1. CASPER JACOBSE1 HALENBEK1,2,3 was born Abt. 1629 in Holebeek, Holstien4,5, and died August 17036,7. He married ELISABETH8,9,10 Abt. 1648 in Beverwyck, NY11,12.
Notes for CASPER JACOBSE HALENBEK:
[Hallenbeck.FTW]
From the Genealogical Contributions Reprinted from The Albany Protocol...
Casper Jacobse Halenbek. Possibly from Hallenbek in Holstein, according to A. J. F. Van Laer. There is also a town Haalenbeek in Belgium. m. Elisabeth, lived in 1654 at Beverwyck, now Albany. He wrote his will in 1685, but died, according to Munsell, in 1703. Many descendents lived in the Coxsackie area. We follow Pastor Berkenmeyer's spelling of the name as Halenbek, although most descendants now call themselves Hallenbeck, and the family descended from $2a - William Janse spells the name Hollenbeck. The work in the Genealogical Contributions is based primarily on the work of Richard Schermerhorn and Delber Clark, as well as entries in the New York and Loonenburg Church Books.
Casper Jacobse Halenbeck
1620-1703
Caspar Jacobse Hallenbeck is cited in three places in P. William Filby's
"Passenger and Immigration Lists Index"
(1) Arrived in New Netherlands 1620-1664 from source 9135 p. 9: Tepper -
"Immigrants to the Middle Colonies.. A consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and
Associated Data"
(2) from source 714 p29: Boyer - " Ship Passenger Lists - New York and New
Jersey"
(3) from source 8060 p5: Schermerhorn - " Representative Pioneer Settlers of New
Netherlands and their Original Home Places" The New York Genealogical and
Biographical record 65:1 (January 1934) pp 2-12
From "Genealogies of the first Settlers of Albany"
Caspar Jacobse Halenbeck was in Beverwyck in 1654, made his will Sept. 9, 1685,
and died about August 1703 leaving two sons, Isaac and Jan.
From "Collections of the History of Albany", Albany Court Records, pages 341-342
Appeared before me Johannes La Montagne, in the service of, etc., and in the
presence of the honorable Gerrit Slichtenhorst and Stoffel Janse (Abeel)
commissaries, etc., the honorable Sander Leendersen Glen, who declares that he
has granted and conveyed, as by these presents he does grant and convey, in real
and actual possession to and for the behoof of Caspar Jacobse (Halenbeck) his
heirs, or assigns, a lot for a garden lying in Fort Orange aforesaid, bounded to
the west by the lot of Jeremias Van Rensselaer, north by the lot of the grantee
(acceptant) length sixteen and a half rods, and breadth three rods eight and a
half feet; which lot was conveyed to the grantor by patent of the Heer director
general and council of New Netherland, of date the 13th July, A. D. 1658, and
therefore, the grantor promises to free the same from all actions, claims, or
pretensions, which may hereafter arise, pledging therefor his person and estate,
personal and real, present and future, and submitting himself to all law and
judges.
Done in Fort Orange, the 29th of December, A. D. 1663.
Sander Lenrsen Glen
Gerrit Slichtenhorst
Stoffell Janse
Acknowledged before me,
La Montagne, Commis at Fort Orange
From "THE HOLLENBECK FAMILY IN AMERICA", Compiled by Lawrence Hollenbeck, (1892
- 1976) West Union, Illinois 1973
CASPER JACOBSE HALLENBECK (also spelled Hallenbeek) descended from the
Hallenbecks of Klinkenberg and was one of the first names of which I have any
record. He was born around 1620 (I think in Holland), but the names of his
parents are unknown. He was one of the earlier settlers of Beverwyck, Albany
County,* New York Colony,** where he lived in 1654. His wife's first name was
Elizabeth, but her surname is unknown. He sold land to Hermen Jacobse Bambus in
1657. Casper had four sons ----- Jacob Casperese, William Janse, Isaac, and Jan
Casper. His will was made September 9, 1685. He died in August, 1703.
* Now Greene County.
