Susan Turner
Sex: F
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Birth Date: 1810 - South Carolina 1
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Death: 1853 - ( at age 43) 1
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1. *Benjamin Stalvey
Marriage: 25 May 1830 - Hamilton Co., FL 1
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Benjamin Tusten
Sex: M
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Death: 23 Jul 1779 - Minisink, NY
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Events
• Military: 1779, Lt Col. Killed By Indians At The Battle Of Minisink, NY 7/23/1779.
Julia Tusten
Sex: F
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Birth Date: 1752
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1. *Christopher Van Duzer
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1. Isaac Van Duzer
2. Abigal Van Duzer
3. Elizabeth Tusten Van Duzer
4. Ann Van Duzer
5. Mary Van Duzer
6. Benjamin Tusten Van Duzer
7. John Van Duzer
8. William Van Duzer
9. Abigal Van Duzer
10. Susan Van Duzer
11. Selah Van Duzer
Waunell Tuten
Sex: F
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Birth Date: 12 Sep 1918 - Pierce County, GA
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Death: 7 Oct 2014 - Baptist Village Retirement Community, Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA ( at age 96)
Burial: 9 Oct 2014 - Oakland Cemetery, Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA
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1. *Johnnie J. Milton
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Elias H. Tyler
Sex: M
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1. *Obedience Carter
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Sarah Tyre
Sex: F
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Birth Date: 1832 - Georgia 1
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Death: 1910 - ( at age 78) 1
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Father: William Tyre 1
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Spouses and Children
1. *Abraham Register
Marriage: 23 Dec 1858 - Hamilton Co., FL 1
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Children:
1. Samuel T. Register
2. Guilford R. Register
3. Nathaniel Register
4. Julia Ann Register
5. Martha Register
6. Rebecca Register
William Tyre
Sex: M
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1. Sarah Tyre
Maragret Van Alstyne
Sex: F
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1. *Selah Van Duzer
Marriage: 9 Nov 1818
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Abraham Pieterszen Van Deursen
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 3 Jul 1599 - Haarlem, Netherlands
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Death: Between 1667 and 1672 - New York, New York
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Events
• Alt. Birth: 8 Jul 1598.
• Baptism: 3 Oct 1599.
• Immigration: 1636, Came To America Under Contract To The West Indian Co. Arrived At The Island Of Quetenease Near RI Of Narraganett Also Known As Dutchmans Island.
• Election: Between 1641 and 1643, Assemblyman.
• Occupation: Bef 1648, Miller And Tavern Keeper.
• Occupation: 16 Mar 1648, Innkeeper.
• Military: 14 Apr 1657, Lance Corporal Of Company - Second Of The Burhgers Corps.
• Religion: 1659, Member Dutch Reform Church.
Parents
Father: Pijter Jans Van Doersen
Mother: Paulina Vincke Van Rueselaer
Spouses and Children
1. *Tryntje Melchiors
Marriage: 9 Dec 1629 - Groote Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands
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Children:
1. Teuwis Van Deusen
2. Johannes Van Deusen
3. Isaac Abrahamszen Van Deusen
4. Marytje Van Deusen
5. Jacob Abrahamszen Van Deusen
6. Pieter Abrahamszen Van Deusen
7. Melchior Abrahamszen Van Deusen
Notes
General:
Abraham Pietersen Van Deursen
Sources: Dutch Reformed Church of NY 1639-1730 Vol NY Gen & Biog Rec. Jan 1899
- baptisms of children
Van Deursen, Capt. Albert H. Van Deursen Family c 1912
Records of Groote Kerk, Haarlem
Colkert, Meredith B. Founders & Patriots of Early American families
1607-1657 c 1975 p. 303
American Compedium of Genealogy Vol. VII p. 113
NYG&B VOl 57 "House of Traux" p. 218
Abraham VanDuersen/Duesen and his wife Tryntje Melchoirs are the ancestors
of Elizabeth Kortright the wife of President James Monroe (line of descent:
Elizabeth Kortright to Lawrence Kortright & Hannah Aspinwall, to Cornelius
Kortright and Hester Cannon to Lawrence Cornelise Kortright and Helena
Benson to Capt. Johannes Benson and Lysbet Van Deusen to Matthew Abramse Van
Deusen and Helen to Abraham Van Deusen and his wife Tryntje Melchoirs).
