The Van De Water Family in the Netherlands

 The Vandewater Family in the Netherlands

The goal of this article is to bring together the work of several researchers, including Rosalie Fellows Bailey[1] on the family of the immigrant Hendrick4 Vandewater (Jan3, Hendrick2, Abraham1) in the Netherlands, the work of Frans C.M. Gouvermeur[2]on the Van Brug family and both branches of the Van De Water family in the Netherlands, and discuss a third Vandewater family in New York before 1700.  The work of Wilson Ledley[3] on the Vandewater families in New York, and subsequent research will be taken up in a later post.

Rosalie Bailey demonstrated that there were two Vandewater families, not closely related, that were early immigrants to New Netherlands.  For discussion purposes they will be called by the immigrant’s name, Hendrick Vandewater, husband of Annetje Van Brug, and Benjamin Vandewater, husband of Elizabeth Meersman.  Bailey’s excellent article detailed the family of Hendrick Vandewater in the Netherlands.  Frans Gouvermeur’s outstanding article focused on the Van Brug family in the Netherlands, but also uncovered two additional children of Hendrick Vandewater,[4] by his first wife, Annetje Van Brug:

1)      Abraham, baptized at Haarlem on 20 Feb 1598/99, no further trace;

     and by his second wife, Sarah Maes:

2)      Pieterneeleke, baptized at Haarlem on 13 May 1607, no further trace.

Bailey listed three children of Isaac3 Van De Water (Hendrick2, Abraham1) and Maria Hasecamps, but noted there was another Isaac having children baptized at the time in Amsterdam, so was reluctant to add others as his children.  However, that Isaac’s wife was named Neeltje, not Maria, and based on the witnesses, these are probably his children as well:

1)  Geertruyt; baptized 18 Sep 1644 at Amsterdam, parents Isaac Van De Water & Maria 

Van De Water, witnesses Gillis Verbrugge [paternal great uncle], Geertuyt ?[5]

2)  Isaac; baptized 16 Dec 1646 at Amsterdam; parents: Isaac Van De Water & Maria Van 

De Water; witnesses: Jacobus Van De Water [paternal uncle], Amelia Veryhoff?[6]

3)  Sarah; baptized 13 Dec 1648 at Amsterdam; parents: Isaac Van De Water & Maria Van

De Water; witnesses: Adrians Hermans, Judich Gosen? [paternal aunt, wife of Jacob][7]

4)  Hendricus Gerardus; baptized 2 Jan 1652 at Amsterdam; parents: Isaac Van De Water & 

Maria Van De Water; witnesses: ? Massa [possibly related to Susanna Massa of 

Catherine’s will][8]

5)  Amelia; baptized 16 Jun 1656 at Amsterdam; parents: Isaac Van De Water & Maria Van 

De Water; witnesses: Susanna Sla?.[9]  Amelia was an uncommon name in Amsterdam 

at the time; the child was likely named after the witness for Isaac, whose relationship is 

unknown.

 Of the children of Isaac3, Anneke4, baptized on 17 Mar 1641, died young and was buried on 17 Mar 1644.[10]  Marike4 married Philip De Gols, intentions on 16 Feb 1661/62 at Amsterdam.[11]  At the baptism of their first child, Maria5, on 12 Aug 1663 at Amsterdam, the witnesses were Isaac van de Water and Maria Hasecamps.[12] 

Bailey noted another closely related Vandewater family whose connection was unclear, known from the will of Catharijna Vandewater made at Haarlem on 31 Jan 1631 while living in Amsterdam.[13]  Her age was given as 31, though Bailey qualified it (sic), so it appears to have been questionable.  A curiously similar will by a Catharina Vandewater was registered in Amsterdam on 11 Oct 1658, some 27 years later.[14]  Comparing those mentioned here to the earlier will:

1.   Catharina Van Dewater, married (as Cathalina) Lourens Momma with intentions dated 4 

Mar 1645 at Amsterdam, from Haarlem, aged 40 years [so born about 1605],[15] 

possibly the same as Catharijna Jans Van de Water, both unmarried in 1631.

2.   Jannetje van de Water, married Christoffel Smit with intentions dated 13 Apr 1641 at 

Amsterdam, from Haarlem, aged 28, possibly the same as Janneke Jansdr 

Vandewater[16], both unmarried in 1631.

3.   Maeijken Jans, possibly the same as Maeijken, sister of Catharijna Jans Van de Water, 

both unmarried in 1631.

4.   Jacob Van de Water, possibly the same as her great nephew, Jacob Van de Water.

5.   She gave 1,000 guilders to the deacons of the Durch Reformed Church, very similar to 

the total of 1,000 guilders given in the earlier will to the church (600), an orphanage 

(200) and an old men’s home (200).

6.   Not mentioned in the later will were her nephew, Hendrick Abrahamsz Van de Water 

(possibly deceased), his son, Isaac Van de Water (still living), and Susannah Massa.

7.   Mentioned in the later will, but not the earlier one, were Lambert Jansz van de Water 

[brother of Catherine?], Marritje Lamberts (his daughter)[17], Jan Lambertsz, and 

Claertje Jans, sister of Maeijken.

Bailey mentions that the word she translated as nephew, could be also be cousin.  If changed, that would imply Catherine was the daughter of a Jan Van De Water, an undocumented brother of Abraham Van De Water.  If these wills pertain to the same Catherine, it does not necessarily clarify that issue, but as proposed by Bailey, it is hoped that further research will clarify these relationships.

Gouvermeur mentioned the two marriages of Jacob Claes van de Water at Haarlem:[18]

1.   Jacob Claes van de Water, young man from Haarlem, and Eseken Jans Snellaerts, 

young daughter from Haarlem, intentions 23 Jun 1615.

