Henry HENDRICKS

Notes:

"Henry and Sarah lived at Middletown Point (north of Middletown) until 1761 or later when the sixth of the their twelve children was born. In 1761 Henry Hendrickson advertised 500 acres of land for sale "near Middletown". The later when the sixth of the their twelve children was born. In 1761 Henry Hendrickson advertised 500 acres of land for sale "near Middletown". The family does not appear in local church records after that year, so apparently they were successful in disposing of their land. Despite diligent searching, no further record has been found for Henry and Sarah until they appear in the Rockingham Co., North Carolina 1790 census with 3 males between ages 16 and 60 and four white females. Where the family was between 1761 and 1779 remains a mystery, except for clues which come from the pension application records of two of their sons, Albert and William. Both sons stated they joined the Maryland Flying Camp unit on their first enlistments in the Revolutionary War in Fredericktown, Frederick, Maryland in 1776 and 1777, and both stated they were residents of Fredericktown at the time of their enlistments.

Henry and Sarah were not found in the records of Frederick or surrounding counties. Albert does state his third and fourth enlistments (1779 and 1781) were from North Carolina, indicating the family had moved south by then. In the 1800 census of Rockingham County, Henry is listed with persons in the household consisting of 1 male and 1 female over age 45. Neither Henry nor Sarah appear as head of a household in the 1810 census, and as Henry would have been 70 and Sarah about 68, it would be reasonable to assume that both probably died between 1800 and 1810. Early in the 1800's their sons began disposing of land in North Carolina and moving west. The demise of their parents may have precipitated their willingness to move on. No disposition of land, cemetery records, or probate court records have been found for Henry. He apparently used the Hendrickson form of the name earlier in his life and dropped the "son" at some point in North Carolina. Nothing is known of the four daughters except for the christenings of the first two in Middletown. It is a good possibility they married into some of the same families their brothers married into, and that their identities were lost. Perhaps some or all of them went west with their brothers.

In the 1800 census of Rockingham County, Henry is listed with persons in the household consisting of 1 male and 1 female over age 45. Neither Henry nor Sarah appear as head of a household in the 1810 census, and as Henry would have been 70 and Sarah about 68, it would be reasonable to assume that both probably died between 1800 and 1810. Early in the 1800's their sons began disposing of land in North Carolina and moving west. The demise of their parents may have precipitated their willingness to move on.

No disposition of land, cemetery records, or probate court records have been found for Henry. He apparently used the Hendrickson form of the name earlier in his life and dropped the "son" at some point in North Carolina. Nothing is
known of the four daughters except for the christenings of the first two in Middletown. It is a good possibility they married into some of the same families their brothers married into, and that their identities were lost. Perhaps some or all of them went west with their brothers." Research of Mary Hart, Henry Hendricks PAF File Version 2,0, Released on CD 7 Apr 2000.

Henry married Sarah THOMSON on 3 Apr 1751 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. Sarah was born about 1732 in , of Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry HENDRICKS was born in Middletown Point, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; was christened on 3 May 1752 in Middletown Dutch Reformed Church, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died about 1811.
2. John HENDRICKS was born in Middletown Point, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; was christened on 9 Sep 1753 in Middletown Dutch Reformed Ch, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died before Sep 1823.
3. Aeltje HENDRICKS was born in Middletown Point, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; was christened on 13 Apr 1755 in Dutch Reformed Ch., Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey.
4. William HENDRICKSON was born on 23 Dec 1757 in Middletown Point, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; was christened before 26 Feb 1758 in Dutch Reformed Ch., Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey; died about 1837/1838 in , Richland, Ohio, USA.
5. Albert G. HENDRICKS was born on 2 May 1759 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; was christened on 8 Jul 1759 in Dutch Reformed Ch., Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey; died on 14 Sep 1843 in , Sumner, Tennessee, USA; was buried in , Sumner, Tennessee, USA.
6. Angenietye (Agnes) HENDRICKS was born in Middletown Point, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; was christened on 6 Sep 1761 in Dutch Reformed Ch., Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey.
7. James HENDRICKS was born about 1762 in Of, , Monmouth, Nj.
8. Joseph HENDRICKS was born about 1763 in Of, , Monmouth, Nj; died in Revolutionary W, Cumberland River.
9. Samuel HENDRICKS was born about 1764.
10. Phoebe (Phebe) HENDRICKS was born about 1764.
11. Abraham HENDRICKS was born about 1765 in Frederick Co., Maryland; died before 14 Feb 1848 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA.
12. Sarah (or Sally) HENDRICKS was born about 1768.

