OliveTreeGenealogy.com logo for Olive Tree Genealogy and its free free genealogical resources Your link to the past since February 1996! Search for your ancestors in free Ships' Passenger lists, Naturalization Records, Palatine Genealogy, Canadian Genealogy, American Genealogy, Native American Genealogy, Huguenots, Mennonites, Almshouse Records, Orphan Records, church records, military muster rolls, census records, land records and more. Olive Tree Genealogy Free Genealogy Database marks FREE genealogy records.

Follow Olive Tree Genealogy         

Olive Tree Genealogy was chosen by Family Tree Magazine as one of the 101 Best Genealogy Websites 2017!

Check out the Genealogy Books written by Olive Tree Genealogy!

Death Finds a Way: A Janie Riley Mystery by Lorine McGinnis Schulze

Janie Riley is an avid genealogist with a habit of stumbling on to dead bodies. She and her husband head to Salt Lake City Utah to research Janie's elusive 4th great-grandmother. But her search into the past leads her to a dark secret. Can she solve the mysteries of the past and the present before disaster strikes? Available now on Amazon.com and and Amazon.ca
                 Organize Your Genealogy in Evernote in 10 Easy Steps is a must have!
 


Search immigration records.

Search now

Try an Ancestry.com Free Trial and Ancestry.ca Free Trial

Genealogy Mystery Book!


Death Finds a Way: A Janie Riley Mystery
by Lorine McGinnis Schulze

Janie Riley is an avid genealogist with a habit of stumbling on to dead bodies. She and her husband head to Salt Lake City Utah to research Janie's elusive 4th great-grandmother. But her search into the past leads her to a dark secret. Can she solve the mysteries of the past and the present before disaster strikes? Available now on Amazon.com and Amazon.ca

AncestryDNA

Genealogy Newsletter

JOIN the FREE Olive Tree Genealogy Newsletter. Be the first to know of genealogy events and freebies. Find out when new genealogy databases are put online. Get tips for finding your elusive brick-wall ancestor.

Share With Others

Share with other genealogists! Tweet this page!

Search OliveTreeGenealogy

Search Fold3

Search Military Records - Fold3

New Netherland & New York Genealogy

New Netherland Settlers Books now available!:

Ships Passenger Lists to New York
500 voyages to and from New Netherland (New York)
Cemetery Records (Cemetery, Obits)
Census Records
Church Records (B, D, M)
City Directories
Land & Mortgage Records
Military Records
Wills & Probate Records
New Netherland History
Ancestor Signatory hand marks
Translation of words in Church records
Understanding Patronymics
Dutch Names & Nicknames
Glossary of Dutch Words
Ancient Dutch Occupations
New Netherland Settlers
17th Century Ancestor Registry
Dutch & English translations for Occupations
Life in 17th Century Amsterdam
Online Books
Research in the Netherlands
Miscellaneous Genealogy
[ Mailing Lists] [Societies & Journals] [Dictionary & Definitions] [Olive Tree Library] [Help] [Links]

VAN ALSTYNE FAMILY of NEW NETHERLAND NEW YORK

Researched and compiled, ©by Lorine McGinnis Schulze

My 8th great-grandfather, Jan MARTENSE (Jan s/o Marten) was also known as Jan DE WEVER (the weaver) in Colonial New York. He is the immigrant ancestor of the VAN ALSTYNE family. His wife was identified as Dirkje (sometimes written as Dirckien) Harmensdr. (or Harmense, meaning daughter of Harmen) BOERTGENS, in a notorial paper dated 24 May 1658 at Amsterdam.

New Netherland Settlers: The Van Alstyne Family: Ancestors and Descendants of Jan Martense & Dirckien Harmense Boertgens availabe at Amazon.com and Amazon.ca

Jan Martense de Wever (the weaver) was the immigrant ancestor of the Van Alstyne family in America. He and his wife, Derckien Hermanse (also recorded as Harmanse) and at least two children came to New York area from Drenthe Province, Netherlands prior to 1655.

Source: Random Notes Concerning Settlers Of Dutch Descent by William J. Hoffman, in New World Immigrants: A Consolidation Of Ship Passenger Lists And Associated Data From Periodical Literature edited by Michael Tepper (2 vols)

Jan and Dirkje were from Meppel, Netherlands and they came to the New World with at least 2 children. The first time we see them in New York in 18 July 1655 when a son Marten was baptised at New Amsterdam. Jan died about 1698 and is buried at Kinderhook, NY beneath the Dutch Reformed Church. Dirckje Harmense BOERTGENS died about 1682 and is also buried there.