2.   Jacob Claes van de Water, widower from Haarlem, and Neeltje Jans Snellaerts, young 

daughter from Gorcum, intentions 6 Sep 1616.

He did not attribute the second marriage to the parents of Benjamin Van De Water of the other Van De Water family, but Bailey suggested it,[19] and other records show this to be true. 

Gouvermeur details the family of Seth Gilliszen Van Brug and Kathalijntjje Vermander,[20] noting that she was the daughter of Jan Vermander and Anneke Claes.  On 5 Dec 1643 Katherine Vermander (wife of Seth Verbrugge) and Benjamin Vandewater requested authorization from the States of Brabant, Netherlands, to be allowed to sell land they inherited from their great uncle, Gerrit Jacobssen.[21]  Katherine’s mother was stated to be Annetie Claas van de Water.  In the marriage intentions of Benjamin Jacobs van de Water to Elizabeth Pieters de Meersman, he was age 20, from Rotterdam, and assisted by his mother, Neeltje Jans van Dijellescburge?.[22]  Though not proven, it seems clear that Benjamin is the son of Jacob Claes van de Water (and Neeltje Jans), son of a Claes van de Water, and that Katherine was the daughter of Anneke Claes, daughter of that same Claes van de Water.  Assuming Katherine and Benjamin were inheriting from a blood relative, Claes’ wife was likely a Jacobsz  The locations given: 's Gravenhagen. Velthoven (Veldhoven), and in the Meijereije van s' Hartogenbos (Meierij van 's-Hertogenbosch) may give hints of where the family of Claes van de Water was from.  Of interest is that Bailey notes that the family of Hendrick van de Water lived at Eindhoven, which borders Veldhoven.  Katherine and Benjamin may be the only grandchildren of Claes Van De Water as they are the only ones named in the document and no other records have been found indicating either had siblings or cousins.

Gouvermeur listed a Jacob van de Water as the husband Sarah Van Brug, daughter of Jan Gilliszen van Brug, but upon further research he later dropped that identification of her husband.[23]

Wilson Ledley described the first five generations of the Van De Water family in New York.  They will be discussed in a separate post. 

Descendants of Abraham Vandewater in The Netherlands

Generation No. 1

1.  ABRAHAM1 probably VANDEWATER was born circa 1554. 

Children of ABRAHAM VANDEWATER are:

2.           i. HENDRICK2 VANDEWATER, b. circa 1576, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

               ii. MAIJKE VANDEWATER, b. bef. 1584; d. aft. 1641.

              iii. ANNETJE VANDEWATER, b. bef. 1588; d. aft. 1606.

 

2.  HENDRICK2 VANDEWATER (ABRAHAM1) was born circa 1576 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.  He married (1) ANNETJE VAN BRUG 22 Sep 1598 in Haarlem, The Netherlands, daughter of JAN VAN BRUG and GEERTJE JACOBS.  She was born circa 1578 in The Netherlands.  He married (2) SARAH MAES after 23 Oct 1605 in Reformed Dutch Church of Haarlem, The Netherlands.  She was born in Antwerp, The Netherlands.

    

Children of HENDRICK VANDEWATER and ANNETJE VAN BRUG are:

               i. ABRAHAM3 VANDEWATER, baptized 05 Feb 1598/99, near Haarlem, The Netherlands.

3.           ii. ISAAC VANDEWATER, baptized 02 Jul 1600, near Haarlem, The Netherlands; d. after 1663.

4.          iii. JACOB VANDEWATER, baptized 15 Nov 1601, near Haarlem, The Netherlands; d. before 04 Mar 

1666/67, Haarlem, The Netherlands.

5.           iv. JAN VANDEWATER, baptized 16 Sep 1603, near Haarlem, The Netherlands; d. 28 Jun 1638, The 

Netherlands.

    

Child of HENDRICK VANDEWATER and SARAH MAES is:

               v. PIETERNEELTJE3 VANDEWATER, baptized 13 May 1607, near Haarlem, The Netherlands.

 

Generation No. 2

 

3.  ISAAC3 VANDEWATER (HENDRICK2, ABRAHAM1) was baptized 02 Jul 1600 in near Haarlem, The Netherlands, and died after 1663.  He married MARIA HASECAMPS.  She died after 1663.

    

Children of ISAAC VANDEWATER and MARIA HASECAMPS are:

6.           i. MARIKE4 VANDEWATER, baptized 25 Oct 1637, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands; d. before 03 

Jun 1667, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

               ii. ANNETJE VANDEWATER, baptized 13 Feb 1638/39, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

              iii. ANNEKE VANDEWATER, baptized 17 Mar 1640/41, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

               iv. GEERTJE VANDEWATER, baptized 18 Sep 1644, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

               v. ISAAC VANDEWATER, baptized 16 Dec 1646, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

               vi. SARAH VANDEWATER, baptized 13 Dec 1648, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

              vii. HENDRICUS GERARDUS VANDEWATER, baptized 02 Jan 1651/52, near Amsterdam, The 

Netherlands.

             viii. AMELIA VANDEWATER, baptized 16 Jan 1655/56, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

 

4.  JACOB3 VANDEWATER (HENDRICK2, ABRAHAM1) was baptized 15 Nov 1601 in near Haarlem, The Netherlands, and died before 04 Mar 1666/67 in Haarlem, The Netherlands.  He married JUDITH GOSEN.  She died 24 Aug 1667 in Haarlem, The Netherlands.

    

Children of JACOB VANDEWATER and JUDITH GOSEN are:

               i. ANNA4 VANDEWATER, baptized 15 Jan 1639/40, Haarlem, The Netherlands.

               ii. HENDRICK VANDEWATER, baptized 11 Mar 1641/42, Haarlem, The Netherlands.

              iii. GOSUMUS VANDEWATER, baptized 12 Jun 1643, Haarlem, The Netherlands.

               iv. CATHERINE VANDEWATER, baptized 06 Sep 1647, Haarlem, The Netherlands.

 

5.  JAN3 VANDEWATER (HENDRICK2, ABRAHAM1) was baptized 16 Sep 1603 in near Haarlem, The Netherlands, and died 28 Jun 1638 in The Netherlands.  He married ARRIANTJE JANS 19 Jul 1637 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, daughter of JAN PHILLIPS and ELIZABETH SETTEN.  She was born circa 1613 in Haarlem, The Netherlands, and died 11 Jul 1649 in New Amsterdam.

    

Child of JAN VANDEWATER and ARRIANTJE JANS is:

7.           i. HENDRICK4 VANDEWATER, baptized 06 Sep 1637, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands; d. Jan 

1683/84, NYC, NY.

 

Generation No. 3

 

6.  MARIKE4 VANDEWATER (ISAAC3, HENDRICK2, ABRAHAM1) was baptized 25 Oct 1637 in near Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and died before 03 Jun 1667 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.  She married PHILIP DE GOLS after 16 Feb 1661/62 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 

    

Children of MARIKE VANDEWATER and PHILIP DE GOLS are:

               i. MARIA5 DE GOLS, baptized 12 Aug 1663, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

               ii. PHILLIP DE GOLS, baptized 12 Apr 1665, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

              iii. ISAAC DE GOLS, baptized 22 May 1667, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

 

7.  HENDRICK4 VANDEWATER (JAN3, HENDRICK2, ABRAHAM1) was baptized 06 Sep 1637 in near Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and died Jan 1683/84 in NYC, NY.  He married GRIETJE VERMEULEN 21 Apr 1662 in DRC of New Amsterdam, daughter of ALBERT VERMEULEN.  She died before 05 Mar 1724/25 in NYC, NY.

    

Children of HENDRICK VANDEWATER and GRIETJE VERMEULEN are:

               i. ARRIANTJE5 VANDEWATER, baptized 25 Feb 1662/63, near New Amsterdam; d. after 1730, 

Monmouth, NJ; m. WILLIAM BENNET, 15 Dec 1686, DRC of NYC, NY; b. circa 1665, NY; d. before

 1716.

               ii. ALBERTUS VANDEWATER, baptized 08 Feb 1664/65, near NYC, NY; d. before 1705; m. 

PIETERNEELTJE CLOPPER, 18 Jul 1688, DRC of NYC, NY; baptized 15 Sep 1669, near NYC, 

NY; d. after 1729.

              iii. MARY VANDEWATER, baptized 03 Nov 1667, near Bergen, NJ; m. TEUNIS TIEBOUT, 07 May 

1690, DRC of NYC, NY; baptized 30 Sep 1663, near New Amsterdam.

               iv. ELIZABETH VANDEWATER, baptized 14 Nov 1670, near NYC, NY; d. before 1725; m. 

JOHANNES POUWLSE, 04 Jul 1695, DRC on NYC, NY; baptized 1674.

              v. JOHANNES VANDEWATER, baptized 19 Feb 1672/73, near NYC, NY; d. before 28 Aug 1731, 

NYC, NY; m. BAEFJE JANS SIPKENS, 01 Sep 1692, DRC of NYC, NY; baptized 18 Aug 1675, 

near NYC, NY; probably d. 25 Dec 1755, NYC, NY, transcribed as Bailje Van De Water.

               vi. JANNETJE VANDEWATER, baptized 06 Oct 1675, near NYC, NY; d. before 1725; m. DIRCK 

BENSEN, 16 Oct 1707, DRC of NYC, NY; b. circa 1686, NY.

              vii. WILLIAM VANDEWATER, baptized 04 Dec 1678, near NYC, NY; d. before 26 Jan 1734/35, NYC, 

NY; m. AEFJE RINGO, 03 Feb 1704/05, DRC of NYC, NY; baptized 28 Feb 1684/85, near NYC, 

NY; d. before 18 May 1760, NYC, NY.

             viii. ANNETJE VANDEWATER, baptized 27 Sep 1682, near NYC, NY; d. before 1725.

 

Descendants of Claes Vandewater in The Netherlands

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  CLAES1 probably VANDEWATER was born circa 1565, possibly married a woman with the patronymic name Jacobsz..

    

Children of CLAES VANDEWATER are:

2.            i. JACOB CLAES2 VANDEWATER, b. circa 1590, Haarlem, The Netherlands.

3.           ii. ANNETJE VANDEWATER, b. circa 1600.

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  JACOB CLAES2 VANDEWATER (CLAES1) was born circa 1590 in Haarlem, The Netherlands.  He married (1) ESEKER JANS SNELLAERTS 23 Jun 1615 in Haarlem, The Netherlands.  She was born in Haarlem, The Netherlands.  He married (2) NEELTJE JANS VAN DRILLENBURGH after 06 Sep 1616 in Haarlem, The Netherlands.  She died after 1641.

    

Child of JACOB VANDEWATER and NEELTJE VAN DRILLENBURGH is:

4.            i. BENJAMIN3 VANDEWATER, b. circa 1622, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; d. before 15 Jan 1653/54, 

New Amsterdam.

