Mary Vanderveer Dorland, Rumors of Her Demise

Mary Vanderveer Dorland, Rumors of Her Demise

Mary² Vanderveer (Cornelius Jansen¹), wife of Jan³ Dorland (Jan², Gerrit¹), born in 1682,[a] has long been thought to have died about 1713,[1] before her husband.  However, she survived her husband, remarried and had several more children.

There are three records that show Jan Dorland predeceased his wife.   The first is a list of the residents of Brooklyn NY in 1713.[2]  The entry for Mary Vanderveer, written in Dutch, reads “d: wedúwe Jan dorlant Junr”.  Translated to English it reads, “The widow of Jan Dorlant, Jr.”.  Barbara Barth and others apparently have taken this to read, “Widower, Jan Dorlant, Jr.”, but there appears to be no reason to assume the entry was recorded or transcribed incorrectly.  There is another entry using the same phrase, “the widow of“, in regards to Abraham Sleght.  Abraham was deceased by 1713 when his wife is named as Jannetje Sleght, widow and relict of Abraham Sleght of Brooklyn in an indenture dated in 1713.[3]  The second record regarding the death of Jan Dorland is an indenture dated in 1719 involving land in Brooklyn bordering land of the widow of Jan Dorland.[4]  Jan Gerritse Dorland was still living in 1723[5], so this reference could not be to him.  Comparing the descriptions, this land is almost certainly the land John Dorland, Jr. purchased on 20 Sep 1707.  The final record is from the records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush which shows Mary Dorland paying for the use of the shroud on 12/30/1711,[6] presumably for her husband.

Assuming Jan died by 1713, the will of Jan Dorland dated in 1754[7] cannot be his, but rather the will of his son (hereafter referred to as Jan, Jr.) who had been assumed to have died unmarried.[8]  Several things are required based on the will for this to be the case:

1)      Jan, Jr. must have married Aeltje Van Liew;

2)      he must have had a youngest sister named Ann;

3)      he must have had two other sisters;

4)      his mother, Mary Vanderveer, must have remarried;

5)      he must have had a half-sister named Geertje; and

6)      he must have had three brothers.  Though not specified, they were probably half-brothers as the will divides the remainder of his estate into two equal parts, one half shared equally by his two whole sisters, the other half shared equally by “My Three Brothers and One Sister Namely Gertje” whom he had already referred to as his half-sister.

A review of the subsequent lives of Jan Dorland, Jr. and Mary Vanderveer bears these out.

Without identifying him as such, Barbara A. Barth gives us much of the information regarding Mary Vanderveer’s second husband, Abraham Lott, and their family.[9]  Abraham Lott married first Geertje Dorland, daughter of Jan Gerrits Dorland and Annetje Remsen.  Geertje died sometime after the baptism of her last known child, Isaac, on 27 Oct 1704[10].  Abraham supposedly married second a woman named Sarah by whom he had a son named Jacob who was baptized on 21 Jun 1716.[11]  Abraham’s son, Peter, was living in Brooklyn by 23 Mar 1716,[12] probably assisting his younger step-brother, Jan Dorland Jr. (15 at the time), manage the farm which Jan's mother still owned there.  Peter was a resident of Brooklyn when he married Femmetje Remsen on 13 Nov 1719[13].  Peter eventually moved to New York City where he began his family.[14]  Abraham married, supposedly third, Mary Vanderveer, before 21 Sep 1718, when their son, Hendrick, was baptized.[15]

Aeltje Van Liew, wife of Jan Dorland, Jr., was baptized on 27 Oct 1704[16].  She was just a few years younger than Jan Dorland, Jr., as opposed to her being about 25 years younger than Jan Dorland, Sr., previously thought to be her husband.  She probably married Jan Dorland, Jr. shortly before they served as witnesses for Aeltje’s nephew, Hendrick, on 11 Feb 1722.[17]  

Jan Dorland Jr.’s youngest sister was named Ann, and he had two other whole sisters, named Mary and Catherine,[18] corresponding to those named in the will, all children of Mary Vanderveer and Jan Dorland, Sr.  Abraham and Mary Lott had a daughter named Geertje,[19] named as the half-sister in Jan’s will.  Abraham and Mary had two known sons, Hendrick and Rem[20], included in Abraham’s will[21], two of the three brothers mentioned in Jan’s will.  Abraham and Mary may have had another son who died between the time of Jan Dorland Jr.’s will and Abraham Lott’s will.  However, it is likely that Jacob, supposedly son of Sarah, was in fact the son of Mary as well, based on five things.

