Lubbert (Gysbertsen) van Blarcom (abt. 1600 - abt. 1655)

Born about 1600 in Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about Sep 1655 at about age 55 in Bergen Neck (Greenville area south of Jersey City), New Netherland

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Biography

In Amsterdam Lubbert Gysbertsen Van Blaricum and Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Patroon of Rensselaerwyck, signed a contract on 15 Apr 1634 for Lubbert, at his own expense and accompanied by his wife and three children; to cross the Atlantic Ocean to Rensselaerwyck where he would ply his trade as a wheelwright-wagon maker for three years, his expenses to be reimbursed over time. ^[1]

They boarded the ship d’Eendracht in Amsterdam 24 Apr 1634, sailed up the IJsselmeer to the Island Texel, then crossed the English Channel to an English port from which they set off across the Atlantic Ocean sometime in May.

Lubbert showed up at Rensselaerwyck 20 Jul 1634, and settled his family on a farm at Bethlehem to the south of Fort Orange (Albany). His contract was for three years, but he stayed for 14; it was 1648, before he was recorded living to the south in New Amsterdam. ^[2]

Lubbert acquired a patent on 05 Dec 1654 for 50 morgens (106 acres) on Bergen Neck below Cavan Point in today’s Greenville area to the south of Jersey City, New Jersey. ^[3]

But back across the Hudson River in New Amsterdam on 15 Sep 1655, Hendryk Van Dyke shot and killed Tachiniki, a Munsee squaw he caught picking peaches off his peach tree. Unfortunately, Director-General Peter Stuyvesant was away to the south on the Delaware River attacking the Swedes with virtually all New Netherland’s soldiers. The Indians paddled their canoes to New Amsterdam where they roamed about in a threatening manner, though they did wound Hendryk Van Dyke with an arrow in his chest. But after they canoed back across the Hudson River they commenced a rampage, burning farms and killing or capturing anyone in sight. This ‘Peach Tree War’ ^[4] continued down Bergen Neck and onto Staten Island, which they devastated. ^[5]

Lubbert was about 55 years-old when, apparently, the Indians found and killed him. Two dates bracket the event: 15 Sep 1655 when Tachiniki was shot and killed; and 01 May 1656, when his widow with his son-in-law requested permission to open a tavern on Manhattan. No pale face remained free and alive on the west side of the Hudson River:

“Jan Corns. Buys, alias Jan Damen, and Lubbers Gysbertsen, widow, request permission to tap; as they have been driven from their houses by the last trouble with the Indians. Whereon is endorsed: -- Petitioners' request is granted like others.” ^[6]

The records give the name of his wife as DIVERTJE (Deborah) CORNELIS; the eldest child:

1. GYSBERT age 10 yrs in 1634, born Noordt Holland; the second child:
2. THYS age 6 yrs, born Noordt Holland; the third child:
3. JAN age 18 months born Edam, Holland.

Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts

"Lubbert Gijsbertsz, from Blaricum, [near Naarden, in the province of North Holland], wheelwright; made a contract with the patroon on 15 Apr 1634, and sailed with his wife Divertgen Cornelis and three sons, Gijsbert, Theus and Jan, by de Eendracht. His account in the colony runs from 20 Jul 1634 to 1647." ^{[7] [8]}

Name

Lubbert Gysbertsen VanBlarcom ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Birth

1601 PBlaricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands ^[10]

Marriage

About 1623 as noted in a list of descendants of Lubberts Gusbertze aka Gijsbertze (image page attached)

Arrival

1634 New York, New York ^[9]

Residence

Bergen; Hudson, New Jersey, USA ^[12]

It is accepted that Lubbert Gysbertsen died 15 Sep 1655 after Hendryck Van Dyke at his home on Manhattan shot and killed Tachiniki, a Munsee squaw, as she picked peaches off his peach tree. The Indian rampage that followed, the Peach Tree War, was fatal for Lubbert when 2,000 Indians destroyed 28 farms and killed some 50 settlers on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River.

