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Dirk married Rachael Scherp on 25 Apr 1775 in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer, New York. Rachael was born on 9 Jan 1755; died in 1839. [Group Sheet]

1. John D. Van Buskirk was born on 3 Nov 1775; and died.
2. Garret Van Buskirk was born on 30 Oct 1778; and died.
3. Andrew Van Buskirk was born on 10 Aug 1779; and died.
4. Marin Van Buskirk was born on 18 Jul 1781; and died.
5. Gerritt Van Buskirk was born on 20 Aug 1788; and died.
6. Joseph Van Buskirk was born on 20 Jul 1791; and died.

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Johan married Esther (Hester) Van Horn on 15 Aug 1751 in New York. Esther (daughter of Dirck Cornelisen Van Horn and Lea Banta) was born before 10 Feb 1734 in Albany Co., New York; died on 4 Apr 1807 in Cambridge, Washington, New York. [Group Sheet]

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• Baptism: 7 Aug 1695, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey

Joost married Trintje Martese Pouwelse in 1717. Trintje (daughter of Marten Pouluse and Margrietje Westervelt) was born before 23 May 1699 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey; died in 1748. [Group Sheet]

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Dirck married Lea Banta. Lea was born in in Bergen, Bergen, New Jersey. [Group Sheet]

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Records on Thomas Van Buskirk reflect that he was a landowner in Bergen, Sussex and Hunterdon Counties, NJ and lived all of his life in Bergen Co. and Hunterdon Co. He was appointed a justice of the peace and an associate judge of the court of common pleas of Bergen Co., January 21, 1714/15; he was again appointed a justice of the peace for the same county , August 25, 1725. He was serving as a Justice of the Peace in Bergen Co. as late as 1730. He was also involved in military activities as he was referred to as colonel in 1724. His will was proved October 20, 1748 at Trenton.

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Major married Marietje Hendrickje Van Der Linde about 1688. Marietje and died. [Group Sheet]

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Marten married Margrietje Westervelt on 25 Mar 1694 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey. Margrietje was born on 24 Jan 1647 in Meppel, Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands; died in 1742 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey. [Group Sheet]

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Cornelis married Margrietje Vanderburgh on 4 Mar 1675 in New York. Margrietje (daughter of Lucas Dirckzsen Vanderburgh and Annetje Cornelis) was born in 1658 in New Amsterdam, New York; died on 22 May 1726. [Group Sheet]

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• Baptism: 26 May 1658, Manhattan, New York, New York

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• Birth: 1630, Holland
• Arrival: 1654, New York, New York
• Death: 13 Jul 1694, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey

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After coming here he was occasionally referred to in the Dutch records as van Boskerck. As he came from Holstein, where the Lutheran was the State Church, and the German language was prevalent, we would have expected this designation to have been given a German form, as von Buschkirk, but as a matter of fact, even in the German Evangelical Church records, it always appears as in the Dutch, van Bosckerk, later van Buskirk, pronounced Booskirk. The Philadelphia branch of the family adopted the last-mentioned form nearly two hundred years ago, and ever since have been known as Van Booskirk...The etymology of the Dutch name indicates a reference to a Wood or Woods-Church, Bosch-Kerk, or Church-in-the-Wood or Church-in- the-Bush, rather than in the forest. Bosch-Kapelle, or Woods-Chapel is the name of a village of 1,000 inhabitants in Zeeland, Holland. No account has been found of any town or village in Holland called Bosch-Kerk. In the German Church records no attempt has been made to translate the name into the German, Bursh-Kirche, or Wald-Kirche, but it has been transferred bodily from the Dutch, as above, indicating that it was already regarded as a proper name. [Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Vol. III, p. 160] - http://www.rogerbissell.com/id21ddd.html
Laurens Andriessen came from Holstein, Denmark in 1655. His name first appears in records of New Amsterdam, June 19, 1656 in a deed for a lot of land on Broad Street. He was then unmarried and a turner by trade, afterwards, however, becoming a draper. He took the oath of allegiance November 20, 1665 and married September 12, 1658 Jannetje Jans (widow of Christian Barentsen Van Horn)
In July 1658 Laurens was sent by the Orphans Master at New Amsterdam to South River (Delaware) to assist the widow of Christian Barentsen Van Horn, a carpenter, who died as the result of a malady that took many lives in that area. Four and a half months later Laurens and Jannetje married on December 12, 1658 according to the marriage registry of the Dutch Reformed Church in New Amsterdam. Some say the same date but list Old Dutch Church, Staten Island, NY.
Arrived in New Netherland before 1654, via Holland. Bought a lot on Broad St. 29 Jun 1656. Was a dry goods merchant. Moved to Hackensack by 1688. 1662, bought land on the shore of the Hudson. Became a judge and Justice of the Peace. Helped set up a Lutheran Church when the English established religious freedom. He was called van Buskirk because he lived next to a church by the woods. He was sometimes called Laurens de Dreyer (turner) because he was also apparently a turner by trade. (Source: Immigration Library, Scandinavian Immigrants of New York.)