1)      The second witness for Jacob’s baptism[22], Mary Dorland, was probably an undocumented sister of Jan Gerrits Dorland (see discussion below), thus the sister-in-law of Mary Vanderveer. The first witness was Douwe Van Ditmars, brother-in-law of Abraham Lott.

2)      Jacob himself had children named Abraham and Mary[23], but no daughter named Sarah, suggesting his mother was named Mary, not Sarah.

3)      Peter, son of Abraham Lott and Geertje Dorland, was already living in Brooklyn in March of 1716[24], probably with his step-brother, Jan Dorland, on the Dorland property (Abraham had no other known connections to Brooklyn at the time) when Abraham’s son, Jacob, was baptized in June of 1716, suggesting a pre-existing relationship between the Lott and Vanderveer / Dorland families.

4)      There is only just over two years between the baptisms of Jacob and Hendrick, a relatively short time for Sarah to have died, Abraham to have re-married and Mary to have had her child by Abraham baptized (note there were 12 years between the baptisms of Isaac and Jacob).  On the other hand, two years is about the typical space between children for women at that time.

5)      Jacob was probably named after Mary’s sister, Jacoba,[25] just as Abraham and Mary’s son, Hendrick, was probably named after Mary’s sister, Hendrickje.[26]

The baptismal records of the children of Abraham and Mary show an on-going relationship with the Dorland family.  As noted above, Mary Dorland, probably her sister-in-law, was a witness for Jacob.  Their last child, Rem, was probably named after Rem Dorland, Mary’s brother-in-law.  The witnesses at Rem’s baptism were Christian Lupardus, Rem Dorland’s son-in-law, and either Mary’s daughter, Annetje Dorland (by her first husband, Jan Dorland), or Rem’s mother, Annetje Snedeker Dorland, or possibly Rem’s daughter, Annetje Dorland, wife of Christian Lupardus.[27]

Another indication of Mary’s maiden name as Vanderveer is a power of attorney witnessed by an Abraham Lott in 1732[28] for Mary’s nephews and nieces, children of her brother, Jan Vanderveer.  Mary’s daughter, Mary, had grown up with that family[29].   There was another Abraham Lott living in Flatbush at this time, but it is unlikely he was the witness.  This Vanderveer family was of Brooklyn, but had since disbursed to other parts in Kings County and Monmouth County, NJ.  Unlike today when a witness can rely on some form of identification, witnesses then needed to be able to affirm that they personally knew the person who signed was who they said they were.  As their maternal uncle-in-law, this Abraham Lott was in a much better position to be the witness in this case.

Though their relationship is not stated in his will, two of the executors of John's will, Leffert Lefferts and Isaac Lott, were probably close relatives.  Though John lived in Somerset, NJ, they were both of Long Island, NY.  Leffert Lefferts was the husband of John's sister, Catherine, while Isaac Lott was the son of John's step-father, Abraham Lott.

This understanding of the family has other implications.  Jan Gerrits Dorland was presumed to have had a previous marriage and a daughter named Geertje by that marriage.[30]  Both are no longer supported by any evidence.  Jan Gerrits Dorland was thought to have had a youngest daughter named Annetje, but the will was the only certain reference to her.  Other instances of her name in church records can be attributed to Annetje Snedeker, wife of Rem Jans Dorland, who was usually more closely related to the individuals in the baptismal records anyway.

A sidelight is the probable identification of Mary, wife of Gerrit³ Dorland (Lambert², Jan¹), as an undocumented daughter of Jan³ Dorland (Gerrit², Jan¹) and Annetje Remsen, as referred to above.  This identification is based on her name given as Mary Dorland in the baptism of her daughter, Harmtje, the witnesses at baptisms of her children and the baptisms for whom she served as a witness, and the naming of their children.

