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Record for YSAAC OSTRANDER cf notes
Yssak Ostrander
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Grandson Ysaak Ostrander (1725-1809), son of Pieter Pietersen Ostrander (1680-1739), married Elizabeth Mackansch (born 1737) in 1757 at Albany, NY and they had 8 children near Albany (the "birth" dates on the Family Group Sheet are their baptism dates) as they were baptized at the Albany Dutch Reformed Church. Ysaak Ostrander is called the patriarch of the Ostrander family in Canada. During the American Revolutionary War, Ysaak Ostrander was a Loyalist and was for the English as these two records show. First, "Information having been exhibited to this board from which we are of the opinion that Isaac Ostrander of the Helleberg [now Altamont] is a dangerous person and disaffected, and that by his conversation he endeavors daily to injure the cause [American] and he having been cited to appear before us this day, resolve that he be confined and that Mittimus be made out for him". Second, "Resolved that Isaac Ostrander be liberated from his confinement on entering into a recognizance for his good behavior doing his duty and appearing before any three of the Commissioners for Conspiracies thereunto required during the continuance of the present war with Great Britain. Isaac Ostrander of the Helleberg, farmer, fined 100 pounds. New York Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies". After active participation against the Revolutionaries, settlement in Canada was a logical move in the late 1780s and Ysaak Ostrander appears to have settled near Fonthill Village, Thorold Township, Welland County, Ontario, Canada even though there is only actually evidence placing his children there. It was written of Ysaak Ostrander that he "was a farmer in Helderberg section of Albany County, NY and there are traces of him being at Schoarie ... and around Norman Kill Creek, NY. In the years 1777-1781 we find Isaac living around Schoarie. He later joined the British at Auchguza. His lands were confiscated and between 1780 and 1785 he emigrated to the Niagara District in Ontario. [Isaac] first settled at Queenstown, Ontario and since that time we have been unable to trace Isaac and Elizabeth, although we have traced their children."
nrclark3added this on 10 Jul 2011 pvella92originally submitted this to Neilly Family Tree on 8 Feb 2010
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Isaac Ostrander, Loyalist
Ysaac or Isaac Ostrander was a farmer in the Helderberg area of New York state. During the war for independence, he remained loyal to Great Britain. Thus, a revolutionary board in Albany found as follows:
MINUTES of the Commissioners for detecting and defeating Conspiracies IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK Albany County Sessions, i 778-1 781
Edited by Victor Hugo Paltsits, State Historian
Volume II : 1780-1781
Published by the State op New York, Albany, 1909
19 Aug 1780
Information having been exhibited to this Board from which they are of opinion that Isaac Ostrander of the Hellebergh is a dangerous and disaffected person and that by his conversation he endeavours dally to Injure the American cause and he having been cited to appear before us appearing this Day - Resolved that he be confined and that a Mittimus be made out for him -
4 Sep 1780
Resolved that Isaac Ostrander be liberated from his Confinement on entering into a recognizance for his good Behaviour doing his duty and appearing before any three of the Commissioners for Conspiracies when thereunto required during the Continuance of the present war with Great Britain - Isaac Ostrander of the Hellebergh Farmer in.. ;£100
Indications are that Isaac's family moved from Schoharie to Normanskill during the war and that Isaac went to Auchgaza where he joined the British forces. Following the war Isaac and his family moved to Canada along with many Loyalists, lured by land grants from the British Government. In Thorold Township, Welland County, Isaac owned lots 70,93, and 116 situated on what became known as "Holland Row" because of the large number of Dutch settlers. Holland Row ran Eastward into Lundy"s Lane, scene of the defeat of an invading American army in the War of 1812. [Info per:OSTRANDER: A GENEALOGICAL RECORD 1660 - 1995 By Emmett Ostrander & Vinton P. Ostrander?Published by the Ostrander Family Association Founded 1984]
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don314159 originally submitted this to Donald F. Clark Family Tree on 26 May 2009
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Andries Mackansch & Hagar Pyckert Married 18 August 1725 at Albany, NY, 1700s , NY
Andries Mackansch (born 1690 Scotland?) married Hagar Pyckert (born 1700 England?) on 18 August 1725 at Albany, Albany, NY and then had several children there inclucing Elizbeth Mackansch (born 1737) who married Ysaak Ostrander (1725-1809) who together had 8 children in Albany, NY before immigrating to Canada in the late 1780s.