Laurens Andriessen Van Buskirk was born in 1630 at Holstein, Denmark; now Germany. He married Jannetje Jans on 12 Dec 1659 at Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam, New York County, New York. Laurens Andriessen Van Buskirk died on 13-Jul-1694 at Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey. He was buried after 13 Jul-1694 at Constable Hook, Bergen County, New Jersey. - Title: Shoemaker, Irene English; Van Buskirk, A Legacy from New Amsterdam.

In 1658, he married Jannetje Jans, the widow of Christian Barentsen Van Horn at the Dutch Church on Staten Island. Laurens acquired a sizable fortune through this union, as well as, four healthy stepsons.
Shortly after the establishment of Bergen (Jersey City), he purchased 170 acres in the nearby settlement of Minkakwa, again from Claus Carstensen. Minkakwa was located in the Greenville section of present day Jersey City, an area along the west bank of the Hudson, which is presently the Conrail railyard. This land was purchased in 1662, and it is probable that he moved there almost immediately, for in that same year, he was one of the petitioners for a clergyman to be installed at the Bergen settlement. In this petition, each petitioner pledged a yearly sum that they were willing to pay to the clergyman to constitute his salary. Louerens Andries, as his name is signed on the document, was not able to commit to a specific amount, declaring that he would donate an amount at his own discretion. This indicates that he was not as well off at this time as some of the other signers. He was willing to donate to the yearly salary for a clergyman, but he was not wealthy enough to commit to a number. Depending on how successful he was in a given year, would determine how much he could afford to spare.
Laurens also purchased lands on Bergen Neck. This included a large tract of Constable Hook, a portion of present day Bayonne. His son, Peter, built a house here in the late 1600’s, which stood, with alterations, until 1910, when it was torn down to make room for an oil company which had purchased the land.
In 1664, Laurens was appointed to a committee which petitioned Peter Stuyvesant and his Council for the authorization to construct blockhouses at each of the entrances to the settlement of Bergen. This was, no doubt, prompted by the Indian uprising which had recently occurred at Wildwick (Kingston), New York and Niew Dorp (Hurley), New York, coupled with a double murder closer to home. On the 18th of October, in the previous year, two “Christians” had been killed by Indians, while on their way from the village of Gamonepa (Jersey City - near the Morris Canal Basin) to Bergen. Though this turned out to be an independent and isolated incident, the colonists had no way of knowing this at the time. The Director General and his Council gave their consent to the petition, and the blockhouses were built under the direction of the committee.
In the latter part of 1664, the British took over the New Netherlands colony with the arrival of Colonel Nicolls and a fleet of four warships. The Dutch surrendered without a fight. Laurens, as did the rest, took the oath of allegiance to the British Crown and continued business as usual. In 1670, he was by act, appointed as “Recorder and Marker” for Minkakwa, empowered to assure all horses and cattle were properly marked. Six years later, he was made “Marker General” and “Ranger” for the town of Bergen, empowered to deputize at his discretion, individuals to roam the local woodlands to round up stray domestic animals.
In 1671, he was appointed by Governor Carteret, to his Council, the upper house of the proprietary government. This commission usually went to men of means and to those who showed marked loyalty to the royal government.
On February 16, 1677, Laurens was commissioned a member of the Bergen Court. Three years later he was made President of the Court. He also served as Bergen’s first Coroner, as Justice of the Peace, and Judge to the Court of Common Right at various times during his life.
In 1676, he purchased, with others, a large tract of land located between Overpeck Creek and the Hackensack River, known then as New Hackensack. To this land he moved as early as 1688. Here, he lived till the end of his life, in 1694. He and his wife were buried on the land he had purchased on Constables Hook, in the family cemetery. - ancestry.com unknown author

