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Descendants of Aucke Janse Van Nuyse




Generation No. 1


      1. Aucke Janse2 Van Nuyse (Jan1 Goosens) (Source: Allen, Carrie E., "A Record of the Family of Isaac Van Nuys of Harrodsberg, Kentucky"..) was born Bet. 1621 - 1622 in Nuis, Groningen, Holland, and died May 15, 1698 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York. He married (1) Geertje Gysbrechts. She was born in Holland. He married (2) Magdalena Pieters April 23, 1645 in OudeKerke, Amsterdam, Holland, daughter of Pieter Jansz and Adriantje Arents. She was born Abt. 1622 in Alckmaar, Langendijck, Holland, and died Abt. 1665 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York. He married (3) Elizabeth Janse Abt. 1666.

Notes for Aucke Janse Van Nuyse:
Aucke came to New Amsterdam in 1651 with his first wife, and four children, Annetje, Geertruyd, Janneke, and Jan Van Nuyse. On 12 Jan., 1653 Aucke Jans was listed as a carpenter in New Amsterdam, where he bought from Hendrick Gerritsen, tailor, a house, and lot on the west side of the great highway. Aucke was involved in a number of court cases, and on 10 Feb., 1653 he sued the wife of Juryaen Andriessen for wages; she claimed that he had damaged the work and the building more than he had earned; two carpenters appointed to inspect. One of the two carpenters to inspect a house by Hendrick Gerritsen. On 15 Sept., 1653 he was again busy in court (New Amsterdam Court Records--Fernow), being sued by Poul Van Beeck for failure to start work on a house. Aucke pleaded that he lacked material, and he agreed to complete the house in three weeks. In fact throughout 1653 Aucke was time and again sued for breech of contracts in building houses. This was not a good year for him, and the true reason why he was tardy in his work is still not clear. Aucke sold this property on 02 May, 1653 to Hendrick Henddricksen, the drummer from Middleborch, but sued the purchaser on 14 July of that year for the rest of the purchase money; the defendant demanding a proper deed, and claiming that the wall of the city diminished the size of the lot, which is described as "a certain lot through which the city wall is made". After this Aucke then rented a house from Sybout Claesen, who sued him on 25 November, 1665 for "the hire of pits house which deft occupies". He was condemned to pay after defaulting three times. Based on the Brooklyn Dutch Reformed records, Aucke was a Ferryman of Brooklyn in 1662. In 1687 both Aucke, and his son Jan took the oath of allegiance in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Aucke also did work for the city: "The sheet-piling which was constructed at the Graft or Can (Broad street) was done by Aucke Jansen, and Christiaen Barentsen, carpenters, having again fallen down due to the heavy rain, and water, the Burgomeisters, and Schepens contract with them for reconstructing it, and bringing it again into good condition for the sum of 32 guilders, and agree to furnish them two good diggers" (24 August, 1654 RNA 1:231). When Governor Stuyvesant went to the Burghers for financial aid in the reconstruction of the fortifications on 12 Oct., 1655, "Auks Jansen, being aged, offers 1 or 2 days work for the city". By Feb., 1657 Aucke was living at the Ferry in Brooklyn where he was employed as a house carpenter. One of his jobs was to enclose the Brooklyn Churchyard because hogs were rooting up the graves, including that of his first wife. From 1654-1660 Aucke constructed the Dutch Church in Flatbush. On 11 May, 1660 he brought a complaint; "Shows with due respect Auke Janse, carpenter, on Long Island, that he agreed with D. Polhemius, and Jan Strycker to build pursuant to the accompanying plan a church at Midwout on Long Island, which work he has not only completed in accordance with the said plan, but by order of the aforesaid he has done some other outside work, not covered by the plan---(they) now fail to pay to petitioner his well-earned wages under various frivolous pretexts, whereby they excessively wrong your petitioner, burdened with a large family..." and asks for arbitrators, who were appointed (CDNY 14:473-74). Records show that he was never paid for this work. On 19 July, 1661 the Schepen Pieter Van Couwenhoven sued Aucke for the purchase of a beast, which was denied, with the counter claim that the plaintiff owed him, and that he bought the beast of Gerrit Gysbergen, not knowing to whom it belonged, and paid the latter's wife. Aucke was one of the master builders of the parsonage erected by the town for the Domine: "New Utrecht, on 16 Feb., 1680 was paid 600 guilders, for which Aucken Janse Van Nuyss, one of the master builders, in a receipt, gave thanks". In 1660 the Brooklyn Dutch church took money from the poor fund to advance to the court to pay Aucke for the fencing job, and also pay him, and Frans Bloetgoet (Bloodgood) for building the ministers house. In 1665 Aucke was living in Flatlands, Brooklyn, and in 1675 he moved from Flatlands to New Utrecht, Brooklyn, and he was assessed on 24 acres of land in that town. On 20 Jan., 1670 Aucke purchased land in Midwout from Jan Cornelesz Van Tassel. He also purchased land at this time from Minne Johannis which he transferred to Jan Gerrittsz. In 1673 he was chosen as Schepen (Sheriff) of Flatbush, and he was one of the representatives to the convention in New Orange (Albany) called by Governor Colve on 26 March, 1674, and it was there that he took the oath of allegiance in 1687. On 20 August, 1675 he was taxed in Brooklyn for 1 cow, and also on 22 August, 1675 while in Middelwout, Brooklyn, he was taxed again for 2 oxen, 4 cows, 5 sheep, and 40 acres of farmland. He was also taxed on 24 August, 1675 in New Utrecht for more land. On 20 Sept., 1676 he was taxed in Middelwout for 4 horses, 4 cows, 6 sheep, and 18 morgens of land. On 19 June, 1678 Aucke was again sued, this time by Cornelis Jansen in the court of sessions, West Riding of Yorkshire, for damages caused by not setting up his fence. Another case shows that Asser Levy had hired Auke Jansen's daughter till the following May, but She had gone to work for the wife of Balthazar Bayard. Aucke not being present when the case was presented, nor the following court day, on the third court day Levy stated that he had sent a legal letter to the court at Amssersfoort to notify Aucke that he must obey the order of 17 Jan., 1678, and declared Asser had told him he might take his daughter with him, and look for another place for her, whereupon Aucke had asked that she be kept 14 days more, and as he was not housekeeping, and meanwhile he should look out for a place. This was not denied by Ley. Asser said, "the maid was instigated by mishcief-makers, and produces a letter written to him by Aucke Jansen wherein he states that he understood from several that his daughter suffered much from him." The daughter was released from her contract by the court, Levy to release her clothes and to pay her wages for the time she had worked. Levy was given permission to institute defamation proceedings when, and where he might wish (RNA 5:176,183,188,191 "Records of New Amsterdam"). The last tax records we find for Aucke is in 1683 in Midwout for 3 horses, 5 cows, and 48 acres of land. On 15 Oct., 1681 he purchased from Bartel Claessen a house, and farm of 19 morgens in Flatbush, together with his portion of the land at the Paerde Gaet (Jamaica Bay) of 10 morgens on the plains of Amersfoort, and 2 morgens on the Midwoutse plains with salt meadows. The will of Auke Jans Van Nuyse was made on 15 May, 1694, and it was proved in 1698. It left to his eldest son, John Aucke, procured by his lawful wife Maagdalena Aucke, 14 lbs; to all children by his first wife, deceased, and to children of his present wife, Geertie, procured by her first husband, John Jacobse, that are named, and baptized Auke, 6 shillings each. It left all else to his wife for life, then to the children by the first wife: Annetie, wife of Dirck Janse Woertman, the two children of Geertie Aucke's deceased, procured by Joose Franssen, viz.. Sara Joosten, and Magdalena Joosten, for 1 share; Jannetie Aucke, wife of Ryne Aertsen; Jan Aucke; Pontus Aucke; Abigail, wife of Lippit Peterse; Jacobus Aucke; Femmetie, wife of Jan Stevense; children of second wife by her first husband; Lysbeth Janse, wife of Dirck Janse Sutphen; Eva Janse, wife of Jan Aucke. He was a witness to his daughter Aneken Auckens on 04 Dec., 1661 in the Brooklyn DRC..
     
