Joseph Waldron

Immigrant from Holland ~1654

It has been suggested that the father of Joseph Waldron and his brother Resolved Waldron was an Englishman, descendant of the Edward I and Edward II of Walderne, England. Many English landholders removed to the Netherlands during the reign of the Catholic Queen Mary (1553-1558), just as many Germans removed to the tolerant city of Mannheim during the religious tumult of the Counter-Reformation. Whether this was the motivation of the Walderne/Waldron family or not, by the early 1600's members of the Waldron family had relocated to Amsterdam and married Dutch wives. Their grandchildren, the brothers Resolved and Joseph Waldron, emmigrated to New Amsterdam in 1654 with their wives and children. They bought a house together on Broadway near Wall Street, and joined the fellowship of the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam.
Five years before embarking for the Dutch colony in America, Joseph Waldron "living near the hoeck of Passenger Street in Amsterdam", appeared before the orphans court on 12 May 1649, "on the eve of his second marriage", and made arrangements (bonds) for the maintenance of two children by his marriage to first wife Aeltie Hendricks, "as they had no property". It is also suggested that one of these two children may have been left behind in Amsterdam when Joseph & famiy emigrated, to be raised by its grandmother, Maria Goverts. This speculation is based on the facts that no records for the child had been found here, and that Joseph Waldron ordered part of his salary to be paid to his mother, Maria Goverts; the last recorded of these payments was for 48 florins, 2 months salary, made on 30 Aug 1661.
In New Amsterdam, Joseph was butler to the garrison and in charge of the magazine. He died in 1663, requesting a notary to draw up his will shortly before he died. He said that there would be nothing left (presumably after debts were paid), but if there should be, it should go to his wife who wished to return to the Fatherland. (See Resolved Waldron, who died similarly, having invested so heavily in land, that debt was expected initially to obliterate his estate.) Joseph's will also represents that there were "six minor children, two of whom are by a former marriage". 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 of her surviving children. Whether or not she revisited Holland, she remarried in New Amsterdam in 1668 to Harman Smeeman, and agian in 1682 to Coenraet Ten Eyck.
On 23 Jan. 1661, son John, not quite 8 years old, died accidentally in his step-father's mill.
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		expect Amsterdam, Holland
1st Marriage	expect ~1645		To Aeltie Hendricks (d. by May 1649; 2 children)
2nd Marriage	~ May 1649		Annetje Daniels
Death	1663	expect New Amsterdam (NY)
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 11        Generation 12
                                       +-- Unknown Waldron
                                       |
                  +-- Joseph Waldron --+
                  |   (????-1663)      |
                  |                    +-- Maria Goverts
 Daniel Waldron --+                    
 (1650-????)      |
                  +-- Annetje Daniels
                  
     
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Children with 1st wife

(2 children with Aeltie Hendricks; one possibly remained in Holland )

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
Unknown Waldron				none	expect remained in Amsterdam with grandmother Maria Goverts

Children with 2nd wife

( 5 children with Annetje Daniels )

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Daniel Waldron	M	1650	Amsterdam, Holland	m. 1673 Sarah Rutgers
Mary Waldron	F	1652		Hendrick Gerritsen Blauvelt
Anna Waldron	F	1657		John Delamontagne.
Deborah Waldron				none	died in infancy; birth order unknown
John Waldron	M	~1661		none	died age 8, 23 Jan 1669

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources

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 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... Daniel Waldron, b. 1650 at Amsterdam, m. in 1673 Sarah Rutgers, dr. of Rutger Willemsen. He was a gun-stock maker, but while serving in the city guards against Leister, lost an eye and was otherwise badly hurt by the premature discharge of "a great gone" (sic), Mar. 19, 1691....Daniel Waldron and his son Joseph were admitted freemen Aug. 30, 1698, He had chn. Joseph b. 1674; Judith, b. 1675, m. Mr. Isaac Selover; Rutgers, b. 1677; Annetie b. 1681, m. Francis Buys and Isaac van Duersen; Sarah, b. 1683, m. Carsten Burger; John, b. 1685; Maria, b. 1686 m, Frederick Williams; Cornelia, b. 1688, m. Gerrit de Forest; and Catharine, b. 1689, m. Isaac Boelen. The last d. in her 83rd yr. in 1772, her srs. Sarah and Cornelia surviving her; and of the others, Judith lived to be 85, Annetie 84 and Mary 80. Their mo. d. Jan. 7, 1738, (in her) 95th year. Pg. 373 re. William Waldron, son of Resolved Waldron: "William Waldron, eldest son of Resolved, had learned the cooper's trade, and established himself in New York where he married the daughter of the wealthy Stoutenburgh, city treasurer, and now enjoyed the position of inspector of pipe-staves.
2	Harlem Commons Syndicate of New York, New York Times, various issues of 1880-1890, see link at right. This syndicate of Dutch landowners in New Amsterdam/New York fought to retain their land rights as the city apparently condemned land for the building of piers, and for the building of the Harlem River Ship Canal. In this regard the land acquisitions of Resolved Waldron mentioned in James Riker's "Harlem (City of New York)" are of interest. The Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood is mentioned as is the Round Meadow, in this neighborhood. (Use link to text at right). (Additional items re. the Syndicate connection below): See at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spuyten_Duyvil_Creek "Spuyten Duyvil Creek channel connects the Hudson River to the Harlem River Ship Canal and the Harlem River in New York City, separating Manhattan from the Bronx mainland. The Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood lies north of the creek." (maps included) Jane Stoughton, a 6th-great-granddaughter of Joseph Waldron, mentions in her will a faint hope of still being a beneficiary of the Syndicate. Jennie S. Stoughton, a 5th-great granddaughter of ancestor Joseph Waldron, says in her memoir, "The Early Days", printed 1927 by The Barber County Index' (Kansas), page 88: "When the French held the country around Detroit, they planted pear seed until there had been many fine trees of this same variety that an ancestor of my father, Peter Stuyvesant, and an early governor of New York had brought from Europe in 1668." (It is possible that Jennie S. Stoughton's family stories and tradition included Resolved Waldron, brother of Joseph Waldron and an associate of Peter Stuyvesant, and that the more famous Stuyvesant had erroneously been remembered as being the family ancestor. Or, perhaps Jennie Stoughton's statement is true, and both men are family connected. We have no evidence of Stuyvesant as an ancestor to our Stoughtons. For what is known of the relationship of Stuyvesant and Resolved Waldron, see below.) "Harlem (City of New York), Its Origin and Early Annals", by James Riker, NY 1881, digitized by Google, (see web link, Source #1, above.) Page 556: "The next year the directors in Holland would have made (Resolved) Waldron sheriff of the Dutch towns on Long Island but Stuyvessant wrote them, June 25, 1660: "Respecting the person, Resolved Waldron, we may be permitted to remark,that when appointed as a deputy to the fiscael, and as schout-by-nacht in this city, he conducted himself with so much fidelity and vigilance that he gave to us and the magistrates great satisfaction, so that his services, both as respects the Company and the fiscael can hardly be dispensed with, besides that he would not be so well fitted for the shrievalty of the said villages as he cannot well wield his pen; wherefore, till your futher orders on this point, we shall ask his continuance in that office." Stuyvesant was allowed to retain his favorite officer while his own rule lasted."	(Harlem Commons Syndicate)

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 last,implying that she was the youngest child, 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 her daughter.
• Date of immigrationIt is clear from "Harlem (City of New York)" that Joseph had already remarried before immigration. 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 is not actually explicit.