1) Baptismal records of the Reformed Dutch Churches typically used women's maiden names, rather than their married names.  At times the married name was used, but typically it was consistently one way or the other over a period of time, possibly depending on whom made the record.  The baptismal records at Brooklyn in 1695, when Mary's first daughter, Harmtje, was baptized, consistently used the mother's maiden name, in this case, Dorland.[33]

2) Naming of their children[31] after immediate family members:[32]
Harmtje, after her paternal grandmother, Hermina Pieters

Jannetje, after her maternal aunt, Jannetje Dorland
Jan, after his maternal grandfather, Jan Dorland
Annetje, after her maternal grandmother, Annetje Remsen
Lambert, after his paternal grandfather, Lambert Dorland
Gerrit, after his father
Abraham, after his maternal uncle, Abraham Dorland
Lena, after her paternal aunt, Magdalena Dorland

3) The probable identity of various baptismal witnesses:

a)   For Harmtje:[33] Bennetje Dorland, paternal aunt; Rem Dorland, maternal uncle.  As a paternal relative he would have been a second cousin once removed at best, a distant, unproven relationship, especially for their eldest child.

b)   For Annetje:[34] Lena, paternal aunt; Jan Dorland, probably the maternal grandfather.  The child Annetje was named after Jan’s wife, her maternal grandmother, Annetje Remsen.

c)   For Lena:[35] Harmtje Dorland, paternal grandmother; Rijk Hendrickse, maternal uncle, husband of Jannetje Dorland, maternal aunt.  Ryck Hendricks was also a witness for his wife’s niece, Geertje, daughter of Rem Dorland and Annetje Snedeker[36], and a witness with his wife for her niece Jannetje, daughter of Jacob Ryersen and Styntje Dorland.[37]

d)  For Jacob Lott,[38] son of Abraham and Sarah Lott, 2 May 1716 at DRC of Jamaica: Douwe Van Ditmarse, paternal uncle, husband of Catherine Lott; maternal aunt; Mary Dorland, sister of Abraham's first wife, Geertje Jans Dorland and Mary Vanderveer’s sister-in-law.

e)   For Rem Lott,[39] as noted above, Christian Lupardus, Mary’s sister-in-law’s husband; and Annetje Dorland, either Mary’s daughter, Annetje, her mother-in-law, Annetje Snedeker, or her sister-in-law, Annetje Dorland.

Notice in the baptisms with more than one witness, one is from the father’s side and one from the mother’s side.

Genealogical Summary

Descendants of Mary Vanderveer

Generation No. 2

1.  MARY² VANDERVEER (CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born Bef. 30 Jul 1682 in near Flatbush, NY, and died Bef. 1761.  She married (1) JAN DORLAND circa 1700 in NY, son of JAN DORLAND and ANNETJE REMSEN.  He was born circa 1680 in NY, and died Bef. 1714 in Brooklyn, NY.  She married (2) ABRAHAM LOTT Bef. 1718, son of PETER LOTT and GEERTJE LAMBERTS.  He was born circa 1670, and died Bef. 04 Sep 1766 in Jamaica, NY.

Children of MARY VANDERVEER and JAN DORLAND are:

                   i.    JAN³ DORLAND, b. Bef. 27 Jul 1701, near Brooklyn NY; d. Bef. 08 Aug 1754, Somerset, NJ; m. AELTJE VAN LIEW; b. Bef. 27 Oct 1704, Jamaica, NY.

2.               ii.    MARY DORLAND, b. circa 1703, NY.

3.              iii.    CATHERINE DORLAND, b. 19 Jul 1705, near Brooklyn, NY; d. 04 Dec 1766.

4.              iv.    ANNETJE DORLAND, b. circa 1707, NY.

       

Children of MARY VANDERVEER and ABRAHAM LOTT are:

5.               v.    probably JACOB³ LOTT, b. Bef. 21 Jun 1716, near Jamaica, NY; d. Bef. 25 May 1795, Queens Co. NY.

6.              vi.    HENDRICK LOTT, b. Bef. 21 Sep 1718, near Jamaica, NY.

7.             vii.    GEERTJE LOTT, b. Bef. 10 Sep 1720, near Jamaica, NY.

8.            viii.    REM LOTT, b. Bef. 25 Jul 1722, near Jamaica, NY.