He was alive as of 05 Dec 1654 when he received a patent for land at Bergen Neck and was deceased by 01 May 1656 when his widow and Jans Corns Buys (their son-in-law), requested permission from the Court of Schepens and Burgomasters of New Amsterdam to open a tavern. ^[13]

Research Notes

Disputed Children

• Rachel Lubberts - no source found
• Aeltje Lubberts, wife of Gerrit Bickers - she was born about 1620 in Norden, Germany and married Gerrit 19 Jun 1650 in Sloten, Netherlands.

Needs paraphrasing

"On 15 Apr 1634 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Patroon of Rensselaerwyck in New Netherland (on both banks of the Hudson near Fort Orange [now Albany], now New York), signed a contract with Lubbert Gysbertsen Van Blaricum, a 33-year old rademaecker [wheelwright and wagon maker] under which Lubbert was, “to betake himself with his wife and three children at his own expense,” the patroon to pay expenses to the West India Company for passage on the ship de Eendracht [The Unity], then being made ready to sail to New Netherland. ^[14]

The contract provided for reimbursement of these expenses over a three-year period, which was to begin upon Lubbert's arrival in New Netherland. During this period, he could not quit the agreed-upon service, could not work for others except through the patroon's agent, and could not enter into private trading in furs, etc.

Lubbert's place of residence was to be chosen, “with the advice and consent of the patroon's agents…where he can most conveniently perform his work, namely his trade as a wagon maker or wheelwright, for which he shall take all the necessary tools with him from here at his own expense” (VRBM 285ff).

"Lubbert's birthplace of Blaricum is about 12 English miles southeast of Amsterdam, in the district called Gooiland. The Van Rensselaer records give the name of his wife and the names and ages of the children at the time they left The Netherlands; but for his wife, Divertje Cornelis, we do not have a birthplace nor her age in 1634, nor at any other time.

The eldest son, Gysbert, was ten years-old in 1634, and had been born “Uij't de Beemster in Noordt Holland.” This is a district north of Amsterdam along the IJsselmeer [Zuider Zee]. Thys was six, and had been born in “de Rijp in Noordt Holland.” Jan was one-and-a-half years-old, and had been born in dam. These last two birthplaces are within the Beemster area; so it seems safe to assume that, although Lubbert was born in Blaricum, he had lived during his married life in the Beemster area. It is likely that his wife lived there before their marriage.

"The last lighter with supplies and people for Rensselaerwyck left Amsterdam on 24 Apr 1634, and sailed up the IJsselmeer to the Texel, southernmost on the West Frisian Islands at the mouth of the IJsselmeer. A total of six men, one woman and three children were bound for Rensselaerwyck when de Eendracht sailed with favorable winds from the Texel early in May 1634.

"If the ship followed the usual route, she sailed down the North Sea and through the English Channel to Plymouth or some other port in southern England. There her water and other provisions would be replenished and she would sail south until she entered the northeast trade winds. This route continued south, past the Madeira and Canary Islands, “until the butter melts,” as one rule of thumb had it. This point was usually on or near the Tropic of Cancer. Thence the course was west, sailing before the trades.

About a month after entering the trades, having reached a point about north of the Lesser Antilles, the ship would turn northwest to the North American mainland. New Netherland. Passengers slept in the hold or on a pallet on deck. They usually had to provide their own food and the means for preparing it. Occasionally, the diet could be varied by catching fish."

"Lubbert's account at Rensselaerwyck was opened on 20 Jul 1634, which indicates that the trip from the Texel to Fort Orange took about two-and-a-half months. The patroon had promised Lubbert, “the fourth farm to be established,” but we cannot tell from available records where Lubbert first lived or when he moved onto a farm. Later he did live on a farm at Bethlehem, just south of Albany on the west side of the Hudson River.

We know very little about the life of his family at Rensselaerwyck; but he must have found it to his liking, for he stayed long beyond his stipulated three years.

"His account with the colony was closed in 1647, having run a total of 13 years. Divertje, his wife, witnessed the baptism of young Halmagh Roelofsen Van Houten in New Amsterdam on 25 Jun 1648. From this we may safely conclude that Lubbert and his family moved from the vicinity of Albany to New Amsterdam in late 1647 or early 1648.

"On 05 Dec 1654, Lubbert Gysbertsen was given a Dutch patent for 50 morgens [100 acres] on Bergen Neck, below Cavan Point now in the Greenville area south of Jersey City, New Jersey. Just south of him was his son-in-law, Jan Cornelis Buys, with 25 Morgens; and then his son, Jan Lubbertsen, also with 25 morgens.

