False and Disproven Information of New Netherland

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Contents 1 Some Erroneous Marriages in Bergen's Kings County 2 Fabricated, Fraudulent, or Erroneous Lineages 2.1 de Graff family of Schenectady 2.2 Aefie Pieterse (Kinetis) Bradt 2.3 Geesje Janse/Jan Albertse Jansen/Jan Albertse Bratt (Bradt) 3 Errors Propagated in Genealogy Software and Online Family Trees 4 Sources 5 See also

Some Erroneous Marriages in Bergen's Kings County

These assumed marriages were caused by an old misunderstanding of the Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church records. Documentation of the errors comes from work of Chris Chester and John Blythe Dobson.^[1][2][3]

• Jan Teunisz (van Middleswart) was not married to Swaentje (Jans) Potters.
• Cornelis Teunis (Denys/Nyssen) was not married to Harmtje Woertman.
• Cornelia de Beauvoise was not married to a Juriaen Hendricks.
• Gerrit Gerritsz Dorland was not married to Geertruydt Aukes (van Nuys).

1. Jan Janse Montfort was not married to Gertje Pieters Luyster.
2. Jan Pieters Montfort was not married to Geertje Pieters Luyster.
   • Geertje Pieters Luyster may have married a Jacob Webs ^[4] or Jacob Cornelisz van Egmont, aka Jacob Wips. ^[5] The "Some Erroneous Marriages..." article says that Geertje Pieters Luyster married Christoffel Jansz Romeyn, but that appears to have been Geertje Pieters Wyckoff. ^[6][7] Correction: That has been corrected in with a later article in the same PDF, titled "Christoffel Jansz Romeyn and his wife, Geertje Pieters Wyckoff and Jacob Wips and his wife, Geertje Pieters Luyster", by Harry Macy. ^[3]
   • Jan Pieters Montfort was married to Ida Abrams Brinckerhoff.

• Gerritje Reynierse (possibly meant to be Gerritje Reyniers Wizzelpenning) was not married to Gerrit Jans or Jan Lambertsz.
• Jan Lambertsz was not married to Harmtje Willems.
• Marten Pietersz Wyckoff was not married to Femmetje Auckes (van Nuys).
• Gerrit Elbertsz Stoothoff was not married to Willemtje Pieters "Montfoort".
• Cornelis Symonsz van Arsdalen was not married to Jelletje Reiniers Wizzelpenning.
• Gerrit Coerten (van Voorhees) was not married to Meinsje (Meenske) "Mensje" Jans aka van Wicklen, de Vries.
• Geertruyd Jans was not married to Pieter Adamsz Brouwer.

Fabricated, Fraudulent, or Erroneous Lineages

de Graff family of Schenectady

In Volume III of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Cuyler Reynolds presented a line of descent that connected Claas Andriese de Graff to Louis IX, King of France (1226-1270), through his great-grandson Charles I, Duc de Bourbon (born 1340); that man's grandson Charles de Bourbon (born 1527 -- impossibly long generations!), founder of the ducal house of Graffe, who was killed at the massacre of St. Bartholomew, August 24, 1572; that man's son Louis de Bourbon, Prince de Graffe, born in 1551, and killed in the siege of La Rochelle in 1628; to an Andrias de Bourbon, Duc de Andre de Graffe, born 1582, who became a trader in Holland for the Dutch East India Company and had sons: Andries, Cornelius and Regnier, the first of whom was said to be the father of the Claas de Graaf who settled in Schenectady. According to this lineage, Andries de Graff was with the Dutch East India Company and sailed for New Amsterdam in his own ship, the Claas Aaron, married Anneke Jans Weber, granddaughter of a Dutch king, and was, together with his two sons, recorded as a brickmaker in 1661.^[8] Dutch historian William Frijhoff described this as "a remarkable example of ... a family myth pretending to royal descent" that has recently resurfaced on the Internet, which he says "functions sometimes as a mystifying machine" and allows for the "uncontrolled diffusion of old legends" to audiences who are unable to discern errors that are evident to professional historians. Commenting on the assertion that the aristocratic Andries had become a brickmaker, Frijhoff observed that Americans might find this transition "quite natural," but historians familiar with early modern Europe would recognize that a nobleman would never engage in such a trade, particularly in France, where this would cause them to lose their claim to nobility. He also noted that some details of the story, including the name of "Anneke Jans Weber" given to the wife of the immigrant Andries de Graff, suggested "contamination with other stories."^{[9] [10]}