** New York became a state in 1788.
From "Ancestors and Descendants of James Hollenbeck (1801-1901), John Cooper
(1799-1875), and S. Nels Anderson (1839-1903)" By Twyla J. Stone, May 31, 1989
HALLENBECK FAMILY OF NEW YORK
+ 1 CASPER JACOBSE (HALENBECK) (the son of JACOB from Holbeck)
b. 1625 Holbeck, Dutchy of Holstein, Holland
d. 1703 Albany, Albany Co., NY
In 1651 CASPER JACOBSE (HALENBECK), a day laborer was granted a lease to a
"hofstede" (house lot) in the Colony of Rensselaerwyck in New York state. He was
born about 1625 in Holland and came from Holbeck, Schleswig-Holstein which is
located 20 miles south of the Kiel Canal. His will was dated 9 Sept. 1685. The
date of his death, Aug. 1703.
In the 1686 charter setting out the bounds of Albany mention is made of pasture
late in tenure and occupancy of CASPER JACOBSE. In 1687 MARIA VanRENSSELAER
wrote of CASPER JACOBSE: "the pasture rents for 3 beavers and the old man can
not manage it, so his son desires to take it over."
JACOB CASPERSE lived in a stone house on the Hudson River near Klinkenberg. JAN
CASPERSE lived near Loonenburg in Greene Co., NY, and ISAAC CASPERSE lived in
Albany City. The father, CASPER JACOBSE, "the old carpenter of Beverwick
(Albany)" lived on Rensselaer holdings.
Children of CASPER JACOBSE (HALENBECK):
+ 2 i. CATHERINE CASPERSE HALENBECK
Married JURRIAAN JANSE VanHOESEN of Claverack, Columbia Co., NY.
+ 3 ii. ELIZABETH CASPERSE HALENBECK
Married HENDRICK GERRITSE LANSING. Remained in Albany, NY.
+ 4 iii. ANNETJE CASPERSE HALENBECK
Married HENDRICK VanWIE. Lived in the Troy
area of Rensselaer County, NY.
+ 5 iv. JACOB CASPERSE HALENBECK
Married HENDRICKJE HANSE DREEPER. Settled in Klinkenberg south of the village of
Coxsackie,
Greene Co., NY.
+ 6 v. JAN CASPERSE HALENBECK
Married RACHEL WILLEMSE HOFFMEYER. Settled in Loonenburg (Athens), Greene Co.,
NY.
+ 7 vi. ISAAC CASPERSE HALENBECK, b. 7 Nov. 1660 Albany
Married DOROTHEE BOSCH. Remained in Albany City.
Ref: VanRensselaer Bowier Manuscripts, pg. 843. HALLENBECK manuscript by Richard
Schermerhorn. HALENBECK FAMILY of NEW YORK by Robert V. Anderson National
Genealogical Soc. Quarterly, Vol. 65, pg. 99. Fred B. Owens, Portland, Oregon.
The following contribution is from Ray E. Hollenbeck.
The Hollenbecks of New Netherlands
Source: "Dutch Uncles and New England Cousins" by Wilson Ober Clough, 1977
CASPER JACOBSZ HALLENBECK was a most prolific ancestor, coming around 1651,
probably with his wife MARIA, and son ISAAC, from a hamlet named Halenbeck near
Kiel in Holstein. CASPER was first in Beverwyck, owning lots there. Before 1674
he was leasing pasture land from Jeremias Van Rensselaer "behind the fort."
There his son JAN labored in the 1680's, and in 1687 petitioned, after Maria Van
Rensselaer had had a talk with "Kaspar on the hill," to buy the land "because
the old man cannot manage it." Maria at this period was being forced to sell
outlying land to meet debts. In 1685, CASPER and JAN were involved in land deals
west of the Hudson in the Coxsackie area, and in the Loonenberg (Athens) Patent,
where all three sons appear to be residing by 1700, no doubt within the general
move to get out from under the patroon system. CASPER died about 1703-1705.
ISAAC married a Ten Boesch, his descendants being linked with names like Bradt,
Clauw, Quackenbush, Ten Eyck, and Vrooman. Two other sons, JAN and JACOB, born
probably in the 1650's, touch many names common to the Coxsackie-Athens area.
Four or five of JAN's several children are ancestors of the writer, twice via
Van Loon, twice via Van Hoesen, as also by Clauw and Van Vechten. JAN married
RACHEL HOFFMEYER, daughter of Willem, who with his mother Gertruy, had appeared
in Beverwyck by 1656, in Manhattan by 1653, from which Willem, born in Brazil,
had been banished for selling beer to the Indians. JAN served as justice in
Albany before his move across the river.
