Annetje
(Anna)
"Annetji, Anne"
Wilkins
formerly [surname unknown] aka Stillwell, Van Dyke, van Dyck
Born about in Netherlands
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Thomas Jansz van Dyck
[uncertain]
and Sytie Dircks
[uncertain]
Wife of
Nicholas Stillwell Jr.
— married
about 1641 in New Amsterdam, New York
Wife of
William Foster
— married
after 1672 [location unknown]
Wife of
William Wilkins
— married
29 Dec 1672 in Gravesend, Kings, New York, British Colonial America
Descendants 
Mother of
Anne (Stillwell) Brittain, Alice (Stillwell) Lake, Maria (Stillwell) Britton, William Stillwell, Thomas Stillwell, Daniel Stillwell Esquire, John Stillwell, Mary (Stillwell) Mott and Jeremiah Stillwell
Died
at about age 68
in Province of New York
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Biography
Parents
It is not known who Ann's parents are. Her surname never appeared in the records of New Netherland.
Presumed daughter of Thomas Janse Van Dyke and Sytje Verks Dirks
There is a family tradition that she was Dutch and that she might have been a van Dyke or a van Dincklage and the daughter of one of the Schout Fiscaels in New Netherland, possibly Hendrick van Dyck/Dyke or Lubbert van Dincklage. Somewhere along the way, family genealogists have conflated all of the van Dykes into one family and she was given the parents of Thomas Jansz van Dyke and Sytie Dircks. There are no sources to support any of these parents.
"Of Ann, the wife of Nicholas Stillwell, the First, little is known. She was probably an English woman, for she subsequently became the wife of William Wilkins and of William Foster, both Englishmen, and nowhere among the Dutch records, wherein her name appears and where the opportunity has been ample, has her surname been given, as was common among the Dutch of that day." [1]
"The statement that the wife of Nicholas Stillwell, the First, was a Dutch woman rests on too meagre evidence to be entertained. Judge Nicholas Stillwell, a descendant through Nicholas Stillwell, the Second, and a resident of Gravesend, had a hazy tradition that either the first or the second Nicholas Stillwell brought from Leyden, Holland, 'a Dutch wife and a couple of children'; and from Benjamin M. Stilwell came the assertion that she was either a Van Dyke or a Van Dincklage, daughter of the New Amsterdam Schout Fiscal of that name. With him, Benjamin M. Stilwell, it was merely a belief that she was a member of one of these two families, based upon some remote association in his mind of these names, but of proof he had none." [1]
Supposed Parents
- Father: Thomas Jansen Van Dyke b: 1580 in Amsterdam, Holland Mother: Sytje Dircks b: 1584 in Amsterdam, Holland
Name
- The only source found for her name so far is Early memoirs of the Stilwell family...
Birth
Wife of William Wilkins; William Foster and Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, III
First Marriage
- Husband: Lt. Nicholas Cook Jr. Stillwell
- Wife: Annetje VanDyke
- Wife of Nicholas Stillwell — married 1641 in New Amsterdam, New York
- 1640 New Amsterdam, New York, United States [2]
- 1648 United States [4]
Mother of
- John Stillwell
- Captain Richard Stillwell
- Anne Stillwell
- Alice Abigail Stillwell
- William Stillwell
- Elias Stillwell
- Thomas Stillwell
- Daniel Stillwell
- Mary Mott (Stillwell)
- Jeremiah Stillwell
Second Marriage
- After Nicholas Stillwell died Annetje remarried in 1672 to William Wilkins.[10]
- Husband: William Wilkins
- Wife: Annetje VanDyke
- 1654 Gravesend, Long Island [4]
- 1671 Staten Island, Richmond, New York [4]
Death
- 1686 Long Island, Queens, New York[4]
Church Records
- Children's baptisms [12]
- 1651. den 9 Jul. Nicolaes Stillewel, Anna. Thomas. Wit.: Thomas Hall, Marritie Geerards, Susanna Bresert.
- 1653 Nov 13 Daniel, Nicolaes Stilwell. Wit.: Pieter Wolfertszen, Jean Vaen, Hester Ter Neuf, Mary Arbecq.
- 1663 Jan 13 Jeremias, Nicolaes Stillewill, Annetje. Wit.: Frans Joosten Bruijn, Hans Stijn, en sijn huysvrouw.