Generation No. 3

2.  MARY³ DORLAND (MARY² VANDERVEER, CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born circa 1703 in NY.  She married (1) HENDRICK STRYKER, son of PETER STRYKER and ANNETJE BARENTS.  He was born 18 Feb 1698/99 in NY, and died Bef. 1745.  She probably married (2) JAN VAN ARSDALEN 25 Nov 1744 in DRC of Flatbush, Kings Co., NY. 

Children of MARY DORLAND and HENDRICK STRYKER are:

                   i.    FEMMETJE⁴ STRYKER, b. Bef. 07 Feb 1724/25, near New Utrecht, NY; m. JACOBUS CARGILL.

                  ii.    MARY STRYKER, b. Bef. 13 Oct 1728, near New Utrecht, NY.

                 iii.    ANNETJE STRYKER, b. circa 1730, NY.

9.              iv.    JOHN STRYKER, b. circa 1732, NY.

                  v.    HENDRICK STRYKER, b. circa 1736, NY; m. MARY FLEETWOOD.

3.  CATHERINE³ DORLAND (MARY² VANDERVEER, CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born 19 Jul 1705 in near Brooklyn, NY, and died 04 Dec 1766.  She married LEFFERT LEFFERTS, son of LEFFERT HAGEWOUT and ABIGAIL VAN NUYS.  He was born 22 May 1701 in NY, and died 27 Sep 1754 in Bushwick, NY (see p. 38 Genealogy of the Lefferts Family 1650-1718.)

       

Children of CATHERINE DORLAND and LEFFERT LEFFERTS are:

10.              i.    ABIGAIL⁴ LEFFERTS, b. 06 Oct 1725, NY.

                  ii.    MARY LEFFERTS, b. 06 Oct 1725, NY; d. 1733.

11.            iii.    LEFFERT LEFFERTS, b. Bef. 04 Apr 1731, near New Utrecht, NY.

                 iv.    MARY LEFFERTS, b. 15 Jul 1733, NY; d. 1737.

                  v.    CATHERINE LEFFERTS, b. 09 Apr 1736, NY; d. 1754.

12.            vi.    MARIA LEFFERTS, b. 26 Jul 1741, NY.

                vii.    JOHN LEFFERTS, b. 06 Mar 1742/43, NY; d. 1747.

               viii.    JOHN LEFFERTS, b. 18 Mar 1748/49, NY; d. 1749.

4.  ANNETJE³ DORLAND (MARY² VANDERVEER, CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born circa 1707 in NY.  She married ISAAC LOTT, son of ABRAHAM LOTT and GEERTJE DORLAND.  He was born Bef. 27 Oct 1704 in near Jamaica, NY, and died 1771.

       

Children of ANNETJE DORLAND and ISAAC LOTT are:

13.              i.    GEERTJE⁴ LOTT, b. Bef. 23 Nov 1728, near Jamaica, NY.

                  ii.    JAN LOTT, b. Bef. 19 Nov 1731, near Jamaica, NY.

14.            iii.    MARY LOTT, b. Bef. 21 Sep 1734, near Jamaica, NY.

5.  JACOB³ LOTT (MARY² VANDERVEER, CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born Bef. 21 Jun 1716 in near Jamaica, NY, and died Bef. 25 May 1795 in Queens Co. NY.  He married IDA PROBASCO, daughter of JAN PROBASCO and ADRIAENTJE REYNIERSEN.  She was born Bef. 12 Oct 1714 in near Jamaica, NY.

Children of JACOB LOTT and IDA PROBASCO are:

                   i.    ABRAHAM⁴ LOTT.

                  ii.    MARY LOTT, m. UNKNOWN HEGEMAN; b. circa 1745.

                 iii.    ANNETJE LOTT, b. 1750.

6.  HENDRICK³ LOTT (MARY² VANDERVEER, CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born Bef. 21 Sep 1718 in near Jamaica, NY.  He married ESTHER BOEKHOUT 19 Sep 1755 in Presbyterian Church, daughter of JOHN BOEKHOUT and HESTER FINE.  She was born in NY.

       

Children of HENDRICK LOTT and ESTHER BOEKHOUT are:

                   i.    ABRAHAM⁴ LOTT.

                  ii.    MARY LOTT.

                 iii.    SARAH LOTT.

