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Birth: abt 1625 Westbrook, Holland
Death: 11 May 1672 New York
Father: Jan TEUNISSEN (~1592-)
Teunis RYERSEN
Jan TEUNISSEN (abt
1592 - )
Anthony Janz Van WESTBROOK (abt 1625 -
11 May 1672) & Oersetlie DIRCKS (abt 1628 - aft 1672)
Annetje
WESTBROOK (aft 1658 - ) & Michael DEMOTTE (abt 1649 - )
Maria
DEMOTT (1678 - ) & Hendrick ATEN (abt 1661 - 17 Jul 1750)
Adrian (Aderyon?) ATEN (4 Sep 1695 - 10 Dec 1757) & Jacobje MIDDAGH
(1693 - 1782)
John (Jan?) ATEN (22 Dec 1732 - 1790) & Elizabeth BADYN (1733 - )
Cornelius ATEN (18 Jan 1766 - 21 Mar 1857) & Sarah (Sally) BELL (13
Feb 1770 - Jun 1856)
Aaron Kimble
ATEN (18 Feb 1812 - 9 Sep 1901) & Dorcas GLASS (1814 - 1892)
Adelia
Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973) & Newton COFFEY (1875 - 1969)
Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 -
1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)
Misc. Notes
From the book, "The Westbrook Family of New York," by William E. Westbrook, 2101 40th Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94116. 1972:
Anthony
Jansen Westbroek and his wife, Orseltie Dirks, are the progenitors of this New
York Westbrook family. They were married about 1658 or 1659. They had a tavern
and resided at Flatbush on Long Island, and at Albany, New York.; Their names
appear in over 125 colonial records during the period April 23, 1658 to
December 22, 1678; many of these records have not been published.
We note that
other persons from the village of Westbroek, The Netherlands, contracted with
Kiliaen van Rensselaer for employment in the colony of Rensselaerswijck, now
Albany, New York, one of whom was Jan Teunisen, a carpenter; and that Jan
Teunisen may properly name his son Anthony Jansen in keeping with the Dutch
custom of family naming. Anthony Jansen is the only person who adopted the
surname "Westbroek" when he was required to distinguish himself from
other contemporary Anthony Jansens when the British controlled the colonies...
Ursul
Dircks, a young daughter from Hamburg, living at the "Leuvenhaven,"
was first married to Jan Hendricksen, a young man, at Hillegersberg, near
Rotterdam, on October 25, 1653, after a publication of the intended marriage on
September 21, 1653. On August 29, 1655, a publication was made of the intended
marriage of Tuenis Jacobs, a young man from Beeckum, living at the
Pannekoestraaatt, and Orsel Dircks, the widow of Jan Hendricksen, living at the
Niewe Gogelsang.
While in
route to join her new husband at Albany, Ursul Dircks ordered some new clothes
from Antony De Lorme, corner of Goldfwieghts and Broad Streets, New York on
April 23, 1658, and received an advance of money in silver and gold.
On November
30, 1662, Antonis Jansen paid for the use of a small pall (casket), and on June
11, 1664, he again paid for the us of the pall. (From Burial Records of the
First Dutch Reformed Church of Albany, 1654-1862.) The names of the two buried
children are unknown.
The site of
Anthony Jansen's tavern at Albany is described as a house, lot and garden,
located on the south side of State Street, east of Broadway.
Anthony and
Ursula were substantial citizens, perhaps due to the money she brought to the
marriage. Their names appear quite often in early colonial records. .Anthony
served as the court messenger at Albany and he and his wife operated taverns in
both Albany and Flatbush.
Anthony was
the first to use the name Westbook in America. His original name was Antoni
Jansen and he was a Dutchman from a little fishing village called Westbroeck in
Holland. He adopted the surname Van Westbrook after the English took over the
Dutch colonies in 1664. Later the "Van" was dropped from his name.
Prior to the English take over the Dutch did not use surnames. They took the
given name of their father and added "sen" or "son" to it.
Event: On 27
Oct 1661, in Flatbush, New Netherlands, he bought, of Tielman Van Vleeck and
Claes Gangeloff Villet, orphan master of New Amsterdam, in charge of the estate
of Nicholas Volthuysen, a parcel of land in Flatbush on the East side of the
road, cong. 18 morgens, with plain and meadow land abutting on Canarisie flats
or plains, with 2 small house-plots.
Marriage: 1658 Flatbush, Kings County, NY
Spouse: Oersetlie
(Ursula?) DIRCKS
Birth: Holland?
Germany?
Death: Kingston,
New York
Father: Dirck VOLKERTSEN
(~1610-~1660)
Mother: Christine VIGNE (~1615-~1665)
Misc. Notes
Parents of
Orseltie Dyrscks were Dirck Volkertsen and Christine Vigne. Dirck Volkertsen
was born abt 1610 in Holland, died after 1660 New Amsterdam, NY, married
Christine Vigne abt 1635 in New Amsterdam, NY, Christine was born about 1615 in
Holland and died abt 1665 in New Amsterdam, NY.
Anthony
Westbrook married Ursula Dircks,a well to do young widow who came over from
Holland in 1658 on the ship "DeMoseman” to join her new husband. She must
have known Anthony before as records seem to indicate that she came to America
for the express purpose of marrying him. She had been married twice before and
had two children by those previous marriages. Only one of those children grew
to maturity. Her name was Ann who married Michael DeMott.
(CAUTION:
This last sentence implies Anthony may not have been our ancestor! See the note
about his wife’s previous marriages on the first page. There are a number of
genealogies out there that propose her first husband, Jan Hendricksen, was the
father of Ann, showing her birth as about 1654/5. And that is clearly
plausible. However by far the largest number assume Anthony was her father.
None seem to offer solid evidence one way or another, so I’ve left it alone for
now. Fred Coffey.)
Children:
Anthony Janz Van WESTBROOK (abt 1625 - 1672) & Oersetlie
(Ursula?) DIRCKS
Annetje
WESTBROOK (aft 1658 - ) & Michael DEMOTTE (abt 1649 - )
Johannes WESTBROOK
(abt 1659 - 25 Jan 1724 (1725?))
Dirrick WESTBROOK
(abt 1660 - )
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