Willem Isaacsen Van Vredenburgh

     Willem was born in The Hague, Holland, Netherlands. He was christened there on 1 January 1637 in the Klooster Kerk.² He was the son of Isaac Willemszen Van Vredenburch and Cornelia Jans. On 17 May 1658, Willem arrived in New Netherlands on the ship "Gilded Beaver." For sometime he was a soldier for the Dutch West India Company as his name was on the muster roll on 28 March 1660. By June 1661, he was of civilian status as he petitioned for remission of his passage money to New Netherland as a discharged soldier. Further evidence shows him in Wiltwyck [later Kingston] as he is found in court records on 4 October & 28 November 1662. He was last found in Wiltwick in December 1663 in their court records. At the beginning of 1664, he removes to New York City. On 1 February 1673, William Darvall sold to Willem a house & lot on the Heere Street [now Broadway]. Later that same year in October the council of New York decided that Fort Willem Hendrick [Fort Amsterdam] & the city had too many houses & gardens to close to the walls & bulwarks, one being that of Willem. He was ordered to have his house torn down. On 19 October 1678, he sold his house & lot in New York City. By 29 October 1679, Willem had returned to Wiltwick [Kingston] as there is reference to a lot between a barn & Willem Van Vredenbrock's mill. In a deposition made 28 March 1684, Willem stated his age as 46 years or thereabouts. This leaves little doubt that he is the same Willem baptised in the Hague. Willem was still alive in 1704 because he & his son Willem both appear on a jury list in Ulster County.³ Willem married Appolona Barrentszen Cool, daughter of Barent Jacobsen Cool and Marritje Leendertszen D'Grauw, on 19 October 1664 in New York City, New York County, New York, at the New Amsterdam Reformed Dutch Church. On 1 February 1673, William Darvall sold to Willem a house & lot on the Heere Street [now Broadway]. Later that same year in October the council of New York decided that Fort Willem Hendrick [Fort Amsterdam] & the city had too many houses & gardens to close to the walls & bulwarks, one being that of Willem. He was ordered to have his house torn down. On 19 October 1678, he sold his house & lot in New York City. By 29 October 1679, Willem had returned to Wiltwick [Kingston] as there is reference to a lot between a barn & Willem Van Vredenbrock's mill. In a deposition made 28 March 1684, Willem stated his age as 46 years or thereabouts. This leaves little doubt that he is the same Willem baptised in the Hague. Willem was still alive in 1704 because he & his son Willem both appear on a jury list in Ulster County.⁴ Willem departed this life after 1704 in New York. In 1704 Willem and his son Willem were on a muster list for Jury duty.