7.  GEERTJE³ LOTT (MARY² VANDERVEER, CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born Bef. 10 Sep 1720 in near Jamaica, NY.  She married NICHOLAS VAN ARSDALEN, son of JOHN VAN ARSDALEN and LAMMETJE PROBASCO.  He was born circa 1716 in NY, and died Bef. 24 Jul 1784 in Jamaica, NY.

       

Children of GEERTJE LOTT and NICHOLAS VAN ARSDALEN are:

15.              i.    ABRAHAM⁴ VAN ARSDALEN, b. Bef. 11 Jan 1740/41, near Jamaica, NY; d. Bef. 18 Jun 1817, Jamaica, NY.

16.             ii.    LAMMETJE VAN ARSDALEN, b. circa 1743, NY.

                 iii.    JOHN VAN ARSDALEN, b. circa 1745, NY.

                 iv.    SARAH VAN ARSDALEN, b. circa 1747, NY; m. NICHOLAS LAMMERSEN.

                  v.    MARIA VAN ARSDALEN, b. Bef. 14 Sep 1752, near Success, NY.

                 vi.    ISAAC VAN ARSDALEN, b. Bef. 24 Aug 1755, near Jamaica, NY.

8.  REM³ LOTT (MARY² VANDERVEER, CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born Bef. 25 Jul 1722 in near Jamaica, NY.  He married SARAH DORLAND 05 Nov 1748 in DRC of Flatbush, Kings Co., NY, daughter of GERRIT DORLAND and JANNETJE PROBASCO.  She was born Bef. 03 Jun 1732 in near Jamaica, NY.

       

Children of REM LOTT and SARAH DORLAND are:

                   i.    ANNA⁴ LOTT, b. 1749, NY.

                  ii.    JANNETJE LOTT, b. Bef. 14 Sep 1752, near Success, NY.

17.            iii.    ABRAHAM LOTT, b. 22 May 1753, NY.

                 iv.    MARY LOTT, b. 1755, NY.

                  v.    AURIENTIE LOTT, b. 1757, NY.

                 vi.    CHARITY LOTT, b. 1760, NY.

                vii.    REM LOTT, b. 1762, NY.

               viii.    SARAH LOTT, b. Bef. 04 Aug 1766, NY.

Generation No. 4

9.  JOHN⁴ STRYKER (MARY³ DORLAND, MARY² VANDERVEER, CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born circa 1732 in NY.  He married CATHERINE UNKNOWN. 

       

Children of JOHN STRYKER and CATHERINE UNKNOWN are:

                   i.    DANIEL⁵ STRYKER, b. 1757, NY.

                  ii.    ELEANOR STRYKER, b. 1759, NY.

10.  ABIGAIL⁴ LEFFERTS (CATHERINE³ DORLAND, MARY² VANDERVEER, CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born 06 Oct 1725 in NY.  She married (1) CORNELIUS SCHENCK, son of JOHANNES SCHENCK and MARIA LOTT.  He was born Bef. 02 Mar 1722/23 in near Jamaica, NY, and died 1744.  She married (2) NICHOLAS LEFFERTS, son of JACOB LEFFERTS and JANNETJE BLOM.  He was born 06 Apr 1719 in NY, and died Aft. 1767.

       

Child of ABIGAIL LEFFERTS and CORNELIUS SCHENCK is:

                   i.    MARY⁵ SCHENCK, b. 27 Jan 1742/43, NY; m. REM REMSEN, 22 Jun 1762, NY¹; b. Bef. 1744, NY.  

       

Children of ABIGAIL LEFFERTS and NICHOLAS LEFFERTS are:

                  ii.    JANNETJE⁵ LEFFERTS, b. 1747.

                 iii.    CATHERINE LEFFERTS, b. 1751.

11.  LEFFERT⁴ LEFFERTS (CATHERINE³ DORLAND, MARY² VANDERVEER, CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born Bef. 04 Apr 1731 in near New Utrecht, NY.  He married ANNETJE DITMARS, daughter of ABRAHAM DITMARS and BRECHTJE REMSEN.  She was born 12 Jan 1732/33 in near Jamaica, NY.