Hendrick married Aeltje COUWENHOVEN about 1728 in Of Freehoold, Monmouth, New Jersey. Aeltje was born on 20 Jan 1709 in , Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; was christened on 19 Feb 1709 in Middletown Dutch Ref. Ch., Monmouth, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hendrick Hendrickson Sr. was the son of Hendricks Willemsz and Geesje Bradt of New Albany, New York and had two known brothers, Willem Hendricks and Daniel Hendrickson, and one known sister Francntje Hendrickson as well as three older half brothers, Johannes, Jacob, and Albert Van Eckelen, and a half sister, Antje/Annetie Van Eckelen, who married Johannes Kros/Caros. Hendrick’s half siblings were the children of Geesje Bradt and her first husband Jan Van Ecklen who died 23 Mar 1668. Geesje married 2) our ancestor Hendrick Willemsz around 1669 who was also somewhat older as he was known as Hendrick Willemsz de oude or the older by the community of Albany and according to one report he was a “Carman” or a Deliveryman. It is thought by some that he was a business partner of Geesje’s first husband although I have yet to see this connection. Hendrick Hendrickson was younger than his brother Willem Hendricks, who is named as Hendrick Willemsz’ "Eldest son" in the Albany Court minutes (MCARS 2:282-283), and may have been youngest of the Hendricks children as he was probably the last to be married. He would have been born between 1670 and 1676 since both his parents were deceased by December 1677 (ERANP:444-445).