There is some controversy over the actual nature of Laurens' trade. The first mention of him in the records of New Amsterdam refers to him as Laurens de Draijer which, Nelson says, is Dutch for: the turner. As Nelson puts it:
The Dutch word for "turner" is draijer -- drawer, probably referring to the early use of the draw-knife in shaping vessels, shoes and other articles from wood...In many translations from the Dutch records, this designation of his occupation has been simply transferred to the English without interpretation, and as the name is thus entered also in the indices, the searcher for references to Laurens van Boskerck may easily overlook such allusion. [Proceedings, Vol. III, p. 161]
Laurens brought with him to America a Dutch assistant named Frederick Arenta Bloem, whom he hired in Amsterdam in 1654 and who, in order to get married, broke his contract with Laurens while it still had a year to run. As Laurens complained in court, while trying to force Bloem to work out the rest of the contract, he just "ran away from him last Sunday morning without words or reason." Nelson surmises from all of this the following:
Laurens Andriessen, having acquired in Holstein the art and mastery of the trade of turner, went up to Amsterdam, there to follow his vocation in turning wooden bowls and dishes and eke shoes for the thrifty Dutch Huysvrouwen of that fair city, finally setting up for himself and having an assistant, in the person of the inconstant Frederick Arentsen. With dreams of increasing his business and so bettering their fortunes, he turned himself westward from Old Amsterdam to Nieuw Amsterdam, where he speedily acquired such fame for the excellence of his work that he was commonly known by way of preeminence as de Draijer -- the Turner, of the little town. [Proceedings, Vol. III, pp. 163-4]
Nelson also takes aim at what he says is a misconception, based on a supposed error in reading early records, namely, that Laurens changed his occupation to draper, i.e., a dealer in cloth and dry goods. As Nelson points out, "in a thinly settled neighborhood where every family spun its own wool and wore its own cloth!," that would have made no sense at all. [Proceedings, Vol. III, p. 164]
Nevertheless, Mrs. Shoemaker cites a study of the earliest Danes in America, done some years ago for the Danish government by a Professor P. S. Vig, in which the claim is made that Laurens "established himself in the dry goods business in New Amsterdam and also bought some land etc." She bolsters Professor Vig's claim by referring to several records that mentioned Laurens as "de Draper."
Mrs. Shoemaker also says that a native Holland teacher of Dutch, French, and German claims there is not any such word as Draijer. Instead, according to this unnamed authority, a maker of wooden articles is called a "houtwerker" in Dutch. (Van Buskirk Legacy, p. 1) It probably remains for an expert, unbiased linguist to settle this issue.
New Amsterdam records make no mention of our ancestor from November 1656 to December 1658, when he wedded Jannetje (Janica) Jans, the widow of Christian Barents Van Horn. There was some speculation that Laurens had been with or near the Van Horns during their ill-fated attempt to settle on the Delaware River. Also, coincidental or not, Jannetje petitioned the Orphan Masters to settle her deceased husband's estate on December 12, 1658, the same day as her marriage to our Laurens, which took place at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam. (Was this a dowry?)
The Vice Director of the Colony, Jacob Alrichs, sent notice of Christian's death to the Orphan Masters at New Amsterdam, along with an inventory of the estate and a request that Christian's widow be assisted. As Nelson described it, in rather droll fashion: The requisite "assistance," it will be observed, was promptly furnished by our friend Laurens Andriessen, who married the fair and not inconsolable young widow four and a half months after her sad bereavement. [Proceedings, Vol. III, p. 167]
By 1662, Laurens and his family moved across the Hudson River to what would later become Bergen County, New Jersey. They lived in a house on the shore of New York Bay. Laurens was very active in civic affairs, serving as a Juror, a Judge of the Court of Common Right, a Justice of the Peace, the county Coroner, and a member of the governor's Council, which was the upper branch of the Provincial Legislature. - http://www.rogerbissell.com/id21ddd.html

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in Van Buskirk Family Burial Ground - Bayonne City - no longer in existence. Once located in the yard at the rear of the Van Buskirk Homestead, Constable Hook.