Children:

  • Jan Janse VAN ALSTYNE
    Bpt 22 Aug 1647 Meppel, Drenth, Netherlands FN 5

  • Herman Janse VAN ALSTYNE aka VAN MEPPELEN
    Bpt 9 Jul 1648 Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands FN 5
    Resided In Albany, NY
    Married (1) 5 Jul 1682 New York, NY FN 2 Brechtje ELSWAERT
    Married (2) 7 Nov. 1688 New York, NY FN 2 Geesje SCHUUERMANS

  • Abraham Janse VAN ALSTYNE
    born circa 1650 Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands FN 5
    Married 8 Sep 1684 uknown VAN NOESTRAND
    Daughter Of Jacob Janszen VAN NOESTRAND
    Married (2) 17 Jan 1694 Albany New York FN 1 Marritje VAN DEUSEN

  • Lambert Jansen VAN ALSTYNE
    Born About 1652
    Died 16 Oct 1703 FN 3
    Married Circa 1682 Jannetje MINGAEL
    Baptized 18 Jan 1660
    Daughter Of Thomas Jansen MINGAEL and Marritje Abrahamse VAN DEURSEN
    [She married second Jochem Lambertse VAN VALKENBURG the widower of Eva Hendrickse VROOMAN]

  • Marten Janse VAN ALSTYNE
    Bpt 18 Jul 1655 New Amsterdam, NY FN 4
    Married 1 circa 1678 FN 3 Jannetje Cornelis BOGAERT
    Married 2 5 Dec. 1705 Albany New York FN 1 Cornelia Van Den Bergh *See Notes 1

  • Isaac Janse VAN ALSTYNE
    Born 16 Jul 1657 Albany, NY
    Died 4 Jan 1746

    Married (1) 20 Oct 1689 Albany, Ny FN 1 Maritie Abrahamse VOSBURGH
    au of Abraham Pieterse VOSBURGH & Geertruy Pieterse COEYMANS
    married (2) Jannetjie Jochemse VAN VALKENBURG
    Dau. of Jochem Lambertse VAN VALKENBURG & Eva Hendrickse VROOMAN

  • Dorothea Janse VAN ALSTYNE
    Born 1659
    Married 7 May 1678 Jacob Abraham VOSBURGH
    Born circa 1654
    Resided Kinderhook, Columbia Co., NY
    Died 15 Oct 1732 Linlithgo, Columbia Co., NY

  • Flammetje VAN ALSTYNE
    Born About 1661 New Amsterdam, NY FN 5

  • Teuntje VAN ALSTYNE
    Born About 1663 New Amsterdam, NY FN 5
FOOTNOTES
  • 1. Marriage Record Albany Reformed Church 1683-1804
  • 2. Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York: Marriages from 11 December 1639 to 26 August 1801 by Samuel S. Purple
  • 3. Contributions for the Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany From 1630 to 1800 by Prof. Jonathan Pearson
  • 4. Baptisms in the Dutch Church, New York in 2 vols. by Samuel S. Purple. V. 1 1639-1730. V. 2 1731-1800
  • 5. Van Alstyne - Montgomery Co. NY July 1991 by W. Barker Shelton

NOTES

1. Pearson gives Marten Janse two wives, with children being born as late as 1724 at which time Marten would be in his 70s. At his marriage to Cornelia in 1705, Marten is not listed as a widower, which would suggest he was marrying for the first time. Barker, in his compilation of this family, places Marten Janse (husband of Cornelia) as a son to Marten Janse and Jannetje. The baptismal sponsors at the christening of Marten and Cornelia's children support this placement, but his patronymic of Janse (son of Jan) does not. I checked the 9 baptisms for his children found in the Albany Church records and discovered that Marten does not have a patronymic recorded with any. This leaves his marriage record in question since the patronymic of Jansen assigned to him in this record may be faulty. Interested researchers should use this data with caution and attempt to verify with primary records
Birth Records
Baptisms at the Wynantskill Reformed Protestant Dutch Church New York
Births and Baptisms at the Greenbush Reformed Protestant Dutch Church New York
Cemeteries
Van Alstyne Burying Ground Dutchess Co. New York
VAN ALSTYNE CEMETERY Texas
Colorado County Texas Obituaries
Obits 1921 Rochester, Monroe, New York
Willard Grove Cemetery, Will Co, IL
COFFINS GROVE CEMETERY Iowa
Census
1720 census Albany Co. New York
Oath of Allegiance , Kinderhook, New York 1699
1850 Slave Census Grimes County Texas
1771 TRYON COUNTY NEW YORK Petition List of Names (census Substitute)
1880 Census of Nassau New York
1830 Scriba, NY Census
Town of Ellisburgh NY 1810 Census
City Directories
Ilion City Directory 1888-1889 Herkimer Co. New York
Deaths
Index to Deaths, Manlius, 1900-1960 New York
Marriages
Reformed Dutch Church New Amsterdam/New York City Marriages 1751
Military
Tryon County New York Safety Committee
7th Albany Regiment, New York
Wills
Barbary Van Alstyne Renssalear Co. NY
Mohawk Valley Letters of Administration Margaret Van Alstyne 1786


 
 

Don't leave without searching for your ancestors on Olive Tree Genealogy! Free Ships' Passenger lists, orphan records, almshouse records, JJ Cooke Shipping Lists, Irish Famine immigrants, family surnames, church records, military muster rolls, census records, land records and more are free to help you find your brick-wall ancestor. Build your family tree quickly with Olive Tree Genealogy free records

URL: http://olivetreegenealogy.com/           All rights reserved          Copyright © 1996-present
These pages may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion without my written consent.

Home Philosophy Helping FAQ Link to Olive Tree Library Friends Privacy Policy Store About Lorine Awards, Interviews About OliveTreeGenealogy


Contact Lorine at Contact Lorine of Olive Tree Genealogy