Sara Roelofs1

#14294, (circa March 1627 - )
Father*Roelof Jansz2 (c 1602 - c 1637)
Mother*Anneke Jans2 (s 1604 - c 1663)
Noord-Holland Province, Church Records, FamilySearch.org

Family 1

Dr. Hans Kierstede b. s 1615
Children 1.Hans Kierstede Jr. (c 1644 - )
 2.Roelof Kierstede+20 (c 1646 - )
 3.Anna Kierstede21 (c 1651 - )
 4.Blandina Kierstede22 (c 1653 - )
 5.Jochem Kierstede23 (c 1655 - )
 6.Lucas Kierstede+24 (c 1657 - )
 7.Catharina Kierstede+4 (c 1660 - )
 8.Jacob Kierstede25 (c 1662 - )
 9.Jacobus Kierstede26 (c 1663 - )
 10.Rachel Kierstede27 (c 1665 - )

Family 2

Cornelis Van Borsum b. s 1622
Her married name was Van Borsum.3 
Her married name was Kierstede.1,4 
Birth*circa March 1627She was born circa March 1627 at Amsterdam, Netherlands.5,6 
Baptismcirca April 1627She was baptized circa April 1627 at Hervormde Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands.5 
1630She accompanied Roelof Jansz and Anneke Jans in 1630 from Amsterdam, on de Eendracht to New NetherlandG.7,8 
Baptism21 April 1642She sponsored the baptism of Isaac du Trieux on 21 April 1642 at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherland.9 
Marriage*29 June 1642She married Dr. Hans Kierstede, son of ____ Kierstede, on 29 June 1642 at New Netherland.1,4 
Baptism4 January 1643She sponsored the baptism of Jonas Bogardus on 4 January 1643 at New Netherland.10 
Baptism5 August 1643She sponsored the baptism of Jannetje Adriaense on 5 August 1643 at New Netherland.11 
Baptism2 April 1645She sponsored the baptism of Pieter Bogardus on 2 April 1645 at New Netherland.12 
Baptism7 December 1645She sponsored the baptism of Jacob du Trieux on 7 December 1645 at New Netherland.13 
Baptism31 December 1645She sponsored the baptism of Trÿntje Cregier on 31 December 1645 at New Netherland.14 
Baptism5 September 1649She sponsored the baptism of Janneken Hartgers on 5 September 1649 at New Netherland.15 
Baptism1 July 1657She sponsored the baptism of Lucretia Rodenburg on 1 July 1657 at New Netherland.16 
Baptism2 September 1657She sponsored the baptism of Cornelis1 Nevius on 2 September 1657 at New Netherland [poss., name only (no spouse)]; (witnesses named, but no surety.)17 
Marriage*1 September 1669She married Cornelis Van Borsum on 1 September 1669 at New YorkG.3 
Baptism4 November 1682She sponsored the baptism of Jacob Kip on 4 November 1682 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York, New York.18 
Sara Roelofs "is said to have been more proficient in the Indian language than any other person in the colony, and in May, 1664, acted as interpreter in the great treaty made at New Amsterdam between Gov. Stuyvesant and the neighboring Indian tribes. Having often acted in that capacity, she was presented with a large tract of land on the west side of the North River, by Oritany, the chief of the Hackinsack and Tappan Indians (Broadhead's Hist. N. Y., i, p. 731.)19" 