Laurens married Jannetje Jans on 12 Dec 1658 in Reformed Dutch Church, Staten Island, New York. Jannetje (daughter of Tuman Jansen Jans and Neeltje Weber, daughter of Tuman Janse Jans and Neeltje Weber) was born in 1629 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; died before 19 Mar 1693 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey; was buried in Constable Hook, Hudson, New Jersey. [Group Sheet]

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Paulus married Tryntje Martens. Tryntje was born in 1638 in Aken, , , Netherlands; died on 5 Mar 1702 in Bergen, Bergen, New Jersey. [Group Sheet]

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Davis' History of Bucks County (Pennsylvania) has an excellent biography of the Van Horn family. It states that their (and our) pioneer ancestor was Christian Barendtse -- i.e., Christian, son of Barendt. It was said that he came to New Amsterdam (now New York City), apparently by 1653, from Hooren, a city of the Zuyder Zee, about 25 miles from Amsterdam -- hence, "Van Hooren" or "Van Horn," meaning "of" or "from" that city.
Christian was a carpenter by trade, serving also as a referee when there was litigation about property disputes. He also owned several properties in the vicinity of Broadway and Wall Streets, some now occupied by part of the present Trinity churchyard. (The author visited this churchyard during a business trip to New York City in April of 1995.)
Christian was part of a force sent out from New Amsterdam on September 5, 1655, against the Swedes and Finns at Fort Christina on the Delaware River. He then got a land grant near present day Wilmington, Delaware, where he began work on a tidewater mill in 1656. He died there on July 26, 1658, during an epidemic apparently caused by germs stirred up by the construction. After he was buried, his widow and children returned to New Amsterdam, where she sold the Delaware property and remarried soon after to our other ancestor, Laurens Andriessen Van Boskerck.

Christian married Jannetje Jans on 20 Apr 1647 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Jannetje (daughter of Tuman Jansen Jans and Neeltje Weber, daughter of Tuman Janse Jans and Neeltje Weber) was born in 1629 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; died before 19 Mar 1693 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey; was buried in Constable Hook, Hudson, New Jersey. [Group Sheet]

