I am looking at Patrick's link to Willem Jansen SchUtt, or his lack of connection.
No record exists of Willem's origin, nor of his marriage, of the children shown on Geni two of the eldest 3 are supposedly born in Albany but pre-date the surviving Albany records. Child #2, Patrick, is supposedly born in 1665 in Kingston but there is no baptism record for him despite these record surviving for that period.
No record of Patrick's marriage is known, which would usually list his place of origin.
So I resorted to Google and found this:
"No birth or baptism of a son named Patrick was found for these parents, Grandfather and father and all Schut siblings, use the last name Schut(t) pretty consistent troughout their lives, Patrick doesn't at all, he is the only one using the Schott /Scott version during his life and also consistent, so perhaps he was from Scottish background?"
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Schott-97
While not conclusive evidence it certainly throws up a real possibility that _Patrick_ (not a particularly Dutch name) has only been connected to the Schutt family via wishful thinking.
There is another possibility that he is of the other Schutt family.
Unfortunately, I'm out of town for two weeks (and consequently don't have my files with me, so I can't more clearly argue what I'm maintaining) but here are a few brief facts about Jan Broerse Decker, Willem Janse Schutt and their wives.
1). Jan Decker (the surname didn't come until many years after he lived in the Kingston area), was a Danish German (or German Dane) who came from Husum in Schleswig.
2). His wife, Heyletje Jacobse, was the daughter of a man named JACOB, surname currently unknown. I've spent years trying to figure out who he was. He was NOT Rutger Jacobse; the whole Schoenderwoerdt nonsense is just that: nonsense. When studying Dutch genealogy, you MUST come to terms with the fact that there was a PATRONYMIC, how it works, and that it was in WIDE use in the 17th century Dutch colonies, especially by women. A man whose own patronymic was Jacobse could never have fathered a daughter with the same patronymic.
3.Grietje Jacobse, wife of Willem Janse Schutt, COULD have been the sister of Heyletje. The families were close; they tended to intermarry and follow each other around...and there was no apparent connection between Jan and Willem themselves, nor did they have known siblings who could have intermarried. This is, however, just speculation. What is cold fact is that Grietje, like Heyletje, was the daughter of a man named JACOB.
4). Patrick Scott is no relation whatever of Willem Janse Schutt. Some 19th century airhead invented the connection, because the names, you know, SOUND ALIKE! I read the whole weird genealogy years ago; it bears no relation to reality (it says that Patrick's entire family background is Scottish, including Willem Janse!)...but pieces of it keep showing up on the Internet. God knows who Patrick was, but he WASN"T a Schutt of any shape, manner or form.
5). Willem Janse Schutt was, in all probability, German, the son of a Jan Willemse Schutt and had a fascinating life. Both he and Jan Decker are 10th great-grandfathers of mine and I have a great deal of data concerning both. As I said, I'm currently (far) away from home, but when I return I can send it to you, if you want.
Greetings Private User everything you are saying conforms with the impression that i have formed looking at the tree.
I too am away from home today but shall work some more on these profiles over the weekend. What the tree desperately needs is more documentary evidence. I would be quite happy if you want to email it to me or else i can guide you in uploading it to Geni yourself