Willem Jacobse (Jacops) van Boerum (1617 - 1688)

Born 1617 in Burum, Friesland, Nederland

Husband of Geertje (Heijndrix) Hendricks — married 19 Apr 1643 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Descendants

Died 3 Apr 1688 at about age 71 in Brooklyn, Kings County, Province of New York

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Biography

Willem Jacobse van Boerum was born 1617. He married Geertje Hendrickse in 1643. He died prior to 1698. Willem emigrated with his sons from Amsterdam in 1649 and settled in N. L., Flh. Feb. 7, 1670-1, he was allotted, in pursuance of the patent of Flh, 25 morgens in said town between the lands of Jan Hansen (Van Noostrand) and those of Adrn Hegeman, with plain land and salt meadows in addition, as per p. 16 of Lib. A of Flh rec. He was a magistrate of said town in 1657, '62, and '63, on ass. roll of 1675, and took the oath of allegiance there in 1687. ^[1] Issue:-

1. Hendrick Willemse;
2. Jacob Willemse;
3. Geertruy Willemse, (sup.) m. Francis du Puis;
4. Hillegont Willemse.

Birth

Born 1617 in Burum, Kollumerland C.A., Friesland, Netherlands

Marriage

The marriage banns of Willem Jacobss from Burum and Geertje Heijndrix from Goch were recorded in Amsterdam on 3 April 1643. Willem signed his name "Willem Jacops."

inschrijvingsdatum: 03-04-1643
naam bruidegom: Jacobss, Willem
naam bruid: Heijndrix, Geertje
naam bruid: [van] Goch, Geertje Heijndrix ^[2]
Willem Jacobss van Burum, snydergezel, out 26 jaer woonende in de St Jacobstraet is opgeteeckent op de acte van Joannis Crucius predikant met Geertie Heyndrix van Goch tot Haerlem.
Willem Jacobss from Burum, journeyman tailor, age 26 years, living in St Jacobstraet, is registered on the attestation of Joannis Crucius minister, with Geertie Heyndrix from Goch, at Haarlem.

They were officially married on 19 April 1643 in Haarlem ^[3]

Church records

As printed in the NYGBR, 123, Reformed Church of Haarlem, 05 Apr 1643:

• Willem Jacops j.g. van Burum woon[ende] tot Amsterdam met Geertje Hendricx j.d. van Gogh woon[ende] inde Schachestraet testes Jan Janssz woon[ende] inde Schachestraet Styntje Jacops huys[vrouw] van Roelof Janss woon[ende] inde Hoochstraet (Willem Jacops young man from Burum, living at Amsterdam, and Geertje heyndricx, young woman from Gogh, living in the Schachestraet [in Haarlem], witnesses Jan Janssz living in the Schachestraet, Styntje Jacops wife of Roelof Jans, living in the Hoochstraet) in margin; getrout den 19en April 1643. ^[3]

Will, Abstract of

1 Oct 1687 Van Boerum, William Jacobse of New Lotts, entire estate to wife Geertie Hendrickse, upon her death to be equally divided among their four children: Hendrick, Geertruy, Jacob and Hillsgout. He further bequeaths 100 gilden in wampum money to eldest son Hendrick, and 300 to his daughters "daffher" Gerritie Gerritse. Wits. John Barentse Blom and Garrit Dorlant. Proved 3 Oct 1688. Liber 1 Conveyances p 110. Kings County, N.Y., Wills. ^[4]

Death

Died April 3, 1688 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York

1698 Brooklyn, NY^[5]

Research Notes

LNAB is Jacops, the name he signed when he registered marriage banns. - Smith-62120 20:48, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Early Settlers of Kings Co, NY by T G Bergen
2. ↑ Amsterdam archief Marriage intention registration Amsterdam 3 April 1643 bronverwijzing: DTB 459, p.120 opmerkingen: Huwelijksintekeningen van de KERK. Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) Ondertrouwregister: NL-SAA-26357918
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Netherlands, Noord-Holland Province, Church Records, 1523-1948," images, FamilySearch (Marriage 19 April 1643 Haarlem: 4 February 2019), Nederlands Hervormde > Haarlem > Trouwen 1627-1654 > image 330 of 624; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Den Haag (Netherlands National Archives, The Hague).
4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48331/LongIslandSrcRec-001964-109/295708
5. ↑ Nix-Irwin Family Tree

• Callaghan, E. B. "The Roll off Those Who Haue Taken the Oath off Allegiance in the Kings County in the Province of New Yorke the 26 : 27 : 28 : 29 and 30th Day off September in the Third Yeare of His Maytsh Raigne Annoque Domine 1687." In The Documentary History of the State of New-York; Arranged under Direction of the Hon. Christopher Morgan, Secretary of State., 429. Vol. 1. Albany: Weed, Parsons &, Public Printers, 1850.
• Bergen, Teunis G. Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y., from Its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700; with Contributions to Their Biographies and Genealogies, Comp. from Various Sources. New York: S.W. Green's Son, Printer, 1881. 40.
• Macy, Jr., Harry. "Origins of Some New Netherland Families: Boerum." In The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 167-168. 3rd ed. Vol. 123. New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1992.
• Ledley, Wilson V., and B-Ann Moorhouse. "Early Dutch Smiths and Van Boerums Pt. 2." In The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 138-146. 3rd ed. Vol. 103. New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1972.
• Repository: #R-2139194211 Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
• Repository: Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com
• Nix-Irwin Family Tree. URL: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21221/person/-1418757890/facts/sources

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Van Boerum-3 created through the import of LJM Family File 10.1.ged on Oct 28, 2012 by Vivian Kahn.