Just when these farms were first occupied is not known, but Lubbert Gysbertsen and others were living in New Jersey, presumably on this same land, before the patents were granted. An evidence of this is the fact that Lubbert's granddaughter, Tryntje Oosteroom; was baptized in New Amsterdam on 16 Aug 1654, and was given in her marriage record as ‘born in New Jersey’.

"On 15 Sep 1655, after Hendryk Van Dyke shot and killed Tachiniki, a Munsee squaw, in New Amsterdam for stealing peaches off a peach tree, a large war party of Indians terrified the occupants of New Amsterdam for several hours. Virtually all the Dutch soldiers were at the time on the Delaware River with Director General Peter Stuyvesant attacking the Swedes. The Indians went across the Hudson where within a few hours they burned the Dutch bouweries and plantations and killed or captured everyone who had not fled. They then moved down Bergen Neck and onto Staten Island, which they also devastated. The following account differs slightly from some earlier reports:

“. . . in three days' time about 50 Christians were killed, more than one-hundred, mostly women and children, captured, of whom we afterward ransomed 60 to 70 at great expense; the rest being still in their hands, 28 bouweries and some plantations and about 12 to 15 thousand schepels of grain burned, 500 to 600 head of cattle either killed or taken by the barbarians;

“. . . [they] have suffered through these barbarous Indians a damage of more than two-hundred-thousand gilders and more than 200 persons besides those who were killed or are still in captivity, have lost their possessions and have nothing left to procure food and clothing for themselves and their families must be a charge upon this city.” (CDNY 13:50, 31 Oct 1655)

"It seems probable that Lubbert was killed during this Indian raid, for the following entry appears in the minutes of the Court of Schepens and Burgomasters of New Amsterdam under date of 01 May 1656:

“Jan Corns. Buys, alias Jan Damen, and Lubbers Gysbertsen widow, request permission to tap, as they have been driven from their houses by the last trouble with the Indians. Whereon is endorsed: -- Petitioners' request is granted like others.” (RNS 2:93).

"At least, he died sometime between 05 Dec 1654, when his patent was granted and 01 May 1656, when his widow and his son-in-law requested permission to open a tavern on Manhattan. Lubbert was about 55 years-old when he was killed and appears to have been the leader of the group that settled Bergen Neck, as he received twice as much land as his companions who were mainly his sons and sons-in-law."

He spent most of his early life in Beemster, North Holland. He agreed to emigrate to the Manor of Rensselaerswyck on the de Eendracht as a "patroon", starting 20 Jul 1634. Wheelwright and wagonmaker. Moved to New Amsterdam c1647. Granted 50 morgens (~106 acres) of land on Bergen Neck in 1654. Probably died in a 1655 Native American raid.

From Zabriskie, George Olin, "The Van Blarcom Family of New Jersey," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record:

Vol. XCIX, No. 3, Jul. 1968, pp. 141-150;

Vol. XCIX, No. 4, Oct. 1968, pp. 213 - 217;

Vol. C, No. 1, Jan. 1969, pp. 39-46;

Vol. C, No. 2, Apr. 1969, pp. 68-76;

Vol. C, No. 4, Oct. 1969, pp. 215-220;

Vol. 101, No. 3, Jul. 1970, pp. 152-157;

Vol. 102, No. 4, Oct. 1971, pp. 209-219:

^[15]

• Lee, Charles Bazley “Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey” : Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York 1910 Vol IV p 1317 [12]