MACKANSCH/MCKANS/MEEKANS/MCCANS - This family is seen only briefly in the records of the Dutch Reformed Church in Albany in the 18th century. Because they are most often found listed as "McKans" and use the name "Patrick" it is possible that these are people of Scotish or English origins whose surname became altered to appear more Dutch ...
PYCKERT/PICKARD/PIDDART - This family's origins are equally obscure and her surname may also be some dutch styled spelling for an English surname ...
All we have on this family is the marriage of Andries and Hagar and the baptisms (the "birth" dates on the Family Group Sheet are their baptism dates) of their children from the Albany Dutch Reformed Church records.
Daughter Elizabeth Mackansch (born 1737) married into the Ostrander family and from there they are well documented.
Source: Diane Muach book-in-progress; Albany Dutch Reformed Church records
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jlchipman originally submitted this to lamphiear on 6 Dec 2009
Andries Mackansch & Hagar Pyckert Married 18 August 1725 at Albany, NY
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Record for RACHAEL DINGMAN; cf 2 descriptions under 'notes'.
Adam Dingman (1631-1721) Immigrant, 1600s & 1700s , Netherlands & NY
Adam Dingman (1631-1721) is the Dingman immigrant to America.
His GREAT GRANDFATHER, Adam Dingman born about 1540 in Antwerp, Belgium, likely moved his family to The Netherlands in about 1580 to escape persecution from catholic Emperor Charles V of Spain who at that time ruled Belgium.
His GRANDFATHER, Adam Dingman born about 1570 in Antwerp, Belgium, was a pursemaker living "outside the gate on the Achterburgwal" of Amsterdam, Netherlands when he married Janneke Gerritse there after their banns 15 September 1601. They moved a few miles away to Haarlem where their 6 children were born and baptized.
His FATHER, Gerrit Dingman born about 1604 in Haarlem, Netherlands, was living on Molen Straat in Haarlem when he married Janneke Teuwese there 25 Jan 1629. They had 5 children, including Adam Dingman (1631-1721), born and baptized at Haarlem, Netherlands. The children's "birthdates" in the Family Group Sheet are actually the dates of their Haarlem baptisms.
Adam Dingman (1631-1721) is the only Dingman known to have immigrated to America and apparently did so in the 1650s. It appears that he was near Albany "up the Hudson River" by about 1655 and was at Greenbush in Albany County in New Netherlands by 1663. He went on to become a "prosperous freeholder in Kinderhook" in Albany County, NY. He married Aeltje Jacobse Gardenier (born about 1646) probably about 1669 at Kinderhook, NY. They were members of the Reformed Dutch Church in Albany. No records were kept there until 1683, but their 7 children were probably baptized there and Adam and Aeltje Jacobse (Gardenier) Dingman were probably buried there. Adam Dingman was Roadmaster at Kinderhook beginning in 1671, Path and Fence Viewer in 1675, and Deputy Sheriff in 1679. Adam Dingman on 09 September 1677 signed a deed for a January 1677 purchase of a Kinderhook home and farm from his father-in-law for 500 guilders, he bought more Kinderhook land through brother-in-law Maes Cornelissen Bloomingdael (married to Aeltje's sister Jacomyntje) in 1678, and is said to have purchased even more Kinderhook land perhaps in 1684. Adam Dingman and wife Aeltje made a joint will 19 November 1683. In 1686 Adam Dingman was 1 of 31 settlers to receive land from Governor-General Nicholls from the Kinderhook patent. In 1699 he took the Oath of Allegiance to Great Britain. Adam Dingman's final will was written 21 January 1721, probably after his wife's death, at the home of daughter Janneke and son-in-law Pieter Cool in the manor of Rensselaerwyck. Adam Dingman was advanced in age by this time and may have been living with them. His will was probated 14 March 1721.
DAUGHTER Rachel Dingman (1680-1730) married Pieter Pietersen Van Ostrander/Van Norstrand (1657-1740) in 1679 and they raised 14 children at Hurley, NY. They were married at Kingston, NY's "Old Dutch Church" and the children were probably baptized there (the birthdates on the Family Group Sheet are actually baptism dates) also.