The Hendricks children were probably raised by Geesje’s parents, Albert Bradt and Anntje Van Rotmers, or her by brother Storm Van Der Zee who administered Hendrick and Geesje’s estate. Life with the Bradt family was a great adventure as their grandfather Albert was known as the spirited Northman of Beverwijck which was located just outside of Fort Orange. The major industries of this small community were fur trading and tobacco growing. Albert was a Lumberman from Norway who signed on as a Tobacco Planter with Kiliaen Van Renssealer the Patroon owner of the Colony of Renssealerwijck on the North (Hudson) River. The Van Renssealers were savvy Dutch merchants who made a fortune in the diamond and pearl markets and who expected nearly impossible returns on their tobacco investments. The high spirited Lumberman soon lost interest in the tedious art of tobacco growing as several heated letters from Kiliaen Van Renssealer testify. The truth of the matter was that there were grand fortunes to be made in Beaver Furs and Albert as well as other Planters spent the bulk of their time and ingenuity trapping and trading with the local Indians for furs. He also ran two saw mills which were situated on Tawasentha Creek so it is a wonder that he had any time at all to grow tobacco. Hendrick and his brothers probably helped the Bradt family with one or more of these endeavors which would have proved to be an equal task for raising young men of responsibility. Little is known about the early Hendrickson children’s life in New Albany but by 1682 their half brother Johannes Van Ecklen had brought the children to Long Island, New York where they became members of the Dutch Reformed Churches of Flatbush and Brooklyn. Johannes was the schoolmaster of Flatbush from 1682 to 1699, and the County Clerk of Kings County in 1698. Willem Hendricks was received into the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush on June 4, 1687 and he took the Oath of Allegiance to the English Crown in Flatbush as a "native" in September 1687. Hendrick and his brother Daniel did not take the oath as they were probably not of age at the time. Hendrick is not mentioned any Kings Co., records until 3 Apr 1698 when he and his half sister, Annetie Kros, witnesses the baptism of his Nephew, Hendrick Van Dyke, In the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush . Hendrick Van Dyke was the son of Francyntje Hendrickson and her husband Klaas (Nicholas) Van Dyke (FCR:452). On the 22 Sep 1692 Hendrick’s brother, Daniel, leased a parcel of land named Strawberry Fields just across the Bay in Monmouth Co., New Jersey and on the 16 May 1698 Daniel purchased this land. On the 17 Nov 1701 a Dutch company consisting of Theodore Polhemus, Stoffel Probasco, Jacques Cortelyou, Cornelius Wyckoff, Hendrick Lott, Hendrick Hendrickson, Peter Cortlyou, Dennis Tunis and Frederick Van Lieu of Long Island purchased twelve thousand acres of land in Somerset and Middlesex Co. (Gen of Long Island Fam. 1:624-629). It has been debated as to if this was our Hendrick Hendrickson and if it was it would seem to indicate that he was well acquainted with the family of Helena Cortelyou as Peter and Jaques were her brothers and Dennis Tunis was her second husband who died in 1706.
On the 3 Apr 1701 Daniel Hendrickson, Adrian Bennet, and Hendrick Hendrickse witness a land transaction between David Stout of Monmouth Co. NJ and Hendrick Van Dyke of Kings Co., Long Island NY for land on Hop Creek (EJLD 8:119) and on the 10 Nov 1705 Hendrick Hendrickse of Monmouth Co., NJ buys the same parcel of land known as Romanis from Hendrick Van Dyke and his wife Jonica of Brookland, Kings Co., NY (EJLD 8:??). In March of 1699 Daniel and Hendrick Hendrickson are listed as Grand Jurors in the Monmouth Co., Court minutes. Hendrick is also cited as serving on a Jury that was summoned to view a corpse that washed Sandy Hook Beach about the same time by George C. Beekman in his Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth Co., NJ (EDS:148). Mr. Beekman writes:

“Our court minutes for this period show that one Hendrick Hendricks served on the Grand Jury and also on a coroner’s jury, called to view a corpse thrown up by the sea on Sandy Hook beach. After the above dates (1694 to 1706) no Hendrick Hendricks is named on our public records as resident of this county until Daniel’s eldest son arrived at age. Hendrick Hendricks was a widower and married again about 1706, Helen Cortelyou, the widow of Nicholas Van Brunt and Dionyse Denyse. After his marriage it is said that he lived with his wife on lands at New Utrecht, L. I. which her father, Jaques Cortelyou, had devised to her.”

Although Mr. Beekman thought that Hendrick was probably the father of Willem and Daniel Hendricks the rest of his information on Hendrick Hendrickson has proven to be fairly accurate. Sometime around 1703 Hendrick married Trynetje Van Dyke who died after the birth of Hendrick Hendrickson Jr. in 1706. Trynetje, or Catherine as she would have been known in English, was born in 1680 to Achias Van Dyke and his wife Jannetje Lamberts who were residents of Yellow Hook just south of Brooklyn and next door to the land holdings of Jaques Cortelyou on the western tip of Long Island. Trynetje was baptized in the 17 Oct 1780 in the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush (FCR:401). Trynetje was a first cousin to Daniel’s wife who was also named Trynetje Van Dyke. Hendrick Hendrickson Sr. and his wife Tynetje had one child baptized in the Brooklyn DRC on the 29 May 1705 (BDRCR:498). Tunis G. Bergen translates the entry as such:

1705, 29 May
Jannetje:
P. Hendrick Hendrickze and Trynetje (parents).
w. Claas Van Dyke and Jannetje Van Dyke (witnesses).

There is no doubt that this baptism is for our Hendrick Hendrickson Sr. as the very next entry is for a child of his brother Willem Hendrickson and his wife Willemtze:

Johannes
p. Willem Hendrickson and Willemtze Lane (parents).
w. Stoffel Schar& Geesje Van Heckel, Antoni Rutger and Antje Caros (witnesses).

