Simon de Ruine (1615 - 1678)

Born 1615 in Valenciennes near Landrecies, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Husband of Magdelena (van der Straaten) de Ruine — married 1640 in Landrecies, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Descendants

Died 12 Jun 1678 at about age 63 in Flushing, Province of New York

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Simon de Ruine migrated from France to New Netherland in 1658 aboard De Trouw with his wife and children.

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Biography

Spouse Magdaleen (Madeleine) V. der Straten

Simon was a French-speaking Walloon Huguenot (Protestant) born in Valenciennes near Landrecies in what was then Hainaut Province, under French rule. He went to Holland, the Netherlands, to escape religious persecution in France and stayed for fifteen years, before emigrating to America aboard the private trader ship, De Trouw (Faith) with his wife and children. ^[1][2]

The ship left from Harlingen, Holland, Netherlands and arrived in New Netherland on the 12 Feb 1659. The name on the passenger list is "Symon Drune" from Henegouwen (Hainaut). ^[3] Fellow passengers were Epke Banta and Jellis Jansen Mandeville.

He was one of 32 men who settled in Harlem, north of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. He acquired three lots for farming on Jochem Pieters Flat which lay between the Harlem River and Old Kingsbridge Rd. On the 14 Mar 1662, Simon bid for 12 morgen (24 acres) in New Harlem at Montagne's Flat.

Last Will and Testament: 1678

Simon's last Will and Testament, written in French follows:

"A Jourd buy 27th avril 1678, faict en prensence de Jean Guenon et de Marguerite sa femme, et Jean des Conseilier, et de Jean Battiste de Poietier, Sieur Dubuisson, et du libre consentement de Simon De Ruine, le Oualon, se croiant malade, a recongnu pour le repos de sa consiense, par un libre et s'jugement, a tesmoigne ettre sa volonte ainsy quy seulm' qu apres les despt paiez desclare et a les clare Madlaine sa femme heritier des les bien et en disposer sa vie durante, sans toutes fois le pouvoir vendre gra ny engager en quelque facon, que le soit tant meuble et inmeuble demeurant au mesme point qu ii sont. C etait et concluet a rest6 dans la maison du dict Simon de Ruine, dit le Oualon, en presence des tesmoin cy dessre nonme 1 on desclare ne savoir siner faute de quoy mestre on leur marque. de Jean mu Guenon. marque nn Jean des Conseiller. fait par moy Jean Baptiste de Poietier, Sieur Dubuisson." The will was proved on the 13 Jun 1678. Simon was sick, and perhaps in extremis, as he did not put his hand to the will, and thus its date may be that of his death.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF SIMON'S WILL:

"On this day, the 27th April 1678, made in the presence of Jean Guenon and Marguerite, his wife, and Jean des Conseilier, and Jean Baptiste de Poietier, Squire Dubuisson, and with the free consent of Simon De Ruine, called the Walllon, getting sick, [he] has recognized for the sake of his conscience, by his free will and without judgment, to testify [that this is] his will [and testament]."

"He [Simon de Ruine] declares and clears Madeleine, his wife, to be the heir of his goods to use them during her lifetime, without, however, the power to sell or cede them in any manner whatsoever, whether [these goods] be either immovable [real estate] or personal (movable) estate, they are to remain where they are now. It is agreed that they shall remain in the house of the testator, Simon de Ruine, called the Wallon, in the presence of these witnesses, who declare [that they] do not know how to sign [their names], by lack of which, they make their mark. [Signed] by Jean Mu. Guenon, Mark of Jean des Conseiller. Witnessed by Jean Baptiste de Poietier, and Squire Dubuisson." ^[4]

