arejaentje, deceased her son Arent Bradt and her daughter Catollientje Bradt, children of Captain Andries Bradt, and to their heirs and assigns forever, I do give and devise two morgans of arable lowland, situate lying and being on an island which lies near the town of Schenectady to the bounds of said township to the west of side of the town, in the Mohawk river, on the southerly half of said island, is bounded west by two morgans of land, which I some time past conveyed to Widow van Driesen and north by the northerly half of the said island now belonging to Captain Jacobus Van Sleyck and south by the creek and so running along the said creek and partition of fence of Captain Jacobus Van Sleyck, easterly till it takes in the full quantity of two morgans (about 4 acres) of arable land to hold to them their heirs and assigns forever, all to be equally shared and divided by them and among them, share and share alike, to the one no more or better thereof than to the other.
Item. To my daughter, Maria Butler, the wife of Lieutenant Walter Butler, Jr. and to her heirs and assigns forever, I do give and devise two morgans of arable lowland situate lying and being in the bounds of the town of Schenectady on the above named island, on the south side thereof, bounded west by the two morgans of arable land herein above given and devised to my grandchildren Arent Brandt and Catolintje Brandt, children of my daughter Anjentje late deceased; as above state north by Captain Jacobus Van Sleyck above named and south by the creek and running so along the creek and the partition fence of Captain Jacobus Van Sleyck till it takes in the full quantity of two morgans of arable land, to have to her, my said daughter Maria, and to her heirs and assigns forever.
Item. To my daughter, Rebecca Coneyn, the wife of Peter Coneyn and to her heirs and assigns forever, I do devise two morgans of arable lowland situate, lying and being in the bounds of the town of Schenectady on the above island on the south thereto bounded west by two morgans of arable land herein above given and devised to my daughter, Maria, south by the creek, north by Captain Jacobus Van Sleyck as above named an so running along the creek and the partition fence of Captain Jacobus Van Sleyck till it takes in full quantity of two morgans of arable land, to hold to her my said daughter, Rebecca, and to her heirs and assigns forever.
Item. To my son Myndert Wempel deceased, his two sons, John Wempel and Myndert Wempel and to their heirs and assigns forever, I do give devise all the rest and residue of said island situate, lying and being in the bounds of the township of Schenectady just southwesterly of the said town, called the first or foremost island, bounded west by the two morgans of land herein last above given and devised to my daughter, Rebecca, south and east by the creek, north by Captain Jacobus Van Sleyck, as also my house and lot of ground lying in the town of Schenectady bounded east by the street, south by Daniel DeGraaf, north by the lot of Seymons Johan Veeder and west by the creek to held to them, their heirs & assigns forever, all to be equally shared and divided by them and among them, share and share alike, to the one no more nor better thereof than to the other.
Item. It is my will and I do order and direct my four sons to wit; Reyer Wempel, Isaac Wempel, Ephraim Wempel and John Wempel, or their heirs or assigns to pay or cause to be paid all my just debts and funeral charges, which I shall have paid at the time of my decease.
Item. It is my will and express order that if my two grandchildren herein above named John Wempel, and Myndert Wempel , sons of my son Myndert Wempel deceased, as above named do or shall happen to die without lawful issue of their body or bodies, Then what I have herein above given and devised him or them, so died as aforesaid with out lawful issue, shall descend and devolve on all my sons and daughters herein named equally and share and share and divide by them and among them, and share and share alike, to the one no more nor better thereof than to the others, anything herein contained to the contrary thereof not withstanding.
Item. It is my will if one or more of my three sons it wit; Isaac Wempel, Ephraim Wempel, or John Wempel shall die without lawful issue of his or their bodies that the survivor or survivors of my said three sons last named shall then have what I herein above have given & devised him or them so deceased as aforesaid, paying thereof in my just debts he or they so died without lawful issue was herein above directed and obliged to pay and perform.
I give and bequeath unto my son Isaac Wempel, my Negro boy named Caspel. I give and bequeath unto my son Ephraim Wempel, my Negro named Charles. I give and bequeath unto my son John Wemple, my Negro boy named Tobie. I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter, the daughter of my daughter, Arrantie wife of Captain Andries Bradt late deceased Catalientje, my Negro wench called Rood. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Deborah, the wife of Barent Wemple, my Negro wench named Hen. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Maria the wife of Lieutenant Walter Butler, my Negro wench named Saar. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Rebecca my Negro girl named Mary. I give and bequeath unto my son John Wempel, my Negro man named Ned and my Negro wench named Gin, he to pay therefor to my grandson Myndert Wempel, above named the sum of twenty pounds, current money of New York, seven years after my wife's decease. I give and bequeath unto my son Ephramim Wemple, my Negro man named Prince, he paying therefor my grandson, John Wempel about named the sum of twenty pounds current money of New York seven years after my wife's decease.