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Lucas Dircksen Vanderburgh first appears in New Amsterdam about 1652. His European origins are uncertain. He was one of the signers of the Lutheran petition1 in Oct 1657, so his origins may have been German rather than Dutch. Early Manhattan land records refer to Lucas as ``Vanderburgh.´´ However, he always signed his last name as ``Dircks´´ or ``Dircksen,´´ never ``Vanderburgh.´´ The surname ``Vanderburgh´´ was probably applied to Lucas after he arrived in Manhattan. The ``burgh´´ in ``Vanderburgh´´ translates to ``fortress´´ or ``castle;´´ and Lucas lived near the fort in Manhattan. So, Lucas´ full name translates to ``Luke, son of Richard, from the fortress´´ which equals Lucas Dircksen Vanderburgh. 2 Lucas married, probably around 1652, Annetje Cornelis, the daughter of Cornelis and Adriante (Wallings) Shubber of Durjerdam, North Holland.3
Lucas was a ``Sergeant in the service of the Honble Company,´´ [Dutch West India Company] and had been in its service since at least 1652. While still a member of the Company, he applied on 16 Feb 1654 at the New Amsterdam City Hall to become a tavern keeper: Lucas Dircksen, a soldier, requests by petition the privilege of retailing beer and wine, promising to pay the customary excise tax, on which it is apostilled: Petitioner´s request is granted, provided he pay the customary excise of what he shall retail or have.4 That same year, Lucas was given a patent for land at Mespat, Long Island, [part of Newtown] on 21 Nov 1654, but never settled there.5 Lucas was apparently tiring of service for the Dutch West India Company and making plans accordingly. On 24 Aug 1655, he paid 60 guilders for Lucas Hendrickson, a drummer, to take his place in an expedition against the Swedes at Delaware.6 The following year he formerly made his decision when on 15 Feb 1656 he submitted the following petition asking for his discharge from the Dutch West India Company:
``To the Noble, Very Worshipful, Honorable Director-General and High Council of New-Netherland. Shows with humble reverence Luycas Dircksen, Sergeant inthe service of the Honble Company here, that he, petitioner has served the said Honble Company for a period of about four years and that he would like now to transport himself with his family to the Southriver of NewNetherland, to settle there, where he has bought a house. He requests therefore, that your Noble Worships will kindly please to discharge him from the service and consent to his removal thither, which doing etca.´´ [signed] Luycas Dircksen7
Lucas´ petition was approved. He did go to the South River [Delaware], where he was granted a patent for land on 10 Feb 1657 near Fort Casmir. His grant was a lot for a house and garden between the lots of Reyer Mol and Claes Pietersz Smith. It also bordered the South River.8 Lucas was there on 23 Jun 1656 when he made a deposition regarding a suit brought by Isack Israel against Jan Flaman. Lucas and Abraham Rycke stated that they were ``aboard the bark named de Fenix between 14 and 15 April towards daybreak, weather and wind being agreeable, did run aground along the shore and remained fast. During the time they were there an anker of brandy belonging to … Isack Isreal was drunk and some cheeses eaten; but they do not remember the number since all beverages and victuals were seized for use in the emergency, without regard to whom they belonged. Likewise, they know that Isack Israel´s duffels were used as tents for shelter and beds to lie on.´´ The court advised the parties to resolve the matter in friendship, but if they could not to present the matter again.9
Lucas he did not remain near Ft. Casmir very long, since he bought on 30 Jun 1656 a house and lot in Manhattan at present day 21 Broadway. A year later on 1 Mar 1657, he purchased another house and lot adjacent to and behind this lot.10 Though Lucas kept his Delaware property throughout his life,11 he always resided in Manhattan.
Lucas was granted the ``Small Burgher Right´´ in New Amsterdam on 13 Apr 1659. This right granted him the privilege of trade and the capability to be appointed to minor or servile office.12 This right was certified or reconfirmed on 20 Dec 1659 by Martin Cregier the Burgomeister of New Amsterdam.13 Lucas became a well known tavern keeper in New Amsterdam. He initially operated his tavern from his home on 21 Broadway, but by the mid 1660s he kept a tavern called ``The Signe of the Fort Orange´´ at present day 16 Stone St. in Manhattan.14 Tavern keeping presented occasional debt collection problems for him. One incident resulted in two court appearances versus Ryntie the Mason. On 11 Dec 1656, the court found in favor of Lucas. On 16 Dec 1656, Anthony Back appeared in court for Lucas Dircksen, then sick, with power of attorney, demanding payment of Fl. 170. for board and disbursements. Ryntie acknowledged the debt, explaining that he could not obtain payment from others. The Court ordered Ryntie to pay the debt within three weeks.15
