He married Susanna Dubbels, and all his children were born in Holland.
In a book entitled, "The Early Settlers of Kings County," it is stated that "Joris Dircksen Brinckerhoef arrived in 1638. He settled on Staten Island, and entered into a contract with Cornelius Melyn, the owner of the island, to reside there; but owing to the murder of some of the neighboring planters by the indians in 1641, he obtained a release from the contract August 15, 1641. He went to Long Island and settled in Brooklyn. He died January 16, 1661.
From other sources it would seem that Cornelius Melyn, mentioned above, was the son-in-law of Joris, and the first husband of Altie. After his death she married William Covenhoven.
Children:
Dirck: killed by Indians on Staten Island.
***Hendrick: born 25 February 1629 and died 24 February 1708.
Abraham: born 1632 and died about 1714.
Altie: married William Covenhoven.
7 comments:
Thank you so much! I am a descendant of Joris and I am also a member of the church! I am so thankful to you for doing the research of my ancestor! I wish to know how you found out about him :) Thank you so much again!
God bless,
Carissa Brinckerhoff
As you can see by the right-hand column, I am also a descendant from Joris Brinckerhoff. My maiden name is Brinkerhoff.
Yes I saw :) Have you done any temple work for them? I am researching some records and I found Joris and Susannah's names in FamilySearch.org. I saw that they were sealed to Altie.
We had this book and more in my family for years. I always wanted to scan it. We've lost it since. Very interesting to find this book on the web, at all.
Im also a decendant from the Roem side. Nice to have info. It looks as though we've been here 380 years. Poor Joris only 23 years in ny and a tough time.
There were Brinckerhoffs on my wife's side of the family, who has kept many ancestral items. One of these is a Dutch religious book published in 1659 and owned by the original Joris Brinckerhoff. His signature is in the book, as well as a card from the 1800s attesting to it.
IF a descendant is interested in this book, feel free to email. As far as I can tell, the last Brinckerhoff in her side of the family married out of the family in the 1860s. At that time, they were still living in the Fishkill area.
Her family also has several boxes of old correspondence from ancestors, including the Brinckerhoffs.
I thought some of those things should go into a collection or donated to a museum in the "New Amsterdam" Area or some University that collects items of early American History.
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