JACOB HALLENBECK, the third son, married HENDRICKA, daughter of Hans Dreeper,
who came by 1651 and was n Albany by the 1670's. JACOB bought land opposite
Claverack in 1694 and began an estate called Klinkenberg. It would be difficult
to work out the complicated genealogy of the numerous Hallenbeck family, though
I understand that a lady in Albany has attempted it.
Just when Johannes Clauw (as a child with his father Jurraien) crossed the river
cannot be dated, perhaps about 1711, at least before 1725, when he is listed
among Coxsackie families. Jurraien had married MARIA HALLENBECK, daughter of JAN
CASPERSZ HALLENBECK and RACHEL HOFFMEYER, and his son Johannes married another
HALLENBECK, a cousin, daughter of CASPER JANSZ HALLENBECK. Thus it was that
Johannes claw inherited a HALLENBECK farm just north of Athens, where he and the
next two generations lived, several of them buried in the family plots there or
on neighboring farms, and from which the writer's great-grandfather removed to
Schenectady County.
The following contribution is from Ray E. Hollenbeck.
The Hallenbeck Family
Source: Schermerhorn Manuscripts
The Hallenbeck Family by Robert V. Anderson
Caspar Jacobse Hallenbeck, the first settler, came from Holebeck in Schleswig
(Germany) (authority of A.J.F. Van Laer). There is also a town or village of
Haalenbeck in Belgium. He is first found in Colonial records as early as 1651,
then dwelling in Beverwyck (Albany) when he secured a lease for a house and lot
(Van Rens. Bowier Mss.). He received a patent in 1653 of a house and lot in
Beverwyck, which in 1657 he sold to Harmen Jacobsen. In 1663 he purchased a lot
for a garden in Fort Orange from Sander Leendertse (Glen). It is stated he made
his will in Sept. 1685 and died Aug. 1703 (authority of Pearson, though exact
reference not discovered). He had three sons: Jacob, Jan and Isaac and
apparently three daughters. Jacob settled at Klinckenberg near Coxsackie, Jan at
Coxsackie, and Isaac in Albany City.
The early Hallenbecks were of the Lutheran faith, confirming to some extent
their German origin, but as their descendants married into Dutch families, they
became principally affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church. The early records
of the Zion Lutheran Church of Athens, Greene County, N.Y. indicate their
prominence in Lutheran circles. Many of the children baptised and married by
Domine Justus Falckner, the pioneer Lutheran minister of New York, are found to
have experienced these ceremonies in the respective residences of Jacob and Jan
Hallenbeck and their sons, at Klinkenberg and Loonenberg on the Hudson.
Descendants of the three sons of Caspar Jacobse naturally scattered to various
sections of the State, though Hallenbecks continued to be represented strongly
in the Coxsackie district until a comparatively late day. They were one of the
most important families of this district and were strongly allied through
intermarriage with the Van Loon family, another of the well known families of
this section.
One branch of the family (descended from William Janse Casparse Hallenbeck . .
son of Jan Casparse) removed at an early day to Claverack and the Manor of
Livingston, in Columbia County across the river. This family consistently
adopted the spelling of the name of Hollenbeck. Most of the families of this
branch moved across the state line into Berkshire County, Mass., living at
Egremont, Great Barrington and near by. One family, however, remained in the
Claverack district, where some of their descendants still live. Others moved
from the Berkshire district to Albany County.
The descendants of Jacob, son of Jacob Casparse, removed largely to southern
Albany County and then scattered. Descendants of Isaac lived in Albany City and
also spread out into Albany County. In general Hallenbecks spread over the
entire nation.
A short time previous to the revolution another Hallenbeck family came from
Germany and settled in Pennsylvania. There is no reason to believe they were
related to the family of Caspar Jacobse. The spelling of their name was
generally Halenbak or Hallenbeck.
Hallenbeck Genealogy by Richard Schermerhohn, Jr.
The Hallenbeck family was important in the early history of that part of New
York bordering the Hudson River, now Greene County in the Catskill, Coxsackie,
Athens district. They were among the earliest settlers in company with the
families of Van Loon, Bronck, Jansen (Bratt), Van Schaack and others and were
strong supporters and influential members of the Lutheran Church. Later
generations, however, became identified with the Dutch Reformed Church.