Other tavern activity kept Lucas in the public eye. The 29 Jan 1657 court minutes record one of these events: ``Honble de Silla, pltf. v/s Ryck Hendricksen, deft. Pltf. says that deft. about a quarter of a year ago struck one Cornelis Tysen, wood sawyer, at the house of Luycas Dircksen, tavernkeeper, with tongs on his head, which caused a dangerous wound, and wheras he is now cured requests payment for the surgeon for the cure, and for the Honble Schout the fine of fl. 300. according to placard. Deft. answering says, he struck the aforesaid with tongs, saying he was forced thereto; whereas he ran from his work and stopped in the tavern, where he grossly slandered him as a rascal, a meatstealer and such like. The Court ordered the deft. to prove his statement by the next Court day.´´16
Lucas continued to have debt problems with Reintje the mason a year and a half after his first encounter. On 3 Jun 1658, ``Luycas Dirckzen appears in Court exhibiting certain judgement against Reintje the mason; demands satisfaction of the same. The Court orders Luycas Dirckzen to notify Reintje the mason.´´17
Further payment difficulties continued the same year when on 21 Oct 1659: ``Luycas Dirckzen, pltf. v/s Reinick Gerrisen, deft. Pltf. demands from deft. 8 whole and two half beavers for tobacco pipes and a cap; also fl. 15: 16 in zeawant according to obligation. Deft. acknowledges the debt, but says he has not wherewith to pay. The Court orders deft. to pay the pltf.´´18
Lucas usually found himself on the positive side of the court when involved in incidents regarding his tavern. However, in 1661 he ran into trouble with the local authorities for serving customers after nine o´clock in the evening. On Tuesday, 5 July 1661, Lucas appeared in court as a defendant against Pieter Tonneman, the plaintiff, who represented the local Dutch government. The court minutes state:
``The Schout [judicial functionary], Pieter Tonneman, pltf., v/s Luycas Dirckzen, tavernkeeper, deft. Pltf. demands from deft. One hundred and fifty guilders for a fine imposed three different times by his deputy Hans Vos, for having tapped for people in the night, after nine o´clock bell ring, saying that there were, once, over twenty persons, and fifty guilders additional for his servant or deputy having been shoved out of the house by those, who sat there with threats of violence. Deft. says, he denies it all, except that, once, six persons sat in his house about half past nine and that Hans Vos was drunk, when he came there and drew his dagger against which Marten, the sail maker, resisted, which happened when the bell stopped ringing. Hans Vos, entering, denies having been drunk, when he imposed the fine on them, and having drawn the dagger; and he has laid the fine three times. The Officer calls for a fine on the deft. for having called Hans Vos a liar, in presence of the Court. Hans Vos was asked, if he did not know, who sat there? Answers, he knew no one, as they pushed him out of doors; but saw well that the house and table were full of people. Burgomasters town magistrates] and Schepens [aldermen] having heard and understood all, condemn the deft. in a fine of forty two guilders, with costs to be applied, as is proper.´´19
By 13 Sep 1661, Lucas had not yet paid his fine. So, on that date, ``the officer Peiter Tonneman requests, that the judgement against Luyas Dircksen, dated 5 Jul 1661 may be put in execution. The bailiff was ordered to put these in execution.´´20
Despite his financial intrigues, Lucas invested in other Manhattan property. On 18 Jul 1661 he bought a plot of land from William Jansen Van Borcklo. He kept this small tract two years and sold it on 21 Jul 1663 to Johannes Verveelen. 21
Other debt collection problems continued to plague Lucas. One debt was complicated by a wager he had made with Pieter Janzen. On 12 Sep 1662, ``Luycas Dircksen, pltf. v/s Pieter Janzen, mason, deft. Pltf. demands from deft. eighty one guilders, five stivers. Deft. says, he does not owe so much; produces a contract made with him in form of a wager amounting to the quantity of three tuns of beer, which he won from him. the W: Court condemn the deft. to pay the pltf. the eighty one guilders five stivers.´´22 A week later, on 19 Sep 1662, the money had still not been paid. This time in court, Annetje, Lucas´ wife, petitioned for the payment. ``Luycas Dircksen´s wife also appearing demands likewise execution of the judgement, which her husband has obtained against Pieter Jansen Metselaar (mason), dated 12th of this month. Marginal order: The Baliff is ordered to put these in execution.´´23 This case dragged on until the following Spring. Evidently, Pieter Janzen had debt collection problems of his own. This caused a third party to complicate the matter. On Tuesday 17 Apr 1663, the issue was readdressed and apparently resolved. ``Luycas Dirckzen, pltf. v/s Pieter Janzen, mason, deft. Pltf. concludes in writing, that the attachment on the monies belonging to deft. in Denys Hartooghvelt´s hands shall be declared valid, as he has gained the suit against him and that deft. shall consent to Denys being ordered to bring the money he owes deft. into consignment of this City and that he, the pltf., be admitted to lift, under bail `de restituedo,´ the sum of seven and ninety guilders, two stivers according to specification, with costs. Deft. says, he is willing to pay, on condition of deducting the three barrels of beer obtained from him. Burgomasters and Schepens declare the attachment valid and order Denys Hartooghvelt to bring the money into consignment of this City.´´24