Sources

1. ↑ Van Laer, Arnold Johan Ferdinand “Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts” : University of the State of New York, Albany 1908 pp 258-260, 417, 808 [1]
2. ↑ Lee, Charles Bazley “Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey” Vol IV : Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York 1910 Vol IV p 1317 [2]
3. ↑ Lee, Charles Bazley “Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey” Vol IV : Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York 1910 Vol IV p 1317 [3]
4. ↑ Wikipedia - Peach Tree War [4]
5. ↑ O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey “Brief and True Narrative of the Hostile Conduct of the Barbarous Natives Towards the Dutch Nation” : Joel Munsell, Albany 1863 pp 39, 40 [5]
6. ↑ Court of Schepens and Burgomasters of New Amsterdam, minutes 01 May 1656 (RNS 2:93)
7. ↑ Van Laer, Arnold Johan Ferdinand “Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts” : University of the State of New York, Albany 1908 pp 258-260, 417, 808 [6]
8. ↑ Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, A J F Van Laer, Nicolaas Roever, and Susan D L V R Strong. [7] Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts: Being the Letters of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 1630-1643, and Other Documents Relating to the Colony of Rensselaerswyck. Albany: University of the state of New York, 1908 Print
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Gale Research. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010. Ancestry.com [8] Data: Arrival date: 1634 Arrival place: New York, New York
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Yates Publishing. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. [9] Data: Birth date: 1600 Birth place: Marriage date: 1623 and Ancestry Data: Text: Birth date: 1603 Birth place: Marriage date: 1623
11. ↑ Source: #S369 Name: Page Note: Ancestry Data: Text: Residence date: Residence place: Bergen; Hudson, New Jersey, USA
12. ↑ Source: #S369 Name: Page Note: Ancestry Data: Text: Residence date: Residence place: Bergen; Hudson, New Jersey, USA
13. ↑ Zabriskie, pp 142-143.
14. ↑ Jasmin, Melvin ‘Mel’ H “Van Blaricom Family History” : self published 2016 p 4 [10]
15. ↑ Jasmin, Melvin ‘Mel’ H “Van Blaricom Family History” : self published 2016 p 4 [11]

• Wardell, Patricia A Early Bergen County Families. File: BCFam-VanBlarcom.pdf, "Van Blarcom, Lubbert Gysbertsen" Accessed 09 Jan 2017. [13]
• Tepper, Michael (ed.), "Settlers in Rensselaerwyck: From 1630 to 1646, Compiled from the Books of Monthly Wages and Other Mss," New World Immigrants, Vol I pp 21-31, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company Inc
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• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about Lubbert Gijsbertsen VanBlaricum: Name: Lubbert Gijsbertsen Van Blaricum: Arrival Year: 1634: Arrival Place: New York, New York: Source Publication Code: 1736: Primary Immigrant: Van Blaricum, Lubbert Gijsbertsen. Annotation: The Yearbook has details of the Society, and on pp 42-66 is a section entitled "Ancestors and Descendants." This lists original settlers in New York and their progeny. Each original settler arrived between 1624 and 1664. Source Bibliography: THE DUTCH SETTLERS SOCIETY OF ALBANY. Yearbook, Vol 45, 1974-1977 Albany, New York: the society, [1977], pp 42-66: p 57: Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc 2010.: Original data: Filby, P William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012: 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Arrival
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about Lubbert Gysbert Blarcom: Name: Lubbert Gysbert Blarcom: Gender: Male: Birth Year: 1600: Spouse Name: Divertje Cornelis: Spouse Birth Year: 1603: Marriage: Year: 1623: Number Pages: 1: Source Citation: Source number: 390.000; Source type:: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: TLB.: Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
• Hunt, Roger D The History of the Van Blaricom Family 1994
• Hyatt, H Norman (2009). An Uncommon Journey: The History of Old Dawson County, Montana Territory: The Biography of Stephen Norton Van Blaricom
• 107. Emigration Record - Lubbert Gybersten van Blaricum, a 33 year-old rademaecker [wheelwright and wagon maker] - signed contract in Amsterdam on 15 Apr 1634. Emigrated with his wife and three sons. Blaricum is about 12 miles south-east of Amsterdam in the district called Gooiland.
• 109. "Descendants of Gerrit Lubbertsen" by Harry Macy Jr. beginning at NYGBR ("Record") 113:154
• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network; Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree 28064322
• Source: S369, Genealogical history of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey (Online publication - Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.)

Acknowledgments

• Thank-you to Rena Donze for creating WikiTree profile Van Blarcom-16 through the import of Bocock Family Tree.ged on 20 Apr 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Rena and others.
• Vanblarcom-39 and VanBlarcom-46 were created by Sheldon Sickler through the import of Nelson Rodney Sickler.ged on 17 Apr 2014.
• Gysbertsen Van Blarcom-1 was created by Milissa Boyer through the import of Richard.ged on 17 Dec 2015.