Walter Gilbert Genealogy: Tjerck Claessen De Witt & Barbara Andriessen

1950–1951. Tjerck Claessen De Witt of Grootholdt and Zunderlandt, Westphalia, Prussia was born about 1620, and died in Wildewyck, Ulster County, New York, on February 17, 1699/00. Barbara Andriessen was born in Amsterdam, Holland, in—say—1630, and died in Kingston, New York, on July 6, 1714. They were married in New Amsterdam, America, on Thursday, April 24, 1656. She took the name Barbara De Witt. He is the son of Nicholas and Ta (Altie) De Witt. She is the daughter of Andries and Jannetje (Sebyns) Lucaszen. They had 14 children:

i.	Andries De Witt was baptized in New Amsterdam in 1657, and died on July 22, 1710. He married Jannetje Egbertsen on March 7, 1681/2.
ii.	Pieternella De Witt was born in New Amsterdam about 1658. She married Hendrick Ten Eyck on March 21, 1675/6, in Kingston, New York. According to Janice M. (De Witt) Cruikshank, this daughter does not belong to this family. She cites History of New York City by Mary L. Booth, 1859, p. 39. Her name is also spelled Petronella.
iii.	Tjatte De Witt was baptized in Albany, New York, in 1659, and died in 1724. She married Matthys Matthyssen Van Keuren in 1677, in Kingston.
iv.	Jannetne De Witt was baptized in Kingston on February 12, 1661/2, and died in 1744. She married Cornelius Switts.
v.	Klaes Nicholas De Witt was baptized in Kingston on February 17, 1664, and died in 1698.
vi.	Jan Tjerkse De Witt was baptized in Kingston on February 14, 1666, and died on April 12, 1715. He married Wyntje Kierstede. She is a great granddaughter of Everardus and Anneke (Jans) Bogardus of this genealogy via their daughter, Sara. She married Hans Kierstede, a surgeon from Magdeburg. A son, Roelof (b. 1 Jan 1647), married Ytie (Eyke) Altertse Roosa. Wyntje was their daughter.
vii.	Geertruy De Witt [#975]: She was baptized in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, on October 15, 1668, and died in Kingston in 1718.
viii.	Jacob De Witt was baptized in Kingston, New York., in 1670. He married Margrietje Vernooy on March 1, 1695/6.
ix.	Rachael Sjircke De Witt was baptized in Kingston in 1672, and died on January 7, 1745. She married in 1691 Cornelis Bogardus, grandson of Everardus and Anneke (Jans) Bogardus via Cornelis (b. 1640). He was born October 13, 1665, in Beverwyck, New York, and died October 13, 1707, in Kingston.
x.	Lucas De Witt was baptized in Kingston in 1674, and died in 1703. He married Annetje Delva on December 22, 1695, in Kingston.
xi.	Peek De Witt was baptized in Kingston in 1676. He married first, Marytje Jans Vanderberg, on January 2, 1698. He married second, Maria Teuries, on December 1, 1723, in Kingston.
xii.	Tjerck De Witt was baptized in Kingston in 1678.
xiii.	Marritje De Witt was baptized in Kingston in 1680. She married first, Hendrik Hendriksen Kortreght, on November 3, 1700, in Kingston. She married second, Jan Macklin on September 6, 1702, in Kingston.
xiv.	Aagje De Witt was baptized in Kingston on January 14, 1684, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She married Jan Pawling on August 23, 1712.

According to Janice M. (De Witt) Cruikshank, there is no mention of Pieternella in the will of Tjerck Claessen De Witt, a copy of which is in the archives in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Sources:

Bogardus, William Brower Dear "Cousin": A Charted Genealogy of the Descendants of Anneke Jans Bogardus (1605–1663) to the 5^th Generation, 1996 (Source of Jan Tjerkse and Rachael as children in this family.)
Hoes, Roswell R(andall) (Rev.), Baptismal And Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, NewYork, Church Records, 1891
Clemens, William Montgomery, American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ: Biblio Co., 1926. (found on Ancestry.com)
Janice M. Cruikshank in e-mail in March, 2003
Mormon family record sheet, including references to, literally: "N.Y. Gen. & Bio. vol. N 17–18 Central N.Y. vol. 1; Tjerck Claessen De Witt Will vol. 1. Ulster County"