Sources: Diane Murach's book-in-progress;
Directory to Persons in New Netherlands 1600s;
Dutch Settlers Society, v.46, 1977-9;
the 09 September 1677 deed;
Gary Ian Roberts' research and Mahard Genealogy and Kocher Genealogy and Montez Dingman research
nrclark3 added this on 21 Dec 2009
jlchipman originally submitted this to lamphiear on 5 Dec 2009
Adam Dingman (1631-1721) Immigrant
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Adam Dingman of Kinderhoek, New York
(nrclark tree by nrclark3)
Adam Dingman is the original emigrant to the New World and is the patriarch of the Old New York Dutch family by this name. Research has indicated that he is the son of Gerrit & Janneke (Teeuwees) Dingman of Haarlem. Christening records in Haarlem indicate he was baptized on the 31 of August 1631, which does not conflict with any records found in New York. Adam Dingman's daughter, Rachel, married Peitre Ostrander and thus this family is linked with the Ostranders that settle in Ontario, Canada. Adam Dingman is profiled in Pearson's classic genealogical work on early Albany settlers which is transcribed here as follows:
" Adam, born in Haerlem in Holland, residing in Greenbush 1663; bought a farm in 1677 in Kinderhoeck of his father-in-law, Jacob Janse Gardenier; m. Aeltie [Alice] Jacobse Gardinier; in 1683 they made a joint will; on March 20, 1720-21 he made a separate will in which he speaks of his sons and daughters (not by name) and son-in-law Pieter Cool. Ch: Jacob; Janneke [Jane] w. of Pieter Barents Cool; Josyntie [Josine], bp. Sept. 28, 1684; Garrit [Gerard], bp. Jan. 16, 1687." [re: pg. 43].
The transport record for Adam Dingman has never been located, leaving the exact date of his arrival unclear. An abstract of Adam's original will confirms Pearson's comments and shows that the information about Adam's origins from Haerlem comes from this document. The will written on the 21st of January of 1720/1 mentions that Adam is sick and weak. He divides his estate evenly among all his children and appoints his son-in-law, Peter Cool of the Manor of Livingston to execute the document. Adam's will is witnessed by Willem Halenbeek, Gysbert Osterhout, and Dirk Halenbeek [re: Albany Will Book, pg. 170-1]. Court Minutes indicate that Adam Dingman was a prosperous freeholder. He purchased land from his father-in-law in Kinderhoek and his name is found in county records, as active in many county positions, denoting some status. In 1671, Adam Dingman is appointed as overseer of building roads, fences and enclosures in his neighborhood. He was called into court to appraise or access damages in several court cases. He is called a "referee", in a case, inspecting and accessing damages as an objective and trusted third party. He was appointed deputy sheriff to replace John Lambertse and re-appointed to this position. This position was probably concerned more with tax collection and probate, than with law enforcement. In 1679 and 1682, Adam was appointed as overseer for the county. Adam and his wife Aeltje Jacobs Gardinier made a joint will on the 19th of November 1683 [re: Albany Records, Book 3: 563-4]. After his wife's death, Adam made a separate will on the 21st of January 1721, which was proved on the 20th of March 1721 [re: Albany Records, Book 4: 165-6]. Karen Warren notes that, "Adam Dingman purchased acreage in Kinderhook from his father in-law in 1677 and again in 1684. He also purchased land from Maes Cornelissen in 1684." Adam Dingman is recorded as a member of the Dutch Church in Albany in 1683; however, land records suggest that the family actually lived in Kinderhook. Adam's father-in-law, Jacob Gardenier, owned significant holdings in both locations, as well as ran goods down the Hudson. This may explain the dual residency, as indicated by surviving records.
The following children are identified by the Ostrander Family Association, as the issue of Adam and Aeltie Jacobse (Gardenier) Dingman:
Janneke Dingman
born circa 1670; died unknown
born New York; died prob. Albany, New York
married: Pieter Barentsz Cool
marriage bond dated 05 Feb 1688; New York
children: Henrick; Alida?