Aefie Pieterse (Kinetis) Bradt

Some trees and stories about the mother of Albert Andriessen (Bradt) have her coming down from an Indian Princess and are not what happened at all - not that I have seen at Wikitree, but aparently in other places it was told that His grandmother was this woman who was a Native American but that is pure fabrication - the Kinetis part of her name is left so others searching find her there - but is part of that fantasy lineage and really did not belong to her - we do not know much about her - name is derived from what her descendants were named due to tradition in that culture - indicated on her profile. Here is the Cynthia Brott Biasca link: article and what it debunks is that myth ^[11]G2G discussion on this lady

Geesje Janse/Jan Albertse Jansen/Jan Albertse Bratt (Bradt)

This error has grown and populated many trees and secondary sources leading to much confusion - Geesje Jans (Janse) was never married to Bratt and the confusion is understandable as the Bradt/Bratt line had that added to their name quite a while after they arrived in New Netherland (Beverwyck - later Albany) in 1637 - Albert, his brother Arent and Albert's wife Annetje Barents; he being German and he from Norway but having both lived and married in Amsterdam, Netherlands - Albert and Arent Andreissen were both called by the mostly Dutch residents of Renssealerwyck "the Noorman" because they cam originally from Norway and the Bradt part of their name was added on years after they arrived SO researchers in looking for the family are used to that part of it not being attached to the name so may thought it perfectly plausible that Jan Albertse Jansen was equivalent to Jan Albertse Bratt (Bradt) - perhaps thinking the Jansen part had come from the wife(?) In fact Jan Albertse Bratt was married to Maria Post

Errors Propagated in Genealogy Software and Online Family Trees

There are some place-name errors commonly seen in people's New Netherland family trees that are attributable to erroneous auto-completions or place-name suggestions in genealogy software. These include:

• Reusel-de Mierden. The place name "Holland, Reusel, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands" (or variants thereof) appears in many Internet-derived genealogies. Dutch genealogist Yvette Hoitink explains that 't Holland is the name of a street in the village of Reusel in Noord-Brabant. When the name "Holland" was entered into early versions of FamilyTreeMaker software, the entry “Holland” automatically resolved to “Holland, Reusel, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.” See her blog at Was your ancestor born in Reusel-De Mierden, Noord-Brabant? Guess again! for more details.
• Harrison, Indiana. A location of "New Amsterdam, Harrison, Indiana" appears frequently from various gedcoms in error. This is probably an auto-complete entry error that is replicated by submitters who did not correct the error. Indiana did not exist in the 1600s, so this can be safely corrected to "New Amsterdam, New Netherland." Noted by Steven Mix, 29 July 2014.

Sources

1. ↑ Chris Chester. "The Brouwer Genealogy Database." freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata. Accessed 19 Oct 2016. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/s26.htm#s3471
2. ↑ John Blythe Dobson. "Some Erroneous Marriages in Bergen's Kings County", New Netherland connections. vol. 6. num. 4. 1996. Berkeley, CA: Dorothy A. Koenig.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} John Blythe Dobson. ResearchGate.net. Accessed 19 Oct 2016. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261251741_Some_erroneous_marriages_in_Bergen's_Kings_County
4. ↑ NJGS. "Luyster: Geertien Pieters" njgsbc.org. Accessed 19 Oct 2016. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/
5. ↑ Chris Chester. "The Brouwer Genealogy Database." freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata. Accessed May 23, 2016. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/index.htm Geertje Pieters Luyster
6. ↑ Church records
7. ↑ Chris Chester. "The Brouwer Genealogy Database." freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata. Accessed May 23, 2016. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/index.htm Geertje Pieterse Wyckoff
8. ↑ Reynolds, Cuyler, editor. Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911. Vol. III, pp. 1275-1277.
9. ↑ Frijoff, William. Anneke's Fortune, Bogardus's Farewell, and Kieft's Son. "Emblematic Myths: Myth in History, History in Myth. Society for Netherlandic History (U.S.). International Conference. pages 117-146. Preview accessed at Google Books, 21 September 2018.
10. ↑ Anneke Jans is a well-known New Netherland settler who is herself a subject of much genealogical mythmaking.
11. ↑ Descendants of Albert and Arent Andriessen BRADT, by Cynthia Brott BIASCA (Henington Publishing Co., Wolfe City, TX, 1990)

See also

• Gustave Anjou Fraud - At the very least, his work affected the Wyckoff family. No problems have been found with the Ulster County Probate Records to date, but caution should be taken when using anything produced by Anjou.
• "Most Frequent Errors and Incorrect or Unproven Lines of Descent from Anneke Jans." freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ghosthunter. Accessed 15 Nov 2016. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ghosthunter/Anneke/page6.htm