Guert Gerrits1

#14159, (between 1620 and 1630 - circa 26 February 1697)
Relationship6th great-granduncle of Nelle Belle Bridges
Father*Gerrit _____1
Mother*____ _____1

Family

Elizabeth Cornelis b. bt 1622 - 1630, d. c 1707
Birth*between 1620 and 1630He was born between 1620 and 1630 at Zutphen, Gelderland, NetherlandsG.1 
say 1650He migrated to New NetherlandG say 1650.2 
Marriage*19 October 1664He married Elizabeth Cornelis on 19 October 1664 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York, New York.3,4 
Baptism17 February 1669He sponsored the baptism of Annetje Straatemaker on 17 February 1669 at Reformed Church, Bergen (now Jersey City), New Jersey.5 
1688He left a will in 1688 at Bergen, New Jersey.6 
Death*circa 26 February 1697He died circa 26 February 1697 at New JerseyG.7 
Burial*28 February 1697He was buried on 28 February 1697 at New Jersey.7 

Citations

  1. [S1344] Howard S. F. Randolph, "Tryntje Jacobs and Her Four Husbands", The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 56:3 (Jul 1925): p. 266. "Guert or Gerrit Gerritsen, came to this country from Zutphen, Holland. His sisters Jannetje and Geesje also emigrated, but it is not known if they all came together, and if their parents accompanied them, or not, though Jannetje seems to have come by herself in a ship of Judith Verleth’s."
  2. [S1344] Howard S. F. Randolph, "Tryntje Jacobs and Her Four Husbands", p. 266. "Guert or Gerrit Gerritsen, came to this country from Zutphen, Holland. His sisters Jannetje and Geesje also emigrated, but it is not known if they all came together, and if their parents accompanied them, or not, though Jannetje seems to have come by herself in a ship of Judith Verleth’s [1650, the Fortune]."
  3. [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. 30. Geurt Gerritszen, j. m.Van Zutphen, en Lysbeth Cornelis, Wed. Gerrit Hedrickszen, 19 Oct 1664.
  4. [S1344] Howard S. F. Randolph, "Tryntje Jacobs and Her Four Husbands", p. 266.
  5. [S1134] "Bergen Records (1st Book)", Year Book of the Holland Society, Holland Society of New York (1913): p. 22, 17 Feb 1669, baptism no. 26. Annetje, dau. of Jan Straetmaker and Geesje Gerrits; sponsors Guert Gerrits and Janneke Edsall.
  6. [S1344] Howard S. F. Randolph, "Tryntje Jacobs and Her Four Husbands", p. 266, citing N. Y. Hist. Soc. Coll. 1892-280. "In 1688 they made a joint will before Claas Arentsen Tours in Bergen, N. J., “testator sicke in body and the testatrix in health going and standing.” In this will they mention the testator’s sister Geesie Gerrits; Antie Jans, daughter of Jan Dircksen Stratenmaker and Geesje Gerrits; Elizabeth Ottose, daughter of Otto Gerritsen (Elizabeth Cornelis’ step-son) and Engeltie Pieterse; and the children of the testator’s sister Janettie Gerritse, “seven in number,” namely, Johannes, Gerritse, Antie, Christofells, Urselina, Mary and Benjamin Stymetts. This list of the children of Caspar Steynmets is most interesting, as it does not include Altje (No. 5 ), or Caspar (No. 9), who had probably died, and it calls Joanna (No. 11) “Mary.” But in spite of his illness Guert lived on until Feb. 28, 1697, and his widow died Jan. 24, 1707. [Other citations omitted]
  7. [S1135] "Bergen Records (3rd Book)", Year Book of the Holland Society, Holland Society of New York (1915): p. 29, bur. no. 144, 28 Feb 1697. Geurt Gerritse, at Bergen.