Living originally in a sparsely settled district, it was natural that
intermarriages between members of the Hallenbeck family occurred and this has
made difficult the adjustment of baptismal and marriage records, noting
particularly the names of sponsors at baptisms and the given names of those
baptised as related to those of parents, grandparents, ect. it is believed the
proper separations, where the cases were difficult, have been arrived at.
The genealogy has been separated into three parts, one for each of the sons of
the pioneer ancestor, Jacob Casparse, Jan Casparse and Isaac Casparse. The first
two were settled in the Coxsackie district while Isaac settled in Albany. Jan's
eldest son, William, removed across the river to the Manor of Livingston (now
Columbia County) and this became a distinctive branch of the family, some
Hollenbecks (note the "o") moving eastward over the state line to Massachusetts
and others settling in Greenport (Hudson) district along the river. In due time
they naturally scattered. Isaac's family was identified with Albany City for
many generations. One of his sons, Gerrit, however for some reason or another
removed to New Jersey and it is understood his descendants are still represented
in that state. Only the very early generations of Gerrit's family are traced in
this genealogy. They adopted the spelling of "Haulenbeck" for their name. Most
of Isaac's family took the spelling "Hallenbake", while descendants of Jacob and
Jan, remaining in the Coxsackie district continued the best known form of the
"Hallenbeck."
All in all it has been a substantial and somewhat adventurous family and is
allied through marriage to most of the well known families of up-state New York.
While the Coxsackie and Albany City Hallenbecks have been the best known, if one
peruses the adventures of the family of William Hollenbeck in Columbia County,
N.Y. and Berkshire County, Mass. archives he will find much of interest. Major
Jacob Hallenbeck of the Coxsackie District was an important figure in the
pre-Revolution period (also during the Revolution) and there through
correspondence with members of the family who have kept records and traditions,
much more of interest could be produced than is contained in the somewhat
technical paper produced by this writer.
Children of Caspar Jacobse Hallenbeck
1 Caspar Jacobse Hallenbeck Born: 1620 in Hellenbek, Schleswig, Germany Died:
August 1703 in Beverwyck, Albany County, New York
+Lysbeth Hoffmeyer Born: Abt. 1629 Married: Abt. 1648 in Barbados Islands
2 Issac Casperse Hallenbeck Born: November 07, 1650 in Beverwyck, Albany, New
York
2 Catherine Casperse Hallenbeck Born: 1651 in Beverwyck, Albany, New York
+Juriaan Janse Van Hoesen Born: 1642 in Fort Orange, Albany County, New York
Married: Abt. 1668 in Claverack, Albany County, New York Died: June 1711 in
Claverack, Albany County, New York
2 Annetje Hallenbeck Born: 1652 in Albany County, New York
+Hendrik Van Wie Died: Abt. 1684
2 Jan Casparse Hallenbeck Born: July 06, 1652 in Beverwyck, Albany, New York
Died: December 25, 1730 in Coxsackie, NY
+Rachel Willemse Hoffmeyer Born: 1658 in New York Married: Abt. 1677 in Albany,
NY Died: March 03, 1728/29 in Coxsackie, NY
2 Elizabeth Casperse Hallenbeck Born: 1653
+Hendrick Gerritse Lansing Born: Abt. 1645 in Hasselt, Overijssel, Netherlands
Died: July 11, 1709
2 Issac Casparse Hallenbeck Born: July 11, 1660 in Albany, Albany County, New
York Died: March 10, 1708/09 in Albany, Albany County, New York
+Dorothea Bosch Born: 1661 in Ulster County, New York Married: Abt. 1683 in
Albany, NY Died: February 04, 1743/44 in Albany, Albany County, New York
2 Jacob Casparse Hallenbeck Born: Abt. 1654 in Beverwyck, Albany, New York Died:
Abt. 1730 in New York
+Henderikje Hansz Dreeper Born: Abt. 1664 in Klinkenburg, Greene County, NY
From a source on the Web, see internal reference...
"Original Hollenbeck Immigrated to Albany, NY from Holland. His grandparents
were born in Hallebeck, about 20 miles south of Kiel, in Schleswig, a province
of Denmark at the time--not taken by Austria till 1864.
Read Twila Stone's book about the descendants of Matthew Reudal Letson"
More About CASPER JACOBSE HALENBEK:
Burial: Albany, NY13,14
Name (Facts Page): Casper Jacobse Halenbek15,16
Child of CASPER HALENBEK and ELISABETH is:
