SOURCE: Collins, Edward A. 'A History of Old Kinderhook,' 1914. [Page 100]
'Dutch fur traders plied the Hudson River one year after Hendrick [Henry] Hudson broached it in the "Half Moon" in 1609 to the shallows and bartered with the natives. Although Dutch sailing vessels returned to Holland in 1610 with a rich cargo of furs traded from the Indians in their newly discovered possessions, colonization was not immediately attempted. About 1613, a trading post with a fort, so called, and a few huts were established on the southerly end of Manhattan Island, and a similar post on Castle Island near Albany a little later. The Dutch West India Company of 1621 was purely commercial until 1629, when it inaugurated the feudalistic system of "Patroons" to establish colonies in "New Netherlands" to be of fifty persons to a tract sixteen miles long on a navigable stream. However, individuals could not gain title to the land until their contracts of service had been fulfilled.
Most of the families who came to Kinderhook [located just south of Albany] were freemen and would have none of the Patroon System. Thus, for more than 20 years the area was the head of free navigation on the Hudson and the territory nearest to Fort Orange [Albany] without domination of the Patroons. About 1638, New Netherlands was thrown open to free immigration and unrestricted trade. The Kinderhook District drew settlers of independent spirit and some means directly from Holland, and New Amsterdam, as well as freed colonists of the Patroons who were industrious and provident.
The Holland settlers loved the riverside and the banks of the Kinderhook and Claverack Creeks as building sites. The flowing waters were a sweet reminder of the Fatherland. By 1656, Kinderhook was one of the principal settlements on the river.'
SOURCE: Ellis, Captain Franklin. 'Early Settlement of Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York,' a Chapter from 'General History of Columbia County, New York,' Everts & Engisn, Philadelphia, PA, 1878.
'It is probable that the allottees under the Kinderhook patent were also the first settlers of the territory which it covered, and that they may have come as early as 1650. They were emigrants from Holland and Sweden, and came provided with all the means necessary to make themselves good homes, having building material, cattle, and farming implements to cultivate the virgin soil of this fertile country. In 1687, among others, Jan Hendrik De Bruyn, Peter Schuyler, Gerrit Teunissen, Lawrence Van Alen, Isaac Vosburgh, Jacob Vosburgh, Andries Gardner, Hendrick Coonrad**, Adam Dingman, Lambert Jansen, Frans Pieterson, Peter Vosburgh, Albert Gardenier, and Jan Jacobson Gardenier were reported as freeholders. In many insstances descendants of these yet remain in town.'
[Note: The Hendrick Coonrad (van Bonn) named above was undoubtedly Hendrick Coonrad Burghardt.]
SOURCE: 'Early Records of Albany,' Vol. 3, p. 47
Subject: Hendrick Coenraetsz Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 18:34:22 -0800 (PST) From: Dorothy Koenig To: Otto Burgett
Dear Otto:
I have found a lovely tidbit about your ancestor, Hendrick Conradsz Burchardt. On page 47 of volume 3 of the "Early Records of Albany" (the volume of notarial papers), there is a contract made by Arent van Curler, Willem Bout, and Reyer Cornelissen Soestbergen for the lease of a horse mill. One of the witnesses to this contract was your Hendrick, using a patronym and a toponym. He made his mark thus -- "H K V B". The notary -- D.V. Schelluyne -- wrote his name "Hendrick Coenraetsz van Bon". I believe that "Hendrick" himself would have written "Heinrich Konrad van Bonn". The year was 1660.
The immigrant Jan Frans Van Hoesen also was said to have been "van Hussem". He must have come from Husum in what was then Denmark but is now in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
It appears that Hendrick and Marya had at least 3 children:
Conrad Hendricks Burchardt m. Geesje Hendricks Van Wie/Verwey Jan Hendricks Burchardt m. Katherine Hendrick Van Wie/Verwey Isaac Hendrick Burchardt m. Judith Jans Hoes
I wonder if Judith was the daughter of Jan Tyszen Hoes' first wife--Breechje Maryns -- or of his second wife -- Styntje Jans Van Hoesen.
Dorothy
SOURCE: Evjen, ? 'Scandanavian Immigrants in New York 1630-1674'
Subject: Re: [D-Col] Hendrick Coenraetsz Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 01:47:02 -0500 From: sealover2@juno.com To: Dutch-Colonies-L@rootsweb.com
Otto:
The name of your ancestor appears on page 406 in Evjen's book, 'Scandinavian Immigrants in New York 1630-1674'..... "Hendrick Coenratse, from Bonn, was in New Netherland in 1660." He was amongst few emigrants from Bonn.
