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• Departure: 17 May 1641, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Arrival: 20 Aug 1641, New Amsterdam, New York; aboard the ship "den Eyckenboon" (In the Oak Tree)

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He is mentioned with Andries de Vos and Corneilis Segers van Egmont as being the prionciple farmers of Rensselaerswyck colony whose terms all other farmers must accept in 1643. Cornelis, his wife and son-in-law Peter Claes, had arguments with Director Brant Aertsz van Slichtenhorst of Rensselaerswyck. These arguments resulted in several law suits, and Van Ness was forced to apologize for the slanderous language he used against the Director. In 1648. On 25-Aug-1650 Cornelis Van Ness leased for eight years a farm in Greenbush, Renssselaerswyck. Cornelius Hendrick Van Ness held the position of of Councilor of Rensselaerwyck between 1652 and 1658. He was granted a patent fo 50 morgens of land at Amerrsfoort (Flatlands, Long Island), where in 1664 his daughter Grietie and her husband, Peter Claes, later called Wyckoff, lived on 23 May 1659. He held the position of of Councilor of Rensselaerwyck between 1660 and 1661. He held the position of of Counciler of Rensselaerwyck in 1663. He was granted a patent of 21 Morgens of land in Schenectady on 16 Jun 1664. He left a will in 1677 at Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York. He and Maritie Damen resided at Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, in 1677. On 12 Nov 1684 the last record of Cornelis Van Ness, he is referred to as "old Van Nes."
"Cornelis Van Ness who settled in the Albany, NY area in 1642. He was Councilor of Rensselaerwyck from 1652 to 1655 and was a magistrate of the court. A brewer, he owned land in the Flatlands, had servants,and was considered one of the principal farmers....he came to the colony in 1641. He was a man of eduction and ability and was influential in the affairs of the colony. He owned a farm near Greenbush, but he was no farmer. His main income was derived from his brewery and from his mercantile and political activities. He and his son-in-law, Pieter Claesen, engaged in the prolonged controversy with van Slichtenhorst, the autocratic director of the colony, which ended only when Pieter Claesen left the colony in June 1649, and van Slichtenhorst was arrrested on 18 April 1652, by order of Pieter Stuyvesant." - Wyckoff House & Association, Inc Bulletin, Volume LXV, 2002 anniversery issue, p 28
Immigrant ancestor of the van Ness family in America. In 1625 he resided at Vianen upon the Haverdijk, Zuid Holland Province, Netherlands. He came to the New World in 1640 or 1641 on the ship Oaktree, probably in the company of Andries de Vos ,and established himself at Rensselearwyck. He is mentioned in 1643, with Andries de Vos and Cornelis Segers van Egmont, as being the principal farmers of the Colony, whose terms all the other farmers must accept. A record dated March 4, 1649 contains the phrase, "in the first part of the year 1643, as the wedding guests were going over the ice to the wedding of thedaughters of van Es ..."

In April 1649, Cornelis made preparations to leave the Colony, but for some reason stayed, and on August 25, 1650, he leased for 8 years at .22f pounds per year a farm at Greenbush, formerly occupied by Cornelis van Vechten. The farm contained nine morgens of land, and he had three horses. He served as Councilor of Rensselaersyck from 1652 to 1658 and again in 1661 and 1663, at an annual salary of .50 pounds. On May 23 1659 he was granted a patent of 50 morgans at Amersfoort (Nieuw Amersfoort (Flatlands)), Long Island, where in 1664 his daughter, Grietie, and her husband, Pieter Claes Wyckoff, lived. On March 21, 1664 at the occasion of his second marriage he made an agreement with his children by his first wife to turn over to them certain property in satisfaction of their share in their mother's estate, his sons and daughters being mentioned and the latters' husbands.

His brewery in Greenbush was mentioned in joint ownership with Jan Oothout, his son-in-law. On June 16, 1664 he was granted a patent for 21 morgens of land in Schnectady. He and his wife, Marietie Damen, are recorded as owners of Lot No. 7, N. side of State St., Albany, between James St and Broadway, 1668 -1679. Maritie Damen, his wife, is mentioned June 8, 1670, as the owner of land called Canstagoine (patent from Richard Nichool).

The name Cornelis van Ness is mentioned frequently in various records and last appears November 12, 1684, when he is termed "old van Ness". His first marriage is evident from the records published in ERA III:278. It is there stated that on July 31, 1625, Cornelis Hendricksz van Ness and Marigen Hendricks van den Burchgraeff made on that date a post-nuptual agreement, probably shortly after their marriage. They were living at Vianen, on the Haverdijk. Vianen is a small city on the River Lek. Marigen was from the neighboring town of Lekmond and the daughter of Hendrick Adriaensz van den Burchgraeff (who died prior to 1635) and Annetje Jans. (Annetje Jans was a rich landowner at Laeckervelt near Vianen). Marigen died prior to 1664, when on March 14, 1664, Cornelis made an prenuptial contract with his wife to be, Maritie Damen, widow of Dirck van Eps and Hendrick Andriessen van Doesburgh. Maritie Damen van Ness died July 3, 1682.

Was in the colony in 1641, and probably came with Andries de Vos, on den Eyckenboom. From 1642, he is charged with tithes of a farm at Bethlehem, which he seems to have occupied til the fall of 1648, when van Slichtenhorst brought actions against him for calling him a liar and a cheat and for throwing oat straw on the dump heap out of spite against the director and to the detriment of the next lessee. In April 1649, he made preparations to leave the colony, but for some reason stayed and Aug. 25, 1650, he leased, for eight years at f225 a year, a farm in Greenbush, formerly occupied by Teunis Cornelisz van Vechten, together with six morgens of land belonging to the adjoining farm of Teunis Dircksz van Vechten. Van Nes served as raets persoon (councilor) of Rensselaerswyck, at an annual salary of f50, from 1652 to 1658, and again in 1660, 1661 and 1663. He lived with his wife Maijgen Hendricksen, at Vianen, province of South Holland, in 1625, and owned land at Scherperswyck, near Leksmond, in the neighborhood of Vianen, as late as 1661. - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycoloni/shey.html

Cornelis married Maycke Hendrickse Van Der Burchgraeff on 31 Jul 1625 in Harvendijk, Zeeland, Netherlands. Maycke (daughter of Hendrick Adriense Van Der Burchgraeff and Annetje Janse) was born in 1602 in Lakerveld, Zederik, Zuid, S. Holland, Netherlands; died on 24 Mar 1664 in Renssalaerwyck, New Amsterdam, New York. [Group Sheet]

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Mayken’s mother, Annetje Janse, of Loeckervelt, in 1630 left her a legacy of three morgens of land in Scherpenwyck, Netherlands.

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• Arrival: 1654, New Amsterdam, New York

Hendrick married Geertje de Jonge in 1600 in Vianen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Geertje was born in 1572 in Netherlands; died in 1602. [Group Sheet]

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Hendrick married Annetje Janse in 1599. Annetje was born in 1577 in Lavereld, Zuid Holland, Netherlands; died on 12 Jun 1635 in Lekesmon, South Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet]

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Gerrit married Grietje. Grietje and died. [Group Sheet]

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