Huybert (Gerritsz) van den Bergh (abt. 1669 - abt. 1729)

Born about 1669 in New York

Ancestors

Husband of Maria (Lansing) van den Bergh — married 20 Dec 1693 in Dutch Reformed Church of Albany, Province of New York

Descendants

Died about 11 Aug 1729 at about age 60 in Province of New York

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Biography

Edwin Purple wrote of Huybert Gerritszen (Van den Berg) that "He was probably a brother of Barent Gerritse Van den Berg of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, in 1687, and perhaps the son of Gerrit Van den Bergh, of Albany, 1663." ^[1]

Huybert Gerritsz (Vandenbergh) was married to Maria Lansing in the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, on 20 December 1693.^[2] Their daughter Lysbeth was baptized in Albany in 1694.^[3]

They left Albany and settled in New York City, where they joined the Dutch Church in New York on 2 December 1696. Their children baptized there were: ^[4]

1. Theuntie Van den Berg, bap. Nov. 17, 1695.
2. Gerretje Van den Berg:, bap, June 16, 1697; died young.
3. Gerretje Van den Berg, bap. Jan. 11, 1699 : m. Aug. 8, 1718 Pieter Van del Lyn, and had Elizabeth bap. Sept 2, 1719.
4. Gerrit Van den Berg, bap. Aug. 31, 1701 ; died young.
5. Gerardus Van den Berg, bap. April 9, 1704.
6. Hendrikus Vun den Berg, bap. Nov. 13, 1706.
7. Marytje (Maria) Van den Berg, bap. Feb. 27, 1709 m. Abraham Kip.
8. Ariaantje Van den Berg, bap. Dec. 26, 1710 : died young,
9. Ariaantje Van den Berg, bap. July 27, 1712.
10. Gerrit Van den Berg, bap. Nov. 14, 1714.

Church records

• 1693 20 Dec Huybert Gerritsz, y.m., and Maria Lansing, y.d., both l. here.

1. 1694 29 Jul Lysbeth, of Huybert Gerritsz and Maria Lansing. Wit.: Cornelis Gerritsz, Lysbeth Lansing. ^[5]

Will

In the name of God, Amen. March 4, 1728. I, HYBERT VANDERBERGH, of New York, carman, being sick. All debts and funeral expenses to be paid. I leave to my eldest daughter, Elizabeth, my Great Bible, for priority of birth. All the rest of my estate, houses, and lands, I leave to my wife Mary, during her life, provided she so long continues my widow. If she marries, she is to have the use of one third. All the rest I leave to my three daughters, Elizabeth, Tuentie, and Mary. I make my wife executor. Witnesses, Edward Man, Edward Pennant, Pieter (???) (illegible). Proved, May 26, 1730.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Purple, page 131
2. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683–1809, [aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/part1.html#marriage Part 1, 1683–1700, Marriages, page 26]: 1693 Dec. 20. Huybert Gerritsz, y.m., and Maria Lansing, y.d., both l. here.
3. ↑ Purple, page 131
4. ↑ Purple, page 131
5. ↑ Secretary Henry L. Bogert. Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1904.
6. ↑ Abstracts of Unrecorded Wills, vol. XI, prior to 1790, p. 109

• Purple, Edwin R. "Contributions to the History of the Ancient Families of New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 8 (1877). Reprinted in Purple, Edwin R. Contributions to the history of ancient families of New Amsterdam and New York. Privately printed, New York : 1881.

• Abstracts of Unrecorded Wills, Vol XI, Prior to 1790, page 109. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/Dutch-Colonies/1999-12/0945088756

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Vandenbergh-8 created through the import of ReevesFamilyMaster_2012_2012-09-25.ged on Sep 25, 2012 by Keith Reeves.

Research notes

LNAB

Gerritsz, Huybert's patronymic, is the "surname" that first appears in church records for him, at his marriage to Maria. Quackenbush-118 00:23, 18 June 2017 (EDT)