Jacob Dingman
born circa 1675; died unknown
born New York; died prob. Albany, New York
married: Eva Swartworund dau. of Roeloff & Eva (Albertsen) S.
marriage bond dated 09 Oct 1698; Ulster Co., NY
children: Adam; Adam; Johannes (m: Mareytje Muller); Jesje; Gerardus (m: Sarah ****); Andries (m: Alide Kermer); Rudophus (m: Annatje Rauw); Eva
Sara Dingman
born circa 1677; died 1747
born New York; died prob. Kinderhook, New York
married: Johannes Van Alen
marriage bond dated 03 Jul 1697; Kinderhook
children: Mauris; Jacobus; Alida; Lysbeth
Rachel Dingman
born circa 1680; died unknown
born New York; died prob. Albany, NY
married: Pieter Ostrander son of Pieter & Rebecca (Traphagen) O.
marriage bond dated 04 Jun 1704; Kinderhook
children: Rebecca; Adam; Petrus; Catrina; Alida; Willem; Jacob; Johannes; Alia; Yzaak; Zara
Josyntje Dingman
baptized 28 Sep 1684; died unknown
born Kinderhook, New York; died prob. New York
married: Pieter Van Alen
marriage bond dated 07 Jan 1705
children: no issue
Garrit Dingman
baptized 16 Jan 1687; died
born Albany, New York;
married: Cornelia Gardenier
marriage bond dated 22 Jan 1714
children:
Catalyntje Dingman
born circa 1690; died
born ;
married: Johannes Barheit
marriage bond dated 03 Mar 1718; Kinderhook, NY
children:
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Record for Pieter OSTRANDER Pieter Ostander (Van Oostrant) At the time of their marriage, Pieter Van Oostrant was living in Ulster County and Rebecca was living at Kinderhook. Their children were baptized at Albany and later Kingston. jdelliott122 added this on 1 Nov 2008 reynolds1951 originally submitted this to Reynolds Family Tree on 8 Feb 2007
Pieter Ostander (Van Oostrant)
At the time of their marriage, Pieter Van Oostrant was living in Ulster County and Rebecca was living at Kinderhook. Their children were baptized at Albany and later Kingston.
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- [S524] Patty Vella, Public Member Tree- Dingman- Neilly Family Tree, Owner: pvella92, (Name: Ancestry.com; Location: www.ancestry.com;), * Rachel was third daughter of Adam Dingman and Aeltje Jacobsen Gardinier.
Record for Rachel Dingman (67) facts
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Rachel Dingman
Rachel was third daughter of Adam Dingman and Aeltje Jacobsen Gardinier. At the time of her birth the family was living in Albany County. Shortly after Rachel's birth, the family moved with 31 settlers - these settlers had just received land from Richard Nicholls, Governor-General of New York. This tract of land was called the Kinderhook Patent. Rachel married Pieter (Ostrander) Pieterzen in 1704.
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Record for Rachel Dingman (17) facts
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Rachel Dingman Rachel was third daughter of Adam Dingman and Aeltje Jacobsen Gardinier. At the time of her birth the family was living in Albany County. Shortly after Rachel's birth, the family moved with 31 settlers - these settlers had just received land from Richard Nicholls, Governor-General of New York. This tract of land was called the Kinderhook Patent. Rachel married Pieter (Ostrander) Pieterzen in 1704. pvella92 added this on 7 May 2009 reynolds1951 originally submitted this to Reynolds Family Tree on 8 Feb 2007
Rachel Dingman
Rachel was third daughter of Adam Dingman and Aeltje Jacobsen Gardinier. At the time of her birth the family was living in Albany County. Shortly after Rachel's birth, the family moved with 31 settlers - these settlers had just received land from Richard Nicholls, Governor-General of New York. This tract of land was called the Kinderhook Patent. Rachel married Pieter (Ostrander) Pieterzen in 1704.
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- [S561] Family Tree site, Ostrander, Pieter:, (Location: http://www.ostrander.org/Genealogy.htm;).