 

3.  ANNETJE2 VANDEWATER (CLAES1) was born circa 1600.  She married JAN VERMANDER. 

    

Child of ANNETJE VANDEWATER and JAN VERMANDER is:

5.            i. CATHERINE3 VERMANDER, baptized 09 May 1621, Haarlem, The Netherlands; d. before 25 May 

1651, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

 

Generation No. 3

 

4.  BENJAMIN3 VANDEWATER (JACOB CLAES2, CLAES1) was born circa 1622 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and died before 15 Jan 1653/54 in New Amsterdam.  He married ELIZABETH PIETERS MEERSMAN after 01 Oct 1642 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.  She was born circa 1624 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and died after 1672.

    

Children of BENJAMIN VANDEWATER and ELIZABETH MEERSMAN are:

               i. JACOBUS4 VANDEWATER, baptized 04 Aug 1643, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands; d. Before

 25 Mar 1712, Brooklyn, NY; m. ENGELTJE JEURIAENS; d. after 22 Jul 1702.

               ii. PETER VANDEWATER, baptized 15 Nov 1644, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands; d. before 12 

May 1686, NY; m. ANNETJE DUYCKING, 12 May 1672, DRC of NYC, NY; b. circa 1653, near New 

Amsterdam.

              iii. JAN VANDEWATER, baptized 02 Jan 1645/46, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

               iv. ABRAHAM VANDEWATER, baptized 19 May 1647, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

               v. MARIA VANDEWATER, baptized 21 Jun 1648, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

 

5.  CATHERINE3 VERMANDER (ANNETJE2 VANDEWATER, CLAES1) was baptized 09 May 1621 in Haarlem, The Netherlands, and died before 25 May 1651 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.  She married SETH VERBRUGGE 08 Jun 1638 in The Netherlands, son of GILLIS VAN BRUG and JANNETJE SETTEN.  He was baptized 27 Jun 1616 in near Haarlem, The Netherlands.

    

Children of CATHERINE VERMANDER and SETH VERBRUGGE are:

               i. JOHANNES4 VERBRUGGE, baptized 05 Aug 1640, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; m. 

HILLEGOND VAN WIJCKENBURGH.

               ii.   ANNA VERBRUGGE, baptized 28 Jun 1643, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; m. JOHANNES BERT, 

after 19 Aug 1660, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

              iii. GILLIS VERBRUGGE, baptized 18 May 1645, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; m. MARIA BERS, 

after 21 Mar 1669/70, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

               iv. SETH VERBRUGGE, baptized 09 Dec 1647, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

               v. JANNETJE VERBRUGGE, baptized 27 Feb 1649/50, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; d. bef. 1652.

               vi. JANNETJE VERBRUGGE, baptized 16 May 1651, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

 

Abraham Vandewater of Dordrecht, Rotterdam and NYC

 

Ledley listed an Abraham Vandewater in the section of “Unidentified Vandewaters,” not knowing if he had a connection to the two Vandewater families in New Netherland.[24]  Abraham’ wife is named as Catherine Van Leeuwen in the membership records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New York City on 28 Feb 1700.[25]  His is probably the Abraham van de Water, j.m. of Dordrecht who married Catherine Van Leeuwen with intentions dated 30 Oct 1660 at Rotterdam.[26]

 

He is a descendant of Hans Vandewater, named in his wife’s statement:

Document: Attestation or Statement, on 26-apr-1633, page 531

Notary: Arnout Wagensvelt, at Rotterdam

Tanneken van den Noorden, widow of Hans van de Water,[27] aged 81, declares at the request of Andries de Schutter, living in Antwerp, that she was only married to Hans van de Water and that she has three children living, namely Joost Jans[28], Sara,[29] and Susanneken van de Water,[30] and moreover four children of Abram van de Water, who lived in Dordrecht during his life[31] and child of Pieter van de Water[32], who lived in Antwerp during his life,[33] note: this is a google translation of the abstract of this document.  Abraham’s father is one of the four children of Abraham referred to here.

 

The family is further defined in the following wills of Susanna, daughter of Hans Vandewater and Tanneken van den Noorden:

 

Will dated 20-sep-1653 at Rotterdam of Susannetge van de Water widow of Franchois Willemsz revokes all previous wills and codicilles. She bequeaths and pre-legates the following people.

The children of her brother Abraham Abrahams van de Water in Dordrecht [her nephew, Abraham Abrahams van de Water?, see her 2nd will below], her cousin [i.e. nephew] Isaacq van de Water in Amsterdam, son of her brother Pieter van de Water , the children of her deceased brother Joost van de Water namely Ariaentge Joosten, Sara Joosten, and Isaacq Joosten, Elijsabeth Cornelisdr daughter of Grietge Jansdr, the children of Jacob Standoncq namely Jan Standoncq and Sijmen Standoncq fathered by his wife Ariaentge, Paulus Jansz Standonck de Jonge with a bond at the expense of Hubert Caijmacxschild for the purchase of a house bought by the said Paulus Standoncq the Younger and located on the Cordewagenstraat, to Michiel Couweberg, ysermaker, 100 guilders plus a pack of clothes from Paules Standoncq the Elder, to her maidservant Grietge Pietersdr or Elijsabeth Pietersdr, living at Maria Damen in Nieuw Nederlant, to Willem Pietersz, builder, and his wife Elijsabeth Joppen, to Annetge Joppen living in the Beijerlanden, to Cathalijntge Pietersdr daughter of Pieter Corstiaen, to the poor of the church 2 bonds at the expense of Arij van de Marel,to Gijbert Huijen van der Swiep for her funeral.

as the sole and universal heir she names her sister Sara van deWater widow of Govert Govertsz. [my comments]

 

will 28-jan-1661 at Rotterdam, [34] Susannetgen van de Water, lying ill, presents

to Adriaentgen van de Water [daughter of Joost], widow of Guillaem Muijshont, 1400 guilders,

to Sara van de Water [daughter of Joost], wife of Jacob Begerman, 600 guilders,

to Isaac van de Water [son of Abraham] 800 guilders;

to Isaac van de Water, son of Pieter van de Water, living in Amsterdam 2000 guilders;

to Abraham van de Water [son of Abraham] 800 guilders;

to Sarah van de Water daughter of Abraham van de Water 1000 guilders;

to Maijcken van de Waterher [her] sister 1000 guilders;

to Gijsbert Huijgen van der Swiep 1000 guilders, which includes the 200 guilders that he owes her according to a bond. Moreover, from the remaining 800 guilders he will only receive the interest for the rest of his life. Still leaves 100 guilders to Michiel Couwenberch, and 25 guilders to Catalijntgen, daughter of Lijntgen Corstiaens. Furthermore, sums of money are bequeathed to Grietgen Gijsberts, to Elisabeth daughter of Cornelis Arentsz, the deacon of the Reformed Church, the children of Jacob Stamdonck, the children of Paulus Stamdonck, the children of Grietgen Stamdonck, Paulus Stamdonck in Beijerland, etc.

She names as heirs her sister Sara van de Water, Ariaentgen van de Water, Isaack Pieters van de Water, Sara Joosten van deWater, Abraham van de Water, Isaack Joosten van de Water, Sara Abrahams van de Water and Maijcken Abrahams van de Water.  She appoints Abraham and Isaack van de Water as executors, administrators and guardians of the minors. [my comments]

 

Besides his marriage and the baptisms of his children, there are several records of him regarding Rotterdam, recorded at Dordrecht:[35]

Date: 2-Aug-1661; their joint will written at Rotterdam:

Abraham van de Water, wine merchant, and his wife Catarina van Leeuwen, living at the Leuvehaven, name each other sole heir and guardian.  Any children are named co-heirs upon the death of one of the parents instead of the legitimate portion.

 

Date: 13-04-1675; Type of deed: statement; Registered names: Maerten van Leeuwen [relative of Abraham's wife], Abraham van de Water; Pieter van Schellebeek; Folio Number: 123; Place: Rotterdam, Registered in Dordrecht.

Date: Apr 1675, Rental Agreement between Abraham Vandewater and Abraham de Vale [his nephew-in-law].

Date: 21-07-1679; Type of deed: approval of accounts; Registered names: Gillis de Vallee [nephew of Abraham, b 1657]; Abraham van de Water, Unknown op de Beek, Folio Number: 240; Place: England, Rotterdam; Registered in Dordrecht.

 

Date: 29-08-1682 and 02-09-1682; Type of deed: deed of innuendo; Folio Number: 285-286; Creditor: Cristina Isbransdr., widow of Wijnand Rutgers; Debtor: Abraham of the Water; Place: Rotterdam, Registered in Dordrecht.

 

Abraham and Catherine moved to New York City by 1691 as Abraham was one of the witnesses for the baptism of Johannes, son of Johannes Oudtman and Femmetje Kock on 26 Jul 1691.[36]  Johannes and Femmetje were married at Amsterdam with intentions dated 18 Nov 1678,[37] and admitted to the Reformed Dutch Church of New York City on 02 Sep 1687[38] with certificate from Amsterdam.  Abraham Vandewater and Femmetje Kock were witnesses for the baptism of Abraham, son of Jan Varick and Sarah Visboom on 17 Apr 1692.[39]  Jan and Sarah were married at Amsterdam with intentions dated 11 May 1680,[40] and admitted to the Reformed Dutch Church of New York City on 1 Jun 1687[41] with certificate from Rhenen, Netherlands.  Though no record of Abraham was found at Amsterdam, these families seem to have known each other.

 

Abraham witnessed the wills of Cornelius Vander Kuyl of New York on 20 Jun 1696 and Robert Sanders of New York on 21 Sep 1702.[42]  Abraham, schoolmaster, and his wife, Catherine Van Leeuwen, of NYC purchased land in NYC from Daniel De Hart on 2 Feb 1692.[43]  He and his wife, Catherine, of NYC sold land on 19 Jun 1697 to Hendricus Selyns,[44] and on 10 Jan 1703 to Nicholas Bayard.[45]  They are listed in the 1703 census of NYC in the Dock Ward, with no children.[46]

 

Though the marriage record of BENJAMIN3 VANDEWATER (JACOB2, CLAES1) says he was of Rotterdam, there does not appear to be any close relationship between Abraham’s family and that of the other two earlier Vandewater families in New Netherland.

 

Descendants of Hans Vandewater

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  HANS1 VANDEWATER was born circa 1550.  He married TANNEKE VAN NOORDEN.  She was born circa 1552, and died after 1632.

    

Children of HANS VANDEWATER and TANNEKE VAN NOORDEN are:

2.           i. ABRAHAM2 VANDEWATER, b. circa 1581; d. before 25 Apr 1633, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

3.           ii. PETER VANDEWATER, b. circa 1583; d. before 1634, Antwerp, Belgium.

4.          iii. JOOST VANDEWATER, b. circa 1585; d. before 21 May 1645.

5.           iv. SARAH VANDEWATER, b. circa 1593.

               v. SUSANNETJE VANDEWATER, b. circa 1598; d. after 28 Jan 1660/61, Rotterdam, The 

Netherlands; m. (1) FRANCHOIS WILLEMSZ, 05 Apr 1620, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;[47] d. 

before 1654; m. (2) CLAES CLAESZEN KUIJCKEN, 23 Jan 1655/56, Rotterdam, The 

Netherlands.[48]

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  ABRAHAM2 VANDEWATER (HANS1) was born circa 1581, and died before 25 Apr 1633 in Dordrecht, The Netherlands.  He married GOUKEN JACOBS 08 Apr 1607 in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 

 

He was a grocer: Declaration, dated 25-Feb-1611, Number 24, page 46, Notary: Jacob Duyfhuysen, at Rotterdam, mentions Abraham van de Water, 28 yr. Cruydenier [Kruidenier?, grocer] Dordrecht.[49]

 

His son, Isaac, is known from a spending agreement dated 25-nov-1634, deed number: 24; pages: 48, 49; notary: James Delphius:

Goutge Jacobsdr, widow of Abraham van de Water, living in Dordrecht, has put her son, Isaack van de Water, out for a contract with Franchois van Bonckelwaert, cruijdenier, for a period of 2 years, to be apprenticed to him as a suijckerbacker [confectioner] and cruijdenier [grocer].[50]

    

Children of ABRAHAM VANDEWATER and GOUKEN JACOBS are:

               i. JACOB3 VANDEWATER, baptized 01 Aug 1608, near Dordrecht, Netherlands; d. before 1634.

6.           ii. ABRAHAM VANDEWATER, b. circa 1610, Netherlands; d. before 15 Mar 1673/74, Dordrecht, The 

Netherlands.

              iii. ISAAC VANDEWATER, b. circa 1614, Netherlands.

               iv. ANNEKE VANDEWATER, baptized 01 Jun 1616, near Dordrecht, Netherlands; d. before 1634.

               v. MARIKEN VANDEWATER, baptized 01 Sep 1616, near Dordrecht, Netherlands.

               vi. BLATHASAR VANDEWATER, baptized 01 Mar 1620/21, near Dordrecht, Netherlands; d. bef. 1634.

              vii. SUSANNA VANDEWATER, baptized 01 Apr 1623, near Dordrecht, Netherlands; m. CLAES 

CLAESZEN KUIJKCKEN, 23 Jan 1655/56, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

 

3.  PETER2 VANDEWATER (HANS1) was born circa 1583, and died Before 1634 in Antwerp, Belgium.  He married SARAH JASPERS VAN HARTSVELT After 16 Nov 1608 in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 

    

Children of PETER VANDEWATER and SARAH VAN HARTSVELT are:

               i. JACOB3 VANDEWATER, baptized 23 Mar 1613/14, near Dordrecht, Netherlands; d. bef. 25 Apr 1633.

               ii. ISAAC VANDEWATER, baptized 01 Apr 1617, near Dordrecht, Netherlands.

 

4.  JOOST2 VANDEWATER (HANS1) was born circa 1585, and died Before 21 May 1645.  He married SYTJE CLAES. 

    

Children of JOOST VANDEWATER and SYTJE CLAES are:

7.           i. ISAAC3 VANDEWATER.

               ii. ARRIANTJE VANDEWATER, d. before 08 Dec 1673, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; m. (1) GILJAM 

MUYSHONT; m. (2) AELBERT VERSCHUUR, 25 Jun 1662, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

8.          iii. SARAH VANDEWATER.

 

5.  SARAH2 VANDEWATER (HANS1) was born circa 1593.  She married GOVERT GOVERTS 04 May 1624 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.  He died before 03 Jun 1646 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

    

Child of SARAH VANDEWATER and GOVERT GOVERTS is:

               i. ANNEKE3 GOVERTS, b. before 10 Mar 1627/28, near Rotterdam, Netherlands.

 

Generation No. 3

 

6.  ABRAHAM3 VANDEWATER (ABRAHAM2, HANS1) was born circa 1610 in Netherlands, and died before 15 Mar 1673/74 in Dordrecht, The Netherlands.[51]  He married MAIJKEN SLINGERLANT 20 Jan 1629/30 in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 

    

Children of ABRAHAM VANDEWATER and MAIJKEN SLINGERLANT are:

               i. ANNA4 VANDEWATER, baptized 01 Nov 1630, near Dordrecht, Netherlands.

9.           ii. GOUGHJEN VANDEWATER, baptized 01 Sep 1633, near Dordrecht, The Netherlands; d. before 

22 Feb 1672/73, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

10.        iii. BARBARA VANDEWATER, baptized 01 Oct 1635, near Dordrecht, Netherlands.

11.         iv. ABRAHAM VANDEWATER, baptized 01 Jan 1638/39, near Dordrecht, Netherlands.

12.         v. SIJBERT VANDEWATER, b. circa 1640, Netherlands; d. before 06 Aug 1674.[52]

 

7.  ISAAC3 VANDEWATER (JOOST2, HANS1) married JANNETJE JANS DE RAET 13 Jan 1653/54 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 

    

Children of ISAAC VANDEWATER and JANNETJE DE RAET are:

               i. SIJTJE4 VANDEWATER, baptized 06 Oct 1654, near Rotterdam, Netherlands.

               ii. JOHANNES VANDEWATER, baptized 18 Jan 1655/56, near Rotterdam, Netherlands.

              iii. SIJTEN VANDEWATER, baptized 23 Oct 1657, near Rotterdam, Netherlands.

               iv. JANNETJE VANDEWATER, baptized 29 Jul 1659, near Rotterdam, Netherlands.

               v. SARAH VANDEWATER, baptized 14 Sep 1660, near Rotterdam, Netherlands.

 

8.  SARAH3 VANDEWATER (JOOST2, HANS1) married JACOB JACOBSZ BEIJERMAN 14 Jan 1647/48 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.[53] 

    

Child of SARAH VANDEWATER and JACOB BEIJERMAN is:

13.         i. SIMON4 BEIJERMAN, baptized 15 Apr 1657, near Rotterdam, Netherlands.

 

Generation No. 4

 

9.  GOUGHJEN4 VANDEWATER (ABRAHAM3, ABRAHAM2, HANS1) was baptized 01 Sep 1633 in near Dordrecht, The Netherlands, and died before 22 Feb 1672/73 in Dordrecht, The Netherlands.  She married ADRIAAN VAN DUNGEN 25 Sep 1661 in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 

    

Children of GOUGHJEN VANDEWATER and ADRIAAN VAN DUNGEN are:

               i. NICHOLAS5 VAN DUNGEN, baptized 21 Jun 1662, near Dordrecht, Netherlands; d. before 1670.

               ii. ABRAHAM VAN DUNGEN, baptized 21 Jun 1662, near Dordrecht, Netherlands.

              iii. SIJBREGT VAN DUNGEN, baptized 02 Aug 1663, near Dordrecht, Netherlands.

               iv. ABRAHAM VAN DUNGEN, baptized 19 Nov 1664, near Dordrecht, Netherlands.

               v. PIETER VAN DUNGEN, baptized 31 Mar 1666, near Dordrecht, Netherlands.

               vi. MARIA VAN DUNGEN, baptized 13 Aug 1668, near Dordrecht, Netherlands.

 

10.  BARBARA4 VANDEWATER (ABRAHAM3, ABRAHAM2, HANS1) was baptized 01 Oct 1635 in near Dordrecht, Netherlands.  She married ABRAHAM DE VALLÉ 04 Jun 1656 in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 

    

Child of BARBARA VANDEWATER and ABRAHAM DE VALLÉ is:

               i. GILLIS5 DE VALLÉ, baptized 09 Mar 1656/57, near Dordrecht, Netherlands.

 

11.  ABRAHAM4 VANDEWATER (ABRAHAM3, ABRAHAM2, HANS1) was baptized 01 Jan 1638/39 in near Dordrecht, Netherlands.  He married CATHARINA VAN LEUWEN 31 Oct 1660 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.  He was of Dordrecht, previously unmarried, at his marriage, recorded at Rotterdam.

    

Children of ABRAHAM VANDEWATER and CATHARINA VAN LEUWEN are:

               i. MARIA2 VANDEWATER, baptized 04 Aug 1661, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.[54]

               ii. AELTJE VANDEWATER, baptized 12 Apr 1663, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.[55]

              iii. JUSTINUS VANDEWATER, baptized 15 Oct 1665, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.[56]

               iv. ABRAHAM VANDEWATER, baptized 08 Jun 1668, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.[57]

 

12.  SIJBERT4 VANDEWATER (ABRAHAM3, ABRAHAM2, HANS1) was born circa 1640 in Netherlands, and died before 06 Aug 1674.  He married TEUNTJE CORNELIS 08 Dec 1669 in Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

    

Children of SIJBERT VANDEWATER and TEUNTJE CORNELIS are:

               i. MARIA5 VANDEWATER, baptized 13 Jun 1670, near Dordrecht, Netherlands; d. 06 Aug 1670, 

Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

               ii. ABRAHAM VANDEWATER, baptized 17 Jul 1671, near Dordrecht, Netherlands.

              iii. JUSTINUS VANDEWATER, baptized 23 Oct 1673, near Dordrecht, Netherlands.

 

13.  SIMON4 BEIJERMAN (SARAH3 VANDEWATER, JOOST2, HANS1) was baptized 15 Apr 1657 in near Rotterdam, Netherlands.  He married ELIZABETH VREEM. 

    

Child of SIMON BEIJERMAN and ELIZABETH VREEM is:

               i. JACOB5 BEIJERMAN, baptized 08 Jun 1681, near Rotterdam, Netherlands.

 

 

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[1] Rosalie Fellows Bailey, Jan Hendricksz Van De Water and His Family in the Netherlands, RECORD 100(1969):129

[2] Frans C.M. Gouvermeur, Dutch Origins of some Early Settlers and Allied Families, New Netherland Connections, Vol. 9, p. 29 and 67.

[3] Wilson V. Ledley, The Van De Waters of New York, RECORD 98(1967):23.

[4] Frans C.M. Gouvermeur, Dutch Origins of some Early Settlers and Allied Families, New Netherland Connections, Vol. 9, p. 67

[5] https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/ae10ad22-d1b5-4a4e-9087-335b454eb466.

[6] https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/d698b0c1-a902-4c8a-b017-34871a1a0052

[7] https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/d698b0c1-a902-4c8a-b017-34871a1a0052

[8] https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/7b8c02b0-00e2-46ae-8752-b853a0753d48

[9] https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/6badf5ff-b7e9-48c2-9bcb-862821ee097d.

[10] https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/7416e6d6-532c-44b8-8c4a-b7e770878834.

[11] https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/0e0b369f-82b6-4ff3-8e0c-9d6fac77c5bd.

[12] https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/d08ea5f5-ca4a-4f1f-92ae-c6e40f6021a9.

[13] Rosalie Fellows Bailey, Jan Hendricksz Van De Water and His Family in the Netherlands, RECORD 100(1969):130

[14] https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/9d6d21e2-67db-666d-e053-b784100a1840.  See also https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/9d6d21e2-7a48-666d-e053-b784100a1840

[15] https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/d91cfe3e-8755-47a6-adb2-5a9ad51bbe76

[16] https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/34581e41-8e6e-4a95-9c13-02293d612d19

[17] https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/9d6d21e0-85cc-666d-e053-b784100a1840

[18] Dutch Origins of some Early Settlers and Allied Families, New Netherland Connections, Vol. 9, p. 40.

