Anthoine (Crispell) Crispel (abt. 1635 - 1707)

Born about 1635 in Sainghin-en-Weppes, Lilloise Flanders (now Nord), France

Husband of Marie (Blanchan) Crispell — married 31 Jan 1660 in Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg (Germany)

Husband of Petronella (Dumond) de Mon — married 1680 in Kingston, Ulster, NY

Descendants

Died 1707 at about age 72 in New Paltz, Ulster County, Province of New York

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Biography

Antoine (Anthoine) was a young Protestant farmer, who went to Mannheim in the Lower Palatinate (Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany). There he married and sailed on the 'Gilded Otter' to New Amsterdam on 27 Apr 1660. Upon arrival they immediately moved to Esopus in Ulster County, New Netherland.

Anthony Crispell, a Huguenot (Protestant) from the Flandres francaises (Arrondissement de Lille, Nord), France, fled his native land to the Upper Palatinate in Germany. On January 13, 1660, he married Marie Blanchan, also from French Flanders, in Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. The record identifies them as Anthoine Crespel and Marie Blanchon. Marie was the daughter of Mathieu Blanchan, a French Huguenot.^[1]

Antoine and Marie Crispell left for the New World on April 27, 1660 in De Vergulde Otter (The Gilded Otter). They landed at New Amsterdam in New Netherland. Many French Huguenots settled in this Protestant-led Dutch colony. First going to Esopus, now part of Kingston, NY, the Crispell family settled in nearby Hurley. On June 7, 1663, when the Indians destroyed the village, his wife and infant daughter (Marie-Magdalene) were captured with Antoine but they were soon released. The next year, the entire province was taken over by the English from Dutch rule.

Antoine and Marie had the following children:^[2]

1. Marie Magdalene CRISPELL, christened: 12 FEB 1662 in Hurley
2. Peter CRISPELL christened: 21 DEC 1664
3. Lysbet (Elisabeth) CRISPELL christened: 3 OCT 1666; d: infant
4. Lysbet (Elisabeth) CRISPELL christened: 15 OCT 1668
5. Sara CRISPELL christened: 18 JUN 1671
6. Jan (Jean/John) CRISPELL christened: 21 JUL 1674 in Ulster, NY

Maria died about 5 years after Jan's birth in Hurley, Ulster, New York. Anthony then re-married to Petronella leMan (or deMond) in about 1680. They had 3 children:

1. Jannetie CRISPELL, ch: 04 JUN 1682
2. Jean CRISPELL, ch: 12 OCT 1684
3. Jannetie CRISPELL, ch: 07 FEB 1686

Antoine Crispell's will was dated 6 November 1707. It was probated on 10 June 1708 in Curacao, D.W.I. [Dutch West Indies]. He is said to have died in New Paltz, New York, where he and his two wives are buried with a memorial plaque.^[3][4]

Children

Nine children are recorded in the church records of Kingston, New York.^[5]

1. 1662 12 Feb Marimaddeleen, Antoni Crepel, Maria Blanchan. Wit.: Mattys Blanchan, Cateryn Blanchan, Maddeleen Blanchan.^[6]
2. 1664 21 Dec Pieter, Anton Crepel, Mari Blanchan. Wit.: Hendrick Aerntsen, Barber Jans.
3. 1666 03 Oct Lysbet, Anton Crepel, Mari Blanchan. Wit.: Jan Cornelisse, Lysbet Blanchan.
4. 1668 15 Oct Lysbet, Antony Crupel, Marie Blancan. Wit.: [no witnesses named].
5. 1671 18 Jun Sara, Anthony Crupel, Maria Blansjan. Wit.: [no witnesses named].
6. 1674 21 Jul Jan, Anthony Chrispel, Maria [surname not given]. Wit.: Mattue Blansjan, junior, Maria B____ .

By 2nd Marriage:

1. 1682 04 Jun Jannetie, Antoni Crespel, Pieternella la Man. Wit.: [No witnesses named].
2. 1684 12 Oct Jean, Antoni Crepel, Pietenel de Mon. Wit.: [No witnesses named].
3. 1686 07 Feb Jannetie, Anthoni Cruepel, Pieternel [surname not given]. Wit.: Roelof Hendrix, Chiltie Gerritz.^[7]

Research Notes

His children included Elizabeth, who married Elias Eign (Ean, Un) and Maria Maddaleen who married Mattys Sleght.^[8]

Note: "During the 17th Century, long and devastating [religious] wars were fought [between Protestants & Roman-Catholics in Holland, Belgium & France]; many of the inhabitants were forced to flee from their fertile and productive farms. Antoine [Crispell], a young farmer, went to Mannheim in the Lower Palatinate. There he married and sailed on the 'Gilded Otter' to New Amsterdam on 27 Apr 1660. Upon arrival they immediately moved to Esopus in Ulster County, NY. They later settled in Hurley. In 1663, there was an Indian uprising and his wife and an infant daughter were captured; they were soon rescued."^[9]

Note: From a brochure published by the Crispell Family Association, P.O. Box 35, Tafton, PA 18464 and found in New Paltz, NY September 2001: "In 1660, 25-year-old Antoine and 20-year old Maria (Blanchan), his wife of 3 months, sailed into New York on the "Gilded Otter." They had married in Mannheim, Germany and came with other Huguenots who had fled France.