Citations

  1. [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. 11. "Mr. Hans Kierstede, Chirurgyn [Surgeon], j. m. Van Maegdenburg, en Sara Roelofs, j. d. Van Amsterdam, beyde wonende tot [both living in] N. Amsterdam."
  2. [S1158] William S. Pelletrau, compiler, Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate’s Office, City of New York (New York: New York Historical Society, 1893-1913), NYHS Vol. XXVII, Abstracts IV:487–490, will of Anneke Jans Bogardus. Names "her children, Sarah Roeloffson, wife of Hans Kierstede; Catrina Roeloffsen, wife of Johanes Van Brugh; also Jannettije and Rachel Hartgers, the children of her deceased daughter, Fytje Roeloffsen, during her life the wife of Peter Hartgers, representing together their mother's place; also her son Jan Roeloffsen, and finally, William, Cornelius, Jonas, and Peter Bogardus."
  3. [S666] Samuel S. Purple, Records of the RDC in NY Marriages 1639-1801, p. 34. Cornelis Van Borsum, j. m. Van’t Veer [ferryboat] op Breuckelen, and Sara Roelofs, wid. of Hans Kierstede. Intentions 1 Sep 1669.
  4. [S1354] G. H. Van Wagenen, "The Kierstede Family of Ulster County, N. Y.", The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record XIII (Jan 1882): p. 24.
  5. [S1321] Netherlands, Noord-Holland Province, Church Records, 1523-1948, images, online FamilySearch.org, Evangelisch Luthers > Amsterdam > Dopen 1590-1641 > img. 299/654. FHL Film 113415, Dopen bk. 139 1623-1631. Sara, dau. of Roeloff Jansen, bapt. 5 Apr 1627; mother not named; sponsors Assuiris Jansen and Stijntje Barents.
  6. [S1172] Arnold J. F. van Laer, translator and annotator, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974), II:42–43, document 20b, "Settlement of Annetje Jans upon her minor children by Roeloff Jansen, her first husband," dated 21 Jun 1642 at Fort Amsterdam. Restatement of an apparently lost agreement with her children's guardians prior to her marriage to Everardus Bogardus. Promises each their share of their father's estate, and gives the names and ages of the children: Sara Rouloffs, aged about sixteen years; Trijntjen Rouloffs, aged thirteen years; Sijtjen Rouloffs, aged eleven years; Jan Rouloffsen, nine years old; and Annitjen Rouloffsen, aged six years. The last, Annitjen, is not mentioned in her mother's will of 1663. Presumably she died childless during the interval.
  7. [S1336] E. B. O'Callaghan, History of New Netherland or New York Under the Dutch (New York: Bartlett and Welford, 1848), I:433. "Names of Settlers in Rensselaerswyck from 1630 to 1646 compiled from the Books of Monthly Wages and otlier MSS." Entry for the year 1630: "Roeloff Jansen van Maesterlandt, wife and family; came out as farmer to the Patroon, at $72 a year."
  8. [S672] A. J. F. van Laer, editor, Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts (Albany: University of the State of New York, 1908), p. 308. "Account of the jurisdictions, management and condition of the territories named Rensselaerswyck," dated 20 Jul 1634. A list of the first settlers, in 1630, of the new farm "de Laets Burg" at Rensselaerswyck, under the overseer Wolfert Gerrittsen:
    Rutger Hendricksen, van Soest [near Amersfoort in Netherlands]
    Brent Peelen, vander Nieckarck [Nijkerk or Nykerck, in Gelderland, Netherlands]
    Beerent Jansen, van esen[en?] [van Laer's note: place name not identified]
    Roeloff Jansen, van Masterlant [Marstrand, Norway (now Sweden)]
    Annetgen Jans, his wife
    Sara and Trintgen Roeloffs, "his daughters with another child born before in that country"
    Claes Claesen, van Vlecker [Flekkerøy, Norway (birth place of Annetgen Jans)]
    Jacob Goyuerttsen, van [ditto] [Flekkerøy, Norway]
    Zeeger Jansen, vander Nieckarck [Nijkerk or Nykerck]
    On p. 805, these are all named as sailing on the ship de Eendracht from Texel on 21 Mar 1630, arriving at New Amsterdam 24 May 1630.
  9. [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. 13. Jsaacsen [sic], son of Philip du' Trieux, bapt. 21 Apr 1642; sponsors Mr. Herman Reÿniers; Jan
    Willemszen, Schut; Philip Gerritsz.; Sara du Trieux, Sara Roelofs.
  10. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 104. Jonas, son of Dominie Everardus Bogardus, bapt. 4 Jan 1643; sponsors Olof Stephenszen Van Courtlt., Mr. Gysbert opten dÿck, Trÿntje Jonas, Sara Roelofs.
  11. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 15. Jannetje, dau. of Adriaen Pietersz., Van Alcmaer [mother not named], bapt. 5 Aug 1643; sponsors D. Everardus Bogardus, Egbert Wouterszen, Sara Roelofs, Tryntje Everts.
  12. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 19. Pieter, son of Dominie Everardus Bogardus, bapt. 2 apr 1645; sponsors Jochern Pieterszen, Mr. Hans Kierstede, Marrilie Thymens, Sara Roelois [sic].
  13. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 20. Jacob, son of Philip du Trieux, bapt. 2 Dec 1645; sponsors Cornelis Van Tienhoven, Secrts.; Olof Stephenszen Van
    Courtlant; Ariaen Dlrcks; Sara Roelofs, wife of Mr. Hans Van Kierstede.
  14. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 20. Tryntie, dau. of Marten Cregier [mother not named], bapt. 31 Dec 1645; sponsors Cornelis Van Tienhoven, Secrts.; Olof Stephenszen Van Courtlant; Ariaen Dlrcks; Sara Roelofs, wife of Mr. Hans Van Kierstede.
  15. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 26. Janneken, dau. of Pieter Hartgras, bapt. 5 Sep 1649; sponsors Joost Hartgras and Sara Roelofs.
  16. [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.
  17. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 47. Cornelis, son of Johannes Nevius, bapt. 2 Sep 1657; sponsors Adriaen Blommert, Tryntie Crougers, Sara Roelofs..
  18. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 155. Jacob, child of Johannes Kip and Catharina Kierstede, bapt. 4 Nov 1682; sponsors Jacob Kip and Sara Roelofs.
  19. [S1138] Edwin R. Purple, Contributions to the History of Ancient Families of New Amsterdam and New York (New York: privately printed, 1881), p. 53, footnote.
  20. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 21. Roelof, son of Mr. Hans Kierstede and Sara Roelofs, bapt. 1 Jan 1647; sponsors Jochem Kierstede, Annetje Bogardus, Tryntje Roelofs.
  21. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 29. Anna, dau. of Mr. Hans Kierstede [mother not named], bapt. 23 Apr 1651; sponsor Elsje Tymens.
  22. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 34. Blandina, dau. of Mr. Hans Kierstede and Sara Roelofs, bapt. 8 Jun 1653; sponsor Lysbeth Cregiers.
  23. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 40. Jochem, son of Mr. Hans Kierstede and Sara Roelofs, bapt. 24 Oct 1655; sponsor Sytie Roelofs.
  24. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 47. Lucas, son of Mr. Hans Kierstede and Sara Roelofs, bapt. 23 Sep 1657; sponsor Tryntie Roelofs.
  25. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 65. Jacob, son of Mr. Hans Kierstede and Sara Roelofs, bapt. 4 Jun 1662; sponsor Marritje Loockermans.
  26. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 71. Jacobus, son of Mr. Hans Kierstede and Sara Roelofs, bapt. 28 Nov 1663; sponsor Tryntie Rodenburg.
  27. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 80. Rachel, dau. of Hans Kierstede and Sara Roelofs, bapt. 8 Jun 1653; sponsor Tryntie Roelofs.