[19] Rosalie Fellows Bailey, Jan Hendricksz Van De Water and His Family in the Netherlands, RECORD 100(1969):135

[20] Dutch Origins of some Early Settlers and Allied Families, New Netherland Connections, Vol. 9, p. 35.

[21] https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/9d6d21e1-fa9c-666d-e053-b784100a1840

[22] https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/44dbddd8-fc85-488a-9f4f-814fc5aeb221

[23] Frans C.M. Gouvermeur, Dutch Origins of some Early Settlers and Allied Families, New Netherland Connections, Vol. 9, p. 31, 67.

[24] Wilson Ledley, The Van De Waters of New York, RECORD 98(1967):221.

[25] Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York, Church Member’s List, RECORD 59(1928):164,165.

[26] Rotterdam Marriages, online at https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/60148137

[27] Probable burial record at Dordrecht, online at: https://hdl.handle.net/21.12133/CD2C82CB16D9404FBDB437734C110A64.

[28] Burial record: of Joost van de Water, husband of Sijtgen Claes, on 21-May-1645: https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/59976695

[29] Probable burial record of Sara van de Water, on 06-Jul-1664 at Rotterdam: https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/60311788

[30] Marriage of Susannetje van de Water, widow of Francoijs Willemsz, to Claes Claeszen Kuijcken on 23 Jan 1656 at Rotterdam, see: https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/60143272

[31] Possible declaration, dated 25-Feb-1611, Number 24, page 46, Notary: Jacob Duyfhuysen, at Rotterdam, mentions Abraham van de Water , 28 yr. Cruydenier Dordrecht, online at Rotterdam Notarial archives: https://hdl.handle.net/21.12133/B12E142C49A0411B8CDD846150477668 image 32

[32] Marriage of Pieter Jans van de Water, Dordrecht, to Sara Jaspers van Hartvelt, at Rotterdam, see: https://hdl.handle.net/21.12133/89005418A5FF4D2BA52FCEA4406C3B13 image 388.

[33] Rotterdam Notarial archives: https://hdl.handle.net/21.12133/3378B7C9ECE14A9DB744F2D3CF2A99F6 See also authorization on 25-Apr-1633: Joost Jansz van de Water , Govert Govertsz, husband of Sara van de Water , and Susanna van de Water , for themselves and as uncles and aunts of the surviving children of Abraham van de Water and Pieter van de Water , authorize Jean Hackaert living in Amsterdam , to collect 200 guilders from the person who will appoint Andries de Schutter in Antwerp.  This 200 gld was bequeathed to them by Passchijntge de Hollander, their niece in Antwerp at: https://hdl.handle.net/21.12133/5A4B7696197E45E69AA36F625A5FEBA0

[34] Notarial records: https://hdl.handle.net/21.12133/DCACA01F404843B49786D35A57FFA058

[35] Rotterdam Notarial records https://hdl.handle.net/21.12133/BB507B3AB066486BAF6093162C022309, Dordrecht Notarial records: https://proxy.archieven.nl/46/E0FA509680F3406E99B0073F9209C63E and

https://proxy.archieven.nl/46/143DC784B17849439286AA55276276B1 and https://proxy.archieven.nl/46/DBD12DC1AF854A489BE96E1FCAE57E55 image 308 and

https://proxy.archieven.nl/46/F3EE7740180E49EA959CD2933B149A77

[36] Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol 2, Baptisms in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York, p. 204.

[37] Amsterdam marriages, online at: https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/5b7e72cd-37da-49bb-9856-cf2b25ab7ff3

[38] Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York, Church Member’s List, RECORD 59(1928):73

[39] Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol 2, Baptisms in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York, p. 208.

[40] Amsterdam marriages, online at: https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/30461995-7835-46da-90e1-1e63822c5f1f

[41] Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York, Church Member’s List, RECORD 59(1928):72

[42] Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York, Vol 1, p. 368 and 436.

[43] New York, NY Deeds, Lib 21, p. 35.

[44] New York, NY Deeds, Lib 24, p. 225.

[45] New York, NY Deeds, Lib 25, p. 210.

[46] NYC Census 1703, online at https://www.newyorkroots.org/bookarchive/colonialnewyork/1703nyc/pt10.html

[47] Rotterdam Archives, online at: https://hdl.handle.net/21.12133/CDA8D0084BF042CEAA4A0698201BF0C9

[48] Rotterdam Archives, online at: https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/60143272

[49] Rotterdam Archives, online at: https://hdl.handle.net/21.12133/B12E142C49A0411B8CDD846150477668 image 32

[50] She was living at Dordrecht, but was recorded at Rotterdam: https://hdl.handle.net/21.12133/1CDB3B605ADF40BD8C07317CBCA19E50

[51] Death Record at Dodrecht: https://proxy.archieven.nl/46/F51E5724E5234FD5B12C3D1E8D63E4BB

[52] He was named after his paternal grandfather.  See declaration naming him and Abraham regarding Dublin, Ireland on 22 Aug 1663. https://proxy.archieven.nl/46/99CBA789736B483B9BC4DCF00323D63A

[53] Marriage Record at Rotterdam: https://hdl.handle.net/21.12133/8F2866500B7247E3ABA862DEDE0ED72A

[54] Rotterdam baptisms, online at: https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/60440568

[55] Rotterdam baptisms, online at: https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/60453334

[56] Rotterdam baptisms, online at: https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/60462268

[57] Rotterdam baptisms, online at: https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/60475597