       

Children of LEFFERT LEFFERTS and ANNETJE DITMARS are:

                   i.    CATHERINE⁵ LEFFERTS, b. circa 1757, NY.

                  ii.    LEFFERT LEFFERTS, b. 1759, NY.

12.  MARIA⁴ LEFFERTS (CATHERINE³ DORLAND, MARY² VANDERVEER, CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born 26 Jul 1741 in NY.  She married JOHN RYERSEN, son of MARTIN RYERSEN and ELIZABETH REMSEN.  He was born 26 Feb 1739/40 in NY.

       

Children of MARIA LEFFERTS and JOHN RYERSEN are:

                   i.    ELIZABETH⁵ RYERSEN, b. 1758; m. JOHN SCHENCK, 30 Sep 1774, NY²; b. Bef. 18 Oct 1754, NY.

                  ii.    CATHERINE RYERSEN, b. 1760; d. 1762.

                 iii.    SARAH RYERSEN, b. 1762; m. FRANCIS RYERSEN.

                 iv.    MARTIN RYERSEN, b. 1765; m. ANNETJE RYERSEN; b. 1769.

                  v.    LEFFERT RYERSEN, b. 1768; m. PHEBE REMSEN; b. circa 1770; d. 18 Sep 1823.

                 vi.    JOHN RYERSEN, b. 1773.

                vii.    CATHERINE RYERSEN, b. 1779; m. JOHN LOTT.

13.  GEERTJE⁴ LOTT (ANNETJE³ DORLAND, MARY² VANDERVEER, CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born Bef. 23 Nov 1728 in near Jamaica, NY.  She probably married STEPHEN RYDER, son of JURIAN RYDER and ELIZABETH ROMEYN.  He was born Bef. 27 Aug 1721 in near Jamaica, NY.

       

Child of GEERTJE LOTT and STEPHEN RYDER is:

                   i.    ANNETJE⁵ RYDER, b. 1753; m. ISAAC CORNELL; b. 1752.

14.  MARY⁴ LOTT (ANNETJE³ DORLAND, MARY² VANDERVEER, CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born Bef. 21 Sep 1734 in near Jamaica, NY.  She married JOHANNES CORNELL 23 May 1750, son of GUILIAM CORNELL and CORNELIA VAN NORTWYCK.  He was born Bef. 16 Jun 1727 in near New Utrecht, NY.

       

Child of MARY LOTT and JOHANNES CORNELL is:

                   i.    ISAAC⁵ CORNELL, b. 1752; m. ANNETJE RYDER; b. 1753.

15.  ABRAHAM⁴ VAN ARSDALEN (GEERTJE³ LOTT, MARY² VANDERVEER, CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born Bef. 11 Jan 1740/41 in near Jamaica, NY, and died Bef. 18 Jun 1817 in Jamaica, NY.  He married (1) ANNETJE UNKNOWN.    He married (2) LAMMETJE AMERMAN, daughter of ISAAC AMERMAN and SARAH VAN ARSDALEN.  She was born Bef. 27 Aug 1749 in near Jamaica, NY.

       

Children of ABRAHAM VAN ARSDALEN and ANNETJE UNKNOWN are:

                   i.    AARON⁵ VAN ARSDALEN, b. Bef. 15 Apr 1765, near Success, NY.

                  ii.    NICHOLAS VAN ARSDALEN, b. circa Dec 1766, near Jamaica, NY.

                 iii.    JOHN VAN ARSDALEN, b. circa Sep 1770, near Jamaica, NY; d. Bef. 1780.

                 iv.    CHARITY VAN ARSDALEN.

Children of ABRAHAM VAN ARSDALEN and LAMMETJE AMERMAN are:

                  v.    ISACC⁵ VAN ARSDALEN, b. circa 1778, NY.

                 vi.    JAN VAN ARSDALEN, b. Bef. 02 Jul 1780, near Success, NY; d. Bef. 1784.

                vii.    SARAH VAN ARSDALEN, b. Bef. 02 Jun 1782, near Success, NY.

               viii.    JAN VAN ARSDALEN, b. Bef. 14 Dec 1783, near Success, NY.

                 ix.    MARIA VAN ARSDALEN, b. Bef. 26 Mar 1786, near Jamaica, NY.

                  x.    ANNETJE VAN ARSDALEN, b. Bef. 18 May 1788, near Jamaica, NY.

                 xi.    LAMMETJE VAN ARSDALEN, b. Bef. 25 Dec 1790, near Jamaica, NY.

