Hendrick (Jochemsen) Schoonmaker (abt. 1624 - 1681)

Born about 29 Nov 1624 in Hamburg

Husband of Elsje Jans — married 14 Oct 1653 in Fort Orange, Albany, New Netherland

Descendants

Died 1681 at about age 56 in Kingston, Ulster, Province of New York

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Biography

Hendrick Schoonmaker was born in Hamburg Germany^[1][2] and baptized November 29, 1624 in Hamburg, Germany.

"Hendrick Jochemse, the progenitor of the Schoonmaker family in this country, was a native of Hamburgh, Germany. He came to this country in the military service of the Dutch West India Company and settled at Fort Orange previous to 1655, where for some time he kept an inn, the good-will of which he purchased of Steven Janse Conick. While residing at Fort Orange, either in 1657 or 1658, he married Elsie, daughter of Jan Janse Van Breestede and Engeltjen Jans, and widow of Adriaen Pieterzen Van Alcmar. The early records of Albany contain frequent mention of Hendrick's name, and show him to have been a man of social and financial standing. He acquired much property; loaned money to Governor Stuyvesant 'in time of need,' and was active in the military duties rendered necessary by the times, being Lieutenant 'in the company of his Noble Honor, the Director General.' In the fall of 1659 this company was ordered to Esopus to defend the settlers against the Indians. While yet there it was disbanded and Schoonmaker, attracted by the beauty and fertility of the place and tempted, doubtless, by the promise of Gov. Stuyvesant to grant land to the soldiers who should settle there, decided to remain permanently at Esopus. Here he become prominent as he had been at Albany, and his military knowledge and experience were constantly of use in the warfare against the Indians. In 1662, when the burghers organized a company of militia at Esopus, he was appointed Lieutenant under Thomas Chambers as Captain. Though severely wounded he fought bravely at the Indian attack on Wildwyck June 7, 1663; and he it was who led the Dutch burghers in their mutiny against the exactions of the English garrison in 1667. He died about 1681."^[3]

Marriage

Husband: Hendrick Jochemse Schoonmaker

Wife: Elsie Van Breestede

1657/58 Fort Orange, New York^[4]

Children

1. Egbert Hendrickse Schoonmaker

Death

ABT 1681^[5]

1681 Kingston, Ulster, Ny

Church Records

Children's baptisms

1. 1663 Mar 18 Engeltjen, Hendrick Jochemsen, Elsjen Jans. Wit.: Engeltjen, Jakemyntje Cornelis, Toomes Chambers. ^[6]
2. 1665 May 17 Hendrick, Volckert [twins], Hendrick Jochemsen, Elsje Jans. Wit.: Jan Jansen van Breestee, Volchert Jansen, Rut Jacobsen, Sytje Ariaensen, Marretje Andriessen. ^[6]
3. 1669 Oct 20 Hilletie, Hendrick Jochemsen, Elsje Jans. Wit.: Jacob Abraham, Grietie Rutsen. ^[6]

Widow's subsequent marriage

• 1684 Cornelis Barentz Slegt, (widower of Tryntie Bos), of Woerden, in Holland, and Elsie Jans, (widow of Hendric Jochemsz), of Breestee, both resid. in Kingstouw. First publication of Banns, 26 Sept. ^[6]

Research Notes

LNAB

Jochemsen, Hendrick's patronymic, is the only "surname" that appears in church records for him. Apparently Schoonmaker came in to use at a later date. Quackenbush-118 23:18, 18 January 2017 (EST)

Note

Hendrick came to America around 1653.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S382 p. 656
2. ↑ Source: #S403 Vol. II, p. 927
3. ↑ Source: #S382 Page: p. 656.
4. ↑ Source: #S382 p. 656
5. ↑ Source: #S382 p. 656
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Roswell Randall Hoes. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York: (formerly Named Wiltwyck, and Often Familiarly Called Esopus or 'Sopus), for One Hundred and Fifty Years from Their Commencement in 1660. New York: De Vinne Press, 1891.

• Wardell, Patricia A. "Schoonmaker: Schoonmaker, Hendrick Jochemsen" njgsbc.org. Accessed 18 Jan 2017. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/

• Source: S382 Concerning the Van Bunschoten or Van Benschoten Family in America: A Genealogy and Brief History, Second Edition by William Henry Van Benschoten (West Park on Hudson, New York, 1907)

• Source: S403 Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene, by Cuyler Reynolds, ed. (Clearfield Company, Inc. (reprint), Baltimore, Maryland, 1999, 1911)

• Early New Netherland Settlers, by Robert Gordon Clark, Rootsweb URL: Cites: The Schoonmaker Family, by Ruth P Heidgerd, 1974, 929.273 Sch65hr, p. 1.; Burhans Genealogy, by Samuel Burhans, Junior, 1894 p. 19.

• https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=142609372

See Also:

• IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR ANCESTORS .. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW NETHERLAND: III ― WILTWYCK (KINGSTON) Hendrick Jochemse Schoonmaker (1624 – c. 1682) /, Theunis Eliasen Van Bunschoten (c.1643 – c. 1727) / Wallerand DuMond (c. 1635 – 1713) — Bradley Rymph, http://www.bradleyrymph.com/genealogy_kingston.pdf

• The Schoonmaker Family, Modified Register for Jochim Schomaker or SCHOONMAKER, Burr Cook, http://www.burrcook.com/history/schoon.htm

• The Shoenmaker Family in the Netherlands: Genealogical and Historical Notes, 1350-1650 on WikiTree

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Schoonmaker-246 created through the import of ged.GED on Apr 3, 2012 by Neil Detrick. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Neil and others.
• WikiTree profile Schoonmaker-233 created through the import of EED1.ged on Sep 15, 2011 by Richard Draper. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Richard and others.
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