Govert Loockermans1

#13923, (circa 1617 - )
Father*____ Loockermans2 (s 1598 - )
Mother*____ _____2 (s 1598 - )

Family 1

Ariaentje Jans b. c 1620, d. c 1648
Children 1.Marritje Loockermans13 (1641 - )
 2.Jannetje Loockermans14 (1643 - )

Family 2

Marritje Jans b. c 1609
Child 1.Jacob Loockermans15 (c 1652 - )
"It appears he left Holland with Director General Wouter Van Twiller in the ship Soutberg, which captured on her voyage a Spanish caravel, the St. Martin, to which vessel he was transferred, and which was brought safely into port. With him came Jacob Wolfertsen (Van Couwenhoven), whose first wife, Hester Jans, was a sister of Loockerman's first wife. Upon his arrival he was taken into the service of the West India Company, as clerk, but he soon left this employment and engaged in business on his own account."3 
He was one of the Nine Men (1647-1650, representing merchants), Fire Warden (1655), Orphanmaster (1663.)4 
Birth*circa 1617He was born circa 1617 at Turnhout, Netherlands (now Belgium); poss. in France where his father was working; see Frihoff citation. (Turnhout was then in the Duchy of Brabant, part of the Southern, or Spanish-Austrian ruled portion of the Low Countries.)5,6,7 
April 1633He migrated to New Amsterdam, New Netherland, from The Netherlands in April 1633.5 
Marriage*26 February 1641He married Ariaentje Jans on 26 February 1641 at Amsterdam, Netherlands. "In 1640 he went back to Holland where he married 1st, in Amsterdam, Feb. 26, 1641, Ariaentje Jans, with whom he returned to New Amsterdam in the ship King David, Job Arentsen, Master, arriving here Nov. 29, 1641." Purple, p. 38.8 
Baptism6 September 1643He sponsored the baptism of Lÿsbeth Van Couwenhoven on 6 September 1643 at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherland.9 
Marriage*11 July 1649He married Marritje Jans, daughter of Jan _____ and Tryntie Jonas, on 11 July 1649 at New Netherland.10,11 
Baptism1 July 1657He sponsored the baptism of Lucretia Rodenburg on 1 July 1657 at New Netherland.12 
Baptism26 November 1662He sponsored the baptism of Nicolaes Gÿsbertsen Uyten Bogaert on 26 November 1662 at New Netherland.1 

Citations

  1. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, editor, Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York: Baptisms From 1639 to 1730 (New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1901), p. 67. Nicholaes, son of Gÿsbert Elbertszen and Willemtje Claes, bapt. 26 Nov 1662; sponsors Govert Loockermann and Jannetje Loockermann.
  2. [S1138] Edwin R. Purple, Contributions to the History of Ancient Families of New Amsterdam and New York (New York: privately printed, 1881), p. 35. "Among the early settlers of New Netherland were five persons bearing this name—Govert, Jacob and Pieter Janse Loockermans, and their sister Anneken, and a Balthus Loockermans."
  3. [S1138] Edwin R. Purple, Contributions to the History of Ancient Families of New Amsterdam and New York, pp. 37-38.
  4. [S1353] E. B. O'Callaghan, The Register of New Netherland (Albany: J. Munsell, 1865), passim.
  5. [S1138] Edwin R. Purple, Contributions to the History of Ancient Families of New Amsterdam and New York, p. 37.
  6. [S1172] Arnold J. F. van Laer, translator and annotator, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974), I:244. Sworn declaration of 9 Nov 1639 by Govert Loockemans [sic in the typed translation] that he is aged 22 years.
  7. [S1636] Willem Frijhoff, "Govert Loockermans (1617?-1671?) and His Relatives: How an Adolescent from Turnhout Worked His Way up in the New World", Taxandria, Jaarboek van de Geschied- en Oudheidkundige Kring van de Antwerpse Kempen LXXXII (2011), translated by Wim Vanraes for the New Netherland Research Center in 2014: p. 9. Frihoff details the calculation of Loockerman's birth date and location, concluding that he may have been born in an area outside of Turnhout, perhaps in France, where his father was working as a peat-cuter. This may explain why his baptismal record, unlike the records of his siblings, have not been located in Turnhout. The complete article is available at http://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/download_file/view/…. Hereinafter cited as Govert Loockermans and His Relatives.
  8. [S1635] Edward F. de Lancey, "Original Family Records of Loockermans, Bayard, Van Cortlandt, Van Rensselaer, and Schuyler", The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 5:2 (April 1874): p. 69, from the family Bible, "Laus Deo. in Amsterdam @ 1641. Tuesday 26 Feb. is married Govert Loockermans with Ariaentie Jans."
  9. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 15. Lÿsbeth, dau. of Jacob Wolphertszen [mother's name not given], bapt. 6 Sep 1643; sponsors Govert Loockermans, Jan Van Brug, Jannetie Sert., Ariaentie Jans.
  10. [S1636] Willem Frijhoff, "Govert Loockermans and His Relatives", p. 40.
  11. [S666] Samuel S. Purple, editor, Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York: Marriages from 11 December 1639 to 26 August 1801 (New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1890), p. 15. Govert Loockermans, j. m. from Túrnhoút, and Marritje Jans, j. d. [no mention that each is widowed], marr. or banns 11 Jul 1649.
  12. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 46. Lucretia, dau. of Johannes Rodenborg and Trÿntie Roelofs, bapt. 1 Jul 1657; sponsors Govert Loockerrnans, Johannes de Peÿster, Sara Roelofs.
  13. [S1635] Edward F. de Lancey, "Original Family Records of Loockermans et al.", p. 69, from the family Bible, "1641. 3. November. Sunday morning at 3 o'clock, is born Maria Loockermans in the ship Coninck Davit [King David] on the voyage to St Christopher and New Netherland."
  14. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 15. Jannetje, dau. of Govert Loockermans, bapt. 27 Sep 1643; sponsors Jacob Wolferlszen, Olof Stephenszen Van Courtlt., Hester Jans, Jannetje Seth, Marritje Philips.
  15. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 31. Jacob, son of Govert Loockermans, bapt. 17 Mar 1652; sponsors Jacob Van Couwenhoven, Pieter Prins, Annelje Loockermans.