16.  LAMMETJE⁴ VAN ARSDALEN (GEERTJE³ LOTT, MARY² VANDERVEER, CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born circa 1743 in NY.  She married CORNELIUS AMERMAN 19 Nov 1761 in NY. 

Child of LAMMETJE VAN ARSDALEN and CORNELIUS AMERMAN is:

                   i.    CHARITY⁵ AMERMAN.

17.  ABRAHAM⁴ LOTT (REM³, MARY² VANDERVEER, CORNELIS JANSEN¹) was born 22 May 1753 in NY.  He married MARY VAN ARSDALEN 04 Dec 1774, daughter of JURIAN VAN ARSDALEN and AELTJE TERHUNE.  She was born 18 Nov 1746.

       

Children of ABRAHAM LOTT and MARY VAN ARSDALEN are:

                   i.    SARAH⁵ LOTT, b. 08 Nov 1775; d. 15 Dec 1775.

                  ii.    URIAH LOTT, b. 17 Dec 1777, near Six Mile Run, NJ; d. 10 Sep 1778.

                 iii.    SARAH LOTT, b. 05 Mar 1780, near Six Mile Run, NJ.

                 iv.    URIAH LOTT, b. 12 Feb 1782; m. ELIZA VAN HARLINGEN.

                  v.    HILLETJE LOTT, b. 21 Jun 1785.

                 vi.    ABRAHAM LOTT, b. 01 Oct 1786; d. 02 Mar 1787.

                vii.    MARY LOTT, b. 19 Oct 1788; d. 14 Sep 1790.

               viii.    JACOB LOTT, b. 08 Mar 1793.

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[a] She was baptized on 30 Jul 1682 at the Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush, NY.  See: Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol 1, by David William Voorhees, p. 418.
[1] Barbara A. Barth, The Dorland Enigma Solved, 68. See also: John Dorland Cremer, Records of the Dorland Family in America, 170.

[2] Fred Sisser, "Brooklyn Residents of May 1713", RECORD 117:225-226.

[3] Abraham Sleght deeded to Cornelius Vanderhoven all his real and personal estate for love and affection on 15 Aug 1712.  Kings County Conveyances, Liber 4, p. 254.
 Cornelius Vanderhoven deeded to Jannetje Sleght, his sister, widow and relict of Abraham Sleght, all the real and personal estate he had of the estate for Abraham Sleght for love and affection on 9 Sep 1713.  Kings County Conveyances, Liber 4, p. 255.

[4] Kings Co. Conveyances, Lib 4, p. 249.  "New York, Land Records, 1630-1975," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-33187-18838-41?cc=2078654&wc=M7H1-538:358137801,358904301 : accessed 20 Aug 2014), Kings > Conveyances 1679-1736 vol 1-4 > image 616 of 666; citing County Clerk. County Courthouse.
Liber 3, p. 113: 20 Sep 1707, Benjamin Vandewater to John Dorland Jr., land at Bedford, bounded by John Gerrits Dorland, Benjamin Vandewater, Jacobus Vandewater, the highway leading from Bedford to Flatbush.
Liber 4, p. 249: 4 Aug 1719, Cornelius Vandewater to Evert Van Wicklen; land in Bedford, bounded by highway from Ferry to New Lotts of Flatbush; Hendrick Suydam, widow Dorland, Benjamin Vandewater.

[5] Barbara A. Barth, The Dorland Enigma Solved, 7.

[6] Josephine Frost Collection, p. 35.

[7] Barbara A. Barth, The Dorland Enigma Solved, 7.  See also, New Jersey Wills, Original Wills and Inventory, #174R, Somerset Co., Liber F:204.

[8] Barbara A. Barth The Dorland Enigma Solved, 70.

[9] Barbara A. Barth, The Dorland Enigma Solved, 45.

