Dirck Janszen Woertman, of Brooklyn Ferry

In church records the patronymic pattern was followed almost completely so that John's son, Richard (?), is recorded as Dirck Jansen very frequently.

New Amsterdam - Immigrants

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He came to America in 1647. Dirck Jans assumed the surname Woertman after immigrating to America. They were admitted to the Brooklyn Dutch Church on 10 April 1660/61. Some call him Richard Jans or Dirck Jansen.

He first married Marrietje Teunis(en) DENYSE, daughter of Teunice NYSSEN & Femmetje (Phoebe) SEALS, 10 Apr 1661 in Brooklyn Dutch Church. Born 3 Apr 1644 in Brooklyn, NY. Died 1690 in Brooklyn, New York.

After his wife's death, he married Annetje Aukes, a widow.

Family

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/genealogy/p731...

Wife: Marritje Teunis Nyssen b. 3 Apr 1644, d. b 4 Apr 1691

Children:

1. Harmtje Dircks Woertman+11 b. 6 Jun 1661, d. b 2 Feb 1706
2. Femmetje Dircks Woertman+29 b. 6 Jan 1664
3. Jan Dircksen Woertman+ b. c 1666
4. Teunis Dircksen Woertman+9 b. 25 Feb 1669, d. bt 29 Oct 1729 - 11 Dec 1729
5. Pieter Dircksz Woertman27 b. c 1671
6. Lodowyck Dircksz Woertman27 b. c 1673
7. Lysbeth Dirckse Woertman7 b. 16 May 1677, d. b 4 Apr 1681
8. Denys Dircksz Woertman30 b. 28 Jul 1678
9. Lijsbeth Dirckse Woertman+27 b. 4 Apr 1681
10. Annitje Woertman31 b. 15 Jun 1684
11. Marritje Dirckse Woertman+32 b. 21 Nov 1686

His will was dated on 4 April 1694 recorded 23 Apr 1694 while he was still alive. No record of probate has been found. Names his children John, Tunis, Peter, Lodwyck, Denys, Harantie (Harmtje), Femmetie, Elizabeth, Annike and Marritie. His second wife, Annitie, is mentioned, by whom he had no children. He gives his Indian slave, Whan, his freedom.24,25

Dirck Jansz Woertman witnessed the baptism of Marritje Woertman , daughter of Teunis Dircksen Woertman and Catrijna Sprong, on 27 December 1696 at Old First Dutch Reformed Church, Breuckelen (Brooklyn), Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (witnesses Dirck Janse Woertman, Barbar Coevors).26

Dirck was made a town officer in 1673 in Brooklyn.

Dirck Jansz Woertman appeared on the census in 1698 at Brooklyn, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, with one man, one woman, two children, and four slaves.27

On 10 October 1706 He sold his Brooklyn lands to his son-in-law Joris Remsen, by deeds covering several original patents on the East River.28

He was a member of the at Brooklyn, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, in 1708.27

http://workmanfamily.org/histories/AndersonBook/Americana.html
•Name: Dirck 'Richard' Jans Woertman •Given Name: Dirck 'Richard' Jans •Surname: Woertman

•Sex: M •Birth: Abt 1630 in Amsterdam, Holland •Death: Aft 1708 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York •
Emigrated from Amsterdam in 1647. Dirck operated the Brooklyn Ferry. He assumed the surname Woertman in 1680.

1. Richard John Workman (Dirk Jan Woertman) Born about 1630 in Amsterdam Died after 1694 in Brooklyn, NY Marrietje Teunis Denyse - Chr. 4/3/1644 in Brooklyn, Kings, NY Died 1690 in Brooklyn, NY Married about 1660

CHILDREN:
1. Haramita Woertman - Chr. 6/6/1661
2. Femmetje (Phoebe) Woertman - Chr. 1/6/1663
3. John Derick Workman (Jan Derick Woertman) Chr. 1665
4. Geertruy (Woertman) Sprong - Chr. 1667
5. Teunis Derick Woertman - Chr. 12/28/1669
6. Paulis (Paul) Woertman - Chr. 4/2/1672
7. Catherine Woertman - Chr. 1667
8. Denyse (Dennis) Woertman - Chr. 7/27/1678
9. Lysbeth (Elizabeth)(Woertman) Van Zutphen - Chr. 4/4/1681
10. Annetje (Woertman) Riemer - Chr. 6/15/1684
11. Marretje Woertman - Chr. 11/21/1686
12. Peter Derick Woertman - Chr. 1688
13. Lorewyck Derick Woertman - Chr. 1690

Richard John Workman emigrated to America in 1647. He was known simply as "Dirk (or Derick) Jan until 1680 when he resumed the surname of Woertman. In 1661, Richard and his wife were admitted to the Brooklyn Dutch Church. He owned property in Brooklyn and operated the Brooklyn ferry. The property was sold in 1687. Richard was made town officer in Brooklyn in 1673. After his wife's death, he married Annetje Aukes, a widow.

ON APRIL 9, 1691, DIRCK WOERTMAN AS WIDOWER OF MARITJE TEUNIS MADE A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT WITH ANNETJE AUKES (WIDOW OF WYNANT PIETERS, DAU. OF AUKE JANS VAN NUYS WHO EMIGRATED IN 1661 AND MADE HIS WILL IN 1694 NAMING HIS DAU. ANNETJE AS THE WIFE OF DIRCK JANSEN WOERTMAN). THERE WERE NO CHILDREN OF THIS MARRIAGE. Parents: JANS WILLIAM WOERTMAN and HARMTJE (HANNAH).