Lastly, I make and ordain my brother Jacob Glen and my good friend Robert Sanders Executers of this my last will and testament, and do desire them to execute the same for me according to my true intention and meaning. Lastly I do hereby disannul and revoke all former wills by before this time made, willing that this and no other heretofore made to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I the said Jan Wempel have to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. Death*14 October 1749 Johannes Myndert Wemple died on 14 October 1749 at Fort Hunter, New York.1, 2 Family 1Catalina Schermerhorn b. 1681, d. c 1708ChildrenMyndert Wemple3 b. c 9 Nov 1701, d. Nov 1739Reyer Wemple+2 b. 17 Oct 1703, d. 1796Johannes Wemple3 b. c 28 Oct 1705Ariaantje Wemple3 b. c 9 Nov 1707, d. bt 1737 - 1738Family 2Arejaentje Swits b. s 1680ChildrenDebora Wemple+3 b. c 30 Oct 1710Barent Wemp1 b. c 13 Nov 1712, d. b 1748Isaac Wemple3 b. 28 Aug 1715, d. 1810Maria Wemp3 b. c 5 Dec 1718Rebecca Wemp3 b. c 29 Sep 1721Ephraim Wemple+3 b. c 16 Feb 1723/24, d. b Aug 1814Cornelis Wemp1 b. 19 Apr 1726, d. b 1748
JOSEPH CLEMENT
(HIS SON BELOW, MENTIONS HIM)Jacobus Clement
Jacobus Clement was born in Schenectady in 1718. He was the eldest son of the five children born to Joseph and Anna Peek Clement. His father was a Mohawk Valley farmer and frontier trader.In 1743, Jacobus married Jannetje Van Woert in the Albany Dutch church. Their marriage produced at least three children between 1747 and 1750. However, only one son lived past childhood. During the 1750s, he was an interpreter of some note - serving at a number of conferences with the Iroquois and informing Sir William Johnson of the proceedings and other matters. A British army census of Albany householders in 1756 identified him as an "Indian Trader." He also may have served as a ranger during the Seven Years War. Jacobus Clement died between 1759 and 1766. His widow lived in their Southside home until her death in 1796.
INDIAN REFERENCES AND GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS/LOCALESTIONONDEROGETiononderoge and Fort HunterLocated at the south east corner of the confluence of the Mohawk River and Schoharie Creek was the Native American fortified village of Tiononderoge. The name is Mohawk meaning "the meeting of the waters". The settlement was occupied from around 1710 to the beginning of the American Revolutionary War in 1776. It has been estimated that approximately 360 people lived in the village in 1713, declining to 204 by 1750.[3] Europeans called the village the Lower Castle from its position as the major eastern settlement (furthest downstream) of the Mohawk. Fort Hunter and Queen Anne's ChapelIn 1710, Peter Schuyler, mayor of Albany, invited three Mohawk chiefs and one Mahican chief (of the Algonquian-speaking peoples) to travel to England and visit Queen Anne to solidify their trading alliance. The Mohawk chiefs asked for help in defense against the French, including Anglican missionaries to offset French Catholic influence among their people. Numerous Catholic Mohawk had moved up to the St. Lawrence River valley, where they settled south of Montreal at a village they named Kahnawake, after their former Caughnawaga in the Mohawk Valley.The Mohawk offered help in settling Palatine German refugees in New York, who had arrived that year and were working in English camps along the Hudson River. Hendrick Tejonihokarawa offered Mohawk land near the Schoharie. Later it was offered to the Germans through Governor Hunter, and some settled in the Schoharie Valley.As a result of the Mohawk request for aid, Queen Anne authorized Schuyler to build Fort Hunter, named after Colonial Governor Robert Hunter; the complex was completed in 1712, located near where Schoharie Creek entered the Mohawk River. The fort was 150-foot square with a blockhouse at each corner. The main gate faced north. A wooden chapel was built at the center. The chapel was named after Queen Anne, who sent communion silver and other items to furnish it.In 1741, Queen Anne's Chapel was rebuilt using limestone blocks that were quarried locally. By 1775, colonists estimated 600 "praying Indians" (Christians) lived at Fort Hunter.Shortly thereafter, fighting broke out in the Mohawk Valley and across the colonies as part of the American Revolution. The Mohawks sided with England, as they had for the previous century in conflicts with the French. Fighting alongside the British at the Battle of Oriskany and the Battle of Freeman's Farm, the many of the Mohawk soon became disgusted with the British management of the conflicts and left to join their cousins, the Turtle clan, in the Saint Lawrence Valley.In 1780, Mohawk warriors joined Sir John Johnson and Joseph Brant in fighting against the rebellious colonists in the Mohawk Valley. They participated in raids known as the "Burning of the Valleys." During one of the raids, a group of men retrieved Queen Anne's gifts, which had been buried at Fort Hunter. Today they are displayed at Brantford and Tyendinaga, Ontario, Canada.After the American Revolutionary War, Queen Anne's Chapel was used for a time as a tavern and stable, to house the many migrants at Fort Hunter, which had developed into a village. They were moving west along the valley into areas of New York state newly opened for European-American settlement since the Iroquois, as allies of the British were forced to cede their lands after the British defeat. The chapel was torn down during the construction of the Erie Canal, which was completed in 1825.
'THE BIG ROCK'Etagragon, now so written, the name of a boundmark on the Mohawk, is of record "Estaragoha, a certain rock." The locative is on the south side of the river about twenty-four miles above Schenectady. (Cal. N. Y. Land Papers, 121.) The name is an equivalent of Astenra-kowa, "A large rock." Modern Otsteara-kowa, Elliot.