"They first settled in Kingston. In 1663, they moved to Hurley, where they started their farm and family.

"By 1678, more of the group that had met in Germany arrived and decided to move south to New Paltz. Twelve of them had traded valuables to the Esopus Indians for nearly 40,000 acres and then received a patent from the English Governor.

"Even though Antoine was one of the 12 patentees, he and Maria chose to stay in Hurley with their five children. She might have been ill at the time, because she died soon after.

"In 1680 Antoine remarried. He and Petronella (DuMond) had three children. Two of them died young, but the first generation of Crispells in America was complete.

"In New Paltz...

"Antoine was active with the other 11 patentees in New Paltz, and was one of the twelve men who governed their new land.

"Historians have referred to "The Twelve Men" as "The Duzine." It's reported to be the first example of democratic government in America.

"The French Church, built on Huguenot Street in 1972, is a replica of the original built in 1717. It was built by the Crispell Family Association ... as a tribute to Antoine and his descendants, to memorialize his presence on Huguenot Street.

"In the Village of Hurley...

"On Hurley Street you'll find several old stone houses, some dating back to the 1600s.

"One is a house reportedly built by Johannes Crispell in 1724... now the rectory for the adjoining Dutch Church....

"The Burial Grounds circa 1715...

"At the end of a right of way, next to the Polly Crispell cottage, you'll find the burial grounds. Many of the gravestones bear the Crispell name....

"In Kingston...

Antoine died in 1707 and was buried where the Old Dutch Church now stands, on Wall Street.

"On the north end of the cemetery, which borders Main Street, on the north side of the church, you'll find a memorial tombstone erected in 1989 by the Crispell Family. Inside the church, you'll find another memorial which includes the names of Antoine and his wife Maria."

Sources

1. ↑ Baden: Landeskirchliches Archiv Karlsruhe > Mannheim Franz.-ref. Gemeinde > Trauungen 1652 - 1819 [franz.] [Abschrift aus dem Jahre 1706 u. 1733] [Register in eigenem Band], page 8; 1st entry (in French language); citation courtesy of Dieter Lewerenz per a research request put on G2G, image available on Archion (subscription required) and FamilySearch (free).
2. ↑ William Douglas Simms Genealogy on RootsWeb - Maria Blanchan. Cites primary & 2ndy Sources.
3. ↑ "The Van Benthuysen Genealogy," by A. S. Van Benthuysen and Edith McIntosh Hall (1953) pg. 458
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #8039380 Antoine Crispell. Photographs of grave marked (20th Century) at the Huguenot Cemetery, New Paltz, Ulster Co., NY, USA.
5. ↑ Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (De Vinne Press, 1891)
6. ↑ Hoes, page 2, #15
7. ↑ Hoes
8. ↑ "History of New Paltz, New York and its old families (from 1678 to 1820)" by (Fort Orange Press, Brandon Print Company, 1909). Chapter XLI, The Ean Family at New Paltz, page 474.
9. ↑ Antoine Crispell 1635-1707 Grave Site and CrispellAnthony and Life of Antoine Crispell

• Crispell Family Association, formerly at crispellfamily.org, archived on 9 March 2016
• Crispell Genealogy, http://www.angelfire.com/ny/chickened/crispelfamily.html
• "Ancestors." Huguenot Society of America. Accessed 29 Mar 2017. https://www.huguenotsocietyofamerica.org/history/ancestors/
• Evans, Thomas G., The Crispell Family of Ulster County, N.Y., The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1890) Vol. 21, Page 83
• Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/21920874/family
• DuBois Family News: "The Memory of the Just Is Blessed": The Ancestry and Extended Family of Chrétien du Bois, bailli, lieutenant, greffier, etreceveur de la Comté de Coupigny, notaire, homme de loi, laboureur et marchand; Resident of Wicres, then of Herlies," June 2011 newsletter, Pages: 5–7; 3–6; 4–7.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Ancestral File Number: G83T-PD & 8MH2-DG
• Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (De Vinne Press, 1891)
• Birth and death year (1635-1707) on findagrave.com. Find A Grave: Memorial #8039380 Antoine Crispell. Photographs of grave marker (20th Century) at Huguenot cemetery, New Paltz, NY.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of MacEntee_Richard_2010-11-01.ged on 02 November 2010.