12 Sep 1662 was a busy court day for Lucas. Not only was the long standing debt collection battle with Pieter Janzen begun, but two other payment defaults were also addressed. Hermen Douwzen had defaulted for a second time on a payment. Annetje, again representing her husband, addressed the court: ``Pltf´s wife entering demands from deft. according to a/c which she exhibits, the sum of forty four guilders five stivers in seawant. The W: Court order deft. to deposit the money with the Secretary of this City.´´ Evidently, this issue was finally resolved during a 3 Oct Court hearing.25
The final debt issue of the day concerned money owed by Denys Isaacken. Evidently, Denys delayed his payment until the following May when at the City Hall on Tuesday, 22 May 1663: ``This day Burgomaster Olof Stevensen van Cortlant lifted for Luycas Dircksen the monies brought in deposit to this City Hall by Denis Isaacksen on date....´´ Lucas appears to have forgotten about the debt, and Steven Cortlandt appears to have forgotten about collecting Lucas´ money. 26 Lucas finally remembered the debt on 15 Jul 1664 when he appeared in Court: ``Luycas Dirckzen entering demands, that he may lift the monies, which Denys Isaacksen brought in consignment of this City for Pieter Jansen, mason. Whereupon Luycas Dircksen was informed, that they were taken in date 22d May 1663 by Oloff Stevenzen van Cortlandt, and he must take out an acte thereof.´´27
The Summer and Fall of 1663 were quiet times for Lucas regarding his court appearances. It wasn´t until 18 Dec 1663 that he found himself back in court. This time he was called as a witness regarding an estate settlement: ``Gerrit van Tright, pltf. v/s Freryck Flipzen, deft. Pltf. in quality as before demands verification of defts. rendered a/c against the estate left by Elmerhuysen Clein. Deft. says, he took it from the book of Pieter Rudolfus. Pltf. asks, if it has not been paid? to which deft. says, he cannot find so by the books. Then, as Luycas Dircksen was the special friend of Elmerhuysen and if anything be paid, he will know it certainly: whereupon Luycas Dircksen being called in declares he has no knowledge of it; then says, he well knows that Elmerhuysen had some elk hides at Pieter Rudolfus, some of which Pieter Rudolfus received, but cannot say, whether these were in payment or not. Pltf. maintains, that it is strange, if Pieter Rudolfus had not received any payment from Elmerhuysen the last time he was here, that he should not have demanded some obligation from him. Whereas the matter in question is obscure, Burgomasters and Schepens decree, that it be postponed until further explanation be offered, and that Gerrit van Tright, meanwhile, shall retain according to the condition of the estate as much as should belong to deft. according to his claim.´´28
Caught up in the political strife between the Dutch and English in the 1660s, Lucas was among many of the New Amsterdam settlers who showed frustration with Director General Stuyvesant and his council. Stuyvesant and his administrators had been slow in dealing with the English advances toward taking over New Amsterdam. The English made an overt takeover attempt when they positioned several armed ships up the Hudson River at Nyack. In response to this threat, Lucas and 92 others appealed to their leaders on 5 Sep 1664 to negotiate a peaceful agreement with the English:
``Right Honorable. We ... cannot conscientiously foresee that anything else is to be expected for this fort and city of Manhattans (as your Honors must be convinced), than misery, sorrow, conflagration, the dishonor of women, murder of children in their cradles, and, in a word, the absolute ruin and destruction of about fifteen hundred innocent souls, only two hundred and fifty of whom are capable of bearing arms, unless you be pleased to adjust matters according to the conjecture of the time.
Your honors are ... better aware than we, that four of the English King´s frigates are now lying in the road at Nyack, with six hundred soldiers, ... for the purpose of reducing New Netherland to his Majesty´s obedience. In compliance with that commission, the English General hath sent divers letters to your Honors, summoning this city and Fort Manhattan, promising, in case we voluntarily submit, that we shall not experience the least loss or damage ... .
These threats would not have been at all regarded, could your Honors or we, your petitioners, expect the smallest aid or succor. But (God help us!) whether we turn us for assistance to the north or to the south, to the east or to the west, `tis all in vain! On all sides are we encompassed and hemmed in by our enemies. If, on the other hand, we examine our internal strength, alas! it is so feeble and impotent that, unless we ascribe the circumstances to the mercy of God, we cannot sufficiently express our astonishment that the foe should have granted us so long a reprieve, inasmuch as he could have delivered us a prey and plunder to the soldiery after one summons.´´