- Marriage
- 1672 Dec 29 William Wilking to Ann Stillwell wid. of Gravesend. [13]
- Baptismal witness
- 1651. den 9 Jul. Francois Wicks. Annatje, Thomas. Wit; Ennem Bennem, Thomas Baxster, en syn hus vr., Annetje Stillewil.[12] Note: Because this was a baptism of twins, there were four witnesses.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Stillwell Genealogy." haygenealogy.com. Accessed 16 Jul 2016. http://haygenealogy.com/hay/sources/britton/stillwelltreeorig.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Source: #S-240957069 Page: Source number: 1034.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WRP APID: 1,7836::1253077, Source: #S-240957069 Page: Source number: 99.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RMP APID: 1,7836::1253075, Page: Source number: 367.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RMP APID: 1,7836::1253074
- ↑ Source: #S-240666196 Page: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly-1879) - Extracts; Publication Place: New York; Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; Page Number: 128 APID: 1,7831::654582
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Source: #S-240951857 APID: 1,3599::1763741, Source: #S-240666107 APID: 1,2081::8323, Source: #S-240687527 APID: 1,5774::2337428, Source: #S-240720313 APID: 1,7854::300043, Source: #S-240955142 APID: 1,3824::168876, Source: #S-241000416 APID: 1,7249::105015166
- ↑ Source: #S119
- ↑ Source: #S266 Source number: 367.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RMP. Birth date: 1618Birth place: En
- ↑ Source: #S254 Ancestry Family Trees http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=10471435&pid=-635601166
- ↑ Source: #S119
- ↑ Source: #S266 Source number: 367.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RMP. Birth date: 1618Birth place: En
- ↑ Bergen's Early Settlers of Kings Co, New York Page 277 available here: Space:Early_Bergen_County_Families
- ↑ Bergen, Teunis B copied from Graveend records Page 20.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 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, Part 1. New York: Printed for the Society, 1890.
- ↑ The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Vol. IV. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1873. "Marriage Records, Gravesend, L. I.".
- http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=28a8b8da-cd4d-4e25-9f1e-493b73fe56bb&tid=70379628&pid=168
- Wardell, Patricia A. "Stillwell: Anne Van Dyke." in Early Bergen County Families. File BCFam-Stillwell.pdf. Accessed 06 Jul 2016 at http://njgsbc.org/files/BCFamilies/
- Genealogy. com Stillwell & Bergen, Kings County, NY, mid 1800s By Gregory Stilwell
- Chester, Chris. "The Brouwer Genealogy Database." freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata. Ann Van Dyke Accessed May 23, 2016.
- Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet Completed. Edward Mayes. Circa 1935. Privately published. Clark T. Thornton, editor. Reprinted 2009. Pages 91, 93.
- Source: Stillwell Tree, part of HayGenealogy.com.
- Source: S306 Media: Book: Abbreviation: Daniel Perrin: Title: Daniel Perrin, "The Huguenot," and his descendants in America, of the surnames, Perrine, Perine, and Prine, 1665-1910: Author: Perrine, Howland Delano: Publication: South Orange, N.J.,publisher unknown,1910: Date: 2 Jul 2006
- Source: S-240666107 Repository: #R-847422311 Title: American Marriages Before 1699 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,2081::0 Repository: R-847422311 Name: Ancestry.com
- Source: S-240957069 Repository: #R-847422311 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,7836::0
- Source: S-240666196 Repository: #R-847422311 Title: New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,7831::0
- Source: S-240687527 Repository: #R-847422311 Title: Family Data Collection - Marriages Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,5774::0
- Source: S-240720313 Repository: #R-847422311 Title: New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s Author: Genealogical Research Library, comp Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,7854::0
- Source: S-240951857 Repository: #R-847422311 Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,3599::0
- Source: S-240955142 Repository: #R-847422311 Title: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,3824::0
- Source: S-241000416 Repository: #R-847422311 Title: Millennium File Author: Heritage Consulting Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,7249::0
- Source: S-241011557 Repository: #R-847422311 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: Ancestry 168
- Source: #S-269701049: Page: Ancestry Family Trees Text: Ancestry 516950599
- "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:39WB-SSJ : accessed 2015-01-24), entry for Willem /Stillwell/.
- Source: S119 Terry Dearborn terrylau@@flash.net NOTENancy's fourth cousin twice removed
- Source: S254 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;
- Source: S266 Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.
Acknowledgments
- Robert Adams, Entered by Robert Adams, Jan 22, 2012. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Robert and others.
- This person was created through the import of SalisburyGedWikiTree.ged on 05 February 2011.
- Thank you to Michele Britton for creating WikiTree profile Van Dyke-274 through the import of ANCESTORS OF MARIE ALAINA CINTOLO.ged on Jul 18, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michele and others.
- This person was created through the import of WikiTree.ged on 20 February 2011.
- This person was created through the import of Wilson.ged on 14 September 2010.
- Van Dyke Wilkins Britton-1 was created by Linda Weishahn through the import of Kerst Family Tree2.ged on Oct 31, 2014.
- This person was created through the import of Newman Family Tree.ged on 12 March 2011.
- VanDyke-184 was created by Jean Boland through the import of Boland_Vaughan Family Tree.ged on Nov 25, 2014.
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I’m having a hard time finding sources that support the assertion that the first wife of Lt. Nicholas Stillwell Jr. (Stillwell-18) was Annetje (Unknown) Wilkins (Unknown-329619) and that Annetje had a son, Capt. Nicholas (Stillwell-52). I am aware of the difficulty in finding original sources to show that Abigail Hopton was the mother of Nicholas and his older brother, Richard (Stillwell-149), but I’m not sure that Annetje (Unknown) Wilkins is any better attested.
For example, the marriage of Nicholas, Sr. and Annetje took place about 1641 in New Amsterdam, New York. Yet, their son, Richard, was born in 1634 in Leyden, South Holland Netherlands. Similarly, Capt. Nicholas was born in 1636 also in Holland, Nederland. These dates and places don’t seem to add up unless you assume that Lt. Nicholas Stillwell Jr. (Stillwell-18) met Annetje in the Netherlands, had two sons out of wedlock in the 1630s, then immigrated to New Amsterdam as a family where Nicholas and Annetje were married in 1641. Is this what actually happened?
A few other details confused me. First, the name “VanDyke” does not appear in the name on the profile’s header, but it does in the “First Marriage” section. Second, Capt. Richard Stillwell was listed as Annetje VanDyke’s son on her profile, but the name of Capt. Nicholas Stillwell (Stillwell-51) does not appear anywhere on the list of Annetje’s children. Third, at a time when middle names allegedly were not used as frequently as they are today, two middle names appear on the list of her children and one of them is Abigail. Was this just a coincidence or did Lt. Nicholas Stillwell name his daughter, Alice Abigail Stillwell, after his first wife?
I’m sure I must have missed something, so if you could direct me to sources that could help reduce my uncertainty, I would most appreciate it. Thank you in advance for your help.
Best regards, Marion
They were formerly listed as sons of Abigail Unknown, but it looks like someone changed their mother back to the unproven and unlikely Hopton and then someone came along and detached them from her and added them here.
I didn't think this was possible with the PPP.
1. A history of the town of Gravesend, N.Y. / by A.P. Stockwell. And [A history] of Coney Island / by Wm.H. Stillwell., Page 36. hathitrust.org
I think the previous birth year 1602 was based on the years of Birth (ages) of her parents and the according the info from her Bio 'hazy tradition' (she was from the Netherlands and either was a van Dyke or a van Dincklage) and many of the online genealogies.
Unfortunately he link isn't working and not sure if we have a source for her death that actually shows she was 84 years of age, if there's a source that does, we of course can correct her year of Birth to 1602...
Greets from the Netherlands and thanks for the help, it's appreciated !
Bea
Name: Anne Van Dyke Gender: f (Female) Birth Date: 1602 Birth Place: Brooklyn, Staten Island, New York, USA Death Date: 1686 Death Place: Gravesend, Long Island, New York, USA Death Age: 84 Spouse: Lt. Nicholas Stillwell Children: Alice Stillwell William Stillwell Anne Stillwell URL: https://www.genealogieonline.n...
Anne Van Dyke Gender: f (Female) Birth Date: 1602 Birth Place: Brooklyn, Staten Island, New York, USA Death Date: 1686 Death Place: Gravesend, Long Island, New York, USA Death Age: 84 Spouse: Lt. Nicholas Stillwell Children: Alice Stillwell William Stillwell Anne Stillwell URL: https://www.genealogieonline.n...
See also: https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=raunerallan&id=I31692
New Netherlands Project has determined that her LNAB is Unknown.
So New Netherland's Project has changed her last name to Unknown.
This profile should be merged into Unknown-329619
They did name a son Thomas but their children's names all appear to be English.
It wasn't uncommon for English folks to be called by Dutch first names in records, such as Theophilus Ellsworth commonly being called "Stoffel", so it is possible that Annetje may not have been her first name.