Andries Barentsen - Kingston (Now New York State) Massacre of 1663

https://books.google.com/books?id=7bR4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA33#v=onepag...

The History of Kingston, New York: From Its Early Settlement to the Year 1820 By Marius Schoonmaker.

In the attack upon Wiltwyck there were twelve men, including three soldiers and a negro, also four women and two children, murdered, eight men wounded, four women and four children taken prisoners, and twelve houses burnt. At the new village there were three men killed; one man, eight women, and twenty-six children taken prisoners. The new village was entirely destroyed; every building was burned except a new unfinished barn.

Those taken prisoners were Master Gysbert's wife ; Hester Douw and her daughter Sarah ; Grietje, wife of Dominic Laer, and child; Femmitje, wife of Joost Ariaens; the oldest daughter of Tjerck Clausen De Witt; a daughter of Ariaen Gerretsen, and two little boys of Mattys Roeloffsen.

The wounded were Thomas Chambers, Hendrick Jochem Schoonmaker, Michael Freere, Albert Gerretsen, Andries Barents, Jan de Carle, Hendrick a servant of the director-general, and Paulus de doorman.

The only other mention of Andries Barents:

From https://books.google.com/books?id=7bR4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA206#v=onepa...

Immediately after his arrival at Wiltwyck, Dominie Blom entered upon the duties of his pastorate. On Christmas Day, the 25th of December, 1660, occurred the first administration of the Lord's Supper in Esopus, and that was when, on that day, he, Dominie Blom, distributed the sacred elements to his little flock, consisting of Anna Blom his wife, Jacob Joosten, Jacob Burhans, Mattice Blanshan and Maddelyn his wife, Antone Crispel and Maria his wife, Andries Barents and Hillitjen his wife, Margaret Chambers, Geertray Andrise, Roeliff Swartwout and Eva his wife, Cornelis Barent Slecht and Tryntje his wife, Albert Roosa and Weylke his wife.

He appears to have been a man of sincere piety, and especially well qualified for the position he occupied. He soon became very popular, and discharged all the duties devolving upon him with very great satisfaction to his congregation.

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A congregation of 19! The record of Dominie's baptisms though reaches some 93 + 3.

From http://newyorkhistoryblog.org/2013/12/17/forgotton-history-the-esop...

This year marks the 350th anniversary of the Second Esopus War, which was fought primarily between the Munsee Esopus and the New Netherland colonists in 1663. The image of an “Indian” war most often conjures up scenes of the American West, yet this conflict took place right in the proverbial backyard of the Hudson Valley.

The Esopus Wars were centered around the settlement of Wiltwijck, a place we know today as Kingston. The conflict completely changed the power dynamic of the region, from one dominated by American Indians to European colonists. While from another angle, a look at the war’s participants offers a view of the diverse population that composed Dutch New York. ....

More references. I am wondering if Femmetje Hendricks was a describer of the region?

http://www.hvmag.com/Hudson-Valley-Magazine/November-2013/The-Esopu...

War spreads west

The Esopus and their hostages retreated, guerrilla-style, into the woods. Each side courted allies: The Lenape enlisted aid from the Minisink tribe, and the Dutch sent reinforcements upriver from New Amsterdam, as well as some Mohawk tribesmen to help rescue the captives.

Throughout the summer, the two sides played cat and mouse. In late July, the Dutch located an Esopus fortress in what is now either Wawarsing or Kerhonkson, based on intelligence they gathered from captured Indians. Kregier and his small army destroyed the site, burning the fields and food, but the Esopus retreated and hid again — along with some of the hostages. In September, the Dutch found their new redoubt and killed a large number of natives, including the Esopus chief Papequanaehen, which effectively ended the war. The white captives reported having been treated well, and some had grown fond of their captors. “There were two children who had become caregivers for an elderly woman, and they stayed with her for some time,” Fried says.

Their nation in ruins, the Esopus signed a peace treaty in 1664 — and the future of the Hudson Valley was established. The Dutch, now leery of all native tribes, grew increasingly preoccupied with the English interlopers and ceded their territory to them later that same year. “The wars may have weakened the Dutch, and you could even argue that without the war the Dutch may have put up more of a fight against the English — though that is purely speculative,” Fried says. “Instead they gave it up without a shot being fired.”

The war also gave white people their first glimpse at the interior regions of the Valley. A woman captured by the Esopus was perhaps the first to spend time in the Shawangunk Mountains. Her description of the region is said to have inspired the Duzine, the 12 Huguenot families that bought property in what became New Paltz in the 1670s.

Is this our "Deaf Hester" Douwze?

http://www.hudsonrivervalley.org/library/pdfs/articles_books_essays...

From JOURNAL OF THE SECOND ESOPUS WAR; BY CAPT. MARTIN KREGIER.

TAKEN PRISONERS.

WOMEN.
Master Gysbert's wife.
Hester Douwe.
Sara the daughter of Hester Douwe.
Grietje, Domine Laer's wife.
Femmetje, sister of Hilletje, being recently married to Joost Ariaens.

CHILDREN.
Tjerck Claessen en de Witt's oldest daughter.
Dominie Laer's child.
Ariaen Gerritsen's daughter.
Two little boys of Mattys Roeloffsen.

WIth maps ... http://cragsmoorconsultants.com/scenic%20byways/Scenic_Byway_Paper....

With photos ... http://www.jwwerner.com/ODC/OldDutchChurch.html

I didn't see this thread at the time you were posting.

"Is this our "Deaf Hester" Douwze?"

Yes most definitely was "Deaf" Hester Douwes

According to the story her deafness was some sort of PTSD response to her period in captivity. Actually i need to find the story again because IIRC it wasn't that she was deaf it was that she never spoke another word, so the moniker "deaf" is a bit deceptive.

Where does the DOB and location come from for [[6000000011002999997]?

It's not conclusive but a son, Andries, is baptised 06-09-1640 in Amsterdam by Barent Andriesz.

Of course a man with the same name also baptised a son named Daniel the same year in the same church and a man of the same name also baptised a son named Andries in the same church the following year. So not evidence of anything at all really.