Arent Claase Van Petten

Abt 1678 - Bef 1750  (< 71 years)

• Name	Arent Claase Van Petten
  Birth	Abt 1678	Rensselaerswyck, Albany County, New York   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	Pearson has Arent as the eldest child of our Van Patten Progenitor Couple. However, there were two older sisters that Professor Pearson did not include in JPS, 231. Ms Cynthia Brott Biasca's 'Bradt Book' (1990) she assigns Arent the 'BB' ID#213 which means that he was the third son of Aeffie (BB#21), daughter of Arent Bradt (#2). Pearson does inform us that Arent, on 3 November 1714, 'in company with Myndert Schuyler and Jan Dellamont, he received a patent for 500 acres of land on the Normanskil.' Actually, on a map made later, Arent's name appears as living there, or just south of Schenectady, toward the Hudson. Arent was doubtlessly a farmer, probably assisted by his young sons, including my ancestor #224 (BB#213A or 10th child!) who would have been but fifteen in 1714. Arent is perhaps best known, for being one of the master carpenters who built Fort Hunter for Queen Anne, quoting from the contract: 'in her Majesties Province of New York in America this Eleventh day of October, in the Tenth Year of ye Reign of Our Sovereign Lady Anne over Brittain France and Ireland Queen defender of the faith &c and in ye Years of our Lord...' 1711. Fort Hunter was to be a token to the Mohawks, and for them Queen Annes Chapel was constructed in the center of 'the ffort of twenty four foot square one Storye Ten foot high with Seller of fifteen foot square under it covered with Loggs and then Earth...' (The contract is an interesting early colonial document, included in an appendix here.) The builders had their work cut out for them, as Queen Anne's Captain General and Provincial Governor, Robert Hunter, stipulated that one (of the eventual four) block house be constructed immediately, no small feat: 'Corner Block house twenty four foot Square, Two Storyes high, Duble Loopholes, the Rofe to be covered with Boards and then shingled, the undermost part or Ground room to be nine foot high...Bedsteads and Benches In Each Blockhouse for twenty men in each and...a Chemney towards ye inside of ye said ffort with Scaffolds five foot wide along each...' wall. And all the remainder to be completed by July of 1712! Remuneration was 'one thousand pounds, Current Money of New York Province,' &c.
  Occupation	Abt 1690  [2]
  	Carpenter
  Reference Number	19882
  Death	Bef 1750	Schenectady County, New York   [2]
  Person ID	I19776	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Jannetje Philipse Conyn,   b. Abt 1682, of Koxhakki, Albany County, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	10 Apr 1703	Albany, New York   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Frederick Arentse Van Petten,   b. Aug 1703   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Phillip Arentse Van Petten,   b. Jul 1704, Schenectady, New York d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Catharina Arentse Van Petten,   b. Oct 1707, Schenectady County, New York d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Wyntie Arentse Van Petten,   b. 10 Oct 1708   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Nicholas Arentse Van Petten,   c. 30 Oct 1710, Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York d. 26 Sep 1793 (Age ~ 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Eva Arentse Van Petten,   b. Nov 1712, Schenectady County, New York d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. Dirk Van Petten,   c. 3 Jan 1724/25, First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany (now Schenectady) County, New York d. Abt 1801, Schenectady, New York (Age ~ 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5594	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S244] Charles Case Stoodley, MS 147 - Charles Case Stoodley; Date: 10 Sep 2002; Number: 147, from charles.ged, Date of Import: 16 Apr 2000. [S244] Charles Case Stoodley, MS 147 - Charles Case Stoodley; Date: 10 Sep 2002; Number: 147.