Annetje Daniels
Immigrant from Holland ~1654
Annetje Daniels was likely born in Amsterdam. The Dutch naming tradition would indicate that her father's given name was Daniel. In Amsterdam, about May of 1649, Annetje met and married Joseph Waldron, who had two children from a previous marriage. His young Sarah was 3 years old, the other child probably younger, its mother having likely died in childbirth. It is unclear whether the young children lived with the newlyweds Joseph and Annetje, or with their father's mother, Maria Goverts. Joseph gave bonds for the children's maintenance before he remarried, and after immigration sent part of his salary back to his mother, until 1661.
Joseph and Annetje had a house near the hoeck of Passenger Street in Amsterdam. Two children were born to them there: Daniel in 1650 and Mary in 1652. Two years later the brothers Joseph and Resolved Waldron (II) arranged for passage to the Dutch colony in America, along with their families.
On their arrival in New Amsterdam the two families bought a house together on Broadway near Wall Street. (Here at Wall Street, a wall had been built by earlier colonists, to protect themselves in the Indian wars.) The two families joined the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam. Joseph and Annetje had three more children: Anna born in 1657, Deborah (who died in infancy, date unknown), and John born in 1661. Joseph was employed as butler to the garrison and in charge of the magazine of the company until his death in 1663. His youngest child was apparently 2 years old.
Annetje had requested funds to return to Holland, whether to stay or for a visit, but it is unclear whether surplus funds remained from Joseph's estate. In any case she remarried in New Amsterdam, in 1668 to Harman Smeeman, a mill owner. Young John was seven years old when his mother remarried; the next year he died accidentally in his step-father's mill. Annetje and Harman Smeeman were married less than 14 years. She remarried a third time in 1682 to Coenraet Ten Eyck. By 1668 she was again a widow. On 10 May 1668 Annetje transfered ownership of some city property to her son Daniel. Afterward, she was payed by the government "for tending sick soldiers."
Thirty-eight years of the life of Annetje Daniels are accounted for, between her first marriage and third widowhood. Her birth and death dates are unknown.
This biography extracted from "Harlem (City of New York), Its Origin and Early Annals", by James Riker, NY 1881, digitized by Google; see web address below for additional notes, and for descendants.)
| Date | Location | Notes | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth | ||||
| 1st Marriage | ~May 1649 | To Joseph Waldron | [1][2] [3] | |
| 2nd Marriage | 1668 | New Amsterdam/NYC | To Harman Smeeman | [1][2] |
| 3rd Marriage | 15 Apr 1682 | New Amsterdam/NYC | To Coenraet Ten Eyck | [1][2] |
| Death | after 1668 | expect New Amsterdam/NYC | [1] | |
| Burial |
Ancestry chart segment
Generation 11 Generation 12
+-- Joseph Waldron
| (????-1663)
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Daniel Waldron --+ +-- Daniel Damma or Daniel Adriaenszen Lernou
(1650-????) | |
+-- Annetje Daniels --+
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+-- Maria Goverts (wife of Daniel Adriaenszen Lernou)
Sources: [1][3][4]
Step-Children
(2 children of Joseph Waldron and first wife Aeltie Hendricks )
| Name | Gender | Date of Birth | Birthplace | Spouse | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Waldron | F | 1646 | Amsterdam, Holland | 1) 1662 m. Jan Gerritsen van Voorst 2)1666 m. Laurens Jansen Colevelt |
[1] | |
| Unknown Waldron | none | expect remained in Amsterdam with grandmother Maria Goverts |
[1] |
Children
( children of Joseph Waldron and Annetje Daniels )
| Name | Gender | Date of Birth | Birthplace | Spouse | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Waldron | M | 1650 | Amsterdam, Holland | m. 1673 Sarah Rutgers | [1] | |
| Mary Waldron | F | 1652 | Hendrick Gerritsen Blauvelt | [1] | ||
| Anna Waldron | F | 1657 | John Delamontagne. | [1] | ||
| John Waldron | M | ~1661 | none | died age 8, 23 Jan 1669 | [1] | |
| Deborah Waldron | none | died in infancy; birth order unknown |
[1] |
Places of Residence
| Location | Dates | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| expect Amsterdam, Holland | birth -~1654 | [1] | |
| New Amsterdam/NYC | ~1654 | [1] | |
Sources
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| 1 | Harlem (City of New York), Its Origin and Early Annals, by James Riker, NY 1881, digitized by Google at: http://books.google.com/books?id=0m4UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA555&lpg=PA555&dq=%22Resolved+Waldron%22+%22frederick+williams%22&source=web&ots=3b9rpKWmgu&sig=14dLsLW4Ibr21h9MHJucJ04cWL8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA554,M1 History of the family of Resolved Waldron, Pages 554-568 "Resolved Waldron,...was one of the most intelligent of the Harlem settlers...he had been in the printing business in Amsterdam and emigrated with his family to New Netherland, late in 1654. Received with his br. Joseph, and their w. to the fellowship of the chh. at New Amsterdam..." (The main biography continues with the line of Resolved Waldron. Footnoted (Pg 554-556) is the biography of his brother Joseph Waldron): "Joseph Waldron, "living near the hoeck of Passenger Street" in Amsterdam on the eve of his second marriage, appeared before the orphan masters, May 12, 1649...and gave bond for maintenance of his two chn. by his late w. Aeltie Hendricks; ...one of these perhaps was left at Amsterdam with its gd-mo., Maria Goverts, since it is not named in our records here, ...and Waldron was wont to order part of his salary to be paid his said mo.; the last time noticed was on Aug. 30, 1661 being two months' wages, 48 florins. He was butler to the garrison, and had charge of the magazine of the company. Waldron d. in 1663. Just before his end, sending for a notary to draw up his will, he said "there would be nothing left - but if anything whould remain, it should not be touched, but go to pay the passage of his widow who intended to leave for Fatherland". Upon these representations it appear(s) that there were "six minor children, two of whom are by a former marriage", the orphan's court of New Amsterdam, Dec. 10 1663, at the desire of the wid. Annetie Daniels, appointed Resolved Waldron, "her husband's brother" and Hendrick Jansen vander Vin...as guardians of her surviving chn. It is uncertain whether she visited Holland, as she was m. here in 1668 to Harman Smeeman and again in 1682 to Coenraet Ten Eyck. Joseph Waldron's children known to us were Sarah, Daniel, Mary, Anna, Deborah and John. Deborah d. in inf., and John when not quite 8 yrs. old... To her son Daniel and son-in-law Delamontagne, Annetie Daniels, then for the third time a wid., conveyed some city property May 10, 1688. She was afterward allowed pay by government "for tending sick soldiers". | |
| 2 | Young Family History by James C. Moule, website:http://home.earthlink.net/~jcmoule/wc_toc.html lists the 3 spouses for Annetje Daniels, with the following sources cited:
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| 3 | Selover-Slover Family, 2nd edition 1681-1968, by Mabel Jacques Hadler. Spiral bound paperback, indexed, several hundred pages. At MN Hist. Soc. Library; extracted by Elizabeth Wilson Williams 2008.
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| 4 | The Waldrons of Greene County NY and Beyond, Family Tree Maker online at: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/Ronald-A-Waldron/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0027.html This research cites numerous sources. (NOTE: This source indicates that Maria Govert, the mother of Annetje Daniels, was also the mother of Annetje's husband, Joseph Willemszen Waldron. Thus, Annetje would be the half-sister of her husband Joseph. We find this unlikely and suspect that some name commonality has led to a research error of miss-assigning records.)
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Source notes
- Number of children:"Harlem (City of New York), Its Origin and Early Annals", by James Riker", leaves a question regarding the total number of children of Joseph Waldron.
-Riker discusses Joseph's two children by first wife Aeltie Hendricks and says one of these two perhaps remained in Holland as "it is not named in our records here..."
- quoting proceedings of the orphans court, 1663, Riker says "appearing that there were six minor children, two of whom were by a former marriage"
- Riker names six children, 5 with birth dates. Sarah's birthdate places her as a child of the 1st marriage. Deborah's date is unknown, but the statement that she "died in infancy" would imply that she was not the child left in Holland to be raised by the grandmother. The children are named by Riker in birth order, so far as indicated by birth dates given. Deborah was named next to last, but without birth date.
This would seem to indicate at least 7 children total, 6 of whom were minors in New Amsterdam at the time of Joseph's death.
-Specifically named as 2nd wife Annetje Daniels' child is "son Daniel Waldron", to whom she leaves land, along with "son-in-law Delamontagne", implying that Anna Waldron (Delamontagne) was likely her daughter (if the term "son-in-law" had strict usage). - Date of immigration: "Harlem (City of New York)" by James Riker, in the biography re. Resolved Waldron says that he immigrated in 1654, and that he then, with his brother Joseph and their wives, were received into the New Amsterdam church. The implication is that Resolved & Joseph immigrated together, but the year of Joseph's immigration (& Annetje's) is not explicit. Other sources indicate Joseph immigrated first, in 1652; see his page.
- Coenraet Ten Eyck: per sources [37][38][39]cited by "The Young Family", James C. Moule, Coenraet Ten Eyck was born 1617 in Moers, Germany [37]; married 15 Apr 1682 [39]; died ca. 1687 New Amsterdam age 70 [38], [39]. Occupation shoemaker, tanner. Reformed Dutch Church [37]; came from Amsterdam to New Amsterdam before 1640. [38]
- Sources cited by Source 4 above (The Waldrons of Greene County NY):
136. Portrait and Biographical Record, provided by Betty Bailey, 6/25/01, Date of Import: Mar 7, 2000.
137. by James Riker, New Harlem Publishing Company 1904 / Literature House / Gregg Press, HARLEM: ITS ORIGINS AND EARLY ANNALS, (Republished in 1970 by Literature House, 121 Pleasant Ave, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458), 692, "... the widow, Annetie Daniels, appointed Resolved Waldron, "her husband's brother," and Hendrick Jansen Vander Vin, "who is her oldest and most intimate friend," as guardians for her surviving children. It is uncertain whether she visited Holland, as she was married here in 1668 to Harman Smeeman, and again, in 1682, to Conraet Ten Eyck."
138. American Marriages Before 1699, 1, "8163. Annetje Daniels, born circa 1623 in Amsterdam, Netherlands; died Aft. 15 Apr 1682. She was the daughter of 16326. Daniel Adriens Lernout and Maritje Goverts."
139. American Marriages Before 1699, 2, "v. Annetje Daniels, born circa 1623 in Amsterdam, Netherlands; died Aft. 15 Apr 1682; married (1) Joseph Willemsen Waldron 4 Apr 1649 in Old Dutch Church (Oude Kerk), Amsterdam, Netherlands; married (2) Harman Smeeman 1 Dec 1668 in New York, NY; married (3) Coenraet Ten Eyck 15 Apr 1682 in New York, NY."
140. Carrie Pence [jcpence@bellsouth.net], Waldron Family Genealogy Forum, "Electronic," #84, "Joseph Waldron and Annetje Daniels had the following children, I believe in this order: Annetie who married Jean de LaMontagne Saertie (Sara) who married Laurens Koolevelt* DANIEL who married SARA RUTGERS Marritie who married Hendrick Gerritzen Joris who married Magdelena Annetje (born in NY - 1657) Debora (born in NY - 1659) Jan (born in NY - 1661) I cannot be sure if Joris was born in NY or Holland but I believe that the oldest 4 children, including Daniel, were born in Holland."
141. Provided by Evelyn Shafer [eshafer@myexcel.com], 7/16/01, "Waldron Genealogy, by June Smith, from Church of LDS," 1, "Joseph Waldron b. 1614, d. 1663, m. 1st Aeltie Hendricks, 2nd Annetie Daniels."
142. The Political Graveyard, (http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waldron.html), "Electronic," 4, About the year 1650 or shortly thereafter the before mentioned brothers, Joseph and Resolved Waldron, came from Holland to America, and settled in New York, then New Amsterdam. Joseph, probably the eldest of these immigrant brothers, first married Aeltje Hendriks and have had issue by her, and in 1649 he married a second wife Annetie Daniels, by who he was the father of, among others, a son named Daniel. .
143. Richardson, Douglas, The European Origin and Ancestry of Joseph and Resolved Waldron, 1/1995, (New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Jan. 1995, pp. 1), 20, Joseph Waldron married second at the Old Church in Amsterdam 4 April 1649 Annetie Daniels (DTB 971:n.p.; FHL 0113353), after the following Amsterdam marriage intention: 13 March 1649. Appeared as before, Josep Waldron, from Amsterdam, book printer, widower of Aeltie Hendrix, living on the hook of the Passeerdcrstraat, and Annetje Daniels, from Amsterdam, living on the Elandsgracht, 25 years old, attended by her [rest is crossed out]. In the margin: he has declared (to the Orphans Court] 12 March 1649. Winkelman brought the mother's attestation; the mother consents to the marriage. Signed: Joseph Waldron, bride signed by mark (Marriage Intentions 466:396; FHL 0113205; transcription and translation courtesy of Mr. Otto Schutte).4 .
144. Richardson, Douglas, The European Origin and Ancestry of Joseph and Resolved Waldron, 1/1995, (New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Jan. 1995, pp. 1), 21, Annetje Daniels was bapdtized at the New Church in Amsterdam 15 January 1623 (DTB 40:197; FHL 0113144), daughter of Daniel Adriansz Lemou and Maria Goverts. For information on her ancestry, see the LERNOUT and COURTS families in subsequent installments of this article. The brothers Joseph and Resolved Waldron immigrated to New Am- sterdam with their families during the last half of 1654 or possibly early in 1655. On 3 April 1655 they bought a house and lot on Broadway (New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, vol. 5, transl. and ed. Charles T. Gehring, 1983, p. 391; Icon. 2:228, citing RNA 7:146). At some-point he was butler to the garrison and in charge of the magazine of the company (Har. 692 n.). On 18 November 1658 the granting of the request of Joseph Waldron to be appointed deputy sheriff of Fort Orange was postponed (CDM 202). On 19 December 1658 Joseph Waldron's -petition for* an allowance for house rent was granted (CDM 204). Joseph Waldron died between 1 February 1662 when he witnessed a document (New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, The Register of Salomon Lachaire... , ed. Kenneth Scott and Kenn Stryker-Rodda, 1978, p. 109) and 20 December 1663, evidently in New Amsterdam. On the latter date the records of the Orphan Masters of New Amsterdam show that Joseph Waldron had died, leaving six minor children, two of whom were from a former marriage. The records read as follows: In the City Hall, Thursday, 20 December 1663 Annetje Daniel, widow of Joseph Waldron, and with her Resolved Waldron and Mattheus de Vos, appearing: Resolved Waldron, states that when his late brother came to marrv the widow, the children by the former marriage had no property, and that the widow intends to depart for Fatherland. Mattheus de Vos declares that Josep Waldron dec'd did send for him to draw up a will: coming to him and enquiring into his condition, Josep gave him for answer, that there would be nothing left, (see notes for remainer of text).
145. Richardson, Douglas, The European Origin and Ancestry of Joseph and Resolved Waldron, 1/1995, (New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Jan. 1995, pp. 1), 187, Children of Daniel Adriens Lemout and Maria Goverts: v. Annetje Daniels, bap. New Church 15 Jan. 1623, witness: Teunqe Govens (DTB 40:197), m. Old Church 4 Apr. 1649 Joseph Waldron, for whom see the first installment of this article (Rec. 126:20-21). .
146. by James Riker, New Harlem Publishing Company 1904 / Literature House / Gregg Press, HARLEM: ITS ORIGINS AND EARLY ANNALS, (Republished in 1970 by Literature House, 121 Pleasant Ave, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458), 94, "He [Joseph Waldron] also was accompanied by a second wife, Annetie Daniels, but twenty-five when he married her, at Amsterdam, April 4, 1649, she and Resolved's wife being the same age."
147. Family Tree Maker, FTM Family Archives, CD#11, New Netherland Vital Records, 1600s, (On CD# 11), "Electronic," 1739, "Joseph Waldron married: 2nd, 4/4/1649 Annetje Daniels, d/o Daneil Adriaenszen Lernou."
148. Wilma Jo Clark Genealogy, 7/4/2003, 5, 1229. Annetie Daniels, born January 15, 1622/23; died May 10, 1688.
