Aechtje Jans van Norden

1629 - 1698  (68 years)

• Name	Aechtje Jans van Norden
  Birth	17 Aug 1629	Norden, Din Hooren, East Friesland, Germany
  Gender	Female
  Anecdote	Abraham Willemszen was baptized on June 4, 1628. His father's name was Willem Scheerberch (we believe one of many mis-spellings of 's Heerenberg ) and his mother's name was Tietje Agges. For roughly seven years (until 1647), he had been a seaman and bosshieter [gunner)]on the West Indies Company armed ship Swol, patrolling the coasts of Spanish America. Aechtje Jans had been in Curacao (the Swol's southern home port) with her father, Jan Albertszen, who had been contracted from Emden, East Frisia (17 miles south of Norden), as a master blacksmith, since 1642. When his contract with the West Indies Company was up, they left Curacao for Holland on the captured prize ship Tamerende, sailing first to New Amsterdam. Either in Curacao, or aboard the Tamerende, Aechtje met Abraham Willemszen, the 18 year old seaman and gunner then part of the ship's skeleton crew. The Tamerende left Curacao in March 1647 and arrived at New Amsterdam in April. Aechtje married Abraham in New Amsterdam the same month. Then on August 16, 1647 Jan Albertszen continued his journey alone to Holland, without his daughter; only to meet disaster when his transport the Princess Amelia sank September 27,1647 at the Bristol Channel. Aechtje and Abraham had a son, Willem, in August 1648. On November 12, 1649 Aechtje's husband Abraham was killed in a duel. Aechtje, who was pregnant with her second child at the time, was left without family, except for her uncle, Lambert Albertszen in Naarden. The next thing we know, Pieter Casparszen (from Naarden) is with Aechtje when she baptized her second child in April 1650.
  Witness-Death	13 Nov 1649	New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland   [2]
  	On 12 November 1649 he was seriously injured in a duel, and died the next day
  Residence	Between 1653 and 1697	Corner of Broad and Marchvelt Streets, New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland
  Anecdote	Oct 1653	New Amsterdam, New Netherland   [3]
  	Two of New Amsterdam's humble citizens, Pieter from Naarden, a carman, and Claes Tijssen, a cooper, bought home plots here (Lot. 19 on Block D of the Castello Plan) in October, 1653, from Willem Beeckman, who had succeeded to Douman's grant. They were small lots, less than twenty feet wide on the Gracht, by 46 feet deep, with a four foot alley-way between. Van Naarden built a substantial home on the corner of the Marchvelt Steegh, as the plan shows: his widow, Aschee Jans, was confirmed there by Governor Nichols in 1668 and still lived there in 1686, according to Selyn's List
  Witness-Baptism	27 May 1677	Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York   [4]
  	Witnesses: Otto Gerritszen, Aecht Jans
  Witness-Baptism	3 Sep 1681	Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York   [4]
  	Witness: Aecht Jans
  Residence	1686	SW corner Broad Street and Marketfield, New York City, New York   [5, 6]
  Witness-Baptism	24 Feb 1689	Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York   [4]
  	Witnesses: Caspar Pieterszen, Aechtie Jans
  Reference Number	4916
  Residence	Dec 1695	SW corner Broad Street and Marketfield, New York City, New York   [7]
  	Assesment: Eaght Janse - 3 £; Peroo [John Peroa] - 20£; Ditto for ye house - 30£
  Residence	21 Aug 1697	SW corner Broad Street and Marketfield, New York City, New York   [7]
  	Assesment: Egh [Eaght] Janse - 0£; Preroo [John Peroa] - 20£; Ditto for ye house - 30£
  Death	Between 21 Aug 1697 and 1 Feb 1698	New York City, New York   [7]
  Person ID	I4889	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Abraham Willemszen Tietsoort,   c. 4 Jun 1628, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands d. 13 Nov 1649, New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland (Age ~ 21 years)
  Marriage Banns	27 Apr 1647	Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland   [8]
  Children	+ 1. Willem Abramszen Tietsoort,   c. 2 Aug 1648, Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland d. 1722 (Age ~ 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Abraham Abramzen Tietsoort,   c. 10 Apr 1650, Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Pieter Casparszen, van Naarden,   b. Abt 1610, Naarden, Noord Holland, Netherlands d. Bef 1664/65, New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland (Age < 54 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1651	New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland
  Children	1. Maria Mabie,   c. 12 Sep 1652, Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Jan Pieterse Mabee,   b. 30 Sep 1654, corner of Broad and Market streets, New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland d. 8 Apr 1725, Schenectady, New York (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Engeltje Mabie,   b. 14 Apr 1656, New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland d. 1708, New York City, New York (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Metje Meby,   c. 14 Apr 1658, Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland d. Between Jun and Aug 1719  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Casper Pieterszen Mabie,   c. 15 Feb 1660, New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland d. Aft 1720, Closter, New Jersey (Age ~ 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Tryntje Mabie,   c. 17 Dec 1662, Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S128] Information printed in the Maybee Society Communicator, #85, August 2010. Article researched by Steve Mabie and Stephen Titsworth. [S66] Steve Mabie, MS 257 - Steve Mabie; Number: 257, New Netherland: A Dutch Colony in Seventeenth-Century America by Jaap Jacobs, page 59. From a footnote on page 59, it appears that the sources for the information on the duel and Abraham's death are found in Gemeentearchief Amsterdam, Notarial Archives, inv. no. 1298, fol. 205 (5 September 1650), inv. no. 2030, pp. 123 - 124 (11 September 1650). [S66] Steve Mabie, MS 257 - Steve Mabie; Number: 257, from a multi-volume book called The Iconography of Manhattan Island by Phelps. (Volume 2, page 254 and page 377); Liber HH:60,61 (Albany); (Patents II:170, Albany). [S381] Baptisms at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, (1639-1730); Manually Entered by Theodore Brassard; Url: http://www.altlaw.com/edball/dutchbap.htm. [S7] Steve Mabie, Chronology of Records for the First Three Generations of Descendants of Peter Casparsen Mebie; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/gen1to3index.htm, Members List of the NY DRC. [S69] Howard Swain, Aechtie Jans, wife of Pieter Casparszen van Naerden; Subject: Aechtie Jans, wife of Pieter Casparszen van Naerden; Recipient: Dutch-Colonies@rootsweb.com; Date: 12 Mar 1999; Address: Howard Swain; Author E-Mail: hswain@ix.netcom.com, Domine Selyns' 1686 list of church members. [S69] Howard Swain, Aechtie Jans, wife of Pieter Casparszen van Naerden; Subject: Aechtie Jans, wife of Pieter Casparszen van Naerden; Recipient: Dutch-Colonies@rootsweb.com; Date: 12 Mar 1999; Address: Howard Swain; Author E-Mail: hswain@ix.netcom.com, "Tax Lists of the City of New York, December 1695 -- July 15th 1699" published as Vols 43 and 44 of the New York Historical Society. [S25] Olive Tree - Records of the Dutch Reform Church - Marriages; Url: http://olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/rdcmarr1639.shtml, 27 April. Abraham Willemszen, j. m. van Amsterd, en Aechtje Jans, j. d. van Norden.