Burger Jorisen1

#18109, (before 1621 - )
"Burger Jorisz; was at New Amsterdam in 1637 and was secured as smith of Rensselaerswyck to take the place of Cornelis Thomasz. who had been killed by his helper Hans van Sevenhuysen, on the voyage out, at Ilfracombe, Dec. 8, 1636. The terms upon which Burger Jorisz was engaged are as follows: "Inasmuch as Cornells Tomassen died and Arent Steveniersen, who married the widow, does not understand smith's work, the council of the colony have decided to turn the iron and coal and all the tools over to Burger Jorisen Smit at 50% advance in price, and to let him do the work at the rates paid by freemen at the Manhatans, to wit: pound work at six stivers, nails at 10 stivers a hundred, braces at 12 stivers, double braces at 28 stivers and other work proportionately, and this till the patroon makes different arrangements. In the year 1637, the 26th of May, and was signed, Jacob Albertsen Planck, Pieter Cornelissen, X the mark of Dirck Jansen." Burger Jorisz' account in the colony runs from June 4, 1637, to Aug. 18, 1630. when he turned over his tools to Reyer Stoffelsz and moved to the Manahatans. Dec. 18, 1639, he married at New Amsterdam, Engeltje Mans, from Sweden. In the marriage records of the Reformed Dutch church of New York, Burger Jorisz is given as from Hersberg, in Silesicn (Hirschberg, in Silesia)."2 
Burger Jorisen was also known as Burger Jorisen Smit. 
Birth*before 1621He was born before 1621.1 
Baptism2 October 1639He sponsored the baptism of Maryken Jansen on 2 October 1639 at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherland.3 

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. 10. Maryken, dau. of Claes Janszen [mother not named], bapt. 2 Oct 1639; sponsors Corm. Lambertszen Cool, Pieter Wolphertszen, Burger Joriszen Smit, Neeltje
    Wolpherts, Aaltje Cornelis.
  2. [S672] A. J. F. van Laer, editor, Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts (Albany: University of the State of New York, 1908), p. 815.
  3. [S1171] Thomas Grier Evans, Records of the RDC in NY: Baptisms 1639–1730, p. 10. Maryken, dau. of Claes Janszen [mother not named], bapt. 2 Oct 1639; sponsors Corm. Lambertszen Cool, Pieter Wolphertszen, Burger Joriszen Smit, Neeltje Wolpherts, Aaltje Cornelis.