Ostrander Family WegSite- OLD DUTCH CHURCH, KINGSTON, 1679 Religious faith was fervent and meaningful in the lives of Dutch colonists. The original Reformed Church at Esopus, constructed in 1660/61, was burned by Indians but was soon rebuilt. When Pieter(2) Pietersen arrived in Wildwyck (later Kingston) at the end of 1663 he was six years old and his family consisted of his mother Geesje Jans, nine year old sister Tryntje Pieters, three year old half-brother Herman Arentsen [Pier] and stepfather Arent Teunissen. Both of his half-sisters were born in Wildwyck - Jannetje Arents [Pier] in 1664 and Gepje Arents [Pier] in 1668 and were baptized in the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, before the family relocated to Hurley by April 1670. A stone church replacing the rebuilt structure was constructed in Kingston in 1679, the year that Pieter(2) Pietersen married Rebecca Traphagen and it was burned out by the British during the Revolution but was later refurbished for another half century of use. Both Pieter(2) Pietersen and Rebecca Traphagen were residents of Westquansegh, a tract of farmland in Fox Hall Manor situated just north of the Town of Kingston, when they married. By 1687 they had relocated to nearby Hurley, where parishioners built their own Reformed Church in 1801 and an Ostrander was one of the early pastors. The marriage of Pieter Ostrander, j.m. (young man) “born under the jurisdiction of Kingston” to Rachel Dingman in the Kingston church in 1704 is the first recorded mention of the Ostrander surname with the modern day spelling. The groom was Pieter(3) Pietersen, b. c1680 (see Family Tree). In all, Ostranders appear in the Kingston church's marriage and baptism records more than 270 times under variations of the original Dutch patronymic (Pietersen) and the subsequent adopted Ostrander surname.
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The Pieter(2) Pietersen of Amsterdam who married Rebecca(3) Traphagen [Willem(2), Johannes(1)] on or about 19 January 1679 in Kingston, Ulster County, NY was the son of Pieter(1) Carstensen of Husum (or Nordstrand) and his second wife Geesje Jans of Norden. Pieter(2) Pietersen was baptized in the Amsterdam Lutheran Church 3 July 1657 and his father died c1659 in the East Indies (present day Indonesia). He was the only son of his father’s second marriage and the only male member of his immediate family line to come to New Netherland (colonial New York). Consequently, Pieter(2) Pietersen and Rebecca(3) Traphagen are the progenitors of the family that adopted the Ostrander surname around the beginning of the 18th century.
Pieter(2) Pietersen’s widowed mother remarried in Amsterdam 31 October 1660 Arent Teunisen. His stepfather was a blacksmith who was contracted in Amsterdam in April 1661 to sail on the Dutch ship De St. Jan Baptist to New Amsterdam. Arent Teunissen was to select a site near Gravesende [Brooklyn] on Long Island to build and operate a salt kettle with Evert Pietersz for Dirck de Wolfe, a major investor in the New Netherland colony. De St. Jan Baptist set sail from Amsterdam after 9 May 1661, under the command of Captain Jan Bergen, with settlers and supplies for the Dutch colonies along the Hudson River in North America and arrived in New Amsterdam 6 August 1661. Among the 49 passengers on board the vessel was 4-year old Pieter(2) Pietersen who was accompanied by his mother (Geesje Jans), older sister (Tryntje(2) Pieters) and stepfather Arent Teunissen [Pier]. Four days after their arrival his mother and stepfather presented a son Herman for baptism at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam on 10 August 1661 and the witness was Mr. Evert Pieterszen.
The family soon settled on Coney Island [Brooklyn] near the village of Gravesende, where Arent Teunissen began to build a salt refinery on land that was used by the predominantly British settlement as a common meadow for grazing their cattle and sheep. This led to opposition, harassment and sabotage of the salt kettle venture by the English villagers and the refinery was ultimately abandoned after a period of about two years. Following their harrowing sojourn on Coney Island, we next find the combined Cartsensen-Pietersen (OSTRANDER) and Teunissen- Arentsen (PIER) family living in Wildwyck (a.k.a. Wiltwyck, later Kingston) from 1663/64 to 1669/70 and in Hurley from 1670 to 1677/78. The family settled in Wildwyck about six months or so after the village was attacked during the Second Esopus War in June 1663.
According to the record of his marriage in early 1679, our ancestor and family patriarch Pieter(2) Pietersen was a resident of Westquansengh, a tract of farmland in Foxhall which was then a 330-acre manorial estate (Fox Hall Manor), located just north of Kingston. His sister Tryntje(2) Pieters, then married to Hendrick Albertse[n] [PLOEG], was also an inhabitant of Westquansengh in 1679 as was his bride Rebecca.