Many of the names of the witnesses are familiar to us while others we can only speculate about. Remember that the witnesses usually represented each side of the family and witnesses often represented deceased grandparents for whom the children were named. Claas Van Dyke was Hendrick’s brother-in-law Nicholas Van Dyke who married his sister Francyntje. Jannetje Van Dyke was probably Tynetje’s sister Jannetje who was representing their mother Jannetje Lamberts wife of Achias Van Dyke. Geesje Van Heckel/Eckelen was a daughter of Willem Hendrickson’s half brother Johannes Van Eckelen and Antje Caros/Kros was Willem’s half sister. Even though the Hendrickson were probably living in Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ after 1694 most of their early children were baptized in the Brooklyn and Faltbush Churches since an established Dutch Reformed Church did not officially exist in Monmouth County until 1709 even though services may have been held there as early as 1699 by visiting NY pastors. This may explain why Hendrick Hendrickson’s marriages have never been found and why no baptisms for Hendrick’s other two children have ever been located. It should also be noted that marriages between 1694 and 1706 and baptisms between 1698 and 1710 are missing in the Dutch Reformed Church at Flatbush NY. I have been unable to verify if marriages or baptisms took place in this church during this time but if baptisms took place up to 1698 then marriages probably took place also and if marriages took place after 1705 then baptisms probably also took place also and perhaps during the whole lapse of time. Since Hendrick Hendrickson as well as Helena Cortelyou were former participants of this congregation it is very possible that these events happened in this church the records of which have since been lost.