[10] Kenneth Stryker-Rodda, “Records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island”, RECORD 105: 15

[11] Kenneth Stryker-Rodda, “Records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island”, RECORD 105: 207

[12] Freeholders and Inhabitants of Brooklyn, 23 Mar 1716, Kings County Conveyances, Liber 4, folio 283.

[13] Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol 1, by David William Voorhees, p.. 327

[14] Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biological Record, Vol. II, “Baptisms From 1639 to 1730 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York”, Gregg Press, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1968, p. 436.

[15] Kenneth Stryker-Rodda, “Records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island”, RECORD, 106: 23

[16] Kenneth Stryker-Rodda, “Records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island”, RECORD 105: 16

[17] Kenneth Stryker-Rodda, “Records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island”, RECORD 106: 90

[18] Barbara A. Barth, The Dorland Enigma Solved, 70.

[19] Kenneth Stryker-Rodda, “Records of the First Reformed Dutch of Jamaica, Long Island”, RECORD 106: 87.

[20] Kenneth Stryker-Rodda, “Records of the First Reformed Dutch of Jamaica, Long Island”, RECORD 106: 91

[21] Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Volume VII.), p 27.  Page 320. In the name of God, Amen. I, ABRAHAM LOTT, of Jamaica, in Queens County, being in perfect health, but being far advanced in age, and considering that I have but a short time to continue in this transitory life. I leave to

my son, Rem Lott, all my horses, wagons, ploughs, and all my carpenter tools; also all my lands, meadows, and messuages in Jamaica or elsewhere; And he is to provide me a comfortable maintainance during my natural life, and he is to pay to the rest of my children £504, as follows: To my daughter Charity, wife of Nicholas Van Aersdalen, £72; To my son Hendrick, £72; To my son Jacob, £72; To my son Isaac, £72;  To my three granddaughters, the children of my deceased son Abraham, viz., Abraham, Matije, and Cornelius, £72; To my son John, £72.

All the rest of my estate I leave to my children. I make my sons, Peter, John, and Rem, executors. Dated July 21, 1760. Witnesses, Benjamin Hinchman, Robert Hinchman, Benjamin Hinchman, Jr. Proved, September 4, 1766.

[22] Kenneth Stryker-Rodda, “Records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island”, RECORD 105: 207

[23]Barbara A. Barth, The Dorland Enigma Solved, 45.

[24] Kings County Conveyances, Liber 4, folio 283.

[25] Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York, by Jos Van der Linde, pl. 125.

[26] Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Vol 1, by David William Voorhees, pl. 431

[27] Kenneth Stryker-Rodda, “Records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island”, RECORD.  In the baptismal records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, except for the first couple of years, married women were almost always recorded with their married name when they appeared with their husband.  Even when married women were recorded without their husbands, their married name was usually used, making the first two options the more likely ones.

[28] Lester Dunbar Mapes, “Early Generations of the VanDerveer family”, RECORD 68: 206

[29] Barbara A. Barth, The Dorland Enigma Solved, 69.

[30] Barbara A. Barth, The Dorland Enigma Solved, 8.

[31] Barbara A. Barth, The Dorland Enigma Solved, 166.

[32] Barbara A. Barth, The Dorland Enigma Solved, 164: paternal family, 8: maternal family.

[33] Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York, by Jos Van der Linde, pl. 162.  Also, see Genealogical Publications of the National Genealogical Society, No. 12, Dutch Systems in Family Naming New York - New Jersey, by Rosalie Fellow Bailey, pl. 14, describing the use of close relatives as godparents.  The Preface to The Dorland Enigma Solved states that Jan Gerrits Dorland and Lambert Jansen Dorland were not brothers.  "They may well have been more distantly related, but that has not been determined."

[34] Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York, by Jos Van der Linde, pl. 148.

[35] Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York, by Jos Van der Linde, p. 162.

[36] Kenneth Stryker-Rodda, “Records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island”, RECORD 105: 207.

[37] Frances Bergen Cropsey and Harriet Mott Stryker-Rodda, “Records of the Reformed Church of New Utrecht, Long Island,” RECORD.112(1981):133, 28 FEB 1720/21 in near New Utrecht, NY

[38] Kenneth Stryker-Rodda, “Records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island”, RECORD 105(1974):207.

[39] Kenneth Stryker-Rodda, “Records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island”, RECORD 106(1975):91.