Regards, Jean Boutcher
SOURCE: Marilyn Demas
Subject: Re: [D-Col] VOSBURGH Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 11:53:11 -0800 From: Otto Burgett To: Marilyn Demas
References: 1 , 2
Otto Burgett wrote: > > > The Dutch Settlers Society of Albany lists Abraham Pieterse Vosburgh as a settler in New Netherlands in 1649. > > > > Catherina Burghardt [b. 1774], a dau. of Lambert Burgert [b. 1751] and Catherine Van Hoesen, m. Samuel Vosburg and that they had the following children: > > > > Johannes V., b. 1792 > > Lambert V., b. 1795 > > Sarah V., b. 1798 > > Catherine V., b. 1800 > > Elizabeth V., b. 1802] > > George Burghardt V., b. 1806 > > > > Was Samuel Vosburg a descendant of Abraham Pieterse Vosburgh? > > > > Thanks for looking. > > > > Otto Burgett
Marilyn Demas wrote: > > Hello, > > I found the following in my notes and it mentions Vosburgs so I am sending this off to you. Hope it may be of interest!
> Marilyn Dingman Demas
Ellis, Franklin. 'Columbia County [NY] at the End of the Century,' Vol. I., Town of Kinderhook, p. 437, 1878
Emigrants of Holland and Sweden came to this immediate locality not much if any later than 1650. They brought with them money, building materials, cattle, and simple farming implements, with which the were soon able to make for themselves good homes upon fertile Kinderhook soil. The first names of Freeholders that can definitely located here shows in 1687 the names Jan Hendrik DeBruyn, Peter Schuyler, Gerrit Teunissen, Laurence Van Alen, Isaac Vosburg, Andries Gardner, Hendrick Coonrad, Adam Dingman, Lambert Jansen, Frans Pieterson, Peter Volksburg Albert Gardenier, Jan Jacobson, — Gardenier.
[NOTE: Following Dutch naming customs, the name of the father of Hendrick Coonrad [BURCHARDT] would have been Coonrad BURCHARDT.]
Subject: Re: [D-Col] VOSBURGH Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 11:53:11 -0800 From: Otto Burgett To: Marilyn Demas
Marilyn:
THANKS for your e-mail!
I am very much interested in the 'Hendrick Coonrad' mentioned in the book. He was probably my BURGHARDT ancestor who m. Marya Janse VAN HOESEN in the Claverack/Kinderhook, NY area.
Do you have a copy of the book? If so, is he mentioned further?
Otto Burgett
SOURCE: 1720 List of Freeholders of the City and County of Albany
The names of Coonrodt Burgaret and his brother, John Burgaret, of Kenderhook were included in this list. Also listed in the 3rd Ward of Albany were: Cornelis Borghaert, Isaac Borghaert, Jacob Borgheart, and Jacob Borghaert Junr. The consistent spelling of the surname leads me to speculate that Cornelis and Isaac could have been brothers [or relatives] of Coonrodt and John. If so, all would have been sons of Hendrick Coenraetse BURGHARDT and Marya Janse VAN HOESEN.
SOURCE: Baptismal Records of the Zion Lutheran Church, Loonenburg [now Athens], Albany [now Greene] Co., NY
Johan Peter Borchard and his wife, Amalia [Mallie] baptized the several children included in the attachment at the Zion Lutheran Church of Loonenburg [now Athens], Greene Co., NY, .
Note that the the various spellings of the surname are similar to those variations previously associated with our Burghardt family and its many branches.
When those surnames and dates of baptism are considered, I believe that there is a good possibility that Johan Peter Borchard could have been another son [or at least a relative] of Hendricd Coenraatse Burghardt and Marya Janse Van Hoesen.
Another factor is that the Zion Lutheran Church is located just across the Hudson River in Greene County to the west from Hudson [Claverack Landing] not far from Kinderhook, which was then in the jurisdiction of Albany County [later Columbia County].
More About Hendrick Coenraetse Burghardt: Residence: 1660, Albany, Albany, NY.
More About Hendrick Coenraetse Burghardt and Marya Janse Van Hoesen: Marriage: Abt. 1670, Claverack, Albany [now Columbia], NY.
Children of Hendrick Coenraetse Burghardt and Marya Janse Van Hoesen are:
+Conrad Hendrickse Burghardt, b. Abt. 1670, Claverack, Albany [now Columbia], NY, d. Abt. 1750, Probably Sheffield [now Great Barrington], Hampshire [now Berkshire] Co., MA.
Hendrick Coenraetse Burghardt (b. Abt. 1645, d. 16 June 1703)
Notes for Hendrick Coenraetse Burghardt: