Willem van der Velde, The Gust of Wind (1663)
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Forty-five of our ancestors journeyed to the colonies in this quarter century, making 27 voyages. We also now know the names of four of their ships: The Fox brought émigrés from the Netherlands; De Vergulde Otter (The Gilded Otter) and St. Jean Baptiste from Palatinate, Germany; and the Dove from Dublin, Ireland. Emigration from England (20) fell off sharply, and at the same time the wave from The Netherlands peaked (13). The remainder came from Ireland (6) and Germany (1) along with the first arrivals from France (4).
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The surge into New England ended with one émigré each going to Massachusetts and New Hampshire while the other newcomers distributed themselves fairly evenly across Virginia (16), Maryland (12), the Dutch heading for New Amsterdam (13); and two were the first in our family to settle in Pennsylvania.
1651 Peter Walker, Jr. along with his wife Alice (Woods) and son Daniel emigrated from Prestwick, Lancashire, England to Accomack Virginia. They are 9th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line, and Daniel is an 8th. Records disagree in that they typically show Daniel born in Maryland, but parents immigrated when Daniel was only 9 years old
1652 John Scribner married Mary Hilton three years after his arrival in Dover, Straford, New Hampshire, having emigrated from Wem, Shropshire, England. He is an 11th great-grandfather in Glenna's maternal line.
1652 Pieter Jansen & Dorothea (Volkertse) De Witt. This Dutch couple made their way from the Netherlands to the Americas, and are among the early settlers of Bushwick, Long Island, New York. Pieter took the oath of allegiance in Bushwick in 1687 and was noted to have lived in the country for 35 years. Both were from David’s maternal line. In 1660, a group of French immigrants applied to Petrus Stuyvesant, director-general of New Netherland, for a patent to start a community. Stuyvesant granted them land between the villages of Breuckelen and Middleburgh. Unlike the first few villages in western Long Island, which grew very slowly, the new community of Boswijck, or Bushwick, quickly filled with residents. By 1663 the population had doubled, and records show that at that date the town counted forty men capable of bearing arms. They are 9th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line.
1653 William Peter Mills, a 9th great-grandfather in David’s paternal line, arrived in Virginia, having emigrated from England.
1654 Philip Welch emigrated from Northern Ireland to Ipswich, Massachusets. He is an 11th great-grandfather in Glenna’s maternal line.
1654 Nicholas Burkett and his son John I emigrated from England to Old Rappahonic, Virgina. They are 10th and 9th great-grandfathers respectively in David’s paternal line.
1657 John Ashley & Lady Jane (Cooper) Ashley. Two Ashley brothers, John and William, proclaimed their love for Lady Jane Cooper, and when she chose John, William set off for the American colonies, settling in Accomack County, Virginia. Jane, abandoning the life of English peerage, sailed with John from Gloucestershire, England to the colonies where they made their home in Rappahannock Co., Virginia. There is a question of whether John went first in 1657 and possibly later was joined by his wife I n 1665 – question stems from names in immigration records. Old Rappahannock County was one of the early counties established in the Tidewater region, “Old Rapp”, of colonial The Rappahonnock River Virginia. Itwas formed in 1656 from LancasterCounty. https://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p170581 The Virginia Company encouraged settlement by granting "headrights" of 50 acres of land for each imported into the Colony. They are 8th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
1658 Captain Thomas Stockett arrived with his brothers from Kent, England in Anne Arundel, Maryland (see Family History). He is a 10th great-grandfather in David’s paternal line.
Family History: Thomas Stockett
Thomas Stockett immigrated to Anne Arundel Co., Maryland in 1658 with his brothers, Francis and Henry. Their elder brother, Lewis Stockett joined them in 1664. They were from Kent(shire), England, and had apparently been from the strictest faithful followers of Charles I and II. When Charles II was exiled, they mortgaged their property and followed him. At their return, they had no money to redeem their mortgage. They immigrated to America to get a new start. There they received grants of land from the newly restored Calvert government located near the Susquehanna River in Harford County, MD.
1659 Pieter Jansen Scholl emigrated from Brielle, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, to Hempstead, Long Island, New York where he met and married another Dutch immigrant in David’s maternal line, Margaritje Provoost. Both are 8th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line.
1659 William Brittingham, came from Hempstead, Essex, England, arrived in Maryland a single man, but soon married (1660)and moved with his bride Elizabeth (Williams)to Accomack Co., Virginia. He is an 8th great-grandfather in David’s paternal line.
1659 Thomas Plummer emigrated from Ringmer, Essex, , England and settled in S River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland. He is a 9th great-grandfather in David’s paternal line.
1660 Garrett Van Swearingen, his wife Barbara DeBarrette and llikely Garrett’s mother Hestor Jacob (she died in 1660, but his father died later still in the Netherlands). Barbara’s father Isaac was born in 1613 (both were naturalized in MD in 1669, at which time Barbara declared as a native of Holland which was Garrett’s home country) and emigrated from Beemsterdam, Netherlands to St Marys, Somerset, Maryland. Barbara de Barrette (van Schwerigen) was apparently born in Valennciennes, in what is now France but at that time was Spanish territory. After she and Garrett moved to St. Marys City, MD, she became a member of the Church of England. Garrett, on the other hand, remained Roman Catholic. He left a portion of tobacco (many pounds) for Masses said for the repose of his soul. They ran an inn, at St. Marys City where he acted as sheriff. All that is left of the inn is a little of the foundation, the floor of the kitchen. Garrett is an 8th great-grandfather in David’s maternal line.
1660 Mathieu Blanchan and his wife Magdelina (Brissen Jorisse). Magdelina was apparently named for her Godmother, Magdelena Gruson. Her Godfathrr was Bartholomew Le Blan. Magdelena was baptised Catholic. She was about twenty-two when she married Mathieu. Blanchan fled Flanders, or northern France, to escape the religious persecution of Huguenots. They settled in Germany and later sailed aboard the Dutch West India Company vessel De Vergulde Otter http://www.heardutchhere.net/OldNewYork.html (the "Gilded Otter"). They also settled in New Amsterdam, a Dutch colony. In their new homeland Mathieu continued to practice his profession as a distiller. They are 8th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line.
1661 Louis Du Bois, with his wife Catherine (Blanchan) DuBois, are believed to have followed Catherine’s mother and father a year later from Manheim in the Palatinate of the Rhine, Germany on the ship St. Jean Baptiste, landing in New Amsterdam. The Du Bois family, Walloons -a mostly Celtic people with their own unique dialect, also fled the persecution and settled in an area near Manheim, Germany. Influenced "by a feeling of insecurity in a country lying upon the border of France, and liable to foreign invasion at any moment", Louis Du Bois "and certain of his fellow-refugees determined to remove to the New World." They headed north, far up the Hudson and settled in a village of about 80 farmers called Esopus, fortified and later renamed Wiltwyck. Not long after their arrival at Wiltwyck, Louis Du Bois, his father-in-law, Mathése Blanchan, and his brother-in-law, Antoine Crispel, moved their families to a new fortified village called Nieuw Dorp or “the New Village", soon renamed Hurley. On June 19th, 1663 Indians raided Hurley while most of the men were working in the fields, burned it completely to the ground and took eight women and twenty-six children captive. There they remained until a force of English and Dutch troops rescued twenty-three of them on September 5, including Louis’ wife and three sons. The next year Sarah Dubois, David’s ancestor was born. Sarah and Louis are 8th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line.
