Andries DeWitt1

#6368, (say 1657 - 22 July 1710)
Relationship6th great-granduncle of Nelle Belle Bridges
Father*Tjerck Claesse DeWitt1 (s 1632 - 1700/1)
Mother*Barbara Andriessen1 (s 1639 - 1714)

Family

Jannetje Egbertsen b. c 1664, d. 1733
Children 1.Barbara DeWitt9 (c 1690 - )
 2.Jacob DeWitt10 (c 1692 - )
Birth*say 1657He was born say 1657 at New York, New York; "oldest son" in father's will.2,3,4 
Marriage*7 March 1684He married Jannetje Egbertsen, daughter of Egbert Meinderise and Jaepe Jans, on 7 March 1684 at New YorkG.5,1 
Baptism29 August 1703He sponsored the baptism of Catharina Bogardus on 29 August 1703 at Old Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster Co., New YorkG.6 
Baptism5 September 1703He sponsored the baptism of Lucas DeWitt Jr. on 5 September 1703 at Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster Co., New YorkG.7 
Death*22 July 1710He died on 22 July 1710 at Ulster Co., New YorkG.8 

Citations

  1. [S663] Gustave Anjou, compiler, Ulster County N.Y. Probate Records (New York: Gustave Anjou, 1906), I:56-58, entry for Tjerck Claese De Witt, of Kingston, citing Folio 252, his will dated 4 Mar 1687 (in Dutch).
  2. [S663] Gustave Anjou, Ulster County N.Y. Probate Records, I:56-58, entry for Tjerck Claese De Witt, of Kingston, citing Folio 252, his will dated 4 Mar 1687 (in Dutch). Wife Barbara to have whole estate for as long as she lives; eldest son [1] "Andres de Widt"; youngest son [2] Tjerck; sons [3] Jan, [4] "Luycias", [5]"Dieck"; dau.[6] Tjatje, wife of Mattys Mattyson; dau. [7] Jannetie, wife of Cornelis Swetts; dau. [8] Geertruy; dau. [9] "Ragel", wife of Cornelis Bogardus; daus. [10] Maritie and [11] Aegie.
  3. [S520] VWH.
  4. [S670] Thomas G. Evans, The De Witt Family of Ulster County, New York (New York: Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Co., 1886), p.3; "For a short time after his marriage be lived in New York (his first child, Andries, was born there), but in the spring of 1657 he removed to Albany, where he had purchased a house and lot."
  5. [S221] Roswell Randall Hoes, compiler, Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (New York: De Vinne Press, 1891), p. 506, marr. 52. Andries de With, j. m., and Jannetie Egbertsdr, j. d., both b. in New York and res. in Kingstown, "in the Esopus," banns published 4 Mar 1682; no marr. date given.
  6. [S221] Roswell Randall Hoes, Baptisms and Marriages ODC Kingston, p. 70, no. 1417. Catharina, dau. of Cornelis Bogardus and Rachel de Wit, bapt. 29 Aug 1703; sponsors Andries de Wit and Wyntje Bogardus.
  7. [S221] Roswell Randall Hoes, Baptisms and Marriages ODC Kingston, p. 70, no. 1420. Leucas de Wit, son of Leucas de Wit and Antje Telba, bapt. 5 Sep 1793; sponsors Andries de Wit, Cornelis Bogardus and Barbar de Wit.
  8. [S670] Thomas G. Evans, The De Witt Family of Ulster County, p. 5. " "Captain Andries De W'itt departed this life in a sorrowful way; through the breaking of two sleepers [beams] he was pressed down and very much bruised ; he spoke a few words and died." He was buried in the churchyard at Kingston."
  9. [S221] Roswell Randall Hoes, Baptisms and Marriages ODC Kingston, p. 35, no. 648, 1690; Andries de Wit and [wife's name not given]; Barbar, 25 May; sponsors The Father, Rachel Bogardus, Cornelis Bogardus.
  10. [S221] Roswell Randall Hoes, Baptisms and Marriages ODC Kingston, p. 37, no. 699, 1692; Andries de Wit and Jannetje Egbertsen; Jacob, 28 Jan.; sponsors Jan de Witt and Marretje Egbertsen.