DIRCK JANS WOERTMAN(1) was born about 1630 in AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. He immigrated in 1647 to AMERICA. DIRCK JANS WOERTAMN, IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA IN 1647, THE DATE FIXED WHEN IN 1687 HE TOOK THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE AT BROOKLYN AND STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN IN THE COUNTRY 40 YEARS.

ALTHOUGH KNOWN DURING THIS PERIOD SIMPLY AS DIRCK (DERICK) JANS, IN 1680 HE RESUMED THE SURNAME OF WOERTMAN AND WAS KNOWN BY IT FROM THEN ON. JUST WHERE HE LIVED FROM 1647 TO 1661 IS NOT CERTAIN, BUT ON 10 APRIL 1661 HE AND HIS WIFE (MARRIETJE TEUNIS DENYSE) WERE ADMITTED TO THE BROOKLYN DUTCH CHURCH. JUST WHEN THE COUPLE WAS MARRIED IS NOT KNOWN, BUT IT WAS PROBABLY IN 1660. AT THIS TIME AND SUBSEQUENTLY DIRCK OWNED PROPERTY IN BROOKLYN AND OPERATED THE BROOKLYN FERRY.

THE SALE OF THIS PROPERTY TOOK PLACE IN 1687. He was a TOWN OFFICER in 1673 in BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, KINGS CO., NEW YORK. IN ABOUT 1660, DIRCK OWNED PROPERTY IN BROOKLYN AND OPERATED THE BROOKLYN FERRY. THE SALE OF THIS PROPERTY TOOK PLACE IN 1687. DIRCK WAS MADE A TOWN OFFIECER IN 1673 IN BROOKLYN.

THE WOERTMAN TRADITION IN AMERICA HAD EEN ONE OF CIVIC LOYALTY. DIRCK JANS HAD BEGUN IT IN 1673, AS NOTED ABOVE, BY BECOMING A TOWN OFFICER. He died in 1690 in BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, KINGS CO., NEW YORK. THE ENGLISH FORM OF HIS NAME IS RICHARD WORKMAN.

He was married to MARRIETJE TEUNIS DENYSE about 1660. Children were: HARAMITA WOERTMAN , FEMMETJE (PHOEBE) WOERTMAN, JAN DERICK WOERTMAN, GEERTRUY WOERTMAN, TEUNIS DERICK WOERTMAN, PAULIS (PAUL) WOERTMAN , CATHERINE WOERTMAN, DENYSE (DENNIS) WOERTMAN, LYSBETH (ELIZABETH) WOERTMAN , ANNETJE WOERTMAN, MARRETJE WOERTMAN, PETER DERICK WOERTMAN, LOREWYCK (LODEWYCK) DERICK WOERTMAN.

Family notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Woertman-20

There is an extremely well researched and sourced series that has just concluded in the NYG&B Record covering the early Sicard/Secord family in America (beginning Volume 150 Issue 1 and ending Volume 151 Issue 3). In this the author argues that Catherine is not the daughter of Dirck Janse Woertman and Marritje (Theunisse) Teunis since she was not named in Dirck's will. She was assigned to these parents by previous researchers because she and Daniel Secord were sponsors for a child of Denys Dircksen Woertman. The author suggests instead that she was not sister to Denys but rather a step-sister, and was in fact the daughter of Dirck's second wife Anneken Aukes and her first husband Wynant Pieterszen.

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Unknown author, "Marriage Agreement Between Dirck Janse Woertman and Annetie Aukes", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 4, no. 1, p. 42 (1873): 4:43. Abstract:

Names children: John, Tunis, Peter, Lodwyck, Denys, harantie, femmetie, Elizabeth, Annike and Marritie, to whom he gives his house, lands, goods, chattels, &c., to be equally divided between them, "soe soon as the youngest child shall come to the years of one and twenty, and not before." Gives his son, John Woortman, twenty shillings in money over and above his share. Gives his Indian slave, Whan, "his freedom and liberty and a clear discharge from me, my heires and assigns, forever, from all servitude, slavery, or bondage or any other tye whatsoever, after my decease." He further gives him "one barrell of good andmerchantable flour, and five and twenty shillings in money." Gives his wife, Annetie, fifty pounds in money, to be paid by his ececutors before the division of his estate, according to his former contract mabe before marriage; also, "all that my house in Brookland, formerly belonging to Claes Symons, with half the orchard, and pasture likewise for three cowes, during her life, and all the goods and chattels that she brought to me at the day of marriage, I doe give and grant to her heyres and assigns forever, the increase of the cattle only excepted. Appoints his "loving friends, Jeronimus Rapale and Cornelius Seabring," his executors. Witnesses: henry ffilkin, Barent fulleman, Anne Smith.. Hereinafter cited as "Marriage Agreement."

Origins

Baptism Twin, Dirk and Anneken Woertman, 7 December 1631, Amsterdam kind: Dirk en Anneken kerk: Evangelisch Luthers: boek 139; vader: Jan Woertman [11]

Comments: See the witnesses and the name Harman, which could indicate Harman maybe was the grandfather...which could mean Harmtje was daughter of Harman and the above found marriage is indeed correct and Harmtje maybe after the death of her husband and emigration just adopted her husbands first name as her patronymic -last name , but it could also mean these just all are totally different people or maybe Jan later married Harmtie Jans ?

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