According to George C. Beekman in his Early Dutch Settlers our ancestor Hendrick Hendrickson Jr. was born 11 Nov 1706 and died 28 Jul 1783 (EDS:27). Mr. Beekman cites the Dutch Bible of Hendrick’s father-in-law Albert Couwenhoven as the source for these dates. It has been previously assumed that Helena Cortelyou was the mother of Hendrick Hendrickson Jr. and his sister Geesje Hendrickson however this was before Hendrick’s first wife, Trynetje Van Dyke, was discovered and documentary evidence suggests that Hendrick Hendrickson Jr. were the children of Trynetje Van Dyke. First off Hendrick and Helena probably were not married until 4 Apr 1708 when Helena Hendrickson writes a paper in which she states that her son Jacques Denyse and her son-in-law, Hendrick Van Louwres, shall take the administration of her personal estate which properly belonged to her, pursuant to the agreement made between her and her then husband, Hendrick Hendrickson. She decrees that all her children shall have equal portion, also her son Nicholas Van Brunt, deceased, whose heirs shall have one equal share of her personal estate. It was signed by Helena Hendrickson and bore, her mark H. and was notarized and recorded 27 Day of October 1726 (Reminisces of New Ultrecht and Gowanus p. 39). This agreement, dated 4 April 1708, was probably made around the time Hendrick and Helena married which would have been some time after our Hendrick Hendrickson Jr. and his sister Geesje were born. It is also a documentable fact that Hendrick Hendrickson Jr. or his sister Geesje Hendrickson are never mention in any following settlements or land conveyances where the lands of Helena Cortelyou were imparted to her children and grandchildren.
Page 355 of an article written by Helen Lincklarn Fairchild entitled Tunise Denise of Freehold, New Jersey 1704 - 1797, featured in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record No. 49 provides us with an extract of an agreement that states the following:
“1717, Aug 15. I Hendrick Hendrickson, of New Utrecht in Kings County, yeoman, am bound unto Jaques Teunissen of Town and County aforesaid in 400 pounds, the condition being if Hendrick Hendrickson conveys to Jaques Teunissen all the right and title which by certain letters of Patent the said Hendrick Hendrickson now hath in and to certain ferry at the Narrows between Nassau Island and Staten Island at the decease of his now wife, (Helena) or when her youngest son called Teunis Teunisen shall attain to the age of twenty one years, this obligation to be void.”
Teunis Teunisen as well as Jaques Teunissen were sons of Helena Cortelyou and her second husband Denys Teunisen who later in life went by their Dutch Patronymic Denys. So this agreement clearly states that Tunis Denys born 15 Jun 1704 was Helena Cortelyou’s youngest son and not Hendrick Hendrickson Jr who was born 11 Nov 1706. And since Geesje Hendrickson started having children with her husband Nicholas Van Brunt no later than 1724 then it is very probable that she was born before 1704 and was the eldest of the Hendrick Hendrickson children. But perhaps the most telling evidence is that Geesje never named a daughter Helena but she did name her second oldest daughter Trynitje Van Brunt. The noted Long Island historian named Teunis G. Bergen, who lived on lands once owned by Helena Cortelyou, knew exactly who Geesje Hendrickson’s mother was as in the family history entitled, The Bergen Family p. 291 he gives us the following clarification:
“Nicholas (Van Brunt) m(arried) Geesje, dau. of Hendrick Hendrickson of the Narrows, New Utrecht, by a first wife, his second being Helena Cortelyou. Geesie survived her husband, who emigrated to New Jersey where he had numerous descendants... Adrian Van Brunt married Jannetje Hendricks who also may have been a dau. of Hendrick Hendrickson.”
So Hendrick Hendrickson Sr. and his first wife Trynetje Van Dyke had three known children: Geesje Hendrickson b. abt. 1703 who married Nicholas Van Brunt about 1724, Jannetje Hendrickse baptized 29 May 1705 and who like Mr. Bergen suggests married Adrian Van Brunt, the younger brother of Nicholas, about 1726 and Hendrick Hendrickson born 11 Nov 1706 and who married Aeltje Couwenhoven about 1728. As to where the Hendrickson children were born is another matter. As was mentioned on the 10 Nov 1705 Hendrick Hendrickson Sr. bought a parcel of land on Hopp Creek near to Daniel Hendrickson’s lands called Romanis. In Apr 1706 Hendrick witnesses and land deed of land on Hopp River of James Stout of Middletown to Jacob Wecoff (Wyckoff) of the Flatlands, Kings Co., NY (EJLD8:76) and by 1 Jul 1706 Hendrick Hendrickson of Middletown sells part of this land to Jarat Schank of the same place which was not recorded in the Monmouth Co., Deeds until 25 May 1715 (MCD E:120-121). This sale seems to have closely preceded the birth of Hendrick Hendrickson Jr. so Trynetje must have still been alive and perhaps she died after they moved Kings Co., NY. It is very possible they may have moved to Yellow Hook in New Utrecht to assist Trynetje’s aging father, Achias Van Dyke, who owned a large farm that he bought from Adriaen Bennet Sr. in 1695. By the 6 Oct 1708 both Achias Van Dyke and his daughter Trynetje Hendrickson seem to have passed away as a deed was recorded in the Kings Co., NY Conveyances 1679 - 1736, Liber 3, pp. 183-185 that lists Hendrick Hendrickse of Kings Co., on Nassaw (Long Island) NY as an heir of Achias/Agyas VanDyke. We need to thank Michael Morrisay for finally finding the deed and the following abstract was made by Jeff Ward:

"This Indenture made this sixth day of October in the seventh yeare of the Reigne of our Sovereign Lady Anne, Queen of great Brittaine france + Ireland, Defender of the faith dc Ammog Dom. 1708; Between Lambert Vandyck and Maryke his wife of the Citty of Newyorke, Jacob Vandyck Jannake Vandyck + Hendrick Hendrickse of Kings County on Nassaw Island in the Collony of New Yorke Johannes Koerte and Barbera his wife of the province of East New Jersey of the one part, and Hendrick Vandyck of Kings County aforesaid of the other part witnesseth, That the said Lambert Vandyck Hendrick Hendrickse Johannes Koerte and Barbera his wife by vertue of the last will and testament of Agyas Vandyck late of the yellow hooke soe called in the towneship of Broockland in Kings County aforesaid deceased, and forr and in consideration of the sume of three hundred pounds Currant mony of Newyorke to them by said Hendrick Vandyck at and before the Ensealing and delivery hereof in hand payd, the Receipt whereof they doe hereby acknowledge and themselves therewith to be fully contented and satisfyed , and thereof and therefrom and of and from Every part and parcell thereof ffor
Ever by these presents doe acquitt and discharge the said Hendrick Vandyck his heyres Executors and administrators; Have given granted bargained sold conveyed assured and Confirmed and by these presents doe give grant bargine sell convey assure and Confirme unto the said Hendrick Vandyck his heyres and assignes for Ever, All that messuage farme or plantation scituate lying and being at the yellow hooke soe called in the towneship of Broockland aforesaid formerly in the possession, tenure + occupacon of Agyas Vandyck abovenamed deceased, that is to say, the five parts shares and moyetyes of six of in and to said messauge, and bounded as followes viz. Beginning ..." What follows is a long legal description known as a monuments and markers legal description…. Part of the property description is the boundary "between the townes of Broockland and Newutrecht." Another part borders the "commons of Newutrecht." The parcel is said to contain 108 acres. After a lot more repetitive legal language that sounds pretty familiar to the modern real estate lawyer, the document concludes with the in "witnes" whereof clause. It is signed and sealed by Lambert Vandyck, Maryke W Vandyck, her marke (which appears to be the W), Jacob Vandyck, Jannake X Vandyck, her marke, hendrick HH (a very distinct mark with the H’s joined together) hendrickse, Johannes Koerte and Barbera Coerte, her marke. It was then sworn to before Henry ffilkin, one of her "Majestyes" Justices of the peace October 6, 1708 and acknowledged again before the same justice of the peace on 23 Oct 1708 by Johannes Coerte and once again on 25 April 1709 by Barbera wife of Johannes Koerte and Maryke, the wife of Lambert Vandyck.”

There is no doubt that this is our Hendrick Hendrickson Sr. as he makes his classic HH mark on the deed and if his first wife Trynetje had been alive she would have been listed with him on the deed since she was the actual heir of Achias Van Dyke.

Hendrick married Trynetje Haggase VAN DYKE about 1703 in New Utrecht, Kings, New York. Trynetje was christened on 17 Oct 1680 in Flatbush DRC, Kings, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
His will was dated on 28 November 1677 On this 28th day of November 1677 appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, otary public residing in New Albany (appointed by the right honorable governor general of the parts of America, Edmont Andros), Heyndrick Willemsz, who at present lying sick in bed, but neverthe less possessing his understanding, reason and memory, according to all outward appearance, says and declares hereby that it is his last will and desire that of it please God Almighty to take him to His Kingdom before the children of the late Jan van Esckelen, procreated by Gysseltie Alberts, shall reach their majority, the money due them from their late father's estate, to wit, twenty whole, salable beaver skins, must be paid immediately after this appearer's death out of the first and most available moneys or furniture of the estate left behind to the guardians of said children, to wit, Albert Andriesz Brat and Storm vander Zee, before any other debts against the estate (except funeral expenses); furthermore, he hereby released absolutely (in manner aforesaid) the surities and principals, to wit, Jan Albertsz Brat and Hendrick Lantsingh, who on the 2d of July 1674 became sureties for the appearer for the aforenamed sum of twenty whole beavers. In confirmation of which the appearer hereby binds his person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges, and has subscribed this with his own hand in the prescence of Jan Andriesz Douw and Jacob Caspersz (called as witnesses hereto). In Albany on the date above written, at the house of Teunis Slingerlandt.
This the mark H.W. of Heyndrick Willemsz, made with his own hand.

Hendrick married Gisseltje Albertse BRADT about 1668 in New Albany, Albany New York. Gisseltje was born in Mar 1637/1638 in Rensselaerwyck, Albany, New York; died in Dec 1677 in New Albany, Albany New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]