Also ancestors of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt & Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt to James Roosevelt & Sara Delano to Dr. Isaac Roosevelt & Mary
Aspinwall to Jacobus Roosevelt & Mary Eliza Walton, to Isaac Roosevelt &
Cornelia Hoffman, to Jacobus Roosevelt & Catharine Hardenbroeck, Cornelia
Hoffman to Col Martinus Hoffman Jr. & Tryntje Benson to Robert Benson &
Cornelia Roos to Samson Benson & Tryntje Van Deusen to Matthew Abramse Van
Deusen & Helena Robberts to 1. Abram VanDuesen & Tryntje Melchoirs and 2.
Jacobus Roosevelt & Catharine Hardenbroeck to Nicholas Roosevelt & Heyltje
Jans Kunst to Jan Barentse Kunst & Jannetje Adriaens Van Alcmaer to Adriaen
Pieterszen Van Alcmaer & Elsie Jans Van Breestede to Jan Jansen Van
Breestede & Engltje Jans
Abraham Pietersen van Deursen (before November 11, 1607 \endash c. 1670), aka Abraham Pietersen van Deusen, was an immigrant from Holland who settled in New Amsterdam and become one of the Council of 12 that was the first representative democracy in the Dutch colony. The Van Deursen, Van Deusen, Van Duser, Van Duzer, Van Duzor, and Van Dusen families of the United States and Canada are all descended from Abraham Pietersen van Deusen, a miller and a native originating from Haarlem in the Netherlands.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 Birth
2 Siblings
3 Marriage and children
4 Emigration
5 Council of Twelve Men
6 Council of Eight men
7 Burgher
8 Death and burial
9 Legacy
10 See also
11 References
12 Further reading
13 External links
14 Timeline
Birth[edit]
He was born in 1607 in Haarlem to Pieter van Deursen (c1575-?) and Maria or Paulina Vincke (c1575-?). Pieter and Maria/Paulina were married on January 15, 1591 in Haarlem. Abraham was baptized in Haarlem on Wednesday, November 11, 1607, and the witnesses were Jan Jans and Styntjen Jans.[1][2]
Siblings[edit]
Abraham may have had the following siblings: Handrick Van Dussenberg, who was master of the Masons in 1638, and Adrian Pitersen, of Aitzema, Netherlands, who was a director of the Dutch West India Company.[1]
Marriage and children[edit]
Abraham married Tryntie Melchior Abrahams (1611\endash 1678) on December 7, 1629, in Haarlem.[1] Their wedding banns were signed on November 25, 1629 at the Grote Houtstraat in Haarlem. Together they had the following children:[3]
Teuwis Matheeus Abrahamsen Van Deusen (c.1631-?), who married Helena Robberts[4]
Marytje Van Deusen (1634-?), who married Thomas Janszen Minsar
Isaac Van Deusen I (1635-?), who married Jannetie Jans
Jacob Van Deusen (1638-?), who married Catalynje Van Eslant
Pieter Van Deusen I (23 March 1642-?), who married Hester Webbers (or Webb)
Melchior Van Deusen (6 March 1644\endash 1742), who married Engeltje Rutgers
Emigration[edit]
He emigrated to New Amsterdam before 1636 with his wife, and several of his children. In 1638 he was listed as a miller in New Amsterdam. Cheska Callow Wheatley writes:
New York colonial documents state that Abraham Pietersen, of Haarlem took possession, in 1636, for the Dutch West India Company, of the Island of Quentensis in front of Sloops Bay (now known as Dutch Island). In another place [the island] is described as the Island of Queteurs in front of Sloops Bay and Pequator's River and in 1664 they speak of the special possession of Abraham Pietersen, of Haarlem, still living on the Island of Quetenesse, in the Narricanese Bay near Rhode Island and also of another island near the Pequot River, called by the English: The Dutchmen's Island. In a latter instance he is spoken of, as of Haarlem, owing to his having lived there when he became interested in the first mentioned Island. In 1638, he was spoken of as the first miller in New Amsterdam; an important and lucrative position in those days, and he is sometimes mentioned in the records as Abraham Pietersen, Molenaer, or Miller. In 1641, on August 29 he was one of the "Twelve Men" whom the commonalty chose and empowered to resolve on everything with the Director-General and Council, and on November 3 he was one of the "Eight Men" who sent a memorial to the State General of Holland, setting forth the distressed state on account of the Indian Outbreak, and begging for assistance.[2]
Council of Twelve Men[edit]
