Maria Goverts
Resident of Holland
Maria Goverts was born in Amsterdam, during the era of the division of the Netherlands into Protestant north (which became Holland) and Catholic south (which became Belgium). Her husband Resolved Waldron (1594) is said to have immigrated to New Amsterdam as did her two known sons, Resolved and Joseph. Maria however is said to have died in the Netherlands.
16th Century History of the Netherlands
During the course of the 16th century (1500's), the Netherlands experienced significant political changes. The union of the lowlands with Spain under Charles V, combined with the Renaissance's renewed awareness of Humanism, and the religious Reformation led to a rebellion against the Spanish rule and to the start of the religious war. By 1600, the northern and southern Netherlands were effectively split. In Northern Renaissance art, the Dutch Golden Age blossomed in the north while the Flemish Baroque, reflecting the Catholic Counter-Reformation, developed in the south. (Johannes Vermmer (1632-1665), resident of Delft, was of this Dutch Baroque school of painting. Raised by Dutch Reformed parents, he married into wealthy Catholic family. He would have been of the generation of Maria Goverts' children.) Gradually, as the Southern Netherlands remained under Spanish rule, the balance of power shifted to the north and the emerging Dutch Republic. Amsterdam became the center of wealth, power, and exploration. Governors in Amsterdam controlled the Dutch colony in America. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_in_the_Netherlands
| Date | Location | Notes | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth | 1585 | Amsterdam, Noord- Holland, Netherlands | [W1][W2] | |
| Marriage | To Resolved Waldron | [W1][W2] | ||
| Death | Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands |
[W2] |
Ancestry chart segment
Generation 12 Generation 13 Generation 14
+-- Resolved Waldron
| (1594-1670)
Joseph Waldron --+ +-- Govert Jans
(1620-1663) | | (1565-1617)
+-- Maria Goverts?--------+
(1585-????) |
+-- Pieterje Michiels
(1570-1634)
Sources: [W2]
Children
( Children with Resolved Waldron; number of children unknown)
| Name | Gender | Date of Birth | Birthplace | Spouse | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved Waldron (II) | M | 1610 | Amsterdam, Holland | [1][W2] | ||
| Joseph Waldron | M | 1620 | Amsterdam, Holland | [1][W2] |
Places of Residence
| Location | Dates | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam, Noord- Holland, Netherlands | b. 1585 | [W2] | |
| Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands | [W2] |
Sources
| Ref. Num. | Description | Image of original |
|---|---|---|
| 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 marriege, 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 notice was on Aug. 30, 1661 being two months' wages, 48 florins. | |
| 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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Web Sites - Documentation Incomplete
| Ref. Num. | Description |
|---|---|
| W1 | "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900", Yates Publishing, [database on-line] Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network Inc., 2004. found on ancestry.com at http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=1271514&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Resolved Waldron b. 1594, place of birth "Ho", spouse Maria Goverts b. 1585. (This site lists unsourced material from submitted family trees.) |
| W2 | "Kircher Family tree", at Ancestry.com. Owner: royalribbonsfarm. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=3086178&pid=-1158918341
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Source Notes
- Source #1, Harlem, City of New York - Maria Govert was "gd.-mother" of one of the children of Joseph Waldron. Additional wording says Joseph sent money back to Holland "to his said mother". It is possible that Maria Govert was his mother-in-law and thus the grandmother of Joseph's child and yet referred to simply as his mother. From this source, researchers have assigned the name of Maria Govert as the mother of Joseph Waldron, which is problematic. Maria Govert is also assigned as the mother of Joseph Waldron's wife, Annetje Daniels. Joseph Waldron's father is said to have been Johannes Willemsen Waldron, Maria Govert's first husband; Annetje Daniels' father is said to have been Daniel Adriaenszen Landou, Maria Govert's second husband. This would make the married couple Annetje and Joseph step-siblings. "Maria Govert" may have been a common name in Amsterdam. We believe other additional primary records are needed to establish the parentage of this couple.