Family Story: Capture of the du Bois family
About ten weeks after the capture of women and children, the Indians decided to celebrate their success by burning some of their victims; the ones selected were Catherine du Bois, and her baby Sara. A cubical pile of logs was arranged and the mother and child placed thereon; when the Indians were about to apply the torch, Catherine began to sing the 137th Psalm as a death chant. The Indians withheld the fire and gave her respite while they listened; when she had finished they demanded more, and before she had finished the last one her husband and the Dutch soldiers from New Amsterdam arrived and surrounded the savages, killed and captured some, and otherwise inflicted terrible punishment upon them, and released the prisoners.
Family Story: Capture of the du Bois family
About ten weeks after the capture of women and children, the Indians decided to celebrate their success by burning some of their victims; the ones selected were Catherine du Bois, and her baby Sara. A cubical pile of logs was arranged and the mother and child placed thereon; when the Indians were about to apply the torch, Catherine began to sing the 137th Psalm as a death chant. The Indians withheld the fire and gave her respite while they listened; when she had finished they demanded more, and before she had finished the last one her husband and the Dutch soldiers from New Amsterdam arrived and surrounded the savages, killed and captured some, and otherwise inflicted terrible punishment upon them, and released the prisoners.
1662 Jan Joosten Van Meteren, his wife Maeyken and their five children, including son Joost Jansen, sailed from Gelderland, Netherlands aboard the ship D’Vos (Fox), arriving at Sandy Hook on the East River at the foot of Wall Street in New Amsterdam (Long Island, NY) in August. Maeyken lived in Opijnen on the bank of the Waal with her first husband Willem Krom. When William died (date uncertain) she did not remain a widow long, marrying Jan Joosten a nearby neighbor from Meteren, three miles away. Jan Joosten, Maeyken and their family settled in Wyltwick (Kingston) Ulster Co., N.Y., which was raided at the same time as Hurly. Hurly, otherwise known as Nieuw Dorp, was protected by tall, wooden palisades or stockades on the very edge of the Catskill Mountains. Mayken, her son Joost Janse, and one other http://www.watermelon-kid.com/family/bios/vanmeter1.htm child were taken captive and freed by the same rescue force as the Du Bois family. Interestingly, Joost Janse, one of the captured children, later married Sarah Du Bois, the daughter of Louis and Catherine who immigrated in 1660. Jan Joosten, Louis DuBois, Roelof Hendericksen and Jan Broersen, were appointed magistrates of Marbletown and Hurley in 1673. Jan Joosten and Maeyken are 8th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line.
Historical Note: The Anglo-Dutch War
Earlier, in 1652, the British fought the Dutch in a two year war, known as the "First Anglo-Dutch War." Because the Dutch were such tough trading competitors, The British were anxious to renew the conflict. In 1664, King Charles II granted his brother James a charter to the areas claimed by the Dutch. Arriving in New Amsterdam later that year with such overwhelming firepower, an English fleet forced the Dutch to surrender without firing a single shot. Soon after, they renamed the colony "New York."
Historical Note: The Anglo-Dutch War
Earlier, in 1652, the British fought the Dutch in a two year war, known as the "First Anglo-Dutch War." Because the Dutch were such tough trading competitors, The British were anxious to renew the conflict. In 1664, King Charles II granted his brother James a charter to the areas claimed by the Dutch. Arriving in New Amsterdam later that year with such overwhelming firepower, an English fleet forced the Dutch to surrender without firing a single shot. Soon after, they renamed the colony "New York."
1662 Christopher Calvert, his wife Eleanor and his daughter Mary emigrated from England and arrived in Accomack, Virginia. Eleanor died within two years of their arrival. They are 7th great-grandparents in Glenna’s paternal line while Mary is a 6th great grandmother and married Garrett Sipple who arrived as an Irish slave in 1667.
1663 Hendrick Hendricksen and his wife Lisbet Voet followed their daughter Mayken a year later from Zaltbommel, Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nedderlands to New Netherlands. They are 9th great grandparents in David’s maternal line.