In 1641, he was appointed to a council of twelve men that were to advise Director-General of New Netherland Willem Kieft on the impending Indian war.[5] This was New Amsterdam's first representative democracy, but it was temporary. The colony attacked the Native American population which led to a retaliatory burning of the colony. John Franklin Jameson (1859\endash 1937) writes:
Whereupon all the commonalty were called together by the Director to consider this affair, who all appeared and presently twelve men delegated from among them answered the propositions, and resolved at once on war should the murderer be refused; that the attack should be made on [the Indians] in the autumn when they were hunting; meanwhile an effort should be again made by kindness to obtain justice, which was accordingly several times sought for but in vain.[6]
Council of Eight men[edit]
In 1643 Abraham was appointed to a new council of eight men. The council petitioned the States-General and blamed governor Kieft for the declining economic condition of the nascent colony. They requested that a new Director-General of New Netherland be appointed and that the people themselves be given more influence in the new government. Director General Kieft was dismissed, and Peter Stuyvesant took his place, remaining in power until the colony was turned over to the British in 1664. Kieft returned to Holland, but the vessel was lost at sea and his body was never recovered. John Franklin Jameson (1859\endash 1937) writes:
The commonalty were called together; they were sore distressed. They chose eight, in the stead of the previous twelve, persons to aid in consulting for the best; but the occupation every one had to take care of his own, prevented anything beneficial being adopted at that time. nevertheless it was resolved that as many Englishmen as were to be got in the country should be enlisted, who were indeed now proposing to depart; the third part of these were to be paid by the commonalty; this promise was made by the commonalty but was not followed by the pay.[6]
Burgher[edit]
In 1657 Abraham became a burgher, and there is no more mention of him in the extant records.
Death and burial[edit]
He died sometime before July 28, 1672. That is the date his wife died, and she was listed as a widow. It is not known where he was buried.
Legacy[edit]
Abraham Pietersen Van Deursen (1607-c1670) was the third great-grandfather of Martin Van Buren (1782\endash 1862), the 8th President of the United States. He was also the seventh great-grandfather of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882\endash 1945) the 32nd President of the United States.]][7]
Van Deursen was also the great-great-great-grandfather of brothers Conrad Vandusen (1751-1827) and Caspar Vandusen (1761-1838), heads of founding Canadian United Empire Loyalist families. They arrived in Upper Canada in 1783-1784 during the American Revolution.[8][9][10]
See also[edit]
Eight Men
Twelve Men
Dutch Island (Rhode Island)
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d Greene, Nelson (1931). History of the Valley of the Hudson, River of Destiny, 1609-1930. "The progenitor of the Van Duzer family in America was Abraham Pietersen Van Deursen (as the name was then spelled). He was born at Haarlem, Holland, ..."
^ Jump up to: a b "Van Deursen Family". Cheska Callow Wheatley. Archived from the original on 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2007-08-26. "Baptized 11 November 1607 Haarlem, Holland. Of Haerlem, in the Netherlands came to New Amsterdam at an early date. Van Deursen was the surname of his family in the Netherlands, and not assumed after their settlement here. It was derived from the village of Deursen in North Brabant. "There is a reason to believe that Abraham Pietersen Van Deursen had two brothers in New Amsterdam Corneluis Pietersen, a cadet in the Second Burgher Corp. , who married Tryntje Hendricks; she married secondly, Frederick Lubbertsen, one of the" Twelve Men" Hendrick Pietersen, may have been a second brother - Hendrick Van Dussenberg, Master of the Masons in 1638, who married Geertje Everts, daughter of Evert Pietersen Keteltas. Possibly Willem Pietersen, who was Lance Corporal in the First Burgher Corp., was another brother."
Jump up ^ Baptismal records of his two youngest sons are found in New Amsterdam Dutch Reformed Church records
Jump up ^ Johnson, Alvin Page (1933). Franklin D. Roosevelt's Colonial Ancestors.. "Teunis Abrahamsen Van Deursen, born about 1631, son of Abraham Pietersen Van Deursen, moved when a young man to Beverwyk (Albany) where he was ..."