Church records

1. 1659 Oct 26 Barteltje, Simon Dreunen, Magdaleen V. der Straten. Wit.: Adriaen Vincent, Hester Couwenhoven. ^[5]
2. 1662 Jan 01 Marritie, Simon de Rovaen, Magd. Van der Straten. Wit.: Jean Cocu, Jannetie Frans. ^[5]
3. 1665 Jun 21 Magdalena, Simon ___, Magdaleen Vander Straten. Wit.: Adriaen Appel, Magdalena Casjou. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ FindAGrave
2. ↑ Ancestors_of_David_Kipp_Conover
3. ↑ "LIST OF PASSENGERS, 1654 to 1664." In Year Book of the Holland Society of New York (1902), pp. 5-37. Page: 9.
4. ↑ Trans. by Chet Snow, Leader, WikiTree Huguenot Migration Project, on 7 Feb. 2019.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Thomas Grier Evans. "Baptisms from 1639 to 1730 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York." In Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. II. New York: Printed for the Society, 1890.

• Pelletreau, William S. Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York. New York: [Printed for the Society], 1893. p. 48.

• NJGS. "D." njgsbc.org. Accessed 13 Jun 2016. http://njgsbc.org/files/BCFamilies/BCFam-D.pdf PDF

• Chester, Chris. "The Brouwer Genealogy Database." freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata. Accessed May 23, 2016. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/index.htm Simon de Ruine

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Name: Simon Deruyns Birth Date: 1615 Volume: 43 Page Number: 73 Biographical Info: immig., corp. Reference: American anc. of Frederic Louis Huidekoper and Reginald Shippen Huidekoper. Geneva, Switzerland, 1931. (62p.):26-7 Source Information: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.

• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Name: Symon DeRuine Arrival Year: 1659 Arrival Place: New York, New York Source Publication Code: 4712 Primary Immigrant: DeRuine, Symon Annotation: A better version than that given in no. 6291. From New York Colonial manuscripts, vol. 13, pp. 75, 88, 106; vol. 14, pp. 83-123. Additional information from James Riker's copy in the New York Public Library was published by Rosalie Fellows Bailey, no. 220 Source Bibliography: "LIST OF PASSENGERS, 1654 to 1664." In Year Book of the Holland Society of New York (1902), pp. 5-37. Page: 9 Source Information: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Simon De Ruine Gender: Male Birth Place: Fr Birth Year: 1615 Spouse Name: Magdalena Vanderstraaten Number Pages: 5 Source Citation: Source number: 724.001; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 5. Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA

Notes

Simon signed the following petition "To The Noble, Great And Honorable, The Director General And Council In New Netherland. The undersigned, owners and occupants of the lands within the village and jurisdiction of New Haerlem, respectfully represent, that to their great surprise and solicitude, they have been informed that the eight guilders which your Honors required said proprietors to pay for each morgen of land taken by them, should be paid in beavers, or their value; whereas this was not the understanding of your petitioners, who, in regard to the announcement made by your Honors, on the 4th of March, 1658, as to the privileges with which this village was to be favored, did not otherwise conceive respecting the price set upon said land, but that payment thereof was to be made in sewant currency, according to the customary usage.

Had they understood differently, they would never have agreed, nor could have been persuaded, to burden themselves with so hard an undertaking as that of bringing those lands under cultivation, besides paying thus heavily for them ; and even yet the petitioners, instead of finding themselves eased in their labors, have great difficulty in making these lands fit for tillage, so they are now wholly discouraged, as they did not apprehend that they should encounter the present difficulty. Wherefore, addressing themselves to your Honors, they pray that your Honors may be pleased to declare, by a favorable answer on the margin, that the petitioners may pay the eight guilders per morgen, in sewant, in the usual course between man and man." Simon was a Corporal in the Third Company, New Harlem, 12 Jun 1663, and served at Esopus (Kingston) against the Indians.

Simon received a supply of powder on the 2 Sep 1663 for use in the event of renewed Indian attacks. Simon was known to the Dutch at Harlem as "de Waal" and to the French as "le Ouallon" (the Walloon). Simon sold his Harlem land on the 13 Mar 1666, to Bussing and others. He bought a few acres in Flushing, near Jean Genung, and is named on the rate list of 1675.