Sometime after their marriage Pieter(2) Pietersen and Rebecca(3) Traphagen removed southwest to the nearby Village of Hurley and one of the first records of his residency in this Dutch settlement was 1 September 1687 when he was one of several villagers who appeared before Major Thomas Chambers of Foxhall to take an Oath of Allegiance. While Pieter(2) Pietersen was certainly Dutch by birth, language, custom and culture, his father’s origin appears to have been Danish or Frisian as Pieter(1) Cartsensen was first reported to be “of Husum” in 1623 and of the island “of Nordstrand” in 1654. Both communities are now part of Germany but in the 17th century they were part of the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein in the Kingdom of Denmark.
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- PATRONYMICS AND SURNAMES
Our ancestor Pieter(2) Pietersen was first reported in the marriage records of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston in 1679 as Pieter Pietersse and his patronymic Pietersen denotes that he was "the son of Pieter." It was originally presumed that his father was the cadet listed as Pieter Petersen on the passenger manifest of the Dutch ship De Bonte Koe in 1660. Almost 340 years later it was discovered that his father was indeed named Pieter, but he was Pieter(1) Carstensen of Husum (or Nordstrand) indicating, perhaps, that Pieter(1) Carstensen’s father may have been baptized Carsten or Karsten, but this has not yet been confirmed.
The children of Pieter(2) Pietersen and Rebecca Traphagen (as well as Pieter(2) Pietersen himself) were variously reported with the patronymic spelled Pieters, Pieterse, Pietersen, Pietersz, Pieterz and Pieterszen. It seems that the first time that a member of the family adopted a surname in compliance with the British mandate to abolish the Dutch patronymic system was August 13, 1699 when Pieter(2) Pietersen was reported as Pieter Pieterse Noordstrand. The following year the family began to adopt different versions of a surname. They composed one presumably referring to a locale in Holland - "oost" for east, "rand" for bank, side, or edge: the personal suffix, "er", and frequently, "van" for from - Oostrander or van Ostrander. Anglicized, this would mean "Eastbanker", or "Eastsider". But as with patronymics, the spelling of surnames was far from standardized. Among the variations and at times exotic spellings to be found in church and public records are:
• Ostrandar, Ostranda, Van Noortstrande, Van Noorstrant, Van Nostrandt, Van Nostrant, Van Ostrand, Van Nostrunt, Vanostran, Osterander, Ostervanter, Ostranck. Ostrancer, Ostronder, Ostronden, Ostrandt, Ostrandter, Oustrande, Osatrander, Onstrander, Osstander.
More than a century went by before the variants disappeared and Ostrander emerged as the favored spelling, but the exact rationale for the adopted surname remains a mystery. Nevertheless it is evident that the surname originated in Ulster County, NY and is unique to the descendants of Pieter(2) Pietersen and Rebecca Trapahgen.
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Ostrander Family WegSite-
OLD DUTCH CHURCH, KINGSTON, 1679
Religious faith was fervent and meaningful in the lives of Dutch colonists. The original Reformed Church at Esopus, constructed in 1660/61, was burned by Indians but was soon rebuilt. When Pieter(2) Pietersen arrived in Wildwyck (later Kingston) at the end of 1663 he was six years old and his family consisted of his mother Geesje Jans, nine year old sister Tryntje Pieters, three year old half-brother Herman Arentsen [Pier] and stepfather Arent Teunissen. Both of his half-sisters were born in Wildwyck - Jannetje Arents [Pier] in 1664 and Gepje Arents [Pier] in 1668 and were baptized in the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, before the family relocated to Hurley by April 1670. A stone church replacing the rebuilt structure was constructed in Kingston in 1679, the year that Pieter(2) Pietersen married Rebecca Traphagen and it was burned out by the British during the Revolution but was later refurbished for another half century of use. Both Pieter(2) Pietersen and Rebecca Traphagen were residents of Westquansegh, a tract of farmland in Fox Hall Manor situated just north of the Town of Kingston, when they married. By 1687 they had relocated to nearby Hurley, where parishioners built their own Reformed Church in 1801 and an Ostrander was one of the early pastors.
The marriage of Pieter Ostrander, j.m. (young man) “born under the jurisdiction of Kingston” to Rachel Dingman in the Kingston church in 1704 is the first recorded mention of the Ostrander surname with the modern day spelling. The groom was Pieter(3) Pietersen, b. c1680 (see Family Tree). In all, Ostranders appear in the Kingston church's marriage and baptism records more than 270 times under variations of the original Dutch patronymic (Pietersen) and the subsequent adopted Ostrander surname.
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