The petitioners went on to say that ``your Honor´s fortress ... is incapable of making head three days against so powerful an enemy.´´
Summing up their plight, the residents affirmed that ``... we humbly, and in bitterness of heart, implore your Honors not to reject the conditions of so generous a foe, but to be pleased to meet him in the speediest, best and most reputable manner. Otherwise (which God forbid), are we obliged, before God and the world, to protest against and call down on your Honors the vengeance of Heaven for all the innocent blood which shall be shed in consequence of your Honors´ obstinancy, inasmuch as the Commissioners have to-day informed us, that the aforesaid English General has stated and threatened that he shall not wait longer than this day.´´
In closing, the petitioners trusted that ``... your Honors will exhibit yourselves, in this pressing exigency and sorrowful season, as men and Christians, and conclude, with God´s help, an honorable and reasonable capitulation which, may the Lord our God, in His great mercy, be pleased to grant us. Amen.´´29 Signed by Lucas Dircks and 92 others
The English reached a peaceful accord with the Dutch and in Oct 1664, Lucas and many other New Amsterdam residents swore allegiance to the King of Great Britain.30 The following year, 1665, Lucas was mentioned as a resident of New York City and still lived at ``The Heere Graft´´ [21 Broadway] where on Wednesday 19 Apr 1665, he was assessed 2 florins toward boarding and lodging the English garrison. 31 At the City Hall on Saturday 24 Jun 1665, Lucas was among 15 Manhattan residents who were, ``notified to observe good order, and whenever they find any rioting to arise, to go instantly to the watch and give notice of the same so as to put an end to the trouble.´´32
Being under English rule did not alter the intrigue that continued at Lucas´ tavern, as found in the court records of 22 Aug 1665: ``Abel Hardenbroeck, pltf. v/s Denys Isaacksen, deft. Pltf. says, that deft. meeting him yesterday on the Bouwery Road, drew a knife and said - Draw, van Leer, or I shall stab and cut you, etc. Proceeding against pltf. with very threatening and abusive words, so that the pltf. was obliged to save his life in the house of Cosyn Gerretsen as the deft. pressed hard upon him. Deft. says, that pltf. challenged him yesterday morning in the house of Luycas Dircks, the tapster, to fight in the neighbourhood of the Fresh Water, and as he did not find the pltf. there at the appointed time he went further towards the bowery, where he found him on the road and asked him, Is this the appointed place etc? Admits further having drawn a knife and to have said - Draw also van Leer. Pltf. denies having challenged the deft. and demands, that he shall prove it, as there were many people at Luycas Dircks at that time, who without doubt have heard him. Deft. answering says, that the pltf. whispered it to him, so that none of the bystanders could hear him. Thomas Lodwyck entering declares, that as he was proceeding with Abel Hardenbroeck and some women folk towards the Bouwery, he saw the deft. Denys Isaackzen draw the knife on pltf., whom he pursued with many abusive and threatening words. The Mayor and Aldermen having heard parties, refer the decision to the Court of Assizes and order deft. meanwhile to enter sufficient bail in the sum of fl. 500 Hollands, that he shall comport himself towards the pltf. in such wise as an honest and decent man ought to do.´´33
Debt sagas for Lucas continued, but on 23 Jun 1668 he found himself as a defendant: ``Martin Hofman, Plt: v/s Lukas Dirkz, deft: The plt: declareth that the deft: is in his debt for goods & by a perticular obligation the summe of fl. 793. 16 Sewant beinge the ballance of accounts between ym. The Court doth order Lourens Vander spiegel & ffredrick philips to arbitrate ye sd, differance & bringe in their Report thereof the next Court day.´´ At the Mayor´s Court, 30 Jun 1668: ``Marten Hoffman, pltf v/s Luycas Dircksen, deft. Both in default.´´34
In a final suit on 15 Sep 1668, Lucas sued Josyn Verhagen ``In an actn of debt. The W: Court refer parties to Sieurs Gerrit van Tright and Francois Rombouts to decide the matter if possible; otherwise to render their report.´´ The court decided in Lucas´s favor on 10 Nov 1668 when it declared ``that the deft. shall pay the demanded debt of fl. 36:4 provided the pltf. shall confirm the justness thereof on oath.´´35
Lucas died in 1669, sometime after 4 Mar 1668/9. If all her children were still living when Lucas died, Annetje was left with seven children under the age of 17. Not remaining long a widow, Annetje remarried to Jacob Fabritius, a German Lutheran minister.

Lucas married Annetje Cornelis in 1652 in New Amsterdam, New York. Annetje was born in 1630 in New Amsterdam, New York, New York; died in 1674. [Group Sheet]

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