Children of Aucke Van Nuyse and Magdalena Pieters are:
+ 2 i.   Annetje3 Aukes, Van Nuyse, born June 28, 1646 in Westkerk, Amsterdam, Holland; died Unknown in New York City.
  3 ii.   Geertje Auckes Van Nyse, born June 09, 1647 in Westkerk Church, Amsterdam, Holland.
  4 iii.   Jannetje Auckse Van Nyse, born June 09, 1647 in Westkerk Church, Amsterdam, Holland.
  Notes for Jannetje Auckse Van Nyse:
She was not listed as a twin of Geertje, so the dates are only baptism dates, both girls probably were baptized together.

+ 5 iv.   Jan Auckse Van Nyse, born December 18, 1650 in Noordekerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
  6 v.   Pontus Auckes, Van Nyse, born October 13, 1652 in New York Dutch Reformed church..
  Notes for Pontus Auckes, Van Nyse:
Adolph Pieterszen was witness to his baptism. His first name was really Pieter, but used both during his lifetime.

  7 vi.   Abigail Auckse Van Nyse, born Abt. 1654 in Amsterdam, Holland; died July 19, 1748 in New York. She married Leffert Pieterse.
  8 vii.   Jacobus Van Nyse, born Abt. 1660 in Brooklyn, New York; died Abt. 1710. He married Maria Willemse Cornel April 26, 1685.
  9 viii.   Femmetie Auckes Van Nyse, born March 12, 1661/62 in Brooklyn Dutch Reformed church, New York. She married Jan Stevense Van Voorhees October 08, 1680 in Brooklyn, Dutch Reformed church, Brooklyn..
  Notes for Femmetie Auckes Van Nyse:
She was baptized in the Brooklyn Dutch Reformed church, and witness were Wynant Pieterzen, and Anneken Auckens.




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