1665 John Faulkner and his wife Elizabeth (Filmer) emigrated from London, England to Prince George, Maryland. They are 10th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
1667 John Moore, a 9th great-grandfather in Glenna’s maternal line, left Belfast, Antrim, Ireland for St Pauls, Kent, Maryland at the age of 17. He married Mary Faulkner, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Faulkner (10th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line).
1667 Garrett Sipple left Dublin, Leinster, Ireland on May 9, 1667, arriving in the new colonies at Accomack, Virginia on April 23, 1667. There is information to indicate that these beginnings were tumultuous, and likely was against his will as there were many political prisoners being sold to America at the time. Garrett was the first Sipple to settle in Delaware and came there from Accomack County, Virginia. Between 1675 and 1677 he and Mary sold a total of 300 acres in Accomack Co. along the south branch, east of the town of Scarburgh(now Onancock), to Thomas Fowkes. “With his transportation to Accomack County paid by Mrs. Ann Toft, Garret Supple was taken by her to the court session that met on 27 May 1667; then he claimed to be 17 years old. The court concurred, stated that he had no indenture, and ordered him to serve his mistress until he reached the age of 24 years. Unable to read or write, Garret may not have understood the proceedings; probably happy just to be alive, he failed to show the court the four-year indenture he carried with him when he arrived in Virginia. The next four years of service gave Garret time enough to realize the value of that document, which by then he had unfortunately lost. In November of 1671, Ambrose White rescued Garret from three more years of service by swearing in a deposition that "Garrot Suple" had come to Virginia with a four year indenture from Dublin, Ireland. White remembered it quite well, he said, for he had traveled on the ship Dove with Supple, who had often shown the indenture and offered "it to sell on board ship for water."
Now, with his torturous passage and four years of servitude behind him, Garret was on his own at the age of 21. Two years later he was in trouble for rioting, drinking and insolent behavior; he was also in love with Mary Calvert. Although she had been given 300 acres of land by her father, Mary was now Florence Parker's servant, and as such was not allowed to marry. Unwilling to let this obstacle stand in the way, Garret and Mary managed a clandestine wedding; whoever performed the ceremony must have been unaware of Mary's servant status. Given what we know, it is doubtful that the newlyweds Garrett & Mary guarded their secret very carefully. At any rate, the news got out, and at the court hearing held in January 1674/75, Garret was ordered to pay Florence Parker 1500 lbs tobacco or become her servant for a year. Mary, too, was ordered to return to the service of her mistress.
The next month, when Garret's appeal was rejected by the court, he lost his temper, refused to obey the high sheriff and committed an unspecified "misdemeanor" in open court. He immediately received 39 lashes and was ordered to post a bond for his good behavior.
The stripes may have marked his back, but his determination was unscathed. It seems that Garret and his bride found another way. One month later; in March, they sold 200 acres of Mary's land, purportedly either a gift or inheritance from her father prior to her indentured servanthood, making their marks on the deed as husband and wife. While the records do not say so, the proceeds must have ensured a future of freedom and love. The abstracts indicate Garrett went by a number of surnames; Sapple, Seple, Sepple, Sipple, Sipel, Suple and Supple. After his arrival in Delaware in 1698 he used the surname Sipple. Garrett and Mary are 6th great-grandparents in Glenna’s paternal line.
1663 Hendrick Hendricksen and his wife Lisbet Voet followed their daughter Mayken a year later from Zaltbommel, Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nedderlands to New Netherlands. They are 9th great grandparents in David’s maternal line.
1665 John Faulkner and his wife Elizabeth (Filmer) emigrated from London, England to Prince George, Maryland. They are 10th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
1667 John Moore, a 9th great-grandfather in Glenna’s maternal line, left Belfast, Antrim, Ireland for St Pauls, Kent, Maryland at the age of 17. He married Mary Faulkner, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Faulkner (10th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line).
1667 Garrett Sipple left Dublin, Leinster, Ireland on May 9, 1667, arriving in the new colonies at Accomack, Virginia on April 23, 1667. There is information to indicate that these beginnings were tumultuous, and likely was against his will as there were many political prisoners being sold to America at the time. Garrett was the first Sipple to settle in Delaware and came there from Accomack County, Virginia. Between 1675 and 1677 he and Mary sold a total of 300 acres in Accomack Co. along the south branch, east of the town of Scarburgh(now Onancock), to Thomas Fowkes. “With his transportation to Accomack County paid by Mrs. Ann Toft, Garret Supple was taken by her to the court session that met on 27 May 1667; then he claimed to be 17 years old. The court concurred, stated that he had no indenture, and ordered him to serve his mistress until he reached the age of 24 years. Unable to read or write, Garret may not have understood the proceedings; probably happy just to be alive, he failed to show the court the four-year indenture he carried with him when he arrived in Virginia. The next four years of service gave Garret time enough to realize the value of that document, which by then he had unfortunately lost. In November of 1671, Ambrose White rescued Garret from three more years of service by swearing in a deposition that "Garrot Suple" had come to Virginia with a four year indenture from Dublin, Ireland. White remembered it quite well, he said, for he had traveled on the ship Dove with Supple, who had often shown the indenture and offered "it to sell on board ship for water."
Now, with his torturous passage and four years of servitude behind him, Garret was on his own at the age of 21. Two years later he was in trouble for rioting, drinking and insolent behavior; he was also in love with Mary Calvert. Although she had been given 300 acres of land by her father, Mary was now Florence Parker's servant, and as such was not allowed to marry. Unwilling to let this obstacle stand in the way, Garret and Mary managed a clandestine wedding; whoever performed the ceremony must have been unaware of Mary's servant status. Given what we know, it is doubtful that the newlyweds Garrett & Mary guarded their secret very carefully. At any rate, the news got out, and at the court hearing held in January 1674/75, Garret was ordered to pay Florence Parker 1500 lbs tobacco or become her servant for a year. Mary, too, was ordered to return to the service of her mistress.
The next month, when Garret's appeal was rejected by the court, he lost his temper, refused to obey the high sheriff and committed an unspecified "misdemeanor" in open court. He immediately received 39 lashes and was ordered to post a bond for his good behavior.
The stripes may have marked his back, but his determination was unscathed. It seems that Garret and his bride found another way. One month later; in March, they sold 200 acres of Mary's land, purportedly either a gift or inheritance from her father prior to her indentured servanthood, making their marks on the deed as husband and wife. While the records do not say so, the proceeds must have ensured a future of freedom and love. The abstracts indicate Garrett went by a number of surnames; Sapple, Seple, Sepple, Sipple, Sipel, Suple and Supple. After his arrival in Delaware in 1698 he used the surname Sipple. Garrett and Mary are 6th great-grandparents in Glenna’s paternal line.
:1668 Donnock Dennis emigrated Ireland, coming to Virginia. He would have been twenty-three years old, and caught up in one of the Irish “dispositions” that decimated the Iland population in the 17th century. He is a 9th great-grandfather in David’s paternal line.
1668 Mary Shaugh came from Ireland and settled in Charles, Maryland. She is a 7th great-grandmother in David’s paternal line and married Robert Ellis Hill who immigrated from London ten years later and was also part of David’s paternal line (7th great-grandfather).
1674 Phillip Nathaniel Pendleton left Norwich, Norfolk, England for the colonies, arriving at King Queen, Virginia where he met and married Isabella Hurt. They are 8th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
Historical Note: Irish Slavery
During the 17th century commerce abounded in what amounted to “Irish Slavery”. There are two polar presentations of this reality, one minimizes it saying it was not like African slavery which was for life and transferred generationally, while the other view presents it as slavery that was equal or worse. In truth, the two slaveries were not the same, both were horrific and cruel trafficking in human lives. To speak of Irish slavery does not diminish the horrors enacted upon the Africans seized from their homelands and sold as human chattel. The fact that this aspect was also true of the Irish, does not mean the structure and duration of the enslavement are equal. Families were separated and decimated. Unimaginable cruelties endured by both. To understand the threads that shape our heritage we cannot ignore the strengths and stories of those who suffered much to pave the way for us. The links below present the two polar pictures, and the more realistic middle ground.
https://www.ewtn.com/library/HUMANITY/SLAVES.TXT
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-irish-slave-trade-the-forgotten-white-slaves/31076
https://www.opendemocracy.net/beyondslavery/liam-hogan/%E2%80%98irish-slaves%E2%80%99-convenient-myth
1671-77 Joseph Isaac emigrated from Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire, England to Calvert, Maryland sometime between his marriage to Jane Margaret Beal in Lincolnshire, England and the birth of Elizabeth in Calvert, Maryland. They are 8th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line. Joseph’s mother Elizabeth (Sharpe) likely came with them; she is a 9th great-grandmother in David’s maternal line.
1675-76 William Stanard left England for the Americas, settling in Spotsylvania, Virginia where he met and married Eltonhead Conway a year later. He is 12th great-grandfather in Glenna’s maternal line.
1650-82 Johannes Northrop and his wife Mary (Neissender) emigrated from the Palitinate, Germany and came to Pennsylvania. Some records indicate their son George came with them as a boy, but it is more likely that he was born in the colonies. Johannes and Mary are 7th great-grandparents in Glenna’s paternal line.
1668 Mary Shaugh came from Ireland and settled in Charles, Maryland. She is a 7th great-grandmother in David’s paternal line and married Robert Ellis Hill who immigrated from London ten years later and was also part of David’s paternal line (7th great-grandfather).
1674 Phillip Nathaniel Pendleton left Norwich, Norfolk, England for the colonies, arriving at King Queen, Virginia where he met and married Isabella Hurt. They are 8th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
Historical Note: Irish Slavery
During the 17th century commerce abounded in what amounted to “Irish Slavery”. There are two polar presentations of this reality, one minimizes it saying it was not like African slavery which was for life and transferred generationally, while the other view presents it as slavery that was equal or worse. In truth, the two slaveries were not the same, both were horrific and cruel trafficking in human lives. To speak of Irish slavery does not diminish the horrors enacted upon the Africans seized from their homelands and sold as human chattel. The fact that this aspect was also true of the Irish, does not mean the structure and duration of the enslavement are equal. Families were separated and decimated. Unimaginable cruelties endured by both. To understand the threads that shape our heritage we cannot ignore the strengths and stories of those who suffered much to pave the way for us. The links below present the two polar pictures, and the more realistic middle ground.
https://www.ewtn.com/library/HUMANITY/SLAVES.TXT
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-irish-slave-trade-the-forgotten-white-slaves/31076
https://www.opendemocracy.net/beyondslavery/liam-hogan/%E2%80%98irish-slaves%E2%80%99-convenient-myth
1671-77 Joseph Isaac emigrated from Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire, England to Calvert, Maryland sometime between his marriage to Jane Margaret Beal in Lincolnshire, England and the birth of Elizabeth in Calvert, Maryland. They are 8th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line. Joseph’s mother Elizabeth (Sharpe) likely came with them; she is a 9th great-grandmother in David’s maternal line.
1675-76 William Stanard left England for the Americas, settling in Spotsylvania, Virginia where he met and married Eltonhead Conway a year later. He is 12th great-grandfather in Glenna’s maternal line.
1650-82 Johannes Northrop and his wife Mary (Neissender) emigrated from the Palitinate, Germany and came to Pennsylvania. Some records indicate their son George came with them as a boy, but it is more likely that he was born in the colonies. Johannes and Mary are 7th great-grandparents in Glenna’s paternal line.
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By: Jochen Schlenker
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